WBB Preview: Blue Devils slide back into play at Dells

THIS WEEK'S GAMES: The Blue Devils (3-6, 0-0 WIAC) will play a couple of more MIAC teams when they play at the Just A Game Classic in Wisconsin Dells, meeting Bethel University (8-1, 4-0 MIAC), Thursday, Dec. 29 at 1 p.m. and Carleton College (1-7, 0-3 MIAC), Friday, Dec. 30 at 11 a.m.

WEBCASTS: All UW-Stout home games will be available in a live video stream by Blue Devil Video with Logan Stoa and Tom Schmelzle on the call. WMEQ 880 Radio, with Pete Knutson, Jay Fahl or Jake Bostrom, will broadcast and provide a live audio stream of away conference games. 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.

CAREER STATS: Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this page to check out the UW-Stout career highs for points, rebounds and assists of each Blue Devil player.


A LOOK AT UW-STOUT:  Kyncaide Diedrich, Jenna Goldsmith, Bailey Diersen, Anna Brown and Shannah Watkins are all averaging more than 10 points per contest.  Diedrich leads the Blue Devils with 12.1 points, followed by Diersen with 11.9, Goldsmith 11.2, Brown 10.4 and Watkins 10.3. . Diedrich ranks sixth, Diersen 8th, Goldsmith 10th, Brown 13th and Watkins 14.  Stout is the only team to have five players rank in the top 15 in scoring in the WIAC. Brown, has started all nine games and leads the team in shooting percentage (.500), where she ranks sixth in the WIAC. Goldsmith leads the team in rebounds with 779 boards, followed by the 5-foot-5 Diedrich with 6.0. Goldsmith is second in the league in rebounds and third in blocked shots (2.0). Watkins is averaging 5.0 rebounds and leads the team and the WIAC in assists, averaging 4.4 per contest. Watkins is third in the WIAC in steals (2.0), and is second in the WIAC in assists/turnover ratio at 1.14. As a team, Stout is third in the WIAC in scoring  at 69.1 and is giving up 70.1. | 2016-17 Statistics

CONFERENCE STANDINGS: The Blue Devils are projected to finish sixth in the WIAC. Last season, the Blue Devils were the highest scoring offense in the WIAC, averaging 69.4 points per game. They also were second in the WIAC in rebounds per game, with 41.2 per game. The Blue Devils look to improve on these even more this season and will look to their six returners to take them there.

STOUT LAST TIME OUT: The Blue Devils lost to Gustavus Adolphus College, 69-58, Dec. 13. Despite shooting less than 25 percent in the first half, UW-Stout stayed in the game at the free throw line, but eventually succumbed to undefeated Gustavus Adolphus College, 69-58, Tuesday on Dewey Mintz Court in Johnson Fieldhouse. The Blue Devils made five field goals in the first half, including two 3-pointers, and made 11 free throws before halftime. Stout kept up their barrage from the line in the second half, finishing the game by making 26-of-35 free throws. Stout tied the game early in the fourth quarter at 43-43, but the Gusties went on a 12-2 run to take a 55-45 lead with 6:54 left. Stout closed the gap to seven a few times. The Blue Devils were led by Anna Brown's career-high 18 points. Brown was 10-12 from the free throw line. Bailey Diersen finished with 13 points. | Story and Box Score

 

UW-Stout	Statistic	Bethel	Carleton
70.5	Pts	77.0	52.9
70.2	Pts Allowed	56.9	68.4
.379	FG %	.463	.335
.410	FG % Defense	.349	.381
3.5	3 pt made	6.1	3.4
6.0	3 pt allowed	3.2	5.4
43.4	Rebounds	42.6	37.2
38.0	Rebounds Allowed	32.1	44.2
18.6	Turnovers	16.6	17.6
Kyncaide Diedrich 12.6	Leading Scorer	Kalli Zimmermann 17.6	Cece Leone 10.6
Jenna Goldsmith 7.9	Leading Rebounder	Kallie Zimmermann 8.3	Sarah Waldfogel 7.0

