Women's Basketball 12/09/15

Women's Basketball Notes: Pioneers Begin Conference Home Schedule

Senior Bri Libertore leads the Pioneers with 4.7 rebounds a game.

The Malone University women's basketball team will begin the home portion of their Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC) schedule this week when the Pioneers welcome Lake Superior State University (MI) on Thursday and Northwood University (MI) on Saturday.

Matches:
Dec. 10 - Malone vs. Lake Superior State 6:00 pm
Dec. 12 - Malone vs. Northwood 1:00 pm

Media:
Live Stats (LSSU): http://www.gliac.org/sports/wbkb/2015-16/boxscores/20151210_bar5.xml
Live Stats (NU): http://www.gliac.org/sports/wbkb/2015-16/boxscores/20151212_63u8.xml
Live Video (both games): http://livestream.com/maloneuniversity

2015-16 Rosters
Malone | Lake Superior St | Northwood

2015-16 Statistics
Malone | Lake Superior St | Northwood

2015-16 Records as of December 10th
Malone 2-4 (0-2 GLIAC) | Lake Superior St 2-4 (1-1 GLIAC) | Northwood 5-3 (1-1 GLIAC)

Last Season's Records
Malone: 8-18 overall, 6-16 GLIAC
Lake Superior State: 7-19, 3-19 GLIAC
Northwood: 18-11, 14-8 GLIAC

All-Time Series
The Pioneers are 2-2 all-time against each school

Malone Notes:

Offensively, the Pioneers are scoring 66.5 points a night...they lead the conference in 3-pointers attempted (28.2) and 3-pointers made (10.0)
Malone is commiting the fewest personal fouls per game (13.2) and the 2nd fewest turnovers (12.3) in the GLIAC
In its most recent game, Malone lost to Northern Michigan 61-59 despite scoring 28 points in the 4th quarter...junior guard Rachel Goddard and freshman forward Naomi Grandison combined for 25 of those 28 points
Goddard currently sits 9th in the GLIAC with 15.3 points per game...in addition to her 4.5 rebounds a night, she is 4th in the GLIAC in threes (15) and assist to turnover ratio (4.6)...she leads the team with 23 assists
Grandison scored a team-high 18 points and pulled down a team-high 9 rebounds at Northern Michigan
Senior forward Tara Schaffter is scoring 9.2 points per game to go along with her 3.8 boards an outing
Freshman guard Chrissie Vaughan (8.7ppg) has a team high 14 steals...she is 9th in the GLIAC with 2.3 steals per game
Senior forward Bri Libertore leads the Pioneers on the glass, averaging 4.7 rebounds a night

Lake Superior State Notes:

The Lakers are coming off a 55-40 victory over Wayne State (MI)... they held the Warriors to just 28.7 % shooting including 14.3% (3-21) from three
LSSU is 2nd in the GLIAC in both opponents' points per game (56.5) and opponents' three-point percentage (21.3)
Junior guard Mackenzie Edwards leads the team with 9.7 points an outing...she averages 1.5 steals a game
Center Tamara Novic (8.8 ppg) is averaging a team-high 4.8 rebounds in just over 20 minutes per contest coming off the bench
Senior point guard Megan Manninen leads the GLIAC with 4.3 assists per game...she leads the team in steals (1.8 per game)
In their last two games, the Lakers are 18-49 from beyond the arc...they are 4th in the conference in attempted threes (22.5 per game)
In last season's meeting, LSSU beat Malone 62-57

Northwood Notes:

Northwood lost to Findlay 81-75 in their last game...they are 5th in the GLIAC, averaging 74.5 points per game
The Timberwolves lead the conference in free throws attempted (28.4) and free throws made (20.4)...they are 6th in rebounds (39.9) and blocks (3.3)
The offense features three players in the top-11 in the GLIAC in scoring
Junior forward Jordyn Nurenberg is 4th in the GLIAC averaging 16.4 points a game...through eight games, she leads the conference in made FT (47-66), offensive rebounds (38), defensive rebounds (50), and total rebounds (88)...she is 3rd in the conference in blocks (12)
Senior forward Lauren Robak, a 2014-15 All-GLIAC Second Team selection, is 7th in the GLIAC in scoring (15.8 ppg)...she is 2nd in free throws made (37-41)...she is third in FT % (90.2)
Sophomore guard Maddy Seely is pouring in 14.5 points per contest...she is 2nd in the conference in made three-pointers (18)
Northwood toppled Malone 70-46 in last season's meeting...Robak led all scorers with 18