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Women's Basketball Hosts Holy Cross

2/13/2001 - Women's Basketball
Women's Basketball Hosts Holy Cross

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GAME INFORMATION

Navy will open a brief two-game homestand Wednesday when the Midshipmen play host to Holy Cross in a 4:15 p.m. game at Alumni Hall.

The Mids enter the contest with a Patriot League record of 3-5, while the Crusaders are undefeated through nine league contests.

This will be the second meeting of the season between the two teams. Holy Cross defeated Navy, 78-63, Jan. 20 in Worcester, Mass.

PROBABLE NAVY STARTERS

P # Name Yr. Ht. Hometown PPG RPG

G 11 Maile Shimoda Fr. 5-7 Orange, Calif. 10.6 *2.9

G 21 Courtney Davidson Fr. 5-9 New Oxford, Pa. 11.1 2.5

F 14 Jennifer Bombinski Sr. 5-10 Englewood, Fla. 9.7 5.8

F 40 Kate Maslowski Fr. 6-2 Hopkins, Minn. 4.4 2.5

C 45 Adrienne Roseti Fr. 6-1 Williamsville, N.Y. 9.1 7.7

THE NAVY RESERVES

G 12 Marisa Ball Jr. 5-6 Dumfries, Va. 1.8 *0.6

G 13 Kristen Kavanaugh Jr. 5-7 Ironton, Ohio 3.5 #1.2

F 15 Catherine Dunn Fr. 6-1 Aberdeen, N.J. 1.9 2.2

F 20 Juliann Flacke So. 6-0 Schenectady, N.Y. 3.7 1.6

G 23 Lisa Steinmetz So. 5-9 Mount Vernon, Ohio 4.3 *2.2

G 24 Stephanie Hayes Fr. 5-7 Mt. Airy, Md. 0.0 0.0

F 25 Chrissie Vallely Sr. 5-10 Garden City, N.Y. 0.8 0.5

G 31 Lauren Zapf So. 5-7 Cumberland, Md. 2.7 0.7

F 32 Alison Luchsinger Fr. 5-9 Lusk, Wyo. 2.1 1.0

C 33 Elaine Jensen Jr. 6-0 Coarsegold, Calif. 1.4 1.8

F 44 Bryanna Herring Fr. 6-0 Columbia, Md. 2.4 1.7

* Assists per game

# Out for season (injured Feb. 3 at Bucknell)

LAFAYETTE 64, NAVY 59 (Feb. 11, Easton, Pa.)

Maile Shimoda scored a game-high 19 points for the Midshipmen but it was not enough as Navy dropped a 64-59 decision to Lafayette, Sunday afternoon in Easton, Pa.

The score was close throughout the game as neither team held more than a six-point advantage during the contest. Navy trailed, 54-53, with 3:12 remaining on a three-point field goal from Courtney Davidson, and took the lead, 59-58, on a three-pointer from Shimoda with 2:20 to play in the game, but the Mids were held scoreless down the stretch.

Navy's defense held Lafayette to just a pair of field goals in the final six minutes of the game, but the Leopards made eight free throws in that time for the victory.

Shimoda hit a Navy season-high five three-point field goals on her way to scoring honors in the contest, but she was the lone Mid to score in double figures on the day. Navy was outrebounded, 42-36, and made just 12-of-24 free throws in the game.

HOLY CROSS PREVIEW

Holy Cross has a 17-7 record this season, as well as a 9-0 Patriot League record. The Crusaders are coming off a busy, but successful week, winning three games in a span of five days. Holy Cross defeated Lehigh, 96-70, on Feb. 6, held off Michigan, 62-58, on Thursday night then defeated Bucknell, 66-63 on Feb. 10. The Crusaders have won 11-straight games and have not lost in the year 2001.

