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Johnny Johnson
Men's
Basketball Coach
Johnny Johnson begins his ninth season at the helm of the University of the Ozarks men's program with an overall record of 128-97. A graduate of the University of Arkansas (1984), Johnson took over the Eagles in 1990 and has guided the program to five winning seasons, including last year's 17-7 record. From 1992-95, his teams averaged 22 victories a season as Ozarks garnered the label of the top small college program in Arkansas during that span. Johnson was voted the 1993 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference Coach of the Year and was twice named the NAIA District 17 Coach of the Year. The former assistant at University of Arkansas-Little Rock earned a master's degree from Arkansas Tech University in 1992. Johnson, who also teaches in U of O's math department, has been active in the Arkansas Special Olympics, having served for several years as the organization's state basketball director. (top of page)
Wth just two of the top eight players from last year’s team returning, head coach Johnny Johnson’s ninth season as head coach of the Eagles is one full of question marks. Johnson will try to mold another winning season from a squad made up largely of newcomers. Despite the fact that there were only two seniors on a team that went 17-7 last year and finished third in the American Southwest Conference, Johnson faces another rebuilding season.
Johnson’s cupboard isn’t completely bare, though. The two returnees are 6-1 junior guard Patrick Prater of Sherwood, last season’s leading scorer (14.2 points per game) and a two-time All-American Southwest Conference honorable mention selection, and junior guard Daniel Shepherd of Dardanelle, who led the Eagles with 37 three-pointers and averaged 10.5 points a game last year.
Also back is 6-3 sophomore guard Ryan Marshall of Beebe, who averaged 12 points a game as a freshman starter two years ago before missing all of last season with a knee injury. Among those who will try to fill the shoes of departed All-ASC point guard Andre Webster are Donald Williams, a 6-1 sophomore transfer from Shorter Junior College, and Bo Hammond, a 6-foot freshman from Jacksonville.
But while the Eagles lost Webster because of a transfer, they also gained a potential All-ASC player because of a transfer. Ben Jones, a 6-7 senior post player from Clarksville and a three-year letterman at Arkansas Tech, will play his final year at Ozarks, giving the Eagles an experienced inside player. Jones averaged 9.3 points and 4.1 rebounds in 25 games last season at Tech.
The Eagles’ other inside position will probably be handled by a pair of freshmen: 6-7 Jeremy Box of Pottsville and 6-5 Brian Henderson of Berryville. Sophomore Dennis Wright, Junior Russell Gorman and freshmen Anthony Peterson and Shane Norrid will provide the Eagles depth at the inside positions. (top of page)
