OWENS EXPRESS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
10-TIME OCCAC CHAMPIONS 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
6 NJCAA All-Americans --- 7 NJCAA National Tournament Appearances --- 2015 NJCAA Final 4
TODAY’S MATCHUP
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Welcome to this afternoon’s matchup between the No. 2 ranked Owens Express women’s basketball team and the visiting Hocking College Hawks (4-21 overall) of NelVS sonville, Ohio. While today’s game won’t be broadcast on ESPN, it will be still be streamed live on the athletic department’s YouTube page, which can be found by searching Owens Express Athletics. - Both teams are coming off games yesterday as Owens defeated Columbus State 90-77, while Hocking fell to Edison 86-72. Today’s matchup is a non-conference matchup as Hocking is a probationary member of the OCCAC. Thus, they play a full schedule against OCCAC teams, but the games do not count towards conference standings. - This will be just the second matchup all-time between the two teams. Owens defeated Hocking 109-36 on Jan. 7. - Owens enters today’s matchup having won 40 straight regular season games dating back to Jan. 6 of last seasonHead Coach: Head Coach: They’re also looking for a school record 10th 100-point Mike Llanas (13th Yr.) Ron Conner (1st Yr.) game this year. If they should do that, it would break the record set last year. Career Record: Career Record: - This year, Owens is scoring a nation best 94.0 PPG and allowing just 46.1 PPG, thus outscoring its opponents by 319-96 (.768) 4-21 (.160) 47.9 PPG. They have outscored their opponents by 1,245 points, which is 47 more than the total number of points Career OCCAC Record: Career OCCAC Record: they’ve given up. Their closest win was yesterday’s victory 139-29 (.826) 0-0 (---) over Columbus State. - On top of owning the nation’s top offense, Owens is leading the country in points (2,443), FG made/game (35.9), offensive RPG (21.4), total RPG (53.0), steals per game (18.4) and opponents FG percentage (28.5). PPG: Reese 13.9 PPG: McCollister 14.9 - This year, Owens has won 26 straight to open the season. RPG: Ivey 9.3 RPG: Jettinghoff 7.0 They own the nation’s top offense (94.1 PPG) and also lead APG: Pennington 5.1 APG: Merritt 3.1 the country in FGM/game (36.6), offensive RPG (22.0), SPG: Bethea 4.8 SPG: Merritt 3.1 total RPG (53.3) and opponents FG percentage (27.2). They BPG: Ivey 1.5 BPG: McCollister 0.3 are also among the top five in seven other team statistical FG%: Reese 53.6 FG%: Bray 43.2 categories. 3PT FG%: Cowan 44.1 3PT FG%: McCollister 33.7 FT %: Frost 85.7 FT %: McCollister 84.9 - Individually, Owens has four players ranked among the nation’s best - Ariel Bethea is second in the country in steals per game at 4.8; Essence Cowan is sixth in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage at 44.1; Brenda Pennington is 12th in assists per game at 5.1; and Jeryn Reese is 30th in field goal percentage at 53.6 percent. - In OCCAC play, Owens leads the conference in the following team categories - total points, PPG, FGM/game, FGA/game, 3-pt FGM/game, 3-pt FGA/game, offensive RPG, total RPG, rebounding margin, assists/game, steals/game, blocks/game, PPG allowed, opponents FG percentage and opponents 3-pt FG percentage. They are also second in FG, 3-pt FG and FT percentages. - Owens is now 71-1 at home, including 22 straight wins, since February of 2012. - The magic number for Owens to clinch at least a share of its fifth straight OCCAC championship is one. Thus, any combination of Owens wins or Cincinnati State losses that amount to one does the trick. Any combo of two gives it to Owens outright. - To view the schedule and results, along with links to recaps, photo albums and videos this year, visit OwensExpress.com and select women’s basketball from the sport dropdown. Once there, click on schedule/results dropdown and then the corresponding links will appear next to each game. You can follow live updates on Twitter by searching the handle @owensexpress, and you can find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter by searching Owens Express Athletics.
