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THIS WEEK'S GAMES: The Blue Devils (5-3, 1-1 WIAC) will begin a string of five road games at UW-Platteville (2-6, 0-2 WIAC), Saturday, Dec. 8, looking to carry the momentum they gathered in a big home win over UW-Superior, Wednesday night.
MARK THOMAS INTERVIEWS: Throughout the season, Jimmie Kaska of Sports Radio 1400 AM will speak with head women's basketball coach
Mark Thomas about the season. Listed are each of the interviews throughout the season. |
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WEBCASTS: All UW-Stout home games will be available in a live video stream by
Blue Devil Video, with Adam "Big Country" Lehnertz on the call. WMEQ 880 Radio, with Jason Kenyon, Rob Silvers, Dan Schultz, Jimmie Kaska or Jake Bostrom, will broadcast and provide a live audio stream of away conference games and all Saturday WIAC doubleheaders. Stout will provide
Live Stats for all home games. Check the Blue Devil Webcast page or under details of the schedule page to see broadcasts and Live Stats available when Stout is on the road.
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THIS WEEK BY THE NUMBERS |
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25-2 |
Stout's record against UW-Superior in their 27 meetings since 2000, including Wednesday's win. |
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.689 |
Stout's all-time winning percentage against Platteville, their highest of such against any WIAC opponent. |
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20.6 |
Stout's average margin of victory. |
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25.7 |
Stout's average margin of loss. |
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7 |
Combined wins against Superior and Platteville since 2010 (9 total WIAC victories). |
THE BLUE DEVILS (5-3, 1-1 WIAC): Stout is coming off an important conference win on Wednesday, a 79-68 home victory over UW-Superior. A game after defeating third-ranked UW-Stevens Point, the Yellowjackets entered Johnson Fieldhouse hot, but left curious, along with many Blue Devil fans, about Stout's potential going forward. Stout continues to ride a roller coaster of a season that has featured some big wins and some big losses. The Blue Devils have only played in one game decided by 10 points or less, a six-point win against Hamline. They have a 55-point win and a 40-point loss, and their seven games, win or lose, have been decided by an average of 22.5 points, although their overall scoring margin is just +3.3. Senior
Whitney Rawdon is on fire in her last three games, scoring 16, 16, and 17 points in succession, and has upped her average to 14 per game. She also leads the team with 6.3 rebounds per game. On Wednesday, Rawdon and fellow senior
Kayla Windt combined to score 20 of Stout's final 22 points to close out the Yellowjackets.
Brea Boomer is pitching in 11.4 points per game and
Katelynne Folkers is offering 9.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per contest.
Sami Schoeder is averaging 8.4 points per game including a 24-point performance against St. Scholastica. Five Blue Devils are averaging at least four rebounds per game as they are out-rebounding their opponents, 44-40 on average. |
2012-13 Statistics
CONTINUING THE TREND: In both recent years and throughout their program's history, Stout has taken advantage of their games against this week's opponents. Their all-time winning percentages against UW-Platteville and UW-Superior are .689 (42-19) and .615 (48-30), respectively, which rank first and third among Stout's winning percentages against WIAC opponents. In the past six season, Stout is a combined 22-3 against them. Following their win Wednesday night, Stout has won 25 of the past 27 against Superior and 12 of the last 13 against Platteville, so they will look to continue the trend this weekend.
STOUT'S LAST TIME OUT: Seniors
Kayla Windt and
Whitney Rawdon combined for 17 points in the final five minutes to hold off a surging UW-Superior squad, and left their home court with a 79-68 win, Wednesday night. In the final five minutes, the Blue Devils scored four points from the field and 15 from the charity stripe. Windt scored 11 of her 14 points during that stretch while Rawdon scored six of her team-high 17. Stout jumped out to an early 7-0 lead after forcing four Yellowjacket turnovers in the first five minutes. Superior stormed back, however, and tied the game at 11-all. Connie Urmanski, who finished with a game-high 22 points, added two free throws to give her team their first lead of the night midway through the first half. The teams traded buckets for the next couple of minutes before Stout reeled off an 11-3 run to close the half.
Ashley Deschampe led the charge with five points during that run, while
Haley Froehlich added five. Stout continued to stay hot through the break and turned their seven-point halftime lead into a 46-27 margin five minutes into the second half.
