Women's Basketball 1991-92 Wrap-Up

The Lady Cobber basketball team earned a record tenth-consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament appearance with a 15-5 record in the MIAC and an 18-8 regular-season record. The Lady Cobbers tied for 3rd in the MIAC and lost to St. Ben's in the NCAA opener.

With just two seniors graduating, next fall could find the Lady Cobbers back in the hunt for a 5th MIAC title in 8 years. Junior point guard Kristi Schultz (Wheaton) and sophomore forward Erica Hanson (Fargo) earned All-MIAC recognition as much for their solid floor play as their scoring.

Schultz averaged 7.5 points and moved into 3rd on the Cobber career assist list with 460. The 5-11 Hanson averaged 11 points and 7 rebounds per game.

Senior guard Cathy Johnson (Milbank, SD) became the 8th leading scorer in Lady Cobber history with 1087 career points. Senior Jackie Reese (New London) returned from a year of knee problems to score 219 points and pull in 112 rebounds.

Coach Jerry Pyle announced at the end of the season that he will become an assistant in the men's program. A six-week national search ended with the appointment of Bob Kohler as the new head coach. Kohler has served on the Cobber staff for the past five years as an assistant men's coach and faculty memeber. He has 20 years of experience coaching at both the high school and college level.

1991-92 Lady Cobber Basketball Varsity Roster
     Name                Yr  Pos Ht   Hometown     Major             PPG RPG
  10 Kristi Schultz      Jr  G  5-6  Wheaton       Healthcare Admin.  7.4 2.6
  12 Merrilee Rutherford Fr  G  5-7  Helena, MT    Undecided          1.6 0.6
  20 Gail Grossheider    So  G  5-9  Columbus, MT  Business Admin.    1.6 1.2
  22 Tara Hove           Fr  F  5-10 Westby, Mt    Undecided          1.6 0.6
  24 Cathy Johnson       Sr  G  5-6  Milbank, SD   Comm./Poli. Sci.   7.7 1.0
  30 Heidi Anstadt       Fr  G  5-9  Moorhead      Healthcare Admin.  7.9 3.5
  32 Melissa Plante      Jr  G  5-8  Little Falls  Healthcare Admin. 11.5 2.4
  34 Jennifer Hale       Fr  G  5-11 Worthington   Undecided          7.3 4.0
  40 Erica Hanson        So  F  5-10 Fargo, ND     Psych./Phy. Ed.   11.2 7.1
  42 Jennifer Thimjon    Fr  C  6-0  Breckenridge  Math               1.0 1.0
  44 Lisa Ekness         Fr  F  6-1  Westby, MT    Business Admin.    5.0 3.9
  50 Kara Shaw           Jr  C  6-0  Proctor       Nutrition         10.7 6.4
  52 Jackie Reese        Sr  F  5-11 New London    Elem. Ed.          8.1 4.1
  54 Laura Dahl          Jr  C  6-1  Fargo, N.D.   Nursing            1.4 1.7

  Head Coach: Jerry Pyle, 1st year
  Assistant Coaches: Jennifer Fraase, Jessica Rahman
  Student Assistants: Kelly Cornell, Karen Spilde

 
    1991-92 Lady Cobber Junior Varsity Roster
    Name               Yr  Pos Ht   Hometown             
    Tamara Peterson     Fr  G  5-5  West Yellowstone, MT 
    Deb Eddy            Fr  G  5-6  Shoreview            
    Merrilee Rutherford Fr  G  5-7  Helena, MT           
    Jamie Hogenson      Fr  G  5-9  Polson, MT           
    Gail Grossheider    So  G  5-9  Columbus, MT         
    Sarah Berg          Fr  F  5-9  Willmar              
    Dawn Walden         Jr  F  5-9  Appleton             
    Ginger Walsh        Fr  F  5-9  Fargo, N.D.          
    Tara Hove           Fr  F  5-10 Westby, Mt           
    Brenda Myers        Fr  G  5-10 Medora, ND           
    Heather Olhoft      Fr  F  6-0  Norcross             
    Amy Slettedahl      So  F  5-11 Granite Falls        
    Nicole Wendlandt    Fr  F  5-11 Litchfield           
    Angie Hertel        Fr  F  6-0  Fargo, ND            

