2008-09 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 2 Exodus All Stars (Exh) W, 78-41 Nov. 8 DT-3 All Stars (Exh) W, 71-56

Nov. 14 @ Appalachian State W, 67-65 Nov. 17 North Texas W, 78-69 Nov. 21 Tennessee State % W, 78-56 Nov. 22 ULM % L, 69-67 Nov. 25 Morehead State W, 56-51

Dec. 2 UT Arlington W, 82-72 Dec. 6 @ Seton Hall L, 73-52 Dec. 13 Ohio U. L, 67-53 Dec. 16 Houston Baptist W, 91-50 Dec. 20 Richmond L, 74-49 Dec. 29 Mississippi State * L, 73-65 Dec. 30 UNC Asheville * W, 89-68

Jan. 3 @ EAST CAROLINA L, 70-47 For the second consecutive year, the Thundering Herd will be in the semifi nals Jan. 8 @ SMU W, 70-63 of the Conference USA Championship and for the second time in as many Jan. 10 @ TULSA W, 51-37 seasons, the Herd needed overtime to make it. In Friday’s second round game Jan. 14 West Virginia ^ L, 74-65 against UTEP, Chantelle Handy sent Marshall to the semis with a game winner Jan. 18 EAST CAROLINA W, 85-83 with three seconds left in overtime. Jan. 22 UAB W, 64-53 Jan. 24 MEMPHIS & W, 72-57 Marshall will face off against Southern Miss on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. ET at Jan. 29 @ SOUTHERN MISS L, 70-64 Jan. 31 @ UCF L, 75-67 Fogelman Arena. The Golden Eagles have taken fi ve-straight in the series.

Feb. 5 TULANE L, 58-45 Feb. 8 @ UTEP L, 71-62 Feb. 13 UCF L, 68-50 Feb. 15 SOUTHERN MISS # L, 69-61 Feb. 20 @ UAB W, 67-50 Feb. 22 @ MEMPHIS W, 70-61 Marshall Roster Information Feb. 26 HOUSTON L, 67-58 # Name Pos Ht Cl PPG RPG NOTES Feb. 28 RICE W, 61-51 2 Casey Baker G 5-8 SR 8.8 4.1 13 pts, 2-2 3pt, 5 rb, 4 ast vs HOU Mar. 5 Memphis W, 76-57 4 Tynikki Crook F 6-1 SO 13.5 7.4 24 pts, 9 rb, 5 stl vs MEM Mar. 6 UTEP W, 72-70 OT 22 Chantelle Handy F 6-3 JR 11.3 5.6 15 pts, 6 rb, 4 ast vs UTEP Mar. 7 Southern Miss 5:30 p.m. 32 Alyssa Hammond F 6-1 JR 10.3 4.4 25 pts, 10-14 shooting, 5 rb at UCF March 5-8 C-USA Championship New Orleans 33 Tania Walters G 5-0 RFR 2.5 1.6 8 pts, 2-3 3pt, 4 rb, 4 ast vs MEM 1 Raechele Gray G 5-5 FR 0.9 0.5 7 pts, 2 rb, 2 stl, 22 min vs UCF % - Fifth Third MU Classic 3 Rashedah Henriques G 5-7 RFR 1.8 1.9 11 pts, 3 rb, 23 min vs ECU $ - Jam The Cam VII 5 Alaya Mitchell G 5-5 FR 1.7 0.7 9 pts, 3-3 shooting vs HBU * - Marriott Cavalier Classic ^ - Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic 21 Alix Barnette G 5-8 JR 7.3 2.6 18 pts, 2 rb, 2 ast vs USM & - CSS 24 Stick Harris G 5-9 JR 3.3 2.1 9 pts, 4 rb at UTEP # - Jam the Cam/ESPN2 25 Keona Brooks F 6-0 JR 4.1 2.0 7 pts, 2-5 FG, 3-4 FT vs UTEP Home Games in Bold 30 Annette Kristiansen G 5-9 FR 0.5 0.5 2 pts, 1 stl, 1 rb vs HBU Home C-USA Games in BOLD CAPS 52 Kamille Lisonbee F 6-7 FR 0.6 0.6 2 pts, 1 blk at UCF C-USA Games in ALL CAPS All Times Eastern C-USA Tournament History Quick Facts Through its fi rst three seasons in the league, Marshall is 3-3 in C-USA Champion- ship action. In 2006, MU’s fi rst year in C-USA, the Herd took an 80-73 win over Memphis before falling on a last second shot to Southern Miss in the second GENERAL INFORMATION round. Name ...... Marshall University Founded...... 1837 Tye Jackson led Houston to a 71-58 win over the Herd in 2007, scoring a tourna- Location ...... Huntington, W.Va. ment record 43 points. Last year, Marshall topped preseason favorite Tulane, Enrollment ...... 