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2012-2013 CSM Basketball COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY ATHLETICS For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 22 Contact: Shad Beam Email: sbeam@csm.edu Office: (402) 399-2382 Week 12 Game Information 2012-2013 CSM Schedule Record: 15-6 (5-2 MCAC) Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 1 Saint Mary 110-75, W Nov. 6 @ Concordia (#1) 51-81, L Nov. 8 @ Bethany 57-32, W Nov. 10 AIB College of Business 101-75, W Nov. 15 @ Mount Marty 75-65, W Nov. 17 Grace 98-42, W Nov. 20 @ Benedictine (RV) 82-86, L Nov. 27 @ William Penn (RV) 59-78, L Dec. 2 Oglala Lakota 105-40, W Dec. 5 Mount Mercy 84-55, W Dec. 8 @ AIB College of Business 64-48, W Dec. 13 Buena Vista 75-82, L Dec. 16 @ Menlo (#24) 73-71, W Dec. 17 @ UC - Merced 77-55, W Dec. 21 @ Omaha # n/a Jan. 4 @ Oklahoma Wesleyan ^ (RV) 51-64, L Jan. 5 @ Oklahoma Wesleyan ^ (RV) 69-83, L Jan. 11 Central Baptist ^ 73-49, W Jan. 12 Southwestern Christian ^ 79-62, W Jan. 15 @ Haskell ^ 72-59, W Jan. 18 Ozarks ^ 70-65, W Jan. 19 Central Christian ^ 75-40, W Jan. 22 @ York ^ 5:30pm Jan. 26 Waldorf ^ 3:00pm Feb. 1 @ Central Baptist ^ 5:30pm Feb. 2 @ Southwestern Christian ^ 3:00pm Feb. 5 Haskell ^ 5:30pm Feb. 8 @ Ozarks ^ 5:30pm Feb. 9 @ Central Christian ^ 3:00pm Feb. 12 @ Waldorf ^ 5:30pm Feb. 16 York ^ 3:00pm FLAMES LOOK TO REMAIN HOT #RV College of Saint Mary @ York College Tuesday, Jan. 22 5:30 p.m. York, Neb. - YC Freeman Center CSM FLAMES Game 22 2012-13 Record: 15-6, 5-2 MCAC Head Coach: Chuck Brewer Alma Mater: Mount Marty (1977) Record at CSM: 62-75 (5th year) Career Record: 123-122 (8 seasons) CSM TRAVELS TO YORK, NEB. YORK COLLEGE PANTHERS Game 21 2012-13 Record: 3-17 overall, 2-5 MCAC Head Coach: Matt Madole College of Saint Mary continues Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference play on Tuesday. The Flames travel to York, Neb. to play York College. Tip-off is at 5:30 p.m. The Flames are 15-6 and 5-2 in the MCAC. CSM improved to 3-2 in conference play and have won five straight. Over the weekend, CSM upset then #3 College of the Ozarks 70-65 in Omaha. York is 3-17 overall and 2-5 in conference play. York was swept this weekend by Haskell Indian Nations University and #3 College of the Ozarks. ^ - MCAC Games # - Exhibition Game All times are Central and subject to change CSM ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Sports Information: Shad Beam Office: 402-399-2382 Email: sbeam@csm.edu Address: 7000 Mercy Road Omaha, NE 68106 FOLLOW THE FLAMES ONLINE Website: csmflames.com Facebook: Facebook.com/CSMAthletics

BIXLER SETS SCORING RECORD A College of Saint Mary record that lasted for 35 years now belongs to Karyn Bixler. The 5-11 senior guard set the CSM basketball career scoring record Saturday in the Flame s 75-40 victory over Central Christian College in Omaha, Neb. Bixler, who needed 11 points to break the record, scored 14 on 4-for-8 shooting, lifting her career total to 1,345. Her basket from the low left block with 5:56 left in the first half broke the record of 1,341 set by Ann Heller, who played from 1974-1978. This record means a lot and shows that hard work pays off, said Bixler. I have an amazing support system and I couldn t have done this without my teammates, family, coaches and fans. Bixler currently ranks in the top ten in the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference in scoring average (9th), points (5th), steals (2nd), rebounds (4th), blocks (2nd), and assists (4th). It wouldn t be that fulfilling for Karyn if we didn t get the win, CSM coach Chuck Brewer said, and we re all proud of her and we were excited that we could celebrate it at home in front of family, friends, and the CSM community. Next up for Bixler is the 1,500 career point plateau. The Flames have nine regular season games remaining this season, not including any post season contests. She needs to average 17.2 points to reach this mark. BIXLER NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK Senior guard Karyn Bixler of College of Saint Mary has been named MCAC Women s Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 20. Bixler (Omaha, Neb.) led the Flames to a 3-0 week, including a 70-65 upset of No. 3 College of the Ozarks, by averaging 16.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game last week. Against Ozarks, she had 20 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Bixler also became CSM s career scoring leader during Saturday s win over Central Christian College. For the week, she was 15-of-25 from the field (60.0 percent). The Flames are now 15-6 this season.

COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY NOTES College of Saint Mary continues Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference play on Tuesday. The Flames travel to York, Neb. to play York College. Tip-off is at 5:30 p.m. York streams home events at http://www.york.edu/athletics/webcast.asp SCOUTING YORK The Panthers are led by Sara Lincoln who averages 14.8 points per game. She also averages 4.7 rebounds per game. Marisa Maher averages 9.3 points per game and is the team s leading rebounder with 6.7 boards per game. Courtney Swope scores 7.8 points per game. Alyssa Becker has a team high 59 assists. QUICK HITS 2012-13 TEAM RANKINGS CSM Ranks Number 9 in Division II in 3-Pt Fg Made per Game (8.238) CSM Ranks Number 9 in Division II in Assists per Game (17.810) CSM Ranks Number 9 in Division II in Total Blocks (89) CSM Ranks Number 9 in Division II in Total 3-Pt FG Made (173) CSM Ranks Number 10 in Division II in Total Assists (374) 2012-13 Individual Rankings Jessica Zaruba Ranks Number 2 in Division II in Total Assists (124) Jessica Zaruba Ranks Number 4 in Division II in Assists per Game (5.905) Tiffany Anzalone Ranks Number 7 in Division II in 3-Pt Fg Made per Game (2.952) Tiffany Anzalone Ranks Number 7 in Division II in Total 3-Pt FG Made (62)

FLAMES UPSET #3 OZARKS All streaks are meant to come to an end. Tonight at the Lied Fitness Center an estimated 534 fans saw College of Saint Mary defeat 3rd rated College of the Ozarks 70-65. The win improves College of Saint Mary to 14-6 overall and 4-2 in Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference action. The Flames are currently receiving votes in the NAIA Division II Top 25 poll. College of the Ozarks drops to 16-3 overall and 4-1 in conference play. Trailing 63-53 with 3:45 remaining in the game, College of Saint Mary went on a 17-2 run to stun No. 3 College of the Ozarks. The Flames win snapped the Bobcats 24 game conference winning streak that dated back to February 2011. I m very happy for our players, said head coach Chuck Brewer. I m proud of the hard work our women put in tonight. Senior Jessica Zaruba had a team high 22 points for CSM. Zaruba also had eight assists and eight rebounds. Senior Karyn Bixler added 20 points and seven rebounds. Bixler finished 6 of 7 from the field and 8 of 12 from the free throw line. Tiffany Anzalone chipped in 12 points and blocked two shots. This is a great win for us, but we have another game on Saturday, Brewer cautiously added in reference to CSM s matchup with Central Christian College in less than 24 hours. You can t count out any team in this conference. We need to maintain our focus and carry momentum over from one game to another. After losing back-to-back games to start the conference portion of their schedule in January, the Flames have rattled off four straight wins. CSM will travel to Point Lookout, Missouri on Feb. 8 for a rematch of tonight s action.

# Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown Previous School 3 Abby Zach SO G 5-8 Gering, NE Scottsbluff HS 5 Brea Sabatka FR G 5-9 Plattsmouth, NE Plattsmouth 10 Kira Cross SR G 5-6 Omaha, NE Omaha Gross 12 Theresa Elworth SR G 5-8 Indianapolis, IN Roncalli HS 14 Caitlin Madden JR G 5-5 Lincoln, NE SE Community 22 Amanda Woodring JR G 5-11 Omaha, NE UNO 23 Megan Brougham JR P 5-10 Omaha, NE Omaha Bryan HS 32 Jessica Zaruba SR G 5-6 Norfolk, NE UNO 33 Tiffany Anzalone SO G 5-11 Omaha, NE Omaha Mercy HS 34 Karyn Bixler SR G 5-10 Omaha, NE Roncalli HS 42 Haley Tarpinian FR P 5-11 Omaha, NE Millard North Head Coach: Chuck Brewer (5th season) Assistant Coach: Terra Moyers (3rd season) and Terry Schrank (2nd season) ALPHABETICAL NO. BY POSITION BY CLASS Tiffany Anzalone 33 Karyn Bixler 34 Megan Brougham 23 Kira Cross 10 Theresa Elworth 12 Kirsten Kottich 44 Caitlin Madden 14 Brea Sabatka 5 Haley Tarpinian 42 Amanda Woodring 22 Abby Zach 3 Jessica Zaruba 32 Centers (2) Megan Brougham Haley Tarpinian Guards (9) Tiffany Anzalone Karyn Bixler Kira Cross Theresa Elworth Caitlin Madden Brea Sabatka Amanda Woodring Abby Zach Jessica Zaruba Senior(4) Karyn Bixler Kira Cross Theresa Elworth Jessica Zaruba Juniors (3) Megan Broughm Caitlin Madden Amanda Woodring Sophomores (2) Tiffany Anzalone Abby Zach Freshmen (3) Brea Sabatka Haley Tarpinian