Three players are scoring in double figures for Holy Cross on the season. Jeannette Paukert leads the team with a scoring averaging of 12.7 points per game, followed by Amanda Abraham at 11.3 points per game and Katie O'Keefe who is scoring 10.4 points per game. In league play, Monika Rothemich is averaging 13.0 points per game.

The Crusaders are barely being outrebounded on the season, 35.7-34.1 rebounds per game, but in league contests, Holy Cross is averaging 33.7 rebounds per game, while allowing 31.2 boards per game.

NAVY-HOLY CROSS PLAYER NOTES

Jennifer Bombinski has scored in double figures against Holy Cross in four straight games, as well as in five of the last six, and has grabbed at least five rebounds in five of the last six meetings. She is averaging 14.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game over the last four meetings. Bombinski is shooting 55-percent from the floor over the last four games against the Crusaders.

Courtney Davidson scored 14 second-half points on her way to a Navy-high 19 points in the first meeting of the season between these two teams. Davidson also totaled five assists in that game.

Maile Shimoda made a trio of three-point field goals and scored 11 points during the Jan. 20 game in Worcester, Mass.

NAVY-HOLY CROSS HISTORY

Holy Cross has won 20 of the 23 meetings against Navy, including each of the last five contests. The Crusaders have won seven of the 10 previous games played in Annapolis.

Navy's last victory over Holy Cross was an 81-74 decision, Jan. 17, 1999 at Alumni Hall.

HOLY CROSS 78, NAVY 63 (Jan. 20, Worcester, Mass.)

Four players scored in double figures to help lead Holy Cross to a 78-63 victory over Navy, Jan. 20 at the Hart Center in Worcester, Mass.

The game was knotted at 19-19 with just over seven minutes left in the first half when the Crusaders scored 11-straight and 18 of the next 21 points to take a 37-22 lead with one minute to play before halftime. After Holy Cross took a 37-25 lead into halftime, the Crusaders stretched their lead to 16 points, 41-25, less than one minute into the second half.

The Mids slowly fought their way back into the game, eventually pulling to within seven points, 50-43, on a three-point field goal by Courtney Davidson with 14 minutes to play in the game. After the two teams traded several baskets, Davidson again drilled a three-pointer to close the gap to six points, 52-46, with 11:36 left in the game. Navy missed its next three shots from the field while Holy Cross quickly built a 61-47 lead with 10 minutes to play.

Once again, Navy cut the lead down to single digits on a three-point field goal by Maile Shimoda which made the score 70-61, but the Mids could get no closer as the Crusaders pulled away down the stretch for the victory.

Davidson hit four three-point field goals and scored 14 second-half points on her way to a Navy-high 19 points, while also contributing a career-high five assists. Jennifer Bombinski had 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds.

SECOND-HALF TEAM

Navy has proven to be a second-half team all season long. The Mids have scored more points in the second half of their games than the first half in 17 of 23 games this year, including 10 of the last 11 contests. Over the last 11 games, Navy has scored 312 first-half points (28.3 ppg) and 425 points in the second half (38.6 ppg).

The Mids have scored 30 or more points in the first half in 10 games this season and in the second half in 18 games. Over the last 11 games, the Mids have scored at least 30 points in the first half of four games, while scoring 30 or more in the second half of all 11 games.

100-PLUS STRAIGHT GAMES WITH A THREE-POINTER

Navy has made at least one three-point field goal in a school-record 104-consecutive games. The Midshipmen broke the previous school standard of 64, Jan. 12, 1999, at Bucknell.

Navy has not been held without a three-point field goal made since Nov. 23, 1997, against Sacramento State.

NOT GETTING TO THE LINE MUCH

Despite making more field goals and more three-point field goals than its opponents during league play, Navy has struggled in getting to the free throw line. Through the first eight games of the Patriot League season, Navy is being whistled for an average of four more fouls a game and is attempting nearly four fewer free throws a game than its opponents.

In league play, Navy is 2-1 when it attempts more free throws than its opponents, but is 1-4 when it attempts fewer free throws.

