Colorado State University Athletics
Game Notes: Rams host Coors Rocky Mountain Invitational
11/23/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 23, 2007
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Game 5
Colorado State (0-4) vs. Navy (2-4)
Nov. 23, 2007 | Fort Collins, Colo. | Moby Arena (8,745) | 7 p.m. MT
Game 6
Colorado State (0-4) vs. Creighton (2-1)/Kent State (0-3)
Nov. 24, 2007 | Fort Collins, Colo. | Moby Arena (8,745) | 7 p.m. MT
The Series
Navy Creighton Kent State
Overall Record 0-0 3-11 0-0
In Fort Collins 0-0 3-4 0-0
At Opponent Venue 0-0 0-6 0-0
At Neutral Sites 0-0 0-1 0-0
Warden vs. 0-0 0-0 0-0
Radio
Colorado State Sports Network: 90.5 FM - KCSU
Cole Weinman: Play-by-Play
Lance Moorman: Color Analyst
Television
None
Live Stats
www.CSURams.com
The Tournament Field
The Rams will host the 14th annual Coors Rocky Mountain Invitiational, Friday and Saturday at Moby Arena.
This year's tournament field includes: Creighton, Kent State and Navy.
The tounament opens on Friday evening with a matchup between Creighton (3-1) and Kent State (0-3) at 5 p.m. MT. The Rams (0-4) face Navy (2-4) in the second game of the tournament, set to begin at approximately 7 p.m. MT.
Colorado State will also play in Game 4 of the tournament at 7 p.m. MT on Saturday night. Game 3, involving Navy and either Creighton or Kent State will begin prior to the Rams' matchup on Saturday. Tipoff for that contest is set for 5 p.m. MT.
About Navy
The Rams open the tournament against the Navy Midshipmen. It will mark the first meeting in the series between Colorado State and Navy.
Navy is led by head coach Tony Maryott in his fifth season. Maryott and the Mids have opened the 2007-08 season with a record of 2-4, having lost three straight to start the season before picking up a pair of wins over Howard (71-50) and Rider (65-58). Navy enters the tournament coming off of an 81-56 loss at Georgetown on Tuesday.
Freshman center Cassie Consedine is the leading scorer and rebounder for Navy, averaging 14.0 points and 10.2 rebounds per contest.
About Creighton
Creighton comes into the tournament with a record of 2-1, with home victories over Arkansas-Little Rock (67-57) and Memphis (90-57) and a road loss at then-No. 6 Rutgers (62-43).
Jim Flanery leads the Jays in his sixth season at the helm in Omaha, Neb., where he has compiled a 91-69 record.
The Jays feature a balanced scoring attack with five players averaging 7.0 points or more per game. Freshman guard Kelsey Woodard is Creighton's leading scorer, 8.0 points per game. Sophomore guard/forward Megan Neuvirth is the team's leading rebounder, pulling down 5.7 boards per game.
The Jays hold a 11-3 advantage in the all-time series with Colorado State. The last meeting between the two teams came in 2004 when Creighton knocked host Colorado State out of the Women's NIT, 79-68.
About Kent State
Kent State opens the tournament with a Round 1 matchup against Creighton and a possible first-ever meeting against Colorado State in Round 2.
The Golden Flashes come into the tournament with an overall record of 0-3 to begin the season. Kent State dropped decions against Saint Bonaventure (74-68), at Robert Morris (90-65) and at New Mexico State (72-55).
The Golden Flashes are led by Bob Lindsay in his 19th season. Lindsay has amassed 344 career victories at Kent State and comes into the Rocky Mountain Invitational looking for his first of the young season.
Kent State is led by junior forward/center Anna Kowalska who averages 19.3 points and 9.3 rebounds to lead the team in both categories.
Rocky Mountain Invite History
Colorado State has fared well in 13 previous Coors Rocky Mountain Invitationals, posting an all-time record of 22-4 in the event.
Northern Colorado Notables
Freshman forward Lauren Young had a breakout performance against in-state rival Northern Colorado on Tuesday night at the Butler-Hancock Pavilion in Greeley. Young led the Rams with 14 points on 6-for-11 shooting, posting a new career high. Young also posted career bests with six rebounds, three offensive rebounds, three blocks and 29 minutes played.
Junior Britney Minor also posted impressive numbers against he Bears. Minor posted career highs in points (10), rebounds (4), field goals made (3) and field goals attempted (7) in 20 minutes off the bench for the Rams.
Sophomore forward Juanise Cornell was the third Ram to finish in double figures at UNC, posting 10 points and finishing just one rebound shy of a double-double, with nine.
Junior forward Carine Reimink continued her stellar play with a nine-point, seven-rebound, two-block effort before being limited in the second half after twisting her ankle.
Colorado State struggled shooting from beyond the arc, going 0-for-6 as a team. It marked just the second time since the 2001-02 season that a Colorado State team was held without a 3-point field goal.
The Rams' defense held Northern Colorado to just 30.2 percent shooting from the floor, but the Bears connected on 12-of-39 3-point attempts and were 20-for-27 from the free-throw line to capture their first victory over Colorado State in 15 games dating back to the 1978-79 season.
For the Record
Senior guard Sara Hunter has made quite an assault on the career record book at Colorado State. See Page 5 of this release to follow Hunter's steady climb up the career charts.
Queen-Sized Performance
Freshman forward Elle Queen is off to one of the most impressive starts by a freshman in school history. The 6-foot product of Excelsior, Minn., has started each of the first four games of her career and ranks fourth on the team in scoring (9.4 ppg.) and third in rebounding (6.3 rpg.). Queen recorded her first-career double-double (16 points, 11 rebounds) in the Rams' game against San Francisco on Nov. 13.
Looking Ahead
Following the Coors Rocky Mountain Invitational, Colorado State travels to Denver to take on the DU Pioneers on Wednesday. The game will begin at 7 p.m. from Magness Arena and will be televised on Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain.