University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Game Notes

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1 Women s Basketball Media Contact: Cody Lahl // // clahl@admin.umass.edu UMassAthletics.com // facebook.com/umassathletics Home games streamed live on UMassAthletics.com // Radio: WMUA 91.1 FM Schedule (2-3 Overall, 0-0 Atlantic 10) (1-0 Home, 1-2 Away, 0-1 Neutral) DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME [ET] Fri. Nov. 14 at Western Michigan L, Sun. Nov. 16 at Central Michigan L, Wed. Nov. 19 Maine W, North Texas Invitational (Denton, Texas) Fri. Nov. 21 at North Texas W, Sun. Nov. 23 vs. [RV/RV] Florida St. L, Sun. Nov. 30 Central Florida 2:00 p.m. Wed. Dec. 3 Harvard 7:00 p.m. Sat. Dec. 6 American Noon Sun. Dec. 14 Holy Cross 2:00 p.m. Georgia State Invitational (Atlanta, Ga.) Fri. Dec. 19 at Georgia State 5:00 p.m. Sat. Dec. 20 at Ohio 4:00 p.m. Sun. Dec. 28 at Boston University 2:00 p.m. Sat. Jan. 3 at St. Bonaventure* 1:00 p.m. Wed. Jan. 7 Saint Louis* 7:00 p.m. Sat. Jan. 10 Saint Joseph s* 2:00 p.m. Thurs. Jan. 15 La Salle* 7:00 p.m. Sun. Jan. 18^ George Washington* 2:00 p.m. Wed. Jan. 21 at Fordham* Noon Sat. Jan. 24 at Richmond* 2:00 p.m. Sat. Jan. 31 St. Bonaventure* 2:00 p.m. Wed. Feb. 4 at Rhode Island 7:00 p.m. Sat. Feb. 7 at La Salle* 1:00 p.m. Wed. Feb. 11# George Mason* 11:45 a.m. Sat. Feb. 14 Duquesne* 1:00 p.m. Wed. Feb. 18 Davidson* 7:00 p.m. Sun. Feb. 22 at VCU* 1:00 p.m. Thurs. Feb. 26 at Dayton* 7:00 p.m. Sun. March 1 Rhode Island* 2:00 p.m. University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Game Notes GAME 6: Massachusetts (2-3) vs. UCF (3-1) Sunday, November 30, 2014 // 2:00 p.m. // Mullins Center (9,493) // Amherst, Mass. MultiMedia Options Live Stats: GameTracker; linked on UMassAthletics.com Watch: Atlantic 10 Digital Network; linked on UMassAthletics.com Listen: WMUA 91.1 FM; linked on The UMass-Central FLorida Series The is the first meeting between the programs. FastBreak Points Sharon Dawley is in her fifth season with the team and 21st as a head coach overall in Two-time Olympic gold medal winner and WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Yolanda Griffith was named an assistant coach on Sept. 5, Thirty-year coaching veteran Chris Wielgus was elevated from director of operations to assistant coach on Sept. 3, Kim Pierre-Louis has hit 57.1 percent of her field goals through four games (32-of-56), the thirdhighest field goal percentage in the A-10. Rashida Timbilla averages 7.8 rebounds per game to lead the squad in , the fifth-best total in the conference. Timbilla earned seven steals in the near-upset of Central Michigan, a single-game career best and tied for the fifth-most in one contest in program history. Kymber Hill recorded her first career doubledouble with 10 points and 10 rebounds in the win at North Texas (Nov. 21). UMass shot 57.1 percent from the floor (24-of-42) in the win over Maine, its best performance on field goals since a Nov. 8, 2012 game vs. Kent State (61.1; 33-of-54), a span of 61 games. Scouting Central Florida The high-scoring University of Central Florida (UCF) women s basketball team is off to a strong start in , with a 3-1 record entering play against the University of Massachusetts. UCF started the year with a win over Florida Atlantic on Nov. 14 and routed Oakland, three days later. The Knights dropped a game to Stetson but rebounded with a win over Jacksonville. Zykira Lewis scores 22.8 points per game, tied for the 23rd-most in NCAA Division I. Lewis has been accurate from the floor so far at 29-of-69 overall (42.0 percent) and 17-for-34 from beyond the arc (50.0 percent). She is also a team-best 16-of-20 at the foul line (80.0 percent). Lewis currently provides nearly 29 percent of the team s total offense and is the main threat from three-point land. Discounting her accuracy, UCF is 12-of-40 from outside (30.0 percent). Joi Williams is in her eighth year at UCF and overall. She took the Knights to NCAA Tournament appearances in 2009 and 2011 after the squad won the Conference USA title in each of those seasons. Atlantic 10 Championship (Richmond, Va.) Wed. March 4 Play-In Round TBA Thurs. March 5 First Round TBA Fri. March 6 Quarterfinals TBA Sat. March 7 Semifinals 11:00 a.m./1:30 p.m. Sun. March 8 Championship 1:30 p.m. *denotes Atlantic 10 Conference opponent // All times Eastern and subject to change // Games in bold are played at the Mullins Center in Amherst, Mass. // ^denotes CBS Sports Network broadcast // #denotes Field Trip Day game Pronunciation Guide Cierra Dillard Kymber Hill Jen MacAulay Emily Mital Kim Pierre-Louis Ciara Rosten Alyx Stiff Paula Tarnachowicz Rashida Timbilla Chris Wielgus 1 see-air-uh kim-burr mack-aw-lee MITT-tall PEE-air LEW-ee see-air-uh Alex tar-nah-ho-witz tim-bill-uh well-gus Whatcha Looking For? Page 2...Alphabetical & Numerical Rosters Page 3...Quick Facts & Game Notes Pages Game Notes (Continued) Pages Sharon Dawley s Bio Page 8...Misc. Stats & Team Info Pages Games Notes & Misc. Stats Page UMass Season Stats Pages Box Scores/Recaps Pages Player Bios Page 31...Headshot Roster

2 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Roster University of Massachusetts Numerical Roster No. Name Year Position Height Hometown/High School/Previous College 00 Maggie Mulligan Fr. F/C 6-2 Boston, Mass./Boston Latin School 2 Amber Dillon R-Jr. G 5-2 Dorchester, Mass./Brookline/The University of Maine 3 Alyx Stiff So. G 5-9 Las Vegas, Nev./Quest Preparatory Academy 4 Kim Pierre-Louis Sr. F 6-0 Ottawa, Ontario/St. Paul Catholic 11 Ciara Rosten Fr. F 6-2 Cheektowaga, N.Y./Maryvale 14 Paula Tarnachowicz Sr. F 6-2 Gdynia, Poland/VII Sportowe Liceum/Panola College 15 Cierra Dillard Fr. G 5-9 Rochester, N.Y./Gates Chili 21 Victoria Stewart Jr. G 5-7 Amherst, Mass./Amherst-Pelham Regional 23 Rashida Timbilla Jr. G/F 6-1 Ottawa, Ontario/John McCrae Secondary School 24 Emily Mital Sr. G 5-8 Frisco, Texas/Frisco Liberty 25 Leah McDerment Fr. G 5-10 Stockport, England/Priestnall School 31 Kymber Hill So. F/C 6-2 Belleville, Ill./Althoff Catholic 32 Alyssa Lawrence* R-Fr. F 6-1 New Rochelle, N.Y./The Ursuline School/San Diego State University University of Massachusetts Alphabetical Roster No. Name Year Position Height Hometown/High School/Last School 15 Cierra Dillard Fr. G 5-9 Rochester, N.Y./Gates Chili 2 Amber Dillon R-Jr. G 5-2 Dorchester, Mass./Brookline/The University of Maine 31 Kymber Hill So. F/C 6-2 Belleville, Ill./Althoff Catholic 32 Alyssa Lawrence* R-Fr. F 6-1 New Rochelle, N.Y./The Ursuline School/San Diego State University 25 Leah McDerment Fr. G 5-10 Stockport, England/Priestnall School 24 Emily Mital Sr. G 5-8 Frisco, Texas/Frisco Liberty 00 Maggie Mulligan Fr. F/C 6-2 Boston, Mass./Boston Latin School 4 Kim Pierre-Louis Sr. F 6-0 Ottawa, Ontario/St. Paul Catholic 11 Ciara Rosten Fr. F 6-2 Cheektowaga, N.Y./Maryvale 21 Victoria Stewart Jr. G 5-7 Amherst, Mass./Amherst-Pelham Regional 3 Alyx Stiff So. G 5-9 Las Vegas, Nev./Quest Preparatory Academy 14 Paula Tarnachowicz Sr. F 6-2 Gdynia, Poland/VII Sportowe Liceum/Panola College 23 Rashida Timbilla Jr. G/F 6-1 Ottawa, Ontario/John McCrae Secondary School *Redshirting the season as per NCAA transfer policy Head Coach: Sharon Dawley (Saint Anselm 83), Fifth Season Assistant Coach: Jen MacAulay (Vermont 02), Fifth Season Assistant Coach: Yolanda Griffith, First Season Assistant Coach: Chris Wielgus (Springfield 74), First Season As Assistant/Second Overall Director of Basketball Operations: Kellie Olson (Stetson 08), First Season Athletic Trainer: Heather Gagne (Bridgewater State 08), Third Season Team Managers: Mike Patterson and Scott Vannerson BY Potential positions Forward (7) Kymber Hill Alyssa Lawrence Maggie Mulligan Kim Pierre-Louis Ciara Rosten Paula Tarnachowicz Rashida Timbilla Post (4) Kymber Hill Maggie Mulligan Kim Pierre-Louis Paula Tarnachowicz Guard (7) Cierra Dillard Amber Dillon Leah McDerment Emily Mital Victoria Stewart Alyx Stiff Rashida Timbilla BY PLayer eligibility Senior (3) Emily Mital Kim Pierre-Louis Paula Tarnachowicz Junior (3) Amber Dillon Victoria Stewart Rashida Timbilla Sophomore (2) Kymber Hill Alyx Stiff Redshirt-Freshman (1) Alyssa Lawrence* Freshman (4) Cierra Dillard Leah McDerment Maggie Mulligan Ciara Rosten 2

3 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Game Notes Team Quick Facts University Of Massachusetts Information Location... Amherst, Mass. Founded Enrollment...28,236 Nickname...Minutewomen Colors... Maroon (PMS 506) and White Affiliation...NCAA Division I Conference...Atlantic 10 President... Robert L. Caret Chancellor...Kumble Subbaswamy Athletic Director...John McCutcheon Women s Basketball Team History Program Started/Total Years /47th All-Time Program Record (.432) All-Time Atlantic 10 Record (.369) NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last Two/ Season All-Time NCAA Tournament Record WNIT Appearances/Last...One/ Season All-Time WNIT Record Atlantic 10 Tournament Appearances/Last...30/ Season All-Time Atlantic 10 Tournament Record Home Venue Information Home Court... William D. Mullins Memorial Center (9,493) Debut...Feb. 4, 1993 Press Row Phone Women s Basketball Staff Head Coach (Alma Mater)... Sharon Dawley (Saint Anselm, 83) Record at Massachusetts/Years (.187)/Fifth Career Record/Years (.537)/21st Assistant Coaches... Jen MacAulay (Vermont 02); Yolanda Griffith; Chris Wielgus (Springfield 74) Director of Operations...Kellie Olson (Stetson 08) Academic Advisor...Pete Montague Certified Athletic Trainer...Heather Gagne Strength & Conditioning Coaches... Rich Hogans & Rich Casella Administrative Assistant... Katie Lenois Team Managers...Mike Patterson and Scott Vannerson Team Information Overall Record Atlantic 10 Record/Finish /T-12th Starters Returning/Lost...3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...8/5 Newcomers (Transfers)...5 (1) Media Relations Women s Basketball Contact...Cody Lahl Phone (Preferred Method of Contact) clahl@admin.umass.edu Facebook...facebook.com/UMassAthletics Mailing Address...Boyden Building Room Commonwealth Drive Amherst, Mass Attention: Cody Lahl, Media Relations Office Watch UMass Live Through The A-10 Digital Network UMass women s basketball will have 12 of its 13 home games broadcast online through the Atlantic 10 Digital Network, with Cody Chrusciel providing play-by-play commentary. A link will be accessible in each game preview to direct fans or other interest parties to the subscription page, where the viewer can purchase the plan he or she believes to be appropriate. The lone game that will not be broadcast on the A-10 platform will be available on TV through the CBS Sports Network as CBSSN will air the UMass-George Washington tilt on Jan. 18, WMUA To Again Serve As Radio Partner Each Massachusetts women s basketball contest during the campaign will be broadcast live on WMUA 91.1 FM. Fans can listen in through the FM radio station locally or catch the game via the online live streaming app, which is free of charge and linked in each game preview as well as on the interactive team schedule. CBS Sports Network To Show UMass-GW Tilt UMass will host a televised game when George Washington stops by the Mullins Center for a Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 contest. The game will be shown live on CBS Sports Network with tipoff scheduled for 2 p.m. Since it is on television the game will not be available online through the Atlantic 10 Digital Network. On Top Of The Tweet Game Instant information about the University of Massachusetts women s basketball program, including an inside look at key possessions and statistics in each game as well as updates from practice and other team events can be found through the Twitter Follow the Minutewomen there and catch information about each UMass Athletic Department program Quick Look: Massachusetts 56, North Texas 46 Kymber Hill recorded her first collegiate double-double and Kim Pierre-Louis scored 16 of her 18 points during the second half when UMass came back for a win at North Texas. The Minutewomen trailed by as many as 12 points during in the first but recovered during the second frame for the double-digit win. Pierre-Louis scored the first 14 UMass points of the second half as she went 7-of-7 from the floor while Texas native Emily Mital provided back-to-back treys and finished with nine points and a team-best three assists on the night. UMass closed the game on a 12-2 run spanning the final four minutes, 19 seconds of action to seal the win. Cierra Dillard started the streak with an and-one play while back-to-back layups from Hill iced the contest. Quick Look: Massachusetts 68, Maine 60 Massachusetts women s basketball used balanced scoring to defeat Maine, 68-60, and earn its first win of the season in the home-opener for the squad. Nine Minutewomen recorded points, led by Kim Pierre-Louis 19, as the squad shot 57.1 percent from the floor. It was Pierre-Louis third consecutive game eclipsing double-figures in points. The team s shooting percentage was its best since UMass hit 61.1 percent (33-54) versus Kent State on Nov. 10, a span of 61 games between outings. The Maroon and White went ahead for good during the middle of the second half when the Minutewomen went on a 12-0 run to stake themselves to a lead. Maine was unable to pull closed than within eight the rest of the way as UMass combined its team offense with a feisty defense that created 17 turnovers to secure the win. Rashida Timbilla had 14 points, six assists and five rebounds while Kymber Hill added 10 points (3-4 FGs, 4-6 FTs) and a career-best eight rebounds. 3