SCOUTING BETHEL UNIVERSITY: The Royals are led by three time all-conference selection Kallie Zimmerman, who is averaging 17.6 points and 8.3 rebounds. Zimmerman is second in the MIAC in scoring, second in blocked shots (1.33)  third in shooting percentage (.610) and fourth in rebounds. Bethel was picked to finish fifth in the MIAC after finishing last season at 16-10 overall, 12-6 in the MIAC. Taite Anderson gives the Royals a good one-two punch. Anderson is averaging 11.2 points and 8.1 rebounds. Anderson is not afraid to step outside on occasion, and has drained 9-of-17 3-point attempts. Her .529 long-range shooting average is third in the league. Abby Miller is averaging 9.6 points and Shanni Morse and Hannah Johnson are both averaging 8. 7 points.  Jasmine Bretoi is the team's 3-point leader, draining a team-best 18 for a 2.0 per game average. She scores 8.0 points per game. Bethel's only loss of the season came to Carthage College, Nov. 18, when they were tipped, 70-61, at the Wisconsin Lutheran Tournament, in one of two games Zimmermann did not play. Bethel has since put together a seven game winning streak.  The Royals are outscoring their opponents, 77-0-56.9.   | Statistics

ROYALS LAST TIME OUT:  Bethel defeated Macalester College Dec. 9  and pulled away with an 82-59 win. The win for the Royals (8-1, 4-0 MIAC) was their seventh consecutive win of the season as they remain unbeaten in MIAC play. Bethel came out strong in the first quarter, scoring 23 points while Macalester totaled just eight. The Royals kept pounding on the Scots throughout the second quarter, going into halftime leading the Scots 43-23. Macalester was able to oustcore the Royals in the third quarter, 19-17, but Bethel responded with a strong fourth quarter to put the finishing touches on the 23 point victory.  The Royals scored 22 points off of Macalester turnovers while the Scots scored only 12. Bethel also posted 19 second chance points to Macalester's 12. Kalli Zimmerman led the Royals with 22 total points and 11 rebounds while shooting a perfect 8-8 from the floor and a near perfect 6-7 at the free throw line. Shanni Moorse posted 18 points shooting 60% from field goals and 80% from the line. Hannah Johnson also posted 13 points in just 13 minutes played. | Game Story and Statistics

LAST TIME STOUT AND BETHEL MET: Separated by only 70 miles, the two teams have never met.  | Story and Statistics


SCOUTING CARLETON COLLEGE: The Knights are coming off a 4-21 overall season and picked up only one MIAC win last season in finishing 1-17 in league play. The Knights have picked up only one win so far this season, that coming at the David Wells Classic in Claremont, Calif, when they downed Pomona-Pitzer, 76-68, Nov. 26. Carleton plays UW-Oshkosh the day before meeting the Blue Devils. Cece Leone leads the Knights with 10.6 points. Samantha Cooke is tossing in 10.1 points, and scored a season-high 26 points against Saint Mary's, Nov. 30. Sarah Waldfogel leads Carleton off the boards with a 7.0 average. The Knights have been outscored 68.4-52.9.  | Statistics

KNIGHTS LAST TIME OUT: Cece Leone turned in a solid all-around game—finishing with a game-high 13 points, seven rebounds, four steals, and two blocks—but the Carleton College women's basketball team absorbed a 51-32 setback in a non-conference contest at Northwestern (Minn) Dec. 14. With the polar vortex weather pattern settled in over Minnesota, the offenses for both teams went cold inside the Ericksen Center as the squads combined to shoot 33-of-102 (32 percent) overall, including a frigid 4-of-30 (13.3 percent) showing from beyond the arc. | Game Story and Statistics

LAST TIME STOUT AND CARLETON MET: The programs have never met.  | Story and Statistics


JOINING THE MIAC?: For the second year in a row, the Blue Devils will see considerable action with the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC). Stout opens the season with five straight MIAC opponents - Augsburg College, St. Mary's University, the College of St. Benedict, Hamline University, St. Catherine University and Gustavus Adolphus College before finishing up the MIAC schedule with Bethel University and the Carleton College at the Just A Game Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells the end of December.  Stout played six of the same teams last year, and added a pair of MIAC schools to the schedule to bring that total up to eight. - that's three-quarters of the 12 MIAC women's basketball teams.

AWARDS AND HONORS: Shannan Watkins was the UW-Stout/DigiCopy Athlete of the Week, Dec. 12...Jenna Goldsmith was the WIAC athlete of the week, Dec. 6, after scoring a career-high 28 points in a 94-90 shootout loss to Northland College, Nov. 29...Kyncaide Diedrich selected to St. Benedict all-tournament team, Nov. 20...Jenna Goldsmith was an all-WIAC honorable mention selection and now assistant coach Kyleigh Hebert was a first team all-WIAC pick...Jenna Goldsmith was selected as the UW-Stout/Northwestern Mutual Athlete of the Week, Dec. 1, Jan. 4 and again Feb. 8....Jenna Goldsmith was a first team all-conference selection in 2014-15.

