SCHLEMIEL! SCHLIMAZEL! HASENPFEFFER INCORPORATED: After a week off, Seattle University heads to Milwaukee to face the Panthers. This is the return game from UW Milwaukee participating in the Seattle U Thanksgiving Tournament two seasons ago. The Redhawks look to continue the solid play they showed at the end of the BYU game as well as throughout their last road contest, a victory at UC Irvine.
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP
Seattle University
- G: #1 Sylvia Shephard - 5-10 - So. - 6.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 1.2 spg
- G: #5 Elle Kerfoot - 5-7 - Sr. - 8.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 2.95 apg
- G: #11 Talisa Rhea - 5-11 - Sr. - 13.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 5.5 apg
- F: #14 Ashley Ward - 5-11 - So. - 11.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 85.1% FT
- C: #41 Kacie Sowell - 6-2 - So. - 13.9 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 60.2% FG
THE BYU GAME: Seattle University hung with 23rd-ranked BYU for a while, but solid offense by the Cougars as well as tough shooting night for the Redhawks led to a 69-55 BYU victory last Wednesday night at the Connolly Center in Seattle, Wash. Ashley Ward continued her offensive roll, leading all players with 18 points, including 13 points in the first half to keep the Redhawks within striking distance. Kacie Sowell notched her 10th double-double of the season with 15 points and 16 rebounds, 10 of those offensive boards, while Talisa Rhea added 11 points to the Redhawk effort. As a team, Seattle U shot just 28.6 percent (18-of-63) from the field, including 5-of-23 from behind the three-point line. BYU shot 50 percent (27-of-54) from the field, including 8-of-19 from the free throw line. However, the Redhawks won the rebounding battle, 39-38, including 19 offensive boards, and committed only two turnovers after halftime.
CENTRALLY LOCATED: This is the second of three trips to the Central time zone for Seattle U this season.
SCOUTING UW MILWAUKEE: The Panthers come into Wednesday's game with a 6-13 overall record after splitting its Indiana road trip over the weekend, defeating Valparaiso, 55-47, before losing to Butler, 76-63. Milwaukee is scoring 60.1 points per game and giving up 68.1 points per contest. As a team, the Panthers are shooting 38.8 percent from the field, including 27.8 percent from behind the three-point line, and 64.3 percent from the free throw line. Courtney Lindfors leads the team in scoring with 13.3 points per game, plus she has a team-high 33 blocked shots. Sami Tucker is contributing 11.4 points as well as a team-high 7.4 rebounds per game, while Angela Rodriguez is averaging 10.4 points per game thanks in part to a team-high 36 made three-pointers.
SEATTLE U VS. UW MILWAUKEE: On Nov. 29, 2009, the final day of the 2009 Seattle U Thanksgiving Tournament, the Redhawks defeated the Panthers, 68-63, to earn Joan Bonvicini's first victory as Seattle U head coach. Ashley Brown hit five three-pointers as she led the Redhawks with 23 points, plus she pulled down six rebounds. Maggie McCarthy, the only player on the current active roster to play in that game, finished with 14 points, eight rebounds, six assists, and two steals.
SEEING DOUBLE: Kacie Sowell has scored in double figures in every game so far this season. Sowell has notched 10 double-doubles through the first 21 games of the 2011-12 campaign, tied for 15th in the country in double-doubles. Talisa Rhea has reached double figures in scoring in 18 games, including 15 of the last 16 contests. Rhea is the only other player on the Seattle U roster to notch a double-double this season, as she has two, including one Jan. 14 against Chicago State that featured 11 points and 11 assists. Ashley Ward has reached double figures in 12 games so far this season, including back-to-back career performances of 20 points at Pacific and at UC Irvine.
NATIONAL RANKINGS: Kacie Sowell is fifth in the nation in field goal percentage, hitting 60.2 percent of her field goal attempts. By hitting 85.1 percent of her free throw attempts, Ashley Ward is 47th in Division I in free throw percentage, while Talisa Rhea is tied for 23rd in the country in assists per game (5.5).
THREE-POINT QUEEN: With a three-pointer in the first minute of the second half Jan. 14 against Chicago State, Elle Kerfoot became Seattle University's all-time leader in made three-pointers, passing the previous mark of 168 set by Ashley Payne from 2003 to 2007. Currently with 176 made three-pointers over the past four seasons, Kerfoot needs 21 points to become the 11th player in program history to score 1,000 career points.