Winter Weather Leaves NWMSU As Week's Lone Foe
Dec 8, 2009 | General, Women's Basketball
Complete Game Notes
Winter weather canceled UNO's Tuesday game with York College, leaving an MIAA contest at Northwest Missouri State as the Mavericks' only contest this week. Nebraska-Omaha (4-3, 1-1 MIAA) will take on the Bearcats at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. That game will be UNO's first true road game after playing five home games and two neutral-site games to start the season.
The game with York was going to be played on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. but winter weather and the University's closure caused the cancelation. A possible make-up date could be announced later.
The Mavs opened their first week of MIAA play with a split last week. They lost to then-No. 16 Washburn, 68-47 last Wednesday before beating Fort Hays State, 68-62 on Saturday. The Bearcats enter the week at 5-3 and 1-1 in the MIAA. They've lost three of their last four and they'll battle Fort Hays State on Wednesday before hosting UNO.
The Mavericks are led in scoring by senior guard Alyssa Green with 12.9 points a game. She's reached double figures in scoring in every game and she's led UNO in scoring three times. She had a season-high 19 last Saturday in UNO's win against Fort Hays State.
Following The Mavericks
Fans can follow all the action Saturday on 90.7-2 KVNO HD with a high-definition radio. Fans can find live audio and live stats for both games through a link on the schedule page at www.omavs.com/wbb and Northwest Missouri will carry a live video webstream of the game through www.omavs.com/LiveVideo.
Most games throughout the year will be available through 90.7 KVNO FM or 90.7-2 KVNO HD. Live stats will be available for all home games and many away games. Fans can find links to all live video, audio and stats through www.omavs.com/wbb on the schedule page.
The Coaches
UNO head coach Patty Patton Shearer is 86-64 (.573) in her sixth season with the Mavericks. She is also in her 10th year overall as a head coach with a 146-113 (.564) record. She is the school's leader in career winning percentage. Patton Shearer is a 1990 graduate of Rocky Mountain College. She played one year for the Bears after playing two years at Northern Arizona. Patton Shearer coached for four seasons at Fort Lewis before coming to UNO.
Northwest Missouri State coach Gene Steinmeyer is in his 11th year with the Bearcats with a 145-148 (.495). He's 505-289 (.636) in 26 years overall after coaching for 15 seasons at Doane. He coached the Bearcats to two MIAA postseason tournament titles (2004, 07). His Doane teams won eight Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference titles. He's a 1973 graduate of Nebraska-Kearney and he earned his master's from Nebraska-Lincoln in 1988.
The Series
- Northwest Missouri leads the series against UNO, 13-12.
- The two teams split last year with each winning at home.
- Last year's 102-96 win for NWMSU was the only overtime meeting in the series.
Notes For The Week
- Freshman Jamie Nash has led UNO in assists in five of the first seven games and the Mavs are 4-1 when she does so.
- The Mavericks enter the week atop the MIAA with 13.7 steals a game and they have the top two ball-swipers in the conference. Jamie Nash is first with 3.1 steals a game and Alyssa Green is second with 2.9.
- Kiley Herold leads UNO with 39 points off the bench this year. She's averaging 5.6 a game.
Green Keeps Reaching Double Figures
Maverick senior guard Alyssa Green has scored in double figures in every game this year and she leads UNO with 12.9 points a game. Last week against Fort Hays State she had a season-high 19 points to lead the Mavs.
Green's third free throw in the season-opener against Dana was her 1,000th career point at UNO and she now has 1,087 points in her fourth season to put her 18th in school history.
Green's already ninth in career 3-pointers with 82 and she needs three to tie for eighth. She's also seventh with 291 career assists. Current assistant coach Karen Thies was seventh at UNO with 289 assists before Green passed her last week.
Green is averaging 4.7 rebounds this year and she's adding 2.3 assists and 2.9 steals.
This is the second straight year the Mavericks have had a new member of the 1,000 point club. Last year Cayla Hargrove joined the elite group and she ended her career 15th with 1,106 points.
Green has started 88 of 91 matches in her career at UNO and she's averaging 11.9 points a game. She came to UNO from Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she scored more than 1,000 career points.
