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The Lady Yellowjackets dropped both ends of a two-game road trip to Seattle Pacific University and Northwest Nazarene University over the weekend to sit at 7-9 overall and 4-3 in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

The Yellowjackets fell 78-74 against No. 3-ranked Seattle Pacific Thursday night in Seattle.  The Falcons remain unbeaten improving to 16-0 overall and 7-0 in the league.

After the Falcons pulled out to a seven-point lead over the visiting Lady Jackets, Alira Carpenter (Lewistown) unleashed eight points in a four-minute span to push MSUB into the lead by one.  The lead was short-lived as the Falcons Maddie Maloney and Jackie Hollands hit back-to-back three-pointers to bring the Jackets back in check.  SPU built their lead back to nine with 6:08 to play in the half, but a collective Yellowjacket effort capped off by a Kayla McPherson (Glendive) three at the end of the half saw MSUB head to the locker room trailing by four.

“We struggled on the boards but felt fortunate to be down by four at the half against such a strong team,” said head coach Kevin Woodin.  “We didn’t panic in the second half and defended them very well.  We took the lead on a couple of occasion, but the game came down to the final two minutes where the Falcons executed better than we did.”

Dani Henderson (Reed Point) scored six of her 11 second half points right out of the gate drilling two 3-pointers.  Shantell Marquis (Cascade) followed with a layup to tie the game at 44 apiece.  The Lady Jackets continued to push the nationally-ranked Falcons as the two teams faced six ties in the second half.  SPU was able to clinch the conference win dropping in four free throws down the line as time expired.

“Hopefully the next time we are in this situation we will come out on top,” added Woodin.  “It was a great game and we look forward to the challenge of playing against a very good NNU team on Saturday.”

Three Yellowjackets scored in double figures and were led by Carpenter’s 20 points.  Carpenter was 8-of-15 from the field and connected on 4-of-6 from long range.  Marquis added 18 points shooting 8-of-13 from the field.  Henderson came up big for the Jackets scoring 15 points.  The sophomore posted a career-high three 3-pointers and seven assists, while matching her career-best with four steals.  Jen Smith (Belgrade) led MSUB in rebounding pulling down seven boards.

Draining 9-of-17 buckets from behind the arc, the Jackets shot a blistering 53 percent from the perimeter.  The team was 31-of-64 from the field and made a season-high 15 steals.  The Jackets were outrebounded 40-26.

The Lady Jackets fell 90-71 against the Crusaders in Nampa, Idaho on Saturday.  Four players from Northwest Nazarene scored in double figures with the win pushing NNU to 13-4 and 6-2 in the league.

Northwest Nazarene broke open a double-digit lead at the 14-minute mark and used a 17-2 scoring run in a span of 5:13 to lead by 28 with eight minutes to play in the opening half.  The Lady Jackets responded going on a 18-9 run of their own to close out the half to trail by 17 heading into the locker room.

Continuing their run into the second half, the Lady Jackets outscored the Crusaders 30-12 to whittle NNU’s lead to 10 at the 15:11 mark.  Kicking it into high gear, Northwest Nazarene’s Janee Olds used 12 second-half points to lead her team to the 19-point conference win.

Alira Carpenter (Lewistown) led all scorers with 19 points.  The junior guard was 7-of-16 from the field and 5-of-6 from the line.  Dani Henderson (Reed Point) netted 17 points off 7-of-11 shooting from the floor.  Henderson was 3-of-3 from the line and pulled down a team-high four rebounds.  Contributing 14 points was Kayla McPherson (Glendive).  McPherson was 5-of-10 from the field and 2-of-7 from long range.  The big story in the game was Shantell Marquis (Cascade).  Marquis nabbed a career-high 10 steals in setting both the Yellowjacket record and GNAC record for most steals in a single game.

The Lady Jackets had a rough go of it from the perimeter connecting on just 3-of-20 attempts for 15 percent.  The team shot 44 percent from the floor and were outrebounded 44-18.