The 2012-2013 Flames #3 Abby Zach #5 Brea Sabatka Fr. G Plattsmouth, Neb. #10 Kira Cross Sr. G Omaha, Neb. #12 Theresa Elworth Sr. G Indianapolis, Ind. #14 Caitlin Madden Jr. G Lincoln, Neb. #22 Amanda Woodring #23 Megan Brougham Jr. P Omaha, Neb. #32 Jessica Zaruba Sr. G Norfolk, Neb. #33 Tiffany Anzalone So. G Omaha, Neb. #34 Karyn Bixler Sr. G Omaha, Neb. #42 Haley Tarpinian Fr. P Omaha, Neb. #44 Kirsten Kottich Fr. F Omaha, Neb. So. G Gering, Neb. Jr. S Omaha, Neb. Chuck Brewer Head Coach 5th year Terra Moyers Assistant Coach 3rd year Terry Schrank Assistant Coach 2nd year

2012-13 NAIA Division II Women s Basketball Coaches Top 25 Poll - No. 4 RANK LAST TIME SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) RECORD TOTAL POINTS 1 2 Indiana Wesleyan (12) 17-0 312 2 1 Concordia (Neb.) 15-1 302 3 5 Davenport (Mich.) 17-0 285 4 4 College of the Ozarks (Mo.) 14-2 281 4 3 Morningside (Iowa) 16-2 281 6 10 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 14-2 251 7 6 Briar Cliff (Iowa) 15-4 247 8 9 Eastern Oregon 17-2 238 9 7 Saint Francis (Ind.) 15-2 230 10 8 Northwestern (Iowa) 12-4 229 11 12 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 13-3 218 12 17 Valley City State (N.D.) 12-2 191 13 14 Concordia (Mich.) 13-3 185 14 15 Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 15-3 179 15 16 Bethel (Ind.) 14-3 168 15 11 Jamestown (N.D.) 14-3 168 17 19 St. Thomas (Fla.) 14-2 149 18 18 Union (Ky.) 11-3 144 19 NR St. Ambrose (Iowa) 14-2 114 20 RV Marian (Ind.) 13-3 102 21 22 College of Idaho 11-5 95 22 21 Southwestern (Kan.) 10-5 91 23 20 Grand View (Iowa) 9-4 87 24 RV Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 14-4 67 25 13 Taylor (Ind.) 13-4 60 Others receiving votes: Oklahoma Wesleyan 56; Menlo (Calif.) 43; Madonna (Mich.) 31; Purdue Calumet (Ind.) 21; Huntington (Ind.) 20; Saint Mary (Neb.) 15; Milligan (Tenn.) 12; Roosevelt (Ill.) 9; Oregon Tech 9; Mayville State (N.D.) 8; Ave Maria (Fla.) 7; Siena Heights (Mich.) 6; Tabor (Kan.) 6; Alice Lloyd (Ky.) 5; Dordt (Iowa) 4; Warner Pacific (Ore.) 3.

Midlands Collegiate Conference Preseason Coaches Poll POINT LOOKOUT, MO. College of the Ozarks has earned the top spot in the 2012-13 MCAC Women s Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll released Thursday (Oct. 18). Ozarks, which advanced to the finals of the 2012 NAIA Division II National Tournament, compiled a 33-4 overall record and a 14-0 MCAC mark a year ago. The Bobcats have won nine consecutive MCAC regular season championships. College of Saint Mary was picked second by the league coaches after going 22-11 (9-5 MCAC) last season, while Oklahoma Wesleyan University is the No. 3 team in the poll (16-15 overall, 9-5 MCAC in 2011-12). Rounding out the preseason poll are Central Baptist College (4th), Southwestern Christian University (5th), Waldorf College (6th), Haskell Indian Nations University (7th), York College (8th) and Central Christian College (9th). 2012-13 MCAC Women s Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll 1. College of the Ozarks * # 2. College of Saint Mary 3. Oklahoma Wesleyan University 4. Central Baptist College 5. Southwestern Christian University 6. Waldorf College 7. Haskell Indian Nations University 8. York College 9. Central Christian College *2011-12 MCAC Regular Season Champions #2011-12 MCAC Tournament Champions

