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Bearcats Look To Get Back On Winning Track at Seton Hall

Bearcats Look To Get Back On Winning Track at Seton Hall

Bearcats Look To Get Back On Winning Track at Seton HallBearcats Look To Get Back On Winning Track at Seton Hall

Jan. 21, 2010

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THE GAME
The University of Cincinnati women's basketball team returns to New Jersey for the second weekend in a row to take on Seton Hall on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. in Walsh Gymnasium. The Bearcats, 8-9 overall and 1-4 in BIG EAST play, have lost two straight after picking up their first BIG EAST win against St. John's on Jan. 10.

THE SERIES
The Cincinnati-Seton Hall series is tied 2-2. The Bearcats defeated the Pirates, 72-62, in Fifth Third Arena on Jan. 17, 2009. Shanasa Sanders scored a career-high 25 points with nine rebounds and four assists against SHU last season and earned BIG EAST Rookie of the Week honors following the contest.

THE COACH
Jamelle Elliott enters her first season as a head coach, taking over the Cincinnati program after 12 years as an assistant coach at Connecticut, her alma mater. She was a six-time national champion with the Huskies, including helping UConn to its first championship as a student-athlete in 1995. One of the most accomplished players in the distinguished history of the Connecticut program, Elliott finished her career ranked No. 2 among UConn's all-time rebounding leaders (1,054), No. 5 in BIG EAST career rebounding (558), and No. 11 in UConn career scoring (1,387).

  • UC won its first BIG EAST game of the season against St. John's on Jan. 10. The win snapped a 14-game BIG EAST regular-season losing streak that dated back to Jan. 17, 2009.
  • Senior guard Kahla Roudebush is moving up on the UC career scoring and three-point charts. She is now 11th in scoring (1,264) and fourth in threes made (175).
  • In her last three games against Georgetown, Roudebush has averaged 23.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and has knocked down 16 three-pointers.
  • Senior forward Michelle Jones is also approaching and passing milestones this season. She reached the 500 rebound plateau against Valparaiso and passed 900 career points at Rutgers.
  • UC has outrebounded opponents, 34.3-33.0, this season.
  • UC shot 24-of-27 from the free throw line against Valparaiso, the most made free throws since knocking down 24-of-35 against USF on Jan. 15, 2006.
  • The Bearcats allowed just 13 points in the second half against Dartmouth, the fewest an opponent has scored in a half since Savannah State tallied 13 in the first on Nov. 29, 2008.
  • UC forced 24 turnovers against Dartmouth, the most since causing 24 at Georgetown on Jan. 23, 2007.
  • The Bearcats were runners up at the 2009 Great Alaska Shootout, falling to host Alaska Anchorage in the final.
  • Against Furman, UC posted 47 points in the first half, its highest scoring first half since since pouring in 51 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Nov. 14, 2006.

LAST TIME OUT

  • Kahla Roudebush matched a season high with 25 points, but the University of Cincinnati women's basketball team dropped a 60-56 decision to No. 19/18 Georgetown on Jan. 19 in Fifth Third Arena.
  • Roudebush was 7-of-13 from the field and hit a season-high five threes. In her last three games against Georgetown, she has scored 25, 25, and 21 points.
  • Shareese Ulis scored 10 points and added three assists and three rebounds for the Bearcats (8-9, 1-4 BIG EAST).
  • Michelle Jones chipped in nine points and five boards.
  • Monica McNutt scored a career-high 26 points, including knocking down 8-of-12 from three-point range to pace the Hoyas (16-2, 5-0), who extended their school-record winning streak to 15 games.
  • The Bearcats held Sugar Rodgers, the BIG EAST's leading scorer, to 15 points, four below her season average.

BIG EAST HONORS

  • Senior Kahla Roudebush was named to the preseason all-BIG EAST team prior to the season.
  • Following the 2008-09 season, Roudebush earned second-team all-BIG EAST honors and Shanasa Sanders was named to the league's all-Freshman team. Jill Stephens was named the BIG EAST Scholar Athlete of the Year for 2008-09.

