POINT PARK UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
2011-12 GAME NOTES – GAME NO. 21
No. 25 Point Park Pioneers (16-4, 7-0 AMC)
Jan. 31, 2012 – 5:30 p.m.
#25 Point Park University (16-4)
at Wilberforce University (3-16)
Location: Wilberforce, Ohio (Health and Wellness Center)
Last Meeting: Point Park won, 60-34, at home Jan. 7
Live Audio: WPPJ-AM 670 and MSA Sports Network
Twitter: @PointParkSports. Facebook.com/PointParkAthletics
PROBABLE STARTERS
April Austin
5-6
Emily Schartner
5-11
Kristen Beatty
5-7
Kristen Veseleny
5-8
Joncelyn Peterkin
6-2
OFF THE BENCH
Katresa Savisky
5-9
Jr.
Jr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
G
G
G/F
G/F
C
Penn Hills, Pa.
Finleyville, Pa.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Pleasant Hills, Pa.
West Mifflin, Pa.
So.
F
Butler, Pa.
10.6 ppg
8.1 ppg
8.4 ppg
5.4 ppg
9.3 ppg
7.4 ppg
Wilberforce Bulldogs (3-16, 2-6 AMC)
PROBABLE STARTERS
Danisha Brown
5-8
Danielle Lewis
5-5
Diamond Wright
5-8
Angelica Rucker
5-7
Keeahna Fontes
5-9
OFF THE BENCH
Tiara Roberts
5-10
So.
Sr.
Fr.
Sr.
Jr.
G
G
G
G
G/F
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Nashville, Tenn.
Shawnee, Kan.
Columbus, Ohio
Sr.
F
Toledo, Ohio
14.1 ppg
7.4 ppg
6.4 ppg
5.6 ppg
7.9 ppg
6.2 ppg
THE MATCHUP:
Summary: Point Park begins a three-game road trip with a date at Wilberforce, a team it beat, 60-34, at home Jan. 7. Point Park is newly in
the NAIA Division II Top 25 as it checked in at No. 25 in Monday’s poll. The Pioneers will look to continue their school-record, 11-game
win streak and also stay unbeaten in conference play.
Last Meeting: Point Park smothered Wilberforce into 19-percent shooting (13 of 67) in the Jan. 7 home win. Point Park shot only 28 percent
overall, but it forced 27 turnovers. Both teams shot 1 of 14 from 3-point range. The Pioneers’ Emily Schartner had 12 points to lead all
scorers. Point Park had a 26-19 lead at halftime but outscored Wilberforce, 34-15, the final 20 minutes.
#25 POINT PARK PIONEERS (16-4 overall, 7-0 AMC)
Top Storylines: The Pioneers are riding high on an 11-game winning streak that got them a No. 25 ranking in Monday’s NAIA DII Top 25
Poll. Point Park beat then-No. 19 Daemen, 51-43, on Saturday to take over first place in the AMC at an unbeaten 7-0. It also marks the first
time in program history that the Pioneers are nationally ranked. The Pioneers have not lost since Dec. 3 when a 77-67 road loss at Rio Grande
put them at 5-4 overall. The Pioneers have held their opponents under 50 points in seven of the 11 games in their winning streak.
Last Time Out: Knocked off No. 19 Daemen in a huge home win, 51-43. The Pioneers led, 27-21, at halftime an extended the lead to 12
points early in the second half. Joncelyn Peterkin had 14 pts and 9 rebs, April Austin had 12 pts and Kristen Veseleny added 11 pts.
Key Stats: Point Park has one of the top defenses in NAIA DII. The Pioneers rank second in the nation in scoring defense (51.8 ppg), third in
turnover margin (+8.2), fourth in field-goal defense (.332), seventh in steals (13.4 spg) and 10 th in blocks (4.5 bpg).
Key Players: Point guard April Austin is the only double-digit scorer at 10.6 ppg and also averages 3.7 rpg, 3.7 apg and 3.0 spg. Center
Joncelyn Peterkin (9.3 ppg, 7.3 rpg) is fifth in the nation with 2.5 blocks per game. Kristen Beatty (8.4 ppg), Emily Schartner (8.1 ppg) and
Kristen Veseleny (5.4 ppg) are other starters. Katresa Savisky (7.4 ppg) is the top player off the bench.
Chasing Wins Record: At 16-4, the Pioneers already rank among the most wins in program history. The record for wins in a season came in
1993-94 with a 19-12 record. The second-most wins came in 1983-84 at 18-8. Other high win totals are ’87-88 (16-12) and ’94-95 (16-20).