TEAM MATCHUP YORK CSM CURRENT RECORD 3-17 15-6 SCORING 1118 1601 POINTS PER GAME 55.900 76.238 SCORING MARGIN -18.600 14.000 FIELD GOALS 389 552 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 0.342 0.401 3-PT FG 115 173 3-POINT FG PERCENT 0.293 0.309 3-POINT FG MADE PER GAME 5.750 8.238 FREE THROWS 225 324 FREE THROW PCT 0.668 0.695 REBOUNDS 721 894 REBOUNDS PER GAME 36.050 42.571 REBOUNDING MARGIN -7.250 3.143 ASSISTS 246 374 ASSISTS PER GAME 12.300 17.810 TURNOVERS 484 373 TURNOVERS PER GAME 24.200 17.762 TURNOVER MARGIN -6.200 3.762 ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO 0.508 1.003 STEALS 189 247 STEALS PER GAME 9.450 11.762 BLOCKS 35 89 BLOCKS PER GAME 1.750 4.238

2012-2013 BOX SCORES GAME 1 # 23 CSM 110, Univ. of Saint Mary 75 GAME 2 #1 Concordia 81, #23 CSM 51 GAME 3 #23 CSM 57, Bethany 32 GAME 4 #23 CSM 101, AIB College of Business 75

2012-2013 BOX SCORES GAME 5 # 23 CSM 76, Mount Marty 65 GAME 6 #23 CSM 98, Grace University 42 GAME 7 #RV Benedictine 86, #23 CSM 82 GAME 8 #RV William Penn 78, #21 CSM 59

2012-2013 BOX SCORES GAME 9 # 21 CSM 105, Oglala Lakota 40 GAME 10 #25 CSM 84, Mount Mercy 55 GAME 11 #25 CSM 64, AIB College of Business 48 GAME 12 Buena Vista 82, #25 CSM 75

2012-2013 BOX SCORES GAME 13 # 25 CSM 73, #24 Menlo 71 GAME 14 #25 CSM 77, UC-Merced 55 GAME 15 # RV OWU 64, #25 CSM 51 GAME 16 #RV OWU 83, #25 CSM 69

2012-2013 BOX SCORES GAME 17 # RV CSM 73, Central Baptist 49 GAME 18 #RV CSM 79, Southwestern Christian 62 GAME 18 # RV CSM 72, Haskell 59 GAME 20 #RV CSM 70, #3 Ozarks 65

2012-2013 BOX SCORES GAME 21 # RV CSM 75, Central Christian 40

MCAC TEAM LEADERS OVERALL SUMMARY Scoring Offense # Team G Avg/G Pts 1 Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 76.24 1601 2 Ozarks (Mo.) 20 77.70 1554 3 Waldorf (Iowa) 21 69.33 1456 4 Oklahoma Wesleyan 17 72.82 1238 5 SW Christian (Okla.) 20 60.70 1214 Scoring Margin # Team G Own Opp +/- 1 Ozarks (Mo.) 20 77.70 58.50 19.20 2 Oklahoma Wesleyan 17 72.82 56.76 16.06 3 Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 76.24 62.24 14.00 4 Waldorf (Iowa) 21 69.33 61.62 7.71 5 Central Baptist (Ark.) 14 60.93 57.29 3.64 Free Throw Pct # Team G FTM FTA Pct 1 Ozarks (Mo.) 20 312 412 0.757 2 Oklahoma Wesleyan 17 231 322 0.717 3 Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 324 466 0.695 4 York (Neb.) 20 225 337 0.668 5 Haskell (Kan.) 19 221 332 0.666 Total Rebound Margin # Team G Own Opp +/- 1 Ozarks (Mo.) 20 44.10 32.65 11.45 2 Oklahoma Wesleyan 17 38.41 31.12 7.29 3 Central Baptist (Ark.) 14 41.93 37.86 4.07 4 Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 42.57 39.43 3.14 5 Waldorf (Iowa) 21 43.57 40.81 2.76 Blocks # Team G Avg/G Blocks 1 Waldorf (Iowa) 21 5.38 113 2 Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 4.24 89 3 Ozarks (Mo.) 20 3.00 60 4 SW Christian (Okla.) 20 2.65 53 5 Central Baptist (Ark.) 14 3.57 50 Assists # Team G Avg/G Assists 1 Ozarks (Mo.) 20 19.40 388 2 Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 17.81 374 3 Waldorf (Iowa) 21 13.57 285 4 York (Neb.) 20 12.30 246 5 Oklahoma Wesleyan 17 14.35 244

