Mastodons Close out 2010 in Shreveport

PREGAME NOTES VS. CENTENARY

Shreveport, LA - The IPFW Mastodons look to close out the 2010 portion of its schedule against the Ladies of Centenary, in the first New Years Eve game for IPFW since 2003-04. IPFW is coming off of a tough 91-78 loss to Oral Roberts, while Centenary is searching for its first win of the 2010-11 season.

Opponent: Centenary Ladies (0-9, 0-3 Summit League)
When: Friday, December 31, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Shreveport, Louisiana; Gold Dome (3,000)
All-Time Series: IPFW leads 7-1
Radio: Internet only broadcast on GoMastodons.com - Mike Maahs (play-by-play)
Stats: Courtesy of Centenary College
Video: Courtesy of Centenary College (subscription required)

QUICK HITTERS
•    IPFW set a single-game Summit League record with 44 three-point field goal attempts against Oral Roberts, while Anne Boese's 17 three-point attempts are tied for second most in a game in league history
•    Jordan Zuppe became the program's 14th member of the 1,000-point club against Hampton
•    The Mastodons take to the road for four consecutive games that will eat up over 3,500 total miles with trips to eastern Virginia, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Sheveport, Louisiana
•    The Mastodons won a game when trailing at halftime for the first time since March 3, 2006 against Detroit
•    IPFW's .279 shooting percentage against UMKC was the first time the Mastodons have won while shooting under .300 since the opening game of the 1999-00 season, and the lowest shooting percentage in a victory in school history.
•    Rosado set a new single-game school record with eight blocked shots against Indiana Tech on December 23, while also recording her third consecutive double-double.
•    The Mastodons are 7-5 for the first time in the school's Division I era, and the first time since 2000-01.
•    IPFW was picked to finish fourth in the Summit League Preseason Coaches Poll, the program's highest preseason prediction in its four years in the league.
•    Stephanie Rosado was named to the Preseason Summit League First Team, and Anne Boese to the Preseason Second Team
•    Head Coach Chris Paul is six wins away from becoming the winningest coach in program history, and currently stands tied for second in career coaching wins.
•    The Mastodons have made a three-point basket in 357 consecutive games, the eighth longest active streak in the NCAA
•    Anne Boese has made a three-point basket in each of her last 43 games, including making one in every game of last season
•    Jordan Zuppe currently sits ninth in Summit League history with 214 career three-point baskets made, and Anne Boese is 12th with 176.

BOMBS AWAY
When IPFW faced off against Oral Roberts, few predicted the explosion from long range that would ensue. The Mastodons attempted 44 shots from long range, a mark that tops the previous Summit League single-game total, set by Troy in the 1995-96 season and by Oral Roberts last year. The team's 17 makes puts the Mastodons into a tie for third all-time, behind only a pair of 18-make games by the Golden Eagles a season ago. IPFW junior Anne Boese was one of the primary catalysts for the offensive explosion, making 7-of-17 shots from long range. The seven makes puts her in a tie for fifth on the Summit League single-game totals in league games, while the 17 attempts are tied for the second most in league history, and tied for the highest total in a conference game. As per the IPFW record book, the 44 attempts are tied for the third highest total, and the 17 makes are the second most. Boese's seven makes ranks in a tie for fourth, while the 17 attempts ties the school record.

IT'S ALL BINARY
For those familiar with computer programing, binary numbers are the language of 1's and 0's that computers speak; however, there was nothing robotic about IPFW senior Jordan Zuppe on Sunday against Hampton. The senior scored a season-high 17 points, pulled down a career-high-tying eight rebounds. What was unique was the series of 1's and 0's that accompany the evening. Zuppe scored her 1,000th point in the game, which was also her 100th in a Mastodon uniform. Add to it that it was the 10th game of the season, in IPFW's 10th season as a Division 1 member, and finally the fact that Zuppe ended the game with 1,010 career points, you have enough to keep a computer talking for months.

ALMOST A NATIONAL LEADER
When the most recent NCAA rankings came out, IPFW senior Jordan Zuppe had been perfect at the free throw line, making all 24 of her attempts. The mark led the conference; however, did not lead the country in the statistic. To meet the NCAA requirements for NCAA rankings, players have to average 2.5 free throws made per game, and Zuppe's average is 2.4 free throws made per game. The current National leader is Erin Rooney of Monmouth, who was 26-of-26. Zuppe, with her current percentage of .971 (33-of-34) will not only rank inside of the top-10, but will also appear in the national rankings with her total makes enough now to qualify for the list. As of December 19, her current percentage would rank her third on the list.

