Mastodons Battle for Second Seed Against Oakland

PREGAME NOTES VS. OAKLAND

Fort Wayne, IN - Currently in a tie for second place in the Summit League standings, IPFW and Oakland will face off in a key League battle on Saturday afternoon, and the winner will have a leg up on the other for the second seed in the upcoming Summit League tournament.

Opponent: Oakland Grizzlies (16-8, 10-3 Summit League)
When: Saturday, February 12, 3:00 PM EST
Where: Rochester, Michigan; Athletics Center O'Rena (3,000)
All-Time Series: Oakland leads 12-4
Radio: ESPN Radio 1380-Fort Wayne - Internet simulcast on GoMastodons.com - Mike Maahs (play-by-play)
Stats: GameTracker Live Stats
Video: Oakland All-Access (subscription required)

QUICK HITTERS
•    IPFW has program's best start since the 1995-96 team opened the season with a 19-3 record
•    IPFW's 16 wins this season are the most in program history since joining Division I in 2001-02, and the tied for the ninth most in a season in school history
•    IPFW's 10 conference wins ties the high for the program since joining the Summit League in 2007-08
•    IPFW is looking for its first victory at Oakland, going 0-9 all-time in Rochester, Michigan.
•    The winner of the game will claim sole possession of second place in the Summit League standings
•    The Mastodons have made a three-point basket in 367 consecutive games, the seventh longest active streak in the NCAA
•    Chelsey Jackson became the school's 15th member of the 1,000-point club on February 5 at Western Illinois, joining Jordan Zuppe who accomplished the same feat on December 19 against Hampton
•    With his victory at South Dakota State, IPFW head coach Chris Paul became the program's career wins leader, and has a career-record of 68-93, more than the previous to IPFW coaches combined.
•    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 currently sits tied for fifth in Summit League history with 232 career three-point baskets made, and Anne Boese is 12th with 202.
•    IPFW sophomore Kayla Drake set an IPFW single-game record with 10 steals at South Dakota State on January 22
•    Anne Boese's 6-of-7 shooting display from long range against Centenary is the second highest shooting percentage in school history
•    Two players, Stephanie Rosado (November 23), and Kayla Drake (January 25) have been named Summit League Player of the Week this season

SHARP SHOOTING
IPFW has had its share of sharp shooting lately, hitting over half of its shots in each of the last three games, and five times in the last eight contests, raising the team's shooting percentage from .409 on December 29, to its current standing of .450. The team has made over half of its shots in three straight games, the longest such streak in the program's Division I history, and has seven total games shooting over .500, as many as in the previous five seasons, combined.

M-MILESTONES COME IN PAIRS
There are 15 current members of the 1,000-point club (Roman Numeral 'M'), and now on four 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 next duo was Johnna Lewis-Carlisle and Ashley Johnson. Lewis-Carlisle was a junior, while Johnson was a senior. The feat happened again this season by way of seniors Jordan Zuppe and Chelsey Jackson. Zuppe reached 1,000 points on December 19 against Hampton, while Jackson did it on February 5 at Western Illinois.

FAST START
IPFW's 16-6 start to the 2010-11 season marks the fifth time in program history that a team has started a season with that record or better through the first 22 games of the season. The 1995-96 team holds the high-water mark through 21 games, opening the year 19-3 before earning an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament.The 1990-91 and 1989-90 teams both started 17-5, while 1991-92 also started 16-6, before going on a six-game win streak.

ON A STREAK
On January 29, the Mastodons saw its six-game win streak snapped, the longest single-season win streak in the program's NCAA Division I history, before falling to Oral Roberts for a second time this season to end the streak. 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 the second longest win streak in the school's Division I era. 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 when the 1995-96 squad opened the season with 14 consecutive wins. Overall, IPFW has won 10 of its last 12 games.

HAPPY NEW YEAR
In the month of January, IPFW had a 6-1 record, the second-best January record in program history. The 1990-91 team went 8-1 in the year's first month, while the 1991-92 and 1993-94 teams each went 7-2, and 1995-96 6-2.

FIRST WINS
Before January 22 and 24, the Mastodons had never previously defeated South Dakota State or North Dakota State in Summit League play, and within that three-day span, both of those streaks came to an end, the first with a 70-67 overtime win over South Dakota State, and the latter with a 68-55 win at North Dakota State.

STOP, THIEF!
Against South Dakota State on January 22, 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.

NEARLY THE BEST IN INDIANA
With its 16-6 record, the IPFW women's basketball team has the second best winning percentage of any of the 10 Division I school inside the state of Indiana. Below is the listing of all Indiana DI schools, and their 2010-11 records

School	Record	Pct.
Notre Dame	21-4	.840
IPFW	16-6	.727
Purdue	16-8	.667
Butler	14-9	.610
Indiana State	11-10	.524
Ball State	9-14	.391
Indiana	8-15	.348
Evansville	7-15	.318
Valparaiso	6-17	.261
IUPUI	3-19	.136

UP, UP, AND AWAY
With the team's victory over IUPUI on February 7 IPFW won its 16th game of the season, the most in program history since joining NCAA Division I in 2001-02. IPFW head coach Chris Paul has helped lead IPFW to win totals that either equalled, or surpassed, the previous season in five of the six seasons he has been at the helm of the program. The team went from five wins the year before he became coach to six in a brief stint as interim head coach in the second half of 2005-06. In 2006-07 the team won 12 games, which was the total again in 2007-08. 2008-09 saw a momentary lapse in the trend, as the team went 9-21, before seeing a 13-17 record a season ago.

