Nov. 21, 2009
Complete UC Davis Game Notes in PDF Format 
GAME 4
No. 2/2 Stanford (3-0) at UC Davis (2-1)
Nov. 22, 2 p.m. The Pavilion (6,100) KDVS (90.3 FM) www.ucdavisaggies.com
OPENING TIPS
UC Davis will host the highest-ranked NCAA Division I team to visit The Pavilion when No. 2 Stanford visits for an afternoon matchup... The Cardinal represent the second ranked Pac-10 Conference team to visit Hamilton Court in the past two seasons, joining then-No. 25 Arizona State which won 73-59 last year... Matchups against Stanford and Arizona State have provided the Aggies a ranked opponent for three consecutive seasons... An on-court matchup between sisters Haylee Donaghe (UC Davis) and HANNAH DONAGHE (Stanford) will likely not occur due to injury to Hannah... A knee injury to Haylee prcvented them playing against each other last year, a season after they faced each other in the final minutes of the teams' matchup at Maples Pavilion in 2007.
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. STANFORD
UC Davis holds an 8-3 series lead against the Cardinal with all but the two most recent games over the past two seasons occuring before 1980... The Aggies won the first eight games between the programs, including a 61-54 victory during the 1977-78 season, the last game between the teams at UC Davis prior to this year... The Aggies and Cardinal took a 27-year break from their series before resuming it with games in 2007 (Stanford, 62-41) and 2008 (Stanford, 84-49) at Maples Pavilion... C JAYNE APPEL had 16 points and nine rebounds to lead the Cardinal last year while graduated G Genevieve Costello had 15 points for the Aggies... Stanford led 40-27 at halftime and held a 53-27 advantage on the boards.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE CARDINAL
The Cardinal, who have been to two straight NCAA Final Fours, feature a deep and talented lineup widely expected to contend for the national championship... Five players currently average in double figures: F NNEMKADI OGWUMIKE (20.0), F KAYLA PEDERSEN (19.3), C JAYNE APPEL (16.0), G JEANETTE POHLEN (13.3) and G JJ HONES (10.3)... Stanford, which is 2-0 on the road, is decisively outscoring (89.7-57.3) and outrebounding (51.0-34.7) its opponents... They are also averaging 20.7 assists on an average of 33 field goals per game... Appel leads the way in rebounding at 10.7 pg., Pohlen is averaging 6.0 apg, and Ogwumike is shooting 64.7% from the field... Pedersen scored 22 points and added nine rebounds and four assists during Stanford's 99-50 win over Pepperdine on Thursday... The Cardinal are coached by TARA VANDERVEER who has led Stanford to a pair of NCAA Championships and 17 Pac-10 titles, and was head coach for the United States team which captured a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
RIECKS SETS CAREER MARK AT SEATTLE 47
W Kasey Riecks got her 2009-10 season off to a good start by canning a career-high 5 3-pters during the Aggies' season-opening win at Seattle... She scored a career-best 21 points, eclipsing her previous-highs of four treys against Cal Poly and 17 points versus visiting Cal State Fullerton, both last year... Riecks, who has started each of her 32 career games, made her first three shots from beyond the arc against Seattle.
FRENCH SIZZLES FROM BEYOND THE ARC
W Cortney French is a three-point specialist, canning 33 of her 43 field goals last year from long distance... She has picked up where she left off, hitting 4 of 4 during Tuesday's win against USF, giving her seven for the season.. All but one of her made buckets this year have been from three-point territory... She's shooting 58.3% (7 of 12) from beyond the arc... Her quartet of treys marked the third time in her career she has made that many.
ASANO OPENS SEASON ON STRONG NOTE
G Hana Asano had a game to remember in the Aggies' opener at Seattle, dishing out a career-high nine assists and committing no turnovers in 25 minutes of action... Her assists more than doubled her previous high of four which she did twice last year... Asano had four games last year with at least four assists and no turnovers.
AGGIES TAKE ON PAC-10 AGAIN
UC Davis has not backed away from tough competition during its reclassification period as well as its early life in NCAA Division I... The Aggies have faced seven Pac-10 foes since the start of the 2005-06 season, going 1-6 in those matchups... UC Davis faced California in 2005-06 (L,67-58), Oregon State in 2006-07 (L,66-56), Washington (W,69-58), Stanford (L,62-41) and Arizona State (L,77-56) in 2007-08, and then Arizona State (L,73-59) and Stanford (L,84-49) last season... The game against the Sun Devils last December marked the only matchup on Hamilton Court against the Pac-10 during that span.
UC DAVIS RETURNS 11 LETTERWINNERS
It's nice to have experience and the Aggies have plenty of it in 2009-10... UC Davis welcomes back 11 letterwinners - 10 from last season and one from 2007-08 - after losing just one player (G Genevieve Costello) to graduation... The 10 returners from last year represent 86.7 percent of its scoring and 93.2 percent of its rebounding... The Aggies played last year with six players who were either true freshman or redshirt freshman... Those players combined to start 85 games.
