Game 26 Lady Blues vs Pittsburg State
MIAA Network Affiliate Information
Game Notes (pdf)
Watch Live
Listen Live
Live Statistics
No. 15 Washburn Lady Blues (22-4, 15-2 MIAA) vs No. 8 Pittsburg State (23-2, 17-1 MIAA)
Date: Saturday, February 18, 2012
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Topeka, Kan.
Arena: Lee Arena (3,904)
Television: MIAA Network (various networks including Cox Kansas 22)
Radio: 106.9 KTPK FM with Mark Elliott (play-by-play) & Jake Lebahn (color)
Video: America One (fee)
Series Record: Washburn leads 49-26
Last Meeting: WU 65-51 on 01/11/12 (A)
Washburn Coach Ron McHenry: 312-64 (.830) in his 12th year at WU and overall
PSU Coach Lane Lord: 83-54 (.606) in 5th year at PSU and overall
Micro-Blogging the Blues
(Around) 140-character or less tweets highlighting the season
Washburn has scored exactly 75 points in three of its last four games including the last two #UselessFactOfThe Day
Stevi Schultz is 17 points away from 1,000 in her career and is looking to become 1st 1,000-point scorer since 2008 #AlmostTo1,000Points
Cassie Lombardino blocked her 101st career shot Wednesday to move into a tie for 4th in WU career history #CassieFromTheBlock
Ebonie Williams has 1,525 career points counting her three years at Seton Hall. This year's she's shooting a career-high 54% #1,500CareerPoints
UCM is the only team to shoot 40% against Washburn & the Jennies have done so twice. All other teams are shooting 33% against WU #Denied
Washburn earned its 11th straight 20-win season and 22nd in school history with a win February 4 against FHSU #20WinsSeasons
The Lady Blues are second in the nation shooting .397 from 3-point range in the latest report and they've shot 40 percent or better 16 times #LongRangeSuccess
The Lady Blues have topped 50% seven times and are fourth in the nation shooting .468 from the field in latest NCAA report #NearlyBetterThanHalf
Washburn has out-rebounded its opponents in every game this year but four, losses against UCM and Drury and wins at PSU and Lincoln HotOffTheIron
McHenry became the 37th active coach to get to 300 wins on Dec. 17 and among those coaches, he leads them all with an .830 winning pct. #300wins
Washburn is shooting 47% overall and 47% in MIAA games. They've topped 50% 7 times this year. #SolidFromTheFloor
No. 15 Lady Blues and No. 8 Gorillas battle in televised PINK game
The 15th-ranked Lady Blues will try to hand Pittsburg State its second loss in MIAA action as the two meet Saturday at 1 p.m. in Lee Arena. The game will be broadcast live on the MIAA Network and carried on the radio on Country Legends 106.9 FM KTPK. Links to live video, audio and statistics can be found on wusports.com.
This will be the Lady Blues PINK game as they will wear pink uniforms to raise awareness for breast cancer. Fans are also encouraged to wear pink to the game.
Both teams won Wednesday and remained the top two teams in the MIAA standings. Washburn improved to 22-4 overall and 15-2 in the MIAA with a 75-69 win at Missouri Southern. The Gorillas won 49-42 against Emporia State to improve to 23-2 and 17-1 in the league.
Washburn is 49-26 all-time against Pittsburg State after handing the Gorillas their only MIAA loss, 65-51 on January 11 in Pittsburg. The Lady Blues have won 10 straight at home against PSU in the series.
MIAA Network Game of the Week Affiliate Information
The MIAA Network will broadcast the WU-PSU doubleheader Saturday with Mark Ewing calling play-by-play and Jayice Pearson providing color commentary. Viewers in Topeka and the rest of Kansas with Cox Cable can watch the game on Cox Kansas 22. Numerous other channels throughout the MIAA viewing network are carrying the game.
