2008-09 Creighton Women's Basketball - Creighton University ...

2008-09 Double-DoublesMegan Neuvirth (9)at Saint Louis, 11-25-08, 16 points, 17 reboundsvs. Denver, 11-30-08, 13 points, 12 reboundsvs. UC Davis, 12-20-08, 26 points, 13 reboundsvs. Colorado St., 12-21-08, 18 points, 14 rebs.at Illinois State, 1-1-09, 11 points, 10 reboundsat So. Illinois, 1-15-09, 13 points, 11 reboundsat Bradley, 2-19-09, 11 points, 11 reboundsat UNI, 2-21-09, 22 points, 10 reboundsvs. Drake, 2-27-09, 14 points, 13 reboundsKristina Voss (1)at Saint Louis, 11-25-08, 10 points, 10 rebounds27. The two triples were also a season-low forthe Jays. CU’s field-goal percentage was itsworst in a game since shooting 19.7 percentfrom the field at Northwestern on Nov. 21,2003. (Creighton would go on to win the WNITthat season).Need Three From WoodyKelsey Woodard was 1-for-8 from the fieldand 0-for-5 from three-point range againstDrake on Feb. 27. It marked her fourth gamethis year without a three-pointer and the 12thtime in her career she did not make a shot fromlong range. CU is 1-3 this year and 4-8 overthe last two years when she doesn’t hit a three.Ladies Night at Qwest Center OmahaCreighton’s game against Drake on Feb. 27was the first regular-season women’s gameever played at Qwest Center Omaha. Thegame drew the sixth-largest crowd in schoolhistory, as 3,483 fans turned out to see the contest.Voss Keeps PlayingKristina Voss has played in 32 of CU’s 33games this year and has now played in 123games in her career. Her 123 career gamesplayed ranks fourth in school history.All Good Streaks Must Come to an EndCreighton had its 11-game winning streaksnapped in a loss at Bradley (Feb. 19). Thestreak was the longest under Jim Flanery andbest since the 1991-92 team set the schoolrecord with 16 straight victories. The 2004-05team won eight straight, which was the formermark under Flan. Each of the last four teams towin at least seven straight in a seasonadvanced to the NCAA postseason that year –NCAA (2002) & WNIT (2003, 2004, 2005).Longest Winning Streaks at CU16 Jan. 30, 1992 – March 18, 199213 Dec. 15, 1990 – Jan. 26, 199112 Nov. 30, 1991 – Jan. 23, 199211 Jan. 8, 2009 – Feb. 14, 200911 Jan. 2, 1986 – Feb. 8, 198610 Jan. 14, 2002 – Feb. 17, 200210 Dec. 30, 1993 – Jan. 29, 1994Longest Valley StreakAll of Creighton’s 11 wins during its streakcame in MVC play, the longest Valley streak inschool history, surpassing the 2002 MVCchampions who won 10 straight. The 1992squad won 12 consecutive conference gamesas a member of the We s t e r n A t h l e t i cConference (WAC).Summarizing the StreakDuring Creighton’s 11-game winning streak theBluejays averaged 63.5 points per game, whileallowing 51.9 points. CU shot 41.3 percentfrom the field and 38.8 percent from long range,while opponents shot just 35.5 percent from thefield and 29.2 percent from beyond the arc.The Jays had a plus-4.4 rebounding marginduring the streak and averaged 8.5 steals and4.0 blocks. Six of CU’s 11 opponents failed toscore 50 points during the streak. MeganNeuvirth topped the Bluejays with 13.8 pointsper game during the streak.Keep the Chevy in TownChevelle Herring is CU’s leading scorer inhome games at 15.1 points per game, whileshe shoots 34.8 percent from the field and 36percent from three-point range at home. Awayfrom Omaha, Chevy averages 12.1 points andshoots just 28.2 percent from the field and 30.1percent from three-point range.Now StartingJunior Kelsey Crites was given her first start inover a year in CU’s win over Evansville (Feb.12). She responded by scoring a season-high10 points to go along with five rebounds andthree assists. She followed with ninerebounds, six points, five assists and foursteals in another start against SIU (Feb. 14).Helping OutCreighton dished 22 assists on 28 field goals inits win over Evansville (Feb. 12). Each of CU’sfive starters had at least three assists in thecontest. Kelsey Woodard led the Jays withsix, Chevelle Herring added five, KristinaVoss had a season-high four and K e l s e yCrites and Megan Neuvirth each had threehelpers in the victory. The Jays followed with20 assists on 26 buckets against SIU (Feb. 14),with four of the five starters racking up at leastthree assists.Top 10 ListsMegan Neuvirth owns the CU record forrebounds in a season with 319, while her 9.7rebounds per game rank third in school historyand her 34 blocked shots are just two shy ofcracking the CU top-10. Kelsey Woodard hashit 84 three-pointers this season, the most by aBluejay since assistant coach Dayna Finchdrained 98 in 2003-04. Her 84 treys rank fourthin CU single-season history. Woodard alsoranks fifth in CU single-season history in freethrowpercentage (.844).CU Single-Season RecordsRebounds1. 319 Megan Neuvirth 2008-092. 260 Janet Ensign 1986-873. 254 Connie Yori 1982-834. 253 Pam Gradoville 1987-885. 243 Anne Timmerman 1976-77243 Shannon Struby 1990-917. 240 Connie Yori 1983-848. 236 Jeannine Kardell 1988-899. 234 Cheri Love 1978-7910. 229 Kathy Halligan 1990-91229 Pam Gradoville 1985-86Rebounding Average1. 12.8 Anne Timmerman 1976-772. 11.7 Cheri Love 1978-793. 9.7 Megan Neuvirth 2008-094. 9.6 Cathy Tryon 1979-805. 9.1 Connie Yori 1982-836. 9.0 Pam Gradoville 1987-889.0 Janet Ensign 1986-878. 8.7 Jeannine Kardell 1988-899. 8.6 Connie Yori 1983-8410. 8.4 Pam Gradoville 1986-878.4 Shannon Struby 1990-913FG Made1. 102 Kathy Halligan 1989-902. 98 Dayna Finch 2003-043. 91 Dayna Finch 2001-024. 84 Kelsey Woodard 2008-095. 80 Kathy Halligan 1990-916. 77 Laura Spanheimer 2002-037. 72 Kathy Halligan 1991-928. 64 Chevelle Herring 2008-0964 Laura Spanheimer 2003-0464 Missy Miller 1995-96Free-Throw PercentageMinimum 60 attempts1. .892 Kr. Woodard (66-74) 2003-042. .862 Kr. Woodard (56-65) 2004-053. .849 Ally Thrall (73-86) 2006-074. .847 T. Warren (83-98) 1985-865. .844 Ke. Woodard (65-77) 2008-096. .841 Ke. Woodard (74-88) 2007-087. .833 Sam Schuett (65-78) 2007-088. .832 K. Spanheimer (89-107) 1998-999. .826 H. Sivesind (95-115) 1995-9610. .818 C. Neneman (130-159) 2002-03Blocked Shots1. 55 Cathy Tryon 1979-802. 52 Amy Hoffman 2004-053. 51 Jeannine Kardell 1986-874. 50 Jenny Olson 1994-955. 47 Amy Hoffman 2005-066. 46 Jenny Olson 1993-947. 45 Jeannine Kardell 1987-888. 37 Melissa Sanford 1990-919. 36 Amy Hoffman 2003-0436 Pam Gradoville 1984-85–– 34 Megan Neuvirth 2008-09