WBB Back Home to Face No. 11 North Carolina
Jan. 27, 2013 | 2 p.m. | Coral Gables, Fla. | BankUnitedCenter
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THE GAME
The University of Miami women’sbasketball team will return to the BankUnited Center to take on No. 11/16 NorthCarolina. Tip-off for the ACC showdown is set for 2 p.m. and will be televisedon ESPN2.
The Hurricanes(134-5, 5-3 ACC), fresh off their first ACC road win of the season, a 79-78gut-wrencher at Wake Forest, will be looking for their 12th consecutive win athome.
Suriya McGuire madesure the Canes won in Winston-Salem, sealing the game with Miami’s final fourpoints, including the game-winner with 5.3 seconds to play.
UNC comes to CoralGables having lost just its second game of the season, to No. 10 Maryland.
STARTING A NEW STREAK
Prior to its Nov. 18 loss vs. No.20 Tennessee, the Hurricanes held the nation’s second-longest home win streakat 41 games. Miami had gone 1,001 days without dropping a game inside theBankUnited Center. Since the loss, Miamihas won 11 straight.
MS. BIG SHOT
Twice this season, sophomore guardSuriya McGuire has risen to the occasion and scored a game-winning basket inthe final seconds of a game. On Nov. 29, the Minneapolis native broke a 65-alltie with 14 seconds left, securing the Canes 69-65 victory over then No. 6 PennState in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
More recently onJan. 24, McGuire employed a nifty spin move in the lane to get open for anotherlayup at Wake Forest, giving Miami a 79-78 lead with just 5.3 seconds to play.The athletic McGuire ended that game with a new career high of 17 points.
YDERSTROM IS HEATING UP
In Miami’s last 10 games, Miamisenior guard Stefanie Yderstrom has scored in double figures nine times and isaveraging 15.5 points per game, while hitting 30 of her 40 three-pointers inthose 10 games.
Since the beginningof the 2011-12 season, Yderstrom has made 108 three pointers, more than anyother player in the ACC.
In ACC play,Yderstrom leads all players with 22 made three pointers and a 54 percent3-point FG percentage.
CANES TOUGH TO BEAT IN ACC PLAY
Since the 2010-11 season, Miami is30-7 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, second only to Duke (33-3). In thatspan, the Canes are flawless inside the BankUnited Center, winning 18 straightACC games.
The Hurricanes havenot been defeated at home inside conference play since a four-point loss toGeorgia Tech on Feb. 21, 2010, a span of 1,072 days.
IMPRESSIVE START TO CONFERENCE PLAY
For the first time,Miami’s ACC schedule will consist of 18 games. Due to the additional games,Miami was forced to play a conference game in December for the first time since2003 when still a member of the Big East. The Canes seemed to welcome the earlychallenge as they walloped NC State 79-53. It was the fifth straight win overthe Wolfpack for the Canes.
With additional winsover Clemson and Virginia, Miami opened ACC play with a 3-0 record for just thesecond time since joining the league in 2004.
1,000 POINT CLUB
Miami senior MorganStroman became the 22nd Hurricane to score 1,000 points in her career, as shescored seven points against FAU.
Senior StefanieYderstrom reached the milestone with an 18 point performance against Clemson onJan. 3, becoming the 23rd player in program history to join the club.
BIG-TIME TEAM ON THE SMALL SCREEN
The Jan. 27 game vs.No. 11 North Carolina will be the fifth of nine regular season games to betelevised this season.
PEPPER TOO HOT FOR NC STATE TO HANDLE
Miami’s 6-6 center Shawnice”Pepper” Wilson has faced NC State three times since transferring to UM afterher sophomore season. In those three contests, she has averaged 11.3 points and14 rebounds and even had a career-best night as a junior, scoring 17 points andgrabbing 17 rebounds in leading her team to victory.
GREAT GAME, GREAT SEASON
Morgan Stroman may have had herbest game of her career on Dec. 8 against Davidson. The senior recorded the19th double-double of her career with 17 points and 13 rebounds. However, shefilled the stat sheet, leading the Canes with a career-high six assists, fourblocks and four steals.
On the season,Stroman leads the team with five double-doubles, 8.4 rebounds, 2.1 steals and1.3 blocks and is second on the team with 12.3 points per game.
CANES HAND PENN STATE FIRST LOSS
Sixth-ranked PennState came to the BankUnited Center on Nov. 29 with a perfect 5-0 record.However, the Hurricanes forced the Lady Lions into 20 first-half turnovers andheld on for a 69-65 victory.
Morgan Stroman ledthe Canes with 15 points and five steals, while Stefanie Yderstrom and MichelleWoods added 13 and 11 points, respectively.
