12/17/2004 - Women's Basketball
Navy Women's Basketball at Jacksonville
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Navy Women's Basketball Game Day Information
Navy at Jacksonville * Saturday, Dec. 18 * 2 p.m.
Swisher Gymnasium (1,500) * Jacksonville, Fla.
Navy Radio -- None
The Series -- Tied, 1-1
Last Game -- Jacksonville 75, Navy 73 (D8, 2002; Annapolis, Md.)
Navy -- 2-4
# Pos. Player PPG RPG
12 G Lauren Skrel 7.5 5.3*
30 G Ashley Pelzek 9.3 3.8
20 F Carly Meyer 12.2 5.3
41 F Nikki Curtis 11.5 6.0
44 C Kate Hobbs 10.0 3.5
* -- Assists Per Game
Last Game -- Navy 72, Providence 42; D10, Annapolis, Md.
Next Game -- Morehead State at Navy; D22, Annapolis, Md.
Head Coach -- Tom Marryott (Castleton State '85)
Record at Navy -- 15-21 (Second Season)
Overall Record -- 15-21 (Second Season)
Jacksonville -- 2-4
# Pos. Player PPG RPG
12 G Rebecca Montz 12.0 4.0*
04 G Sheena Carpenter 10.3 6.2
03 G Nakina Alford 10.0 2.7
23 F Ashley Stinson 5.2 5.0
25 F Yolisha Jackson 12.7 6.3
* -- Assists Per Game
Last Game -- Jacksonville 65, Bethune-Cookman 62; D11, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Next Game -- Jacksonville at Eastern Illinois; D20, Charleston, Ill.
Head Coach -- Jill Dunn (Georgia Southern '94)
Record at Jacksonville -- 2-4 (First Season)
Overall Record -- 25-37 (Third Season)
Navy vs. Jacksonville
Series Tied, 1-1
H: 0-1; A: 1-0; N: 0-0
N18, 01 A W 75-65
D8, 02 H L 75-73
Navy vs. Atlantic Sun Conference
Atlantic Sun Last 2-2
Jacksonville 02-03 1-1
Stetson 00-01 0-1
Troy 04-05 1-0
0-0 vs. Belmont, Campbell, UCF, Florida Atlantic, Gardner Webb, Georgia State, Lipscomb, Mercer
Jacksonville vs. Patriot League
Patriot League Last 1-2
Army 00-01 0-1
Navy 02-03 1-1
0-0 vs. American, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh
Tipping Off
Fresh off its largest victory in 12 months, the Navy women's basketball team will attempt to post back-to-back wins for the first time this season Saturday when Navy plays at Jacksonville in a 2 p.m. contest at Swisher Gymnasium.
Navy Review
Navy improved to 2-4 on the season with its 72-42 victory over Providence, D10 in Alumni Hall. The Mids held a narrow 32-23 advantage at halftime, but tallied 40 second-half points and surrendered only 19 to the Friars after intermission for the 30-point victory.
Four Mids scored in double figures in the evening contest, with Ashley Pelzek drilling five three-point field goals and recording a career-high 22 points to lead all players. Pelzek also was the top rebounder in the game, hauling in eight boards against the Friars. Point guard Lauren Skrel totaled a double-double in the game with 10 points and 10 assists.
Jacksonville Preview
The Dolphins also enter Saturday's game with a 2-4 record on the season. Jacksonville snapped a three-game losing skid in its last outing with a 65-62 win over Bethune-Cookman.
Yolisha Jackson leads Jacksonville in points (12.7 ppg), rebounds (6.3 rpg), blocks (5) and steals (11) on the year. She is one of four Dolphins to be averaging in double figures and one of four players to average over four rebounds a game.
As a team, Jacksonville is being outscored -- 63.7-57.0 ppg -- and outrebounded -- 40.2-35.2 rpg this season. Jacksonville opponents have made 87 free throws this season (87-of-137), the same number as the Dolphins have attempted (63-of-87).
Saturday's game against Navy will mark the first home game of the season for the Dolphins.
Navy vs. Jacksonville Series
Saturday's game marks the third time Navy and Jacksonville will have met, with the road team winning each of the two previous matchups. The two teams last met two years ago when the Dolphins edged the Mids, 75-73, in Annapolis. The initial meeting in the series took place N18, 01 in Jacksonville, a 75-65 win for the Midshipmen.
Conference Matchups
Jacksonville will be the second member of the Atlantic Sun Conference Navy will have played this season. The Mids defeated Troy, 80-66, N27 in Annapolis. The lone additional meeting between Navy and an Atlantic Sun school was an 87-82 loss to Stetson, D10, 2000.
Besides the two meetings with Navy, Jacksonville has only played a Patriot League school one other time in the program's six years of existence -- a 63-57 loss to Army, N25, 2000, in Jacksonville.
Florida Notes
Two members of the Navy team will be playing in their home state this weekend. Senior Nikki Curtis hails from Jacksonville, while sophomore Carly Meyer is from Orlando.
Saturday's game will be the 15th for Navy in the state of Florida.
Navy has posted an 8-8 all-time record against teams from Florida.
High Ranking
Sophomore forward Carly Meyer ranks among the league leaders in nine different categories.
