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2005-06 University of Northern Colorado Women s Basketball Quick Facts about the university Location:... Greeley, Colorado (80639) Enrollment:... 11,855 Founded:... 1889 Affiliation:... NCAA Division I Nickname:... Bears Colors:... Blue & Gold Conference:... Independent (Big Sky - 2006) President:... Kay Norton Director of Athletics:... Jay S. Hinrichs Senior Women s Administrator:...Linda Spradley Faculty Athletic Representative:... Dr. Bob Heiny Athletic Department Phone:...(970) 351-2534 Athletic Ticket Office Phone:... (970) 351-2327 University Web Site:... www.unco.edu athletic media relations Women s Basketball Contact:... Eric Scott Office Phone:... (970) 351-1065 Home Phone:... (970) 506-1899 Cell Phone:...(970) 978-0970 Email:... TBA Media Relations Coordinator:... Kyle Schwartz Office Phone:... (970) 351-2522 Home Phone:... (970) 506-9817 Email:... Kyle.Schwartz@unco.edu Athletic Web Site:... www.uncbears.com Media Relations Fax:... (970) 351-2018 Mailing Address 251 Butler-Hancock Hall Box 117 Greeley, CO 80639 media information Newspaper Greeley Tribune Contact: Sam Mustari Phone: (970) 352-0211 Fax: (970) 356-5780 Radio KFKA-AM (1310) Contact: Troy Coverdale Phone: 970-356-1310 x209 about the team Head Coach:... Ron Vlasin (Northern Colorado, 1967) Record at UNC:... 54-56 (4 yrs.) Career Record:... same Office Phone:... (970) 351-1713 Email:...Ron.Vlasin@unco.edu Assistant Coach:... Molly Marrin (Regis, 2003) Tenure at UNC:... 3rd season Office Phone:... (970) 351-1487 Email:... Molly.Marrin@unco.edu Assistant Coach:... Barett Palmer (Metro State, 2004) Tenure at UNC:... 2nd season Office Phone:... (970) 351-1896 Email:... Barett.Palmer@unco.edu Assistant Coach:... Gail Gagne (Northern Colorado, 2005) Tenure at UNC:... 1st season Office Phone:... (970) 351-1896 Email:... Gail.Gagne@unco.edu Home Arena:... Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion (4,500) Press Row Phone:...(970) 351-2522 First Year of Basketball at UNC:... 1970-71 All-Time Record:... 460-430 NCAA Division II Regional Appearances:... 5 Last Appearance:... 1997-98 Defeated Metro State 74-64 & Lost 96-68 to North Dakota 2004-05 Record:... 12-16 Home:... 7-4 Away:... 3-11 Neutral:... 2-1 Players Returning/Lost:...13/3 Starters Returning/Lost:...3/2 Newcomers:... 3 Newspaper Rocky Mountain News Phone: (303) 892-5214 Fax: (303) 892-2602 Newspaper Denver Post Phone: (303) 820-1578 Fax: (303) 866-9004

2005-06 University of Northern Colorado Women s Basketball Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Last School) 10 Kendra Lambrecht G 5 8 Jr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Palmer) 12 Molly McGrath G 5 5 Sr. Basalt, Colo. (Western Nebraska CC) 14 Amy Martinson G 5 6 So. Montrose, Colo. (Montrose) 20 Whitley Cox G 5 8 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial) 22 Jena Fosdick G 5 10 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln East) 23 Bailey Dillon G 5 5 Jr. Sterling, Colo. (Sterling) 24 Alisa Christopherson F 5 11 Fr. Missoula, Mont. (Sentinel) 25 Heather Barbour F 6 0 Jr. Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Arapahoe) 30 Melanie Drangmeister G 5 11 Jr. Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola) 32 Cindy McCarroll F 5 10 Sr. LaJara, Colo. (Centauri) 33 Danielle Hagen C 6 1 Jr. Sidney, Mont. (Sidney) 34 Candace Buttars G 5 9 R-Fr. Weston, Idaho (Westside) 40 Jabrenta Hubbard G 5 6 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Green Valley) 42 Dani Veal C 6 2 So. Sterling, Colo. (Sterling) 51 Nicole Ford C 6 2 Jr. Sioux Falls, S.D. (Lincoln) 52 Breanna Lien C 6 4 So. Gillette, Wyo. (Campbell County) Head Coach: Ron Vlasin (Northern Colorado, 67), 5th season Assistant Coach: Molly Marrin (Regis, 03), 3rd season Assistant Coach: Barett Palmer (Metro State, 04), 2nd season ROSTER BREAKDOWN By the Year: UNC has two senior on its roster of 16 players. Seniors (2) McCarroll and McGrath Juniors (7) Barbour, Dillon, Drangmeister, Ford, Fosdick, Hagen, Lambrecht Sophomores (3) Lien, Martinson, Veal Freshman (4) Buttars, Christopherson, Cox, Hubbard By the State: The Bears represent nine states with Colorado leading the way with seven. Colorado (7) Barbour, Dillon, Lambrecht, Martinson, McCarroll, McGrath, Veal Montana (2) Christopherson, Hagen Nevada (2) Cox, Hubbard Idaho (1) Buttars Nebraska (1) Fosdick New Mexico (1) Drangmeister South Dakota (1) Ford Wyoming (1) Lien Pronounciation Guide DRANGMEISTER... DRANG-mystir JABRENTA... JUH-bren-tuh LIEN... LEAN VLASIN... VLA-sheen

