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MSU Denver will play at Fort Lewis on Friday and at Adams State on Saturday. Both games tip off at 5:30 p.m.

Notes:
RECENT NOTES
•    Hannah Stipanovich (St. Louis, Mo./Clayton H.S.) has scored 20 points in each of the past two games, a career high for the freshman.
•    Deni Jacobs (Plains, Kan./Southwestern Heights H.S.) was named RMAC academic player of the year, becoming the first MSU Denver women's basketball player to earn the award.
•    Jacobs has a 3.97 GPA and is majoring in therapeutic recreation.
•    Jacobs' 10 free throws at Western State on Jan. 24 were the most in a game for a Roadrunner since current assistant coach Caley Dow made 10 in a game in 2012.
•    Brittany Curl (Absarokee, Mont./Absarokee H.S.) scored a career-high 21 points on Feb. 6 vs. Colorado School of Mines and is averaging 17.5 points over the past two games.
•    Head coach Tanya Haave earned her 100th win at MSU Denver on Jan. 10 at Colorado School of Mines, reaching the milestone faster than any coach in school history.
•    Emily Hartegan (Frisco, Texas/Wylie East H.S.) became the first MSU Denver freshman since Stacey Cox (2005-06) to score over 20 points in back-to-back games on Dec. 19 and 20.
•    Hartegan had 20 points and 10 rebounds on 10-of-13 shooting vs. Black Hills State on Dec. 19 and had 21 points on 10-of-13 shooting the following night vs. Chadron State.
•    Hartegan and Deni Jacobs (Plains, Kan./Southwestern Heights H.S.) both had double-doubles vs. Black Hills State on Dec. 19, the first time since Feb. 21 last season in an overtime game vs. Fort Lewis that two players have achieved that in the same game.
•    MSU Denver shot 40 percent or better in the first nine games this season, tying the school record for consecutive games shooting 40 percent or better.
•    The Roadrunners shot 40 percent or better in the final nine games of the 2008-09 season and in 1991 between the end of the 1990-91 season and 1991-92 season.
•    Ohrdorf's 15 rebounds against Texas A&M International on Nov. 28 were the most for a freshman since Kristin Valencia had 17 on March 5, 2010, against Fort Lewis.
•    MSU Denver went 10-6 over its final 16 games last season, allowing 58.1 points per game and a .389 field goal percentage with a +3.2 rebounding margin and +1.7 turnover margin in those games.

HAAVE FASTEST TO 100 WINS
•    Tanya Haave reached her 100th win at MSU Denver on Jan. 10 at Colorado School of Mines with a 79-56 victory.
•    It was Haave's 135th game with the Roadrunners, reaching the milestone faster than any other coach in school history.
•    Darryl Smith (1990-98) was the previous-fastest to 100 wins, reaching that total in 149 games.

AUSSIE INFLUENCE
•    MSU Denver's women's basketball team is jumping on the success of the men's team's pipeline of Australian players this season.
•    Georgia Ohrdorf (Wollongong, Australia/St. Mary Star of the Sea College) is the first Aussie to play for the women's team since Megan Sinclair (2005-09).
•    Sinclair was a second team all-RMAC East Division selection as a senior and played professionally briefly in Australia after her career with the Roadrunners.

EXHIBITION GAMES
•    MSU Denver lost 90-62 at Colorado State on Oct. 30 in an exhibition.
•    CSU is the defending Mountain West Conference champion and returns four starters this season.
•    Freshmen combined to score 44 of the team's 62 points at CSU.
•    MSU Denver also defeated Baker University 85-59 and lost to Southern Oregon 88-82 in exhibitions.
•    Baker is ranked No. 10 in the NAIA preseason top 25 and Southern Oregon was ranked No. 21 in NAIA's preseason poll.
•    Emily Hartegan (Frisco, Texas/Wylie East H.S.) had 18 points and nine rebounds and Georgia Ohrdorf (Wollongong, Australia/St. Mary Star of the Sea College) provided 12 points.
•    Erin McClarie (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Rock Canyon H.S.) had six points and a game-high six assists.
•    Deni Jacobs (Plains, Kan./Southwestern Heights H.S.) led the team in scoring in the three exhibitions, averaging 15.0 points and 6.0 rebounds.
•    Ohrdorf averaged 13.0 points, followed by Hartegan (12.3 PPG and 8.3 RPG) and Hannah Stipanovich (St. Louis, Mo./Clayton H.S.) (12.0).
•    Jacobs and Stipanovich were named to the Holiday Inn Cherry Creek Classic all-tournament team after averaging 20.0 points and 14.0 points, respectively.
•    Complete exhibition stats are on Page 22.

DOMINATING THE CLASSROOM
•    Jacobs was named RMAC academic player of the year, becoming the first MSU Denver women's basketball player to earn the award.
•    The Roadrunners had a team GPA of 3.28 for the fall semester and had six student-athletes named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.5 GPA or higher).
•    Fall semester AD Honor Roll: Ohrdorf (4.0 GPA), Jacobs (3.92), McClarie (3.87), Kendra Jesik (Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo South H.S.) (3.8), Stipanovich (3.72), Raquel Torres (Vallejo, Calif./Jesse Bethel H.S.) (3.57).
•    MSU Denver had a 3.39 team GPA for the 2013-14 school year.
•    In addition, 13 players were named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.5 GPA or higher) between the two semesters, including four that made it both semesters (Jacobs, Tai Jensen (Troy, Idaho/Troy H.S.), Cassie Lambrecht (Colorado Springs/Golden H.S.) and Amy Nelson (Richmond, Utah/Sky View H.S.)):

ROADRUNNERS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY
•    MSU Denver head coach Tanya Haave has had her team active in the Denver community since taking over as head coach in 2010-11.
•    Her team participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in 2010 and 2013, joining the fight against breast cancer.
•    The team also mentored kids in the I Have A Dream Foundation for youth in Denver.
•    In the 2011-12 season, her team helped build a house with Habitat for Humanity and held a coat drive and delivered the coats to the Denver Rescue Mission for the homeless in Denver.
•    For the past three seasons, the team has had activities with children of military families.
•    Additionally, the team has volunteered at Children's Hospital, with Jiminy Wicket, and Make-A-Wish in the past year.

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
•    MSU Denver is 271-135 (.667) all-time at home, including 122-31 (.797) since 2004-05.
•    The Roadrunners have had three undefeated home seasons in their history.