MIAA Network Affiliate Information
St. Francis sponsoring PINK game
St. Francis Health Center is sponsoring the PINK event and will give free pink t-shirts to the first 500 fans at the women's game. St. Francis will also have an information table at the game and a representative will speak at halftime. The Washburn Student Athlete Advisory Committee will have a table set up and will sell cookies and raffle a signed pink basketball and pink t-shirt. Donations will also be taken at the table and all money raised will benefit the American Cancer Society.
Last Time Out: Washburn 75, Missouri Southern 69
JOPLIN, Mo. --
Stevi Schultz hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final two minutes to break a tie and give Washburn a 75-69 win Wednesday at Missouri Southern in the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
Erin Rice hit a 3-pointer for the Lions at the 3:21 mark of the second half to tie the score at 69-69 but the Washburn defense kept MSSU scoreless after that. Schultz broke the tie with a trey at the 1:45 mark and then after the Lions missed three opportunities to score on their following possessions, Schultz hit another 3-pointer with 14 seconds remaining to put the game away.
Schultz scored 17 points after going 6 of 13 from the field with four 3-pointers. She now has 983 points and needs 17 to become Washburn's 21st member of the 1,000 point club. Schultz led Washburn with eight rebounds.
Ebonie Williams led Washburn in scoring for the 10th straight game with 20 points. She went 8 of 18 from the field and hit three 3-pointers.
Dana Elliott scored a career-high 15 points with a perfect 5 of 5 performance from the field.
Each team held double-digit leads in the first half. The Lions scored the first eight points of the game and led 14-2 at the 15:15 mark. Washburn answered by scoring 15 of the next 17 points to go up 17-16 with 9:17 remaining in the half. The Lions regained the lead right after that but Elliott scored 12 points for Washburn during the remaining eight minutes of the half and Washburn went into the locker room up 43-31.
The Lions cut Washburn's lead to three in the early minutes of the second half but the Lady Blues quickly got it back to double figures on five straight points from Williams. The double-digit lead was short-lived as MSSU got within two at the 8:57 mark and then got within a point at the 3:52 mark on a pair of free throws from Nyzera Flemming. Elliott answered with a lay-up to put Washburn up 69-66 but Rice answered with her three at 3:21 that tied the game. Missouri Southern missed its final six shots after that as Schultz' 3s made the difference.
Washburn shot 42 percent while the Lions shot 36 percent. Washburn was 9 of 18 from 3-point range and 12 of 17 from the free throw line. The Lions made 9 of 23 3-pointers and 14 of 17 free throws. The Lady Blues held a 44-39 advantage on rebounds and both teams had 12 turnovers.
Cassie Lombardino blocked one shot to move into a tie for fourth with 101 blocks in her Washburn career.
Rice led the Lions with 24 points as she went 10 of 22 from the field. Kelby Fritz had 19 points off the bench.
Final Notes on the MSSU game
Washburn improved to 44-26 all-time against Missouri Southern...they moved to 15-16 in Joplin...
Cassie Lombardino tied Laura Mueller (1988-92) for fourth in Washburn career history with her 101st block...Jannica Beam (1989-93) sits in third in WU history with 116 blocks...
Dana Elliott set a career high with 15 points and five made field goals...her previous high was 11 points and four field goals on December 7 at Fort Hays State.
Lady Blues third in first set of NCAA regional rankings
The Lady Blues were picked third in the first NCAA South Central Region ranking released Wednesday.
Washburn, ranked 15th in the nation, entered the week with a 15-4 record in the region and is 21-4 overall. Pittsburg State, Washburn's opponent Saturday at 1 p.m. in Lee Arena, is No. 1 in the region. Northeastern State, an independent this year and future MIAA opponent next year, is No. 2 in the region. MIAA opponent Emporia State is No. 6 and Central Missouri is No. 7.
The South Central Region is made up of teams from the MIAA, Lone Star Conference, Heartland Conference and Great American Conference. The winners of the MIAA, LSC and Heartland get automatic bids to the eight-team NCAA South Central Region tournament and the remaining five seeds are filled by at-large bids based on the NCAA ranking. The newly-formed GAC does not have an automatic bid yet.
