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The University of Utah Athletics
Women's Hoops To Face In-State Rival Brigham Young
2/22/2000 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 22, 2000
Salt Lake City - GAME DATA: Utah hosts in-state rival Brigham Young on Sat., Feb. 26 at 3:00 p.m. (MST) in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
PROBABLE STARTERS: Probable starters in the Utes' game against BYU are: Lori Red (5-11, Jr., F), Lauren Beckman (6-2, So., F/C), Tiana Fuertes (5-3, Sr., G) Amy Ewert (6-0, Jr., G/F) and the fifth starter is TBA.
Probable starters for BYU are: #11 Erin Thorn (5-10, Fr., G), #22 Stacy Jensen (5-6, So., G), #32 Lori Cuff (6-1, Sr., F), #33 Jill Adams (6-3, Sr., C), #35 Cady Williams (5-11, Sr., G).
MWC Standings: The Utes split two games on the road last week and are still in first-place in the MWC standings. Utah is currently 18-6 overall, 9-2 in the MWC. Colorado State (18-5, 8-2) moves into second place alone, while New Mexico (16-7, 7-3) drops to third place. BYU remains in fourth place with a 17-7 overall record, 7-4 in MWC play. UNLV is fifth (13-11, 5-6 MWC) and San Diego State is sixth (8-16, 3-8 MWC). Wyoming is seventh (8-15, 2-8 MWC) and Air Force is eighth (4-19, 1-9 MWC).
Scouting BYU: With 11 seconds left in the game, freshman Erin Thorn sunk one of two free throws to give the Cougars the70-69 victory in what was a very close game, Sat., Feb. 19 in MWC women's basketball action in Laramie, Wyo. The win improves BYU's record to 17-7, 7-4 on the year while Wyoming falls to 8-15, 2-8.
Looking at the stats it's evident how close of a game it really was. There was just a two rebound difference with the Cowgirls edging out the Cougars 34 to 32. BYU had 10 turnovers, their best effort of the year, to Wyoming's 14. The Cougars shot 44 percent from the field while Wyoming shot 46 percent. BYU was 8-21 from the three-point arc with the Cowgirls staying close at 7-14.
BYU was down by two 30-32 at half time after being behind by as much as nine points early in the second half. It was a tight game where there were at least four ties and neither team had more than a six point advantage. Down the stretch it was Thorn who made the huge baskets for the Cougars which included a three-pointer with a minute left in the game. She ended up with 20 points, five from the arc.
Stacy Jensen and Jennifer Lietner also scored in double digits for BYU with 12 and 10 points respectively. Cady Williams was back in the starting lineup for the Cougars, playing 33 minutes and tallying eight points, three assists and four rebounds.
Despite a valiant 18-point effort from Cady Williams in her first game back from a broken hand, the BYU women's basketball team fell to Colorado State, 84-74, Thurs., Feb. 17, in Fort Collins, Colo.
Williams was thought to be out for at least another week after breaking her left hand in three places, but came off the bench to go 7-for-10 from the field and finish with a team-high 18 points and four rebounds.
Guard Erin Thorn scored 12 and Jill Adams and Jennifer Leitner scored 11 each, but it was not enough for the Cougars, as they dropped their second game to the Rams this season.
Adams and Williams each started in every game for the Cougars last year and were the team's two leading scorers. Williams, a guard, was the team's scoring leader last season, averaging 12.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game en route to being named to the WAC's Pacific Division All Conference Second Team.
BYU Head Coach: Trent Shippen, begins his third season at the helm of BYU's women's basketball team with a 31-27 record including a WNIT first round invitation last year, and a 7-0 undefeated home conference record.
Shippen's coaching experience includes three years as head women's basketball coach at Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho. He led the Lady Vikings to records of 19-12 his last season, 19-11 in 1995-96, and 33-3 in 1994-95 for a combined 71-26 (.732) record.
In that 1994-95 season, he led Ricks to a fifth place finish in the National Junior College Tournament. That same year he was voted the Region 18 Coach of the Year by the coaches, and received the Alberta Lee Cox Sportsmanship Award at the NJCAA Tournament.
