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GM 20 | at UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA 2014-2015 DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY LADY STATESMEN BASKETBALL NOTES SIX-TIME LADY STATESMEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2014-15 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 1975, 1976, 1977, 1989, 1990, 1992 SIX-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS w 15 GSC CHAMPIONSHIPS w 13 NCAA ELITE EIGHTS w 9 NCAA FINAL FOURS w ONLY DII SCHOOL WITH 1,000 WINS DELTA STATE (12-8, 10-6 GSC) at VALDOSTA STATE (11-11, 7-9 GSC) SCHEDULE & RESULTS FEBRUARY 7, 2015 w 5:00 P.M. (CST) w THE COMPLEX (5,350) w VALDOSTA, GEORGIA OVERALL RECORD: 12-8 THE MATCHUP GSC: 10-6 DELTA STATE VALDOSTA STATE IN THE PAINT NON-CONFERENCE: 2-2 vs wDelta State sits in third place in the GSC standings with a 10-6 record HOME: 8-2 heading into tonight’s game against Valdosta State. AWAY: 4-6 wLady Statesmen On The Road: This is the second game of a two- game road trip for the Lady Statesmen falling to West Florida, 65-52 NEUTRAL: 0-0 in overtime on Thursday. DSU had a two-game road winning streak 2014-2015 snapped at UWF. The Lady Statesmen are 4-6 overall on the road this year. Seneca Walton is averaging 16 points and 7.6 rebounds NON-CONFERENCE THE NUMBERS GAME followed by Chelsey Rhodes 13.1 points and Rhandi Ball’s 12.2 points 11/17 @ Harding University Searcy, Ark L, 65-40 and 5.4 rebounds on the road this season. The Lady Statesmen are Points/Game.....................60.8 Points/Game...................63.9 11/21 @ Arkansas Tech Russellville, Ark. L, 72-61 shooting 44.3 percent from the field and 35.5 percent from 3-point Scoring Defense ...............56.7 Scoring Defense .............63.0 range. 11/24 Stillman College Clevelnd, Miss. W, 61-35 Scoring Margin ................+4.1 Scoring Margin ............. +0.7 w 12.18.14 vs. VSU: Delta State turned a 29-27 halftime deficit into a 11/25 Paine College Cleveland, Miss. W, 64-46 Rebounds/Game ..............33.7 Rebounds/GM .................36.9 76-46 victory over Valdosta behind a 21-point second half from junior GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE Rebound Margin ..............- 0.8 Rebound Margin .........+3.0 Chelsey Rhodes in Cleveland, Mississippi. (See Full Box Page 13). 12/4 West Georgia* Cleveland, Miss. L, 60-49 Assists/GM .........................13.0 Assists/GM .......................11.0 w The Series: Delta State and Valdosta State meet for the 43rd time, 12/6 West Alabama* Cleveland, Miss. W, 55-47 Steals/GM ............................8.1 Steals/GM ..........................7.9 dating to the first meeting on January 28, 1978 in Cleveland, Mis- 12/11 @ Christian Brothers* Memphis, Tenn. L, 61-40 STATISTICAL LEADERS sissippi, a 73-61 win for the Lady Statesmen. The Lady Statesmen 12/13 @ Union University* Jackson, Tenn. L, 67-63 lead the all-time series 37-5 after the first meeting this season in 12/18 Valdosta State* Cleveland, Miss. W, 76-46 SCORING (Avg.) SCORING (Avg.) Cleveland on Dec. 18, 2014. #1 Chelsey Rhodes ...........15.0 #20 April Thomas ......... 14.5 w Stealing The Show: DSU notched a season-high 15 steals against 12/20 West Florida* Cleveland, Miss. L, 73-69 (OT) #33 Seneca Walton ........12.4 #35 Imari Simpson ..... 11.0 West Florida (2.5.15), eclipsing the 13 steals versus Valdosta State 1/3 @ North Alabama* Florence, Ala. W, 64-63 #20 Rhandi Ball ................11.4 #21 Maggie Davis ........ 10.7 (2.18.14). Anissa Jackson had five steals followed by Rhandi Ball 1/5 @ Alabama-Huntsville* Huntsville, Ala. W, 67-49 REBOUNDING (Avg.) REBOUNDING (Avg.) with four and Seneca Walton and Chelsey Rhodes with three. 1/10 Lee University* Cleveland, Miss. W, 54-49 #33 Seneca Walton ......... 7.1 #21 Maggie Davis .......... 5.8 wDSU In The GSC Stats (As of 2.1.15): Scoring Defense (1st/56.2); 1/12 Shorter University* Cleveland, Miss. W, 58-36 #20 Rhandi Ball .............. 6.4 #35 Imari Simpson ....... 4.3 3-point Field Goal Percentage Defense (2nd/29.1); Assist/Turnover 1/17 @ Mississippi College* Clinton, Miss. L, 76-69 ASSISTS (Avg.) ASSISTS (Avg.) Ratio (3rd/0/87); Turnover Margin (3rd/1.05); Field Goal Percentage 1/22 @ West Alabama* Livingston, Ala. W, 72-64 #20 Rhandi Ball .............. 2.6 #12 Amy Duke .............. 1.6 Defense (4th/38.8); #1 Rhodes/#21 Keller ........2.4 STEALS (Avg.) wRhandi Ball ranks second in the GSC with 2.3 steals per game, sev- 1/24 @ West Georgia* Carrollton, Ga. W, 64-59 STEALS (Avg.) #20 April Thomas ......... 1.4 enth in assists averaging 2.6 per game, nine in rebounding with 6.4 1/29 Union University* Cleveland, Miss. W, 74-71 (ot) #20 Rhandi Ball .............. 