WEBER STATE 2009-10 WOMEN S BASKETBALL For Release: November 12, 2009 Women s Basketball Contact: Darin Hogge Phone: (801) 626-6012 Email: dhogge@weber.edu 2009-10 Wildcat Schedule Overall: 1-1 Big Sky: 0-0 Home: 1-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-1 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 Date Opponent Time/Result 11/13 Dixie State 68-60 W 11/15 at Boise State 58-66 L 11/19 Southern Utah Noon 11/23 at Nevada 8:00 pm 11/27 at UTEP # 4:35 pm 11/28 vs. LA-Monroe or Youngstown State # TBA 12/1 at Utah 7:00 pm 12/5 Utah Valley 2:00 pm 12/9 Brigham Young 5:00 pm 12/12 at Oregon State 7:00 pm 12/14 at Western Oregon 8:30 pm 12/18 at Wyoming 7:00 pm 12/21 at Utah State 2:00 pm 1/1 at Montana State * 7:00 pm 1/2 at Montana * 7:00 pm 1/8 Northern Colorado * 7:00 pm 1/9 Northern Arizona * 7:00 pm 1/15 Idaho State * 7:00 pm 1/22 at Portland State * 8:00 pm 1/23 at Eastern Washington * 8:00 pm 1/28 at Sacramento State * 8:00 pm 2/5 Montana * 7:00 pm 2/6 Montana State * 7:00 pm 2/11 at Northern Arizona * 7:00 pm 2/13 at Northern Colorado * 7:00 pm 2/18 at Idaho State * 7:00 pm 2/26 Eastern Washington * 7:00 pm 2/27 Portland State * 7:00 pm 3/6 Sacramento State* 7:00 pm # UTEP Tournament -- El Paso, TX * Big Sky Conference Match All Times Mountain. Home games played at the Dee Events Center. Game #30 Weber State (1-1) vs. Southern Utah (0-2) Thur., Nov. 19, 2009 Noon Dee Events Center -- Ogden, UT Radio: None Live video: BigSkyTV.org Series: First Meeting Streak: N/A Last Meeting: N/A PROJECTED STARTERS WEBER STATE WILDCATS (1-1) No. Player Pos Ht Yr Hometown 09-10 Stats 15 Caitlin Anderson F 5-10 Jr. Reno, NV 14.5 ppg, 8.0 rpg 20 Ali Thorderson F 5-10 Sr. Highlands Ranch, CO 6.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg 3 Joey O Neill C 6-3 So. Butte, MT 8.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg 24 Tonya Schnibbe G 5-6 Sr. Spokane, WA 7.5 ppg, 9.0 apg 10 Sarah Conner G 5-7 Sr. Guernsey, WY 11.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg Off The Bench No. Player Pos Ht Yr Hometown 09-10 Stats 21 Megan Patterson G 5-11 Fr. Columbus, MT 7.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg 22 Mikell Woodfield F 6-2 So. LaGrande, OR 2.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg 12 Abby Thorderson G 5-10 So. Highlands Ranch, CO 2.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg Southern Utah (0-2) No. Player Pos Ht Yr Hometown 08-09 Stats 44 Chanel Thorley F/C 6-3 Fr. Gilbert, AZ 14.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg 24 Challi Pascucci F 6-2 Jr. Goodyear, AZ 8.5 ppg, 10.5 rpg 35 Steph Sampson G 5-9 Jr. West Jordan, UT 8.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg 23 Cassie Burgess G 5-7 So. Cedar City, UT 6.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg 14 Dani Hosking G 5-8 So. South Weber, UT 5.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg 2009-10 WEBER STATE WILDCAT ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) Notes 3 Joey O Neill C 6-3 So. 1VL Butte, MT (Butte HS) 3rd in Big Sky in Blocks last season at 1.11 bpg 5 Nicke Parks F 6-1 Fr. HS Joseph, OR (Joseph HS) 4 pts, 4 reb. vs. NW Nazarene 10 Sarah Conner G 5-7 Sr. 1VL Guernsey, WY (Northeastern JC) 2008-09 Big Sky Newcomer of the Year 12 Abby Thorderson G 5-10 So. 1VL Highlands Ranch, CO (Arapahoe HS) Averaged 2.4 ppg in 08-09 14 Caela Mohre G 5-7 So. 1VL Blakeslee, OH (Edon HS) Averaged 2.1 ppg in 08-09 15 Caitlin Anderson G/F 5-10 Jr. 2VL Reno, NV (Galena HS) Led Big Sky in rebounding (8.8 rpg) last season 20 Ali Thorderson G/F 5-10 Sr. 3VL Highlands Ranch, CO (Highlands Ranch HS) Led Big Sky in 3FGM per game (2.17) in 08-09 21 Megan Patterson G 5-11 Fr. HS Columbus, MT (Columbus HS) Scored 12 pts in season opener vs. Dixie State 22 