Bearcats Welcome Pirates to Fifth Third Arena

Feb. 10, 2011

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THE GAME
The University of Cincinnati women's basketball team returns to Fifth Third Arena to battle BIG EAST foe Seton Hall on Saturday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m. The game has been designated as UC's Pink Zone contest, a part of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Pink Zone initiative, a unified effort by the WBCA to raise breast cancer awareness in campus communities and beyond.

THE SERIES
The Bearcats lead the all-time series, 3-2. UC has won the last two meetings, including a 64-47 victory at Walsh Gymnasium on Jan. 23, 2010. This will be UC's first matchup against first-year SHU head coach Anne Donovan.

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).

• UC will wear pink jerseys, shooting shirts, and other apparel for the annual Pink Zone game in support of breast cancer awareness.
• Senior guard Shareese Ulis is UC's leading scorer, averaging 14.1 points per game, which is ninth in the BIG EAST. She has scored in double figures in all but four games this season.
• Ulis has knocked down a three-pointer in each game this season and 24 straight games dating to 2009-10.
• Cincinnati has dressed only seven players in each of the last five games due to injury.
• The Bearcats start two freshmen, a sixth-year senior, a first-year junior college transfer, and a second-year junior college transfer.
• 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.
• Cincinnati started the season 5-0 for the first time since the 2006-07 season before falling at Dayton on Dec. 2.
• UC went 1-1 at the Maggie Dixon Surf N Slam Classic, topping Hofstra after falling to No. 23/rv Texas.