2005-06 UNC Women s Basketball Starters Returning (3) Danielle Hagen 28/28 6.4 6.3 2.3 0.6 0.5.483.231.690 Cindy McCarroll 28/14 4.9 3.7 1.3 1.1 0.2.402.333.705 Jena Fosdick 28/21 8.2 3.2 2.9 1.1 0.1.353.318.692 Starters Lost (1) Kayla Flavin 28/15 8.5 2.6 0.5 1.0 0.0.394.276.708 Gail Gagne 28/13 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.7 0.1.406.111.565 Reserves Returning (9) Heather Barbour 15/8 6.3 2.4 0.7 0.7 0.1.344.286.789 Bailey Dillon 28/4 3.5 1.3 1.9 0.4 0.0.315.293.944 Melanie Drangmeister 26/0 3.6 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.0.319.298.571 Nicole Ford 28/6 5.0 3.4 0.4 0.4 0.8.540.286.765 Kendra Lambrecht 28/13 6.8 1.8 0.9 1.0 0.1.320.309.552 Breanna Lien 18/0 1.0 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.3.421.333.500 Amy Martinson 16/0 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0.353.375.500 Molly McGrath 22/8 3.1 1.9 2.3 0.6 0.0.381.375.500 Dani Veal 28/3 1.5 2.5 0.3 0.5 0.6.227.333.333 Reserves Lost (1) Kirsten Van Orden 25/7 5.2 3.7 0.4 0.8 0.2.419.276.714 Newcomers (4) Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown (Last School) Candace Buttars G 5 9 R-Fr. Weston, Idaho (Westside) Alisa Christopherson F 5 11 Fr. Missoula, Mont. (Sentinel) Whitley Cox G 5 8 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial) Jabrenta Hubbard G 5 6 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Green Valley) 11/19 at Nebraska L, 89-46 11/21 at Drake L, 52-51 11/22 at Iowa State L, 76-36 11/29 at UMKC L, 61-49 12/2 Utah State W, 68-62 12/4 at San Diego State L, 68-65 12/13 Air Force L, 67-62 12/15 at Denver L, 63-53 12/17 at UTEP W, 59-52 12/20 Wyoming L, 64-39 12/29 at Colorado L, 77-58 12/30 IPFW W, 77-48 1/2 Colorado State L, 69-59 1/6 at Weber State L, 83-52 1/8 at Utah L, 85-35 1/13 at UNLV L, 88-68 1/24 Adams State W, 75-50 2004-05 UNC Women s Basketball Results 1/29 Utah Valley State W, 75-57 2/6 at IPFW W, 78-65 2/9 Colorado College W, 98-65 2/12 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi L, 60-46 2/14 CU-Colorado Springs W, 73-54 2/19 Western State W, 85-60 2/26 at Utah Valley State W, 68-64 2/28 at Maryland L, 87-79 3/3 vs. IPFW # W, 58-55 3/4 vs. Texas-Pan American # W, 49-44 3/5 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi # L, 62-42 # - NCAA Div. I Independent Championships (Orem, Utah)

2005-06 University of Northern Colorado Women s Basketball Schedule Nov. 8 Colorado Mines (Exhibition) Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at Air Force Colorado Springs, Colo. 7 p.m. Nov. 20 Cal State-Fullerton Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion 1 p.m. Nov. 23 Illinois Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion 7 p.m. Nov. 25 vs. Marquette & Bozeman, Mont. 5 p.m. Nov. 26 vs. Boise State or Montana State & Bozeman, Mont. 5 p.m./7 p.m. Dec. 2 at Nevada % Reno, Nev. 7 p.m. Dec. 3 vs. Gonzaga or Northwestern State % Reno, Nev. 2 p.m./4 p.m. Dec. 10 at Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. 2 p.m. Dec. 13 UTEP Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion 7 p.m. Dec. 15 at Louisville Louisville, Ky. 5 p.m. Dec. 18 at Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. 2 p.m. Dec. 20 UMKC Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion 7 p.m. Dec. 31 Denver Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion 1 p.m. Jan. 2 Mesa State Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion 7 p.m. Jan. 4 Weber State Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion 7 p.m. Jan. 10 Colorado Christian Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion 7 p.m. Jan. 15 Texas-Pan American Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion 1 p.m. Jan. 22 at Lamar Beaumont, Texas 6 p.m. Jan. 28 CU-Colorado Springs Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion 1 p.m. Feb. 4 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas 2 p.m. Feb. 6 at Texas-Pan American Edinburg, Texas 6 p.m. Feb. 11 Utah Valley State Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at Colorado Boulder, Colo. 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at Denver Denver, Colo. 7 p.m. Feb. 18 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion 7 p.m. Feb. 21 at Utah Valley State Orem, Utah 4:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at Fairleigh Dickinson Teaneck, N.J. 5 p.m. Feb. 26 at Maryland College Park, Md. 12 p.m. & - Wingate Classic (Bozeman, Mont.) % - Nugget Classic (Reno, Nev.) Home games in BOLD and at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion in Greeley, Colo. All times are mountain and subject to change.

