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Bucknell Women's Basketball Looks to Upset Navy as Round Two of Patriot League Play Gets Underway Saturday
2/4/2011 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 4, 2011
WHAT: Bucknell Bison (6-13, 3-4 PL) vs. Navy Midshipmen (13-8, 6-1 PL)
WHERE: Alumni Hall, Annapolis, Md.
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m.
RADIO: WVBU 90.5/SportsJuice.com
VIDEO: Bison Vision/Patriot League All-Access 
LIVE STATS: None
Complete Game Notes in PDF Format 
ABOUT THE GAME
The first wave of Patriot League play has come to a close with Bucknell in a fourth-place tie with Lehigh and Holy Cross. The Bison will begin the final push to improve their position in the standings when they travel to first-place Navy on Saturday.
Fans planning on attending the Bison-Midshipmen showdown in Annapolis should park at the football stadium. Parking is $5 per vehicle. A free shuttle bus to Alumni Hall will be provided. Fans over the age of 16 must present government-issued photo ID to gain access to the Navy grounds. Visit navysports.com for more information.
WITH A VICTORY OVER NAVY, BUCKNELL WOULD...
► Even its Patriot League record at 4-4.
► Win its fourth game in five tries.
► Win three consecutive road games for the first time since opening the 2008-09 season at George Mason (62-51), Yale (73-70) and Fordham (47-46).
► Win three consecutive road Patriot League games for the first time since 2006-07 at Colgate (74-48), Navy (76-66), American (70-57) and Lehigh (63-53).
LAST MEETING - JAN. 8, 2011
► Navy 62, Bucknell 56 (Sojka Pavilion)
► Shelby Romine led the Bison with 20 points and Joyce Novacek added another 16, but Bucknell squandered another second-half lead. The Bison led by as many as seven points in the second half before the Midshipmen ended the night on a 15-7 run.
► After a fast first half, scoring was initially hard to come by when play resumed. The Mids broke a streak of no field goals by either team at the 16:52 mark, and the Bison did not get on the board with a field goal until a fastbreak layup from Lindsay Horbatuck at 14:28. That gave Bucknell a short-lived 36-35 advantage.
► Romine followed buckets from Taylor Phillips and Christina Chukwuedo with a 3-pointer from the corner out of a timeout. That gave Bucknell its biggest lead of the night at 44-37 with 11:09 to play.
► Navy's Alix Membreno kept things close with a three to reduce Bucknell's lead to a single point. Two minutes later, the Mids started a 13-2 run that took them from a two-point hole to nine points ahead, 60-51, with :43 left.
► By appearing in the Bucknell-Navy matchup, Novacek played in the 100th game of her career.
QUICK FACTS
Joyce Novacek played in her 100th consecutive game vs. Army last Saturday ... Shelby Romine broke a Bucknell record with 19 made free throws at Colgate on Jan. 22 ... Kathy Fedorjaka claimed her 200th win at Bucknell with the Bison's 57-49 victory at Lafayette on Jan. 19 ... the win at Lafayette was Bucknell's first on the road since Jan. 30, 2010 ... Bucknell's first three wins this year came at Sojka Pavilion ... Lindsay Horbatuck recorded back-to-back games with double-digit rebounds with the help of 10 boards at Penn State on Dec. 28 ... Romine was named the Patriot League/Anaconda Rookie of the Week on Nov. 15, Nov. 22, Dec. 27, Jan. 3, Jan. 10 and Jan. 24 ... Felicia Mgbada and Horbatuck each had double-doubles at Wofford, giving Bucknell its second game this season in which two players achieved the feat in the same contest ... Novacek tied a career high with a team-best five assists vs. Iona ... Romine leads the Bison with six 20-point games, while Novacek and Cosima Higham both have two career 20-plus scoring games ... eight of Rachel Voss' 12 double-digit scoring performances have come at Sojka Pavilion ... Bucknell was picked eighth in the 2010-11 Patriot League Preseason Poll.
