WHEN: Sunday at 5 p.m. PT/6 p.m. MT
WHERE: Matthew Knight Arena • Eugene, Ore.
TELEVISION: Pac-12 Network/Arizona/Oregon and Pac-12 Now
RADIO: NBC Sports Radio AM 1060 and Sun Devil Athletics TuneIn Channel
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Coming off its first loss since Dec. 10, the No. 18 Arizona State women's basketball team closes out its road trip to the state of Oregon on Sunday (5 p.m. PT/6 p.m. MT) when it plays at eighth-ranked Oregon.
The Sun Devils (13-4, 4-1 Pac-12) had their six-game winning streak snapped on Friday night as No. 22 Oregon State used an 8-2 run in the final four minutes to come out on top, 57-54.
Robbi Ryan led ASU with a career-high-tying 19 points. Kianna Ibis had seven points while Courtney Ekmark, Charnea Johnson-Chapman and Sophia Elenga had six points each for the Sun Devils, who led the game for more than 26 minutes. Ryan (8-15) and Elenga (3-6) were the only Sun Devils to shoot 50 percent or better as the rest of the team managed to connect on only 26 percent of its attempts.
Oregon (16-2, 5-0) is the lone unbeaten team remaining in Pac-12 play after defeating Arizona 62-44 on Friday for its eighth straight win.
After their loss at Oregon State the Sun Devils dropped into a tie for second place with Stanford (10-7, 4-1). Right behind them are a quartet of teams tied for fourth place: No. 14 UCLA (12-4, 3-2), No. 24 Cal (12-4, 3-2), Oregon State (12-4, 3-2) and Utah (12-4, 3-2).
The next two weeks will see the Sun Devils play the same four teams they played the first two weekends of conference play. ASU will host Utah on Friday (11 a.m. MT) in the annual Sparky's Kids to College Field Trip Game and Colorado on Sunday (2 p.m. MT). ASU will then spend the last weekend of January in the Bay Area for rematches at Stanford (Jan. 26) and at Cal (Jan. 28).
COVERAGE
Sunday's game can be seen on Pac-12 Network/Arizona/Oregon (Cindy Brunson/Elise Woodward). It can also be heard on NBC Sports Radio AM 1060/Sun Devils Athletics Tune-In Channel. Pregame coverage will start at 5:30 p.m. MT Veteran broadcaster and the state of Arizona's 2010 Broadcaster of the Year Jeff Munn is in his 14th season as the voice of ASU women's basketball.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
• In its last seven games (6-1 record), ASU is... outscoring the opposition 75.4-56.9... shooting 45.9 percent (37.4 percent 3FGs)... +8.2 on the boards (39.9-31.7)... averaged 18.7 assists and only 9.8 turnovers.
• ASU is currently among the nation's top 25 teams in turnovers per game (3rd/11.2), assist-to-turnover ratio (6th), scoring margin (20th/+17.0) and turnover margin (23rd/+5.59).
• Oregon is among the nation's top 25 teams in field goal percentage (6th/49.6), assists per game (7th/20.4), 3-point FGs (9th/9.7 per game), scoring offense (11th/85.6 ppg) and rebound margin (20th/+9.1).
• Sophomore guard Reili Richardson is No. 1 in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio. In ASU's win vs. Cal on Jan. 12, Richardson, who has 65 assists and only 12 turnovers in ASU's last 12 games, dished out a career-high 11 assists (with zero turnovers), her third double-digit assist performance of the season.
SERIES NOTES VERSUS OREGON
ASU has dominated the series of late having won 27 of the 32 meetings since the 2000-01 season. Most recently they have won nine of the last 10 meetings, including a series sweep in 2015 – 70-58 in Tempe and 72-52 in Eugene – a 63-58 Eugene in 2016 and a 68-63 win in Tempe last season. Three Sun Devils scored in double figures as Sophie Brunner's 17 points tied for the game high. Sabrina Haines finished with 14 points (included a career-high four 3-pointers) and Kianna Ibis added 11. ASU shot 44 percent, tied a season high with seven 3-pointers and had a plus-six advantage on the boards (35-29). The Sun Devils scored 21 points off turnovers to help offset a 51-percent shooting performance by Oregon.