Yellowjacket Tidbits:
NCAA Records (as of 1/20/08)
As a team the Yellowjackets are ranked 37th for free throw percentage (73.7), 35th for three-pointers per game (6.8), and 72nd for three-point percentage (34.2)...Individually Alira Carpenter is ranked 44th for free throw percentage (83.3), 22nd for points per game (19.7), 26th for three-point percentage (42.2), and 16th for three-pointers per game (3.1)...Shantell Marquis ranks 91st for assists per game (4.0) and moved up from last week's ranking of 41st to 32nd for steals per game (2.9).

GNAC Records (as of 1/27/08)
Shantell Marquis broke the GNAC record for steals in a single game against Northwest Nazarene nabbing 10 on Saturday...As a team, the Jackets rank fourth in the conference for free throw percentage (72.), sixth for three-point percentage (34.0), fourth for three-point defense (31.1), seventh for assists per game (13.63), seventh for steals per game (8.19), and third for three-pointers per game (6.69)...Individually Alira Carpenter continues to lead the conference in scoring averaging 19.7 points per game...Carpenter is also ranked fourth for free throw percentage (83.3), fourth for three-point percentage (41.2), and first for three-pointers per game (2.94)...Shantell Marquis is ranked 21st for scoring with 9.9 points per game, while ranking third for assists per game (4.13), and first for steals per game (3.31)...Dani Henderson is tied for 14th in the GNAC for rebounding averaging 5.4 boards per game...Henderson is also 14th for free throw percentage (75.0)...Kayla McPherson ranks ninth in the league for three-pointers per game (1.60) and 16th for three-point percentage (35.3)...Kayla Ryan is ranked 11th for blocked shots (0.56) and fifth for offensive rebounds per game (2.75).

Yellowjacket Records
Alira Carpenter's 1,173 points rank her 14th in the school history...the junior guard needs just 11 more points to overtake Alicia Cahill in 13th...Better yet, Carpenter needs just 46 points to overtake assistant coach Natalie Visger who has 1,219 career points...Carpenter has a career-point average of 15.6, ranking her fourth in school history...Her 19.7 points per game this season rank her fifth for a single season...Totaling 180 career three-pointers Carpenter is just five from second place and 15 from owning the career record held by Amy Winslow...Kayla McPherson has tallied 108 career three-pointers currently ranking her in a tie for eighth place with former Lady Jacket Jessica Bachman...McPherson needs 16 more three-pointers to overtake seventh place currently held by Shannon Harvey with 124...Shantell Marquis broke the single game school record with 10 steals in a game against NNU last week...the record had stood since 1990...Marquis has 126 career steals currently ranking her eighth...she needs 40 more steals to overtake seventh place in the record books.

From the GNAC:

Division II Games: Seattle Pacific 16-0,  Alaska Anchorage 13-2, Northwest Nazarene 10-4, Seattle 9-4, Central Washington 9-5, Saint Martin’s 8-5, Alaska Fairbanks 8-7, MSU Billings 6-9, Western Oregon 3-10, Western Washington 4-15.

West Region Games: Seattle Pacific 14-0, Alaska Anchorage 10-1, Northwest Nazarene 10-4, Seattle 9-4, Saint Martin’s 8-4, Central Washington 7-5, MSU Billings 6-7, Alaska Fairbanks 5-7, Western Oregon 3-10, Western Washington 3-13.    

LAST WEEK: Thursday – Central Washington 59 at Saint Martin's 56; Western Washington 76 at Western Oregon 72; MSU Billings 74 at Seattle Pacific 78; Seattle 62 at Northwest Nazarene 73.  Saturday – Alaska Anchorage 61 at Alaska Fairbanks 46; Central Washington 55 at Western Oregon 65; Western Washington 37 at Saint Martin's 54; MSU Billings 71 at Northwest Nazarene 90; Seattle 47 at Seattle Pacific 63.