HISTORY VS. NAVY
► Bucknell leads Navy in the all-time series, 27-19. That includes an 11-9 advantage in Annapolis. The Midshipmen have won each of the last four meetings, but the Bison were the victors in each of the previous nine.
► In their most recent winning streak, the Bison were outscoring the Mids by more than 18 points. The tides have turned, however, and in Navy's four wins since then, Bucknell is being outscored by more than 13 points per game.
► Bucknell has won nine of the last 11 meetings on Navy's home court.
► In the last six years, Bucknell and Navy have seen the two extremes when it comes to scoring. On Jan. 27, 2006, the Bison defeated the Mids 88-51 and claimed the largest margin of victory in series history at 37 points. More recently, Navy took a 70-40 win on Jan. 8, 2010. At 30 points, it was Bucknell's largest margin of defeat since the teams' first meeting in 1981.
► Several Bison have posted some impressive numbers during their careers against Navy, and not surprisingly, few have come up bigger than Molly Creamer. Creamer, who averaged 19.2 points in 11 career games against the Midshipmen, has Bucknell's top two point totals since the 2000-01 season. In the 2003 Patriot League Tournament Quarterfinals, Creamer dropped 36 points in 79-69 overtime win against Navy. She also posted 32 points in an 83-71 victory a year earlier.
► Bucknell has worked its way to some lengthy streaks in the series against Navy, including a series-best 13 straight victories and 22 wins in 24 tries from 1999 to 2009.
► In addition to Molly Creamer's 36 points on March 7, 2003, other Bucknell high marks since the 2000-01 campaign include 19 rebounds from Desire Almind (3/7/03) and Cosima Higham (3/7/09) and 11 assists from Kesha Champion (1/12/08). Defensively, Hope Foster recorded four blocked shots twice (1/30/05 and 1/7/06), and Almind (1/17/04) and Lauren Schober (2/7/09) each had six steals.
► Recent Results:
Feb. 7, 2009: Bucknell, 66-54
March 7, 2009: Navy, 53-51 (PL Quarterfinals)
Jan. 8, 2010: Navy, 70-40
Feb. 6, 2010: Navy, 61-46
Jan. 8, 2011: Navy, 62-56
ABOUT THE MIDSHIPMEN
Since Bucknell and Navy last met in early January, the Midshipmen have won five of their last six. Their victory over the Bison kicked off a streak of six straight wins in the Patriot League, putting them in first place in the league standings at 6-1. Overall, Navy has improved to 13-8. The decisions have not come in an overly convincing manner, however, as only one win - a 57-46 win over American - has come by double digits.
Angela Myers continues to be a high point for Navy. The senior still leads the team in scoring (13.1), assists (5.0) and steals (2.6), and was named the Patriot League Player of the Week on Jan. 24. The Mids' freshmen have also played a key role in their success as they are the only newcomers not named Shelby Romine to claim Patriot League Rookie of the Week since late December. Jade Geif picked up her first citation on Jan. 17, and Audrey Bauer became the most recent selection on Monday.
ODDS & ENDS
► When Bucknell defeated Colgate 76-66 in overtime on Jan. 22, it marked the first time this season in which the Bison were the victors in the same game that Shelby Romine tallied at least 20 points. Bucknell is 1-5 this winter when Romine scores 20+ points.
► Bucknell has faced just three opponents with a winning record this season. American was 10-4 overall when it entered the game with the Bison on Jan. 12, while Penn State was 10-3 prior to its game with Bucknell on Dec. 28. Bucknell's third .500+ opponent was Lehigh (11-9) on Jan. 26. A fourth foe with a winning record will be added to the list when the Bison take on Navy (13-8) on Saturday.
► Five of Bucknell's six wins this season came by single digits. The Bison defeated Rider by five (53-48), Niagara by seven (69-62), Cornell by nine (54-45), Lafayette by eight (57-49) and Army by one (49-48). Bucknell earned its first double-digit victory at Colgate on Jan. 22, winning 76-66 in overtime.
