Mastodons Travel to South Dakota for Battle with Jackrabbits

PREGAME NOTES VS. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

Fort Wayne, IN - The Mastodons travel to the eastern side of the Mount Rushmore State to take on the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State in a key Summit League battle.

Opponent: South Dakota State Jackrabbits (8-10, 4-3 Summit League)
When: Saturday, January 22, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Brookings, South Dakota; Frost Arena (6,500)
All-Time Series: South Dakota State leads 12-0
Radio:Internet only broadcast on GoMastodons.com - Mike Maahs (play-by-play)
Stats: Live Stats Courtesy of South Dakota State
Video: Jackrabbit Extra (subscription required)

QUICK HITTERS
•    IPFW is tied for the program's best start since the 1995-96 team opened the season with a 14-2 record
•    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
•    Anne Boese's 6-of-7 shooting display from long range against Centenary is the second highest shooting percentage in school history
•    Jordan Zuppe became the program's 14th member of the 1,000-point club against Hampton on December 19
•    The Mastodons won their game against Detroit after trailing at halftime, the first time the Mastodons have won when trailing at halftime since March 3, 2006
•    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.
•    Head Coach Chris Paul is a win away from becoming the winningest coach in program history, and currently stands tied for first in career coaching wins, and has more wins than the previous two coaches combined.
•    The Mastodons have made a three-point basket in 361 consecutive games, the seventh longest active streak in the NCAA
•    Anne Boese has made a three-point basket in each of her last 47 games, including making one in every game of last season
•    Jordan Zuppe currently sits sixth in Summit League history with 225 career three-point baskets made, and Anne Boese is 12th with 189.
•    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.

FAST START
IPFW's 11-5 start to the 2010-11 season marks the eighth time in program history that a team has started a season with that record or better through the first 16 games of the season. The 1995-96 and 1982-83 teams hold the high-water mark through 16 games, as each started the season 14-2. The 1993-94, 1991-92, and 1989-90 teams all opened the year 13-3, while 1990-91 went 12-4. The current Mastodon squad, along with the 2000-01 team, also opened 11-5

ALMOST A NATIONAL LEADER
With the release of the newest national leaders on Monday, IPFW senior Jordan Zuppe finds herself in second in the country in free throw percentage. She has made 43 of her 46 attempts for a percentage of .952, fractions of a point behind Emily London of Samford, who has made 51-of-53 attempts (.962 percent) from the charity stripe. Zuppe missed the early portions of the rankings, as the minimum for qualifications is 2.5 free throws made per game

FINDING HER TARGET
Two days after her 7-for-17 eruption against Oral Roberts, Anne Boese took just long range shots against Centenary, however, by making six of those, she etched her name in the school's record book for the second highest percentage in program history. Like Zuppe, Boese is also ranked nationally, sitting fourth in three-point field goals made per game, averaging 3.3 per contest, and is 24th in three-point percentage, knocking down .407 percent of her shots from long range.

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.

SERIES AGAINST SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
South Dakota State took the opening game between the two teams on January 29, 2005, and has not looked back, winning all 12 meetings between the two teams. Despite the lopsided overall margin, many of the games have been close contests including both of the 2008 meetings (68-62 and 74-72 in overtime), and a 76-65 SDSU win in Fort Wayne a season prior.

SCOUTING THE JACKRABBITS
South Dakota State comes into Saturday's game having won three games in a row with victories over Centenary, IUPUI, and Western Illinois, and have an 8-10 overall record.

In its most recent game, South Dakota State topped Western Illinois 87-59, holding the Leathernecks to just 25 second-half points, running away with the Summit League win.

In the game, Jill Young led all scorers with 22 points, making 5-of-9 shots from long range, as Jennie Sunnarborg scored 15 and Leah Dietel a dozen off of the bench. Hannah Strop and Ashlei Eide narrowly missed double-figure scoring with nine and eight points, each.

Sunnarborg pulled down a game-high six rebounds, four offensive, as the 'Jacks out-rebounded WIU 42-to-26. Macie Michelson dished out a half-dozen assists for most in the contest, as Kristin Rotert and Steph Paluch each had a trio of steals.

For the season the 'Jacks put two (Sunnarborg 13.4 and Rotert 11.6) in double figures, although Young is a mere two points shy of averaging double figures and puts up 9.9 per contest. Eidi and Katie Ligle average 6.6 and 5.0, each for SDSU. Dietel leads the squad by pulling down 5.5 rebounds per game, as the team has three others averaging over four boards per game. Eide is the team leader in assists with 38, as Young, Rotert, and Michelson have 37, 34, and 29, each.

LONG-RANGE STREAK
IPFW junior Anne Boese has hit a three-point basket in each of her last 46 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.

IPFW VS. THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In Summit League regular season action, IPFW is above .500 at 32-29 all-time in league play, and the 'Dons are 32-38 under the direction of head coach Chris Paul.

LAST TIME OUT
The IPFW Mastodons jumped out to a 41-27 halftime lead against Summit League rival Oakland on Saturday afternoon, holding on for a 12-point, 72-60 victory over the Golden Grizzlies at the Memorial Coliseum.