DONAGHE GETS EXTRA YEAR
W Haylee Donaghe was granted a clock extension in October 2008 by the NCAA due to injuries earlier in her Aggie career... That gave her two years of eligibility at the time but, unfortunately, a knee injury suffered at South Dakota State last December cut short one of those seasons... Donaghe completed her undergraduate degree in exercise biology in June 2008 and is currently enrolled in graduate studies at UC Davis, expecting to graduate with her master's degree in exercise biology next spring.
DONAGHE ON 1,000-POINT WATCH
W HALEY DONAGHE needs 288 points to become the 14th player in program history - and the first since W Jessica Campbell (1,413) and P Ellen Porshneva (1,251) both did it two seasons ago... Donaghe needs to average 10.2 points over UC Davis 29 games in order to reach the mileston... She averaged 10.3 ppg in 2006-07 and 12.3 ppg in 2007-08 and was at an 11.6 ppg clip last year before being injured... Donaghe is also No. 9 all-time with 154 steals and with one more will tie former G LORI HURLBUT (1997-2001) who had 155... She is also tied for third for most steals in game with 9, gaining those in the opener at Southern Utah last season.
SIMPSON BECOMES ALL-TIME WINS LEADER
With a 53-50 win at Cal State Northridge last Mar. 4, Head coach Sandy Simpson became the all-times win leader at UC Davis with 206... He owns a career mark in 13 seasons of 208-134 (.608)... He picked up his 200th career win on Jan. 4 with an 86-66 victory over visiting Cal State Northridge... Simpson surpassed former coach JORJA HOEHN (1988-95, 96-97) who amassed a 205-51 (.801) record during her impressive tenure... Simpson served as an assistant coach under Hoehn as well as mentor PAM GILL-FISHER (1975-79, 81-86, 87-88) who posted 164 career victories.
MINTUN MOVING UP BLOCKS LIST
P Paige Mintun finished last season with 31 blocked shots, giving her 59 for her career and moving her up to No. 7 on the career list... She now has 62 blocks after three so far this season... Her single-season totals from last year and in 2007-08 (26) rank her 7th and T-9th, respectively, on that ledger.
RECENT TREND CONTINUES
Each of UC Davis' three games so far this year have been decided by double-digits, marking the third straight year at least the first three games have gone that way... It took until the ninth game of hte 2007-08 campaign before the Aggies played a relatively close game, going 5-3 to that point.
HALL OF FAMERS ON STAFF
The Aggies are fortunate to have a talented staff to support head coach Sandy Simpson... Associate head coach Jennifer Gross, now in her 6th year, and administrative assistant Therese Cardinet, are both members of the Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame... Gross helped lead UC Davis to a 29-3 record and third-place NCAA Div. II finish during 1996-97 and still holds the program's career assist mark with 448... Cardinet, in her 22nd year with the program, had 846 points, 182 assists and 329 rebounds during her career in the late 1970's.
UC DAVIS SCORES BIG ON ALL-BIG WEST TEAMS
The Aggies were well-represented on the All-Big West Conference teams last year, despite finishing 7-9 in league and in fifth place... P Paige Mintun, who led the team in scoring (13.0 ppg), rebounding (6.4 rpg) and blocks (31), was named to the All-BWC first team... W Lauren Juric, who canned 35 three-pointers, was named the Big West Freshman of the Year... W Kasey Riecks, who started all 29 games, was selected to the All-Freshman team... She and Juric were also tabbed honorable mention all-league. UC DAVIS TO BE TESTED WITH SCHEDULE
The Aggies will face a 2009-10 schedule that features teams from the Big XII, Pac-10 and Big East conferences during a rugged nonconference slate... Among the teams they will face are preseason No. 2 Stanford (Nov. 22), NCAA Tournament team Kansas State (Dec. 29) and Women's National Invitational Tournament participant Creighton (Nov. 27)... The Aggies will also battle rival UC Santa Barbara twice during the league season... The Gauchos advanced to last year's NCAA postseason with the Big West's automatic berth... UC Riverside, another Big West foe, earned a spot in the WNIT.
LAST GAME: UC DAVIS 69, SAN FRANCISCO 47
Sophomore W Cortney French went 4 for 4 from beyond the arc on her way to a game-high 14 points, P Paige Mintun added 10 and the UC Davis women's basketball won its home opener at The Pavilion on Tuesday night... French helped lead the Aggies on Tuesday night, coming off the bench to can all four of her three-point opportunities. She made 5 of 7 from the field overall while also contributing a pair of steals. Mintun also had five field goals, added a game-high tying five rebounds and finished with two assists, two steals and a block... UC Davis never trailed against the Dons, opening a 10-2 lead just five minutes into the game when G Hana Asano converted a layup. San Francisco got to within a bucket at 14-12 but a 13-3 run over a 7-minute span made it 27-15 with three minutes before half. The Aggies led 31-21 at halftime.
LONGEST HOMESTAND
The Aggies are in the midst of their longest stretch of home games this year, a modest three outings covering 10 days.
