1997-98 New England Blizzard Statistics

American Basketball League (ABL)
Team Record: 24-20
Finishing 2nd in the ABL's Eastern Conference
Postseason: 0-2 Lost first round

First Round - Lost to San Jose Lasers 2-0
Coach: K.C. Jones (24-20)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
Attendance: 194,848, Avg. 8,857 in 22 home dates

1997-98 New England Blizzard Roster

The New England Blizzard of the American Basketball League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 24 wins and 20 losses, finishing second in the ABL's Eastern Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Blizzard netted 3,338 points and conceded 3,327. Carolyn Jones Young tossed in a team-best 963 points for New England, and Dale Hodges contributed 297 rebounds. Jennifer Rizzotti dished out 193 assists for the squad.

On defense, Jennifer Rizzotti added 89 thefts.

K.C. Jones coached the team. The 1997-98 New England Blizzard lost in the first round of the playoffs.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Carolyn Jones Young	G	44	44	1581	631	296	158	65	357	306	40	131	171	98	81	3	134	106	963
Jennifer Rizzotti	G	44	44	1443	352	148	172	54	166	127	15	109	124	193	89	1	141	110	477
Kara Wolters	C	44	18	861	316	169	2	1	134	91	70	158	228	36	15	64	78	126	430
Dale Hodges	G-F	44	44	1187	299	148	1	0	123	101	104	193	297	47	36	5	115	119	397
Shanda Berry	F-C	44	16	845	261	118	18	5	111	83	72	141	213	42	37	19	71	80	324
Karen Deden	F	44	34	1178	267	129	15	5	41	29	42	129	171	89	29	16	88	126	292
Deanna Tate	G	44	6	623	146	56	4	0	74	45	32	64	96	93	64	2	84	105	157
E.C. Hill	G	42	3	392	142	44	27	7	44	33	13	13	26	33	32	0	55	61	128
Carla Berube	F	35	0	312	62	29	8	0	46	38	20	24	44	31	11	0	32	25	96
Traci Thirdgill	F	22	11	257	32	8	0	0	19	15	9	22	31	18	8	2	19	36	31
Jannon Roland	G-F	12	0	90	23	8	6	3	6	5	3	3	6	7	2	0	8	8	24
Tara Davis	F	25	0	106	23	5	7	1	11	8	11	9	20	9	5	0	14	15	19
Totals		444	220	8875	2554	1158	418	141	1132	881	431	996	1427	696	409	112	839	917	3338

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Carolyn Jones Young	G	44	44	35.9	46.9	41.1	85.7	0.9	3.0	3.9	2.2	1.8	0.1	3.0	2.4	21.9
Jennifer Rizzotti	G	44	44	32.8	42.0	31.4	76.5	0.3	2.5	2.8	4.4	2.0	0.0	3.2	2.5	10.8
Kara Wolters	C	44	18	19.6	53.5	50.0	67.9	1.6	3.6	5.2	0.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.9	9.8
Dale Hodges	G-F	44	44	27.0	49.5	0.0	82.1	2.4	4.4	6.8	1.1	0.8	0.1	2.6	2.7	9.0
Shanda Berry	F-C	44	16	19.2	45.2	27.8	74.8	1.6	3.2	4.8	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.6	1.8	7.4
Karen Deden	F	44	34	26.8	48.3	33.3	70.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.0	0.7	0.4	2.0	2.9	6.6
Deanna Tate	G	44	6	14.2	38.4	0.0	60.8	0.7	1.5	2.2	2.1	1.5	0.0	1.9	2.4	3.6
E.C. Hill	G	42	3	9.3	31.0	25.9	75.0	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.0	1.3	1.5	3.0
Carla Berube	F	35	0	8.9	46.8	0.0	82.6	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.7	2.7
Traci Thirdgill	F	22	11	11.7	25.0		78.9	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.4
Jannon Roland	G-F	12	0	7.5	34.8	50.0	83.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.0
Tara Davis	F	25	0	4.2	21.7	14.3	72.7	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.8
Averages		444	220	20.0	45.3	33.7	77.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.9	2.1	7.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Carolyn Jones Young	G	2	2	72	39	17	9	3	22	18	5	5	10	4	8	0	4	3	55
Kara Wolters	C	2	0	43	19	11	0	0	5	4	6	10	16	2	1	7	3	8	26
Jennifer Rizzotti	G	2	2	72	12	6	10	4	2	2	2	4	6	7	5	0	8	9	18
Shanda Berry	F-C	2	2	43	14	7	1	0	3	3	6	12	18	2	1	3	7	3	17
Karen Deden	F	2	2	43	17	6	2	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	1	3	3	6	12
Jannon Roland	G-F	2	0	27	6	3	2	1	2	2	2	0	2	3	0	0	2	0	9
Dale Hodges	G-F	2	2	54	12	2	0	0	4	4	1	3	4	5	1	0	3	5	8
Deanna Tate	G	2	0	32	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	2	3	0	7	7	2
E.C. Hill	G	1	0	12	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2
Tara Davis	F	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Carla Berube	F	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		19	10	400	131	53	26	8	40	35	25	42	67	29	22	13	39	44	149

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Carolyn Jones Young	G	2	2	36.0	43.6	33.3	81.8	2.5	2.5	5.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	1.5	27.5
Kara Wolters	C	2	0	21.5	57.9		80.0	3.0	5.0	8.0	1.0	0.5	3.5	1.5	4.0	13.0
Jennifer Rizzotti	G	2	2	36.0	50.0	40.0	100.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.5	2.5	0.0	4.0	4.5	9.0
Shanda Berry	F-C	2	2	21.5	50.0	0.0	100.0	3.0	6.0	9.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	1.5	8.5
Karen Deden	F	2	2	21.5	35.3	0.0		0.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	3.0	6.0
Jannon Roland	G-F	2	0	13.5	50.0	50.0	100.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.5
Dale Hodges	G-F	2	2	27.0	16.7		100.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	4.0
Deanna Tate	G	2	0	16.0	11.1			1.0	2.5	3.5	1.0	1.5	0.0	3.5	3.5	1.0
E.C. Hill	G	1	0	12.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Tara Davis	F	1	0	1.0				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Carla Berube	F	1	0	1.0	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		444	10	21.1	40.5	30.8	87.5	1.3	2.2	3.5	1.5	1.2	0.7	2.1	2.3	7.8

1997-98 New England Blizzard Statistics

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