Shippen was also assistant men's basketball coach at Ricks, helping those teams to records of 16-16 in 1995-96, 21-9 in 1994-95, and 24-8 in 1993-94. Shippen was an assistant women's coach at Ricks in 1992-93, helping them to a 29-4 record and a third place finish in the national tournament.
Series History: Utah leads the all-time series with BYU, 44-23. In their last meeting on Jan. 28, 1999, Utah defeated the Cougars, 59-55 in Provo, Utah. Utah is 24-5 at home vs. BYU, 14-13 in Provo, Utah, and 6-5 at a neutral site game.
Wyoming Game Recap: The University of Utah women's basketball team defeated the Cowgirls of Wyoming, 85-66, on Thurs., Feb. 17, in Laramie, Wyo. Wyoming dropped to 8-14 overall, 2-7 in the MWC.
Senior Tiana Fuertes led the Utes a career-high 23 points. Fuertes was a perfect 6-of-6 from the field, 5-of-5 from 3-point range and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. She racked up five assists and one steal in the game. Junior Amy Ewert also posted a career-high against the Cowgirls, totaling 18 points. Ewert was 5-of-10 from the field and an impressive 8-of-9 from the free-throw line. Her defensive play was top-notch, holding Wyoming's Carrie Bacon to just four points in eight attempts. Lauren Beckman had 16 points in the game, making 4-of-12 from the field and 8-of-10 from the free-throw line. Kristina Andersen had 13 points and led the team with eight rebounds. As a team, Utah shot 44 percent from the field (24-of-55), 62 percent from behind the arc (8-of-13) and 85 percent (29-of-34) from the free-throw line. Utah scored 26 points in the paint, compared to Wyoming's 12 and Utah made 28 points off of Wyoming turnovers. The Utes had only 11 turnovers compared to Wyoming's 20.
For the Cowgirls, Carly Stucky led the team with 14 points, making 5-of-12 from the field and 4-of-9 from 3-point range. Ann McColl and Shelby Hoffman each totaled 11 points. Teammate Carrie Bacon led the Cowgirls with 11 boards. Wyoming shot 36 percent from the field (22-of-62), 42 percent from the 3-point line (8-of-19) and 82 percent from the free-throw line (14-of-17).
"Tiana had a wonderful game, she was exceptional in all areas. It's easy to see the offensive output and it's nice when someone is shooting so well, but she was into the game defensively too. She was coming up with loose balls and making some of the plays that you have to make to win games on the defensive end of the floor. She had a great game and I'm extremely proud of her. Amy Ewert really filled the wing position well and went hard to the glass. As a team, we were really aggressive to the basket and against the press.
Colorado State Game Recap: The University of Utah women's basketball team fell short in front of a crowd of 6,230 in the final seconds of play and were defeated by the Colorado State Rams, 57-56, on Sat., Feb. 19, in Fort Collins, Colo. Colorado State improved to 18-5 overall, 8-2 in the MWC.
Utah had a seven point lead (56-49) with 4:27 left to go in the game, but the Rams came back to score eight unanswered points to win the game. CSU's Heather Haanen hit a three-pointer with 1:08 to go, giving the Rams the lead for good (57-56). Colorado State's Jacque Johnson was fouled by Tiana Fuertes with 0:12 seconds to go, sending her to the line to shoot one free-throw. Johnson missed the free-throw and Utah's Kristina Andersen grabbed the rebound. The Utes' last shot taken by Erin Gibbons missed by inches at the buzzer.
Junior Kristina Andersen led the Utes with 17 points and five rebounds. Andersen made 6-of-10 from the field, 2-of-4 from 3-point range and 2-of-4 from the free-throw line. Junior Amy Ewert posted 11 points , five rebounds and five assists. Ewert was 4-of-9 from the field 3-of-4 from the free-throw line. Lauren Beckman had eight points and led the team with eight rebounds. As a team, Utah shot 35 percent from the field (18-of-51), 36 percent from behind the arc (5-of-14) and 68 percent (15-of-22) from the free-throw line.
