Article: 1996-'97 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREVIEW Barnard aiming high for Golden Eagles She wants to lead MU back to NCAA tourney; MARQUETTE GLANCE LAST SEASON: 8-20 overall, 5-9 Conference USA. COACH: Terri Mitchell (first season). RETURNING STARTERS: 5-11 Sr. F Clare Barnard (17.0 points, 7.4 rebounds); 5-7 Jr. G Sidnee Majette (7.4, 4.2); 5-10 Soph. G Petra Olsen (10.9, 3.3); 5-3 Soph. G Shari Smith (6.9, 2.8). TOP NEWCOMERS: 5-7 Jr. G Nicki Taggart; 6-2 Fr. F Lisa Oldenburg; 5- 9 Fr. G Kiesha Oliver; 5-11 Fr. F Ayesha Rembert; 6-4 Fr. C Vanessa Rieder; 6-1 Fr. F Abbie Willenborg. OUTLOOK: A talented freshman class, rated 12th in the nation by one recruiting analyst, should help the Golden Eagles rebound from a disappointing season. The play of Barnard and Taggart, a transfer from Purdue, will be the key to the season, however. DID YOU KNOW? As a freshman, Majette set a school record with nine steals against UW-Milwaukee. SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 23, vs. Tennessee in Howard Bank Classic at Vermont, 5 p.m.; 24, Canisius or Vermont in Howard Bank Classic in Vermont (time TBA); 27, Northwestern, 7 p.m.; 29, vs. Grambling in Wildcat Classic at Kansas State, 6 p.m.; 30, vs. Nicholls State or Kansas State in Wildcat Classic at Kansas State (time TBA). DECEMBER 3, UW- Milwaukee, 7 p.m.; 6, at Minnesota, 7 p.m.; 19, at St. Mary's, 9:30 p.m.; 21, at San Francisco, 9 p.m.; 28, UW-Green Bay, 7 p.m.; 31, Loyola (Ill.), 1:30 p.m. JANUARY 2, at Dayton, 6 p.m.; 5, De Paul, 7 p.m.; 10, at Cincinnati, 5:30 p.m.; 13, at St. Louis, 4 p.m.; 17, at De Paul, 7 p.m.; 24, at Memphis, 7 p.m.; 26, at Louisville, 2 p.m.; 31, North Carolina Charlotte, 7 p.m. FEBRUARY 2, Houston, 2 p.m.; 7, Alabama-Birmingham, 7 p.m.; 9, South Florida, 2 p.m.; 14, at Tulane, 7 p.m.; 16, at Southern Mississippi, 2 p.m.; 20, at St. Louis, 5 p.m.; 23, Cincinnati, 5 p.m.; 27-28, Conference USA tournament in Chicago (teams and times TBA). MARCH 1-2, Conference USA in Chicago (teams and times TBA).

A shot goes off the rim and Clare Barnard goes after the rebound the only way she knows.

Hard.

A player goes flying, sprawling on the floor as Barnard pulls down the ball. It's a teammate. In practice. "It's just natural competitiveness," Barnard said. "Everybody in practice is always dodging my screens or whatever. It's not that I'm trying to be rough. I'm even trying to take it easy a lot of times, in fact. "I played with an older brother, and you had to be tough. So it's just totally natural for me, I guess." Matthew Barnard was 51/2 years older, a basketball star at Menomonie High School. Later, he was an All-American baseball player at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. "He didn't ...

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