Michigan State University Athletics
Women's Basketball 2004-05 Recap
4/11/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
April 11, 2005
The 2004-05 Michigan State women's basketball completed what was unquestionably the greatest season in the team's history with an appearance in the NCAA Championship game. Numerous records were established during the course of the season, and several highlights stood out. The following is a list of accomplishments for the 2004-05 MSU women's basketball team:
2004-05 Michigan State Women's Basketball
Points Of Pride
• Michigan State reached its first National Championship game, winning five times during the NCAA Tournament after having never before advanced past the second round.
• Michigan State finished 33-4, establishing a new school record for victories and smashing the previous record of 23.
• Michigan State finished the season ranked No. 2 in the nation in the final USA Today/ESPN coaches poll, earning its highest-ever national ranking (previous high prior to this season was No. 15 last year).
• Michigan State beat 13 nationally-ranked teams, smashing MSU's previous single-season record of five.
• In the final RPI report, MSU had 12 wins against teams ranked in the final top 25, which was more than any other team in the country.
• Michigan State played one of the nation's toughest schedules, playing 20 of its games against teams that reached the NCAA Tournament (16-4 record in those 20 games).
• Michigan State had four wins against teams ranked No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3 in the country after having never previously beaten anyone ranked higher than fourth.
• Michigan State beat No. 1-ranked Stanford to win the Kansas City Regional and advance to its first Final Four.
• Michigan State beat No. 2-ranked Ohio State in front of a school-record crowd of 14,066 and a national television audience on ESPN2.
• Michigan State beat No. 3 Tennessee in the national semifinals and beat No. 3 Notre Dame in South Bend.
• Michigan State set a new school record with a 17-game winning streak, breaking the previous record of 11 straight wins.
• MSU also set a school record with 12 straight wins against Big Ten opponents, breaking the previous mark of six.
• Michigan State won its first Big Ten Tournament championship, beating Minnesota in the title game.
• Michigan State shared the Big Ten regular season title with Ohio State, earning just its second-ever Big Ten crown.
• Michigan State set a new school record for Big Ten victories with 14, breaking the previous school record of 13 (13-5) set during the 1990-91 season.
• Michigan State had its best-ever home record, going 13-0 in games played at the Breslin Center.
• Michigan State tied a school record for road victories in a season (established last season) by going 10-2 in road contests.
• Michigan State led the Big Ten in turnover margin (+2.51), offensive rebounds (15.24) and rebound offense (40.5).
• In Big Ten games only, Michigan State led the league in scoring offense (69.4), 3-point field goal percentage (.404), rebounding margin (+9.2), steals (10.19), assist/turnover ratio (1.23), offensive rebounds (15.31) and rebounding offense (39.5).
• Michigan State set school single-season records for points (2,628), field goals (994), field goals attempted (2,245), 3-point field goals (176), 3-point field goal attempts (493), free throws (464), rebounds (1,499) and steals (375).
• Michigan State tied a school record for margin of victory in a game with a 101-40 victory over Northwestern Feb. 3 and tied another school record for fewest turnovers in a game with five vs. Stanford March 29.
• Michigan State ranked 14th nationally in attendance, averaging a school-record 6,143 fans per game.
• In addition to the school-record crowd vs. Ohio State, Michigan State had the third-, fourth- and sixth-largest crowds in school history.
• Head coach Joanne P. McCallie was named Associated Press Coach of the Year, and also was voted Big Ten Coach of the Year by the media.
• Michigan State was one of just two schools to have three players named to the Associated Press All-America teams, as Lindsay Bowen, Kristin Haynie and Liz Shimek all received honorable mention honors.
• Michigan State had five players named All-Big Ten (Haynie - first team; Bowen and Shimek - second team; Kelli Roehrig - third team; Rene Haynes - honorable mention), which was more than any other team.
• Michigan State became the first team in Big Ten history to have four different players named Big Ten Player of the Week in the same season (Bowen, Haynes, Haynie and Shimek).
• Kristin Haynie and Kelli Roehrig finished their Michigan State careers with 91 victories, which is the most by any class in MSU history.
• Kristin Haynie became the fourth player in Big Ten history to accumulate career totals of 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists and 300 steals.
• Haynie finished her career with MSU career records of 574 assists (10th in Big Ten history) and 346 steals (third in Big Ten history). She finished eighth in MSU history in scoring (1,199 points) and 16th in rebounding (601).
• Haynie set MSU's single-season steals record with 117 this season (fifth best in Big Ten history) and her 189 assists were second best.
• Roehrig finished her career ranked sixth in MSU history with 1,370 career points and ninth with 669 career rebounds. Her 494 points this year was the eighth-best single-season total in MSU history.
• Liz Shimek broke the Michigan State single-season records for rebounds (335) and field goals (217) and tied the single-season record for scoring (546). She now ranks fourth in MSU history in rebounds (850) and 10th in scoring (1,183).
• Lindsay Bowen broke her own Michigan State single-season record with 83 3-point baskets, and broke the MSU career 3-pointers record (226). Her 511 points this season were fifth-best in a season at MSU, and her career total of 1,316 ranks seventh.
• Six Michigan State players were named Academic All-Big Ten (Lindsay Bowen, Katrina Grantham, Kristin Haynie, Victoria Lucas-Perry, Kelli Roehrig and Liz Shimek).
• Liz Shimek was named third team Academic All-American.