Nash Excelling At Point Guard Spot
Freshman Jamie Nash has started the last four games for Nebraska-Omaha at guard after coming off the bench in the first three. She's averaging 4.0 assists and 3.1 steals a game this year, all while scoring 8.1 points a game with 3.9 rebounds.
Nash played basketball and softball all four years at Auroa High School (Mo.) where she earned first team all-conference all four years.
Pohl Starting Sophomore Season Strong
Sophomore forward Heather Pohl played in every game last year and averaged 1.6 points with no starts. She never scored more than nine points in a game. She has started all seven games this year and she's averaging 8.0 points a game and 4.9 rebounds a game.
Pohl had her third double-figure scoring game of the season last Saturday against FHSU with 11 points. She was 9-for-14 from the field for 22 points against Dana and she scored 21 points off a strong shooting performance against Creighton in an exhibition. On November 21 against TAMUK she had 14 points and seven rebounds.
Pohl scored 1,000 career points at Omaha's Millard West High School where she earned first team all-state and was a McDonald's All-America nominee.
Big Weekend For Nelson Earns Her MIAA Honor
Senior forward Ashley Nelson was named the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association athlete of the week after her efforts two weeks ago. Nelson averaged 21.0 points a game and shot 57 percent as UNO won both of its games in the Nebraska-Omaha Thanksgiving Classic, November 27-28. She scored 15 points against Oklahoma Panhandle State and then against Chadron State on Saturday she scored 27 points. She averaged 7.0 rebounds in both games and shot 77 percent from the free throw line. That was the first honor this year for a UNO player.
Nelson was then held to 11 points in two games last week and she's averaging 10.6 a game this year, second best on the team.
Nelson is one of two fourth-year seniors on the team. She's started a majority of the games in her career and she's averaging 5.6 points a game.
Steals Pay Off For Mavs
The Mavericks led the MIAA in steals last year with 11.00 per game and they were the only team to average in double figures. They stole the ball 10 or more times in 18 of 27 games last year and they out-stole their opponents in every game but six.
They have reached double figures in steals in five of seven games this year and they are averaging 13.7 a game to lead the MIAA. Jamie Nash leads the league with 3.1 steals a game and Alyssa Green is second with 2.9 a game. Autralius Sanders is tied for eighth with 1.9 a game.
Herold Stays Close To Home, Real Close To Family
Freshman forward Kiley Herold is not only staying close to home by going to UNO. She's also staying really close to family. Her father, Bob Herold is the UNO baseball coach.
Kiley Herold scored in double figures off the bench with 12 points in the season opener against Dana. She was 5-of-6 from the field and 2-of-3 from 3-point range. She added 10 points November 21 against TAMUK and she's UNO's leading scorer off the bench with 39 points (5.6/game).
She graduated from Omaha's Millard North High School last year and earned all-Metro honors her final two years. Her senior year she was an all-state selection. November 5 at Creighton she scored five points with two rebounds before fouling out.
Bob Herold will begin his 11th season at UNO this spring. He has guided UNO to a 341-204-2 record and five straight trips to the NCAA tournament.
Both Preseason Polls Pick UNO Women Seventh
The league coaches and media both picked the UNO women's basketball team to finish seventh in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association as the league released its preseason polls at its yearly media day October 27.
Defending regular season champion Emporia State was the top choice in both polls. The Hornets got 96 points and seven first-place votes from the coaches and 291 points and 15 first-place votes from the media.
UNO got 47 points from the coaches and trailed No. 6 Missouri Southern by four points. In the media poll, the Mavericks earned 138 points and trailed No. 6 Fort Hays State by 20 points.
Mavericks Playing 40th Season Of Basketball
- The start of the 2009-10 season marks the 40th season of women's basketball at UNO.
- The program started in 1970-71 but win-loss records are not available until the 1971-72 season.
In those last 39 years, the Mavericks have gone 526-481 (.522) in 1,007 games.
- There have been 19 winning seasons and 23 seasons with at least a .500 record.
The Mavericks have three North Central Conference championships in their history (1980, 1981, 1982) and they have been to the NCAA tournament three times (1982, 1987, 1992). They went to the AIAW tournament four times.
Coming Up
The Mavericks will play just once next week as they wrap up their non-conference schedule. They'll host in-state rival Nebraska-Kearney at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, December 18. They will then have 12 days off for winter break before hosting Emporia State on December 31.