Men's 1998-99 Results & ScheduleRECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (12-12) (7-5) (4-6) (1-1) CONFERENCE.......... (6-4) (4-1) (2-3) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (6-8) (3-4) (2-3) (1-1) DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ Nov 20, 1998 vs Westminster L 75-77 - Nov 21, 1998 vs Messenger W 107-32 50 Nov 23, 1998 ARKANSAS BAPTIST W 88-71 - Nov 30, 1998 at Hendrix College W 88-84 700 Dec 3, 1998 MCMURRY UNIVERSITY L 63-93 715 Dec 5, 1998 HARDIN-SIMMONS W 89-78 - Dec 8, 1998 at Arkansas Baptist L 72-89 - Dec 12, 1998 RUST COLLEGE W 72-69 - Jan 2, 1999 at Howard Payne W 95-83 - Jan 4, 1999 at Sul Ross State L 77-112 - Jan 7, 1999 SCHREINER COLLEGE L 84-97 - Jan 9, 1999 MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR LOT 90-92 - *Jan 11, 1999 at Austin College L 66-102 217 *Jan 14, 1999 UT-DALLAS W 95-81 - *Jan 16, 1999 UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS W 67-50 - *Jan 21, 1999 at LeTourneau W 80-73 - *Jan 23, 1999 at Mississippi College L 63-81 1100 Jan 30, 1999 at East Texas Baptist L 90-101 200 *Feb 4, 1999 LETOURNEAU W 96-87 - *Feb 6, 1999 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE W O2 101-98 - Feb 11, 1999 EAST TEXAS BAPTIST L 80-84 - *Feb 13, 1999 AUSTIN COLLEGE LO3 135-139 274 *Feb 18, 1999 at UT-Dallas W 85-84 - *Feb 20, 1999 at University of Dallas L 83-88 366 * denotes conference game |
Men's 1997-98 Final ResultsRECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (17-7) (10-2) (6-5) (1-0) CONFERENCE.......... (8-6) (5-2) (3-4) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (9-1) (5-0) (3-1) (1-0) DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ 11/22/97 at Hendrix College W 85-73 - 11/21/97 vs Westminster College W 101-69 - 11/28/97 RHEMA COLLEGE W 93-55 - 11/29/97 CENTRAL BAPTIST W 102-72 - 11/25/97 ARKANSAS BAPTIST W 96-84 - 12/4/97 MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR * W 88-81 - *12/6/97 UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS W 81-76 - 12/9/97 at Arkansas Baptist W 76-70 - *1/3/98 AUSTIN COLLEGE W 84-81 - 1/5/98 HENDRIX COLLEGE W 88-70 - *1/8/98 at Hardin-Simmons Univ. W 93-88 - *1/10/98 at McMurry University L 94-108 - 1/13/98 at Rhodes College W 65-63 - *1/17/98 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE L 55-69 - *1/22/98 at Sul Ross State Univ. W 93-87 - *1/24/98 at Howard Payne Univ. L 89-92 - 1/29/98 at Mary Hardin-Baylor * L 91-94 - *1/31/98 at University of Dallas W 78-73 - *2/7/98 at Austin College L 88-91 - *2/12/98 HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIV. W 101-94 - *2/14/98 MCMURRY UNIVERSITY L 74-110 - *2/21/98 at Mississippi College L 54-75 - *2/26/98 SUL ROSS STATE UNIV. W 82-70 - *2/28/98 HOWARD PAYNE UNIV. W 101-90 - * denotes conference game |
Men's Team Statistics TEAM STATISTICS OZARKS OPP
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SCORING....................... 2041 2045
Points per game............. 85.0 85.2
Scoring margin.............. -0.2 -
FIELD GOALS-ATT............... 739-1570 762-1601
Field goal pct.............. .471 .476
3 POINT FG-ATT................ 152-442 189-506
3-point FG pct.............. .344 .374
3-pt FG made per game....... 6.3 7.9
FREE THROWS-ATT............... 411-649 332-494
Free throw pct.............. .633 .672
REBOUNDS...................... 920 958
Rebounds per game........... 38.3 39.9
Rebounding margin........... -1.6 -
ASSISTS....................... 324 364
Assists per game............ 13.5 15.2
TURNOVERS..................... 381 407
