Mavs Go For Third Straight Win at Home
Nov 22, 2013 | Women's Basketball
This Week
The Omaha women's basketball team ends its three-game homestand with a 1 p.m. game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff at the Sapp Fieldhouse on Saturday. The game can be heard for free online at OMavs.com. Jon Green will have the play-by-play. A live webcast is available for purchase at OMavs.com, while live stats are free and can also be found at OMavs.com.
The Teams
The Mavericks (2-2) have won two straight at home after dropping two road games to begin the season. UNO is coming off a 76-62 win over Chicago State on Monday at the Sapp Fieldhouse. The Mavericks are led by Ericka House's 14.8 points per game. Mikaela Shaw averages 9.3 points and 8.8 rebounds, and her 13 assists are the second-most on the team. The Maverick defense ranks first in The Summit League in opponent field goal percentage (31.9 percent), points per game allowed (61.0) and second in opponent 3-point percentage (25.3). On the offensive end, the Mavs are third in points per game (74.5) and second in free throw percentage (73.0).
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-4) is coming off a 78-55 loss at No. 11 Nebraska Thursday night. UAPB fell behind 38-7 in the first 13 minutes but outscored NU in the second half, 38-36. Cassidy Wright leads the team in scoring at 8.8 points per game. Carlisha Walker leads the team in rebounding with 6.8 boards per game, and she also chips in 8.6 ppg. Christina Lasane averages 7.8 ppg. UAPB is shooting just 32.4 percent from the floor, 23.1 percent from 3-point range and 45.7 percent from the free throw line.
Series History
UNO leads the all-time series 1-0 after topping the Golden Lions, 67-63, last year in Pine Bluff. The Mavs fell behind by 11 early in the game and trailed by nine at halftime. But behind 66.7-percent shooting in the second half, the Mavs rallied for the four-point win over UAPB. Ericka House had 15 points.
Last Time Out
OMAHA, Neb. - The UNO women's basketball team used a decisive 15-4 run midway through the second half to grab control of a back-and-forth game and snatch a 76-62 win over Chicago State on Monday night at the Sapp Fieldhouse. Ericka House led UNO (2-2) with 19 points, while Mikaela Shaw had 12 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Sami Pawlak added 10 points, and Lanese Bough had eight points, nine rebounds and four assists. Freshman Madi Robson had nine assists and three steals to go with four points. UNO shot 52.5 percent (31-of-59) from the floor and 36.4 percent (8-of-22) from 3-point range. CSU was 34.4 percent (21-of-61) overall and 25.0 percent (5-of-20) from long distance. The Cougars stayed in the game courtesy of 21 free throw attempts, of which they made 15. The Mavs made all six of their attempts from the foul line.
Up Next
The Mavericks will spend Thanksgiving weekend in California. The Mavs play at Cal State Bakersfield next Saturday, Nov. 30 at 3 p.m. (CT). They will then visit Long Beach State on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 4 p.m. (CT). Those two games are part of an upcoming three-game road stretch.
Maverick Notes
• Since becoming a starter on Nov. 14, Madi Robson has recorded 19 assists and just one turnover in 65 minutes of playing time. In her two starts, she is averaging 6.5 points, 9.5 assists per game and 2.5 steals per game, and she leads The Summit League with 23 assists. Robson will be the Mavs' primary ball handler now that junior Brianna Bogard is out for the season with a knee injury suffered on Nov. 18. Robson's 5.8 assist-to-turnover ratio ranks first among all Summit League players.
• Ericka House ranks third in the conference in scoring at 14.8 points per game. The senior guard leads the league with 3.2 made 3-pointers per game.
• Lanese Bough has relished her role coming off the bench the past two games, putting up 7.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. Because of the injury to Bogard, she is likely to move back into the starting lineup.
• Freshman Mikaela Shaw ranks third in The Summit League with 8.8 rebounds per game. A valuable all-around player, Shaw also averages 9.3 points and 3.3 assists per game.
• Taijhe Kelly ranks first in The Summit League with 2.8 blocked shots per game. The Mavs as a team rank second with 4.5 blocked shots per game.
• Sami Pawlak leads The Summit League in field goal percentage at 77.8 percent. The freshman forward is 14-of-18 from the floor on the season and is 12-14 in the last two games. Pawlak is averaging 7.3 points per game in just 10.3 minutes per game off the bench.
Injury Bug Leaves Mavs Shorthanded
The Mavericks are down to just nine healthy players after season-ending injuries to guards Cathleen Cox and Brianna Bogard. Cox suffered a knee injury in the preseason and will miss the entire 2013-14 season. She re-injured the same knee that she did back in December 2012, which caused her to miss the final 21 games of 2012-13. Cox was one of only three returning players for the Mavericks entering this season, along with Taijhe Kelly and Ericka House. The Mavs were counting on big contributions from their class of eight newcomers, but that too took a bit of a blow when Bogard, a junior transfer from East Tennessee State, went down with a knee injury against Chicago State on Nov. 18. Bogard, who started each of the first four games at point guard and was leading the Mavs in scoring entering the Chicago State game at 14.3 ppg, will miss the rest of the season. True freshman Madi Robson will assume the starting point guard role.
Kelly is a Block Machine
Junior center Taijhe Kelly is climbing her way up the career blocked shots chart at UNO. Kelly has 128 career blocks to rank third in school history. She only needs one more blocked shot to move into a tie for second place. The school-record holder is Mary Henke-Anderson with 291 from 1979-83. Kelly swatted 74 shots in 2012-13, the third-highest single-season total in Maverick history. Only Henke-Anderson has had more blocked shots in a season (86 in 1980-81 and 75 in 1979-80). Kelly was first in The Summit League last season with her 2.6 blocks per game. Her 51 blocked shots in conference play were 26 more than the next closest competitor.