ROLLER COASTER SEASON

It has been a season of brief ups and downs for the Navy basketball team. Navy has posted a winning streak of two games only once this season, while losing back-to-back games on four different occasions.

Navy has a record of 1-8 in games following a win, as well as a record of 8-5 in games following a loss.

NAVY FRESHMAN FACTS

Navy's freshman class has:

led or tied for lead in scoring in 18 games

led or tied for rebounding lead in 16 games

have made 64 (of a possible 115) starts

scored 10+ points 41 times and 20+ points six times

scored 60.5-percent of Navy's points, (899 of 1485), including 71.8-percent of league points (392 of 546)

scored the final 34 points against Army (Jan. 27)

scored 61 of Navy's 70 points against Lehigh (Jan. 31)

BOMBINSKI PLAYS 100TH GAME

Team captain Jennifer Bombinski appeared in the 100th game of her career, Jan. 31 at Lehigh, and has now played in 103 career games. The next-closest Mid in terms of career games played is junior Marisa Ball who has played in 76 games. Bombinski has made 57 career starts, 19 more than her closest teammate (sophomore Lisa Steinmetz, 38).

Bombinski recorded her 600th career point at Yale (Jan. 15) and, with 682 points, is fast approaching her 700th point. With her third rebound at Bucknell, Bombinski notched her 400th career board and has now totaled 417 in her career.

Offensively this season Bombinski has scored in double figures in 10 games and has led the Mids in scoring in five games this season. She tied her career high of 21 points twice this season against McNeese State (Dec. 20) and Lafayette (Jan. 17). In addition, Bombinski is tied for fifth place in Navy history with 75 career three-point field goals made. She has connected on multiple three-point field goals in four of the last eight games.

Bombinski has increased her scoring and rebounding productions each year of her career.

DAVIDSON CONTINUES STRONG PLAY

Courtney Davidson has scored in double figures in nine of the last 11 games and is averaging and 13.9 points per game during that span (153 points). Davidson has connected on a minimum of two three-point field goals in 10 of the last 11 games and has totaled 26 three-pointers in that span. She enters Wednesday's game ranked third in the Patriot League in scoring with a 15.0-points-per-game average through seven league contests. She is third in the league with 2.38 three-pointers made per league game and is fourth with a .432 percentage.

Davidson was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Jan. 22 after leading the Mids in scoring all three games that week and being the top rebounder in two of the three games, as well. She began the week by scoring 12 points at Yale, followed by a career-high 24-point, seven-rebound performance versus Lafayette, and ended the week by hitting four three-point field goals and scoring 14 second-half points on her way to 19 points and a career-high five assists at Holy Cross. For the week, Davidson averaged 18.3 points and 5.7 rebounds a game.

She has scored in double figures in a team-high 14 games on the year and leads Navy in both points (256) and is second three-point field goals made (37). She has led Navy in scoring in a team-high 10 games this year and is on pace to become just the second freshman in Navy history to lead the Mids in scoring (Colleen Cassidy, 1978-79).

SHIMODA ON TEAR

Maile Shimoda has scored in double figures in 10 games this season, including four of the last five. She is averaging 14.4 points and 4.2 assists over the last five games (72 points, 21 assists), while making 56-percent of her three-point attempts during that span (14-25).

She was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week this past Monday after averaging 16.0 points and 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in Navy's two games. She scored 13 points and tied a career-high with five rebounds in Navy's win over Albany (Fen. 5), then drilled five three-point field goals on her way to a game-high 19 points at Lafayette (Feb. 11). For the week, Shimoda was 9 of 21 (.428) from the field, 7-14 (.500) from behind the three-point line and 7 of 9 from the free throw line (.778).

Earlier in the season, Shimoda came off the bench to score 16 points and dish out a career-high seven assists against Colgate (Jan. 27), then, after totaling six first-half assists, scored 12 of her game-high 15 points in the second half of Navy's win at Lehigh (Jan. 31).