 JV Coach: Jessie Rahman
 Student Assistant: Karen Spilde
  

  1991-92 Lady Cobber Basketball
  Date   Opponent       H/A Time/Results
  11/23  Valley City St.*H    W  73-50
  11/25 #NDSU           *H    L  61-96
  11/29-30 Cobber TG Tourney
   11/29 Augustana,Ill.     * W  93-77
   11/30 SDSU               * L  50-61
  12/3  #Moorhead St.   *A    L  59-66
  12/7  #Hamline         A    W  98-77
  12/11  Bethel          A    W  74-51
  12/14  St. Olaf        H    W  90-60
  12/19 #Mary Col. (Bis)*A    W  63-57
  1/6   #Carleton        A    W  71-46
  1/8    St. Benedict    H    L  69-72
  1/11   Augsburg        H    W  97-50
  1/15  #Macalester      A    W  83-42
  1/18   St. Mary's      H    W 116-49
  1/20   Gustavus        H    W  88-61
  1/22  #St. Thomas      A    L  69-76
  1/25   Hamline         H    W 106-55
  1/29   Bethel          H    W  78-54
  2/1    St. Olaf        A    W 101-89
  2/5    Carleton        H    W  75-55
  2/8   #St. Benedict    A    L  77-81
  2/12  #Augsburg        A    W  98-43
  2/15   Macalester      H    W  74-61
  2/18  #Gustavus        A    L  51-68
  2/22   St. Thomas      H    L  69-84
  2/29   St. Mary's      A    W  94-59

  NCAA First Round Game
  3/7   #St. Benedict    A    L  76-86
  (* - Non-conference game)

  Record: 18-9 Overall, MIAC 15-5  (3rd)

   MIAC Women's Basketball Race 91-92
     Final Regular Season
                 MIAC  Overall
    *St. Thomas  20-0   27-1
    *St. Ben's   17-3   22-6
    *Concordia   15-5   18-9
    *St. Olaf    15-5   19-7
     Gustavus    12-8   14-11
     Bethel       9-10  12-13
     Carleton     7-13  10-14
     Hamline      6-14   8-17
     Macalester   5-15   7-18
     Augsburg     4-16   5-20
     St. Mary's   0-20   2-24

    *Advanced to NCAA Tourney,
     St. Thomas and St. Ben's
     each lost in 2nd round of
     NCAA after beating St. Olaf
     and Concordia in first round


    Lady Cobber Cummulative Stats - 27 games  91-92
              GMS PPG RPG    FG    FG% 3-Pt   FT   FT% APG  SPG  TOPG
  Plante      27 11.5 2.4 141-315  45  5-18 23-32  72  2.6  2.1  1.4
  Hanson      26 11.2 7.1 108-227  48  0-0  75-125 60  1.3  2.3  2.0
  Shaw        27 10.7 6.4 121-239  51  0-0  46-75  61  0.6  1.4  1.6
  Reese       27  8.1 4.1  85-186  46  1-4  48-68  71  0.6  0.8  1.0
  Anstadt     27  7,9 3.5  72-180  40  7-24 63-84  75  2.6  1.1  1.8
  Johnson     26  7.7 1.0  71-186  38 31-82 26-31  84  2.4  1.3  2.2
  Schultz     27  7.4 2.6  74-174  43  1-4  52-73  71  6.1  4.4  3.4
  Hale        27  7.3 4.0  81-147  55  0-0  36-50  72  0.7  1.0  1.0
  Ekness      26  5.0 3.9  51-127  40  0-0  29-45  64  0.2  1.2  1.0
  Rutherford  16  1.6 0.5   9-24   38  0-1   8-12  67  1.6  0.5  1.4
  Dahl        15  1.4 1.7   7-20   35  0-0   7-17  41  0.1  0.4  0.6
  Grossheider 14  1.6 1.2  10-25   40  0-2   2-2  100  1.0  0.4  0.4
  Hove         8  1.6 0.6   4-16   25  1-3   4-5   80  0.6  0.1  0.1
  Thimjon      6  1.0 1.0   3-11   27  0-0   0-0  0.0  0.0  0.0. 0.2

  Team Stats   FGs    FG%   3-Pt    FTs   FT%  PPG  RPG
  Concordia  841-1884 44.6 46-138 419-619 67.7 79.5 39.9
  Opponents  650-1655 39.3 64-186 362-587 61.7 63.9 42.1

