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2009-10 WAC Women’s Basketball Preview 1

September 2009

PREVIEWWOMEN’S BASKETBALL

WAC Games All Games

W L Pct. Hm Rd Stk W L Pct. Hm Rd Neu StkFresno State 12 4 .750 6-2 6-2 W2 24 9 .727 11-3 10-4 3-2 L1Louisiana Tech 12 4 .750 6-2 6-2 W7 21 13 .618 13-3 6-10 2-0 L1Nevada 10 6 .625 6-2 4-4 W2 18 14 .563 13-4 5-9 0-1 L1Idaho 10 6 .625 5-3 5-3 W1 13 15 .464 7-6 5-8 1-1 L1Boise State 9 7 .563 5-3 4-4 L2 16 15 .516 10-6 6-9 0-0 L3Utah State 9 7 .563 4-4 5-3 L1 16 15 .516 8-7 6-6 2-2 L1New Mexico State 5 11 .313 4-4 1-7 L2 9 22 .290 8-6 1-13 0-3 L3Hawai‘i 4 12 .250 3-5 1-7 L1 8 23 .258 5-11 1-7 2-5 L1 San Jose State 1 15 .063 1-7 0-8 L14 2 28 .067 2-12 0-14 0-2 L15

2008-09 WAC STANDINGS

WAC News and Notes .....................................1-7

Team InformationBoise State ..........................................................8-9Fresno State ..................................................10-11Hawai’i .............................................................12-13Idaho ...............................................................14-15Louisiana Tech ..............................................16-17Nevada ............................................................18-19New Mexico State .......................................20-21San Jose State...............................................22-23Utah State ......................................................24-25WAC Stats .......................................................26-312008-09 Composite Schedule ................32-33

Credits: The 2009-10 WAC Women’s Basket-ball Summer Preview is compiled and pub-lished by the WAC office with the assistance and cooperation of the conference’s sports information directors and their staffs.

Editor: Hope ShulerLayout and Design: Vicky Foster

CONTENTS

NEVADA TO HOST 2010 WAC TOURNAMENTReno and the University of Nevada will host the 2010 WAC Tournament, March 10-13. It will be the second year in a row and the fourth time Nevada has hosted the event. The Wolf Pack also hosted the tournament in 2005, 2006 and 2009. The tournament features the top eight men’s and women’s teams.

STAT LEADERS BACKSeven of the top 10 scorers return for the 2009-10 season, including the top two scorers, Loui-siana Tech’s Shanavia Dowdell (16.1) and Adrienne Johnson (15.5). Also returning are Idaho’s Derisa Taleni, who was fourth (14.5), New Mexico State’s Madison Spence, who was fifth (14.3), Fresno State’s Jaleesa Ross, who was seventh (13.7), Tech’s Whitney Jones, who was eighth (13.3) and Idaho’s Yinka Olorunnife, who was 10th (12.9).

Nine of the top 10 rebounding leaders from a year ago return. Idaho’s Yinka Olorunnife returns this season after leading the WAC with 11.1 rebounds per game last year. Louisiana Tech’s Dowdell and Johnson were second and third last year at 9.9 and 7.1 per game, respectively. Boise State’s Janie Bos was fourth (6.8), Fresno State’s Hayley Munro was fifth (6.7), Nevada’s Shavon Moore was seventh (6.7), Fresno State’s Joh-Teena Filipe was eighth (6.3), San Jose State’s Shaunna Ridge was ninth (6.3) and Idaho’s Taleni was 10th (6.3).

LETTERWINNER/STARTER CAPSULEIdaho and Nevada return the most starters as each welcome back four. Boise State, Fresno State and Louisiana Tech each return three starters. Hawai‘i, New Mexico State, San Jose State, and Utah State each return two starters.

Team LR LL SR SLBoise State 7 6 2 3Fresno State 9 2 5 0Hawai‘i 11 3 3 2Idaho 6 4 4 1Louisiana Tech 8 4 4 1Nevada 10 4 2 3New Mexico State 9 5 4 1San Jose State 8 3 4 1Utah State 7 4 3 2

WAC NEWS AND NOTES

Check out the WAC’s Web site for stats, standings and notes at:

www.wacsports.come-mail: [email protected]

ONLINE

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KEY NON-CONFERENCE MATCHUPSWAC teams have several key non-conference matchups this season, including at least 27 games against teams that advanced to the NCAA Tournament or the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) last season.

Games vs. 2008-09 Postseason Teams:Fresno State at UC Santa Barbara, Nov. 13Utah at Utah State, Nov. 13Gonzaga at Idaho, Nov. 16UC Santa Barbara at Nevada, Nov. 16Utah State at Portland, Nov. 16Hawai‘i at UC Riverside, Nov. 17Fresno State at TCU, Nov. 18Portland State at Boise State, Nov. 19Arizona State at Hawai‘i, Nov. 27Idaho at Baylor, Nov. 27Fresno State vs. SMU, Nov. 28Iowa/West Virginia at Nevada, Nov. 28East Tennessee State at Hawai‘i, Nov. 29LSU at Louisiana Tech, Dec. 1New Mexico at New Mexico State, Dec. 2Louisiana Tech at Baylor, Dec. 5Utah State vs. Arizona State, Dec. 5 Boise State at Portland, Dec. 6San Jose State at California, Dec. 9Portland at Idaho, Dec. 11Mississippi State at Louisiana Tech, Dec. 12Idaho at Montana, Dec. 13Fresno State at West Virginia, Dec. 19Hawai‘i vs. Kansas State, Dec. 19Hawai‘i vs. Virginia Commonwealth, Dec. 20New Mexico State at New Mexico, Dec. 20UC Santa Barbara at Idaho, Dec. 28Stanford at Fresno State, Dec. 30Louisiana Tech at Texas-San Antonio, Dec. 30

TOP PLAYERS RETURNING – A total of seven players from all-WAC first and second teams will return this season. Three players will return from the first team – Louisiana Tech’s Shanavia Dowdell and Adrienne John-son and Fresno State’s Jaleesa Ross. There are also four players returning from the second team, including Newcomer of the Year Derisa Taleni from Idaho, Fresno State’s Hayley Munro, New Mexico State’s Madison Spence and Idaho’s Yinka Olorunnife. Johnson and Olorunnife are the lone returners from the all-defensive team.

FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDSMarch 20 and 22, 2010Maples Pavilion - Stanford, Calif.Host: Stanford University

Haas Pavilion - Berkeley, Calif.Host: University of California, Berkeley

Cameron Indoor Stadium - Durham, N.C.Host: Duke University

Thompson-Boling Arena - Knoxville, Tenn.Host: University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Freedom Hall - Louisville, Ky.Host: University of Louisville

Bank of America Arena - Seattle, Wash.Host: University of Washington

Donald L. Tucker Center - Tallahassee, Fla.Host: Florida State University

Wells Fargo Arena - Tempe, Ariz.Host: Arizona State University

March 21 and 23, 2010James H. Hilton Coliseum - Ames, IowaHost: Iowa State University

Frank Erwin Center - Austin, TexasHost: University of Texas, Austin

Cintas Center - Cincinnati, OhioHost: Xavier University

Williams Arena - Minneapolis, Minn.Host: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Ted Constant Convocation Center - Norfolk, Va.Host: Old Dominion University

Lloyd Noble Center - Norman, Okla.Host: University of Oklahoma

Joyce Center - Notre Dame, Ind.Host: University of Notre Dame

Petersen Events Center - Pittsburgh, Pa.Host: University of Pittsburgh

REGIONALS March 27 and 29, 2010Memphis Regional FedEx Forum - Memphis, Tenn.Host: University of Memphis

Sacramento RegionalARCO Arena - Sacramento, Calif.Host: University of the Pacific

March 28 and 30, 2010Dayton RegionalUniversity of Dayton Arena - Dayton, OhioHost: University of Dayton

Kansas City RegionalSprint Center - Kansas City, Mo.Host: Big 12 Conference

WOMEN’S FINAL FOURApril 4 and 6, 2010Alamodome - San Antonio, TexasHost: University of Texas at San Antonio

2010 NCAA TOURNAMENT

Wednesday, March 10 - Quarterfinals Game 1 ........................................................................ noon Game 2 .................................................................2:30 p.m. Game 3 .......................................................................6 p.m. Game 4 .................................................................8:30 p.m.

Friday, March 12 - Semifinals Game 5 ........................................................................ noon Game 6 .................................................................2:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 13 - Finals Game 7 ..........................................................................TBA

All times Pacific/Subject to changeGames played at Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nev.

2010 WAC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

WAC NEWS AND NOTES

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A LOOK BACK: 2008-09

Gordy Presnell - Boise State

Overall .........................................................475-174 (.732), 23rd season

School ................................................................. 79-47 (.627), 5th season

WAC ..................................................................... 41-23 (.641), 5th season

Adrian Wiggins - Fresno State

Overall ..............................................................135-62 (.685), 6th season

School ................................................................. 95-45 (.679), 6th season

WAC ..................................................................... 56-16 (.778), 6th season

Dana Takahara-Dias - Hawai‘i

Overall ........................................................................................ First season

School ......................................................................................... First season

WAC ............................................................................................. First season

Jon Newlee - Idaho

Overall .........................................................141-128 (.524), 11th season

School ................................................................. 13-15 (.464) 2nd season

WAC ........................................................................10-6 (.625) 2nd season

Teresa Weatherspoon - Louisiana Tech

Overall ....................................................................9-1 (.900), 2nd season

School .....................................................................9-1 (.900), 2nd season

WAC .......................................................................7-0 (1.000), 2nd season

Jane Albright - Nevada

Overall .........................................................415-326 (.560), 26th season

School ................................................................. 18-14 (.563) 2nd season

WAC ........................................................................10-6 (.625) 2nd season

Darin Spence - New Mexico State

Overall .........................................................394-184 (.682), 19th season

School ...............................................................77-104 (.425), 7th season

WAC ..................................................................... 27-37 (.422), 5th season

Pam DeCosta - San Jose State

Overall ..............................................................50-122 (.291), 6th season

School ....................................................................5-56 (.082), 3rd season

WAC ........................................................................2-30 (.063), 3rd season

Raegan Pebley - Utah State

Overall ..............................................................59-113 (.343), 7th season

School ...............................................................59-113 (.343), 7th season

WAC ..................................................................... 23-41 (.359), 5th season

WAC COACHING RECORDS

BULLDOGS FALL TO CALIFORNIA IN NCAA TOURNAMENTDespite out-rebounding a much taller California team 38-36, Fresno State fell 70-47 to the Golden Bears in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. LaShay Fears tied her career high with 18 points and Marnique Arnold grabbed 11 rebounds for the 13th-seeded Bulldogs (24-9), whose five-game winning streak ended as they went out in the first round for the second consecutive year. The Bulldogs, who led the nation in three-pointers per game (9.5), connected on just 4-of-18 (22 percent) from downtown and 18-of-56 (32 percent) from the field on the game.

LA TECH DEFEATS SMU, FALLS TO ILLINOIS STATE IN WNITAdrienne Johnson scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Louisiana Tech to a 77-54 win over SMU in the first round of the WNIT. Shanavia Dowdell added 19 points and 13 rebounds and became the 38th Lady Techster ever to score 1,000 career points when she hit a lay-up at the 12:22 mark of the first half. Whitney Jones scored 11 points despite playing only 16 minutes due to foul trouble. Tech shot 41 percent from the field while holding the Mustangs to only 32 percent. The Lady Techsters also out-rebounded SMU 52-46.

In the second round, Louisiana Tech fell 73-59 at Illinois State. The Redbirds jumped out to a 17-2 lead to start the game before the Lady Techsters fought back to tie the game at the half. A Brietta Thomas three-pointer at the 15:34 mark gave the Lady Techsters their first and only lead of the night (35-34), but the Redbirds used a 14-5 run to secure the win. Jones led Tech with 21 points. Louisiana Tech shot 35 percent (23-of-65) from the field, including 7-of-25 from three-point range, while the Redbirds hit 44 percent (26-of-59) of their field goals. Illinois State out-rebounded Louisiana Tech 42-36.

FRESNO STATE CLAIMS WAC TOURNAMENT TITLETop-seeded Fresno State claimed the WAC Tournament title after a 56-49 win over third-seeded Nevada in the title game. Tournament MVP Jaleesa Ross led the Bulldogs with 22 points and nine rebounds in the championship game en route to being named tournament MVP, becoming the only player in WAC history to earn the award in back-to-back years. With the win, Fresno State tied the school record for wins.

All-Tournament TeamDellena Criner, Nevada

Shanavia Dowdell, Louisiana TechJoh-Teena Filipe, Fresno State

Shavon Moore, NevadaJaleesa Ross, Fresno State (MVP)

ALL-WAC HONORSLouisiana Tech’s Shanavia Dowdell earned WAC Player of the Year honors, becoming the sixth player in Tech history to earn the award. She led the WAC in scoring and ranked second in rebounding. Dowdell also led the WAC in double-doubles, including eight in con-ference games, and was named WAC Player of the Week four times.

Jon Newlee earned Idaho’s first-ever WAC Coach of the Year honor. Newlee led the Vandals to a 10-6 record through WAC play, tied for third place. The 10 WAC wins was Idaho’s highest single-season total since joining the league in 2005, while the third-place WAC finish was the highest-ever for the Vandal women. Idaho had 11 total WAC wins in three previous seasons.

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Rk School (1st) Rec. Pts. Pvs. 1. Connecticut (45) 33-0 1125 1 2. Stanford 29-4 1062 2 3. Maryland 28-4 1039 4 4. Oklahoma 28-4 934 3 5. Baylor 27-5 928 7 6. Duke 26-5 891 6 7. Louisville 29-4 846 5 8. Auburn 29-3 827 8 9. Texas A&M 25-7 766 10 10. Ohio State 27-5 739 9 11. North Carolina 27-6 698 11 12. Florida State 25-7 592 13 13. California 25-6 541 12 14. Vanderbilt 24-8 522 15 15. Pittsburgh 23-7 492 14 16. South Dakota State 31-2 386 17 17. Iowa State 24-8 370 18 18. Tennessee 22-10 322 19 19. Arizona State 23-8 275 16 20. Xavier 25-6 243 20 21. Kansas State 24-7 227 22 22. Florida 23-7 191 21 23. Notre Dame 22-8 170 24 24. Virginia 23-9 163 25 25. Texas 21-11 113 23 Other WAC teams receiving votes: None.

ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL

Rk School (1st) Rec. Pts. Pvs. 1. Connecticut (31) 39-0 775 1 2. Louisville 34-5 736 7 3. Stanford 33-5 715 2 4. Oklahoma 32-5 687 4 5. Maryland 31-5 641 3 6. Baylor 29-6 545 5 7. Texas A&M 27-8 513 9 8. Vanderbilt 26-9 470 13 9. Ohio State 29-6 468 10 10. California 27-7 461 14 11. Iowa State 27-9 428 19 12. Arizona State 26-9 410 NR 13. Auburn 30-4 380 6 14. Duke 27-6 379 8 15. Pittsburgh 25-8 365 16 16. Purdue 25-11 313 NR 17. North Carolina 28-7 302 11 18. Florida State 26-8 267 12 19. South Dakota State 32-3 252 15 20. Kansas State 25-8 180 17 21. Rutgers 21-13 148 NR 22. Michigan State 22-11 136 NR 23. Florida 24-8 125 21 24. Virginia 24-10 98 22 25. Xavier 25-7 70 18

Other WAC teams receiving votes: None.

USA TODAY/ESPN POLL

Nevada’s Dellena Criner earned the WAC’s Defensive Player of the Year honor for the second year in a row. Criner averaged 2.25 steals per game in WAC play. She was also named first team all-WAC and to the all-Defensive team.

Idaho’s Derisa Taleni was the WAC Newcomer of the Year, becoming the second Idaho player to receive the honor. In WAC play, Taleni ranked third in the conference in scoring with 15.1 points per game, tied for sixth in steals (1.8) and 11th in rebounding (5.8).

CRINER, DOWDELL REGIONAL FINALISTS FOR ALL-AMERICA TEAMNevada’s Dellena Criner and Louisiana Tech’s Shanavia Dowdell were two of 52 players named as regional finalists for the 2009 State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team. Criner and Dowdell earned spots on the All-Region 7 team, joining San Diego State guard Jene Morris and Utah guard Morgan Warburton. FRESNO STATE SETS WAC THREE-POINT RECORDSFresno State set the WAC single-season records for three-point field goals made (309) and attempted (893) this season. The previous records of 290 and 795, respectively, were held by the 1998-99 Colo-rado State team. What’s more, the 893 attempted is the NCAA record, surpassing the 858 of the 2008 Villanova team, while the 309 made rank second all-time in NCAA history.

ROSS SETS FRESNO STATE SEASON THREE-POINTERS RECORDFresno State sophomore Jaleesa Ross set the Fresno State single-season three-point record at the WAC Tournament. Ross captured the record when she hit the first of four treys at the 13:13 mark of the first half in the championship game against Nevada. The guard had tied the record the day before against Utah State. Ross finished the season with 95 three-pointers for an average of 2.9 per game, good for seventh nationally.

DOWDELL JOINS 1,000-POINT CLUBShanavia Dowdell became the 38th Lady Techster ever to score 1,000 career points when she hit a lay-up at the 12:22 mark of the first half against SMU in the first round of the WNIT. The junior has 1,024 points in her three seasons.

FRESNO STATE, LOUISIANA TECH SHARE REGULAR-SEASON TITLEWith identical 12-4 conference records, Fresno State and Louisiana Tech shared the WAC regular-season title. It was Tech’s seventh regular-season title in eight years in the conference and Fresno State’s second in a row. The Bulldogs earned the top seed in the WAC Tournament by virtue of a better record against Nevada, the No. 3 seed. WEATHERSPOON NEARLY PERFECTWhen Teresa Weatherspoon took over head coaching duties at Louisi-ana Tech on Feb. 10, the Techsters were in fifth place in the WAC stand-ings with a 5-4 mark. In the six weeks that followed, Weatherspoon led Louisiana Tech to a 9-2 mark, a share of the WAC regular-season title and to the second round of the WNIT. FRESNO STATE, LOUISIANA TECH REACH 20-WIN MARKBoth Fresno State and Louisiana Tech, the two teams in the WAC that qualified for the NCAA Tournament and WNIT, posted 20-win seasons. It was the fifth time the Bulldogs had done so since joining the WAC – 2009 (24), 2008 (22), 2006 (24), 2005 (20) and 2003 (21). Louisiana Tech has reached 20 wins 29 times overall and six times – 2009 (21), 2006 (26), 2005 (20), 2004 (29), 2003 (31) and 2002 (25) – since becoming a member of the WAC.

A LOOK BACK: 2008-09

2009-10 WAC Women’s Basketball Preview 5

WAC vs. Non-Conference OpponentsConference 2008-09 RecordAmerica East ...................................................................................................................... 1-1Atlantic Sun ....................................................................................................................... 0-0Atlantic 10 .......................................................................................................................... 0-1Atlantic Coast .................................................................................................................... 0-1Big East ................................................................................................................................ 1-1Big Sky ................................................................................................................................. 9-9Big South ............................................................................................................................ 0-0Big Ten ................................................................................................................................. 0-1Big 12 ................................................................................................................................... 0-4Big West .............................................................................................................................. 7-8Conference USA ............................................................................................................... 2-2Colonial ............................................................................................................................... 0-0Horizon ................................................................................................................................ 1-1Independent ..................................................................................................................... 4-4Ivy League .......................................................................................................................... 0-0MAC ...................................................................................................................................... 0-2MAAC ................................................................................................................................... 0-0MEAC .................................................................................................................................... 0-1Missouri Valley .................................................................................................................. 1-1Mountain West ................................................................................................................. 2-9Northeast ........................................................................................................................... 0-2Ohio Valley ......................................................................................................................... 0-0Pac-10 ................................................................................................................................2-13Patriot .................................................................................................................................. 0-0SEC ........................................................................................................................................ 0-3Southern ............................................................................................................................. 0-0Southland ........................................................................................................................... 6-1SWAC .................................................................................................................................... 1-0Summit ................................................................................................................................ 2-0Sun Belt ............................................................................................................................... 1-1West Coast ......................................................................................................................... 6-8Non-Division I ................................................................................................................... 1-0Total ..................................................................................................... 47-74

NON-CONFERENCE PLAY

March 10-14 l Reno, Nev. l Lawlor Events Center

Tuesday, March 10First Round

No. 8 Hawai‘i 70, No. 9 San Jose State 57

Wednesday, March 11Quarterfinals

No. 5 Utah State 59, No. 4 Idaho 58 (OT)No. 1 Fresno State 65, No. 8 Hawai‘i 50No. 3 Nevada 73, No. 6 Boise State 65

No. 2 Louisiana Tech 81, No. 7 NM State 68

Friday, March 13Semifinals

No. 1 Fresno State 57, No. 5 Utah State 54No. 3 Nevada 91, No. 2 Louisiana Tech 88 (OT)

Saturday, March 14Championship

No. 1 Fresno State 56, No. 3 Nevada 49(ESPNU)

2009 WAC TOURNEY RESULTS

OLORUNNIFE SETS IDAHO SEASON REBOUNDING RECORDYinka Olorunnife broke the Vandal single-season rebounding record of 277, set by Denise Brose in 1980-81. The only player in the WAC to average a double-double, Olorunnife finished the season with 311 rebounds, becoming the first Vandal and just the 10th WAC player ever to record 300 or more rebounds in a season. Her single season total ranks tied for sixth place all-time in the WAC. BULLDOGS LEAD NATION IN THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL AVERAGEIn final NCAA statistics, Fresno State led the nation in three-point field goals per game, with an average of 9.4 per game. The Bulldogs had 10 or more treys in 19 of 33 games this season, including a WAC record 16 vs. UC Santa Barbara on Nov. 20. IDAHO CELEBRATES SEVERAL FIRSTSThe Vandals’ 10 WAC wins were the most since joining the conference in 2005. Entering this season, Idaho had 11 WAC wins in its first three seasons combined. Idaho swept four WAC opponents. In three previ-ous seasons in the WAC, Idaho had a total of three season sweeps. The Vandals also improved by nine wins, seven of which came in conference games. In addition, Idaho’s 64-41 win over San Jose State featured the Vandals’ best-ever winning margin in a WAC game (23) and the lowest point total allowed to a WAC opponent (41). ROSS CLIMBING FRESNO STATE THREE-POINTERS LISTFresno State sophomore Jaleesa Ross has 184 three-pointers in her short career, good for fourth place all-time at Fresno State and four away from third place (188). At her current pace, Ross will easily break the Fresno State record of 272. UTAH STATE’S PEBLEY BECOMES ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACHWith the win over New Mexico State Feb. 26, Utah State head coach Raegan Pebley became the all-time winningest coach in Aggie women’s basketball history with 57 wins. In her sixth year at the helm, Pebley passed Fern Gardner for the most wins in Aggie history. A 1993 inductee into the Utah State Hall of Fame, Gardner played and coached basketball, softball and volleyball at Utah State.

CRINER BECOMES NEVADA’S STEALS LEADERDellena Criner became Nevada’s all-time steals leader in the team’s win over Utah State Jan. 14. She took sole possession of the record when she stole the ball from Utah State’s Danyelle Snelgro at the 14:27 mark of the second half. Criner closed out her career with 271 steals, good for eighth in the WAC record books. She also ranked third all-time in the WAC record books in career free throws made. The senior had 551 made free throws on her career.

SNELGRO BECOMES USU’S STEALS LEADERDanyelle Snelgro made Utah State history in the first half of the Ag-gies’ loss to Louisiana Tech on Jan. 10 with her 176th steal, passing Margaret Johns (1980-83) for the top spot in the Utah State career record books. She closed out her career with 216.

WHITE EIGHTH IN FREE THROW PERCENTAGESan Jose State senior Natalie White wrapped up her career with a free throw percentage of .820 (191-of-233), which ranks eighth all-time in the WAC. Julie Krommenhoek, who played at Utah from 1994-98, holds the record with a .851 clip (313-of-368).

A LOOK BACK: 2008-09

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Date Name Yr. Pos. School

Nov. 17 Tasha Harris Sr. G Boise State

Nov. 24 Bailey Amundsen Sr. G/F Fresno State

Dec. 1 Dellena Criner Sr. G Nevada

Dec. 8 Keisha Kanekoa So. G Hawai‘i

Dec. 15 Shanavia Dowdell Jr. F Louisiana Tech

Dec. 22 Jaleesa Ross So. G Fresno State

Dec. 29 Adrienne Johnson So. F Louisiana Tech

Jan. 5 Bailey Amundsen Sr. G/F Fresno State

Jan. 12 Derisa Taleni Jr. G/F Idaho

Jan. 19 Madison Spence So. G New Mexico State

Jan. 26 Yinka Olorunnife So. P Idaho

Feb. 2 Hayley Munro So. F Fresno State

Feb. 9 Danyelle Snelgro Sr. G Utah State

Feb. 16 Shanavia Dowdell Jr. F Louisiana Tech

Feb. 23 Danyelle Snelgro Sr. G Utah State

March 2 Shanavia Dowdell Jr. F Louisiana Tech

March 9 Shanavia Dowdell Jr. F Louisiana Tech

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

The 2008-09 academic all-WAC women’s basketball team included 36 members this past season. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed at least one academic year, have at least a 3.00 cumulative grade point average and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s contests. The following is a list of the honorees:

Boise StateJenna Galassi, Sr., Stacie Gross, So.

Jamia Malone, Sr.Brittany Moore, Sr.Melissa Rima, So.Marisa Stotler, Jr.

Fresno StateHayley Munro, So.LaShay Fears, Jr.Ashley Walker, Jr.

Hawai‘iCatherine Cho, Sr.Rebecca Dew, Fr.Dita Liepkalne, Jr.Briauna Linton, Fr.

IdahoElizabeth Boyden, Fr.

Alana Curtis, So.Rachele Kloke, So.

Yinka Olorunnife, So.Charlotte Otero, Jr.

Louisiana TechSidney Stewart, Jr.Keshia Warren, Sr.

NevadaMarissa Hammond, Jr.

Bre’Anna Henry, Sr.Marianne Lombardi, Jr.

Shavon Moore, So.Johnna Ward, So.

New Mexico StateKelsie Rozendaal, Fr.

Kaitlyn Soto, Fr.Madison Spence, So.Tabytha Wampler, Fr.

San Jose StateNatalie White, Sr.

Utah StateChelsea Burns, Fr.

Alice Coddington, So.Stacey Howard, Jr. Nicole Johnson, Jr.

Ana Pares, Sr.Lydia Whitehead, Jr.

ACADEMIC ALL-WAC TEAM

First Team All-WACDellena Criner, Nevada, G, Sr.Shanavia Dowdell, Louisiana Tech, F, Jr.Adrienne Johnson, Louisiana Tech, F, So.Jaleesa Ross, Fresno State, G, So.Danyelle Snelgro, Utah State, G, Sr.

Second Team All-WACHayley Munro, Fresno State, G/F, So.Yinka Olorunnife, Idaho, F, So.Ana Pares, Utah State, G, Sr.Madison Spence, New Mexico State, G, So.Derisa Taleni, Idaho, G, Jr.

All-Defensive TeamDellena Criner, Nevada, G, Sr.Jenna Galassi, Boise State, F, Sr.Adrienne Johnson, Louisiana Tech, F, So.Yinka Olorunnife, Idaho, F, So.Danyelle Snelgro, Utah State, G, Sr.

