UC Riverside Highlanders
Big West (23-8, 16-0)
Big Wins: 11/13 Fresno State (86-68), 1/13 at Long Beach State (78-60), 1/16 at Hawaii (77-74)
Bad Losses: 11/20 at California (58-64), 12/4 at San Francisco (76-88), 12/15 at Oregon (81-95)
Coach: John Margaritis
Probable Starters:
Brittany Crain, Senior, Guard, 22.8 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.7 spg
Annelise Ito, Senior, Guard, 13.2 ppg, 4.3 apg, 6.9 rpg
Akikah Martin, Senior, Guard, 4.6 ppg, 2.5 apg
Tahavia Morrison, Senior, Guard, 0.9 ppg
Rejane Verin, Junior, Forward, 17.0 ppg, 4.3 apg, 8.8 rpg, 2.6 spg, 1.01 bpg
Key Roleplayers:
Inara Nyingifa, Junior, Forward, 2.7 ppg, 2.4 rpg
Michelle Curry, Sophomore, Guard, 9.3 ppg, 2.8 apg, 3.9 rpg
Simone DeCloud, Junior, Guard, 9.1 ppg, 3.0 apg, 3.4 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 79.2 (12th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 70.0 (288, 7)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.7 (9, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.0 (248, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.6 (157, 4)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.9 (16, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 77.0 (10, 1)
Rebound Margin: -3.4 (270, 7)
Assists Per Game: 19.6 (4, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.9 (20, 1)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2011 NIT Round of 64 loss to Colorado
2010 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Stanford
2009 NIT First Round loss to Creighton
2007 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Arizona State
2006 NCAA Round of 64 loss to North Carolina
*all team stats through 3/3
