Gustavus Adolphus College 2013-14 Women s Basketball 2013-14 SCHEDULE/RESULTS DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 11/20 UW-RIVER FALLS W 77-56 11/23 UM-Morris W 70-38 11/30 UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN W 75-53 12/4 HAMLINE UNIVERSITY* W 75-66 12/7 CONCORDIA COLLEGE* L 47-70 12/11 COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT* 12/21 Augsburg College* 3:00 p.m. 1/4 St. Olaf College* 3:00 p.m. 1/6 MACALESTER COLLEGE* 1/8 Bethel University* 1/11 CARLETON COLLEGE* (Alumnae Day) 1:00 p.m. 1/15 UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS* 1/18 Saint Mary s University* 1:30 p.m. 1/20 ST. CATHERINE UNIVERSITY* 1/22 Hamline University* 1/25 Concordia College* 1:30 p.m. 1/29 AUGSBURG COLLEGE* 2/1 ST. OLAF COLLEGE* 1:00 p.m. 2/3 College of Saint Benedict* 2/5 Macalester College* 2/8 Carleton College* 1:00 p.m. 2/12 BETHEL UNIVERSITY* 2/15 SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY* (Senior Day) 1:00 p.m. 2/19 University of St. Thomas* 2/22 St. Catherine University* 3:00 p.m. HOME GAMES in BOLD FACE CAPS; all times Central * MIAC game GUSTAVUS QUICK FACTS Location: St. Peter, Minnesota Address: 800 West College Ave. St. Peter, MN 56082 Founded: 1862 Enrollment: 2,500 Nickname: Golden Gusties School Colors: Black and Gold Home Arena: Gus Young Court Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic NCAA Affiliation: NCAA Division III President: Jack R. Ohle Athletic Director: Tom Brown Assistant Athletic Director: Jared Phillips Athletic Trainer: Troy Banse Equipment Manager: Wayne Norman Sports Information Director: Ethan Armstrong Sports Information Graduate Assistant: Tyler Grey GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE Golden Gusties 4-1, 1-1 MIAC Game 6 Game Information DATE: Wednesday, December 11 TIME: SITE: St. Peter, Minnesota VENUE: Gus Young Court WEB VIDEO: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/gac.portal LIVE STATS: https://gustavus.edu/athletics/wbb/live/xlive.htm TWITTER @GustieAthletics YOUTUBE youtube.com/gustavusathletics FACEBOOK facebook.com/gustieathletics INSTAGRAM instagram.com/gustieathletics COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT Blazers 3-2, 1-2 MIAC SETTING THE SCENE The Gustavus Adolphus women s basketball team will take on the Blazers of the College on Saint Benedict in an MIAC showdown on Wednesday night at on Gus Young Court. The Gusties enter Wednesday night s game at 4-1 overall and 1-1 in the MIAC, while Saint Ben s comes in a 3-2 overall and 0-2 in the MIAC. LAST TIME OUT Gustavus suffered its first loss of the season last Saturday when the Cobbers rolled into St. Peter and handed the Gusties a 70-47 loss. After trading points and going back-andforth for the first 15 minutes the game, Concordia closed the first half on a 13-5 scoring-run and never looked back. With a 33-25 halftime lead, the Cobbers outscored the Gusties 37-22 in the second half. The Gusties shot a season-low 30.9-percent from the field and were out-rebounded for the second time this season. Karina Schroeder (So., Lake Crystal, Minn.) led the team in scoring with 10 points on 3-of-12 shooting from the field and 4-of-4 shooting from the free throw line. Britta Rinke and Julia Dysthe, Gustavus s other leading scorers entering the game, were limited to just eight and seven points, respectively, on the afternoon. SERIES HISTORY Wednesday night s game between Gustavus and Saint Benedict will be the 65th