GAME 15
No. 2 Transylvania (14-0, 7-0 HCAC) at RHIT (7-7, 4-3 HCAC)
Saturday, January 13th, 2024Â |Â 1 PMÂ |Â Terre Haute, Ind. | Hulbert Arena
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THE LONGEST ACTIVE WIN STREAK IN THE NCAA
The Pioneers have won 47 straight games going back to November 18th, 2022. After finishing last season 33-0 and national champions, Transylvania was voted first in the preseason WCBA poll, the first time in program history. The Pioneers success carried into the 2023-24 season, winning their first 14 games to move into the top 15 all time in NCAA for winning streaks. With DII Ashland University losing in mid-December, the Pioneers now hold the longest active win streak in the NCAA. With a win tomorrow, Transylvania will break UCONN's 47 game win streak set in the 2013-2015 seasons. Transylvania finished the 2023 year as the only undefeated team in the NCAA or NAIA, men or women.
ATOP OF THE NCAA
Transy is first in in scoring defense, giving up just 42.4Â points per game. The Pioneers defense averages 9.9Â steals per game. Transy is one of seven teams that remain undefeated this season.Â
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PAT DEACON CLASSIC CHAMPS
Transylvania Women's Basketball won the Pat Deacon Classic last month after beating Maryville College (72-42), and Wisconsin Lutheran College (54-48). The Pat Deacon Classic saw a dominating first game from the Pioneers as Kennedi Stacy would have 23 points in 19 minutes after going 6-9 on three point shots against Maryville. In the second game against Wisconsin Lutheran, the Pioneers found themselves trailing 10-15 after the first quarter, then led a strong comeback thanks to the efforts of Dasia Thornton with a 25 point and 13 rebound game. Thornton would earn Pat Deacon Classic MVP while Stacy would earn Pat Deacon Classic All-Tournament Team Honors.  Â
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GRATZ PARK PRIVATE WEALTH HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
Transylvania continued to dominate at home as they defeated Edgewood College 62-46 and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 71-59 to win the Holiday Tournament. Dasia Thornton finished with a game high 22 points in the championship while earning her fourth double-double of the season after grabbing 10 rebounds. Laken Ball was named to the All-Tournament Team and Sadie Wurth was named tournament MVP.
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LAST TIME OUT
The Pioneers held Hanover College to just 13 first half points in the 54-39 win to remain undefeated and extend the longest active winni ng streak in NCAA to 47 games. Dasia Thornton led the way with 19 points. Sydney Wright scored 10 points ansd was one rebound away from a double-double. It was Julia Fulks' 383rd head coaching victory.Â
BOX SCOREÂ |Â RECAP
Transy is 31-13 all time against Hanover after the win. HISTORY
MS. 1000
Transylvania fifth year forward Dasia Thornton achieved a career milestone last month. In the 65 point win over Defiance, Dasia earned her 1,000th career point with her 12th point of the game. She sank a free throw to achieve the accolade. Just a few days prior, she grabbed her 750th career rebound in the win over Wittenberg.Â

BEHIND ENEMY LINES
Rose Hulman is 7-7 overall and 4-3 in the HCAC. The Fightin' Engineers ride a two game win streak heading into tomorrow's matchup, defeating Defiance 66-37 and Earlham 63-50 last week.
RHIT was voted 8th in the HCAC Preseason Coaches Poll.