Brea Boomer scored eight of her 11 points to help spark the early second-half charge. In the three minutes leading up to halftime and the five minutes following it, Stout outscored Superior, 25-6, to build a 19-point lead, their largest of the night. The Yellowjackets would not go away. In fact, they quickly began erasing their deficit. Superior was scoring just as often as Stout was turning the ball over and five minutes later, Stout's lead had gone from 19 to two. Froehlich, who ended with a career-high 12 points, put an end to Superior's 19-2 run with a three-pointer at 9:43. She added another jumper two minutes later, and a pair of free throws at the seven-minute mark, and Stout led by nine. From then on, it was the Rawdon and Windt show to hold on for the win. The two accounted for 20 of Stout's last 22 points, a combined 13-of-14 from the line and 3-of-3 from the field during that stretch. |
Story and Stats
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PLAYERS TO WATCH |
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Stout |
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#11 - Whitney Rawdon, F, 5-11 |
Last 3 games: 16, 16, and 17 points |
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#34 - Katelynne Folkers, G, 5-8 |
9.8 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3 apg, 24 steals |
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Platteville |
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#23 - Elizabeth Lawinger, G, 5-6 |
9.9 ppg, last two games: 16 pts, 17 pts |
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#30 - Alyssa Krajco, F, 5-9 |
9.9 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 14 reb Wed vs. EC |
SCOUTING UW-PLATTEVILLE (2-6, 0-2 WIAC): Platteville opened their season 2-1, but have since lost five straight including their most recent contest, a 62-57 overtime loss to UW-Eau Claire, Wednesday night. Kim Wellnitz is leading the team in scoring, offering 10.3 points per game. She is also collecting an average of 4.1 boards per game. Alyssa Krajco and Elizabeth Lawinger each average 9.9 points per game, with Krajco also leading the team in rebounds (5.9 rpg). The Pioneers rank eighth in the nine-team WIAC in scoring offense and scoring defense, resulting in a conference-worst -7.6 scoring margin, the only negative scoring margin in the league. | 2012-13 Statistics
THE SERIES: Stout leads the series, 42-19. That winning percentage of .689 is Stout's highest against any WIAC opponent. The Blue Devils have won four of the last five, nine of the last 10, and are 12-1 against Platteville in the last 13.
LAST TIME THEY MET (Feb. 4, 2012): Freshmen Brea Boomer, Bethany Reyzer, and Courtney Hayford led UW-Stout to a 67-61 win over UW-Platteville at Bo Ryan Court. Boomer had a big game - in particular a big first half. The 5-8 post player scored eight points over the first six minutes of the game to put Stout up early, then contributed off the boards throughout the rest of the afternoon. Boomer finished witha team-high 14 points and racked up her first collegiate double-double by pulling down a game-high 13 rebounds, 10 of them defensive boards. Reyzer scored in double digits for her third consecutive game as the Blue Devils won their second conference game and their second consecutive game. Reyzer finished with 11 points and a pair of assists. Hayford finished the afternoon by contributing 10 points. Whitney Rawdon finished with nine points and Kayla Windt had five steals. | Story and Stats
TRADITION: In 10 of the last 13 seasons, Stout has been either the first or second leading scoring team in the WIAC. In the final team standings, Stout has finished no lower in the conference than fourth in 11 of the last 14 years. Last year broke the trend, however, as they finished second to last in scoring and eight out of nine teams in the conference standings with a final league record of 3-13.
JOHNSON FIELDHOUSE: The “cozy confines of Johnson Fieldhouse” has proven to be quite an advantage for the Blue Devils. Since the 2000-01 season, Stout has posted a 120-33 (.784) record at home. In conference games at Johnson Fieldhouse since 2000-01, Stout has a 74-25 (.747) record. Throw in the conference tournament games, and Stout has an 88-25 (.779) overall record against WIAC opponents at home.
THE COACHES: UW-Stout: Mark Thomas (426-248) is in his 26th year as the coach of the Blue Devils. Thomas has led his teams to 10 national playoff berths, nine times in the NCAA. A six-time WIAC coach of the year, the Blue Devils have won five conference titles and four conference tournament championships. His teams have twice been to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. Thomas is the first WIAC coach to have reached 400 career wins. Thomas also has the most wins of any Stout basketball coach, either men's or women's. Dwain Mintz coached the men's basketball program for 27 years and compiled a 385-280 record. |
UW-Platteville: Megan Wilson is in her third season as UW-Platteville's head women's basketball coach. Wilson has been accustomed to winning, as her impressive playing career includes two high school state championships and an NCAA national championship. She attended UW-Stevens Point where she captained the 2002 national champion sqaud.
THE ROAD TO 400 WINS:
Mark Thomas' first collegiate win came the second game of his first season when his Blue Devils, which had won only two games over the previous two years, defeated Mt. Senario, 73-44, in November, 1987. The wins came more often after that. Thomas got his 50th win, Feb. 28, 1991, 71-60, over Cardinal Stritch. The 100th win came Jan. 10, 1994, an 80-59 win over UM-Morris. No. 200 came at UW-River Falls, a 78-74 victory on Jan. 5, 2000. Thomas' 300th win came in overtime, a 76-68 decision over UW-Stevens Point, Jan. 29, 2005. Thomas' 400th win came at UW-Stevens Point, a 90-76 decision, Feb. 3, 2010.
CONFERENCES: Stout and
UW-Platteville are both members of the nine-team Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) along with UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Oshkosh, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Superior and UW-Whitewater.
UP NEXT: Stout is at UW-River Falls, Wednesday, Dec. 12, for their last WIAC game of the calendar year. They will then round out 2012 with a game at Marian University before heading to Texas for their winter break trip.