All-Freshman TeamShaena-Lyn Kuehu, Idaho, GHeather Pilcher, Boise State, GKaitlyn Soto, New Mexico State, GCourtney VanBrocklin, Boise State, GTabytha Wampler, New Mexico State, F

Player of the Year: Shanavia Dowdell, Louisiana Tech

Defensive Player of the Year: Dellena Criner, Nevada

Newcomer of the Year: Derisa Taleni, Idaho

Coach of the Year: Jon Newlee, Idaho

POSTSEASON AWARDS

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NCAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS

TeamScoring OffenseLouisiana Tech .................................................................................................... 46th (69.3)

Scoring MarginFresno State ...........................................................................................................48th (8.1)

Field Goal Percentage DefenseLouisiana Tech ................................................................................................... 42nd (.368)Utah State ............................................................................................................ 46th (.370)

Rebound MarginFresno State ............................................................................................................41st (4.8)

Three-Point Field Goal AverageFresno State ..............................................................................................................1st (9.4)

Three-Point Field Goal PercentageFresno State ........................................................................................................ 48th (.346)

Won-Lost PercentageFresno State .........................................................................................................41st (.727)

BlocksLouisiana Tech .......................................................................................................47th (4.5)

StealsNevada .................................................................................................................. 39th (10.2)

Personal FoulsIdaho ..................................................................................................................... 15th (14.1)Fresno State ....................................................................................................... 22nd (14.4)Utah State ............................................................................................................ 46th (15.5)

Three-Point Field Goal Percentage DefenseLouisiana Tech .................................................................................................... 14th (.276)Boise State ........................................................................................................... 23rd (.281)

IndividualReboundsYinka Olorunnife, Idaho .....................................................................................9th (11.1)Shanavia Dowdell, Louisiana Tech .................................................................24th (9.9)

BlocksNiki Holt, New Mexico State ..............................................................................31st (2.2)

Field Goal PercentageShanavia Dowdell, Louisiana Tech .............................................................. 23rd (.533)

Three-Point Field Goal PercentageJaleesa Ross, Fresno State .............................................................................. 18th (.411)Bailey Amundsen, Fresno State ................................................................... 46th (.392)

Three-Point Field Goal AverageJaleesa Ross, Fresno State ................................................................................... 7th (2.9)

Assist-Turnover RatioDanyelle Snelgro, Utah State ........................................................................ 36th (1.73)

DOUBLE-DOUBLESPlayer, School Career WAC 2008-09Shanavia Dowdell, Louisiana Tech ..................24 ..............................8 ................................18Yinka Olorunnife, Idaho ......................................13 ..............................7 ................................11Adrienne Johnson, Louisiana Tech .................. 9 ...............................3 .................................. 7Rebecca Kepilino, Boise State ............................ 6 ...............................0 .................................. 0Cherlanda Franklin, Nevada ............................... 5 ...............................1 .................................. 2Shavon Moore, Nevada........................................ 5 ...............................1 .................................. 4Janie Bos, Boise State ........................................... 4 ...............................3 .................................. 4Joh-Teena Filipe, Fresno State ........................... 4 ...............................1 .................................. 4Tara Hittle, Hawai‘i ................................................. 4 ...............................2 .................................. 2Dita Liepkalne, Hawai‘i ......................................... 4 ...............................0 .................................. 3Tasha Harris, Boise State ...................................... 3 ...............................0 .................................. 0Brandi Jones, Nevada ........................................... 3 ...............................0 .................................. 0Ja’Lara Walker, Boise State .................................. 3 ...............................0 .................................. 0Lydia Whitehead, Utah State ............................. 3 ...............................1 .................................. 3Tarkeisha Wysinger, Louisiana Tech ................. 3 ...............................0 .................................. 0Bailey Amundsen, Fresno State ........................ 2 ...............................0 .................................. 2Marnique Arnold, Fresno State ......................... 2 ...............................0 .................................. 2Dellena Criner, Nevada ........................................ 2 ...............................0 .................................. 2Keisha Kanekoa, Hawai‘i ...................................... 2 ...............................1 .................................. 2Hayley Munro, Fresno State ............................... 2 ...............................1 .................................. 1Danyelle Snelgro, Utah State ............................. 2 ...............................1 .................................. 2Derisa Taleni, Idaho ............................................... 2 ...............................1 .................................. 2Kelly Blair, San Jose State .................................... 1 ...............................1 .................................. 1Alice Coddington, Utah State ............................ 1 ...............................1 .................................. 1Jenna Galassi, Boise State ................................... 1 ...............................1 .................................. 1Niki Holt, New Mexico State............................... 1 ...............................1 .................................. 1Shaena-Lyn Kuehu, Idaho ................................... 1 ...............................0 .................................. 1Ebony Jones, Hawai‘i ............................................ 1 ...............................0 .................................. 0Marianne Lombardi, Nevada ............................. 1 ...............................0 .................................. 0Shawnta Pope, Utah State .................................. 1 ...............................1 .................................. 1Tiawana Pringle, Louisiana Tech ....................... 1 ...............................1 .................................. 1Melissa Rima, Boise State .................................... 1 ...............................1 .................................. 1Marisa Stotler, Boise State................................... 1 ...............................0 .................................. 1Sayja Sumler, San Jose State .............................. 1 ...............................0 .................................. 0Megan Tinnin, Hawai‘i .......................................... 1 ...............................1 .................................. 1Natalie White, San Jose State ............................. 1 ...............................1 .................................. 1

30-POINT GAMESPlayer, School WAC 2008-09Dellena Criner, Nevada .......................................................... 0 .................................................. 1Shanavia Dowdell, Louisiana Tech ..................................... 0 .................................................. 1Adrienne Johnson, Louisiana Tech .................................... 0 .................................................. 1Whitney Jones, Louisiana Tech ........................................... 1 .................................................. 1Madison Spence, New Mexico State ................................. 0 .................................................. 1Derisa Taleni, Idaho ................................................................. 1 .................................................. 1

20-POINT GAMESPlayer, School WAC 2008-09Adrienne Johnson, Louisiana Tech .................................... 6 ................................................11Madison Spence, New Mexico State ................................. 5 .................................................. 9Dellena Criner, Nevada .......................................................... 4 .................................................. 8Shanavia Dowdell, Louisiana Tech ..................................... 3 .................................................. 8Whitney Jones, Louisiana Tech ........................................... 2 .................................................. 5Jaleesa Ross, Fresno State ..................................................... 2 .................................................. 5Danisha Corbett, New Mexico State ................................. 2 .................................................. 4Yinka Olorunnife, Idaho ......................................................... 1 .................................................. 4Ana Pares, Utah State ............................................................. 3 .................................................. 4Derisa Taleni, Idaho ................................................................ 3 .................................................. 4Hayley Munro, Fresno State ................................................. 2 .................................................. 3Danyelle Snelgro, Utah State ............................................... 3 .................................................. 3Natalie White, San Jose State ............................................... 2 .................................................. 3Megan Tinnin, Hawai‘i ............................................................ 1 .................................................. 2Bailey Amundsen, Fresno State ......................................... 0 .................................................. 1Marnique Arnold, Fresno State ........................................... 0 .................................................. 1Tasha Harris, Boise State ........................................................ 0 .................................................. 1Keisha Kanekoa, Hawai‘i ....................................................... 0 .................................................. 1Rachele Kloke, Idaho .............................................................. 1 .................................................. 1Brittany Moore, Boise State .................................................. 0 .................................................. 1Allie Patterson, Hawai‘i .......................................................... 0 .................................................. 1Heather Pilcher, Boise State ................................................. 1 .................................................. 1Marisa Stotler, Boise State..................................................... 0 .................................................. 1Johnna Ward, Nevada ............................................................ 0 .................................................. 1Lydia Whitehead, Utah State ............................................... 0 .................................................. 1

2008-09 RANKINGS AND RECORDS

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2008-09 (16-15, 9-7 WAC, T-5th, WAC Tournament)

Nickname: BroncosEnrollment: 19,667Founded: 1932Joined WAC: July 1, 2001Colors: Royal Blue and OrangeArena: Taco Bell Arena (12,400)

President: Dr. Robert W. KustraAthletics Director: Gene BleymaierAssociate AD (SWA): Christina Van Tol

Women’s Basketball SID: Doug LinkSID E-Mail: [email protected] Phone Number: (208) 426-1027Cell Number: (208) 861-2796SID Fax Number: (208) 426-3361Press Row Number: (208) 426-1503SID: Max Corbet

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent TimeNov. 13 Western Oregon 7 p.m.Nov. 15 Weber State 2 p.m.Nov. 19 Portland State 7 p.m.Nov. 21 at Idaho State 3:30 p.m.Nov. 24 at Utah Valley 7 p.m.Nov. 28 !at UNLV 2 p.m.Nov. 29 !vs. Washington St./Bradley 1/3:30 p.m.Dec. 4 at Oregon 7 p.m.Dec. 6 at Portland 2 p.m.Dec. 9 Montana State 7 p.m.Dec. 12 at Saint Mary’s 2 p.m.Dec. 19 Santa Clara 1 p.m.Dec. 21 Seattle 6 p.m.Dec. 31 Wyoming 2 p.m.Jan. 6 *New Mexico State 7 p.m.Jan. 9 *at Nevada TBAJan. 16 *at Idaho 7 p.m.Jan. 20 *San Jose State 6 p.m.Jan. 23 *Hawai‘i 7 p.m.Jan. 27 *at Fresno State 7 p.m.Jan. 30 *Utah State 6 p.m.Feb. 3 *at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m.Feb. 6 *at New Mexico State 5 p.m.Feb. 10 *Nevada 7 p.m.Feb. 17 *Idaho 6 p.m.Feb. 20 *at San Jose State 7 p.m.Feb. 24 *at Hawai‘i 7 p.m.Feb. 27 *Fresno State 7 p.m.March 3 *at Utah State 7 p.m.March 6 *Louisiana Tech 2 p.m.March 10-13 at WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

*WAC Game!UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up (Las Vegas)All times local/subject to change

2009-10 SCHEDULE

Boise State hopes to avoid the injuries that plagued the team last season. Last year, the Broncos lost four starters to various injuries and finished in a tie for fifth place in the WAC.FA

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lBoise State returns two starters, five letterwinners, and two redshirts from last season.

lJunior forwards Janie Bos and Melissa Rima are the two returning starters from 2008-09. They started a combined 42 contests and aver-aged 6.9 and 4.6 points per game, respectively.

lTasha Harris and Jessica (Thompson) Van Hoogen return for their senior seasons after redshirting in 2008-09 due to injury. Both have scored more than 1,200 career points and are previous WAC Preseason Players of the Year, Harris in 2008 and Van Hoogen in 2007.

lSophomore Heather Pilcher is the top returning scorer from last season averaging 9.0 points and 1.7 rebounds per game.

lThe Broncos welcomed six newcomers to campus this fall, one junior college transfer and five true freshmen.

lBoise State looks to get back on top of the WAC after going 16-15 overall and 9-7 in league to finish tied for fifth place in 2008-09.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last School) 1 Heather Pilcher G 5-8 So. 1L Lynwood, Calif. (Lynwood) 5 Stephanie Storms G 5-5 Fr. HS Alpharetta, Ga. (South Forsyth) 10 Stacie Gross F 6-0 So. 1L Caldwell, Idaho (Vallivue) 14 Taylor McGilbra G 5-9 Fr. HS Houston, Texas (Bellaire) 15 Jessica Van Hoogen G 5-9 Sr. 3L Temecula, Calif. (Temecula Valley) 21 Melissa Rima F 6-2 Jr. 2L Fairbanks, Alaska (Monroe Catholic) 22 Julia Marshall G 5-9 Fr. HS Wichita, Kan. (Bishop Carroll) 30 Nicole Brady F 6-0 Jr. TR Vernal, Utah (Salt Lake CC) 33 Kinzi Poteet F 6-2 Fr. HS Grandview, Wash. (Grandview) 34 Janie Bos F/C 6-1 Jr. 1L Ontario, Calif. (Portland State) 42 Tasha Harris G 5-7 Sr. 3L Longmont, Colo. (Skyline) 44 Lauren Lenhardt F 6-2 Fr. HS Eagle, Idaho (Eagle) 50 Rebecca Kepilino F 6-0 Sr. 3L Costa Mesa, Calif. (Edison)

2009-10 ROSTER

Tasha HarrisG, 5-7, Sr.

Harris returns for her final year after being granted a medical hardship sixth year following last year’s season-ending injury during the third game of the year ... enters the sea-son ranked sixth in pro-gram history for points

(1,267), seventh in scoring average (13.10, seventh in three-pointers made (118), fourth in three-point per-centage (.349), second in free throws made (347) and seventh in assists (265) ... was the 2005 WAC Freshman of the Year ... 2008 first-team all-WAC, WAC Defensive Team and WAC All-Tournament Team honoree.

TOP PLAYER/COACH INFO

Gordy PresnellHead Coach

Alma Mater: Northwest Nazarene, 1983

Overall Record: 475-173 (.733), 22 years

School Record: 79-47 (.627), 4 years

Assistant CoachesHeather Sower, Boise State, 1995Calamity McEntire, Tennessee, 2003Kelley Burglund, Seattle Pacific, 2003

BRONCOSBOISE STATE

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Returning Starters (2) PPG RPGJanie Bos, Jr., F 6.9 6.8Melissa Rima, Jr., F/G 4.6 4.1

Other Letterwinners Returning (5) PPG RPGTasha Harris*, RS-Sr., G 16.5 4.6Stacie Gross, So., F/G 0.1 0.2Rebecca Kepilino, Sr., F 1.8 2.6Heather Pilcher, So., G 9.0 1.7Jessica Van Hoogen*, RS-Sr., G 13.4 3.8

Starters Lost (3) PPG RPGJenna Galassi, Sr., G/F 4.4 4.0Jamia Malone, Sr., G 7.2 3.2Brittany Moore, Sr., G 8.4 2.0

Other Letterwinners Lost (3) PPG RPGAinsleigh Sanders, So., F 2.5 2.1Marisa Stotler, So., F 9.4 5.8Courtney Van Brocklin, Fr., G 7.3 4.0

Newcomers (5)Nicole Brady, Jr., FLauren Lenhardt, Fr., FJulia Marshall, Fr., G Taylor McGilbra, Fr., G Kinzi Poteet, Fr., F

*2007-08 stats

PERSONNEL CAPSULE

Date Opponent ResultNov. 14 Seattle W, 66-56Nov. 16 Portland W, 68-59Nov. 20 Washington State L, 76-85Nov. 23 at Washington L, 51-74Nov. 25 at Wyoming L, 55-62Nov. 29 Utah Valley L, 70-73Dec. 1 Southern Utah W, 74-60Dec. 5 at Montana State W, 70-65Dec. 7 at Montana L, 51-72Dec. 10 Idaho State W, 65-58Dec. 14 at Loyola Marymount L, 68-72Dec. 20 at Santa Clara W, 57-51Dec. 22 Saint Mary’s W, 68-60Dec. 29 Arizona L, 48-53Jan. 3 *at Idaho W, 60-56Jan. 5 *at Fresno State L, 52-62Jan. 12 *Hawai‘i W, 70-61Jan. 17 *at Utah State L, 44-58Jan. 23 *New Mexico State W, 63-48Jan. 25 *Louisiana Tech W, 54-44Jan. 30 *at Nevada L, 45-77Feb. 6 *at New Mexico State W, 79-77 (OT)Feb. 8 *at Louisiana Tech W, 66-61Feb. 13 *San Jose State W, 58-53Feb. 15 *Fresno State L, 58-70

Date Opponent ResultFeb. 20 *Utah State L, 61-65Feb. 22 *Nevada W, 75-74Feb. 27 *at San Jose State W, 56-45March 1 *at Hawai‘i L, 67-68March 7 *Idaho L, 56-58March 11 !at No. 3 Nevada L, 65-73

*WAC Game!WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

2008-09 RESULTS

2008-09 REVIEW

2008-09 BOISE STATE STATS

All Games: 16-15 Home: 10-6 Road: 6-9 Neutral: 0-0

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgHarris, Tasha 3-3 83-27.7 17-31 .548 5-9 .556 14-18 .778 3-10 13-4.3 5-0 10 14 0 5 53-17.7Stotler, Marisa 24-2 428-17.8 89-213 .418 0-0 .000 47-67 .701 67-72 139-5.8 60-1 11 35 11 39 225-9.4Walker, Ja’Lara 6-6 102-17.0 21-48 .438 0-0 .000 13-32 .406 13-20 33-5.5 19-0 0 7 9 2 55-9.2Pilcher, Heather 31-7 652-21.0 112-311 .360 21-90 .233 35-49 .714 22-30 52-1.7 51-1 56 68 7 46 280-9.0Moore, Brittany 29-22 689-23.8 80-236 .339 42-140 .300 41-50 .820 19-40 59-2.0 39-1 29 40 1 15 243-8.4VanBrocklin,Courtney 31-7 731-23.6 80-190 .421 10-34 .294 57-69 .826 50-73 123-4.0 73-1 61 93 1 34 227-7.3Malone, Jamia 31-30 929-30.0 73-253 .289 38-151 .252 39-67 .582 16-83 99-3.2 44-0 96 99 4 40 223-7.2Bos, Janie 31-31 755-24.4 92-195 .472 0-2 .000 29-45 .644 65-146 211-6.8 60-1 33 73 13 11 213-6.9Rima, Melissa 28-11 498-17.8 49-138 .355 19-56 .339 11-19 .579 35-80 115-4.1 48-1 20 36 20 16 128-4.6Galassi, Jenna 31-31 706-22.8 44-172 .256 5-28 .179 43-62 .694 48-75 123-4.0 46-0 37 48 3 36 136-4.4Moeller, Sierra 11-5 173-15.7 19-40 .475 0-1 .000 4-16 .250 17-35 52-4.7 23-0 5 21 9 7 42-3.8Sanders, Ainsleigh 19-0 187-9.8 16-42 .381 0-0 .000 15-22 .682 12-28 40-2.1 18-0 5 13 4 6 47-2.5Kepilino, Rebecca 22-0 248-11.3 17-53 .321 0-2 .000 6-10 .600 22-35 57-2.6 21-0 9 17 2 12 40-1.8Gross, Stacie 15-0 44-2.9 1-6 .167 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0-3 3-0.2 5-0 3 7 0 0 2-0.1TEAM 57-79 136-4.4 5

Boise State 31 710-1928 .368 140-516 .271 354-526 .673 446-809 1255-40.5 512-6 375 576 84 269 1914--61.7Opponents 31 712-1876 .380 163-580 .281 361-548 .659 442-851 1293-41.7 491-15 406 624 98 262 1948-62.8

WAC Games: 9-7 Home: 5-3 Road: 4-4

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgStotler, Marisa 9-0 157-17.4 33-77 .429 0-0 .000 21-31 .677 22-22 44-4.9 19-1 3 13 4 17 87-9.7Pilcher, Heather 16--7 358-22.4 59-158 .373 9-49 .184 18-26 .692 14-15 29-1.8 27-0 30 42 4 28 145-9.1Moore, Brittany 14-10 372-26.6 43-127 .339 23-74 .311 16-20 .800 14-19 33-2.4 18-0 15 18 0 4 125-8.9Bos, Janie 16-16 387-24.2 56-113 .496 0-0 .000 22-32 .688 32-82 114--7.1 34-0 20 42 4 6 134-8.4Malone, Jamia 16-15 511-31.9 42-140 .300 22-79 .278 23-36 .639 10-45 55-3.4 28-0 55 56 2 21 129-8.1VanBrocklin,Courtney 16-7 394-24.6 42-101 .416 8-26 .308 31-36 .861 26--47 73-4.6 40-1 26 50 1 13 123-7.7Galassi, Jenna 16-16 364-22.8 24-93 .258 3-15 .200 26-39 .667 35-51 86-5.4 23-0 16 22 2 20 77-4.8Rima, Melissa 16-9 292-18.3 26-82 .317 10-33 .303 5-10 .500 23-46 69-4.3 30-1 12 17 9 7 67-4.2Sanders, Ainsleigh 16-0 155-9.7 14-38 .368 0-0 .000 13-20 .650 10-27 37-2.3 12-0 4 12 4 4 41-2.6Kepilino, Rebecca 16-0 207-12.9 14-46 .304 0-2 .000 6-10 .600 18-30 48-3.0 18-0 6 14 2 9 34-2.1Gross, Stacie 9-0 28-3.1 0-4 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1-0.1 2-0 1 3 0 0 0-0.0TEAM 24-37 61-3.8 4

Boise State 16 353-979 .361 75-280 .268 181-260 .696 228-422 650-40.6 251-3 188 293 32 129 962-60.1Opponents 16 367-962 .381 93-319 .292 148-249 .594 221-433 654-40.9 238-7 208 310 45 127 975-60.9

Record: 16-15 Conference Record: 9-7 Conference Finish: T-5th Postseason: WAC Tournament

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2008-09 (24-9, 12-4 WAC, T-1st, NCAA Tournament)

Nickname: BulldogsEnrollment: 21,389Founded: 1911Joined WAC: July 1, 1992Colors: Red and BlueArena: Save Mart Center (15,596)

President: Dr. John D. WeltyAthletics Director: Thomas BoehAssociate AD (SWA): Betsy Mosher

Women’s Basketball SID: Steve SchaackSID E-Mail: [email protected] Phone Number: (559) 244-5617Cell Number: (559) 389-1901SID Fax Number: (559) 244-6032Press Row Number: (559) 347-3699SID: Steve Weakland

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent TimeNov. 13 at UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m.Nov. 15 at USC 5:30 p.m.Nov. 18 at TCU 6:30 p.m.Nov. 22 Saint Mary’s 2 p.m.Nov. 27 !vs. Boston College 5 p.m.Nov. 28 !vs. SMU/Hampton 5/7 p.m.Dec. 3 at UC Irvine 7 p.m.Dec. 5 at Loyola Marymount 2 p.m.Dec. 8 Sacramento State 7 p.m.Dec. 12 UNLV 2 p.m.Dec. 19 at West Virginia TBADec. 22 Pacific 7 p.m.Dec. 30 Stanford 7 p.m.Jan. 2 Cal State Bakersfield 5 p.m.Jan. 6 *Hawai‘i 7 p.m.Jan. 9 *at Idaho 3 p.m.Jan. 13 *at New Mexico State 7 p.m.Jan. 16 *Utah State 2 p.m.Jan. 20 *at Nevada 7 p.m. Jan. 23 *Louisiana Tech 5 p.m.Jan. 27 *Boise State 7 p.m.Jan. 30 *at San Jose State 7 p.m.Feb. 6 *at Hawai‘i 5 p.m.Feb. 10 *Idaho 7 p.m.Feb. 13 *New Mexico State 2 p.m.Feb. 17 *at Utah State 5 p.m.Feb. 20 *Nevada 5 p.m.Feb. 24 *at Louisiana Tech 7 p.m.Feb. 27 *at Boise State 7 p.m.March 3 *San Jose State 7 p.m.March 10-13 at WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

!SMU Tournament (Dallas, Texas)*WAC GameAll times local/subject to change

2009-10 SCHEDULE

As a team, Fresno State made the second-most three-pointers in NCAA history last year with 309. The mark was also a school and WAC record.FA

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lThe 24 wins last season tied the school record with the 2005-06 team for most wins in a season.

lThe Bulldogs have made two straight NCAA Tournament appearances.

lAdrian Wiggins is five wins from win No. 100 at Fresno State. He has 68 wins by 10 or more points in his career.

lJaleesa Ross has hit 184 three-point-ers in two years, ranking her fourth on the school’s career list. She needs five treys to move into third place.

lJaleesa Ross earned first-team all-WAC honors last season, while Hayley Munro was a second-team pick.

lFresno State had the seventh-best home atten-dance in the West last year with an average of 2,369 fans.

lThe Bulldogs have recorded an impressive 53-10 record at the Save Mart Center under Adrian Wig-gins.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last School) 1 Taja Edwards F 5-11 Jr. 2L Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Poly) 2 Hayley Munro G/F 6-1 Jr. 2L Montmorency, Victoria, Australia (Viewbank College) 4 Jaleesa Ross G 5-8 Jr. 2L Pinole, Calif. (Pinole Valley) 5 Brittny Jones G 5-6 Sr. 3L Austell, Ga. (Pebblebrook) 10 Marnique Arnold G/F 5-9 Jr. 2L Pinole, Calif. (Pinole Valley) 11 Emma Andrews G 5-5 Jr. 1L Berwick, Victoria, Australia (St. Margaret’s) 12 Ali Drennan F 5-9 Fr. HS Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Caulfield Grammar) 13 Ashley Walker G 5-6 Sr. 1L Arlington, Tx. (Trinity Valley) 21 Jeanna Furst C 6-3 Fr. HS Phoenix, Ariz. (Xavier Preparatory) 25 Rosie Moult G/F 6-1 Fr. HS Olinda, Victoria, Australia (Vermont Secondary) 32 Joh-Teena Filipe F 6-1 Sr. 1L Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah) 33 Taylor Thompson G 5-5 Fr. HS Cache, Okla. (Cache) 40 LaShay Fears G 5-7 Sr. 1L Palmdale, Calif. (UC Santa Barbara) 45 Veronica Wilson C 6-2 Jr. TR Pickerington, Ohio (Boston College)

2009-10 ROSTER

Jaleesa RossG, 5-8, Jr.

Earned first team all-WAC honors last season after averaging 13.7 points and 2.9 three-pointers per game ... became the first player in WAC history to be named WAC Tour-nament MVP in back-to-back years ... set the

school single-season record for three-pointers with 95 ... ranks fourth on the school’s career list for three-pointers made with 184 ... scored in double figures in 25 of 33 games and hit a three-pointer in all but one game ... hit a season-high six three-pointers at Boise State.

