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Southern Utah University Women s Basketball Southern Utah University Athletic Media Relations Kyle Cottam, Assistant Director (435) 586-7752 cottam@suu.

1 Southern Utah University Women s Basketball Southern Utah University Athletic Media Relations Kyle Cottam, Assistant Director (435) cottam@suu.edu SCHEDULE/RESULTS SUU WOMEN S BASKETBALL AT HOME BEFORE TAKING FIRST CONFERENCE ROAD TRIP Home: 0-2 Away: 0-3 Neut: 0-1 Overall: 0-6 Conf: 0-0 NOVEMBER (0-6) 10 Dixie State (Exhib.) W, UNLV L, at Pacifi c L, at Weber State L, Brigham Young L, at Montana State $ L, vs Utah Valley $ L, DECEMBER 1 Ohio 7:00 p.m. 5 at Oral Roberts * 2:05 p.m. 7 at Centenary * 7:00 p.m. 12 Utah Valley 7:00 p.m. 17 Westminster (Exhib.) 7:00 p.m. 19 at Colorado 7:00 p.m. 21 at Idaho State 7:05 p.m. 23 Utah State Noon JANUARY 4 at * 7:00 p.m. 9 South Dakota State * 5:00 p.m. 11 North Dakota State * 7:00 p.m. 16 at Oakland * 3:30 p.m. 18 at IPFW * 7:00 p.m. 23 Western Illinois * 5:00 p.m. 25 IUPUI * 7:00 p.m. 30 * 5:00 p.m. FEBRUARY 6 at North Dakota State * 2:00 p.m. 8 at South Dakota State * 7:00 p.m. 13 IPFW * 5:00 p.m. 15 Oakland * 7:00 p.m. 20 at IUPUI * 4:30 p.m. 22 at Western Illinois * 7:00 p.m. 27 Centenary 5:00 p.m. MARCH 1 Oral Roberts 7:00 p.m. 6-9 Summit League Tournament CEDAR CITY, Utah - Nov Southern Utah women s basketball will have a similar slate to last week as the Thunderbirds will host an opponent in the Centrum before embarking on a two-game road swing over the weekend. SUU is set to host Ohio and then will take its fi rst conference road trip of the year at Oral Roberts and Centenary. The Thunderbirds will be looking to log their fi rst victory of the season when the week commences after starting the season 0-6. Southern Utah began the year with an active roster of only nine athletes, but have since seen the return of Caitlin Sears over the past two games. Challis Pascucci has been the leader of the team during the opening stretch, pacing the team with highs of 8.8 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. She is followed closely by another post player, freshman Chanel Thorley, with 8.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Southern Utah has struggled to fi nd its groove on the offensive side of the ball as the team is shooting 30 percent from the fi eld on 91 of 303 shooting, including a 24.7 percent clip (22-89) from long range. The output has left the Thunderbirds averaging 45.7 points per game as the opposition has scored 68.0 points per game on 41.2 percent shooting. SUU will have its fi rst opportunity this week to break out of its recent funk when the ball is tipped at 7:00 p.m. against the Ohio Bobcats on Tuesday night. The T-Birds will then face Oral Roberts on Saturday at 2:05 p.m. (CT) and the Centenary Ladies at 7:00 p.m. (CT) on Monday night. Live stats are anticipated to be available for all games UNIVERSITY ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 3 Heather Hiskey G 5-7 Fr. Payson, Utah (Payson HS) 10 BrookeLynn Smithson F 6-0 Jr. Riverside, Calif. (Riverside CC) 12 Jadie Parsons G 5-8 Fr. Monroe, Utah (South Sevier HS) 13 Kaila Goff G 5-8 Jr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman HS) 14 Dani Hosking G 5-8 So. South Weber, Utah (Davis HS) 20 Jamie Sagers F/C 6-5 Jr. Orem, Utah (Orem HS) 23 Cassie Burgess G 5-7 So. Cedar City, Utah (Canyon View HS) 24 Challis Pascucci F 6-2 Jr. Goodyear, Ariz. (Agua Fria HS) 31 Tayler Anderson G/F 6-0 Fr. Lyman, Wyo. (Lyman HS) 32 Caitlyn Sears G/F 5-10 Jr. Cedar Hills, Utah (Lone Peak HS) 35 Stephanie Sampson G 5-9 Jr. West Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS) 44 Chanel Thorley F/C 6-3 Fr. Gilbert, Ariz. (Highland HS) Head coach: JR Payne Associate head coach: Toriano Towns Assistant coaches: Bianca Ziemann, Lora Mitchell

HEAD COACH JR PAYNE JR Payne became the ninth women s basketball head coach at Southern Utah University, taking the reins of the program on April 20, 2009.

