Women's BB Notes: Lewis (Nov. 24)
Click
Here For Complete Game Notes (PDF)
* The Game: The Ferris State women’s basketball team
hosts the Lewis (Ill.) Flyers in its 2009-10 home opener on
Tuesday, Nov. 24, with the non-league tipoff set for 6 p.m. (EST)
inside FSU’s Jim Wink Arena at Big Rapids, Mich.
* Ticket Information: Fans can receive free
admission to Tuesday’s game in exchange for a monetary
donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation at the door.
* Media Coverage: There will be no FSU local
radio coverage available for Tuesday’s game. However, a live
video pay-per-view webcast via B2 Networks is slated to be
available along with live internet statistics. Please visit
FSU’s Athletics Website at
www.ferrisstatebulldogs.com to find links for all
available coverage in the “upcoming events” tab.
* Follow On Twitter: Bulldog basketball fans can
follow all FSU games this year via Twitter. To access the service,
please visit www.twitter.com/ferrisathletics
to follow the tweet-by-tweet coverage with periodic scoring
updates.
* Last Weekend: FSU opened the 2009-10 campaign
with a pair of road losses this past weekend at nationally
19th-ranked Gannon and Edinboro (Pa.) by scores of 85-57 and 90-75,
respectively …….. The Bulldogs were led by junior
forward Tiara Adams' team-high 18 points on
six-of-eight shooting at Gannon. She was also six-of-nine at the
free throw line and added seven rebounds and four steals in the
contest. Adams averaged a team-best 15.5 points in the two games
……… Besides Adams' 18 points, the Bulldogs
also received eight points apiece from sophomore guard
Lindsey Pettit and freshman forward/center
Leah Kebler at Gannon. Sophomore guard
Tricia Principe chipped in with seven points and
junior guard Becci Houdek added six points
…….. All five Bulldog starters finished the game in
double-figure scoring at Edinboro. Junior forward Amy
Joostberns tallied 16 points, junior forward Tiara
Adams netted 13 points, sophomore guard Tricia
Principe added 11 points while both junior guard
Becci Houdek and sophomore guard Kelsey
DeNoyelles totaled 10 points apiece. Adams narrowly missed
a double-double effort with a game-high nine rebounds .
* Coming Up Next: After breaking for the
Thanksgiving holiday, the Bulldogs return to open up Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) play by hosting
archrival Grand Valley State on Monday, Nov. 30, at Wink Arena. The
“Big Monday” matchup tips off at 6 p.m. (EST) with the
men’s game between the two rivals to follow at 8 p.m. (EST)
as part of the league-opening doubleheader.
* The Records: Ferris State (0-2, 0-0 GLIAC)
concluded the 2008-09 season with a 13-15 overall record after
winning seven of their final nine contests. The Bulldogs made their
10th consecutive and 11th overall berth in the GLIAC Tournament
where they advanced to the semifinals for the third-straight year
in 2008-09.
Lewis (0-1, 0-0
GLVC) recorded a 16-13 overall record a season ago and posted an
11-7 mark to place tied for third place in Great Lakes Valley
Conference (GLVC) East Division competition. The Flyers also
advanced to the GLVC Postseason Tournament before bowing out in the
semifinals.
* The Coaches: Ferris State – Tracey
Dorow (Western Michigan, 1996), 12th season, 188-126 (.599)
– (3-5-0 vs. Lewis). Dorow presently ranks as Ferris’
all-time winningest coach. She guided FSU to a 22-7 mark and the
school's first NCAA-II Great Lakes Regional Tourney appearance in
1999-00. She spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Lake
Michigan College (1994-97) and one season at Indianapolis
(1997-98). She also directed FSU to an NCAA Tourney berth in
2003-04 and the NCAA-II Sweet Sixteen in 2006-07.
Lewis – Lisa
Carlsen (Northwest Missouri State, 1992), 3rd season, 29-27
(.518). Carlsen directed the Flyers to a 16-13 overall record and a
GLVC Tourney berth in her second season after a 13-13 mark in her
first campaign. She previously served as associate head coach at
Winona State and was both an assistant and head coach at
Nebraska-Omaha.
* Welcome Back: Ferris State welcomes back eight
letterwinners to its official roster this season from a year ago,
including four players who started at least one contest last
season.
