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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
NOTES
- Welcome to this evening’s matchup between your No. 3 Owens Express and the visiting Jackson Jets. Tonight’s game will be uploaded to our YouTube page, which you can find by searching Owens Express Athletics, following the conclusion of the game. - Jackson enters tonight’s game with a 5-4 record. They defeated two common opponents of Owens - Schoolcraft twice and Macomb once. - Tonight’s matchup marks just the third time these two teams have met, and the teams have split the previous two meetings - both at Owens. The most recent matchup resulted in an 83-51 Owens win on Dec. 19, 2009, and Jackson won 62-60 on Dec. 17, 2008. - With its win over Oakland on Dec. 21, Owens broke the 2010-11 team’s record for the best single season start in program history. - Owens has now won its first 13 games by an average Head Coach: Head Coach: of 48.3 PPG. Furthermore, they have outscored their Mike Llanas (13th Yr.) Heather Brown (2nd Yr.) opponents by 628 points, which is 33 more than the total number of points they’ve allowed this year. They have not won a game by fewer than 22 points, and they are averagCareer Record: Career Record: ing 94.1 PPG, which is second in the nation. 306-96 11-27 - Owens is now 66-1 at home since February of 2012. - Owens has now won 27 consecutive regular season Career OCCAC Record: Career MCCAC Record: games dating back to Jan. 6 of last season. That is just three short of breaking the program’s longest winning 128-29 4-12 streak record, which is currently held by the 2014-15 team, which won its final 29 games after losing the season opener. - Owens has the following players in the top 25 in statistical categories - Ariel Bethea is 9th in steals at 4.2 per PPG: Bethea 13.8 PPG: Palmer 13.3 game, and Essence Cowan is 25th in assist/turnover ratio RPG: Ivey 9.2 RPG: Palmer 9.0 at 2.8. APG: Pennington 4.3 APG: Glass 3.0 SPG: Bethea 4.1 SPG: Blough 1.7 - As a team, Owens is in the top 10 in the nation in the BPG: Troike 2.0 BPG: Palmer 1.3 following statistical categories - points per game (2), FG%: Reese 54.3 FG%: Palmer 51.9 blocks (7), assists (4), rebounds (2), defensive rebounds 3PT FG%: Cowan 42.5 3PT FG%: Underhile 53.3 (3), offensive rebounds (4), FT percentage (5), FT made FT %: Troike 88.2 FT %: Blough 86.2 (3), FG made (5) and FG percentage (9). - Owens broke five school records in the big win over Oakland last week - most points in a game (134), most points in a half (67), most field goals made (49), fewest fouls in a game (4) and largest margin of victory (99). - Owens enters today with a 36-game regular season winning streak in conference play, although today is a non-league game. - 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. 3 OWENS
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JACKSON
THE BASICS
STATISTICAL LEADERS
2016-17 Jackson Jets Roster
No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. Hometown 1 Alana Phillips FR F 6-0 Detroit, Mi 2 Alyssa Phillips FR F 6-1 Detroit, Mi 3 Sydney Brown FR G 5-6 Port Huron, MI 4 Kaddisy Blough SO G 5-3 Jackson, MI 5 Te’Aisha Randolph FR G 5-6 Flint, MI 10 Kristin Montecinos SO G/F 5-7 Michigan Center, MI 11 Zoe Glass FR G 5-7 Mason, MI 14 Anastasia Ramos FR G/F 5-7 Grand Rapids, MI 24 Danielle Maxson SO G 5-6 Napoleon, MI 30 Riley Raburn FR G 5-6 Horton, MI 32 Tessa Staggemeier SO F 5-9 Napoleon, MI 33 Taylor Johnson FR F 6-1 Jackson, MI 34 Chelsea Palmer FR F 6-0 Brooklyn, MI 42 Kelsey Underhile FR G/F 5-7 Stockbridge, MI HEAD COACH: Heather Brown (2nd Season) ASSISTANT COACH: Tashia Pratt (1st Season)
2016-17 RECORD IN DEPTH OVERALL RECORD: 13-0 OCCAC Region XII Home Away Neutral
2-0 11-0 8-0 4-0 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 02/04 02/08 02/11 02/15 02/18 02/22 02/25 03/04 03/07 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 5:30 PM @ Hocking 1 PM LORAIN COUNTY* 5:30 PM @ Columbus State* 1 PM EDISON* 5:30 PM CLARK STATE* 1 PM @ Lakeland* 5:30 PM @ Cincinnati State* 1 PM @ Cuyahoga* 5:30 PM HOCKING 1 PM @ Lorain County* 5:30 PM SINCLAIR* 1 PM @ Edison* 5:30 PM COLUMBUS STATE* 1 PM LAKELAND* 5:30 PM @ Clark State* 1 PM CINCINNATI STATE* 1 PM District I Quarterfinals^ 5:30 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 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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#00 KAMRYN TROIKE
- Missed the team’s past tfour games - Leads team in FT percentage at 88.2 - Double digit scoring in four games
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#3 ESSENCE COWAN
- 19 PPG over past three contests - Made at least one 3-pointer in all but two games - Now 2nd on the team in scoring at 13.0 PPG
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#5 COURIZMA WILLIAMS 5-10 So. Hughes/Cincinnati, OH
- Averaging 15.8 PPG over past four, all in double figures - Exactly 2 defensive rebounds in past six games - Reached season-high 3 steals three times
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#10 BRENDA PENNINGTON
- Season-high 20 pts vs Macomb, 5th time w/10 or more
6-4 Fr. St. Wendelin/Fostoria, OH
5-6 Fr. Lima Senior/Lima, OH
5-2 Fr. Bishop Noll Institute/Hammond, IN - Team-high in assists, season-high 9 vs Cuyahoga
- Season-high 5 offensive rebounds vs Macomb
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#12 HAILI MOSSING
- Has five or more rebounds in five straight games - Eight or more points in four of past five games - 24 points away from 100 this year
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#20 SYBIL ROSEBORO
- Three games with 10 or more points, high of 14 Dec. 21 - Tied season-high w/8 rebounds each of past two games - Nine games with at least 2 steals, including last night
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#22 JERYN REESE
- 650 career points - 5 pts away from program’s top 25 - Eight games with at least 14 points this year - Produced 2nd career 20 rebound game against Oakland
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#23 DENISSA SLY
- Missed team’s past five games - Third on team in offensive rebounds at 2.0 per game - Fourth on team in assists at 2.3 per game
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#24 ARIEL BETHEA
- Team’s leading scorer, double digits in all but 3 games - Sits at 448 career points, 151 career steals - Produced fifth game w/at least six steals last night
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#30 KAYLAH IVEY
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#32 OLIVIA FROST
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
- Has 5 or more rebounds in 11 of 13 games 6-1 Fr. Westerville South/Westerville, OH - Eight or more points in eight of 13 games - Has reached at least 22 minutes played in 5 straight - Missed team’s past five games
6-0 Fr. North Baltimore/North Baltimore, OH - Has 1 reb, 1 ast and 1 steal in 5 of 7 games played
- 3rd on team in FT percentage at 87.5
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