2 HEAD COACH JR PAYNE JR Payne became the ninth women s basketball head coach at Southern Utah University, taking the reins of the program on April 20, Payne comes to the Thunderbirds after previous stops at Santa Clara, Boise State and Gonzaga. Payne was the top assistant at Santa Clara University during the season, under fi rst-year head coach Jennifer Mountain. Payne was instrumental in recruiting the top junior college player in the state of California to play for the Broncos as Lena Gipson led the team in scoring and rebounding. Prior to Santa Clara, Payne served as an assistant coach for Boise State University. During her time in Boise, the Broncos enjoyed a wealth of success, winning conference titles two of the three years and advancing to the NCAA postseason. BSU posted back-toback 24-8 seasons, including a perfect 14-0 mark at home during the season. Payne began her career at Gonzaga University, serving as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator under head coach Kelly Graves. Payne was an integral part of the Bulldogs turn around as the team posted a fi ve-win season during the staff s fi rst year to a 28-win season during the season, including an undefeated run in the West Coast Conference. Payne was a part of the process that brought Gonzaga s fi rst All-American to campus in guard Shannon Mathews. Payne was a four-year letter winner at St. Mary s College (Calif.), helping the Gaels to their fi rst every appearance in the NCAA tournament during the season. She was a fi rst-team all-west Coast Conference selection in addition to two fi rst-team all- West Coast Conference tournament honors as a point guard. I m thrilled to join the Thunderbird family and this community, Payne said. It was the people here in Cedar City that really sold me on the program and I knew that this was where I wanted to be. I expect our team to be a blue collar team and work hard both on and off the court. LAST TIME OUT BOZEMAN, Mont. - Nov Southern Utah recorded more points (36-31) and a better shooting percentage ( ) during the fi nal 20 minutes of the game, but the Thunderbirds were unable to come away with a victory as SUU suffered a loss to the Utah Valley Wolverines in the consolation game of the Bobcat Basketball Classic on Saturday night. The T-Birds drop to 0-6 with the loss, while UVU move to 3-5 with the victory. SCOUTING OHIO The Ohio Bobcats will enter the game on Tuesday with a 2-2 record, including a recent twogame winning streak after victories over George Washington (70-58) and Marshall (63-48). The Bobcats have not played a game since their Nov. 24 match-up with the Thundering Herd. Ohio is led in scoring and rebounding by Jennifer Bushby who is averaging 11.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. She is joined in double-digit scoring numbers by Da Keisha Mann who is turning in 11.3 points per game. Semeka Randall is in her second year as head coach of the Ohio program, compiling an overall record of during her tenure. The game on Tuesday will be the fi rst meeting between the two teams on the hardwood. SCOUTING ORAL ROBERTS Oral Roberts has begun the year with a 3-1 record after notching victories over Texas-Pan American (98-65), LaSalle (76-55) and Houston Baptist (107-67). The Golden Eagles will have games at Sam Houston State and Texas before hosting the Thunderbirds on Saturday afternoon. Kevi Luper has powered the ORU offense, averaging 30.3 points per game while also leading the team in steals with 20. Three other players have averaged double fi gures in scoring, including Janae Voelker (15.0 ppg), Jaci Bigham (12.5 ppg) and Jordan Pyle (10.8 ppg). Head coach Jerry Finkbeiner is in his 13th year at the helm of the ORU women s basketball program, leading the Golden Eagles to a record during that time. Oral Roberts holds the all-time series lead with a advantage, including a three-game winning streak over the last few games. SCOUTING CENTENARY The Centenary Ladies have opened the season winless with an 0-6 mark and will host Northwestern State and before welcoming the Thunderbirds to the Gold Dome on Monday, Dec. 7. Anne Farrell leads the Ladies with 10.5 points per game and is also leading the team in rebounds with 8.5 boards per contest. She is followed by Ashley Jackson with 9.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Bojan Jankovic is serving as the interim head coach, having served as an assistant coach over the past three years. Southern Utah leads the series with the Ladies with an 8-4 record, including a two-game sweep of Centenary during the season. THUNDERBIRD QUICK NOTES Southern Utah was picked to fi nish ninth in the Summit League women s basketball preseason poll SUU does not have any seniors on the roster as the T-Birds are made up of six juniors, two sophomores and four freshmen Junior Challis Pascucci is the top scorer and rebounder returning from the as the forward recorded 9.0 points and 7.1 rebounds per contest last year The roster includes fi ve players who each played for the Salt Lake Metro club team (Cassie Burgess, Caitlyn Sears, Tayler Anderson, Jamie Sagers, Jadie Parsons). Southern Utah will face every Division I in-state school this year with the exception of the University of Utah. The Thunderbirds will also play in-state schools Dixie State (Division II) and Westminster (NAIA) in exhibition.