* The Injury Factor: The Bulldogs have battled
injuries and illness through the preseason with two veteran players
now sidelined for the forseeable future in junior guard
Stephanie DeNoyelles (Mt. Pleasant/Sacred Heart)
and senior center Andrea Clancy (Port Austin/North
Huron). DeNoyelles was injured in the offseason while Clancy played
four minutes in FSU’s exhibition at Oakland before likely
being lost for the year. Ferris used all nine available players for
both of this past weekend’s road games and all nine played at
least eight minutes apiece in both games.
* Bond With Basketball: Tuesday's game also
features a "Bond with Basketball" promotion as three area high
school teams will be in attendance as part of a team building
experience prior to the prep season. The teams include Big Rapids,
Newaygo and White Cloud and they will take part in various shooting
games and contests at halftime.
* New Wink Arena Look: Fans attending
Tuesday’s home opener will have a chance to watch the
Bulldogs play their first contest at Wink Arena following the
facility's most recent renovation this past spring. The gym floor
was completely sanded down, refurbished and painted with a new
design and color corresponding with the university's graphic
identity. The new look in Wink Arena, which has been home to both
the Bulldog men's and women's basketball programs since the 1999-00
season, now includes an extra large "Bulldog" head in the center of
the floor replacing the former basketball design found in the
center circle. Additional wording includes both the GLIAC logo and
the "Wink Arena" designation in two seperate places. The floor is
outlined in Ferris' official crimson color with gold wording. In
addition, the lane found under both hoops now features a light
open-colored appearance replacing the old maroon background. The
women's three-point line maintains its black appearance with the
men's line in crimson. The Ferris signature line remains on both
baselines.
* Notes From Last Weekend: Gannon snapped a
six-game series' losing streak to the Bulldogs with the win, but
FSU still owns a commanding 12-4 edge in the all-time series to
date ....... FSU dropped to 17-19 all-time in season-opening games
with the setback. The Bulldogs had won eight of their last 11
openers entering the contest ....... The loss was Ferris' first on
opening day in five years, dating back to the 2004-05 season
(11/16/04) when FSU suffered a 76-71 home setback to Lewis at Jim
Wink Arena …….. FSU dropped to 29-7 all-time versus
Pennsylvania schools with the two setbacks, including a 24-5 mark
under head coach Tracey Dorow ....... The game at Edinboro
represented the first-ever series’ meeting between the two
schools.
* Looking At Lewis: Lewis recorded a 16-13
overall record a season ago and posted an 11-7 mark to place tied
for third place in GLVC East Division competition. The Flyers also
advanced to the GLVC Postseason Tournament before bowing out in the
semifinals. Third-year head coach Lisa Carlsen’s team was
picked to finish second in the 2009-10 GLVC North Division
Preseason Poll. LU, which is 0-1 overall this season after a 81-77
home setback to Florida Southern last Monday (Nov. 16), has nine
letterwinners and four starters back from a year ago.
* Series Information: Lewis owns a 5-4 all-time series'
edge and has beat the Bulldogs four-straight times, including a
77-66 win last campaign (11/25/08) in Romeoville, Ill. FSU is 2-2
overall against the Flyers in Big Rapids to date.
* The Last Meeting: Ferris suffered a 77-66 road
loss in last year’s meeting (11/25/08) at Romeoville. the
host Flyers scored the first 13 points of the game and jumped out
to a 22-4 advantage only seven minutes into the contest at
LU’s Neil Carey Arena. Lewis held a 42-20 halftime edge
before the Bulldogs outscored the Flyers 46-35 over the final 20
minutes. Ferris was able to cut Lewis’ lead down to as few as
eight points with 2:44 left in the game, but the Flyers answered
with six-straight points to seal the victory. FSU’s Jenna
Guay finished with a team-best 18 points. Sophomore forward
Tiara Adams added 10 points while Jenny Turpel
paced Lewis with 23 points and Jenna Mooberry added 21 points.
* FSU Picked Second: Ferris was picked to finish
third in the 2009-10 GLIAC North Division Preseason Media Poll in
conjunction with the league’s annual media day
teleconference. The Bulldogs totaled 74 points in the balloting and
trailed Michigan Tech's 142 points and second place Grand Valley
State's 122 points in the North Division. The preseason nationally
top-ranked Huskies earned 22 of a possible 24 first-place votes
with GVSU earning the final two top votes. Northwood received 16
first-place votes in being selected the South Division favorite by
a group of 24 media members.
