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December 8, 2008

MTU's Danen and TU's Fletcher Named GLIAC Women's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", respectively

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Bay City, Mich. -- Michigan Technological University junior forward Danae Danen (Green Bay, Wis.) and Tiffin University senior guard Megan Fletcher (Florence, Ky.) were named GLIAC Women's Basketball North and South Division "Players of the Week", respectively it was announced by the league office.

Danae Danen - Michigan Tech North Division "Player of the Week":
Danae Danen - Michigan Tech
(Jr, F, 6-0, Green Bay, Wis./Ashwaubenon)

Forward Danae Danen averaged 17.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks in two Michigan Tech road victories to open the GLIAC season. The 6-0 junior tallied a game-high 18 points to go with eight rebounds at Wayne State. She followed that up with 17 points, four rebounds, and three blocks at Northwood Saturday (12/6). Danen shot 16-of-23 (69.6 percent) from the field and had 35 points in just 59 minutes of action on the weekend.

North Division Honor Roll: Becci Houdek - FS, Kim Wyngaard - GV, Jackie Armstrong - LS

Megan Fletcher - Tiffin South Division "Player of the Week":
Megan Fletcher - Tiffin
(Sr, G, 5-7, Florence, Ky.)

Senior guard Megan Fletcher had an outstanding week for the Dragons, averaging 28 points per game against the Grand Valley State Lakers and Ferris State Bulldogs. She shot 47 percent from the field and 50 percent from three point range while hitting 92 percent from the free throw line. She averaged 6.5 rebounds per game and 6.5 steals per game at the guard spot in helping to lead the Dragons to a 1-1 week as they opened GLIAC play.

South Division Honor Roll: Lynsey Warren -AU, Audra Mihalic - UF, Janay Miller - HC, Megan Starnes - NU, Jasmine McCall - WS

-- Women's Basketball Weekly Notes --

Ashland - Ashland split its opening GLIAC contests this past weekend. On Thursday (Dec 4), AU squeaked out a 92-89 victory over Ferris State at home. On Saturday (Dec. 6), the Eagles lost their first game of the season, in a 72-63 defeat at home against Grand Valley State. Ashland now sits with a record of 5-1 overall and 1-1 in conference play. In the game against Ferris, The Eagles held a 90-89 advantage with 28 seconds left and the ball. FSU tried to steal the ball instead of fouling right away, but ended up putting senior Lynsey Warren at the line with five seconds remaining on the clock. Warren calmly went to the charity stripe, where she came into the game shooting 65%, and knocked down both free throws to gain a 92-89 advantage. The Bulldogs pushed the ball up the court quickly in attempt to put the game into overtime with a three-ball. Becci Houdek received the ball at the top of the key and hoisted the three with one second left. The problem for Houdek was that Warren was standing right there to swat the ball away and grab the rebound to secure the victory. The block finished Warren's impressive evening of stuffing the stat sheet. Warren had 24 points, six rebounds, six assists, three blocks and three steals. Against Grand Valley, the Lakers took the lead early and took it to as much as 18 in the second half. AU made a run to get back into it, but fell just short. Senior forward Betsy Morrison led all players in the game with 22 points and nine rebounds. Guard Lacy Romine had 12 points and senior forward Warren had 10 points and nine rebounds. Senior Lisa Graue had nine points, seven rebounds and three assists. Ashland takes on Lake Superior State on Friday (Dec. 12) at Kates Gymnasium.

Ferris State - A balanced effort fueled Ferris to a hard-fought 74-64 GLIAC-opening win over archrival Grand Valley State last Monday (Dec. 1) evening at the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena in Allendale, Mich. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 35-25 halftime edge and maintained that margin thru the second half to secure the win. The win was Ferris State's third series' triumph in the last four meetings with the Lakers...Ferris State University sophomore guard Becci Houdek (Canton) tallied 45 points, 11 assists, nine rebounds and eight steals in the Bulldogs' three outings last week. The 5-9 Houdek recorded a team-high 14 points and dished out six assists as the Bulldogs topped league rival Grand Valley State in their conference opener 74-64 last Monday (Dec. 1) at Allendale, Mich. She then added 21 points, handed out five assists and recorded five steals in Ferris' narrow 92-89 road setback Thursday (Dec. 4) at Ashland. Houdek concluded the week by scoring 10 points, grabbing five rebounds and notching two steals in an 85-68 loss Saturday (Dec. 6) at Tiffin. She averaged 15 points, 3.7 assists and three boards in the three-game stretch...Ferris State returns home for a rare weekend doubleheader on back-to-back days this weekend. FSU hosts Hillsdale on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m. (EST) before facing Findlay Sunday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m. (EST). Both games will take place in FSU's Jim Wink Arena and are GLIAC encounters at Big Rapids, Mich.