meeting Gustavus Projected Starters # Player Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown PPG RPG FG% 3PT% FT% MIN. 5 Julia Dysthe G Sr. 5-7 White Bear Lake, Minn. 13.2 1.8.407.273.923 31.6 10 Rachelle Blaschko G Sr. 5-4 Henderson, Minn. 4.0 1.6.154.231.692 31.8 20 Britta Rinke F Sr. 5-11 Waconia, Minn. 16.8 5.6.516.500.640 31.2 33 Lindsey Johnson F So. 6-0 Edina, Minn. 8.8 4.4.409.000.727 23.2 50 Karina Schroeder P So. 6-0 Lake Crystal, Minn. 12.8 9.6.451.000.720 24.4 Saint Benedict Projected Starters # Player Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown PPG RPG FG% 3PT% FT% MIN. 03 Morgan Dale F Sr. 5-10 Jamestown, N.D. 11.7 12.2.542.389.688 32.5 05 Mattie Lueck F So. 6-0 Pequot Lakes, Minn. 7.5 4.7.372.143.800 25.7 11 Annie Dittberner G Fy. 5-7 New Prague, Minn. 6.2 2.5.351.286.455 26.2 14 Brianna Barrett W Sr. 5-7 Annandale, Minn. 16.0 3.0.466.304.656 28.2 24 Tish Alexander W Sr. 5-9 Minneapolis, Minn. 10.7 5.7.364.259.810 29.3 GAME CENTRAL client.stretchinternet.com/client/gac.portal FLICKR flickr.com/photos/gogusties
STATISTICAL COMPARISON GUSTAVUS vs. SAINT BEN S 4-1 Overall Record 4-2 1-1 Conference Record 1-2 68.8 Points Per Game 68.7 +12.2 Scoring Margin +7.9.424 Field Goal Percentage.441.306 3-PT Field Goal Percentage.295.688 Free Throw Percentage.680 200 Rebounds 223 40.0 Rebounds Per Game 37.2 +0.6 Rebounding Margin +1.4 66 Assists 80 13.2 Assists Per Game 13.3 0.8 Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.7 17.0 Turnovers Per Game 19.0 +5.0 Turnover Margin +2.5 GUSTAVUS S RECORD WHEN... At home... 3-1 On the road... 1-0 A neutral site... 0-0 In MIAC games... 1-1 In non-conference games... 3-0 When leading after first half... 3-0 When tied after first half... 0-0 When trailing after first half... 1-1 In overtime... 0-0 GAC has more rebounds... 3-0 Opponent has more rebounds... 1-1 Rebounds equal... 0-0 GAC has more assists... 3-1 Opponent has more assists... 1-0 Assists equal... 0-0 GAC commits more fouls... 1-1 Opponent commits more fouls... 3-0 Fouls equal... 0-0 GAC commits more turnovers... 0-1 Opponent commits more turnovers... 4-0 Turnovers equal... 0-0 GAC scores first... 4-0 Opponent scores first... 0-1 Games decided by three or less... 0-0 Games decided by single figures... 1-0 Games decided by double figures... 3-1 In November... 3-0 In December... 1-1 In January... 0-0 In February... 0-0 Following a win... 3-1 Following a loss... 0-0 between the two schools in women s basketball. Saint Ben s holds the advantage in the all-time series with a record of 44-20. The Gusties and Blazers split the regular season series last year in a pair of tightly-contested games. Neither team could defend its home court as Gustavus won 64-61 on Dec. 1 in St. Joseph, and Saint Ben s came out victorious 68-66 on Jan. 26 in St. Peter. SCOUTING THE BLAZERS The Saint Benedict women s got things on track Monday night with a 79-78 victory over Hamline at home in Claire Lynch Hall. Trailing 78-77 with :31 seconds left in regulation, Brainna Barrett knocked down a jumper with :21 seconds on the clock to put the Blazers up 79-78. Hamline was unable to convert on the final possession of the game and Saint Ben s came away with the one-point victory. The Blazers shot 42-percent from the field and finished with five players in double-figures in their first MIAC win. The Blazers struggled at the very end of their first two MIAC contests, falling 70-69 to St. Catherine at home on Dec. 4, and losing to 