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Women's Basketball Weekly Release #8

Release  Horizon League · January 7, 2009
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Jan. 7, 2009

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THIS WEEK IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE

Monday, Jan. 5
$ Butler 84, Youngstown State 50
$ Cleveland State 68, Valparaiso 55
$ UIC 69, Detroit 66
$ Wright State 72, Loyola 55

Thursday, Jan. 8
$ Green Bay at Cleveland State, 5 p.m. ... HLN
$ Milwaukee at Youngstown State, 5:15 p.m. ... HLN / MyYTV
$ Butler at Detroit, 7 p.m. ... HLN
$ Valparaiso at Wright State, 7 p.m. ... HLN

Saturday, Jan. 10
$ Butler at Wright State, 1 p.m. ... HLN
$ Valparaiso at Detroit, 2 p.m. ... HLN
$ UIC at Loyola, 3 p.m. ... HLN
$ Green Bay at Youngstown State, 4:30 p.m. ... HLN / MyYTV
$ Milwaukee at Cleveland State, 5 p.m. ... HLN

$ = Horizon League game

All times are Eastern Daylight (EDT)
Rankings are Associated Press first, ESPN/USA Today Coaches second

HLN = Horizon League Network webcast (www.horizonleaguenetwork.tv)
MyYTV = Youngstown State telecast, tape delayed at 11:59 p.m.

  

BUTLER BULLDOGS (7-6 overall, 2-0 HL)

  • Butler's 83-40 win over Christian Brothers last Monday was its largest victory since a 87-43 thumping of UIC on Feb. 11, 1999. It also ranks as the 15th-largest win in program history and is just the 19th decision by 40 or more points.
  • Butler's 25 steals against Christian Brothers ranks as the top single-game performance in the Horizon League this season. The effort helped boost Butler from fourth in the conference (9.8 spg) to first (11.2 spg) in just one game.
  • Junior Melanie Thornton has already eclipsed her scoring and rebounding totals from the 2007-08 season. Through 13 games, she has collected 160 points (12.3 ppg) and 109 rebounds (8.4 rpg).

    CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS (7-7 overall, 1-1 HL)
  • Junior Kailey Klein has moved into seventh on Cleveland State's all-time scoring list. She now has 1,246 points in two-plus seasons.
  • Sophomore Shawnita Garland tied her career high with 18 points against Buffalo last Monday. She hit all eight of her shots from the field in CSU's 75-48 victory over the Bulls.
  • Junior Angel Roque had her streaks of consecutive games played (74) and games started (55) snapped when she missed the Buffalo game.

    DETROIT TITANS (5-8 overall, 1-1 HL)
  • Detroit opened its Horizon League slate with a 71-64 win at Loyola on Saturday. It was UDM's first victory in a conference road opener since the loop changed its named to "Horizon League" (2001-02).
  • Freshman Talicia Washington posted her first career double-double -- 14 points and 10 rebounds -- against Loyola.
  • Senior Sandi Brown registered a double-double -- 12 points and 11 rebounds -- against the Ramblers.
  • Detroit managed its largest rebounding margin of the year vs. Loyola (+10, 47-37).

    GREEN BAY PHOENIX (9-3 overall, 1-0 HL)
  • Green Bay is unbeaten all-time in Horizon League openers (15-0) and as an NCAA Division I program with a conference affiliation.
  • The Phoenix limited Milwaukee to just 12 field goals on Sunday -- the fewest it has allowed all year. The 36 points UWM scored are the fewest given up by Green Bay since Dec. 15, 2007, when it allowed just 27 points to Northern Arizona.

    LOYOLA RAMBLERS (5-7 overall, 0-2 HL)
  • Loyola ranks second in the Horizon League in scoring (66.7 ppg) and field-goal percentage (.441).
  • Junior Maggie McCloskey paces the conference in three-point field goal percentage (.444) and threes made per game (3.0).

    MILWAUKEE PANTHERS (5-7 overall, 0-1 HL)
  • Senior Traci Edwards is up to 1,979 points and 995 rebounds in her career. She needs just 21 points and five boards to become the first 2,000-point, 1,000-rebound player in school, state or League history. Edwards is also 15 points from tying Wisconsin's Barb Franke for third in state college history.
  • Milwaukee suffered a 47-36 setback to in-state rival Green Bay on Sunday. It was the lowest-scoring game in UWM's Division I history (83 total points). The previous record was 92 points in a 58-34 Panther win over Wright State in 2000-01.

    UIC FLAMES (8-4 overall, 2-0 HL)
  • Freshman Jasmine Bailey averaged a team-best 10.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals while shooting 9-of-15 (.600) from the field last week. She leads the Horizon League in field goal percentage (.583) through 12 games this season.UIC collected seven more blocks (10-3) and 17 more assists (38-21) than its foes last week.
  • The Flames also held their opponents to a .303 field goal percentage last week.

    VALPARAISO CRUSADERS (6-6 overall, 1-1 HL)
  • Senior Launa Hochstetler has increased her assist total to 286 -- good for seventh on Valparaiso's all-time list. She tied a career-high with nine dimes against North Florida on Tuesday and handed out eight more against Youngstown State on Saturday.
  • Valparaiso is now 2-0 in Horizon League openers and has won six straight conference openers dating back to Mid-Continent Conference play.Head coach Keith Freeman's next victory will be his 250th at Valparaiso in 15 years with the Brown and Gold.
  • Junior Lauren Kenney was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Christmas City Classic after averaging 14.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. She had 22 points and 14 boards in the opener against La Salle last Monday.

    WRIGHT STATE RAIDERS (5-8 overall, 1-1 HL)
  • Wright State posted its first home win of the season last Monday -- a 63-57 decision over IPFW. The Raiders used a 15-3 run midway through the second half to down the Mastodons.
  • Sophomore Ta-myra Davis tied her career high with 19 points against IPFW. The total included 13 points in the second half. She also collected nine rebounds in the victory.
  • Sophomore LaShawna Thomas led all scorers with 17 points at UIC on Saturday.Sophomore Shey Peddy led all scorers with 21 points in UIC's 72-55 win over Loyola on Monday.

    YOUNGSTOWN STATE PENGUINS (2-11 overall, 0-2 HL)
  • Senior Nikita LaFleur posted her third double-double of the season -- 11 points and 12 rebounds -- on Tuesday at Toledo. She had just one double-double entering the campaign.
  • Youngstown State finished a stretch of three road games in seven days on Monday at Butler. The Penguins played Tuesday at Toledo and Saturday at Valparaiso.Youngstown State is also in a stretch of six games over a 12-day period.

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