SERIES AGAINST CENTENARY
The IPFW Mastodons have dominated the all-time series with the Ladies of Centenary, winning seven of the eight all-time meetings. The lone Lady win in the series was on January 10, 2009, a 73-51 victory in the Gold Dome. The Centenary win snapped an IPFW four-game win streak in the series, and IPFW has won the last three, including a 68-28 Mastodon win at the Memorial Coliseum a season ago. IPFW also won 76-46 in the Gold Dome a season ago.

COLD WIN
On December 6, the IPFW Mastodons made just 17-of-61 shots from the field, a percentage of .279. What was unique about that game, was that the Mastodons prevailed 60-58 over the Kangaroos of UMKC. The .279 shooting percentage is the lowest in school history in a game in which IPFW was victorious. Below are the five lowest shooting percentage wins in school history. Of the top-15 lowest shooting percentages in wins, 12 came at either the Memorial Coliseum or the Gates Sports Center.

Pct.	Opponent	Date	Field Goals
.279	UMKC	12/6/2010	17-of-61
.299	vs. Saginaw Valley State	11/19/1999	23-of-77
.300	Western Illinois	1/26/2009	18-of-60
.304	Lewis	12/23/1985	24-of-79
.311	vs. Savannah State	3/5/2005	19-of-61

SCOUTING THE LADIES
Centenary comes into the New Years Eve game with an 0-9 record, last in the latest RPI ratings, and one of 13 teams this year still looking for its first win of the season (Mississippi Valley State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Columbia, St. Peter's, Vermont, Cornell, Troy, Rider, Cal State Northridge, Murray State, Utah Valley State, and San Jose State are the others).

This season is also one of note for the Centenary athletic department, as it is the final year of NCAA Division I for the school, as every athletic program will move to NCAA Division III following the season.

Centenary is getting out-scored by an average of 26.9 points per game, scoring 55.7 per contest while allowing 82.6. Ne-Ne Cook is the team's leading scorer, averaging 12.4 points per game, with Anne Farrell and Ashley Jackson putting in 11.9 and 11.8 points per game each. Megan Daniel averages 8.6, and after that, the scoring average drops to 4.0 on players that have played in the most recent Centenary games.

Farrell pulls down 9.0 rebounds per game, while Jackson averages 7.4, making the pair one of the top rebounding duos in the league. Cook has dished out 36 assists, while adding a team-best 18 steals. Cook also leads the conference in minutes played, averaging 37.0 minutes per contest, while Daniel (35.4), and Farrell (33.9) are also ranked inside of the top-eight in the conference.

In the team's last game, an 87-58 loss to Oakland, Centenary was led by a 16-point, 14-rebound double-double from Jackson, with Farrell scoring 15, Daniel 10, and Cook 9, as the aforementioned quartet scored 50 of the team's 58 points in the loss.

Cook dished out a team-best five assists, as Daniel had the team's only steal of the contest. Centenary was held to 38.9 percent shooting from the field, and 65.0 percent (13-of-20) from the charity stripe.

IPFW VS. THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In Summit League regular season action, IPFW is just under .500 at 28-29 all-time in league play, and the 'Dons are 29-38 under the direction of head coach Chris Paul.

LAST TIME OUT
Despite a season-high 17 three-pointers on 44 attempts, the latter a new single-game Summit League record, the IPFW Mastodons fell in conference action to the Golden Eagles of Oral Roberts by a 91-78 final score.

Anne Boese scored a season-high 25 points on 7-of-17 shooting from long range, while Jordan Zuppe scored 13 and Amanda Hyde 10.

Zuppe flirted with a triple-double with a season-high nine assists and a career-high-tying eight rebounds, nearly becoming the first player in program history to record double-digits in three separate offensive categories. Stephanie Rosado finished the game with eight points, while Erin Murphy and Chelsey Jackson each scored seven off of the bench. Rosado added seven rebounds, while Jackson had three assists and Kayla Drake three steals.

HOT START
Through ten games of the season, IPFW is sporting a 6-4 record, its best start in this, the tenth year of NCAA Division I basketball for the Mastodons. The overall IPFW best start was the 1995-96 team won 18 games before picking up its third loss of the season. Four other times the team has won at least 10 games before picking up its third loss, including a 16-3 start in 1982-83, 12-3 in both 1993-94 and 1989-90, and 10-3 in 2000-01.

NEXT TIME OUT
The Mastorons return from its four-game road stretch with a trio of home games, hosting IUPUI on January 8, Western Illinois on January 10, and Oakland on January 15, before IPFW makes its yearly trek to the Dakotas to face off against South Dakota State and North Dakota State.