THIS WEEK: Thursday – Alaska Anchorage at Western Washington, 5:30 p.m.; Alaska Fairbanks at Central Washington, 5:30 p.m.; Western Oregon at MSU Billings; Saint Martin's at Seattle.  Saturday - Alaska Anchorage at Central Washington, 5 p.m.; Alaska Fairbanks at Western Washington, 3 p.m.; Saint Martin's at MSU Billings; Western Oregon at Seattle; Seattle Pacific at Northwest Nazarene.

POLLS: WBCA (Jan. 22) – 3. Seattle Pacific, 9. Alaska Anchorage.  NCAA West Region – The first NCAA West Region weekly poll will be released Wednesday.  GNAC Coaches Pre-Season: 1. Seattle Pacific (5) 99; 2. Alaska Anchorage  (4) 95; 3. Western Washington (1) 80; 4. Seattle 71; 5. Northwest Nazarene 57; 6. Montana State Billings 56; 7. Central Washington 43; 8. Saint Martin's 24; 9. Western Oregon and Alaska Fairbanks 19. (Note: First-place votes in parenthesis. Points awarded on 11-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.).

ALL-TOURNAMENT:  Notre Dame (Nov. 16-17) – Shayla Corder, WOU. UAA Great Alaska Shootout (Nov. 20-21) – Rebecca Kielpinski, UAA (MVP); Maria Nilsson, UAA; Kalhie Quinones, UAA.  Western Washington  (Nov. 23-24) – India Soo, WWU; Tara Holgate, WWU; Jamey Gelhar, SMU.  Northwest Nazarene (Nov. 23-24) – Jennifer Williams, NNU; Kristin Hein, NNU; Leada Berkey, WOU. UAA Glacier Classic (Nov. 30-Dec. 1) – Maria Nilsson, UAA (MVP); Dasha Basova, UAA; Rebecca Kielpinski, UAA; Cristina Bruketta, UAF; Sarah Herrin, UAA.  Seattle Pacific (Dec. 7-8) – Beth Christensen, SPU (MVP); Libby Magnuson, SPU; Kelsey Hill, SPU; Amanda Dunbar, WWU.   Western Oregon (Dec. 21-22) -  Kassie Ludeman, SMU (MVP); Amber Harmon, SMU; Leada Berkey, WOU; Katie Torland, WOU.  UC San Diego (Dec. 28-29) – Jackie Hollands, SPU (MVP); Kelsey Hill, SPU; Beth Christensen, SPU; India Soo, WWU.  Sonoma State (Dec. 28-29) – Alira Carpenter, MSUB.

DOUBLE DOUBLES: 7 – Kristin Hein, NNU.  4 – Kelsey Hill, SPU; Rebecca Kielpinski, UAA.  3 – Claire Pallansch, WWU; Kari Reabold, UAF;   Jennifer Williams, NNU; Leada Berkey, WOU.     2 – Katie Torland, WOU; Shantell Marquis, MSUB; Shaina Afoa, CWU.  1 – Eleven with.

GNAC PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK: Kelsey Hill, Seattle Pacific (C, 6-2, Jr., Portland, OR – Portland Christian) and Janee Olds, Northwest Nazarene (G,  5-7, Fr., Coos Bay, OR – North Bend). . .Hill scored 38 points and had 11 rebounds and three blocks as the Falcons ran their win streak to 17 games with a pair of wins. She made 10 of 12 shots, including a jumper with 4:52 left to snap a 69-69 tie, in a four-point win against Montana State Billings.  In the two contests, she made 14 of 21 field goal attempts and all 10 of her foul shots. . .Olds  came off the bench to lead Northwest Nazarene with 34 points in a pair of impressive double-digit wins over Seattle University and Montana State Billings.  She was 10 of 17 from the floor, including  five of 10 from the arc.  Olds also had seven rebounds and five assists.