TEAM STATS (7-7, 4-3)
Overall Team Statistics
Statistic |
Rose-Hulman |
Opponents |
SCORING |
Total Points |
934 |
909 |
Points Per Game |
66.7 |
64.9 |
Scoring Margin |
1.8 |
-- |
SHOOTING |
FG: Made-Attempted |
314-806 |
330-944 |
FG: Percentage |
.390 |
.350 |
FG: Per Game |
22.4 |
23.6 |
3PT: Made-Attempted |
45-166 |
89-352 |
3PT: Percentage |
.271 |
.253 |
3PT: Per Game |
3.2 |
6.4 |
FT: Made-Attempted |
261-326 |
160-240 |
FT: Percentage |
.801 |
.667 |
FT: Per Game |
18.6 |
11.4 |
REBOUNDING |
Total |
590 |
561 |
Per Game |
42.1 |
40.1 |
Margin |
2.0 |
-- |
ASSISTS |
Total |
183 |
174 |
Per Game |
13.1 |
12.4 |
TURNOVERS |
Total |
297 |
252 |
Per Game |
21.2 |
18.0 |
Margin |
-3.2 |
-- |
Assist/Turnover Ratio |
0.6 |
0.7 |
Points Off Turnovers |
13.6 |
17.1 |
STEALS |
Total |
131 |
184 |
Per Game |
9.4 |
13.1 |
BLOCKS |
Total |
56 |
49 |
Per Game |
4.0 |
3.5 |
ATTENDANCE |
Total |
926 |
1368 |
Per Game |
5-185 |
9-152 |
Overall Individual Statistics
# |
Player |
GP |
GS |
MINUTES |
FG |
3PT |
FT |
SCORING |
REBOUNDS |
PF |
AST |
TO |
STL |
BLK |
TOT |
AVG |
FGM |
FGA |
FG% |
3PT |
3PTA |
3PT% |
FTM |
FTA |
FT% |
PTS |
AVG |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
AVG |
14 |
Roland, Grace |
14 |
6 |
309 |
22.1 |
60 |
127 |
.472 |
7 |
22 |
.318 |
49 |
58 |
.845 |
176 |
12.6 |
22 |
85 |
107 |
7.6 |
26 |
12 |
34 |
9 |
14 |
05 |
Baum, Jamie |
14 |
14 |
489 |
34.9 |
54 |
163 |
.331 |
10 |
46 |
.217 |
52 |
58 |
.897 |
170 |
12.1 |
14 |
63 |
77 |
5.5 |
25 |
36 |
44 |
23 |
13 |
23 |
Shomba, Manuella |
14 |
9 |
354 |
25.3 |
52 |
132 |
.394 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
56 |
69 |
.812 |
160 |
11.4 |
30 |
74 |
104 |
7.4 |
17 |
9 |
17 |
18 |
2 |
01 |
Black, Ashley |
13 |
13 |
387 |
29.8 |
50 |
124 |
.403 |
8 |
35 |
.229 |
26 |
39 |
.667 |
134 |
10.3 |
25 |
29 |
54 |
4.2 |
36 |
24 |
42 |
14 |
6 |
03 |
Reese, Sophia |
14 |
14 |
416 |
29.7 |
36 |
89 |
.404 |
8 |
23 |
.348 |
33 |
40 |
.825 |
113 |
8.1 |
8 |
39 |
47 |
3.4 |
43 |
49 |
61 |
21 |
5 |
12 |
Gallegos-Rodriguez, CK |
12 |
10 |
306 |
25.5 |
26 |
64 |
.406 |
0 |
3 |
.000 |
30 |
41 |
.732 |
82 |
6.8 |
35 |
50 |
85 |
7.1 |
31 |
23 |
26 |
23 |
12 |
30 |
Randolph, Mira |
8 |
1 |
116 |
14.5 |
12 |
34 |
.353 |
8 |
19 |
.421 |
5 |
8 |
.625 |
37 |
4.6 |
2 |
7 |
9 |
1.1 |
12 |
8 |
16 |
5 |
0 |
04 |
Diaz, Emilia |
14 |
3 |
263 |
18.8 |
14 |
44 |
.318 |
2 |
13 |
.154 |
6 |
7 |
.857 |
36 |
2.6 |
4 |
19 |
23 |
1.6 |
38 |
14 |
28 |
16 |
2 |
34 |
Rodriguez, Columba |
6 |
0 |
25 |
4.2 |
2 |
5 |
.400 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
3 |
4 |
.750 |
7 |
1.2 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
1.2 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
02 |
Godoy-Rodriguez, María |
8 |
0 |
44 |
5.5 |
3 |
10 |
.300 |
2 |
4 |
.500 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
8 |
1.0 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
1.1 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
22 |
Scales, Tori |
14 |
0 |
115 |
8.2 |
5 |
10 |
.500 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
1 |
2 |
.500 |
11 |
0.8 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
0.6 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
TM |
Team |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0.0 |
23 |
35 |
58 |
4.1 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
Vinesh, Neha |
3 |
0 |
7 |
2.3 |
0 |
4 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
14 |
|
2831 |
202.2 |
314 |
806 |
.390 |
45 |
166 |
.271 |
261 |
326 |
.801 |
934 |
66.71 |
169 |
421 |
590 |
42.1 |
237 |
183 |
297 |
131 |
56 |
|
Opponents |
14 |
|
2826 |
201.9 |
330 |
944 |
.350 |
89 |
352 |
.253 |
160 |
240 |
.667 |
909 |
64.93 |
220 |
341 |
561 |
40.1 |
286 |
174 |
252 |
184 |
49 |
THE SERIES
Transy leads the all time series 25-13, and have won the last 8 games. SERIES HISTORY
HCAC LEADERS
Dasia Thornton leads the HCAC in rebounds with 113 total and averages 8.1 a game. She also leads in field goal percentage with .571 (84-147) and blocks with 22.Â
Sadie Wurth leads the HCAC in assists with 65 and averages 4.6 a game.