Head Coach: Tony Grenek is in his first season as head coach at Point Park. He was formerly the top women’s assistant at Seton Hill the last
five years. Before that, he was the men’s head coach at Butler County CC for five seasons. His career women’s record is 16-4.
WILBERFORCE BULLDOGS (3-16 overall, 2-6 AMC)
Top Storylines: The Bulldogs have struggled this year as in years past. Wilberforce is just 3-16 overall with two victories versus winless
Fisher (0-25) and a win over non-conference Brescia. Wilberforce was just 4-27 last year and 6-22 the year before that. Wilberforce has lost
six games in a row. The Bulldogs give up 82.6 ppg and score 63.0 ppg. Wilberforce’s opponents shoot 44% and they shoot 32%.
Last Time Out: Lost at Roberts Wesleyan, 92-46, on Saturday (Jan. 28). The Bulldogs were just 2 of 24 (8 percent) from 3-point range,
turned it over 24 times compared to four assists and were down, 45-17, at the half. Tanadra Spivey had 13 pts, and Angelica Rucker had 10.
Key Players: Guard Danisha Brown leads the team at 14.1 ppg. Angelica Rucker (5.6 ppg) has started 16 of 18 games, and Diamond Wright
(6.4 ppg) has started 11 of 17 games played. No other player has started more than seven games.
LOOKING AHEAD:
Point Park continues its road trip at Houghton Feb. 4 and at Walsh Feb. 7. The Pioneers return home Feb. 11-12 vs. Roberts Wesleyan and
Fisher. The final week of the regular season includes a trip to Carlow (Feb. 14) and a road game at Daemen (Feb. 18).
Point Park University Season Box Score (All games thru Jan. 30, 2012)
RECORD:
ALL GAMES...........
CONFERENCE..........
NON-CONFERENCE......
OVERALL
(16-4)
(7-0)
(9-4)
HOME
(8-1)
(5-0)
(3-1)
AWAY
(7-3)
(2-0)
(5-3)
NEUTRAL
(1-0)
(0-0)
(1-0)
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---|
|----REBOUNDS----|
## Player
GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA
Pct 3FG-FGA
Pct FT-FTA
Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO
A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------22 Austin, April...... 20-20 648 32.4 73-216 .338 33-92
.359 33-62
.532
19 54
73 3.7 35 0 74 45
4 60 212 10.6
25 Peterkin, Joncelyn. 20-18 523 26.2 71-186 .382
0-0
.000 43-79
.544
73 71 144 7.2 38 1 21 44 49 34 185 9.3
14 Beatty, Kristen.... 20-20 474 23.7 72-162 .444
1-10
.100 23-53
.434
35 57
92 4.6 46 0 35 45 12 44 168 8.4
40 Schartner, Emily... 20-17 520 26.0 54-151 .358 26-78
.333 27-34
.794
25 65
90 4.5 51 1 30 42
9 35 161 8.1
44 Savisky, Katresa... 20-6
393 19.7 62-141 .440
3-16
.188 20-28
.714
39 35
74 3.7 34 0 18 35
2 18 147 7.4
11 Veseleny, Kristen.. 19-12 387 20.4 33-96
.344
2-10
.200 34-59
.576
31 34
65 3.4 39 0 14 26
2 19 102 5.4
24 Jones, Terrica..... 10-4
113 11.3 17-45
.378
0-2
.000
4-16
.250
18 19
37 3.7 17 0
5
8
2
4
38 3.8
43 Campbell, Ashley... 11-0
71 6.5 11-26
.423
0-0
.000 10-12
.833
12
8
20 1.8
8 0
2
6
0
4
32 2.9
30 Davis, Teresa...... 12-0
92 7.7 13-43
.302
4-14
.286
4-5
.800
7 13
20 1.7
7 0
3
5
0
6
34 2.8
42 Sandin, Sarah...... 19-0
136 7.2 18-64
.281 10-43
.233
6-12
.500
10 19
29 1.5 12 0
6
6
0
5
52 2.7
15 Boshkova, Anna-Mari 18-0
123 6.8 19-44
.432
0-2
.000
7-10
.700
19 20
39 2.2
6 0
6
7
5
4
45 2.5
12 Dunmire, Brittany.. 10-1
61 6.1
6-20
.300
3-14
.214
5-10
.500
2 14
16 1.6
8 0
4
7
3
4
20 2.0
34 Gallagher, Maeve... 19-0
135 7.1 10-27
.370
0-0
.000 14-19
.737
10 20
30 1.6 29 0
8 10
0
5
34 1.8
10 Sauer, Haley....... 17-2
148 8.7 12-41
.293
0-3
.000
5-10
.500
6 16
22 1.3 12 0
7
8
2 11
29 1.7
45 McCaslin, Maura.... 15-0
127 8.5
4-28
.143
2-13
.154
6-14
.429
6
2
8 0.5 10 0
7 10
0 10
16 1.1
31 Romano, Maria...... 8-0
47 5.9
2-5
.400
0-2
.000
1-2
.500
2
6
8 1.0
7 0
3
4
0
4
5 0.6
TEAM...............