HONORABLE MENTION:  Sheena Brown, Alaska Fairbanks (G, 5-8, Jr., Fairbanks) produced her second 30-point game of the season, scoring 28 of her 30 points in the second half in 61-46 loss to Alaska Anchorage.  She was five of 10 from the three-point line and nine of 10 from the foul line. . .Rebecca Kielpinski, Alaska Anchorage (C, 6-2, Jr., Mandan, N.D) led the Seawolves with 14 points and 16 rebounds to increase her career totals to 1,167 and 735, respectively,  moving past Eva Robinson (1,162, 1979-81) for No. 6 on UAA's career scoring list (1,167) and surpassing Heidi Alderman (724, 1992-96) for No. 3 on the Seawolves career rebounding list.  She also had six blocks. . .Whitney Chase, Western Oregon (F, 5-11, Fr., Beavercreek, OR – Oregon City) scored 31 points and had eight rebounds and three steals as the Wolves split two home games, ending a 10-game losing streak to Central Washington in the process.  Chase made seven of 10 shots and 17 of 21 free throws.

AROUND THE GNAC: Brown has two of the three 30-point games this winter in the GNAC.  Earlier this season she scored 34 against Northwest Nazarene.  The only other player to score 30 or more this season is Leada Berkey of Western Oregon, who had 36 against Cal State Stanislaus.

AGAINST THE WEST REGION: GNAC (16) vs. CCAA (17)  - SPU 5-0, CWU 2-0, Seattle 1-0, SMU 2-1, NNU 3-2, WOU 2-4, WWU 1-7, UAF 0-1, MSU Billings 0-2.   GNAC (21) vs. PacWest  (0) -  Seattle 5-0, UAA 4-0, UAF 4-0, CWU 3-0, SMU 2-0, SPU 1-0, NNU 1-0, WWU 1-0.  CCAA (17) vs. GNAC (16) -  CSU Dominguez Hills 1-0, Chico State 4-1, Sonoma State 2-1, CSU San Bernardino 2-1, UC San Diego 3-2, Cal Poly Pomona 2-2, San Francisco State 1-2, CSU Stanislaus 1-2, Humboldt State 1-3, CSU Monterey Bay 0-2.  PacWest (0) vs. GNAC (21)  -  Dixie State 0-2, Hawaii Hilo 0-2, Notre Dame de Namur 0-3 Hawaii Pacific 0-4, Chaminade 0-5, BYU-Hawaii 0-5.

TEAM NOTES

Alaska Anchorage: The Seawolves held Alaska Fairbanks to three field goals and nine points in grabbing a 35-9 halftime lead.  Of the 15 previous lowest scoring conference games in GNAC history, the lowest point total for a single half was 10 points. UAA outshot their arch-rivals 50.0 percent to 23.3 percent and made eight of 18 three-pointers, including four of six by Danielle Dekel.

Alaska Fairbanks: In addition to her 30 points, Brown also had three steals and a block.  Kari Reabold led UAF in both categories, finishing with six steals and two blocks. 

Central Washington:  Hanna Hull led Central Washington with 29 points and also had 13 rebounds as the Wildcats split a pair of road games.  In its loss to Western Oregon, CWU didn’t have a player  in double figures for the first time since Jan. 6, 2000, ending a string of 218 games in which at least one player had accomplished that feat.  Hull scored 14 of her 20 points in the second half against Saint Martin’s as the Wildcats rebounded from a 15-point halftime deficit to win.

Montana State Billings: Alira Carpenter scored 39 points and Dani Henderson had 32 in a pair of road losses.  Shantell Marquis had 24 points, 10 assists and 13 steals, including a GNAC single game record 10 steals against Northwest Nazarene.  She broke the old record of nine held by four other players.

Northwest Nazarene:  The Crusaders used domination of the backboards to run their win streak to five since sustaining a two-point home loss to Alaska Anchorage.  NNU outrebounded Seattle and MSU Billings by a combined margin of 84-50, including 27-7 on the offensive glass.  The Crusaders also outscored their opponents 42-15 from the three-point line.

Saint Martin’s:  Dara Zack had 20 points and 19 rebounds and Amber Harmon and Kassie Ludeman each had 19 points as the Saints split two home games.  SMU held Western Washington to 37 points, its lowest point total in 31 years.