TOP PLAYER/COACH INFO

Adrian WigginsHead Coach

Alma Mater: Cameron, 1995

Overall Record: 135-62 (.685), 6 years

School Record: 95-45 (.679), 4 years

Assistant CoachesBrett Frank, Southeastern Oklahoma State, 1995Sadiaa Jones, Southeastern Oklahoma State, 1999Amy Parrish, Fresno State, 2006

BULLDOGSFRESNO STATE

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All Games: 24-9 Home: 11-3 Road: 10-4 Neutral: 3-2

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgRoss, Jaleesa 33-33 1060-32.1 163-376 .434 95-231 .411 30-40 .750 54-99 153-4.6 56-3 78 57 7 57 451-13.7Amundsen, Bailey 33-25 836-25.3 113-273 .414 74-189 .392 32-39 .821 47-129 176-5.3 49-0 45 49 3 27 332-10.1Munro, Hayley 33-32 793--24.0 106-298 .356 36-114 .316 84-103 .816 75-147 222-6.7 64-0 71 64 17 30 332-10.1Arnold, Marnique 33-33 813-24.6 124-257 .482 8-30 .267 40-73 .548 84-122 206-6.2 68-0 43 83 7 34 296-9.0Fears, LaShay 33-32 1016-30.8 87-226 .385 27-96 .281 47-64 .734 14-45 59-1.8 58-1 104 79 3 29 248-7.5Filipe, Joh-Teena 33-9 700-21.2 78-234 .333 20-70 .286 34-54 .630 72-137 209-6.3 85-1 53 98 33 35 210-6.4Walker, Ashley 31-0 486-15.7 55-162 .340 40-121 .331 14-25 .560 33-62 95-3.1 27-0 15 34 0 14 164-5.3Edwards, Taja 28-0 435-15.5 50-88 .568 0-1 .000 37-74 .500 56-63 119-4.3 39-0 13 21 4 15 137-4.9Jones, Brittny 22-0 124-5.6 14-46 .304 5-20 .250 13-18 .722 1-5 6-0.3 6-0 5 11 0 2 46-2.1Brown, LaToya 32-1 330-10.3 9-38 .237 4-21 .190 13-22 .591 7-15 22-0.7 22-0 41 24 0 7 35-1.1Kaufmann, Kaitlin 4-0 7-1.8 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0.0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0-0.0TEAM 51-57 108-3.3 1 17

Fresno State 33 799-1998 .400 309-893 .346 344-512 .672 494-881 1375-41.7 475-5 468 537 74 251 2251-68.2Opponents 33 767--1984 .387 150-485 .309 299-453 .660 425-790 1215--36.8 497-11 399 525 104 256 1983-60.1

WAC Games: 12-4 Home: 6-2 Road: 6-2

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgRoss, Jaleesa 16-16 509-31.8 79-173 .457 42-99 .424 15-18 .833 26-50 76-4.8 25-1 42 22 3 27 215--13.4Munro, Hayley 16-15 414-25.9 61-147 .415 19-59 .322 38-52 .731 37-69 106-6.6 32-0 38 39 10 13 179-11.2Amundsen, Bailey 16-12 376-23.5 51-128 .398 34-93 .366 14-16 .875 12-57 69-4.3 16-0 18 23 1 17 150-9.4Arnold, Marnique 16-16 362-22.6 60-125 .480 5-13 .385 19-30 .633 29-60 89-5.6 28-0 23 37 4 21 144-9.0Walker, Ashley 15-0 264--17.6 33-92 .359 25-70 .357 3-8 .375 12-35 47-3.1 15-0 9 17 0 10 94-6.3Fears, LaShay 16-15 464-29.0 36-86 .419 14-39 .359 8-13 .615 4-25 29-1.8 27-0 53 39 2 10 94-5.9Filipe, Joh-Teena 16-5 333-20.8 33-92 .359 9-30 .300 12-18 .667 31-60 91-5.7 40-0 22 48 18 20 87-5.4Edwards, Taja 15-0 204-13.6 17-35 .486 0-1 .000 21-38 .553 27-26 53-3.5 21-0 4 8 2 6 55-3.7Jones, Brittny 13-0 84-6.5 10-33 .303 4-16 .250 8-11 .727 1-3 4-0.3 5-0 3 8 0 2 32-2.5Brown, LaToya 16-1 184-11.5 7-24 .292 3-14 .214 8-15 .533 3-8 11-0.7 11-0 24 9 0 5 25-1.6Kaufmann, Kaitlin 3-0 6-2.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0.0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0-0.0TEAM 25-27 52-3.3 1 8

Fresno State 16 387-935 .414 155-434 .357 146-219 .667 207-420 627-39.2 221-1 236 258 40 132 1075-67.2Opponents 16 354-939 .377 66-206 .320 127-193 .658 207-371 578--36.1 216-3 188 266 46 126 901-56.3

Returning Starters (5) PPG RPGMarnique Arnold, Jr., G/F 9.0 6.2LaShay Fears, Sr., G 7.5 1.8Joh-Teena Filipe, Sr., F 6.4 6.3Hayley Munro, Jr., G/F 10.1 6.7Jaleesa Ross, Jr., G 13.7 4.6

Other Letterwinners Returning (4) PPG RPGEmma Andrews*, Jr., G 5.2 2.1Taja Edwards, Jr., F 4.9 4.3Brittny Jones, Sr., G 2.1 0.3Ashley Walker, Sr., G 5.3 3.1

Letterwinners Lost (2) PPG RPGBailey Amundsen, Sr., G 10.1 5.3LaToya Brown, Sr., G 1.1 0.7

Newcomers (5)Taylor Thompson, Fr., GJeanna Furst, Fr., CAli Drennan, Fr., FRosie Moult, Fr., G/FVeronica Wilson, Jr., C

*stats from 2007-08 season

PERSONNEL CAPSULE

Date Opponent ResultNov. 14 at Cal State Bakersfield W, 97-88Nov. 20 UC Santa Barbara W, 71-54Nov. 23 at Sacramento State W, 74-68Nov. 28 !Charlotte L, 69-70Nov. 29 !Sam Houston State W, 76-73Dec. 4 No. 22/22 TCU W, 75-71Dec. 6 at Pacific L, 70-84Dec. 9 Cal State Northridge W, 68-29Dec. 13 at No. 3/4 Stanford L, 62-100Dec. 18 Loyola Marymount W, 85-59Dec. 20 West Virginia L, 63-68 Dec. 29 Long Beach W, 76-63Jan. 2 at UNLV W, 65-42Jan. 5 *Boise State W, 62-52Jan. 8 *Hawai‘i W, 78-50Jan. 10 *Idaho L, 52-55Jan. 16 *at Louisiana Tech W, 78-53Jan. 18 *at New Mexico State L, 74-80Jan. 23 *at Hawai‘i W, 71-45Jan. 30 *San Jose State W, 73-44Feb. 1 *Utah State W, 68-59Feb. 6 *at Nevada W, 63-60Feb. 8 *at San Jose State W, 76-47Feb. 13 *at Idaho L, 47-59Feb. 15 *at Boise State W, 70-58

Date Opponent ResultFeb. 27 *Nevada W, 65-53March 2 *Louisiana Tech L, 62-80March 4 *New Mexico State W, 69-52March 7 *at Utah State W, 67-57March 11 @vs. No. 9 Hawai‘i W, 65-50March 13 @vs. No. 5 Utah State W, 57-54March 14 @at No. 3 Nevada W, 56-49March 21 #vs. California L, 47-70

!Hoops for the Cure Tourney (Dallas, Texas)*WAC Game@WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)#NCAA Tournament (Los Angeles, Calif.)

2008-09 RESULTS

2008-09 REVIEW

2008-09 FRESNO STATE STATS

Record: 24-9 Conference Record: 12-4 Conference Finish: T-1st Postseason: NCAA Tournament

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RAINBOW WAHINEHAWAI‘I

2008-09 (8-23, 4-12 WAC, 7th, WAC Tournament)

Nickname: Rainbow WahineEnrollment: 19,969Founded: 1907Joined WAC: July 1, 1979Colors: Green, White, Black and SilverArena: Stan Sheriff Center (10,300)

Chancellor: Virginia HinshawAthletics Director: Jim DonovanAssociate AD (SWA): Marilyn Moniz Kaho‘ohanohano

Women’s Basketball SID: Ryan ReggianiSID E-Mail: [email protected] Phone Number: (808) 956-4480Cell Number: (808) 457-7687SID Fax Number: (808) 956-4470Press Row Number: (808) 956-9408SID: Derek Inouchi

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent TimeNov. 17 at UC Riverside 3 p.m.Nov. 19 at UCLA 7 p.m. Nov. 21 at Cal State Bakersfield 7 p.m.Nov. 27 !Arizona State 5 p.m.Nov. 29 !East Tennessee State 5 p.m.Dec. 3 San Francisco 7 p.m.Dec. 4 @at BYU-Hawaii 4 p.m.Dec. 5 @vs. Brigham Young 1 p.m.Dec. 19 #vs. Kansas State 7:30 p.m.Dec. 20 #vs. UNLV/VCU 2:30 p.m./7:30 p.m.Dec. 21 #vs. TBD TBDDec. 29 $Kent State 7 p.m.Dec. 30 $Kent State 7 p.m.Jan. 6 *at Fresno State 7 p.m.Jan. 9 *at New Mexico State 7 p.m.Jan. 13 *Idaho 7 p.m.Jan. 16 *Nevada 7 p.m.Jan. 18 *Utah State 5 p.m.Jan. 21 *at Louisiana Tech 7 p.m.Jan. 23 *at Boise State 7 p.m.Jan. 27 *San Jose State 7 p.m.Feb. 6 *Fresno State 5 p.m.Feb. 10 *New Mexico State 7 p.m.Feb. 13 *at Idaho 2 p.m.Feb. 15 *at Nevada TBAFeb. 17 *at San Jose State 7 p.m.Feb. 20 *Louisiana Tech 5 p.m.Feb. 24 *Boise State 7 p.m.March 6 *at Utah State 3 p.m.March 10-13 at WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

!Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic (Honolulu)@Hukilau Tournament (Laie, Oahu)#Duel in the Desert (Las Vegas)$Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic (Honolulu)*WAC GameAll times local/subject to change

2009-10 SCHEDULE

Dana Takahara-Dias enters her first season as head coach of the Rainbow Wahine. She is the seventh head coach in program history and just the second female head coach for women’s basketball.

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lEleven letterwinners, including three starters, return from last year’s team.

lAmong the returnees are the top four scorers. Junior Keisha Kanekoa returns as the leading scorer, averag-ing 11 points per game.

lThe Rainbow Wahine also return se-nior Dita Liepkalne, who has started 48 games in the past two seasons.

lAs a team, Hawai‘i had the second-highest free throw percentage and third-best field goal percentage among WAC teams last season.

lTakahara-Dias was a player and administrative assistant under former UH head coach Vince Goo. She hired a staff which includes two former UH assistants, Da Houl and Serenda Valdez, each of whom spent 12 seasons under Goo.

lUH adds two recruits to this year’s squad and one player who is eligible this year after sitting out last season.

lHawai‘i sports a diverse roster with players from four different states and five foreign countries.

lUH opens the season on the road for the first time since 1982, facing UC Riverside, UCLA and Cal State Bakersfield.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last School) 1 Briauna Linton G 5-10 So. 1L Harbor City, Calif. (Narbone) 4 Jennifer Hamilton G 5-6 So. 1L Diamond Ranch, Calif. (Diamond Ranch) 5 Dita Liepkalne F 6-1 Sr. 3L Riga, Latvia (Ft. Worth Christian Academy) 10 Megan Tinnin G 5-10 Sr. 3L Albuquerque, N.M. (St. Pius X) 11 Katie Wilson C 6-3 So. 1L St. Catharines, Ontario (Governor Simcoe Secondary) 12 Breanna Arbuckle F 6-0 So. 1L Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler) 15 Leilani Galdones G 5-6 Jr. 2L Hilo, Hawai`i (Kamehameha-Hawai`i) 20 Shawna Kuehu G/F 5-10 Fr. HS ‘Aiea, O‘ahu (Punahou School) 21 Keisha Kanekoa G 5-6 Jr. 2L Honoka`a, Hawai`i (Honoka`a) 23 Sarah Ilic F/C 6-2 Sr. 1L Victoria, Australia (Chipola College) 24 Allie Patterson G/F 6-1 Jr. 1L Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (St. John’s) 25 Rebecca Dew C 6-3 So. 1L Auckland, New Zealand (Family Christian Academy) 33 Courtney Gaddis G 5-11 So. TR Honolulu, O`ahu (Whitworth) Julita Bungaite F/C 6-2 Jr. TR Vilnius, Lithuania (Weatherford College)

2009-10 ROSTER

Keisha KanekoaG, 5-6, Jr.

Started all 27 games in which she played ... named to the Bank of Hawaii and Arizona State Invitational all-tourna-ment teams ... named WAC Player of the Week for Dec. 1-7 after averag-ing 18.0 points on 57

percent shooting, 8.3 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 3.7 steals over three games ... led the WAC in free throw shooting (.831) ... recorded a career-high eight assists against Arizona ... scored a season-high 21 points against Purdue ... recorded 19 points and 11 rebounds for her first career double-double against UC Irvine.

TOP PLAYER/COACH INFO

Dana Takahara-DiasHead Coach

Alma Mater: Hawai’i, 1988

Overall Record: 0-0 (.000), first year

School Record: same

Associate CoachDa Houl, Cal State Fullerton, 1989

Assistant CoachesSerenda Valdez, Cal Poly-Pomona, 1992

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All Games: 8-23 Home: 5-11 Road: 1-7 Neutral: 2-5

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgKanekoa, Keisha 27-27 769-28.5 108-249 .434 16-43 .372 64-77 .831 51-70 121-4.5 66-1 88 117 9 46 296-11.0Tinnin, Megan 31-29 867-28.0 115-305 .377 55-176 .313 34-51 .667 28-128 156-5.0 65-1 31 67 6 34 319-10.3Ilic, Sarah 9-7 205-22.8 30-65 .462 2-13 .154 17-30 .567 8-25 33-3.7 17-0 10 22 2 18 79-8.8Liepkalne, Dita 31-31 957--30.9 101-253 .399 23-72 .319 37-50 .740 49-130 179-5.8 52-1 85 88 8 26 262-8.5Hittle, Tara 16-13 356-22.3 35-90 .389 0-1 .000 34-54 .630 38--64 102-6.4 35-2 18 47 7 22 104-6.5Cho, Catherine 30-27 874-29.1 40-115 .348 15-44 .341 54-64 .844 22-43 65-2.2 42-0 59 83 1 14 149-5.0Patterson, Allie 25-6 316-12.6 44-87 .506 2-8 .250 32-43 .744 23-39 62-2.5 40-0 10 34 1 11 122-4.9Arbuckle, Breanna 29-1 363-12.5 44-100 .440 0-3 .000 41-69 .594 24-39 63-2.2 54-2 9 52 22 9 129-4.4Dew, Rebecca 28-0 238-8.5 32-75 .427 0-0 .000 16-27 .593 14-41 55-2.0 36-1 7 38 3 2 80-2.9Galdones, Leilani 27-5 330--12.2 25-71 .352 14-42 .333 12-14 .857 11-26 37-1.4 10-0 18 29 0 8 76-2.8Hamilton, Jennifer 27-0 328-12.1 20-59 .339 4-19 .211 9-16 .563 7-17 24-0.9 29-0 36 51 1 12 53-2.0Jones, Ebony 24-8 233-9.7 18-60 .300 0-0 .000 9-13 .692 10-23 33-1.4 46-1 11 18 5 5 45-1.9Linton, Briauna 30-1 288-9.6 19-64 .297 0-1 .000 17-34 .500 18-30 48-1.6 25-0 11 28 0 13 55-1.8Wilson, Katie 15-0 78-5.2 4-14 .286 0-0 .000 5-10 .500 4--14 18-1.2 10-0 2 5 11 0 13-0.9TEAM 60-66 126-4.1 7

Hawai‘i 31 635-1607 .395 131-422 .310 381-552 .690 367-755 1122-36.2 527-9 395 686 76 220 1782-57.5Opponents 31 733-1830 .401 201-597 .337 376-545 .690 416-692 1108-35.7 570-11 440 529 103 341 2043-65.9

WAC Games: 4-12 Home: 3-5 Road: 1-7

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgTinnin, Megan 16-15 439-27.4 65-158 .411 28-84 .333 14-19 .737 21-71 92-5.8 35-1 17 32 2 16 172-10.8Kanekoa, Keisha 15-15 415-27.7 53-138 .384 8-26 .308 28-37 .757 28-39 67-4.5 33-0 43 65 6 25 142-9.5Liepkalne, Dita 16-16 471-29.4 59-133 .444 11-35 .314 14-20 .700 21-50 71-4.4 30-1 46 46 3 12 143-8.9Hittle, Tara 12-12 281-23.4 31-74 .419 0-0 .000 26-36 .722 31-52 83-6.9 29-2 16 40 7 19 88-7.3Cho, Catherine 16-16 483-30.2 22-65 .338 9-25 .360 22-26 .846 9-24 33-2.1 25-0 31 39 1 5 75-4.7Arbuckle, Breanna 14-1 169-12.1 19-58 .328 0-1 .000 18-34 .529 13-18 31-2.2 26-1 2 29 11 4 56-4.0Patterson, Allie 12-2 125-10.4 18-42 .429 0-3 .000 11-13 .846 15-11 26-2.2 14-0 5 13 0 6 47-3.9Dew, Rebecca 15-0 142-9.5 17-40 .425 0-0 .000 12-19 .632 7-23 30-2.0 17-0 5 20 1 1 46-3.1Hamilton, Jennifer 16-0 208-13.0 16-40 .400 3-12 .250 5-10 .500 5-8 13-0.8 18-0 18 27 1 5 40-2.5Jones, Ebony 14-3 137-9.8 12-36 .333 0-0 .000 6-7 .857 5-13 18-1.3 27-1 8 12 4 3 30-2.1Galdones, Leilani 14--0 140-10.0 9-30 .300 6-19 .316 5-6 .833 2-8 10-0.7 4-0 9 9 0 5 29-2.1Linton, Briauna 16-0 153-9.6 9-27 .333 0-0 .000 6-16 .375 6-15 21-1.3 14-0 7 13 0 7 24-1.5Wilson, Katie 8-0 37-4.6 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 3-7 10-1.3 4-0 0 3 4 0 7-0.9TEAM 32-31 63-3.9 5

Hawai‘i 16 333-849 .392 65-205 .317 168--245 .686 198-370 568-35.5 276-6 207 353 40 108 899-56.2Opponents 16 369-909 .406 100-282 .355 213--285 .747 200-350 550-34.4 271-5 211 281 67 179 1051-65.7

Returning Starters (3) PPG RPGKeisha Kanekoa, Jr., G 11.0 4.5Dita Liepkalne, Sr., F 8.5 5.8Megan Tinnin, Sr., G 10.3 5.0

Other Letterwinners Returning (8) PPG RPGSarah Ilic, Sr., F/C 8.8 3.7Allie Patterson, Jr., G/F 4.9 2.5Breanna Arbuckle, So., F 4.4 2.2Rebecca Dew, So., C 2.9 2.0Leilani Galdones, Jr., G 2.8 1.4Jennifer Hamilton, So., G 2.0 0.9Briauna Linton, So., G 1.8 1.6Katie Wilson, So., C 0.9 1.2

Starters Lost (2) PPG RPGTara Hittle, Sr., F 6.5 6.4Catherine Cho, Sr., G 5.0 2.2

Other Letterwinners Lost (1) PPG RPGEbony Jones, Sr., F 1.9 1.4

Newcomers (3)Julita Bungaite, Jr., F/CCourtney Gaddis, So., GShawna Kuehu, Fr., G/F

PERSONNEL CAPSULE

Date Opponent ResultNov. 14 !Loyola Marymount L, 47-63Nov. 15 !Toledo L, 61-67Nov. 16 !Arizona L, 50-62Nov. 28 @San Diego State L, 48-71Nov. 29 @No. 19/23 Purdue L, 74-90Nov. 30 @No. 5/6 Stanford L, 54-83Dec. 2 Utah Valley W, 77-70Dec. 6 #Northern Arizona L, 58-61Dec. 7 #UC Irvine W, 74-46Dec. 19 Washington State L, 48-66Dec. 22 Washington State W, 65-59Jan. 2 $Pepperdine L, 52-65Jan. 4 $Colorado L, 55-67Jan. 8 *at Fresno State L, 50-78Jan. 10 *at San Jose State L, 50-54Jan. 12 *at Boise State L, 61-70Jan. 17 *Nevada L, 50-69Jan. 23 *Fresno State L, 45-71Jan. 25 *Utah State L, 43-52Jan. 30 *at Utah State W, 63-61Feb. 1 *at Idaho L, 50-66Feb. 6 *San Jose State W, 64-48Feb. 13 *at Louisiana Tech L, 56-68Feb. 15 *at New Mexico State L, 57-69Feb. 20 *New Mexico State W, 54-51

Date Opponent ResultFeb. 22 *Louisiana Tech L, 71-89Feb. 27 *Idaho L, 60-63March 1 *Boise State W, 68-67March 7 *at Nevada L, 57-75March 10 %vs. No. 9 San Jose State W, 70-57March 11 %vs. No. 1 Fresno State L, 50-65

!Bank of Hawai‘i Invitational (Hilo, Hawai‘i)@Marriott Classic (Honolulu, Hawai‘i)#Arizona State Tournament (Tempe, Ariz.)$Rainbow Wahine Classic (Honolulu)*WAC Game%WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

2008-09 RESULTS

2008-09 REVIEW

2008-09 HAWAI‘I STATS

Record: 8-23 Conference Record: 4-12 Conference Finish: 8th Postseason: WAC Tournament

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2008-09 (13-15, 10-6 WAC, T-3rd, WAC Tournament)

Nickname: VandalsEnrollment: 11,739Founded: 1889Joined WAC: July 1, 2005Colors: Silver and Vandal GoldArena: Cowan Spectrum (7,000)

President: Dr. Duane NellisAthletics Director: Dr. Rob SpearAssociate AD (SWA): Maureen Regan

Women’s Basketball SID: Spencer FarrinSID E-Mail: [email protected] Phone Number: (208) 885-7065Cell Number: (208) 310-9610SID Fax Number: (208) 885-0255Press Row Number: (208) 885-0211SID: Becky Paull

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent TimeNov. 16 Gonzaga 7 p.m.Nov. 19 at Eastern Washington 7 p.m.Nov. 22 Montana State 2 p.m.Nov. 27 !at Baylor 5 p.m.Nov. 28 !vs. Lamar 2:30 p.m.Nov. 29 !vs. Louisiana-Lafayette noonDec. 1 Colorado State 7 p.m.Dec. 3 Wyoming 7 p.m.Dec. 6 Saint Mary’s 2 p.m.Dec. 11 Portland 7 p.m.Dec. 13 at Montana 2 p.m.Dec. 20 at Long Beach State 2 p.m.Dec. 28 UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m.Jan. 9 *Fresno State 3 p.m.Jan. 13 *at Hawai`i 7 p.m.Jan. 16 *Boise State 7 p.m.Jan. 20 *at New Mexico State 7 p.m.Jan. 23 *at San Jose State 5 p.m.Jan. 27 *Utah State 7 p.m.Jan. 30 *at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m.Feb. 3 *Nevada 7 p.m.Feb. 10 *at Fresno State 7 p.m.Feb. 13 *Hawai`i 2 p.m.Feb. 17 *at Boise State 6 p.m.Feb. 20 *New Mexico State TBAFeb. 24 *San Jose State 7 p.m.Feb. 27 *at Utah State 2 p.m.March 3 *Louisiana Tech 7 p.m.March 6 *at Nevada TBA March 10-13 at WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

!World Vision Classic (Waco, Texas)*WAC GameAll times local/subject to change

2009-10 SCHEDULE

Idaho’s nine-game win improvement last sea-son was tied for eighth-best in the NCAA. The team’s jump of 96 spots in NCAA RPI rankings was tied for 19th-best in the nation.

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lIdaho won its first two WAC road games of the 2008-09 season. In its previous three WAC seasons, Idaho had won just three total conference road games and had never won back-to-back WAC road contests. In 2009, Idaho went 5-3 on the road.

lThe Vandals were one of the WAC’s top ‘bounce-back’ teams in 2008-09. Idaho had a 5-1 record in WAC games immediately following a loss.

lCharlotte Otero led the nation in minutes per game last season at 40.6. She spent a combined 4:00 on the bench during the year and was the only player in the NCAA to average more than 40 minutes per game.

lAs a team, Idaho attempted 102 more free throws than its opponents and converted 78 more.

lAs a team, the Vandals ranked 15th in the NCAA last season with just 14.1 personal fouls per game.

lShaena Kuehu’s selection to the WAC All-Freshman Team in 2009 marked the third straight year a Vandal has been on the team.

lHead coach Jon Newlee’s 2009 WAC Coach of the Year honor was the third such honor of his career. He earned the award twice in the Big Sky Confer-ence at Idaho State.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last School) 1 Charlotte Otero PG 5-3 Sr. 3L San Diego, Calif. (San Diego) 5 Kanisha Bello G 5-8 Fr. HS Hilo, Hawai`i (Waiakea) 10 Natasha Helsham PG 5-8 Fr. HS `Aiea, Hawai`i (`Aiea) 11 Bianca Cheever G 5-8 Jr. TR Geelong, Australia (North Idaho College) 15 Yinka Olorunnife P 6-0 Jr. 2L Windsor, Ontario (National Elite Development) 20 Emily Doran G 5-11 Jr. 1L Corvallis, Ore. (Crescent Valley) 21 Jessica Graham P 6-1 Fr. RS Ripon, Calif. (Modesto Christian) 23 Shaena-Lyn Kuehu G 5-9 So. 1L Honolulu, Hawai`i (Punahou Schools) 24 Derisa Taleni G 5-9 Sr. 1L Santa Clara, Calif. (De Anza College) 25 Rachele Kloke G 5-11 Jr. 2L Stanwood, Wash. (Stanwood) 42 Ally Sisel-Kumpfer P 6-3 So. RS Luxemburg, Wis. (Idaho State)

2009-10 ROSTER

Charlotte OteroPG, 5-3, Sr.

Enters the season as the WAC’s active career leader in assists (282) ... has reached triple-digit assists in two of her three years at Idaho ... has twice led the conference in minutes played per game and led the NCAA in 2009

with a 40.6 average, the only player in the nation to average more than 40 minutes per game ... has played every game at Idaho (85 in a row) ... was a 2007 WAC All-Freshman honoree after leading the conference in assists and assist-to-turnover ratio ... has a career assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.11.