Season Preview No excuses will be made. That is the kind of mentality head coach Ron Vlasin wants his team to have as the program begins the third year of a four-year transition to Division I. The team had close calls with good Division I teams last year, which were moral victories for the team, but Vlasin thinks it is time for Northern Colorado to stop accepting losses. Winning is a state of mind, Vlasin said, If you re in the game, it all boils down to mental toughness. We re not willing to accept losses, and it doesn t matter who it is. The 2005-06 season marks the fifth season Vlasin has been at the helm of Northern Colorado women s basketball, and this season s squad could be the best team he has coached since he has been at UNC. Even with a challenging schedule ahead, the Bears could turn some heads. It will be the last season for Northern Colorado as an independent as it enters the Big Sky Conference on July 1, 2006. I think we ll have the best team I ve had since I ve been here, Vlasin said. We should be more experienced and ready for some top-notch competition. The Bears return 13 players overall; nine of those 13 are upperclassmen. There were six different starting lineups, and nine returning players started at some point last season. To add to an already solid roster, there are three talented newcomers who Vlasin expects to contribute right away. Northern Colorado will play seven games against teams that competed in last season s NCAA (Louisville and Maryland) or WNIT (Illinois, Marquette, Gonzaga and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) tournaments. Although the schedule might seem daunting, Vlasin said the team is familiar with Division I athleticism and they should be able to stick with the teams. I think they have convinced themselves that they can play against those teams, he said. Hopefully we can knock off at least a couple of those teams. Northern Colorado is hoping to be competitive again this season against the likes of Maryland, Louisville, Marquette and Gonzaga. The Bears will square off against Maryland again on Feb. 26 in College Park, Md. The Bears took the nationally-ranked Terrapins down to the wire in last season s showdown as Northern Colorado led 75-72 with 4:20 remaining in the game before Maryland rallied to an 87-79 win. Something that will be monumental to the team s success against the high level of competition will be its perimeter shooting. The Bears averaged 29 3- point attempts last season, and that is something Vlasin hopes to continue. At the same time, he is hoping the team will improve its 3-point shooting success by 5 percent, as it shot.296 from downtown last season. Vlasin said the team will consistently have four or five players on the floor at the same time that can shoot the perimeter shot. It s hard enough on the other team when there is just one player that can shoot the three, Vlasin said. With four or five players on the floor at the same time that can shoot the three, we should be tough to guard. Although the schedule could prove to be tough, Northern Colorado will benefit from an abundance of depth. That depth will help the Bears most when their eight visiting out-of-state opponents have to endure the Colorado altitude. It will also help that Northern Colorado plays 13 of its games at home, which includes a seven-game home stand that starts at the end of December and ends in the middle of January. We feel like if we play a great game, we have a shot at beating anybody on our schedule, Vlasin said. One of the keys to the Bears success this season will be the ability of the backcourt to distribute the ball and be consistent with the outside shot. Junior Jena Fosdick proved to be a go-to scorer last year, and the