The South Central Region tournament runs March 9-12 at the site of the top seed that is eligible to host. The winners of all eight regionals will meet at the NCAA II Elite Eight, March 20-23 in San Antonio, Texas.
Lady Blues move from ninth to 15th in national poll
The Lady Blues dropped six spots to 15th in the USA Today ESPN Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll released Tuesday. Washburn went 1-1 last week after climbing to a season-high ninth in last Tuesday's poll.
MIAA foe and Saturday opponent Pittsburg State moved from 10th to eighth with its 22-2 record and Emporia State climbed from 21st to 20th, now with a 17-5 record.
Washburn will play at Missouri Southern Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. before returning home to host the league-leading Gorillas at 1:00 p.m. in Lee Arena. That game is the MIAA Game of the Week and will be televised. It will also be Washburn's Pink Zone game and fans are encouraged to wear pink to raise awareness for breast cancer.
The Lady Blues have been ranked in all 12 polls this year. They were left out of the final poll last year but have been ranked in 152 of the last 153 polls, dating back to week three of the 2002-03 season.
Washburn earns 11th straight 20-win season
Washburn's 75-55 win February 4 against FHSU was the 20th of the season, giving the Lady Blues their 11th straight 20-win season. The Lady Blues last failed to reach at least 20 wins in 2000-01, head coach
Ron McHenry's first year. During that streak, Washburn has had three 30-win seasons.
Overall, Washburn has had 22 seasons with 20 wins or more and five of them have yielded at least 30 wins. Washburn's record for wins in a year is 35 in 2004-05, the national title year.
MIAA coaches and media pick Lady Blues first
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Lady Blues were picked as the team to beat in the MIAA's coaches and media preseason polls released during the MIAA Virtual Media Day. Washburn was a unanimous pick in the coaches poll and earned 12 of 16 first place votes in the media poll.
The Lady Blues, second-place finishers last year with a 22-7 overall record and a 17-5 MIAA mark, were picked in front of Emporia State in both polls. Defending regular season and tournament champion Northwest Missouri was picked third in the media poll and tied for fifth in the coaches poll.
Schultz 17 points from 1,000 club
Stevi Schultz has 983 career points in her four years at Washburn and she needs 17 more to join the 1,000 point club. She would become the 21st Lady Blue to reach 1,000 career points. Corkey Stiger was the last to reach that milestone, scoring 1,047 in two seasons from 2006-08.
Lady Blues second in nation in 3-point shooting; near top of several other NCAA statistical categories
The Lady Blues are in the top 22 of nine different statistical categories in the February 12 NCAA report. Washburn ranks second in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage (.397) and is in the top 10 in rebound margin (+11.4), scoring margin (+19.6), and field goal percentage (.468). The Lady Blues are in the top 22 in assists per game, assist to turnover ratio, field goal percentage defense and scoring offense and defense.
Ebonie Williams ranks 29th in the nation shooting .542 from the field.
The Lady Blues rank highly in rebounds because they have only been out-rebounded four times this year. Their shooting percentages are helped by the fact that they've shot 50 percent or better from the field eight times and 45 percent or better from long range nine times. They have only allowed opponents to shoot 40 percent or better twice this year.
Schultz takes over 2nd in career 3-pointers at Washburn
Senior guard
Stevi Schultz is second in school history, now with 195 3-pointers in her career. Earlier this year she passed Lora Westling, who had 144 from 2001-05. Brooke Ubelaker (2003-07) is the career leader with 236 at WU. Nine more makes would make her only the second person in school history to reach 200 3-pointers.
This year she's shooting a career-high 37 percent from 3-point range. Schultz' 82 3-pointers last year was the fourth-highest single-season total in school history.
Lombardino moves to fourth in career blocks
Senior
Cassie Lombardino blocked her 101st career shot February 15 at Missouri Southern to move into a tie with Laura Mueller (1988-92) for fourth in Washburn history. Lombardino's 41 blocks this year is the ninth highest single-season total at Washburn. Her 49 blocks last year tied for the third highest season total. Sixty blocks is the Washburn single-season record (Brenda Shaffer-Dahl in 1988-89).
