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Emma Elash vs Shippensburg
Matt Durisko

Women's Basketball Bob Shreve, Sports Information Director

2019 Home Season Wraps Up vs. Strong Walsh Outfit

Freshman Emma Elash
WALSH Cavaliers (5-2, 0-0 G-MAC) at EDINBORO Fighting Scots (2-2, 1-1 PSAC West)
Tuesday, December 3, 5:30 p.m. | McComb Fieldhouse | Edinboro, Pa.
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ADDITIONAL LINKS
EDINBORO: ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS
WALSH: ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS
 
THE GAME STORIES
  • Edinboro returns to action for the first time in nine days, and faces an opponent it has not faced in over 30 years. The Fighting Scots are 2-2 after splitting a pair of games on November 23 and 24 to open PSAC action. They dropped an 83-71 decision to Shepherd, then came back the next day with an impressive 77-65 win over Shippensburg. The last time Edinboro faced Walsh was 1986-87. The Cavaliers, members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, come in with a strong team that is 5-2 and made the NCAA Division II Tournament a year ago.
  • The Walsh game will represent the final home game for Edinboro in 2019. The Fighting Scots will play five straight games on the road before returning home to face West Chester on January 6.          
  • Edinboro entered the 2019-20 campaign with high expectations. The Fighting Scots finished the 2018-19 campaign with a 20-9 record under first-year head coach Callie Wheeler. The former Edinboro standout led Edinboro to a ninth straight 20-win season and a PSAC Tournament berth for the tenth straight year. Edinboro would qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. The Fighting Scots were picked to finish third in the highly-competitive PSAC West in the coaches' preseason poll..    
  • The Fighting Scots lost three 1,000-point scorers from last year's squad. Combined, the trio accounted for 3,880 points. But Wheeler welcomed back a pair of starters, led by All-American Michaela Barnes. The 5'6" guard is also a 1,000-point scorer. She has moved into 14th place in career scoring with 1,350 points. She is averaging 17.0 ppg. and 4.5 rpg. along with a team-high 12 assists. The senior was an honorable mention WBCA Division II All-American, along with honorable mention Division II Bulletin All-American honors. She was also a first team All-PSAC West selection and is a two-time All-PSAC West selection and the 2017 PSAC West Freshman of the Year. A year ago, Barnes averaged a team-leading 21.0 ppg., ranking fourth in the PSAC and 15th in Division II. She scored 609 points, the fourth-highest season total. Barnes led the PSAC in free throw percentage (85.7 percent) and was fourth in the conference in field goal percentage (52.1 pct.).
  • Bridgette Shaffer started 24 games a year ago, averaging 7.8 ppg. and 6.6 rpg. The latter figure was second on the team. The 5'10" senior made 49-of-118 3-pointers. She is averaging 14.0 ppg. and has made 14-of-32 3-pointers. She comes off her first double-double of the year and fifth of her career with 18 points and 11 rebounds vs. Shippensburg.
  • Cheniya Sharpe returns after sitting out the 2018-19 season with an injury. When healthy, the 5'11" redshirt senior is a ferocious rebounder, as evidenced by her career-high 18 vs. Shepherd, with 13 offensive. Sharpe is averaging 5.8 ppg. and a team-high 10.0 rpg. after averaging 7.2 rpg. in 17 minutes in 2017-18.
  • With three games in five days, Wheeler turned to a smaller lineup against Shippensburg, with great results against a much bigger lineup. Edinboro's bench would outscore Shippensburg's, 33-18, with freshman Rana Elhusseini bouncing off the bench for 15 points and four assists. The diminutive guard made 4-of-9 shots, including a pair 3-pointers, and was 5-of-6 at the line. She is averaging 9.0 ppg.
  • Alexis Rodenbaugh, Emma Elash, and Abbey Antolic also played a huge role. Rodenbaugh, a junior transfer from Jamestown CC, had scored six points in the first three games, but would contribute seven points and two rebounds in 11 minutes. Elash, a freshman, played a season-high 19 minutes and finished with seven points and three rebounds. Antolic had played just seven minutes all year, but was ready when called upon. The redshirt junior played 23 minutes, with two points and three rebounds.
  • Wheeler announced the addition of Bella Burrelli to the roster just before Thanksgiving. Burrelli just completed a highly-successful freshman season on the volleyball team, finishing second on the team in kills and digs. The 6'0" forward as a standout in basketball as well as volleyball at Neshannock High School.
ALL-TIME SERIES vs. WALSH
  • Walsh leads 2-1  
  • Last Meeting: 1986-87 – Edinboro 79, Walsh 66
  • Current Streak: Edinboro won the last meeting
  • Wheeler vs. Walsh: 0-0  
HEAD COACH
Callie Wheeler (Edinboro '06) – 22-11, 2nd Year
  • Callie Wheeler was named Edinboro's fifth head coach on May 23, 2018, replacing long-time head coach Stan Swank. The former Edinboro standout served as Swank's assistant coach for the previous 11 years before assuming the head coaching duties. Edinboro enjoyed great success during Wheeler's 11 seasons at Swank's side, posting a 239-86 record in her 11 seasons on the bench. In her first season as head coach, she led Edinboro to a 20-9 record, the ninth straight 20-win campaign. The Fighting Scots made the PSAC Tournament for the tenth straight season and earned a berth in the NCAA Division II Tournament for the second straight year.   
  • Wheeler played for the Fighting Scots from 2002-06, and ranks as one of the all-time greatest players in Edinboro history. She became Edinboro's sixth Kodak/WBCA All-American as she earned honorable mention All-American honors. That capped a brilliant senior season in which she was named the PSAC West Athlete of the Year and was a first-team All-PSAC West selection. In addition, she was selected as the Nancy Acker Award winner in 2006. As a senior, the 5'5" guard set a school record with 249 assists. She led the PSAC in both assists and steals, finishing with 95 in the latter category.
  • The Iorfido name (Wheeler's maiden name) is well known in Edinboro Athletics, where her family has had quite an impact. Her father, Rich, was a standout linebacker for the Edinboro football team from 1970-72 and was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in April 2007. Callie joined her father as a member of the Edinboro Hall of Fame in October 2016. Younger sister Mandie was a standout catcher on the softball team, and a two-time All-PSAC West performer.
SCOUTING WALSH
  • Walsh comes in with a 5-2 record that includes an 82-60 win over Mercyhurst. The Cavaliers last played on November 26, suffering a 94-86 loss at sixth-ranked Ashland.  Walsh was picked as the favorite in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference after winning the G-MAC championship a year ago and earning a first-ever berth in the NCAA Division II Tournament. The Cavaliers would end the year at 25-7.  Walsh averages 85.3 ppg. while allowing 70.9 ppg.
  • Fourth year head coach Kate Bruce welcomed back five of the top seven scorers from last season. Quionche Carter returns for her sophomore campaign after averaging with 17.1 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. The 6'0" swingman was a first team All-G-MAC selection. Carter is averaging 19.6 ppg. and 6.9 rpg. while shooting 54.9 percent from the floor.
  • Mayci Sales, another first team all-conference pick, is a 6'1" junior who averaged11.5 ppg. and 6.3 rpg.  She comes in averaging 17.7 ppg. and 6.7 rpg.   Tyler Newkirk, a 5'8" senior guard, is also in double figures at 14.9 ppg. while shooting 61.0 pct. from the floor with 26 assists and 10 steals, both team-highs.            
NEXT FOR THE FIGHTING SCOTS:  Saturday, December 7 at Millersville – 1:00 p.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Michaela Barnes

