FULL GAME NOTES

THE GAMES

• A quick turnaround from Christmas is upon the Carthage College women's basketball team (6-4, 1-2 CCIW), who will compete in the 2018 D3Hoops.com Classic on Thursday, December 27 - Saturday, December 29 at the South Point Casino Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• First on the docket is Ohio Athletic Conference member Ohio Northern University (6-4, 1-4 OAC) on Thursday, December 27 at 2:00 p.m. (PT), followed by Centennial Conference foe #18 Gettysburg College on Saturday, December 29 at 2:00 p.m. (PT). 
• Ohio Northern opened their 2018-19 campaign with a 5-0 mark before they dropped four of their last five OAC games. A three-game losing skid looms over a well-disciplined Polar Bears squad that carries the fewest fouls in the OAC with 137. Ohio Northern ranks among NCAA Division III's top-25 teams in defensive rebounds per game (31, 24th) and free throw percentage (.757, 23rd). 
• Senior Jenna Dirksen, who anchors the Polar Bears with 15.2 points per game, ranks 44th in the country with a .857 (30-35) free throw percentage.
• Ohio Northern is two seasons removed from a 30-1, 18-0 OAC campaign that ended with a 76-66 let-down against Christopher Newport in the 2016-17 NCAA Division III Elite Eight. 
• Gettysburg has rattled off seven straight victories after they suffered a 74-69 loss to #9 Messiah in the 2018-19 season opener on November 13.  
• The Bullets are led by senior Emma Dorshimer's Centennial Conference-leading 177 points, 58 free throw attempts, 46 free throws made and 22.1 points per game. Dorshimer commands a Gettysburg squad that paces the Centennial Conference in scoring offense (67.1). 
• The 2017-18 season resulted in a 26-3, 19-1 CC record, which included the Centennial Conference Regular Season and Tournament  Championships, and a trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament Second Round. 

THE COACHES

• Michele Durand (425-324) is in her 18th season as Ohio Northern head women's basketball coach.
• The 2018-19 season marks Nate Davis's (151-70) fourth as Gettysburg head women's basketball coach. 

THE SERIES

• The Lady Reds sport an 0-1 all-time mark against Ohio Northern, and will face Gettysburg for the first time in program history.  Carthage's lone meeting with ONU was a 64-56 loss on November 15, 2013. 

LAST TIME OUT

• The Lady Reds entered Christmas with an 87-76 road win over UW-Stevens Point on December 20, where they posted a season-high .545 (30-55) field goal percentage. Carthage and UW-Stevens Point combined for 108 second-half points after they mustered 55 in the opening 20:00. Five Lady Reds reached double figures against UW-Stevens Point, led by Autumn Kalis's 20 points. 

1,000 POINT/RECORD WATCH

Bailey Gilbert, who now owns a school-record 207 career three-point field goals made, now carries 927 career points, 73 shy of becoming the 23rd Carthage women's basketball player to eclipse 1,000. Gilbert is currently second in school history with 514 three-pointers attempted, 50 shy of tying Angela Beyer's (2001-04) school-record mark of 564. 

CARTHAGE IS...

• 4-0 when holding opponents to under 60 points.
• 6-0 when leading with 2:00 remaining in the contest. 
• 6-0 when having more steals than opponents.
• 5-0 when leading at halftime.
• 3-0 when having more rebounds than opponents. 

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS....

The Lady Reds carry a 4-4 all-time record in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their most recent contests occurred at the 2015 D3Hoops.com Classic, where they fell to George Fox University (72-57) and St. Vincent College (67-60). 

RARE DECEMBER 27 OUTING

The Lady Reds haven't turned around to play a game this fast after Christmas since December 27, 2011, when they took down DeSales 57-51 in Las Vegas. It marked the only other time in program history Carthage played on December 27. 

D3HOOPS.COM CLASSIC RUNDOWN

UW-Stevens Point, Willamette, Buena Vista, Westfield State and #4 Amherst make up the remaining women's squads set to compete in the 2018-19 D3Hoops.com Classic. 

GOOD THINGS COME IN EIGHTS

The Lady Reds are eighth among NCAA Division III teams in free throw percentage (.768) and three-point field goals per game (9.6) through 10 games in 2018-19.