4 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Game Notes Mital Good From Afar Four games into her fourth year as a Minutewoman Emily Mital has hit 114 career three-pointers for the Maroon and White, the seventh-most in the history of the program. She needs to make 15 more to pass Kim Benton ( ) for sixth all-time. Her junior season success earned her the spot on UMass all-time leaderboard for made threepointers as she went 52-for-142 (36.6 percent) during the campaign. As a sophomore in , Mital hit 48 of her 151 tries from long distance (31.8 percent) after she finished 8-of-39 in the category as a freshman (20.5 percent). She is also seventh all-time in three-point field goal attempts (352) while her 52 threes made over the course of the season put her ninth in the single-season rankings. Double Up On Points & Rebounds Rashida Timbilla leads all active Minutewomen with 11 double-doubles, including a 14-point and 12-rebound performance at Central Michigan on Nov. 16, She had seven as a freshman in and followed up with three during her sophomore campaign. Kim Pierre-Louis is follows with earned five during her career, all when she was a junior in Kymber Hill joined the duo with her first double-double on 10 points and as many rebounds at North Texas on Nov. 21. KPL Eclipses 500 Field Goal Tries Kim Pierre-Louis is surpassed 500 career field goal attempts with the Minutewomen during her 8-for-12 afternoon from the floor at North Texas. Entering play versus Central Florida, Pierre-Louis has taken 515 shots at UMass and has made 250 of those tries for a.485 field goal percentage. Hand It Over Rashida Timbilla stole the ball from Central Michigan seven times in UMass near-upset of the preseason Mid-American Conference favorites and reigning MAC regular season champions on Nov. 16. Her seven steals were two better than her previous best. It tied Timbilla for the fifth-most on the single game record listing for steals in a contest. Jennifer Butler set the high mark with 10 against Charlotte on Nov. 17, Timbilla has 88 steals in 62 games (1.4 spg). At her current pace, Timbilla will join the top-20 alltime at UMass in the category late in the current season. Making The Freebies Emily Mital has found success at the foul line through five games of the season as she is 9-of-11 on free throws (81.8 percent). Mital led the team in free throw percentage during each of her three completed seasons with the Minutewomen. She is 81-of-95 for her career (85.3 percent). Keeping An Expanded Rotation Head coach Sharon Dawley has used all 12 players eligible to compete during in four of the five games played so far and 11 of those 12 in each contest. Nine players average at least 10 minutes per game, led by Rashida Timbilla s 31.8 averaged in each contest. Victoria Stewart is the lone Minutewoman to not appear in each game as she did not compete against North Texas on Nov. 25. Alyssa Lawrence is redshirting the as per NCAA transfer policy and is not eligible to compete this year. The Hometown Girl Junior guard Victoria Stewart is a native of Amherst, Massachusetts, and played scholastically at nearby Amherst-Pelham High School. Stewart, who walked on to the team as a freshman in , earned a scholarship for her hard work, dedication and positive attitude before her sophomore year. For her career, she has appeared in 22 games with the Minutewomen. Dillard Scoring In Bunches Four games into her UMass career, Cierra Dillard averages 7.6 points per game and is currently the third-highest scoring Minutewoman. Dillard showed a penchant for scoring in bunches at critical junctures versus CMU and North Texas. She netted nine points, an assist and a steal during the final four minutes, 45 seconds as the Minutewomen closed a 16-point deficit to within one basket of the win at CMU. She also had all four of her points versus North Texas during the 12-2 game-defining run UMass used to win the game late. Freshmen Make Big Leap In Game 2 The four UMass freshmen, Cierra Dillard, Leah McDerment, Maggie Mulligan and Ciara Rosten, combined to score 30 points against the Central Michigan defense. This number came after Dillard s seven points at Western Michigan were the only ones scored by the newcomers. Dillard also led the way at CMU with 16 while McDerment and Rosten followed with five and Mulligan added four points. These four shot a respectable 41.7 percent from the floor (10-of-24) and went 8-for-11 from the foul line (72.7 percent) against the Chippewas. 4 Mital In The UMass Record Book Three-Pointers Made (Career) Rk. Name No. Years 1. Katie Nelson Megan Zullo Beth Kuzmeski Cerie Mosgrove Kathy Coyner Kim Benton Emily Mital pr. 8. Kristina Danella Stefanie Gerardot Emilie Teuscher Sue Serafini Three-Pointers Attempted (Career) Rk. Name No. Years 1. Katie Nelson Beth Kuzmeski Megan Zullo Kathy Coyner Cerie Mosgrove Kim Benton Emily Mital pr. 8. Stefanie Gerardot Pam Rosanio Kristina Danella Three-Pointers Made (Season) Rk. Name No. Year 1. Cerie Mosgrove Megan Zullo Megan Zullo Kristina Danella Katie Nelson Emilie Teuscher Megan Zullo Beth Kuzmeski Emily Mital Cerie Mosgrove Points Scored (Career) Rk. Name No. Year 1. Sue Peters 1, Octavia Thomas 1, Melissa Gurile 1, Kate Mills 1, Barbara Hebel 1, Jennifer Butler 1, Pam Rosanio 1, Julie Ready 1, Crystal Carroll 1, Jasmine Watson 1, Sue Serafini Kristina Danella Kim Pierre-Louis pr. 39. Sabriya Mitchell Ginger Legare Ebony Pegues Caroline Nehls Emily Mital pr.

5 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Game Notes Game-By-Game Starting Lineups Opponent G G G/F F F/C Western Mich. [1] McDerment Dillard Timbilla Pierre-Louis Hill Central Mich. McDerment Dillard Timbilla Pierre-Louis Hill Maine McDerment Dillard Timbilla Pierre-Louis Hill North Texas McDerment Dillard Timbilla Pierre-Louis Hill Florida State McDerment Dillard Timbilla Pierre-Louis Hill Central Florida Harvard American Holy Cross Georgia State Ohio Boston U. St. Bonaventure Saint Louis Saint Joseph s La Salle G. Washington Fordham Richmond St. Bonaventure Rhode Island La Salle George Mason Duquesne Davidson VCU Dayton Rhode Island How The Opposition Finished Last Year (Through games of Wednesday, March 19, 2014 // RPI & SOS provided by RealTimeRPI.com) Team Record RPI Rank SOS Rank American (.5603) 127 (.5067) Boston University (.4762) 132 (.5047) Central Florida (.4739) 81 (.5369) Central Michigan (.5907) 59 (.5519) Dayton (.6258) 62 (.5507) Duquesne (.5533) 83 (.5353) Florida State (.5915) 26 (.5767) Fordham (.5880) 114 (.5133) George Mason (.4269) 182 (.4865) George Washington (.5626) 87 (.5314) Georgia State (.4359) 294 (.4532) Harvard (.5556) 197 (.4835) Holy Cross (.5325) 137 (.5022) La Salle (.5010) 144 (.4990) Maine (.4723) 315 (.4416) North Texas (.4601) 151 (.4974) Ohio (.4521) 130 (.5061) Richmond (.5250) 98 (.5259) Rhode Island (.3745) 282 (.4568) Saint Joseph s (.6120) 34 (.5732) Saint Louis (.4768) 125 (.5068) St. Bonaventure (.5692) 109 (.5162) VCU (.5468) 215 (.4785) Western Michigan (.4543) 251 (.4655) MASSACHUSETTS (.4069) 145 (.4989) 5 Griffith Joins Coaching Staff Yolanda Griffith, a two-time Olympic gold medal-winning member of the U.S. National Team and WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, joined the UMass coaching staff on Sept. 5. Griffith, a 2014 first ballot inductee into the Women s Basketball Hall of Fame, played 11 seasons in the WNBA and was the 2005 finals MVP when Sacramento won the WNBA Championship. Most recently, Griffith assisted at Lafayette in after she spent two seasons as a coach on the Dartmouth staff in Wielgus Named Assistant Coach Chris Wielgus was elevated from director of operations to assistant coach ahead of the season. Wielgus served as the director of operations during and has 30 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level. Wielgus was the women s basketball coach at Dartmouth for 28 years ( ; ), where she led the Big Green to seven NCAA Tournament appearances and two WNIT berths. She also coached the Fordham Rams to 37 victories over a two-season span from and has 436 victories as a collegiate head coach in total. Olson To Fill Operations Role Kellie Olson took over as the women s basketball director of operations Sept. 4, Olson brought a wealth of experience within the corporate realm to the position as she has worked for UPS as an accounts executive and UMass Athletics with the Learfield Sports Marketing team. Olson competed for the Stetson women s basketball program from after two seasons at Mesa Junior College. Following completion of her competitive career, Olson stayed involved in basketball as an official. She has refereed games since 2010, including ECAC Division III (2012) and Northeast-10 Division II (2013) contests. She is the granddaughter of legendary Arizona men s basketball head coach and NCAA Champion Lute Olson. Turning Them Aside Rashida Timbilla ranked among the conference leaders in blocked shots per game in Timbilla accumulated a team-leading 25 stuffs over 28 appearances for an average of 0.9 per game, the 12thmost in the Atlantic 10. Through 61 career games at UMass, including the start of the season, Timbilla has 48 blocks, the 14th-most in program history and only two from tying Yolanda Rayside (50; ) for 13th. The Canadian Connection UMass women s basketball has had eight Canadian players compete for the program in the history of the squad including Kim Pierre-Louis and Rashida Timbilla. The list also included sisters Alisha Tatham ( ) and Tamara Tatham ( ), Cleo Foster ( ), Carolann Cloutier ( ), JoAnn Dupuis ( ) and Stephanie Lawrence ( ). The Minutewomen have had at least one Canadian-born player on their roster for each of the previous 13 seasons dating back to Foster s arrival in Amherst ahead of the 2001 campaign.

6 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Coaching Staff Head Coach SHARON DAWLEY Fifth Season At UMass // 21st Season As Head Coach Overall // St. Anselm 83 Sharon Dawley was named as the 10th head coach in the history of the University of Massachusetts women s basketball program on April 6, 2010, and begins her fifth season at the helm for the Minutewomen in In her first season in Amherst, Dawley coached her squad to one of the best three point shooting percentages in the country, highlighted by Cerie Mosgrove, who led the nation with 49.7 percent clip from beyond the arc. Mosgrove, one of several Minutewomen who enjoyed career years under Dawley s guidance in , went on to win the National Women s Three-Point Shooting Championship at the men s Final Four in Houston, Texas. Simultaneously, Dawley and her staff helped 2013 graduate Jasmine Watson develop into one of the most successful players in program history. Watson eclipsed 1,000 career points during the first game of her senior season to become the 19th member of the UMass women s basketball 1,000-point club while she capped her career among the top-20 all-time in more than a dozen program statistical categories. Dawley came to UMass after a highly successful tenure with the Catamounts that included two consecutive America East Championships ( and ) and three straight postseason berths. In seven seasons at Vermont, Dawley posted a mark of (.598) and holds a career record of (.539) through 20 seasons as a head coach. She became the winningest coach in Vermont women s basketball history when the Catamounts upset No. 7-seed Wisconsin in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on March 21, 2010, the program s first NCAA tournament victory. Under Dawley s guidance, Vermont earned an automatic NCAA Tournament berth as a No. 10 seed after successfully defending its America East Tournament title in The Catamounts defeated top-seeded and No. 21-ranked Hartford in the conference championship game, UVM posted a record of 27-7 that season, the third-highest wins total for the program all-time, and led the nation with 18 road victories. Dawley earned her 100th career win at Vermont with a victory over Hartford in the semifinals of the 2009 America East Championship as UVM went on to capture its first conference title since The Catamounts made their first NCAA Tournament appearance in nine years where the squad fell to eventual national champion Connecticut. 6 During Dawley s stint at Vermont, 23-of-28 players that played earned America East academic and/or athletic accolades. She coached a player of the year, defensive player of the year, rookie of the year, two-time scholar-athlete and two-time most outstanding player at the America East Tournament. Under Dawley s direction, the Catamounts earned six allconference picks, four all-rookie nods and two all-academic team honors. In , Dawley guided Vermont to one of its best seasons in the program s existence. The Catamounts went 24-9 overall, recording the fourth most wins all-time, and were the America East runners-up during the regular season with a 13-3 league mark. UVM also earned its second trip to the WNIT in school history and the first postseason appearance in Dawley s tenure in The Catamounts drew regional rival Dartmouth in the first round and Dawley faced her former mentor Chris Wielgus on the opposing sideline. Vermont defeated the Big Green for the team s third postseason victory all-time and advanced Sharon Dawley s Year-By-Year Coaching Record Year Program Position Record Postseason Notes Tufts Head Coach 14-7 NIAC Finalists Tufts Head Coach 16-6 NIAC Finalists Tufts Head Coach 19-3 NIAC Championship Tufts Head Coach 13-7 NIAC Finalists Tufts Head Coach NIAC Finalists Tufts Head Coach 16-5 ECAC Semifinals Tufts Head Coach 17-7 ECAC Semifinals Tufts Head Coach 15-6 ECAC Semifinals Tufts Head Coach Dartmouth Assistant Coach Ivy League Champions Dartmouth Assistant Coach Ivy League Champions/NCAA 1st Round Dartmouth Assistant Coach Dartmouth Assistant Coach Dartmouth Associate Head Coach Dartmouth Associate Head Coach 19-9 Ivy League Champions/NCAA 1st Round Dartmouth Associate Head Coach 20-8 Ivy League Champions/NCAA 1st Round Dartmouth Associate Head Coach Dartmouth Associate Head Coach Dartmouth Associate Head Coach Vermont Head Coach America East Quarterfinals Vermont Head Coach America East Semifinals Vermont Head Coach 9-18 America East Quarterfinals Vermont Head Coach America East Semifinals Vermont Head Coach 24-9 WNIT Second Round Vermont Head Coach America East Champs/NCAA 1st Round Vermont Head Coach 27-7 America East Champs/NCAA 2nd Round Massachusetts Head Coach 7-23 Atlantic 10 Tournament First Round Massachusetts Head Coach Massachusetts Head Coach Massachusetts Head Coach 4-27 Atlantic 10 Tournament Play-In Game Massachusetts Head Coach Overall 31st Year Four Programs NCAA Tournament Appearances 1 WNIT Appearance As Head Coach 21st Year Three Programs NCAA Tournament Appearances 1 WNIT Appearance At UMass Fifth Year Head Coach At Vermont Seven Years Head Coach NCAA Tournament Appearances 1 WNIT Appearance 2 America East Championships At Dartmouth 10 Years Assistant Coach/ NCAA Tournament Appearances Associate Head Coach 4 Ivy League Titles At Tufts Nine Years Head Coach NIAC Championship 5 NIAC Finals Appearances 3 ECAC Appearances

