WOMEN S BASKETBALL 2015 GAME NOTES NOV. 1, 2015 Athletic Communications: Corie Holmes (corieholmes@weber.edu) 2015 Schedule Overall: 0-0 Big Sky: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 5 Western Oregon (EXH) 71-43 Nov. 13 Bethesda 4:30 PM Nov. 15 Denver 1:00 PM Nov. 18 Charleston 7:00 PM Nov. 22 Cal State Fullerton 2:00 PM Nov. 27 Portland 5:00 PM North Texas Tournament Dec. 4 North Texas 6:00 PM Dec. 5 Stephen F. Austin 11:00 AM Dec. 10 BYU 7:00 PM Dec 12 Utah Valley 2:00 PM Dec 21 Washington 8:00 PM Dec 29 Westminster 7:00 PM Jan 02 Idaho State * 2:00 PM Jan 07 North Dakota * 6:00P PM Jan 09 Northern Colorado * 2:00 PM Jan 14 Portland State * NOON Jan 16 Sacramento State * 2:00 PM Jan 23 Idaho State * 2:00 PM Jan 28 Northern Arizona * 7:00 PM Jan 30 Southern Utah * 2:00 PM Feb 04 Northern Colorado * 7:00 PM Feb 06 North Dakota * 2:00 PM Feb 11 Sacramento State * 8:00 PM Feb 13 Portland State * 3:00 PM Feb 18 Southern Utah * 7:00 PM Feb 20 Northern Arizona * 2:00 PM Feb 25 Montana State * 7:00 PM Feb 27 Montana * 2:00 PM Mar 02 Idaho * 7:00 PM Mar 04 Eastern Washington * 7:00 PM Big Sky Tournament Mon, Mar 7 Reno, NV TBA VS Game #1 -WEBER STATE VS. BETHESDA Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 4:30 p.m. Ogden, UT Series History: First Meeting Online video: WatchBigSky.com Live stats: WeberStateStats.com Twitter: @weberstatewbb, @weberstate AT Game #2 -WEBER STATE AT DENVER Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015 1:00 p.m. Denver, Colo. Series History: Denver leads 1-2 Streak: W-1 Live stats: denverpioneers.com/gametracker. Twitter: @weberstatewbb, @weberstate * Big Sky Conference match Home matches in bold
ROSTER BREAKDOWN By Class Seniors (3) Brittney Dunbar Tinisha Toussaint Juniors (2) Deeshrya Thomas Dionne Coe Sophomores (4) Jocelyn Adams Cece Wooten Freshmen (4) Yarden Danan Emily Drake Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman By Position Guards Dionne Coe Yarden Danan Emily Drake Brittney Dunbar Deeshrya Thomas Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman Forwards Jocelyn Adams Tinisha Toussaint Cece Wooten By Location Washington (3) Emily Drake Jocelyn Adams Oregon (3) Deeshyra Thomas Cece Wooten California (1) Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman Utah (1) Arizona (1) Tanisha Toussaint New Mexico (1) Florida (1) Brittney Dunbar Israel (1) Yarden Danan Numerical Roster No. Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (Previous School) 0 Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman G 5-3 Fr. Berkely, CA (Berkley HS) 1 Jocelyn Adams F 6-1 So. Vancouver, WA (Skyview HS) 2 Deeshyra Thomas G 5-6 Jr.. Clackamas, OR (Clackamas HS) 4 G 5-9 So. Salt Lake City, UT (Judge Memorial HS) 11 Dionne Coe G 5-6 Jr. Brooklyn, NY (Monroe CC) 12 Yarden Danan G 5-10 Fr. Ben shemen, Israel (Kiryat Sharet Holon) 20 Emily Drake G 5-9 Fr. Pullman, WA (Pullman HS) 21 G 5-9 So. Kennewick, WA (Kamiakin HS) 22 Brittney Dunbar G 5-8 Sr. St. Petersburg FL (St. Petersburg CC) 23 Tinisha Toussaint F 6-2 Sr. Phoenix, AZ (Desert Vista HS) 32 Cece Wooten F 6-0 So. Portland, OR (St. Mary s Academy) 34 G 5-10 Sr. Albuquerque, NM (El Dorado HS) 41 F 6-1 Fr. Portland, OR (St. Mary s Academy) Alphabetical Roster No. Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (Previous School) 1 Jocelyn Adams F 6-1 So. Vancouver, WA (Skyview HS) 41 F 6-1 Fr. Portland, OR (St. Mary s Academy) 11 Dionne Coe G 5-6 Jr. Brooklyn, NY (Monroe CC) 12 Yarden Danan G 5-10 Fr. Ben shemen, Israel (Kiryat Sharet Holon) 20 Emily Drake G 5-9 Fr. Pullman, WA (Pullman HS) 22 Brittney Dunbar G 5-8 Sr. St. Petersburg FL (St. Petersburg CC) 34 G 5-10 Sr. Albuquerque, NM (El Dorado HS) 4 G 5-9 So. Salt Lake City, UT (Judge Memorial HS) 2 Deeshyra Thomas G 5-6 Jr.. Clackamas, OR (Clackamas HS) 21 G 5-9 So. Kennewick, WA (Kamiakin HS) 23 Tinisha Toussaint F 6-2 Sr. Phoenix, AZ (Desert Vista HS) 0 Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman G 5-3 Fr. Berkely, CA (Berkley HS) 32 Cece Wooten F 6-0 So. Portland, OR (St. Mary s Academy) Pronunciation Guide Ty-shell Dionne Coe Dee-on Yarden Danan Yard-en Dan-an O-coi-yay Kay-lee See-Rah Two-ray Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman Jay-mah-ney Cece Wooten See-See Woo-ten Tinisha Toussaint Two-sahnt
Quick Facts General Information Name of School: Location: Weber State University Ogden, Utah Founded: 1889 (Four-year 1962) Enrollment: 26,681 President: Affiliation: Conference: Athletic Director: Assoc. AD/SWA: NCAA Faculty Rep.: Nickname: Colors: Team Information Dr. Charles A. Wight NCAA Division I Big Sky Jerry Bovee Amy Crosbie Dr. Craig Oberg Wildcats Purple and White 2014-15 Record 11-18 2014-15 Conference Record/Finish 6-12/t10th 2014-15 Postseason None Starters Returning/Lost 2/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 4/3 Home Court Dee Events Center Capacity 12,000 Coaching Staff Head Coach Bethann Ord (5th season) Alma Mater Maryland-Baltimore County 89 Record at WSU - Overall/BSC 20-96/9-65 Devan Newman (5th Season -Oregon 07) JD Gustin. (1st Season - Montana Western 97) Matt Thune. (1st Season - Indiana 12) 2015-16 Big Sky Preseason Polls Coaches Poll 1. Montana (10), 120 points 2. North Dakota (1), 97 points 3. Sacramento State, 97 points 4. Northern Colorado, 84 points 5. Montana State, 81 points 6. Idaho, 67 points 7. Idaho State, 66 points 8. Northern Arizona, 55 points 9. Eastern Washington, 54 points 10. Weber State, 31 points 11. Southern Utah, 21 points 12. Portland State, 19 points Media Poll 1. Montana (6), 148 points 2. North Dakota (3), 128 points 3. Sacramento State (2), 121 points 4. Montana State, 107 points 5. Idaho State, 98 points 6. Eastern Washington (2), 95 points 7. Northern Colorado, 86 points 8. Idaho, 69 points 9. Northern Arizona, 64 points 10. Weber State, 50 points 11. Southern Utah, 29 points 12. Portland State, 19 points Athletic Communications Director of Athletic Communications Paul Grua Director of Digital Media/Publications Darin Hogge Athletic Communications Asst. (WBB) Corie Holmes Email corieholmes@weber.edu Cell (801) 510-1678 Office (801) 626-7414 Web: www.weberstatesports.com Mailing address: 2702 University Circle, Weber State University Ogden, UT 84408-2702
FOLLOW THE WILDCATS facebook.com/weberstateathletics facebook.com/weberstatevb youtube.com/weberstatesports twitter.com/weberstate twitter.com/weberstatevb instagram.com/wsuwildcats instagram.com/weberstatevb TIP OFF The Weber State women s basketball team opens the 2015 season with a home game against the Bethesda Flames. This will be the first match up between Bethesda and Weber State. The Wildcats are coming off the 2014 season with a 11-18 overall record and a 6-12 record in Big Sky Conference play. They are returning nine athletes including three seniors in, Tinisha Toussaint and Brittney Dunbar and two juniors in Deeshyra Thomas and Dionne Coe. Head Coach Bethann Ord is in her fifth season leading the Wildcats and added two new faces, JD Gustin and Matt Thune brought to the coaching staff. Weber State s pre-season will include games against Portland and Washington