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Show Basketball Preview Special, Fall 2010 Page 13 *Women's team 2010-11 NUMERICAL ROSTER Continued from page 12 The Schedule This season, Utah State will play 29 regular season games, including one exhibition and 15 at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. Last year, the Aggies were 8-7 at home during WAC play and 6-1 in non-conference action in the Spectrum. Utah State will face six in-state rivals this season including BYU, Weber State, Southern Utah, Utah Valley, Utah and Dixie State. Last year, the Aggies were 4-1 against in-state rivals only losing to BYU. This is the first year USU will face Dixie State. The Aggies will face eight teams that reached the NCAA Tournament or the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) in 2009-2010, including BYU (Quarterfinal, WNIT), Utah (second Round, WNIT), Wyoming (third round, WNIT), Nevada (first Round, WNIT), New Mexico State (First Round, WNIT), South Dakota State (First round, NCAA Tournament), Fresno State (First round, NCAA Tournament), La Tech (First round, NCAA Tournament). Once again, the WAC will play a double round-robin format. This season, the Aggies will play the bulk of its WAC schedule on Thursdays and Saturdays. The top eight teams after regular season play will advance to the WAC tournament. TAH STATE WOMEN 'S BASKETBALL Southern Idaho, where standout teammate Pringle-Buchanan transferred from last season and made a large impact for USU in her first year as an Aggie. "The size and experience in our post position is a force that our opponents will have to deal with. There is no question that the potential is there for our posts to be best front court in the WAC. This group needs to take this as a challenge to collectively commit themselves to not only be a scoring presence but a rebounding and defensive force," Pebley said. NO. NAME 1 2 4 11 12 13 15 20 21 22 24 34 35 42 54 LaCale Pringle-Buchanan Jennifer Schlott Devyn Christensen Stacey Howard Jenna Johnson Alice Coddington Kamie Imal Chdsea Burns Amber White Ashlee Brown Pualei Furtado Reyneisha Mays Stephanie Larson Banna Diop Maddy Plunkett POS. HT. YR. G G F F G G G G/F G/F F G F P C F 5-10 5-6 5-6 6-0 5-10 5-10 5-8 5-10 5-10 6-0 5-5 6-3 6-3 6-6 6-2 SR FR SO SR SO SR FR RS-SO SR RS JR SO JR FR SO JR HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOULAST SCHOOL) EXP. 1L HS HS 2L HS 3L HS 1L 3L TR HS TR HS 2L TR Seattle, Wash. (Garfield HS/College of Southern Idaho) Mesa, Ariz. (Mountain View HS) Caldwell, Idaho (Vallivue HS) Queensland, Australia (St. Joseph's Cdlege/Northeastern JC) Wasilla, Alaska (Wasilla HS) Canberra, Australia (Radford College) Pahoa, Hawaii (1Nalakead HS) Carlsbad, Calif. (La Jolla Country Day HS) San Leandro, Calif. (San Leandro HS) Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler HS/UC Santa Barbara) Kaneohe, Hawaii (Kamehameha HS) Granada Hills, Calif (Moorpark Cdlege) Tustin, Calif. (Foothill HS) Dakar, Senegal (Kurashiki Suisho HS) Albury, Australia (College of Southern Idaho) Head Coach: Raegan Pebley (Colorado, '97), (Eighth year) Associate Coach: George Brosky (West Chester, '97), (Seventh year) Assistant Coaches: Hanna Howard (Portland '05) (First year); Danyelle Snelgro (Utah State '09), (First year) Manager: John Anderson bj Height Pronunciations Devyn Christiansen = (Devin) Raegan Pebley = (Ray-gen - like the President) (Pee-blee) Banna Diop = (Banna) (Jop) Erin Scholz = (Sholz - rhymes with soles) LaCale Pringle-Buchanan = Luh-Kale 6-6 6-3 6-2 6-0 5-10 5-8 5-6 5-5 t5,9 Class Seniors - (4) Alice Coddington, Stacey Howard, LaCale Pringle-Buchanan, Amber White (1) - B. Diop (2) - Mays, Larson (1) - Plunkett (2) - Howard, Brown (5) - Johnson, Pringle-Buchanan, White, Coddington (1) - I mal (2) - Christensen, Schlott (1) - Furtado 1f5s9 Location Juniors - (3) Ashlee Brown (redshirt), Reyneisha Mays, Maddy Plunkett Alaska - (1) Jenna Johnson (Wasilla) Sophomores - (5) Chelsea Burns (RS), Devyn Christensen, Banna Diop, Pualei Furtado, Jenna Johnson Arizona - (2) Ashlee Brown (Chancier), Jennifer Schlott (Mesa) Freshmen - (3) Kamie Imal, Jennifer Schlott, Stephanie Larson California - (4) Chelsea Burns (Carlsbad), Amber White (San Leandro), Reyneisha Mays (Granada Hills). Stephanie Larson (Tustin) 15,9 Position Hawaii - (2) Pualei Furtado (Kaneohe), Kamie Imal (Pahoa) Guards - (8) Alice Coddington, Devyn Christensen, Pualei Furtado, Kamie Imai, Jenna Johnson, LaCale Pringle-Buchanan, Jennifer Schlott, Amber White Idaho - (1) Devyn Christensen (Caldwell) Washington - (1) LaCale Pringle-Buchanan (Seattle) Forward (4) - Ashlee Brown, Chelsea Burns, Stacey Howard, Maddy Plunkett Australia - (2) Alice Coddington (Canberra), Stacey Howard (Queensland), Maddy Plunkett (Aubury) Posts - (3) - Banna Diop, Stephanie Larson, Reyneisha Mays Senegal - (1) Banna Diop (Dakar) NOTES • Raegan Pebley is entering her eighth season as head coach at Utah State, which is the longest tenure in the program's history. Five games into the 2007-08 season, Pebley overtook the lead for the most games coached in Utah State history (116). She has now coached 201 games for the blue and white and has 71 wins as Aggie head coach, which is first ahead of Fern Gardner (55) on the all-time win list. • The Aggies graduated four including Nicole Johnson, Lydia Whitehead, TaHara Williams and LeeAnn Palo. • Utah State welcomes two new assistant coaches in Hanna Howard (Portland, '05) and former Aggie Danyelle Snelgro (Utah State, '09). • Senior Alice Coddington set a new Utah State school record for number of steals in a game with 13 against Weber State (Dec. 21). Coddington is third on USU's list of most steals in one season after nabbing 75 last year and is fourth on the list of total career steals with 153. • Last season, the Aggies knocked down a WAC-leading 144 blocked shots, which is more than twice the 57 that the Aggies allowed their opponents swat. • For the second season in a row, the USU led the WAC with the best scoring defense with 60.1 allowed ppg average. • Amber White became just the third Aggie to earn all-WAC honors as she was named to the all-WAC second team. In 2008-09 Danyelle Snelgro and Ana Pares became the first Aggies to earn all-WAC honors under Pebley. - tri-chol-o-gy SALON -\\ --9-Th1115 N. 200 E. Ste 200 Logan's newest premier Salon FREE eye brow wax w/ any Salon service and 20% off product with U.S.U. 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