TOP PLAYER/COACH INFO

Jon NewleeHead Coach

Alma Mater: San Diego State, 1982

Overall Record: 141-128 (.524), 10 years

School Record: 13-15 (.464), 1 year

Associate Head CoachGavin Petersen, Hawai‘i Pacific, 1999

Assistant CoachesChrista Sanford, Idaho State, 2004Karen Ada Peterson, St. Francis Xavier, 2002

VANDALSIDAHO

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All Games: 13-15 Home: 7-6 Road: 5-8 Neutral: 1-1

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgTaleni, Derisa 28-26 1023-36.5 147-382 .385 28-119 .235 83-119 .697 50-125 175-6.3 84-1 54 96 24 56 405-14.5Olorunnife, Yinka 28-28 999-35.7 124-319 .389 25-79 .316 88-126 .698 77-233 310-11.1 90-3 20 79 35 54 361-12.9Kuehu, Shaena 28-18 879-31.4 97-245 .396 41-111 .369 44-77 .571 44-104 148-5.3 57-0 31 83 5 38 279-10.0Kloke, Rachele 28-17 859-30.7 96-229 .419 15-53 .283 44-56 .786 42-79 121-4.3 76-4 16 61 9 26 251-9.0Otero, Charlotte 28-28 1196-42.7 51-160 .319 29-86 .337 42-53 .792 11-51 62-2.2 23-0 100 74 0 45 173-6.2Curtis, Alana 28-21 819-29.3 60-159 .377 11-38 .289 19-39 .487 30-54 84-3.0 52-2 32 44 8 14 150-5.4Doran, Emily 13-1 92-7.1 7-30 .233 3-24 .125 0-3 .000 1-9 10-0.8 3-0 0 6 1 1 17-1.3Boyden, Liz 14-1 57-4.1 3-11 .273 0-0 .000 2-6 .333 3-1 4-0.3 2-0 0 3 2 1 8-0.6Eisses, Amy 11-0 68-6.2 2-8 .250 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3-6 9-0.8 6-0 0 0 1 2 4-0.4Sandman, Anna 6-0 8-1.3 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0-1 1-0.2 1-0 0 0 0 0 1-0.2TEAM 52-65 117-4.2 16

Idaho 28 587-1545 .380 152-510 .298 323-481 .672 313-728 1041-37.2 394-10 253 462 85 237 1649-58.9Opponents 28 635-1670 .380 150-487 .308 245-379 .646 374-730 1104--39.4 479-7 374 460 107 188 1665-59.5

WAC Games: 10-6 Home: 5-3 Road: 5-3

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgTaleni, Derisa 16-14 521-32.6 86-217 .396 20-70 .286 49-69 .710 24-69 93-5.8 49-0 33 50 10 29 241-15.1Olorunnife, Yinka 16-16 563-35.2 64-168 .381 16-50 .320 51-73 .699 33-153 186-11.6 51-1 14 41 23 35 195-12.2Kuehu, Shaena 16-13 525-32.8 68-152 .447 28-72 .389 25-46 .543 22-66 88-5.5 32-0 21 50 4 31 189-11.8Kloke, Rachele 16-5 433-27.1 51-118 .432 10-29 .345 30-33 .909 19-35 54-3.4 41-2 8 29 6 18 142-8.9Curtis, Alana 16-15 491-30.7 38-97 .392 10-25 .400 10-20 .500 20-30 50-3.1 30-1 18 33 4 7 96-6.0Otero, Charlotte 16-16 655-40.9 27-89 .303 17-48 .354 16-19 .842 3-26 29-1.8 14-0 60 40 0 20 87-5.4Doran, Emily 7-0 27-3.9 3-10 .300 2-9 .222 0-2 .000 0-2 2-0.3 0-0 0 3 0 0 8-1.1Boyden, Liz 7-1 31-4.4 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1-0 1-0.1 0-0 0 3 0 1 5-0.7Sandman, Anna 4-0 5-1.3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0-1 1-0.3 0-0 0 0 0 0 1-0.3Eisses, Amy 5-0 24-4.8 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1-0.2 4-0 0 0 0 2 0-0.0TEAM 31-30 61-3.8 10Idaho 16 339-858 .395 103-303 .340 183-266 .688 153-413 566-35.4 221-4 154 259 47 143 964-60.2Opponents 16 353-952 .371 75-249 .301 131-204 .642 216-411 627-39.2 273-4 189 271 55 101 912-57.0

Returning Starters (4) PPG RPGCharlotte Otero, Sr., PG 6.2 2.2Yinka Olorunnife, Jr., P 12.9 11.1Derisa Taleni, Sr., G/P 14.5 6.3Shaena Kuehu, So., G 10.0 5.3

Other Letterwinners Returning (2) PPG RPGRachele Kloke, Jr., G/P 9.0 4.3Emily Doran, Jr., G 1.3 0.8

Starters Lost (1) PPG RPGAlana Curtis, So., G 5.4 3.0

Other Letterwinners Lost (3) PPG RPGLiz Boyden, P 0.6 0.3Amy Eisses, P 0.4 0.8Anna Sandman, P 0.2 0.2

Newcomers (5)Ally Sisel, So., PJessica Graham, Fr., PKanisha Bello, Fr., GNatasha Helsham, Fr., PGBianca Cheever, Jr., G

PERSONNEL CAPSULE

Date Opponent ResultNov. 14 at Texas Tech L, 55-90Nov. 18 Montana L, 36-55Nov. 22 at Colorado State L, 60-69Nov. 25 Eastern Washington W, 80-70Nov. 29 !at Cal Poly L, 60-77Nov. 30 !Cal State Bakersfield W, 75-62Dec. 7 Long Beach State L, 54-55Dec. 11 Pacific W, 61-51Dec. 14 Washington State L, 50-53Dec. 20 at Montana State L, 52-64Dec. 28 at Portland L, 44-48Jan. 3 *Boise State L, 56-60Jan. 5 *Utah State W, 71-63Jan. 8 *at San Jose State W, 66-47Jan. 10 *at Fresno State W, 55-52Jan. 23 *Louisiana Tech L, 63-67 (OT)Jan. 25 *New Mexico State W, 70-49Feb. 1 *Hawai‘i W, 66-50Feb. 6 *at Louisiana Tech L, 60-70Feb. 8 *at New Mexico State W, 57-54Feb. 13 *Fresno State W, 59-47Feb. 15 *San Jose State W, 64-41Feb. 19 *at Nevada L, 53-69Feb. 22 *at Utah State L, 64-70 (2OT)Feb. 27 *at Hawai‘i W, 63-60

Date Opponent ResultMarch 4 *Nevada L, 39-57March 7 *at Boise State W, 58-56March 11 @vs. No. 5 Utah State L, 58-59 (OT)

!Cal Poly Tournament (San Luis Obispo, Calif )*WAC Game@WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

2008-09 RESULTS

2008-09 REVIEW

2008-09 IDAHO STATS

Record: 13-15 Conference Record: 10-6 Conference Finish: T-3rd Postseason: WAC Tournament

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2008-09 (21-13, 12-4 WAC, T-1st, WNIT Second Round)

Nickname: Lady TechstersEnrollment: 11,500Founded: 1894Joined WAC: July 1, 2001Colors: Red and BlueArena: Thomas Assembly Center (8,000)

President: Dr. Daniel ReneauAthletics Director: Derek DooleyAssociate AD (SWA): Mary Kay Hungate

Women’s Basketball SID: Malcolm ButlerSID E-Mail: [email protected] Phone Number: (318) 257-3144Cell Number: (318) 614-4513SID Fax Number: (318) 257-3757Press Row Number: (318) 257-3144

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent TimeNov. 13 Centenary 7 p.m.Nov. 20 at Nicholls State TBANov. 24 at Arkansas State TBANov. 28 Alcorn State 7 p.m.Dec. 1 LSU 7 p.m.Dec. 5 at Baylor 7 p.m.Dec. 9 at Western Kentucky TBADec. 12 Mississippi State 7 p.m.Dec. 16 McNeese State 7 p.m.Dec. 22 Memphis 6 p.m.Dec. 29 !vs. Stephen F. Austin 5 p.m.Dec. 30 !at UTSA 7 p.m.Jan. 3 at Southern Mississippi 2 p.m.Jan. 6 *Utah State 7 p.m.Jan. 13 *at San Jose State 7 p.m.Jan. 16 *New Mexico State 7 p.m.Jan. 21 *Hawai’i 7 p.m.Jan. 23 *at Fresno State 5 p.m.Jan. 26 *at Nevada TBAJan. 30 *Idaho 6 p.m.Feb. 3 *Boise State 7 p.m.Feb. 6 *at Utah State 3 p.m.Feb. 13 *San Jose State 6 p.m.Feb. 17 *at New Mexico State 7 p.m.Feb. 20 *at Hawai’i 5 p.m.Feb. 24 *Fresno State 7 p.m.Feb. 27 *Nevada 6 p.m.March 3 *at Idaho 7 p.m.March 6 *at Boise State 2 p.m.March 10-13 at WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

!UTSA New Year’s Classic (San Antonio, Texas)*WAC GameAll times local/subject to change

2009-10 SCHEDULE

Senior Shanavia Dowdell returns to lead the Lady Techsters after earning WAC Player of the Year honors as a junior.

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lFormer Kodak All-American and WNBA All-Star Te-resa Weatherspoon returns for her second season at LA Tech, her first full season as the Lady Techster head coach.

lWeatherspoon took over the pro-gram in February of 2009 and led the Lady Techsters to a 9-2 mark down the stretch, a share of the WAC title and a berth in the WNIT where Tech defeated CUSA regular season champion SMU.

lWeatherspoon, who led the Lady Techsters to the 1988 national title, will be inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in the summer of 2010.

lThe Techsters were the only team with two first-team all-WAC honorees last year in Shanavia Dowdell and Adrienne Johnson.

lDowdell and Johnson are two of four starters re-turning for the Lady Techsters along with Tiawana Pringle and Whitney Jones.

lLouisiana Tech has participated in 25 NCAA Tourna-ments, 13 Final Fours, 8 national title games and won three national titles (1981, 1982, 1988).

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last School) 2 Brietta Thomas G 5-11 Jr. 2L Baton Rouge, La. (University) 3 Kiara Young G/F 5-9 So. 1L Rogersville, Ala. (Lauderdale County) 10 Reina Kempt G 5-11 Fr. HS Baton Rouge, La. (McKinley) 14 Tarkeisha Wysinger G 5-7 Jr. 2L Many, La. (Many) 21 Martina Holloway G 5-5 Jr. TR Albuquerque, N.M. (College of Southern Idaho) 22 Tiawana Pringle G 5-7 Sr. 3L Meridian, Miss. (SE Lauderdale) 23 Whitney Jones G 5-7 Jr. 2L West Monroe, La. (Baylor) 30 Tavasha Anderson F 6-3 Fr. HS Grenada, Miss. (Grenada) 32 Jasmine Bendolph G 5-7 So. 1L Mobile, Ala. (Davidson) 33 Adrienne Johnson F 6-0 Jr. 2L Franklin, La. (Franklin) 42 Shanavia Dowdell F 6-2 Sr. 3L Calera, Ala. (Calera)

2009-10 ROSTER

Shanavia DowdellF, 6-1, Sr.

Reigning WAC Player of the Year and to the all-WAC first team after av-eraging 16.1 points and 9.9 rebounds per game ... named to the all-tour-nament team at the WAC Tournament ... selected to the WBCA All-Region 7

Team ... four-time WAC Player of the Week as a junior, a program record ... recorded a WAC-best 18 double doubles during the season ... scored in double figures 29 times and had eight games of 20 or more points, including a career-high 30 points vs. Western Kentucky ... named to the WAC all-Freshman team in 2006-07.

TOP PLAYER/COACH INFO

Teresa WeatherspoonHead Coach

Alma Mater: Louisiana Tech, 2008

Overall Record: 9-2 (.818), 1 year

School Record: Same

Associate Head CoachDaron Park, Montana State, 1994

Assistant CoachesSara Carter, South Alabama, 2004Ebony Felder, Georgia, 2006

LADY TECHSTERSLOUISIANA TECH

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All Games: 21-13 Home: 13-3 Road: 6-10 Neutral: 2-0

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgDowdell, Shanavia 33-32 1037-31.4 218-409 .533 10-28 .357 85-144 .590 111-215 326-9.9 69-2 21 73 60 39 531-16.1Johnson, Adrienne 34-34 1122-33.0 211-454 .465 2-17 .118 103-143 .720 105-138 243-7.1 101-1 26 121 46 59 527-15.5Jones, Whitney 34-34 1110-32.6 172-431 .399 38-113 .336 71-105 .676 78-87 165-4.9 80-0 86 82 7 51 453-13.3Pringle, Tiawana 34-33 997-29.3 81-236 .343 24-82 .293 37-70 .529 22-120 142-4.2 108-6 98 78 2 44 223-6.6Stewart, Sidney 34-28 797-23.4 61-193 .316 33-117 .282 31-57 .544 22-101 123-3.6 82-1 65 64 1 30 186-5.5Wysinger, Tarkeisha 18-0 240-13.3 23-66 .348 2-6 .333 29-48 .604 29-22 51-2.8 25-0 15 22 0 16 77-4.3Thomas, Brietta 32-0 440-13.8 50-143 .350 20-64 .313 14-19 .737 16-58 74-2.3 21-0 22 29 10 14 134-4.2Bendolph, Jasmine 30-6 496-16.5 41-134 .306 6-20 .300 24-35 .686 18-43 61-2.0 33-0 74 58 0 16 112-3.7Warren, Keisha 20-2 308-15.4 17-58 .293 0-1 .000 14-39 .359 34-36 70-3.5 33-1 9 18 24 7 48-2.4Young, Kiara 23-0 165-7.2 16-46 .348 2-8 .250 6-17 .353 20-33 53-2.3 23-0 3 5 0 9 40-1.7Sword, DeAngela 13-0 45-3.5 5-21 .238 1-4 .250 3-5 .600 4-3 7-0.5 7-0 2 1 3 1 14-1.1Mulford, Shordy 21-1 118-5.6 4-23 .174 1-11 .091 1-9 .111 3-14 17-0.8 16-0 18 13 0 5 10-0.5TEAM 82-96 178-5.2 5

Louisiana Tech 34 899-2214 .406 139-471 .295 418-691 .605 544-966 1510-44.4 598-11 439 569 153 291 2355-69.3Opponents 34 780-2118 .368 159-577 .276 401-606 .662 490-923 1413-41.6 629-16 404 638 127 269 2120-62.4

WAC Games: 12-4 Home: 6-2 Road: 6-2

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgJohnson, Adrienne 16-16 522-32.6 104-204 .510 1-4 .250 56-78 .718 52-59 111-6.9 41-0 10 53 18 25 265-16.6Dowdell, Shanavia 16-16 533-33.3 104-188 .553 2-9 .222 37-56 .661 53-103 156-9.8 27-0 11 40 22 20 247-15.4Jones, Whitney 16-16 533-33.3 81-218 .372 19-59 .322 28-41 .683 37-35 72-4.5 35-0 47 33 2 23 209-13.1Pringle, Tiawana 16-15 513-32.1 41-120 .342 11-40 .275 24-50 .480 11-59 70-4.4 51-2 63 38 1 24 117-7.3Stewart, Sidney 16-16 402-25.1 27-92 .293 16-54 .296 17-26 .654 9-54 63-3.9 41-0 34 35 0 17 87-5.4Thomas, Brietta 15-0 223-14.9 24-73 .329 8-32 .250 7-10 .700 5-27 32-2.1 11-0 12 14 2 6 63-4.2Wysinger, Tarkeisha 12-0 133-11.1 13-34 .382 2-2 1.000 18-34 .529 17-15 32-2.7 12-0 8 12 0 11 46-3.8Warren, Keisha 6-0 78-13.0 7-14 .500 0-0 .000 4-10 .400 10-5 15-2.5 9-0 1 3 3 2 18-3.0Bendolph, Jasmine 12-0 169-14.1 11-42 .262 2-7 .286 8-13 .615 7-17 24-2.0 9-0 27 18 0 6 32-2.7Young, Kiara 13-0 97-7.5 10-27 .370 2-5 .400 4-8 .500 7-14 21-1.6 13-0 2 2 0 3 26-2.0Sword, DeAngela 4-0 16-4.0 1-7 .143 0-1 .000 2-3 .667 1-1 2-0.5 2-0 1 0 2 1 4-1.0Mulford, Shordy 9-1 31-3.4 2-7 .286 1-6 .167 0-2 .000 0-1 1-0.1 5-0 5 1 0 2 5-0.6TEAM 42-47 89-5.6 2

Louisiana Tech 16 425-1026 .414 64-219 .292 205-331 .619 251-437 688-43.0 256-2 221 251 50 140 1119-69.9Opponents 16 371-958 .387 92-301 .306 167-258 .647 202-421 623-38.9 298-9 209 303 53 124 1001-62.6

Returning Starters (4) PPG RPGShanavia Dowdell, Jr., F 16.1 9.9Adrienne Johnson, So., F 15.5 7.1Whitney Jones, So., G 13.3 4.9Tiawana Pringle, Jr., G 6.6 4.2

Other Letterwinners Returning (4) PPG RPGJasmine Bendolph, Fr., G 3.7 2.0Brietta Thomas, So., G 4.2 2.3Tarkeisha Wysinger, So., G 4.3 2.8Kiara Young, Fr., G 1.7 2.3

Starters Lost (1) PPG RPGSidney Stewart, So., G 5.5 3.6 Other Letterwinners Lost (3) PPG RPGShordy Mulford, Sr., G 0.5 0.8DeAngela Sword, Fr., G 1.1 0.5Keisha Warren, Sr., F 2.4 3.5

Newcomers (3)Tavasha Anderson, Fr., FReina Kempt, Fr., GMartina Holloway, Jr., G

PERSONNEL CAPSULE

Date Opponent ResultNov. 14 Central Arkansas W, 77-36Nov. 18 at Memphis L, 60-67Nov. 23 at No. 5/13 Tennessee L, 59-94Nov. 26 Nicholls State W, 90-33Nov. 30 Western Kentucky L, 59-60Dec. 3 at Mississippi State L, 42-72Dec. 6 Arizona W, 68-53Dec. 9 Grambling State W, 75-46Dec. 13 Sam Houston State W, 82-59Dec. 15 at LSU L, 41-51Dec. 22 Arkansas-Little Rock W, 77-61Dec. 28 !UMBC W, 83-62Dec. 29 !at No. 15/16 Virginia L, 52-68Jan. 3 at McNeese State L, 66-71Jan. 8 *at Nevada L, 57-64Jan. 10 *at Utah State W, 90-82 (OT)Jan. 16 *Fresno State L, 53-78Jan. 18 *San Jose State W, 70-53Jan. 23 *at Idaho W, 67-63 (OT)Jan. 25 *at Boise State L, 44-54Jan. 30 *New Mexico State W, 77-51Feb. 6 *Idaho W, 70-60Feb. 8 *Boise State L, 61-66Feb. 13 *Hawai‘i W, 68-56Feb. 15 *Nevada W, 77-59

Date Opponent ResultFeb. 20 *at San Jose State W, 87-69Feb. 22 *at Hawai‘i W, 89-71Feb. 28 *Utah State W, 53-46March 2 *at Fresno State W, 80-62March 7 *at New Mexico State W, 78-69March 11 @vs. No. 7 NM State W, 81-68March 13 @at No. 3 Nevada L, 88-91 (OT)March 19 #SMU W, 77-54 March 24 $at Illinois State L, 59-73

!Marriott Cavalier Classic (Charlottesville, Va.)*WAC Game@WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)#WNIT First Round (Ruston, La.)$WNIT Second Round (Normal, Ill.)

2008-09 RESULTS

2008-09 REVIEW

2008-09 LOUISIANA TECH STATS

Record: 21-13 Conference Record: 12-4 Conference Finish: T-1st Postseason: WNIT Second Round

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2008-09 (18-14, 10-6 WAC, T-3rd, WAC Tournament)

Nickname: Wolf PackEnrollment: 17,000Founded: 1874Joined WAC: July 1, 2000Colors: Blue and SilverArena: Lawlor Events Center (11,536)

President: Dr. Milton GlickAthletics Director: Cary GrothAssociate AD (SWA): Rhonda Lundin

Women’s Basketball SID: Kristen SaibiniSID E-Mail: [email protected] Phone Number: (775) 682-6985Cell Number: (775) 412-2682SID Fax Number: (775) 784-4386Press Row Number: (775) 784-4404SID: Rhonda Lundin

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent TimeNov. 13 Cal State Monterrey Bay TBANov. 16 UC Santa Barbara TBANov. 20 at Saint Mary’s TBANov. 23 Weber State TBANov. 27 !Columbia TBANov. 28 !Iowa/West Virginia TBADec. 2 Sacramento State TBADec. 4 at Arizona 7 p.m.Dec. 6 UNLV 2 p.m.Dec. 18 at Pepperdine 5 p.m.Dec. 22 Washington State TBADec. 28 @at San Diego TBADec. 30 @vs. Boston College/California TBAJan 2 at Brigham Young 2 p.m.Jan. 6 *at San Jose State 7 p.m.Jan. 9 *Boise State TBA Jan. 13 *at Utah State 7 p.m.Jan. 16 *at Hawai’i 7 p.m.Jan. 20 *Fresno State 7 p.m.Jan. 26 *Louisiana Tech TBAJan. 30 *at New Mexico State 7 p.m.Feb. 3 *at Idaho 7 p.m.Feb. 6 *San Jose State TBAFeb. 10 *at Boise State 7 p.m.Feb. 13 *Utah State 2 p.m.Feb. 15 *Hawai’i TBA Feb. 20 *at Fresno State 5 p.m.Feb. 27 *at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m.March 3 *New Mexico State TBAMarch 6 *Idaho TBAMarch 10-13 WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

!Nugget Classic (Reno, Nev.)@Surf n Slam Tournament (San Diego, Calif.)*WAC GameAll times local/subject to change

2009-10 SCHEDULE

The 2008-09 team tied the program record for most overall wins (18) and conference wins (10) and made the program’s first-ever ap-pearance in the WAC Tournament title game.FA

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lThe Wolf Pack recorded the program’s first-ever win over a Top 25 school with an 85-82 win over No. 7/8 Louisville.

lNevada opened WAC play 7-0, the program’s best-ever start in confer-ence play.

l Nevada led the league in steals for the third straight season with 325.

lNevada ended the year to 13-4 at home and is 25-7 at Lawlor Events Center since the start of the 2007-08 season.

lNevada won the Nugget Classic for the second straight season.

lNevada went 2-1 against La Tech, marking the first time in program history Nevada beat the Techsters more than once in a season.

lHead Coach Jane Albright earned her 400th career win on Nov. 28, 2008, with a win over Northern Iowa.

lAlbright became the program’s all-time winningest first-year head coach with 18 victories.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last School) 1 Tahnee Robinson G 5-9 Jr. TR Fort Washakie, Wyo. (Sheridan College) 2 Megan Cherry G 5-9 Sr. 2L Durango, Colo. (Butler CC) 3 Brittany Woodard F 6-0 So. 1L Sacramento, Calif. (Christian Brothers) 4 Abby Boorman F 6-4 Fr. HS Reno, Nev. (Reno) 5 Nicole Williams G 5-9 Jr. 2L Sacramento, Calif. (Laguna Creek) 10 Johnna Ward G 5-10 Jr. 2L Spring Creek, Nev. (Spring Creek) 11 Holly Jones G 5-9 Fr. HS Colts Neck, N.J. (IMG Academies) 21 Kate Kevorken G/F 6-0 Jr. TR Westlake Village, Calif. (Northern Colorado) 23 Amanda Johnson G 5-6 So. 1L Oceanside, Calif. (El Camino) 30 Marissa Hammond F 6-3 RJr. 2L Pendleton, Ore. (Pendleton) 31 Jennifer Gross G 6-0 Jr. 2L Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley) 32 Marianne Lombardi F 6-1 Sr. 3L Yakima, Wash. (Eisenhower) 33 Shavon Moore F 6-1 Jr. 2L Riverside, Calif. (J.W. North) 34 Kayla Williams F 6-0 So. 1L Sparks, Nev. (Reed)

2009-10 ROSTER

Shavon MooreF, 6-0, Jr.

Played in all 32 games, starting 28, last year as a sophomore ... aver-aged 7.0 points and 6.6 rebounds ... recorded four double-doubles ... scored in double figures 10 times ... scored a ca-reer-high 16 points at

Boise State ... recorded double-digit rebounds in five games, including a career-high 18 in the win over LA Tech in the WAC Tournament ... had a career-high four blocks against Boise State in the WAC Tournament ... two-time WAC All-Academic honoree.

TOP PLAYER/COACH INFO

Jane AlbrightHead Coach

Alma Mater: Appalachian State, ‘77

Overall Record: 415-325 (.561), 25 years

School Record: 18-14 (.563), 1 year

Assistant CoachesRon Stewart, Indiana, 1971Camille Williams, Wisconsin, 1996Kami Malnaa, Montana State-Billings, 2002

WOLF PACKNEVADA

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All Games: 18-14 Home: 13-4 Road: 5-9 Neutral: 0-1Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgCriner, Dellena 32-32 1056-33.0 139-332 .419 31-98 .316 161-197 .817 44-82 126-3.9 76-3 144 124 2 73 470-14.7Jones, Brandi 32-31 851-26.6 106-294 .361 8-40 .200 52-87 .598 63-114 177-5.5 42-0 63 79 18 49 272-8.5Franklin, Cherlanda 32-31 836-26.1 115-277 .415 0-5 .000 36-58 .621 76-138 214-6.7 62-1 31 59 44 55 266-8.3Ward, Johnna 32-32 908-28.4 86-277 .310 48-166 .289 33-47 .702 7-44 51-1.6 77-1 51 64 11 47 253-7.9Moore, Shavon 32-28 706-22.1 82-200 .410 3-7 .429 58-83 .699 110-103 213-6.7 80-2 19 53 24 38 225-7.0Hammond, Marissa 32-3 397-12.4 56-106 .528 1-3 .333 27-49 .551 29-41 70-2.2 41-0 9 43 8 12 140-4.4Cherry, Megan 32-0 305-9.5 36-101 .356 19-60 .317 24-29 .828 6-23 29-0.9 23-0 20 26 5 13 115-3.6Williams, Kayla 32-1 302-9.4 43-90 .478 0-0 .000 21-40 .525 31-52 83-2.6 40-0 3 17 8 2 107-3.3Lombardi, Marianne 31-0 208-6.7 19-48 .396 1-3 .333 6-12 .500 20-34 54-1.7 16-0 8 31 2 6 45-1.5Henry, Bre`Anna 23-1 124-5.4 10-22 .455 0-0 .000 9-12 .750 7-12 19-0.8 9-0 4 10 2 2 29-1.3Williams, Nicole 30-0 192-6.4 11-36 .306 0-1 .000 15-21 .714 8-22 30-1.0 21-0 12 18 2 5 37-1.2Woodard, Brittany 24-1 193-8.0 5-32 .156 1-4 .250 13-27 .481 12-19 31-1.3 17-0 9 13 4 8 24-1.0Johnson, Amanda 32-0 249-7.8 7-31 .226 1-9 .111 7-14 .500 6-14 20-0.6 26-0 14 30 0 13 22-0.7Gross, Jennifer 19-0 98-5.2 6-16 .375 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 3-11 14-0.7 3-0 5 7 1 2 13-0.7TEAM 77-75 152-4.8 12

Nevada 32 721-1862 .387 113-396 .285 463-678 .683 499-784 1283-40.1 533-7 392 586 131 325 2018-63.1Opponents 32 701--1806 .388 156-451 .346 397-583 .681 427--759 1186-37.1 586-13 368 610 107 255 1955-61.1

WAC Games: 10-6 Home: 6-2 Road: 4-4Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgCriner, Dellena 16-16 506-31.6 66-159 .415 17-46 .370 74-96 .771 23-39 62-3.9 36-2 66 59 0 36 223-13.9Franklin, Cherlanda 16-16 428-26.8 63-157 .401 0-1 .000 15-26 .577 44-65 109-6.8 28-0 18 27 24 30 141-8.8Jones, Brandi 16-16 426-26.6 47-134 .351 5-21 .238 17-26 .654 36-58 94-5.9 19-0 40 48 7 28 116-7.3Moore, Shavon 16-12 318-19.9 40-89 .449 0-0 .000 33-49 .673 51-43 94-5.9 37-2 9 26 15 11 113-7.1Ward, Johnna 16-16 450-28.1 36-119 .303 19-71 .268 21-33 .636 5-23 28-1.8 37-1 30 34 7 28 112-7.0Cherry, Megan 16-0 149-9.3 24-55 .436 13-31 .419 14-18 .778 3-15 18-1.1 13-0 9 14 1 6 75-4.7Williams, Kayla 16-1 161-10.1 27-51 .529 0-0 .000 9-21 .429 21-30 51-3.2 26-0 1 9 3 0 63-3.9Hammond, Marissa 16-2 190-11.9 24-43 .558 1-2 .500 13-29 .448 15-28 43-2.7 21-0 4 22 2 7 62-3.9Henry, Bre`Anna 12-1 76-6.3 7-13 .538 0-0 .000 9-12 .750 3-9 12-1.0 6-0 2 6 2 1 23-1.9Lombardi, Marianne 15-0 107-7.1 10-23 .435 1-2 .500 1-6 .167 11-20 31-2.1 10-0 4 17 1 3 22-1.5Williams, Nicole 15-0 96-6.4 5-15 .333 0-1 .000 12-17 .706 3-8 11-0.7 12-0 6 10 1 2 22-1.5Johnson, Amanda 16-0 145-9.1 5-18 .278 1-6 .167 3-6 .500 2-8 10-0.6 9-0 11 12 0 6 14-0.9Gross, Jennifer 15-0 84-5.6 5-14 .357 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2-9 11-0.7 2-0 5 5 1 2 11-0.7Woodard, Brittany 11-0 64-5.8 2-15 .133 0-2 .000 3-8 .375 4-8 12-1.1 3-0 3 8 2 5 7-0.6TEAM 37-38 75-4.7 5