40 42
82 4.1
0
18
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total.............. 20
3998
477-1295 .368 84-299 .281 242-425 .569 354 495 849 42.5 359 2 243 326 90 267 1280 64.0
Opponents.......... 20
4003
343-1034 .332 79-300 .263 272-397 .685 247 540 787 39.3 353 - 158 489 58 161 1037 51.8
Individual Points-Rebounds-Assists (Game by Game)
Opponent
Date
----------at Mt. Vernon Nazarene 11/08/11
vs Midway (Ky.)
11/11/11
at Rio Grande (Ohio)
11/12/11
at Fairmont State
11/15/11
PENN STATE-FAYETTE
11/16/11
at La Roche College
11-17-11
MT. VERNON NAZARENE
11/19/11
at Fisher
12/1/11
at Rio Grande (Ohio)
12/03/11
at Carnegie Mellon
12/10/11
at Pitt Greensburg Wome12/17/11
LA ROCHE COLLEGE
12/20/11
RIO GRANDE
12/30/11
WALSH
1/3/12
WILBERFORCE
1/7/12
at Penn State Fayette 1/10/12
HOUGHON COLLEGE
1/17/12
at Roberts Wesleyan
1/21/12
CARLOW
1/24/12
DAEMEN
1/28/12
Score
----42-54
62-49
73-66
61-72
91-29
58-51
48-55
80-56
67-77
56-54
71-45
50-44
83-55
54-47
60-34
84-71
65-50
57-39
67-46
51-43
10
11
12
14
15
22
24
25
30
WL SAUER,HAL VESELENY, DUNMIRE,B BEATTY,KR BOSHKOVA, AUSTIN,AP JONES,TER PETERKIN, DAVIS,TER
-- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------L
0- 0- 0
0- 0- 0
0- 0- 0
7- 3- 1
0- 1- 0 23-12- 2
3- 6- 0
5- 6- 0
DNP
W
0- 0- 0
0- 1- 0
0- 0- 0 10- 5- 0
3- 2- 1
7- 5- 3
4- 4- 0 17-10- 1
2- 3- 0
W
0- 0- 0
DNP
DNP
19- 8- 3
0- 0- 0 12- 2- 8
0- 2- 2 13- 6- 0
0- 0- 0
L
2- 0- 0
8- 2- 1
DNP
5- 4- 2
0- 2- 0 11- 5- 3
6- 3- 1 16- 3- 0
0- 1- 0
W
2- 4- 1
5- 2- 1
8- 7- 2
1- 1- 1 15- 6- 2
6- 2- 1
6- 7- 0
8- 4- 3
9- 2- 1
W
0- 1- 0
6- 2- 1
DNP
5- 6- 1
1- 0- 0 12- 4- 3
2- 4- 0 21- 5- 1
DNP
L
DNP
4- 1- 0
DNP
13- 3- 3
0- 0- 0 10- 3- 3
3- 2- 1
4- 8- 1
0- 0- 0
W
2- 1- 2
3- 3- 2
2- 1- 0
4- 1- 3 10- 5- 1
5- 5-10 10- 7- 0
8- 6- 2
2- 1- 0
L
6- 3- 0
0- 3- 0
DNP
4- 2- 1
0- 1- 0 23- 2- 3
4- 2- 1
2- 2- 0
DNP
W
DNP
11- 7- 2
DNP
6- 4- 2
2- 2- 0
6- 2- 4
0- 0- 0
9-10- 3
DNP
W
2- 1- 0
7- 3- 1
0- 1- 1
9- 7- 2
0- 3- 0
4- 3- 2
DNP
15- 5- 1
6- 4- 0
W
DNP
3- 5- 1
DNP
11- 3- 1
DNP
19- 3- 3
DNP
2- 7- 1
DNP
W
2- 2- 0
6- 4- 0
3- 1- 0
3- 6- 2
2- 3- 0 26- 1- 5
DNP
20-19- 2
1- 1- 1
W
2- 1- 0 10- 7- 0
DNP
14- 6- 2
0- 0- 0
3- 4- 2
DNP
10- 8- 1
DNP
W
3- 2- 1
2- 4- 0
0- 0- 0
3- 4- 0
2- 5- 2
5- 0- 4
DNP
6-13- 2
7- 4- 0
W
3- 4- 3
9- 4- 1
2- 4- 0 10- 8- 1
4- 5- 0
2- 1- 2
DNP
10-10- 0
2- 2- 0
W
0- 0- 0
9- 4- 0
0- 0- 0 20- 8- 3
2- 1- 0 16- 6- 5
DNP
3- 6- 0
0- 0- 0
W
2- 1- 0
5- 7- 3
DNP
12- 5- 1
0- 0- 0
5- 5- 3
DNP
0- 3- 1
DNP
W
3- 2- 0
3- 3- 1
5- 2- 1
4- 2- 2
4- 3- 0
5- 3- 6
DNP
2- 4- 1
5- 2- 1
W
0- 0- 0 11- 3- 0
DNP
8- 6- 4
DNP
12- 5- 2
DNP
14- 9- 1
DNP
Opponent
Date
----------at Mt. Vernon Nazarene 11/08/11
vs Midway (Ky.)