Mikell Woodfield G 6-2 So. 1VL LaGrande, OR (LaGrande HS) Scored team-high 17 pts. vs. NW Nazarene (exh.) 24 Tonya Schnibbe G 5-6 Sr. 3VL Spokane, WA (University HS) WSU single-season record 194 assists in 08-09 30 Lauren Deane F 6-1 So. 1VL Park City, UT (Park City HS) Out with leg injury 34 Karlee Weight C 6-1 Jr. 2VL Springville, UT (Timpview HS) Lost for the season with a torn ACL 35 Michelle Roberson G 5-9 So. 1VL Indianapolis, IN (Cathedral HS) Sat out first two games with injury 45 Amanda Hughes G 5-11 Fr. HS Aurora, CO (Gateway HS) Is expected to red-shirt Head Coach: Carla Taylor (22nd season; Weber State 84) Assoc. Head Coach: Rachelle Gardner-Sayers Assistant Coaches: Ashley Elliott, Heath Alexander WeberStateSports.com 1
Weber State Quick Facts Location:... Ogden, Utah Enrollment:... 21,675 Nickname:...Wildcats Conference:...Big Sky Athletic Director:... Jerry Graybeal Asst. AD for Media Relations:...Brad Larsen Women s Basketball contact:.. Darin Hogge Email:... dhogge@weber.edu Phone:...(801) 626-6012 Fax:...(801) 626-6490 Website:... weberstatesports.com Address:...2702 University Circle Ogden, Utah 84408-2702 2007-08 Record:...12-16 2008 Big Sky Record:...6-10 (t6th) All-time record:... 476-492 (.493) All-time Conference record:. 272-224 (.548) All-time Big Sky record:... 173-143 (.547) Big Sky Titles:... 2 / (2002, 2003) Big Sky Preseason Coaches Poll Team Pts. (1st Place) 1. Portland State 63 (7) 2. Montana 56 (2) 3. Montana State 50 4. Weber State 30 5. Idaho State 29 6. Northern Colorado 28 7. Eastern Washington 25 8. Sacramento State 22 9. Northern Arizona 21 Big Sky Preseason Media Poll Team Pts. (1st Place) 1. Portland State 204 (15) 2. Montana 201 (9) 3. Montana State 162 4. Idaho State 111 5. Sacramento State 108 6. Weber State 90 7. Eastern Washington 75 8. Northern Colorado 66 9. Northern Arizona 63 WILDCATS HOST T-BIRDS FOR FIELD TRIP DAY The Weber State women s basketball team will take on Southern Utah for its annual field trip game this week. The game will tip off at Noon on Thursday, Nov. 19 at the Dee Events Center. The Wildcats will host 13 local area schools and around 4,000 students are expected to attend. The event is set up to provide local youth a chance to attend a WSU game and also promotes physical education. SCOUTING THE T-BIRDS Southern Utah enters Thursday s matchup with an 0-2 record following losses to UNLV and Pacific. The T-Birds have not fared well on the road as of late, having pulled off only a single road win over the last three years. Chanel Thorley leads the team in scoring at 14.0 points per game, and also hauls in 8.0 boards per contest. Challi Pascucci is averaging 8.5 points and a team-high 10.5 rebounds. ALL-TIME SERIES The two schools are tied with 10 wins each, but SUU has claimed the last four meetings. The two schools have not played since 2000-01, when the T-Birds downed the Cats 56-47 in Ogden. WILDCAT NOTES ABOUT THE WILDCATS Weber State is currently 1-1 on the season. The Wildcats opened the year with a 68-60 win over Dixie State at home, and then suffered a 66-58 loss to Boise State on the road. WILDCATS WEATHER STORM FOR WIN OVER DIXIE STATE The Weber State women s basketball team opened up the 2009-10 season on Friday night with a 68-61 win over Dixie State College at the Dee Events Center. We talked at halftime about getting to the ball with a sense of urgency, said WSU head coach Carla Taylor. I thought that was the biggest key for us tonight. The Wildcats scored the first nine points of the game, but the Red Storm surged to tie the game at 15-15 with 11:48 left in the opening half. Dixie State led by seven at 31-24 with 5:11 to go in the half, but the Wildcats made another run, this time a 10-3 spurt. Caitlin Anderson capped the run with a three-pointer