NOVACEK NAMED CAPITAL ONE ALL-DISTRICT FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR
For the third consecutive year, Joyce Novacek was named to the Capital One Academic All-District 2 First Team on Thursday. Novacek becomes the only Bison other than Bucknell Hall of Famer Jennifer Walz to be recognized for her academic success during all three years in which she was eligible for the award. Walz was named First Team Academic All-America from 1986-87 to 1988-89. After more than three years at Bucknell, Novacek has maintained a cumulative grade-point average of 3.92 while majoring in management and English. She has even recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA on four separate occasions.
The senior forward is now eligible for Academic All-America status, which will be voted on later this month. In order to be considered for Academic All-America honors, a candidate must be at least a sophomore with a minimum 3.30 cumulative GPA and be a starter or significant reserve on his/her team.
FEDORJAKA 500
Head coach Kathy Fedorjaka recently recorded her 200th win at Bucknell, but already she is on the cusp of yet another milestone. When Bucknell and Navy face off on Saturday, it will be Fedorjaka's 500th career game at the helm of a program. In 18 years as a head coach, she has amassed a 269-230 (.539) record at Connecticut College (16-8, one season), Bloomsburg (51-30, three season) and Bucknell (202-192, 14th season). Fedorjaka's 202 victories rank first in Bucknell history.
FEWER THAN 50
Bucknell has failed to score 50 points in each of its last two games, falling 64-48 to Lehigh and winning 49-48 against Army last week. That marks the 13th time in program history that the Bison scored fewer than 50 points in back-to-back games and the third time in which they went 1-1 in those games. Since the 1975-76 season, Bucknell has twice recorded three straight games of 50 points or less.
► Last time with back-to-back games of fewer than 50 points:
Feb. 24, 2010 vs. Lehigh (L, 56-41) and
Feb. 28, 2010 vs. Army (L, 49-37)
► Last time with back-to-back games of fewer than 50 points and with one win:
Nov. 22, 2008 at Fordham (W, 47-46) and
Nov. 25, 2008 vs. Drexel (L, 44-35)
► Last time with three consecutive games of fewer than 50 points:
Jan. 5, 1985 vs. Towson State (L, 50-41),
Jan. 7, 1985 at Rider (L, 55-37) and
Jan. 9, 1985 at Hofstra (L, 69-43)
CHUKWUEDO ON THE CHARGE
Christina Chukwuedo saw limited playing time in December while dealing with an arm injury, but the junior has been making the most of her return. In the nine games since coming back at full force and rejoining the starting lineup, Chukwuedo is averaging 5.3 points and 2.8 assists. Both are up from her season averages of 4.0 points and 2.6 assists, and they're even higher than her career averages of 1.6 points and 1.6 assists prior to the season.
Also in those nine games, Chukwuedo has set or equaled career highs in points (9 vs. American), assists (6 vs. Yale, Navy), rebounds (7 vs. Cornell, Holy Cross), steals (2 at Yale) and blocked shots (2 at Lafayette).
BISON, BLACK KNIGHTS TAKE PART IN COACHES VS. CANCER SUITS AND SNEAKERS
Bucknell's Kathy Fedorjaka, Army's Dave Magarity and their coaching staffs sported some unusual footwear when their teams faced off on Jan. 29. The coaches wore sneakers on the sidelines as part of Coaches vs. Cancer® Suits and Sneakers awareness weekend.
During the weekend of Jan. 28-30, basketball coaches nationwide wore sneakers with their suits to demonstrate their support for the American Cancer Society and its vision of a world with less cancer and more birthdays.