Turnovers per game.......... 15.9 17.0
Turnover margin............. +1.1 -
Assist/turnover ratio....... 0.9 0.9
STEALS........................ 226 189
Steals per game............. 9.4 7.9
BLOCKS........................ 49 40
Blocks per game............. 2.0 1.7
WINNING STREAK................ 0 -
Home win streak............. 0 -
ATTENDANCE.................... 989 2633
Home games-Avg/Game......... 12-82 10-258
Neutral site-Avg/Game....... - 2-25
BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 Total
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Team........ 898 1068 33 28 14 - 2041
Opponents... 941 1026 35 25 18 - 2045
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## SUMMARY GP-GS Min FG% 3PT% FT% R/G A/G STL BLK PTS/G
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33 Ben Jones........... 24-23 25.7 .641 .125 .710 6.4 0.8 15 11 18.2
21 Patrick Prater...... 24-24 26.3 .468 .261 .641 6.0 3.6 42 3 15.8
32 Daniel Sheperd...... 24-23 24.6 .388 .395 .781 3.6 2.3 36 3 14.0
3 Ricky Johnson....... 24-14 21.5 .455 .378 .688 2.7 1.4 40 5 12.8
15 Donald Williams..... 22-9 21.0 .413 .345 .463 2.4 2.7 47 0 5.9
25 Brian Henderson..... 21-16 21.5 .536 .231 .648 3.7 0.3 3 2 6.1
0 Ryan Marshell....... 24-9 19.5 .330 .302 .571 2.8 1.4 11 0 4.2
23 Anthony Peterson.... 24-1 7.1 .463 .200 .500 2.3 0.2 3 16 4.0
10 Bo Hammond.......... 9-1 13.2 .519 .000 .429 2.8 1.3 8 0 4.4
13 Shane Norrid........ 11-0 4.6 .429 .091 .000 2.0 0.3 3 3 2.3
45 Russell Gorman...... 20-0 4.8 .400 .000 .100 0.8 0.2 5 1 1.0
44 Dennis Wright....... 10-0 4.3 .500 .500 .667 1.1 0.0 1 1 1.9
22 Jeremy Box.......... 4-0 2.5 .214 .000 .778 2.0 0.3 1 4 3.3
5 Chad Smith.......... 2-0 1.0 .667 .000 .333 3.5 3.0 6 0 4.5
Total............... 24 .471 .344 .633 38.3 13.5 226 49 85.0
Opponents........... 24 .476 .374 .672 39.9 15.2 189 40 85.2
SCORING GP FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3PT% FT-FTA FT% PTS PTS/G
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Ben Jones........... 24 180-281 .641 1-8 .125 76-107 .710 437 18.2
Patrick Prater...... 24 126-269 .468 12-46 .261 116-181 .641 380 15.8
Daniel Sheperd...... 24 107-276 .388 66-167 .395 57-73 .781 337 14.0
Ricky Johnson....... 24 110-242 .455 42-111 .378 44-64 .688 306 12.8
Donald Williams..... 22 50-121 .413 10-29 .345 19-41 .463 129 5.9
Brian Henderson..... 21 45-84 .536 3-13 .231 35-54 .648 128 6.1
Ryan Marshell....... 24 34-103 .330 13-43 .302 20-35 .571 101 4.2
Anthony Peterson.... 24 38-82 .463 1-5 .200 19-38 .500 96 4.0
Bo Hammond.......... 9 14-27 .519 0-2 .000 12-28 .429 40 4.4
Shane Norrid........ 11 12-28 .429 1-11 .091 0-0 .000 25 2.3
Russell Gorman...... 20 10-25 .400 0-0 .000 1-10 .100 21 1.0
Dennis Wright....... 10 6-12 .500 3-6 .500 4-6 .667 19 1.9
Jeremy Box.......... 4 3-14 .214 0-0 .000 7-9 .778 13 3.3
Chad Smith.......... 2 4-6 .667 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 9 4.5
Total............... 24 739-1570 .471 152-442 .344 411-649 .633 2041 85.0
Opponents........... 24 762-1601 .476 189-506 .374 332-494 .672 2045 85.2
REBOUNDS
TOTALS GP MIN OFF DEF TOT PF FO A TO A/TO HI
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Ben Jones........... 24 617 58 96 154 74 3 19 52 0.4 37
Patrick Prater...... 24 632 66 77 143 64 4 86 84 1.0 26
