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1 PANTHER BASKETBALL UWM WOMEN S BASKETBALL NOTES UWM (7-9) TRIES TO CONTINUE CHICAGO DOMINANCE AGAINST LOYOLA (8-10) GAME TIME UWM women s basketball jump the border for the second time in three days to take-on MCC-foe Loyola on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. UWM (7-9, 3-1) The Panthers nabbed their first road win of the season with a win against UIC in Chicago on Thursday. reshman center Maria Viall ignited UWM with 13 points in the second half to defeat UIC, 55-51, Thursday night at the UIC Pavilion. Viall finished with a game-high 15 points to lead the Panthers over the lames (5-13, 2-3). The Panthers finished shooting 38 percent from the field, and were only 1-of-8 from the arc. UWM's 18-of-24 free throws made the difference in the game when compared to UIC making only 5-of-9, with all only coming in the second half. UIC finished with 32 percent from the field and 6-of-20 from the three-point land. The lames ended with the advantage on the boards and tallied a assist-turn over ratio. The Panthers's ratio ended 15-17, respectively. LOYOLA (CHICA GO) (8-10, 2-3) The Ramblers were squelched in their last outing with UW-Green Bay, in Chicago on Thursday. UW-Green Bay used hot shooting to jump out to an early lead and never looked back as they downed Loyola, 84-50, in a Midwestern Collegiate Conference game Thursday night at the Gentile Center. Torrid first half shooting from the visitors ignited a decisive 15-2 run that turned a 10-6 lead into a 25-8 bulge eight minutes into the game. The Ramblers managed to stem the tide but had difficulty slicing into the lead. A 9-0 Phoenix run to end the half gave UWGB a advantage at the intermission. Loyola was able to find open shots, however, the Ramblers had problems converting, shooting only 21 percent (6-for-29) from the floor in the opening stanza. By contrast, UW-Green Bay was on fire, shooting 71 percent (17-for-24) for the half. Junior Lauren Sirus led Loyola with 10 points. Lauren Yops and Jenetria Harden added seven points apiece. Mandy Stowe and Chandra Johnson scored 14 points each for the Phoenix PANTHER SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULTS November 5 CLUB VOLNA (EXH) W at Illinois State L at Marquette L CHICAGO CHALL. (EXH) W December 2 at Buffalo L NORTHERN ILLINOIS W at Creighton L CHICAGO STATE W CENTRAL MICHIGAN W BOWLING GREEN W MISSOURI L January 3 at Saint Mary s L at San rancisco L CLEVELAND STATE* W DETROIT* W WISCONSIN L at UW-Green Bay* L at UIC* W at Loyola* 2 p.m. ebruary 1 WRIGHT STATE* 7 p.m. 3 BUTLER* 2 p.m. 8 at Detroit* 3:35 p.m. 10 at Cleveland State* 5 p.m. 17 UW-GREEN BAY* 2 p.m. 21 LOYOLA* 7 p.m. 24 UIC* 7 p.m. March 1 at Butler* 7 p.m. 4 at Wright State* 1:05 p.m at MCC Tournament TBA All start times are listed as central time. *Midwestern Collegiate Conference game. BOLD CAPS indicate home games played on campus at the Klotsche Center Arena, 3409 N. Downer Avenue. UW-MILWAUKEE Pos Name Ht. Yr Stats G Teri Stoltenberg 5-8 Sr. 5.5 ppg, 2.5 apg G Jessica Wilhite 5-8 So ppg, 4.7 rpg G Holly Tamm 5-9 Jr. 6.6 ppg, 2.1 apg Nicole Luchsinger 5-10 Sr. 7.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg C Liz letcher 6-3 So. 1.9 ppg, 2.5 rpg PROBABLE ST ARTERS LOYOLA (CHICAGO) Pos Name Ht. Yr Stats G Tracy Hoffman 5-7 So 11.3 ppg, 4.4 apg G Lauren Yops 5-7 r 10.3 ppg, 3.3 apg C Lauren Sirus 6-1 Jr 12.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg Ramona Aguado 5-11 Jr 6.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg Beth Dilling 5-10 Jr 8.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg

