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12/28/1999 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 28, 1999
Salt Lake City - GAME DATA:
The Utes will host the Stanford Cardinals at home on Wed., Dec. 29 at 7:00 p.m. (MST).
PROBABLE STARTERS:
Probable starters in the Utes? game against Stanford are: Lori Red (5-11, Jr., F), Kristina Andersen (6-1, Jr., F), Lauren Beckman (6-2, So., F/C), Tiana Fuertes (5-3, Sr., G) and Amy Ewert (6-0, Jr., G/F).
Probable starters for Stanford are: #11 Jamie Carey (5-6, Fr., G), #20 Milena Flores (5-6, Sr., G), #33 Sarah Dimson (6-0, Jr., F), #41 Bethany Donaphin (6-2, So., F), #53 Carolyn Moos (6-6, Jr., F/C).
Scouting Stanford:
Stanford is currently 5-3 overall, 0-0 in the Pac 10 Conference. Senior guard Milena Flores joined an elite group when she became only the fourth Stanford women's basketball player to reach the 500 career assist mark. She broke the 500-mark during the Cardinal?s 77-65 win over Saint Mary's on Monday, Dec. 27 at Maples Pavilion. Flores finished the game with 14 points, a career-high nine steals and four assists.
The Cardinals were led in scoring by sophomore forward Bethany Donaphin, who had 21 points. Donaphin also led Stanford in rebounding with seven. Two-sport athlete Lindsey Yamasaki played in her first game of the season after finishing the volleyball season. Yamasaki posted three points, two rebounds, one blocked shot and two steals.
Junior Carolyn Moos had 22 points and nine rebounds and sophomore Bethany Donaphin added 19 points and 11 boards to lead Stanford to a 70-55 road win over Pacific (5-2) on Mon., Dec. 20 at the Spanos Center.
Stanford won the game on the boards. The Cardinals out-rebounded the Tigers by an overwhelming 58-29 margin, including a 36-11 advantage in the second half. The 58 rebounds was just five shy of the school single-game record set at 63 on Jan. 11, 1980 vs. Pennsylvania.
In the match-up with Western Michigan (2-5) on Dec. 18, Moos had a career-high 23 points, 12 rebounds and five steals to lead Stanford to an 80-66 win. Moos was one of four Cardinal players to record point totals in the double digits. Sophomore Lauren St. Clair sunk five three-point baskets for 15 points, freshman forward Jamie Carey hit four from behind the three-point line and tallied 14 total points, and sophomore forward Enjoli Izidor posted 10 points. The eight three-point goals made in the second half ties the school record for most in a half. The game total of 11 ties for sixth place in the record book for number of three-point goals in a game.
Moos is currently leading Stanford in scoring, averaging 13.3 points per game. She also leads the team in rebounding, totaling 7.1 boards per game. Donaphin is second on the team, averaging 11.4 points per game. She also posts 5.4 rebounds per game and is 37-of-66 (.561) from the field. Flores also averages in double figures for the Cardinals. Flores posts 10.1 ppg and 3.5 rpg. She leads the team in assists, averaging 4.4 apg and is 21-of-22 (.955) from the free-throw line. Teammate Lauren St. Clair is 8-of-10 (.800) from the free-throw line and 17-of-40 (.425) from behind the arc..
Last year, the Cardinals finished 18-12 overall, 14-4 in the Pac 10 Conference (third place). Stanford advanced to its 12th straight NCAA Tournament before falling to Maine 60-58 in first round action in Norfolk, Virginia.
Stanford Head Coach:
For more than 13 years, VanDerveer has guided the Cardinal to a 324-82 (.798) overall record and a 202-32 (.863) Pac 10 mark. During her time on The Farm, she has led Stanford to five Final Four appearances in nine seasons and two NCAA titles (1989-90 & 1991-92). Additionally, her teams have reached the Elite Eight in seven of the past 10 years and the Final Four in five of nine seasons. Four times, VanDerveer coached squads that have won 30 or more games (1989-90, 1991-92, 1994-95, 1996-97), while in postseason play, VanDerveer?s teams have gone 32-10 (.762) since the 1987-88 season.
