OWENS EXPRESS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
11-TIME OCCAC CHAMPIONS 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
6 NJCAA All-Americans --- 7 NJCAA National Tournament Appearances --- 2015 NJCAA Final 4 --- 2016 NJCAA Elite 8
TODAY’S MATCHUP
NOTES
- Welcome to this afternoon’s regular season finale between your No. 2 Owens Express and the visiting Cincinnati State Surge. Both games of today’s doubleheader are being streamed on our YouTube page, which can be found by searching Owens Express Athletics. - Owens, which has already wrapped up its fifth consecutive outright OCCAC championship, can secure the first undefeated regular season in Owens athletics history with a win today. They are also looking to secure a third straight perfect OCCAC regular season. - Today will mark the 61st time these two rivals have met since 1992-93. Cincinnati State holds a 33-27 advantage in the series, due in large part to a 19-1 record from Jan. 15, 1999 to Jan. 6, 2007. Outside of that stretch, Owens holds a 26-14 record all-time. More recently, Owens has won 10 of the past 11 matchups, although many games have been close. That one loss? A 71-64 defeat in the district championship game on March 8, 2014. Owens is 92-9 since that loss. Head coach Mike Llanas is 14-15 all-time in the series. - Owens is looking for a regular season sweep of Cincinnati State after picking up a 76-55 victory on Jan. 28 behind a 25-9 second quarter, Brenda Pennington’s 18 second half points, Kaylah Ivey’s 15 rebounds and Jeryn Reese’s double-double. The team also shot 11Head Coach: Head Coach: for-21 from 3-point range to overcome a season-high 26 turnovers. - Aside from a perfect regular season, Owens also has four winning Mike Llanas (13th Yr.) Sonya Beeler (5th Yr.) streaks on the line today - a 24-game home winning streak that started Dec. 2, 2016, a 49-game regular season conference winning streak that started Feb. 8, 2014, a 43-game regular season winning Career Record: Career Record: streak that started Jan. 6 of last season, and a 31-game overall win323-96 (.771) 111-46 (.707) ning streak dating back to March 18 of last season. On top of that, Owens is 73-1 at home since February of 2012. In the team’s 106-17 win over Clark State on Feb. 25, Owens broke Career OCCAC Record: Career OCCAC Record: -the program’s single game record for fewest points allowed to go 142-29 (.830) 50-17 (.746) along with its single game offensive mark of 134 points scored on Dec. 21 vs Oakland. Furthermore, Owens has now recorded a single season record of 12 games with at least 100 points this year, and they are averaging a nation-best 94.9 PPG. - This year, along with its scoring average, Owens is allowing just 44.2 PPG, thus outscoring its opponents by 50.7 PPG. They have PPG: Reese 14.0 PPG: Moore 17.1 outscored its opponents by 1,470 points, which is 188 more than the RPG: Ivey 9.6 RPG: Gary 8.0 number of points its given up this year (1,282). APG: Pennington 5.0 APG: Gilbert 5.3 - As of today, Owens is leading the country in total points (2,752), SPG: Bethea 4.7 SPG: Moore 3.2 PPG (94.9), FG made/game (36.6), FG attempts/game (78.6), BPG: Ivey 1.4 BPG: Dickerson 0.6 offensive RPG (21.9), total RPG (53.7), steals/game (18.8) and FG%: Reese 54.5 FG%: Dickerson 49.3 opponents FG percentage (27.8). They are also among the top five 3PT FG%: Cowan 43.8 3PT FG%: Whitlock 42.9 in FG percentage (5th, 46.5), FT percentage (3rd, 74.4), defensive FT %: Sly 81.3 FT %: Harfield 92.3 RPG (4th, 31.8), assists/game (2nd, 22.3), blocks/game (4th, 6.2) and opponents 3-pt FG percentage (3rd, 21.1). - Owens sophomore forward Jeryn Reese, who recently moved into the top 10 in career scoring in program history, is 11 points away from 900 in her career - something only seven other players have achieved in program history. She is also just 12 rebounds shy of breaking Tammy Murphy’s career record of 663 set from 1996-98. - Another Owens sophomore, guard Ariel Bethea, leads the nation in steals/game at 4.9. She has already broken the program’s single season and career steal records this year. - 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
