March 8, 2009
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Team Notes
- The Knights move to the NCAA Tournament for the third time overall and first time since 1999. The Knights also went to the tourney in 1996.
- UCF last appeared in a conference tournament championship game in 2004 as a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Knights fell 64-62 to Lipscomb.
- After losing to Southern Miss the first 12 times the two programs met, UCF won two of three games against the Golden Eagles this season.
- Now at 17-16, UCF is above .500 for the first time this season.
- UCF has won 15 of its last 20 games after beginning the season at 2-11.
- After not winning a tournament game for the first three seasons in C-USA, UCF is now 4-3 all-time in the tournament all-time after wins over Rice, Houston, SMU and Southern Miss.
- UCF improved to 1-2 this season in overtime.
- UCF did not allow a field goal in the overtime session. Southern Miss went 0-for-3 in the extra period, and took just one shot in the first 4:42 of overtime. The Golden Eagles went 2-for-6 at the line and committed five turnovers.
- The top free-throw shooting team in the conference, UCF is hitting 73.3 percent (66-90) during the tournament.
- UCF outrebounded its opponents 45.0 to 35.2 in four games during the tournament.
- After allowing 42.9 percent shooting from the field during the season, UCF allowed its opponents to hit just 35.6 percent shooting, including 10-of-52 from long range.
- After starting the season 0-for-5 on Sundays, UCF won its final two Sunday games.
- UCF is now 5-1 on television in 2008-09, including five-straight victories in TV games.
- The Knights hit eight of their first nine shots in the second half.
- UCF allowed back-to-back season lows for points allowed in the second half. The Knights allowed 20 points Saturday against SMU and 19 Sunday against Southern Miss.
Key Individual Notes (tournament stats in parentheses)
Emma Cannon (35.8 mpg, 14.3 ppg, 14.5 rpg, 19-32 FGs, 19-28 FTs)
- A first-team all-conference pick, Cannon was named the tournament MVP and to the All-Tournament team.
- Cannon had 58 rebounds in the tournament, shattering the previous Conference USA Tournament record of 47.
- Cannon averaged 8.3 rebounds in the first half during the tournament.
- Broke the UCF single-season rebounding record against SMU and now has 379 rebounds in her career. The number is also good enough for fourth all-time in C-USA history.
- Cannon's 165 offensive rebounds are the most in C-USA history for a single-season.
- Current all-time ranks at UCF: second in double-doubles (31), second in rebound average (10.2), sixth in free throws made (234), third in career rebounds (640), sixth in scoring average (13.7) and tenth in blocks (54).
- Her 19 rebounds overall and 13 offensive rebounds on Saturday against SMU are both tied for the third most in C-USA tournament history.
- Consistency - 29 of 33 games this season in double figures.
- On the glass: has 10-plus rebounds in 22 games this season, including xx-straight - Double-Doubles - Has 20 for this season and 32 for her career.
- Cannon has hit more free throws than any other C-USA player (134) and is shooting 77.9 percent from the line.
Chelsie Wiley (37.5 mpg, 15.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 9-29 3FGs, 13-16 FTs)
- A third-team all-conference selection, Wiley was named to the C-USA All-Tournament team.
- Played 150 of 165 minutes in the tournament.
- Posted ten 20-point games this season, including five of 26 points or more.
- In the last 24 games, Wiley has hit double figures in 19 games.
- All-time ranks at UCF: seventh in three-pointers made (83) and first in three-point percentage (38.6).
- Her 68 threes made this season are the fourth most in UCF history.
Angelica Mealing (31.0 mpg, 11.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 4.8 apg, four blocks, seven steals)
- Has scored in double figures in eight-straight games, including each of the tournament games.
- Played a career-high 42 minutes on Sunday against Southern Miss.
- Went a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw line Sunday and hit 23-of-29 in the tournament.
- Mealing tied her career high with 10 made free throws Saturday against SMU. Her 14 free throws attempted are her new career high. Mealing scored all 10 of her points from the line.
- Has hit 56 of her last 64 free throws.
Aisha Patrick (35.2 mpg, 10.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.2 spg)
- Scored nine points and dished out five assists in 40 minutes against Southern Miss.
- Notched double figures in three of four tournament games.
- Hit 18-of-32 field goals for 56.3 percent.
- Has 15 double-figure point games in her freshman campaign.