2005-06 BKW vs. Fordham -- Notes & Quotes
12/13/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
N O T E S
Head coach Cheryl Burnett used her sixth different starting lineup of the season when she went with Ashley Jones, Carly Benson, Stephany Skrba, Janelle Cooper and Krista Clement to open the game.
Ta'Shia Walker went 4-of-6 from the floor, pushing her past the 50-field goal mark for the season (51).
Krista Clement was perfect from three-point land, drilling a season-high three treys, and she tied a career high in free throws made with five to give her a career-high 14 points. Her three steals also tied a career best and she dished out six assists for her fourth five-plus assist game of the season, all games in which she led the team in the category.
Katie Dierdorf pulled down a career-high five rebounds.
Janelle Cooper notched a season high and tied a career high with her 14 points. Her three assists also tied a career high.
Ashley Jones dished out a career-high five assists.
Jessica Minnfield set a career high in steals with four. She also made a career-high five free throws.
Stephany Skrba grabbed eight rebounds to tie a career high. She has reached that mark three times this season. She also led the team in scoring and rebounding for the second time this season with her 16 points and eight boards.
Carly Benson's game-high five steals tied a career high.
All 10 Wolverines who saw time in tonight's game scored. Seven players reached double figures, which is the most in any game this season. Ta'Shia Walker scored in double digits for a team-high seventh time.
Michigan improved to 4-0 when leading at halftime and 3-0 when scoring more than 70 points.
Michigan's 40 points from the bench is the second-highest total from the bench this season.
With tonight's win, the Wolverines equaled last season's win total of five.
Tonight's point total of 98 is the highest point total for Michigan since Dec. 4, 1998, when the Wolverines earned a 103-40 win over Central Michigan.
The Maize and Blue made a season-best 32 field goals and shot over .500 from the floor for the first time this season, shooting .600 (32-of-53) in tonight's contest. Michigan also tied its season best in three-point field goals with nine (9-of-15) and set season highs in assists (21) and steals (18). Additionally, the Wolverines went 25-for-31 (.806) from the line, setting season highs in free throw percentage, free throws made and free throws attempted.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Cheryl Burnett
Opening statement ... "What a stat sheet. Of course, at this point, I would like to look at our turnovers to the opponent's turnovers. We've really been talking to our point guards about handling the basketball, and now you're talking about two point guards that had zero turnovers between the two of them, and we had a team that had seven players in double figures. I really felt like our two post players, Carly Benson and Stephany Skrba, did a tremendous job both defensively and offensively. We shot 60 percent from the field in the game, so we're pleased."
On the team's execution ..."We executed very well, we communicated extremely well, and we defended well enough. We talk a lot about fundamentals of the game that we can control, turnovers being one, blocking out being another. With execution, you always know it's going to take a team a while to understand what they need to execute and when, and we executed extremely well. People were where they needed to be."
U-M Freshman Carly Benson
On what it's like when everything is going well ... "It was great to have us all playing together, being on the same page, especially with our leader, Kelly (Helvey), being out. So, it was just good for us to get the win, knowing that we can win with Kelly being out."
On thinking about the win during the game ... "We tried not to think about it at all. Even during the end we were playing like we were down, because you never know what can happen."