Seattle:  Jackie Thomas had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 steals in road losses at Northwest Nazarene and Seattle Pacific.  The 10 steals increased her career total to 202 as she set a school career record and become the seventh player in GNAC history to record 200 or more steals.

Seattle Pacific:  Jackie Hollands and Hill combined for 75 points in SPU’s two victories.  Hollands had 37 points, 21 from the three-point arc where she made seven of 13.  She also had team-highs of 10 assists and six steals.

Western Oregon:  Leada Berkey scored 33 points to move into seventh place on the GNAC all-time career scoring list with 1,349 points.  She also had 12 rebounds to increase her career total to 707 and become the 10th player in conference history to record 700 or more.

Western Washington:  Amanda Dunbar scored 25 points and Claire Pallansch had 24 as the Vikings split a pair of road games, winning at Western Oregon to snap a school-record eight-game losing streak.  Pallansch also had 17 rebounds, six assists and four blocks and Dunbar had five steals in the two games.

GNAC CAREER LEADERS (Through Jan. 26)

Scoring 
  1.   Rose Shaw, Central Washington (1999-02)                   1696
  7.   Leada Berkey, Western Oregon (2005-08)                    1349
18.   Rebecca Kielpinski, Alaska Anchorage (2006-08)           1167
24.   Hannah Hull, Central Washington (2005-08)                   1091
30.   Kari Reabold, Alaska Fairbanks (2005-08)                     1005
32.   Laina Sobczak, Seattle (2005-08)                                  973
     MSUB Career Totals
Alira Carpenter, MSU Billings (2006-08)                                1173

Three-Pointers
  1.   Mandy Wood, Seattle Pacific (2003-06)                           234
11.   Hanna Hull, Central Washington (2005-08)                      144
20.   Jackie Hollands, Seattle Pacific (2006-08)                        113   
21.   Cristina Bruketta, Alaska Fairbanks (2006-08)                 109
     MSUB Career Totals
Alira Carpenter, MSU Billings (2006-08)                                  180
Kayla McPherson, MSU Billings(2006-08)                                 108

Rebounds
  1.   Carli Grant, Seattle Pacific (2003-06)                            1083
  9.   Rebecca Kielpinski, Alaska Anchorage (2006-08)             735
10.   Leada Berkey, Western Oregon (2005-08)                      707
21.   Kari Reabold, Alaska Fairbanks (2005-08)                       562
22.   Claire Pallansch, Western Washington (2006-08)              542
25.   Kelsey Hill, Seattle Pacific (2006-08)                               525
26.   Laina Sobczak, Seattle (2005-08)                                   523

Assists
  1.   Melanie Wagoner, Alaska Fairbanks (1999-02)                500
  3.   Beth Christensen, Seattle Pacific (2005-07)                    432
14.   Mallory Whipple, Northwest Nazarene (2006-08)              280

Steals
  1.   Alysson Kollman, Northwest Nazarene (2000-03)             326
  6.   Jackie Thomas, Seattle (2005-07)                                  202
23.   Mallory Whipple, Northwest Nazarene (2006-08)              155

Blocks
  1.   Brittney Kroon, Seattle Pacific (2003-06)                         419
  3.   Krystal Robinson, Western Washington (2004-08)            190
  4.   Rebecca Kielpinski, Alaska Anchorage (2006-07)             153
10.   Claire Pallansch, Western Washington (2006-08)               74

(webpage) - Western Oregon has struggled to a 5-11 overall record and 1-6 mark in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.  The Wolves earned their first conference win over Central Washington last week beating the Wildcats 65-55 at home.

Three players are averaging double figures and are led by Leada Berkey's 15.2 points per game.  The senior has been a consistent player for the Wolves throughout her career.  Berkey has a team-best 7 boards per game and is shooting 40 percent from the field and 36 percent from long range.  Berkey leads WOU with 21 three-pointers this season.  Vanessa Wyffels is averaging 12.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game.  Wyfells is shooting hot from the floor averaging 60 percent on the season.  Her teammate Katie Torland is chipping in 12.1 points and 6.1 boards per game.  Torland is 57-of-69 from the free throw line for 83 percent.

