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SIOUX CITY, Iowa - The second round of the 2011 NAIA D2 National Tournament will feature two teams that have already played this year as No. 1 Davenport faces No. 17 Briar Cliff (Iowa). The Lady Panthers will take on the Chargers on Friday, March 11 at 1:00pm EST inside the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa.
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Day: Friday, March 11 2011
Tipoff: 1:00pm EST
Location: Sioux City, Iowa - Tyson Events Center
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The Opponent: Briar Cliff University (Iowa) - DU leads all-time series 1-0 (99-85 - 10/30/10)
The Chargers are a perennial NAIA Tournament team and will come in as one of the two "home" teams as they hail from Sioux City. BCU is coached by Mike Power and is making its fifth appearance at the tournament since 2000 where they have made it to the Final Four each of the last three trips. The team made it to the National Semifinals in 2010 behind the play of NAIA Player of the Year Liz Grider.
Fortunately for Davenport, Grider has graduated but the Chargers still have plenty of firepower as they are led on offense by nine players who average between 6.0 and 9.9 points. Leading the way is junior Kylie Dilla who has made the most three point attempts (64) on the team while posting the second most assists and second most steals.
The Chargers began the season ranked No. 23 in the country as Davenport rallied from an 8-point halftime deficit to post the 14 point win on the home floor of Hastings College back in late October. Since then both teams have improved as BCU posted a tie for fourth place finish in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC).
Coach Youngs' Quote:
The Series: 1-0 Davenport
NAIA National Tournament History for DU: The 2010-11 squad is making their seventh consecutive appearance at the NAIA D2 National Tournament...Davenport has an overall record of 5-6 in those seven years…The Lady Panthers have advanced to at least the second round in the past four seasons…The furthest Davenport has reached is the round of 8 in 2008-2009 where they lost to Northwestern (Iowa)…Davenport was the #8 seed in 2004-05, #6 in 2005-06, #5 in 2006-07, #2 in 2007-08 and #1 in 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11…Davenport has posted wins over Southeastern (Ka.), Indiana University-Southeast, Huntington University (Ind.) and Tennessee Wesleyan College…
2011 Post-Season Quick Facts: Lady Panthers finished the season a perfect 30-0 and 16-0 in conference play...Team is only second in WHAC history to finish regular season unblemished...DU posted six wins over NAIA D1 opponents, of which five were ranked in Top 25 or receiving votes...Finished season with seven wins over Top-25 teams including #1 Northwestern (Iowa)...Ranks #1 in points per game, assists, 3-point FG made, and #2 in steals per game and assist-to-turnover margin...Kallie Benike was named WHAC Player of the Year for second time in her career and was joined by Kristi Bohem on 1st Team All-WHAC...Jeannie Closson earned All-WHAC 2nd Team honors while Carrie Grubius and Riana Hensley were named 3rd Team...Riana Hensley also was named the WHAC Newcomer of the Year