7 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Coaching Staff to the second round of the WNIT for the second time in the program s annals. In , Dawley led UVM to a record and a third place finish in America East. She guided the Catamounts to a 13-3 start and the year was highlighted with Vermont s first-ever win over a ranked opponent when the Catamounts upset No. 22 Boston College in the championship game of the URI Invitational. After being picked to finish eighth in the league s preseason poll, Dawley coached Vermont to a No. 3 seed in the America East Championship and the Catamounts advanced to the semifinals. The Catamounts were also named one of the most improved teams in the country at the Division I level following the campaign. In Dawley s first season on the Vermont sidelines ( ), she posted the best start by a first-year head coach at Vermont, guiding the Catamounts to a 6-2 mark to begin the season. Vermont finished the year with a record of and wrapped up the regular season with victories over No. 1 Maine, No. 2 Binghamton and No. 4 Albany on the road. Vermont s victory at Maine snapped the Black Bear s 31-game conference win streak. Under Dawley s guidance, the Vermont women s basketball team also enjoyed success in the classroom. During her seven years at the helm of the Catamounts, her student-athletes earned 55 America East Academic Honor Roll citations, including 23 nominations to the America East Commissioner s Academic Honor Roll for achieving a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or higher. On Dawley s watch, May Kotsopoulos earned the America East Women s Basketball Scholar-Athlete honor twice heading into the season. Three of Dawley s players at Vermont were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District I Women s Basketball First Team and Kotsopoulos became the third player in school history to be tabbed an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American in Amy Rosenkrantz `09 and Kotsopoulos were candidates for the Lowe s Senior CLASS Women s Basketball Award in back-to-back years, as well. In , Dawley s first year at Vermont, the Catamounts ranked 10th out of the top 25 Division I teams selected to the Women s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for Division I. The award recognizes the nation s highest team grade point averages for that season. Prior to arriving at Vermont, Dawley spent 10 years as a member of the women s basketball staff at Dartmouth College. She served as an assistant coach from and was promoted to associate head coach under Chris Wielgus in July of Before joining the Dartmouth staff, Dawley served as head women s basketball coach at Tufts University for nine seasons. She compiled a record of (.688). Dawley led the Jumbos to a Northeast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship in just her third season ( ). Tufts reached the NIAC title game in her first five seasons. The Jumbos advanced to the ECAC Championship semifinals in three of Dawley s final four seasons, the first postseason appearances in the program s history. In October of 2009, Dawley was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. She was one of two inductees in the Division I College Women s Coaches category. A native of Revere, Mass., Dawley earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from St. Anselm College (Manchester, N.H.) in Dawley s Assistant Coaching Staff ASSISTANT COACH/Recruiting Coordinator JEN MACAULAY Years Program Position Postseason Notes Carleton Univ. Assistant Coach N/A New Hampshire Graduate Assistant 2 America East Tournaments Vermont Assistant Coach 2 America East Championships/ 2 NCAA Tournaments 2010-pr. Massachusetts Assistant Coach 2 Atlantic 10 Tournaments Assistant Coach Yolanda Griffith Years Program Position Postseason Notes 2009 Indiana (WNBA) Adjunct Assistant Coach WNBA Finalists Dartmouth Assistant Coach Lafayette Assistant Coach 1 Patriot League Tournament 2014-pr. Massachusetts Assistant Coach - Assistant Coach Chris Wielgus Years Program Position Postseason Notes Dartmouth Head Coach 4 Ivy League Championships/ 1 NCAA Tournament Fordham Head Coach 1 Patriot League Championship Dartmouth Head Coach 8 Ivy League Championships/ 6 NCAA Tournaments/ 1 WNIT Appearance Massachusetts Director of Operations 1 Atlantic 10 Tournament 2014-pr. Massachusetts Assistant Coach - Dawley s Marquee Head Coaching Victories First Division I Win Vermont 72, St. Francis (Pa.) 51; 11/21/03 25th Division I Win Vermont 90, Albany 72; 2/16/05 50th Division I Win Vermont 71, Maine 57; 1/14/07 75th Division I Win Vermont 65, Boston University 56; 2/23/08 100th Division I Win Vermont 66, Hartford 56; 3/4/09 125th Division I Win Vermont 69, Boston University 52; 3/7/10 150th Head Coaching Win Overall Vermont 70, UMBC 58; 3/3/04 175th Head Coaching Win Overall Vermont 57, New Hampshire 54; 3/6/06 200th Head Coaching Win Overall Vermont 80, Harvard 64; 12/16/08 225th Head Coaching Win Overall Vermont 77, Stony Brook 42; 1/14/09 250th Head Coaching Win Overall Vermont 92, Albany 47; 1/10/10 275th Head Coaching Win Overall Massachusetts 58, Siena 53; 12/21/11 First Win At UMass Massachusetts 78, Brown 55; 12/1/10 First A-10 Win At UMass Massachusetts 75, Rhode Island 64; 1/8/11 First Postseason Win Vermont 80, Binghamton 65 (America East Tournament); 3/10/05 First America East Championship Vermont 74, Boston University 66; 3/15/09 Second America East Championship Vermont 55, #21 Hartford 50; 3/12/10 First WNIT Win Vermont 69, Dartmouth 50; 3/20/08 First NCAA Tournament Win Vermont 64, Wisconsin 55; 3/21/10 7

8 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Game Notes Associated Press Top-25 Week Three Rankings (Nov. 24) Rk. Team Record Pts. 1 South Carolina (21) Notre Dame (12) Connecticut (1) Tennessee Stanford Texas (1) Texas A&M Duke Kentucky Maryland North Carolina Louisville Baylor California Nebraska Michigan State Iowa Depaul Oregon State Oklahoma State Rutgers T22 Syracuse T22 Georgia T22 West Virginia Mississippi State Receiving Votes: Gonzaga 54, Oklahoma 24, Vanderbilt 15, N.C. State 15, Minnesota 14, James Madison 12, Purdue 10, Florida State 9, Arkansas 8, Arizona State 8, St. John s 6, Western Kentucky 4, UCLA 4, Green Bay 3, South Florida 1, Iowa State 1, Washington State 1, Arkansas-Little Rock 1 USA Today Coaches TOP-25 Week Three Rankings (Nov. 25) Rk. Team Record Pts. 1 Notre Dame (14) South Carolina (14) Connecticut (2) Stanford Tennessee Texas A&M Duke Maryland Texas (2) Kentucky Louisville North Carolina Baylor California Nebraska Iowa Michigan State Depaul Oklahoma State Oregon State West Virginia Syracuse James Madison Rutgers Georgia Receiving Votes: Mississippi State 53, Oklahoma 34, Vanderbilt 27, Gonzaga 20, Virginia 15, St. John s 14, Florida State 13, Richmond 9, Oregon 8, South Florida 7, Green Bay 7, Western Kentucky 6, N.C. State 6, Albany 5, Purdue 3, Dayton 3, Arizona State 2, Seton Hall 1, Arkansas-Little Rock 1, Tulane 1 TEAM Atlantic 10 Statistics (Through the end of the season) Category Conference-Only All Games Scoring Offense 61.1 (11) 62.3 (9) Scoring Defense 82.5 (13) 79.9 (13) Scoring Margin (13) (13) Field Goal Percentage.366 (11).372 (11) Field Goal Defense.448 (13).442 (13) 3-Point FGs Made/Game 2.9 (13) 3.6 (12) 3-Point FG Percentage.257 (13).272 (12) 3-Point FG Defense.343 (11).346 (13) Free Throw Percentage.641 (12).646 (11) Rebounding Offense 36.6 (9) 37.8 (9) Rebounding Defense 45.8 (13) 42.6 (12) Rebounding Margin -9.2 (13) -4.8 (13) Offensive Rebounds 12.4 (t-4) 12.4 (8) Defensive Rebounds 24.2 (11) 25.4 (11) Blocked Shots/Game 3.0 (4) 2.7 (9) Assists/Game 13.4 (9) 12.9 (8) Steals/Game 5.4 (t-8) 5.0 (12) Turnover Margin (13) (13) Assist-To-Turnover Ratio 0.8 (10) 0.7 (11) Individual Atlantic 10 Statistics (Through the end of the season) Massachusetts Specialty Stats Game In Paint Off T/O 2nd Chance Fast Break Bench Western Michigan Central Michigan Maine North Texas Florida State Central Florida Harvard American Holy Cross Georgia State Ohio Boston U. St. Bonaventure Saint Louis Saint Joseph s La Salle G. Washington Fordham Richmond St. Bonaventure Rhode Island La Salle George Mason Duquesne Davidson VCU Dayton Rhode Island OVERALL PER GAME Individual Category Conf-Only All Games E. Mital 3-PT FG Pct (9) 3-PT FGs Made/Gm (12) K. Pierre-Louis Scoring 14.4 (9) - Field Goal Pct..470 (11).483 (5) Rebs/Gm 7.6 (9) 6.6 (14) Off. Rebs/Gm 3.4 (2) 3.3 (3) R. Timbilla Rebounds/Gm 6.8 (15) 7.4 (11) Blocked Shots 1.1 (t-6) 0.9 (12) Def. Rebs/Gm 5.2 (t-11) 5.5 (9) Assists/Game (13) Ast-Trn Ratio (14) Steals 1.4 (t-11) - Birthday... It s Your Birthday! January 25, 1994 January 30, 1981 February 6, 1996 February 12, 1995 May 8, 1996 June 24, 1993 July 19, 1995 July 27, 1992 August 11, 1993 August 27, 1991 September 25, 1993 October 7, 1995 December 9, 1992 Victoria Stewart Heather Gagne Ciara Rosten Kymber Hill Cierra Dillard Amber Dillon Alyx Stiff Rashida Timbilla Kim Pierre-Louis Paula Tarnachowicz Mike Patterson Maggie Mulligan Emily Mital 8

9 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Game Notes Hi, My Name Is... The Minutewomen play three consecutive firsttime opponents during with games against North Texas, Florida State and UCF. UMass defeated North Texas, before the squad fell to the Seminoles, The contest against the University of Central Florida represents the final of the season versus an opponent the Minutewomen have not previously faced at least once. Mital, The Scholar Senior guard Emily Mital received a pair of Atlantic 10 Commissioner s Honor Roll awards during Mital, a kinesiology major and a member of the University of Massachusetts Dean s List, was also chosen for the Atlantic 10 Commissioner s Honor Roll following the Spring 2013 semester to give her three nods to the two-per-year academic listing in four semesters eligible for it. Pierre-Louis Steady Start Kim Pierre-Louis has scored in double-figures in four of UMass five games so far this year, with a season-best 19 against North Texas. She averages 13.8 scored per game to lead the Minutewomen and rank 12th in the Atlantic 10 as of games played on Friday, Nov. 28. Random Identical Scheduling The men s and women s basketball programs played the same opponent, Florida State, on the same day, Sunday, Nov. 23, in neutral site games during non-conference tournaments. The team s split the random set of games with UMass men s basketball winning and the Florida State women s team taking home the victory. Dialed In From Distance Emily Mital provided a consistent presence from beyond the arc as a junior in as she hit 36.6 percent of her attempts from long distance (52-of-142), the ninth-highest percentage in the Atlantic 10 Conference. She was one of only 11 league competitors to make at least 36.0 percent of her attempts and qualify for the top-15 in three-point field goal percentage. Mital was also 12th in the Atlantic 10 for made three-point field goals per game (1.7). Improving Accuracy Emily Mital has improved her three-point conversion rate over each of her three completed seasons at UMass. She connected on 20.5 percent as a freshman (8-of-39), was 48-for-151 as a sophomore (31.8 percent) and hit 36.6 percent of her treys (52-of-142) in Including the start of her senior season, Mital is 114-of-352 on treys as a Minutewoman (32.8 percent) five games into her senior season. It is the seventh-most made threes in program history and 14 shy of tying Kim Benton ( ) for sixth-most. TImbilla AMong All-Time UMass Rebounders With an appearance vs. St. Bonaventure on Feb. 8, 2014, Rashida Timbilla played in her 50th game with at UMass, the minimum required to be eligible for the program s top-20 for rebounding average. Timbilla averages 7.9 boards per appearance (472), tied for the fourth-highest in program history with Octavia Thomas (7.9; ). Timbilla led the Minutewomen in rebounding during both of her completed collegiate campaigns. She had 241 over 29 games as a freshman and provided 207 in 28 appearances during The Ottawa, Ontario, native has 39 rebounds through five games as a junior for an average of 7.8 per contest. Women s Basketball Career Rebounding Average Leaders Rank Minutewoman Years Games Rebs. Reb. Avg. 1. Jennifer Butler , Lu-Ann Fletcher Julie Ready Rashida Timbilla 2012-pr Octavia Thomas Ginger Legare Melissa Gurile Maura Supinski Jeanine Michealsen Martha Ready Jasmine Watson Tamara Tatham Tara Lewis Teya Wright Nancy O Neil THE Atlantic 10 CONFERENCE (Through games on Friday, Nov. 28) Rk. Team A-10 Pct. Overall Pct. 1. Richmond Fordham George Mason George Washington Davidson La Salle St. Bonaventure VCU Dayton Massachusetts Rhode Island Saint Louis Duquesne Saint Joseph s Atlantic 10 Schedule & recent Scores Wednesday, November 26, 2014 Dayton 72, Providence 56 William & Mary 56, VCU 48 Thursday, November 27, 2014 Central Michigan 61, Richmond 56 Friday, November 28, 2014 Fordham 74, Incarnate Word 42 George Washington 74, North Carolina State 66 La Salle 71, LIU Brooklyn 66 Mercer 80, Saint Louis 75 Rhode Island 60, Towson 49 Abilene Christian 88, George Mason 86 Saturday, November 29, 2014 Duquesne vs. Jackson State - Noon Saint Joseph s vs. Saint Francis (N.Y.) - Noon Rhode Island at LIU Brooklyn - 2:00 p.m. George Mason vs. Mississippi Valley State - 2:00 p.m. George Washington vs. Purdue - 3:15 p.m. Richmond vs. Arkansas - 4:00 p.m. La Salle vs. Towson - 4:30 p.m. Sunday, November 30, 2014 Saint Joseph s vs. TBD - TBA Duquesne vs. TBD - TBA St. Bonaventure vs. Binghamton - 1:00 p.m. Davidson at Rutgers - 1:00 p.m. Massachusetts vs. Central Florida - 2:00 p.m. Fordham vs. Drake - 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 2, 2014 VCU at UNC Wilmington - 7:00 p.m. St. Bonaventure vs. Colgate - 7:00 p.m. Davidson vs. North Carolina A&T - 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Duquesne vs. Kent State - 11:00 a.m. Saint Louis at Tulsa - 12:30p.m. George Mason vs. ETSU - 5:00 p.m. Dayton vs. Wright State - 7:00 p.m. Richmond at James Madison - 7:00 p.m. Massachusetts vs. Harvard - 7:00 p.m. La Salle at Robert Morris - 7:00 p.m. Rhode Island vs. Brown - 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 4, 2014 Saint Joseph s vs. Lehigh - 7:00 p.m. Friday, December 5, 2014 VCU at Old Dominion - 7:00 p.m. Fordham vs. Seton Hall - 7:00 p.m.