TURNING THEM AWAY
After not registering a blocked shot in the first game of the season, Cosima Higham tried to make up for lost time. Since the season opener vs. Rider, the senior has 17 blocks, including a season-best three against Buffalo, Youngstown State and Lafayette. Higham now has 92 rejections in her career, ranking sixth all-time at Bucknell and two shy of overtaking fifth place from teammate Joyce Novacek. Novacek tallied a pair of blocked shots vs. Niagara on Nov. 28. The outing moved her into fifth place and she has since improved her total to 93 career rejections.
BENCH BATTLERS
Bucknell got some big-time production from its bench players against Lehigh on Jan. 26. Of the Bison's 48 total points, 29 came from the team's reserves and all 13 first-half points came from non-starters. At the end of the game, Bucknell outscored Lehigh in bench points, 29-19.
The Bison have outscored opponents in bench points nine times this year, but no advantage was as convincing as in the Niagara contest on Nov. 28. Bucknell reserves won that battle, 41-11, thanks in large part to 16 points from Alyssa Dunn and 11 more from Cosima Higham.
MORE RECORDS FALL
Several Sojka Pavilion records fell when Bucknell and Lehigh met on Jan. 26, although one of them the Bison would probably rather forget. Bucknell's 13 first-half points were the fewest ever by the home team, breaking the previous record of 15 set against Loyola (Nov. 25, 2003), Marist (Dec. 2, 2006) and Drexel (Nov. 25, 2008).
Lehigh also set or equaled two new low records. The Mountain Hawks' 12 defensive rebounds ended Lycoming's short run as the record holder. Lehigh's 21 total boards also tied Lycoming's mark from Dec. 30, 2009 for the fewest rebounds by an opponent in a Sojka Pavilion game.
SHOOTING PERCENTAGE HIGHS
Bucknell recorded its best field goal percentage of the season on Jan. 26, shooting 50.0 percent from the field against Lehigh. The Bison are now 4-6 in games in which they shoot better than 40 percent with the wins coming against Niagara (.453), Lafayette (.465), Colgate (.420) and Army (.413).
The last time the Bison shot 50 percent or better from the field came during the 2009-10 season finale against Lehigh. Bucknell was 52.2 percent (24-for-46) against the Mountain Hawks in last year's Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals. Lehigh still won, however, 72-58. Last season, Bucknell was 5-11 in games in which its field goal percentage topped 40 percent.
FREE THROWS HIGHS AND LOWS
Four days after Bucknell recorded season-best marks from the free throw line by shooting 30 of 35 at Colgate, including a school-record 19 made baskets from Shelby Romine, the team set a season low in the same category against Lehigh. The Bison were 1-for-5 from the line against the Mountain Hawks. The one made basket is the team's fewest this winter.
RECORD-BREAKING ROMINE
Shelby Romine never ceases to amaze the crowd and the game at Colgate on Jan. 22 was no exception. The freshman guard broke a Bucknell record, making 19 of her 21 free throw attempts. Romine's success at the line snapped the record previously held by Molly Creamer, who was 18-for-22 vs. Navy on March 7, 2003. The 19 made free throws also tied a Patriot League record, set by Navy's Erica Hayes shot 19-for-22 vs. Morgan State on Jan. 19, 2000. Romine led all scorers against Colgate with a career-best 28 points.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: ROMINE NAMED PATRIOT LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK AGAIN
For a league-best sixth time, Shelby Romine was named the Patriot League/Anaconda Rookie of the Week on Jan. 24. The freshman, who was also cited as the league's top newcomer on Nov. 15, Nov. 22, Dec. 27, Jan. 3 and Jan. 10, earned the award after setting the Bucknell free throw record with 19 made shots at Colgate and averaging 20.0 points, 7.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds on the week. In two games, Romine set career highs in points (28 at Colgate), assists (7 at Lafayette, Colgate) and rebounds (7 at Lafayette). She also combined to go 24-for-28 from the free throw line.