Stanford teams have been dominant in both the Pac 10 and nationally as evident by VanDerveer?s numerous awards. Three times VanDerveer has collected National Coach of the Year (1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90) and District Coach of the Year (1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90) honors, and she has been named Pac 10 Coach of the Year on four occasions (1988-89, 1989-90, 1994-95, 1996-97). Additionally, VanDerveer earned Northern California Women?s Intercollegiate Coach of the Year honors five times in six years (1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1992-93). For her contribution to the game, VanDerveer was inducted into the Women?s Sports Foundation Hall of Fame in October of 1998.
San Francisco Game Recap:
The University of Utah women?s basketball team rolled past the University of San Francisco, 75-62, at the Jon M. Huntsman Center on Wed., Dec. 22. Utah continues on its seven-game win streak and eleven game win streak at home.
Sophomore Lauren Beckman and junior Amy Ewert combined for 40 of the Utes 75 points. Beckman posted a career-high 23 points and racked up nine boards. Beckman scored the majority of points on free-throws, where she was 15-of-18. This was a career-high for Beckman, she also tied the Utah single-game record for free-throws made. Beckman set the Utah single-game record for free-throws attempted, and she tied the Jon M. Huntsman Center record for free-throws attempted. Ewert totaled a career-high 17 points and six rebounds. Senior Tiana Fuertes tied a career-high 10 assists. The Utes shot 48 percent (20-of-42) from the field and 50 percent (7-of-14) from behind the three-point line. Utah was an efficient 28-of-36 from the free-throw line (78%). Utah improved to 8-2 overall, 0-0 in the MWC. The University of San Francisco dropped to 5-5 overall, 0-0 in conference play
For the Lady Dons, Sarah Wanless posted 15 points, making 5-of-11 from the field and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line. Peterson led San Francisco in rebounds with five. Jennifer Madkins totaled 14 points, scoring 8-of-11 from the free-throw line. Lindsey Huff added 10 points and six assists in the effort. The Lady Dons shot 39 percent (21-of-54) from the field, just 18 percent (2-of-11) from three-point range and 78 percent (18-of-23) from the free-throw line.
?I thought we were a step slow against San Francisco. We weren?t as sharp, we didn?t really swarm the ball, we didn?t anticipate as well as we did in the Boise State Tournament. It?s always a tough time when the team is ready to take a little bit of a break. We made enough plays and played well enough to come out with the win,? said Elliott.
Series history:
Stanford leads the series with Utah, 4-0. In their last meeting on Nov. 29, 1993, Stanford defeated the Utes 59-48 in Salt Lake City.
AFTER THIS:
On Jan. 4, the Utes travel to Dallas, Texas to take on the SMU Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. (CST). Utah travels to Moraga, Calif. on Jan. 6 to take on St. Mary?s at 7:30 p.m. (PST). On Thurs., Jan. 13, the Utes are at San Diego State University. Tip-off is at 7:00 p.m. (PST). Utah travels to Las Vegas, Nev. to take on the Rebels of UNLV on Sat., Jan. 15 at 7:35 p.m. (PST). Utah is back in action at home when they take on MWC opponent Wyoming, Thurs., Jan. 20 at 7:00 p.m. (PST).