BALANCED OFFENSE
ASU has had eight players lead or tie for the team lead in scoring this season. Kianna Ibis leads the way (6x). Sabrina Haines led/tied for the team lead 3x before her season-ending injury vs. UC Riverside on Dec. 3. Others who have led/tied for team lead in scoring include Robbi Ryan (3x), Jamie Ruden (2x), Courtney Ekmark (2x), Charnea Johnson-Chapman (2x), Reili Richardson (1x) and Sophia Elenga (1x). In ASU's contest at Utah (Dec. 31), Ibis scored a career-high 30 points, the most points scored by a Sun Devil this season. Most recently, Johnson-Chapman scored 12 of her game-high 16 points in the second half of ASU's win over Stanford.
IBIS LEADS THE WAY
In ASU's 83-81 win at Utah on Dec. 31 Kianna Ibis had one of the best offensive days turned in by a Sun Devil in recent memory as the junior forward scored a career-high 30 points, eclipsing her previous career high of 20 by 10 points. Included in that flurry of offense were a career-high three 3-pointers. Ibis became the first Sun Devils to score 30 or more points since Kylan Loney accomplished the feat vs. Arizona on January 31, 2004. She followed that extraordinary performance with a game-high 26 points in ASU's win over No. 23 Cal (Jan. 5).
DOMINANT DEVIL DEFENSE
• ASU enters Sunday's contest first in the Pac-12 and is 26th in the nation in scoring defense, allowing only 56.3 ppg. The Sun Devils have limited the opposition to 12 or fewer points in a quarter 29 times this season, including a season low of three points scored by Idaho in the fourth quarter on Dec. 18.
• ASU has allowed an average of only 56.2 points per game since the start of the 2014-15 season (118 games). ASU has held the opposition to 50 or fewer points 39 times during that stretch. They are 38-1 in those contests. The only loss came at home to Cal (50-49) on Feb. 8, 2015.
• ASU has made the most of its takeaways as it is averaging 18.9 ppg off the opposition's turnovers. It has scored 20 or more points off TOs eight times, including a season-high 31 points vs. Arkansas on Dec. 21.
• Over the last three-plus seasons (118 games) ASU has allowed the opposition to make only 28.0 percent of its attempts from long range.
• Arkansas entered its game at ASU No. 2 in the nation in fewest turnovers per game (10.4). The Sun Devils forced 12 in the first quarter alone as Arkansas would go on to commit 23 turnovers in the game.
IT'S ALL ABOUT POSSESSIONS
• ASU currently leads the Pac-12 and is third in the nation in fewest turnovers per game (11.2). It also leads the Pac-12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (sixth in the nation) and turnover margin (+5.59/23rd in the nation).
• Reili Richardson (No. 1 in the nation/No. 1 in the Pac-12) and Kiara Russell (21st in the nation/No. 4 in the Pac-12) are among the top 25 in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio.
• ASU has had 10 or fewer turnovers nine times this season, including six times in its last eight games. Since committing a season-high 22 turnovers at Florida State (Dec. 10), ASU has averaged only 9.9 turnovers in its last seven games.
• ASU is averaging only 14.3 turnovers the last three plus seasons (118 games).
HOME SWEET HOME
The Sun Devils have made Wells Fargo Arena one of the toughest places to play in recent years as they have won 86.4 percent of their home games (64-10) going back to the 2013-14 season, including a 9-0 mark this season.
TOUGH COMPETITION
Three of ASU's four losses have come to teams who are currently ranked in the AP Top 25 and currently among the top 15 teams in the NCAA RPI (as of Jan. 13): vs. No. 4-AP/RPI 3 Mississippi State (65-57), vs. No. 25/RPI 14 Green Bay (61-48) and at No. 11/RPI 6 Florida State (77-66). ASU's games against Mississippi State and Green Bay came on consecutive days when it was at the Cancun Challenge (Nov. 23-25) over Thanksgiving Weekend.
Against Mississippi State the Sun Devils rallied from a 13-point deficit to lead the Bulldogs by one point at the half and two points after three quarters. The game's major turning point came at the outset of the fourth quarter when Mississippi State went on an 8-0 run to turn a two-point deficit into a six-point lead. The Sun Devils trailed the rest of the way as they could get no closer than three points.