As a team the Wolves have six players with 10 or more steals on the season.  The team is 40 percent from the floor and 29 percent from behind the arc.  WOU has connected on 241-of-359 attempts from the charity stripe for 67 percent.  The Wolves have been outrebounded by thier opponents 39-37.

All-time Series:  MSUB leads the series 8-2
First Meeting:  Feb. 13, 1999...Lady Jackets won 65-60
Last Meeting: MSUB def. WOU 77-62 on Nov 17, 2006
Notes: The Lady Jackets have won the last six straight games against Western Oregon.
 

(webpage) - The Saint Martin's Saints have gotten to their 11-5 overall record using a collective effort by the team as no one player is averaging double figures.  The team is 4-3 in the GNAC and has picked up wins over NNU, WOU, UAF, and WWU.  The Saints beat out NNU prior to the Crusaders downing the Jackets last week.

Jamey Gelhar leads the Wolves' offensive attack averaging 9.8 points per game.  Gelhar has dished out a team-best 2.5 assists per game, while grabbing 4.5 boards.  She is 19-of-47 from long range and is a hot 49-of-55 from the line for 89 percent.  Teammate Kassie Ludeman is averaging 9.4 points and has blocked a team-leading 1.25 shots per game.  Averaging 8.6 points and a team-best 5.4 boards per game is Dara Zack.  Zack has been effective from the floor connecting on 56-of-113 for 50 percent.  In all, eight Wolves are averaging 5.0 points per game or better, while seven players have 10 or more steals on the season.

The Wolves are shooting 40 percent from the field and 30 percent from long range.  The team has just 62 three-pointers but have outshot their opponents 238-163 at the line.  The team has also outrebounded their opponents 41-38 while holding a 64-56 margin of victory.

All-time Series:  MSUB leads the series 12-3
First Meeting: Jan. 13, 2001...Lady Jackets won 58-48
Last Meeting: MSUB def. SMU 84-68 on Dec. 9, 2006
Notes: The Lady Jackets have won six of the last eight games including three straight
 

A player scored at least 30 points — Feb. 24, 2007 (Michelle Lieber, 32 vs. St. Edward's)

A player made at least 15 field goals — Feb. 19, 2000 (Codi Schmitz vs. SEattle)

A player made seven 3-pointers — Dec. 30, 2006 (Alira Carpenter vs. Oklahoma Panhandle)

A player made six 3-pointers— Dec. 5, 2007 (Alira Carpenter vs. Great Falls)

A player made five 3-pointers — Jan. 12, 2008 (Kayla McPherson vs. Western Washington)

A player made at least 15 free throws — Nov. 30, 2002 (Natalie Visger vs. St. Martin's)

A player made at least 10 free throws— Feb. 24, 2007 (Michelle Lieber, 12/15 vs. St. Edward's)

A player had at least 20 rebounds — Dec. 20, 2003 (Robyn Milne, 22 vs. Alaska-Fairbanks)

A player had at least 15 rebounds— Nov. 17, 2006 (Michelle Lieber, 16 vs. Western Oregon)

A player had at least 10 assists— Feb. 19, 2000 (Deena Bartu, 13 vs. Seattle)

A player had at least 5 assists — Jan. 12, 2008 (Shantell Marquis, 7 vs. Western Washington)

A player had a least 5 blocked shots - Feb. 18, 2006 (Tanya Petersen, 6 vs. St. Mary's)

A player had at least 5 steals— Jan. 26, 2008 (Shantell Marquis, 10 vs. Northwest Nazarene)

A player had a double-double — Dec. 1, 2007 (Shantell Marquis, 10pts/10reb vs. Colorado School of Mines)

The team scored at least 100 points — Jan. 18, 2005 (100 vs. Western new Mexico)

The team scored at least 90 points— Dec. 5, 2007 (92 vs. Great Falls)

The team allowed at least 100 points — Jan. 22, 1998 (102 by Seattle Pacific)

The team made at least 40 field goals — Feb. 19, 2000 (44 vs. Seattle)