LEADING THE NATIONALLY RANKED PIONEERS
Juli Fulks enters her tenth season for the 2023-24 season and has created a dynasty as one of the NCAA DIII's best. Fulks has dominated competition since becoming the head coach of Transylvania, winning 211 games in her previous nine seasons. Fulks' teams has won the HCAC regular season championship five times, and the HCAC tournament championship five seasons in a row.
In her first season, Transy earned an at large bid to the NCAA DIII tournament and became the first undefeated team in HCAC regular season history (18-0). They finished the season ranked 13th nationally, the highest in program history to that point.
The Pioneers won their first NCAA tournament game under Fulks in the 2018-2019 season when they defeated Piedmont 77-67.
In the 2021-2022 season, Fulks' squad finished the regular season perfect at 16-0, and then won the HCAC Tournament against Anderson 81-51. The Pioneers hosted the NCAA Regional for the first time ever and reached the elite eight for the first time in program history before losing to Trine University 47-54 to end the season 22-1, a then program best.
Fulks led Transy to a perfect 33-0 last season, winning the first national championship in school history.Â
Awards the Pioneers accrued throughout the 2022-23 season is as follows:Â
-Madison Kellione - NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner, NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Tournament MVP, Women's Basketball Coaches Association First Team All-American, D3Hoops Second Team All-American, Women's Basketball Coaches Association Region 8 First Team, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team & Co-Player of the Year, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year from a Female Sport.
-Kennedi Stacy - NCAA DIII Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team, Women's Basketball Coaches Association Region 8 Third Team, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team & Defensive Player of the Year.
-Daisa Thornton - NCAA DIII Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team, Women's Basketball Coaches Association Region 8 Third Team, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team.
-Laken Ball - Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Second & Sportsmanship Team.
-Coach Juli Fulks - Women's Basketball Coaches Association Region 8 Coach of the Year, D3Hoops Co-DIII Coach of the Year, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.
-Tom Bolson Academic Team Award: Madison Kellione, McLain Murphy, Emilie Teall.
-RAFY Coaching Staff of the Year.
Juli Fulks' all time record sits at 374-142.
HCAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
Dasia Thornton was named HCAC Player of the Week on December 4th, 2023 for her performances in the wins over Wittenberg and Defiance. She averaged 13.5 points and 7 rebounds while earning her 750th rebound and 1000th point. RELEASE
TRANSY STATS 'N STREAKS
- Transy has the longest winning streak in NCAAÂ at 47Â games
- Transy has outscored opponents 70.6 to 42.4Â this season
- Transy has started 14-0Â for the 3rd consecutive seasonÂ
- Transy has won 20 or more games 8 different times in the last 10 seasons
- Transy is second in the NCAA in scoring margin (28.2)
UP NEXT
Transy hits the road next Wednesday to face MSJ at 7 PM.Â
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NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll
Jan. 9, 2024
The WBCA NCAA Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll with teams' RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week's poll, and first-place votes received.
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Rank
|
School (Record)
|
Total
Points
|
First-Place
Votes
|
Last Week's
Rank
|
1
|
NYU (12-0)
|
248
|
8
|
1
|
2
|
Transylvania (13-0)
|
242
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
Rhode Island College (14-0)
|
229
|
0
|
4
|
4
|
UW-Whitewater (13-0)
|
220
|
0
|
5
|
5
|
Hope (13-1)
|
191
|
0
|
8
|
6
|
Gustavus Adolphus (11-1)
|
189
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
Scranton (12-1)
|
186
|
0
|
3
|
8
|
Christopher Newport (15-1)
|
185
|
0
|
6
|
9
|
Emory (11-1)
|
158
|
0
|
9
|
10
|
Hardin-Simmons (12-2)
|
146
|
0
|
10
|
11
|
Washington and Lee (13-1)
|
136
|
0
|
12
|
12
|
Wartburg (13-2)
|
132
|
0
|
11
|
13
|
Smith (10-2)
|
123
|
0
|
15
|
14
|
Catholic (13-0)
|
117
|
0
|
13
|
15t
|
Illinois Wesleyan (12-2)
|
105
|
0
|
17
|
15t
|
Whitman (11-2)
|
105
|
0
|
16
|
17
|
Johns Hopkins (11-1)
|
92
|
0
|
21
|
18
|
Millikin (11-3)
|
78
|
0
|
14
|
19
|
Mary Hardin-Baylor (13-1)
|
54
|
0
|
22
|
20
|
Loras (12-2)
|
52
|
0
|
24
|
21
|
Amherst (11-1)
|
49
|
0
|
19
|
22
|
Trine (10-4)
|
40
|
0
|
23
|
23
|
DeSales (11-2)
|
39
|
0
|
RV
|
24
|
UW-Stout (11-2)
|
30
|
0
|
20
|
25
|
Baldwin-Wallace (10-3)
|
21
|
0
|
RV
|
Dropped out:Â No. 18 Tufts (9-4); No. 25 UMass-Dartmouth (10-2)
Others receiving votes:Â Bowdoin (12-1) 14; UMass-Dartmouth (10-2) 12; Vassar (11-1) 11; Tufts (9-4) 10; Ohio Northern (8-4) 9; UW-Oshkosh (10-3) 9; Marietta, OH (9-4) 5; UW-Stevens Point (12-1) 5; SUNY-New Paltz (8-2) 4; Messiah (9-3) 2; Webster (13-0) 2.
The WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches Poll Committee is composed of one head coach from each of the 10 NCAA Division III regions. The committee for the 2023-24 season: Samantha Crough, Regis (MA); Drew Gaeng, Hendrix; Karin Harvey, Montclair State; Melissa Kolbe, Wittenberg; Casey Kushiyama, Puget Sound; Jen McCormick, Illinois College; Bobbi Morgan, Ursinus; Mia Smith, Illinois Wesleyan; Daphne Thompson, SUNY Oneonta; Kelly Thompson, Roger Williams.
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2023-24 HCAC Players to Watch:
Transylvania
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Returning 2022-23 All-Conference Basketball Athletes to Watch in 2023-24:
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STATS AS OF 1/12/2024
Overall Individual Statistics
# |
Player |
GP |
GS |
MINUTES |
FG |
3PT |
FT |
SCORING |
REBOUNDS |
PF |
AST |
TO |
STL |
BLK |
TOT |
AVG |
FGM |
FGA |
FG% |
3PT |
3PTA |
3PT% |
FTM |
FTA |
FT% |
PTS |
AVG |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
AVG |
35 |
Thornton, Dasia |
14 |
14 |
370 |
26.4 |
84 |
147 |
.571 |
5 |
15 |
.333 |
49 |
84 |
.583 |
222 |
15.9 |
38 |
75 |
113 |
8.1 |
21 |
27 |
22 |
25 |
22 |
24 |
Stacy, Kennedi |
14 |
14 |
354 |
25.3 |
57 |
141 |
.404 |
26 |
75 |
.347 |
16 |
25 |
.640 |
156 |
11.1 |
14 |
47 |
61 |
4.4 |
15 |
43 |
34 |
25 |
3 |
15 |
Wurth, Sadie |
14 |
14 |
369 |
26.4 |
39 |
91 |
.429 |
20 |
56 |
.357 |
16 |
18 |
.889 |
114 |
8.1 |
15 |
25 |
40 |
2.9 |
11 |
65 |
18 |
19 |
2 |
32 |
Ball, Laken |
14 |
14 |
299 |
21.4 |
40 |
85 |
.471 |
11 |
41 |
.268 |
14 |
20 |
.700 |
105 |
7.5 |
10 |
38 |
48 |
3.4 |
18 |
25 |
12 |
18 |
8 |
23 |
Wright, Sydney |
14 |
14 |
316 |
22.6 |
39 |
73 |
.534 |
14 |
32 |
.438 |
7 |
14 |
.500 |
99 |
7.1 |
22 |
38 |
60 |
4.3 |
11 |
11 |
13 |
11 |
11 |
33 |
Harris, Kennedy |
14 |
0 |
193 |
13.8 |
18 |
51 |
.353 |
16 |
44 |
.364 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
52 |
3.7 |
11 |
7 |
18 |
1.3 |
4 |
16 |
9 |
4 |
0 |
04 |
Flinn, Riley |
9 |
0 |
81 |
9.0 |
9 |
27 |
.333 |
6 |
17 |
.353 |
8 |
11 |
.727 |
32 |
3.6 |
10 |
10 |
20 |
2.2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
44 |
Teall, Emilie |
14 |
0 |
192 |
13.7 |
20 |
54 |
.370 |
7 |
23 |
.304 |
0 |
7 |
.000 |
47 |
3.4 |
11 |
20 |
31 |
2.2 |
16 |
15 |
14 |
8 |
13 |
12 |
Kemelgor, Sierra |
11 |
0 |
113 |
10.3 |
12 |
33 |
.364 |
6 |
18 |
.333 |
5 |
8 |
.625 |
35 |
3.2 |
8 |
6 |
14 |
1.3 |
4 |
10 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
11 |
Bruner, Grace |
10 |
0 |
68 |
6.8 |
9 |
24 |
.375 |
2 |
8 |
.250 |
5 |
7 |
.714 |
25 |
2.5 |
10 |
11 |
21 |
2.1 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
22 |
Cornelison, Samantha |
13 |
0 |
104 |
8.0 |
10 |
30 |
.333 |