Bears will count on her again this year. Fosdick, who earned honorable mention Division I All-Independent honors last season, scored a career-high 29 points on 10-of-17 shooting at nationally-ranked Maryland and was the second on the team in scoring with 8.2 points per game. Fosdick also led the team in 3-pointers made with 47. Fosdick also showed her defensive talent as she finished tied for the team lead in steals with 31. Freshman newcomer Jabrenta Hubbard will give the returning guards a tough challenge for playing time. Possibly the most prized recruit in Northern Colorado women s basketball history, Hubbard was named first-team and MVP of her conference all four years of her high school career in Las Vegas. As a senior at Green Valley High School, she averaged 20.3 points and 3.5 assists per game. As a junior, she averaged 19.9 points, 4.5 assists and five steals per game. Her success in high school did not go unnoticed as Hubbard was ranked as the 38th best high school player in America by NCAAFullCourt.com in 2004. She was also mentioned as a top player in 2004 by Street & Smith s. Junior Bailey Dillon is perhaps the best shooter on the team, and the Bears will count on her heavily for consistency in not only the perimeter game, but also at the free throw line. Dillon led the team from the stripe with a.944 free throw percentage, and she tied the Northern Colorado record for consecutive free throws made with 25. She was also perfect from the line in the last two minutes games. Dillon was a key part of ball rotation as she was third on the team in assists with 52. Another important part of the Bears outside shooting attack is junior Kendra Lambrecht. Lambrecht was third on the team in scoring with 6.8 points per game and led the team in scoring seven times. She was also second on the team in 3-pointers made with 43. Lambrecht, who was an honorable mention Division I All-Independent selection last season, consistently showed she is a force to be reckoned with from beyond the arc as she hit six 3- pointers on two different occasions. Senior Molly McGrath will provide the Bears with the always important element of senior leadership. McGrath started out last season as an afterthought in the Northern Colorado rotation, but she soon played an important role on the team not only coming off the bench, but also as a starter, as she drew eight starting assignments. McGrath led the team in assists seven times and also showed her poise against a top-level Division I team in Colorado State as McGrath scored a career-high 11 points in Northern Colorado s close 62-52 loss to the Rams. Freshman Whitley Cox is another prized recruit with an impressive prep resume that comes out of Las Vegas. Cox played on three state championship teams and led her team to a fourth straight championship game appearance after a 23 point, 14 rebound performance in the semifinal game. As a

senior, she averaged 13.5 points and 8.9 rebounds per game while also shooting 60 percent from the field, including 43 percent from 3-point range. Sophomore Amy Martinson will bring a much-needed defensive prowess to the team after seeing limited action last season. Martinson played a seasonhigh 18 minutes against the Denver Pioneers and tied her career-high with four points. Redshirt freshman Candace Buttars will also be able to contribute in the Bears backcourt after redshirting last season. The success of the frontcourt will hinge on its ability to play physical and grab the difficult rebounds. We want to hold our own with the bigger teams rebounding-wise, Vlasin said. Last year we had a big rebounding deficit, so if we can stay even keel on that, then I think we have a shot at winning more games. Senior Cindy McCarroll will return to the power forward rotation after finishing second on the team in rebounds with 103 and tied for first in steals with 31. McCarroll brings scoring versatility to the three or four spot as she can score inside or outside. She was fifth on the team in points scored last season with 138. McCarroll pitched in 14 points in a 75-57 win over Utah Valley State last season and also kept the Bears close against Maryland as she had 14 points in that game. Junior Heather Barbour is expected to have a breakthrough season in the three or four position after