1st in free throw pct. -- 90.5%
2nd in three-point field goal pct. -- 47.1%
8th in scoring -- 12.2 ppg
9th in blocked shots -- 0.67 bpg
10th in three-point FGM/game -- 1.33 fgm/g
10th in offensive rebounds -- 1.83 orpf
T12th in rebounding -- 5.3 rpg
T13th in defensive rebounds -- 3.50 drpg
15th in field goal pct. -- 43.4%
Additional Top-5 Mids
Lauren Skrel
1st in assists/turnover ratio -- 3.20
2nd in assists -- 5.33 apg
5th in steals -- 2.17 spg
Kate Hobbs
3rd in field goal pct. -- 55.3%
Nikki Curtis
T5th in offensive rebounds -- 2.50 orpg
Rare Double-Double
Lauren Skrel's double-double of 10 points and 10 assists marked just the second time in Navy history a player has notched a double-double using assists. Kim Jackson is the lone other Mid to achieve the feat. Jackson tallied 12 points and 11 assists F17, 1994, against Bucknell.
Angela Dobbs recorded the lone triple-double in Navy history with 21 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists J11, 1992, vs. Bucknell.
Back-to-Back Career Highs
Sophomore forward Kate Hobbs recently tied and set career highs in points in back-to-back games versus UMBC (D1) and St. Bonaventure (D4).
Hobbs tied a career high with 15 points against the Retrievers, then recorded a new career-best mark with 16 points versus the Bonnies.
20-Point Club
Carly Meyer and Ashley Pelzek are the lone Mids to have scored 20 or more points in a game this season. Meyer tallied a career-high 25 points in Navy's 80-66 win over Troy (N27), while Pelzek scored a career-best 22 points against Providence (D10).
Trends
Navy has recorded a higher field goal percentage than its opponents in five games this season (2-3 record in such games).
Navy has won the rebounding battle in five games (2-3).
The Mids have committed more personal fouls than their foes in all six games.
Navy is 0-4 this year when committing more turnovers, 2-0 when forcing more turnovers.
The Mids are 0-2 this season when their bench scores more points than the opposing bench, 0-4 when it scores fewer points.
Outrebounding The Competition
Navy has controlled the boards in nearly every game this season, grabbing more rebounds than its opponents in all but one game.
Navy Opp +/- W/L
Cal Poly 44 40 +4 L
California 27 37 -10 L
Troy 37 24 +13 W
UMBC 34 25 +9 L
St. Bonaventure 40 39 +1 L
Providence 31 27 +4 W
Three-Point Streak
Navy has connected on at least one three-point field goal in 200-consecutive games. The last time the Mids were held without a three-pointer was Nov. 23, 1997, vs. Sacramento State.
Well Traveled
Navy opens the season with four of its first-five games and eight of its opening-12 games away from Alumni Hall. The Mids will play road games in California (two games), Maryland, New York, Florida, Colorado, Delaware and Virginia during those 12 contests.
In addition to playing two more games later in the season in New York, the Mids also will compete in Pennsylvania (three games), Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., this season.
Nearly 400 Wins
Now in its 28th season, Navy has totaled 397 victories in the program's history.
Win # Date Score
1 D7, 77 Navy 77, Johns Hopkins 33
100 J13, 84 Navy 60, West Liberty 52
200 J8, 91 Navy 74, Davis & Elkins 53
300 N19, 97 Navy 65, Iona 50
397 D10, 04 Navy 72, Providence 42
Next Up
Navy returns home to play host to the annual Sheraton Barcelo Navy Classic, D22-23 in Alumni Hall.
First round matchups feature Delaware State (1-3) taking on UNC Asheville (3-4) at 1 p.m., followed by Navy against Morehead State (2-5) at 3:30 p.m. The consolation game will begin at 1 p.m., with the championship game to tipoff at 3:30 p.m.
Chart Climbers
Abi Campbell has moved into a tie for sixth place on Navy's career three-point field goals made list.
Navy Career Three-Point FG Made
1. 245 Courtney Davidson, 2001-04
5. 119 Heather Brand, 1990-93
6. 85 Jennifer Bombinski, 1998-01
85 Abi Campbell, 2002-pres.
Kate Hobbs needs three more blocks to moved into a tie for 12th place in Navy history for career blocked shots.
Navy Career Blocked Shots
1. 93 Yolanda Ray, 1991-94
12. 20 Emily Harman, 1983-85
13. 17 Kate Hobbs, 2004-pres.
Service Selections
Each of the three seniors on the Navy basketball team received their first choice for service assignment. Abi Campbell and LaTesha Ford will be surface warfare officers, while Nikki Curtis will become a Navy pilot.
Navy on the Air
There will be a total of seven Navy women's basketball games carried this season either on the radio or over the internet by WNAV-AM 1430 and/or www.wnav.com(.) In addition, each of Navy's postseason games will be carried by the network.
All broadcasts begin 15 minutes prior to tip time.
N27 Troy -- radio and internet
D22 Morehead State -- internet
D23 vs. TBA -- internet
J5 at Radford -- radio and internet
J15 at Lehigh -- radio and internet
J18 at Brown -- radio and internet
F19 Lehigh -- radio and internet
How They Are Doing
Opponent Conference W-L Navy vs.
Cal Poly Big West 5-1 L
California Pacific-10 5-3 L
Troy Atlantic Sun 2-4 W
UMBC America East 5-2 L
St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 3-4 L
Providence Big East 0-8 W
Jacksonville Atlantic Sun 2-4
Morehead State Ohio Valley 2-5
UNC Asheville Big South 3-4
Delaware State MEAC 1-3
Air Force Mountain West 3-6
Radford Big South 1-5
Brown Ivy League 6-2
Overall Opponent Record 38-51 (.426)
Record of Teams Navy has Beaten 2-12 (.167)
Record of Teams Navy has Lost to 18-10 (.642)