10 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Game Notes She Gets Buckets Kim Pierre-Louis provided a consistent shot in and around the paint as a junior in , which led her to hold the fifth-highest field goal percentage in the Atlantic 10 at.483 as she finished 166-for-344 from the floor. Her percentage made her one of only seven Atlantic 10 women s basketball players who qualified for the top-15 listing with a mark at or above 48.0 percent. For her career, Pierre-Louis has never shot less than 44.4 percent for a season and has made 250 of her 515 attempts as a Minutewoman (48.5 percent). She was 20-of-43 as a freshman (46.5 percent) and 32-for-72 over her sophomore campaign (44.4 percent). This season she is 32-of-56 for a.571 field goal percentage. Taking Care Of The Rock Despite drawing two defenders at times, Rashida Timbilla took care of the ball in her 28 appearances as a sophomore and earned a 1.1 assist-toturnover ratio as a result. Timbilla turned it over 75 times but dished out 86 assists - the most among all Minutewomen - to counter the turnovers. She has led or tied for the team-high on the squad in assists during 15 contests during and averaged a team-high 3.1 per appearance, the 13th-most in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Ottawa, Ontario, native also appeared on the league s assist-to-turnover top-15 in 14th place overall. Timbilla as the only forward to earn a spot on the conference s top-15 for assists per game for assist-to-turnover ratio. Pierre-Louis Then Vs. Now One season removed from playing sparingly as a sophomore, Kim Pierre-Louis established herself as a strong around-the-basket scoring threat over the course of the schedule. Pierre-Louis led the Minutewomen with 13.1 points per game - just outside the top-15 for the Atlantic 10. In comparison, during her sophomore season Pierre-Louis only produced 4.4 points per game. Before that, the Ottawa, Ontario, native averaged just 2.9 points and 4.6 minutes played per game as a freshman. Through five games as a senior, Pierre-Louis leads UMass with 13.8 points per game. She is 32-of-56 from the floor so far (57.1 percent) and is 12th in the Atlantic 10 rankings for most points per game. International Appeal Among the 13 Minutewomen on the active roster at the start of the season are four international players hailing for three countries. A pair, Kim Pierre-Louis and Rashida Timbilla, come from the same city, Ottawa, Ontario, while Paula Tarnachowicz originates from Gdynia, Poland, and Leah McDerment hails from Stockport, England. The four internationally-born players are tied for the second-most on one season s roster in program history with the and campaigns. The squad has had at least one international student-athlete active on the roster in each of the last 15 seasons and 20 of the previous 21. Tamara Tatham Represents Team Canada At FIBA Worlds Former University of Massachusetts women s basketball standout Tamara Tatham ( ) represented her alma mater and her country with inclusion on the Team Canada roster for the 2014 FIBA World Championship. The Canadian National Team and Tatham finished in fifth place after the squad entered competition ranked No. 9 internationally. Canada defeated China, the Czech Republic, France and Mozambique during the seven-game tournament. Tatham has represented her country since 2006 and was a featured member of the teams fielded at the 2012 Olympic Games as well as the FIBA Americas Tournaments. Cleaning The Glass Rashida Timbilla continued her run as one of the most successful rebounders in the Atlantic 10 Conference as a sophomore in The Ottawa, Ontario, native averaged 7.4 boards per game over 28 appearances and finished 11th in the A-10 for rebounding average. Timbilla was also ninth for defensive rebounds (5.5) and chipped in the second-most offensive rebounds per game (1.9) among all Minutewomen behind Kim Pierre-Louis 3.3, which ranked Pierre- Louis third in the conference. As a freshman, Timbilla ripped down a team-high 241 rebounds, including 110 off of the offensive glass. It marked the seventh-most boards in the Atlantic 10, making her the only underclassman in the top-15 and the lone freshman among the 20 best in the conference. Among all first-year players in UMass women s basketball history, Timbilla s 241 rebounds ranks as the second-highest total for a freshmen in the 45-year history of the program Leaderboard Scoring Career Kim Pierre-Louis 3 17 Rashida Timbilla 1 9 Emily Mital - 6 Kymber Hill - 3 Cierra Dillard 1 1 Rebounding Career Rashida Timbilla 2 36 Kim Pierre-Louis 1 16 Kymber Hill 2 6 Paula Tarnachowicz - 1 Emily Mital - 1 Assists Career Rashida Timbilla 4 24 Emily Mital - 9 Amber Dillon 2 3 Alyx Stiff 1 2 Cierra Dillard 1 1 Maggie Mulligan 1 1 Kim Pierre-Louis - 1 Minutes Career Rashida Timbilla 4 26 Cierra Dillard 1 1 Emily Mital - 22 Kim Pierre-Louis - 1 Double-Digit Scoring Career Emily Mital - 26 Kim Pierre-Louis 3 25 Rashida Timbilla 3 23 Kymber Hill 1 6 Amber Dillon - 2 Cierra Dillard 1 1 Alyx Stiff - 1 Double-Digit Rebounding Career Rashida Timbilla 1 18 Kymber Hill 1 1 Kim Pierre-Louis - 6 Double-Doubles Career Rashida Timbilla 1 11 Kymber Hill 1 1 Kim Pierre-Louis Point Games Career Kim Pierre-Louis - 4 Rashida Timbilla Point Games Career Kim Pierre-Louis - 1 Rashida Timbilla

11 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Game Notes Thomas Joins A-10 Legends UMass standout Octavia Thomas was one of 13 former A-10 women s basketball student-athletes named to the conference s Legends Class of Thomas provided UMass women s basketball with 1,791 points and 903 rebounds during her four-year career as she led the Minutewomen to the 1995 WNIT and 1996 NCAA Tournament. George Trigger Burke was an all-america selection in 1956 as he also took in All-East, All-New England, All-Yankee Conference and all-boston Garden. She was honored along with 12 women s hoops compatriots and the 13 men s basketball inductees during the 2014 Atlantic 10 Championship. Champions Center Update The UMass Athletic Department is in the process of constructing a dedicated basketball training facility directly South of the Mullins Center. The facility is scheduled to be completed by Summer 2015 and will give the basketball programs their first dedicated practice and training facility. At $28.5 million, it will be a 53,000 square foot complex that will be the new home for program daily operations. The official name of the facility is the John Francis Kennedy Champions Center For UMass Basketball. Kennedy is responsible for the lead gift to the project of $11 million. Alyssa Lawrence Transfers In Alyssa Lawrence joined the women s basketball team ahead of Lawrence will sit out as per NCAA transfer policy and will be a redshirtsophomore in Lawrence, a native of New Rochelle, New York, played for San Diego State University as a freshman in Prior to that, she attended The Ursuline School and competed for AAU programs Ring City and the New Jersey Sparks. Lawrence was an allleague and all-section honoree and received a threestar grade from ESPN HoopGurlz. Watson Balling In Romania Former University of Massachusetts women s basketball center Jasmine Watson ( ) currently plays overseas for CSM Targoviste of the Romania National League. She previously competed for ASC Sepsi, another squad in the same league, following her graduation from the University of Massachusetts in the Spring of Watson, a four-year starter for the Minutewomen, averages 9.2 points per game and 6.0 rebounds in each contest as the starting center for Targoviste, which opened the year with a 11-2 start. She is the latest in a long line of former Minutewomen to compete professionally overseas, which also includes alumnae Jennifer Butler (France, Slovakia, Turkey), Kate Mills (Portugal, Spain), Cerie Mosgrove (Luxembourg), Pam Rosanio (Italy, Sweden), Alisha Tatham (Belgium, Canada, Switzerland), Tamara Tatham (Canada, Finland, Germany, Slovakia) and Megan Zullo (Romania). Three Newcomers Debut Cierra Dillard, Maggie Mulligan and Ciara Rosten each signed their NLI to attend the University of Massachusetts and compete for the women s basketball program during 2013 signing day. The trio made their first appearances with the team during the Western Michigan game and combined for 30 points at Central Michigan. Dillard, a 2012 honorable mention all-american, finished her scholastic career as the all-time leading scorer in Gates Chili High School history and was one of only 20 girls in New York State Section V history with more than 2,000 career points. She was ranked a three-star recruit by ESPN. At 6-foot-2, Mulligan will add length and height to the UMass squad. She finished her playing days at Boston Latin High School with 1,010 points, 803 rebounds and 525 assists and was named USA Today All-Massachusetts in Rosten, also 6-foot-2, was a 1,000-point scorer at Maryvale High School in Cheektowaga, New York, and was also nominated to the 2014 McDonalds All-American Game alongside Dillard. Rosten was a New York State Sportswriters and Coaches Organization All-New York selection and is the only Lady Flyer in Maryvale history to earn a triple-double. Lucky Number 17 Kim Pierre-Louis earned her first collegiate doubledouble on the strength of 17 points and 17 rebounds at Dartmouth during the Blue Sky Classic at Leede Arena on Dec. 30, Pierre-Louis rebounding total marks the most in a single game for one Minutewoman since Kate Mills pulled down 19 against Dayton on March 7, 2008, a span of 161 games. Pierre-Louis has since added four more doubledouble and led UMass with five total over the season. Timbilla has the most among Minutewomen with 11 currently. Taking The Balanced Approach UMass had five players score in double-figures during its game at George Mason on Feb. 8, the second time in the Minutewomen had as many eclipse 10 points in a single game after not recording such a performance during Massachusetts also had five score in double-digits against George Washington on Jan. 29, The most recent occurrence prior to the season was on Dec. 21, 2010, when UMass had five score in double-figures against Miami (Ohio). 11

12 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Game Notes Massachusetts Team Superlatives Points at Central Michigan (11/16/14) Field Goals Made vs. Maine (11/19/14) Field Goal Attempts at Central Michigan (11/16/14) Field Goal Percentage...(.571; 24-42)... at Central Michigan (11/16/14) 3-Point Field Goals Made vs. Maine (11/19/14) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts at Central Michigan (11/16/14) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage...(.667; 4-6)... vs. Maine (11/19/14) Free Throws Made twice, last vs. Florida State (11/23/14) Free Throw Attempts at North Texas (11/21/14) Free Throw Percentage...(.762; 16-21)... vs. Maine (11/19/14) Rebounds at North Texas (11/21/14) Assists vs. Maine (11/19/14) Steals at Central Michigan (11/19/14) Blocked Shots at Western Michigan (11/14/14) Massachusetts Opponent Superlatives Points vs. Florida State (11/23/14) Field Goals Made twice, last vs. Florida State (11/23/14) Field Goal Attempts at Western Michigan (11/14/14) Field Goal Percentage...(.426; 26-61)... at Central Michigan (11/16/14) 3-Point Field Goals Made vs. Maine (11/19/14) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts vs. Maine (11/19/14) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage... (.429; 9-21).... at Central Michigan (11/16/14) Free Throws Made vs. Florida State (11/23/14) Free Throw Attempts vs. Florida State (11/23/14) Free Throw Percentage...(.875; 7-8)...at Western Michigan (11/14/14) Rebounds vs. Florida State (11/23/14) Assists at Central Michigan (11/16/14) Steals vs. Florida State (11/23/14) Blocked Shots at Central Michigan (11/16/14) Massachusetts Player SuperlativeS Points Kim Pierre-Louis vs. Maine (11/19/14) Field Goals Made Three times by Kim Pierre-Louis, last at North Texas (11/21/14) Field Goal Attempts Kim Pierre-Louis vs. Maine (11/19/14) Field Goal Percentage...(.750; 6-8)...Rashida Timbilla vs. Maine (11/19/14) 3-Point Field Goals Made Twice by Emily Mital, last at North Texas (11/21/14) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Emily Mital at Central Michigan (11/16/14) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage...(.500; 2-4)... Emily Mital vs. Maine (11/19/14) Free Throws Made Rashida Timbilla vs. Florida State (11/23/14) Free Throw Attempts Rashida Timbilla vs. Florida State (11/23/14) Free Throw Percentage... (1.000; 5-5).... Cierra Dillard at Central Michigan (11/16/14) Rebounds Rashida Timbilla at Central Michigan (11/16/14) Assists Rashida Timbilla vs. Maine (11/19/14) Steals Rashida Timbilla at Central Michigan (11/16/14) Blocked Shots Five times, last by Kim Pierre-Louis at North Texas (11/21/14) Massachusetts Opponent Player Superlatives Points Crystal Bradford at Central Michigan (11/16/14) Field Goals Made Three times, last by Adut Bulgak vs. Florida State (11/23/14) Field Goal Attempts Adut Bulgak vs. Florida State (11/23/14) Field Goal Percentage...(.833; 5-6)... Mikaela Gustafsson vs. Maine (11/19/14) 3-Point Field Goals Made Twice, last by Kerby Tamm at Central Michigan (11/16/14) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts Twice, last by Sophie Weckstrom vs. Maine (11/19/14) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage... (1.000; 2-2).... Three times, last by Courtney Anderson & Mikaela Gustafsson vs. Maine (11/19/14) Free Throws Made Ivey Slaughter vs. Florida State (11/23/14) Free Throw Attempts Ivey Slaughter vs. Florida State (11/23/14) Free Throw Percentage... (1.000; 4-4).... Jessica Green at Central Michigan (11/16/14) Rebounds Michelle O Brein at Western Michigan (11/14/14) Assists Twice, last by Jessica Green & Crystal Bradford at Central Michigan (11/16/14) Steals Crystal Bradford at Central Michigan (11/16/14) Blocked Shots Jessica Jessing at Western Michigan (11/14/14) 12

13 The Last Time... Massachusetts scored 100 points or more... Dec. 13, 1980 at Vermont (W, ) Massachusetts scored 90 points or more...jan. 22, 2008 vs. Yale (W, 91-57) Massachusetts scored 50 points or less...nov. 23, 2014 vs. Florida State (L, 73-47) Massachusetts scored 40 points or less... Dec. 1, 2012 at Miami (Ohio) (L, 50-40) Massachusetts gave up 100 points or more...feb. 12, 2014 at George Mason (L, ) Massachusetts gave up 90 points or more... Jan. 2, 2014 at VCU (L, ) Massachusetts gave up 40 points or less... Jan. 11, 2012 at Rhode Island (W, 46-39) Massachusetts won by 40+ points... Feb. 18, 1995 vs. Temple (W, 82-40) Massachusetts won an overtime game... Jan. 13, 2010 at Saint Louis (W, 62-59) Massachusetts lost an overtime game.... March 5, 2014 vs. George Mason (L, 85-75) Massachusetts made 10 or more three-pointers...nov. 10, 2012 vs. Kent State (10-of-28;.357) An opponent made 10 or more three-pointers... Nov. 10, 2014 vs. Maine (11-of-36;.306) UMass had a player score 25 or more points...march 5, 2014 vs. George Mason (Jasmine Harris - 26) UMass had a player score 30 or more points...nov. 28, 2010 at East Carolina (Shakia Robinson - 30) UMass had two players score 20 or more points....jan. 8, 2011 at Rhode Island (Jasmine Watson 27; Cerie Mosgrove - 25) UMass had a player score 20 or more points in back-to-back games....jasmine Harris (20 at Saint Louis; March 2, 2014 & 26 vs. George Mason; March 5, 2014) UMass had four players score double-figures... Feb. 5, 2014 at Rhode Island (J. Harris - 13; E. Mital - 13; K. Pierre-Louis - 11; A. Dillon - 10) UMass had five players score double-figures...feb. 12, 2014 at George Mason (K. Pierre-Louis - 15; J. Harris - 14; N. Henry - 13; E. Mital - 11; K. Bomben - 10) An opposing player scored 30 or more points....march 5, 2014 vs. George Mason (Taylor Brown - 35) An opposing player scored 40 or more points....dec. 4, 1997 at Maine (Cindy Blodgett - 40) UMass had a player record a triple-double....nov. 17, 2000 vs. Charlotte (Jennifer Butler - 19 points, 11 rebounds & 10 steals) UMass did not have a player score double-figures.... Jan. 27, 2013 at #17/16 Dayton (Jasmine Harris led UMass with eight points) UMass held an opponent without a double-digit scorer.... Jan. 11, 2012 at Rhode Island (Ashley Rivera led Rhode Island with nine points) UMass had two players record double-doubles in a game...feb. 2, 2011 vs. Duquesne (Cerie Mosgrove - 21 pts & 13 rebs; Jasmine Watson - 18 pts & 10 rebs) A Minutewoman had 15 or more rebounds in a game.... Dec. 30, 2013 at Dartmouth (Kim Pierre-Louis - 17) A Minutewoman had 20 or more rebounds in a game....march 6, 2003 vs. La Salle (Jennifer Butler - 23) A Minutewoman had 25 or more rebounds in a game....dec. 28, 2002 at Florida (Jennifer Butler - 30) A Minutewoman had 30 or more rebounds in a game....dec. 28, 2002 at Florida (Jennifer Butler - 30) A Minutewoman had 10+ assists....dec. 19, 2012 vs. Bowling Green (Nola Henry - 11) A Minutewoman had 15+ assists.... Feb. 14, 1986 vs. Temple (Christel Zullo - 15) An opposing player had 10+ assists...feb. 15, 2012 at Saint Louis (Janisha Gearlds - 10) A Minutewoman made 5 or more three-pointers...march 5, 2014 vs. George Mason (Jasmine Harris - 5) A Minutewoman made 8 or more three-pointers...never An opposing player made 5 or more threes.... Feb. 12, 2014 at George Mason (Sandra Ngoie - 5) An opposing player made 8 or more threes....never Massachusetts shot 60 pct. FG or better...nov. 10, 2012 vs. Kent State (.611; 33-of-54) Massachusetts shot 30 pct. FG or lower...dec. 19, 2013 at Bowling Green (.275; 14-of-51) An opponent shot 60 pct. FG or better...dec. 10, 2000 vs. Rutgers (.619; 26-of-42) An opponent shot 30 pct. FG or lower....dec. 28, 2012 vs. Siena (.279; 17-of-61) An opponent shot 25 pct. FG or lower....dec. 7, 2008 at Brown (.218; 12-of-55) Massachusetts forced 30 or more turnovers...nov. 17, 2000 vs. Charlotte (31) A Massachusetts opponent forced 30 or more turnovers... Jan. 18, 2014 vs. VCU (32) Massachusetts had 15 or more steals...feb. 10, 2010 at Temple (15) A Massachusetts opponent had 15 or more steals... Jan. 18, 2014 vs. VCU (16) Massachusetts blocked 10 or more shots in a game...nov. 29, 2012 at Ohio (11) A Massachusetts opponent had 10 or more blocked shots in a game....jan. 24, 2014 vs. Dayton (10) Massachusetts won 5 or more games in a row...nov. 10, Nov. 25, 2006; 5-game streak Massachusetts won 10 or more games in a row...never Massachusetts lost 5 or more games in a row....dec. 19, Feb. 19, 2014; 17-game streak Massachusetts lost 10 or more games in a row....dec. 19, Feb. 19, 2014; 17-game streak Massachusetts won 5 or more in a row at home... Feb. 10, Jan. 4, 2003; 7-game streak Massachusetts won 10 or more in a row at home...feb. 18, Feb. 27, 1996; 15-game streak Massachusetts won 15 or more in a row at home...feb. 18, Feb. 27, 1996; 15-game streak Massachusetts lost 5 or more in a row at home...dec. 4, Feb. 19, 2014; 8-game streak Massachusetts lost 10 or more in a row at home...jan. 16, Nov. 10, 2013; 12-game streak Massachusetts won 5 or more in a row away from home... Jan. 23, Feb. 21, 1998; 5-game streak Massachusetts won 10 or more in a row away from home...dec. 4, March 10, 1977; 11-game streak Massachusetts lost 5 or more in a row away from home....dec. 19, Nov. 16, 2014; 14-game streak Massachusetts lost 10 or more in a row away from home....dec. 19, Nov. 16, 2014; 14-game streak 13