TEAM CAPTAINS: Team captains for the 2016-17 season are Jenna Goldsmith and Anna Brown.

THE COACHES: UW-Stout: Mark Thomas (461-316) is in his 30th 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 under Thomas' tutelage. 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. . BETHEL UNIVERSITY: Jon Herbrechtsmeyer has led the Bethel Royals women's basketball program to new heights in his tenure, something he has done at each institution he has coached at. In all three head coaching positions, including Bethel, he has led the women's basketball program to their first post-season appearance in program history. 

AT BETHEL
• Seven MIAC Playoff appearances, including five trips in the last six seasons
• The Royals have posted back-to-back 20 win seasons in 2013-14, 2014-15
• Led the Royals to the NCAA National Tournament in 2014-15 for the first time in 20 years

CARLETON COLLEGE: Cassie (Glasrud) Kosiba '03 was tabbed the head coach at Carleton prior to the 2010-11 season. She returned to her alma mater after serving four years as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level, most recently spending two seasons as an assistant with the women's basketball program at Long Island University's (LIU) Brooklyn campus. She is the seventh coach in Carleton women's basketball history, taking over the reins of the program from Tammy Metcalf-Filzen, who retired after the 2009-10 campaign after registering a 226-122 ledger in 13 seasons.


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.

STOUT IN THE WIAC TOURNAMENT: Overall, UW-Stout is 19-10 in the WIAC Championship tournament. Stout is 11-3 in the first round, 4-7 in the semi-finals and 4-0 in the finals. The Pointers hold a 3-2 lead when the teams have met in the tournament. The Pointers have won the last two tournament meetings, an 82-74 win in 2009-10 and a 76-64 win during the 2008-09 season. | WIAC Tournament History

CONFERENCES: UW-Stout is a member of the eight-team Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) along with UW-Eau Claire. UW-Oshkosh, UW-La Crosse, UW-Stevens Point, UW- Platteville, UW-River Falls, and UW-Whitewater.

UP NEXT: The Blue Devils will open WIAC play when they hit the road to face UW-Platteville, Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 7 p.m. Stout will host conference favorite UW-Oshkosh, Saturday, Jan. 7 at 3 p.m.



UW-Stout 2016-17 Season Highs (Updated December 14, 2016)

Points: 28, Jenna Goldsmith vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016
3-Pointers Made: 2, Jenna Goldsmith vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016; Kyncaide Diedrich vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016; Bailey Diersen vs. St. Kates, Nov. 27, 2016; Kyncaide Diedrich vs. St. Mary's, Nov. 19, 2016
Rebounds: 12, Jenna Goldsmith vs. Augsburg, Nov. 15, 2016
Assists: 7, Shannan Watkins vs. Hamline, Nov. 22, 2016;
Steals: 4, Shannan Watkins vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016; Kyncaide Diedrich vs. Hamline, Nov. 22, 2016; Bailey Diersen vs. St. Benedict, Nov. 20, 2016
Blocks: 4, Jenna Goldsmith vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Dec. 13, 2016);  Jenna Goldsmith vs. University of Dubuque, Dec. 10, 2016
Double-Doubles: x

UW-Stout 2016-17 Team Season Highs (Updated December 14, 2016)

Points: 90 vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016
Points in First Half: 46 vs. Augsburg, Nov. 15, 2016
Points in Second Half: 53 vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016
Points in First Quarter: 24 vs. University of Dubuque, Dec. 10, 2016
Points in Second Quarter: 27 vs. Augsburg, Nov. 15, 2016
Points in Third Quarter: 26 vs. St. Kate's, Nov. 27, 2016
Points in Fourth Quarter: 28 vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016
Field Goals Made: 30 vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016; vs. Augsburg, Nov. 15, 2016
Field Goal Percentage: .484 vs. Augsburg, Nov. 15, 2016
3-Pointers Made: 7 vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016
Free Throws Made: 26 vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Dec. 13, 2016
Free Throw Percentage: .760 vs. St. Mary's, Nov. 19, 2016
Rebounds: 55 vs. University of Dubuque, Dec. 10, 2016
Assists: 15 (2x) vs. University of Dubuque, Dec. 10, 2016; vs. Augsburg, Nov. 15, 2016
Turnovers: 25 vs. Augsburg, Nov. 15, 2016
Blocked Shots: 8 vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Dec. 13, 2016
Steals: 12 vs. Hamline, Nov. 22, 2016

UW-Stout Collegiate Career Highs (Updated December 14, 2016)