No. 2 OWENS
HOCKING COLLEGE
THE BASICS
STATISTICAL LEADERS
2016-17 Hocking College Hawks Roster No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown/High School 3 Brandy Merritt G So. 5-6 Barberton, OH / Nordonia 4 Alison Bray G So. 5-8 Corning, OH / Miller 20 Jena Cozad G So. 5-6 New Lexington, OH / New Lexington 22 Macy McCollister G So. 5-7 London, OH / Madison Plains 24 Randi Barker G So. 5-3 Bridgeport, OH / Bridgeport High School 42 Kylie Jettinghoff G So. 5-8 Delphos, OH / Fort Jennings HEAD COACH: Ron Conner (1st Year)
2016-17 RECORD IN DEPTH OVERALL RECORD: 26-0 OCCAC Region XII Home Away Neutral
13-0 21-0 14-0 11-0 1-0
2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS DATE
11/01 11/09 11/16 11/18 11/19 11/22 11/30 12/03 12/14 12/17 12/20 12/21 12/29 12/30 01/07 01/11 01/14 01/18 01/21 01/25 01/28 02/01 02/08 02/11 02/15 02/18 02/19 02/22 02/25 03/04 03/10 03/11 03/21 03/22 03/23 03/24 03/25
OPPONENT
RESULT
@ Mercyhurst North East W 86-40 WAYNE COUNTY W 122-46 @ No. 15 Schoolcraft W 81-42 @ No. 12 Kalamazoo Valley# W 75-55 Grand Rapids# W 92-34 LANSING W 107-55 No. 15 SCHOOLCRAFT W 92-50 MUSKEGON W 86-55 CUYAHOGA* W 86-51 @ No. 20 Sinclair* W 78-56 KELLOGG W 103-31 OAKLAND W 134-35 MACOMB W 78-45 JACKSON W 84-54 @ Hocking W 109-36 LORAIN COUNTY* W 108-23 @ Columbus State* W 104-60 EDISON* W 97-60 CLARK STATE* W 98-28 @ Lakeland* W 91-30 @ Cincinnati State* W 76-55 @ Cuyahoga* W 103-55 @ Lorain County* W 110-24 SINCLAIR* W 76-51 @ Edison* W 74-50 COLUMBUS STATE* W 90-77 HOCKING 3 PM LAKELAND* 5:30 PM @ Clark State* 1 PM CINCINNATI STATE* 1 PM District I Semifinals TBA District I Finals TBA NJCAA D-II Nationals TBA NJCAA D-II Nationals TBA NJCAA D-II Nationals TBA NJCAA D-II Nationals TBA NJCAA D-II Nationals TBA ALL CAPS - HOME GAMES * CONFERENCE GAMES # KVCC Classic @ KVCC ^ If necessary
2016-17 Owens Express Women’s Basketball Roster HEAD COACH: MIKE LLANAS ASSISTANT COACHES: STEPHEN PERRY, TIFFANI BLACKMAN
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#3 ESSENCE COWAN
- 11 or more points in 9 of the past 11 games - Eclipsed 300 points on the season vs Edison Feb. 15 - Has reached double figures in scoring in 20 of 26 games
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#5 COURIZMA WILLIAMS
- Eclipsed 200 career rebounds yesterday, 1 assist from 100 - Scored in every game this year (9.9 PPG, 5th on team) - Needs 26 pts for 600 in her career, would be 31st to do so
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#10 BRENDA PENNINGTON
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#12 HAILI MOSSING
- Now averaging 14.5 PPG per 40 minutes this year - 25 percent of her FGs are from 3-point range - Eclipsed 150 points this year in yesterday’s win
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#20 SYBIL ROSEBORO
- Has made at least one 3-pointer in 15 straight games - Scored at least three points in every game - Needs 43 points to reach 400 in her career
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#22 JERYN REESE
- Moved into program’s top 10 in career scoring vs Col. St. - Up to seven double-doubles this year, 21 in her career - Needs 43 rebounds to break career record
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#23 DENISSA SLY
- 12 games with at least two assists this year - Three games with at least 10 points - Has at least one rebound in every game this year
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#24 ARIEL BETHEA
- At least 16 pts this year eight times, including yesterday - Three or more steals in 20 of 26 games this year - Five rebounds away from 200 in her career
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#30 KAYLAH IVEY
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#32 OLIVIA FROST
5-6 Fr. Lima Senior/Lima, OH
5-10 So. Hughes/Cincinnati, OH
- Has at least one steal, four assists in 11 straight games 5-2 Fr. Bishop Noll Institute/Hammond, IN - Third on team in FG percentage (48.0) - 15 games with five or more assists
5-9 Fr. Evergreen/Metamora, OH
5-6 So. Elyria/Elyria, OH
6-0 So. Mansfield/Mansfield, OH
5-8 Fr. Northmont/Engelwood, OH
5-9 G Huron/Ann Arbor, MI
- 10 or more points 10 times this year after yesterday 6-1 Fr. Westerville South/Westerville, OH - Nine blocks over the past five games - Has at least one steal in 16 straight games - Has at least 2 points, 1 rebound in all 15 games played 6-0 Fr. North Baltimore/North Baltimore, OH - Four straight games without a turnover - Has at least one FG made in 14 of 15 games
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