Game 28 Washburn at Emporia State
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No. 15 Washburn Lady Blues (23-4, 16-2 MIAA) at No. 20 Emporia State Lady Hornets (18-6, 13-5 MIAA)
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Emporia, Kan.
Arena: White Auditorium (5,000)
Radio: 106.9 KTPK FM with Mark Elliott (play-by-play) & Jake Lebahn (color)
Video: America One (fee)
Series Record: ESU leads 43-41
Last Meeting: WU 73-66 on 01/14/12 (H)
Washburn Coach Ron McHenry: 313-64 (.830) in his 12th year at WU and overall
ESU Coach Jorry Collins: 38-15 (.717) in 2nd year at ESU and overall
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(Around) 140-character or less tweets highlighting the season
Washburn needs two wins this week to clinch at least a share of the MIAA title and a PSU loss would give WU a chance at the outright title #GoingFor8thMIAATitle
Stevi Schultz is 2 points away from 1,000 in her career, 2 3-pointers away from 200 and has 49 career double-figure scoring games #AlmostTo1,000Points
Cassie Lombardino blocked her 101st career shot to move into a tie for 4th in WU career history #CassieFromTheBlock
Ebonie Williams has 1,537 career points counting her three years at Seton Hall. This year's she's shooting a career-high 53% #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 lead the nation shooting .401 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 .466 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 46% overall and 47% in MIAA games. They've topped 50% 7 times this year. #SolidFromTheFloor
Lady Blues look to sweep Lady Hornets as final week begins
The 15th-ranked Lady Blues will enter the final week of the regular season looking for a season sweep over Emporia State Wednesday in their 5:30 p.m. Turnpike Tussle game. The game will be carried on the radio on Country Legends 106.9 FM KTPK. Links to live video, audio and statistics can be found on wusports.com.
Washburn is 23-4 overall and 16-2 in the MIAA after a 59-45 win against first-place Pittsburg State Saturday. The Lady Blues are half a game behind the Gorillas (17-2) in the standings and can clinch at least a share of the MIAA title with two wins this week. PSU has just one game remaining.
The Lady Hornets are 18-6 overall and third in the league with a 13-5 record. They beat Lincoln 62-57 Saturday.
Washburn senior guard
Stevi Schultz will enter the game two points away from her 1000th and she will become the 21st player in Lady Blues history to reach that plateau.
Washburn is 41-43 all-time against the Lady Hornets and this will be the 85th meeting in the series. The Lady Blues won in Topeka, 73-66 on January 14.
Last Time Out: Washburn 59, Pittsburg State 45
TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 15 Washburn jumped out to a 16-0 lead and went on to beat No. 8 Pittsburg State 59-45 Saturday afternoon in Lee Arena in the MIAA Game of the Week.
The Lady Blues improved to 23-4 overall and drew even with the Gorillas in the loss column for first in the MIAA with a 16-2 record. The Gorillas fell to 23-3 overall and 17-2 in the MIAA. PSU leads the MIAA by half a game with one game to play. Washburn has two games left including at Emporia State Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. and at home Saturday at 1:30 p.m. against Lincoln in Senior Day. Two wins would give Washburn at least of share of the title.
Stevi Schultz led Washburn with 15 points and came within two points of reaching 1,000 in her career. She went 6 of 9 from the field with three 3-pointers and came one rebound shy of a double-double with a team-high nine.
Sierra Moeller also had nine boards and scored eight points.
Cassie Lombardino scored 13 points off 4 of 10 shooting and
Ebonie Williams scored 12 points with seven rebounds.
Williams opened the game with a 3-pointer and then Schultz hit three straight from behind the arc to make the score 12-0. After a Lombardino free throw, Williams hit a 3 to give Washburn a 16-0 lead. Brooke Conley finally got the Gorillas, winners of nine straight MIAA games since losing to Washburn on January 11, on the board with a 3-pointer at 14:49.