McHenry reaches milestone 300th win
Ron McHenry began his 12th season with the Lady Blues in 2011-12 and his 87-63 win on December 17 against Missouri Western gave him the 300th win in his career, all at WU. McHenry now has a 312-64 (.830) record.
McHenry entered the season second in NCAA Division II history with an .829 winning percentage (among coaches with at least 10 years) and second among active coaches in winning percentage (among coaches with at least five years). Thirty-six active DII coaches had reached the 300-win level and McHenry became the 37th. Among coaches who have at least 300 wins, only Lloyd Clark (Delta State 1984-2002) has a betting winning percentage (.834).
McHenry has had at least 23 wins in every year but his first. He's reached the 30-win mark three times. After a 13-14 record in his first season, 2000-01, McHenry has brought the Lady Blues to the NCAA tournament 10 straight times.
McHenry, a national champion in 2004-05, is the Washburn career leader in winning percentage among the five coaches since the program started in 1969-70. He is second in career wins at WU behind Patty Dick with 431 from 1977-00.
Williams' two-school career closing with huge numbers
Senior guard
Ebonie Williams scored her 1,500th career point February 11 against SBU and now has 1,525 in her four-year college career. She has 402 points this year and she scored 1,123 points in her three previous years at Seton Hall. She is averaging 13.2 points a game in her four years.
Williams' .536 shooting percentage this year is a career high. She had never shot better than .419 at Seton Hall. Her 15.3 points a game is also a career high. Her sophomore year in 2008-09 she shot .419 and averaged 13.2 points a game to earn second team all-Big East honor.
Keeping them under 40
The Lady Blues kept their first 13 opponents to under 40 percent shooting and so far this year, Central Missouri has been the only team to top 40 percent shooting against Washburn. The Jennies shot .469 on December 31 and then shot .450 on February 8. Washburn is keeping opponents to .342 shooting overall and .333 shooting in every game but the UCM contests. Washburn is allowing MIAA opponents to shoot .360 overall.
Season Flash Backs: Don't Forget...
Four in a row over 50: The Lady Blues topped the 50 percent mark in field goal shooting in four straight games, all MIAA contests, from December 10 to January 3. They averaged a .562 field goal percentage during that stretch.
Keeping 'em under 40: The Lady Blues kept their first 13 opponents to under 40 percent shooting. Central Missouri's .469 effort on December 31 was the first to top 40 percent. Prior to that game, teams were shooting just 32 percent against Washburn. The Jennies topped 40 percent again on February 8 and are still the only team to do so.
300th win for McHenry: Lady Blues coach
Ron McHenry got his 300th career win, all at Washburn, on December 17 against Missouri Western.
Last-second heartbreakers: Sierra Moeller tied the game December 10 against Truman with 29 seconds left but Bulldog Megan Sharpe made a jumper as time expired to give TSU an upset over then-No. 15 Washburn in Lee Arena. On February 8
Ebonie Williams hit a 3-pointer with 28 seconds left to give Washburn a one-point lead but Central Missouri hit a lay-up with 4.8 seconds left to win 69-68.
400 straight under 100: The Lady Blues 67-60 win at Fort Hays State on December 7 marked the 400th straight game Washburn has kept opponents under 100 points. The last time was on January 27, 1999, at Emporia State.
School-record margin of victory: Washburn's 92-point win over Tabor on November 14 is the highest in school history. The previous largest was by 87 on November 25, 1983 to St. John's (Kan.), 113-26. This was Washburn's 11th 100-point game in school history and first since winning 102-43 to Southwestern on November 23, 2009.
Another 100-point game!: Washburn made it back-to-back 100-point games for the first time in school history with a 108-60 win over Southwestern on November 16. The Lady Blues had record triple-digit games twice in the same season in 2005-06 and 1983-84 but never in consecutive games.
Happiest Place on Earth: The Lady Blues went 3-0 in the season-opening Disney Tip-Off West Coast Classic to claim the trophy.