14 Massachusetts Women s Basketball Expanded Results DATE TIME OPPONENT SCORE ATT. POINTS Leader REBOUNDS Leader ASSISTS Leader 11/14/14 8:30 p.m. at Western Michigan L, Pierre-Louis (16) Pierre-Louis (8) Dillon (1) Mulligan (1) Stiff (1) Timbilla (1) 11/16/14 1:00 p.m. at Central Michigan L, ,307 Dillard (16) Timbilla (12) Timbilla (5) 11/19/14 7:00 p.m. Maine W, Pierre-Louis (19) Hill (8) Timbilla (6) 11/21/14 8:00 p.m. at North Texas W, Pierre-Louis (18) Hill (10) Mital (3) 11/23/14 1:00 p.m. vs. Florida State L, Timbilla (15) Timbilla (6) Dillard (2) 11/30/14 2:00 p.m. Central Florida 12/03/14 7:00 p.m. Harvard 12/06/14 Noon American 12/14/14 2:00 p.m. Holy Cross 12/19/14 5:00 p.m. at Georgia State 12/20/14 4:00 p.m. vs. Ohio 12/28/14 2:00 p.m. at Boston U. 01/03/14 1:00 p.m. at St. Bonaventure 01/07/14 7:00 p.m. Saint Louis 01/10/14 2:00 p.m. at Saint Joseph s 01/15/14 7:00 p.m. La Salle 01/18/14 2:00 p.m. G. Washington 01/21/14 Noon at Fordham 01/24/14 2:00 p.m. at Richmond 01/31/14 2:00 p.m. St. Bonaventure 02/04/14 7:00 p.m. at Rhode Island 02/07/14 1:00 p.m. at La Salle 02/11/14 11:45 a.m. George Mason 02/14/14 1:00 p.m. Duquesne 02/18/14 7:00 p.m. Davidson 02/22/14 1:00 p.m. at VCU 02/26/14 7:00 p.m. at Dayton 03/01/14 2:00 p.m. Rhode Island 14

15 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Season Statistics UMass Season Statistics Massachusetts Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2014) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 04 PIERRE-LOUIS, Kim TIMBILLA, Rashida DILLARD, Cierra MITAL, Emily HILL, Kymber DILLON, Amber ROSTEN, Ciara TARNACHOWICZ, Pa STIFF, Alyx MULLIGAN, Maggie MCDERMENT, Leah STEWART, Victoria Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS UMASS OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS 5 9 Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Date Opponent Score Att. 11/14/14 at Western Michigan L /16/14 at Central Michigan L /19/14 MAINE W /21/14 at North Texas W /23/14 vs Florida State L * - Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Massachusetts Opponents

16 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Box Scores And Recaps game 1: Western Michigan 63, UMass 41 Fri., Nov. 14, 2014 // University Arena; Kalamazoo, Mich. Kim Pierre-Louis started her senior year with a 16-point, eight-rebound effort, but it was not enough in a loss at Western Michigan. Pierre-Louis was 8-of-15 from the floor and earned seven of her boards on the defensive glass. The Minutewomen started strong with seven consecutive points to open the game, but the Broncos took control with a 21-0 run covering eight minutes, 11 seconds of game action during the first half. The response turned the home side s 17-9 deficit into a lead with 1:26 left in the first half. The Minutewomen trailed by 13 at the half and, after a strong WMU start to the second, were unable to get within 18 the remainder of the way. Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Massachusetts vs Western Michigan 11/14/14 8:30 PM at Kalamazoo, MI (University Arena) Massachusetts Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA Off Def Tot ## Player FT-FTA PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 PIERRE-LOUIS, Kim * 15 DILLARD, Cierra * TIMBILLA, Rashida * MCDERMENT, Leah * HILL, Kymber * MULLIGAN, Maggie DILLON, Amber STIFF, Alyx ROSTEN, Ciara TARNACHOWICZ, Paula STEWART, Victoria MITAL, Emily Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % half: % Game: % Deadball 2nd Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % 1,1 FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Western Michigan Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA Off Def Tot ## Player FT-FTA PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 05 JOHNSON, A.J. * 10 WINDHAM, Jazmine * O'BRIEN, Michelle * MORTON, Alex * JESSING, Jessica * SHIPMAN, Meredith PARKS, Alexis SMITH, Najee CARLISLE, Aneisha BROOKS, LaTondra REEVES, Teagan Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % half: % Game: % Deadball 2nd Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % 0 FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: Game: % Officials: Technical fouls: Massachusetts-None. Western Michigan-None. Attendance: 782 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Massachusetts Western Michigan Last FG - UMASS 2nd-00:13, WMU 2nd-01:05. Largest lead - UMASS by 8 1st-10:23, WMU by 27 2nd-01:05. UMASS led for 11:22. WMU led for 27:44. Game was tied for 00:46. In Off 2nd Fast Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench UMASS WMU Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 1 time. game 3: UMass 68, Maine 60 Wed., Nov. 19, 2014 // Mullins Center; Amherst, Mass. Massachusetts women s basketball used balanced scoring to defeat Maine, 68-60, in the home-opener for UMass. Nine Minutewomen recorded points, led by Kim Pierre-Louis 19, as the squad shot 57.1 percent from the floor. The team s shooting percentage was its best since UMass shot 61.1 percent (33-54) versus Kent State on Nov. 10, a span of 61 games between outings. The Maroon and White went ahead for good during the middle of the second half when the Minutewomen went on a 12-0 run to stake themselves to a lead. Maine was unable to pull closed than within eight the rest of the way as UMass combined its team offense with a fiesty defense that created 17 turnovers to secure the win. Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Maine vs Massachusetts 11/19/14 7:00 PM at Amherst, MA (Mullins Center) Maine Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA Off Def Tot ## Player FT-FTA PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 05 Swan, Bella f 13 Gustafsson, Mikaela f Wood, Liz f Weckstrom, Sophie g Koizar, Sigi g Charles, Chantel Anderson, Courtney Bodine, Lauren Jones, Sheraton Rossignol, Parise Gerostergiou, Chris Johnson, Kirsten Heise, Anna Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Deadball Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % 3,1 FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Massachusetts Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA Off Def Tot ## Player FT-FTA PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 PIERRE-LOUIS, Kim f 23 TIMBILLA, Rashida f HILL, Kymber c DILLARD, Cierra g MCDERMENT, Leah g MULLIGAN, Maggie DILLON, Amber STIFF, Alyx ROSTEN, Ciara TARNACHOWICZ, Paula MITAL, Emily Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % half: % Game: % Deadball 2nd Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % 3 FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Officials: Margaret Tieman, Pastor Torres, Luis Torres Technical fouls: Maine-None. Massachusetts-None. Attendance: 356 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Maine Massachusetts Last FG - MAINE 2nd-00:30, UMASS 2nd-00:59. Largest lead - MAINE by 7 1st-17:02, UMASS by 16 2nd-05:38. MAINE led for 04:57. UMASS led for 34:20. Game was tied for 00:43. In Off 2nd Fast Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench MAINE UMASS Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 2 times. game 2: Central Michigan 72, UMass 70 Sun., Nov. 16, 2014 // McGuirk Arena; Mount Pleasant, Mich. The freshman class combined for 30 points, led by Cierra Dillard s 16, but Central Michigan squeaked out a victory over UMass. Dillard led UMass in scoring while Rashida Timbilla provided 14 points, 12 rebounds, seven steals and five assists. The game was decided by a 17-2 Chippewas run during the later half of the second stanza that turned a one-point CMU advantage into a margin. Despite the deficit, UMass clawed back to within four points during the final seconds on the strength of Dillard s closing ability. During the last five minutes, the freshman from Rochester, New York, provided UMass with nine points on a pair of field goals and a 4-of-4 stretch at the line. Leah McDerment nailed a late trey to reach the final score with two seconds to play. Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Massachusetts vs Central Michigan 11/16/14 1:00 PM at Mount Pleasant, MI (McGuirk Arena) Massachusetts Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA Off Def Tot ## Player FT-FTA PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 PIERRE-LOUIS, Kim f 31 HILL, Kymber f DILLARD, Cierra g TIMBILLA, Rashida g MCDERMENT, Leah g MULLIGAN, Maggie DILLON, Amber STIFF, Alyx ROSTEN, Ciara TARNACHOWICZ, Paula STEWART, Victoria MITAL, Emily Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % half: % Game: % Deadball 2nd Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % 7 FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Central Michigan Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA Off Def Tot ## Player FT-FTA PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 20 COTTON, Jewel f 32 BRACEY, Jas'Mine f GREEN, Jessica g TAMM, Kerby g BRADFORD, Crystal g TURNER, Da'Jourie JONES, Lorreal SWARY, Aleah BREEN, Cassandra CORLEY, Amani LYNN, Chelsea MOORE, Tinara HERRINGTON, Karli Team Totals game 4: UMass 56, North Texas 46 Friday., Nov. 21, 2014 // The Super Pit; Denton, Texas Kymber Hill recorded her first collegiate double-double and Kim Pierre-Louis scored 16 of her 18 points during the second half when UMass came back for a win at North Texas. The Minutewomen trailed by as many as 12 points during in the first but recovered during the second frame for the double-digit win. Pierre-Louis scored the first 14 UMass points of the second half as she went 7-of-7 from the floor while Texas native Emily Mital provided back-to-back treys and finished with nine points and a team-best three assists on the night. UMass closed the game on a 12-2 run spanning the final four minutes, 19 seconds of action to seal the win. Cierra Dillard started the streak with an and-one play while back-to-back layups from Hill iced the contest. Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Massachusetts vs North Texas 11/21/14 7:00 PM at Denton, TX (Super Pit) Massachusetts Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA Off Def Tot ## Player FT-FTA PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 PIERRE-LOUIS, Kim f 23 TIMBILLA, Rashida f HILL, Kymber f DILLARD, Cierra g MCDERMENT, Leah g MULLIGAN, Maggie DILLON, Amber STIFF, Alyx ROSTEN, Ciara TARNACHOWICZ, Paula STEWART, Victoria MITAL, Emily Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % half: % Game: % Deadball 2nd Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % 4 FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % North Texas Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA Off Def Tot ## Player FT-FTA PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 03 WYNN, Briesha f 05 JETER, Eboniey f TAC, Acheil f ADAMS, Candice g DAWKINS, BreAnna g JONES, Teadra WILLIAMS, Kasiney ELLISON, Terra FRIERSON, Bria WOMACK, Megan DAVIS, Kiara Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball Rebounds 1 FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % FT % 1st Half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball Rebounds 6 Officials: Michelle Del Duco, Tom Hallead, Andrew Bills Technical fouls: Massachusetts-None. Central Michigan-None. Attendance: 1307 UMASS #04 Kim Pierre-Louis Fouled out (2) UMASS #15 Cierra Dillard Fouled out (2) Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Massachusetts Central Michigan Last FG - UMASS 2nd-00:02, CMU 2nd-02:53. Largest lead - UMASS by 2 2nd-11:20, CMU by 16 2nd-04:55. UMASS led for 00:29. CMU led for 37:32. Game was tied for 01:57. In Off 2nd Fast Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench UMASS CMU Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 2 times. Officials: Victoria Francis, Marc Merritt, Metta Roberts Technical fouls: Massachusetts-None. North Texas-None. Attendance: 827 Hospitality Hill Challenge Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Massachusetts North Texas Last FG - UMASS 2nd-01:16, UNT 2nd-05:01. Largest lead - UMASS by 10 2nd-00:37, UNT by 12 1st-07:28. UMASS led for 10:23. UNT led for 26:07. Game was tied for 03:00. In Off 2nd Fast Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench UMASS UNT Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 9 times. 16

17 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Box Scores And Recaps game 5: [RV/RV] FLorida State 73, UMass 47 Sun., Nov. 23, 2014 // The Super Pit; Denton, Texas Rashida Timbilla provided a game-high 15 points for UMass, but the Minutewomen were unable to get by Florida State in a loss. Cierra Dillard added six points, four steals, two assists and a pair of rebounds as UMass closed played at North Texas Hospitality Hill Challenge. The Seminoles scored eight straight to start the game but UMass then kept within striking distance early on the strength of forced turnovers and scoring in the paint by Timbilla, who had six straight for UMass, with the final of those closing the gap to with 12:05 left in the first. FSU separated from UMass with a 12-3 streak ending with 77 seconds left in the first half, which gave the squad a lead the Minutewomen were unable to drop below 17 the rest of the way. Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Florida State vs Massachusetts 11/23/14 12:00 PM at Denton, TX (Super Pit) Florida State Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA Off Def Tot ## Player FT-FTA PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 01 Jones, Morgan f 23 Slaughter, Ivey f Bulgak, Adut c Brown, Brittany g Conwright, Maegan g Bingley, Emiah Thomas, Shakayla Richardson, Shakena Coleman, Lauren James, Kai Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % FT % 1st Half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball Rebounds 7 Massachusetts Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA Off Def Tot ## Player FT-FTA PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 04 PIERRE-LOUIS, Kim f 23 TIMBILLA, Rashida f HILL, Kymber f DILLARD, Cierra g MCDERMENT, Leah g MULLIGAN, Maggie DILLON, Amber STIFF, Alyx ROSTEN, Ciara TARNACHOWICZ, Paula STEWART, Victoria MITAL, Emily Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % FT % 1st Half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Deadball Rebounds 4 Officials: Travis Jones, Julie Krommenhoek, Chaney Muench Technical fouls: Florida State-James, Kai. Massachusetts-PIERRE-LOUIS, Kim; DILLARD, Cierra. Attendance: 573 Hospitality Hill Challenge Score by periods 1st 2nd Total Florida State Massachusetts Last FG - FSU 2nd-00:16, UMASS 2nd-00:05. Largest lead - FSU by 29 2nd-01:39, UMASS None. FSU led for 39:07. UMASS led for 00:00. Game was tied for 00:53. In Off 2nd Fast Paint T/O Chance Break Points Bench FSU UMASS Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times. 17