The lead dipped into single digits just once in the first half and Washburn led by 11, 30-19 at halftime.
Pitt State opened the second half on a 7-2 run to get within six and then got within four at the 15:17 mark on a lay-up from Conley. An 8-2 run later gave Washburn a 49-38 lead with 4:10 to play.
PSU got Washburn's lead to six with 2:37 to go but the Lady Blues scored the final eight points after that with four points each from Schultz and Elliott to give Washburn the win.
Washburn shot 37 percent in the game but kept PSU to 27 percent shooting. Washburn made 5 of 17 3-pointers while the Gorillas made just 3 of 15. Washburn won the rebound battle 50-31 but committed 13 turnovers while the Gorillas had just seven.
Laura Kinderknecht led Washburn with five assists and Moeller blocked two shots. Lizzy Jeronimus led the Gorillas with 19 points and Conley scored 14.
Schultz 2 points from 1,000 club
Stevi Schultz has 998 career points in her four years at Washburn and she needs two 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.
Schultz will be looking for her 1000th career point Wednesday at Emporia State. Last year in Emporia she scored 12 points off 4 of 8 shooting.
Schultz also needs two 3-pointers to give her 200 in her career. She has 198 right now and is second in school history. Brooke Ubelaker is the only player to go over 200 3-pointers with 236 in her career.
Schultz will also be looking for her 50th double-figure scoring game. She's scored 10 or more in 49 of her 108 games played in her four years.
Lady Blues enter final week two wins from clinching 8th MIAA title
The Lady Blues will clinch at least a share of the MIAA title with wins over ESU Wednesday and Lincoln Saturday in the regular season finales. Washburn is 16-2, half a game behind Pittsburg State at 17-2. The Gorillas wrap up their MIAA schedule Wednesday at FHSU and a win would force Washburn to win twice to share the title. If the Gorillas lose then two Washburn wins would give the Lady Blues the title outright and one win would split the title.
Washburn will be either the No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the MIAA tournament and play either No. 8 or No. 7 in the first round March 1. If WU ties PSU, then the Lady Blues hold the tie-breaker with the season sweep.
The Lady Blues have won seven MIAA regular season titles, the last in 2009-10. They have seven conference titles overall counting four Central States Intercollegiate Conference championships.
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 February 15.
Washburn, ranked 15th in the nation, entered last week with a 15-4 record in the region and was 21-4 overall. Pittsburg State is No. 1 in the region but has now lost to Washburn twice. 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 February 14. Washburn went 1-1 the previous week after climbing to a season-high ninth in the February 7 poll.
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.
Lady Blues lead 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 16 NCAA report. Washburn ranks first in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage (.401) and is in the top 10 in rebound margin (+11.2), scoring margin (+19.1), field goal percentage (.466) and assist/turnover ration. The Lady Blues are in the top 22 in assists per game, field goal percentage defense and scoring offense and defense.
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.
Williams leads nation in 3-point shooting
Ebonie Williams moved to first in the nation in 3-point shooting percentage with a .536 mark in the February 16 report. She was unranked in previous reports because she hadn't been averaging the minimum 2.0 makes per game. Williams went 2 of 6 Saturday, after the report came out, and now is shooting .505 from long range. She is averaging exactly 2.0 makes a game.
Schultz takes over 2nd in career 3-pointers at Washburn
Senior guard
Stevi Schultz is second in school history, now with 198 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. Two 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 38 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).
Her next block will move her to fourth all alone and she needs to reach 116 to catch Jannica Beam (1989-93) for third in Washburn history.
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 313-64 (.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 1,537 in her four-year college career. She has 414 points this year and she scored 1,123 points in her three previous years at Seton Hall. She is averaging 13.3 points a game in her four years.
