Bucknell University Athletics
Women's Basketball Heads to UMBC for Non-Conference Game on Tuesday
12/7/2015 3:47:00 PM | Women's Basketball
What: Bucknell (5-3, 0-0 Patriot League) at UMBC (4-3, 0-0 America East)
Where: RAC Arena (3,824) – Baltimore, Md.
When: Tuesday, Dec. 8 – 7 p.m.
Webcast: AmericaEast.TV
Radio: N/A
Internet Audio: BucknellBison.com
Live Statistics: UMBCRetrievers.com
Storylines
• Bucknell attempts to beat an improved UMBC team when it travels to Baltimore, Maryland on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
• The Bison made 11 3-pointers and rolled to an 85-41 win over the Retrievers last season.
With a Victory Over UMBC, Bucknell Would...
• Start 6-3 for the second straight season.
• Improve to 3-2 on the road this season.
• Improve to 55-45 in Aaron Roussell's four years as head coach.
• Improve to 6-3 in the all-time series with UMBC.
• Improve to 2-0 against the Retrievers under Roussell.
• Improve to 19-13 all-time against current members of the America East.
• Improve to 2-0 against America East teams this season.
• Improve to 28-18 against non-conference opponents with Roussell.
How to Get the Game
• Tuesday night's game can be seen free of charge on AmericaEast.TV
• The game can be heard online via BucknellBison.com, with Justin Antweil calling the action. The pregame show begins 15 minutes before tip-off.
• Live stats can be accessed at UMBCRetrievers.com
Last Time Out
• Bucknell improved to 5-3 on the season with a 72-62 win over Fairleigh Dickinson on Friday night. The Bison had five players score at least eight points, led by Jacquie Klotz with her fourth double-double of the season. Klotz tallied 19 points and 12 rebounds, eight of which came in the fourth quarter.
• Catherine Romaine scored a career-high 14 points, while freshman Kyi English tallied a career-high 13 points.
• The Bison trailed by nine, 36-27, at the half, but used a 9-0 run midway through the third quater to take a 46-44 lead. They then used another 9-0 run in the fourth quarter to take a 58-49 lead.
• Bucknell held Fairleigh Dickinson to 37 percent shooting and has held its opponents to under 40 percent shooting in seven of eight games this season. Notre Dame was the only team to shoot above 40 percent against the Bison.
Career-Highs Set Against Fairleigh Dickinson
• Kyi English: points (13), rebounds (2), field goals (4), field goal attempts (8), free throws (3), free throw attempts (4)
• Catherine Romaine: points (14), field goals (6), field goal attempts (9), free throws (2), steals (2)
• Kaitlyn Slagus: rebounds (3), 3-point field goal attempts (3), free throw attempts (7)
Streaks of Note
• Claire DeBoer - 11 straight games with a steal
• Jacquie Klotz - 16 straight games with at least five rebounds
• Megan McGurk - 68 straight starts
• Kyi English: 4 straight games with a 3-pointer
Where Do They Rank?
• Following a 5-3 start, including a game against national power Notre Dame, Bucknell ranks 117th out of 349 teams in the national RPI.
• UMBC has won back-to-back games at home and ranks 247th.
About the Retrievers
• UMBC is 4-3 after turning in a dominant defensive performance in a 60-29 win over La Salle. It was the fourth win in the past five games for the Retrievers, who forced 27 turnovers and held the Explorers to 27 percent shooting.
• The Retrievers also have wins over Coppin State (68-61), Rider (58-53) and American (47-46).
• UMBC leads the America East in turnover margin with a +5.71. The Retrievers force 21.1 turnovers per game while turning it over an average of 15.4 times per game.
• The Retrievers were picked to finish sixth in the America East. They return four starters from last year's team that went 12-19, but also added transfer players from Howard, Temple and Eastern Arizona.
Series Notes
• Tuesday marks the ninth meeting in the all-time series between Bucknell and UMBC. The Bison lead 5-3.
• Bucknell won the first meeting between the teams in 1979 and has added victories in 1986, 1995, 1998 and 2014. UMBC's last win came in 2010.
• In last season's 85-41win over the Retrievers, Sheaira Jones scored a career-high 19 points and added six rebounds in 22 minutes on the court. Jacquie Klotz led all players with 12 rebounds, while Claire Maree O'Bryan scored 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting.
Bucknell History vs. the America East
• Bucknell is 18-13 all-time against current members of the America East.
• The Bison have played eight of the nine teams in the conference, posting winning records against Albany, Binghamton, UMBC and Vermont. The only team from the conference they haven't played is UMass Lowell.
• UMBC is Bucknell's second opponent from the America East this season. The Bison posted a 76-46 win over Binghamton on Nov. 18.
Bison Earn Weekly Awards
• Bucknell has earned multiple weekly awards from the Patriot League this season, as well as multiple awards from the Bison athletics department. The most recent was Kyi English, who was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Monday after averaging 10.5 points and 1.5 assists while shooting 44% on nine 3-point attempts in games against Youngstown State and Fairleigh Dickinson.
2015-16 Weekly Awards
Claire DeBoer
- Bison Athlete of the Week on Nov. 30 after averaging 21.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in games against Binghamton and Canisius
Kyi English
- Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Dec. 7 after averaging 10.5 points and 1.5 assists in games against Youngstown State and Fairleigh Dickinson. She tallied a career-high 13 points in the win over the Knights.
Jacquie Klotz
- Voted Patriot League Player of the Week and Bison Athlete of the Week on Nov. 23 after a 33-point, 12-rebound performance in a win over Manhattan
Kaitlyn Slagus
- Named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Nov. 23 after scoring a career-high 11 points in a win over Binghamton.
Dominating the Boards
• Rebounding has been a staple of Aaron Roussell's Bucknell teams and that has continued to be the case this season. The Bison rank second in the Patriot League and 33rd in the country with a +9.8 rebounding margin. The number is even more impressive when you consider that one of the team's seven games was at No. 3 Notre Dame, which Bucknell out-rebounded 44-33.
• Jacquie Klotz and Claire DeBoer rank second and fourth in the Patriot League in rebounding. Klotz averages 11.0 boards, with 72 of her 88 total rebounds coming on the defensive end. DeBoer averages 9.4 with an impressive 31 of her 75 total rebounds coming on offense.
• Bucknell has won the rebounding battle in 35 of its past 38 games.
3-Point Records
• Bucknell has set the program record for single-season 3-pointers in back-to-back seasons.
• The Bison set the mark with 150 3-pointers in the 2014-15 season, and then topped that by one with 151 last year.
• This year's team has 44 3-pointers through eight games, putting it ahead of the pace set in each of the past two seasons. The Bison had 42 treys through eight games of the 2014-15 season and 33 during that stretch in the 2013-14 season.
Up Next
• The Bison will have 12 days between games after Tuesday's contest at UMBC. They will host Delaware on Sunday, Dec. 20 at 2 p.m.