* Last Season: Ferris State concluded the 2008-09
season with a 13-15 overall record after winning seven of its final
nine contests. The Bulldogs made their 10th consecutive and 11th
overall berth in the GLIAC Tournament where they advanced to the
semifinals for the third-straight year in 2008-09.
* The Bulldog Roster: Ferris’ current
2009-10 roster includes one senior, four juniors, three sophomores
and five freshmen. Seven of the 13 players are guards while the
remaining six are frontcourt players. Eleven players on the roster
hail from Michigan with one each from Ohio and Indiana.
* GLIAC Opener: The Bulldogs’ 2009-10 GLIAC
opener will be on Monday, Nov. 30, when archrival Grand Valley
State comes to town for an 6 p.m. (ET) tilt at FSU’s Jim Wink
Arena in Big Rapids. The contest will be the first game of a
women’s and men’s league doubleheader.
* Three Make Debut: Three Bulldog players made
their official debut in the season opener, including freshman guard
Kylie Muntz (Dayton, Ohio/Wayne), freshman
forward/center Leah Kebler (Midland/Dow) and
freshman forward/center Katy Fox (Royal Center,
Ind./Pioneer). All three played at least 13 minutes and Kebler
narrowly missed double-digits with eight points.
* The Bulldog Tradition: The Ferris State
women’s basketball program, which is midst its 36th season of
varsity competition, has compiled a 441-451 (.494) all-time mark.
The Bulldogs won their only GLIAC crown, advanced to their first
NCAA-II Regional Tournament and recorded the nation’s highest
grade point average in 1999-2000. FSU, which claimed GLIAC Tourney
runner-up honors in 1999-00 and 2003-04, has posted 10 or more
victories 13 consecutive seasons.
* Great Season: Ferris State advanced to the
NCAA-II Great Lakes Regional Championship Game for the first time
ever in 2006-07 and was ranked 25th nationally in the final 2006-07
USA Today/ESPN NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll. The Bulldogs, who
prior to 2006-07 had never won a NCAA Tournament game, recorded
back-to-back wins in their first two national tournament contests
en route to the regional runner-up finish. Ferris also compiled a
second-place tying 13-5 GLIAC regular-season finish and earned the
program's eighth consecutive GLIAC Tournament bid in the historic
campaign.
* Coaching Staff Changes: Ferris head coach
Tracey Dorow put the finishing pieces of her
coaching staff together for the 2009-10 campaign with the
appointment of Mark DeNoyelles, who served as a
volunteer assistant coach for the Bulldogs in 2008-09, to the
assistant coaching post following the departure of former assistant
Crystal Harris, who left earlier this summer for a NCAA Division I
assistant coaching position in her home state at Cal-State
Fullerton. Former Bulldog standout Rachel Folcik
has also returned to the program as a student assistant coach for
this year. Folcik wrapped up her stellar Bulldog career in 2007-08
and spent last year playing overseas, but has returned to FSU to
pursue a Master's degree. The Bulldogs' staff this season will also
include Dorow's father, Rick Bloodworth, as a
volunteer assistant coach for the fourth season and current FSU
student Miles Prendergast in a student coaching
role.
* Bulldog Notes: FSU will play a 27-game
regular-season schedule this year with 22 league contests. Twelve
games are at home ....... Ferris has won nine or more home games
three of the last four years to date ...... Assistant coach
Mark DeNoyelles is the father of both Stephanie
and Kelsey DeNoyelles and served as their prep head coach at Mt.
Pleasant Sacred Heart ...... FSU owns an all-time Jim Wink Arena
mark of 80-32 (.714) in the 11-year old facility .......
Tiara Adams notched her 200th career point in
Friday’s loss at Gannon. Her 18 points in the game also
represented a personal career-high.
* Home Openers: Ferris has won seven of its
previous 10 home openers in the current Jim Wink Arena, including
three of the last four overall. FSU fell to nationally-ranked
Hillsdale 76-61 in last year’s home opener (12/13/08) at Wink
Arena, representing FSU’s first home-opening los since the
2004-05 season. Overall, the Bulldogs are 7-4 in its first home
outing of the year under head coach Tracey Dorow.