Winter weather canceled UNO's Tuesday game with York College, leaving an MIAA contest at Northwest Missouri State as the Mavericks' only contest this week. Nebraska-Omaha (4-3, 1-1 MIAA) will take on the Bearcats at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. That game will be UNO's first true road game after playing five home games and two neutral-site games to start the season.
The game with York was going to be played on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. but winter weather and the University's closure caused the cancelation. A possible make-up date could be announced later.
The Mavs opened their first week of MIAA play with a split last week. They lost to then-No. 16 Washburn, 68-47 last Wednesday before beating Fort Hays State, 68-62 on Saturday. The Bearcats enter the week at 5-3 and 1-1 in the MIAA. They've lost three of their last four and they'll battle Fort Hays State on Wednesday before hosting UNO.
The Mavericks are led in scoring by senior guard Alyssa Green with 12.9 points a game. She's reached double figures in scoring in every game and she's led UNO in scoring three times. She had a season-high 19 last Saturday in UNO's win against Fort Hays State.
Following The Mavericks
Fans can follow all the action Saturday on 90.7-2 KVNO HD with a high-definition radio. Fans can find live audio and live stats for both games through a link on the schedule page at www.omavs.com/wbb and Northwest Missouri will carry a live video webstream of the game through www.omavs.com/LiveVideo.
Most games throughout the year will be available through 90.7 KVNO FM or 90.7-2 KVNO HD. Live stats will be available for all home games and many away games. Fans can find links to all live video, audio and stats through www.omavs.com/wbb on the schedule page.
The Coaches
UNO head coach Patty Patton Shearer is 86-64 (.573) in her sixth season with the Mavericks. She is also in her 10th year overall as a head coach with a 146-113 (.564) record. She is the school's leader in career winning percentage. Patton Shearer is a 1990 graduate of Rocky Mountain College. She played one year for the Bears after playing two years at Northern Arizona. Patton Shearer coached for four seasons at Fort Lewis before coming to UNO.
Northwest Missouri State coach Gene Steinmeyer is in his 11th year with the Bearcats with a 145-148 (.495). He's 505-289 (.636) in 26 years overall after coaching for 15 seasons at Doane. He coached the Bearcats to two MIAA postseason tournament titles (2004, 07). His Doane teams won eight Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference titles. He's a 1973 graduate of Nebraska-Kearney and he earned his master's from Nebraska-Lincoln in 1988.
The Series
- Northwest Missouri leads the series against UNO, 13-12.
- The two teams split last year with each winning at home.
- Last year's 102-96 win for NWMSU was the only overtime meeting in the series.
Notes For The Week
- Freshman Jamie Nash has led UNO in assists in five of the first seven games and the Mavs are 4-1 when she does so.
- The Mavericks enter the week atop the MIAA with 13.7 steals a game and they have the top two ball-swipers in the conference. Jamie Nash is first with 3.1 steals a game and Alyssa Green is second with 2.9.
- Kiley Herold leads UNO with 39 points off the bench this year. She's averaging 5.6 a game.
Green Keeps Reaching Double Figures
Maverick senior guard Alyssa Green has scored in double figures in every game this year and she leads UNO with 12.9 points a game. Last week against Fort Hays State she had a season-high 19 points to lead the Mavs.
Green's third free throw in the season-opener against Dana was her 1,000th career point at UNO and she now has 1,087 points in her fourth season to put her 18th in school history.
Green's already ninth in career 3-pointers with 82 and she needs three to tie for eighth. She's also seventh with 291 career assists. Current assistant coach Karen Thies was seventh at UNO with 289 assists before Green passed her last week.
Green is averaging 4.7 rebounds this year and she's adding 2.3 assists and 2.9 steals.
This is the second straight year the Mavericks have had a new member of the 1,000 point club. Last year Cayla Hargrove joined the elite group and she ended her career 15th with 1,106 points.
Green has started 88 of 91 matches in her career at UNO and she's averaging 11.9 points a game. She came to UNO from Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she scored more than 1,000 career points.
Nash Excelling At Point Guard Spot
Freshman Jamie Nash has started the last four games for Nebraska-Omaha at guard after coming off the bench in the first three. She's averaging 4.0 assists and 3.1 steals a game this year, all while scoring 8.1 points a game with 3.9 rebounds.