3 PLAYER SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 10 - BROOKELYNNE SMITHSON Points 2-2x - last at Weber State 2-2x - (last at Weber State) Rebounds 2 vs UNLV 2 vs UNLV Assists - - Steals - - Blocks - - Minutes 13 vs UNLV 13 vs UNLV 12 - JADIE PARSONS Points 9-2x - last vs Utah Valley 9-2x - (last vs UVU 11/28/09) Rebounds 5 at Weber State 5 at Weber State Assists 3 vs Utah Valley 3 vs Utah Valley (11/28/09) Steals 1 vs Utah Valley 1 vs Utah Valley (11/28/09) Blocks - - Minutes 25 vs Utah Valley 25 vs Utah Valley (11/28/09) 13 - KAILA GOFF Points - 14 at Boise St. (12/1/08) Rebounds - 6-2x - (last vs CC 2/21/09) Assists - 9-2x - (last at CC 1/26/09) Steals - 4 at Western Illinois (2/2/08) Blocks - 1 vs Portland Minutes - 39 at ORU (1/24/09) 14 - DANI HOSKING Points 9 vs Brigham Young 12 vs (1/10/09) Rebounds 3 at Weber State 6 at BYU (11/28/08) Assists 2-2x - last vs BYU 5 vs Westminster (1/1/09) Steals 2 vs Brigham Young 2-6x - (last vs BYU 11/24/09) Blocks - - Minutes 33 at Pacifi c 35 at N. Dakota St. (2/14/09) 20 - JAMIE SAGERS Points 7 vs Brigham Young 13 vs (2/9/08) Rebounds 4 at Montana State 5-3x - (last vs OAK 3/3/08) Assists 2 at Pacifi c 2-2x - (last at Pacifi c) Steals 1 at Montana State 2 at IUPUI (2/4/08) Blocks 2-2x - last at Weber State 5-2x - (last at UVU 1/13/09) Minutes 18 at Weber State 32 vs IPFW (3/1/08) 23 - CASSIE BURGESS Points 12 at Montana State 19-2x - (last at CC 1/26/09) Rebounds 4 vs Utah Valley 8 at Centenary (1/26/09) Assists 6 vs Utah Valley 6 vs Utah Valley (11/28/09) Steals 2-2x - last at Montana State 2-6x - (last at MSU 11/27/09) Blocks 1 vs Brigham Young 1-4x - (last vs BYU 11/24/09) Minutes 37 vs Brigham Young 37 vs Brigham Young (11/24/09) 24 - CHALLIS PASCUCCI Points 14-2x - last vs Utah Valley 19 vs Oral Roberts (2/23/09) Rebounds 14 at Pacifi c 14-2x - last at Pacifi c Assists 1-2x - last vs BYU 3-2x - (last at ORU 1/24/09) Steals 3 vs UNLV 3-2x - (last vs UNLV 11/13/09) Blocks 3-2x - last vs Utah Valley 6 vs Utah Valley (11/15/07) Minutes 33 vs Utah Valley 38 at N. Dakota State (2/14/09) 31 - TAYLER ANDERSON Points 10 vs Brigham Young 10 vs Brigham Young Rebounds 6-2x - last at Weber State 6-2x - last at Weber State Assists 1-4x - last at Montana State 1-4x - last at Montana State Steals - - Blocks 2 vs Brigham Young 2 vs Brigham Young Minutes 29-2x - last vs BYU 29-2x - last vs BYU 32 - CAITLYN SEARS Points 10 vs Utah Valley 20 vs (1/10/09) Rebounds 5 at Montana State 10 vs Oral Roberts (2/23/09) Assists 3 vs Utah Valley 6 at Centenary (2/23/08) Steals 1 vs Utah Valley 3-3x - (last at CC 1/26/09) Blocks - 2 vs N. Arizona (12/13/08) Minutes 27 vs Caitlin Sears 45 vs IPFW (3/1/08) 35 - STEPHANIE SAMPSON Points 9 at Pacifi c 13 vs Westminster (1/1/09) Rebounds 4-3x - last at Montana State 7-2x - (last vs CC 2/21/09) Assists 3 vs Utah Valley 3-4x - (last vs UVU 11/28/09) Steals 2 at Pacifi c 3-2x - (last vs WOU 12/17/08) Blocks 1 at Montana State 1-2x - ( last at MSU 11/27/09) Minutes 27 vs UNLV 28 vs UC Davis (11/14/08) 44 - CHANEL THORLEY Points 16 at Pacifi c 16 at Pacifi c Rebounds 8-3x - last vs BYU 8-3x - last vs BYU Assists 3 at Montana State 3 at Montana State Steals 1-3x - last vs BYU 1-3x - last vs BYU Blocks 4 vs UNLV 4 vs UNLV Minutes 35 at Pacifi c 35 at Pacifi c THE LAST TIME A PLAYER... Scored 40 or more points 45, Cheryl Eyraud ( ) Scored 30 or more points 30, Casey Cooke ( ) Had 20 or more rebounds 20, Caroline Heaton ( ) Made 15 or more FGs Made 10 or more FGs 10, Anne Westwood Higbee ( ) Attempted 25 or more FGs Attempted 20 or more FGs 20, Lacey Yates ( ) Made 10 or more 3-point FGs Made six or more 3-point FGS 6, Casey Cooke ( ) Attempted 15 or more 3-point FGs Attempted 10 or more 3-point FGs 10, Kaila Goff ( ) Made 15 or more FTs Made 10 or more FTs 10, Anne Higbee ( ) Had 10 or more assists 11, Casey Cooke ( ) Had six or more assists 6, Cassie Burgess ( ) Had 10 or more steals 10, Kim Free ( ) Had six or more steals 6, Cassie Hahl ( ) Had fi ve or more blocks 5, Jamie Sagers ( ) Registered a triple-double Registered a double-double 14-pts, 11-rebs, Challis Pascucci ( )