18 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Returning Player Bios Cierra Dillard // Freshman // Guard Rochester, N.Y. // Gates Chili High School Season Notes Scored six points, tallied four steals, picked up two boards and distributed a pair of assists versus Florida State (11/23). Dished out five assists and added five points, two rebounds and a pair of steals in the win over Maine (11/19). Led UMass with 16 points (5-15 FG, 4-4 FT) and chipped in four rebounds, two steals and an assist without a turnover during 28 minutes on the floor at Central Michigan (11/16). Made her first appearance and start during the season-opener at Western Michigan (11/14) when she scored seven points and grabbed two rebounds. Personal And Miscellaneous Notes Top scorer in Gates Chili High School history and one of only 20 girls in New York State Section V girls basketball history with more than 2,000 points scored. A three-star recruit with a grade of 90 according to ESPN. Nominated for the 2014 McDonalds All-American Game alongside current UMass teammate Ciara Rosten honorable mention All-America selection and three-time All-New York choice. Four-time recipient of first team all-county and was named Second Team All-Greater Rochester in eighth grade before she took in First Team All- Greater Rochester as a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior. Two-time regional champion and state finalist, Section V MVP and twotime Section V Champion with Gates Chili High School. Was an honor roll student in high school as well. Dillard s Game-By-Game Season/Career Bests Pts: 15, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Rebs: 5, at North Texas, 11/21/14 FGM: 5, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 FGA: 15, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 3FGM: 1, 3x, last vs. Maine, 11/19/14 3FGA: 4, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 FTM: 5, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 FTA: 8, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Ast: 5, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Blk: - Stl: 4, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Min: 29, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Date Opponent GS MIN FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB PF A TO BL ST PTS 11/14 Western Mich. * /16 Central Mich. * /19 Maine * /21 North Texas * /23 Florida State * /30 Central Florida 12/3 Harvard 12/6 American 12/14 Holy Cross 12/19 Georgia State 12/20 Ohio 12/28 Boston U. 1/3 St. Bonaventure 1/7 Saint Louis 1/10 Saint Joseph s 1/15 La Salle 1/18 G. Washington 1/21 Fordham 1/24 Richmond 1/31 St. Bonaventure 2/4 Rhode Island 2/7 La Salle 2/11 George Mason 2/14 Duquesne 2/18 Davidson 2/22 VCU 2/26 Dayton 3/1 Rhode Island Dillard s Miscellaneous Statistics Double-Digit Scoring Games: 1, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 5+ Rebound Games: 1, at North Texas, 11/21/14 Dillard s Career Statistics YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FGM-FGA/% 3PM-3PA/% FTA-FTM/% O-D-T REB/AVG PF/DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS/AVG / / / / /3.0 16/ /7.6 18

19 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Returning Player Bios Season Notes Season Notes 2 Amber Dillon 5-2 // Redshirt-Junior // Guard Dorchester, Mass. // Brookline High School // University of Maine Came off the bench for eight points (2-3 FG, 4-6 FT), three rebounds and two assists in the win at North Texas (11/21). Provided six points as she shot 3-of-7 from the floor and earned a pair of steals in the season-opener at Western Michigan (11/14). Scored 2.6 points per game over 27 appearances as she finished 26-of-83 on field goals (.313) and 18-for-23 on free throws (.783) in her first year competing for the Minutewomen. Added eight points, including six earned through seven free throw chances, against St. Bonaventure (2/8). Scored 10 points and dished out three assists at Rhode Island (2/5), her second consecutive game scoring in double-digits. One of five Minutewomen who scored in double-figures with a career-high 11 points against George Washington (1/29), also dishing out three assists and earning a pair of steals. Her only basket during the upset win over Rutgers (11/20) was a jumper made at the halftime buzzer to give UMass a lead. Made her first appearance with the Minutewomen as a reserve point guard in the season-opening contest against Western Michigan (11/8), totaling two points and a steal in nine minutes on the floor. Personal & Miscellaneous Notes Sat out the season after transferring to UMass. Played in 27 games, averaging 2.7 points and 1.3 rebounds per contest at the University of Maine in Hit 35.2 percent of her field goals (32-for-91) while averaging 13.4 minutes per game. Averaged 18 points, five assists and three steals per game as a team captain during her senior season at Brookline High School. Tallied over 1,000 points in her career at Brookline while also being named an all-star her sophomore, junior and senior seasons. Won a bronze medal while playing in Europe at the Junior Olympics Season Bests Pts: 8, at North Texas, 11/21/14 Rebs: 3, at North Texas, 11/21/14 FGM: 3, at Western Michigan, 11/14/14 FGA: 7, at Western Michigan, 11/14/14 3FGM: - 3FGA: - FTM: 4, at North Texas, 11/21/14 FTA: 6, at North Texas, 11/21/14 Ast: 2, at North Texas, 11/21/14 Blk: - Stl: 2, at Western Michigan, 11/14/14 Min: 24, at North Texas, 11/14/14 Dillon s Game-By-Game Career Bests Pts: 11, vs. George Washington, 1/29/14 Rebs: 4, 3x, last at Vermont, 2/19/12* FGM: 5, vs. George Washington, 1/29/14 FGA: 11, at Rhode Island, 2/5/14 3FGM: 1, at New Hampshire, 2/22/12* 3FGA: 2, 2x, last at New Hampshire, 2/22/12* FTM: 6, 2x, last vs St. Bonaventure, 2/8/14 FTA: 7, 2x, last vs St. Bonaventure, 2/8/14 Ast: 3, 4x, last at Saint Louis, 3/2/14 Blk: 1, 2x, last vs. Binghamton, 1/28/12* Stl: 2, 5x, last at W. Michigan, 11/14/14 Min: 30, 2x, last at Rhode Island, 2/5/14 *Achieved at the University of Maine Date Opponent GS MIN FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB PF A TO BL ST PTS 11/14 Western Mich /16 Central Mich /19 Maine /21 North Texas /23 Florida State /30 Central Florida 12/3 Harvard 12/6 American 12/14 Holy Cross 12/19 Georgia State 12/20 Ohio 12/28 Boston U. 1/3 St. Bonaventure 1/7 Saint Louis 1/10 Saint Joseph s 1/15 La Salle 1/18 G. Washington 1/21 Fordham 1/24 Richmond 1/31 St. Bonaventure 2/4 Rhode Island 2/7 La Salle 2/11 George Mason 2/14 Duquesne 2/18 Davidson 2/22 VCU 2/26 Dayton 3/1 Rhode Island Dillon s Miscellaneous Statistics Double-Digit Scoring Games: 2, last at Rhode Island, 2/5/14 Dillon s Career Statistics YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FGM-FGA/% 3PM-3PA/% FTA-FTM/% O-D-T REB/AVG PF/DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS/AVG (Maine) / / / / /1.3 28/ / (UMass) Redshirted as per NCAA transfer policy (UMass) / / / / /0.5 36/ / (UMass) / / / / /0.8 5/ /3.2 TOTAL (UMass) / / / / /0.5 41/ /2.7 TOTAL (ALL) / / / / /0.9 69/ /2.7 19

20 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Returning Player Bios Season Notes Season Notes Hill s Career Statistics Kymber Hill // Sophomore // Forward/Center Belleville, Ill. // Althoff Catholic High School Had her first career double-double on 10 points (4-7 FG, 2-4 FT) and 10 rebounds, including five from the offensive glass, in the win at North Texas (11/21) Helped out on both ends of the floor with 10 points (3-4FG, 4-6 FT), a career-best eight rebounds and two assists in the win over Maine (11/19). Started the year with four points and a career-high-tying seven rebounds with one steal and a block at Western Michigan (11/14). Averaged 4.4 points and 3.4 rebounds per game in 30 appearances, including 21 as the starting center. Scored a career-best 14 points (5-9 FGs, 4-7 FTs) to lead the team against VCU (1/18) while reigning in seven rebounds, earning two steals and blocking one shot. Paced four Minutewomen who scored in double-figures against Fordham (1/5) with 13 points, including a 9-of-9 day from the free throw line, and tied for the team lead with five rebounds. Led UMass with 12 points on a 6-for-10 night from the floor against Binghamton (12/29) while stuffing a pair of shots. Earned her second double-digit scoring performance with 10 points and added three rebounds plus a pair of blocks during the win over Rutgers (11/20) at the Mullins Center. Provided 13 points on a 7-for-8 day at the free throw line and 3-of-6 finish from the floor, against Central Michigan (11/10) for her first double-digit scoring performance as a Minutewoman, while tying for the team lead in rebounds with five. Made her first appearance with the Minutewomen in the seasonopener against Western Michigan on Nov. 8, recording one point on a made free throw and an assist over eight minutes on the floor. Personal And Miscellaneous Notes Lettered four times as a forward and center for Althoff Catholic, helping the Crusaders to a 26-4 overall record as a freshman to go with regional, sectional and super sectional championships. Earned all-conference and was twice named an all-tournament honoree as a junior in Led Althoff Catholic with 3.1 blocks per game in and was the most improved player on the team Season Bests Pts: 10, twice, last at N. Texas, 11/14/14 Rebs: 10, at North Texas, 11/14/14 FGM: 6, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 FGA: 8, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 3FGM: - 3FGA: - FTM: 4, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 FTA: 6, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Ast: 2, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Blk: 1, at Western Michigan, 11/14/14 Stl: 1, twice, last at N. Texas, 11/21/14 Min: 26, at North Texas, 11/21/14 Hill s Game-By-Game YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FGM-FGA/% 3PM-3PA/% FTA-FTM/% O-D-T REB/AVG PF/DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS/AVG / / / / /3.4 64/ / / / / / /6.0 5/ /4.8 TOTAL / / / / /3.8 69/ / Career Bests Pts: 14, vs. VCU, 1/18/14 Rebs: 10, at North Texas, 11/14/14 FGM: 6, twice, last vs. Maine, 11/19/14 FGA: 10, vs. Binghamton, 12/29/13 3FGM: - 3FGA: - FTM: 9, vs. Fordham, 1/5/14 FTA: 9, vs. Fordham, 1/5/14 Ast: 2, last vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Blk: 3, 2x, last at Saint Louis, 12/30/13 Stl: 2, 2x, last vs. VCU, 1/18/14 Min: 33, at Bowling Green, 12/19/13 Date Opponent GS MIN FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB PF A TO BL ST PTS 11/14 Western Mich. * /16 Central Mich. * /19 Maine * /21 North Texas * /23 Florida State * /30 Central Florida 12/3 Harvard 12/6 American 12/14 Holy Cross 12/19 Georgia State 12/20 Ohio 12/28 Boston U. 1/3 St. Bonaventure 1/7 Saint Louis 1/10 Saint Joseph s 1/15 La Salle 1/18 G. Washington 1/21 Fordham 1/24 Richmond 1/31 St. Bonaventure 2/4 Rhode Island 2/7 La Salle 2/11 George Mason 2/14 Duquesne 2/18 Davidson 2/22 VCU 2/26 Dayton 3/1 Rhode Island Hill s Miscellaneous Statistics Double-Digit Scoring Games: 7, last at North Texas, 11/21/14 5+ Rebound Games: 12, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/ Rebound Games: 1, at North Texas, 11/21/14 Double-Doubles: 1, at North Texas, 11/21/14

21 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Returning Player Bios Alyssa Lawrence // Redshirt-Freshman // Forward New Rochelle, N.Y. // The Ursuline School Personal And Miscellaneous Notes Will redshirt the season as per NCAA transfer policy and enter with three years of eligibility remaining. Played the season at San Diego State University, where she appeared in 20 contests, totaled 174 minutes for an average 6.2 per game, hit 7-of-17 field goal attempts (.412) and grabbed 21 rebounds. Played four years under head coach Beth Wooters at The Ursuline School in New Rochelle, N.Y. Received a three-star grade by ESPN HoopGurlz. Was also a three-year competitor for Ring City and head coach Walter Welsh. Also played for the New Jersey Sparks under head coach Keith Gilchrist. Competed in track and field during her prep career as well. Father, Larry, was a 1,000-point scorer, Associated Press All-American and Ivy League Player of the Year for Dartmouth basketball before he enjoyed a long career at the professional level in France and was enshrined into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. Lawrence s Career Statistics YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FGM-FGA/% 3PM-3PA/% FTA-FTM/% O-D-T REB/AVG PF/DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS/AVG (SDSU) / / / / /1.1 12/ / (UMass) Redshirted as per NCAA transfer policy 21

22 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Returning Player Bios Leah McDerment // Freshman // Guard Stockport, England // Priestnall School Season Notes Had five points, four assists, two rebounds, one steal and only one turnover in 25 minutes at Central Michigan (11/16). Started at point guard and grabbed four rebounds over 27 minutes at Western Michigan (11/14), her first appearance with the squad. Personal And Miscellaneous Notes Was named England s 2013 U16 Player of the Year following her performance at the 2012 U16 European Championship. Represented England with the U16 program for four years. Helped Barking Abbey to a Division I runners-up finish in Was a part of the first U16 women s team to be promoted to Division A in 2011 and captained the squad in Selected to Great Britain s U20 roster in the Summer 2013 after competing with the U18 squad at the European Championship. Also played for the Manchester Mystics U14, U16 and U18 teams prior to joining Barking Abbey. Coached by Mark Clark with Barking Abbey and Jim Carnegie with the Manchester Mystics. McDerment s Game-By-Game Season/Career Bests Pts: 5, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Rebs: 4, at Western Michigan, 11/14/14 FGM: 2, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 FGA: 4, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 3FGM: 1, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 3FGA: 2, 2x, last at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 FTM: 1, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 FTA: 1, twice, last vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Ast: 4, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Blk: - Stl: 1, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Min: 27, twice, last vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Date Opponent GS MIN FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB PF A TO BL ST PTS 11/14 Western Mich. * /16 Central Mich. * /19 Maine * /21 North Texas * /23 Florida State * /30 Central Florida 12/3 Harvard 12/6 American 12/14 Holy Cross 12/19 Georgia State 12/20 Ohio 12/28 Boston U. 1/3 St. Bonaventure 1/7 Saint Louis 1/10 Saint Joseph s 1/15 La Salle 1/18 G. Washington 1/21 Fordham 1/24 Richmond 1/31 St. Bonaventure 2/4 Rhode Island 2/7 La Salle 2/11 George Mason 2/14 Duquesne 2/18 Davidson 2/22 VCU 2/26 Dayton 3/1 Rhode Island McDerment s Career Statistics YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FGM-FGA/% 3PM-3PA/% FTA-FTM/% O-D-T REB/AVG PF/DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS/AVG / / / / /1.4 3/ /1.6 22