6 |
20 |
.300 |
2 |
3 |
.667 |
28 |
2.2 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
0.8 |
5 |
12 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
30 |
Barrett, Raegan |
11 |
0 |
70 |
6.4 |
7 |
18 |
.389 |
1 |
4 |
.250 |
4 |
5 |
.800 |
19 |
1.7 |
8 |
6 |
14 |
1.3 |
9 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
21 |
Murphy, McLain |
11 |
0 |
65 |
5.9 |
6 |
16 |
.375 |
4 |
12 |
.333 |
2 |
4 |
.500 |
18 |
1.6 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
0.7 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
Littlejohn, Aubree |
13 |
0 |
68 |
5.2 |
4 |
14 |
.286 |
3 |
7 |
.429 |
7 |
8 |
.875 |
18 |
1.4 |
8 |
9 |
17 |
1.3 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
1 |
41 |
Hurdle, Micayla |
9 |
0 |
30 |
3.3 |
4 |
6 |
.667 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
2 |
5 |
.400 |
10 |
1.1 |
6 |
8 |
14 |
1.6 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
02 |
Flores, Amara |
10 |
0 |
38 |
3.8 |
0 |
11 |
.000 |
0 |
6 |
.000 |
4 |
6 |
.667 |
4 |
0.4 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
0.7 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
Hall, Keaton |
9 |
0 |
70 |
7.8 |
2 |
14 |
.143 |
0 |
8 |
.000 |
0 |
4 |
.000 |
4 |
0.4 |
5 |
8 |
13 |
1.4 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
TM |
Team |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0.0 |
13 |
30 |
43 |
3.1 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
14 |
|
2800 |
200.0 |
360 |
835 |
.431 |
127 |
386 |
.329 |
141 |
229 |
.616 |
988 |
70.57 |
195 |
358 |
553 |
39.5 |
145 |
249 |
180 |
138 |
66 |
|
Opponents |
14 |
|
2800 |
200.0 |
230 |
742 |
.310 |
51 |
221 |
.231 |
82 |
117 |
.701 |
593 |
42.36 |
146 |
313 |
459 |
32.8 |
212 |
166 |
277 |
84 |
42 |
TEAM STATS(14-0, 7-0)
Overall Team Statistics
Statistic |
Transylvania |
Opponents |
SCORING |
Total Points |
988 |
593 |
Points Per Game |
70.6 |
42.4 |
Scoring Margin |
28.2 |
-- |
SHOOTING |
FG: Made-Attempted |
360-835 |
230-742 |
FG: Percentage |
.431 |
.310 |
FG: Per Game |
25.7 |
16.4 |
3PT: Made-Attempted |
127-386 |
51-221 |
3PT: Percentage |
.329 |
.231 |
3PT: Per Game |
9.1 |
3.6 |
FT: Made-Attempted |
141-229 |
82-117 |
FT: Percentage |
.616 |
.701 |
FT: Per Game |
10.1 |
5.9 |
REBOUNDING |
Total |
553 |
459 |
Per Game |
39.5 |
32.8 |
Margin |
6.7 |
-- |
ASSISTS |
Total |
249 |
166 |
Per Game |
17.8 |
11.9 |
TURNOVERS |
Total |
180 |
277 |
Per Game |
12.9 |
19.8 |
Margin |
6.9 |
-- |
Assist/Turnover Ratio |
1.4 |
0.6 |
Points Off Turnovers |
23.8 |
8.6 |
STEALS |
Total |
138 |
84 |
Per Game |
9.9 |
6.0 |
BLOCKS |
Total |
66 |
42 |
Per Game |
4.7 |
3.0 |
ATTENDANCE |
Total |
1365 |
758 |
Per Game |
9-152 |
5-152 |
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