Women's Basketball Weekly Release #10

Release Horizon League · January 20, 2009

Jan. 20, 2009

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THIS WEEK IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE

Thursday, Jan. 22
$ Cleveland State at Detroit, 5 p.m. ... HLN
$ Youngstown State at Wright State, 5:30 p.m. ... HLN
$ Milwaukee at UIC, 8 p.m. ... HLN
$ Green Bay at Loyola, 8 p.m. ... HLN

Friday, Jan. 23
$ Valparaiso at Butler, 7 p.m. ... HLN

Saturday, Jan. 24
$ Milwaukee at Loyola, 3 p.m. ... HLN
$ Cleveland State at Wright State, 4:30 p.m. ... HLN
$ Youngstown State at Detroit, 5 p.m. ... HLN
$ Green Bay at UIC, 8 p.m. ... HLN

$ = Horizon League game
All times are Eastern

HLN = Horizon League Network webcast (www.horizonleaguenetwork.tv)



LAST WEEK IN THE HORIZON LEAGUE

Thursday, Jan. 15
$ Butler 64, Loyola 45
$ Green Bay 62, Detroit 43
$ Valparaiso 66, UIC 64
$ Wright State 61, Milwaukee 41

Saturday, Jan. 17
$ Butler 58, UIC 48
$ Cleveland State 80, Youngstown State 51
$ Green Bay 70, Wright State 39
$ Milwaukee 75, Detroit 57
$ Valparaiso 69, Loyola 52

$ = Horizon League game



HORIZON LEAGUE TEAM NOTES

BUTLER BULLDOGS (11-6 overall, 6-0 HL)

The Butler men's (7-0) and women's (6-0) teams are both undefeated in League play heading into Thursday's action. The combined 13-0 record is the best among all Division I schools in the country.

Butler is off to its second-best Horizon League start in school history at 6-0. The Bulldogs started League play 9-0 in 1992-93.

Butler takes a seven-game winning streak into Friday's contest against Valparaiso. The Bulldogs have not won eight straight since Nov. 23-Dec. 29, 2007.

Butler has not allowed more than 50 points during the seven-game winning streak, which ties for the longest such streak in program history.

After entering last week with a 9-0 record when leading at halftime and 0-6 mark when trailing at the break, the Bulldogs picked up their first two victories of the year when trailing at the midpoint. Butler came back from a 28-26 halftime deficit to score a 64-45 win over Loyola on Thursday and rallied from a 25-21 short-coming to claim a 58-48 decision over UIC on Saturday.

CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS (9-8 overall, 3-2 HL)

Sophomore Shawnita Garland has averaged 16.6 points per outing in five games as a starter.

Cleveland State tied its season high for points in a game on Saturday at Youngstown State -- an 80-51 win.

The Vikings have held five of their last six opponents to 55 points or less. CSU also tied a season low with 14 turnovers against Youngstown State.Junior Jessica Roque handed out a career-high nine assists on Saturday at Youngstown State.

Cleveland State shot .561 (32-for-57) on Saturday at Youngstown State, marking the fourth time this season that the Vikings have shot at least 50 percent from the floor.

DETROIT TITANS (5-12 overall, 1-5 HL)

Head coach Autumn Rademacher returned to her old stomping grounds on Thursday when Detroit played at Green Bay. UDM's first-year mentor was a Phoenix assistant coach for the past four seasons.

Senior Sandi Brown scored a game-high 16 points on Thursday at Green Bay and team-best 17 points two days later at Milwaukee.

GREEN BAY PHOENIX (13-3 overall, 5-0 HL)

Green Bay recorded its 20th straight home victory over Wright State on Saturday and its 14th consecutive home win over Detroit on Thursday.

Senior Rachel Porath was honored on Saturday for reaching 1,000 career points. She then scored 17 points on 7-of-8 from the floor to match Green Bay's top single-game shooting performance of the season.

The Phoenix has allowed just 41.8 points per game during Horizon League play and has held two conference opponents below 40 points.

Green Bay allowed just 13 points in the first half to Detroit -- the fewest it has allowed in any half this season.

LOYOLA RAMBLERS (5-10 overall, 0-5 HL)

Loyola has lost seven straight games after opening the season with a 5-3 record.

Junior Shannon Finnegan recorded 11 points, seven rebounds and three blocks in 19 minutes on Saturday against Valparaiso.

Junior Maggie McCloskey knocked down a pair of three-pointers against the Crusaders to extend her NCAA-record streak of games with a three to 65.

Loyola's 45 points on Thursday against Butler were a season low.

MILWAUKEE PANTHERS (7-9 overall, 2-3 HL)

Milwaukee nailed a school-record 15 three-pointers on Saturday against Detroit. The previous record was 14 set in a 100-46 win over Youngstown State on Feb. 2, 2002.

Milwaukee's 24-to-12 assist-to-turnover ratio against Detroit was its best since Jan. 27, 2007. Senior Markita Barnes had 10 assists -- the Panthers' first double-figure performance in that category since March 9, 2007.

Junior Jodie McClain's drilled six three-pointers vs. Detroit -- the most by a Panther since Nov. 9, 2007.

UIC FLAMES (9-6 overall, 3-2 HL)

UIC totaled four more steals (14-10) and three more blocks (7-4) than its foes last week.

UIC leads the Horizon League in blocked shots per game (4.3) and assist-to-turnover ratio (0.93).

VALPARAISO CRUSADERS (9-7 overall, 4-2 HL)

Sophomore Katie Emig scored a career-high 14 points on Thursday against UIC. Ten different Crusaders have now scored at least 10 points once this season.

Senior Aimee Litka's two three-pointers on Saturday vs. Loyola moved her into seventh place on Valpo's all-time list (141).

Senior Launa Hochstetler became the sixth Crusader in school history to reach the 300 assist mark for her career on Saturday against Loyola (303).

Valparaiso has made 89 free throws in conference play this season while opponents have attempted just 61.

WRIGHT STATE RAIDERS (7-10 overall, 3-3 HL)

Wright State held Milwaukee to 41 points on Thursday -- the fewest it has allowed since Jan. 8, 2005.

Sophomore Shey Peddy led all scorers with a season-high 24 points against the Panthers. She also added seven assists, six rebounds and six steals.

Wright State scored just 39 points on Saturday against Green Bay -- its lowest point total since Nov. 9, 2007.

YOUNGSTOWN STATE PENGUINS (2-14 overall, 0-5 HL)

Senior Nikita LaFleur grabbed 11 rebounds on Saturday against Cleveland State -- her third straight game of 10-plus boards. LaFleur is averaging a Horizon League-best 9.0 rebounds per contest.

Freshman Camisha Alexander came off the bench to score nine points against Cleveland State. It was her highest point total since scoring 11 on Dec. 17, 2008.

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