Northern Colorado Women's Basketball 2015 NIT Tournament Capsule

Northern Colorado Bears
Big Sky (20-12, 12-6)

 

Big Wins: 1/22 Eastern Washington (64-56), 2/14 at Montana (52-51), 3/13 vs Sacramento State (81-79)
Bad Losses: 12/14 at Utah State (61-65), 1/31 at Weber State (52-59), 2/5 Northern Arizona (49-51)
Coach: Kamie Ethridge

Probable Starters:
Lindsay Mallon, Senior, Guard, 3.8 ppg, 4.3 apg
Kyleigh Hiser, Junior, Guard, 8.9 ppg, 1.4 apg
Savannah Scott, Freshman, Guard, 4.5 ppg, 1.7 apg
D’Shara Strange, Senior, Guard, 16.9 ppg, 3.0 apg, 8.9 rpg, 3.0 spg
Stephanie Lee, Senior, Forward/Center, 17.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 2.3 bpg

Key Roleplayers:
Kourtney Zadina, Sophomore, Forward, 7.2 ppg, 2.1 rpg
Katie Longwell, Sophomore, Guard, 2.1 ppg
Rebecca Howell, Junior, Forward/Center, 2.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 66.6 (125th in nation, 6th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 59.3 (71, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.8 (63, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 37.6 (75, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.3 (39, 3)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.2 (95, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 69.7 (144, 5)
Rebound Margin: 0.5 (168, 8)
Assists Per Game: 16.3 (25, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.4 (26, 2)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013    NIT    First Round win over Wyoming
2013    NIT    Second Round loss to St. Mary's
2012    NIT    First Round loss to Colorado
2011    WBI    First Round loss to Cal State Bakersfield

*all team stats through 3/5

 

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