After falling behind by 16 after one quarter at Florida State, the Sun Devils got back within single digits several times in the second half and actually outscored the Seminoles 55-50 over the last three quarters of the game.
ASU's only other loss came at No. 22 Oregon State, 57-54, a contest ASU led for more than 26 minutes of game time.
HOW IS THIS FOR IMPROVEMENT?
After experiencing some rough patches the first month of the season the Sun Devils would eventually discover their shooting touch from long range. How much have they improved? In the first seven games of the season ASU's shots from downtown found their intended mark only 24.2 percent of the time. Since then (a span of 10 games) the Sun Devils are shooting 39.5 percent from downtown. ASU has also struck with greater frequency since its early season cold spell as it has averaged nearly three more triples (6.0) than it did the first seven games (3.4). The Sun Devils hit a then-season-high nine 3-pointers at Florida State on Dec. 10. On Dec. 21 against Arkansas, ASU hit 12 from beyond the arc, the second-highest, single-game total in school history. Courtney Ekmark hit seven 3-pointers to tie ASU's single-game school record in the Sun Devils' 80-43 win over Arkansas. In that same game, Jamie Ruden, who currently leads the Pac-12 in 3-point FG percentage (52.6 percent), buried a career-high four triples.
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS OF NOTE
• Reili Richardson, who leads the Sun Devils in assists (5.4 apg/fifth in the Pac-12/39th in the nation),is currently No. 1 in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio. Richardson, who has 65 assists and only 12 turnovers in ASU's last 12 games, dished out a career-best 11 assists vs. Cal (Jan. 5).
• Fellow guard Kiara Russell is fourth in the Pac-12 and 21st in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio. Russell has 35 assists and only eight turnovers in ASU's last nine games.
• Jamie Ruden leads the Pac-12 in 3-point FG percentage (51.3/20-39). Ruden, who knocked down a career-high four triples in ASU's win over Arkansas on Dec. 21, scored a career-high 19 points in ASU's win over Idaho (Dec. 18). She also scored the game-winning basket with 12 seconds remaining in ASU's 83-81 win at Utah on Dec. 31.
• Charnea Johnson-Chapman is currently fourth in the Pac-12 in FG pct. (57.9). Also the team leader in rebounds (7.1 rpg/14th in the Pac-12), Johnson-Chapman has grabbed 7 or more rebounds 11x, including a career-high 12 in ASU's win over Idaho (Dec. 18).
• Currently leading the team in scoring (13.1 ppg), Kianna Ibis is 18th in the Pac-12 in scoring and is seventh in field goal percentage (52.3). Ibis has scored in double figures 11x, including a career-high 30 points at Utah on Dec. 31, the most points scored by a Sun Devil since 2004.
EKMARK TIES SINGLE-GAME SCHOOL RECORD FOR 3-POINTERS
Redshirt junior guard Courtney Ekmark connected on seven 3-pointers to tie ASU's single-game school record for 3-pointers in ASU's 80-43 win over Arkansas on Dec. 21. Ekmark, who scored a career-high 23 points against the Razorbacks, tied the mark previously accomplished by current ASU assistant coach Briann January (at UC Davis, Dec. 3, 2008), Crystal Cobb (vs. Oregon, Feb. 2, 1991) and Ryneldi Becenti (vs. Washington State, Feb. 13, 1993).
RUDEN PROVIDES SUN DEVILS WITH INSTANT OFFENSE
Heading into the Pac-12 portion of the schedule last season Charli Turner Thorne was very excited about what Jamie Ruden would be bringing to the team after the flashes of brilliance she displayed during the preseason. Unfortunately Ruden would end up missing all 18 Pac-12 regular season games after a foot injury occurred the week of the conference opener. She would end up returning to in time for the Pac-12 Tournament and, despite having almost no practice in nine weeks, made an immediate impact as she scored 12 points in ASU's Pac-12 quarterfinal contest vs. UCLA.
