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Second in the Big Ten 2013 BIG TEN in overall wins (140) and TOURNAMENT conference wins (69) in RUNNER-UP Merchant’s six seasons PROGRAM-BEST Allyssa DeHaan: Third All- FIVE-STRAIGHT NCAA Time in NCAA History in APPEARANCES Career Blocks SUZY MERCHANT • 12 Consecutive PROGRAM-BEST • 2010-11 Big Ten Postseason Appearances 2005 NCAA FINALIST SEVEN ACADEMIC FIVE ALL-AMERICANS Coach of the Year • NCAAs in Nine of the ALL-BIG TEN THE LAST NINE • 12th All-Time in Last 10 Years SELECTIONS LAST SEASONS Career Winning SEASON Percentage in Big Ten 10 Academic All-Americans Games; 2nd Among One of 19 schools in the 22 1,000-POINT nation (and one of only two Active Coaches in the Big Ten) to play in the SCORERS Five former Spartans • Fastest MSU Coach last fi ve NCAA Tournaments currently playing to 100 Wins professionally overseas All-Time Record of 703-455 (.607); 43rd program to reach 700 wins 10-STRAIGHT 20-WIN SEASONS Longest Active Streak in the Big Ten; One of 11 in the Nation to Accomplish the Feat SPARTAN At least 10 Big Ten wins in 11 consecutive seasons; Longest active streak in the conference TRADITION LED THE BIG TEN AND 80 ALL-BIG TEN 13TH IN THE NATION SELECTIONS LAST SEASON IN 20 Honorees in Merchant’s SCORING DEFENSE Six Seasons Leads Big Ten Led the Big Ten in Three of the Last Five Seasons Big Ten leaders in rebound margin in four of the last fi ve seasons; three in a row NINE-STRAIGHT SEASONS 11 games of over 10,000 TOP-15 NATIONALLY IN fans in the last six seasons, ATTENDANCE including the program’s 10th in the Nation Last fi rst-ever sell-out (14,797) vs. Michigan in 2011 Season and Top-10 Each of 1997 Big Ten Regular-Season the Last Three Years Champions 2005 Big Ten Regular-Season and Tournament Champions 2010-11: FIRST OUTRIGHT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP IN PROGRAM HISTORY • Finished third or better in the Big Ten in each of the last fi ve years Table of Contents/Roster 2013-14 Roster 2 Big Ten Awards & Honors 56-57 Year-by-Year Results 114-121 Klarissa Bell 4-7 Hall of Famers 58 Michigan State University 122 Annalise Pickrel 8-11 All-Americans 58-59 President Simon/Board of Trustees 123 Camille Glymph 12 Awards & Honors 60 Mark Hollis 124-125 Madison Williams 13 Team Awards 61 Spartan Tradition 126 Jasmine Hines 14-16 All-Time Letterwinners 62-63 Hall of Fame 127 Kiana Johnson 17-19 All-Time Numerical Roster 64-65 Breslin Center 128 Becca Mills 20-22 WNBA/International Experience 66 Smith Center/SASS 129 Anna Morrissey 23 Big Ten Tournament History 67 Media Information 130-131 Mariah Harris 24-25 NCAA Tournament History 68-69 Quick Facts 131 Cara Miller 26-27 NCAA Tournament Records 70-71 2013-14 Opponents 132 Branndais Agee 28 NCAA Tournament Box Scores 72-79 TV/Radio Roster IBC Aerial Powers 29 WNIT History 79 Kendra Lumpkin 30 Career Records 82-84 CREDITS: The 2013-14 Michigan State Taylor Hengesbach 31 1,000-Point Scorers 85-87 women’s basketball media guide was written, Tori Jankoska 32 Single-Season Records 88-89 produced, designed and edited by assistant athletic communications director Jim Donatelli. Suzy Merchant 34-35 Freshman Records 90 Editorial assistance provided by Matt Larson, Amaka Agugua 36 Single-Game Records 91-92 Aimee Dulebohn, Bernie Rosenthal and NcKell Copeland 37 Year-by-Year Records 93-95 Jeremy Crawford. Special thanks to the Mark Simons 38 Team Records 96 women’s basketball staff. Photography by Julie Dombroski/Jami Baker 39 Opponent Records 97 Matthew Mitchell, Rey Del Rio, Rafael Suanes, LouAnne Jefferson/Sports Medicine 40 Breslin Center Records 98 Marc Browning, Brian Tirpak, Erin Groom, 2013-14 Spartans Kristin Reinhart/Tim Wakeham 41 Attendance Records 99 Don Feria, John Gwillim, Harley Seeley, David Support Staff 42 Against Ranked Opponents 100-101 Olds, Dale Young, NBA Entertainment, USA 2012-13 Year in Review 44 Overtime Games/National Rankings 102 Basketball, Jerry Lai and Jerry Margolis. 2012-13 Statistics 45 All-Time Coaching Records 103 Printing by Foresight Group, Lansing, Mich. 2012-13 Results 46 All-Time Series Records 104 2012-13 Game-by-Game Results 46-54 All-Time Series Results 105-113 2013-14 Spartan Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/High School 0 Kiana Johnson G 5-7 Jr. Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young 1 Tori Jankoska G 5-8 Fr. Freeland, Mich./Freeland 2 Cara Miller G 6-1 So. Farmington Hills, Mich./Divine Child 4 Jasmine Hines C 6-3 Jr. Central Lake, Mich./Central Lake 5 Mariah Harris G 5-11 So. Springfi eld, Ohio/Kenton Ridge 10 Branndais Agee G 5-11 R-Fr. Detroit, Mich./Cass Technical 11 Annalise Pickrel F 6-3 Sr. Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Catholic Central 13 Taylor Hengesbach G 5-10 Fr. Saginaw, Mich./Nouvel Catholic Central 14 Anna Morrissey G 5-10 Jr. Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson 21 Klarissa Bell G 5-11 Sr. East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing 22 Camille Glymph G 5-10 R-Jr. Greenville, S.C./J.L. Mann/Auburn 23 Aerial Powers G 6-0 R-Fr. Detroit, Mich./Detroit Country Day 25 Kendra Lumpkin F 5-11 Jr. Bolingbrook, Ill./Plainfi eld North 40 Madison Williams C 6-7 R-Jr. Berkley, Mich./Detroit Country Day 52 Becca Mills F 6-4 Jr. Midland, Mich./Midland Dow Head Coach - Suzy Merchant (Central Michigan ‘91; seventh season) Assistant Coach - Amaka Agugua (Hofstra ‘05; fi rst season) Assistant Coach - NcKell Copeland (Jacksonville State ‘03; third season) Assistant Coach - Mark Simons (Aquinas ‘72; second season) Director of Basketball Operations and Technology - Julie Dombroski Assistant to the Head Coach - Jami Baker PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Branndais Agee Brandy a-G Amaka Agugua uh-mah-kuh uh-goo-gwa NcKell Copeland nah-KELL Camille Glymph gill-MPF Taylor Hengesbach hanks-baugh Tori Jankoska jan-KOSS-kah Kiana Johnson key-ON-ah Annalise Pickrel ANNA-lease PICK-rel 2 2013-14 MICHIGAN STATE BASKETBALL Klarissa Bell rebounds vs. Robert Morris (11/25) ... Surpassed her previous career high in points for the third time this season with 21 points at NC State (11/29) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge; also tied the team lead with seven rebounds ... Tied her career high with six assists vs. Milwaukee (12/1), also adding 10 points ... Led MSU in scoring with 16 points at Oakland (12/5), going 7-for-9 from the fi eld, also with nine rebounds, four assists and two blocks ... Posted 12 points and fi ve rebounds at No. 18 Dayton (12/8) ... Posted six rebounds and a game-high fi ve assists vs. Oregon State (12/19) in the South Point Holiday Hoops Classic ... Posted an impressive stat line with seven points, a career-high 13 rebounds, three assists (no turnovers), a career-high three blocks and two steals vs. Temple (12/29) ... Posted 11 points and a game-high nine rebounds vs. Minnesota (1/3) ... Led the team with nine rebounds and three assists vs. No. 9 Penn State (1/6), also adding eight points ... Tied for the team lead with 18 points at Illinois (1/13), also adding seven rebounds, three assists and a career-high tying three blocks ... Topped her career high for the fourth time this season, scoring 25 points vs. Iowa (1/17), while adding nine rebounds, in 40 minutes; her half-court buzzer beater to end the fi rst half was the No. 9 play on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 ... Chipped in 12 points, a team-high eight rebounds, three assists and two steals at Indiana (1/20) ... Had six points, three assists (no turnovers) and two steals vs. No. 13 Purdue (1/27) ... Added 10 points and two steals at Northwestern (1/31) ... Tied for the team lead with four assists vs. Michigan (2/4), also adding nine points ... Posted seven points, six rebounds and three assists at No. 8 Penn State (2/10) ... On her 21st birthday, led MSU with 16 points and fi ve assists in 25 minutes vs. Indiana (2/12) ... Led MSU with six assists and seven rebounds, while adding 15 points, at Michigan (2/16) ... Posted eight points, seven rebounds and four assists vs. Northwestern (2/20) ... Went 7-for-12 KKlarissalarissa BBellell from the fi eld for 17 points at No. 22 Purdue (2/28), also tying her career high with three steals and blocked two shots ... Posted a Senior • Guard • 5-11 • East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing game-high 20 points on 8-for-15 shooting and fi ve rebounds vs. Michigan (3/8) in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfi nals ... In the Big Ten Tournament semifi nals vs. No. 8 Penn State (3/9), had nine rebounds ... Grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds, the eighth most by a Spartan in an NCAA Tournament game, vs. Marist (3/23) in the NCAA Tournament First Round ... Led the team with seven rebounds and added two blocks vs. No. 10 Maryland (3/25) in the NCAA Tournament Second Round. SOPHOMORE (2011-12): Named MSU’s Most Improved Player at the team banquet ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Played in 31 games, starting the last 11 ... Averaged 4.1 points and 2.4 rebounds in 15.5 minutes ... Second on the team in fi eld goal percentage (46.4%) ... As a starter, averaged 8.2 points and 4.2 rebounds in 30.5 minutes, while shooting 50.7% from the fi eld and 40.0% from 3-point range (compared to 1.8 points, 1.4 rebounds, 7.1 minutes, 32.1% fi eld goal and 15.4% 3-point shooting in her fi rst 20 games) ..