Romine's first two Rookie of the Week accolades came back-to-back to open the season, making her the sixth player in league history to be named the top newcomer in each of the season's first two weeks. With her latest honor, the guard becomes the first Bison to earn at least six league rookie accolades since Lindsey Hollobaugh received the award eight times in 2003-04.
ROMINE TAKING THE LEAD
With the season heading into the final stages, Shelby Romine is trying to hold on to her team lead in scoring (14.6) and assists (64). The last freshman to end her campaign with team highs in both categories was Molly Creamer. The former guard averaged 15.8 points and tied Lori Houck for the team high in assists with 107 during the 1999-2000 season.
MORE HONORS FOR ROMINE
Shelby Romine claimed a second honor on Jan. 24 after her record-breaking performance at Colgate. Along with her sixth Patriot League/Anaconda Rookie of the Week accolade, the guard was selected as the Susquehanna Valley Limousine Bison Athlete of the Week. Romine is the first women's basketball player to earn the award since Lauren Schober on Feb. 1, 2009.
TRIPS TO THE LINE
Shelby Romine was not the only Bison to get in on the free throw shooting act at Colgate on Jan. 22. As a team, Bucknell was 30 of 35 (.857) from the line, setting a season high in free throws made. The team's previous high had been 18 against Rider in the season opener.
The last time Bucknell attempted more free throws was on Nov. 19, 2007. Bucknell was 31-for-38 (.816) from the line against Howard and won the game 89-79 at Sojka Pavilion.
GLASS CLEANERS
Bucknell dominated on the glass at Holy Cross on Jan. 15. At the end of the day, the Bison held a 42-29 rebounding advantage. The +13 margin is the second-largest of the season for Bucknell, which outrebounded Loyola (Md.) 51-27 (+24) on Dec. 1. The Bison also had a +13 rebounding lead (48-35) vs. Cornell on Dec. 30.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE
With the victory at Colgate on Jan. 22, Bucknell won back-to-back road games for the first time since defeating Saint Francis (Pa.) (61-56) and Howard (63-53) in December/January of 2008-09. It had been even longer since the Bison's last back-to-back set of Patriot League road victories. That came at Lafayette (68-45) and Colgate (88-57) in February of the 2007-08 season. That team eventually went on to win the Patriot League Championship despite entering the tournament as the fifth seed.
FEDORJAKA GETS 200TH WIN AT BUCKNELL
For the second year in a row, Kathy Fedorjaka has reached a major milestone in her head coaching career. Now in her 14th season at Bucknell, Fedorjaka claimed her 200th win with the Orange and Blue when they defeated Lafayette 57-49 on Jan. 19. She now has a 202-192 record at Bucknell, good for a .513 winning percentage. That total has long put her at the top of the list for most program victories. Number two on that list is Fedorjaka's predecessor, Julienne Simpson, with a six-year mark of 65-98.
Last year, Fedorjaka surpassed the century mark in Patriot League wins with her 60-47 win over Colgate. She entered 2010-11 with a career record of 101-73 in the league.
PLENTY OF FIRSTS, BESTS AND MILESTONES
Bucknell's 57-49 win at Lafayette on Jan. 19 proved momentous for more than one reason. Among the highlights by the end of the game ...
► Bucknell won its first Patriot League game of the season and its first in 11 tries dating back to last season.
► Bucknell won its first away game since Jan. 30, 2010. The Bison's last road victory (and last Patriot League win) came at Army, 59-41, at West Point.
► Kathy Fedorjaka clinched her 200th win at Bucknell. The victory came against Fedorjaka's former coach, Dianne Nolan, who is now at the helm for Lafayette. Fedorjaka played under Nolan for four years at Fairfield University.
► Cosima Higham recorded her 600th career point. The senior had five points against the Leopards. She is second among current Bison in career scoring behind Joyce Novacek's 799 points.
► Bucknell earned its first win of the season when two players scored in double figures. Shelby Romine finished with 12 points, and Rachel Voss chipped in another 10. Bucknell is now 1-5 when two players reach double-digit point totals.