The team shot over 60% from the field— Dec. 2, 2005 (62.1% vs. Metro State)

The team shot over 50% from the field — Jan. 19, 2008 (50.0% vs. Seattle University)

The team made at least 15 3-pointers - Feb. 17, 2007 (15 vs. Texas Permian Basin)

The team made at least 10 3-pointers— Jan. 3, 2008 (14 vs. Alaska Anchorage)

The team made 30 free throws — Jan. 7, 2007 (31 vs. St. Edward's)

The team made 25 free throws — Jan. 19, 2008 (29 vs. Seattle University)

The team had at least 60 rebounds— Nov. 17, 2006 (64 vs. Western Oregon)

The team had at least 30 assists — Dec. 16, 2005 (30 vs. St. Martin's)

The team had at least 25 assists - Feb. 17, 2007 (28 vs. Texas Permian Basin)

The team had at least 20 assists— Jan. 4, 2007 (21 vs. Texas A&M-International)

The team had at least 10 blocked shots — Jan. 3, 2005 (10 vs. Northwest Nazarene)

The team had at least 5 blocked shots — Feb. 2, 2007 (5 vs. Lincoln)

The team had at least 20 steals— Feb. 14, 1998 (20 vs. Montana Tech)

The team had at least 15 steals— Jan. 26, 2008 (15 vs. Northwest Nazarene)
 

Points
Game - 1. Shelley Altrogge (43)
Season – 1. Shelley Altrogge (691); 5. Alira Carpenter (542)
Career – 1. Tera Silivius (1,630); 14. Alira Carpenter (1,173)

Field Goals
Game - 1. Evonne Goroski (16/26)
Season – 1. Shelley Altrogge (282); 10. Alira Carpenter (196)
Career – 1. Evonne Goroski (680)

Field Goal Percentage
Game - 1. Alicia Cahill, 100% (10/10)
Season – 1. Michelle Lieber (68.1)
Career – 1. Michelle Lieber (66.45)

3-Pointers
Game - 1. Alira Capenter, 7/11
Season – 1. Alira Carpenter (88); 4. Kayla McPherson (64)
Career – 1. Amy Winslow (194); 3. Alira Carpenter (180); 8. Kayla McPherson (108)

3-Point Percentage
Game - 1. Alira Carpenter, 100% (5/5)
Season – 1. Becky Jacobs (50.00); 9. Alira Carpenter (42.51)
Career – 1. Amy Winslow (43.30); 2. Alira Carpenter (40.30); 5. Kayla McPherson (39.81); 10. Jetton Meadors (36.27)

Free Throws
Game - 1. Shelley Altrogge (16/21)
Season – 1. Sherry McQuinn (184)
Career – 1. Sherry McQuinn (392)

Free Throw Percentage
Game - 1. Sherry McQuinn, 100% (13/13)
Season – 1. Alira Carpenter (88.57)
Career – 1. Lisa Jellum (84.50)

Rebounds
Game - 1. Grace Grabofsky (26)
Season – 1. Shelley Altrogge (376)
Career – 1. Robyn Milne (957)

Assists
Game - 1. Deena Bartu (13)
Season – 1. Amy Winslow (183)
Career – 1. Amy Winslow (585)

Blocked Shots
Game - 1. Jessie Henigman (9); 36. Shantell Marquis (4)
Season – 1. Robyn Milne (104); 20. Shantell Marquis (20)
Career – 1. Robyn Milne (278) No. 13 in NCAA DII History

Steals
Game - 1. Shantell Marquis (10)
Season – 1. Amy Winslow (112); 4. Shantell Marquis (73)
Career – 1. Amy Winslow (343); 8. Shantell Marquis (126)

 

Kevin Woodin enters his fourth season as the head women's basketball coach at MSU Billings in 2007-2008.  He has posted a 61-26 overall record in his first three seasons, capturing two Heartland Conference regular season titles and once conference tournament championship.  Two of Woodin's three teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament.  His first win of the 2007-2008 season will move him to No. 3 in school history for career wins.