4 INDIVIDUAL POINTS-REBOUNDS-ASSISTS OPPONENT RESULT HISKEY SMITHSON PARSONS GOFF HOSKING SAGERS Dixie State (Exb.) W, DNP-C DNP-I UNLV L, DNP-C DNP-I at Pacifi c L, DNP-C DNP-I at Weber State L, DNP-C DNP-I Brigham Young L, DNP-C DNP-I at Montana State L, DNP-C DNP-C DNP-I vs. Utah Valley L, DNP-C DNP-C DNP-I Ohio at Oral Roberts at Centenary Utah Valley Westminster (Exb.) at Colorado at Idaho State Utah State South Dakota State North Dakota State at Oakland at IPFW Western Illinois IUPUI at North Dakota State at South Dakota State IPFW Oakland at IUPUI at Western Illinois Centenary Oral Roberts OPPONENT RESULT BURGESS PASCUCCI ANDERSON SEARS SAMPSON THORLEY Dixie State (Exb.) W, UNLV L, DNP-I at Pacifi c L, DNP-I at Weber State L, DNP-I Brigham Young L, DNP-I at Montana State L, vs. Utah Valley L, Ohio at Oral Roberts at Centenary Utah Valley Westminster (Exb.) at Colorado at Idaho State Utah State South Dakota State North Dakota State at Oakland at IPFW Western Illinois IUPUI at North Dakota State at South Dakota State IPFW Oakland at IUPUI at Western Illinois Centenary Oral Roberts DNP-C: Coach s Decision DNP-I: Injured

5 GAME-BY-GAME TEAM STATS Game FG-FGA PCT 3P-3PA PCT FT-FTA PCT O-D TOT F/EJ A TO BLK S TP / Dixie State (Exb.) / / UNLV / / at Pacifi c / / at Weber State / / Brigham Young / / at Montana State / / vs Utah Valley / Ohio at Oral Roberts at Centenary Utah Valley Westminster (Exb.) at Colorado at Idaho State Utah State at South Dakots State North Dakota State at Oakland at IPFW Western Ilinois IUPUI at North Dakota State at South Dakota State IPFW Oakland at IUPUI at Western Illinois Centenary Oral Roberts

2009-10 STATS No. Player GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 24 PASCUCCI, Challis 6-6 174 29.0 16-54.296 0-1.000 21-28.750 21 34 55 9.