16,326 65-58, in the fi rst round before taking a 71-69 overtime decision over UAB in the Nickname ...... Thundering Herd second round. In the semifi nals, the Herd fell to eventual league champion SMU, Colors ...... Green & White 68-59. National Affi liation ...... NCAA Division I Conference...... Conference USA Deja Vu All Over Again Home Floor/Capacity ...... Cam Henderson Center/9,043 History has a way of repeating itself and it did just that on Friday. Last season, President ...... Dr. Stephen J. Kopp (Notre Dame, ‘73) MU needed OT to top UAB in the second round and this season, the Herd needed Director of Athletics ...... Bob Marcum (Marshall, ‘58) the same to beat UTEP. Both games also came down to a shot near the buzzer. In Athletic Ticket Offi ce ...... 1-800-THE-HERD 2008, it was Kizzy Hart who hit a last second shot while Friday’s hero was Chan- telle Handy, who hit a jumper with three seconds remaining. COACHING STAFF Head Coach ...... Royce Chadwick (S.W. Oklahoma St., ‘80) First Win Over UTEP Record at Marshall ...... 122-116 (.513), 7 years Friday’s win marked the fi rst for Marshall over the Miners. UTEP won the fi rst four Division I Record ...... 335-201 (.625), 17 years meetings, including a 72-61 decision in El Paso in the regular season. It marked Overall Record ...... 522-248 (.678), 24 years the second consecutive season MU beat an opponent it had never been able to Associate Head Coach ...... Roxanne White (Stephen F. Austin, ‘94) before. In 2008, Marshall grabbed its only win over Tulane in the opening round. Assistant Coach ...... Jordie Soso (Memphis, ‘04) Assistant Coach ...... John McGraw (Massachusetts, ‘96) She’s Back At It Administrative Assistant ...... Judy Rogero Tynikki Crook recorded her fourth double-double in fi ve tourney games, scoring Graduate Assistant ...... Chris Andrews, Melody Hudson 13 points to go along with 10 rebounds against UTEP. She was a solid 5-6 from Basketball Offi ce Phone ...... (304) 696-5445 the fl oor against the Miners and hit all three of her free throw attempts. Athletic Trainer ...... Jennifer Butler A Little Help Please TEAM INFORMATION In Friday’s contest against UTEP, Marshall was credited with an assists in 24 of its 2007-08 Overall Record ...... 17-16 28 fi eld goals, an amazing 86% of its scores. The Herd has recorded 20 or more 2007-08 Conference USA Record/Finish ...... 7-9/T-6th assists in six contests this season, led by its season high of 27 coming against Starters Returning/Lost ...... 4/1 Houston Baptist. Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 6/6 Newcomers ...... 9 Opener Vs. Memphis Marshall opened up its tournament run with a 76-57 win over the Tigers on HISTORY Thursday evening. It was a close game late as Marshall held a 56-52 lead with First Year of Basketball ...... 1969 under eight minutes left, but the Herd closed the game on a 21-5 run to take the Overall Record ...... 542-529 (.506), 38 years win. Marshall held Memphis to just 1-of-10 shooting in the fi nal eight minutes of Conference USA Record ...... 33-31 (.516), 4 years the game. Cam Henderson Center Record ...... 216-118 (.647), 26 years Last Postseason ...... 2-1 in 2008 C-USA Tournament Crook Ties Career High W, 65-58 vs. Tulane (C-USA First Round) Tynikki Crook has had great success in her career against Memphis, averaging W, 71-69 (OT) vs. UAB (C-USA Quarterfi nals) 18.8 PPG in fi ve games against the Tigers. She matched her career-high with L, 68-59 vs. SMU (C-USA Semifi nals) 24 points while grabbing nine rebounds. Crook also enjoys the spotlight of the Last NCAA Tournament Appearance ...... 1997 postseason. Through four postseason contests, Crook has averaged 14.3 points Result ...... L, 49-69 at Colorado and 11.0 rebounds per game.

