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Women's Basketball Release #3

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THIS WEEK IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE

Monday, Dec. 1
Albany 62, Detroit 49

Tuesday, Dec. 2
Miami (Ohio) at Wright State -- 7 p.m. HLN
Milwaukee at Wisconsin -- 8 p.m. (Big Ten Network)

Wednesday, Dec. 3
Cleveland State at Akron -- 7 p.m.
Detroit at Bowling Green -- 7 p.m.
St. Francis (Pa.) at Youngstown State -- 7:05 p.m. HLN
Butler at Evansville -- 8 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at UIC -- 8 p.m. HLN
Missouri State at Green Bay -- 8 p.m. HLN

Friday, Dec. 5
Wright State vs. BYU -- 6 p.m. (at Laie, Hawaii)
Loyola at SIU-Edwardsville -- 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 6
Coastal Carolina at Butler -- 2 p.m. HLN
Youngstown State at Bowling Green -- 2 p.m.
Kent State at Cleveland State -- 3 p.m. HLN
Green Bay at Northern Iowa -- 4 p.m.
Valparaiso at North Texas -- 5:30 p.m.
Western Michigan at UIC -- 5:30 p.m. HLN
Wright State at BYU-Hawaii -- 11:59 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 7
DePaul at Loyola -- 5 p.m. HLN
Milwaukee at Washington State -- 5 p.m.

HLN - Streamed live on Horizon League Network
NOTE: All times Eastern

BUTLER BULLDOGS (1-4)

  • Through five games this season, junior Melanie Thornton has grabbed 49 rebounds in 153 minutes of action - surpassing her totals from all of last year. She is also just eight points shy of matching her entire 2007-08 scoring output.
  • With five rebounds against William & Mary last weekend, senior Lade Akande brought her career rebounding total to 603. With 1,421 points and 112 blocks in her career, she is just the fourth player in Butler history to record more than 1,000 points, 600 rebounds and 100 blocks. Additionally, her career point total leaves her just 28 points shy of passing Barb Skinner for fourth on BU's all-time scoring list.
  • Butler leads the Horizon League in turnover margin at +5.0. The Bulldogs are turning the ball over just 12.6 times per game, the lowest mark in the League. Also, BU is second in the Horizon League with a 1.03 assist-to-turnover ratio.

    CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS (3-3)
  • Cleveland State is 2-0 at home. CSU plays just three of its first 10 games at the Wolstein Center this season.
  • The Roque twins - Angel and Jessica - each posted a season scoring high last week. Angel posted 13 points at American on Sunday, while Jessica tallied 19 against Toledo last Wednesday.
  • Cleveland State will take on local Mid-American Conference foes Akron and Kent State this week, marking CSU's fourth and fifth games against teams from that conference. The Vikings are 2-1 against MAC opponents.
  • Senior Dominique Butler is just three rebounds shy of becoming the 15th player in Cleveland State history to grab 500 career boards.

    DETROIT TITANS (2-4)
  • Junior Brigid Mulroy led Detroit in scoring in each of its games last week. She totaled a career-high 21 points against Indiana State and followed that with a 16-point effort in UDM's win over Colgate.
  • Detroit had three players - Brigid Mulroy, Lauren Allen and Sandi Brown - score in double digits last weekend. The Titans have had a trio of players with 10+ points in a game three times this season.
  • The Titans are in a stretch that will see them play seven of eight games on the road.

    GREEN BAY PHOENIX (5-0)
  • If Green Bay can defeat Missouri State Wednesday night, the Phoenix would tie its best start to a season as a Division I program. Green Bay last started 6-0 during the 1994-95 season. That team finished 19-9. The team's last 5-0 start came in 2003-04.
  • Green Bay has six players scoring between 10.6 and 8.4 points per game. The team also has eight players averaging at least 2.0 rebounds per contest.
  • Green Bay leads the Horizon League in three categories: scoring defense (49.6 ppg), scoring margin (+15.8) and 3-point field goal percentage defense (.203).

    LOYOLA RAMBLERS (3-2)
  • Loyola scored 103 points in its victory over Western New Mexico State last weekend. The last time the Ramblers scored 100+ points in a game was a 107-point effort against Detroit on Feb. 15, 2001.
  • It was also Loyola's first 50-point half since Feb. 15, 2001 against Detroit. Last week, the Ramblers scored 50+ in three different halves.
  • Junior Maggie McCloskey knocked down 13 three-pointers in three games last week to extend her streak with at least one trey to 55 games. In addition to her long-range shooting, McCloskey leads the Ramblers in assists.
  • Loyola leads the Horizon League in scoring offense, averaging 74.8 points per game. The Ramblers are also shooting 46.6 percent from the floor, the best mark in the conference.

    MILWAUKEE PANTHERS (3-2)
  • Head coach Sandy Botham, in her 13th season at Milwaukee, collected victory No. 200 in UWM's 71-61 win over Northern Illinois last week.
  • Senior Traci Edwards, the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year, enters the week needing 16 points to become Milwaukee's all-time leading scorer, male or female. The record is 1,867 points, held by Maria Viall (2000-04).
  • Milwaukee went 12-for-22 from 3-point range last week, including 4-for-6 Saturday against Northern Illinois. The six trey attempts were UWM's lowest since Jan. 12, 2006, when the team attempted six against Youngstown State.

    UIC FLAMES (3-0)
  • Head coach Lisa Ryckbosch became UIC's all-time winningest coach last week, picking up her 90th career victory in UIC's 63-59 win over Canisius.
  • Junior Jessie Miller picked up her first double-double on Sunday, scoring 11 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in a win over SIU-Edwardsville. She also had eight assists in the contest.
  • UIC outrebounded its two opponents last week by a 104-50 margin. The Flames are +12.0 in rebounding margin this season, the best mark in the Horizon League.
  • The Flames lead the Horizon League with 17.7 assists per game. UIC also leads the conference in field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 33.3 percent shooting.

    VALPARAISO CRUSADERS (3-1)
  • Valparaiso's won the Rocky Mountain Invitational at Colorado State last weekend. It was Valpo's first in-season tournament title as an NCAA Division I program, and the team's first since the 1985-86 season.
  • The Crusaders' 3-1 start is the program's best since the 1983-84 season.
  • Valparaiso's 64-53 win at Colorado State was the school's first against a Mountain West Conference opponent. Valpo is now 2-2 all-time versus ACC schools after an 80-74 win over Florida State.
  • Freshman Lauren Kenney's 13-for-13 effort at the foul line against Florida State set Valpo's single-game record for free throw shooting.

    WRIGHT STATE RAIDERS (2-2)
  • Wright State is in a stretch where it will play seven games in 15 days. WSU started the stretch by winning two of its three games last week.
  • Sophomore Shey Peddy led all scorers with 18 points in the Raiders' 63-59 win over Eastern Kentucky last week. Eleven of those points came at the free throw line in the final 1:35 of the contest.
  • Sophomores Shey Peddy and LaShawna Thomas were each named to the all-tournament team at the Robert Morris Thanksgiving Tournament.

    YOUNGSTOWN STATE PENGUINS (1-4)
  • Youngstown State totaled more assists than turnovers for the first time this season in its 67-60 win against Weber State last week. The Penguins had 14 assists against a season-low 10 turnovers.
  • Senior Tiara Scott is averaging 11.0 points during the last four games since opening the season with just one point against Kent State.
  • Freshman Macey Nortey had 10 assists in YSU's two games last week after having just five helpers in the teams first three games. Nortey also leads the team in field goals (16), assists (15), steals (10) and minutes (160).

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