Ebonie Williams earned MVP honor.
Near DI Upset: A last-second lay-up spoiled Washburn's exhibition upset bid, 52-50, at Kansas State on November 8.
Ebonie Williams led WU with 15 points.
Last time out against Pittsburg State
PITTSBURG, Kan. - The Lady Blues out-scored No. 10 Pittsburg State 42-23 in the second half to lead to a 65-41 win January 11 in John Lance Arena.
Laura Kinderknecht started her second straight game and had a season-high 14 points. She went 5 of 11 from the field with a pair of 3-pointers. She also had five rebounds and three assists.
Ebonie Williams also scored 14 points with a 5 of 12 performance from the field.
Stevi Schultz had nine points with eight rebounds and four assists.
Cassie Lombardino and
Tiara George each had eight points.
The Lady Blues were down by five at halftime but they opened the second half on a 13-0 run to take a 36-28 lead. Kinderknecht opened the run with a jumper and then later hit a 3-pointer. Lombardino capped the run with a basket in the paint and then the Gorillas finally got on the board in the second half with a jumper at the 16:14 mark.
Kinderknecht's 3 at the 13:44 mark gave Washburn a 10-point lead and the Gorillas never got within eight after that. They got it to nine points, 58-47 at the 5:27 mark but George hit a lay-up to push it back to 11 and William's jumper later made it 12. A free throw from Kinderknecht at the 1:07 mark was the final point of the night, giving Washburn a game-high 14-point lead.
The Lady Blues shot just 30 percent in the first half, making 9 of 30 shots. PSU also made just nine shots in the first half but four of them were 3-pointers while Washburn went just 1 of 4 from long range in the opening half.
The Lady Blues scored the first four points of the game but a 3-pointer from Lizzy Jeronimus later gave the Gorillas a 12-10 lead and they held it the rest of the half.
Washburn shot 55 percent in the second half while the Gorillas were just 26 percent. PSU made just one 3-pointer this time while Washburn was 3 of 5 from beyond the arc. The Lady Blues ended the game shooting 42 percent from the field while Pittsburg State was 31 percent.
The Lady Blues were beaten in rebounds, 42-35, for just the second time this year. They tied a season low with just seven turnovers while the Gorillas had 17. Jeronimus led PSU with 15 points and Larissa Richards had a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds.
Up next for the Lady Blues
Washburn will head to Emporia State Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. for the second installment of the Turnpike Tussel. The Lady Blues beat the Lady Hornets 73-66 on January 14. A home game on February 25 at 1:30 p.m. against Lincoln will then wrap up the regular season for Washburn.
The MIAA tournament will be March 1-4 in Kansas City, Mo., and then the NCAA South Central Region tournament will be March 9-12. The Elite Eight is March 20-23 in San Antonio, Texas.
Blue Notes: Player-By-Player Tip-Ins
#1 Katie Moyer • 5-5 Jr. G • Olpe, Kan. • Independence CC
Had first WU career points with 6 against Tabor...played in first six games this year and 11 total..averaged 7.3 points as a sophomore at Independence CC last year.
#3 Casyn Buchman • 5-9 Fr. G • McPherson, Kan. • McPherson HS
Has played in all 26 games off the bench...had career-high four assists November 28 against Evangel...scored career-high 11 points January 25 against NWMSU with three 3-pointers...scored eight points three times including January 18 against Lincoln...averaging 3.2 points a game and 1.2 assists...a 46 percent shooter from 3-point range...scored 14.0 points a game her senior year at McPherson High School.
#4 Lindy Arndt • 5-11 So. G • Emporia, Kan. • Emporia HS
Has played in 14 games this year...had her first points of year with season-high four November 14 against Tabor...scored 21 points in 11 games last year.