She has recorded five or more assists in three of the last five games and in four games on the season.

Shimoda has connected on a Navy-high 39 three-point field goals, and on the entire season, leads the Patriot League with .438 three-point field goal percentage and is the league leader with 2.71 three-point field goals made per league game.

TROUBLE IN CLOSE GAMES

Navy has had difficulty in close games over the past season and a half. Since the start of the 1999-00 season, the Midshipmen have posted marks of 0-4 in games decided by three points or less, 3-9 in games decided by six points or less and 8-17 in games determined by single digits.

This season, Navy is 0-2 in games decided by three points or less, 1-5 in games decided by six points or less and 4-6 in games decided by nine points or less.

MIDS CONNECTING ON LONG BALL

Navy finished the 1999-00 Patriot League season by leading the league in three-point field goals made a game with a 4.83 average, marking the first time Navy has led the league in the statistic.

This season the Mids are again on top of the league as Navy is averaging a league-best average of 6.17 three-point field goals a game. Navy has made six or more three-pointers in 16 games this year, including nine of the last 10. The Mids are even better in league games, averaging 8.12 three-pointers during the Patriot League season.

Three of the top-five three-point shooters in the Patriot League (league games only) are from Navy. Maile Shimoda ranks first in the league with 2.71 three-point field goals a game, Courtney Davidson is third with an average of 2.38, and Jennifer Bombinski is fifth with 1.50 made a game. In all games, Shimoda leads the Patriot League with a three-point percentage of .438, Davidson is second at .398 and Bombinski is fifth at .366.

As a team, Navy has connected on 142 three-point field goals this season, the sixth time Navy has passed the century mark in the 14 seasons with the three-point shot. Navy is also on pace to break the school record for most three-pointers in a season. At its present rate, the Mids would surpass the current standard of 149 in game No. 25, Feb. 17 against Army.

SPREADING THE MINUTES

Eight players are averaging at least 10 minutes of playing time a game for Navy this season, with another five averaging over eight minutes a game. Navy has had at least eight players total 10 or more minutes in 16 of 21 games this season, with nine or more players playing at least 10 minutes in seven games.

Jennifer Bombinski leads the Mids with 28.6-minutes played a game, the lowest team-leading average in Navy history. Since Navy began totaling minutes at the end of the season (1989-90), only once has Navy not had a player average at least 30 minutes a game (1999-00, Erica Hayes, 29.8).

THREE MIDS NAMED ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Maile Shimoda was named the Patriot League's Rookie of the Week this past Monday, joining classmates Adrienne Roseti (Jan. 7) and Courtney Davidson (Jan. 22) as winners of the award this season.

This is just the second time in Patriot League history one school has had three different players named rookie of the week in one season. Previously, Lafayette had a three different players win the award during the 1990-91 season, the inaugural year of the league.

DAVIDSON AND SHIMODA TOP FRESHMAN THREE-POINT LIST

Courtney Davidson and Maile Shimoda have both surpassed the Navy record for most three-point field goals by a freshman. Shimoda has totaled a Navy-high 39 three-pointers this season, while Davidson is right behind her with 37. The previous school freshman standard was 30, set two seasons ago by Hilary Goodrich.

In terms of three-point percentage, both players are not only at the top of the freshman list, they rank among the top-six shooters in Navy history.

Both players also rank among the top three-point shooters in the Patriot League. Shimoda is second in the league with 1.95 three-point field goals made a game, while Davidson is fourth with a 1.61 average. In Patriot League games only, Shimoda leads the league with 2.71 three-pointers per game, while Davidson is third with an average of 2.38 per game.

KATE MASLOWSKI

Freshman Kate Maslowski has put together a string of strong games, recently. The Minnesota native has scored in double figures in three of the last six games, including a career-high 15 points against Albany (Feb. 5). In addition, Maslowski recorded the first double-double of her career with 13 points and 10 rebounds in Navy's victory at Lehigh (Jan. 27).

