Mavs Open Conference Play at UMKC, USD
Dec 27, 2012 | General, Women's Basketball
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The Omaha women's basketball team begins Summit League play on Friday, Dec. 28 at Kansas City. The Mavericks will face the Kangaroos at 7 p.m. at Swinney Recreation Center. Friday's game can be heard on 1180 AM The Zone 2. Robert Ford will have the play-by-play. Streaming audio, video and live stats are available at OMavs.com. On Sunday, the Mavericks visit South Dakota for a 2 p.m. contest at the DakotaDome in Vermillion, S.D. Streaming audio, video and live stats are available at OMavs.com.
The Teams
Omaha enters its first Summit League weekend with an 8-2 record. The Mavs last played on Friday, Dec. 21, a 92-78 home win over College of Saint Mary.
Kansas City enters their Summit League opener against Omaha with a 4-9 record. The Kangaroos have lost five straight, but four have come on the road.
South Dakota (5-8) also opens its Summit League schedule against the Mavericks. The Coyotes lost two games on the road last weekend at Utah State and at Boise State.
Series History
Kansas City leads the all-time series with UNO, 3-1. The Kangaroos hold a 3-0 edge in games played in Kansas City, and they defeated the Mavericks last Jan. 11, 74-64. UNO cut a 15-point deficit down to five in the closing minutes but couldn't get over the hump. Jamie Nash had 19 points.
UNO holds a slight edge in its long series with USD, 34-33, but the Coyotes have a 21-13 advantage on their home court. South Dakota beat UNO last year on Feb. 7, 58-38, at the DakotaDome. It was the Mavs' lowest scoring output of the season, as they scored just eight points in the first half.
Last Time Out
OMAHA, Neb. - Carolyn Blair-Mobley and Casse Vaughn each scored a career-high 28 points, and the Mavs claimed a 92-78 win over College of Saint Mary last Friday at the Sapp Fieldhouse. Vaughn added a career-high 14 rebounds on her career day.
Media
All Maverick home games are broadcast live on the web at OMavs.com by America One with play-by-play provided by Jon Green. A subscription is required. Free live stats are available for every home game and most road games at OMavs.com. Five games this season have been selected for radio broadcast on 1180 The Zone 2 and at 1620thezone.com. They are: at Kansas City (Dec. 28), at IUPUI (Jan. 10), at Western Illinois (Jan. 12), at Fort Wayne (Jan. 31) and at Oakland (Feb. 2).
Up Next For the Mavericks
The Mavericks host Oakland and Fort Wayne next week as their first Summit League home games. Oakland visits on Jan. 3 at 7 p.m., while Fort Wayne comes to Omaha on Jan. 5 for a 2 p.m. game.
About the Mavericks
• Senior guard Paige Frauendorfer leads the Mavs in scoring (14.1 ppg) and rebounding (8.8 rpg). She leads the conference with 3.4 offensive rebounds per game, and she is third in The Summit League in field goal percentage (48.4 percent).
• Senior point guard Jamie Nash runs the Maverick offense with 10.5 ppg, 7.9 apg and 3.6 spg. She ranks fifth nationally in assists per game and 11th in steals per game and leads The Summit League in both categories.
• Senior transfer Carolyn Blair-Mobley adds 11.3 ppg and 6.6 rpg. Blair-Mobley is coming off a career-high 28 points on Dec. 21 in a 92-78 win over College of Saint Mary.
• Junior forward Casse Vaughn leads The Summit League with a 59.4-percent field goal percentage. She is also coming off a career-high 28 points in the win over CSM.
• The Mavericks are the top shooting team in The Summit League at 44.1 percent and are also first from 3-point range at 36.1 percent. UNO is second in the league with 15.0 assists per game.
• On the defensive end, the Mavs lead the conference in field goal percentage allowed (35.6 percent) and scoring defense (56.1 ppg).
Scouting Kansas City
• Eilise O'Connor is leading the Kangaroos in scoring with 16.0 points per game, which ranks second in The Summit League. UMKC averages just 14.8 turnovers per game, tops in The Summit League.
Scouting South Dakota
• Nicole Seekamp averages 14.5 points per game to lead the Coyotes. Polly Harrington adds 12.1 points per game. USD averages 44.4 rebounds per game to lead The Summit League.
Quick Notes
• UNO's 92 points on Dec. 21 against College of Saint Mary was the best scoring output under second-year head coach Chance Lindley.
• When the Mavs score at least 65 points under head coach Chance Lindley, they are 18-0.
• UNO is 20-1 when leading at halftime under Lindley with a perfect 6-0 mark this season.
• Through 36 games in Chance Lindley's tenure, no opponent has shot 50.0 percent or better from the field. In the season prior to Lindley taking over, UNO allowed five opponents to eclipse the 50.0-percent mark from the floor. The closest an opponent has come is Louisiana's 45.0 percent (27-of-60) on Nov. 16, 2012.
Nash, Frauendorfer Closing in on 1,000 Career Points
Seniors Jamie Nash and Paige Frauendorfer are both closing in on 1,000 career points. Nash ranks 24th in school history with 944 career points, while Frauendorfer ranks 27th with 899 career points. Twenty-three Mavericks are members of the 1,000-point club.
Nash Climbing the School-Record Charts
In addition to chasing 1,000 career points, senior guard Jamie Nash has a few school records in her sights in her final season at UNO. The Verona, Mo., native has 307 career steals, placing her second in school history. Kriss Edwards (1977-81) holds the school record of 331 steals. Nash has 449 career assists, ranking her third in school history. Jennifer Mitchell (1998-2002) holds the school record of 474 assists.
Kelly Joins Group of School's Top Shot Blockers
Sophomore center Taijhe Kelly has already established herself as one of the top shot blockers to ever put on a UNO jersey. Kelly swatted 43 shots as a freshman, which ranked as the seventh-highest single-season total in school history, and she has blocked 19 shots this season, giving her 62 career blocks to rank seventh in school history. Mary Henke Anderson is the school-record holder with 291 career blocks, an average of 72.8 per season.
Vaughn's Big Day
Junior forward Casse Vaughn scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds to spark the Omaha women's basketball team to a 92-78 win over College of St. Mary on Dec. 21 at the Sapp Fieldhouse. Vaughn finished 12-of-18 from the floor and led the Mavericks to a 52-24 edge in points in the paint and 49-25 rebounding advantage. Her career highs coming into the game were 11 points and six rebounds, but she had 17 points and 10 rebounds in the second half alone on Friday.