SPORTS INFORMATION A Tourney Record Asst. AD/Media Relations ...... Randy Burnside (Marshall, ‘99) For the second time against the Tigers this season, Marshall has been perfect from Offi ce ...... (304) 696-4660 the free throw line. In the tournament opener, Marshall was 18-of-18 from the E-Mail ...... [email protected] charity stripe, a new tournament record. It was the fi rst perfect eff ort from the Assistant SID ...... TBA stripe in Conference USA Championship history. The previous best eff ort was an Offi ce ...... (304) 696-6525 18-19 performance by UAB against USF in 1997. E-Mail ...... TBA Asst. SID/W. Basketball ...... Bob Pristash (West Virginia, ‘03) Handy Loves Memphis Offi ce ...... (304) 696-2418 Chantelle Handy is another Marshall player who has enjoyed playing the Tigers. Cell ...... (304) 416-4803 Over the last fi ve games against Memphis, Handy has scored an average of 14.2 E-Mail ...... [email protected] PPG. In the tournament, Handy chipped in 18 points after averaging 14.5 PPG Graduate Assistants ...... Chris Atwood in the two regular season meetings. In the 2008 meeting in Memphis, Handy ...... Brad Bater recorded the fi rst double-double of her career...... Erica Rife ...... Ben Wright All-Conference Honors Grad. Asst. Offi ce Phone ...... (304) 696-4662/5276 Tynikki Crook was named to the 2009 All-Conference USA Third Team. It marked Program Assistant ...... Sandy Toppings the third such honor for the Herd since joining the league. Sikeetha Shepard-Hall Sports Information Offi ce Phone ...... (304) 696-5275 received Second Team honors in 2006 while Modupe Ishola earned the same in Sports Information Fax ...... (304) 696-2325 2007. Last season, Casey Baker was named to the All-Conference USA Defensive Press Row Phone ...... (304) 696-3304 Team. Mailing Address ...... Marshall University Sports Information ...... P.O. Box 1360 ...... Huntington, WV 25715 Overnight Address ...... Cam Henderson Center, Room 2036 ...... 1801 3rd Avenue ...... Huntington, WV 25703 Offi cial Athletics Website ...... www.Herdzone.com 2008-09 Marshall Numerical Roster NO. NAME POS. HT. CLASS-ELIG. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Raechele Gray G 5-5 FR Shelbyville, Ky./Shelby County 2 Casey Baker G 5-8 SR Bradenton, Fla./Lincoln Trail (Ill.) CC 3 Rashedah Henriques G 5-7 RS FR Brooklyn, N.Y./Notre Dame Prep/St. Dominic HS 4 Tynikki Crook F 6-1 SO Detroit, Mich./Pershing 5 Alaya Mitchell G 5-5 FR Canton, Mich./Salem 10 Kendra King F 6-0 SR Fairfax, Va./Paul VI Catholic 11 Adrian Randall F 6-2 FR Brooklyn, N.Y./The Patterson School 21 Alix Barnette G 5-8 JR Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill 22 Chantelle Handy G 6-3 JR Durham, England/Mount de Chantal 24 Angelica Harris G 5-9 JR Memphis, Tenn./Rend Lake Junior College 25 Keona Brooks F 6-0 JR West Memphis, Ark./Southwest Tennessee 30 Annette Kristiansen G 5-9 FR Westborough, Mass./Westborough 32 Alyssa Hammond F 6-1 JR Oak Hill, Ohio/Oak Hill 33 Tania Walters G 5-0 RS FR Toronto, Ontario/Notre Dame Prep 52 Kamille Lisonbee F 6-7 FR Providence, Utah/Mountain Crest HEAD COACH: Royce Chadwick (S.W. Oklahoma St., ‘80) - 8th season at Marshall ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Roxanne White (Stephen F. Austin, ‘94) - 8th season ASSISTANT COACHES: Jordie Soso (Memphis, ‘04) - 2nd season, John McGraw (Massachusetts, ‘96) - 1st season GRADUATE ASSISTANTS: Chris Andrews, Melody Hudson