Nash played basketball and softball all four years at Auroa High School (Mo.) where she earned first team all-conference all four years.
Pohl Starting Sophomore Season Strong
Sophomore forward Heather Pohl played in every game last year and averaged 1.6 points with no starts. She never scored more than nine points in a game. She has started all seven games this year and she's averaging 8.0 points a game and 4.9 rebounds a game.
Pohl had her third double-figure scoring game of the season last Saturday against FHSU with 11 points. She was 9-for-14 from the field for 22 points against Dana and she scored 21 points off a strong shooting performance against Creighton in an exhibition. On November 21 against TAMUK she had 14 points and seven rebounds.
Pohl scored 1,000 career points at Omaha's Millard West High School where she earned first team all-state and was a McDonald's All-America nominee.
Big Weekend For Nelson Earns Her MIAA Honor
Senior forward Ashley Nelson was named the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association athlete of the week after her efforts two weeks ago. Nelson averaged 21.0 points a game and shot 57 percent as UNO won both of its games in the Nebraska-Omaha Thanksgiving Classic, November 27-28. She scored 15 points against Oklahoma Panhandle State and then against Chadron State on Saturday she scored 27 points. She averaged 7.0 rebounds in both games and shot 77 percent from the free throw line. That was the first honor this year for a UNO player.
Nelson was then held to 11 points in two games last week and she's averaging 10.6 a game this year, second best on the team.
Nelson is one of two fourth-year seniors on the team. She's started a majority of the games in her career and she's averaging 5.6 points a game.
Steals Pay Off For Mavs
The Mavericks led the MIAA in steals last year with 11.00 per game and they were the only team to average in double figures. They stole the ball 10 or more times in 18 of 27 games last year and they out-stole their opponents in every game but six.
They have reached double figures in steals in five of seven games this year and they are averaging 13.7 a game to lead the MIAA. Jamie Nash leads the league with 3.1 steals a game and Alyssa Green is second with 2.9 a game. Autralius Sanders is tied for eighth with 1.9 a game.
Herold Stays Close To Home, Real Close To Family
Freshman forward Kiley Herold is not only staying close to home by going to UNO. She's also staying really close to family. Her father, Bob Herold is the UNO baseball coach.
Kiley Herold scored in double figures off the bench with 12 points in the season opener against Dana. She was 5-of-6 from the field and 2-of-3 from 3-point range. She added 10 points November 21 against TAMUK and she's UNO's leading scorer off the bench with 39 points (5.6/game).
She graduated from Omaha's Millard North High School last year and earned all-Metro honors her final two years. Her senior year she was an all-state selection. November 5 at Creighton she scored five points with two rebounds before fouling out.
Bob Herold will begin his 11th season at UNO this spring. He has guided UNO to a 341-204-2 record and five straight trips to the NCAA tournament.
Both Preseason Polls Pick UNO Women Seventh
The league coaches and media both picked the UNO women's basketball team to finish seventh in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association as the league released its preseason polls at its yearly media day October 27.
Defending regular season champion Emporia State was the top choice in both polls. The Hornets got 96 points and seven first-place votes from the coaches and 291 points and 15 first-place votes from the media.
UNO got 47 points from the coaches and trailed No. 6 Missouri Southern by four points. In the media poll, the Mavericks earned 138 points and trailed No. 6 Fort Hays State by 20 points.
Mavericks Playing 40th Season Of Basketball
- The start of the 2009-10 season marks the 40th season of women's basketball at UNO.
- The program started in 1970-71 but win-loss records are not available until the 1971-72 season.
In those last 39 years, the Mavericks have gone 526-481 (.522) in 1,007 games.
- There have been 19 winning seasons and 23 seasons with at least a .500 record.
The Mavericks have three North Central Conference championships in their history (1980, 1981, 1982) and they have been to the NCAA tournament three times (1982, 1987, 1992). They went to the AIAW tournament four times.
Coming Up
The Mavericks will play just once next week as they wrap up their non-conference schedule. They'll host in-state rival Nebraska-Kearney at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, December 18. They will then have 12 days off for winter break before hosting Emporia State on December 31.
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