The Omaha women's basketball team ends its three-game homestand with a 1 p.m. game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff at the Sapp Fieldhouse on Saturday. The game can be heard for free online at OMavs.com. Jon Green will have the play-by-play. A live webcast is available for purchase at OMavs.com, while live stats are free and can also be found at OMavs.com.
The Teams
The Mavericks (2-2) have won two straight at home after dropping two road games to begin the season. UNO is coming off a 76-62 win over Chicago State on Monday at the Sapp Fieldhouse. The Mavericks are led by Ericka House's 14.8 points per game. Mikaela Shaw averages 9.3 points and 8.8 rebounds, and her 13 assists are the second-most on the team. The Maverick defense ranks first in The Summit League in opponent field goal percentage (31.9 percent), points per game allowed (61.0) and second in opponent 3-point percentage (25.3). On the offensive end, the Mavs are third in points per game (74.5) and second in free throw percentage (73.0).
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-4) is coming off a 78-55 loss at No. 11 Nebraska Thursday night. UAPB fell behind 38-7 in the first 13 minutes but outscored NU in the second half, 38-36. Cassidy Wright leads the team in scoring at 8.8 points per game. Carlisha Walker leads the team in rebounding with 6.8 boards per game, and she also chips in 8.6 ppg. Christina Lasane averages 7.8 ppg. UAPB is shooting just 32.4 percent from the floor, 23.1 percent from 3-point range and 45.7 percent from the free throw line.
Series History
UNO leads the all-time series 1-0 after topping the Golden Lions, 67-63, last year in Pine Bluff. The Mavs fell behind by 11 early in the game and trailed by nine at halftime. But behind 66.7-percent shooting in the second half, the Mavs rallied for the four-point win over UAPB. Ericka House had 15 points.
Last Time Out
OMAHA, Neb. - The UNO women's basketball team used a decisive 15-4 run midway through the second half to grab control of a back-and-forth game and snatch a 76-62 win over Chicago State on Monday night at the Sapp Fieldhouse. Ericka House led UNO (2-2) with 19 points, while Mikaela Shaw had 12 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Sami Pawlak added 10 points, and Lanese Bough had eight points, nine rebounds and four assists. Freshman Madi Robson had nine assists and three steals to go with four points. UNO shot 52.5 percent (31-of-59) from the floor and 36.4 percent (8-of-22) from 3-point range. CSU was 34.4 percent (21-of-61) overall and 25.0 percent (5-of-20) from long distance. The Cougars stayed in the game courtesy of 21 free throw attempts, of which they made 15. The Mavs made all six of their attempts from the foul line.
Up Next
The Mavericks will spend Thanksgiving weekend in California. The Mavs play at Cal State Bakersfield next Saturday, Nov. 30 at 3 p.m. (CT). They will then visit Long Beach State on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 4 p.m. (CT). Those two games are part of an upcoming three-game road stretch.
Maverick Notes
• Since becoming a starter on Nov. 14, Madi Robson has recorded 19 assists and just one turnover in 65 minutes of playing time. In her two starts, she is averaging 6.5 points, 9.5 assists per game and 2.5 steals per game, and she leads The Summit League with 23 assists. Robson will be the Mavs' primary ball handler now that junior Brianna Bogard is out for the season with a knee injury suffered on Nov. 18. Robson's 5.8 assist-to-turnover ratio ranks first among all Summit League players.
• Ericka House ranks third in the conference in scoring at 14.8 points per game. The senior guard leads the league with 3.2 made 3-pointers per game.
• Lanese Bough has relished her role coming off the bench the past two games, putting up 7.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. Because of the injury to Bogard, she is likely to move back into the starting lineup.
• Freshman Mikaela Shaw ranks third in The Summit League with 8.8 rebounds per game. A valuable all-around player, Shaw also averages 9.3 points and 3.3 assists per game.
• Taijhe Kelly ranks first in The Summit League with 2.8 blocked shots per game. The Mavs as a team rank second with 4.5 blocked shots per game.
• Sami Pawlak leads The Summit League in field goal percentage at 77.8 percent. The freshman forward is 14-of-18 from the floor on the season and is 12-14 in the last two games. Pawlak is averaging 7.3 points per game in just 10.3 minutes per game off the bench.
Injury Bug Leaves Mavs Shorthanded
The Mavericks are down to just nine healthy players after season-ending injuries to guards Cathleen Cox and Brianna Bogard. Cox suffered a knee injury in the preseason and will miss the entire 2013-14 season. She re-injured the same knee that she did back in December 2012, which caused her to miss the final 21 games of 2012-13. Cox was one of only three returning players for the Mavericks entering this season, along with Taijhe Kelly and Ericka House. The Mavs were counting on big contributions from their class of eight newcomers, but that too took a bit of a blow when Bogard, a junior transfer from East Tennessee State, went down with a knee injury against Chicago State on Nov. 18. Bogard, who started each of the first four games at point guard and was leading the Mavs in scoring entering the Chicago State game at 14.3 ppg, will miss the rest of the season. True freshman Madi Robson will assume the starting point guard role.
Kelly is a Block Machine
Junior center Taijhe Kelly is climbing her way up the career blocked shots chart at UNO. Kelly has 128 career blocks to rank third in school history. She only needs one more blocked shot to move into a tie for second place. The school-record holder is Mary Henke-Anderson with 291 from 1979-83. Kelly swatted 74 shots in 2012-13, the third-highest single-season total in Maverick history. Only Henke-Anderson has had more blocked shots in a season (86 in 1980-81 and 75 in 1979-80). Kelly was first in The Summit League last season with her 2.6 blocks per game. Her 51 blocked shots in conference play were 26 more than the next closest competitor.
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