A Best For Crook In the regular season fi nale against Rice, Tynikki Crook set a new career Statistical Comparison high with 15 rebounds. She also scored 11 points en route to her fi fth double-double of the season. Crook has been especially dominant on the Category Marshall USM boards over the last six games, averaging 11.5 RPG over that span. Scoring Offense 65.6 69.8 3-1 To Finish Scoring Defense 64.2 63.5 The Herd fi nished the season on a high note, winning three of its fi nal four Scoring Margin +1.4 +6.3 games en route to a league record of 8-8. Conference play was a story Field Goal % .443 .453 of three seasons for MU, who started league play with a 5-1 mark before dropping six straight games before rallying to fi nish the season 3-1. Field Goal % Def. .406 .394 Free Throw % .677 .684 Crashing The Boards In League Play Rebounding Margin +3.7 +4.9 Through its 16 conference games, the Herd has outrebounded its oppo- nents on 12 occasions, while tying UTEP with 38 rebounds. The only two 3 PT FG/GM 3.0 4.3 games Marshall has been outrebounded were both against East Carolina Assists/GM 15.9 16.6 where the Pirates outrebounded MU by 10.5 RPG and agasinst Houston. In Blocks/GM 2.9 4.1 the other 13 games, the Herd holds a 515-415 advantage on the boards, 7.7 per game. Steals/GM 7.9 8.3 Turnovers/GM 18.5 19.5 The Herd continued that dominance against Memphis, outrebounding the Fouls/GM 19.6 18.4 Tigers, 41-31, including 18-12 on the off ensive glass. Tynikki Crook led all players with nine boards. Crook was at it again against UTEP, grabbing 10 rebounds as Marshall fi nished with a 40-37 lead on the boards. Series History 2008 C-USA Tournament Recap In the fi rst round of the 2008 tournament, Marshall drew Tulane, a squad it had never beaten. The Herd was not fl ustered, as it held the Green Wave Southern Miss leads the series over Marshall, 7-2 to just 14 fi rst-half points and led by as many as 23 in the second half on its and has won the last fi ve meetings. This season, way to a 65-58 victory. USM took a 70-64 win in Hattiesburg before top- ping the Herd, 69-61, in Huntington. In 2006, the Casey Baker fl irted with a triple-double against Tulane, scoring 18 points while dishing out eight assists and grabbing eight rebounds. She also tal- two squads met in the C-USA Tournament with lied six steals. Southern Miss winning, 60-58. UAB was next in round two and won both regular season meetings. It was a back-and-forth game that eventually found its way to overtime. With the game tied with time running out, Kizzy Hart, who scored 18 in the game, hit a buzzer-beater to give Marshall a 71-69 win. Marshall looked to be headed to the championship game in its semifi nal Pronunciation Guide matchup against SMU. The Herd led by as many as 15 points in the fi rst half, but the grind of playing three games in three days began to set in as Keona Brooks - kee oh nuh the Mustangs battled back to a 68-59 win. Tynikki Crook - tie NICK ee Alyssa Hammond - uh LISS uh Tynikki Crook recorded a double-double in all three games MU participat- Chantelle Handy - shan TELL ed in throughout the tournament and was named to the All-Tournament Team for her eff orts. Rashedah Henriques - rush EE duh hen REE kiss Kamille Lisonbee - kuh MEEL Tania Walters - tanya The Best From Three? Casey Baker is in position to set the record for the top three- Marshall Postseason History point fi eld goal percentage in a single season. She is currently Year Tourn. Opponent Score shooting .422 (38-90) beyond the arc. That is .021 behind Cindy 1971 Nat. Inv. East Stroudsburg L, 66-43 McCauley’s .433, which was set in the 1996-97 season. 1971 Nat. Inv. California State L, 70-48 What Changed? 1972 MAIAW Ball State W, 63-40 So what changed when you look at the six losses as opposed to 1972 MAIAW Calvin College L, 64-52 the 3-1 fi nish for the Herd? The off ense averaged 5.8 PPG more 1972 MAIAW Western Illinois W, 46-43 in its wins, but held the opposition to 11.3 PPG less in the four 1973 MAIAW Indiana State L, 64-35 games to fi nish off the year. The opposition shooting has also 1973 MAIAW Cincinnati W, 52-40 seen a drastic drop in the last four games. During the six-game 1973 MAIAW Western Michigan L, 68-46 streak, MU’s opponents shot .455, but in the 3-1 fi nish, the Herd 1974 MAIAW Western Illinois L, 49-40 defense held opponents to just .361 shooting. 