67-64 to Saint Mary s on Dec. 7 in Winona. St. Kates hit a jumper at the buzzer for the one point victory, and Saint Mary s outscored the Blazers 5-1 in the final :39 second on the way to the win. Saint Ben s enters Wednesday night averaging 68.7 points per game (7th/MIAC) with a team field goal percentage of.441 (2nd/MIAC). The team s top scoring threat, Brianna Barrett, averages 16 points per game and is shotting 46.6-percent from the field. Morgan Dale sits behind her with an 11.7 points per game average, while Tish Alexander averages 10.7. Dale is also the league s second-ranked rebounder, averaging 12.2 boards per game. NEWS AND NOTES Homestand Ends Wednesday - The Gustavus women s basketball team s current fourgame homestand will comes to an end with Wednesday s game against Saint Ben s. In their previous three games at Gus Young Court, Gustavus has averaged 65.6 points per game and shot a combined 39.6-percent from the field. Saint Ben s is on the road for just the second time this season on Wednesday. In their first road contest at Saint Mary s last Saturday, the Blazers shot 42-percent from the field, 44.4-percent from three, and 66.7-percent at the line. BY THE NUMBERS... 4 - The number of Gustavus players averaging over 20 minutes per game and shooting over 40-percent from the field. Britta Rinke (31.2 mpg, 51.6 FG%, ), Julia Dysthe (31.6, 40.7 FG%), Karina Schroeder (24.4 mpg, 45.1 FG%), and Morgan Iverson (23.2 mpg, 40.9 FG%) all fall into this category. 3 - The number of Gusties who rank inside the top 10 in the MIAC in minutes per game. Rachelle Blaschko leads the team at 31.8 (4th), followed by Julia Dysthe at 31.6 (5th), and Britta Rinke at 31.2 (7th). Saint Benedict s Morgan Dale ranks third in the MIAC with a 32.5 minutes per game average. MIAC Standings/Schedule SCHOOL MIAC OVERALL Bethel 3-0 5-0 St. Thomas 3-0 5-1 Saint Mary s 3-1 5-1 Concordia 2-1 4-2 St. Olaf 2-1 4-2 Carleton 2-1 3-2 Gustavus 1-1 4-1 Saint Benedict 1-2 4-2 St. Catherine 1-2 2-4 Augsburg 0-2 2-2 Hamline 0-3 0-4 Macalester 0-4 1-6 AROUND THE LEAGUE Wednesday, Dec. 11 Augsburg at Concordia St. Thomas at Hamline Saint Benedict at Gustavus Bethel at Carleton St. Olaf at St. Catherine Saturday, Dec. 14 Hamline at Concordia Saint Benedict at St. Thomas St. Scholastica at Augsburg Coe at Carleton 5:45 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
2013-14 Gustavus Women s Basketball Team 2013-14 Gustavus Women s Basketball Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown High School 5 Julia Dysthe Sr. G 5-7 White Bear Lake, Minn. White Bear Lake 10 Rachelle Blaschko Sr. G 5-4 Henderson, Minn. Le Sueur-Henderson 11 Emily FitzSimmons Jr. G 5-7 Good Thunder, Minn. Maple River 12 Anne Odegard Fy. G 5-9 St. Paul, Minn. Cretin-Derham Hall 14 Morgan Iverson Fy. F 5-9 Waconia, Minn. Waconia 20 Britta Rinke Sr. F 5-11 Waconia, Minn. Waconia 22 Julie Sohre So. F 5-10 Good Thunder, Minn. Maple River 23 Heather Hohenstein So. G 5-5 Garden City, Minn. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial 24 Taylor Ebnet Fy. G 5-7 Lake Lillian, Minn. BOLD 30 Kelle Nett So. F 5-10 Spring Valley, Ill. Hall 32 Hannah Howard Fy. G 5-9 St. Paul, Minn. Cretin-Derham Hall 33 Lindsey Johnson So. F 6-0 Edina, Minn. Edina 40 Anna Lundquist So. P 5-11 Rochester, Minn. Mayo 42 Emmaline Crawford Fy. P 6-0 Mankato, Minn. East 43 Cara Christiansen Fy. F 5-10 North Mankato, Minn. West 44 Kristen Klaben Fy. F 5-10 Litchfield, Minn. Litchfield 50 Karina Schroeder So. P 6-0 Lake Crystal, Minn. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial Head Coach: Laurie Kelly (Second Season) Assistant Coaches: Dan Wolfe, Nate Otto, Angie Potts