Daniel Sheperd...... 24 591 22 64 86 37 0 55 48 1.1 30
Ricky Johnson....... 24 516 25 39 64 27 0 34 35 1.0 36
Donald Williams..... 22 463 14 38 52 67 2 59 46 1.3 16
Brian Henderson..... 21 451 21 57 78 38 0 7 21 0.3 17
Ryan Marshell....... 24 467 26 40 66 50 1 34 26 1.3 13
Anthony Peterson.... 24 170 27 28 55 29 0 5 21 0.2 18
Bo Hammond.......... 9 119 17 8 25 12 0 12 12 1.0 10
Shane Norrid........ 11 51 9 13 22 1 0 3 9 0.3 10
Russell Gorman...... 20 95 10 6 16 14 0 3 8 0.4 9
Dennis Wright....... 10 43 4 7 11 8 0 0 3 0.0 4
Jeremy Box.......... 4 10 3 5 8 5 0 1 1 1.0 11
Chad Smith.......... 2 2 2 5 7 1 0 6 2 3.0 9
Total............... 24 4427 363 557 920 427 10 324 381 0.9 135
Opponents........... 24 4405 356 602 958 519 - 364 407 0.9 139
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Jack Jones
Women's
Basketball Coach
Jones, who is beginning his 20th season at the helm of the Lady Eagles program, enters the season with a career record of 293-209 at his alma mater. A 1979 graduate of Ozarks, Jones' Lady Eagles teams have compiled 13 winning seasons, including three 20-plus win campaigns. He was named the American Southwest Conference Coach of the Year in 1997 after leading Ozarks to a share of the ASC title in the league's inaugural season. A native of LaHarpe, Ill., Jones has laos coached three All-Americans and 17 all-conference players at Ozarks.
Jones has also been Ozarks' athletic director since 1986 and led the school's recent efforts to gain full membership into the NCAA Division III, which it did during the summer of 1998. (top of page)
The University of the Ozarks freshmen class will have to grow up quickly if the Lady Eagles are to rebound from last year's 12-13 season and return to the form of the 1996-97 ASC co-championship squad.
The Lady Eagles return just two starters from last year --- senior guard Amanda Dean, who averaged 3.5 points, and sophomore forward Carla Rhodes, who averaged 7.1 points and 3.8 rebounds. Junior guard Tracy Duncan and senior center Aimee Rogers are the only two other experienced playersreturning for coach Jack Jones.
Among the freshmen expected to make an immediate impact are 6-foot center Christie Shuffield and guards Tara Muck and Maliesa Nelson.
The Lady Eagles received some good news during the preseason when Erin (Langham) Tyler, an All-ASC performer from the 1996-97 team, decided to return after sitting out all of last year. Tyler averaged 13.4 points and connected on 56 three-pointers for the Lady Eagles two years ago. (top of page)
Women's 1999-98 Results & ScheduleRECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (9-15) (4-7) (3-8) (2-0) CONFERENCE.......... (4-6) (2-3) (2-3) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (5-9) (2-4) (1-5) (2-0) DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ Nov 20, 1998 vs Arkansas Baptist W 64-42 - Nov 21, 1998 vs Westminster W 74-54 105 Nov 23, 1998 ARKANSAS BAPTIST W 79-55 - Nov 30, 1998 at Hendrix College L 49-72 100 Dec 3, 1998 MCMURRY UNIVERSITY L 60-73 - Dec 5, 1998 HARDIN-SIMMONS L 39-75 330 Dec 8, 1998 at Arkansas Baptist L 57-62 40 Dec 31, 1998 at Arkansas Tech L 49-89 391 Jan 2, 1999 at Howard Payne LOT 79-80 156 Jan 4, 1999 at Sul Ross State W 69-65 - Jan 7, 1999 SCHREINER