1974 MAIAW Eastern Illinois W, 51-41 Individually, Chantelle Handy has rallied to average 13.5 PPG 1974 MAIAW Wisconsin-Oshkosh L, 40-39 to fi nish the year after scoring 8.2 PPG during the losing streak. 1975 MAIAW Illinois State L, 86-66 Tynikki Crook has also found more success on the boards in the 1975 MAIAW Eastern Illinois W, 63-58 last four games, averaging 11.5 RPG. She averaged 8.0 during 1975 MAIAW Bowling Green L, 53-48 the losing streak. 1976 MAIAW Wis.-Stevens Post L, 69-53 1976 MAIAW Ohio State L, 85-48 Tide Turned The Thundering Herd put an abrupt halt to a six-game skid, top- 1983 SoCon Appalachian State W, 82-76 ping UAB, 67-50, last Friday. Chantelle Handy led the way with 1983 SoCon E. Tennessee State W, 66-59 14 points and nine rebounds. Against Memphis, Tynikki Crook 1983 SoCon UT-Chattanooga L, 69-51 led the way for Marshall with 22 points and 14 rebounds in a 1984 SoCon Furman W, 89-61 70-61 victory. 1984 SoCon E. Tennessee State L, 66-64 1985 SoCon Appalachian State W, 68-62 Three Straight For Barnette 1985 SoCon UT-Chattanooga L, 88-76 Alix Barnette has led the team in scoring in the games from UTEP throught Southern Miss, averaging 16.67 points per game. 1986 SoCon E. Tennessee State W, 77-72 After scoring 15 at UTEP, Barnette notched 17 against UCF 1986 SoCon UT-Chattanooga L, 77-69 before tallying a season high 18 against USM. The streak also 1987 SoCon E. Tennessee State W, 83-81 marks the fi rst time she has hit double digits in three straight 1987 SoCon Appalachian State L, 68-65 games in her career. 1988 SoCon UT-Chattanooga W, 80-77 1988 SoCon Appalachian State L, 72-67 Assisting Her Teammates 1989 SoCon Furman L, 75-56 With four assists against Tulane, Casey Baker eclipsed 100 on the year for the second straight season, notching 137 in 2007-08. 1990 SoCon E. Tennessee State L, 61-58 She became the fi rst to record two straight 100-assist seasons 1991 SoCon E. Tennessee State L, 72-66 since Teyonka Hodge did so in 2003-04 and 2004-05. 1992 SoCon Western Carolina L, 59-58 OT 1993 SoCon E. Tennessee State W, 74-55 800 And Counting 1993 SoCon Furman L, 74-58 Junior Alyssa Hammond scored 14 points against UTEP in the 1994 SoCon UT-Chattanooga L, 70-56 regular season to eclipse the 800-point scoring mark for her 1995 SoCon Appalachian State L, 90-71 career. She currently stands at 868 points. She is the leading ac- 1996 SoCon Western Carolina W, 83-74 tive scorer on the team, ahead of Casey Baker’s 666 points.

1996 SoCon Georgia Southern W, 108-82 Gray Solid Against UCF 1996 SoCon Appalachian State L, 77-75 Freshman Raechele Gray received a career-high 22 minutes of 1997 SoCon Western Carolina W, 85-77 playing time against UCF and took full advantage, doing a solid 1997 SoCon Appalachian State W, 79-74 job of running the point and scoring a high of 7 points. 1997 SoCon Georgia Southern W, 77-69 1997 NCAA Colorado L, 69-49 A Career Best For Hammond 2000 MAC Miami (Ohio) L, 78-68 Alyssa Hammond scored a career high 25 points against UCF, besting her previous career high of 23, set in a game against 2001 MAC Miami (Ohio) L, 87-58 Niagara on 12/21/06. Hammond also put up a solid 16-point, 2002 MAC Eastern Michigan L, 68-49 seven rebound eff ort at Southern Miss. 2003 MAC Northern Illinois W, 70-58 2003 MAC Toledo L, 80-66 Second Half Stretch Dooms Herd At UTEP 2004 MAC Buff alo W, 69-45 Marshall held a 33-31 lead at the half in El Paso, but the Miners 2004 MAC Kent State W, 64-58 fought back to take a nine-point lead with four minutes remain- 2004 MAC Eastern Michigan L, 75-70 ing. The Herd cut the lead back to four points with two minutes 2005 MAC Toledo W, 68-56 left, but a 7-0 run by the Miners put the game out of reach. 