Head Coach Laurie Kelly Second Season 19-12 at Gustavus 241-203 Overall Office: 507-933-6145 Email: lkelly@gustavus.edu Laurie Kelly will begin her second season as the head coach of the Gustavus women s basketball team in 2013-14. Kelly, a 1993 graduate of the University of St. Thomas with a major in speech communications, comes to Gustavus from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, where she directed the Division I Lumberjacks for nine seasons. Under Kelly s direction, the 2012-13 Gusties went 14-8 in the MIAC, finishing sixth in the conference standings. In the team s 13th appearance in the MIAC Playoffs, Gustavus was eliminated in the first round by Saint Mary s 76-69. The Gusties finished 15-11 overall, reaching the 15-win mark for the eighth consecutive season. Senior Abby Rothenbuehler (North Mankato, Minn.) and first-year Karina Schroeder (Lake Crystal, Minn.) were featured in the MIAC s Post-Season Awards. Rothenbuehler earned a spot on the All-Conference Team, while Schroeder was placed on the All-Rookie Team. Rothenbuehler scored a career-best 327 points to lead Gustavus with a 12.6 points per game scoring average. She shot 48.3-percent from the field and brought down a total of 213 rebounds (8.2 rpg). Rothenbuehler finishes her career the program s all-time leader in blocked shots with 121. A Rochester, Minnesota, native, Kelly made a quick ascent through the Division II and I coaching ranks after a record setting Division III playing career at the University of St. Thomas in the early `90s. In the past nine years at Northern Arizona, she has compiled the most wins in the program s history (117), while also directing the team to its first-ever Big Sky Conference tournament title and NCAA tournament bid in the 2005-06 season. During Kelly s tenure, the Lumberjacks advanced to the Big Sky tournament six times with two appearances in the championship game (2006, 2007), and her teams have registered two of the three 20-win seasons in the program s history. In addition to quality on the floor, her squads have also been strong in the classroom, with four players earning CoSIDA Academic All-District honors including one Academic All- American. The Lumberjacks were recognized in the Women s Basketball Coaches Association Top 25 Academic Honor Roll six times, with two Top Ten national rankings. Following the 2012-13 season, the Gustavus women s basketball team achieved a significant milestone when the Women s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced its Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll following the year. Making their 15th appearance on the NCAA Division III honor roll, the Gusties were recognized as the team with the top cumulative grade point average in country at a 3.600 a first in the program s history. Prior to her position at Northern Arizona, Kelly coached at Binghamton University in New York and built the Bearcats into one of the top Division II programs in the country before helping the institution transition to a Division I program in 2001-02. In that first year of Division I competition, Kelly directed the team to a 19-9 record and a second-place finish in the America East Conference. During her five years at Binghamton, Kelly compiled a record of 94-22, including a mark