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The University of Utah Athletics
Utah Women's Basketball Notes
1/25/2003 12:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Jan. 25, 2003
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -
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COMING UP:
The University of Utah women's basketball team (13-3, 3-0) faces San Diego State (6-8, 0-2) at 5:05 p.m. (PST) on Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Cox Arena in San Diego, Calif.
A QUICK LOOK AT UTAH:
Utah remained perfect in Mountain West Conference play with a 56-49 win over UNLV on Thursday night. It was both the Utes' fifth straight win and fifth game in a row they have held an opponent to 50 points or less.
Though they committed 21 turnovers, the Utes capitalized more so on the 17 of the Lady Rebels, converting them into 20 Utah points. Utah shot 40 percent on the game, while UNLV went 18-of-59 (31.5 percent) from the field on the game.
Freshman Kim Smith finished the game with 20 points, 15 of which came from three-point range. She also added five rebounds, two assists and a steal. Junior Carley Marshall finished with a double-double - 14 points and 10 rebounds. She also added three blocks. Sophomore Shona Thorburn dished out a team-high six assists to go along with six points, three rebounds and one steal, while Stireman totaled six points, four assists, three steals and three rebounds.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION:
San Diego State remained winless in its young MWC season, falling to Brigham Young 61-46 Thursday at Cox Arena. The Cougars opened the game with a 6-0 run before Aztec freshman Veronica Shaw made a jumper to put SDSU on the scoreboard. San Diego State's only lead in the game came at the 13:13 mark of the first half, when the Aztecs led 7-6 after a Shaw lay-up. Shaw ended the contest with a team-high 14 points.
Later in the first half, BYU pulled ahead by five points, 11-16, before freshman Aztec Amber Fouse made a lay-up, then forced a turnover and got fouled. Fouse converted both of her free throws to bring SDSU to within a point of the Cougars, 15-16, with just under five minutes remaining in the half. BYU's Ambrosia Anderson buried three jumpers in the Cougar's final four possessions of the first half to put Brigham Young up by nine, 26-17, at the half.
Cougar Erin Thorn scored first for BYU at the start of the second half, draining a three-pointer to enlarge BYU's lead to 12 points. The Cougars went up by as many as 24 points before Aztec senior Jamey Cox made five consecutive free throws to spark a 15-0 SDSU scoring run. San Diego State pulled to within nine points, 44-53 at the 4:16 mark, but could not overtake BYU, which posted a MWC season-high 12 blocks.
SERIES SHORTS:
* Utah leads the series with the Aztecs 15-10. The Utes are 10-2 at home, 4-6 away and 1-2 at a neutral site vs. San Diego State. In their last meeting on Feb. 28, 2002, in San Diego, Utah won 47-45.
MWC STANDINGS
Conference Overall
W L Pct. W L Pct.
UTAH 3 0 1.000 13 3 .812
BYU 3 0 1.000 12 4 .750
New Mexico 1 1 .500 11 4 .733
UNLV 1 1 .500 10 5 .667
Wyoming 1 2 .333 11 5 .688
CSU 1 2 .333 10 7 .588
SDSU 0 2 .000 6 8 .429
Air Force 0 2 .000 6 9 .400
JANUARY 20, 2003 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Rank School 02-03 Total Last
(1st-place Votes) Record Points Week
1 Duke (41) 16-0 1,097 1
2 Connecticut (3) 16-0 1,058 3
3 Kansas State 17-1 980 4
4 Tennessee 14-3 930 5
5 Stanford 14-1 902 6
6 LSU 15-1 888 2
7 Texas Tech 15-1 865 7
8 Arkansas 16-2 805 10
9 North Carolina 15-1 757 8
10 Minnesota 15-1 690 12
11 Louisiana Tech 12-2 649 11
12 Purdue 14-3 624 9
13 Penn State 14-4 556 13
14 Mississippi State 13-3 528 15
15 South Carolina 14-3 430 14
16 Wisconsin-Green Bay 15-2 400 16
17 Texas 11-4 381 20
18 Vanderbilt 11-5 263 17
19 Arizona 12-4 243 22
20 Villanova 13-2 201 19
21 UC-Santa Barbara 11-3 164 18
22 Oklahoma 11-5 163 23
23 Rutgers 9-4 129 -
24 Georgia 11-4 99 -
25 DePaul 13-4 97 25
Others receiving votes: Ohio State 95, Colorado 90, Notre Dame 69, Washington 52, Boston College 47, Cincinnati 10, Miami 10, Illinois 7, New Mexico 7, Virginia 6, Auburn 4, UTAH 2, Chattanooga 1, Virginia Tech 1.
