2008 Frontier Conference Tournament

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Westminster Women's Basketball Weekly Game Notes

February 13, 2008

Complete release in PDF format

Westminster Travels to Battle Great Falls, MSU-Northern
This weekend the Westminster Griffins are heading to Montana to battle the University of Great Falls and Montana State-Northern. The Griffins will face UGF on Friday, February 15 before heading even farther North to battle Montana State-Northern on Saturday, February 16.

Opening Tip
•With its 68-55 win over L-C last week the Griffins are now 1-4 against ranked opponents this season.

•Westminster ranks eighth nationally, shooting 45.7% from the field.

•Kelsi Olsen was named Frontier Conference Player of the Week after her career-high 28 points against L-C.

Westminster vs. Great Falls
The Griffins hold an 11-4 advantage over Great Fall all-time, including a 67-51 win over the Argos on January 12 in Salt Lake City. The Griffins have won five straight in the series. UGF enters the contest at12-13 overall and 3-6 in the conference.

The Argos rank number 19 in the nation in foul shooting. They connect from the stripe at 71.78 percent. Laura Keaster averages a team-best 19.0 points per game, which is good enough for ninth in the country. Keaster also averages 2.2 steals per night while shooting 78.2 percent from the charity stripe.

Westminster vs. MSU-Northern
Westminster will try and close the Sky Lights series lead to 11-9 on Saturady night. The Griffins are 0-9 all-time in Havre; however they have won the previous three meeting between the two teams. Westminster got a 60-45 win over MSU-Northern on January 10 in the Behnken Field House.

Northern enters the weekend with a 13-10 overall record and are 3-6 in the Frontier Conference. They have lost three straight, its longest such streak of the season. The Sky Lights are led by Becky Sorenson’s 12.2 points per game. Sorenson is a native of Salt Lake City and is one of three Northern players from the Beehive state.

Griffins Recent Action
Westminster vs. Lewis-Clark State (February 9)
The 24th-ranked Westminster Griffins picked up a 68-55 win over 10th-ranked Lewis-Clark State College on Saturday night. The win snaps a 21-game Frontier Conference winning streak by L-C, and marks just the third time in 21 tries the Griffins have defeated the Warriors. The win improves Westminster to 18-6 overall and 5-3 in the conference.

The Griffins dominated the first half, holding the Warriors to just 19.4 percent shooting and only 18 points. In turn, the Purple and Gold put up 30 points while shooting 50 percent from the floor and connecting on four shot from distance. Kelsi Olsen came up huge for the Griffins, finishing with a career-high 28 points, including 14-of-18 from the foul line.

Alexis Tucker added 12 points and eight rebounds and Shannon Evans scored 14 points while dishing out four assists. Evans now has 402 career assists, which ties her with Amy Jensen for the most in school history. Westminster held L-C nearly 25 points below its season average on 79.5 points per contest, while keeping them at just 27.5 percent shooting for the game.

Excellent Evans
Junior guard Shannon Evans leads the Griffin in scoring, assists, and steals. She is ranked 12th in the nation with her 5.2 assists per game average and also sits 13th in steals (3.1), 30th in 3-point field goal percentage (.404), and 41st in 3-point field goals made (2.0).

Awards Keep Coming
After scoring a career-high 28 points against Lewis-Clark State, senior guard Kelsi Olsen was named the Frontier Conference Player of the Week. It is the first time this year that Olsen has received the award, however a Griffin has been named player of the week four times.

Milestone Marker
The next assist by Shannon Evans will give her a school record of 403 in her career. She currently sits tied with Amy Jensen with 402 career dimes. Evans is also just 16 steals away from breaking the school career record of 216. Janae Hirschi sits just 27 rebounds shy of 600 career boards. That would make her just the third Griffins to that milestone.

National Recognition
The Griffins received 89 points in the NAIA coaches’ poll that was released on February 13. That was good enough for the 23rd spot, one spot higher than last week. The highest the Griffins have ever been ranked is 21st on December 5, 2007. Westminster has been in the poll for nine straight weeks and received points in 12 consecutive polls.