Findlay - The Oilers captured a pair of home GLIAC wins last week to remain undefeated on the year...Findlay won 77-61 over Saginaw Valley State and then defeated 13th ranked Lake Superior State 60-57...Junior guard Audra Mihalic continued her excellent play early in the season as she averaged 22.5 points, 6.0 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game in the two games...Mihalic scored a career-high 30 points to go along with six rebounds, six assists and three steals in Findlay's 77-61 win over Saginaw and then came back with 15 points, six assists and five rebounds in the Oilers 60-57 win against Lake Superior...Mihalic also drilled a career-high six three pointers in the game against the Cardinals...On the season, Mihalic is leading the team at 17.8 points per game...She is also averaging 6.0 assists, 5.6 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game for the undefeated Oilers...Junior forward Megan Sellers was also a beast on the boards during the week, averaging 13.5 per contest

Grand Valley State - After losing a tough GLIAC home opener to rival Ferris State on Monday (Dec. 1), the Lakers rebounded with a pair of conference road victories in three days. GVSU fell at home to the Bulldogs, 74-64, but bounced back to win at Tiffin (66-55) and upset previously unbeaten Ashland, 72-63...freshman guard Emma Veach (Grand Haven, Mich.) tossed in a game-high and career-high 25 points in the loss to Ferris State. The rookie shot 8-of-14 from the field and made 7-of-10 shots at the charity stripe to keep the Lakers in the game...Grand Valley State used balance scoring in both road victories. Sophomore Kara Crawford (Winamac, Ind.) led GVSU in scoring with 17 points on 8-of-13 shooting and added six rebounds and three assists. Senior forward Kim Wyngaard (Kimberly, Wis.) and freshman guard Jasmine Padin (Wyoming, Mich.) each added 15 points. Wyngaard led the team with seven rebounds, while Padin had a game-high five assists...the Lakers received double-digit scoring from all five starters to earn their biggest win of the young season at Ashland on Saturday afternoon. Padin (18 points, three 3's) and Wyngaard (17 points, six boards) led the way again, combining for 35 points, while Veach added 11 points and four assists. Crawford tallied 10 points and five boards, while fellow sophomore Elizabeth Van Tiflin (Saginaw, Mich./Heritage) neared a double-double with 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds. It was GVSU's first win at Ashland since Jan. 28, 2006, when the Lakers won 74-59...Grand Valley State has yet to allow an opponent to score over 75 points in a game this season. The Lakers have allowed fewer than 65 points in all four victories and are giving up just 50.5 points per game...GVSU is connecting at a 76.1 percent clip from the free throw line. In the three games last week, the Lakers shot 75.0 percent at the charity stripe, making 54 of 72 freebies.

Hillsdale - The Hillsdale College women's basketball team extended its season-opening winning streak to six games, and got off to a 2-0 start in GLIAC play after defeating Lake Superior State 71-61, and Saginaw Valley State 74-38 last weekend...The Chargers are ranked 10th in the nation in the latest ESPN/USA Today Division II Top 25 women's basketball poll...Senior forward Katie Cezat set another school record in Thursday's win over LSSU, with six blocked shots in a single game...She also had her third 20-rebound game of her career, corralling 21 boards in the win over the Lakers...Junior guard Janay Miller went 7-for-7 from 3-point land in the team's two wins last weekend, scoring a career-high 21 points in Sunday's win over Saginaw Valley State...She hit all five of her 3-point shots in the game...Hillsdale led the game over SVSU 50-11 at one point...The Chargers have had a 40-point lead in two of their six games so far this season...Hillsdale hasn't allowed more than 63 points in any of its five games, and hasn't scored fewer than 70 points in any game during its 6-0 start.

Lake Superior State - Senior forward Jackie Armstrong (Haslett, Mich.) scored a season-high 24 points during Thursday's 71-61 loss to 10th-ranked Hillsdale and surpassed the 1,000-point career scoring milestone. The 6-0 forward, who averaged 17.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game last week, now has 1,019 career points. For the season, Armstrong is averaging 16.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game...Sophomore guard Shelle Rochon (Hermansville, Mich.) came off the bench and scored a season-high 11 points during Saturday's 60-57 loss at Findlay...Senior center Alyssa VanderWal (Allendale, Mich.) averages a team-leading 9.4 rebounds per game and is scoring 12.0 ppg while shooting 58 percent from the field.

