Women's Basketball Weekly Release #1

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THIS WEEK IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE

Wednesday, Nov. 18
Kent State at Youngstown State ... 5:15 p.m. ... HLN, YTV
IPFW at Butler ... 7:00 p.m. ... HLN
SIU-Edwardsville at Valparaiso ... 8:05 p.m. ... HLN

Thursday, Nov. 19
Eastern Kentucky at Wright State ... 7:00 p.m. ... HLN
Loyola at Western Michigan ... 7:00 p.m.
Wisconsin at Milwaukee ... 8:00 p.m. ... HLN, TWS

Friday, Nov. 20
UIC vs. Colorado & ... 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 21
Detroit at Cincinnati ... 2:00 p.m. ... FSO
Loyola at Central Michigan ... 2:00 p.m.
Butler at Saint Louis ... 5:00 p.m.
UIC at Minnesota & ... 7:00 p.m.
Florida International at Green Bay ... 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 22
Akron at Wright State ... 1:00 p.m. HLN
Canisius at Youngstown State ... 2:05 p.m. ... HLN, YTV
Colorado State at Valparaiso ... 2:35 p.m. ... HLN
Cleveland State at Wisconsin ... 5:00 p.m. ... BTN

All times are Eastern (ET)
& = Subway Basketball Classic in Minneapolis, Minn.

HLN = Horizon League Network (live)
BTN = BigTenNetwork.com (live)
FSO = Fox Sports Ohio (live)
TWS = Time-Warner Sports 32 (UWM, live)
YTV = WYTV 33 (YSU, tape delay)

All times are Eastern

LAST WEEK IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE

Friday, Nov. 13
Cleveland State 56, Ohio 34
Detroit 74, Oakland 65
Eastern Michigan 61, UIC 49
Elon 86, Youngstown State 60
Green Bay 74, North Dakota 56
Milwaukee 77, Evansville 68

Saturday, Nov. 14
High Point 73, Youngstown State 50
IPFW 83, Wright State 67
Valparaiso 86, Indiana Tech 57

Sunday, Nov. 15
Bradley 79, UIC 64
Green Bay 53, South Dakota 40
Kentucky 87, Butler 66
Loyola 69, St. Xavier (Ill.) 64
Michigan State 71, Detroit 62
Milwaukee 85, SIU-Edwardsville 60
Toledo 72, Cleveland State 62

HORIZON LEAGUE TEAM NOTES

BUTLER BULLDOGS (0-1 overall, 0-0 HL)

Senior Susan Lester surpassed 1,000 points for her career on Sunday at Kentucky.

Freshman Claire Freeman played 14 minutes in her collegiate debut on Sunday. Claire's older sister, Cassie, played for Butler from 2004-08.

CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS (1-1 overall, 0-0 HL)

Cleveland State held Ohio to 34 points on Friday, which was the lowest total for a CSU opponent since Ashland managed just 24 on Feb. 8, 1983.

CSU's victory on Friday marked its first season-opening win since 1998-99.

DETROIT TITANS (1-1 overall, 0-0 HL)

Detroit shot 61 percent (14-of-23) in its season-opening win over Oakland on Friday.

Sophomore Yar Shayok registered UDM's first double-double of the campaign on Friday. She recorded 26 points, 14 rebounds and knocked down 11-of-15 from the floor.

GREEN BAY PHOENIX (2-0 overall, 0-0 HL)

Green Bay snapped North Dakota's 19-game winning streak in home openers with its 74-56 decision on Friday.

Green Bay has opened the past 23 seasons on the road. The Phoenix added a 53-40 victory over South Dakota on Sunday to finish its first weekend 2-0.

LOYOLA RAMBLERS (1-0 overall, 0-0 HL)

Eric Simpson notched his first win as a head coach with the 69-64 decision over St. Xavier (Ill.) on Sunday.

Freshman Monica Albano posted 13 points and seven rebounds off the bench in her collegiate debut.

MILWAUKEE PANTHERS (2-0 overall, 0-0 HL)

Milwaukee is off to a 2-0 start for first time since 2001-02. This is also the first time in school history that UWM has won back-to-back "true" road games to start a season.

Milwaukee had five players average double figures during its first weekend of regular-season action. Senior Jodie McClain, who nailed 13-of-15 from the free-throw line, led the attack with 15.0 points per outing.

UIC FLAMES (0-2 overall, 0-0 HL)

Senior Jessie Miller moved into 11th place on UIC's all-time scoring list with 12 points against Eastern Michigan on Friday.

VALPARAISO CRUSADERS (1-0 overall, 0-0 HL)

Senior Sylwia Zabielewicz collected a career-high 10 rebounds on Saturday against Indiana Tech, while junior Ashley Varner tied her career high with nine boards.

Sophomore Betsy Adams posted career bests for points (20), steals (6) and three-point field goals made (6) on Saturday.

Freshman Skyler Gick scored 16 points in her collegiate debut on Saturday.

WRIGHT STATE RAIDERS (0-1 overall, 0-0 HL)

Junior LaShawna Thomas netted 22 points on Saturday at IPFW.

Senior Erica Richardson poured in a career-high 17 points on Saturday.

Wright State will play its next four games at home before hitting the road for eight straight. The eight-game road trip will be the longest in school history.

YOUNGSTOWN STATE PENGUINS (0-2 overall, 0-0 HL)

In just the second game of her collegiate career on Saturday, freshman Brandi Brown recorded 14 points and 11 rebounds against High Point.

Youngstown State is averaging just 14.5 turnovers through two games in 2009, down from 20.8 a season ago.

Junior Bojana Dimitrov scored 21 points in the first game of her YSU career. No Penguin guard score more than 20 points in a game last season.