► Bucknell snapped a four-game losing streak, avoiding their longest of the season.
► Shelby Romine recorded a career-best seven assists and tied a personal high in rebounds with seven. The freshman also had 12 points to lead the Bison.
EXTRA TIME
Bucknell played its first overtime in more than two years when it lost to American, 60-55, on Jan. 12. The Bison did not have to wait that long for their next overtime game, going into extra time at Colgate 10 days later. Before this season, the last time Bucknell needed overtime was on March 8, 2008, when it knocked Army out of the Patriot League Tournament with a 50-47 victory. The 2007-08 season saw four games into overtime with Bucknell going 3-1 in those contests. Here are some other OT tidbits:
► The Bison are 19-15 all-time and 1-1 this year in overtime games.
► The four overtime games in 2007-08 tied a program record for the most in a single season. The 1988-89 team also played four overtime games, going 2-2.
► The last overtime loss prior to Jan. 12 vs. American came on Jan. 23, 2008. Bucknell fell to Lafayette, 64-58, at Sojka Pavilion.
► The last overtime win prior to Jan. 22 at Colgate came on March 8, 2008 over Army, 50-47.
► The Orange and Blue's longest overtime game came on Dec. 17, 2005. Bucknell defeated Maryland-Eastern Shore 93-92 in triple-OT.
► Bucknell is 1-3 all-time in double-overtime games.
MILESTONES ON THE HORIZON
Cosima Higham reached 600 career points at Lafayette on Jan. 19 and Lindsay Horbatuck totaled 200 rebounds at Colgate on Jan. 22, but the Bison are still looking to achieve some career milestones over the next few games. Horbatuck has 197 points, and Joyce Novacek is at 799 points. Novacek's and Higham's point totals are the highest among current players, while Horbatuck looks to be the first non-senior to reach both 200 points and 200 rebounds.
100 GAMES AND COUNTING
Joyce Novacek played in her 100th career game when she went up against Navy on Jan. 8 (she's now at 106). Novacek's classmate, Taylor Phillips, is also looking to join the club, having played in 96 career contests. The last Bison to reach 100 contests were Amanda Brown (113) and Lauren Schober (120), who both played from 2005-06 to 2008-09.
MORE BOARDS
Joyce Novacek has been doing her best to leave her mark in the history books at Bucknell. The forward has ranked among the Bison's top three in rebounding in each of her first three seasons in the Orange and Blue. After averaging 4.3 boards as a freshman, that number improved to 6.3 in 2008-09 and finally 7.2 to lead the team in 2009-10. With 158 rebounds (8.3/game) this season, Novacek leads all current Bison with 668 career rebounds. The senior should the program's all-time top-10 list in boards this year, needing just 10 more to do so.
ROAD MARGINS
Road games have been kind to the Bison when it comes to rebounding. In its 10 games away from Sojka Pavilion, Bucknell has a rebounding margin of +5.5 and is holding its opponents to 33.0 boards per game. Scoring margin has not been quite as friendly, however, as the Bison are being outscored by an average of 10.2 points per game.
FINALLY PAYING OFF
Bucknell outrebounded Cornell, 48-35, on Dec. 30 and for the first time this season, the effort paid off. The Bison had grabbed more boards than their opponent six times prior to facing the Big Red, but not one of those occasions resulted in a win at the end of the game. The meeting between Bucknell and Cornell was also the first game this winter in which the Orange and Blue won the game when they totaled 40 or more rebounds. Not until Jan. 19 at Lafayette did Bucknell repeat the feat. The Bison outrebounded the Leopards 35-31 and won the game, 57-49.
DISHING IT OUT
Taylor Phillips dished out a career-high-tying three assists against Cornell on Dec. 30 before equaling that total at Yale just days later. The performances gave the senior her 10th assist in five games. She has since recorded a season-best 29 assists, nearly doubling her career total. In her previous three campaigns with the Bison, Phillips had totaled 31 assists. Phillips' unselfish play has been rewarded by making her the only Bison with the best assist/turnover ratio this season at 1.5.