Nevada 16 361-905 .399 57-183 .311 225-349 .645 260-401 661-41.3 259-5 208 302 66 165 1004-62.8Opponents 16 319-848 .376 80-236 .339 187-288 .649 184-348 532-33.2 301-8 175 311 51 138 905-56.6

Returning Starters (2) PPG RPGShavon Moore, Jr., F 7.0 6.7Johnna Ward, Jr., G 7.9 1.6

Other Letterwinners Returning (8) PPG RPGMegan Cherry, Sr., G 3.6 0.9Jennifer Gross, Jr., G 0.7 0.7Marissa Hammond, Jr., F 4.4 2.2Amanda Johnson, So., G 0.7 0.6Marianne Lombardi, Sr., F 1.5 1.7Kayla Williams, So., F 3.3 2.6Nicole Williams, Jr., G 1.2 1.0Brittany Woodard, So., F 1.0 1.3

Starters Lost (3) PPG RPGDellena Criner, Sr., G 14.7 3.9 Cherlanda Franklin, Sr., F 8.3 6.7Brandi Jones, Sr., G 8.5 5.5

Other Letterwinners Lost (1) PPG RPGBre’ Anna Henry, Sr., G 1.3 0.8

Newcomers (4)Holly Jones, Fr., GKate Kevorken, Jr., GTahnee Robinson, Jr., GAbby Boorman, Fr., F

PERSONNEL CAPSULE

Date Opponent ResultNov. 14 Eastern Washington W, 64-49Nov. 16 at No. 9/9 California L, 53-67Nov. 18 Brigham Young L, 63-81Nov. 21 at UNLV L, 53-66Nov. 23 Saint Mary’s W, 99-91Nov. 28 !Northern Iowa W, 71-63Nov. 29 !No. 7/8 Louisville W, 85-82Dec. 4 at UC Santa Barbara L, 37-59Dec. 7 at UCLA L, 47-62Dec. 18 at Santa Clara W, 67-53Dec. 21 UC Riverside W, 52-47Dec. 29 @Hampton L, 59-62Dec. 30 @at Montana L, 51-59Jan. 8 *Louisiana Tech W, 64-57Jan. 10 *New Mexico State W, 61-56Jan. 14 *at Utah State W, 56-49Jan. 17 *at Hawai‘i W, 69-50Jan. 25 *at San Jose State W, 66-52Jan. 30 *Boise State W, 77-45Feb. 1 *San Jose State W, 61-50Feb. 6 *Fresno State L, 60-63Feb. 8 *Utah State L, 52-63Feb. 13 *at New Mexico State L, 51-54 Feb. 15 *at Louisiana Tech L, 59-77Feb. 19 *Idaho W, 69-53

Date Opponent ResultFeb. 22 *at Boise State L, 74-75Feb. 27 *at Fresno State L, 53-65March 4 *at Idaho W, 57-39March 7 *Hawai‘i W, 75-57March 11 #No. 6 Boise State W, 73-65March 13 #No. 2 Louisiana Tech W, 91-88 (OT)March 14 #No. 1 Fresno State L, 49-56

!Nugget Classic (Reno, Nev.)@Montana Tournament (Missoula, Mont.)*WAC Game#WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

2008-09 RESULTS

2008-09 REVIEW

2008-09 NEVADA STATS

Record: 18-14 Conference Record: 10-6 Conference Finish: T-3rd Postseason: WAC Tournament

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Nickname: AggiesEnrollment: 31,000Founded: 1888Joined WAC: July 1, 2005Colors: Crimson and WhiteArena: Pan American Center (12,482)

Interim President: Dr. Manuel PachecoAthletics Director: Dr. McKinley BostonAssociate AD (SWA): Maria Roth

Women’s Basketball SID: Tyler DunkelSID E-Mail: [email protected] Phone Number: (575) 646-3269 Cell Number: (575) 640-7270SID Fax Number: (575) 646-2425Press Row Number: (575) 646-3400

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent TimeNov. 13 at Cal State Northridge 2 p.m.Nov. 15 at Cal Poly 2 p.m.Nov. 20 Long Beach State 7 p.m.Nov. 23 North Dakota 7 p.m.Nov. 27 !Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 7 p.m.Nov. 28 !Michigan 7 p.m.Dec. 2 %New Mexico 7 p.m.Dec. 12 North Dakota State 8 p.m.Dec. 15 UTEP 7 p.m.Dec. 20 %at New Mexico 2 p.m.Dec. 22 Alcorn State 7 p.m.Dec. 28 at UTEP 7 p.m.Dec. 30 New Mexico Highlands 7 p.m.Jan. 3 Kansas 2 p.m.Jan. 6 *at Boise State 7 p.m.Jan. 9 *Hawai’i 7 p.m.Jan. 13 *Fresno State 7 p.m.Jan. 16 *at Louisiana Tech 7 p.m.Jan. 20 *Idaho 7 p.m.Jan. 23 *at Utah State 1 p.m.Jan. 30 *Nevada 7 p.m.Feb. 3 *at San Jose State 7 p.m.Feb. 6 *Boise State 5 p.m.Feb. 10 *at Hawai’i 7 p.m.Feb. 13 *at Fresno State 2 p.m.Feb. 17 *Louisiana Tech 7 p.m.Feb. 20 *at Idaho TBAFeb. 23 *Utah State 5 p.m.March 3 *at Nevada TBAMarch 6 *San Jose State 7 p.m.March 10-13 at WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

!Aggie Thanksgiving Classic (Las Cruces)%Rio Grande Rivalry Series Game*WAC GameAll times local/subject to change

2009-10 SCHEDULE

The Aggies led the WAC in free throw percent-age last year, shooting 70.4 percent at the line. It marked just the sixth time in program history that the Aggies shot above 70 percent at the charity strip for an entire season.

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lNM State returns four starters and 74 percent of its scoring from a year ago.

lMadison Spence was the fifth lead-ing scorer in the WAC as a sopho-more and earned second team all-WAC honors. She was also named a 2009 Player Making the Buzz by the Nancy Lieberman Award, which recognizes the top point guards in the nation.

lHead coach Darin Spence needs five more victories to become the second winningest coach in school history. He is six wins away from 400 in his career.

lCrystal Boyd, a transfer from Texas who sat out last season due to NCAA transfer regulations, has one year of eligibility available for the 2009-10 season and she will be a key contributor for the Aggies.

lGuard Danisha Corbett’s 58 three-pointers in 2008-09 were the 10th most in a single-season in program history.

lForward Tabytha Wampler and guard Kaitlyn Soto both return after being named to the 2009 WAC All-Freshman team. That was the first time in school history that two Aggie freshman have been named to the team in the same season.

lNew Mexico State’s 18 home games sets a new program record for the most in the regular season.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last School) 1 Cindy Ekweozor C 6-3 So. 1L Spring Valley, Calif. (Mount Miguel) 2 Malia Magazzeni F 6-2 Fr. HS Queen Creek, Ariz. (Highland) 3 Jasmine Lowe G 5-7 Jr. TR San Francisco, Calif. (Foothill JC) 4 Erica Sanchez F 6-3 Jr. 2L Chula Vista, Calif. (Eastlake) 5 Taylor Altenburg G 6-0 So. 1L Elko, Nev. (Elko) 11 Danisha Corbett G 5-10 Jr. 2L San Diego, Calif. (Montgomery) 13 Kaitlyn Soto G 5-8 So. 1L Santa Ana, Calif. (Mater Dei) 24 Madison Spence G 5-11 Jr. 2L Las Cruces, N.M. (Mayfield) 25 Christina Fletcher F 6-1 Fr. HS Downers Grove, Ill. (Montini Catholic) 32 Ashley Scroggins F 6-2 Sr. 1L Mineral Springs, Ark. (Pratt CC) 33 Tabytha Wampler F 6-1 So. 1L Cottonwood, Calif. (West Valley) 34 Crystal Boyd G 5-11 Sr. TR Little Rock, Ark. (Texas) 35 Camila Rosen G 6-0 Fr. HS Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley) 40 Kelsie Rozendaal F 5-11 So. 1L Weatherford, Texas (Weatherford) 44 Emily Thatcher F 6-1 Jr. TR Las Cruces, N.M. (Weber State)

2009-10 ROSTER

Madison SpenceG, 5-11, Jr.

Named second team all-WAC as a sophomore last season after averaging 14.3 points per game ... named WAC Player of the Week for Jan. 12-18 ... two-time Academic All-WAC honoree ... se-lected to the 2008 WAC

All-Freshman Team ... has scored in double figures in 36 of her 62 career games ... has started every game she’s played ... one of 16 players in school history to score 30 points or more in a game ... was the sixth-fastest player in school history to reach 500 career points and is 257 points away from 1,000 in her career.

TOP PLAYER/COACH INFO

Darin SpenceHead Coach

Alma Mater: Marymount College, 1985

Overall Record: 394-184 (.682), 18 years

School Record: 77-104 (.425), 6 years

Assistant CoachesTony Giannotti, Southern Utah, 2000Brooke Atkinson, Wichita State, 2002Cecilia Russell-Nava, New Mexico State, 2008

2008-09 (9-22, 5-11 WAC, 7th, WAC Tournament)

AGGIESNEW MEXICO STATE

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All Games: 9-22 Home: 8-6 Road: 1-13 Neutral: 0-3

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgSpence, Madison 31-31 974-31.4 146-382 .382 37-131 .282 113-145 .779 20-94 114-3.7 70-0 88 94 4 19 442-14.3Corbett, Danisha 30-30 851-28.4 114-361 .316 58-181 .320 75-94 .798 34-93 127-4.2 49-1 40 64 18 47 361-12.0Walton, Tyshae 31-31 1020-32.9 108-290 .372 3-13 .231 32-43 .744 15-78 93-3.0 37-0 43 40 2 24 251-8.1Wampler, Tabytha 31-27 733-23.6 87-214 .407 8-17 .471 41-67 .612 63-92 155-5.0 107-8 38 88 10 29 223-7.2LeDeatte, Areyal 13-0 162-12.5 33-66 .500 1-1 1.000 15-26 .577 13-29 42-3.2 26-1 6 24 8 2 82-6.3Soto, Kaitlyn 31-0 621-20.0 57-156 .365 9-20 .450 66-101 .653 16-54 70-2.3 63-2 61 77 0 21 189-6.1Palmer, Brittany 28-2 371-13.3 34-79 .430 7-20 .350 28-41 .683 11-27 38-1.4 34-1 28 48 5 17 103-3.7Rozendaal, Kelsie 28-1 327--11.7 22-37 .595 0-1 .000 21-27 .778 26-50 76-2.7 26-0 7 9 0 7 65-2.3Holt, Niki 28-15 520-18.6 27-75 .360 1-9 .111 8-17 .471 49-91 140-5.0 64-3 12 30 61 12 63-2.3Sanchez, Erica 30-18 459-15.3 29-60 .483 2-5 .400 5-13 .385 30-67 97-3.2 54-1 16 20 22 10 65-2.2Altenburg, Taylor 14-0 89-6.4 6-27 .222 4-20 .200 10-14 .714 4-11 15-1.1 8-0 3 5 1 1 26-1.9Scroggins, Ashley 10-0 83-8.3 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 5-8 .625 7-12 19-1.9 7-0 1 6 1 4 9-0.9Ekweozor, Cindy 9-0 43-4.8 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 6-5 11-1.2 9-0 0 5 0 2 6-0.7Ward, Holli 2-0 4-2.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0.0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0-0.0TEAM 58-70 128-4.3 2 11New Mexico State 31 667-1760 .379 130-418 .311 421-598 .704 352-773 1125-36.3 556-17 344 521 132 195 1885-60.8Opponents 31 755-1841 .410 173-497 .348 407-606 .672 424-836 1260-40.6 537-10 401 494 96 233 2090-67.4

WAC Games: 5-11 Home: 4-4 Road: 1-7

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgSpence, Madison 16-16 491-30.7 76-220 .345 15-65 .231 61-80 .763 11-50 61-3.8 39-0 58 55 0 10 228-14.3Corbett, Danisha 15-15 437-29.1 58-186 .312 30-93 .323 37-47 .787 16-43 59-3.9 17-0 15 30 10 20 183-12.2Wampler, Tabytha 16-16 403-25.2 55-123 .447 2-3 .667 24-39 .615 33-42 75-4.7 57-4 23 43 3 21 136-8.5Walton, Tyshae 16-16 518-32.4 56-143 .392 1-5 .200 10-14 .714 9-34 43-2.7 19-0 16 20 2 14 123-7.7Soto, Kaitlyn 16-0 342-21.4 33-84 .393 6-11 .545 30-42 .714 9-31 40-2.5 33-1 33 46 0 14 102-6.4Palmer, Brittany 15-1 203-13.5 18-43 .419 5-14 .357 14-22 .636 6-20 26-1.7 15-0 20 27 4 11 55-3.7Sanchez, Erica 16-15 310-19.4 21-45 .467 2-5 .400 3-8 .375 23-50 73-4.6 35-1 12 15 20 7 47-2.9Holt, Niki 13-1 263-20.2 13-35 .371 0-4 .000 4-7 .571 25-50 75-5.8 27-2 7 16 39 6 30-2.3Rozendaal, Kelsie 15-0 173-11.5 9-15 .600 0-0 .000 10-13 .769 15-24 39-2.6 13-0 2 7 0 2 28-1.9Altenburg, Taylor 8-0 58-7.3 3-18 .167 3-14 .214 5-5 1.000 2--6 8-1.0 7-0 3 4 1 0 14-1.8LeDeatte, Areyal 2-0 6-3.0 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1-0.5 0-0 2 1 0 1 2-1.0Ekweozor, Cindy 5-0 19-3.8 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 5-3 8-1.6 4-0 0 4 0 0 4-0.8Scroggins, Ashley 1-0 2-2.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0.0TEAM 31-43 74-4.9 5

New Mexico State 16 344-918 .375 64-214 .299 200-279 .717 185-397 582-36.4 266-8 191 273 79 106 952-59.5Opponents 16 374-944 .396 96-273 .352 188-282 .667 218--428 646--40.4 268-4 198 271 47 126 1032-64.5

Returning Starters (4) PPG RPGDanisha Corbett, Jr., G 12.0 4.2Erica Sanchez, Jr., F 2.2 3.2Madison Spence, Jr., G 14.3 3.7Tabytha Wampler, So., F 5.0 7.2

Other Letterwinners Returning (5) PPG RPGTaylor Altenburg, So., G 1.9 1.1Cindy Ekweozor, So., C 0.7 1.2Kelsie Rozendaal, So., F 2.3 2.7Ashley Scroggins, Sr., F 0.9 1.9Kaitlyn Soto, So., G 6.1 2.3

Starters Lost (1) PPG RPGTyshae Walton, Sr., G 8.1 3.0

Other Letterwinners Lost (4) PPG RPGNiki Holt, Sr., C 2.3 5.00Areyal LeDeatte, Jr., C 6.3 3.2Brittany Palmer 3.7 1.4Holli Ward

Newcomers (5)Malia Magazzeni, Fr., FJasmine Lowe, Jr., GChristina Fletcher, Fr., FCrystal Boyd, R-Jr., GCamila Rosen, Fr., G

PERSONNEL CAPSULE

Date Opponent ResultNov. 14 UC Irvine W, 78-55Nov. 16 Cal Poly L, 53-75Nov. 20 at UTEP L, 50-54Nov. 23 at Kent State L, 82-84Nov. 28 !Loyola-Chicago W, 64-56Nov. 29 !Texas A&M Corpus Christi W, 74-47Dec. 4 at New Mexico L, 48-80Dec. 7 UTEP W, 77-67Dec. 16 at Northern Colorado L, 50-59Dec. 20 New Mexico L, 64-78Dec. 22 at Long Beach State L, 61-74Dec. 28 #Long Island (N.Y.) L, 52-74Dec. 30 #UIC L, 63-83Jan. 4 at Kansas L, 49-91Jan. 8 *at Utah State L, 58-72Jan. 10 *at Nevada L, 56-61Jan. 16 *San Jose State W, 68-51Jan. 18 *Fresno State W, 80-74Jan. 23 *at Boise State L, 48-63Jan. 25 *at Idaho L, 49-70Jan. 30 *at Louisiana Tech L, 51-77Feb. 6 *Boise State L, 77-79 (OT)Feb. 8 *Idaho L, 54-57Feb. 13 *Nevada W, 54-51Feb. 15 *Hawai‘i W, 69-57Feb. 20 *at Hawai‘i L, 51-54

Date Opponent ResultFeb. 22 *at San Jose State W, 64-50Feb. 26 *Utah State L, 52-69March 4 *at Fresno State L, 52-69March 7 *Louisiana Tech L, 69-78March 11 $vs. No. 2 Louisiana Tech L, 68-81

!NMSU Thanksgiving Classic (Las Cruces)#Maggie Dixon Classic (San Diego, Calif.)*WAC Game$WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

2008-09 RESULTS

2008-09 REVIEW

2008-09 NEW MEXICO STATE STATS

Record: 9-22 Conference Record: 5-11 Conference Finish: 7th Postseason: WAC Tournament

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2008-09 (2-28, 1-15 WAC, 9th, WAC Tournament)

Nickname: SpartansEnrollment: 32,746Founded: 1857Joined WAC: July 1, 1996Colors: Gold, White and BlueArena: The Event Center (5,000)

President: Jon WhitmoreAthletics Director: Tom BowenSenior Associate AD: Stacy Martin

Women’s Basketball SID: Shawn MurphylaSID E-Mail: [email protected] Phone Number: (408) 924-1208SID Cell Number: (408) 603-7145SID Fax Number: (408) 924-1291Press Row Number: (408) 924-6470SID: Lawrence Fan

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent TimeNov. 13 Cal State Fullerton 7 p.m.Nov. 17 Pepperdine 7 p.m.Nov. 20 Cal State Northridge 7 p.m.Nov. 24 San Francisco 7 p.m.Nov. 27 !vs. Mississippi 4 p.m.Nov. 28 !Florida Atlantic/Fordham 2/4 p.m.Dec. 2 Loyola Marymount 7 p.m.Dec. 6 Denver 2 p.m.Dec. 9 at California 7 p.m.Dec 18 at Sacramento State 7 p.m.Dec. 22 at Colorado 8 p.m.Dec. 29 at Cal State Bakersfield 7 p.m.Jan. 2 at Santa Clara 7 p.m.Jan. 6 *Nevada 7 p.m.Jan. 9 *at Utah State 7 p.m.Jan. 13 *Louisiana Tech 7 p.m.Jan. 20 *at Boise State 6 p.m.Jan. 23 *Idaho 5 p.m.Jan. 27 *at Hawai’i 7 p.m.Jan. 30 *Fresno State 7 p.m.Feb. 3 *New Mexico State 7 p.m.Feb. 6 *at Nevada TBAFeb. 11 *Utah State 7 p.m.Feb. 13 *at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m.Feb. 17 *Hawai’i 7 p.m.Feb. 20 *Boise State 7 p.m.Feb. 24 *at Idaho 7 p.m.March 3 *at Fresno State 7 p.m.March 6 *at New Mexico State 7 p.m.March 10-13 at WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

!Boca Bridge Hotel Holiday Tourney (Boca Raton, Fla.)*WAC GameAll times local/subject to change

2009-10 SCHEDULE

Shaunna Ridge returns for her senior season after leading the Spartans in rebounding last season with 6.3 per game. She also led the team in blocked shots with 53, tying for the third-highest season total in school history.

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lSan Jose State returns eight letterwinners and four starters from the 2008-09 season.

lChasity Shavers is the top returning scorer after averaging 10.0 points per game last season.

lRidge enters the season in 10th place with 53 career blocks and needs three more to tie for ninth place.

lEight players join the San Jose State team this season, including Alisha Eckberg, who averaged 15.2 points her senior year, and Rachel Finnegan, a two-time conference Player of the Year that and averaged 15.7 points and 5.1 assists her senior season.

lHead coach Pam DeCosta returns for third season at the helm of the Spartan program.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last School) 00 Chasity Shavers G 5-11 Sr. 1L Lewisville, Texas (Tyler Junior College) 2 Britney Bradley G 5-8 Jr. TR Newhall, Calif. (College of the Canyons) 3 Ashley Brown G 5-6 Sr. 1L Vallejo, Calif. (San Joaquin Delta College) 4 Sayja Sumler G 5-9 Jr. 2L Oakland, Calif. (Oakland Tech) 5 Aumornai Edinburgh F 6-0 Sr. 2L Sacramento, Calif. (San Francisco State) 10 Myesha Broaden P 6-2 So. 1L Pacoima, Calif. (IMG Academies Pendleton) 11 Rachel Finnegan G 5-9 Fr. HS Turlock, Calif. (Turlock) 12 Elizabeth Johnson G 5-2 Fr. HS Dublin, Calif. (Dublin) 14 Palagi Atoe G 5-8 Jr. TR Windsor, Calif. (Santa Rosa JC) 15 Monique Coble G 5-9 So. 1L Oceanside, Calif. (Vista) 21 Marnesha Hall F 6-0 Jr. TR San Diego, Calif. (Chipola College) 24 Alisha Eckberg G 5-11 Fr. HS San Diego, Calif. (Canyon Crest Academy) 32 Dominique Hamilton C 6-2 So. 1L Berkeley, Calif. (Piedmont) 33 Shaunna Ridge F 6-0 Sr. 1L Sacramento, Calif. (San Joaquin Delta College) 44 Danielle Keenan F 6-0 Fr. HS Oakland, Calif. (Bishop O’Dowd) 45 Samantha Marez F/C 6-3 Jr. TR Long Beach, Calif. (Central Arizona College)

2009-10 ROSTER

Shaunna RidgeF, 6-0, Sr.Ranks 10th all-time at San Jose State in blocked shots (53) after just one season ... started all 30 games, leading the team with 6.3 rebounds per game ... pulled down a season-best 14 rebounds vs. Sacramento State ... had five games with nine

rebounds and two with eight ... scored a season-high 16 points at CS Northridge on 6-of-9 from the field, including 3-for-4 from three-point range ... blocked a season-best five shots against Stony Brook and Idaho ... nabbed four steals vs. Santa Clara and at Fresno State.

TOP PLAYER/COACH INFO

Pam DeCostaHead Coach

Alma Mater: Metropolitan State, 1991

Overall Record: 50-122 (.291), 6 years

School Record: 5-56 (.082), 2 years

Assistant CoachesJodi Greve, Arkansas, 2001Brett Studley, Lynn, 2007Megan Osmer, Lynn, 2006

SPARTANSSAN JOSE STATE

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All Games: 2-28 Home: 2-12 Road: 0-14 Neutral: 0-2

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgWhite, Natalie 30-20 964-32.1 105-323 .325 44-153 .288 48-60 .800 27-89 116-3.9 44-0 20 72 3 26 302-10.1Shavers, Chasity 26-8 656-25.2 95-276 .344 28-106 .264 43-69 .623 32-49 81-3.1 53-1 25 64 16 30 261-10.0Ridge, Shaunna 30-30 943-31.4 76-185 .411 29-74 .392 42-64 .656 65-123 188-6.3 103-7 54 102 53 47 223-7.4Blair, Kelly 23-12 487-21.2 62-185 .335 37-118 .314 7-10 .700 12-64 76-3.3 65-0 15 42 6 11 168-7.3Sumler, Sayja 30-28 912-30.4 76-201 .378 1-7 .143 59-127 .465 65-53 118-3.9 97-7 62 120 3 47 212-7.1Brown, Ashley 30-24 795-26.5 84-234 .359 3-18 .167 25-44 .568 19-58 77-2.6 76-2 95 114 2 39 96-6.5Broaden, Myesha 23-8 352-15.3 31-61 .508 0-0 .000 7-8 .875 25-46 71-3.1 27-0 9 28 7 10 69-3.0Williams, Brittany 4-0 24-6.0 5-17 .294 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 1-2 3-0.8 3-0 1 6 0 2 11-2.8Hamilton, Dominique 30-10 274-9.1 20-63 .317 0-0 .000 17-30 .567 17-37 54-1.8 51-0 0 40 3 2 57-1.9Edinburgh, Aumornai 21-5 232-11.0 11-25 .440 0-0 .000 8-8 1.000 4-22 26-1.2 29-1 2 22 6 0 30-1.4Coble, Monique 14-3 121-8.6 6-14 .429 0-0 .000 7-12 .583 2-8 10-0.7 12-0 5 13 0 1 9-1.4Calcagno, Christina 21-2 222-10.6 6-29 .207 1-8 .125 4-8 .500 7-26 33-1.6 34-1 3 28 2 3 17-0.8Malicevic, Zlata 5-0 18-3.6 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-3 4-0.8 3-0 0 2 1 0 2-0.4TEAM 53-61 114-3.8 1 21

San Jose State 30 578-1614 .358 143-485 .295 268-443 .605 330--641 971-32.4 598-19 291 674 102 218 1567-52.2Opponents 30 750-1679 .447 144-426 .338 454-689 .659 393-783 1176-39.2 478-8 463 545 78 277 2098-69.9

WAC Games: 1-15 Home: 1-7 Road: 0-8

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgShavers, Chasity 12-3 304-25.3 45-126 .357 15-43 .349 18-28 .643 12-24 36-3.0 28-0 13 33 6 11 123-10.3White, Natalie 16-7 478-29.9 55-145 .379 31-78 .397 19-28 .679 12-56 68-4.3 19-0 9 26 2 17 160-10.0Sumler, Sayja 16-14 512-32.0 44-120 .367 0-2 .000 37-78 .474 40-26 66-4.1 52-3 36 59 1 29 125-7.8Blair, Kelly 12-8 279-23.3 34-110 .309 21-72 .292 1-1 1.000 7-30 37-3.1 34-0 5 26 5 5 90-7.5Brown, Ashley 16-15 485-30.3 49-135 .363 1-6 .167 17-25 .680 10-40 50-3.1 45-1 55 60 2 25 116-7.3Ridge, Shaunna 16-16 506-31.6 41-113 .363 13-39 .333 17-25 .680 36-64 100-6.3 55-4 25 53 24 23 112-7.0Broaden, Myesha 12-5 197-16.4 13-33 .394 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 14-29 43-3.6 16-0 8 14 3 6 27-2.3Hamilton, Dominique 16-6 161-10.1 13-36 .361 0-0 .000 4-7 .571 9-19 28-1.8 29-0 0 20 3 2 30-1.9Coble, Monique 4-3 47-11.8 3-5 .600 0-0 .000 1--2 .500 0-3 3-0.8 2-0 3 7 0 1 7-1.8Calcagno, Christina 13-2 160-12.3 5-20 .250 1-7 .143 2-4 .500 4-21 25-1.9 27-1 3 24 2 2 13-1.0Malicevic, Zlata 3-0 16-5.3 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-3 4-1.3 3-0 0 2 1 0 2-0.7Edinburgh, Aumornai 9-1 55-6.1 2-6 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 6-0.7 9-1 0 6 2 0 4-0.4TEAM 23-26 49-3.1 13

