Complete Game Notes

No. 8 Washburn road warriors return to highway to face Lady Bearcats . . . 
The No. 8 Washburn Lady Blues (13-2, 5-1 MIAA) coming off only their second home game since Nov. 26 in an 83-60 win over Truman, return to the road again for two straight away from Lee Arena beginning with a trip to Bolivar, Mo., to face Southwest Baptist Tuesday, Jan., 22 beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Lady Bearcats (12-3, 4-2 MIAA) fell at Missouri Southern on Saturday last time out 58-55. Following the game with the SBU, Washburn will hit the road again heading to Pittsburg State on Jan. 26 - before returning to Lee Area to play seven of their final 10 MIAA games at home.

Quick Facts
Matchup: Washburn (13-2, 5-1 MIAA) at Southwest Baptist (12-3, 4-2 MIAA)
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 22
Time: 5:30 p.m. CST
Site: Bolivar, Mo. - Meyer Sports and Wellness Center (2,900)
Radio: AM580 WIBW / Topeka with play by play with Mark Elliott and Bruce Steinbrock
Online Audio: Through wusports.com (free)
Online Video: Through themiaa.tv ($5.50)
Live Stats: Not available
Coaches: Washburn head coach Ron McHenry is 201-39 (.838) in his eighth season - McHenry is 15-2 against Southwest Baptist.
Southwest Baptist head coach Jim Middleton is in his 14th year at SBU, where he has compiled a record of 230-151. Middleton is 9-17 against Washburn.
Rankings: Washburn is ranked No. 8 in the WBCA/USA Today/ESPN Preseason Coaches Poll.
Series Record: WU leads the all-time series 24-10
Streaks: WU has won the last 15 in the series
Last Meeting: WU 78-53 in the MIAA quarterfinals, 3/3/07 in Kansas City
Last WU win: same
Last SBU win: 73-65, 2/3/01 in Topeka
Worth noting: Washburn has won the last six games played at SBU by an average score of 75.3 to 51.8 - an average margin of victory of 23.5 points per game.

Lady Blues on radio . . .
The Lady Blues game with Southwest Baptist will be broadcast live on AM 580 WIBW with Mark Elliott calling the action and Bruce Steinbrock providing color commentary. The games will also be streamed live online by clicking the live audio button under Lady Blues Basketball on the WU web site at www.wusports.com by clicking the live audio link under Lady Blues Basketball.

The coaches . . .
Washburn head coach Ron McHenry has posted a 201-39 (.837) record overall and 103-27 (.792) record in the MIAA with four MIAA regular season championships from 2003-06 and the 2005 NCAA National Championship. McHenry has the highest winning percentage (.837) in MIAA history of coaches who have at least 200 wins.
He was named the Lady Blues head coach prior to the 2000-01 season. He is second among active women's NCAA Division II Coaches in winning percentage. McHenry was named the MIAA's Coach of the Year in 2005 and in 2006 and the Division II Bulletin National Coach of the Year in 2005. (complete bio on page 2 of notes.)
Southwest Baptist head coach Jim Middleton is in his 14th year at SBU, where he has compiled a record of 230-151 (.605) and is the winningest coach in the school's history. He has led the Lady Bearcats to NCAA tournament play six times in his tenure, highlighted by a trip to the Sweet 16 in 2000. Middleton is 9-17 against Washburn.

Last time out for the Lady Blues . . .
Jan. 19, 2008 - #8 Washburn 83, Truman 60 • TOPEKA, Kan. – The No. 8 ranked Washburn Lady Blues jumped out to a 15-0 lead to begin the game and never looked back in an 83-60 over Truman Saturday afternoon in Lee Arena. The win was the 21st in a row over the Bulldogs in Topeka and the 11th straight in the series. Washburn (13-2, 5-1 MIAA) will travel to Bolivar, Mo., to take on Southwest Baptist on Tuesday night starting at 5:30 p.m.
Washburn held the Bulldogs scoreless for the first 5:53 of the game jumping out to the 15-0 lead, however Truman got themselves back in the game ripping off an 11-0 run of their own with 10:43 left in the first half. Corkey Stiger hit back-to-back 3-pointers stretching the lead to 10 at 21-11 scoring her 15th point of the night tying the entire Truman team with 15 points each.
The Lady Blues did not let Truman within eight points the remainder of the half and finished period on a 13-3 run the final 5:48 of the half taking a 44-23 lead into the break. Washburn was 15 of 31 from the field in the opening half while holding the Bulldogs to 7 of 25 while outrebounding the Bulldogs 24 to 16.
In the second half, Washburn outscored the Bulldogs 39 to 37 taking the 23-point win.
Stiger led the Lady Blues with 19 points scoring 17 in the first half playing only nine minutes in the second half. Stiger finished 6 of 9 from the field hitting 2 of 4, 3-point attempts. Amanda Holmes recorded her 13th double double at Washburn with 12 points and a career-high tying 14 rebounds. Hope Gregory finished with 10 points hitting 5 of 7 shots from the field.
Georgia Mueller led the Bulldogs with 25 points on 9 of 15 shooting hitting all three 3-point attempts.
Candace McGee and 12 points and Laura Joya had 11 points.
Washburn outrebounded the Bulldogs 46 to 31 holding Truman to 17 of 52 shooting for the game (32.7 percent) while the Lady Blues finished 29 of 66 (43.9 percent).

