Monday, January 22, 2007

Midconfans News 1/22/2007


SUU game day--deseretnews.com

Southern Utah at OU women--The Oakland Press
Oakland Looks to Extend Win Streak to Four--OUGrizzlies.com

Kangaroos Head To "The Jungle" Looking To Close Road Trip On A High Note--UMKC Kangaroos

Four-game home stand coming to an end for Western Illinois women's basketball against Chicago State--Western Illinois Athletics

Time for Haanpaa to get greedy--The NWI Times

Women's Basketball Takes Floor Against Oral Roberts--GoCentenary.Com

Oral Roberts at Centenary--The Tulsa World

When: 7 p.m. Monday

Where: Gold Dome, Shreveport, La.

TV: None.

Radio: KAKC am1300

ORU (11-7, 1-3 Mid-Con)
Pos. Player Ht. PPG RPG
F Alycia Seay 6-2 3.8 2.5
F Elisha Turek 6-2 16.9 10.3
G Katie Langford 5-11 6.2 1.7
G Sarah Davidson 6-1 5.3 1.8
G Mariana Camargo 6-0 7.8 3.7

Centenary Ladies (4-15, 0-4)
Pos. Player Ht. PPG RPG
F Sara Judice 6-0 6.6 5.6
F Jelena Aleksic 6-0 11.6 4.0
G Cierra Bush 5-10 10.5 6.0
G Holli Wilkins 5-11 11.7 3.7
G Monique Jefferson 5-6 5.8 2.9

The teams: Preseason Mid-Con favorite ORU looks to make up some ground in the league with a win at Centenary. . . . Despite its 1-3 league mark, the Golden Eagles continue to lead the conference in scoring offense with 70.3 points per game and field goal percentage (.450). They also lead the league in turnover margin (plus-2.06) compared to Centenary, which is last at minus-4.42. . . . The Ladies are winless in conference play.

The players: ORU senior Elisha Turek sports a 16.9 scoring average, tops among current players. Only teammate Jenny Hardin, who is out with a broken foot, has a better scoring average.

Centenary has two players in the top 10 in scoring in guard Holli Wilkins (11.7) and forward Jelena Aleksic (11.6).

The series: The Golden Eagles have won all six games in the series.


Breakdown--The Tulsa World
Three questions with Yemi Ogunoye--The Tulsa World

Q&A with Mid-Con commissioner Tom Douple--The NWI Times
Mid-Con teams enjoy homecourt advantage--The Spectrum

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