to tie the game at 34-34 heading into the locker room. In the second half, the Wildcats would take the lead on a Joey O Neill layup 36 seconds into the period, and would never relinquish the lead. The Cats led by as many as seven, while the Red Storm cut the lead to a single point on four different occasions but could never get over the hump. Caitlin Anderson led all players with 17 points and 13 rebounds. The junior forward hit 6 of 10 shots from the floor and 4 of 5 from the free throw line. We talked at halftime about playing stronger defensively, Anderson said. Our offense is always going to be there, but we needed to be stronger defensively. O Neill, Sarah Conner and freshman Megan Patterson each scored 12 points to join Anderson in double figures. Patterson s 12 came in 21 minutes off the bench in her first official collegiate game and included a trio of threepoint field goals. Tanya Clark and Amber Scruggs each scored 13 points to lead the Red Storm, while Shanae Vaifanua added 10. Vajae Robinson led Dixie State with 12 rebounds. WSU UNABLE TO LASSO BRONCOS Boise State used a 10-2 game-opening run to grab an early lead, and never trailed as the Broncos downed Weber State 66-58 at Taco Bell Arena on Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats got as close as two points with 11 minutes left in the first half, but trailed 27-15 at the break and were unable to get any closer than six points over the final 20 minutes. Caitlin Anderson led the Wildcats in scoring for the second-straight game, putting in 12 points to go along with three rebounds and two assists. Sarah Conner hit a pair of three-point shots on her way to 10 points, and added four rebounds. The Wildcats fell to an even 1-1 on the early season, while Boise State improved to a perfect 2-0. Basketball is a game of spurts and we had a couple of good ones, said Taylor. They are things we can build on. WeberStateSports.com 2
Head Coach Carla Taylor HONORS 2003 BSC Coach of the Year 2002 District VII Coach of the Year 2002 BSC Coach of the Year 1996 BSC Co-Coach of the Year RECORD Season Overall Big Sky 1988-89 17-9 10-6 1989-90 10-18 6-10 1990-91 14-14 10-6 1991-92 12-15 7-9 1992-93 4-22 3-11 1993-94 7-19 6-8 1994-95 15-11 5-9 1995-96 17-12 9-5 1996-97 15-13 9-7 1997-98 7-20 7-9 1998-99 11-16 10-6 1999-00 14-15 10-6 2000-01 14-15 9-7 2001-02 22-9 11-3 2002-03 21-9 11-3 2003-04 17-11 11-3 2004-05 21-8 11-3 2005-06 15-15 7-6 2006-07 17-11 11-5 2007-08 12-16 6-10 2008-09 10-19 5-11 2009-10 1-1 0-0 22 yrs. 293-301 (.494) 174-144 (.547) Career Games Played / Started No. Player GP GS 3...Joey O Neill... 31...30 5...Nicke Parks... 2... 0 10...Sarah Conner... 30...14 12...Abby Thorderson... 30...17 14...Caela Mohre... 29... 0 15...Caitlin Anderson... 58...43 20...Ali Thorderson... 74...33 21...Megan Patterson... 2... 0 22...Mikell Woodfield... 18... 0 24...Tonya Schnibbe... 90...59 30...Lauren Deane... 17... 1 34...Karlee Weight... 54... 0 35...Michelle Roberson... 29... 0 Dee Events Center Records All-time DEC record...222-134 (.621) Current DEC streak... 2 Wins Carla Taylor s DEC record...167-102 (.620) Wildcat Career Highs Points Caitlin Anderson...28 Sarah Conner...24 Ali Thorderson...23 Tonya Schnibbe...21 Michelle Roberson...15 Joey O Neill...14 Megan Patterson...12 Abby Thorderson...10 Karlee Weight...10 Caela Mohre... 8 Mikell Woodfield... 6 Nicke Parks... 2 Rebounds Caitlin Anderson...19 Joey O Neill...13 Ali Thorderson...10 Tonya Schnibbe... 9 Karlee Weight... 8 Michelle Roberson... 7 Sarah Conner... 6 Abby Thorderson... 3 Mikell Woodfield... 3 Megan Patterson... 3 Nicke Parks... 2 Lauren Deane... 2 Caela Mohre... 1 Assists Tonya Schnibbe...17 Sarah Conner... 5 Ali Thorderson... 4 Caitlin Anderson... 3 Michelle Roberson... 3 Abby Thorderson... 