WSU Women's Basketball Game Notes (PDF)

Setting the Stage	Wayne State Women's Basketball at Indianapolis
Dates	Saturday, November 30
Time	4 PM ET
Location	Indianapolis, Ind. (Nicoson Hall)
Web	Twitter: @WayneStWarriors  |  Live Stats  |  #WarriorWBB
Opponent Information	Indianapolis Women's Basketball |  Roster  |  Coaches  |  Schedule  | Stats

GAME STORYLINES
After a 13-day layoff, Wayne State (1-0) opens its road schedule at the University of Indianapolis (4-2) on Nov. 30.  The Warriors are 13-11 overall in road contests under third-year head coach Carrie Lohr.  Following its game against Indianapolis, WSU returns home to open its conference schedule on Dec. 5 against Tiffin University.
 
SCOUTING INDIANAPOLIS
The Greyhounds have played six non-conference games, and have won four of five contests since dropping their season-opener to then No. 5-ranked Emporia State, 76-48.  Indianapolis has defeated two GLIAC foes already in 2013-14, earning a 72-65 victory at Lake Superior State and winning at Ashland, 85-76.
    
Indianapolis went 19-10 last season, reaching the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in six seasons, but lost to Ashland in its opening round matchup.  The Greyhounds return three starters and 10 letterwinners.
    
Senior guard Katy McIntosh leads the team in scoring at 19.3 points per game and also leads Indianapolis in assists with 28 and steals with 10.  She is shooting 79.6 percent from the free throw line and 55.4 percent from the field overall.
    
Sophomore guard Princess German is second on the team at 12.3 points per game, while junior guard Kelly Walter (10.7 ppg) and senior forward Eliza Wortman (10.0 ppg) also average in double figures.  
    
Senior guard Shelby Wall is 12-for-30 (40 percent) on three-pointers.  As a team, the Greyhounds are 42-for-126 (33.3 percent) on three-point tries.  Junior forward Kirsten Gliesmann leads UI in rebounding at 6.8 rebounds per game.
    
Indianapolis head coach Constantin Popa is in his third season at the helm of UI.  He recorded a pair of 19-win seasons and led the Greyhounds to the NCAA Tournament in each of his first two seasons as coach.

ALL-TIME SERIES
The Warriors have had two previous meetings with the Greyhounds, dropping both contests in games played at the University of Indianapolis.  WSU hasn't played Indianapolis since Nov. 15, 2005, when the Greyhounds took a 74-58 victory over Wayne State.  The Warriors also played a First Round NCAA Tournament game in 2003 against Indianapolis, falling 91-83 on March 14, 2003.

LAST TIME OUT
The Warriors started their 2013-14 season with a 77-62 victory over California (Pa.) at home on Nov. 17.  Wayne State started the game on a 13-0 run and held a double-digit lead throughout the remainder of the contest.
    
In their WSU debuts, junior center Shareta Brown and sophomore guard Destiny Lavita-Stephens both excelled.  Brown scored a team-high 19 points and pulled down a game-best 14 rebounds.  Lavita-Stephens made 7-of-8 free throws and scored 17 points for the Warriors.  Junior forward Kayla Bridges also came off the bench to add 13 points and 12 boards in 22 minutes of play.  WSU shot 54.4 percent overall during the game, while holding the Bulldogs to 31.9 percent shooting.

IN THE POLLS
Indianapolis was ranked No. 18 in the previous USA Today Coaches Poll, but dropped out of the top 25 and down to No. 28 overall after its loss to Purdue-Calumet.  Indianpolis is receiving 70 votes overall.  The Warriors are all receiving five votes in the poll.
    
Wayne State is No. 28 in the most recent Massey Ratings, which were released on Monday.  The Greyhounds are No. 6 in the same rankings.

