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The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Women's Basketball Notes
1/17/2003 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 17, 2003
SALT LAKE CITY -
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COMING UP:
The University of Utah women's basketball team (11-3, 1-0) hosts Colorado State (9-6, 0-1) in a Mountain West Conference game at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
A QUICK LOOK AT UTAH:
Head Coach Elaine Elliott became just the 38th Division I women's basketball coach to win 400 games with a 63-47 victory over Wyoming last night at the Huntsman Center. In its first Mountain West Conference game of the season, Utah held the Cowgirls to just 37 percent from the floor and out-rebounded them 38-30.
Sophomore Shona Thorburn led Utah with 19 points, four assists, four rebounds and two blocks. Despite an off night offensively, junior Mandie Little grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds. Junior Carley Marshall finished with 14 points and six rebounds. Meanwhile, freshman Kim Smith added 12 points, four rebounds, two assists and a block. She also limited three-time all-MWC player Carrie Bacon to just five points.
On the season, three Utes average double figures scoring, led by Smith with 17.1 points per game. Thorburn adds 15.5, followed by Marshall with 10.3. Smith also averages a team-high 6.9 rebounds, while Thorburn is tops with a 3.1 assists per game average. As a team, Utah is outscoring opponents by an average of 17.6 points a game.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION:
Colorado State opened Mountain West Conference play with a 71-56 loss at BYU Thursday afternoon. The Rams were led by senior center Shannon Strecker with 14 points and nine rebounds. Fellow senior Ashley Augspurger also scored in double figures with 10 points. Both senior guard Elizabeth English and freshman guard Vanessa Espinoza tallied five assists, while Augspurger had the only block of the game for CSU. BYU used several large scoring runs to take a 20-point lead at halftime and the lead would never get below double digits the entire second half.
Colorado State is led on the season by Augspurger, who averages 14.4 points and 5.1 rebounds. Strecker adds 10.1 points, while Lisa Narkiewicz averages a team-high 5.5 rebounds. The Rams are out-rebounded by opponents by just over two a game, but are outscoring opponents 66.9 to 61.4.
SERIES SHORTS:
* Utah leads the all-time series with the Rams 43-12. In their last meeting on Feb. 7, 2002, CSU won 58-53. The Utes are 24-4 at home, 18-7 away and 1-1 at a neutral site vs. the Rams.
MWC STANDINGS
Conference Overall
W L Pct. W L Pct.
UTAH 1 0 1.000 11 3 .786
BYU 1 0 1.000 10 4 .714
New Mexico 0 0 0.000 10 3 .769
UNLV 0 0 0.000 9 4 .692
San Diego State 0 0 0.000 6 6 .500
Air Force 0 0 0.000 6 7 .462
Wyoming 0 1 0.000 10 4 .714
Colorado State 0 1 0.000 9 6 .600
MWC PRESEASON MEDIA POLL
Rank Team (first-place votes) Points
1 BYU (8) 110
2 Colorado State (7) 103
3 New Mexico (1) 91
4 UTAH 70
5 UNLV 69
6 Wyoming 49
7 San Diego State 31
8 Air Force 17
UTES ON THE RADIO
Utah's game against Colorado State will be joined in progress on KALL 910-AM at the conclusion of the Utah men's game, which is scheduled for 12 p.m. (PST). The game will be called by Brad Stone, Sports Director. In his 13th year with the station, Stone is also the host of the Ute men's basketball and football game broadcasts, as well as the "Redzone," an hour-long show devoted to Ute sports that airs from 1-2 p.m. Monday-Friday.
MWC LEADERS:
As a team, the Utes lead the conference in five statistical categories: scoring defense (50.6), scoring margin (+17.6), rebounding defense (33.6), turnover margin (+5.1) and three-point field goal average (7.8). Utah ranks second in three-point field goal percentage (.367), field goal percentage defense (.367), free throw percentage (.741) and assist/turnover ratio (0.99), and third in rebounding margin (+3.6) and rebounding offense (37.2).
Individually, freshman Kim Smith ranks second in three-point field goal percentage (.486), fourth in rebounding (6.9) and three-point field goal average (2.4), fifth in scoring (17.1), sixth in offensive rebounds (2.9), ninth in free throw percentage (.766) and defensive rebounds (4.0), tied for 11th in steals (1.6), 11th in field goal percentage (.479) and tied for 12th in blocked shots (0.4).
Sophomore Shona Thorburn is third in both three-point field goal average (2.5) and assist/turnover ratio (1.9), sixth in scoring (15.5), seventh in defensive rebounds (4.4), 10th in free throw percentage (.762), 11th in both assists (3.1) and three-point field goal percentage (.368) and 14th in rebounding (5.3).
Junior Carley Marshall ranks fifth in blocked shots (1.1), tied for seventh in free throw percentage (.769), ninth in field goal percentage (.496), 10th in rebounding (5.6) and defensive rebounds (3.9), 12th in offensive rebounds (1.7) and 17th in scoring (10.3).
Point guard Kelsy Stireman is 13th in assists (2.9) and 14th in steals (1.5). Meanwhile, junior Mandie Little ranks fourth in offensive rebounds (2.9), seventh in rebounding (6.6) and 14th in defensive rebounds (3.7).
Sophomore Lana Sitterud is tied for 11th in steals (1.6), and freshman Julie Wood is fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.452) and seventh in three-point field goal average (1.6).
QUOTING HEAD COACH ELAINE ELLIOTT:
On the upcoming game against Colorado State - "I believe CSU is the most talented team in our league. I expect them to play well, especially after their loss to BYU."
RANKING NATIONALLY: Prior to its win over Wyoming, Utah ranked third nationally in scoring defense, 17th in scoring margin and 19th in average margin of victory. Individually, freshman Kim Smith ranks fifth nationally in three-point field goal percentage through Jan. 13.
UP NEXT: The Utes hit the road for a pair of conference games next weekend. Utah faces UNLV at 7:35 p.m. (PST) on Thursday, Jan. 23, followed by a game at San Diego State at 5:05 p.m. (PST) on Saturday, Jan. 25.
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