MORE STREAKING
Although Joyce Novacek's 88-game scoring streak came to an end vs. Army, she still has plenty of others in the works. The senior forward has ...
► played in 100 consecutive games (last non-appearance: at Marist, 12/1/07).
► made 71 consecutive starts (last non-start: vs. Drexel, 11/25/08).
► grabbed at least one rebound in 20 straight games (last rebound-less night: vs. Army, 2/27/10).
Over the course of her career, Novacek has played in 106 of a possible 107 games and has been a part of the Bison's starting lineup 85 times, more than any other current Bison. She has been held without a rebound just six times in her nearly four years.
REBOUNDING REPEATS
With 13 rebounds at Wofford and another 10 in the following game at Penn State, Lindsay Horbatuck became the first Bison this year to earn double-digit boards in back-to-back contests. The sophomore was also the last Bucknellian to achieve the feat, earning 10 rebounds against both Navy and American last season.
During the 2009-10 campaign, Horbatuck was one of three Bison to record double-digit rebounds in at least two consecutive games. Cosima Higham went three straight vs. Holy Cross (16), Lafayette (11) and Colgate (13), while Joyce Novacek had back-to-back strong outings against Fordham (15) and Loyola (Md.) (10).
PUTTING POINTS ON THE BOARD
With the season being 19 games old, Shelby Romine has 12 contests in which she has scored in double figures. That is the most by a Bison freshman since Lauren Schober had 16 double-digit scoring games and Amanda Brown had 15 during the 2005-06 season. Romine's highest point total this year was 28 at Colgate on Jan. 22, while her lowest mark is four points vs. Lehigh.
BECOMING A HABIT
Shelby Romine continued to impress when she recorded 28 points at Colgate on Jan. 22. The point total gave the freshman six games with at least 20 points this season. The last Bucknellian to have at least six 20-point games in the same campaign was Amanda Brown, who posted seven in 2008-09. Lindsey Hollobaugh was the last Bison freshman with more than six 20-point games, tallying nine during her rookie season.
FRESHMAN FEAT
Through Bucknell's first three games this season, the same name appeared atop the scoring column. Shelby Romine posted the team's highest point total in the first outings, tallying 17 against Rider, nine at Fordham and 21 against Buffalo. No other single Bison freshman has ever led the team in scoring in each of her first three contests.
During the 1975-76 season, which was Bucknell's third sponsoring women's basketball as a varsity sport, freshmen led the team in scoring in every game. No single player posted the high mark in three consecutive games, however. The 1975-76 roster was comprised of six freshmen, three sophomores and two juniors.
ANOTHER DOUBLE DOUBLE-DOUBLE
For the second time this season, Bucknell had two players record double-doubles in the same game when Lindsay Horbatuck and Felicia Mgbada posted all-around games at Wofford on Dec. 21. Mgbada's double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds was the first of her career, while Horbatuck's was her second with 11 points and 13 boards. Horbatuck was involved in the Bison's first double double-double this season as well, as she teamed up with Joyce Novacek at Loyola (Md.) on Dec. 1. Novacek led the Orange and Blue with 18 points and 19 rebounds, while Horbatuck finished with 11 points and 10 boards.
Mgbada and Horbatuck's performance against Wofford gave Bucknell its eighth game with two players in double-double territory in the last 10 years. The Bison are 5-3 since the 2000-01 season when two or more players have earned double-doubles.
UP NEXT
Bucknell will head to Washington, D.C., for a rematch with American on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Bucknell nearly pulled out a major upset when the Bison and Eagles squared off earlier this season. The Eagles snuck through with a 60-55 overtime victory, giving them their fifth straight win over Bucknell. Tipoff on Wednesday is set for 7 p.m.