MCAC INDIVIDUAL LEADERS OVERALL SUMMARY Scoring # Name Team G FGM 3PM FTM Pts/G Pts 1 Smith, Morgan Ozarks (Mo.) 20 183 1 124 24.55 491 2 Anzalone, Tiffany Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 114 62 31 15.29 321 3 Thomas, Ciara SW Christian (Okla.) 20 103 9 90 15.25 305 4 Lincoln, Sara York (Neb.) 20 91 49 64 14.75 295 5 Bixler, Karyn Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 91 2 99 13.48 283 Field Goal Pct # Name Team G FGM FGA Pct 1 Zaruba, Jessica Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 105 201 0.522 2 Tate, Nichole Oklahoma Wesleyan 17 86 175 0.491 3 Smith, Morgan Ozarks (Mo.) 20 183 384 0.477 4 Hageman, BreeAnn Waldorf (Iowa) 21 120 274 0.438 5 Elworth, Theresa Saint Mary (Neb.) 16 82 195 0.421 Free Throw Pct # Name Team G FTM FTA Pct 1 Walker, Emily Ozarks (Mo.) 19 66 76 0.868 2 Jones, Megan Oklahoma Wesleyan 17 58 67 0.866 3 Tate, Nichole Oklahoma Wesleyan 17 61 72 0.847 4 Jessepe, Sydney Haskell (Kan.) 19 77 92 0.837 5 Smith, Morgan Ozarks (Mo.) 20 124 149 0.832 3-Pt FG Made # Name Team G Avg/G 3PM 1 Anzalone, Tiffany Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 2.95 62 2 Jones, Delaney Oklahoma Wesleyan 17 3.24 55 3 Lincoln, Sara York (Neb.) 20 2.45 49 4 Tavassoli, Goli Waldorf (Iowa) 21 2.24 47 5 Lauffer, Kenzie Ozarks (Mo.) 20 1.85 37

MCAC INDIVIDUAL LEADERS OVERALL SUMMARY Steals # Name Team G Avg/G No 1 Coriz, Jenine Haskell (Kan.) 19 3.21 61 2 Bixler, Karyn Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 2.81 59 3 Zaruba, Jessica Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 2.62 55 4 Drake, Alyssa Central Baptist (Ark.) 14 3.14 44 5 Walker, Emily Ozarks (Mo.) 19 2.10 40 Total Rebounds # Name Team G Avg/G No 1 Hageman, BreeAnn Waldorf (Iowa) 21 12.67 266 2 Zaruba, Jessica Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 7.43 156 3 Gooch, Jordan SW Christian (Okla.) 20 7.70 154 4 Bixler, Karyn Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 7.19 151 Rhodes, Brooke Central Christian (Kan.) 17 8.88 151 Blocks # Name Team Yr G Avg/G No 1 Hageman, BreeAnn Waldorf (Iowa) 21 4.29 90 2 Bixler, Karyn Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 1.38 29 3 Gooch, Jordan SW Christian (Okla.) 20 1.25 25 4 Anzalone, Tiffany Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 1.14 24 Smith, Morgan Ozarks (Mo.) 20 1.20 24 Assists # Name Team G Avg/G No 1 Zaruba, Jessica Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 5.90 124 2 Kepler, Kayla Ozarks (Mo.) 20 4.30 86 3 Tavassoli, Goli Waldorf (Iowa) 21 4.05 85 4 Bixler, Karyn Saint Mary (Neb.) 21 3.67 77 5 Walker, Emily Ozarks (Mo.) 19 3.74 71 Triple Doubles/Double Doubles # Name Team Triple Dbl Double Dbl 1 Hageman, BreeAnn Waldorf (Iowa) 1 14 2 Rhodes, Brooke Central Christian (Kan.) 0 8 3 Zaruba, Jessica Saint Mary (Neb.) 0 6 4 Jones, Megan Oklahoma Wesleyan 0 5 5 Gooch, Jordan SW Christian (Okla.) 0 4 Stellar Points Game # Name Team Opponent Points 1 Elworth, Theresa Saint Mary (Neb.) Buena Vista 35 2 Smith, Morgan Ozarks (Mo.) Harris-Stowe State (Mo.) 33 Smith, Morgan Ozarks (Mo.) Kansas Wesleyan 33 4 Elworth, Theresa Saint Mary (Neb.) Menlo (Calif.) 32 5 Smith, Morgan Ozarks (Mo.) Crowley s Ridge 30