Women's Basketball Weekly Release #11

Release Horizon League · @HorizonLeague · January 27, 2010

Jan. 27, 2010

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THE HORIZON LEAGUE SPOTLIGHT

UIC posted an 81-72 win over #17/14 Green Bay on Saturday. It was the Flames' first victory over a nationally-ranked opponent in school history.

Loyola recorded a 65-63 victory over #17/14 Green Bay on Thursday. It was the Ramblers' first win over a nationally-ranked opponent in school history.

After beginning the campaign 16-0, Green Bay suffered back-to-back losses to Loyola and UIC last weekend. It was the Phoenix's first two-game losing streak in conference play since Feb. 8-15, 1997.

Green Bay is ranked No. 24 in the most-recent Associated Press poll (Jan. 25) and No. 22 in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll (Jan. 26). The Phoenix's best all-time ranking of No. 16 came during the 2002-03 season.

Green Bay posted an all-time Horizon League record earlier this season with its 34th consecutive regular-season win. The Phoenix also registered an all-time League best with its 35th straight regular-season conference victory.

Green Bay won its first 16 games of the campaign by an average of 19.2 points.

HORIZON LEAGUE TEAM NOTES

BUTLER BULLDOGS (12-6 overall, 5-2 HL)

Butler is 8-1 at Hinkle Fieldhouse this season and 21-8 in their last 29 Horizon League home games.

Butler held Detroit to just .255 from the field on Saturday. The Bulldogs are limiting opponents to .361 from the floor in their 12 wins this season.

Senior Melanie Thornton ranks in the League's top five for blocked shots (2nd, 1.5), scoring (3rd, 15.5), steals (3rd, 2.3) and rebounding (4th, 8.1).

Head Coach Beth Couture (117) needs just seven more victories to become the school's all-time leader (124).

CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS (10-8 overall, 5-2 HL)

Cleveland State has won four straight games and five of its last six overall.

The Vikings have made 61-of-76 (.803) at the charity stripe over their last four tilts.

Freshman Shalonda Winton tallied her first career double-double (13 pts/13 rebs) in Friday's 57-43 win over Youngstown State.

Senior Angel Roque recorded 13 points and six rebounds against YSU. She is averaging 11.8 points over the last four affairs as CSU's first player off the bench.

DETROIT TITANS (7-11 overall, 5-2 HL)

Senior Brigid Mulroy ranks third in the nation with a .515 three-point field goal percentage (53-of-103).

Brigid Mulroy has also knocked down 41-of-46 (.891) from the free-throw line, including 20-of-21 (.952) in Horizon League play.

#24/22 GREEN BAY PHOENIX (16-2 overall, 5-2 HL)

Green Bay ranks in the NCAA's top 10 for assists (3rd, 18.6), assist-to-turnover ratio (4th, 1.18), turnover margin (4th, 7.83), free-throw accuracy (.777), steals (9th, 12.2) and winning percentage (10th, .889).

Green Bay's setbacks over the weekend at Loyola and UIC marked its first two-game losing streak since Dec. 10-13, 2008.

Junior Kayla Tetschlag posted her second career double-double (17 pts/10 rebs) on Thursday at Loyola.

LOYOLA RAMBLERS (10-9 overall, 4-4 HL)

Loyola snapped a 35-game skid against Green Bay with a 65-63 win on Thursday. It was the Ramblers' first victory over the Phoenix since Jan. 21, 1995.

Loyola improved to 1-21 all-time against ranked foes with Thursday's win over #17/14 Green Bay.

Seniors Maggie McCloskey and Keisha Collins led the way with 15 points each. McCloskey nailed five three-pointers, while Collins made nine free throws.

Loyola's bench posted a 44-11 advantage against Green Bay and Milwaukee's reserves last week.

MILWAUKEE PANTHERS (8-10 overall, 3-4 HL)

Milwaukee, which ranks last among 10 Horizon League schools for turnover margin, set a school record by committing just eight miscues on Saturday at Loyola.

Milwaukee is 5-1 this season when four-or-more players reach double-figures and 6-0 when scoring at least 70 points.

Freshman Sami Tucker posted her first collegiate double-double (17 pts/10 rebs) in Thursday's 51-50 win at UIC. She is averaging 11.0 points and 7.3 rebounds in three starts this year.

UIC FLAMES (8-11 overall, 5-3 HL)

UIC used a 17-0 run and season-high .525 field-goal percentage on Saturday to post an 81-72 victory over #17/14 Green Bay.

Sophomore Shameia Green handed out a career-high seven assists vs. Green Bay.

The win was UIC's first 80-point effort since Dec. 30, 2008.

UIC's last two losses have been by just a combined two points -- 66-65 at Detroit on Jan. 14 and 51-50 against Milwaukee on Jan. 21.

VALPARAISO CRUSADERS (6-12 overall, 3-4 HL)

Junior Kelly Watts has collected 72 rebounds (10.3 rpg) in League play after grabbing just 41 (3.7 rpg) in non-conference action.

Sophomore Betsy Adams tied a career-high with six three-pointers in Saturday's 59-52 win over Wright State.

Valparaiso's overtime loss on Thursday against Detroit snapped a string of five straight extra-session wins.

Valparaiso has out-rebounded six of seven Horizon League foes so far this year.

WRIGHT STATE RAIDERS (5-12 overall, 1-6 HL)

Junior LaShawna Thomas recorded the seventh 20-point game of her career on Thursday at Butler. She connected on 7-of-15 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line against the Bulldogs.

Junior Ta-myra Davis became the third Raider to post a double-double this season when she collected 12 points and 11 rebounds on Saturday at Valparaiso.

YOUNGSTOWN STATE PENGUINS (0-18 overall, 0-7 HL)

Youngstown State held Cleveland State to 57 points and .283 percent shooting on Friday, both of which were season lows by opponents this season.

YSU (.304) out-shot CSU (.283) on Friday, marking the first time that the Penguins have shot better than an opponent this season.

The Penguins tied a Horizon League single-game high with 18 steals vs. the Vikings.

Sophomore Kenya Middlebrooks has made 21 consecutive free throws and is 16-for-16 in conference affairs.

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