With the win, IPFW head coach Chris Paul tied the school record for coaching wins, as Paul now has 63 wins on the Mastodon bench, tying with Teri Rosinski for most as head coach of the program.

The win also improves IPFW to 11-5 on the season, the best start to a season in the program's Division I history, tying for the overall best start since the 1995-96 season opened the year with 14 consecutive victories while the team improves to 5-2 in league games, and is in a two-way tie for second place in the Summit League standings with Oakland.

Stephanie Rosado scored a game-high 15 points, leading four IPFW players in double figures, while Chelsey Jackson scored 14, Anne Boese scored 13, and Amanda Hyde set a new career-high, also with 13 points. Hyde pulled down a team-best seven rebounds, as the Mastodons out-rebounded the Grizzlies 30-to-29 in the game.

Jordan Zuppe dished out four assists while adding eight points, and had a team-best three steals. Sydney Weinert had six points and six rebounds for IPFW.

ROAD WARRIORS
Starting on Sunday, December 19, and ending on Friday, December 31, IPFW took part on a four-game road swing that sent the Mastodons to the east coast and into the deep south. The Mastodons traveled 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 faced 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.

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

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.

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.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE
With her double-double against Western Illinois on January 10, IPFW junior Stephanie Rosado has moved into a tie for sixth place in the school's record books with 11 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
t-6	Stephanie Rosado	11	2009-present
t-6	Terri Lydy	11	1985-86
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 63-92 career record at IPFW, tied for the program record for coaching wins with Teri Rosinski. His win is more than the previous two coaches (Bruce Patterson, 27; and Karl Smesko, 32) combined.

Coach	Record	Pct.
Chris Paul	63-92 (6)	.406
Teri Rosinski	63-46 (4)	.578
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	394-501	.440

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 are Jordan Zuppe and Anne Boese ranked second and fourth in career three-point field goals at IPFW, but they are also sitting in sixth and 12th 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.	Jordan Zuppe	IPFW	2007-pres.	225
7.	Chazny Morris	UMKC	2006-10	218
8.	Kristin Atkinson	Oral Roberts	1998-03	216
9.	Carrie Myers	Valparaiso	2003-07	215
10.	Kristin Rotert	South Dakota State	2007-pres.	214
11.	Krista Ragan	Oral Roberts	1997-02	200
12.	Anne Boese	IPFW	2008-pres.	189
13.	Katie Wolfe	Oakland	1999-03	188
14.	Jill Young	South Dakota State	2008-pres.	182

THREE-POINT STREAK
The IPFW Mastodons have made a three-point basket in each of its last 361 games, a stretch that ranks as the seventh 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 502 and 501 games, respectively. Sam Houston State, Connecticut, Loyola, and Southeast Missouri State all fall in line ahead of IPFW. The previous NCAA record was 408 games, held by Cleveland State, while Tennessee saw its 422 consecutive game streak snapped on January 2 against LSU, going 0-7 from long range.

Rank	Team	Streak
1.	Canisius	502
NEXT: at Fairfield (1/21), at Iona (1/23)
2.	Iowa State	501
NEXT: vs. Texas A&M (1/22), at Nebraska (1/26)
3.	Sam Houston State	455
NEXT: vs. Texas State (1/19), vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi (1/22)
4.	Connecticut	414
NEXT: vs. Pittsburgh (1/22), at Rutgers (1/26)
5.	Loyola (Ill.)	409
NEXT: vs. Butler (1/20), vs. Valparaiso (1/22)
6.	Southeast Missouri State	389
NEXT: at UT-Martin (1/19), at Murray State (1/22)
7.	IPFW	361
NEXT: at South Dakota State (1/22), at North Dakota State (1/24)

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 53 with 12 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.

MASTODONS ADD ANOTHER
Former Pendleton Heights High School standout Mur Hagerman has enrolled at IPFW and will be eligible to compete in January of 2012.

Hagerman, a 5-10 guard, was on the Wright State roster for the first semester of the 2010-11 season before leaving the Dayton campus for Fort Wayne. She was a McDonald's All-American nomiee, named to the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association All-State Senior First Team in 2009-10, and to the All-State Underclass Girls team after her junior campaign.

She was a four-year member of the Hoosier Heritage All-Conference team, was selected to the Class 4A All-State team, and was one of the top 60 Seniors by Hoosier Basketball Magazine. She was a four-time All-Madison County honoree, and averaged 12.5 points and five rebounds per game during her senior year. As a senior her team finished 20-3 and advanced to the regional championship. A year prior she averaged 13.4 points per game, helping the team to a 23-3 mark and a semi-state appearance.

Hagerman played with current IPFW freshman Erin Murphy in the Hoosiers Reunion All-Star Classic, and played on the south squad in the North-South All-Star Classic. Named the Johnny Wilson Award winner in 2010, signifying the top three-sport athlete in the area, as she was also a stellar cross country and track & field athlete, lettering four years in all three sports.

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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