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Women's Basketball Set To Host Southern New Hampshire In Exhibition Action
10/24/2022 7:55:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Friars and Penmen will tip-off at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at Alumni Hall.
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE FRIARS VS. SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY PENMEN • IN-GAME COVERAGE
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FRIARS HOST SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN EXHIBITION PLAY... The Providence College women's basketball team will host Southern New Hampshire University in an exhibition game on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at Alumni Hall in Providence, R.I. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m.
SCOUTING SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... SNHU is an NCAA Division II program that competes in the Northeast 10 Conference. The Penmen finished the 2021-22 season with a 21-7 overall record and a 15-4 mark in conference play. Southern New Hampshire earned the top seed in the Division II NCAA East Regional, but the Penmen fell to No. 8-seed Daemen, 70-59, in the first round. SNHU lost three of its top-four scorers from last season's squad, including All-American Meg Knollmeyer (13.8ppg/13.0ppg), Gyanna Russell (13.1ppg/5.5rpg) and Karlee Ziliak (12.6ppg). Adriana Timberlake is the team's leading returning scorer (12.9 ppg) and she paced the Penmen in assists last season, with 90 (3.2 apg).
RETURNING TO FRIARTOWN... Karen Pinkos is the head coach at Southern New Hampshire University and is no stranger to Providence College women's basketball. She served as an assistant coach with the Friars and helped the squad claim a share of the BIG EAST 7 title in 1996.
HOME-SWEET-HOME... The Friars will play eight of their first 12 games at Alumni Hall in Providence, R.I., including back-to-back home games against Dayton (Nov. 7) and Stonehill (Nov. 11) to open the season. Providence also will host the Friar Thanksgiving Classic during the opening stretch (Nov. 25-27) and will welcome Hartford, Weber State and Bryant to Alumni Hall for a total of six games.
JANAI CROOMS NAMED TO PRESEASON ALL-BIG EAST TEAM... Senior guard Janai Crooms was featured on the list of 11 student-athletes named to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team, released at the league's annual media day on Oct. 18 at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y. Crooms is entering her second season with the Friars and her final season of NCAA Division I basketball. In addition to her time at Providence (2021-present), she played two seasons at Ohio State (2018-20) and one season at Michigan State (2020-21). A year ago, Crooms was named All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention after leading the Friars in scoring (13.8 ppg), rebounding (7.2 rpg) and assists (3.5 apg).
1,000-POINT MILESTONE ON THE HORIZON... Janai Crooms enters the 2022-23 season with 986 career points and is just 14-point shy of the 1,000-point milestone. She is on pace to become the 37th player in program history to achieve the feat.
CLIMBING THE LADDER... Janai Crooms is tied for 11th place on the Friars' all-time career assist list (338), joining Chrissy Vozab '02, who dished 338 assists for PC from 1998-2002. Crooms dished 171 of her 338 assists during her two seasons at Ohio State (2018-20), added 65 at Michigan State (2020-21) and registered a team-best 102 assists during her first season with the Friars (2021-22). Through 112 career games overall, Crooms has averaged 3.0 assists per contest.
ALL GROWN UP... Last season, the Friars featured one of the youngest rosters in the BIG EAST Conference with six freshmen. Those six players are entering the 2022-23 season with a wealth of experience, as each player saw action in 20-or-more games. Audrey Koch and Olivia Olsen were two of only three players to compete in all 30 games. Additionally, Emily Archibald, Kylee Sheppard and Koch each started 15-or-more games. All six players saw at least one start.
NEWCOMERS... The Friars added two transfers and one freshman to the roster in 2022-23. Graduate student Logan Cook played four seasons at Iowa, during which time the Hawkeyes won two Big Ten titles (2019, 2022) and advanced to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament (2022) and Sweet 16 (2019). She played 53 career games and averaged 1.5 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. Junior Brynn Farrell played two seasons at Florida, where she played 28 games for the Gators after being slowed by an injury. She averaged 2.9 points and 1.0 rebound per game and connected on 22-28 free throw attempts in two seasons (.786). Kammie Ludwig is the lone true freshman on the squad and attended Geneseo High School prior to arriving on campus. The 3A All-State selection and IBCA All-State honoree averaged 24.6 points per game as a senior and finished her career as Geneseo's all-time leading scorer (1,881 points).