of 75-13 in the program s final three years at the Division II level, and her squads won New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) titles in 1999 and 2000 and Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) titles in 2000 and 2001. She was named ECAC Coach of the Year in 2000 and New York State Coach of the Year in 2002. Kelly started her collegiate coaching career as the graduate assistant coach at Minnesota State University, Mankato from 1996 to 1998. While she was at Minnesota State, Mankato she earned a master s degree in physical education with an emphasis in sports administration. Before her success in the coaching ranks, Laurie Trow Kelly was a standout player at the University of St. Thomas from 1989 to 1993 and is recognized by many as one of the greatest players in NCAA Division III history. A gifted athlete, the 6-1 Kelly scored 2,607 points and pulled down 1,204 rebounds in four years, earning Kodak All-America honors three consecutive seasons. In her senior season (1992-93), Kelly was voted National Player of the Year by the Women s Basketball Coaches Association after averaging more than 26 points per game. She set 22 conference and 24 school records, was conference MVP three times and was also named Midwest Sports Channel NCAA Division III Women s Athlete of the Year. In January of 2006, Kelly was one of five players selected to the NCAA Division III 25th Anniversary Team. Laurie Kelly is the ninth head coach in the 44-year history of the Gustavus women s basketball program. Heading into the 2013-14 season, the Gusties have compiled an all-time record of 618-422 (.594), winning two Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships and making five NCAA tournament appearances. In addition to her coaching duties, Kelly will serve as the coordinator of the Gustavus Health Promotion program (GHP). The Gustavus Health Promotion program offers employees at Gustavus a variety of educational opportunities, assessment tools, and physical activity experiences so that they can achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Kelly lives in St. Peter with and her husband, Matt, and their two daughters, Morgan and Madison.
2013-14 TV/ Radio Roster Julia Dysthe Guard - Senior White Bear Lake, Minn. 5 10 11 12 14 Rachelle Blaschko Guard - Senior Henderson, Minn. Emily FitzSimmons Guard - Junior Good Thunder, Minn. Anne Odegard Guard - First-year St. Paul, Minn. Morgan Iverson Forward - First-year Waconia, Minn. Britta Rinke Forward - Senior Waconia, Minn. 20 22 23 24 30 Julie Sohre Forward - Sophomore Good Thunder, Minn. Heather Hohenstein Guard - Sophomore Garden City, Minn. Taylor Ebnet Guard - First-year Lake Lillian, Minn. Kelle Nett Forward - Sophomore Spring Valley, Ill. Hannah Howard Guard - First-year St. Paul, Minn. 32 33 40 42 43 Lindsey Johnson Forward - Sophomore Edina, Minn. Anna Lundquist Post - Sophomore Rochester, Minn. Emmaline Crawford Post - First-year Mankato, Minn. Cara Christiansen Forward - First-year North Mankato, Minn. Kristen Klaben Post - First-year Litchfield, Minn. 44 50 Karina Schroeder Post - Sophomore Lake Crystal, Minn. Laurie Kelly Head Coach Dan Wolfe Assistant Coach