Fast forward to this season. After injury kept her sidelined for a portion of the offseason Ruden made her debut in the season's second game at Fresno State and scored 10 points in 10 minutes. It has been no different since as she has scored in double figures 10 times this season and is currently second on the team in scoring (10.3 ppg) in addition to leading the Pac-12 in 3-point FG percentage (51.3). She scored a career-high 19 points in ASU's win vs. Idaho (Dec. 18) and was responsible for the game-winning basket in ASU's 83-81 win at Utah on Dec. 31.
DEVILS WILL BE WITHOUT SABRINA HAINES FOR REMAINDER OF THE SEASON
Junior Sabrina Haines, who entered the season as one of ASU's starting guards, was lost for the season after suffering a knee injury against UC Riverside on Dec. 3. A starter in 38 of 75 career games, Haines came on towards the end of last season as she posted eight of her nine double-digit scoring efforts in the final 11 games of the season. She tied for the team lead in scoring (13.3 ppg) in ASU's four post season contests (two in the Pac-12 Tournament and two in the NCAA Tournament).
Haines had played in all nine of ASU's games (six starts) and had scored in double figures five times, including a career-high-tying 19 points in ASU's win vs. Sacramento State (Nov. 18). At the time of her injury Haines led the team in free throw percentage (86.7/1st in Pac-12), was second in scoring (10.2 ppg) and tied for second in steals (1.2 spg).
BENCH PRODUCTION
Although ASU's roster may be small in numbers (10 student-athletes on current active roster), it has not kept the Sun Devils from having an extremely productive bench. On average, ASU's reserves are outscoring the opposition's bench 27.0-12.2. Leading the way is Jamie Ruden, who is currently second on the team in scoring (10.3 ppg). Ruden has scored in double figures in eight of ASU's last 12 games, including a career-high 19 points vs. Idaho (Dec. 18).
ASU PACES THE PAC-12 IN NON-CONFERENCE WINS SINCE 2013
Including this season's 9-3 record, ASU's 49 regular season, non-conference wins are more than any other team in the Pac-12 since 2013. Last year's win over Holy Cross was ASU's 40th regular-season, non-conference win between 2013-16. Going back to the 1986-87 season – the first season of Pac-10/Pac-12 play – the 40 regular-season, non-conference wins were by far the most in a four-season stretch in program history (the next highest total was 33 games done three times: 2003-06/2004-07/2005-08).
POLLS
Both the coaches and media picked the Sun Devils to finish sixth in the Pac-12.... The Sun Devils received votes in both the AP and USA Today Coaches preseason polls... In other preseason polls of note, ASU came in at No. 23 in Lindy's Sports and No. 25 in ESPN.com. The Sun Devils were picked to earn a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament in ESPN.com Charlie Creme's first Bracketology post of the season (Nov. 7). ASU cracked the AP Top 25 on Nov. 20 coming in at No. 24. However after going 1-2 at the Cancun Challenge ASU fell out of the poll. ASU returned to the AP Top 25 on Jan. 1 (No. 25). The Sun Devils moved up to No. 18 (Jan. 8) after back-to-back Top 25 wins over No. 23 Cal and No. 24 Stanford.
SUN DEVIL WBB EARNS NO. 5 RANKING IN WBCA ACADEMIC TOP 25
For the second time in three years the Arizona State women's basketball program finished among the nation's best in combined team GPA. With a final team GPA of 3.672 for the 2016-17 academic year the Sun Devils finished fifth in the nation (the highest ranking in program history) among Division I institutions in the WBCA's annual Academic Top 25. The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II and III; NAIA and junior/community college women's basketball teams across the nation that carry the highest combined GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2016-17 season is the 22nd in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.
ASU's No. 5 finish represents the second time in three seasons the Sun Devils have been among the top 10 programs in the country after placing seventh (3.558) for the 2014-15 academic year. In 2016-17 ASU was one of only eight teams around the country to be included in the WBCA's Top 25 and qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Of those eight, ASU and DePaul were the only two schools to advance past the first round.
