Northern Colorado Women's Basketball 2017 Postseason Capsule

 

Northern Colorado Bears

Big Sky (22-8, 14-4)

 
 
Big Wins: 11/18 Florida Gulf Coast (77-74), 1/14 Montana State (66-58), 2/9 at Idaho (71-67)
Bad Losses: 2/4 North Dakota (51-57), 2/11 at Eastern Washington (61-67), 2/18 Idaho State (56-68)
Coach: Kamie Ethridge
 
Probable Starters:
Savannah Smith, Sophomore, Guard, 15.9 ppg, 2.6 apg, 3.6 rpg, 2.0 spg
Savannah Scott, Junior, Guard, 14.0 ppg, 3.6 apg, 5.6 rpg
Courtney Smith, Sophomore, Center, 14.0 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 1.3 bpg
Kianna Williams, Junior, Guard, 5.9 ppg, 2.5 apg, 4.7 rpg, 2.1 spg
Krystal Leger-Walker, Freshman, Guard, 4.7 ppg, 3.7 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Katie Longwell, Senior, Guard, 5.7 ppg, 2.4 apg
Danielle Noble, Sophomore, Forward, 4.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Mandy Karako, Freshman, Guard, 3.8 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 70.0 (81st in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 62.1 (118, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.8 (66, 2)     
Field-Goal Defense: 38.4 (104, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.2 (22, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.8 (54, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 77.8 (10, 2)
Rebound Margin: -3.9 (227, 10)
Assists Per Game: 18.2 (9, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.4 (84, 3)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2015    NIT      First Round win over Colorado State
2015    NIT      Second Round win over South Dakota
2015    NIT      Third Round loss to UCLA
2013    NIT      First Round win over Wyoming
2013    NIT      Second Round loss to St. Mary's
2012    NIT      First Round loss to Colorado
2011    WBI     First Round loss to Cal State Bakersfield
 
*all team stats through 3/2