LAST TIME OUTUrsuline is coming off a 100-69 win in their home opener over future G-MAC member in Lake Erie College on Tuesday night. The game marked the first time the Arrows have played at home in two years after a tornado destroyed the old facility. The Arrows had five players score in double figures paced by sophomore Camryn Hill's career-high 21-point 14 rebound performance.
Saint Joseph's College is coming off a thrilling 76-70 double overtime win against Saginaw Valley State last weekend. Lauren Davis led the Pumas with 26 points in 41 minutes including going 13-for-14 from the free-throw line. Kalea Parks tallied 19 points in 46 minutes for Saint Joseph's. The Pumas then defeated Ohio Dominican University on Wednesday night 62-56 for their second straight win.
SCOUTING URSULINEReturning in the backcourt for Ursuline will be junior Erica Huber (Anna/Anna) who as a freshman won the G-MAC Freshman of the Year and last season averaged 10.5 points per game along with 3.7 assists and 5.3 rebounds. Huber was fourth in the conference in steals per game (1.9) and eighth in minutes played with an average of 33.1 per contest.
The front court returns a pair of sophomores in Camille Gist (Toledo/Toledo Christian) and Camryn Hill (Strongsville/Strongsville) who both played significant time in 2014-15. This unit will get a boost from the return of redshirt sophomore Laney Lewis (Lynchburg/Lynchburg Clay) who missed last season due to an injury. In 29 games last season, Gist averaged 5.8 points per game and pulled down 2.9 rebounds. Hill played in all 29 games and started 15 while averaging 6.3 points per game and 5.8 rebounds.
SCOUTING SAINT JOSEPH'S The Pumas are averaging 67.5 points per game in their first two contests. They have shot 33 percent from the floor and just 19 percent from beyond the three point line so far in 2015-16.
Parks has led the Pumas in scoring at 20.0 points per game and Davis has added 16.5. Lauren Kotey has been strong off the bench averaging 7.0 points per contest.
THE COACHES Shannon Sword, the fourth head coach in UC basketball history, turned around the program in her second season. After going 4-22 and winless in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference in 2012-13, the Arrows finished the 2013-14 season at 14-14 overall and 8-8 in conference play. It was just the third time in the 13-year history of the program that a team had a winning percentage of .500 or better and first since 2008-09.
The 14 wins in 2013-14 were one win shy of tying the school record for most in a season, set in 2006-07. It becomes more impressive when you take into account that three freshmen (Jenny Grigsby, Erica Huber and Tajanee Wells) started all 28 games in 2013-14 and junior Emma Ricketts, a transfer in her first year with the program, made 25 starts.
Sword pushed her team to get out and run and the 2013-14 team averaged 76.5 points per game, up from 53 points per game the year before.
Steve Harold became the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Saint Joseph's College on May 7th, 2013. Harold will serve at the program's 10
th head coach in SJC history.
Coach Harlod sits inside the top-30 amongst active coaches with 397 victories and just outside the top-50 all time. He also sits inside the top-35 all-time in Division II winning percentage (.693).
Projected Starters Saint Joseph's College #11 Kalea Parks (20.0ppg 7.5 rebounds)
#23 Lauren Davis (16.5ppg 4.0 rebounds)
#20 Courtney Kyachkoff (7.5ppg 5.5 rebounds)
#3 Brittany Morris (3.0ppg, 8.5 rebounds)
#34 Abby Titzer (2.5ppg, 6.5 rebounds)
Ursuline #33 Camryn Hill (14.0ppg, 8.5 rebounds)
#21 Laney Lewis (15.5ppg, 8.5 rebounds)
#11 Natalie Koenig (13ppg, 3.0 steals)
#3 C.J. Jefferson (6.5, 4.0 assists)
#5 Erica Huber (17.0ppg, 4.5 steals)
MEDIA COVERAGE The game will be live streamed with audio only on the UC Sports Network.
http://www.ursulinearrows.com/sports/2011/8/1/GEN_0801115954.aspx NEXT UP The Arrows remain on the road on Tuesday with a trip to Tiffin, Ohio to take on the Dragons.