JANUARY 21, 2003 USA Today/ESPN COACHES POLL
Rank School 02-03 Total Last
(1st-place Votes) Record Points Week
1 Duke (35) 17-0 994 1
2 Connecticut (5) 17-0 962 2
3 Kansas State 17-1 900 4
4 Tennessee 14-3 830 5t
5 Stanford 14-1 813 5t
6 LSU 15-1 811 3
7t Arkansas 16-2 749 9
7t Texas 15-1 749 7
9 North Carolina 15-2 640 10
10 Minnesota 15-1 611 11
11 Purdue 14-3 578 8
12 Louisiana Tech 12-2 542 12
13 Mississippi State 13-3 503 14
14 South Carolina 14-3 424 13
15 Penn State 14-4 420 15
16 Texas 11-4 380 18
17 Vanderbilt 11-5 311 16
18 Wisconsin-Green Bay 15-2 303 17
19 Arizona 12-4 256 21
20 DePaul 14-4 142 24
21 UC-Santa Barbara 11-3 136 19
22 Oklahoma 11-5 128 23
23 Notre Dame 10-6 115 20
24 Villanova 13-2 101 25
25 Boston College 11-4 93 22
Others receiving votes: Georgia (12-4) 90; Colorado (13-2) 67; Rutgers (9-4) 51; Cincinnati (13-3) 40; Chattanooga (14-2) 36; Tulane (12-4) 32; Ohio State (12-3) 28; Brigham Young (11-4) 18; Washington (13-3) 17; Auburn (13-3) 15; Florida International (12-5) 15; Liberty (12-3) 13; Miami (Fla.) (11-4) 12; Illinois (11-3) 11; Louisville (11-5) 10; Florida State (12-4) 9; New Mexico (11-3) 8; Wake Forest (10-5) 8; Michigan (10-5) 6; George Washington (10-5) 4; Maine (10-4) 3; Pepperdine (12-5) 3; Richmond (12-4) 3; Belmont (10-3) 2; West Virginia (10-4) 2; Houston (9-6) 1; Santa Clara (11-5) 1; UCLA (11-5) 1; UTAH (12-3) 1; Virginia Tech (12-4) 1; Wichita State (11-4) 1.
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
MWC LEADERS:
As a team, the Utes lead the conference in five statistical categories: scoring defense (50.5), scoring margin (+17.2), rebounding defense (33.8), turnover margin (+4.5) and three-point field goal average (7.8). Utah ranks second in free throw percentage (.740), three-point field goal percentage (.365), field goal percentage defense (.363) and assist/turnover ratio (0.9), and third in scoring offense (67.8), rebounding margin (+3.2) and rebounding offense (36.9).
Individually, freshman Kim Smith ranks second in three-point field goal percentage (.476), fourth in scoring (17.2), rebounding (7.2), three-point field goal average (2.5) and offensive rebounds (2.9), sixth in defensive rebounds (4.3), ninth in free throw percentage (.767), 10th in field goal percentage (.471), 12th in steals (1.6) and 13th in blocked shots (0.4).
Sophomore Shona Thorburn is third in both three-point field goal average (2.6) and assist/turnover ratio (2.0), sixth in scoring (15.8), eighth in three-point field goal percentage (.368), ninth in assists (3.3) and defensive rebounds (4.2), 10th in free throw percentage (.760) and 15th in rebounding (5.1).
Junior Carley Marshall ranks fifth in blocked shots (1.2), eighth in free throw percentage (.773), 10th in both rebounding (5.8) and defensive rebounds (3.9), 12th in offensive rebounds (1.9) and 18th in scoring (10.4).
Point guard Kelsy Stireman is seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.4), ninth in steals (1.7) and 10th in assists (3.2). Meanwhile, junior Mandie Little ranks eighth in offensive rebounds (2.6) and ninth in rebounding (6.1).
Sophomore Lana Sitterud is 10th in steals (1.6), and freshman Julie Wood is fifth in three-point field goal percentage (.432) and seventh in three-point field goal average (1.5).
In conference-only statistics, as a team, the Utes rank in the top three in every statistical category but three. Individually, Thorburn leads the league in three-point field goal average (4.0), ranks second in scoring (18.0) and fourth in assists (4.0), while Smith is second in rebounding (8.0), fourth in three-point field goal average (2.3) and fifth in scoring (16.3).
THORBURN MWC PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Sophomore guard Shona Thorburn was named Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week, marking her first career award.
A 5-10 sophomore from Hamilton, Ontario (Westdale HS), Thorburn recorded a career-high 29 points in a 73-50 victory over Colorado State last Saturday, including 7-of-15 from three-point range. She also grabbed four rebounds and four steals vs. the Rams.
Thorburn scored a game-high 19 points in the 63-47 conference opening win over Wyoming, while connecting on 6-of-9 field goals.
For the week, Thorburn averaged 24 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, while shooting 50 percent from the field (15-of-30) and 42 percent from beyond the arc (8-of-19).
ELLIOTT JOINS 400-WIN CLUB:
Head Coach Elaine Elliott became just the 38th Division I women's basketball coach to reach 400 career victories with a win over Wyoming last week. Elliott, who boasts a career record of 402-167 (.707), has averaged better than 20 wins in her 20 seasons at Utah.
DEFENSIVE DOMINANCE:
Utah has held all but two of its opponents this season under 60 points, including conference opponents Wyoming (47), Colorado State (50) and UNLV (49). The Utes, who are shooting 42 percent from the field this season, have only allowed three opponents (New Mexico State, Mississippi State and Weber State) to reach that mark. The Utes lead the MWC in scoring defense, rebounding defense and scoring margin, and rank second in field goal percentage defense.
RANKING NATIONALLY:
Utah currently ranks second nationally in scoring defense (behind No. 2 Connecticut), 14th in scoring margin and 20th in average margin of victory. Individually, freshman Kim Smith is tied for seventh nationally in three-point field goal percentage and Shona Thorburn is tied for 21st in three-point field goal average in statistics through Jan. 20.
HOME SWEET HOME: The Utes, 8-0 at home this season, have the longest home winning streak in the Mountain West at 11 straight. The last time the Utes lost in the Huntsman Center was Jan. 31, 2002, when they fell to UNLV 79-71.
UTES ON THE RADIO:
Utah's game against San Diego State will be broadcast live on KALL 910-AM. The game will be called by Chris Tunis, who served as the president of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association from 1999-2001. A graduate of San Diego State, Tunis has been selected as Utah Sportscaster of the Year seven times by his peers.
UP NEXT:
The Utes return to Utah to face in-state rival Brigham Young, for a 3:30 p.m. game next Saturday, Feb. 1, in Provo.
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