undergoing lower leg surgery and being fully healthy for the first time since she started her collegiate career. The Bears are hoping she can return to her form of the 2003-04 season when she averaged 11.4 points per game. After playing 15 games before her season-ending injury, Barbour was fifth in points per game with 6.3. Barbour reached double figures in scoring in five games, with a season-high of 17 in the Bears 59-52 against UTEP. Junior Melanie Drangmeister is expected to add to the offensive firepower in the small forward spot as she was fourth on the team in 3-pointers made with 25 last season. Drangmeister sparked a second-half rally in the Bears close loss to Maryland, when she hit four 3-pointers to finish with a seasonhigh 14 points. Freshman Alisa Christopherson, who rounds out the talented incoming freshman class, will be able to contribute right away as a forward. Christopherson was a McDonald s All-American nominee as a senior at Sentinel High School in Missoula, Mont. She also led her team to a third place finish in the state championship tournament during her junior year. The battle for the anchor in the middle is crowded, but junior Danielle Hagen has the inside track to get the starting nod at center. In her two seasons at Northern Colorado, Hagen has been a familiar face in the starting lineup as she has started all 55 games of her collegiate career. The Bears don t have a lot of experienced size, so they will be counting on Hagen to lead the team in boards for the third consecutive season as she led the team in rebounds last year with 6.3 per game and the year before with 6.0 per game. Hagen was named to the Division I Independent All-Tournament Team last season after pitching in with seven points, 11 rebounds and two blocks against IPFW in the first round of the tournament. Junior Nicole Ford made leaps and bounds in the second half of last season after starting out slow. Ford scored a career-high 19 points in the team s win over Adams State last season, and then she duplicated the performance against Utah Valley State later in the season. Ford could be counted on as the top reserve center, but she could also get a few starts in the middle as she started six games last season. Another center to bring in to the mix is sophomore Dani Veal. Veal s potential is not yet known because she only played 17 games last season due to playing volleyball and encountering a hip injury that sidelined her for 11 games. Veal could prove to be an important post player for a team that is heavily slanted toward the perimeter. Veal had a career-high eight rebounds against Utah State last season and had a career-high six points against CU- Colorado Springs. Veal will not be available until the Dec. 2 contest against Nevada, but once she is ready, Vlasin thinks she could be an important tool to the team s success. Sophomore Breanna Lien is the tallest player on the team at 6-feet-4 inches, which could help against larger Division I teams. Lien saw limited action last season, but did score a career-high eight points in seven minutes of play against Colorado College. Vlasin thinks Lien could become a contributor if she can continue to improve. The Bears went 9-3 in its last 12 games last year and finished as runner up at the Division I Independent Championships in Orem, Utah. Look for Northern Colorado to carry that momentum and confidence into this season. With two seasons of Division I under their belt, the Bears have gotten used to what it takes to win at the Division I level. I think we have gotten used to the Division I athleticism, Vlasin said. We played solid basketball the last 12 games last season, and that confidence will help us right off the bat. With its up-tempo offense, Northern Colorado could be a wild card in Division I this year. The key to its season will be the ability to rebound consistently, play smart defense and be accurate on the 3-point shot. We have gotten to the point where we ve realized that we have to play against the game, Vlasin said. If we play to our strengths and minimize our weaknesses, we have a good shot to turn some heads.

