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March 8, 2004

2003-04 Statistics | NAIA Tournament Bracket

This Week


Women's Division II
National Championship
Sioux City, Iowa

First Round Opponent


Dominican University
San Rafael, Calif.

Founded 1890
Affiliation California Pacific Conference
NAIA Region II
Nickname Penguins
Colors Black & Gold
Enrollment 1540
President Dr. Joseph Fink
Athletic Director Dr. Ian McGregor
Sports Info Dir Bill Tresler
Phone (415) 482-3500
Fax (415) 485-9746

The Cascade Collegiate Conference regular-season and playoff champions prepare for first-ever trip to the national stage, when No. 16 Eastern Oregon faces No. 17 Dominican University (Calif.).

How They Got There: Eastern Oregon claimed their first-ever trip to the women's National Championship by winning the regular-season Cascade Collegiate Conference championship.

Last Week: defeated Albertson in the CCC quarterfinals, 82-58; defeated Oregon Tech in the CCC semifinals, 79-64; defeated Warner Pacific in CCC title game, 83-64.

This Week: at the NAIA Women's Division II National Championships, Sioux City, Iowa - Thursday vs. Dominican (Calif.), 7:15 p.m. (PST); with a win, they will face the winner of #1 Hastings (Neb.)-Warner Southern (Fla.) Friday at 7:15 p.m. (PST). The quarterfinal game would be Saturday at 6 p.m. (PST); semifinal game, March 15 at 4 p.m. (PST); and the Championship March 16 at 4:30 p.m. (PST).

Radio:  All Mountaineer national tournament games can be heard locally on KWRL 99.9 FM and KEOL 91.7 FM. Eastern's web broadcast of KEOL will also be available.

Live Statistics:  Live game-time statistics will be provided by the NAIA and links to all the games will be at www.naia.org/basketball/wdii/championship/2004/bracket.html.

Travel Information:  The Mountaineers left for Boise Sunday evening, with their flight to Omaha leaving this morning at 6 a.m. MST.  From the Omaha airport, the team will travel by van to Sioux City, approximately 95 miles.  The team is scheduled to stay at the Holiday Inn Express in Sioux City and will depart Friday if they lose Thursday or as soon as they are knocked out of the tournament.

Dominican University:  Dominican (26-6), ranked #17 in the final NAIA coaches poll, finished tied for first with Holy Names College in the California Pacific Conference and then lost to the Crusaders, 65-45 in the finals of the CalPac tournament;  The team had a 16-game win streak snapped in that loss Holy Names.

The Penguins:  Dominican is headed by second-year head coach Scott Davis.  Davis was named Coach of the Year in the CalPac this season.  All-Conference performers include Catherine Gravelle (6-4, Jr., Forward, Santa Rosa, Calif.), Timea Ivanyi (6-4, Sr., Center, Szeged, Hungary), and Lauren Pressley (5-9, Sr., Guard, Oakland, Calif.).

Leading scorer for the Penguins is Gravelle at 10.9 points per game, with Ivanyi just behind at 10.4.  Ivanyi is the top rebounder at 5.7 boards per game.  No Penguin is averaging over 3 assists a game.

The team shoots very well at 45.9%, including 32% from beyond the three-point arc.

Mountaineer Awards: Jamie Jo Cant and Tricia Haddock were named 1st team All-Cascade Conference.  This was Cant second straight appearance on the list.  Michelle Kinley was named as an honorable mention to the team.

Milestones:  Jamie Jo Cant needs just 31 points to pass 1,000 for her career; Michelle Kinley also needs 31 points to surpass the career 500-point plateau.

Current Stats:

                                       |---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
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22 Jamie Jo Cant...... 28-28  801 28.6 129-300  .430  50-127  .394  56-74   .757   32  97  129  4.6  59  1  72  61   2  53  364 13.0
10 Tricia Haddock..... 28-28  869 31.0  93-225  .413  57-147  .388  50-70   .714   23  60   83  3.0  60  2 196  78   3  51  293 10.5
54 Candice Davis...... 28-27  603 21.5 113-217  .521   0-0    .000  57-77   .740   46  76  122  4.4  61  1  29  56   2  20  283 10.1
32 Michelle Kinley.... 28-1   650 23.2  92-194  .474   4-10   .400  70-90   .778   60 100  160  5.7  64  0  33  38   5  37  258  9.2
12 Christie Weaver.... 28-1   516 18.4  94-194  .485  34-82   .415  11-13   .846   34  62   96  3.4  36  0  29  50   9  27  233  8.3
24 Christy Smith...... 27-27  717 26.6  86-157  .548   2-8    .250  31-53   .585   30  67   97  3.6  37  0  66  60   2  48  205  7.6
20 Cory Nelson........ 28-28  659 23.5  83-207  .401  19-42   .452  24-36   .667   34 113  147  5.3  48  1  46  48   4  30  209  7.5
44 Sarah Smith........ 19-0   121  6.4  21-41   .512   0-0    .000   9-16   .563    7  26   33  1.7  20  0   4   5  11   5   51  2.7
34 Brye Quatre........ 26-0   211  8.1  28-65   .431   0-0    .000  12-20   .600   16  31   47  1.8  41  2  10  23   5  12   68  2.6
42 Ashley Jones....... 21-0   152  7.2  20-46   .435   0-7    .000  11-17   .647    7   9   16  0.8  14  0   6  13   1   5   51  2.4
30 Sandy Isbell....... 26-0   228  8.8  19-56   .339   3-14   .214  16-31   .516    9  25   34  1.3  12  0  23  24   0  12   57  2.2
14 Linzi Strohm....... 16-0    98  6.1  10-17   .588   1-2    .500   9-13   .692    7  11   18  1.1   4  0   7  18   1   7   30  1.9
   TEAM...............                                                             56  67  123  4.4   0         13
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   Total.............. 28    5625      788-1719 .458 170-439  .387 356-510  .698  361 744 1105 39.5 456  7 521 487  45 307 2102 75.1
   Opponents.......... 28    5625      602-1620 .372 169-561  .301 251-386  .650  340 656  996 35.6 522  - 391 653  68 201 1624 58.0

 

 

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