Maslowski is averaging 8.0 points and 4.2 rebounds, and is shooting 53.1-percent from the field over the last six games.

ROSETI ON ROLL

Adrienne Roseti has been a big contributor to the team this season with both her scoring and her rebounding Roseti has scored in double figures in six of the last eight games, as well as in nine of the last 13 and in 12 games on the season.

She is averaging 14.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per game over the last seven games (113 points, 63 rebounds). Roseti recorded her team-high sixth double-double of the season with 10 points and nine rebounds at Lehigh (Jan. 27).

She scored 12 of her career-high 20 points in the last five minutes of Navy's victory at Army (Jan. 24), including the go-ahead basket and the next five Navy points, as well.

Roseti was named the Patriot League's Rookie of the Week on Jan. 7 after averaging 11 points and seven rebounds in Navy's victories that week over Air Force and Princeton. Earlier, she celebrated her return to her hometown by scoring a then career-best 18 points and 11 rebounds, Dec. 30 at Buffalo.

She began the season by scoring 13 points and adding 12 rebounds against High Point (Nov. 20) to become just the fourth Navy freshman in to record a double-double in the first game of the year.

Roseti has led Navy in scoring in three games and in rebounding in 13 games this season. Roseti has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in eight games this season, including a career-high 17 at American (Nov. 29). In addition, she is sixth in the Patriot League in rebounding with 7.7 rebounds per game and is second in the league in blocked shots (0.70 blocks per game).

With a team-high 176 rebounds, Roseti is on pace to become just the second freshman in the last decade to lead Navy in rebounding (Becky Dowling, 1994-95). In addition, Roseti ranks second in Navy history for most blocks by a freshman with 16 blocks.

SCORING DOWN THE STRETCH

Courtney Davidson continues to hold onto her lead for most points scored in the last five minutes of games. Davidson has totaled 48 points at the end of games, eight points ahead of Adrienne Roseti and 10 in front of Jennifer Bombinski.

As for single-game performances, Adrienne Roseti set a new team-high with 12 points in the final five minutes against the Black Knights. Bombinski is second on the team with 11 points in the last five minutes of Navy's win over Columbia (Nov. 26), with Davidson scoring 10 points at American (Nov. 29). Davidson scored all of her points against the Eagles came in the final 33 seconds of regulation, then proceeded to score all six of Navy's points in overtime.

Navy scored a season-high 21 points in the last five minutes against both American (Nov. 29) and at Army (Jan. 27), with a season-low four points at Buffalo (Dec. 30) and against Yale (Jan. 15). Navy allowed a season-high 17 points at Appalachian State (Dec. 3), as well as a season-low zero points against Air Force (Jan. 2).

As a team, Navy has scored 260 points (11.3 ppg) in the last five minutes of games, while allowing 224 (9.7 ppg). Navy has outscored its opponents in the last five minutes of 12 games this season, scored fewer points in seven games and has scored an equal number of points four times.

THE NAVY RESERVES

Navy has received strong support from its bench all season. Navy's bench has outscored the opposing bench in 14 games on the year, is averaging 22.5 points per game and has accounted for 34.9-percent of Navy's scoring (519 of 1,485 points).

Thirteen times this season a Mid has come off the bench to score at least 10 points in a game, most recently Bryanna Herring who scored 12 points against Albany (Feb. 5).

As a group, the Navy Reserves have scored in double figures in every game but two and have totaled 20 or more points in 14 games on the season. The bench produced a season-high 43 points at Stetson (Dec. 10), as well as a season-low nine points at Army (Jan. 24).

NAVY RALLIES

Four times this season Navy has rallied from second-half deficit of at least 10 points to either tie the game or take the lead. Most recently, Navy rallied from a 10-point deficit to defeat Lehigh (Jan. 31).