Women's Basketball Preview - December 9

Dec. 9, 2005

Cleveland State at Dayton - 7 p.m.
Cleveland State (2-4) continues its stretch of four games in nine days when the Vikings travel to Dayton (3-2) on Friday. The Flyers have won six of the last seven meetings, although this will mark CSU's first appearance in UD Arena since the 1987-88 season.

Cleveland State heads into Friday's game at Dayton having lost its last three outings. The Vikings are shooting .386 from the field and have knocked down 38.6 percent of their three-point attempts (39-101). Omega Harrington (11.3 points per game) leads the team in scoring, while Dominique Butler (9.8) and Erin Martin (8.0) follow closely behind. Nicole Thomas paces the squad in rebounding (4.7), while Martin is tops in assists (3.1) and steals (2.5).

Dayton goes into Friday's game with a 3-2 mark after defeating Wright State, 61-59, on Tuesday. Cara Wright leads the Flyers in both scoring (12.0) and rebounding (8.0), while Kiki Lund is second in scoring at 9.6. Head coach Jim Jabir has directed Dayton to an 18-43 record in three seasons and has a 248-266 mark in 18 years overall.

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Northern Iowa at UIC - 8 p.m.
UIC is back in action on Friday night when the Flames host the University of Northern Iowa (3-1) at the Pavilion. The Flames enter Friday's game with a 2-4 record after falling to Northern Illinois last week 51-40 on the road. Junior guard LaShonda Grant paced the Flames with 11 points and six steals. Sophomore Nicole Rinaldi led UIC with a career-high 11 rebounds and four blocked shots on the night.

Northern Iowa is coming off of three consecutive wins over Colorado, Illinois and Murray State in the past two weeks. The Panthers rolled past Murray State on November 30th, 82-62. Cassie Hager led UNI with a game-high 21 points. Tara King added 18 points and six rebounds.

Northern Iowa leads the series 8-5 after the Panthers downed UIC in the Flames season opener last season 72-58.

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