2004-05 UNC Women's Basketball Northern Colorado Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 05, 2005) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (12-16) (7-4) (3-11) (2-1) CONFERENCE... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE... (12-16) (7-4) (3-11) (2-1) ---TOTAL--- ---3-PTS--- ----REBOUNDS---- ## 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 Flavin, Kayla... 28-15 567 20.3 82-208.394 27-98.276 46-65.708 38 34 72 2.6 52 0 13 38 0 27 237 8.5 22 Fosdick, Jena... 28-21 646 23.1 78-221.353 47-148.318 27-39.692 17 72 89 3.2 39 0 82 84 4 31 230 8.2 10 Lambrecht, Kendra.. 28-13 527 18.8 65-203.320 43-139.309 16-29.552 19 30 49 1.8 21 0 24 23 3 27 189 6.8 33 Hagen, Danielle... 28-28 835 29.8 72-149.483 6-26.231 29-42.690 36 141 177 6.3 76 0 63 81 14 16 179 6.4 25 Barbour, Heather... 15-8 254 16.9 32-93.344 16-56.286 15-19.789 14 22 36 2.4 14 0 11 28 1 10 95 6.3 54 Van Orden, Kirsten. 25-7 366 14.6 49-117.419 16-58.276 15-21.714 27 65 92 3.7 55 1 10 38 4 20 129 5.2 51 Ford, Nicole... 25-6 305 12.2 47-87.540 6-21.286 26-34.765 31 54 85 3.4 33 0 11 29 19 11 126 5.0 32 McCarroll, Cindy... 28-14 460 16.4 47-117.402 13-39.333 31-44.705 30 73 103 3.7 58 0 36 44 6 31 138 4.9 30 Drangmeister,Melani 26-0 206 7.9 30-94.319 25-84.298 8-14.571 5 16 21 0.8 10 0 3 15 1 5 93 3.6 14 Dillon, Bailey... 28-4 401 14.3 23-73.315 17-58.293 34-36.944 10 27 37 1.3 10 0 52 28 1 11 97 3.5 12 McGrath, Molly... 22-8 339 15.4 24-63.381 15-40.375 5-10.500 9 33 42 1.9 25 0 50 35 0 13 68 3.1 42 Veal, Dani... 17-3 198 11.6 10-44.227 1-3.333 5-15.333 11 32 43 2.5 25 0 5 15 10 8 26 1.5 50 Gagne, Gail... 28-13 275 9.8 13-32.406 1-9.111 13-23.565 15 20 35 1.3 35 0 15 24 2 19 40 1.4 14 Martinson, Amy... 16-0 87 5.4 6-17.353 3-8.375 4-8.500 4 6 10 0.6 6 0 7 8 0 2 19 1.2 20 Robben, Erin... 16-0 65 4.1 6-28.214 5-27.185 2-3.667 2 3 5 0.3 1 0 4 5 0 2 19 1.2 52 Lien, Breanna... 18-0 66 3.7 8-19.421 1-3.333 1-2.500 9 14 23 1.3 14 0 4 8 5 4 18 1.0 99 x-smith, Bresha... 2-0 3 1.5 0-0.000 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 TEAM... 43 62 105 3.8 0 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total... 28 5600 592-1565.378 242-817.296 277-404.686 320 704 1024 36.6 476 1 390 535 70 238 1703 60.8 Opponents... 28 5600 645-1586.407 198-589.336 339-503.674 331 716 1047 37.4 434-439 474 91 260 1827 65.2 x-inactive player DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ TEAM STATISTICS UNC-W OPP 11/19/04 at Nebraska L 46-89 2241 --------------------------------------------------- 11/21/04 at Drake L 51-52 2522 SCORING... 1703 1827 11/22/04 at Iowa State Cyclones L 36-76 5598 Points per game... 60.8 65.2 11/29/04 at UMKC Kangaroos L 49-61 231 Scoring margin... -4.4-12/02/04 UTAH STATE W 68-62 345 FIELD GOALS-ATT... 592-1565 645-1586 12/04/04 at San Diego State L 65-68 276 Field goal pct....378.407 12/13/04 AIR FORCE L 62-67 335 3 POINT FG-ATT... 242-817 198-589 12/15/04 at Denver L 53-63 384 3-point FG pct....296.336 12/17/04 at UTEP W 59-52 821 3-pt FG made per game.. 8.6 7.1 12/20/04 WYOMING L 39-64 362 FREE THROWS-ATT... 277-404 339-503 12/29/04 at Colorado L 58-77 2090 Free throw pct....686.674 12/30/04 IPFW W 77-48 265 REBOUNDS... 1024 1047 01/02/05 COLORADO STATE L 59-69 644 Rebounds per game... 36.6 37.4 01/06/05 at Weber State L 52-83 913 Rebounding margin... -0.8-01/08/05 at Utah L 35-85 1109 ASSISTS... 390 439 01/13/05 at UNLV L 68-88 552 Assists per game... 13.9 15.7 01/24/05 ADAMS STATE W 75-50 629 TURNOVERS... 535 474 01/29/05 UTAH VALLEY STATE W 75-57 716 Turnovers per game... 19.1 16.9 02/06/05 at IPFW W 78-65 233 Turnover margin... -2.2-02/09/05 COLORADO COLLEGE W 98-65 421 Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.7 0.9 02/12/05 TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI L 46-60 518 STEALS... 238 260 02/14/05 CU-COLORADO SPRINGS W 73-54 512 Steals per game... 8.5 9.3 02/19/05 WESTERN STATE W 85-60 711 BLOCKS... 70 91 02/26/05 at Utah Valley State W 68-64 827 Blocks per game... 2.5 3.3 02/28/05 at #22/25 Maryland L 79-87 2437 WINNING STREAK... 0 -!03/03/05 vs IPFW W 58-55 118 Home win streak... 2 -!03/04/05 vs Texas-Pan American W 49-44 121 ATTENDANCE... 5458 20698!03/05/05 vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi L 42-62 225 Home games-avg/game... 11-496 14-1445 Neutral site-avg/game.. - 3-155 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------------------------------ ---- ---- ---- Northern Colorado... 816 887-1703 Opponents... 918 909-1827