SCOUTING THE GRIZZLIES
Oakland University comes into the Saturday game on a two-game win streak since the team's loss to Oral Roberts on Monday, January 31.
    In the team's last win, a 56-47 victory at Western Illinois, Bethany Watterworth scored a team-high 17 points while Sharise Calhoun added 16 in the winning effort. The pair scored 33 of the team's 56 points, as Brittany Carnago and Zakiya Minifee each scored a half dozen points. Calhoun grabbed a game-high nine rebounds, as the Grizzlies were out-rebounded 39-to-38. Watterworth and Calhoun each dished out three assists to lead the team, as Calhoun picked up a game-high four steals.
    This season the team is led by Watterworth, who averages 18.1 points per game, second most in the league. while grabbing 6.6 rebounds per contest. Calhoun puts up double-figure points per game, averaging 12.8 tallies per contest. Minifee and Carnago average 7.3 and 7.0, each, while Malika Glover is not far behind averaging 6.6.
    Minifee is the team's leading rebounder, pulling down 7.0 rebounds per game, with Watterworth and Calhoun following behind averaging 5.5. As a team, the Grizzlies out-rebound their opponents by 2.4 per contest, and have dished out 416 assists, against just 397 turnovers. Watterworth has dished out 94 assists, while Calhoun has 71 assists, and Minifee 62 helpers. Minifee has 44 steals, two ahead of teammate Calhoun with 42, while Carnago leads the Summit League with 70 blocked shots.

SERIES AGAINST OAKLAND
Oakland leads the all-time series between the two schools with a 12-4 mark. The Grizzlies won the first four meetings between the two teams, before IPFW won its first game of the series 87-86 in Fort Wayne. Oakland is 9-0 against IPFW in Rochester, Michigan, while IPFW is 4-3 when playing at home.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK VERSION 2.0
IPFW sophomore Kayla Drake was named the Summit League Player of the Week on January 25, after recording 16 steals and 38 points in games against South Dakota State and North Dakota State, helping the Mastodons to its first wins in Fargo and Brookings since joining the Summit League. She is the second player this season to have earned a Player of the Week honor, the first time since IPFW joined the league in 2007-08 that the 'Dons have had two players earn the honor in a single season.

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.

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.

IPFW VS. THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
In Summit League regular season action, IPFW is eight games above .500 at 37-29 all-time in league play, and the 'Dons are 38-38 under the direction of head coach Chris Paul against teams currently in the Summit League.

LAST TIME OUT
IPFW put four players into double-figures, led by 20 points from Stephanie Rosado, as the Mastodons out-scored IUPUI 44-28 in the second half en route to an 84-59 win in the Jungle on Monday evening.
    The win improved IPFW's record to 16-6, the best start to a season since 1995-96, while the team's 10 wins tie the school's record for victories in Summit League play, set a season ago.
    Rosado made 9-of-14 shots from the field, and 2-of-4 from the charity stripe for her 20 points, while Anne Boese scored 18 on 7-of-11 shooting, with Chelsey Jackson and Amanda Hyde chipping in 15 and 10, respectively. Erin Murphy narrowly missed double-fgures with eight points off of the bench.
    Sydney Weinert pulled down a team-high nine rebounds while adding six points, as the Mastodons out-rebounded the Jaguars 39-to-34. Jackson and Jordan Zuppe each dished out five assists, with the Mastodons turning around to a 14-to-7 assist-to-turnover ratio.

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.

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.

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.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE
With her double-double against Western Illinois on February 5, IPFW junior Stephanie Rosado has moved into a tie for fifth place in the school's record books with 12 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
t-5	Stephanie Rosado	12	2009-present
t-5	Pam Edwards	12	1989-94
7	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 became the all-time program wins leader with the Mastodons. His current record of 68-93 gives him more career wins than the previous two coaches (Bruce Patterson, 27; and Karl Smesko, 32) combined.

Coach	Record	Pct.
Chris Paul	68-93 (6)	.422
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	399-502	.443

CLIMBING THE CONFERENCE LADDER
Not only is Jordan Zuppe and Anne Boese ranked second and fourth in career three-point field goals at IPFW, but they are also sitting in a tie for fifth 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
*t-5.*	Jordan Zuppe	IPFW	2007-pres.	232
t-5.	Jayme Wilson	Oakland	2002-06	232
7.	Kristin Rotert	South Dakota State	2007-pres.	228
8.	Chazny Morris	UMKC	2006-10	218
9.	Kristin Atkinson	Oral Roberts	1998-03	216
10.	Carrie Myers	Valparaiso	2003-07	215
11.	Jill Young	South Dakota State	2008-pres.	203	12.	Anne Boese	IPFW	2008-pres.	202

THREE-POINT STREAK
The IPFW Mastodons have made a three-point basket in each of its last 367 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 508 and 507 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	507
NEXT: at Niagara (2/12), at Marist (2/14)
2.	Iowa State	506
Next: vs. Kansas State (2/13), at Texas Tech (2/16)
3.	Sam Houston State	461
NEXT: vs. UT-Arlington (2/10), at Texas A&M Corpus Christi (2/12)
4.	Connecticut	420
Next: at Providence (2/12), vs. Oklahoma (2/14)
5.	Loyola (Ill.)	414
Next: vs. Milwaukee (2/10), vs. Green Bay (2/12)
6.	Southeast Missouri State	394
Next: at Eastern Kentucky (2/10), at Morehead State (2/12)
7.	IPFW	367
Next: at Oakland (2/12), at SIU Edwardsville (2/16)

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.

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.

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 percentage 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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