Badgers Play UW-Green Bay Sunday in Madison
November 24, 2002 | Women's Basketball
UW's home season begins Sunday playing host to UW-Green Bay at 1:30 p.m. in the Kohl Center. The Phoenix are 0-1 having lost 78-65 on the road at Illinois Friday.
RADIO/TELEVISION
The game will be broadcast live on WTSO Radio 1070 with play-by-play by Aaron Sims and former Badger Sandi Scubal handling the comment. It is also available over the internet at UWBADGERS.COM, just click on Game Day. There is no television coverage.
OPENED SEASON AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS FRIDAY
Wisconsin (0-1 overall, 0-0 Big Ten) returned to Coach Jane Albright 's old stomping ground Friday for its season opener with Northern Illinois University. But their wasn't anything truly familiar about the occasion especially the result. Albright, NIU's winning coach during her 10-year tenure, saw her young Badgers lose on a last second shot to a veteran NIU squad, 47-49. The game openend NIU 's new Convocation Center.
Wisconsin Coach Jane Albright
Beginning her ninth season, Jane Albright earned her 150th victory at Wisconsin Jan. 13, 2002, and is the winningest women's basketball coach in Wisconsin history with a 154-87 (.639 percent) record. She has led UW to a school record eight consecutive winning seasons, seven post-season tournament bids and four 20-win seasons. Wisconsin has attended five NCAA tournaments and was the 2000 WNIT Champion and 1999 WNIT runnerup champion. She began the year ranked 53rd among winningest active coaches in the NCAA, and 47th for all-time Division I wins.
WISCONSIN CAPTAINS
Seniors Kristi Seeger of Stoughton, Wis., and Leah Hefte of McFarland, Wis., and junior Emily Ashbaugh of Woodinville, Wash., were voted by the team as captains this season.
WISCONSIN'S KEY PERSONNEL
' The Badgers return two starters from last season 's 19-12 team that qualified for it's second-straight NCAA tournament. The top returning scorer is starting center Emily Ashbaugh who averaged 6.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. She was limited to just four points at NIU, but added six rebounds and three blocks.
' The other starter returning is senior Kristi Seeger who has averaged double-figure scoring in every game this season with 10.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. Last year she contributed 3.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.
' Albright continues to experiment with the best combination of players as a starting unit. Sophomore guard Stephanie Rich has doubled at point and shooting guard, but failed to score on 0-12 shooting at NIU. She had 16 points in each of the exhibition games.
' Senior Leah Hefte came off the bench to lead UW in scoring in the opener with 11 points. Sophomore Ebba Gebisa (5.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg) has started every game this year and led all scores in the second exhibition with 20 points including making 10-of-12 foul shots.
' Ebba's sister, 6-7 junior center Lello Gebisa came off the bench to score 16 points in both exhibition games and added 16 rebounds against Lithuania. She started at NIU and had eight points, nine boards and four blocks at NIU.
' Freshman point guard Ashley Josephson is the sixth player off the bench averaging 8.0 points, 1.0 assist and 2.0 steals after in her college debut at NIU.
UW STARTING LINEUPS
Games Record Lineup (F'F'C'G 'G)
1 0-1 EGebisa, LGebisa, Ashbaugh, Seeger, Rich
Badger non-conference schedule in REVIEW (0-1 record)
Team 2001-02 2002 Post Score Conf.
11/22-Northern Illinois 17-13 none A-L 47-49 MAC
Home sweet home
The Badgers enjoy a definite homecourt advantage with a 52-14 record (.787 percent) since opening the Kohl Center in January of 1998. Jane Albright is 89-20 (.816 percent) at home in the Field House and Kohl Center since coming to Wisconsin in 1994 '95. Wisconsin won nine in a row and finished 10-3 in 2002. UW set a school-record with 15 home wins in a row last year dating back to January 7, 2001 (UW-GB 82, UW-M 80 OT). UW's home win record is 11 straight in one season (1983-84).