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
From November 23 until December 9, the IPFW Mastodons had a six-game home stand. The six games is tied for the longest consecutive streak of home games, tied with the end of the 2005-06 season, in which IPFW hosted Texas-Pan American, Wayne State, South Dakota State, North Dakota State, Utah Valley State, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi. During the 2005-06 stretch, IPFW went 5-1 to end the year with a 7-21 record in current head coach Chris Paul's season as interim head coach.

THREE'S AWAY
IPFW junior Anne Boese has hit a three-point basket in each of her last 43 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.

ROAD WARRIORS
Starting with the January 19 game at Hampton, IPFW will partake on a four-game road swing that will take the Mastodons to the east coast and into the deep south. The Mastodons will travel to Hampton, Virginia to take on the Hampton Lady Pirates, a trip that is 727 miles long, before heading west for 140 miles to face off against the Longwood Lancers in Farmville, Virginia, before making the 650-mile trek back to Fort Wayne. Eight days later the 'Dons will face off against Summit League foe Oral Roberts, a trip that is 775 miles from Fort Wayne to Tulsa, Oklahoma, before traveling to Shreveport, Louisiana (350 miles from Tulsa) for the second game of a weekend Summit League series against Centenary. The return trip of 920 miles sets the entire four-game stretch at just over 3,500 total miles.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE
With her double-double against Southern Utah, her fourth in the team's last five games, IPFW junior Stephanie Rosado has moved into sole possession of seventh place in the school's record books with nine career double-doubles. Lisa Miller has the school record with 31, with Verea Bibbs in second with 20. Below is a listing of the top-10 double-double leaders in school history.

Rank	Student-Athlete	2B-2B	Seasons
1	Lisa Miller	31	1988-92
2	Verea Bibbs	20	2001-05
t-3	Robin Scott	13	1987-91
t-3	Rhonda Unverferth	13	1982-85
5	Pam Edwards	12	1989-94
6	Terri Lydy	11	1985-86
7	Stephanie Rosado	10	2009-present
t-8	Sarah Turner	9	1987-89
t-8	Teena Merrell	9	1986-90
10	Trish Fleming	8	1999-01

COACH CHRIS PAUL
IPFW Head Coach Chris Paul has a 58-91 career record at IPFW, as the wins are more than the previous two coaches (Bruce Patterson, 27; and Karl Smesko, 32). The 58 wins are tied for the second most by a coach in school history. Teri Rosinski won 63 games at IPFW, the most by any coach in program history.

Coach	Record	Pct.
Teri Rosinski	63-46 (4)	.578
Chris Paul	59-92 (5)	.391
Pam Bowden	58-76 (5)	.433
Eileen Kleinfelter	49-34 (3)	.590
Kirk Kavanaugh	43-29 (3)	.597
Karl Smesko	32-22 (2)	.593
Bruce Patterson	27-92 (5)	.227
Peggy Voisin	18-26 (2)	.409
Julie Calahan	14-39 (2)	.264
Mary Schreiber	9-8 (1)	.529
Barb McDonald	9-10 (1)	.474
Kathy Kissinger	7-7 (1)	.500
Denise Knuth	3-20 (1)	.130
TOTALS	390-500	.438

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 and Anne Boese ranked third and fifth in career three-point field goals at IPFW, but they are also sitting in ninth and 15th on the career three-point basket list for The Summit League.

Rank	Student-Athlete	School	Years	3FGM
1.	Brenna Doty	Buffalo	1994-97	262
2.	Katie Houlehan	UMKC	2001-05	257
3.	Suzie Hammel	Valparaiso	2000-04	236
4.	Anne Hafeli	Oakland	2002-06	235
5.	Jayme Wilson	Oakland	2002-06	232
6.	Chazny Morris	UMKC	2006-10	218
7.	Kristin Atkinson	Oral Roberts	1998-03	216
8.	Carrie Myers	Valparaiso	2003-07	215
9.	Jordan Zuppe	IPFW	2007-pres.	214
10.	Krista Ragan	Oral Roberts	1997-02	200
11.	Katie Wolfe	Oakland	1999-03	188
12.	Anne Boese	IPFW	2008-pres.	176

THREE-POINT STREAK
The IPFW Mastodons have made a three-point basket in each of its last 356 games, a stretch that ranks as the eighth longest active streak in NCAA Division I. Canisius' and Iowa State's streaks are at the top of the list by making a three-point basket in 496 games. Sam Houston State, Tennessee, Connecticut, Loyola, and Southeast Missouri State all fall in line ahead of IPFW. The previous NCAA record was 408 games, held by Cleveland State.