For the Rams, Heather Haanen led the team with 22 points, making 8-of-12 from the field, 5-of-6 from 3-point range and 1-of-3 from the free-throw line. Ashley Auspurger had 15 points and six rebounds, while teammate Lisa Narkiewicz led the Rams with seven boards. Colorado State shot 37 percent from the field (21-of-57), 38 percent from the 3-point line (8-of-21) and 64 percent from the free-throw line (7-of-11).
"I'm really happy with our attitude and the way we came in here to play. I thought it was a good game both ways and I think that CSU is at their best in this kind of environment, with this kind of support. I'm really happy with where we are sitting in the standings right now. We were half an inch from winning the game, in a place like this, in what was really a championship game for them because they had to win it. It doesn't get any tougher than that, and to know that we were in a position that we could have come home with the win is a positive thing and I'm proud of the kids for that," said Elliott.
AFTER THIS: Utah will play New Mexico on Thurs., Mar. 2 at home at 7:00 p.m. (MST) and Air Force on Sat., Mar. 4 at home at 3:00 p.m. (MST). The Utes will compete for the inaugural MWC championship Wed.-Sat., Mar. 8-11 in Las Vegas, Nev. Game times are TBA.
Statistical Leaders: As a team, Utah is first nationally and in the Mountain West Conference in scoring defense, holding their opponents to an average of 52.4 points per game. Utah is currently 6th nationally in field goal percentage defense (.352) and tied for 6th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (.406). The Utes are also first in scoring margin (+13.0), rebounding defense (33.6), blocked shots (4.88/game), assist/turnover ratio (0.97) and tied for first in free-throw percentage (.727). Utah is second in rebounding margin (+3.3), 3-point field goal percentage defense (.304), third in defensive rebounds (24.75), in turnover margin (+1.71), and in field goal percentage (.429). The Utes are fourth in assists (16.12) and in 3-point field goals made (6.46/game). Utah is fifth in rebounding offense (36.9), sixth in scoring offense (65.4) and in offensive rebounds (12.17), and eighth in steals (7.54). Sophomore Lauren Beckman is second in blocked shots (1.96), third in free-throw percentage (.802), sixth in rebounding (6.8), seventh in defensive rebounds (4.42), eighth in field goal percentage (.485) and ninth in offensive rebounds (2.33). She is 20th in scoring, averaging 11.0 points per game. Senior Tiana Fuertes is currently second in in assists (4.54) and third in assists/turnover ratio (1.85). Junior Kristina Andersen is sixth in 3-point field goal percentage (.419), seventh in blocked shots (0.79), and 10th in field goal percentage (.471). Andersen is 16th in rebounding (5.0) and 23rd in scoring, posting 9.7 points per game. Erin Gibbons is first in 3-point field goal percentage (.507) and 10th in the MWC in 3-point field goals made (1.54/game). Amy Ewert is eighth in blocked shots (0.75), 10th in steals (1.79), and tied for 25th in scoring (8.5 ppg). Lori Red is seventh in 3-point field goal percentage (.412).
Individual Milestones Lindsey Herbert scored a career-high 18 points vs. Washington State (11/20/99). Senior Janna Whitman scored a career-high 10 points vs. Whitworth College (12/10/99). Freshman Carley Marshall had a career-high 17 points at Air Force and was 9-of-10 from the free-throw line (2/5/00). Marshall recorded a career-high seven rebounds against Wyoming on Jan. 20, 2000. 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. She also scored a career-high 23 points in the game vs. San Francisco (12/22/99). Against Wyoming (2/17/00), Amy Ewert totaled a career-high 18 points. Ewert tied a career-high five steals vs. Wyoming (1/20/00). Junior Kristina Andersen posted a career-high 22 points in Utah's win over BYU (1/28/00). Junior Lindsay Sodja had a career-high 10 rebounds and tied a career-high 22 points at New Mexico (2/3/00). This was Sodja's first double-double of her career. Senior Tiana Fuertes scored a career-high 23 points against Wyoming (2/17/00). Fuertes tied a career-high 10 assists against San Francisco (12/22/99). Erin Gibbons recorded a career-high five rebounds against Colorado State (1/22/00).