11/11/11
at Rio Grande (Ohio)
11/12/11
at Fairmont State
11/15/11
PENN STATE-FAYETTE
11/16/11
at La Roche College
11-17-11
MT. VERNON NAZARENE
11/19/11
at Fisher
12/1/11
at Rio Grande (Ohio)
12/03/11
at Carnegie Mellon
12/10/11
at Pitt Greensburg Wome12/17/11
LA ROCHE COLLEGE
12/20/11
RIO GRANDE
12/30/11
WALSH
1/3/12
WILBERFORCE
1/7/12
at Penn State Fayette 1/10/12
HOUGHON COLLEGE
1/17/12
at Roberts Wesleyan
1/21/12
CARLOW
1/24/12
DAEMEN
1/28/12
Score
----42-54
62-49
73-66
61-72
91-29
58-51
48-55
80-56
67-77
56-54
71-45
50-44
83-55
54-47
60-34
84-71
65-50
57-39
67-46
51-43
31
34
40
42
43
44
45
WL ROMANO,MA GALLAGHER SCHARTNER SANDIN,SA CAMPBELL, SAVISKY,K MCCASLIN,
-- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------L
DNP
0- 1- 0
0- 5- 0
0- 1- 0
DNP
4- 3- 0
DNP
W
1- 2- 0
0- 0- 0 11- 4- 2
0- 1- 0
DNP
7- 3- 2
0- 0- 0
W
DNP
DNP
4- 4- 2
9- 2- 1
DNP
16- 3- 1
DNP
L
DNP
0- 5- 0 13- 4- 2
0- 0- 0
DNP
0- 4- 1
0- 1- 2
W
2- 0- 0
0- 7- 2
7- 1- 0 14- 7- 2
DNP
3- 7- 1
5- 0- 2
W
DNP
0- 0- 0
2-11- 1
DNP
DNP
9- 4- 0
DNP
L
DNP
2- 2- 0 12- 8- 0
0- 0- 0
DNP
0- 2- 1
0- 0- 0
W
0- 1- 2
6- 1- 2
6- 4- 1
3- 3- 1 11- 4- 1
6- 3- 0
2- 3- 1
L
DNP
2- 1- 0
0- 4- 2
0- 0- 0
6- 2- 0 20- 5- 3
0- 0- 0
W
DNP
0- 0- 0 13- 4- 2
0- 1- 0
0- 0- 0
6- 4- 1
3- 1- 0
W
0- 1- 0
7- 2- 1
5- 2- 1
4- 1- 1
4- 4- 0
6- 2- 1
2- 0- 0
W
DNP
2- 0- 0
5- 8- 3
0- 1- 0
DNP
8- 1- 0
0- 0- 0
W
0- 0- 0
2- 4- 0
5- 2- 2
0- 1- 0
3- 2- 1 10- 5- 1
0- 1- 1
W
DNP
0- 1- 0 10- 5- 3
3- 0- 0
0- 0- 0
2- 2- 0
0- 0- 0
W
0- 1- 0
8- 3- 0 12- 3- 1
2- 3- 0
2- 1- 0
8- 8- 0
0- 1- 1
W
0- 1- 1
3- 1- 2 12- 1- 1
9- 3- 0
4- 3- 0 10- 7- 2
4- 1- 0
W
DNP
0- 0- 0
3- 3- 5
2- 2- 0
0- 0- 0 10- 4- 2
0- 0- 0
W
DNP
2- 0- 0 19- 6- 0
0- 1- 0
0- 1- 0 12- 1- 0
DNP
W
2- 2- 0
0- 2- 1 22- 3- 0
6- 2- 1
2- 3- 0
4- 4- 1
0- 0- 0
W
DNP
0- 0- 0
0- 8- 2
0- 0- 0
DNP
6- 2- 1
DNP