Griffins Picked Third by Coaches
In a pre-season poll of Frontier Conference women’s basketball coaches last year’s conference tournament champion Carroll College was picked to win the 2007-2008 league title. Lewis-Clark State, last years regular season champion, was second in the balloting followed by Westminster College, Montana Tech, Montana State-Northern, Rocky Mountain, Montana Western and the University of Great Falls.

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Opening Tip •With its 68-55 win over L-C last week the Griffins are now 1-4 against ranked opponents this season. •Westminster ranks eighth nationally, shooting 45.7% from the field. •Kelsi Olsen was named Frontier Conference Player of the Week after her career-high 28 points against L-C. Westminster vs. Great Falls The Griffins hold an 11-4 advantage over Great Fall all-time, including a 67-51 win over the Argos on January 12 in Salt Lake City. The Griffins have won five straight in the series. UGF enters the contest at12-13 overall and 3-6 in the conference. The Argos rank number 19 in the nation in foul shooting. They connect from the stripe at 71.78 percent. Laura Keaster averages a team-best 19.0 points per game, which is good enough for ninth in the country. Keaster also averages 2.2 steals per night while shooting 78.2 percent from the charity stripe. Westminster vs. MSU-Northern Westminster will try and close the Sky Lights series lead to 11-9 on Saturady night. The Griffins are 0-9 all-time in Havre; however they have won the previous three meeting between the two teams. Westminster got a 60-45 win over MSU-Northern on January 10 in the Behnken Field House. Northern enters the weekend with a 13-10 overall record and are 3-6 in the Frontier Conference. They have lost three straight, its longest such streak of the season. The Sky Lights are led by Becky Sorenson’s 12.2 points per game. Sorenson is a native of Salt Lake City and is one of three Northern players from the Beehive state. Griffins Recent Action Westminster vs. Lewis-Clark State (February 9) The 24th-ranked Westminster Griffins picked up a 68-55 win over 10th-ranked Lewis-Clark State College on Saturday night. The win snaps a 21-game Frontier Conference winning streak by L-C, and marks just the third time in 21 tries the Griffins have defeated the Warriors. The win improves Westminster to 18-6 overall and 5-3 in the conference. The Griffins dominated the first half, holding the Warriors to just 19.4 percent shooting and only 18 points. In turn, the Purple and Gold put up 30 points while shooting 50 percent from the floor and connecting on four shot from distance. Kelsi Olsen came up huge for the Griffins, finishing with a career-high 28 points, including 14-of-18 from the foul line. Alexis Tucker added 12 points and eight rebounds and Shannon Evans scored 14 points while dishing out four assists. Evans now has 402 career assists, which ties her with Amy Jensen for the most in school history. Westminster held L-C nearly 25 points below its season average on 79.5 points per contest, while keeping them at just 27.5 percent shooting for the game. Excellent Evans Junior guard Shannon Evans leads the Griffin in scoring, assists, and steals. She is ranked 12th in the nation with her 5.2 assists per game average and also sits 13th in steals (3.1), 30th in 3-point field goal percentage (.404), and 41st in 3-point field goals made (2.0). Awards Keep Coming After scoring a career-high 28 points against Lewis-Clark State, senior guard Kelsi Olsen was named the Frontier Conference Player of the Week. It is the first time this year that Olsen has received the award, however a Griffin has been named player of the week four times. Milestone Marker The next assist by Shannon Evans will give her a school record of 403 in her career. She currently sits tied with Amy Jensen with 402 career dimes. Evans is also just 16 steals away from breaking the school career record of 216. Janae Hirschi sits just 27 rebounds shy of 600 career boards. That would make her just the third Griffins to that milestone. National Recognition The Griffins received 89 points in the NAIA coaches’ poll that was released on February 13. That was good enough for the 23rd spot, one spot higher than last week. The highest the Griffins have ever been ranked is 21st on December 5, 2007. Westminster has been in the poll for nine straight weeks and received points in 12 consecutive polls. Griffins Picked Third by Coaches In a pre-season poll of Frontier Conference women’s basketball coaches last year’s conference tournament champion Carroll College was picked to win the 2007-2008 league title. Lewis-Clark State, last years regular season champion, was second in the balloting followed by Westminster College, Montana Tech, Montana State-Northern, Rocky Mountain, Montana Western and the University of Great Falls.
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