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Cobber WBB Notes -- March 5
3/1/2013 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Concordia-Moorhead "Cobbers"
Postseason Notes -- March 5
--Concordia-Moorhead is making its second straight trip to the national playoffs and fourth in the past six seasons. It is the 19th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the Cobbers. Concordia is 20-18 in their previous 18 trips to the NCAA playoffs and won the national championship in 1988.
-- Concordia has not made it out of the first round since 1995 when they lost in the second round at St. Ben's. Since then they have appeared in five national playoff games and are 0-5. Concordia is 10-8 in their 18 previous first-round games.
-- The Cobbers were ranked in the D3hoops.com national rankings for the first time in program history this season. Concordia was ranked 25th in the Feb. 23. CC is currently in the "others receiving votes" category.
-- Concordia went 2-3 against teams in the NCAA Tournament this season. The Cobbers were 2-1 against fellow "pod" member St. Thomas and were 0-2 vs. St. Mary's.
-- The Cobbers have a 21-5 overall record entering the NCAA Tournament. It is the second straight 20-win campaign, third time in the last four seasons and 21st time the Cobbers have won at least 20 games in a season. CC won 20 or more games for six straight seasons from 1986-91.
-- Concordia was 9-3 in away games this season and 1-0 in neutral court contests. The Cobbers are 3-2 at the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex since it opened for the 2010-11 season. CC is 1-0 in the building in playoffs as it won the MIAC Tournament championship against the Tommies in 2011.
-- The Cobbers tied for second place in the final MIAC regular-season standings. It marked the sixth straight season that Concordia finished in the top 3 of the standings. CC also had a 19-3 conference mark which is the second straight year they have won 19 MIAC games and sixth time in program history they have won at least 19 league games.
-- Concordia in the top 25 in the nation in just one statistical category. The Cobbers are currently 12th in DIII in rebounding margin. CC is outrebounding their opponents by an average of 10.0 rebounds per game this season.
-- Concordia led the MIAC in points per game and rebound margin per game. The Cobbers scored 73.4 points per conference contest and outrebounded their MIAC foes by an average of 10.0 per game. CC was second in the MIAC in field goal percentage (42.8%) and third in 3-point field goal percentage (33.9%) and free throw percentage (73.8%).
-- The three Cobber seniors compiled an 81-28 (74.3%) overall mark and a 70-18 record (79.5%) in conference play. They are only the second class in the history of the program to win 70 league games.
-- Concordia has three players averaging in double figures for the season and is led by junior guard Alley Fisher. Fisher is averaging 11.8 points per game while senior center Alexandra Lippert is second at 11.2 ppg. Freshman guard Greta Walsh rounds out the double-digit trio at 10.0 ppg.
-- The Cobbers are 16-0 this season when Fisher scores in double figures. Fisher is ninth in the nation in free throw percentage (88.5%) and led the MIAC in free throw percentage and 3-point field goal percentage (43.0%).
-- Lippert became the first player in Concordia women's basketball history to score 1,000 career points, collect 500 rebounds and block 200 shots. She reached that milestone plateau on Jan. 22 against Macalester. Lippert currently has 1,122 points, 707 rebounds and 265 blocks. She is the school's all-time block leader.
-- Lippert is coming off a career-high 25 points in the Cobbers' MIAC semifinal game. She also grabbed 10 rebounds to record her fifth double-double of the season and the 16th double-double of her career. Lippert scored in double figures in 17 of the team's 26 games this season - the most by a CC player.
-- Walsh scored in double figures in 13 games this season and had a career-high 21 points against Carleton on Feb. 10. She had at least one assist in 11 of the final 12 games she played in and dished out a season-high seven "dimes" vs. Minn.-Morris on Nov. 26.