COACH LOHR
Carrie Lohr, who was named the 12th head coach in the history of women's basketball at WSU on May 11, 2011, is in her third season guiding the Warrior program.  She was voted the 2012-13 GLIAC Coach of the Year by her peers after leading Wayne State to a share of the GLIAC North Division regular-season title, the first for the WSU women's basketball program since the 1980-81 season.  Lohr also guided the Warriors to their first NCAA tournament victory (63-58 over Findlay) as well as the school's inaugural appearance in the NCAA Regional Championship game.  
    
She recorded her 200th collegiate coaching victory on March 16, 2013, with WSU's 70-60 triumph over Wisconsin-Parkside in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.  BCAM selected Lohr as the 2012-13 Women's College Coach of the Year.  In her inaugural season with the Warriors, Lohr led a young squad (only one senior) to 12 victories, the most wins by WSU in four years, and the second-most triumphs in the last eight seasons.

2012-13 RECAP
The Warriors won a share of the GLIAC North Division title, advanced to the GLIAC tournament semifinals for the second time in school history and secured an NCAA tournament berth for the second time in program history.  WSU won its first two ever NCAA tournament contests and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen before falling at eventual national champion Ashland, 72-63, in a game which WSU led 61-60 with 4:34 remaining.

COMCAST/XFINITY
Three games will be broadcast on Comcast Channel 900 in 2013-14, with home dates against Tiffin (Dec. 5), Michigan Tech (Jan. 23) and Northwood (Feb. 6) being shown throughout the state.  Ryan Ermanni, Rod Beard and Joe Abramson will call the action this season.  The games will also be replayed the week following the live event.

ON THE CALL
Former Tartar great Shay Lewis will handle play-by-play duties for home games on Warrior All-Access, a live video webcast of every contest from the Matthaei.  Lewis scored 991 points for the Green and Gold while starting all 78 games in her three seasons (1995-98) in Detroit.  She also totaled 449 rebounds, 191 assists and 139 steals.

WARRIOR ALL-ACCESS
The 2013-14 school year will mark the fourth season of Warrior All-Access at WSUAthletics.com.  Not only will all home WSU basketball, football and volleyball games be available for viewing by a world-wide audience on a pay-per-view basis, but also the Warrior Daily ~ a video each weekday, available for free on WSUAthletics.com featuring interviews with WSU coaches, staff and student-athletes.
    
Fans wanting to watch Wayne State home events via Warrior All-Access will need a high-speed internet connection and Windows Media Player 9 or higher.  Games will be sold on an individual basis with special viewing packages also available.  Warrior All-Access will also feature On-Demand Audio and Video with the stored archived video and audio on WSUAthletics.com.

2013-14 WARRIOR OUTLOOK
Following a season that was full of program firsts, team and individual accolades, the Wayne State University women's basketball program will look to sustain its momentum in 2013-14. Last season, the Warriors went 22-9 overall and 17-5 in GLIAC play while winning a share of the GLIAC North Division title. The 22 wins were one shy of the program record achieved in 1980-81 while the 17 conference wins were the most all-time.

The Green & Gold qualified for its second NCAA Tournament and collected the program's first two tournament victories while advancing to the Sweet Sixteen. WSU fell to the eventual national champions, GLIAC foe Ashland to bring the historic season to a close.

The Warriors will have to replace seven letterwinners including three All-GLIAC performers. Talisha Bridges was named First Team All-GLIAC, GLIAC All-Defensive Team, Daktronics Second Team All-Midwest Region and was selected to the NCAA Tournament All-Region Team. She averaged 15.5 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.  Juanita Cochran was a Second Team All-GLIAC selection and a NCAA Tournament All-Region honoree. She finished the season at 11.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. The third All-GLIAC performer that graduated was Phaebre Colbert, who was a Second Team All-GLIAC selection. She averaged 10.1 points and 6.9 rebounds per game in 2012-13. WSU lost its top four scorers from last season and 72 percent of its offense. WSU also graduated Paige Sickmiller who appeared in 80 career games for the Warriors and averaged 13.8 points per game in 2012-13 before suffering a season-ending injury.    

Brittany Streetman, Imari Redfield, Kristen Long, Lena Thomas and Kayla Bridges will be the group of returners.