In March the Sun Devils had two players earn Pac-12 First-Team All-Academic recognition (2017 senior Kelsey Moos and Quinn Dornstauder), one player earn second-team honors (2017 senior Sophie Brunner) and three players named honorable mention (current Sun Devils Sabrina Haines, Kianna Ibis and Charnea Johnson-Chapman). ASU was the only Pac-12 school with two first-team honorees and led all Pac-12 schools with three combined first- and second-team honorees. Moos became only the 11th player in Pac-10/12 history (going back to 1986-87) to earn conference first-team recognition three straight years. Brunner was also eligible for CoSIDA Academic All-American honors after being one of five players named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District® VIII Team in February.
Since the 1996-97 season, Turner Thorne's first season at ASU, the Sun Devils lead the Pac-12 in the number of first-team All-Academic conference awards (21) and the combined number of first- and second-team All-Academic conference awards (43).
SUN DEVIL WBB'S REILI RICHARDSON EARNS SILVER MEDAL AT FIBA 19 WORLD CUP
Sophomore guard Reili Richardson became the fourth Sun Devil women's basketball player to earn a medal since 2015 as the USA Women's U19 World Cup Team claimed silver at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup in Udine, Italy.
Richardson became the most recent Sun Devil to earn a medal in international competition as former Sun Devils Katie Hempen (gold/USA/World University Games), Quinn Dornstauder (silver/Canada/World University Games) and Sophie Brunner (silver/USA/Pan American Games) claimed medals in 2015. Richardson averaged 10.8 minutes per game and was a steady contributor in helping the USA to wins in each of its first six games at the FIBA World Cup.
Richardson, a 5-11 guard, is coming off an outstanding freshman campaign in which she set ASU's single-season freshman record for assists (126). A Pac-12 All-Freshman honorable mention honoree, Richardson played in every game (25 starts) last season and led the team in assists (3.8 apg/12th in the Pac-12) and tied for the team lead in free throws made (79), was second in 3-pointers (20) and free throw percentage (82.3/12th in the Pac-12) and third in scoring (8.4 ppg) and steals (1.1 spg). She also finished fifth in the Pac-12 in assist-to-turnover ratio. Richardson, whose 277 points ranked seventh in program history for most points scored by a freshman, scored in double figures 13 times, including a career-high 16 points at eventual national champion South Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, a game the Sun Devils led going into the final minute.
CHARLI TURNER THORNE HAS SUN DEVIL WBB AMONG NATION'S ELITE
The all-time winningest coach in program history and No. 2 in the Pac-12 in career wins (413), Charli Turner Thorne has turned Sun Devil women's basketball into one of the nation's premiere programs since taking over in 1996-97. Included in ASU's earlier run of 13 consecutive postseason appearances (2000-12) were a school record five-consecutive NCAA Tournament bids from 2005-09. During that time ASU qualified for the Elite Eight on a pair of occasions, making it one of only 15 programs in the country to have qualified for the Elite Eight at least two times between 2007-12.
Last season the Sun Devils qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive season and the 12th time under Turner Throne's guidance. ASU gave eventual national champion South Carolina its toughest game of the NCAA Tournament as it led the Gamecocks by as many as 11 in the second half and took a one-point lead into the final minute of the game before falling, 71-68.
In 2016 Turner Thorne was named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year (coaches and media), the second time she has been recognized with the honor (2001), after leading the Sun Devils to their second regular season Pac-12 championship. ASU would go on to earn its highest NCAA Tournament seed (No. 2) in program history. In 2016 ASU has also tied the program records for most conference wins (16) and consecutive wins (15) and set the program record for most road wins (11). Turner Thorne would go on to also be named the WBCA Region 5 Co-Coach of the Year. In 2014-15 Turner Thorne was named one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year for a season in which she led the Sun Devils to their best start in school history (18-1), their best conference start in school history (7-0), a second-place finish in the Pac-12 and 29 wins, the second-highest number of wins in school history. In 2013-14 Turner Thorne raised the curtain on the team's current era of success as she helped the Sun Devils post one of the best turnarounds in the country as they went from a 13-18 record and a ninth-place Pac-12 finish (5-13) in 2012-13 to a 23-10 record and fourth-place Pac-12 finish (11-7). Included among ASU's 23 wins in 2013-14 were three triumphs over Top 25 teams. The outstanding success Sun Devil women's basketball has enjoyed under Turner Thorne is a 180-degree difference from the program that had an aggregate record of 20-60 in the three years prior to her arrival and only two NCAA Tournament wins in its history.