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CINCINNATI STATE
THE BASICS
STATISTICAL LEADERS
2016-17 Cincinnati State Surge Roster
No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. Hometown/High School 3 Lea Coulter 6-1 Fr. F Hughes/Cincinnati, OH 5 Takyra Gilbert 5-3 Fr. G Hamilton/Hamilton, OH 11 Dameras Whitlock 5-6 So. G Licking/Columbus, OH 14 Ashley Moore 5-4 Fr. G Felicity-Franklin, Felicity, OH 15 Tiarna Harfield 5-7 So. G Sacred Heart College/Adelaid, Australia 21 Chloe Baird 5-7 So. G Coventry/Akron, OH 22 Aliyah Thomas 5-5 So. G Hiram/Atlanta, GA 23 Bianca Lane 5-6 Fr. G James Gable Montessori/Cincinnati, OH 30 Cedrica Anderson 5-7 Fr. F East/Columbus, OH 32 Ashleigh Gary 5-10 Fr. F Central/Phenix City, AL 35 Jacie Dickerson 6-0 So. G Anderson/Anderson, IN 42 Nora Minter 6-1 Fr. C Hoban/Akron, OH HEAD COACH: Sonya Beeler (5th Year) ASSISTANT COACH: Tressie Lewis (1st Year)
2016-17 RECORD IN DEPTH OVERALL RECORD: 29-0 OCCAC Region XII Home Away Neutral
15-0 23-0 16-0 12-0 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 W 101-36 LAKELAND* W 102-31 @ Clark State* W 106-17 CINCINNATI STATE* 1 PM District I Semifinals 1 PM District I Finals ^ 12 PM 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 ^ Must advance to play
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
- 14.4 PPG past 5, including season-high 25 vs Clark St. - Four or more steals six times this season - 7th in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage (43.8)
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#5 COURIZMA WILLIAMS
- 3 pts from 600 + pts, 200 + rebounds, 100 + assists - 5 APG, 4.5 SPG over past two games - Needs nine steals to reach 100 in her career
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#10 BRENDA PENNINGTON
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#12 HAILI MOSSING
- 2nd on team in 3-pt FG percentage (34.8) - Has at least 5 reb. and 2 stl in three straight games - Averages 14.1 PPG per 40 minutes played
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#20 SYBIL ROSEBORO
- 13 games w/at least 9 points, averages 8.5 PPG - 5.1 RPG since Dec. 3 (3.1 RPG prior to that) - Needs 20 points to reach 400 in her career
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#22 JERYN REESE
- 889 career points, 20 points from seventh on career list - Has eight double-doubles this year, 22 in her career - Needs 12 rebounds to break career record set in 1997-98
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#23 DENISSA SLY
- Reached 10 + pts for fourth time vs Clark State - 7.3 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 3.7 APG, 4 SPG over past 3 games - Needs 10 more rebounds to reach 100 on the season
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#24 ARIEL BETHEA
- Leads nation in steals at 4.8 per game - 25.1 PPG/7.8 RPG/5.6 APG/8.8 SPG/2.2 BPG per 40 - 14 games with at least six steals this year
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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
- 4th on team in PPG (10.2), 1st in APG (5.0) 5-2 Fr. Bishop Noll Institute/Hammond, IN - Leads OCCAC in assists at 6.5 APG - One of two players on team (Sly) with 80 + FT %
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
- Double-doubles in 3 of past 5 games, 8 overall this year 6-1 Fr. Westerville South/Westerville, OH - Eight or more rebounds in nine of past 10 games - Averages 18.5 PPG/18.3 RPG per 40 minutes - At least 2 points in every game (5.7 PPG) 6-0 Fr. North Baltimore/North Baltimore, OH - Eclipsed 100 season points in win over Clark State - 4th on team in RPG at 4.3 per contest (tied w/Mossing)
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