3 Karlee Weight... 2 Megan Patterson... 2 Joey O Neill... 1 Caela Mohre... 1 Watch Games on the Internet at BigSkyTV.org For the fourth-straight season fans will be able to watch the Wildcats anywhere with a computer on bigskytv.org. Every football, volleyball, and men s and women s basketball games from league arenas will be available live on the website thru videostsreaming. Every Weber State home event will be available to watch as well as all Big Sky road 2009-10 Big Sky Women s Basketball Standings School Big Sky Overall Streak Home Away Neutral 1. Montana State 0-0 2-0 W2 0-0 2-0 0-0 Portland State 0-0 2-0 W2 2-0 0-0 0-0 Weber State 0-0 1-1 L1 1-0 0-1 0-0 Eastern Washington 0-0 1-1 L1 0-0 1-1 0-0 Northern Colorado 0-0 0-1 L1 0-0 0-1 0-0 Sacramento State 0-0 0-1 L1 0-1 0-0 0-0 Idaho State 0-0 0-2 L2 0-0 0-2 0-0 Montana 0-0 0-2 L2 0-0 0-2 0-0 Northern Arizona 0-0 0-2 L2 0-0 0-2 0-0 WeberStateSports.com 3
The Last Time For Weber State Basketball... TEAM SCORING Weber State scored 80-89 points... Nov. 29, 2008, vs. Elon; WSU won 85-80 (2OT) Weber State scored 90-99 points...november 25, 2006, vs. Idaho; WSU won 98-57 Weber State scored 100 or more points...december 14, 1983, vs Utah State; WSU won 102-85 Weber State scored fewer than 40 points...december 21, 2005, vs Wyoming; WSU lost 36-51 An opponent scored 80-89 points... Jan. 27, 2009, vs. Utah Valley; UVU won 81-73 An opponent scored 90-99 points... November 14, 2008, at Nebraksa; WSU lost 96-47 An opponent scored 100 or more points... December 14, 1990, at Portland State; WSU lost 100-86 An opponent scored fewer than 40 points...february 24, 2005, vs Idaho State; WSU won 59-37 Weber State played an overtime game... Jan. 31, 2009, vs. Idaho State; WSU won 78-77 (OT) Weber State won a game by 40 or more points... November 25, 2006, vs. Idaho; WSU won 98-57 (41 points) Weber State lost a game by 30 or more points...december 29, 2008, at E. Michigan; WSU lost 77-47 (30 points) INDIvidual scoring A WSU player had 25-29 points... Nov. 29, 2008, vs. Elon; Caitlin Anderson (28) Two WSU players had 20+ points...nov. 29, 2008, vs. Elon; Caitlin Anderson (28), Tonya Schnibbe (21) Two WSU players had 25 or more points... Jan. 19, 2006, vs Portland State; Chelsey Warburton (26), Laura Porter (25) A WSU player had 30-39 points...march 8, 2007, vs. Portland State (Missoula, Mont.); Chelsey Warburton (32) A WSU player had 40-49 points... February 5, 1983, vs Idaho State; Sue Crowell (40) A WSU player had 50 or more points... December 16, 1976, vs Utah State; Kathy Miller (50)* An opponent had 30 or more points... February 23, 2008, at Montana State; Rebecca Mercer (35) FIELD GOAL SHOOTING Weber State shot 50-59 percent from the field...november 25, 2008, vs. Westminster; Weber State (29-55) - 52.7% Weber State shot 60 percent or better from the field... November 25, 2006, vs. Idaho, Weber State (39-62) - 62.9% Weber State shot less than 30 percent...february 12, 2009, vs. Eastern Washington; Weber State (16-57) - 28.1% An opponent shot less than 30 percent...february 5, 2009, vs. Northern Colorado; UNC (17-62) - 27.4% An opponent shot more than 50 percent...february 19, 2009, vs. Montana; UM (30-59) - 50.8% multiple double-figure scoring WSU had five in double figures...jan. 4, 2007, vs No. Colorado; Rayback (17), Warb. (15), Porter (14), Tuomi (13), Smith (12) Double-Doubles A WSU player had a double-double...february 5, 2009, vs. Northern Colorado; Caitlin Anderson (16 pts, 17 reb) 2 WSU players had a double-double...january 31, 2009 vs. Idaho State; Caitlin Anderson (16 pts, 19 reb), Tonya Schnibbe (17 pts, 12 ast) 3 WSU players had a double-double...january 27, 2009 vs. Utah Valley; C. Anderson (10 pts, 12 reb), T. Schnibbe (10 pts, 13 ast), K. Weight (10 pts, 10 