FORMER VALLEY STANDOUT/UCONN TRANSFER/FIRST-YEAR LAW SCHOOL STUDENT COURTNEY EKMARK MAKES HER SUN DEVIL DEBUT IN 2017-18
In June 2016 Charli Turner Thorne announced that former UConn guard Courtney Ekmark would be transferring into the Sun Devil women's basketball program. Ekmark, who completed her sophomore season for the Huskies in 2015-16, sat out the 2016-17 season per NCAA transfer rules. She has two years of eligibility remaining. Ekmark, who earned her degree in Liberal Studies (May 2017) in only three years, is currently a first-year law student in ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. Ekmark returned to the Valley where she helped lead St. Mary's High School to an 87-3 record (included a 49-game winning streak), three straight Division I State Titles, a No. 1 ranking in the USA Today Super 25 in 2012 and a No. 2 ranking in 2013. Ekmark was named the state of Arizona's Gatorade Player of the Year following a junior season in which she averaged 19.6 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals. In the 2013 state tournament, she averaged 21.5 points in helping lead the Knights to the title. In the 49-37 championship game win over Pinnacle, Ekmark had a game-high 14 points, becoming the first Arizona player to be the top scorer in three consecutive championship games. In addition to her outstanding play on the hardwood, Ekmark also excelled on the tennis court for St. Mary's, earning the top singles spot on the team. As a member of UConn's two most recent NCAA championship teams (2015 and 2016), Ekmark played in 61 games, including 10 of the Huskies' 12 NCAA Tournament games. She averaged 9.3 minutes per game during those two seasons and connected on 38 percent of her field goal attempts.
ALL-TIME SUN DEVIL GREAT, CURRENT INDIANA FEVER GUARD BRIANN JANUARY JOINS SUN DEVIL WBB COACHING STAFF
All-time Sun Devil great and current Indiana Fever guard Briann January returned to ASU as an assistant coach this past April. January, who helped lead ASU to 104 wins – the most in program history in a four-year span – while playing for the Sun Devils, will continue her professional playing career with Indiana where she is currently preparing to start her ninth season.
January, who last year was named to the Pac-12 Women's Basketball All-Century Team, concluded her Sun Devil playing career at or near the top of several ASU career statistical categories including assists (first), free throw percentage (first), steals (second), free throws (second), 3-point field goal percentage (fourth), 3-point field goals (fifth) and points (seventh). A two-time Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year, January earned honorable mention All-America recognition from the Associated Press and WBCA in 2009. During her four-year career the Sun Devils won 77 percent of their games (104-32), including 82 percent of their Pac-10 games (59-13), and qualified for the NCAA Tournament all four years, including two Elite Eight appearances (2007, '09).
January was selected by the Fever with the sixth overall pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft. In that time she has played a major role in helping Indiana qualify for the playoffs each of the last eight seasons, including three trips to the WNBA Finals and a WNBA championship in 2012. January is coming off a 2016 campaign in which she averaged 9.7 points, 1.8 rebounds and a career-best 4.7 assists per game while being named to the WNBA's All-Defensive Team for the fifth straight season. In 2014, January was named to the East All-Star Team for the WNBA's annual All-Star Game that was played in Phoenix. In 2012, January averaged 10.0 ppg in the WNBA Finals to help lead the Fever over the Minnesota Lynx for the WNBA title. As a rookie in 2009, January had an immediate impact as Indiana made its first WNBA finals appearance.
ANGIE NELP JOINS SUN DEVIL WBB COACHING STAFF; JACKIE MOORE PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH
This past May Charli Turner Thorne announced the appointment of Angie Nelp as assistant coach and that Jackie Moore had been promoted to associate head coach. Nelp joined ASU from Rice University where most recently she helped guide the Owls to a WBI Championship (the school's first postseason title) and 22 victories in 2016-17, the second-most wins in a single season. The Owls improved by 13 wins from her first to second season, one of the top increments in the nation. Players who Nelp has mentored in her time as an assistant coach have combined for 17 All-Conference awards. In addition she has helped develop three players who went on to play in the WNBA and eight players who signed to play professionally overseas.