as well as three against in-state rivals with BYU, Utah Valley and Westminster. MEDIA INFORMATION All the home games will be held in the Dee Events Center. Friday s season opener against Bethesda will be broadcast live on watchbigsky.com and live stats will be available at WeberStateStats.com. Sunday s game against Denver will be at at the Magness Arena. Live stats for the game against the Pioneers will be found at denverpioneers.com/gametracker. UP NEXT The Wildcats will next host the College of Charleston on Wed. Nov. 18 before hitting the road for four consecutive road games against CS Fullerton, Portland and a tournament at North Texas to play North Texas and Stephen F. Austin. The Wildcats will return home to host in-state rivals BYU and Utah Valley. LAST WEEK S ACTION The Wildcats took down Western Oregon in an exhibition match up 71-42. The Wildcats jumped to an early 13-7 lead and never let Western Oregon catch up. The second half went in favor of the Wildcats as they continued to charge to end the game 71-42. Okoye led the Wildcats with 20 points going 10-10 from the field. Junior Deeshyra Thomas contributed 13 points for the Wildcats going 5-6 from the free throw line. Kaile Quinn had the game high of six assist. Quinn and Dionne Coe added two three pointers for the Wildcats. Weber State ended the game 48.3 percent from the field and 90.9 percent from the free throw line. Jocelyn Adams had the game high of six rebounds. The Wildcats had 23 steals to the Wolves seven. Weber State had 14 turnovers to Western Oregon s 31. Brittney Dunbar led the Wildcats with seven steals and Okoye added six. SERIES HISTORY - BETHESDA This will be the first meeting between Bethesda. SERIES HISTORY - DENVER This will be the fourth meeting between Weber State and Denver. The Pioneers led the series 2-1. The last time Weber State played in Denver was in 1999 where they fell 43-49. The last match up between the two teams was during the 2014-15 season. Denver made the trip to Ogden to play in the annual Field Trip Day. The Wildcats came from behind to defeat the Pioneers 65-63. LOOKING AHEAD Something to look for this preseason are the North Texas Tournament take on North Texas and Stephen F. Austin. We also have a trio of home matches against in-state rivals Brigham Young, Utah Valley and Westminster. Big Sky Conference play will start Jan. 2 at Idaho State to take on the Bengals. The first home Big Sky Conference game will be Jan. 14 against Portland State for the annual Field Trip day.
HEAD COACH BETHANN ORD Overall Record (4 seasons: 2011-15) Overall: 20-96 (.172) Conference: 9-65 (.121) Bethann Shapiro Ord is beginning her fifth seeason as head coach of the Weber State women s basketball team. Ord was named head coach of the Wildcats in May of 2011 after a long career as an assistant coach. She is the fifth head coach in WSU women s basketball history. Ord came to WSU with 22 years of coaching experience. Before coming to Weber State she spent four seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Louisville. At Louisville, Ord was instrumental in the Cardinals signing three top 15 recruiting classes and one in the top five. She also helped bring two high school All-Americans to Louisville. A native of Rochester, Ord earned her bachelor s degree in psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 1989. She was a three-year letterwinner and starting point guard for the Retrievers. She earned a Master s degree in Elementary Education from Wagner College in 1992. The Ord File Louisville - Assist. Coach (2007-2011) Colorado - Assist. Coach (2005-2007) Tulsa - Assist. Coach (1999-2005) Dayton - Assist. Coach (1997-1998) Auburn - Assist. Coach (1996-1997) Pittsburgh - Assist. Coach (1992-1996) Wagner College - Assist. Coach (1990-92) Nazareth College - Assist. Coach (1989-90) COACHING STAFF Weber State head coach Bethann Ord is returning for her fifth season at Weber State. Returning with the Wildcat coaching staff is Devan Newman who is also in her fifth year. There are two new additions to the coaching staff this year with JD Gustin and Matt Thune. Gustin served the last four years with the University of Utah s women s basketball program. Before his time with the Utes he was the head women s basketball coach at Westminster and led the team to five consecutive NAIA National Championship appearances. Thune spent the last three years on staff with Lousiville women s basketball including two as the program s video coordinator. RETURNING WILDCATS After losing three seniors off last years squad, Carlee Lough, Brianna Averette, and Zakiyyah Shahid-Martin the team is returning nine players including seniors, Tinisha Toussaint and Brittney Dunbar. Okoye has played in 86 career games and started 80 games. She finsihed the 2015 season leading the country in steals averageing 3.68 per game and had a total of 107 on the year. Toussaint has played in 84 career games and started eight games. In one year at Weber State, Dunbar has played in 21 career games and started eight games. The returning juniors are Deeshyra Thomas and Dionne Coe. Thomas battled with injuries last year but still remained a leading point guard for the Wildcats. Coe redshirted last year with the Wildcats. Sophomores Jocelyn Adams,, CeCee Wooten, and coming back as well. Quinn was one of the teams top scorers averaging 6.2 points per game and played in all 29 games starting in 15. Quinn also racked up 62 career three pointers last year. NEWCOMERS The Wildcats are welcoming four new freshmen to this year s squad including Tyschal Blake, Yarden Danan, Emily Drake and J aimoni Welch-Coleman. 2014-15 SEASON RECAP The Wildcats are coming off a 11-18 overall record and 6-12 Big Sky Conference record. Weber State started off the season with three consecutive wins for the first since the 2006-07 season. The Wildcats picked up a big double over time win over New Mexico State with a final score of 100-97. Weber State picked up six conference wins including two over Southern Utah and one over Northern Arizona. They ended the year with a thrilling overtime loss to Eastern Washington falling 64-62. Weber State took on No. 19 Oklahoma State last year only falling by six to the Cowgirls and manage to keep the score within three the majority of the game.
2014-15 Results RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 11-18 7-8 4-9 0-1 CONFERENCE 6-12 4-5 2-7 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 5-6 3-3 2-2 0-1 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 03 CARPENTER, Jalen 29-28 808 27.9 137-303.452 0-2.000 67-94.713 87 141 228 7.9 71 0 23 82 23 22 341 11.8 34 OKOYE, Regina 29-29 789 27.2 107-256.418 0-2.000 66-103.641 57 107 164 5.7 90 3 42 89 15 107 280 9.7 15 LOUGH, Carlee 24-14 543 22.6 57-207.275 34-104.327 39-55.709 20 48 68 2.8 39 1 29 40 1 18 187 7.8 04 QUINN, Kailie 29-15 720 24.8 62-219.283 39-139.281 18-26.692 27 58 85 2.9 46 0 45 41 1 28 181 6.2 12 SHAHID-MARTIN, Z 25-21 616 24.6 52-152.342 1-7.143 45-56.804 49 74 123 4.9 67 5 14 54 10 19 150 6.0 05 AVERETTE, Brianna 25-13 614 24.6 43-124.347 6-26.231 55-76.724 23 