Statistical Leaders:
As a team, Utah is first in the Mountain West Conference and second nationally in scoring defense, holding their opponents to an average of 52.2 points per game. The Utes are also first in field goal percentage defense (.362), scoring margin (+14.2), free-throw percentage (.746), and rebounding defense (32.6). Utah is second in blocked shots, averaging 4.60 per game and in 3-point field goal percentage (.376), third in assists (16.50), third in rebounding margin (+3.9) and third in turnover margin (+2.50). The Utes are fourth in offensive rebounds (12.70), fourth in field goal percentage (.425) and fourth in 3-point field goals made (6.50). Utah is fifth in defensive rebounds (23.80), fifth in scoring offense (66.4) and fifth in rebounding offense (36.5). The Utes are seventh in 3-point field goal percentage (.336) and eighth in steals (7.10). Sophomore Lauren Beckman is second in blocked shots (2.10), fourth in offensive rebounds (3.60), fifth in free-throw percentage (.800), sixth in rebounding (7.9) and tied for eighth in defensive rebounds (4.30). Beckman is currently ninth in field goal percentage (.478) and tied for tenth in scoring, averaging 13.0 points per game. Senior Tiana Fuertes is currently third in assists/turnover ratio (1.72) and fifth in assists (4.30). Junior Kristina Andersen is tied for tenth in offensive rebounds, averaging 2.10 rpg. Andersen is 16th in rebounding (5.1) and tied for 26th in scoring, posting 8.0 points per game. Erin Gibbons is first in 3-point field goal percentage (.500) and 12th in 3-point field goals made (1.30/game). Amy Ewert is 15th in blocked shots (0.40) and tied for 15th in assists (2.50). Lori Red is 29th in scoring (7.4 ppg).
Individual Milestones
On Wed., Dec. 22, Lauren Beckman was 15-of-18 from the free-throw line against San Francisco. This was a career-high for Beckman, she also tied the Utah single-game record for free-throws made. Beckman set the Utah single-game record for free-throws attempted, and she tied the Jon M. Huntsman Center record for free-throws attempted. Also against San Francisco, Amy Ewert totaled a career-high 17 points and six rebounds. Senior Tiana Fuertes tied a career-high 10 assists against San Francisco.
Injury Report
Sophomore Erin Hansen suffered a shoulder injury in Utah?s game vs. Whitworth College, causing Hansen to sit out the rest of the season. Hansen will use this season as a red-shirt year.
Boise State All-Tournament Team
Three Utah players were selected to the All-Tournament team. Juniors Lori Red and Lindsay Sodja were All-Tournament selections, while teammate Kristina Andersen was named the tournament MVP. Stephanie Block from Boise State, Tia Converse from Northwestern State, along with Megan Lofthouse from Southern Utah rounded out the All-Tournament team.
Poll Watch
Utah received votes in the Dec. 6th USA Today/ESPN Coaches Top 25.
Utes on the Radio
Wednesday?s game can be heard live on KALL-910 AM or on the internet at www.UtahUtes.com. KALL-910 AM is the exclusive home of the Utah Women?s Basketball team for the 1999-2000 season. Wednesday?s match-up with Stanford will not be televised. As part of its agreement with the University of Utah, KJZZ-TV is scheduled to televise the Utah-BYU game on Feb. 26 live from the Huntsman Center. KJZZ is also tentatively scheduled to televise one of the Utes? games in the MWC Tournament.
A QUICK LOOK AT UTAH:
Utah returns four starters and 11 of the 12 letterwinners from last year?s team that went 21-7 overall, tied for first place in the Western Athletic Conference Pacific Division with a 12-2 record and earned a bid to the WNIT. What?s amazing is that, after the loss of five seniors from the 1997-98 team, last season was supposed to be a ?rebuilding? year. Instead, the Utes merely continued their winning ways under head coach Elaine Elliott. It was the fifth consecutive year in which the U. won 20 games, claimed a conference championship of some form and earned a postseason bid. Elliott embarks on her 17th season as Utah?s head coach with a 323-140 career record. Utah was one of the preseason favorites to win the inaugural Mountain West Conference championship.
Returning for the Utes is two-year letterwinner Lori Red. Red, a 5-11 junior from Provo, Utah, was named to the first-team all-WAC Pacific Division in 1998-99. She started in all 28 games, second on the team in scoring, averaging 9.9 points per game. Red was third on the team, averaging 4.6 rebounds per game and 2.4 assists per game. She scored in double figures in 15 out of 28 games last season. Back at guard for Utah is three-year letterwinner, Tiana Fuertes. Fuertes started in 27 games last season, averaging 5.9 points per game. Fuertes ranked 3rd in the final WAC standings in assists, averaging 4.9 assists per game. Kristina Andersen, a 6-1 forward is back for her third season with Utah. Andersen started in 27 games last season, where she was fourth in scoring, averaging 7.1 points per game. She was second on the team in rebounds, averaging 5.3 rebounds per game. Amy Ewert, a two-year letterwinner is back, spending time between the forward and guard positions. Ewert started in 10 games last season, seeing action in 27. She posted 2.4 points per game and 2.1 rebounds per game last season.