Williams' .530 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 .340 shooting overall and .331 shooting in every game but the UCM contests. Washburn is allowing MIAA opponents to shoot .356 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 recorded 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 Emporia State
TOPEKA, Kan. - The 17th-ranked Lady Blues scored first and didn't let the Lady Hornets lead at all in a 73-66 win over No. 18 Emporia State January 14 in Lee Arena.
Ebonie Williams scored 21 points off 6 of 18 shooting. She hit three 3-pointers and went 6 of 10 from the free throw line.
Cassie Lombardino went 6 of 12 from the field for 13 points and
Laura Kinderknecht made 8 of 8 free throws to help her to 12 points.
The Lady Blues led by double figures most of the second half but a lay-up from Kelsey Balcom made it a six-point game, 67-61, with 57 seconds remaining. Williams sunk a pair of free throws but ESU answered with a 3-pointer from Heather Robben to cut the lead to five. Washburn made four more free throws down the stretch to push it to a three-possession game and hold on for the win.
The Lady Blues shot 42 percent from the field while ESU was 37 percent. Washburn made 4 of 7 3-pointers (57 percent) and the Lady Hornets made 5 of 16 (31 percent). Washburn won the rebound battle 37-35 and committed 10 turnovers to the Lady Hornets' 12. ESU blocked seven shots while Washburn got a hand on just one.
Robben scored 27 points for the Lady Hornets, the most allowed by Washburn all year. She went 7 of 15 from the field and 11 of 11 from the free throw line. Kinderknecht became the 18th player in WU history to go perfect from the line and make at least eight.
The Lady Hornets tied the game at 8-8 at 14:11 and then
Tiara George's lay-up gave Washburn the lead for good. Kinderknecht made two straight free throws at 2:37 to push it to double digits for the first time.
Lombardino's three-point play at 16:53 in the second half gave the Lady Blues a 12-point lead before the Lady Hornets pushed it to single digits one more time. A jumper from George at 7:54 gave Washburn a game-high 15-point lead. A 7-0 run soon after that brought Emporia State within seven and then
Sierra Moeller's long jumper at 3:10 pushed it back to nine before the Lady Hornets climbed within five with under a minute to play.
George finished with eight points off a 4 of 5 performance under the basket. Seven of the Lady Blues' first eight baskets were in the paint and they ended the game with a 34-24 advantage on points inside.
Up next for the Lady Blues
A home game on February 25 at 1:30 p.m. against Lincoln will 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 27 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 3.1 points a game and 1.1 assists...a 44 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 27 games this year and has started the last 12 games...averaging 6.0 points and 2.1 rebounds a game...averaging 2.6 assists a game after tying her career high with six on February 4 against FHSU and again on February 8 against UCM...has averaged 5.8 assists a game in the last five contests...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 27...averaging 4.0 points, 1.4 assists and 3.1 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 in 16 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 10.0 points a game...second on team averaging 6.1 rebounds and leads team with 1.5 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 3.2 points with 1.7 rebounds and 1.8 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 27 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...led the nation shooting .515 from 3-point range in February 18 NCAA statistic report...was second in 3-point shooting and third in field goal percentage in latest MIAA report...now shooting .530 from the field and .505 from long range...has led Washburn in scoring in 16 total games this year...has scored in double figures in 23 games this year and reached the 20-point mark six times...leads Washburn with 15.3 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 1,537 points.
#25 Stevi Schultz • 5-9 Sr. G • Neodesha, Kan. • Neodesha HS
Enters game two points away from joining the 1,000 point club...second in career 3-pointers at Washburn with 198 and would become second Lady Blue with 200 makes...had first double-double of the year with 12 points and 13 rebounds at FHSU on December 7...has reached double figures in 17 games...second on team with 11.3 points a game while averaging 2.7 assists and 5.1 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 4.9 points and 2.8 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 27 games in her Washburn debut after sitting out two straight years...leading the team with 7.0 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 23 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 57 percent from the field this year...averaging 6.8 points and 4.9 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 22 games and is averaging 4.0 points and 2.6 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.