2 UWM ON THE RADIO Some of UWM women s basketball home games can be heard on AM 1340 WJYI. Jeff alconio is the Voice of the Panthers for the following games: Dec. 5 vs. Northern Illinois Dec. 14 vs. Chicago State Dec. 17 vs. Central Michigan Dec. 28 vs. Bowling Green Jan. 16 vs. Wisconsin eb. 1 vs. Wright State eb. 24 vs. UIC MEDIA REQUESTS Credentials for UWM women s basketball home games can be obtained by contacting Michelle Alioto. If requested after the game, the visiting coach and select players will be brought to the Klotsche Center Media Room, located on the lower level in room G03. Coach Sandy Botham and select UWM players will be brought down to the room as well. The media room will open one hour before the scheduled tipoff. A light dinner is available for select games in the media room, along with game notes and programs, stats, and other game information. Postgame box scores will also be available in the media room. Media seating in the Klotsche Center is located courtside opposite the team benches. Phone lines for visiting radio stations, as well as newspapers filing on deadlines, are available courtside. Two additional phone lines are available in the media room. UWM practices are open to the media. Women s basketball practice generally runs from 6:15 a.m. until 8:45 a.m. at the Klotsche Center Arena on weekdays. UWM QUICK ACTS ounded: 1885 Enrollment: 22,964 Nickname: Panthers Colors: Black & Gold Arena: Klotsche Center Capacity: 5,000 Conference: Midwestern Collegiate Chancellor: Dr. Nancy L. Zimpher Athletic Director: Bud Haidet Department Phone: (414) WBB Contact: Michelle Alioto, Asst. SID Office Phone: (414) Cell Phone: (414) oto@uwm.edu Office ax: (414) Press Row: (414) SID Office Address: North Building Room N Downer Avenue Milwaukee, WI Head Coach: Sandy Botham UWM Record: (4 yrs) Career Record: (5 yrs) Associate Head: Sara Liebscher Assistant: Tonia Vanderploeg Assistant: Arneda Yarbrough 1999 Overall Record: MCC Record: 10-4 Conference inish: 2nd Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/7 Starters Returning/Lost: 3/2 SCOUTING L OYOLA Loyola s weakness is their defense. Giving up a league-high 75.5 ppg, the Ramblers rank 7 th in field goal percent defense, defensive rebounding, turnover margin, and 6 th in steals Junior center Lauren Silus leads the team with 12.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg, and a field goal percentage of.517. These figures rank 8 th, 3 rd, and 4 th in the conference respectively. Wisconsin teams have a little something to do with Loyola s -7.3 scoring margin, and league worst scoring defense. With a loss to Wisconsin and loss to Green Bay, the Ramblers have given up an average of 92.5 ppg and scored only 52. Loyola will face UW-Green Bay once more and UWM two times. UWM SERIES AGAINST LOYOLA The Panthers hold a 11-7 series advantage over the Ramblers. UWM swept the season series against Loyola last year, as well as the season. The Panthers have won seven of the last eight meetings beteween these two teams. In their last meeting, UWM won by a score of on ebruary 24, our Panthers put up double-digits including Jessica Wilhite who went for 18. The Panthers also shot.667 (8-12) from three-point range. INSIDE THE GAME AGAINST UIC After a slow beginning, the Panthers broke open the first half with a 5-0 lead. Junior guard Holly Tamm, a transfer from UIC, scored on a lay-up at the 16:50 mark, followed by a three-point play from Wilhite. The lames answered with a 6-0 run, and switched leads with the Panthers for the rest of the half. UWM trailed, 23-22, at halftime while shooting 31 percent from the field. The Panthers were 0-of-6 from three-point range in the first half while grabbing the advantage on the boards. UIC shot 24 percent, and were 5-of-16 from downtown. After trailing by one point at halftime, the Panthers stole the game for good on a lay-up by Viall to take the edge with 5:24 to go on the clock. They scored the next seven points, but the lames steadily rallied back to narrow the gap and keep the game close throughout. UWM had to fight off UIC with under a minute remaining as the lames kept the game within two points down the stretch. Sophomore guard Jessica Wilhite put in a fast lay up off of an outlet pass to take the lead with 34 seconds left. UIC answered back with a jumper off the glass, but junior Allison Klaas' two free-throws opened the lead back up to four points. UIC hit another jumper with seconds remaining and were forced to foul senior guard Teri Stoltenberg. Stoltenberg sank both her free throws to end the game. UWM COACH