6 STATS No. Player GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 24 PASCUCCI, Challis THORLEY, Chanel SEARS, Caitlyn PARSONS, Jadie HOSKING, Dani BURGESS, Cassie SAMPSON, Stephanie SAGERS, Jamie ANDERSON, Tayler SMITHSON, BrookeLynn TEAM Total Opponents OVERALL TEAM STATS - COMBINED SCORING ASSISTS Points per game Assists per game Scoring margin TURNOVERS FIELD GOALS-ATT Turnovers per game Field goal pct Turnover margin POINT FG-ATT Assist/turnover ratio point FG pct STEALS pt FG made/game Steals per game FREE THROWS-ATT BLOCKS Free throw pct Blocks per game F-Throws made/game ATTENDANCE REBOUNDS Home Avg/Game Rebounds per game Neutral Avg/Game Rebounding margin THE LAST TIME... Won in overtime 51-48, Western Illinois ( ) Lost in overtime 74-76, Oral Roberts ( ) Won in double overtime Lost in double overtime 75-76, at CS Northridge ( ) Played 3 or more overtimes Won by 20 or more points 59-37, at Centenary ( ) Won by 30 or more points 85-52, Western Oregon ( ) Won by 40 or more points 83-40, v. Tennessee State ( ) Lost by 20 or more points 53-76, IUPUI ( ) Lost by 30 or more points 39-72, vs Brigham Young ( ) Lost by 40 or more points 42-87, S. Dakota State ( ) Scored 100 or more points , v. S. Methodist ( ) Scored 90 or more points 94-37, Western State ( ) Allowed fewer than 50 points 51-48, Western Illinois ( ) Allowed fewer than 40 points 59-37, at Centenary ( ) Shot over 50% from the fi eld.548, Westminster ( ) Shot under 35% from the field.294, at Montana State ( ) Made 30 or more FGs 32, Centenary ( ) Attempted 60 or more FGs 60, v. Utah Valley ( ) Made 10 or more 3-point FGs 11, Oral Roberts ( ) Attempted 20 or more 3-point FGs 23, v. Utah Valley ( ) Made 20 or more FTs 20, at Weber State ( ) Attempted 30 or more FTs 31, ( ) Had 55 or more rebounds 61, Idaho State ( ) Had 30 or more assists 33, Metro State ( ) Had 25 or more steals 31, Montana Tech ( ) Had 10 or more blocks 10, Tulane ( )

7 STATS No. Player GP-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 21 WESTWOOD-HIGBEE, Anne Conference PASCUCCI,Challis Conference SEARS,Caitlyn Conference PLATT,Cassie Conference JONES,Cassi Conference HOSKING,Dani Conference GOFF,Kaila Conference NEVILLE,Lyndie Conference SAMPSON,Stephanie Conference FARISH,Amanda Conference SLADE,Morgan Conference SAGERS,Jamie Conference SNYDER,Kellie Conference DANCER,Taylor Conference TEAM Conference Total Conference Opponents Conference OVERALL TEAM STATS - ALL GAMES OVERALL TEAM STATS - CONFERENCE SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made/game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made/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 Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home Avg/Game Neutral site-avg/game 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 Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game - 0-0

8 PHOTO ROSTER #3 Heather Hiskey Fr Guard # 10 BrookeLynne Smithson Jr. Forward #12 Jadie Parsons Fr. Guard #13 Kaila Goff Jr. Guard #14 Dani Hosking So. Guard #20 Jamie Sagers Jr. Forward/Center #23 Cassie Burgess So. Guard #24 Challis Pascucci Jr. Forward #31 Tayler Anderson Fr. Forward/Guard #32 Caitlyn Sears Jr. Forward/Guard #35 Stephanie Sampson Jr. Guard #44 Chanel Thorley Fr. Forward/Center Head Coach JR Payne Associate Head Coach Toriano Towns Assistant Coach Bianca Ziemann Assistant Coach Lora Mitchell

Southern Utah University Women s Basketball

Southern Utah University Women s Basketball Weekly Release - October 28, 2011 2011-12 Schedule/Results Overall: 0-0-0 Summit League: 0-0-0 Date Oct. 31 Opponent Dixie State (Exh) Time (MST) 7 p.m. Nov.