ROUDEBUSH CRASHING RECORD BOOKS

  • Senior sharpshooter Kahla Roudebush has made her mark on the UC record books during her career with her scoring and three-point shooting.
  • Roudebush is second in school history in career three-point percentage, fourth in three-pointers, and fifth in three-point attempts.
  • She also ranks in the Top 10 in career free throw percentage.
  • Roudebush became the 23rd player in school history to score 1,000 career points and is currently 11th on the school's scoring list with 1,264 points.
  • She has scored in double figures in 59 of her last 75 games and has 21 career 20-point games. She was held under 10 points in back-to-back games (at Indiana, vs. Detroit) for the first time in 62 games, spanning three seasons.
  • Roudebush has put her name in the single season record books in each of the last two seasons. She is in the Top 10 in minutes played (1,095, 2008-09), three-point field goals (70, 2008-09; 66, 2007-08), three-point field goal attempts (177, 2008-09), three-point field goal percentage (.398, 2007-08; .395, 2008-09).
  • Last season, Roudebush averaged 38.5 minutes per contest, which led the BIG EAST and ranked No. 8 in the nation. She averages 35.4 minutes this year, which is third in the BIG EAST.
  • Roudebush missed the bulk of the 2006-07 season with shoulder and knee injuries.

HOYA PARANOIA

  • BIG EAST foe Georgetown has brought out the best in Kahla Roudebush.
  • In her last three games against Georgetown, Roudebush has averaged 23.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and has knocked down 16 three-pointers.
  • She shot 21-of-42 (.500) from the floor, 16-of-29 (.552) from three-point range, and 13-of-15 (.867) from the free throw line in those three contests.
  • Roudebush hit a career-high seven triples at GU on Feb. 11, 2009.

AGAINST RANKED TEAMS

  • UC is 8-62 all-time against ranked teams.
  • The Bearcats are 0-3 all-time against No. 1 teams. UC lost at No. 1/1 UConn on Jan. 7, 2010 and Jan. 19, 2008, and at home against the No. 1/1 Huskies on Jan. 24, 2009.
  • The Bearcats knocked off No. 21/23 Xavier, 65-55, on Dec. 6, 2008.
  • The Bearcats are 0-3 against ranked opponents this season, falling at No. 9/10 Xavier on Dec. 7, at No. 1/1 UConn on Jan. 7, and at home against No. 19/18 Georgetown on Jan. 19.

BIG BEAST OF A LEAGUE

  • The Bearcats have started the conference season with a 1-4 record, but the opposition has been some of the best in the country.
  • Cincinnati's first five BIG EAST opponents are a combined 60-10, an .857 winning percentage.
  • UC lost to a pair of Top 20 teams in No. 19/18 Georgetown and top-ranked Connecticut.
  • The other two losses came on the road at Rutgers and against defending national runner-up Louisville.

DEFENSE A STRENGTH

  • The Bearcats are allowing opponents just 56.6 points per game, which ranks seventh in the BIG EAST and 29th in the nation.
  • The Bearcats have held seven opponents to 50 points or less and No. 1/1 UConn's 83 points are the most that UC has allowed this season - 14 more than the next most (69 at No. 9/10 Xavier).

MINUTE EATERS

JACOBS LADDER

  • Junior Carla Jacobs has been a consistent offensive threat for the Bearcats all season.
  • She is averaging 10.1 points per game while shooting .333 (22-of-66) from three-point range and .828 (48-of-58) from the free throw stripe.
  • Jacobs is third on the team with 41 assists and averages 4.6 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game.
  • She ranks in the Top 10 in the BIG EAST in free throw percentage (5th, .828).
  • Shooting .912 (31-of-34) from the charity stripe over the last eight games.

MICHELLE IN THE POST

  • The Bearcats lone experienced post player, Michelle Jones looks to thrive under the tutelage of Elliott, who coached seven all-Americans while an assistant at Connecticut.
  • Jones passed the 500 career rebound plateau against Valparaiso and passed 900 career points at Rutgers.
  • Jones posted her fifth career double-double and her first since Jan. 17, 2007, with 17 points and 12 rebounds against Butler.
  • She is averaging 9.2 points, 6.7 rebounds per game, while shooting at a .538 clip from the floor.
  • Jones ranks fith in UC history, shooting .504 from the floor during her career.
  • She is seventh in the BIG EAST in field goal percentage, shooting .538, and also ranks seventh in minutes at 34.8.

REBOUNDS A KEY

  • UC is 5-2 this season when outrebounding its opponent.
  • Conversely, the Bearcats are just 3-6 when being outrebounded by opponents.
  • UC is averaging 34.3 boards per game and holding opponents to just 33.0 per game, a 1.3 per game margin.
  • The Bearcats owned the glass at the Great Alaska Shootout, winning the rebounding battle by a combined 81-61 count.

FRESH(MAN) CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Freshman Daress McClung earned her first career start against Kentucky on Dec. 4, scoring nine points with seven rebounds.
  • She grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds in the opener against Furman and scored 12 points with eight rebounds at Indiana.
  • She blocked a shot in each of UC's first four games and is averaging 0.9 blocks per contest.
  • She averages 6.3 points and 5.3 rebounds and has accumulated 14 blocks, 20 steals, and 23 assists.