San Jose State 16 305-850 .359 82-247 .332 117-200 .585 170-345 515-32.2 319-10 157 343 51 121 809-50.6Opponents 16 371-864 .429 64-217 .295 243-368 .660 202-407 609-38.1 224-4 210 271 46 143 1049-65.6

Returning Starters (4) PPG RPGMyesha Broaden, So., F 3.0 3.1Ashley Brown, Sr., G 6.5 2.6Shaunna Ridge, Sr., F 7.4 6.3Sayja Sumler, Jr., G 7.1 3.9

Other Letterwinners Returning (4) PPG RPGChasity Shavers, Sr., G 10.0 3.1Dominique Hamilton, So., C 1.9 1.8Aumornai Edinburgh, Sr., F 1.5 1.3Monique Coble, So., G 1.4 0.7

Starters Lost (1) PPG RPGNatalie White, Sr., G 10.1 3.9

Other Letterwinners Lost (2) PPG RPGKelly Blair, Jr., G 7.3 3.3Christina Calcagno, So., F 0.8 1.6

Newcomers (8) Palagi Atoe, Jr., GBritney Bradley, Jr., GAlisha Eckberg, Fr., GRachel Finnegan, Fr., GMarnesha Hall, Jr., FElizabeth Johnson, Fr., GDanielle Keenan, Fr., FSamantha Marez , Jr., F/C

PERSONNEL CAPSULE

Date Opponent ResultNov. 15 Oregon L, 68-69Nov. 18 at Northern Colorado L, 63-101Nov. 21 at Long Beach State L, 59-83Nov. 23 Seattle L, 62-94Nov. 28 Sacramento State W, 49-48Dec. 4 at Kansas L, 49-93Dec. 7 at Cal State Northridge L, 63-69Dec. 12 !No. 7/9 California L, 40-76Dec. 13 !Cal State Bakersfield L, 59-78Dec. 21 at Pepperdine L, 46-75Dec. 28 @at Loyola Marymount L, 66-81Dec. 29 @Stony Brook L, 38-56Jan. 3 Santa Clara L, 39-56Jan. 8 *Idaho L, 47-66Jan. 10 *Hawai‘i W, 54-50Jan. 16 *at New Mexico State L, 51-68Jan. 18 *at Louisiana Tech L, 53-70Jan. 23 *Utah State L, 54-64Jan. 25 *Nevada L, 52-66Jan. 30 *at Fresno State L, 44-73Feb. 1 *at Nevada L, 50-61Feb. 6 *at Hawai‘i L, 48-64Feb. 8 *Fresno State L, 47-76Feb. 13 *at Boise State L, 53-58Feb. 15 *at Idaho L, 41-64

Date Opponent ResultFeb. 20 *Louisiana Tech L, 69-87Feb. 22 *New Mexico State L, 50-64Feb. 27 *Boise State L, 45-56March 5 *at Utah State L, 51-62March 10 #vs. No. 8 Hawai‘i L, 57-70

!Basketball by the Bay Classic (San Jose, Calif.)@LMU Holiday Classic (Los Angeles, Calif.)*WAC Game#WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

2008-09 RESULTS

2008-09 REVIEW

2008-09 SAN JOSE STATE STATS

Record: 2-28 Conference Record: 1-15 Conference Finish: 9th Postseason: WAC Tournament

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2008-09 (16-15, 9-7 WAC, T-5th, WAC Tournament)

Nickname: AggiesEnrollment: 23,925Founded: 1888Joined WAC: July 1, 2005Colors: Navy Blue and WhiteArena: Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (10,270)

President: Dr. Stan AlbrechtAthletics Director: Scott BarnesAssociate AD (SWA): Jana Doggett

Women’s Basketball SID: Kara FisherSID E-Mail: [email protected] Phone Number: (435) 797-1361Cell Number: 435-757-8184SID Fax Number: (435) 797-2615Press Row Number: (435) 797-3443SID: Doug Hoffman

AT A GLANCE

Date Opponent TimeNov. 13 Utah 7 p.m.Nov. 16 at Portland 7 p.m.Nov. 22 at San Francisco 2 p.m.Nov. 28 Montana Western 3 p.m.Dec. 4 !vs. Pepperdine 8:30 p.m.Dec. 5 !Arizona State/Idaho State 1/4 p.m.Dec. 12 at Idaho State 7 p.m.Dec. 14 North Dakota State noonDec. 19 Brigham Young 7 p.m.Dec. 21 Weber State 2 p.m.Dec. 23 at Southern Utah noonDec. 31 Utah Valley 7 p.m.Jan. 2 UNLV 2 p.m.Jan. 6 at Louisiana Tech 7 p.m.Jan. 9 San Jose State 7 p.m.Jan. 13 Nevada 7 p.m.Jan. 16 at Fresno State 2 p.m.Jan. 18 at Hawai‘i 5 p.m.Jan. 23 New Mexico State 1 p.m.Jan. 27 at Idaho 7 p.m.Jan. 30 at Boise State 6 p.m.Feb. 6 Louisiana Tech 3 p.m.Feb. 11 at San Jose State 7 p.m.Feb. 13 at Nevada 2 p.m.Feb. 17 Fresno State 5 p.m.Feb. 23 at New Mexico State 7 p.m.Feb. 27 Idaho 2 p.m.March 3 Boise State 7 p.m.March 6 Hawai‘i 3 p.m. March 10-13 at WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

!ASU Classic (Tempe, Ariz.)WAC GameAll times local/subject to change

2009-10 SCHEDULE

The Aggies return three starters and seven letterwinners from last year’s team that went 16-15 and 9-7 in WAC action. The nine WAC wins was the most won by Utah State since joining the league for the 2005-06 season.

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lUtah State said goodbye to four seniors, Danyelle Snelgro, Ana Pares, Ndoumbe Diop and Shawnta Pope. Snelgro ended her career as one of the most decorated Aggies. She had 1,043 points as an Aggie and is the sixth player to reach the 1,000-point plateau.

lWith 85 career blocks, junior Nicole Johnson ranks second in the Aggie career record books. The all-time leader is Jessica Freeman, who swatted 127. Last season, Johnson had 56 blocks.

lThe 2009-10 season marks the 22nd year of women’s basketball at USU, and just the seventh since the program was restarted.

lThe Aggies had 128 blocked shots last year, 87 of which came from Johnson and Lydia Whitehead.

lLast season, USU won its first WAC Tournament game with a 59-58 victory over Idaho.

lHead coach Raegan Pebley is entering her seventh season as head coach at Utah State, which is the longest tenure in the program’s history. Pebley has 58 wins as Aggie head coach, which ranks first on the all-time win list.

lThe 16 wins that the Aggies had last season were the most in Pebley’s career as a head coach.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last School) 1 LaCale Pringle-Buchanan G 5-10 Jr. TR Seattle, Wash. (College of Southern Idaho) 2 TaHara Williams G 5-6 Sr. 1L Chicago, Ill. (Colgate) 3 LeeAnn Palo G 5-9 RS-Jr. 2L Woodinville, Wash. (Woodinville) 4 Devyn Christensen F 5-6 Fr. HS Caldwell, Idaho (Vallivue) 11 Stacey Howard F 6-0 Jr. 1L Queensland, Australia (Northeastern JC) 12 Jenna Johnson G 5-10 Fr. HS Wasilla, Alaska (Wasilla) 13 Alice Coddington G 5-10 Jr. 2L Canberra, Australia (Radford College) 15 Trisha Jo Goddard G 5-7 RS-So. HS Fullerton, Calif. (Troy) 20 Chelsea Burns G/F 5-10 So. 1L Carlsbad, Calif. (La Jolla Country Day)! 21 Amber White G/F 5-10 Jr. 2L San Leandro, Calif. (San Leandro) 22 Ashlee Brown F 6-0 Jr. TR Chandler, Ariz. (UC Santa Barbara)! 24 Pualei Furtado G 5-5 Fr. HS Kaneohe, Hawai’i (Kamehameha) 35 Lydia Whitehead C 6-5 Sr. 1L Nibley, Utah (Utah) 42 Banna Diop C 6-6 RS-Fr. 1L Dakar, Senegal (Kurashiki Suisho) 50 Nicole Johnson F 6-2 Sr. 3L Vancouver, Wash. (Columbia River)

2009-10 ROSTER

Nicole JohnsonC, 6-2, Jr.

Played and started in all 31 games ... One of three Aggies to average more than 30 minutes a game ... led the team in blocked shots, averaging 1.8 per game ... had 56 blocks, which ranks second all-time in USU history ...

ranked second on the team in rebounds (5.8 rpg) ... had a season-high six steals against Northern Arizona ... had a season-high five blocks three times ... averaged 4.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 0.5 steals per game.

TOP PLAYER/COACH INFO

Raegan PebleyHead Coach

Alma Mater: Colorado, 1997

Overall Record: 58-113 (.339), 6 years

School Record: Same

Assistant CoachesGeorge Brosky, West Chester, 1997Erin Scholz, Colorado, 1997Astou Ndiaye-Diatta, Southern Nazarene, 1997

AGGIESUTAH STATE

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All Games: 16-15 Home: 8-7 Road: 6-6 Neutral: 2-2Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgSnelgro, Danyelle 31-31 1230-39.7 160-390 .410 26-87 .299 94-118 .797 27-98 125-4.0 50-1 128 74 8 73 440-14.2Pares, Ana 31-31 1189-38.4 146-418 .349 63-194 .325 45-64 .703 36-84 120-3.9 52-1 46 91 2 35 400-12.9Whitehead, Lydia 31-30 738-23.8 98-238 .412 0-0 .000 64-92 .696 81-110 191-6.2 108-11 13 87 31 20 260-8.4Pope, Shawnta 29-0 408-14.1 61-133 .459 0-0 .000 29-65 .446 51-57 108-3.7 43-0 4 33 18 13 151-5.2Coddington, Alice 31-31 1075-34.7 60-182 .330 12-53 .226 25-35 .714 68-83 151-4.9 69-1 85 71 3 51 157-5.1Johnson, Nicole 31-31 927-29.9 57-133 .429 9-31 .290 19-33 .576 30-149 179-5.8 63-1 47 59 56 17 142-4.6Burns, Chelsea 29-1 422-14.6 37-108 .343 16-50 .320 10-23 .435 26-39 65-2.2 27-1 20 16 3 24 100-3.4White, Amber 29-0 357-12.3 34-98 .347 3-14 .214 14-25 .560 25-34 59-2.0 29-0 14 29 2 14 85-2.9Diop, Ndoumbe 27-0 229-8.5 16-43 .372 0-0 .000 16-30 .533 23-24 47-1.7 22-1 5 25 3 8 48-1.8Howard, Stacey 17-0 61-3.6 6-15 .400 4-5 .800 0-0 .000 4-8 12-0.7 9-0 3 10 0 1 16-0.9Williams, TaHara 10-0 36-3.6 2-14 .143 1-7 .143 1-3 .333 1-1 2-0.2 3-0 2 2 1 2 6-0.6Diop, Banna 9-0 24-2.7 0-11 .000 0-3 .000 1-2 .500 1-5 6-0.7 4-0 0 3 1 0 1-0.1Gautavai, Erika 1-0 1-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1-1.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0.0Williams, Zana 1-0 3-3.0 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0.0TEAM 54-60 114-3.7 10

Utah State 31 677--1784 .379 134-445 .301 318-490 .649 427-753 1180-38.1 479-17 367 510 128 258 1806-58.3Opponents 31 651-1761 .370 144-468 .308 348-507 .686 431-780 1211-39.1 459-9 353 533 90 231 1794-57.9

WAC Games: 9-7 Home: 4-4 Road: 5-3

Player GP-GS Min-Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Def Rebs-Avg PF-FO Ast TO BS St Pts-AvgSnelgro, Danyelle 16-16 589-36.8 81-194 .418 17-43 .395 54-64 .844 10-48 58-3.6 27-0 80 34 2 46 233-14.6Pares, Ana 16-16 572-35.8 77-223 .345 37-106 .349 23-31 .742 17-34 51-3.2 25-0 21 48 2 13 214-13.4Whitehead, Lydia 16-15 331-20.7 47-112 .420 0-0 .000 27-42 .643 36-55 91-5.7 57-6 7 39 14 9 121-7.6Pope, Shawnta 16-0 247-15.4 45-98 .459 0-0 .000 20-35 .571 36-40 76-4.8 26-0 4 21 10 10 110-6.9Coddington, Alice 16-16 535-33.4 33-88 .375 6-24 .250 12-17 .706 37-43 80-5.0 35-1 44 37 1 29 84-5.3Johnson, Nicole 16-16 444-27.8 30-69 .435 3-15 .200 10-18 .556 17-65 82-5.1 33-1 23 35 26 8 73-4.6Burns, Chelsea 16-1 234-14.6 26-66 .394 12-31 .387 7-15 .467 12-18 30-1.9 19-1 12 6 0 16 71-4.4White, Amber 16-0 194-12.1 20-58 .345 3-7 .429 7-15 .467 12-24 36-2.3 17-0 11 12 1 7 50-3.1Diop, Ndoumbe 13-0 94-7.2 10-22 .455 0-0 .000 11-16 .688 9-10 19-1.5 7-0 3 11 1 3 31-2.4Williams, TaHara 7-0 24-3.4 1-9 .111 0-4 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 0-0.0 2-0 1 2 1 1 2-0.3Gautavai, Erika 1-0 1-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-1 1-1.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0.0Howard, Stacey 7-0 10-1.4 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-2 2-0.3 2-0 1 1 0 0 0-0.0Diop, Banna 1-0 0-0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 0-0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0.0TEAM 24-27 51-3.2 5

Utah State 16 370-940 .394 78-230 .339 171-254 .673 210-367 577-36.1 250-9 207 251 58 142 989-61.8Opponents 16 339-884 .383 77-232 .332 192-276 .696 212-403 615-38.4 230-4 181 299 53 122 947-59.2

Returning Starters (3) PPG RPGAlice Coddington, Jr., G 5.1 4.9Nicole Johnson, Sr., F 4.6 5.8Lydia Whitehead, Sr., C/F 8.4 6.2

Other Letterwinners Returning (4) PPG RPGChelsa Burns, So., G/F 3.4 2.2Banna Diop, So., C 0.1 0.7Amber White, Jr., G 2.9 2.0TaHara Williams, Sr., G 0.6 0.2

Starters Lost (2) PPG RPGDanyelle Snelgro, Sr., G 14.2 4.0Ana Pares, Sr., G 12.9 3.9

Other Letterwinners Lost (2) PPG RPGNdoumbe Diop, Sr., C 1.8 1.7Shawnta Pope, Sr., C/F 5.2 3.7

Newcomers (8)Ashlee Brown, Jr., FDevyn Christensen, Fr., FPuakei Furtado, Fr., GTrisha Jo Goddard, So., GStacey Howard, Jr., FJenna Johnson, Fr., GLeeAnn Palo, Jr., GLaCale Pringle-Buchanan, Jr., G

PERSONNEL CAPSULE

Date Opponent ResultNov. 14 Portland L, 51-64 Nov. 19 Northern Arizona W, 64-56 (OT)Nov. 22 Idaho State L, 43-58 Nov. 24 Montana State-Northern W, 42-39Nov. 28 !Texas State W, 50-47Nov. 29 !Monmouth L, 44-48Dec. 6 Eastern Washington W, 71-65 (OT) Dec. 13 at Brigham Young L, 60-61 (2OT)Dec. 16 Portland State L, 57-67 Dec. 20 Southern Utah W, 52-37 Dec. 22 at Weber State W, 44-41Dec. 30 at UNLV L, 47-65Jan. 3 at Utah Valley L, 79-84 Jan. 5 *at Idaho L, 63-71Jan. 8 *New Mexico State W, 72-58Jan. 10 *Louisiana Tech L, 82-90 (OT)Jan. 14 *Nevada L, 49-56Jan. 17 *Boise State W, 58-44Jan. 23 *at San Jose State W, 64-54Jan. 25 *at Hawai‘i W, 52-43Jan. 30 *Hawai‘i L, 61-63Feb. 1 *at Fresno State L, 59-68Feb. 8 *at Nevada W, 63-52Feb. 20 *at Boise State W, 65-61Feb. 22 *Idaho W, 70-64 (2OT)

Date Opponent ResultFeb. 26 *at New Mexico State W, 69-52Feb. 28 *at Louisiana Tech L, 46-53March 5 *San Jose State W, 62-51March 7 *Fresno State L, 57-67March 11 @vs. No. 4 Idaho W, 59-58 (OT)March 13 @vs. No. 1 Fresno State L, 54-57

!UTEP Tournament (El Paso, Texas)*WAC Game@WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.)

2008-09 RESULTS

2008-09 REVIEW

2008-09 UTAH STATE STATS

Record: 16-15 Conference Record: 9-7 Conference Finish: T-5th Postseason: WAC Tournament

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2008-09 STATISTICS l ALL GAMESTo be ranked, a player must appear in at least 50 percent of their team’s games.

SCORING ## Player-Team G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G 1. Dowdell, Shanavia-LTU 33 218 10 85 531 16.1 2. Johnson, Adrienne-LTU 34 211 2 103 527 15.5 3. Criner, Dellena-NEV 32 139 31 161 470 14.7 4. Taleni, Derisa-UI 28 147 28 83 405 14.5 5. Spence, Madison-NMSU 31 146 37 113 442 14.3 6. Snelgro, Danyelle-USU 31 160 26 94 440 14.2 7. Ross, Jaleesa-FS 33 163 95 30 451 13.7 8. Jones, Whitney-LTU 34 172 38 71 453 13.3 9. Pares, Ana-USU 31 146 63 45 400 12.9 10. Olorunnife, Yinka-UI 28 124 25 88 361 12.9

REBOUNDING ## Player-Team G OFF DEF TOT Avg/G 1. Olorunnife, Yinka-UI 28 77 233 310 11.1 2. Dowdell, Shanavia-LTU 33 111 215 326 9.9 3. Johnson, Adrienne-LTU 34 105 138 243 7.1 4. Bos, Janie-BSU 31 65 146 211 6.8 5. Munro, Hayley-FS 33 75 147 222 6.7 6. Franklin, Cherlanda-NEV 32 76 138 214 6.7 7. Moore, Shavon-NEV 32 110 103 213 6.7 8. Filipe, Joh-Teena-FS 33 72 137 209 6.3 9. Ridge, Shaunna-SJSU 30 65 123 188 6.3 10. Taleni, Derisa-UI 28 50 125 175 6.3

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Minimum 3.0 made per game) ## Player-Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Dowdell, Shanavia-LTU 33 218 409 .533 2. Arnold, Marnique-FS 33 124 257 .482 3. Johnson, Adrienne-LTU 34 211 454 .465 4. Kanekoa, Keisha-UH 27 108 249 .434 5. Ross, Jaleesa-FS 33 163 376 .434 6. Kloke, Rachele-UI 28 96 229 .419 7. Criner, Dellena-NEV 32 139 332 .419 8. Stotler, Marisa-BSU 24 89 213 .418 9. Franklin, Cherlanda-NEV 32 115 277 .415 10. Amundsen, Bailey-FS 33 113 273 .414

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (Minimum 2.0 made per game) ## Player-Team G FTM FTA Pct 1. Kanekoa, Keisha-UH 27 64 77 .831 2. Criner, Dellena-NEV 32 161 197 .817 3. Munro, Hayley-FS 33 84 103 .816 4. Corbett, Danisha-NMSU 30 75 94 .798 5. Snelgro, Danyelle-USU 31 94 118 .797 6. Spence, Madison-NMSU 31 113 145 .779 7. Johnson, Adrienne-LTU 34 103 143 .720 8. Olorunnife, Yinka-UI 28 88 126 .698 9. Taleni, Derisa-UI 28 83 119 .697 10. Whitehead, Lydia-USU 31 64 92 .696

ASSISTS ## Player-Team G Ast Avg/G 1. Criner, Dellena-NEV 32 144 4.50 2. Snelgro, Danyelle-USU 31 128 4.13 3. Otero, Charlotte-UI 28 100 3.57 4. Kanekoa, Keisha-UH 27 88 3.26 5. Brown, Ashley-SJSU 30 95 3.17 6. Fears, LaShay-FS 33 104 3.15 7. Malone, Jamia-BSU 31 96 3.10 8. Pringle, Tiawana-LTU 34 98 2.88 9. Spence, Madison-NMSU 31 88 2.84 10. Coddington, Alice-USU 31 85 2.74 Liepkalne, Dita-UH 31 85 2.74

STEALS ## Player-Team G Stl Avg/G 1. Snelgro, Danyelle-USU 31 73 2.35 2. Criner, Dellena-NEV 32 73 2.28 3. Taleni, Derisa-UI 28 56 2.00 4. Olorunnife, Yinka-UI 28 54 1.93 5. Johnson, Adrienne-LTU 34 59 1.74 6. Ross, Jaleesa-FS 33 57 1.73 7. Franklin, Cherlanda-NEV 32 55 1.72 8. Kanekoa, Keisha-UH 27 46 1.70 9. Coddington, Alice-USU 31 51 1.65 10. Stotler, Marisa-BSU 24 39 1.63

THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Minimum 1.0 made per game) ## Player-Team G 3FG FGA Pct 1. Ross, Jaleesa-FS 33 95 231 .411 2. Amundsen, Bailey-FS 33 74 189 .392 3. Kuehu, Shaena-UI 28 41 111 .369 4. Otero, Charlotte-UI 28 29 86 .337 5. Jones, Whitney-LTU 34 38 113 .336 6. Walker, Ashley-FS 31 40 121 .331 7. Pares, Ana-USU 31 63 194 .325 8. Corbett, Danisha-NMSU 30 58 181 .320 9. Munro, Hayley-FS 33 36 114 .316 10. Blair, Kelly-SJSU 23 37 118 .314

THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE ## Player-Team G 3FG Avg/G 1. Ross, Jaleesa-FS 33 95 2.88 2. Amundsen, Bailey-FS 33 74 2.24 3. Pares, Ana-USU 31 63 2.03 4. Corbett, Danisha-NMSU 30 58 1.93 5. Tinnin, Megan-UH 31 55 1.77 6. Blair, Kelly-SJSU 23 37 1.61 7. Ward, Johnna-NEV 32 48 1.50 8. White, Natalie-SJSU 30 44 1.47 9. Kuehu, Shaena-UI 28 41 1.46 10. Moore, Brittany-BSU 29 42 1.45

BLOCKED SHOTS ## Player-Team G Blk Avg/G 1. Holt, Niki-NMSU 28 61 2.18 2. Dowdell, Shanavia-LTU 33 60 1.82 3. Johnson, Nicole-USU 31 56 1.81 4. Ridge, Shaunna-SJSU 30 53 1.77 5. Franklin, Cherlanda-NEV 32 44 1.38 6. Johnson, Adrienne-LTU 34 46 1.35 7. Olorunnife, Yinka-UI 28 35 1.25 8. Filipe, Joh-Teena-FS 33 33 1.00 Whitehead, Lydia-USU 31 31 1.00 10. Taleni, Derisa-UI 28 24 0.86

ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO (Minimum 3.0 assists/game) ## Player-Team G Ast Avg TO Avg Ratio 1. Snelgro, Danyelle-USU 31 128 4.1 74 2.4 1.73 2. Otero, Charlotte-UI 28 100 3.6 74 2.6 1.35 3. Fears, LaShay-FS 33 104 3.2 79 2.4 1.32 4. Criner, Dellena-NEV 32 144 4.5 124 3.9 1.16 5. Malone, Jamia-BSU 31 96 3.1 99 3.2 0.97 6. Brown, Ashley-SJSU 30 95 3.2 114 3.8 0.83 7. Kanekoa, Keisha-UH 27 88 3.3 117 4.3 0.75

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2008-09 STATISTICS l ALL GAMESSCORING OFFENSE # Team G W-L Pts Avg/G 1. Louisiana Tech 34 21-13 2355 69.3 2. Fresno State 33 24-9 2251 68.2 3. Nevada 32 18-14 2018 63.1 4. Boise State 31 16-15 1914 61.7 5. New Mexico State 31 9-22 1885 60.8 6. Idaho 28 13-15 1649 58.9 7. Utah State 31 16-15 1806 58.3 8. Hawaii 31 8-23 1782 57.5 9. San Jose State 30 2-28 1567 52.2

SCORING DEFENSE # Team G Pts Avg/G 1. Utah State 31 1794 57.9 2. Idaho 28 1665 59.5 3. Fresno State 33 1983 60.1 4. Nevada 32 1955 61.1 5. Louisiana Tech 34 2120 62.4 6. Boise State 31 1948 62.8 7. Hawaii 31 2043 65.9 8. New Mexico State 31 2090 67.4 9. San Jose State 30 2098 69.9

SCORING MARGIN # Team G OFF DEF Margin 1. Fresno State 33 68.2 60.1 +8.1 2. Louisiana Tech 34 69.3 62.4 +6.9 3. Nevada 32 63.1 61.1 +2.0 4. Utah State 31 58.3 57.9 +0.4 5. Idaho 28 58.9 59.5 -0.6 6. Boise State 31 61.7 62.8 -1.1 7. New Mexico State 31 60.8 67.4 -6.6 8. Hawaii 31 57.5 65.9 -8.4 9. San Jose State 30 52.2 69.9 -17.7

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE# Team G FTM FTA Pct 1. New Mexico State 31 421 598 .704 2. Hawaii 31 381 552 .690 3. Nevada 32 463 678 .683 4. Boise State 31 354 526 .673 5. Fresno State 33 344 512 .672 6. Idaho 28 323 481 .672 7. Utah State 31 318 490 .649 8. San Jose State 30 268 443 .605 9. Louisiana Tech 34 418 691 .605

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE # Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Louisiana Tech 34 899 2214 .406 2. Fresno State 33 799 1998 .400 3. Hawaii 31 635 1607 .395 4. Nevada 32 721 1862 .387 5. Idaho 28 587 1545 .380 6. Utah State 31 677 1784 .379 7. New Mexico State 31 667 1760 .379 8. Boise State 31 710 1928 .368 9. San Jose State 30 578 1614 .358

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE # Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Louisiana Tech 34 780 2118 .368 2. Utah State 31 651 1761 .370 3. Boise State 31 712 1876 .380 4. Idaho 28 635 1670 .380 5. Fresno State 33 767 1984 .387 6. Nevada 32 701 1806 .388 7. Hawaii 31 733 1830 .401 8. New Mexico State 31 755 1841 .410 9. San Jose State 30 750 1679 .447

THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE # Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Fresno State 33 309 893 .346 2. New Mexico State 31 130 418 .311 3. Hawaii 31 131 422 .310 4. Utah State 31 134 445 .301 5. Idaho 28 152 510 .298 6. Louisiana Tech 34 139 471 .295 7. San Jose State 30 143 485 .295 8. Nevada 32 113 396 .285 9. Boise State 31 140 516 .271

THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE # Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Louisiana Tech 34 159 577 .276 2. Boise State 31 163 580 .281 3. Utah State 31 144 468 .308 4. Idaho 28 150 487 .308 5. Fresno State 33 150 485 .309 6. Hawaii 31 201 597 .337 7. San Jose State 30 144 426 .338 8. Nevada 32 156 451 .346 9. New Mexico State 31 173 497 .348

REBOUNDING OFFENSE # Team G Reb Avg/G 1. Louisiana Tech 34 1510 44.4 2. Fresno State 33 1375 41.7 3. Boise State 31 1255 40.5 4. Nevada 32 1283 40.1 5. Utah State 31 1180 38.1 6. Idaho 28 1041 37.2 7. New Mexico State 31 1125 36.3 8. Hawaii 31 1122 36.2 9. San Jose State 30 971 32.4