reb) rebounding A WSU player had 11-14 rebounds...january 27, 2009, vs. Utah Valley; Caitlin Anderson (12) A WSU player had 15-19 rebounds...february 5, 2009, vs. Northern Colorado; Caitlin Anderson (17) A WSU player 20 or more rebounds...december 21, 1996, vs Mercer, Alaska Tournament; Jodi Wimmer (21) Weber State had 45-49 rebounds... February 5, 2009, vs. Northern Colorado; Weber State (47) Weber State had 50-59 rebounds...march 9, 2007, vs. Idaho State (at Missoula, Mont.); Weber State (50) Weber State had less than 30 rebounds... February 21, 2008, at Montana; Weber State (28) An opponent had 50 or more rebounds... November 24, 2006, vs. Western Carolina; Western Carolina (51) assists A WSU player had 10 or more assists... January 31, 2009, vs. Idaho State; Tonya Schnibbe (12) Weber State had 20 or more assists...january 27, 2009, vs. Utah Valley; Weber State (21) Weber State had less than 10 assists... January 26, 2008, at Northern Arizona; Weber State (8) 3-point field goals made A WSU player made six-seven 3-point field goals...january 27, 2009, vs. Utah Valley; Sarah Conner (6-13) A WSU player made eight or more 3-point field goals...january 19, 2006, vs Portland State; Chelsey Warburton (8-10)* Weber State made 10-14 3-point field goals... January 27, 2009, vs. Utah Valley; Weber State (11-35) Weber State made 15 or more 3-point field goals... January 19, 2006, vs Portland State; Weber State (16-23)* Weber State did NOT make a 3-point FG...February 7, 2008, at Northern Colorado * Indicates school record. WeberStateSports.com 5
2009-10 Season Stats RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 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 15 ANDERSON,Caitlin 2-2 64 32.0 9-17. 529 1-4.250 10-11.909 5 11 16 8.0 2 0 3 4 0 1 29 14.5 10 CONNER,Sarah 2-2 59 29.5 6-16. 375 2-9.222 8-10.800 1 7 8 4.0 4 0 3 8 0 2 22 11.0 03 O'NEILL, Joey 2-2 55 27.5 7-10. 700 0-0.000 2-2 1.000 2 7 9 4.5 3 0 0 3 3 1 16 8.0 24 SCHNIBBE,Tonya 2-2 63 31.5 5-16. 313 1-5.200 4-11.364 1 2 3 1.5 6 0 18 11 0 6 15 7.5 21 PATTERSON, Megan 2-0 35 17.5 5-14. 357 4-12.333 1-3.333 3 1 4 2.0 2 0 2 4 0 1 15 7.5 20 THORDERSON,Ali 2-2 49 24.5 5-19. 263 3-8.375 0-2.000 2 6 8 4.0 4 0 0 2 0 2 13 6.5 14 MOHRE, Caela 2-0 12 6.0 1-4. 250 1-3.333 2-3.667 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 2 4 0 0 5 2.5 12 THORDERSON,Abby 2-0 22 11.0 2-4. 500 1-2.500 0-0.000 2 0 2 1.0 3 0 1 1 0 1 5 2.5 22 WOODFIELD, Mikell 2-0 24 12.0 2-5. 400 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 2 2 1.0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 2.0 05 PARKS, Nicke 2-0 17 8.5 1-2. 500 0-0.000 0-1.000 0 3 3 1.5 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1.0 Team 7 5 12 1 Total... 2 400 43-107. 402 13-43.302 27-43.628 23 45 68 34.0 28 0 30 40 3 15 126 63.0 Opponents... 2 400 47-117. 402 7-29.241 26-37.703 29 49 78 39.0 42 0 19 41 7 26 127 63.5 TEAMSTATISTICS WSU OPP SCORING 126 127 Points per game 63.0 63.5 Scoring margin -0.5 - FIELD GOALS-ATT 43-107 47-117 Field goal pct.402.402 3 POINT FG-ATT 13-43 7-29 3-point FG pct.302.241 3-pt FG made per game 6.5 3.5 FREE THROWS-ATT 27-43 26-37 Free throw pct.628.703 F-Throws made per game 13.5 13.0 REBOUNDS 68 78 Rebounds per game 34.0 39.0 Rebounding margin -5.0 - ASSISTS 30 19 Assists per game 15.0 9.5 TURNOVERS 40 41 Turnovers per game 20.0 20.5 Turnover margin +0.5 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.8 0.5 STEALS 15 26 Steals per game 7.5 13.0 BLOCKS 3 7 Blocks per game 1.5 3.5 ATTENDANCE 686 616 Home games-avg/game 1-686 1-616 Neutral site-avg/game - 0-0 Date Opponent Score Att. 11/13/09 DIXIE STATE W 68-61 686 11/15/09 at Boise State L 58-66 616 * - Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals Weber State 49 77 126 Opponents 61 66 127 WeberStateSports.com 6