Mastodons Look to Keep Win Streak Alive in Fargo

PREGAME NOTES VS. NORTH DAKOTA STATE

Fargo, ND - The IPFW Mastodons put its five-game win streak on the line as the squad ends its Dakota road trip on Monday night against the Bison of North Dakota State in the Bison Sports Arena.

Opponent: North Dakota State Bison (8-10, 4-4 Summit League)
When: Monday, January 24, 8:00 PM EST
Where: Fargo, North Dakota; Bison Sports Arena (5,830)
All-Time Series: North Dakota State leads 10-1
Radio:Internet only broadcast on GoMastodons.com - Mike Maahs (play-by-play)
Stats: Live Stats Courtesy of North Dakota State
Video: North Dakota State Feed (subscription required)

QUICK HITTERS
•    IPFW has program's best start since the 1995-96 team opened the season with a 14-2 record
•    IPFW sophomore Kayla Drake set a new IPFW single-game record with 10 steals at South Dakota State on January 22
•    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.
•    With his victory at South Dakota State, IPFW head coach Chris Paul became the program's career wins leader.
•    The Mastodons have made a three-point basket in 362 consecutive games, the seventh longest active streak in the NCAA
•    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.

STOP, THIEF!
IPFW sophomore Kayla Drake became the first player in program history to have a points-steals double-double, as she broke the school single-game record, previously held by Lindy Jones, the younger sister of current IPFW assistant coach Kip Jones. The 10 steals are tied for the most in NCAA Division I this season, and is tied for the fourth highest single-game total in a Summit League game in the history of the league.

WE'RE GOING STREAKING
Since the team's December 29 loss at Oral Roberts, the Mastodons have rattled off five consecutive wins, the longest single-season streak in the program's NCAA Division I history. The 2005-06 squad, under the direction of interim coach Chris Paul won its last three games of the season, before winning the opening pair of games in the 2006-07 season to win five in a row, now tied for the longest win streak in the school's Division I era. Four previous times since 2001-02 an IPFW team has won four games in a row. The streak is the overall longest since the 2000-01 team won seven in a row from December 2 until a January 6 loss to Bellarmine. The longest win streak in program history is 14, when the 1995-96 squad opened the season with 14 consecutive wins.

FAST START
IPFW's 12-5 start to the 2010-11 season marks the seventh time in program history that a team has started a season with that record or better through the first 17 games of the season. The 1995-96 and 1982-83 teams hold the high-water mark through 17 games, as each started the season 15-2. The 1993-94 team started 14-3 while in 1991-92, 1990-91 and 1989-90, the squads opened the year 13-4.

SERIES AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA STATE
The Bison have a strong hold on the all-time series between the two teams, a 10-1 all-time record against the Bison. NDSU won the first two meetings, before IPFW prevailed 77-64 in the 2005-06 season in Fort Wayne. Since then the Bison have the last eight meetings, including all of the previous six in Summit League play.

SCOUTING THE BISON
North Dakota State comes into Monday's game with an 8-10 record after dropping a Summit League game to Oakland on Saturday afternoon by a 60-48 score.

In the Oakland loss, the Bison were led by the defending Summit League Player of the Week Abby Plucker, who had 14 points on 6-of-14 shooting from the field, while Katie Birkel added 11 points. Birkel and Plucker each pulled down a team-high eight rebounds, while Birkel dished out five assists, tied for the game-high.

Janae Burich blocked three shots while scoring eight points as Danielle DeGagne also scored eight.

For the sesaon, the Bison are led by four players averaging double-figure points, led by Birkel who averages 14.7, with Plucker just behind at 14.6. Burich and DeGagne average 11.9 and 11.7 points per game, respectively, with Hannah Linz just off of the double-figure pace at 7.3 points per game.

Plucker leads the team with 9.8 rebounds per game, with DeGagne and Burich pulling down 5.1 and 4.9 points per game, each.

Birkel is the team leader with 63 assists, while Plucker is close behind with 59. Burich has 37 blocked shots, as DeGagne leads the team with 28 steals.

LONG RANGE STREAK
IPFW junior Anne Boese had hit a three-point basket in each of her last 47 games; however, against South Dakota State on January 22, that steak was snapped, as Boese went 0-2 from long range, marking the first time in over a year and a half that she was shutout 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.

ALMOST A NATIONAL LEADER
With the release of the newest national leaders on Friday, IPFW senior Jordan Zuppe finds herself fourth in the country in free throw percentage. She has made 43 of her 46 attempts for a percentage of .935, behind Emily London of Samford (51-53/96.2 percent), Lauren Prochaska of Bowling Green (111-118/94.1 percent), and Erin Rooney of Monmouth (44-47/93.6 percent). 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.

IPFW vs. THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In Summit League regular season action, IPFW is four games above .500 at 33-29 all-time in league play, and the 'Dons are 33-38 under the direction of head coach Chris Paul against teams currently in the Summit League.

last time out
A career-night by IPFW sophomore Kayla Drake helped push the Mastodons to the program's first win over the South Dakota State Jackrabbits by a 70-67 final score in overtime, as head coach Chris Paul becomes the career wins leader for the women's basketball program.
    The win improves IPFW's record to 12-5 on the season, the best start to a year since the 1995-96 team started the season 15-2, while upping the Mastodons' record to 6-2 in Summit League play.
    Drake scored an IPFW-career-high 27 points while picking up a school-record 10 steals and grabbing eight rebounds, nearly becoming the first player in program history to record a triple-double. Chelsey Jackson added 11 points while Stephanie Rosado scored eight and Jordan Zuppe seven.
    Drake's 10 steals breaks the previous single-game school record of eight held by Lindy Jones, who had eight against UW-Parkside on January 25, 1996.

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.

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.

ITS 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 and 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.

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.

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
With the team's victory at South Dakota State on January 22, 2011, IPFW head coach Chris Paul improved his record to 64-92, becoming the all-time coaching wins leader in program history. His win total is more than the previous two coaches (Bruce Patterson, 27; and Karl Smesko, 32) combined.

Coach	Record	Pct.
Chris Paul	64-92 (6)	.410
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	395-501	.441

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
t-9.	Carrie Myers	Valparaiso	2003-07	215
t-9.	Kristin Rotert	South Dakota State	2007-pres.	215
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.	185

THREE-POINT STREAK
The IPFW Mastodons have made a three-point basket in each of its last 362 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 503 and 502 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	503
NEXT: at Iona (1/23), vs. Manhattan (1/28)
2.	Iowa State	502
NEXT: at Nebraska (1/26), vs. Missouri (1/29)
3.	Sam Houston State	457
NEXT: at Stephen F. Austin (1/26), at Texas-San Antonio (1/29)
4.	Connecticut	415
NEXT: at Rutgers (1/26), at Cincinnati (1/29)
5.	Loyola (Ill.)	411
NEXT: at Detroit (1/27), at Wright State (1/29)
6.	Southeast Missouri State	391
NEXT: vs. Jacksonville State (1/27), vs. Tennessee Tech (1/29)
7.	IPFW	362
NEXT: at North Dakota State (1/24), vs. Oral Roberts (1/29)

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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