2.3 per game and 15th in scoring with 11.4 per game. The Pontotoc, Mis- 1/31 Christian Brothers* Cleveland, Miss. W, 53-33 INSIDE THE SERIES sissippi, native needs one-point to become the 36th member of the 2/5 @ West Florida* Pensacola, Fla. L, 65-52 1,000-point club (999 pts.) and the third Lady Statesmen to join the 2/7 @ Valdosta State Valdosta, Ga. 5:00 P.M. Overall Series Record: DSU leads 37-5 club this season. Ball had four steals against UWF and is now tied for H: 19-2 | A: 12-2 | N: 6-1 | OT: 2-1 | GSC T.: 6-1 | NCAA /AIAW T.: 3-1 2/12 Alabama-Huntsville* Cleveland, Miss. 5:30 P.M. ninth with 214 career-steals (Deborah Temple, 1982-84). 2/14 North Alabama* Cleveland, Miss. 2:00 P.M. Last Meeting: 12.18.14 | DSU 76-46 | Cleveland, Miss. wChelsey Rhodes’ 82.1 free throw percentage ranks second and her First Meeting: 1.28.78 | DSU 73-61 | Cleveland, Miss. 15.3 points per game rank fifth in the GSC. The Monticello, Arkansas, 2/19 @ Shorter University* Rome, Ga. 5:00 P.M. Current Series Streak: DSU W5 native is also ranked ninth in field goal percentage (38.7), seventh 2/21 @ Lee University* Cleveland, Tenn. 1:00 P.M. Last DSU Victory at Sillers: 12.18.14 | DSU 76-46 in 3-point field goals per game (1.8) and 11th in steals (1.4/game). 2/26 Mississippi College* Cleveland, Miss. 5:30 P.M. Last DSU Victory at The Complex: 1.23.14| W, 65-61 Rhodes has scored in double digits in 15-of-19 games, including four POSTSEASON Last UWF Victory at Sillers: 3.7.83 | W 85-83 games with 20-plus points. Rhodes’ is sixth on the career 3-point 3/3 GSC Tournament Campus Sites TBA Last UWF Victory at The Complex: 1.5.13 | W, 52-48 field goals made (125) and fifth in career 3-pointers attempted (365). 3/6-7 GSC Tournament Birmingham, Ala. TBA Rhodes has scored 1043 points, nine points from passing Lynn Rose 3/14-17 NCAA Regional Campus Sites TBA (1,051/1994-1996). 3/25-28 NCAA Elite Eight Louisville, Kent. TBA ON THE AIR | GAME CENTRAL wSeneca Walton was selected the GSC Women’s Basketball Player of STATESMEN SPORTS NETWORK the Week on Tuesday. She averaged 15 points and eight rebounds in w Philip Tang (Play-by-Play) two games, including 20-point, 12-rebound effort against GSC leader w Scott Wyant (Color Analyst) Union. She has two double-doubles this season against Union and WATCH ONLINE at West Georgia. Walton ranks sixth in the GSC with 7.1 rebounds w www.GoStatesmen.com per game and 14th with 12.4 points per game. Walton scored 16 points against UWF and has posted double figure scoring efforts in 11 LIVE STATS straight games and has scored 20-plus points three times. Walton’s w www.GoStatesmen.com 1,177 points rank 27th on DSU’s all-time scoring list, 19 points shy of RADIO passing Amber Gean (1,195/2001-2005), Her 109 career blocks rank UP NEXT w MAJIC 107.5 FM (CLEVELAND, Mississippi) seventh and her 268 career rebounds rank 13th. INTERNET AUDIO w This is the 49th season of Lady Statesmen Basketball. The Lady w client.stretchinternet.com/client/dsu.portal# Statesmen have an all-time record of 1,077-269-3 record. FOLLOW DELTA STATE ON SOCIAL MEDIA vs 2.12.15 | 5:30 PM | Cleveland, Mississippi @DSUStatesmen | @DSUScores facebook.com/dsustatesmen deltastate.statbroadcast.com GOSTATESMEN.COM | @DSUSTATESMEN | @DSUSCORES 1 GM 20 | at UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA 2014-2015 DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY LADY STATESMEN BASKETBALL NOTES ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS POLICIES & PROCEDURES Matt Jones, Sr. Associate AD/External Affairs* WEEKLY MEDIA SERVICES Email: [email protected] The Athletic Communications Office produces a weekly release featuring game notes, updated statistics and other pertinent information on the Lady Office Phone: 662.846.4284 Statesmen women’s basketball program. To access this release, please log on to www.gostatesmen.com and click on women’s basketball. Each week’s Cell Phone: 662.719.9160 release will be located on the right side of the web page. The PDF formatted document is posted every Monday. Fred Sington, Asst. Dir. of Athletic Communications* PLAYER INTERVIEWS Email: [email protected] Media members must adhere to the following guidelines regarding Lady Statesmen player interviews: (1) All player interviews must be coordinated Office Phone: 662.846.4284 through the Athletic Communications Office; (2) Players are available for interviews, either at Walter Sillers or via telephone (generally 1:30-4:00 p.m.) and Cell Phone: 662.588.6232 following the completion of practice (8 a.m.); (3) Please give at least 24 hours notice; (4) No interviews will be allowed prior to tipoff on gameday.