#5 Laura Kinderknecht • 5-7 Jr. G • St. Mary's, Kan. • St. Mary's HS
Has played in all 26 games this year and has started the last 11 games...averaging 6.2 points and 2.2 rebounds a game...averaging 2.5 assists a game after tying her career high with six on February 4 against FHSU and again on February 8 against UCM...had season-high 14 points January 11 at PSU with 5 of 11 performance from the field...has scored in double figures seven times this year...had a career-high eight rebounds January 7 against MSSU...had a career high eight free throws during 8 for 8 performance from the line on January 14 against ESU...averaged 10.7 points a game last year, starting all 29.
#10 Dana Channel • 5-10 So. G • Rossville, Kan. • Rossville HS
Had five points twice this year (Tabor and East Central) to tie career high...set a career high November 28 against Evangel with five rebounds...has played in 10 games with 13 points and 12 rebounds...played in 23 games last year scoring 33 points.
#11 Alyssa Nikkel • 5-8 Fr. G • Goddard, Kan. • Cheney HS
Has played in 15 games this year with 17 points and four assists...scored five points against SBU on February 11 and against CSUDH on November 4 with a 3-pointer...had her first points in MIAA action with a 3-pointer January 3 at Southwest Baptist...led Cheney High School in scoring, assists and steals as Cardinals went undefeated with a state title her senior year in 2010-11.
#15 Sami McHenry • 5-8 So. G • Topeka, Kan. • Shawnee Heights HS
Has played in seven games this year with four rebounds and two points in 14 minutes...scored her first field goal of the year January 7 against MSSU...played as a libero/defensive specialist on the No. 5-ranked Washburn volleyball team that ended its season in the NCAA South Central Region...scored two points in eight games last year...father is head coach
Ron McHenry.
#20 Dana Elliott • 5-11 Jr. F • Wamego, Kan. • Rock Creek HS
Started the first eight games this year and has played in all 26...averaging 3.9 points, 1.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds...had a career-high 15 points February 15 at Missouri Southern while going 5 for 5 from the field...seven rebounds and five field goals was also career highs that game...had 11 points and seven rebounds December 7 at Fort Hays State...had a career-high six assists November 14 against Tabor and matched that December 17 against MWSU...played 28 games off the bench last year and averaged 2.1 points and 1.8 rebounds.
#21 Cassie Lombardino • 6-3 Sr. C • Bonner Springs, Kan. • Basehor-Linwood HS
Has started every game this year...has reached double figures in15 total games this year...moved to fourth in career blocks at Washburn with 101 and her 41 this year is the ninth highest single-season total...third on the team averaging 9.9 points a game...second on team averaging 6.0 rebounds and leads team with 1.6 blocks a game...had second career double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds February 1 at Truman...had season-high 18 points December 3 at NWMSU off 8 of 11 shooting...had career-high six blocks November 19 at Midwestern State...just missed a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds November 6 against Hawaii Pacific...started every game last year and tied for team lead with 15.0 points a game...earned second team all-MIAA.
#22 Megan Lassley • 5-4 Sr. G • Wichita, Kan. • Seward County CC
Made her first start of season November 28 against Evangel and had started seven straight before missing four straight with an injury...returned to action January 25 against NWMSU and had five assists...shot 5 of 6 November 14 against Tabor for 14 points, one off her career high...scoring 3.3 points with 1.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists this year...hit three 3-pointers against Hawaii Pacific for nine points...had three steals against St. Martin's to tie a career high...was an every-game starter last year, averaging 7.1 points and a team-high 3.5 assists a game.
#23 Stormye Everett • 5-9 Jr. G • Aurora, Colo. • Western Neb. CC
Has played in 15 games...averaging 3.0 points and 1.9 rebounds...had 11 points at Disney against Hawaii Pacific in just nine minutes...hit 5 of 7 shots in that game...averaged 13.7 points a game in 2009-10 as a sophomore at Western Nebraska CC.