At No. 6, Penn Statewas a the second-best ranked team Miami has ever defeated (No. 5 Maryland -2012).
UM HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT HONORS
Behind back-to-back18-point performances from Stefanie Yderstrom, the Canes claimed wins overCentral Connecticut State and Wisconsin. For her efforts, Yderstrom was namedthe tournament’s MVP.
In the two games, ShawniceWilson totaled 16 points and 19 rebounds while freshman Keyona Hayes picked upher third double-double (11 points, 15 rebounds) of the season against the BlueDevils. Each earned a spot on the all-tournament team.
MEIER ENTERS EIGHTH SEASON AT MIAMI
In 2012-13, head coach Katie Meierand her staff will begin their eighth year at the helm in Coral Gables. TheHurricanes advanced to the NCAA tournament second round for the secondconsecutive season, finishing second in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 14-2record. Overall, Miami finished with a 26-6 record, the third straight 20-winseason for Meier.
A GREAT FIRST IMPRESSION
Junior Maria Brownmade her first career start in the UM Thanksgiving Tournament final againstRadford. The forward responded with eight points and nine rebounds.
On the season, Brownis averaging 3.6 points and 3.7 rebounds per game and is shooting 46 percentfrom the floor.
HITTING THE BOOKS
Stefanie Yderstrom has been namedto the ACC All-Academic Team each of the last two seasons. The senior is asports administration major, has earned an overall 3.28 GPA and a was named tothe dean’s list last semester with a 3.66 GPA.
WELCOME BACK
In her first game onthe court since an Achilles’ tendon tear midway through the 2011-12 season,senior forward Morgan Stroman scored 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting and led herteam with eight rebounds.
UM THANKSGIVING TOURNAMENT HONORS
Seniors StefanieYderstrom and Morgan Stroman were recognized for their outstanding play inleading the Hurricanes to a UM Thanksgiving Tournament title with wins over FAUand Radford.
Yderstrom led allscorers with 19 points against FAU and Stroman finished each contest with 11rebounds. Against Radford, Stroman also poured in 22 points, just one shy ofher career-best. It was her first double-double of the season. For her efforts,Stroman was named the tournament’s MVP, while Yderstrom earned all-tourneyhonors.
RETURNING ALL-ACC PERFORMERS
Miami returns two All-ACC playersfor the 2012-13 campaign. Sharp-shooting point guard Stefanie Yderstrom earnedthird-team conference honors last season, leading the ACC with 68 3-pointers.Morgan Stroman was well on her way to earning conference honors for the secondconsecutive season. However, midway through the season, the 2009 McDonald’sAll-American tore her Achilles tendon, ending her junior campaign. As asophomore, the forward earned third-team honors.
UM STUDENT-ATHLETES SET GSR RECORD
The University ofMiami recorded a department-wide school-record Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of93 percent, according to the rates released Oct. 25 by the NCAA.
As a department,Miami’s 93 percent GSR ranks fourth among ACC schools and is eighth overallamong FBS schools. Overall, the University of Miami athletic department hasimproved from 77 to 93 percent from 2005 to 2012, a year after UMstudent-athletes posted a then-record 89 percent GSR in 2011. UM has exceededthe NCAA average GSR in each of the last eight years.
Six UM teamscompiled GSR marks of 100 percent; men’s diving and golf posted its eighthconsecutive perfect GSR mark, while women’s tennis recorded its fifth straightGSR score of 100 percent. Also adding perfect GSR scorers were women’s rowing,women’s golf, women’s swimming and volleyball.
The most recentDivision I Graduation Success Rates are based on the four entering classes from2002-2003 through 2005-06.
UM BRINGS IN 11TH-RANKED CLASS
Head coach KatieMeier officially announced the program’s signees on Nov. 15. The group,comprised of three high school standouts, is Adrienne Motley (Newport News,Va.), Nigia Greene (Atlanta, Ga.) and Jessica Thomas (Gainesville, Fla.). Thetrio will join the Hurricanes for the 2013-14 academic year.
Motley, a 5-9 guardfrom Woodside High School, has been ranked the No. 27 overall prospect and theseventh best point guard in the nation by ESPN HoopGurlz.
Greene is afour-star prospect according to ESPN HoopGurlz. She is ranked No. 41 overall,and the ninth-best guard in the nation.
Thomas is ranked the48th best point guard in the nation by ESPN HoopGurlz. In 2011, the 5-6 guardled the Buchholz High School Bobcats to the semifinals of the Florida GirlsState Basketball Playoffs. She is the younger sister of Hurricane legend Lamar Thomas.
All three members ofits incoming recruiting class have been nominated to play in the 2013McDonald’s All-American Game.
