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UC vs. Georgetown
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007
Time: 8 p.m. EST
Site: McDonough Arena (2,200)
Washington D.C.
Tickets: GUHoyas.comLive
Stats: GUHoyas.com
TV: None.
Radio: CATSVision (Tommy Gelehrter).
Series: UC leads, 3-0.
Last Meeting: UC 77, Georgetown 55 on Jan. 3, 2007 at Fifth Third Arena.
SETTING THE SCENE: Six games into its BIG EAST schedule the is in need of a conference win. The Bearcats have lost five of their last seven games, but hope to get back on a hot streak when they take on on Tuesday, Jan. 23 at McDonough Arena. Tip off for the BIG EAST battle is at 8 p.m. UC hopes to rebound from a 58-57 loss to Seton Hall on Jan. 20. The Hoyas have lost four of their last five contests and are 1-5 in the conference. also suffered a loss on Jan. 20, a 69-62, setback to DePaul.
STORY LINES:
w The game vs. will mark the 700th in UC head coach Laurie Pirtle's 25-year career.
w UC and have played two common opponents so far this season -- and DePaul. The Bearcats are 1-1 vs. these foes, while is 0-2--UC fell to No. 16 Louisville (12/14/06), 67-62, and the Hoyas also lost to the Cardinals (1/9/07), 57-54. downed No. 24 DePaul, 62-44 (1/14/07), while was edged, 69-62, by the Blue Demons.
w UC's two seniors, Treasure Humphries and Karen Twehues, are the only Bearcats to start all 18 games this season. Humphries leads the team in scoring (13.3), steals (42) and assists (82). Twehues leads the team in 3-point field goals made (37) and percentage (.410)
w The Bearcats need to get back on track from behind the arc. They started the season shooting well at a .331 clip after the first 13 games. Since then UC is shooting .167, which includes a 50 percent performance (10-of-20) vs. Notre Dame (1/10/07). The Bearcats were 1-of-14 in their last outing vs. Seton Hall (1/20/07).
w will bank on its skills on the boards. They are second in the BIG EAST in rebounding margin (+10.8) while is 13th (+0.0).
w Last season Treasure Humphries set a UC single-game record for assists with 14 against the Hoyas (1/25/06). Humphries has 25 career assists vs. the Hoyas. Michelle Jones hit the only 3-point field goal she has attempted in her career vs. in that same game. Shelly Bellman scored her second highest total, 26 points, vs. the Hoyas in that contest.
UC LAST TIME OUT: The had Seton Hall on the line, but the Pirates slipped through its grasps with a 58-57 BIG EAST win over UC Saturday at Fifth Third Arena. The Bearcats owned a 55-49 lead with 1:46 to play in the contest. UC committed five turnovers and fouled twice in that span. Heta Korpivaara, who scored a game-high 26 points, got the Pirates within one on a jumper with 17 seconds to play. Then came one of UC's turnovers and Ela Mukosiej sank the game-winner with eight ticks to go.
w The game was head coach Laurie Pirtle's 600th at .
w The Bearcats have had 20 or more turnovers in five of their last six games and are 1-4 in those five games.
w Shelly Bellman's 12 points and 11 rebounds mark the fifth time she has had a double-double this season and the sixth of her career. The 11 rebounds helped Bellman surpass the 300-rebound plateau in her career. She has 302.
w Treasure Humphries' four assists, extending her streak of games with at least one assist to 61.
w The Bearcats out rebounded Seton Hall, 44-30, making the Pirates the 16th of 18 teams UC has accomplished this feat against. Despite out rebounding the Pirates 16-7 on the offensive boards, UC only had nine second chance points, to SHU's two.
BEARCATS DATA
DOUBLING DOWN:
w Karen Twehues and Michelle Jones both registered a double-double vs. Xavier (1/17/07). Jones, accomplishing the feat for the second time in as many games, had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Twehues, notching the third of this season and in her career, had 12 points and 10 rebounds. The last time two Bearcat players had a twin double in the same game was Dec. 21, 2004 vs. Loyola Marymount when Anne Stephens scored 11 points and grabbed 11 boards, and Toni Slaughter had 16 points and 12 rebounds.
w Karen Twehues scored her first career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds against Alabama A&M (12/18/06). She blocked two shots, a career-high. She added her second career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against USF (1/6/07).