COLLEGE W 79-73 150 Jan 9, 1999 MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR L 63-78 - *Jan 11, 1999 at Austin College L 39-70 217 *Jan 14, 1999 UT-DALLAS W 68-61 - *Jan 16, 1999 UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS L 55-63 - *Jan 21, 1999 at LeTourneau W O2 86-80 - *Jan 23, 1999 at Mississippi College L 46-69 400 Jan 30, 1999 at East Texas Baptist L 86-126 200 *Feb 4, 1999 LETOURNEAU L 57-73 - *Feb 6, 1999 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE W OT 73-63 - Feb 11, 1999 EAST TEXAS BAPTIST L 69-101 - *Feb 13, 1999 AUSTIN COLLEGE L 68-85 163 *Feb 18, 1999 at UT-Dallas W 64-52 - *Feb 20, 1999 at University of Dallas LOT 68-69 254 * denotes conference game |
Women's 1997-98 Final ResultsRECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (12-13) (7-5) (3-8) (2-0) CONFERENCE.......... (4-10) (3-4) (1-6) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (8-3) (4-1) (2-2) (2-0) DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ 11/22/97 vs Webster College W 97-43 - 11/21/97 vs Westminister W 76-65 - 11/25/97 ARKANSAS BAPTIST W 76-73 - 12/1/97 HENDRIX COLLEGE W 73-70 - 12/4/97 MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR * L 51-84 - *12/6/97 UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS W 72-59 - 12/9/97 at Arkansas Baptist LO2 68-79 - *1/3/98 AUSTIN COLLEGE L 63-73 - *1/8/98 at Hardin-Simmons L 78-98 - *1/10/98 at McMurry University L 65-76 - 1/13/98 at Rhodes College W 80-72 - *1/17/98 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE L 60-66 - *1/22/98 at Sul Ross State Univ. L 66-75 - *1/24/98 at Howard Payne L 72-74 - 1/29/98 at Mary Hardin-Baylor * L 74-81 - *1/31/98 at University of Dallas W 60-59 - 2/4/98 CENTRAL BAPTIST W 80-41 - *2/7/98 at Austin College L 55-97 - *2/12/98 HARDIN-SIMMONS L 76-82 - *2/14/98 MCMURRY UNIVERSITY W 77-52 - 2/16/98 RHODES COLLEGE W 77-53 - 2/17/98 at Central Baptist W 78-51 - *2/21/98 at Mississippi College L 57-77 - *2/26/98 SUL ROSS STATE UNIV. L 68-70 - *2/28/98 HOWARD PAYNE W OT 84-81 - * denotes conference game |
Women's Team Statistics TEAM STATISTICS OZARKS OPP
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SCORING....................... 1540 1730
Points per game............. 64.2 72.1
Scoring margin.............. -7.9 -
FIELD GOALS-ATT............... 507-1342 645-1645
Field goal pct.............. .378 .392
3 POINT FG-ATT................ 116-375 120-414
3-point FG pct.............. .309 .290
3-pt FG made per game....... 4.8 5.0
FREE THROWS-ATT............... 410-612 320-469
Free throw pct.............. .670 .682
REBOUNDS...................... 922 1103
Rebounds per game........... 38.4 46.0
Rebounding margin........... -7.5 -
ASSISTS....................... 299 319
Assists per game............ 12.5 13.3
TURNOVERS..................... 418 348
Turnovers per game.......... 17.4 14.5
Turnover margin............. -2.9 -
Assist/turnover ratio....... 0.7 0.9
STEALS........................ 163 243
Steals per game............. 6.8 10.1
BLOCKS........................ 78 47
Blocks per game............. 3.3 2.0
WINNING STREAK................ 0 -
Home win streak............. 0 -
ATTENDANCE.................... 643 1863
Home games-Avg/Game......... 11-58 11-160
Neutral site-Avg/Game....... - 2-53
BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total
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Team........ 700 780 43 17 - 1540
Opponents... 836 848 35 11 - 1730
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## SUMMARY GP-GS Min FG% 3PT% FT% R/G A/G STL BLK PTS/G
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31 Carla Rhodes........ 24-20 24.2 .405 .359 .643 4.8 1.2 21 17 14.8
25 Christie Shuffield.. 24-23 24.6 .498 .000 .699 5.8 0.5 18 33 11.9
44 Erin Tyler.......... 22-16 19.1 .389 .346 .760 3.2 1.2 17 9 12.1
4 Tracy Duncan........ 24-21 27.4 .319 .313 .627 4.0 3.1 18 1 6.6
40 Aimee Rogers........ 24-14 17.0 .404 .000 .771 5.0 0.9 13 11 4.3
10 Amanda Dean......... 24-23 23.8 .272 .147 .757 2.1 2.8 29 0 3.5
34 Maliesa Nelson...... 23-2 12.8 .322 .289 .600 1.9 1.0 10 0 3.4
35 Kim Wilson.......... 24-1 10.1 .317 .000 .655 2.1 0.7 4 0 3.0
52 Sarah Williams...... 22-0 7.6 .338 .000 .516 1.5 0.2 6 7 2.7
11 Tara Muck........... 6-0 18.7 .417 .350 .769 2.3 1.7 7 0 7.8
23 Shawana Sullins..... 15-0 6.7 .241 .273 .455 0.9 0.3 3 0 1.5
43 Lauren Opry......... 14-0 4.9 .200 .000 .857 1.0 0.2 4 0 0.7
Total............... 24 .378 .309 .670 38.4 12.5 163 78 64.2
Opponents........... 24 .392 .290 .682 46.0 13.3 243 47 72.1
SCORING GP FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3PT% FT-FTA FT% PTS PTS/G
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Carla Rhodes........ 24 106-262 .405 23-64 .359 119-185 .643 354 14.8
Christie Shuffield.. 24 100-201 .498 0-1 .000 86-123 .699 286 11.9
Erin Tyler.......... 22 91-234 .389 47-136 .346 38-50 .760 267 12.1
Tracy Duncan........ 24 46-144 .319 20-64 .313 47-75 .627 159 6.6
Aimee Rogers........ 24 38-94 .404 0-3 .000 27-35 .771 103 4.3
Amanda Dean......... 24 25-92 .272 5-34 .147 28-37 .757 83 3.5
Maliesa Nelson...... 23 29-90 .322 11-38 .289 9-15 .600 78 3.4
Kim Wilson.......... 24 26-82 .317 0-2 .000 19-29 .655 71 3.0
Sarah Williams...... 22 22-65 .338 0-0 .000 16-31 .516 60 2.7
Tara Muck........... 6 15-36 .417 7-20 .350 10-13 .769 47 7.8
Shawana Sullins..... 15 7-29 .241 3-11 .273 5-11 .455 22 1.5
Lauren Opry......... 14 2-10 .200 0-0 .000 6-7 .857 10 0.7
Total............... 24 507-1342 .378 116-375 .309 410-612 .670 1540 64.2
Opponents........... 24 645-1645 .392 120-414 .290 320-469 .682 1730 72.1
REBOUNDS
TOTALS GP MIN OFF DEF TOT PF FO A TO A/TO HI
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Carla Rhodes........ 24 581 26 89 115 53 1 29 68 0.4 36
Christie Shuffield.. 24 591 51 89 140 62 0 13 47 0.3 21
Erin Tyler.......... 22 421 14 57 71 38 1 26 38 0.7 35
Tracy Duncan........ 24 658 32 64 96 40 0 75 67 1.1 15
Aimee Rogers........ 24 408 35 86 121 70 3 21 32 0.7 16
Amanda Dean......... 24 571 6 44 50 67 2 67 58 1.2 13
Maliesa Nelson...... 23 294 11 33 44 11 0 23 35 0.7 13
Kim Wilson.......... 24 243 23 27 50 27 0 17 22 0.8 9
Sarah Williams...... 22 168 17 16 33 37 0 4 13 0.3 9
Tara Muck........... 6 112 2 12 14 3 0 10 11 0.9 11
Shawana Sullins..... 15 101 4 9 13 9 0 5 6 0.8 5
Lauren Opry......... 14 68 4 10 14 4 0 3 7 0.4 2
Total............... 24 4231 279 643 922 423 7 299 418 0.7 86
Opponents........... 24 4452 430 673 1103 487 - 319 348 0.9 126
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