#2 Michaela Barnes

G
5' 5"
Junior
Bridgette Shaffer

#1 Bridgette Shaffer

G/F
5' 8"
Redshirt Junior
Cheniya Sharpe

#11 Cheniya Sharpe

F
5' 11"
Senior
Abbey Antolic

#14 Abbey Antolic

G/F
5' 7"
Redshirt Junior
Rana Elhusseini

#0 Rana Elhusseini

G
5' 3"
Freshman
Alexis Rodenbaugh

#13 Alexis Rodenbaugh

G
5' 10"
Junior
Emma Elash

#22 Emma Elash

G
5' 9"
Freshman
Bella Burrelli

#5 Bella Burrelli

F
6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Michaela Barnes

#2 Michaela Barnes

5' 5"
Junior
G
Bridgette Shaffer

#1 Bridgette Shaffer

5' 8"
Redshirt Junior
G/F
Cheniya Sharpe

#11 Cheniya Sharpe

5' 11"
Senior
F
Abbey Antolic

#14 Abbey Antolic

5' 7"
Redshirt Junior
G/F
Rana Elhusseini

#0 Rana Elhusseini

5' 3"
Freshman
G
Alexis Rodenbaugh

#13 Alexis Rodenbaugh

5' 10"
Junior
G
Emma Elash

#22 Emma Elash

5' 9"
Freshman
G
Bella Burrelli

#5 Bella Burrelli

6' 0"
Freshman
F