Women's Basketball 12/30/15

Women's Basketball Notes: Pioneers Travel to Michigan for Two GLIAC Contests

Tara Schaffter set a career-high with five assists in a win over Ohio Valley

The Malone University women's basketball team will begin 2016 on the road as the Pioneers travel to Michigan to meet Saginaw Valley State University on Saturday, January 2nd at 1:00 pm before squaring off with Hillsdale College on Sunday, January 3rd at 2:00 pm.

Multimedia:
Live Video (SVSU): http://svsucardinals.com/video/Live_Events
Live Stats (SVSU): http://www.gliac.org/sports/wbkb/2015-16/boxscores/20160102_cvhp.xml
Live Video (Hillsdale): http://hillsdalestreaming.sidearmsports.com/watch/?Live=80
Live Stats (Hillsdale): http://www.gliac.org/sports/wbkb/2015-16/boxscores/20160103_nten.xml

2015-16 Rosters
Malone | Saginaw Valley | Hillsdale

2015-16 Statistics
Malone | Saginaw Valley | Hillsdale

2015-16 Records
Malone 4-5 (1-3 GLIAC) | Saginaw Valley 5-4 (2-2 GLIAC) | Hillsdale 5-3 (2-2 GLIAC)

All-Time Series:
Malone is 2-3 all-time against both teams
The Pioneers defeated SVSU 60-54 but fell to Hillsdale 72-67 last season.

Malone Notes:

The Pioneers come in scoring 66.8 points per game while leading the conference in three-pointers attempted (26.6)...the Pioneers are cashing in on 8.8 three-point tries per game
Malone is committing the second fewest turnovers in the conference (13.3 to/g)
The Pioneers are second in the GLIAC in blocks per game (5.1)...the disciplined defensive unit is ranked number one in the nation in fewest personal fouls, committing just 13.2 per ball game
The Pioneers are led by junior guard Rachel Goddard who is 8th in the GLIAC in scoring (14.7 ppg) and 5th in assists (4.0)...Goddard is currently 2nd in all of NCAA DII with a 4.0 assist-to-turnover ratio (36:9)
Reigning GLIAC South Player of the Week Bri Libertore leads the squad in rebounding with 6.6 boards per night...her 21-rebound effort in Malone's last game ranked as the school's third-best all-time single-game total
Senior forward Tara Schaffter is scoring a 11.0 ppg...she has reached double-digits in six of nine games this season
Freshman guard Chrissie Vaughan, who missed the last two games because of injury, is expected to return for the Pioneers...Vaughan, averaging 11.0 ppg, scored 25 in her last game against Lake Superior State
Lexie Pittinger and Natalie Nickol, filling in for injured starters Vaughan and Audrey Myers, each recorded career-highs in Malone's 71-50 victory over Ohio Valley University on December 19th, finishing with 12 and 10 points respectively

Saginaw Valley State Notes:

Defensively, the Cardinals are holding teams to the third lowest scoring ouptut in the GLIAC (60.7 ppg) and are limiting opponents to just 37.2% shooting from the field ...their opponents' 21.7% three-point shooting percentage ranks 7th lowest in the nation
Offensively, SVSU is scoring 71.0 points per night on the GLIAC's 4th best field goal percentage (44.2)
2014-15 All-GLIAC Second Team honoree Emily Wendling is 1st in the conference in scoring (19.8 ppg), 2nd in FG percentage (62.0), 5th in rebounds (9.4 rpg), and 9th in blocks (1.2 bpg)...the defending GLIAC North Player of the Week is 21st in NCAA DII in scoring and 7th in shooting percentage
Freshman forward Halee Nieman, who has recorded three 20+ point outings, is second on the team with 11.7 points per game
Through eight games, freshman guard Anna Hall (8.8 ppg) leads the team with 24 assists and is 7th in the GLIAC with 22 steals
The Cardinals downed Lake Erie 84-54 in their last game...Wendling and Nieman each tallied 21 markers

Hillsdale Notes

The Chargers come in ranked number one in the GLIAC in FG attempts per game (65.9), rebounds (46.7) and offensive rebounds (17.8)...they are 2nd in rebounding margin (+7.9) and steals (12.5)
Hillsdale is currently 8th in NCAA DII in total rebounds, 9th in offensive rebounds, 12th in steals, and 22nd in rebounding margin
The Charger's substitution-heavy rotation features just one player with over 20 minutes per game and 14 players averaging at least 10 minutes per game
Allie Dittmer (5.9 rpg), Kayla Geffert (5.1 rpg), and Maddy Reed (4.9 rpg) lead the rebounding charge
Reed (7.4 ppg), Geffert (7.4 ppg) and freshman Makenna Ott (7.8) spearhead the scoring effort
Junior guard Becca Scherting, the only player averaging over 20 minutes a game (20.4 mpg), is scoring 6.1 points a night and leads the team with 3.6 assists and 2.3 steals per contest
Hillsdale is coming off a 63-53 victory over Lake Erie on December 12th, Reed led all scorers with 18