23 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Returning Player Bios Emily Mital // Senior // Guard Frisco, Texas // Frisco Liberty High School Season Notes Had nine points and a team-best three assists during the win over North Texas (11/21). Added seven points (2-4 FG, 1-1 FT) and three rebounds in 21 minutes during the win over Maine (11/19). Provided six points and an offensive rebound over 31 minutes off of the bench at Central Michigan (11/16) Season Notes Set a single-season career-best with 8.4 points per game while she collected 2.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 31 games played and started. Enters her senior season with the seventh-most made three-pointers in program history (108). Tied for the team lead with 13 points at Rhode Island (2/5), including her 100th career made three-point field goal. One of five Minutewomen to score in double-figures with 10 points against George Washington (1/29). Scored 18 points on a 5-for-8 day from the floor, including four threepointers, and a 4-of-5 finish at the foul line to go with five rebounds at Dartmouth (12/30). Tied a season high with 18 points (6-of-10 FG, 1-1 FT) against Northeastern (12/21), draining five three-point field goals while also dishing out four assists. Added 13 points and dished out a team-high four assists during the victory at Kent State (12/17). Notched 12 points on a 4-for-9 day from the floor and 2-for-2 performance at the foul line as UMass won at Hartford, on Nov. 23. Helped the offense with 10 points and three assists when the Minutewomen defeated Rutgers, on Nov Season Bests Pts: 9, at North Texas, 11/21/14 Rebs: 3, twice, last vs. Maine, 11/19/14 FGM: 2, twice, last at N. Texas, 11/21/14 FGA: 8, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 3FGM: 2, twice, last at N. Texas, 11/16/14 3FGA: 6, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 FTM: 3, twice, last at N. Texas, 11/21/14 FTA: 4, twice, last at N. Texas, 11/21/14 Ast: 3, vs. North Texas, 11/21/14 Blk: - Stl: 1, at Western Michigan, 11/14/14 Min: 31, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Mital s Game-By-Game Career Bests Pts: 22, at Central Connecticut, 11/13/12 Rebs: 8, vs. George Washington, 2/19/12 FGM: 8, at Central Connecticut, 11/13/12 FGA: 18, 2x, last at Miami (Ohio), 12/1/12 3FGM: 6, at Central Connecticut, 11/13/12 3FGA: 13, at Miami (Ohio), 12/1/12 FTM: 7, at Kent State, 12/17/13 FTA: 8, at Kent State, 12/17/13 Ast: 5, 2x, last vs. William & Mary, 11/30/13 Blk: 1, 6x, last at G. Washington, 2/15/14 Stl: 3, vs. Saint Joseph s, 2/27/14 Min: 40, 3x, last vs. Binghamton, 12/29/13 Date Opponent GS MIN FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB PF A TO BL ST PTS 11/14 Western Mich /16 Central Mich /19 Maine /21 North Texas /23 Florida State /30 Central Florida 12/3 Harvard 12/6 American 12/14 Holy Cross 12/19 Georgia State 12/20 Ohio 12/28 Boston U. 1/3 St. Bonaventure 1/7 Saint Louis 1/10 Saint Joseph s 1/15 La Salle 1/18 G. Washington 1/21 Fordham 1/24 Richmond 1/31 St. Bonaventure 2/4 Rhode Island 2/7 La Salle 2/11 George Mason 2/14 Duquesne 2/18 Davidson 2/22 VCU 2/26 Dayton 3/1 Rhode Island Personal & Miscellaneous Notes Was a four-year starter as a point guard/shooting guard at Frisco Liberty High School under head coach Mari Harrison. All-state as a junior and senior and set school s records for total points, career and season scoring averages, field goals, three-point field goals, free throws made, assists and points in a game. Mital S Miscellaneous Statistics Double-Digit Scoring Games: 26, last at George Mason, 2/12/ Point Games: 1, at Central Connecticut, 11/13/12 5+ Rebound Games: 9, last at Dartmaouth, 12/30/13 5+ Assist Games: 2, last vs. William & Mary, 11/30/13 5+ Made Three-Pointers In A Game: 2, last vs. Northeastern, 12/21/13 Mital s Career Statistics YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FGM-FGA/% 3PM-3PA/% FTA-FTM/% O-D-T REB/AVG PF/DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS/AVG / / / / /2.1 28/ / / / / / /1.9 37/ / / / / / /2.0 49/ / / / / / /1.8 5/ /5.4 TOTAL / / / / / / /6.3 23

24 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Returning Player Bios Maggie Mulligan // Freshman // Forward/Center Boston, Mass. // Boston Latin School Season Notes Was 2-for-3 from the field for four points and added four rebounds against Florida State (11/23). Scored four points, grabbed four boards and dished out an assist over 14 minutes on the floor at Central Michigan (11/16). Pulled down her first rebound and dished out an assist over 11 minutes during her collegiate debut at Western Michigan (11/14). Personal And Miscellaneous Notes Four-year letterwinner for Boston Latin School girls basketball and twoyear team captain. Averaged 13.4 points, 12.5 rebounds and 7.6 blocks in her final season. Finished her career with 1,010 points, 803 rebounds and 525 blocks USA Today All-Massachusetts selection and ESPN Boston MIAA Girls Basketball All-State Team. Two-time Dual County League All-Star who was named a Player To Watch by the Boston Herald ahead of the season. Also a three-year volleyball standout, earning Dual County League All- Star status as a senior captain. Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic pick Student Leadership Counsel for MIAA Sportsmanship Summit. Mulligan s Game-By-Game Season/Career Bests Pts: 4, twice, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Rebs: 4, twice, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 FGM: 2, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 FGA: 3, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 3FGM: - 3FGA: - FTM: 2, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 FTA: 4, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Ast: 1, 2x, last at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Blk: - Stl: 1, twice, last at North Texas, 11/21/14 Min: 14, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Date Opponent GS MIN FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB PF A TO BL ST PTS 11/14 Western Mich /16 Central Mich /19 Maine /21 North Texas /23 Florida State /30 Central Florida 12/3 Harvard 12/6 American 12/14 Holy Cross 12/19 Georgia State 12/20 Ohio 12/28 Boston U. 1/3 St. Bonaventure 1/7 Saint Louis 1/10 Saint Joseph s 1/15 La Salle 1/18 G. Washington 1/21 Fordham 1/24 Richmond 1/31 St. Bonaventure 2/4 Rhode Island 2/7 La Salle 2/11 George Mason 2/14 Duquesne 2/18 Davidson 2/22 VCU 2/26 Dayton 3/1 Rhode Island Mulligan s Career Statistics YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FGM-FGA/% 3PM-3PA/% FTA-FTM/% O-D-T REB/AVG PF/DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS/AVG / / / / /2.2 3/ /2.0 24

25 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Returning Player Bios Season Notes Season Notes 4 Kim Pierre-Louis 6-0 // Senior // Forward Ottawa, Ontario // St. Paul Catholic High School Scored 18 points (8-12 FG, 2-5 FT), including 16 during the pivotal half, and grabbed seven rebounds during the win at North Texas (11/21). Led all scorers with 19 points and provided seven rebounds with a career-high-tying three steals in the win over Maine (11/19). Was 5-of-7 from the floor for 10 points to go with four rebounds and a steal at Central Michigan (11/16). Started her senior season with 16 points and eight rebounds over 21 minutes at Western Michigan (11/14). Led the Minutewomen with 13.1 points per game and added 6.6 rebounds as she made eight starts among 31 appearances. Netted double-digits in points during 22 of the 31 games this season, including 15 of the final 18. Tops on UMass during A-10 games with 14.4 points and 7.6 rebounds. Totaled 13 rebounds against Rhode Island (2/23) and chipped in eight points during the victory. Also had 15 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for a double-double against Richmond (2/19) without turning the ball over in 26 minutes. Head a career-high 26 points (11-21 FG, 4-5 FT) against St. Bonaventure on Feb. 8 and pulled down nine rebounds in 30 minutes. Totaled her second consecutive and third career double-double at Fordham (1/25) on 17 points and 10 rebounds. Earned her second career double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds against Dayton on Jan. 22. Scored 19 points (8-11 FG, 3-4 FT), grabbed seven rebounds and blocked two shots at La Salle (1/11). Earned her first collegiate double-double with 17 points and 17 rebounds at Dartmouth (12/30). Paced UMass with 21 points and eight boards vs. Northeastern (12/21). Went 8-for-14 from the floor and 2-of-4 at the charity stripe to record 18 points in 19 minutes played in the win at Kent State (12/17). Scored a then-single-game career-high 19 points, including 17 in the second half as UMass defeated Hartford, on Nov. 23. Pierre-Louis Career Statistics Season Bests Pts: 19, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Rebs: 8, at Western Michigan, 11/14/14 FGM: 8, 3x, last at North Texas, 11/21/14 FGA: 16, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 3FGM: - 3FGA: - FTM: 3, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 FTA: 5, twice, last at North Texas, 11/21/14 Ast: 1, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Blk: 1, twice, last at North Texas, 11/21/14 Stl: 3, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Min: 31, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Pierre-Louis Game-By-Game YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FGM-FGA/% 3PM-3PA/% FTA-FTM/% O-D-T REB/AVG PF/DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS/AVG / / / / /1.5 24/ / / / / / /2.7 24/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /5.6 21/ /13.8 TOTAL / / / / / / / Career Bests Pts: 26, vs St. Bonaventure, 2/8/14 Rebs: 17, at Dartmouth, 12/30/13 FGM: 11, vs St. Bonaventure, 2/8/14 FGA: 21, vs St. Bonaventure, 2/8/14 3FGM: - 3FGA: - FTM: 7, at Richmond, 2/17/13 FTA: 10, 2x, last at VCU, 1/2/14 Ast: 3, 3x, last at Rhode Island, 2/5/14 Blk: 2, 3x, last vs. VCU, 1/18/14 Stl: 3, twice, last vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Min: 31, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Date Opponent GS MIN FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB PF A TO BL ST PTS 11/14 Western Mich. * /16 Central Mich. * /19 Maine * /21 North Texas * /23 Florida State * /30 Central Florida 12/3 Harvard 12/6 American 12/14 Holy Cross 12/19 Georgia State 12/20 Ohio 12/28 Boston U. 1/3 St. Bonaventure 1/7 Saint Louis 1/10 Saint Joseph s 1/15 La Salle 1/18 G. Washington 1/21 Fordham 1/24 Richmond 1/31 St. Bonaventure 2/4 Rhode Island 2/7 La Salle 2/11 George Mason 2/14 Duquesne 2/18 Davidson 2/22 VCU 2/26 Dayton 3/1 Rhode Island Pierre-Louis Miscellaneous Statistics Double-Doubles: 5, last vs. Richmond, 2/19/14 Double-Digit Scoring Games: 27, last at North Texas, 11/21/ Point Games: 4, last vs. St. Bonaventure, 2/8/14 5+ Rebound Games: 23, last at North Texas, 11/21/ Rebound Games: 6, last vs. Rhode Island, 2/23/ Rebound Games: 1, at Dartmouth, 12/30/ Made Field Goals In A Game: 2, last vs St. Bonaventure, 2/8/14

26 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Returning Player Bios Ciara Rosten // Freshman // Forward Cheektowaga, N.Y. // Maryvale High School Season Notes Added six points (2-4 FG, 2-4 FT), five boards and an assist against Florida State (11/23). Earned seven rebounds and scored five points during the victory at North Texas (11/21). Had five points, two rebounds and a steal over 17 minutes at MAC preseason favorite Central Michigan (11/16). Pulled down three rebounds from the defensive glass over 13 minutes in her first collegiate action at Western Michigan (11/14). Personal And Miscellaneous Notes Nominated for the 2014 McDonalds All-American Game at Maryvale High School alongside current UMass teammate Cierra Dillard New York State Sportswriters and Coaches Organization All-New York selection Buffalo News All-Western New York Team and New York Class B All-State selection. ECIC Division III First Team and ECIC Small School First Team All-Cheektowaga Bee First Team. Is the only Lady Flyer in Maryvale history with a triple-double and earned two in her scholastic career before her senior season. First Annual Maryvale Tip-Off Tournament MVP and Maryvale High School Girls Basketball Team MVP. Studied and played at St. Mary s before transferring to Maryvale. Averaged 19.9 points and 18 rebounds during her junior season. Surpassed the 1,000-point and 1,000-rebound marks for her scholastic career as a junior. Rosten s Game-By-Game Season/Career Bests Pts: 6, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Rebs: 7, at North Texas, 11/21/14 FGM: 2, 3x, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 FGA: 6, at North Texas, 11/21/14 3FGM: - 3FGA: - FTM: 2, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 FTA: 4, twice, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Ast: 1, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Blk: - Stl: 1, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Min: 17, twice, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Date Opponent GS MIN FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB PF A TO BL ST PTS 11/14 Western Mich /15 Central Mich /19 Maine /21 North Texas /23 Florida State /30 Central Florida 12/3 Harvard 12/6 American 12/14 Holy Cross 12/19 Georgia State 12/20 Ohio 12/28 Boston U. 1/3 St. Bonaventure 1/7 Saint Louis 1/10 Saint Joseph s 1/15 La Salle 1/18 G. Washington 1/21 Fordham 1/24 Richmond 1/31 St. Bonaventure 2/4 Rhode Island 2/7 La Salle 2/11 George Mason 2/14 Duquesne 2/18 Davidson 2/22 VCU 2/26 Dayton 3/1 Rhode Island Rosten s Career Statistics YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FGM-FGA/% 3PM-3PA/% FTA-FTM/% O-D-T REB/AVG PF/DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS/AVG / / / / /3.4 11/ /3.2 26

