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Women's Basketball Looks to Remain Perfect at Temple
11/23/2009 4:26:04 PM | Women's Basketball
Eagles and Owls square off for the first-time on the hardwood
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WRAPPING UP THE ROAD TRIP IN THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE: Off to a perfect 4-0 start to the 2009-10 campaign, the Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team wraps up a three-game road trip Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 24, against Temple University. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pa.
The Eagles are looking to remain perfect on the young season, while the Owls are also off to a 4-0 start to the year after posting a 66-55 victory Saturday, Nov. 21, over the University at Buffalo at Alumni Arena in Buffalo, N.Y.
A BULLSEYE ON TEMPLE: Eastern Michigan and Temple have never met on the hardwood prior to Tuesday's scheduled contest. However, the schools are very familiar with each other with the Owls playing football as an affiliate member of the Mid-American Conference. Temple will return the favor and travel to Ypsilanti for a non-conference tilt during the 2010-11 campaign.
ALL-TIME VERSUS THE ATLANTIC 10: Eastern is 5-7 all-time versus the Philadelphia, Pa. based Atlantic 10 Conference, having only played against five of the 14 member institutions. EMU is 1-0 against St. Bonaventure, 1-0 versus Saint Louis, 1-0 against Duquesne, 2-1 versus Massachusetts and 0-6 against Dayton.
ROAD TRIP TALE OF THE TAPE: During the Eagles' eight-day trip to Siena University, Niagara University and Temple University, Nov. 18-24, the Green and White will log 1,884 miles. The three consecutive road games mark the first-time since the 2006-07 season EMU will play three consecutive non-tournament games as the visiting team.
That year Eastern Michigan posted a 2-3 record during a five-game road swing to the exotic locations of Dayton, Ohio (Wright State University), Amherst, Mass. (University of Massachusetts), Normal, Ill. (Illinois State University), Greensboro, S.C. (Furman University) and Cullowhee, NC. (Western Carolina University).
MISSOURI ON MY MIND: Following the Thanksgiving break, the Eagles return to action versus Missouri State University Sunday, Nov. 29, at the Convocation Center. Eastern Michigan and Missouri State have never met on the hardwood prior to Sunday's scheduled contest.
BEST START TO A SEASON SINCE 2007-08: The Eagles' 4-0 start to the 2009-10 campaign is the best by an EMU squad since the 2007-08 campaign opened the year with victories over Temple Baptist, Detroit, Wright State and Alabama. In addition, it is the program's fourth 4-0 start to a season since the start of the decade.
SURPASSING 2008-09 ALREADY: Just three road games this year's campaign and the Eagles have already tripled their road win-total from the 2008-09 season. EMU's lone victory away from the Convocation Center last season came in the team's 13th road game, a 56-45 decision over Miami University at Millett Hall in Oxford, Ohio, Feb. 14, 2009.
A MISSOURI VALLEY TEAM ON THE HORIZON: Eastern is 2-11 all time versus the St. Louis, Mo. based Missouri Valley Conference, having played against six of the 10 member institutions. EMU is 1-0 versus Creighton, 1-1 against Evansville, 0-1 with Bradley, 0-1 versus Southern Illinois, 0-4 against Illinois State, and 0-5 versus Indiana State.
The Eagles last win over a Missouri Valley team came during the 2000-01 campaign, when Eastern dominated Creighton, 50-35, in the finale of the Nassau Sun Splash Shootout in Nassau, Bahamas, Dec. 21.
SCHROCK RECORDS THE THIRD TRIPLE-DOUBLE IN EMU HISTORY: Junior Cassie Schrock became just the third player in EMU women's basketball history to record a triple-double as the Eagles defeated Marygrove, 87-45, Nov. 16. Schrock posted 11 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, joining All-Americans Stephanie Smiley and Ryan Coleman as the only women to accomplish the feat in the 34-year history of the program. Smiley turned in her triple-double Jan. 26, 2000, against Ohio University with 11 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists. Coleman notched 21 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a 91-50 victory over Western Michigan University, Feb. 12, 2005.