Darian Vinkemeier - #2
Points: x
Rebounds: x
Assists: x

Becky Fesenmaier- #4
Points: 4 vs. St. Catherine, Nov. 27, 2016
Rebounds:3 (4x) vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Dec. 13, 2016: vs. University of Dubuque, Dec. 10, 2016; vs. UW-Superior, Dec. 6, 2016; vs. Hamline, Nov. 22, 2016
Assists: 2 (2x) vs. UW-Superior, Dec. 6, 2016; vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016

Kyncaide Diedrich - #5
Points: 22 vs. Hamline, Nov. 22, 2016
Rebounds: 9 (2x) vs. Augsburg, Nov. 15, 2016; vs. UW-Eau Claire, Jan.13, 2016
Assists: 4 (7x) vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Dec. 13, 2016: vs. St. Catherine, Nov. 27, 2016; vs. Hamline, Nov. 22, 2016; vs. UW-Platteville, Feb. 20, 2016; vs. UW-River Falls, Feb. 17, 2016; vs. St. Kate's, Nov. 29, 2015; vs. Hamline University, Nov. 24, 2015

Haley Seifert - #10
Points: 11 vs. Simpson College, Nov. 21, 2015
Rebounds: 4 vs. Hamilton, Dec. 30, 2015
Assists: 5 vs. Hamline University, Nov. 24, 2015

Shannan Watkins - #11
Points: 21 vs. UW-Superior, Dec. 6, 2016
Rebounds: 7 (2x) vs. UW-Superior, Dec. 6, 2016; vs. St. Mary's, Nov. 19, 2016
Assists: 7 vs. Hamline, Nov. 22, 2016

Anika Hanson - #14
Points: x
Rebounds: x
Assists: x

Bailey Diersen - #20
Points: 20 vs. St. Catherine, Nov. 27, 2016
Rebounds: 7 (2x) vs. UW-Eau Claire, Jan. 13, 2016; vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Nov. 20, 2015
Assists: 3 (2x) vs. Augsburg, Nov. 15, 2016; vs. Hamline University, Nov. 24, 2015

Rachel Williamson - #22
Points: 7 vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016
Rebounds: 2 (2x) vs. UW-Superior, Dec. 6, 2016; vs. Hamline, Nov. 22, 2016
Assists: 1 vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016

Carolyn Feddema - #30
Points: 14 vs. University of Dubuque, Dec. 10, 2016
Rebounds: 9 vs. University of Dubuque, Dec. 10, 2016
Assists: 1 (3x) vs. St. Benedict, Nov. 20, 2016; vs. St. Scholastica, Dec. 15, 2015; vs. Dubuque, Dec. 8, 2015

Anna Brown - #32
Points: 18 vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Dec. 13, 2016:
Rebounds: 9 vs. University of Dubuque, Dec. 10, 2016
Assists: 2 vs. UW-Superior, Dec. 6, 2016

McKenna McVey - #33
Points: 4 vs. Hamline, Nov. 22, 2016
Rebounds: 4 vs. St. Benedict, Nov. 20, 2016
Assists: 1 (3x) vs. UW-Superior, Dec. 6, 2016; vs. St. Catherine, Nov. 27, 2016; vs. Augsburg, Nov. 15, 2016

Whitney Folkers- #34
Points: 4 vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Dec. 13, 2016:
Rebounds: 1 (3x) vs. University of Dubuque, Dec. 10, 2016; vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016; vs. St. Catherine, Nov. 27, 2016
Assists: x

Courtney Oleson - #35
Points: x
Rebounds: x
Assists: x

Jenna Goldsmith - #41
Points: 28 vs. Northland College, Nov. 29, 2016
Rebounds: 14 vs. UW-Platteville, Jan. 3, 2015
Assists: 3 vs. UW-Platteville, Feb. 20, 2016

Sammi Hayes - #43
Points: 3 vs. St. Benedict, Nov. 20, 2016
Rebounds: 2 vs. St. Catherine, Nov. 27, 2016
Assists: x

Emily Jacques - #44
Points: 6 vs. Augsburg, Nov. 15, 2016
Rebounds: 5 (2x) vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Dec. 13, 2016: vs. St. Mary's, Nov. 19, 2016
Assists: 1 vs. Augsburg, Nov. 15, 2016

Kalley Hartmann - #45
Points: 4 (2x) vs. Hamline, Nov. 22, 2016; vs. Augsburg, Nov. 15, 2016
Rebounds: 3 vs. St. Catherine, Nov. 27, 2016
Assists: x