REBOUNDING DEFENSE # Team G Reb Avg/G 1. Hawaii 31 1108 35.7 2. Fresno State 33 1215 36.8 3. Nevada 32 1186 37.1 4. Utah State 31 1211 39.1 5. San Jose State 30 1176 39.2 6. Idaho 28 1104 39.4 7. New Mexico State 31 1260 40.6 8. Louisiana Tech 34 1413 41.6 9. Boise State 31 1293 41.7

REBOUNDING MARGIN # Team G Rbd Avg Opp Avg Mar 1. Fresno State 33 1375 41.7 1215 36.8 +4.8 2. Nevada 32 1283 40.1 1186 37.1 +3.0 3. Louisiana Tech 34 1510 44.4 1413 41.6 +2.9 4. Hawaii 31 1122 36.2 1108 35.7 +0.5 5. Utah State 31 1180 38.1 1211 39.1 -1.0 6. Boise State 31 1255 40.5 1293 41.7 -1.2 7. Idaho 28 1041 37.2 1104 39.4 -2.2 8. New Mexico State 31 1125 36.3 1260 40.6 -4.4 9. San Jose State 30 971 32.4 1176 39.2 -6.8

TURNOVER MARGIN # Team G TM Avg OPP Avg Mar 1. Louisiana Tech 34 569 16.7 638 18.8 +2.03 2. Boise State 31 576 18.6 624 20.1 +1.55 3. Nevada 32 586 18.3 610 19.1 +0.75 4. Utah State 31 510 16.5 533 17.2 +0.74 5. Idaho 28 462 16.5 460 16.4 -0.07 6. Fresno State 33 537 16.3 525 15.9 -0.36 7. New Mexico State 31 521 16.8 494 15.9 -0.87 8. San Jose State 30 674 22.5 545 18.2 -4.30 9. Hawaii 31 686 22.1 529 17.1 -5.06

ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO # Team G Ast Avg TO Avg Ratio 1. Fresno State 33 468 14.2 537 16.3 0.87 2. Louisiana Tech 34 439 12.9 569 16.7 0.77 3. Utah State 31 367 11.8 510 16.5 0.72 4. Nevada 32 392 12.3 586 18.3 0.67 5. New Mexico State 31 344 11.1 521 16.8 0.66 6. Boise State 31 375 12.1 576 18.6 0.65 7. Hawaii 31 395 12.7 686 22.1 0.58 8. Idaho 28 253 9.0 462 16.5 0.55 9. San Jose State 30 291 9.7 674 22.5 0.43

BLOCKED SHOTS # Team G Blocks Avg/G 1. Louisiana Tech 34 153 4.50 2. New Mexico State 31 132 4.26 3. Utah State 31 128 4.13 4. Nevada 32 131 4.09 5. San Jose State 30 102 3.40 6. Idaho 28 85 3.04 7. Boise State 31 84 2.71 8. Hawaii 31 76 2.45 9. Fresno State 33 74 2.24

ASSISTS # Team G Assists Avg/G 1. Fresno State 33 468 14.18 2. Louisiana Tech 34 439 12.91 3. Hawaii 31 395 12.74 4. Nevada 32 392 12.25 5. Boise State 31 375 12.10 6. Utah State 31 367 11.84 7. New Mexico State 31 344 11.10 8. San Jose State 30 291 9.70 9. Idaho 28 253 9.04

STEALS # Team G Steals Avg/G 1. Nevada 32 325 10.16 2. Boise State 31 269 8.68 3. Louisiana Tech 34 291 8.56 4. Idaho 28 237 8.46 5. Utah State 31 258 8.32 6. Fresno State 33 251 7.61 7. San Jose State 30 218 7.27 8. Hawaii 31 220 7.10 9. New Mexico State 31 195 6.29

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS # Team G No. Avg/G 1. Louisiana Tech 34 544 16.00 2. Nevada 32 499 15.59 3. Fresno State 33 494 14.97 4. Boise State 31 446 14.39 5. Utah State 31 427 13.77 6. Hawaii 31 367 11.84 7. New Mexico State 31 352 11.35 8. Idaho 28 313 11.18 9. San Jose State 30 330 11.00

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS # Team G No. Avg/G 1. Louisiana Tech 34 966 28.41 2. Fresno State 33 881 26.70 3. Boise State 31 809 26.10 4. Idaho 28 728 26.00 5. New Mexico State 31 773 24.94 6. Nevada 32 784 24.50 7. Hawaii 31 755 24.35 8. Utah State 31 753 24.29 9. San Jose State 30 641 21.37

THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE # Team G 3FG Avg/G 1. Fresno State 33 309 9.36 2. Idaho 28 152 5.43 3. San Jose State 30 143 4.77 4. Boise State 31 140 4.52 5. Utah State 31 134 4.32 6. Hawaii 31 131 4.23 7. New Mexico State 31 130 4.19 8. Louisiana Tech 34 139 4.09 9. Nevada 32 113 3.53

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2008-09 STATISTICS l WAC GAMESTo be ranked, a player must appear in at least 50 percent of their team’s games.

SCORING ## Player-Team G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G 1. Johnson, Adrienne-LTU 16 104 1 56 265 16.6 2. Dowdell, Shanavia-LTU 16 104 2 37 247 15.4 3. Taleni, Derisa-UI 16 86 20 49 241 15.1 4. Snelgro, Danyelle-USU 16 81 17 54 233 14.6 5. Spence, Madison-NMSU 16 76 15 61 228 14.3 6. Criner, Dellena-NEV 16 66 17 74 223 13.9 7. Ross, Jaleesa-FS 16 79 42 15 215 13.4 8. Pares, Ana-USU 16 77 37 23 214 13.4 9. Jones, Whitney-LTU 16 81 19 28 209 13.1 10. Corbett, Danisha-NMSU 15 58 30 37 183 12.2

REBOUNDING ## Player-Team G OFF DEF TOT Avg/G 1. Olorunnife, Yinka-UI 16 33 153 186 11.6 2. Dowdell, Shanavia-LTU 16 53 103 156 9.8 3. Bos, Janie-BSU 16 32 82 114 7.1 4. Johnson, Adrienne-LTU 16 52 59 111 6.9 5. Hittle, Tara-UH 12 31 52 83 6.9 6. Franklin, Cherlanda-NEV 16 44 65 109 6.8 7. Munro, Hayley-FS 16 37 69 106 6.6 8. Ridge, Shaunna-SJSU 16 36 64 100 6.3 9. Jones, Brandi-NEV 16 36 58 94 5.9 Moore, Shavon-NEV 16 51 43 94 5.9

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Minimum 3.0 made per game) ## Player-Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Dowdell, Shanavia-LTU 16 104 188 .553 2. Johnson, Adrienne-LTU 16 104 204 .510 3. Bos, Janie-BSU 16 56 113 .496 4. Arnold, Marnique-FS 16 60 125 .480 5. Ross, Jaleesa-FS 16 79 173 .457 6. Kuehu, Shaena-UI 16 68 152 .447 7. Wampler, Tabytha-NMSU 16 55 123 .447 8. Liepkalne, Dita-UH 16 59 133 .444 9. Kloke, Rachele-UI 16 51 118 .432 10. Snelgro, Danyelle-USU 16 81 194 .418

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (Minimum 2.0 made per game) ## Player-Team G FTM FTA Pct 1. Snelgro, Danyelle-USU 16 54 64 .844 2. Corbett, Danisha-NMSU 15 37 47 .787 3. Criner, Dellena-NEV 16 74 96 .771 4. Spence, Madison-NMSU 16 61 80 .763 5. Munro, Hayley-FS 16 38 52 .731 6. Hittle, Tara-UH 12 26 36 .722 7. Johnson, Adrienne-LTU 16 56 78 .718 8. Taleni, Derisa-UI 16 49 69 .710 9. Olorunnife, Yinka-UI 16 51 73 .699 10. Moore, Shavon-NEV 16 33 49 .673

ASSISTS ## Player-Team G Ast Avg/G 1. Snelgro, Danyelle-USU 16 80 5.00 2. Criner, Dellena-NEV 16 66 4.13 3. Pringle, Tiawana-LTU 16 63 3.94 4. Otero, Charlotte-UI 16 60 3.75 5. Spence, Madison-NMSU 16 58 3.63 6. Brown, Ashley-SJSU 16 55 3.44 Malone, Jamia-BSU 16 55 3.44 8. Fears, LaShay-FS 16 53 3.31 9. Jones, Whitney-LTU 16 47 2.94 10. Liepkalne, Dita-UH 16 46 2.88

STEALS ## Player-Team G Stl Avg/G 1. Snelgro, Danyelle-USU 16 46 2.88 2. Criner, Dellena-NEV 16 36 2.25 3. Olorunnife, Yinka-UI 16 35 2.19 4. Kuehu, Shaena-UI 16 31 1.94 5. Franklin, Cherlanda-NEV 16 30 1.88 6. Coddington, Alice-USU 16 29 1.81 Taleni, Derisa-UI 16 29 1.81 Sumler, Sayja-SJSU 16 29 1.81 9. Pilcher, Heather-BSU 16 28 1.75 Jones, Brandi-NEV 16 28 1.75 Ward, Johnna-NEV 16 28 1.75

THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Minimum 1.0 made per game) ## Player-Team G 3FG FGA Pct 1. Ross, Jaleesa-FS 16 42 99 .424 2. White, Natalie-SJSU 16 31 78 .397 3. Snelgro, Danyelle-USU 16 17 43 .395 4. Kuehu, Shaena-UI 16 28 72 .389 5. Criner, Dellena-NEV 16 17 46 .370 6. Amundsen, Bailey-FS 16 34 93 .366 7. Walker, Ashley-FS 15 25 70 .357 8. Otero, Charlotte-UI 16 17 48 .354 9. Pares, Ana-USU 16 37 106 .349 10. Shavers, Chasity-SJSU 12 15 43 .349

THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE ## Player-Team G 3FG Avg/G 1. Ross, Jaleesa-FS 16 42 2.63 2. Pares, Ana-USU 16 37 2.31 3. Amundsen, Bailey-FS 16 34 2.13 4. Corbett, Danisha-NMSU 15 30 2.00 5. White, Natalie-SJSU 16 31 1.94 6. Kuehu, Shaena-UI 16 28 1.75 Tinnin, Megan-UH 16 28 1.75 Blair, Kelly-SJSU 12 21 1.75 9. Walker, Ashley-FS 15 25 1.67 10. Moore, Brittany-BSU 14 23 1.64

BLOCKED SHOTS ## Player-Team G Blk Avg/G 1. Holt, Niki-NMSU 13 39 3.00 2. Johnson, Nicole-USU 16 26 1.63 3. Franklin, Cherlanda-NEV 16 24 1.50 Ridge, Shaunna-SJSU 16 24 1.50 5. Olorunnife, Yinka-UI 16 23 1.44 6. Dowdell, Shanavia-LTU 16 22 1.38 7. Sanchez, Erica-NMSU 16 20 1.25 8. Filipe, Joh-Teena-FS 16 18 1.13 Johnson, Adrienne-LTU 16 18 1.13 10. Moore, Shavon-NEV 16 15 0.94

ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO (Minimum 3.0 assists/game) ## Player-Team G Ast Avg TO Avg Ratio 1. Snelgro, Danyelle-USU 16 80 5.0 34 2.1 2.35 2. Pringle, Tiawana-LTU 16 63 3.9 38 2.4 1.66 3. Otero, Charlotte-UI 16 60 3.8 40 2.5 1.50 4. Fears, LaShay-FS 16 53 3.3 39 2.4 1.36 5. Criner, Dellena-NEV 16 66 4.1 59 3.7 1.12 6. Spence, Madison-NMSU 16 58 3.6 55 3.4 1.05 7. Malone, Jamia-BSU 16 55 3.4 56 3.5 0.98 8. Brown, Ashley-SJSU 16 55 3.4 60 3.8 0.92

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2008-09 STATISTICS l WAC GAMESSCORING OFFENSE # Team G W-L Pts Avg/G 1. Louisiana Tech 16 12-4 1119 69.9 2. Fresno State 16 12-4 1075 67.2 3. Nevada 16 10-6 1004 62.8 4. Utah State 16 9-7 989 61.8 5. Idaho 16 10-6 964 60.2 6. Boise State 16 9-7 962 60.1 7. New Mexico State 16 5-11 952 59.5 8. Hawaii 16 4-12 899 56.2 9. San Jose State 16 1-15 809 50.6

SCORING DEFENSE # Team G Pts Avg/G 1. Fresno State 16 901 56.3 2. Nevada 16 905 56.6 3. Idaho 16 912 57.0 4. Utah State 16 947 59.2 5. Boise State 16 975 60.9 6. Louisiana Tech 16 1001 62.6 7. New Mexico State 16 1032 64.5 8. San Jose State 16 1049 65.6 9. Hawaii 16 1051 65.7

SCORING MARGIN # Team G OFF DEF Margin 1. Fresno State 16 67.2 56.3 +10.9 2. Louisiana Tech 16 69.9 62.6 +7.4 3. Nevada 16 62.8 56.6 +6.2 4. Idaho 16 60.2 57.0 +3.2 5. Utah State 16 61.8 59.2 +2.6 6. Boise State 16 60.1 60.9 -0.8 7. New Mexico State 16 59.5 64.5 -5.0 8. Hawaii 16 56.2 65.7 -9.5 9. San Jose State 16 50.6 65.6 -15.0

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE# Team G FTM FTA Pct 1. New Mexico State 16 200 279 .717 2. Boise State 16 181 260 .696 3. Idaho 16 183 266 .688 4. Hawaii 16 168 245 .686 5. Utah State 16 171 254 .673 6. Fresno State 16 146 219 .667 7. Nevada 16 225 349 .645 8. Louisiana Tech 16 205 331 .619 9. San Jose State 16 117 200 .585

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE # Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Louisiana Tech 16 425 1026 .414 2. Fresno State 16 387 935 .414 3. Nevada 16 361 905 .399 4. Idaho 16 339 858 .395 5. Utah State 16 370 940 .394 6. Hawaii 16 333 849 .392 7. New Mexico State 16 344 918 .375 8. Boise State 16 353 979 .361 9. San Jose State 16 305 850 .359

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE # Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Idaho 16 353 952 .371 2. Nevada 16 319 848 .376 3. Fresno State 16 354 939 .377 4. Boise State 16 367 962 .381 5. Utah State 16 339 884 .383 6. Louisiana Tech 16 371 958 .387 7. New Mexico State 16 374 944 .396 8. Hawaii 16 369 909 .406 9. San Jose State 16 371 864 .429

THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE # Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Fresno State 16 155 434 .357 2. Idaho 16 103 303 .340 3. Utah State 16 78 230 .339 4. San Jose State 16 82 247 .332 5. Hawaii 16 65 205 .317 6. Nevada 16 57 183 .311 7. New Mexico State 16 64 214 .299 8. Louisiana Tech 16 64 219 .292 9. Boise State 16 75 280 .268

THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE # Team G FG FGA Pct 1. Boise State 16 93 319 .292 2. San Jose State 16 64 217 .295 3. Idaho 16 75 249 .301 4. Louisiana Tech 16 92 301 .306 5. Fresno State 16 66 206 .320 6. Utah State 16 77 232 .332 7. Nevada 16 80 236 .339 8. New Mexico State 16 96 273 .352 9. Hawaii 16 100 282 .355

REBOUNDING OFFENSE # Team G Reb Avg/G 1. Louisiana Tech 16 688 43.0 2. Nevada 16 661 41.3 3. Boise State 16 650 40.6 4. Fresno State 16 627 39.2 5. New Mexico State 16 582 36.4 6. Utah State 16 577 36.1 7. Hawaii 16 568 35.5 8. Idaho 16 566 35.4 9. San Jose State 16 515 32.2

REBOUNDING DEFENSE # Team G Reb Avg/G 1. Nevada 16 532 33.2 2. Hawaii 16 550 34.4 3. Fresno State 16 578 36.1 4. San Jose State 16 609 38.1 5. Utah State 16 615 38.4 6. Louisiana Tech 16 623 38.9 7. Idaho 16 627 39.2 8. New Mexico State 16 646 40.4 9. Boise State 16 654 40.9

REBOUNDING MARGIN # Team G Rbd Avg Opp Avg Mar 1. Nevada 16 661 41.3 532 33.2 +8.1 2. Louisiana Tech 16 688 43.0 623 38.9 +4.1 3. Fresno State 16 627 39.2 578 36.1 +3.1 4. Hawaii 16 568 35.5 550 34.4 +1.1 5. Boise State 16 650 40.6 654 40.9 -0.2 6. Utah State 16 577 36.1 615 38.4 -2.4 7. Idaho 16 566 35.4 627 39.2 -3.8 8. New Mexico State 16 582 36.4 646 40.4 -4.0 9. San Jose State 16 515 32.2 609 38.1 -5.9

TURNOVER MARGIN # Team G TM Avg OPP Avg Mar 1. Louisiana Tech 16 251 15.7 303 18.9 +3.25 2. Utah State 16 251 15.7 299 18.7 +3.00 3. Boise State 16 293 18.3 310 19.4 +1.06 4. Idaho 16 259 16.2 271 16.9 +0.75 5. Nevada 16 302 18.9 311 19.4 +0.56 6. Fresno State 16 258 16.1 266 16.6 +0.50 7. New Mexico State 16 273 17.1 271 16.9 -0.12 8. San Jose State 16 343 21.4 271 16.9 -4.50 Hawaii 16 353 22.1 281 17.6 -4.50

ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO # Team G Ast Avg TO Avg Ratio 1. Fresno State 16 236 14.8 258 16.1 0.91 2. Louisiana Tech 16 221 13.8 251 15.7 0.88 3. Utah State 16 207 12.9 251 15.7 0.82 4. New Mexico State 16 191 11.9 273 17.1 0.70 5. Nevada 16 208 13.0 302 18.9 0.69 6. Boise State 16 188 11.8 293 18.3 0.64 7. Idaho 16 154 9.6 259 16.2 0.59 8. Hawaii 16 207 12.9 353 22.1 0.59 9. San Jose State 16 157 9.8 343 21.4 0.46

BLOCKED SHOTS # Team G Blocks Avg/G 1. New Mexico State 16 79 4.94 2. Nevada 16 66 4.13 3. Utah State 16 58 3.63 4. San Jose State 16 51 3.19 5. Louisiana Tech 16 50 3.13 6. Idaho 16 47 2.94 7. Fresno State 16 40 2.50 Hawaii 16 40 2.50 9. Boise State 16 32 2.00

ASSISTS # Team G Assists Avg/G 1. Fresno State 16 236 14.75 2. Louisiana Tech 16 221 13.81 3. Nevada 16 208 13.00 4. Hawaii 16 207 12.94 Utah State 16 207 12.94 6. New Mexico State 16 191 11.94 7. Boise State 16 188 11.75 8. San Jose State 16 157 9.81 9. Idaho 16 154 9.63

STEALS # Team G Steals Avg/G 1. Nevada 16 165 10.31 2. Idaho 16 143 8.94 3. Utah State 16 142 8.88 4. Louisiana Tech 16 140 8.75 5. Fresno State 16 132 8.25 6. Boise State 16 129 8.06 7. San Jose State 16 121 7.56 8. Hawaii 16 108 6.75 9. New Mexico State 16 106 6.63

OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS # Team G No. Avg/G 1. Nevada 16 260 16.25 2. Louisiana Tech 16 251 15.69 3. Boise State 16 228 14.25 4. Utah State 16 210 13.13 5. Fresno State 16 207 12.94 6. Hawaii 16 198 12.38 7. New Mexico State 16 185 11.56 8. San Jose State 16 170 10.63 9. Idaho 16 153 9.56

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS # Team G No. Avg/G 1. Louisiana Tech 16 437 27.31 2. Boise State 16 422 26.38 3. Fresno State 16 420 26.25 4. Idaho 16 413 25.81 5. Nevada 16 401 25.06 6. New Mexico State 16 397 24.81 7. Hawaii 16 370 23.13 8. Utah State 16 367 22.94 9. San Jose State 16 345 21.56

THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE # Team G 3FG Avg/G 1. Fresno State 16 155 9.69 2. Idaho 16 103 6.44 3. San Jose State 16 82 5.13 4. Utah State 16 78 4.88 5. Boise State 16 75 4.69 6. Hawaii 16 65 4.06 7. New Mexico State 16 64 4.00 Louisiana Tech 16 64 4.00 9. Nevada 16 57 3.56

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2008-09 INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES

Points .....................................................31 Taleni, Derisa (Idaho) vs Utah State (01/05/09) 31 Jones, Whitney (Louisiana Tech) at Utah State (01/10/09) 29 Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) at Nevada (02/08/09) 29 Dowdell, Shanavia (Louisiana Tech) at NM State (03/07/09)

Field goals made ..............................14 Jones, Whitney (Louisiana Tech) at Utah State (01/10/09) 11 Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) vs Idaho (02/22/09) 11 Dowdell, Shanavia (Louisiana Tech) at NM State (03/07/09)

Field goal attempts .........................22 Pares, Ana (Utah State) vs Fresno State (03/07/09) 22 Spence, Madison (New Mexico State) vs LA Tech (03/07/09) 21 Olorunnife, Yinka (Idaho) vs New Mexico State (01/25/09) 21 Taleni, Derisa (Idaho) at Boise State (03/07/09)

Field goal percentage .....800 (8-10) Munro, Hayley (Fresno State) vs San Jose State (01/30/09) .800 (8-10) Ross, Jaleesa (Fresno State) vs New Mexico State (03/04/08) .727 (8-11) Franklin, Cherlanda (Nevada) vs Louisiana Tech (01/08/09) .727 (8-11) Dowdell, Shanavia (LA Tech) vs San Jose State (01/18/09) .727 (8-11) Kloke, Rachele (Idaho) at Hawaii (02/27/09)

Three-pointers made ....................... 6 Amundsen, Bailey (Fresno State) vs Idaho (1/10/09) 6 Ross, Jaleesa (Fresno State) at Boise State (02/15/09) 5 Taleni, Derisa (Idaho) vs Utah State (01/05/09) 5 White, Natalie (San Jose State) vs Hawaii (01/10/09) 5 Pares, Ana (Utah State) vs Boise State (01/17/08) 5 Ross, Jaleesa (Fresno State) at Hawaii (01/23/09) 5 Walker, Ashley (Fresno State) at Hawaii (01/23/09) 5 Pares, Ana (Utah State) at Hawaii (01/25/09) 5 Jones, Whitney (Louisiana Tech) vs NM State (01/30/09) 5 Corbett, Danisha (NM State) vs Boise State (02/06/09) 5 Malone, Jamia (Boise State) vs Fresno State (02/15/09) 5 Corbett, Danisha (NM State) vs Utah State (02/26/09) 5 Ross, Jaleesa (Fresno State) vs New Mexico State (03/04/08) 5 Amundsen, Bailey (Fresno State) vs NM State (03/04/08) 5 White, Natalie (San Jose State) at Utah State (03/05/09)

Three-pointers attempted ...........14 Ross, Jaleesa (Fresno State) at Boise State (02/15/09) 12 Amundsen, Bailey (Fresno State) vs Idaho (1/10/09) 12 Malone, Jamia (Boise State) at New Mexico State (02/06/09) 12 Blair, Kelly (San Jose State) at Boise State (02/13/09) 11 Amundsen, Bailey (Fresno State) vs Boise State (01/05/09) 11 Corbett, Danisha (NM State) vs Boise State (02/06/09)

Three-point percentage ...1.000 (5-5) White, Natalie (San Jose State) vs Hawaii (01/10/09) 1.000 (5-5) White, Natalie (San Jose State) at Utah State (03/05/09) .833 (5-6) Taleni, Derisa (Idaho) vs Utah State (01/05/09) .833 (5-6) Ross, Jaleesa (Fresno State) vs New Mexico State (03/04/08) .714 (5-7) Pares, Ana (Utah State) vs Boise State (01/17/08) .714 (5-7) Pares, Ana (Utah State) at Hawaii (01/25/09) .714 (5-7) Jones, Whitney (Louisiana Tech) vs NM State (01/30/09)

Free throws made ............................11 Munro, Hayley (Fresno State) vs Utah State (02/01/09) 10 Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) at NM State (02/26/09) 9 Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) at Nevada (02/08/09) 9 Criner, Dellena (Nevada) vs Idaho (02/19/09) 9 Kloke, Rachele (Idaho) at Utah State (02/22/09)

Free throw attempts .......................13 Munro, Hayley (Fresno State) vs Utah State (02/01/09) 12 Olorunnife, Yinka (Idaho) vs San Jose State (02/15/09) 12 Sumler, Sayja (San Jose State) at Utah State (03/05/09) 12 Spence, Madison (New Mexico State) vs LA Tech (03/07/09) 11 Taleni, Derisa (Idaho) vs Utah State (01/05/09) 11 Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) at Nevada (02/08/09)

Free throw percentage .1.000 (10-10) Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) at NM State (02/26/09) 1.000 (9-9) Kloke, Rachele (Idaho) at Utah State (02/22/09) .900 (9-10) Criner, Dellena (Nevada) vs Idaho (02/19/09) .889 (8-9) Olorunnife, Yinka (Idaho) at Utah State (02/22/09)

Rebounds .............................................20 Olorunnife, Yinka (Idaho) vs Fresno State (02/13/09) 19 Olorunnife, Yinka (Idaho) vs New Mexico State (01/25/09) 17 Dowdell, Shanavia (Louisiana Tech) at NM State (03/07/09)

Assists ....................................................10 Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) vs Louisiana Tech (01/10/09) 9 Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) vs NM State (01/08/09) 9 Spence, Madison (NM State) vs Fresno State (01/18/09) 9 Munro, Hayley (Fresno State) at Hawaii (01/23/09)

Steals ........................................................ 6 Criner, Dellena (Nevada) vs Louisiana Tech (01/08/09) 6 Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) vs Nevada (01/14/09) 6 Kanekoa, Keisha (Hawaii) vs Idaho (02/27/09) 6 Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) vs San Jose State (03/05/09) 6 Olorunnife, Yinka (Idaho) at Boise State (03/07/09)

Blocked shots .....................................10 Holt, Niki (New Mexico State) vs Nevada (02/13/09) 7 Franklin, Cherlanda (Nevada) vs Fresno State (02/06/09) 5 Ridge, Shaunna (San Jose State) vs Idaho (01/08/09) 5 Holt, Niki (New Mexico State) vs San Jose State (01/16/09) 5 Holt, Niki (New Mexico State) vs Fresno State (01/18/09) 5 Johnson, Nicole (Utah State) vs San Jose State (03/05/09)

WAC Games

Points .....................................................31 Taleni, Derisa (Idaho) vs Utah State (01/05/09) 31 Jones, Whitney (Louisiana Tech) at Utah State (01/10/09) 31 Johnson, Adrienne (Louisiana Tech) vs SMU (03/19/09) 30 Spence, Madison (New Mexico State) at Kent St. (11/23/08) 30 Dowdell, Shanavia (Louisiana Tech) vs WKU (11/30/08) 30 Criner, Dellena (Nevada) at Louisiana Tech (03/13/09)

Field goals made ..............................14 Jones, Whitney (Louisiana Tech) at Utah State (01/10/09) 13 Dowdell, Shanavia (Louisiana Tech) vs WKU (11/30/08) 12 Dowdell, Shanavia (Louisiana Tech) vs Grambling (12/09/08)