 Lady Cobber Basketball Career Stats - Thru 1991-92 Season
  Senior Cathy Johnson
             GP  PPG RPG  PTS RBS  FG-FGA FG%   FT-FTA   FT%  3-PT   AS  ST
   1988-89   24  7.3 1.0  174  23  72-160 45.0  11-16  68.8  19-59   64  21
   1989-90   28 11.4 1.1  319  30 126-278 45.3  26-39  66.7  41-96   63  43
   1990-91   29 13.6 1.8  395  51 143-305 46.9  38-54  70.4  71-186 130  49
   1991-92   26  7.7 1.0  199  26  71-186 38.2  26-31  83.9  31-82   62  34
    Total   107 10.2 1.2 1087 130 412-929 44.3 101-140 72.1 162-423 319 147
  Senior Jackie Reese
             GP  PPG RPG  PTS RBS  FG-FGA FG%   FT-FTA   FT%  AS  ST
   1988-89   24  8.8 6.5  211 156  78-172 45.3  55-72  76.4   10  25
   1989-90   22  5.5 3.1  120  69  43-96  45.0  33-54  64.0   16  14
   1991-92   27  8.1 4.1  219 112  85-186 45.7  48-68  70.6   16  22
    Total    73  7.5 4.6  550 337 206-454 45.4 136-194 70.1   42  61

  Junior Kristi Schultz
             GP PPG  RPG  PTS RBS FG-FGA   FG%  FT-FTA  FT%   AS   ST
   1989-90   21  2.7 1.0   56  22  24-61   39.3  8-14  57.1   85   28
   1990-91   29  5.1 2.2  147  63  57-163  35.0 33-52  63.5  210   72
   1991-92   27  7.4 2.6  201  69  74-174  42.5 52-73  71.2  165  118
    Total    77  5.2 2.0  404 154 155-398  38.9 93-139 66.9  460  218

  Junior Melissa Plante
             GP  PPG RPG  PTS RBS  FG-FGA  FG%  FT-FTA  FT%  3-PT AS   ST
   1989-90   25  8.5 1.7  212  41  96-189  50.8 20-28  71.4       28   25
   1990-91   29  8.0 2.0  233  58 103-222  46.4 27-36  75.0       60   38
   1991-92   27 11.5 2.4  310  66 141-315  44.8 23-32  71.9  5-18 74   55
    Total    81  9.3 2.0  755 165 340-726  46.8 70-96  72.9  5-18 162  118

  Junior Kara Shaw
             GP  PPG RPG  PTS RBS  FG-FGA  FG%  FT-FTA  FT%   AS   ST
   1989-90   28  4.4 4.3  122 119  41-105  39.1 20-46  43.5   23   17
   1990-91   29  6.8 4.2  197 122  83-153  54.2 31-51  60.8   22   23
   1991-92   27 10.7 6.4  288 173 121-239  50.6 46-75  61.3   17   38
    Total    84  7.2 5.0  607 414 245-497  49.3 97-172 56.4   62   78

  Sophmore Erica Hanson
             GP  PPG RPG  PTS RBS  FG-FGA FG%   FT-FTA   FT%  AS  ST
   1990-91   29  4.8 4.4  139 127  54-132 41.0  31-60  52.0   30  38
   1991-92   26 11.2 7.1  291 185 108-227 47.6  75-125 60.0   34  60
    Total    55  7.8 5.6  430 312 162-359 45.1 106-185 57.3   64  98

  1991-92 Women's Basketball All-MIAC Team
  Laurie Trow        Jr     St. Thomas
  Tonja England      Sr     St. Thomas
  Erica Hanson       So     Concordia
  Kari Kinneberg     Sr     St. Thomas
  Katherine Frewing  Sr     Carleton
  Lynn Nielson       Jr     St. Ben's
  Michelle Pederson  Sr     St. Olaf
  Ingrid Podnicks    Sr     Gustavus
  Jane Rullifson     Sr     Macalester
  Kelly Mahlum       Jr     St. Ben's
  Trica Rasmussen    Jr     St. Mary's
  Kristi Schultz     Jr     Concordia
  Stacy Wendt        Sr     Bethel
  Courtney Wildung   Sr     Hamline
  Melissa Young      Sr     Gustavus

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