SANDY BOTHAM With Botham's guidance, the Panthers earned the second seed - their highest-ever - seed for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference post-season tournament. But Botham has been leading the Panthers to milestones since her first season at UWM ( ). She led her first team to a 16-win season, 12 more than the previous season the fifth-best turnaround in NCAA Division I that year. She won MCC Coach of the Year honors in that season. In the years since, Botham and her teams have collected several accomplishments. Botham s players have been named MCC Player of the Year and MCC Newcomer of the Year. In the last four seasons, the Panthers have seen 10 selections to the All-MCC teams and All-Newcomer teams. Attendance at UWM women's basketball games has increased more than fourfold since Botham has taken over at UWM. Last year, the Panthers home attendance average of 1,646 fans led the Midwestern Collegiate Conference and the 2,629 fans that filed into the Klotsche Center on eb. 20, 1999 set a single-game attendance record. BOTHAM COACHING ILE AT UWM 1996-present Head Coach, UWM (58-52) MCC Coach of the Year UWM s first-ever MCC tournament win Added 12 wins to previous season total (5th best turnaround in NCAA Div. I) Eight-game winning streak, Win over top-20 team MCC 2nd place finish

3 SCORING OENSE 5. UWM 64.3 SCORING MARGIN 4. UWM -0.7 IELD GOAL PCT 8. UWM UWM.342 REBOUNDING OENSE 6. UWM UWM 6.38 SCORING 4. Jessica Wilhite 14.9 GPCT 7. Maria Viall.479 REBOUNDING 10.Maria Viall PANTHERS ROSTER No. Name Yr Ht. Pos. Hometown/High School/Transfer 3 Allison Klaas Jr. 5-5 G Wheaton, Ill./Warrenville South/College of Dupage (Ill.) C.C. 4 Becca Baur r. 5-8 G Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago 5 Charlene Smith r. 5-8 G Bellwood, Ill./Proviso West 11 Teri Stoltenberg*** Sr. 5-8 G Green Bay, Wis./Pulaski 15 Jessica Wilhite* So. 5-8 G Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West 20 Stefanie Kaufmann** Jr. 6-0 Ottawa, Ill./Marquette 21 Elizabeth letcher* So. 6-3 C Wilmette, Ill./Loyola Academy 22 Holly Tamm Jr. 5-7 G Muskego, Wis./Muskego/Illinois-Chicago 24 Maria Viall r. 6-3 C Waukesha, Wis./North 30 Antoinette Gregory* So. 5-9 G ort Wayne, Ind./Snider 32 Angela Wenzel So. 6-0 Sussex, Wis./Hartland Arrowhead/UIC 34 Nicole Luchsinger*** Sr Janesville, Wis./Parker 44 Janelle Jonason*** Sr. 6-1 Brooklyn Park, Minn./Park Center * Letters won UWM IN THE MCC SCORING DEENSE 3. UWM 64.9 REE THROW PCT 6. UWM.687 IELD GOAL PCT DEENSE 5. UWM.423 DEENSE 5. UWM.312 REBOUNDING DEENSE 3t. UWM UWM 2.69 INDIVIDUAL T PCT 4. Nicole Luchsinger Allison Klaas Jessica Wilhite Maria Viall UWM ASSISTS 4. UWM DEENSIVE REBOUNDS 7. UWM UWM ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO 4. UWM 0.85 TURNOVER MARGIN 4. UWM Maria Viall Jessica Wilhite Holly Tamm 1.56 Head Coach: Sandy Botham (Notre Dame 88) Associate Coach: Sara Liebscher (Notre Dame 91), Assistant Coaches: Tonia Vanderploeg (Bemidji State 93), Arneda Nene Yarbrough (Iowa, '95) CURRENT MCC STANDINGS Team MCC Games All Games H A N Last 10 Streak W L Pct. W L Pct. UW-Green Bay W9 UWM W1 Detroit W3 Butler L1 Cleveland State W1 Loyola L4 UIC L1 Wright State L7 MCC INAL SEASON MCC PRESEASON POLLS TEAM STANDINGS Preseason Team Conf. POLL Overall 1. UWGB UWM Detroit UIC Butler Cleveland St Wright St Loyola POINTS 1. UW-GREEN BAY 160 (19) 2. UIC 137 (2) 3. UWM DETROIT CLEVELAND ST BUTLER WRIGHT ST LOYOLA 42 ALL-MCC 1 ST TEAM Trisha Ebel, UWGB G/ Mahogany Green, Cleveland St. Kimberly Henry, UIC Amanda Leonhard, UWGB G Molly Peterman, Detroit G/ ALL-MCC 2 ND TEAM Lauren Sirus, Loyola Reggen Stewart, Wright St. Mandy Stowe, UWGB Holly Tamm, UWM Melanie Tilque, UWGB MCC RESULTS/SCHEDULE Thursday, Jan. 25 Cleveland St. def. Butler* Detroit def. Wright St.* OT UW-Green Bay def. Loyola* UWM def. UIC* Saturday, Jan. 27 C G Butler* 1 pm Cleveland Wright St.* 2 pm Loyola* 3 pm UW-Green UIC* 8 pm *MCC Conference game ^All times listed are Eastern. Next Up or UWM... The Panthers return home to start off ebruary with a conference match-up with Wright St. on Thursday at 7 p.m.