#24 Ebonie Williams • 5-8 Sr. G • Hagerstown, Md. • Seton Hall
Has started all 26 games...set a career high with 34 points February 8 against UCM...made 12 field goals and seven 3-pointers that game...her previous career high was 31 points scored in 2008-09 while playing at Seton Hall...shooting 54 percent this year, which is third best in the MIAA, and 52 percent from 3-point range, second best in the league...has led Washburn in scoring in 10 straight games and 16 total this year...has scored in double figures in 22 games this year and reached the 20-point mark six times...leads Washburn with 15.5 points a game, fifth best in the league...scored 23 points January 3 at Southwest Baptist...had 21 points, 6 assists and no turnovers in a win over Lincoln on Jan. 18...scored 21 points January 14 against No. 18 Emporia State with three 3-pointers...named Disney Classic tournament MVP...a DI transfer from Seton Hall where she scored over 1,000 points in her three years there, leading her team every year...counting those three years, she has 1,505 points.
#25 Stevi Schultz • 5-9 Sr. G • Neodesha, Kan. • Neodesha HS
Enters game 17 points away from joining the 1,000 point club...second in career 3-pointers at Washburn with 195...had first double-double of the year with 12 points and 13 rebounds at FHSU on December 7...has reached double figures in 16 games...second on team and 18th in MIAA with 11.1 points a game while averaging 2.8 assists and 5.0 rebounds...tied a career high with six assists against Hawaii Pacific and then set a career high with seven November 19 at Midwestern State...scored 15 points in exhibition at Kansas State...named Capital One Academic All-District this year...tied for team lead in scoring last year with 15.0 points a game and earned first team all-MIAA and second team all-region.
#30 Brittney Lynch • 6-1 Fr. F • Omaha, Neb. • Elkhorn HS
Reached double figures for second time this year on December 17 against Missouri Western with 11 points...went 4 of 5 from the field that game...had breakout game with team-high 16 points and nine rebounds November 14 against Tabor...shot 6 of 10 from the field that game...has played off the bench in every game and is averaging 5.1 points and 2.9 rebounds...shooting 54 percent from the field...in high school she averaged 15.8 points and 7.9 rebounds her senior year.
#32 Sierra Moeller • 6-1 Jr. F • Pierre, S.D. • Boise State
Has started all 26 games in her Washburn debut after sitting out two straight years...leading the team with 6.9 rebounds a game getting double figures seven times...scored season-high 16 points November 28 against Evangel while going 5 of 8 from the field and 6 of 9 from free throw line...second on the team with 21 blocks...missed last year after a knee injury in an exhibition game and missed 2009-10 after transferring from Boise State the year before...scored in double figures for first time with 11 points November 14 against Tabor and then added 15 against Southwestern the next time...averaging 5.9 points a game this year...as a freshman at Boise State in 2008-09 she averaged 3.8 points and 3.7 rebounds a game.
#33 Tiara George • 6-1 Jr. F • Baton Rouge, La. • Angelina CC
Played her first game in over a year on December 17 against Missouri Western...went 8 of 9 from the field for game-high 17 points...her second game, December 31 at UCM, she went 5 for 5 for 10 points and has scored double figures in four games this year...is shooting 60 percent from the field this year...averaging 7.3 points and 5.0 rebounds a game...transferred to Washburn midway though last year after playing junior college from 2008-09 to 2009-10...averaged 10.1 points and 8.7 rebounds a game and shot 56 percent in 2009-10 at Angelina CC (Texas).
#42 Ashley Timm • 5-10 Fr. G • Pratt, Kan. • Skyline Hs
Had her first collegiate action November 14 against Tabor, playing four minutes without a point...has played in five games for nine total minutes with a rebound...she helped Skyline High School to a sub-state runner-up finish three straight years.
#44 Laura McMullin • 6-1 Jr. F • Sedalia, Mo. • Sacred Heart HS
Has played in 21 games and is averaging 4.2 points and 2.7 rebounds...had a double-double November 18 against East Central with 10 points and 11 rebounds, the first double-double of the year for Washburn and second of her career...scored 11 points in opener against CSUDH off 5 of 7 shooting...also had six rebounds that game...shooting 47 percent from the field this year...averaged 2.7 points and 4.0 rebounds last year off the bench.