Notes from the Truman Game
The Lady Blues improved to 33-8 all-time against the Bulldogs … Washburn is 22-1 against the Bulldogs in Topeka winning all 21 meetings in Lee Arena (Washburn was 1-1 against the Bulldogs in Whiting Fieldhouse) … Washburn's bench outscored the Truman bench 39 to 15 … the Lady Blues are 71-0 when they score at least 80 points under Ron McHenry … Amanda Holmes recorded her 500th rebound pushing her career total to 511 moving her into 12th all-time at Washburn … the 83 points was one point shy of a season high (84 against Baker) … the 66 field goal attempts was a season high … Jessica Mainz has had five steals in three of the last four games … the Lady Blues are now 295-55 all-time in Lee Arena and have won their last 17 games.

Washburn/Southwest Baptist series notes . . .
Tuesday's meeting is the 35th with the Lady Bearcats. Washburn is 24-10 all-time against the Lady Bearcats and Washburn has won the last 15 overall meetings in the series. Washburn has won the last seven meetings over Southwest Baptist in Topeka and they have won the last six in Bolivar. The Lady Blues also have two wins over SBU in the MIAA Tournament quarterfinals in Kansas City on March 3, 2006 and last season on March 3, 2007 in the last meeting in the series. SBU's last win in the series was on Feb. 3, 2001 in a 73-65 win in Topeka.

Last Meeting Between Washburn and Southwest Baptist . . .
(March 3, 2007) KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The No. 6 Washburn Lady Blues won their seventh straight MIAA Postseason Tournament game while improving to 25-3 overall on the season advancing to the semifinals in a 78-53 win over Southwest Baptist.
The Lady Blues shrugged off a sluggish start in the first half after falling behind by as many as four three different times to eventually build a lead at 28-22 with 1:28 left in the half taking the six point lead into the break. The Lady Blues were 11 of 24 from the field, but struggled behind the 3-point line connecting on only 1 of 12 attempts. Washburn held Southwest Baptist to 9 of 27 shooting.
In the second half, SBU cut the lead to five at 30-25, 34 seconds into the second half, but the Lady Blues used a 12-0 over the next 3:59 pushing the lead to 42-25 to put the game out of reach as SBU would not get closer than 15 the rest of the way. With the score at 42-27, Washburn ripped off another 21-6 run increasing the lead to 30 leading to the 25-point win.
The Lady Blues warmed up to shoot 58 percent in the second half hitting 21 of 36 attempts. SBU's field goal percentage jumped to 39 percent after hitting 11 of 28 attempts.
Washburn was led by Corkey Stiger who scored 19 points off the bench hitting 9 of 14 from the field while collecting five assists with three steals. Cindy Keeley scored 13 and Nikki Holmes scored 10. Amanda Holmes tied a career high with 13 rebounds just missing a double double with 9 points.
SBU was led by Livia Brito and Cortney Shewmaker who each scored 15.
 
About Southwest Baptist . . .
The Southwest Baptist Lady Bearcats had their four-game winning streak snapped last time out by Missouri Southern on the road 55-50.
Erika Souza leads the Lady Bearcats with 19.9 ppg, including 21.5 ppg in MIAA contests. Souza has also recorded a team-best 69 assists on the season. Courtney Creed is second with 12.1 ppg, while Kelly Reinkemeyer averages a team-high 5.5 rebounds a game.

Last time out for the Lady Bearcats  . . .
(Jan. 19 2008) -- JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Missouri Southern Lions led by as many as 16 points in the first half and held on to defeat Southwest Baptist, 58-55, Saturday night (Jan. 19) at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
A 22-0 outburst in the first half gave the Lions (12-3, 3-3 MIAA) a 32-16 lead at the 4:45 mark. Southern was 9-of-13 from the field in the run, while SBU (12-3, 4-2 MIAA) missed 10 straight shots and committed four turnovers.
The lead ended up at 12 for the Lions by the halftime break, 36-24, but bounced back up to 15 early in the second stanza, 41-26.
The Lady Bearcats got back into the game with a 12-0 spurt -- seven coming courtesy of senior C Kelly Reinkemeyer -- and made it 41-38 with 14:58 left.
With MSSU up by eight with 7:47 left, SBU completed the comeback with nine unanswered points to take its first lead since near the midway point of the first half -- it was 55-54 with 2:12 left. Reinkemeyer scored the first four points of the run.
That would be the last scoring for the Lady Bearcats -- senior G/F Ela Zawadka made two free throws with 1:17 left to regain the lead for MSSU, and senior C Fatai Hala'Api'Api hit a jumper in the lane with 35 seconds remaining.
SBU had four shots to tie the game -- all missed the mark.
Hala'Api'Api led the Lions with 16 points and 12 rebounds in a reserve role. Junior G Lindsey Davis added 15 points and senior F Tynesha Pierce scored 13.
Reinkemeyer led SBU with 17 points, while junior G Cortney Shewmaker added 15 points and junior F/G Courney Creed had 11 points. The Lady Bearcats made just 6-of-27 from three-point range in the game.

