Bearcats Travel Up I-75 to Battle Rival Dayton

Dec. 1, 2010

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THE GAME
The University of Cincinnati women's basketball team looks to improve to 6-0 when it travels to Dayton to renew its rivalry with the Flyers on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. in UD Arena.

THE SERIES
The Cincinnati-Dayton series is tied 23-23, but Dayton has won the last two affairs. UD captured a 59-56 win in Fifth Third Arena on Dec. 3, 2008. The Bearcats had won the previous seven meetings before dropping the last two.

THE COACH
Jamelle Elliott enters her second 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).

• Cincinnati is 5-0 for the first time since the 2006-07 season. The Bearcats have not started 6-0 since 2001-02, when they opened the year with 11 straight wins.
• The Bearcats have outrebounded their first five opponents by a +9.6 rebound per game margin.
• Cincinnati finished the 2009-10 season with a 12-18 overall record and a 4-12 mark in BIG EAST play.
• UC won a first-round game in the BIG EAST Championship for the second straight season, knocking off USF, 63-51, last season.
• Head coach Jamelle Elliott, the only BIG EAST head women's basketball coach to also play in the league, enters her second season on the Bearcats bench.
• Elliott spent 12 seasons as an assistant at Connecticut following a four-year playing career for the Huskies, where she won a combined six national championships as a player and coach.
• Senior guard Shareese Ulis is UC's leading scorer, averaging 14.4 points per game.
• Former BIG EAST all-Rookie Team member Shelly Bellman, who missed the 2009-10 season due to injury, has been granted a sixth year of eligibility.
• UC welcomes six newcomers, inlcuding ESPN Top 100 recruit Kayla Cook and Michigan transfer Dayeesha Hollins. Hollins will sit out the 2010-11 season due to NCAA transfer guidelines.
• Vanderbilt transfer Chanel Chisholm will be eligible this season after she sat out the 2009-10 season due to transfer guidelines.
• UC returns just 27 percent of its minutes played from 2009-10 as well as 28 percent of its scoring, 29 percent of its rebounding, and 38 percent of its assists.