Purdue Fort Wayne
Akron
Mastodons Look to Regroup Against Akron
11/14/2010 11:16:10 PM | Women's Basketball
GAME NOTES vs. Akron
Fort Wayne, IN - The IPFW Mastodons look to rebound from a season-opening loss, and avenge a last-second loss to the Zips of Akron University on Monday afternoon, when the 'Dons play host to the Zips at the Hilliard Gates Sports Center on Monday evening at 7:00 PM.
Opponent: Akron Zips
When: Monday, November 15, 3:00 PM
Where: Fort Wayne, Indiana, Hilliard Gates Sports Center (2,500)
All-Time Series: IPFW leads 2-1
Radio: Internet Only Broadcast - Mike Maahs (play-by-play)
Stats: Sidearm Live Stats
Video: IPFW Live Video Feed (subscription)
Quick Hitters
* IPFW was picked to finish fourth in the Summit League Preseason Coaches Poll
*Head Coach Chris Paul is 12 wins away from becoming the winningest coach in program history, and currently stands third all time in coaching wins.
* IPFW fell to 0-11 all-time against Big Ten teams in a loss to nationally ranked Michigan State in the season opener.
* The Mastodons have made a three-point basket in 346 consecutive games, the fifth longest active streak in the NCAA
* Anne Boese has made a three-point basket in each of her last 32 games, including making one in every game of last season
* Jordan Zuppe currently sits in 10th place in Summit League history with 191 career three-point baskets made
* IPFW is 15-20 all-time in season openers
* Junior post Stephanie Rosado comes back to IPFW after spending the summer playing against international competition as a member of the Puerto Rico National Team, which won gold medals at the Centrobasket Championship, and the 2010 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games, earning berths into the 2011 Pan-American Games and the 2011 FIBA-Americas Championships, a Pre-Olympic competition.
* Since joining NCAA Division I in 2001-02, IPFW fell to 0-8 all-time against nationally ranked opponents
* Last season Anne Boese ranked eighth in the NCAA in three-point field goals made per game, averaging 3.2, and 30th in three-point percentage (.437)
* Stephanie Rosado finished 41st in the NCAA in free throw percentage, and had a stretch of 31 consecutive makes last year
* Last season Akron hit a buzzer-beater to top IPFW 68-66 in Akron, Ohio.
Coach Chris Paul
IPFW Head Coach Chris Paul has a 52-87 career record at IPFW, as the wins are more than the previous two coaches (Bruce Patterson, 27; and Karl Smesko, 32). The 52 wins are the third most by a coach in school history. Teri Rosinski won 63 games at IPFW, the most by any coach in program history.
Big Debuts
When Kayla Drake and Amanda Hyde reached double-figure scoring in their IPFW debuts, they join three other IPFW players on the current roster to have scored in double figures in their first game in a Mastodon uniform. Jordan Zuppe scored 18 against Toledo on November 11, 2007, while a year later, Anne Boese scored 17 in the season opener against Illinois. Stephanie Rosado became the third player in as many seasons to accomplish the feat when she scored 15 against Wright State, with the pair joining the list this year.
IPFW vs. the Mid-American Conference
IPFW has played 26 games against opponents from the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Each of those meetings have come since 2001-02, IPFW's first season as full members of NCAA Division I. The Mastodons hold a 2-1 lead in the all-time series with the Akron Zips.
Preseason Expectations
The Mastodons were picked to finish fourth in the Summit League by the league's coaches, media, and sports information directors. The fourth place pick was the highest in any of the four seasons that the 'Dons have been in the league. Also picking up preseason honors were juniors Stephanie Rosado and Anne Boese, Rosado to the Preseason First Team, and Boese to the Second Team.
Climbing the Conference Ladder
Not only is Jordan Zuppe ranked third in career three-point field goals at IPFW, but she is also sitting at 10th on the career three-point basket list for The Summit League. She currently is nine behind former Oral Roberts star Krista Ragan for ninth place, and is the highest active player on the list.
Three-Point Streak
The IPFW Mastodons have made a three-point basket in each of its last 345 games, a stretch that ranks as the fifth longest active streak in NCAA Division I. Canisius' streak is tops on the list with an NCAA Record 485 consecutive games. Connecticut, Loyola, and Southeast Missouri State all fall in line ahead of IPFW, with Murray State and Miami (Ohio) rounding out the top seven on the list.
Threes away
IPFW junior Anne Boese has hit a three-point basket in each of her last 31 games, including going through last season making at least one three-pointer in all 30 games. Since the inception of the three-point basket in college basketball in 1986-87, 21 IPFW players have started a season by hitting a three-point basket in four or more games. Jessica Henry was previously the only other player to make a three-pointer in every game during a season, and she is also in second behind Boese for the school record for most consecutive games with a three-point basket.
International Competition
This summer, current IPFW junior Stephanie Rosado was a member of the Puerto Rico National Team. As a member of the PR squad, she helped lead the team to Gold Medals at the Centrobasket Championships, and the 2010 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games.
In the Centrobasket Championships, Rosado was the only player on the Puerto Rico squad to score in double figures in every game, averaging 12 points per game, pulling down 5.6 rebounds per game, and hitting 20-of-41 shots from the field, and 14-of-18 free throws, the latter was the seventh best overall in the tournament.
The Gold Medal at the Centrobasket Championships also guarantees Puerto Rico a spot for the 2011 FIBA-Americas Championship for Women (Pre-Olympic) and to the 20111 Pan-American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
M-Milestones come in pairs
There are 13 current members of the 1,000-point club (Roman Numeral 'M'), and on three occasions, teammate milestones came in the same season. The first duo to reach 1,000-career points in the same season was Lisa Miller and Robin Scott in 1989-90. It was Miller's sophomore year and Scott's junior season, as the pair currently rank 1st and 6th on the all-time scoring list. Lindy Jones and Jennie Newhard each accomplished the feat in 1994-95, Jones' coming early in her junior season, and Newhard as a senior. The final duo was Johnna Lewis-Carlisle and Ashley Johnson. Lewis-Carlisle was a junior, while Johnson was a senior. It is likely this season that the list will add another grouping to it, as seniors Jordan Zuppe and Chelsey Jackson have 925 and 845 points, respectively, with a full slate of games upcoming.
On This Date (November 15)
1997-98 IPFW 78, Geneva 67