Player Notes Junior Kristina Andersen's status for the rest of the 1999-2000 season is still game-to-game. She left the team indefinitely Sat., Jan 29 to return home and attend to her mother, Diane, who has a form of cancer called multiple myeloma, which attacks her plasma cells. Her mom has been in the hospital for the past three weeks and Andersen has been commuting home to Oregon and back to Salt Lake City trying to juggle a family crisis, school and basketball all at the same time. She made the decision to go home to spend as much time with her mother as possible.
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. After recovering from surgery in late December, Hansen will use this season as a red-shirt year.
Utah Newcomers The University of Utah women's basketball team announced the signing of three prep recruits Mon., Dec. 8. Head Coach Elaine Elliott received National Letters of Intent from Amy Bastman, Caroline Matthews and Kelsy Stireman.
Matthews, a 6-3 forward from Preston, Victoria, Australia recently graduated from Santa Maria College, a prep school in Victoria. She arrived in the states just after the holidays and will be using this year's season to red-shirt.
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, Jan. 16, Jan. 23, Jan. 31, Feb. 7, Feb. 13 and Feb. 21 USA Today/ESPN Coaches Top 25. The Utes also received votes in the Jan. 23, Jan. 31, and Feb. 13 Associated Press Top 25.
College RPI The RPI has been used by the NCAA men's basketball committee since 1981 and officially by the women's basketball committee since 1984 as supplemental data to help select at-large teams and seed all teams for the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments. The NCAA does not make the RPI available to member institutions or the public because the data is kept confidential within the committees. Collegiate Basketball News duplicates the RPI that is generated by the NCAA using available formulas without input from the NCAA.
As of Feb. 21, 2000, Utah is currently ranked 47th in the country, with an RPI index of 0.5827.
Utes on the Radio/TV Saturday'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. 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. Steve Brown will be doing the play-by-play and Kim Free will be doing the color commentary in the Utah vs. BYU match-up. Brown is in his fifth season of handling the play-by-play for Utah football, men's basketball and gymnastics, and is the studio host for the Utah Jazz telecasts on KJZZ. Free is the Director of Operations for the Utah Starzz. KJZZ is also tentatively scheduled to televise one of the Utes' games in the MWC Tournament.
SportsWest Productions and the Mountain West Conference announced Thurs., Feb. 3, that the Salt Lake City-based company will produce and air the quarterfinal and semifinal women's games of the Inaugural Mountain West Conference Basketball Championships from Las Vegas, March 8-11.
All quarterfinal and semifinal games will be aired as point-to-point broadcasts and be shown on the local affiliates. The affiliates are: Adelphia Cable (Colorado Springs, Colo.), KSL-TV (Salt Lake City/Provo), AT & T Cable Systems (Ft. Collins, Colo.), KRQE -TV (Albuquerque), Cox Cable Systems (Las Vegas), Cox Communications (San Diego) and KTWO-TV (Casper, Wyo.).
Additionally, all seven affiliates have the option to air any of the games produced by SportsWest Productions, regardless of the participating teams. The affiliates also have the option to air the games live or on a tape-delay basis.
2000 MWC Championship Tournament The inaugural Mountain West Conference Basketball Championship will be held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. All eight MWC institutions will compete in the single-elimination event for the first league title March 8-11. Tickets for the event are available through the Utah ticket office.
All requests for media credentials must be submitted in writing to Assistant Commissioner Amy Turner at the MWC office prior to the event. The media hotel for the tournament is the MGM Grand. Please call (719) 533-9506 to have a credential and hotel form sent to you. Hotel accommodations can be guaranteed only if requested by Feb. 23, 1999.
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 341 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 341-146 record (.700) during her career at Utah. She has the longest tenure of any coach in the MWC.
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