Michigan Tech - Michigan Tech improved to 4-1 overall with a pair of victories to open its GLIAC season. The Huskies are now the only North Division team still undefeated . Junior Danae Danen (Green Bay, Wis./Ashwaubenon) averaged 17.5 points, 6.0 rebounds an 2.0 blocks in two games last week. She went 8-of-9 from the field at Northwood and 16-of-23 from the floor over the two-game stretch . Tech has four players averaging double figures in points led by Katie Wysocky (Whitefish Bay, Wis.) at 12.4 per game. The 6-0 junior forward leads the Huskies in both scoring and rebounding (9.2 per game). She posted a combined 31 points and 21 rebounds in the two wins last week . Michigan Tech will finally play its home opener Wednesday (Dec. 10) vs. Finlandia after traveling to its first five games of 2008-09. The Huskies have 11 of their next 14 games at the SDC Gym, where they are 257-108 (70.4 percent) all-time.

Northern Michigan - Northern Michigan defeated non-conference for St. Norbert and lost to Northwood and Wayne State last week...this week, the Wildcats have one game, which is at Michigan Tech on Saturday (12/13)...the ‘Cats were down by one to St. Norbert at the half, but shot 54.2 percent in the second half (13-24) to pull out the win...Kelsey Deacon led the team last week in all three games in the scoring column; she had 18 against St. Norbert, 10 at Northwood, and 21 at Wayne State...Deacon leads the ‘Cats in scoring with 16.2 ppg, as she is their only player averaging in double figures. Deacon also leads the team with 18 assists...Steffani Stoeger has a team-leading 14 steals.

Northwood - The Northwood University women's basketball team went 1-1 last week, defeating Northern Michigan 52-44 before falling to Michigan Teach 80-68...Northwood is now 4-1 overall, 1-1 in the GLIAC...the 12-point loss is Northwood's first by more than 10 points since February 21, 2007 - a span of 32 games...senior Megan Starnes (Mt. Pleasant, Mich.) had a big week for the Timberwolves...she averaged 20.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game...Starnes shot 71.4 percent from the floor (15-21) and 80.0 percent from 3-point range (4-5) ... for the season, she is shooting 60.3 percent from the floor (35-58) and 64.3 percent from 3-point range (9-14) while averaging 19.4 ppg ... Starnes currently ranks in the top-five in the conference in scoring (second), rebounding (9.0 per game - fifth), field goal percentage (third) and 3-point percentage (second) ... Northwood will hit the road for the first time this season Thursday night (December 11) when they travel to Wayne State ... that game gets under way at 5:30 p.m.

Saginaw Valley State - The Saginaw Valley State University women's basketball team lost its one game this week to #10 ranked Hillsdale College 74-38 on Sunday (December 7). For the game, SVSU shot 29.8 percent from the floor, and went 8-15 from the charity stripe. For the Cardinals, sophomore guard Kelley Wesp led the scorers with 10 points. Sophomore forward Brittany Burkhardt knocked down nine points and grabbed six rebounds and had two steals. Junior forward Kelsey Mausolf grabbed six rebounds. With the loss, SVSU drops to 1-5 overall, and 0-2 in the GLIAC. Next for SVSU is Lake Superior State at 1 p.m. Sunday (December 13).

Tiffin - Leanne Lucius also averaged in double figures for the week, posting 11.5 ppg while leading the team with 7 rebounds per game...Mandy Jaeb continued her solid freshman season, averaging 8.5 ppg...TU shot 80 percent from the free throw line...Lucius also shot well from the three point line, canning 6 of 11 shots for 54 percent...Kylene Spiegel averaged 7.5 ppg and 4.5 assists in two games.

Wayne State - Wayne State began GLIAC play with a 1-1 mark falling to #19-Michigan Tech 62-55 but rebounding for a 78-63 triumph over Northern Michigan...senior Jasmine McCall (Detroit, Mich./CMA) had a stellar week scoring 30 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, dishing out eight assists and recording 13 steals while shooting 59 percent (13-22) from the floor...senior Chastidy Miller (White Lake, Mich./Waterford Kettering) totaled 15 points in the two games increasing her career total to 991 points...junior Brooke Bowers (Delphos, Ohio/Jefferson) made her 100th career three-point shot in the MTU game, just the eighth player in school history to make 100 triples since the three-point was instituted for the 1986-87 season...senior Joy Nash (Muskegon, Mich.) recorded her 300th career assist in the NMU contest and became the eighth player in the 35-years of WSU women's basketball to reach the 300 assist plateau.