Erin Gibbons is back for her second season with the Utes. Gibbons, a 5-9 sophomore guard from Salmon Arm, B.C, was named the WAC Pacific Division Freshman of the Year, as well as earning second team all-conference honors and a spot on the all-newcomer team. Gibbons ranked 15th in the WAC in scoring (11.7 ppg), third in three-pointers per game (2.3) and eighth in three-point field goal percentage (.374), starting 17 games. Gibbons scored in double figures in 17 games and led the Utes in scoring 11 times. Lauren Beckman, a 6-2 sophomore center/forward from Elko, Nev., joined Gibbons on the Pacific Division?s all-newcomer team. She played in all 28 games off the bench, averaging 21.7 minutes. Beckman ranked 29th in the nation and led the WAC in blocked shots (1.8 bpg). She also ranked 17th in the league in rebounding (6.1 rpg) and was third on the team in scoring (9.6 ppg). Beckman led the Utes three times in scoring and 11 times in rebounding. Katherine McColl, a 6-0 sophomore was seventh on the team in scoring last season, averaging 5.4 points per game. McColl was fourth in rebounding, averaging 4.0 rebounds per game. She played in 27 games, starting in one. Junior Lindsay Sodja returns at the forward position. Sodja played in 27 games, starting in one and averaged 4.9 points per game for the Utes. Sodja grabbed 1.9 rebounds a game last season. Lindsay Herbert, a 5-11 sophomore saw action in 27 games, starting in two. Herbert averaged 1.5 points per game and 1.3 rebounds per game. Erin Hansen, a 6-3 forward is back for her second season with Utah. Hansen saw time in 14 games last season. Janna Whitman, a three-year letterwinner played in 14 games last season.
Utah has three newcomers on this year?s team. The Utes inked Carley Marshall, a 6-2 forward/center from Eugene, Ore., Whitney Sutak, a 6-0 guard from Mill Valley, Calif., and Sarah Wobbe, a 5-9 point guard from Elmira, Ore.
Marshall earned honorable mention All-America honors from USA Today last season. In 1997-98, she averaged 16.5 points and 12.7 rebounds for Willamette High School (Eugene, Ore.). She was a Blue Chip Illustrated All-American in 1997-98, as well as a second-team all-conference and an academic all-conference selection. Sutak, who can play the one through three positions, was a first-team all-conference selection in 1997-98 at Branson High School (Mill Valley, Calif.). She averaged 12.8 points, 4.3 assists and 3.6 rebounds. Wobbe comes to the U. from Marist High School (Elmira, Ore.), the same program that produced Ute junior forward Kristina Andersen. Wobbe was a preseason honorable mention All-American by Street & Smith heading into the 1998-99 season. She earned third-team all-state and first-team all-conference honors in 1997-98, averaging 9.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, 7.6 assists and 5.2 steals per game.
POSTGAME INTERVIEWS:
Head Coach Elaine Elliott and Utah players will be available for interviews outside the Utah lockerroom following a 10 minute cooling off period. A member of the Utah sports information staff will gather interview requests immediately following the game. Box scores will be provided and faxed upon request.
UTES FAVORED TO WIN INAUGURAL MWC CHAMPIONSHIP:
Utah was selected by both the league coaches and the media as the preseason favorite to win the conference crown. Utah received 60 votes in the coaches? poll and 195 votes (11 first place votes) in the media poll. The results of both polls were very similar with only two positions being reversed.
Expected to finish second is Colorado State University, third belongs to the University of New Mexico, fourth to Brigham Young, and fifth to UNLV. The coaches gave the edge to the University of Wyoming for sixth, while the media listed San Diego State University in the No. 6 position. These two schools were reversed in the No. 7 slot in the opposite poll. Air Force Academy placed eighth in both polls.