Woodin became the Lady Yellowjackets' eleventh head women's basketball coach when he took over on July 23, 2004.  He had been the head girl’s basketball coach at Billings West High School for the past ten seasons.  In that time, he led the Lady Bears to a 138-81 record (.630), including back-to-back Class AA state titles in 2003 and 2004.  Woodin’s Bears were a perfect 23-0 in 2004's title run and won the final 36 games Woodin coached at the school.  He earned Montana AA Coach of the Year honors in 2003 and 2004, and was a finalist for the award in 1999 and 2002.

A native of Libby, Mont., Woodin graduated with a degree in mathematics from Carroll College in 1987.  While teaching and coaching at O’Dea High School in Seattle, he earned his masters degree in Athletic Administration from Seattle Pacific University in 1992.  Woodin taught mathematics at O’Dea High School from 1987 to 1994 while also coaching boy’s basketball, golf and tennis.  He was named O’Dea’s Outstanding Teacher of the year in 1990-1991 and the Metro League Golf Coach of the Year three times.

Woodin moved to Billings in 1994 to take over the girl’s program at West High School where he has also taught mathematics.   Along with leading the Lady Bears to State AA tournament hardware in four of his last six seasons, Woodin was also an assistant coach on the Montana All-Star Team and an Executive Committee member and coach for the Treasure State Classic.  At West High, Woodin coached 19 players who went on to play collegiate basketball.

Before the Montana High School Association moved the girl’s basketball season to the winter, Woodin was a part time assistant coach at MSU Billings from 2000-2003.  Responsible for practice and game planning, recruiting, scouting, individual skill development, travel and coordinating the Billings Bees camps, Woodin helped the Lady Yellowjackets to two NCAA Tournament appearances in three seasons.

Woodin has been married to his wife Paula for 20 years, and they have three children (Kayleen, 14; Toria, 11; Garrett, 9).  His parents, Pete and Loretta Erickson, formerly of Roundup, Montana, reside in Sierra Vista, Arizona.

The 2007-2008 season will be Visger's second as a full-time assistant for the Lady Jacket basketball team.  She is a 2003 graduate of Montana State University-Billings.  She earned a bachelor of science degree in biology with a minor in chemistry, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a 3.91 GPA.  As a senior in 2003 Visger was named the Outstanding Biology Senior.

“I am very excited to have Natalie join our staff at MSUB,” said Woodin.  “She brings a tremendous amount of experience to the program, both as a player and as a coach.  We are very fortunate to have her, and I am confident she will have a positive impact upon our program.  Natalie’s duties will include directing and assisting with the pre- and postseason weight training and conditioning program, game and practice preparation, recruiting, film exchange, scouting, academic monitoring, travel arrangements, basketball camps and tournaments, and individual skill development.”

Visger was a four-year standout on the basketball court for the Lady Yellowjackets.  As a two-time team captain she helped the Yellowjackets reach three NCAA Tournaments in four years.  As a freshman and sophomore Visger was an All-Pacific West Conference selection.  As a senior she was named the Montana State University-Billings Outstanding Female Student-Athlete.

Known as a tenacious competitor, Visger made several impressions in the Yellowjacket record books.  She still ranks twelfth in school history for scoring with 1,219 career points.  She is also in the career top 10 for free throws made, free throw percentage, rebounds, and rebounding average.

After graduating in 2003, Visger played professionally in Europe for three seasons.  In 2003-2004 she played for TV-Langen in Langen, Germany.  She finished the season ranked second in the league for scoring average at 20.7 ppg. 

In 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 Visger played for ASG Theresianum Mainz in Mainz, Germany.  In the ‘04-‘05 season she was again second in the league for scoring at 18.5 ppg and led her team to a second place finish in the league.  Last year along with playing for the Women's first team, which again finished second in the league, she was the head coach for the Women's third team.  In addition to playing professional basketball, Visger, who speaks fluent German, worked as a document translator for STI Security Training International GmbH in Wiesbaden, Germany.

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