48 71 2.8 53 0 65 54 2 31 147 5.9 01 ADAMS, Jocelyn 26-1 391 15.0 43-103.417 0-1.000 24-43.558 41 68 109 4.2 44 0 11 33 17 16 110 4.2 22 DUNBAR, Brittney 21-8 427 20.3 28-107.262 10-47.213 22-28.786 15 32 47 2.2 30 0 53 39 2 27 88 4.2 02 THOMAS, Deeshyra 19-9 344 18.1 28-68.412 0-0.000 23-44.523 25 24 49 2.6 25 0 30 39 1 17 79 4.2 21 TOURE, Sira 19-0 153 8.1 19-52.365 2-5.400 11-24.458 18 7 25 1.3 30 1 4 11 2 1 51 2.7 23 TOUSSAINT, Tinisha 27-7 287 10.6 24-103.233 0-0.000 22-39.564 37 45 82 3.0 29 0 4 20 2 9 70 2.6 32 WOOTEN, Cece 26-0 201 7.7 13-36.361 0-0.000 9-15.600 14 21 35 1.3 15 0 4 16 1 4 35 1.3 44 FRENCH, Jordan 2-0 7 3.5 0-3.000 0-1.000 0-0.000 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Team 58 34 92 10 Total... 29 5900 613-1733.354 92-334.275 401-603.665 472 707 1179 40.7 539 10 324 528 77 299 1719 59.3 Opponents... 29 5901 607-1577.385 141-425.332 397-560.709 353 762 1115 38.4 537 15 363 581 111 229 1752 60.4 TEAM STATISTICS WSU OPP SCORING 1719 1752 Points per game 59.3 60.4 Scoring margin -1.1 - FIELD GOALS-ATT 613-1733 607-1577 Field goal pct.354.385 3 POINT FG-ATT 92-334 141-425 3-point FG pct.275.332 3-pt FG made per game 3.2 4.9 FREE THROWS-ATT 401-603 397-560 Free throw pct.665.709 F-Throws made per game 13.8 13.7 REBOUNDS 1179 1115 Rebounds per game 40.7 38.4 Rebounding margin +2.2 - ASSISTS 324 363 Assists per game 11.2 12.5 TURNOVERS 528 581 Turnovers per game 18.2 20.0 Turnover margin +1.8 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.6 0.6 STEALS 299 229 Steals per game 10.3 7.9 BLOCKS 77 111 Blocks per game 2.7 3.8 ATTENDANCE 13823 9332 Home games-avg/game 15-922 13-707 Neutral site-avg/game - 1-145 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Totals Weber State 780 910 16 13 1719 Opponents 820 904 18 10 1752 Date Opponent Score Att. 11/14/14 MONTANA WESTERN W 77-31 620 11/17/14 BRISTOL W 94-48 746 11/20/14 at Air Force W 71-53 169 11/22/14 at Utah Valley L 40-61 425 11/24/14 CAL STATE FULLERTON L 68-70 632 11/28/14 at NM State Wo2 100-97 321 11/29/14 vs Eastern Michigan University L 42-57 145 12/06/14 SAN DIEGO L 50-59 614 12/9/14 at Brigham Young L 53-64 445 12/15/14 DENVER W 65-63 3100 12/18/14 OKLAHOMA STATE L 49-55 1303 * 1/01/15 EASTERN WASHINGTON L 55-69 626 * 1/03/15 IDAHO L 60-67 673 * 1/8/15 at Montana L 43-53 2712 * 01/10/15 at Montana State L 54-62 817 * 1/15/15 NORTHERN ARIZONA W 66-53 712 * 1/17/15 SOUTHERN UTAH W 60-39 767 * 01/22/15 at Portland State W 60-51 418 * 01/24/15 at Sacramento State L 65-108 652 * 1/29/15 NORTH DAKOTA L 54-57 656 * 1/31/15 NO. COLORADO W 59-52 779 * 02/07/15 IDAHO STATE W 63-57 806 * 02/12/14 at Southern Utah W 50-48 693 * 02/14/15 at Northern Arizona L 52-56 448 * 02/19/15 MONTANA STATE L 49-60 826 * 02/20/15 MONTANA L 60-64 963 * 2/28/15 at Idaho State L 56-63 1062 * 3/5/15 at Idaho L 42-71 522 * 03/07/15 at Eastern Washington Lot 62-64 503 * - Conference game
Bethann Ord Head Coach UMBC 89 #0 Jaiamoni Welch-Coleman 5-3 Freshman G Berkely, CA #11 Dionne Coe 5-6 Junior G Brooklyn, NY #22 Brittney Dunbar 5-8 Senior G St. Petersburg, FL Devan Newman Oregon 07 JD Gustin Mont. Western 97 Matt Thune Indiana 12 #1 Jocelyn Adams 6-1 Sophomore F Vancouver, WA #2 Deeshrya Thomas 5-6 Junior G Clackamas, OR #4 5-9 Sophomore G Salt Lake City, UT #12 Yarden Danan 5-10 Freshman G Rehovot, Israel #23 Tinisha Toussaint 6-2 Senior C Phoenix, AZ #20 Emily Drake 5-9 Freshman G Pullman, WA #32 CeCe Wooten 6-0 Sophomore F Portland, OR #21 5-9 Sophomore G Kennewick, WA #34 5-10 Junior G Alburquerque, NM #41 6-1 Fresh F Portland, OR