Jan. 9, 2001

Providence College vs. #13 RUTGERS Women's Basketball Game Preview Wednesday, January 10th * Alumni Hall * 7:00 p.m.

SERIES RECORDS: The Friars trail in the all-time series with Rutgers, 1-11. PC's lone win against the Knights came January 9th, 1997 in Providence when they topped Rutgers 72-57. RU has won five-straight games over the Friars.

NOTES: The Friars return to PC's Alumni Hall for one of only two January home games. PC dropped its first two BIG EAST Conference, losing at home to Seton Hall (74-61) and at Pittsburgh (68-53). It is the first 0-2 BIG EAST start for a Jim Jabir-coached Providence team.

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE FRIARS (6-5/0-2 BIG EAST)
Probable Starters:	Pos	Class	Ht	Pts	Reb	Ast
Kristin Quinn	        PG	Fr	5'4"	8.5	4.3	3.5
Chrissy Vozab	        SG	Jr	5'7"	9.0	2.5	2.5
Jen Gombotz	        SF	Sr	6'0"	13.9	5.3	2.0^
Monika Roberts	        PF	Sr	6'2"	12.4	7.8	1.5*
Jenese Wilcox	        C	Fr	6'2"	11.9	8.5	0.6*

KEY RESERVES:	Pos	Class	Ht	Pts	Reb	Ast
Steffanie Shoop	F	So	6'1"	5.2	3.9	0.7
Ryann Kilgore	F	Fr	6'1"	4.7	3.4	1.2
Dani Trippany	C	Sr	6'5"	4.1	3.0	0.5*

* = blocked shots per game in place of assists, ^ = steals per games in place of assists

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY KNIGHTS (8-4/1-1 BIG EAST)
Probable Starters:	Pos	Class	Ht	Pts	Reb	Ast
Tasha Pointer	        PG	Sr	5'6"	10.5	5.3	7.0
Karlita Washington	SG	Sr	5'9"	13.0	2.1	2.4
Linda Miles	        SF	Sr	6'0"	3.7	5.1	2.4
Davalyn Cunningham	PF	Jr	6'0"	8.4	4.8	0.8
Tammy Sutton-Brown	C	Sr	6'4"	11.8	4.4	1.2*

KEY RESERVES:	Pos	Class	Ht	Pts	Reb	Ast
Kourtney Walton	G/F	So	6'0"	6.6	2.8	0.3
Mauri Horton	G	So	5'8"	3.7	2.8	0.9
Dawn McCullouch	G	Fr	5'9"	3.0	1.0	0.1

TEAM NOTES: The 13th-ranked Scarlet Knights come into Providence on a three-game losing skid, having lost to Notre Dame (67-46), Tennessee (58-51) and Florida (66-58). Rutgers holds an 11-1 advance in the all-time series and is led by pre-season All-BIG EAST players Tasha Pointer and Tammy Sutton-Brown.

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