27 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Returning Player Bios Victoria Stewart // Junior // Guard Amherst, Mass. // Amherst-Pelham Regional High School Season Notes Added two points and an offensive rebound vs. Florida State (11/23). Hit a three-pointer and dished out an assist for a productive minute on the court at Central Michigan (11/16). Was in for two minutes but did not record statistics during the season-opener at Western Michigan (11/14) Season Notes Played 39 minutes over 12 appearances as she finished 2-for-7 on field goals and 4-of-6 on free throws with three assists and as many rebounds. Dished out two assists in four minutes on the floor against Saint Joseph s on Feb. 27. Hit her only shot, a three-pointer, for her first made triple at UMass and dished out one assist at La Salle (1/11). Grabbed a rebound and scored one point on a made free throw at VCU (1/2), also taking a pair of three-pointers, the first of her career. Notched her first made field goal at Bowling Green (12/19) during four minutes played. Went 3-for-4 from the free throw line at Maine (11/29) for a careerhigh three points in as many minutes played. Made her first appearance of the season at the Mullins Center against Central Michigan (11/10). Personal And Miscellaneous Notes Starred at Amherst-Pelham Regional High School in Amherst, Mass., from , lettering in each season. Named to the Daily Hampshire Gazette First Team as a senior while also earning a Franklin-Hampshire County All-Star nod. Finished her senior season averaging 11.9 points, 6.3 assists, 4.5 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game as Amherst-Pelham earned an 18-5 record on the year. Totaled Daily Hampshire Gazette All-Defensive Team honors after leading Amherst-Pelham to a 22-3 record during Participated in the 2011 Bay State Games, an Olympic-style athletic event for amateur athletes in the state of Massachusetts Season Bests Pts: 3, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Rebs: 1, 3x, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 FGM: 1, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 FGA: 3, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 3FGM: 1, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 3FGA: 1, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 FTM: 2, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 FTA: 2, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Ast: 1, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Blk: - Stl: - Min: 8, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Stewart s Game-By-Game Career Bests Pts: 3, 3x, last at C. Michigan, 11/16/14 Rebs: 1, 7x, last at North Texas, 11/21/14 FGM: 1, 3x, last at C. Michigan, 11/16/14 FGA: 3, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 3FGM: 1, 2x, last at C. Michigan, 11/16/14 3FGA: 2, at VCU, 1/2/14 FTM: 3, at Maine, 11/29/13 FTA: 4, at Maine, 11/29/13 Ast: 2, vs. Saint Joseph s, 2/27/14 Blk: 1, at Harvard, 1/2/13 Stl: 1, at Harvard, 1/2/13 Min: 8, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Date Opponent GS MIN FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB PF A TO BL ST PTS 11/14 Western Mich /16 Central Mich /19 Maine Did Not Play 11/21 North Texas /23 Florida State /30 Central Florida 12/3 Harvard 12/6 American 12/14 Holy Cross 12/19 Georgia State 12/20 Ohio 12/28 Boston U. 1/3 St. Bonaventure 1/7 Saint Louis 1/10 Saint Joseph s 1/15 La Salle 1/18 G. Washington 1/21 Fordham 1/24 Richmond 1/31 St. Bonaventure 2/4 Rhode Island 2/7 La Salle 2/11 George Mason 2/14 Duquesne 2/18 Davidson 2/22 VCU 2/26 Dayton 3/1 Rhode Island Stewart s Career Statistics YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FGM-FGA/% 3PM-3PA/% FTA-FTM/% O-D-T REB/AVG PF/DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS/AVG / / / / /0.3 2/ / / / / / /0.3 5/ / / / / / /0.8 2/ /1.3 TOTAL / / / / /0.4 9/ /0.7 27

28 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Returning Player Bios Season Notes Stiff s Career Statistics 3 Alyx Stiff 5-9 // Sophomore // Guard Las Vegas, Nev. // Quest Preparatory Academy Scored seven points (2-3 FG, 2-2 FT), dished out an assist, grabbed a rebound and earned one steal in the win over Maine (11/19). Had a rebound and assist in the season-opener during six minutes of game action at Western Michigan (11/14) Season Notes Made 26 appearances as a freshman as she accumulated 2.6 points and 1.4 rebounds per game with 15 assists and 14 steals. Shot 50.0 percent from the floor (4-8) in her first double-digit scoring game netting 10 points, two of which came from a perfect 2-2 showing from the charity stripe at Saint Louis (3/2). Scored five points and pulled down three boards in 11 minutes played at Bowling Green (12/19). Recorded her first collegiate block against Boston University (12/4) in addition to three rebounds and two points. Totaled seven points, five rebounds, four steals and an assist against William & Mary (11/30). Earned seven points, three rebounds and a trio of assists in 18 minutes of game action at Holy Cross (11/26). Showed veteran poise in her first game, notching nine points, four rebounds and three steals while only committing one turnover during 29 minutes of game action against Western Michigan (11/8). Personal And Miscellaneous Notes Was a letterwinner at Quest Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas, Nev., for head coach Brian Sitter during the season. Previously competed at Liberty High School, helping the program to the 2011 state championship game. Was ranked a top-20 underclassman and Next Level Elite 100 Phenom during her scholastic career. Next Level All-Star Team selection in Four-time all-tournament pick as a member of Vegas Elite AAU. Averaged 15 points, nine rebounds, four assists and three steals per game as a senior. Valedictorian of Quest Preparatory Academy s 2013 class SEASON Bests Pts: 7, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Rebs: 1, 3x, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 FGM: 2, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 FGA: 3, 3x, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 3FGM: 1, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 3FGA: 2, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 FTM: 2, twice, last vs. Maine, 11/19/14 FTA: 2, twice, last vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Ast: 1, twice, last vs. Florida St., 11/23/14 Blk: - Stl: 1, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Min: 11, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Stiff s Game-By-Game YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FGM-FGA/% 3PM-3PA/% FTA-FTM/% O-D-T REB/AVG PF/DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS/AVG / / / / /1.4 29/ / / / / / /0.6 4/ /2.0 TOTAL / / / / /1.3 33/ / Career Bests Pts: 10, at Saint Louis, 3/2/14 Rebs: 5, vs. William & Mary, 11/30/13 FGM: 4, 2x, last at Saint Louis, 3/2/14 FGA: 10, vs. Western Michigan, 11/8/13 3FGM: 2, at Holy Cross, 11/26/13 3FGA: 4, 5x, last vs. Northeastern, 12/21/13 FTM: 3, 2x, last vs. Northeastern, 12/21/14 FTA: 4, 2x, last vs. Northeastern, 12/21/14 Ast: 3, at Holy Cross, 11/26/13 Blk: 1, 2x, last at Duquesne, 1/15/14 Stl: 4, vs. William & Mary, 11/30/13 Min: 29, vs. Western Michigan, 11/8/13 Date Opponent GS MIN FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB PF A TO BL ST PTS 11/14 Western Mich /16 Central Mich /19 Maine /21 North Texas /23 Florida State /30 Central Florida 12/3 Harvard 12/6 American 12/14 Holy Cross 12/19 Georgia State 12/20 Ohio 12/28 Boston U. 1/3 St. Bonaventure 1/7 Saint Louis 1/10 Saint Joseph s 1/15 La Salle 1/18 G. Washington 1/21 Fordham 1/24 Richmond 1/31 St. Bonaventure 2/4 Rhode Island 2/7 La Salle 2/11 George Mason 2/14 Duquesne 2/18 Davidson 2/22 VCU 2/26 Dayton 3/1 Rhode Island Stiff s Miscellaneous Statistics Double-Digit Scoring Games: 1, at Saint Louis, 3/2/14 5+ Rebound Games: 1, vs. William & Mary, 11/30/13

29 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Returning Player Bios Paula Tarnachowicz // Senior // Forward GdYNia, Poland // VII Sportowe Liceum // Panola College (Texas) Season Notes Added five points (2-3 FG, 1-2 FT) in the near-upset of MAC preseason favorite Central Michigan (11/16). Hit three of her four free throw attempts over five minutes on the floor during the season-opener at Western Michigan (11/14) Season Bests Pts: 5, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Rebs: 2, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 FGM: 2, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 FGA: 3, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 FTM: 3, at Western Michigan, 11/14/14 FTA: 4, at Western Michigan, 11/14/14 3FGM: - 3FGA: - Ast: - Blk: - Stl: 1, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Min: 14, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Career Bests Pts: 6, at Kent State, 12/17/13 Rebs: 7, 2x, last vs. Dayton, 1/22/14 FGM: 3, at Kent State, 12/17/13 FGA: 4, at Kent State, 12/17/13 FTM: 3, at Western Michigan, 11/14/14 FTA: 5, at Bowling Green, 12/19/13 3FGM: - 3FGA: - Ast: 1, 2x, last at G. Washington, 2/15/14 Blk: 1, 2x, last at La Salle, 1/11/14 Stl: 1, 4x, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Min: 23, at Kent State, 12/17/ Season Notes Averaged 1.7 rebounds and 1.1 points per game as a junior during 23 games played, which included a pair of starts. Did not compete against George Mason (3/5) in the play-in game for the Atlantic 10 Tournament due to injury. Did not play at Fordham (1/25) or George Washington (1/29) due to the ankle injury suffered against Dayton on Jan. 22. Tied her career-high with seven rebounds over 12 minutes on the floor before suffering an ankle injury against Dayton (1/22). Tallied a career-high six points and seven rebounds to help the winning effort at Kent State (12/17). Had five points and tied for the team lead with five rebounds against Central Michigan (11/10) in her first game with the Minutewomen. Missed the season-opener against Western Michigan (11/8) due to a concussion. Personal And Miscellaneous Notes Is a transfer student from Panola College in Carthage, Texas, and has two years of eligibility remaining. Played in 35 games at Panola College during her two seasons. Assisted the Fillies in reaching the Region XIV Conference Tournament with a.442 field goal percentage (23-of-52) in 21 games, scoring 3.4 points while grabbing 2.8 rebounds per appearance. The native of Gdynia, Poland, also competed for Panola College during the season, contributing 2.4 points and 2.4 rebounds over 14 appearances. Helped Panola increase its win total in each of her two seasons with the team from one victory in before her arrival to 14 during the campaign. Tarnachowicz s Game-By-Game Date Opponent GS MIN FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB PF A TO BL ST PTS 11/14 Western Mich /16 Central Mich /19 Maine /21 North Texas /23 Florida State /30 Central Florida 12/3 Harvard 12/6 American 12/14 Holy Cross 12/19 Georgia State 12/20 Ohio 12/28 Boston U. 1/3 St. Bonaventure 1/7 Saint Louis 1/10 Saint Joseph s 1/15 La Salle 1/18 G. Washington 1/21 Fordham 1/24 Richmond 1/31 St. Bonaventure 2/4 Rhode Island 2/7 La Salle 2/11 George Mason 2/14 Duquesne 2/18 Davidson 2/22 VCU 2/26 Dayton 3/1 Rhode Island Tarnachowicz s Miscellaneous Statistics 5+ Rebound Games: 3, last vs. Dayton, 1/22/14 Tarnachowicz s Career Statistics YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FGM-FGA/% 3PM-3PA/% FTA-FTM/% O-D-T REB/AVG PF/DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS/AVG / / / / /1.7 15/ / / / / /0.6 3/ /2.2 TOTAL / / / / /1.5 18/ /1.3 29

30 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Returning Player Bios Season Notes Season Notes Rashida Timbilla // Junior // Forward // Ottawa, Ontario John Mcrae Secondary School // Northfield Mount Hermon Prep (Mass.) Scored a game-best 15 points and secured a team-high six rebounds against Florida State (11/23). Ripped down nine rebounds, dished out a pair of assists and had two steals during the win at North Texas (11/21). Provided 14 points, a game-high six assists and five rebounds when UMass defeated Maine, on Nov. 19. Had her first double-double of the season and 11th of her career with 14 points, 12 rebounds, a career-high seven steals and five assists in the close loss to MAC favorite Central Michigan (11/16). Started the year with seven rebounds, three points, a block and one assist in the season-opener at Western Michigan (11/14). Paced the Minutewomen with 7.4 rebounds per game while she chipped in 8.1 points and a team-best 3.1 assists per game. Also led Massachusetts with 25 blocks while she scored double-digits in nine contests and had double-doubles in three of those. Finished the year with a double-double of 17 points and 14 rebounds against George Mason in the Atlantic 10 Tournament Play-In Game (3/5). Notched 19 points (6-8 FG, 7-10 FT) to go with eight rebounds, three assists and a block in the win over Rhode Island (2/23). Led five Minutewomen who scored in double-figures with 16 points and a team-best seven rebounds against George Washington (1/29). Earned a career-high 25 points to go with 13 rebounds vs. William & Mary (11/30) for her second double-double of the year and the ninth of collegiate career. Earned her first double-double of the year with 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead UMass to a victory over Rutgers (11/20) Season Bests Pts: 15, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 Rebs: 12, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 FGM: 6, vs. Maine, 11/19/14 FGA: 12, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 FTM: 7, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 FTA: 10, vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 3FGM: - 3FGA: - Ast: 6, last vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Blk: 1, twice, last at C. Michigan, 11/16/14 Stl: 7, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Min: 35, last vs. Maine, 11/19/14 Timbilla s Game-By-Game Career Bests Pts: 25, vs. William & Mary, 11/30/13 Rebs: 15, at Miami (Ohio), 12/1/12 FGM: 12, vs. William & Mary, 11/30/13 FGA: 17, 2x, vs. William & Mary, 11/30/13 FTM: 7, 3x, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 FTA: 10, 3x, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 3FGM: - 3FGA: 1, 3x, last at Hartford, 11/23/13 Ast: 7, vs. Holy Cross, 11/25/12 Blk: 4, at Ohio, 11/29/12 Stl: 7, at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Min: 43, 2x, last vs. George Mason, 3/5/14 Date Opponent GS MIN FG-A 3P-A FT-A REB PF A TO BL ST PTS 11/14 Western Mich. * /16 Central Mich. * /19 Maine * /21 North Texas * /23 Florida State * /30 Central Florida 12/3 Harvard 12/6 American 12/14 Holy Cross 12/19 Georgia State 12/20 Ohio 12/28 Boston U. 1/3 St. Bonaventure 1/7 Saint Louis 1/10 Saint Joseph s 1/15 La Salle 1/18 G. Washington 1/21 Fordham 1/24 Richmond 1/31 St. Bonaventure 2/4 Rhode Island 2/7 La Salle 2/11 George Mason 2/14 Duquesne 2/18 Davidson 2/22 VCU 2/26 Dayton 3/1 Rhode Island Personal And Miscellaneous Notes Started her scholastic career at John McCrae Secondary School before attending Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.) in Played with the Canadian Junior National Team that captured bronze at the 18U Tournament of the Americas in Was also a four-year varsity field hockey player for John McCrae Secondary, helping the team to the National Capital Athletic Association Title and an undefeated record in the regular season. Timbilla s Miscellaneous Statistics Double-Doubles: 11, last at Central Michigan, 11/16/14 Double-Digit Scoring Games: 22, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/14 5+ Rebound Games: 51, last vs. Florida State, 11/23/ Rebound Games: 19, last at Central Michigan, 11/16/ Rebound Games: 1, at Miami (Ohio), 12/1/12 5+ Assist Games: 11, last at Maine, 11/18/14 5+ Steal Games: 3, last at Central Michigan, 11/16/ Made Field Goals In A Game: 1, vs. William & Mary, 11/30/13 Timbilla s Career Statistics YEAR GP-GS MIN/AVG FGM-FGA/% 3PM-3PA/% FTA-FTM/% O-D-T REB/AVG PF/DQ AST TO BLK STL PTS/AVG / / / / /8.3 76/ / / / / / /7.4 72/ / / / / / /7.8 14/ /9.6 TOTAL / / / / / / /8.5 30

31 University of Massachusetts Women s Basketball Headshot Roster Maggie Mulligan F/C 6-2 Fr. Boston, Mass. Amber Dillon G 5-2 R-Jr. Dorchester, Mass. Alyx Stiff G 5-9 So. Las Vegas, Nev. Kim Pierre-Louis F 6-0 Sr. Ottawa, Ontario Ciara Rosten F 6-2 Fr. Cheektowaga, N.Y Paula Tarnachowicz F 6-2 Sr. Gdynia, Poland Cierra Dillard G 5-9 Fr. Rochester, N.Y. Victoria Stewart G 5-7 Jr. Amherst, Mass. Rashida Timbilla F 6-1 Jr. Ottawa, Ontario Emily Mital G 5-8 Sr. Frisco, Texas Leah McDerment G 5-10 Fr. Stockport, England Kymber Hill F/C 6-2 So. Belleville, Ill. Alyssa Lawrence F 6-1 R-Fr. New Rochelle, N.Y. Sharon Dawley Head Coach Jen MacAulay Assistant Coach Recruiting Coordinator Yolanda Griffith Assistant Coach Chris Wielgus Assistant Coach Kellie Olson Director of Operations 31