4 SCORING OENSE 4. Loyola 68.2 SCORING DEENSE 8. Loyola 75.5 LOYOLA IN THE MCC SCORING MARGIN 6. Loyola Loyola 3.39 TURNOVER MARGIN 7. Loyola IELD GOAL PCT 4. Loyola.397 IELD GOAL PCT DEENSE 7. Loyola.428 REBOUNDING DEENSE 7. Loyola 42.2 REBOUNDING OENSE 4. Loyola 37.2 ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO 6. Loyola 0.73 REE THROW PCT 2. Loyola Loyola Loyola 5.44 DEENSE 4. Loyola.304 DEENSIVE REBOUNDS 3. Loyola ASSISTS 5. Loyola Loyola Loyola 8.33 HOT SHOOTING With a 10-of-17 three-point shooting performance from behind the arc against UW-Green Bay, sophomore guard Jessica Wilhite set MCC and school records, along with a new season-high in the NCAA. She beat the previous MCC all-time record of nine, held by UWGB's Trisha Ebel set last year. Wilhite also broke the school record of seven, recorded by Andrea ilipek in last season's game against Green Bay. She set a new season record in the NCAA with her 10 tres, surpassing the previous held nine by Rachael Gobble of Tennessee Tech and Michelle St. Clair of Cal-State Sscramento. The all-time NCAA record of three-pointers in a game is 12. Wilhite s 32 points became a career high. After Wilhite s eighth three-pointer of the evening she became the fourth Panther to record 100 career three-point field goals. She joins Tracey reund, teammate Teri Stoltenberg, and assistant coach Jen Greger as the only Panther women to do so. With accomplishing the feat in 43 games, she set a school record for fewest games to do so. The previous record was 49 games by career three-point leader Daryl Schaffeld. The sophomore guard is currently ranked in the nation in 3-point Gs made per game, with an average of 3.38/game. PLAYER O THE WEEK After her unbelievable performance against Green Bay, Jessica Wilhite was named this week s MCC Player of the Week. LOYOLA S RECORD Overall Conference HOME ROAD NEUTRAL TERI START-ENBERG Senior guard Teri Stoltenberg will be starting her 86 th career game for the Panthers when they take on Loyola. Since her freshman year in 1997 when she started all 27 games, Teri has played in 93 of the team s 98 games and started 85, missing only five games and eight starts due to injury. While eight different Panthers have found themselves rotated into the starting line-up for Coach Botham, Stoltenberg is the only one to start in every game for UWM this season. MOVING UP THE CHARTS With her assist to Holly Tamm on a first-half three-pointer against Detroit, Stoltenberg became the eight Panther player in school history to amass 300 career assists. With two three-pointers of her own against Wisconsin, Stoltenberg tied and surpassed Tracey reund (121) for third place on the schools career three-point field goals list. After the game with UIC her career total rests at 123. Current Panther assistant coach Jen Greger is second on the list with 125. HOME SWEET HOME Like the current trend in the MCC, UWM sports a winning record at home. The Panthers have gone 6-2 at the Klotsche Center. In the MCC five of the eight teams also own winning home records, including UW-Green Bay (7-1), Detroit (7-1), Loyola (8-2), and Cleveland State (5-2). The three teams yet to catch up on the latest trends in home dominance, Wright St., Butler, and UIC, don a combined record of and none of them have winning records on the road either. After the second week in the conference season, the home team has gone 12-6 (.667) in conference play, and MCC teams (.745) overall at home. UW-Green Bay is the only MCC school that can lay claim to a.500 record on the road. The Phoenix won their fourth road game of the season, Thursday, to even their record at 4-4. DEENSE DEENSE The Panthers fiesty defense has recorded 161 steals this season, averaging 10.1 per game. Their opponents have tallied 127 steals against UWM, averaging 7.9 per game. They currently rank fourth in the conference in steals, as well as third in scoring defense by allowing opponents 64.9 ppg. The Panthers defense has also recorded less turnovers than their opponents, forcing other teams to turnover the ball 316 times, or an average of 18.2 per game. RECORD-SET TING Besides a blockbuster win, the Panthers game against Central Michigan also set a few records around the nation, league, and at UWM. UWM s performance set MCC season-highs for assists (28) and three-point percentage (.786), beating the previous record of 25 and.571, respectively. Sophomore guard Jess Wilhite s 83 percent on 5-of-6 three-point shooting also set an individual best in the conference, blowing out the prior record of 63.6 percent. UWM also reset the school record in 3-point G percentage, beating the old record of 66.7 percent. Most impressive, UWM set a NCAA Divison I single-game high for the season in 3-point G pct with 78.6 percent.