w Michelle Jones recorded a double-double in the season-opener against (11/10/06). She scored 11 points and nabbed 10 rebounds for her second career double-double. Jones tacked on her second double-double of the season with a game-high 19 points and a career-high 13 rebounds vs. No. 24 DePaul (1/14/07).
w Shelly Bellman has six career double-doubles, including five this season, most recently vs. Seton Hall (1/20/07) when she had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Against Notre Dame (1/10/07) she had 13 points, 10 rebounds and added seven assists. She had 14 points and 11 rebounds against St. Francis (11/22/06); 13 points and 13 rebounds against (11/28/06); and 17 points and 11 rebounds against Tennessee Tech (12/21/06). She also had seven assists, on the verge of getting UC's first triple-double since Jane Anne Preston in 1992.
BEARCATS ATTACK THE BOARDS:
w The Bearcats have won the battle of the boards in 16 of their 18 games this season. Only Top 25-ranked (12/14/06) and (12/28/06) have beaten UC in that category. owns a +10.8 rebounding margin this season, second in the BIG EAST. The UC single-season record is a +6.7 margin.
STEALS AND DEALS:
w Senior Treasure Humphries, who led the team in steals both her freshman and junior seasons, is pacing the team in thefts with 42. She has had multiple steals in 16 of 18 games this season.
w Humphries also leads the team in assists. She has had three or more assists in 16 of the Bearcats' 18 games. She is third in the BIG EAST with 4.56 per game. She had four assists against Seton Hall (1/20/07), extending her streak of games with at least one assist to 61.
DOUBLE OR NOTHING:
w Treasure Humphries is UC's leading scorer (13.3) and Shelly Bellman is the Bearcats' leading rebounder (7.2). Bellman averaged 19.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg and was named to the all-tournament team of the Mildred and Roger L. White Invitational (12/1-2/06), hosted by Northwestern. Both Bellman and Humphries have been named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll this season.
w Bellman has scored in double figures in all but three games she has played this season and in 29 of 46 career contests.
w The Bearcats have had at least three players score in double figures in every game except for one this season (only two vs. USF). The Bearcats have had five players score in double figures in four games this season; Cincinnati's 83-51 win over St. Francis (Pa.) (11/22/06), UC's 86-70 win over Tennessee Tech (12/21/06), a 94-82 loss to No. 23 Arkansas, and UC's BIG EAST home opening win over Georgetown, 77-55 (1/3/07).
"A" FOR ACCURACY:
w Sophomore Michelle Jones is shooting a team-high 53 percent from the field, 11th in the BIG EAST. She has converted on 92 of 174 attempts. She had career highs of 10 field goals made (10-of-13) and 24 points against Tennessee Tech (12/21/06). She was also a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line.
GETTING FLOOR TIME:
w Shelly Bellman leads the squad in playing time, seeing the floor 31.2 minutes a game. Treasure Humphries is second at 29.1. Angel Morgan is third on the team in average minutes played with 28.9. She played the entire 40 minutes and scored a career-high 18 points, vaulting UC to a 74-57 win over (11/28/06). The win gave head coach Laurie Pirtle her 300th at .
3-POINT THREAT:
w Senior Karen Twehues is third all-time at UC in career 3-point field goals with172. She leads the Bearcats in 3-point field goal percentage at 40 percent, seventh in the BIG EAST.
MOST IMPROVED:
w Junior Emy Ogide is averaging 5.7 points a game this season, more than doubling her career average coming into the season of 2.2 points. She had a career game in UC's 65-60 win over (11/16/06). The 6-2 junior forward came off the bench to score a game- and career-high 18 points, doubling her previous best of nine points set last year against on Feb. 21, 2006.
RECORD SHATTERED:
w UC broke a team record for 3-point field goals in a game in an 89-65 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Nov. 14. UC finished with 13 treys, including 10 in the first half.
STREAKING:
w The Bearcats extended their home-opener winning streak to 11 with the win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11/14/06).
STIFLING "D":
w has held 10 of its 18 opponents to 65 points or less and is averaging 65.9 points allowed this season. The Bearcats held No. 24 DePaul (1/14/07) to 44 points, a season low.
EARLY BIRDS:
w The Bearcats had their earliest season opener in school history, playing at on Nov. 10.
STARTING FRESH:
LOOKING AHEAD: The Bearcats will be home for back-to-back BIG EAST games. hosts No. 19 Marquette on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. The following Tuesday UC hosts No. 6 Connecticut on Jan. 30 at 7 p.m.