2008-09 Women's Basketball Roster

Eva Ivanova
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Varna, Bulgaria
- High School:
- Georgi Benkovski
- Prev School:
- College of Southern Idaho
2008-09: Ivanova was named to the Summit League All-Newcomer squad...also named to the Academic All-Summit League squad...her 36 blocks during the year is the sixth highest single-season total in school history, and puts her 10th in career blocks in the IPFW record books...played in all 30 games during the season, starting 24...scored her first career point on November 14 against Illinois...reached double figures for the first time a game later against Butler when she scored 13 points on 5-of-13 shooting from the field...scored double figures in three straight games against Toledo on November 29, at St. Bonaventure on December 2, and at UMKC on December 6...grabbed nine rebounds in the game against Toledo, narrowly missing her first career double-double....after scoring double figures three straight times, she had a 12-game draught in reaching 10 or more points, dropping her scoring average to 5.2...over her final 11 games, she averaged 14.4 points per game, including twice scoring more than 20 points, increasing her scoring average to 8.5 points per game...scored 17 points at home against Western Illinois on January 26, before scoring 15 in her next game, at North Dakota State on January 31...scored a career-high 22 points at South Dakota State, hitting 9-of-18 shots from the field, while pulling down nine rebounds, once again narrowly missing the double-double...had back-to-back double-doubles on February 7 and 9 against Oral Roberts and Centenary...against Oral Roberts, she hit 7-of-12 of her field goal tries, pulled down 12 rebounds, and blocked five shots, tied for the fifth highest single-game total in school history, while also grabbing a career-best three steals...a game later she scored 20 points with 11 rebounds, and again with five blocked shots...scored 14 points at Oakland on February 14, while scoring 15 more at IUPUI on February 23...had her last double-figure scoring game in the Summit League Tournament against IUPUI with 17 points, while grabbing nine rebounds, the third time during the season she finished just a solitary rebound shy of a double-double...twice during the season she hit nine free throws in a game, on February 9 against Centenary on 10 attempts, and on March 8 against IUPUI on 11 tries...dished out a career-high five assists at Oral Roberts on January 12, while dishing out three assists on four other occasions...had 21 blocked shots over her final eight games of the season, including a stretch of 13 blocks in a three-game span.
Prior to IPFW: Ivanova played two seasons at the College of Southern Idaho, where she helped the Golden Eagles to records of 25-7 and 32-3 records...as a sophomore, she played in 34 games, starting four, while averaging 5.6 points per game, adding 27 blocked shots, 29 assists and averaging 2.9 rebounds per game while reaching double figures in the scoring column five times...as a freshman, Ivanova played in 32 games while starting five of those...she put up 4.9 points per game, scoring 10 or more points five times., while adding 3.3 rebounds per contest...she tied for the team lead with 31 blocked shots, while dishing out 12 assists and pilfering 13 steals...she had her top collegiate contest against Yavapari as a sophomore, where she grabbed 12 rebounds, blocked a career-high five shots and scored eight points.
Personal: Is the daughter of Ivan Ivanova and Elena Grozdanova...has one sister, Silviya...plans on majoring in HTM