5 MILWAUKEE VS. CHICA GO This will be the Panthers third match up with a windy city team so far this season. Thus far UWM has gone 2-0, with two games with Loyola and one more with UIC remaining. The Panthers gained their second win of the season with a beating of Chicago State on December 5 th in Milwaukee, and recently won their first road contest of the season against Illinois-Chicago on Thursday. Teams from Illinois, in general, have fared none too well with Northern Illinois also losing in Milwaukee, Illinois lone win came in the first game of the season with a triump by Illinois State. ILLINOIS-GROWN Seven of the 13 players on UWM s roster share ties with the state of Illinois. Three players have transfered from Illinois-schools; Holly Tamm (UIC), Angela Wenzel (UIC), and Allison Klaas (College of DuPage, C.C.). ive players hail from there as well; Center Liz letcher (Wilmette), forward Stefanie Kaufmann (Ottawa), and guards Klaas (Wheaton), Jessica Wilhite (Glen Ellyn), and Charlene Smith (Bellwood). Smith inparticular has shown her stuff against her home crowd. In UWM s game with UIC, Smith played in a career-high 18 minutes and posted more career highs in three other categories. Her seven points, three steals, and two assists all beat her previous highs of three, one, and two, respectively. UWM S RECORD WHEN... HIGH SCORER IS... Jessica Wilhite Maria Viall Nicole Luchsinger Holly Tamm PLAYING IN... Wisconsin Illinois California Nebraska New York Record vs Opponents Bowling Green 1 2 Buffalo 0 2 Butler 4 9 Central Michigan 2 3 Chicago State 12 1 Cleveland State 7 10 Creighton 0 2 Detroit 7 11 UIC 11 7 Illinois State 0 2 Loyola 11 7 Marquette Missouri 0 1 Northern Illinois 4 9 San ransisco 0 1 St. Mary s (Calif.) 0 1 UW-Green Bay Wright State 5 8 UPDATED ATER EACH GAME ATTENDENCE IS or less ,000-1, , point ield Goals in a Season 1. Daryl Schaffeld Jen Greger Daryl Schaffeld Daryl Schaffeld Jessica Wilhite * *-Through 16 games GAME ATER A... LOSS WIN ROAD TRIP HOMESTAND UWM SCORES... UWM ALLOWS points points points points points points points points points points points points PANTHERS IN THE RECORD BOOKS GAMETIME IS... 2:00 pm :00 pm :00 pm :00 pm :00 pm ON... SUNDAYS TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS RIDAYS SATURDAYS Career 3-point ield Goals 1. Daryl Schaffeld Jen Greger Teri Stoltenberg Tracey reund Jessica Wilhite

PANTHER BASKETBALL UWM WOMEN S BASKETBALL NOTES

PANTHER BASKETBALL UWM WOMEN S BASKETBALL NOTES UWM (8-9) GOES FOR THIRD STRAIGHT IN MCC AGAINST WRIGHT STATE (3-15) GAME TIME UWM women s basketball comes home to take on last-place Wright State on Thursday.