Women's Basketball Meets The Media

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Oct 26 | Women's Basketball

Scarlet Knights Talk About The Upcoming 2018-19 Season

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- The Rutgers women's basketball team hosted its annual media day on Friday at the RAC to talk about the upcoming 2018-19 campaign.

997 AND COUNTING ...
The Scarlet Knights are poised to give head coach C. Vivian Stringer her 1000^th career win. Needing only three victories for the hall of fame coach to reach the historic milestone, RU's third home game of the season with Central Connecticut State on Tuesday, Nov. 13 is the earliest Stringer can become the sixth NCAA women's basketball coach to accomplish the feat. Stringer will join an elite group who have captured the milestone century mark including Stanford's Tara VanDerveer, Connecticut's Geno Auriemma, North Carolina's Sylvia Hatchell, Bently's (DII) Barbara Stevens along with former Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt and men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski of Duke.

A LOOK AT THE ROSTER
The Scarlet Knights boast 14 student-athletes with eight returning members from last year's 20-12 squad along with six newcomers.

#1 (G) Zipporah Broughton (Freshman)

Hometown: Wetumpka Ala.
USA Today Alabama Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year
Averaged 23.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 4.9 steals per game in HS

#2 (G) Noga Peleg Pelc (Freshman)

Hometown: Even Yehuda, Israel
Played for Israel U16, U18, U20 National teams
Appeared in European Championships
MidKnight Madness 3-Point Champion

#22 (F) Tyia Singleton (Freshman)

Hometown: Winter Haven, Fla.
Played in the GEICO High School Basketball Nationals
Ranked No.18 post player in the nation according to ESPN
Averaged 6.9 ppg 13.3 rpg as a senior in HS

#24 (G) Arella Guirantes (R-Sophomore)

Hometown: Bellport, N.Y.
Started in 27 of 29 games for Texas Tech as a freshman averaging 9.9 ppg and 4.8 rpg
Tied the score at 83-83 on a buzzer beater vs #24 Texas A&M
Averaged 33 ppg and 13 rpg at IMG Academy
The No. 44 player in the nation, according to ProspectNation and is the No. 17 wing in the 2016 class

#13 (F) Mael Gilles (Sophomore)

Hometown: Montreal-Nord, Quebec
Appeared in 25 contests in 2017-18 for RU
Logged career high 14 minutes vs Farleigh Dickson as a freshman
Experience with Canadian National Team

#31 (F/G) Tekia Mack (Sophomore)

Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
Appeared in 28 contests with one start freshman year
Broke out for season highs in points, rebounds, steals, assists, blocks,and minutes against defending champion No. 3 South Carolina
Hails from same high school as Scarlet Knight great Cappie Pondexter

#5 (G) Ciani Cryor (R-Junior)

Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
Averaged 6.0 points, 3.4 assists, 1.7 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game
Reached season-high of 16 points vs. Seton Hall (Dec. 8) going 6-of-8 from the field
Equaled her season-best with 16 points in win vs. No. 13/14 Michigan (Feb. 4), going 7-of-12 from the field and 2-of-5 on 3-pointers
Handed out a career-high nine assists vs. Princeton (Dec. 13) and at Michigan State (Dec. 31) in Big Ten road opener

#44 (C) Jordan Wallace (Junior)

Hometown: Somerdale, N.J.
Appeared in 22 contests last season and averaged 1.4 ppg and 1.9 rpg
Grabbed a season-high six rebounds vs. Siena

#35 (F) Stasha Carey (R-Senior)

Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
Started 29 and appeared in all 32 contest as a junior last season
Averaged 7.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 1.9 spg, and 1.1 bpg last season
Ranked fifth in the Big Ten in steals per game, (1.9), 13th in blocks per game (1.1), 12th in offensive rebounds per game (2.5) and 16th in total rebounds per game (6.8)

#40 (C/F) Victoria Harris (Senior)

Hometown: Snelville, Ga.
Started 29 and appeared in all 32 contests as a junior last season
Averaged 4.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg and 1.2 bpg last season
Matched her career-high of 13 points and 11 rebounds vs. Maryland, shooting 6-of-10 from the field with a block and three steals
Big Ten All-Academic & Distinguished Scholar

#15 (F) Caitlin Jenkins (Senior)

Hometown: Shreveport, La.
Averaged 5.2 ppg and 7.7rpg while appearing in 32 contests for RU in 2017-18
Recorded three double-doubles last season
Reached double digit rebounds 11 times
Ranked sixth in Big Ten in blocks per game (1.6) and offensive rebounds per game (3.4)

#12 (G) Khadaizha Sanders (Senior)

Hometown: Kankakee, Ill.
Started 25 games as a junior in 2017-18 for RU
Averaged 5.2 points, 3.7 assists, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game
Dished out five or more assists 10 times
Reached her season-high of 14 points at Penn State, going 4-of-5 from the field and a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line

#4 (G) Sierra Calhoun (Graduate)

Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Originally played for Duke until transferring to Ohio State for sophomore season
Helped lead OSU to Big10 Championship in 17-18 with 13.7 ppg
Shot 36 percent from 3-point range over career

#3 (G) Charise Wilson (Graduate)

Hometown: West Babylon, N.Y.
Grad transfer student from Rhode Island
Captained the Rams while putting up 19.1 pgg in junior season, second highest in program history
URI all-time leader in 3-pointers
A10 Rookie of the Year and Third Team All-Atlantic Freshman Year at URI

THE SCHEDULE
Rutgers is ready to take on at least nine NCAA Tournament teams, six WNIT Postseason Tournament squads and three conference tournament champions.

The home schedule features 15 contests including nine games in Big Ten play, a league that over the last 18 years has sent at least eight teams to postseason play.

The nonconference slate includes St. Francis (Pa.) (Nov. 6), Stony Brook (Nov. 9), Central Connecticut (Nov. 13), Albany (Nov. 18), LSU (Dec. 15) and Brown (Jan. 4).

The Big Ten portion of the schedule features home dates with Northwestern (Dec. 28), Penn State (Jan. 6), Purdue (Jan. 16), Michigan (Jan. 20), Indiana (Jan. 31), Maryland (Feb. 10), Ohio State (Feb. 14), Wisconsin (Feb. 25) and Minnesota (Feb. 28).

RU will also participate in the Vancouver Showcase featuring defending national champion Notre Dame and 2017 national champion South Carolina and travel to WNIT finalist Virginia Tech in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

"𝗛𝗘𝗥story"
𝐡𝐞𝐫·𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 and 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬·𝐭𝐨·𝐫𝐲
𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯
The whole series of past events connected with someone or something.@cvivianstringer has been #creatingHERstory and this season continues "𝗛𝗘𝗥story" while approaching the 1000 win milestone.
#CVS1K pic.twitter.com/2LxV6x7Bic
— Rutgers Scarlet Knights (@RUAthletics) October 23, 2018

WITNESSING HERSTORY
Both 2018-19 season and single game tickets, including a chance to watch HERstory being made with head coach C. Vivian Stringer reaching her 1,000th career victory, are available by calling the Rutgers Athletics Ticket Office at 1-866-445-GORU (4678) or by clicking here.

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