Field goal attempts .........................22 Pares, Ana (Utah State) vs Fresno State (03/07/09) 22 Spence, Madison (New Mexico State) vs LA Tech (03/07/09) 21 Jones, Whitney (Louisiana Tech) at Memphis (11/18/08) 21 Olorunnife, Yinka (Idaho) vs New Mexico State (01/25/09) 21 Taleni, Derisa (Idaho) at Boise State (03/07/09)

Field goal percentage .....818 (9-11) Dowdell, Shanavia (LA Tech) vs Sam Houston St. (12/13/08) .800 (8-10) Kanekoa, Keisha (Hawaii) vs Purdue (11/29/08) .800 (8-10) Walton, Tyshae (NM State) vs Long Island (12/28/08) .800 (8-10) Munro, Hayley (Fresno State) vs San Jose State (01/30/09) .800 (8-10) Ross, Jaleesa (Fresno State) vs New Mexico State (03/04/08)

Three-pointers made ....................... 6 Amundsen, Bailey (Fresno State) vs UCSB (11/20/08) 6 Amundsen, Bailey (Fresno State) vs Idaho (1/10/09) 6 Ross, Jaleesa (Fresno State) at Boise State (02/15/09) 6 Amundsen, Bailey (Fresno State) vs Hawaii (03/11/09)

Three-pointers attempted ...........14 Tinnin, Megan (Hawaii) vs Toledo (11/15/08) 14 Ross, Jaleesa (Fresno State) at Boise State (02/15/09) 12 White, Natalie (San Jose State) vs Sac State (11/28/08) 12 Munro, Hayley (Fresno State) vs TCU (12/4/08) 12 Pares, Ana (Utah State) at UNLV (12/30/08) 12 Amundsen, Bailey (Fresno State) vs Idaho (1/10/09) 12 Malone, Jamia (Boise State) at New Mexico State (02/06/09) 12 Blair, Kelly (San Jose State) at Boise State (02/13/09)

Three-point percentage...1.000 (5-5) White, Natalie (San Jose State) vs Oregon (11/15/08) 1.000 (5-5) White, Natalie (San Jose State) vs Hawaii (01/10/09) 1.000 (5-5) White, Natalie (San Jose State) at Utah State (03/05/09) .833 (5-6) Taleni, Derisa (Idaho) vs Utah State (01/05/09) .833 (5-6) Ross, Jaleesa (Fresno State) vs New Mexico State (03/04/08)

Free throws made ............................11 Criner, Dellena (Nevada) at UCLA (12/07/08) 11 Munro, Hayley (Fresno State) vs Utah State (02/01/09) 11 Criner, Dellena (Nevada) at Louisiana Tech (03/13/09) 10 Malone, Jamia (Boise State) vs Seattle (11/14/08) 10 Corbett, Danisha (New Mexico State) vs Loyola (11/28/08) 10 Criner, Dellena (Nevada) vs Louisville (11/29/08) 10 Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) at NM State (02/26/09)

Free throw attempts .......................14 Malone, Jamia (Boise State) vs Seattle (11/14/08) 14 Walker, Ja’Lara (Boise State) vs Washington State (11/20/08) 14 Criner, Dellena (Nevada) at UCLA (12/07/08) 14 Criner, Dellena (Nevada) at Louisiana Tech (03/13/09) 13 Dowdell, Shanavia (Louisiana Tech) vs UALR (12/22/08) 13 Munro, Hayley (Fresno State) vs Utah State (02/01/09)

Free throw percentage ...1.000 (10-10) Corbett, Danisha (New Mexico State) vs Loyola (11/28/08) 1.000 (10-10) Criner, Dellena (Nevada) vs Louisville (11/29/08) 1.000 (10-10) Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) at NM State (02/26/09) 1.000 (9-9) Kloke, Rachele (Idaho) at Utah State (02/22/09) 1.000 (8-8) Kanekoa, Keisha (Hawaii) vs UC Irvine (12/07/08) 1.000 (8-8) Munro, Hayley (Fresno State) vs Long Beach State (12/29/08) 1.000 (8-8) Soto, Kaitlyn (New Mexico State) vs LA Tech (03/11/09)

Rebounds .............................................20 Olorunnife, Yinka (Idaho) vs Fresno State (02/13/09) 19 Olorunnife, Yinka (Idaho) vs New Mexico State (01/25/09) 18 Moore, Shavon (Nevada) at Louisiana Tech (03/13/09)

Assists ....................................................13 Criner, Dellena (Nevada) vs Saint Mary’s (11/23/08) 10 Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) vs Louisiana Tech (01/10/09) 10 Criner, Dellena (Nevada) at Louisiana Tech (03/13/09)

Steals ........................................................ 6 Pringle, Tiawana (LA Tech) vs Nicholls State (11/26/08) 6 Criner, Dellena (Nevada) vs Louisiana Tech (01/08/09) 6 Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) vs Nevada (01/14/09) 6 Kanekoa, Keisha (Hawaii) vs Idaho (02/27/09) 6 Snelgro, Danyelle (Utah State) vs San Jose State (03/05/09) 6 Olorunnife, Yinka (Idaho) at Boise State (03/07/09) 6 Brown, Ashley (San Jose State) vs Hawaii (03/10/09) 6 Ross, Jaleesa (Fresno State) vs Hawaii (03/11/09)

Blocked shots .....................................10 Holt, Niki (New Mexico State) vs Nevada (02/13/09) 8 Dowdell, Shanavia (LA Tech) vs Nicholls State (11/26/08) 7 Franklin, Cherlanda (Nevada) vs Fresno State (02/06/09)

All Games

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2008-09 TEAM SUPERLATIVES

Points ..............................................................90 Louisiana Tech at Utah State (01/10/09) 89 Louisiana Tech at Hawaii (02/22/09) 87 Louisiana Tech at San Jose State (02/20/09) 82 Utah State vs Louisiana Tech (01/10/09)

Field goals made .......................................35 Utah State vs Louisiana Tech (01/10/09) 33 Louisiana Tech at San Jose State (02/20/09) 33 Louisiana Tech at Hawaii (02/22/09) 32 Louisiana Tech at Utah State (01/10/09) 31 New Mexico State vs Fresno State (01/18/09) 31 Louisiana Tech vs Nevada (02/15/09) 31 Louisiana Tech at Fresno State (03/02/09)

Field goal attempts ..................................73 Boise State at New Mexico State (02/06/09) 73 Louisiana Tech vs Hawaii (02/13/09) 72 Louisiana Tech vs Boise State (02/08/09) 71 New Mexico State at Idaho (01/25/09) 71 Louisiana Tech vs New Mexico State (01/30/09) 71 Utah State vs Idaho (02/22/09) 71 New Mexico State vs Louisiana Tech (03/07/09)

Field goal percentage .......... .554 (31-56) Louisiana Tech vs Nevada (02/15/09) .542 (26-48) Fresno State at Utah State (03/07/09) .541 (33-61) Louisiana Tech at Hawaii (02/22/09) .536 (30-56) Fresno State at San Jose State (02/08/09) .524 (33-63) Louisiana Tech at San Jose State (02/20/09)

Three-point field goals made ..............14 Fresno State vs Hawaii (01/08/09) 12 Fresno State at Hawaii (01/23/09) 12 Fresno State at Boise State (02/15/09) 12 Fresno State vs Louisiana Tech (03/02/09) 12 Fresno State vs New Mexico State (03/04/08)

Three-point field goal attempts ........41 Fresno State vs Hawaii (01/08/09) 39 Fresno State vs Boise State (01/05/09) 38 Fresno State at Hawaii (01/23/09) 37 Fresno State vs Louisiana Tech (03/02/09) 36 Fresno State at Boise State (02/15/09)

Three-point percentage........ .800 (8-10) Hawaii at Nevada (03/07/09) .700 (7-10) Nevada at Hawaii (01/17/09) .636 (7-11) San Jose State vs Hawaii (01/10/09) .571 (4-7) Louisiana Tech vs Nevada (02/15/09) .545 (6-11) New Mexico State vs Fresno State (01/18/09)

Free throws made .....................................27 Nevada vs Hawaii (03/07/09) 26 Nevada vs San Jose State (02/01/09) 24 Louisiana Tech at New Mexico State (03/07/09) 22 Louisiana Tech at Utah State (01/10/09) 22 Nevada at Hawaii (01/17/09) 22 Idaho at Utah State (02/22/09)

Free throw attempts ................................41 Nevada vs San Jose State (02/01/09) 35 Louisiana Tech at Utah State (01/10/09) 34 Louisiana Tech at New Mexico State (03/07/09) 33 Nevada vs Hawaii (03/07/09) 30 Louisiana Tech vs Idaho (02/06/09) 30 Utah State at Nevada (02/08/09)

Free throw percentage .... 1.000 (12-12) New Mexico State vs Hawaii (02/15/09) 1.000 (4-4) Boise State at Utah State (01/17/08) 1.000 (4-4) Utah State at Fresno State (02/01/09) .944 (17-18) Idaho vs Hawaii (02/01/09) .900 (9-10) Hawaii vs Idaho (02/27/09)

Rebounds ......................................................55 Louisiana Tech at New Mexico State (03/07/09) 52 Nevada vs New Mexico State (01/10/09) 50 Hawaii at Louisiana Tech (02/13/09) 49 Nevada vs Louisiana Tech (01/08/09) 49 Louisiana Tech at Boise State (01/25/09) 49 Utah State vs Idaho (02/22/09) 49 Nevada at Idaho (03/04/09)

Assists .............................................................22 New Mexico State vs Fresno State (01/18/09) 21 Louisiana Tech vs Nevada (02/15/09) 21 Louisiana Tech at San Jose State (02/20/09) 21 Louisiana Tech at Hawaii (02/22/09)

Steals ...............................................................19 Nevada vs Boise State (01/30/09) 18 Fresno State vs Hawaii (01/08/09) 17 Nevada vs Louisiana Tech (01/08/09) 16 New Mexico State at Nevada (01/10/09)

Blocked shots ..............................................12 New Mexico State vs Nevada (02/13/09) 10 New Mexico State vs San Jose State (01/16/09) 9 New Mexico State vs Louisiana Tech (03/07/09) 8 Nevada vs Fresno State (02/06/09) 8 New Mexico State vs Boise State (02/06/09) 8 Fresno State at Utah State (03/07/09)

WAC Games

Points ..........................................................99 Nevada vs Saint Mary’s (11/23/08) 97 Fresno State at Cal State Bakersfiel (11/14/08) 91 Nevada at Louisiana Tech (03/13/09) 90 Louisiana Tech vs Nicholls State (11/26/08) 90 Louisiana Tech at Utah State (01/10/09)

Field goals made ...................................36 Louisiana Tech vs Nicholls State (11/26/08) 35 Utah State vs Louisiana Tech (01/10/09) 34 Nevada vs Saint Mary’s (11/23/08) 34 Louisiana Tech vs Sam Houston State (12/13/08) 34 Louisiana Tech vs UMBC (12/28/08)

Field goal attempts ..............................82 Nevada vs Saint Mary’s (11/23/08) 79 Louisiana Tech at Memphis (11/18/08) 77 Boise State vs Saint Mary’s (CA) (12/22/08) 76 Boise State vs Utah Valley (11/29/08) 76 Louisiana Tech vs Sam Houston State (12/13/08)

Field goal percentage ...... .554 (31-56) Louisiana Tech vs Nevada (02/15/09) .542 (26-48) Hawaii vs Purdue (11/29/08) .542 (26-48) Fresno State at Utah State (03/07/09) .541 (33-61) Louisiana Tech at Hawaii (02/22/09) .536 (30-56) Fresno State at San Jose State (02/08/09)

Three-point field goals made ..........16 Fresno State vs UC Santa Barbara (11/20/08) 14 Fresno State vs Hawaii (01/08/09) 13 Fresno State at Cal State Bakersfiel (11/14/08) 13 Fresno State vs TCU (12/4/08) 12 Fresno State at Hawaii (01/23/09) 12 Fresno State at Boise State (02/15/09) 12 Fresno State vs Louisiana Tech (03/02/09) 12 Fresno State vs New Mexico State (03/04/08)

Three-point field goal attempts ....41 Fresno State vs TCU (12/4/08) 41 Fresno State vs Hawaii (01/08/09) 39 Fresno State vs Boise State (01/05/09) 38 Fresno State at UNLV (01/02/09) 38 Fresno State at Hawaii (01/23/09) 37 Fresno State vs Louisiana Tech (03/02/09)

Three-point percentage.... .800 (8-10) Hawaii at Nevada (03/07/09) .700 (7-10) Nevada at Hawaii (01/17/09) .643 (9-14) San Jose State vs Oregon (11/15/08) .636 (7-11) Boise State vs Saint Mary’s (CA) (12/22/08) .636 (7-11) San Jose State vs Hawaii (01/10/09)

Free throws made .................................27 Nevada vs Hawaii (03/07/09) 26 Nevada vs San Jose State (02/01/09) 25 Nevada vs Saint Mary’s (11/23/08) 24 San Jose State at Northern Colorado (11/18/08) 24 New Mexico State vs Loyola (11/28/08) 24 Idaho at Cal Poly (11/29/08) 24 Hawaii vs UC Irvine (12/07/08) 24 Louisiana Tech at New Mexico State (03/07/09)

Free throw attempts ............................41 Nevada vs San Jose State (02/01/09) 37 Boise State vs Seattle (11/14/08) 36 Nevada vs Northern Iowa (11/28/08) 35 Fresno State at Pacific (12/06/08) 35 Louisiana Tech at Utah State (01/10/09)

Free throw percentage . 1.000 (12-12) New Mexico State vs Hawaii (02/15/09) 1.000 (4-4) New Mexico State vs Long Island (12/28/08) 1.000 (4-4) Boise State at Utah State (01/17/08) 1.000 (4-4) Utah State at Fresno State (02/01/09) 1.000 (2-2) Boise State at Loyola Marymount (12/14/08)

Rebounds ..................................................60 Louisiana Tech vs Central Arkansas (11/14/08) 58 Louisiana Tech vs Sam Houston State (12/13/08) 58 Louisiana Tech vs UMBC (12/28/08) 55 Louisiana Tech at New Mexico State (03/07/09) 53 Louisiana Tech vs Southern Methodist (03/19/09)

Assists .........................................................26 Louisiana Tech vs Nicholls State (11/26/08) 22 Nevada vs Saint Mary’s (11/23/08) 22 New Mexico State vs Fresno State (01/18/09) 21 Nevada vs Louisville (11/29/08) 21 Louisiana Tech vs Nevada (02/15/09) 21 Louisiana Tech at San Jose State (02/20/09) 21 Louisiana Tech at Hawaii (02/22/09)

Steals ...........................................................23 Louisiana Tech vs Nicholls State (11/26/08) 19 Nevada vs Boise State (01/30/09) 18 Fresno State vs Hawaii (01/08/09) 17 Nevada vs Louisiana Tech (01/08/09)

Blocked shots ..........................................17 Louisiana Tech vs Nicholls State (11/26/08) 12 Utah State vs Eastern Washington (12/06/08) 12 New Mexico State vs Nevada (02/13/09) 10 Nevada vs Hampton (12/29/08) 10 New Mexico State vs San Jose State (01/16/09)

All Games

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2009-10 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

Sunday, Nov. 1Northwest Christian at Idaho (Exh.), 2 p.m.Cal State East Bay at Nevada (Exh.), TBAIncarnate Word at Louisiana Tech (Exh.), TBA

Wednesday, Nov. 4Fresno Pacific at Fresno State (Exh.), 6 p.m.Hawaii Pacific at Hawai‘i (Exh.), 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 6Eastern Oregon at Idaho (Exh.), 6 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 7Cal State East Bay at San Jose State (Exh.), TBA

Sunday, Nov. 8Lewis-Clark State at Boise State (Exh.), 2 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 9Montana Tech at Utah State (Exh.), 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 13New Mexico State at Cal State Northridge, 2 p.m.Western Oregon at Boise State, 7 p.m.Fresno State at UC Santa Barbara, 7 p.m.Centenary at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.Cal State Fullerton at San Jose State, 7 p.m.Utah at Utah State, 7 p.m.Cal State Monterrey Bay at Nevada, TBA

Sunday, Nov. 15Weber State at Boise State, 2 p.m.New Mexico State at Cal Poly, 2 p.m.Fresno State at USC, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 16Utah State at Portland, 7 p.m.Gonzaga at Idaho, 7 p.m.UC Santa Barbara at Nevada, TBA

Tuesday, Nov. 17Hawai‘i at UC Riverside, 3 p.m. Pepperdine at San Jose State, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 18Fresno State at TCU, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 19Portland State at Boise State, 7 p.m.Idaho at Eastern Washington, 7 p.m.Hawai’i at UCLA, 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 20Long Beach State at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.Cal State Northridge at San Jose State, 7 p.m.Louisiana Tech at Nicholls State, TBANevada at Saint Mary’s, TBA

Saturday, Nov. 21Boise State at Idaho State, 3:30 p.m.Hawai‘i at Cal State Bakersfield, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 22Saint Mary’s at Fresno State, 2 p.m.Utah State at San Francisco, 2 p.m.Montana State at Idaho, 2 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 23North Dakota at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.Weber State at Nevada, TBA

Tuesday, Nov. 24Boise State at Utah Valley, 7 p.m.San Francisco at San Jose State, 7 p.m.Louisiana Tech at Arkansas State, TBA

Friday, Nov. 27San Jose State vs. Mississippi, 4 p.m. (Boca Bridge Hotel Holiday Tournament)Fresno State vs. Boston College, 5 p.m. (SMU Tournament)Arizona State at Hawai‘i, 5 p.m. (Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic)SIU-Edwardsville at New Mexico State, 7 p.m. (Aggie Thanksgiving Classic)Idaho at Baylor, 7 p.m. (World Vision Classic)Columbia at Nevada, TBA (Nugget Classic)

Saturday, Nov. 28Idaho vs. Lamar, 2:30 p.m. (World Vision Classic)Boise State at UNLV, 2 p.m. (UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up)San Jose State vs. Florida Atlantic/Fordham, 2/4 p.m. (Boca Bridge Hotel Holiday Tournament)Montana Western at Utah State, 3 p.m.Fresno State vs. SMU/Hampton, 5/7 p.m. (SMU Tournament)Alcorn State at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.Michigan at New Mexico State, 7 p.m. (Aggie Thanksgiving Classic)Iowa/West Virginia at Nevada, TBA (Nugget Classic)

Sunday, Nov. 29Idaho vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, noon (World Vision Classic)Boise State vs. Washington State/Bradley, 1/3:30 p.m. (UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up)East Tennessee State at Hawai‘i, 5 p.m. (Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic)

Tuesday, Dec. 1Colorado State at Idaho, 7 p.m.LSU at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 2New Mexico at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.Loyola Marymount at San Jose State, 7 p.m.Sacramento State at Nevada, TBA

Thursday, Dec. 3Fresno State at UC Irvine, 7 p.m.San Francisco at Hawai‘i, 7 p.m.Wyoming at Idaho, 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 4Hawai‘i at BYU-Hawaii, 4 p.m. (Hukilau Tournament)Boise State at Oregon, 7 p.m.Nevada at Arizona, 7 p.m.Utah State vs. Pepperdine, 8 p.m. (Arizona State Tournament)

Saturday, Dec. 5Hawai‘i vs. Brigham Young, 1 p.m.(Hukilau Tournament)Fresno State at Loyola Marymount, 2 p.m.Utah State vs. Arizona State/Idaho State, 4/6 p.m.(Arizona State Tournament)Louisiana Tech at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 6Boise State at Portland, 2 p.m.Saint Mary’s at Idaho, 2 p.m.UNLV at Nevada, 2 p.m.Denver at San Jose State, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 8Sacramento State at Fresno State, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 9Montana State at Boise State, 7 p.m.San Jose State at California, 7 p.m.Louisiana Tech at Western Kentucky, TBA

Friday, Dec. 11Portland at Idaho, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 12Boise State at Saint Mary’s, 2 p.m.UNLV at Fresno State, 2 p.m.Mississippi State at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.Utah State at Idaho State, 7 p.m.North Dakota State at New Mexico State, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 13Idaho at Montana, 2 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 14North Dakota State at Utah State, noon

Tuesday, Dec. 15UTEP at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 16McNeese State at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 18Nevada at Pepperdine, 5 p.m.San Jose State at Sacramento State, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 19Santa Clara at Boise State, 1 p.m.Brigham Young at Utah State, 7 p.m.Hawai‘i vs. Kansas State, 7:30 p.m. (Duel in the Desert)Fresno State at West Virginia, TBA

Sunday, Dec. 20Idaho at Long Beach State, 2 p.m.New Mexico State at New Mexico, 2 p.m.Hawai‘i vs. UNLV/VCU, 2:30 p.m./7:30 p.m. (Duel in the Desert)

Monday, Dec. 21Weber State at Utah State, 2 p.m.Seattle at Boise State, 6 p.m.Hawai‘i vs. TBD, TBD (Duel in the Desert)

Tuesday, Dec. 22Memphis at Louisiana Tech, 6 p.m.Pacific at Fresno State, 7 p.m.Alcorn State at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.San Jose State at Colorado, 8 p.m.Washington State at Nevada, TBA

Wednesday, Dec. 23Utah State at Southern Utah, noon

Monday, Dec. 28New Mexico State at UTEP, 7 p.m.UC Santa Barbara at Idaho, 7 p.m.Nevada at San Diego, TBA (San Diego Surf n Slam Tournament)

Tuesday, Dec. 29Louisiana Tech vs. Stephen F. Austin, 5 p.m. (UTSA New Year’s Classic)Kent State at Hawai‘i, 7 p.m. (Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic)San Jose State at Cal State Bakersfield, 7 p.m.

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2009-10 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

Wednesday, Dec. 30Stanford at Fresno State, 7 p.m.Kent State at Hawai‘i, 7 p.m. (Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic)New Mexico Highlands at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.Louisiana Tech at Texas-San Antonio, 7 p.m. (UTSA New Year’s Classic)Nevada vs. Boston College/California, TBA (San Diego Surf n Slam Tournament)

Thursday, Dec. 31Wyoming at Boise State, 2 p.m.Utah Valley at Utah State, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 2UNLV at Utah State, 2 p.m.Nevada at Brigham Young, 2 p.m.Cal State Bakersfield at Fresno State, 5 p.m.San Jose State at Santa Clara, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 3Louisiana Tech at Southern Mississippi, 2 p.m.Kansas at New Mexico State, 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 6*New Mexico State at Boise State, 7 p.m.*Nevada at San Jose State, 7 p.m.*Utah State at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.*Hawai‘i at Fresno State, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 9*Fresno State at Idaho, 3 p.m.*San Jose State at Utah State, 7 p.m.*Hawai‘i at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.*Boise State at Nevada, TBA

Wednesday, Jan. 13*Idaho at Hawai‘i, 7 p.m.*Louisiana Tech at San Jose State, 7 p.m.*Fresno State at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.*Nevada at Utah State, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 16*Utah State at Fresno State, 2 p.m.*Boise State at Idaho, 7 p.m.*New Mexico State at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.*Nevada at Hawai‘i, 7 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 18*Utah State at Hawai‘i, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 20*San Jose State at Boise State, 6 p.m.*Idaho at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.*Fresno State at Nevada, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 21*Hawai‘i at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 23*New Mexico State at Utah State, 1 p.m.*Louisiana Tech at Fresno State, 5 p.m.*Idaho at San Jose State, 5 p.m.*Hawai‘i at Boise State, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 26*Louisiana Tech at Nevada, TBA

Wednesday, Jan. 27*Boise State at Fresno State, 7 p.m.*Utah State at Idaho, 7 p.m.*San Jose State at Hawai‘i, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 30*Utah State at Boise State, 6 p.m.*Idaho at Louisiana Tech, 6 p.m.*Nevada at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.*Fresno State at San Jose State, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 3*New Mexico State at San Jose State, 7 p.m.*Nevada at Idaho, 7 p.m.*Boise State at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 6*Louisiana Tech at Utah State, 3 p.m.*Boise State at New Mexico State, 5 p.m.*Fresno State at Hawai‘i, 5 p.m.*San Jose State at Nevada, TBA

Wednesday, Feb. 10*Nevada at Boise State, 7 p.m.*Idaho at Fresno State, 7 p.m.*New Mexico State at Hawai‘i, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 11*Utah State at San Jose State, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 13*New Mexico State at Fresno State, 2 p.m.*Hawai‘i at Idaho, 2 p.m.*Utah State at Nevada, 2 p.m.*San Jose State at Louisiana Tech, 6 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 15*Hawai‘i at Nevada, TBA

Wednesday, Feb. 17*Fresno State at Utah State, 5 p.m.*Idaho at Boise State, 6 p.m.*Louisiana Tech at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.*Hawai‘i at San Jose State, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 20*Nevada at Fresno State, 5 p.m.*Louisiana Tech at Hawai‘i, 5 p.m.*Boise State at San Jose State, 7 p.m.*New Mexico State at Idaho, TBA

Tuesday, Feb. 23*Utah State at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 24*Boise State at Hawai‘i, 7 p.m.*San Jose State at Idaho, 7 p.m.*Fresno State at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 27*Idaho at Utah State, 2 p.m.*Nevada at Louisiana Tech, 6 p.m.*Fresno State at Boise State, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 3*Boise State at Utah State, 7 p.m.*San Jose State at Fresno State, 7 p.m.*Louisiana Tech at Idaho, 7 p.m.*New Mexico State at Nevada, TBA

Saturday, March 6*Louisiana Tech at Boise State, 2 p.m.*Hawai‘i at Utah State, 3 p.m.*San Jose State at New Mexico State, 7 p.m.*Idaho at Nevada, TBA

Wednesday, March 10-Saturday, March 132010 WAC TournamentHost: University of NevadaReno, Nev. (Lawlor Events Center)

Saturday, March 20-Tuesday, March 23NCAA Tournament First/Second Rounds

Host: Stanford UniversityStanford, Calif. (Maples Pavilion)

Host: University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, Calif. (Haas Pavilion)

Host: Duke UniversityDurham, N.C. (Cameron Indoor Stadium)

Host: University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)

Host: University of LouisvilleLouisville, Ky. (Freedom Hall)

Host: University of WashingtonSeattle, Wash. (Bank of America Arena)

Host: Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Fla. (Donald L. Tucker Center)

Host: Arizona State UniversityTempe, Ariz. (Wells Fargo Arena)

Host: Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa (James H. Hilton Coliseum)

Host: University of Texas, AustinAustin, Texas (Frank Erwin Center)

Host: Xavier UniversityCincinnati, Ohio (Cintas Center)

Host: University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minn. (Williams Arena)

Host: Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Va. (Ted Constant Convocation Center)

Host: University of OklahomaNorman, Okla. (Lloyd Noble Center)

Host: University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Ind. (Joyce Center)

Host: University of PittsburghPittsburgh, Pa. (Petersen Events Center)

Saturday, March 27-Tuesday, March 30NCAA Regionals

Memphis Regional Host: University of MemphisMemphis, Tenn. (FedEx Forum)

Sacramento RegionalHost: University of the Pacific Sacramento, Calif. (ARCO Arena)

Dayton RegionalHost: University of Dayton Dayton, Ohio (University of Dayton Arena)

Kansas City RegionalSprint Center - Kansas City, Mo.Host: Big 12 Conference

Sunday, April 4 and Tuesday, April 6NCAA Final FourHost: University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas (Alamodome)