2013-14 Combined Season Statistics RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 4-1 3-1 1-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 3-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 20 Britta Rinke 5-5 156 31.2 32-62.516 4-8.500 16-25.640 11 17 28 5.6 12 0 8 10 3 9 84 16.8 05 Julia Dysthe 5-5 158 31.6 24-59.407 6-22.273 12-13.923 0 9 9 1.8 16 1 17 7 1 19 66 13.2 50 Karina Schroeder 5-5 122 24.4 23-51.451 0-0.000 18-25.720 20 28 48 9.6 16 0 6 7 16 6 64 12.8 33 Lindsey Johnson 5-5 116 23.2 18-44.409 0-2.000 8-11.727 4 18 22 4.4 5 0 10 12 0 4 44 8.8 40 Anna Lundquist 5-0 62 12.4 9-19.474 0-0.000 4-6.667 9 12 21 4.2 10 0 3 7 2 2 22 4.4 14 Morgan Iverson 5-0 114 22.8 8-16.500 2-4.500 3-5.600 6 8 14 2.8 10 0 3 6 1 4 21 4.2 10 Rachelle Blaschko 5-5 159 31.8 4-26.154 3-13.231 9-13.692 3 5 8 1.6 10 0 17 20 0 11 20 4.0 30 Kelle Nett 5-0 55 11.0 6-9.667 0-0.000 0-0.000 6 8 14 2.8 4 0 1 2 0 0 12 2.4 43 Cara Christiansen 3-0 20 6.7 1-7.143 0-0.000 4-6.667 7 3 10 3.3 2 0 0 4 0 1 6 2.0 22 Julie Sohre 2-0 5 2.5 1-2.500 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.0 32 Hannah Howard 3-0 10 3.3 0-1.000 0-0.000 2-5.400 0 4 4 1.3 2 0 1 5 2 0 2 0.7 23 Heather Hohenstein 3-0 14 4.7 0-0.000 0-0.000 1-2.500 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3 12 Anne Odegard 1-0 1 1.0 0-0.000 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 42 Emmaline Crawford 2-0 4 2.0 0-0.000 0-0.000 0-1.000 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 24 Taylor Ebnet 2-0 4 2.0 0-1.000 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Total... 5 1000 126-297.424 15-49.306 77-112.688 74 126 200 40.0 88 1 66 85 26 58 344 68.8 Opponents... 5 1000 98-286.343 26-96.271 61-91.670 80 117 197 39.4 92-41 110 17 38 283 56.6 TEAM STATISTICS GAC OPP SCORING 344 283 Points per game 68.8 56.6 Scoring margin +12.2 - FIELD GOALS-ATT 126-297 98-286 Field goal pct.424.343 3 POINT FG-ATT 15-49 26-96 3-point FG pct.306.271 3-pt FG made per game 3.0 5.2 FREE THROWS-ATT 77-112 61-91 Free throw pct.688.670 F-Throws made per game 15.4 12.2 REBOUNDS 200 197 Rebounds per game 40.0 39.4 Rebounding margin +0.6 - ASSISTS 66 41 Assists per game 13.2 8.2 TURNOVERS 85 110 Turnovers per game 17.0 22.0 Turnover margin +5.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 0.4 STEALS 58 38 Steals per game 11.6 7.6 BLOCKS 26 17 Blocks per game 5.2 3.4 ATTENDANCE 875 276 Home games-avg/game 4-219 1-276 Neutral site-avg/game - 0-0 Date Opponent Score Att. 11/20/13 UW-RIVER FALLS W 56-77 212 11/23/13 at Minnesota Morris W 70-38 276 11/30/13 UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN W 53-75 167 * 12/4/13 HAMLINE UNIVERSITY W 66-75 213 * 12/7/13 CONCORDIA COLLEGE L 70-47 283 * - Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Gustavus Adolphus Col 163 181 344 Opponents 133 150 283
2013-14 Game-by-Game Statistical Comparison Opponent 1st 2nd Score Mar Total FG FG Pct 3-Pointers 3FG Pct Free Throws FT Pct Rebounds Assist T/Over Block Steal Fouls UW-RIVER FALLS 38/25 39/31 77-56 +21 31-63/21-62.492/.339 4-9/3-14.444/.214 11-16/11-17.688/.647 34/44 (10) 16/5 19/27 6/5 15/8 16/19 Minnesota Morris 36/21 34/17 70-38 +32 23-52/14-48.442/.292 3-13/3-15.231/.200 21-30/7-15.700/.467 41/34 +7 13/8 25/35 6/0 19/11 19/20 UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWEST 36/22 39/31 75-53 +22 32-60/17-62.533/.274 2-9/9-31.222/.290 9-12/10-12.750/.833 43/33 +10 18/10 8/12 3/1 8/4 16/6 HAMLINE UNIVERSITY 28/32 47/34 75-66 +9 23-67/25-59.343/.424 4-10/5-23.400/.217 25-38/11-18.658/.611 48/41 +7 9/11 13/19 3/3 7/6 16/28 CONCORDIA COLLEGE 25/33 22/37 47-70 (23) 17-55/21-55.309/.382 2-8/6-13.250/.462 11-16/22-29.688/.759 34/45 (11) 10/7 20/17 8/8 9/9 21/19 Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category