Lady Blues player Notes . . .
#3 – Brette Ulsaker – G – One field goal in each of last six games.
#4 – Amanda Holmes – F – Averaging 8.5 rebounds per game in MIAA play … now 28th on all-time scoring chart with 721 career points.
#11 – Renata Germano – C – Recorded first steal of the season against Truman.
#13 – Jessica Mainz – G – Hit first 3-pointer of the season against Truman … now 30th all-time with 93 career steals and 28th all-time with 151 career assists.
#14 – Alyssa Mullen – F – Hit 1 of 2 field goal attempts against Truman.
#20 – Hadleigh Meek – G – 9 of 10 from the free throw line this season hitting eight straight.
#21 – Corkey Stiger – G – Averaging 16.5 ppg in MIAA play, 16.6 ppg overall … eighth all-time with 89 3-pointers.
#23 – Jacki Tipping – G – Career high 4 points against Truman hitting both field goal attempts.
#24 – Karla Tailele – G – Averaging 10 points per game in last two going 6 of 13 from the field.
#30 – Kalee Silovsky – F – Shooting 4 of 8 from field and 3 of 4 from 3-point land in MIAA play.
#32 – Janice Bright – G – 41 of 50 from free throw line this season - has hit last four straight.
#33 – Hope Gregory – G – 10 points against Truman tied a career high (10 vs Texas A&M-Commerce).
#44 – Emily Gibson – F – Five of eight from the field this season - yet to attempt FG in MIAA play.
#50 – Regiane Araujo – C – Averaging 8.0 ppg in MIAA play, 21 of 37 from the field - 12 of 21 in last three.

Lady Blues in Lee Arena . . .
In their 24th season in Lee Arena, the Lady Blues are 295-55 (.841) overall at home. The Lady Blues have won their last 17 home games.
The longest winning streak was 44 games from Dec. 1, 1990 to March 20, 1993.
The Lady Blues have won 35 straight regular season non-conference games in Lee Arena. The last defeat by a non-conference team in the regular season was to Missouri-St. Louis in a 59-51 setback on Dec. 30, 2000.
Washburn is 103-10 (.910) in home games under Ron McHenry.

Lady Blues history . . .
Washburn is 684-322 (.681 in 1,006 games) in its 38th season of intercollegiate action.

WU in the national poll . . .
The Washburn Lady Blues fell four spots from No. 4 to No. 8 in the latest USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll which was released Jan. 15. Washburn was ranked No. 6 in the preseason poll which was released on Oct. 31. The Lady Blues were ranked No. 8 in the final poll of the 2007-08 season after finishing with a 29-4 overall record. The poll marks the 95th consecutive week the Lady Blues have been ranked.

Lady Blues Tip Ins . . .
• There will be two Sao  Paulo, Brazil natives on the court when Washburn and Southwest Baptist play. Both Regiane Araujo and SBU's Erika Souza list their hometowns from there. Araujo prepped at Colegio Objectivo and played junior college at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. Souza played junior college at Crowder College and played prep ball at Colegio Planeta.
• Corkey Stiger moved into eighth all-time at Washburn in 3-pointers with 89. She needs four  more to move into seventh place all-time.
• Stiger's 267 3-point attempts is seventh all-time.
• Amanda Holmes is 14th all-time with 209 free throws made and 13th in free throw attempts with 314.
• Holmes is 13th all-time in rebounds at Washburn with 511.
• Holmes' 92 career blocked shots is fourth all-time at Washburn needing 10 to move into sole possession of third place.
• The Lady Blues have not allowed an opponent to shoot above 50 percent in a game in a streak of 86 contests - Angelo State was the last opponent to hit 50 percent of their shots in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Springfield when they connected on 26 of 52 shots on March 12, 2005.  Under McHenry, the Lady Blues are 197-35 when their opponent shoots under 50 percent overall.
• The Lady Blues have held their opponents under 100 points in 266 consecutive games.
• Washburn is averaging 77.4 points per game at home and 60.5 points per game in away and neutral site contests.
• Washburn is averaging 65.3 ppg in MIAA play.
• The Washburn bench is outscoring their opponents this season 345 to 226.
• Of Washburn's 1,026 points this season, 426 have come in the paint (41.5 percent).

Under Lady Blues head coach Ron McHenry . . .
• The Lady Blues are 171-8 when outshooting their opponent.
• Washburn is 65-2 when holding their opponents under 50 points or less.
• Washburn is 71-0 when they score at least 80 points.
• Washburn is 192-8 when leading with 5 minutes remaining in the game.
• Washburn is 59-2 when shooting 50 percent or better.
• Washburn is 50-18 all-time in the month of January.
• Washburn is 29-19 against ranked teams and 27-11 when both teams are ranked in the WBCA National Poll.

Up Next . . .
Following the game with the SBU, the Lady Blues will travel to Pittsburg State on Jan. 26 before returning home to play seven of their final 10 MIAA games in Lee Arena beginning with Missouri Southern on Jan. 30 at 5:30 p.m.