Utah?s Lori Red is one of just two first team all-conference selections (the other being Froehlich, UNLV) back for the 1999-2000 season. Red averaged 9.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game last season and was selected as the conference player of the week twice in 1998-99. She was chosen to the preseason team by both the coaches and the media.
The preseason all-conference teams also have a similar look with four players appearing on both teams. Named as both the coaches and media?s choice as the Top Returning Player is UNLV?s Linda Froehlich. Also named to both squads were Utah?s Lori Red, Colorado State?s Heather Haanen and BYU?s Cady Williams. Rounding out the coaches? five-member team is New Mexico?s Mirando Sanchez. The media chose BYU?s Jill Adams.
FLASHBACK TO ?98-?99
DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE:
Utah was one of the top defensive teams in the nation last season, ranking first in the NCAA in scoring defense (55.1 ppg). The U. outscored its opponents by an average of 10.8 points a game, ranking 30th in the nation in scoring margin. The Utes also ranked 25th in the NCAA in rebound margin in 1998-99 with an advantage of 5.5 boards per game and was fifth in the final NCAA rankings in field goal percentage defense (.361). Utah led the 16-team Western Athletic Conference in scoring defense, field goal percentage defense and rebound margin.
UTES LIGHT IT UP FROM DOWNTOWN:
Utah?s offense got a boost from its outside shooting last season. The Utes ranked 23rd in the final NCAA rankings in three-point field goals per game (6.1) and 37th in three-point field goal percentage (.352). Utah was third in the Western Athletic Conference in three-point field goal percentage and fourth in three-point field goals per game. A solid inside game also helped the Utes lead the WAC in field goal percentage last season (.443).
A BALANCED ATTACK:
As the old saying goes, the whole is always greater than the sum of its parts, and Ute head coach Elaine Elliott had lots of quality parts to work with last season. Ten players appeared in at least 27 of the 28 games, averaging at least 9.6 minutes per contest. While Erin Gibbons was the only Ute to average in double-figures in scoring (11.7 ppg), seven players averaged 5.4 points per game or better. Nine different players led Utah in scoring in 1998-99.
THEY DIDN?T PLAY LIKE FRESHMEN:
Utah?s quick rebuilding project last season was due at least in part to the solid production Elaine Elliott got from her freshman class. Of the five newcomers, four averaged at least 9.6 minutes per game and three averaged 17.0 minutes per contest or better. Erin Gibbons, Lauren Beckman and Katherine McColl were among the top seven on the team in scoring, with Gibbons ranking first (11.7 ppg), Beckman third (9.6 ppg) and McColl seventh (5.4 ppg). Beckman led the team in rebounding (6.1 rpg) and McColl was fifth (4.0 rpg).
OH, CANADA:
Utah has raided the pool of talent to the north, featuring three Canadians on its roster this season. Junior 6-0 forward/guard Amy Ewert, a native of Vancouver, British Columbia, became the first-ever Canadian to play for the Utes in 1997-98. Ewert was joined by two others last season. Erin Gibbons, a 5-9 guard from Salmon Arm, British Columbia, and Katherine McColl, a 6-0 forward from Hamilton, Ontario, also made the trek south. All three have averaged at least 14.4 minutes per game and ranked among the Utes? top nine scorers and top eight rebounders last season.
Gibbons started 17 games last season, while Ewert started the last nine games and 10 overall. Ewert, Gibbons and McColl each played in 27 of the 28 games.
ELLIOTT?S MARK:
During her illustrious career, Elliott has led Utah to eight NCAA Tournament appearances, four regular-season conference titles, three divisional crowns and four league tournament championships. Elliott posted her 300th career victory with a 67-53 win over Colorado State on Feb. 14, 1998 at the Huntsman Center. Elliott is quickly approaching her 350th career win. She currently has 331 career victories under her belt.
Elliott, who was named the Western Athletic Conference Pacific Division Coach of the Year for 1998-99, has been regarded for years as one of the top women?s collegiate coaches in the country. Elliott has amassed a 331-142 record (.700) during her career at Utah. She has the longest tenure of any coach in the MWC.
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