2021-22 UNANIMOUS BIG EAST ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM HONOREE KYLEE SHEPPARD RETURNS FOR SOPHOMORE CAMPAIGN... Kylee Sheppard missed a third of her rookie season with injuries, but still found a way to make a significant impact during her time on the court. She appeared in 20 of the Friars' 30 games and averaged 9.6 points, 3.2 rebounds. 2.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game. Sheppard finished the year ranked third on the team in scoring and second in assists and steals. She shot 40.2-percent from the field (68-169), including 24-68 from three-point territory (.353), and recorded eight double-digit scoring games. Sheppard notched 20+ points in two games as a rookie, and both came during BIG EAST play, including a career-best 22 points against DePaul (Jan. 7) on 9-12 shooting from the field.
LOOKING TO PICK UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF... Sophomore Emily Archibald scored a career-high 21 points in the Friars' First Round BIG EAST Tournament game against Georgetown last season, shooting 7-9 from the floor, including an impressive 6-8 performance from beyond the arc. Her 21 points marked the most by a Providence College freshman and also the most points by a Friar off the bench in a BIG EAST Tournament game since Jennifer Davis '97 scored 23 points against Boston College in the BIG EAST Quarterfinals in 1994.
RAISING THE BAR IN YEAR TWO... Olivia Olsen was one of just three players to appear in all 30 games last season. She averaged just shy of 20 minutes per game as a freshmen, but took advantage of her time on the court with an impressive stat line. She led the Friars in field-goal percentage and was the only player on the roster to shoot better than 50-percent from the floor (.529, 83-157). Olsen finished fifth on the team in scoring (6.8 ppg) and second in rebounding (5.6 rpg). She compiled eight double-digit scoring games and three double-digit rebounding games last season, including two double-doubles. Six of her double-digit scoring games came during BIG EAST play. The 6-3 forward also led the team in rebounding 11 times, including eight of the last nine games to finish the year. She ranked second on the team in offensive rebounds (60) and recorded a total of 169 rebounds overall. Olsen came off the bench during the first 24 games of the season before finally cracking the starting line-up in the closing stretch of the season.
FORMER TEAMMATES REUNITE... Graduate student Logan Cook and sophomore Audrey Koch are natives of Iowa City, Iowa and played one season of high school basketball together at Iowa City West during the 2017-18 season. That year, Cook was a senior at West, while Koch was competing in her rookie season. Cook played the last four seasons at Iowa and has joined the Providence College women's basketball program, while taking advantage of the extra year of eligibility that was granted to student-athletes by the NCAA as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
LOCAL INTEREST... Graduate student Logan Cook is the daughter of Marv Cook, who played tight end for the New England Patriots from 1989 to 1993. During his career with the Pats, he was a First-Team All-Pro Selection (1991) and a two time Pro Bowl pick (1991, 1992). Cook also played one season for the Chicago Bears (1994) and the St. Louis Rams (1995).
BIG EAST PRESEASON COACHES' POLL... The Friars were picked to finish eighth in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches' Poll, with 34 points. Connecticut is picked to win the league, having collected 10 first place votes and 100 points overall. Creighton (89 points) and Villanova (83 points; 1 first-place votes) round out the top three spots. Last season, the Friars finished eighth in the 2022 regular-season standings with an 11-19 overall record and a 6-14 mark in the BIG EAST.
FRIARS IN THE POSTSEASON... The Friars' last appeared in the postseason during the 2018-19 campaign. Providence's 2019 WNIT selection marked the program's 15th post-season appearance overall and first since 2010. In 2019-20, NCAA and WNIT Championships were canceled to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Friars did not qualify for postseason during the abbreviated 2020-21 campaign. Complete post-season breakdown follows (records in parentheses):
2018-19 WNIT Round of 16 (2-1)
2009-10 WNIT Quarterfinal Round (3-1)
1991-92 NCAA Tournament First Round (0-1)
1990-91 NCAA Tournament Second Round (1-1)
1989-90 NCAA Tournament East Regional (1-1)
1988-89 NCAA Tournament First Round (0-1)
1986-87 National Women's Invitational Tournament (1-2)
1985-86 NCAA Tournament First Round (0-1)
1981-82 EAIAW Regional Tournament (0-1)
1980-81 EAIAW Regional Tournament (0-1)
1979-80 EAIAW National Tournament (3-1)
1978-79 EAIAW Regional Tournament (0-1)
1977-78 EAIAW Regional Tournament (1-1)
1976-77 EAIAW Regional Tournament (2-2)
1975-76 EAIAW Regional Tournament (1-2)
WHAT'S NEXT... The Friars officially open the 2022-23 season on Monday, Nov. 7 against Dayton. The game is scheduled to tip-off at 7:00 p.m. at Alumni Hall in Providence, R.I.
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