Rank	Team	Streak
1.	Canisius	496
NEXT: vs. Fairfield (1/2), vs. Saint Peters (1/4)
1.	Iowa State	496
NEXT: vs. Chicago State (1/2), vs. North Dakota State (1/4)
3.	Sam Houston State	451
NEXT: at Texas (1/2), vs. Texas-San Antonio (1/8)
4.	Tennessee	422
NEXT: at LSU (1/2), vs. Alabama (1/6)
5.	Connecticut	409
NEXT: vs. Villanova (1/5), at Notre Dame (1/8)
6.	Loyola (Ill.)	404
NEXT: at Youngstown State (12/31), vs. Cleveland State (1/2)
7.	Southeast Missouri State	385
NEXT: at Notre Dame (1/2), vs. Eastern Illinois (1/8)
8.	IPFW	357
NEXT: at Centenary (12/31), vs. IUPUI (1/8)

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
IPFW junior Stephanie Rosado was named the Summit League Player of the Week on November 23 after scoring 22 points and pulling down 12 rebounds against Youngstown State on November 20. It was the second time that Rosado has been named a Summit League Player of the Week (she earned the award February 9 last season), and just the fourth time overall that a Mastodon has been named a Player of the Week, joining Johnna Lewis Carlisle (January 29) and Jordan Zuppe (March 4) who both were named to the award in 2007-08.

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.

BLOCK PARTY
On the same day that Stephanie Rosado was named the Summit League Player of the Week, the junior erupted for a near triple-double, including a school-record eight blocked shots, six of those coming in the first half. With Sydney Weinert's 11 blocks added in, it was the first time IPFW has had at least 10 blocked shots in a game since December 2, 2005 against Kalamazoo, when the squad also had 11.

BACK-TO-BACK DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Stephanie Rosado did something that hasn't been done since the 1999-00 season - pick up three straight double-doubles. It was the first time since Trish Fleming had three straight against St. Joseph's, Indianapolis, and Northern Kentucky. The school record for consecutive double-doubles is four, set by Sarah Turner in 1987-88, Tarri Lydy in 1985-86, and Rhonda Unverferth in 1983-84.

M-MILESTONES COME IN PAIRS
There are 14 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 by way of seniors Jordan Zuppe and Chelsey Jackson. Zuppe reached 1,000 points on December 19 against Hampton, and Jackson needs 69 with 17 games remaining on the schedule.

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 2011 Pan-American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

IPFW SIGNS FOUR
IPFW Head Coach Chris Paul has announced that four current high school seniors, Haley Seibert, Hillary Moore, Libby Ogden, and Rebecca Bruner, have signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Mastodons next season.

Seibert, a 5-5 point guard from Terre Haute South High School, averaged 15.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 2.5 steals per game last year, while hitting nearly 60 percent of her field goal attempts. She helped her team finish 14-10 on the season playing in the difficult Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference, and was named All-MIC First Team.

She was named the Terre Haute Tribune Star Player of the Year, and the Wabash Valley Player of the Year. A 2010 Indiana Junior All-Star, Seibert was also named Honorable Mention All-State by the Associated Press and the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA), and was selected to the Underclassman All-State Honorable Mention team.

Moore, a 5-10 forward/center from Benton Central High School, averaged 12 points and eight rebounds per game as a junior after putting up 10.1 points and 9.4 rebounds as a sophomore. She was rated the 35th best prospect in Indiana by D1Scout, and was an Indiana Top-100 Workout Nominee.

She was named Third Team All-State by the Hoosier Basketball Magazine, and an IBCA All-State Honorable Mention. She was named to the Journal and Courier All-Area team as a sophomore and junior, and was named to the All-Hoosier Conference Team.

Ogden, a 5-7 point guard from Hamilton Heights High School, was named to the Hoosier Basketball Magazine All-State Second Team in 2009, and to the Third Team in 2008. Daughter of head coach Kurt Ogden, she was also named as a First Team All-Mid-Indiana Conference selection in each of her three seasons on varsity.

She averaged 12.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game as a junior, after putting up 15.3 points as a sophomore, and averaging 3.0 steals per game and has 914 career points. She has been named to the Indianapolis Star All-North Team and to the All-Hamilton County First Team as a freshman, sophomore, and junior.

Bruner, a 6-0 forward from Springfield (Ohio) Northwestern High School, averaged 13.3 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks per game as a junior. She earned Division II First Team All-District honors, and was an All-Clark County First Team selection in 2008-09 and 2009-10.

She was a District 9 All-Star as a sophomore and junior, and named to the All-Central Buckeye Conference First Team as a sophomore and junior in addition to being named to the Springfield News Sun all-Area Honorable Mention squad.

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