2005 MAC Kent State L, 73-57 Top Defense Limits Herd 2006 C-USA Memphis W, 80-73 Tulane entered its matchup against the Herd as the top defen- 2006 C-USA Southern Miss L, 60-58 sive team in Conference USA and continued that, holding Mar- 2007 C-USA Houston L, 71-58 shall to a season low 45 points. It was the lowest scoring output 2008 C-USA Tulane W, 65-58 for Marshall since scoring 44 points in an 82-44 loss to Southern 2008 C-USA UAB W, 71-69 OT Miss on February 24, 2007. 2008 C-USA SMU L, 68-59 Five Straight 2009 C-USA Memphis W, 76-57 Marshall’s win over Memphis marked its fi fth straight C-USA win. 2009 C-USA UTEP W, 72-70 OT That was the longest streak since winning its fi rst four games in the league in 2006. The longest conference winning streak BOLD - 1997 Southern Conference Champions in program history belongs to the 2004-05 team, which won 11 straight Mid-American Conference games. An Improvement Over 07-08 In the 2007-08 season, the Herd had just three contests where it hit 50% of its Charting The Current Players shots or more. So far this season, Marshall has already surpassed that mark, hit- ting that nine times, led by the .659 shooting against TSU. POINTS 2008-09 Career Alyssa Hammond 319 868 Casey Baker 274 666 Player of the Week Honors Tynikki Crook 418 667 Chantelle Handy was named C-USA Co-Player of the Week on 1/19/09. In games Chantelle Handy 351 644 Alix Barnette 225 530 against WVU and ECU, Handy averaged 18.5 PPG, 6.0 assists and 3.5 rebounds. Kendra King - 338 She scored a career high 25 points against ECU, hitting 11-13 shots. Tynikki Angelica Harris 102 102 Keona Brooks 98 98 Crook was named the C-USA Player of the Week on November 24. In three Tania Walters 74 74 games that week, Crook averaged 18.3 PPG and 7.7 RPG while shooting an Rashedah Henriques 53 53 Alaya Mitchell 40 40 impressive .679 (19-of-28). It marked the fi rst of Crook’s career. Raechele Gray 15 15 Kamille Lisonbee 10 10 ECU Streak Stays Alive Annette Kristiansen 2 2 The home teams have had a decided advantage in the East Carolina series and REBOUNDS 2008-09 Career Chantelle Handy 168 418 MU’s 85-83 home win over the Pirates was no diff erent. With the win, the home Tynikki Crook 236 419 team in the series now holds a 9-2 advantage in the series. In the opening two Alyssa Hammond 136 359 Kendra King - 306 games of the series in 1980 and ‘84, the road team won, but since then, home Casey Baker 127 281 teams are 9-0, including 8-0 since both teams have been in C-USA. Alix Barnette 80 184 Angelica Harris 65 65 Rashedah Henriques 55 55 Sharp Shooter Keona Brooks 49 49 Tania Walters 48 48 Chantelle Handy had a career game against East Carolina, shooting 11-of-13 en Alaya Mitchell 15 15 route to a career high 25 points, best her previous career high of 16. She dished Kamille Lisonbee 11 11 Raechele Gray 9 9 out six assists while grabbing three rebounds. The scoring eff ort remains the Annette Kristiansen 2 2 highest for a Marshall player this season. Her .846 shooting was the top mark ASSISTS 2008-09 Career for a Marshall player since Modupe Ishola’s 13-14 performance two seasons ago Casey Baker 135 272 against Wright State. Chantelle Handy 78 185 Alix Barnette 61 114 Alyssa Hammond 53 97 One Possession Makes The Diff erence vs WVU Kendra King - 63 Tynikki Crook 43 57 With the scored knotted at 63 and under two minutes remaining, the Mountain- Tania Walters 42 42 eers recorded seven points in one possession to seal the game. WVU missed Angelica Harris 30 30 Rashedah Henriques 18 18 the front end of two one-and-ones, but two off ensive boards proved to be the Keona Brooks 11 11 diff erence as WVU hit three fi eld goals, including an Ashley Powell three over the Raechele Gray 8 8 Alaya Mitchell 6 6 course of 33 seconds. Annette Kristiansen 2 2 Kamille Lisonbee 1 1 Standing Tall STEALS 2008-09 Career Tania Walters may be listed at 5-0 tall, but the freshman played like she was 7 Casey Baker 65 170 Chantelle Handy 25 54 feet tall in MU’s recent road sweep. At SMU, Walters hit 5-of-6 free throws in the Alix Barnette 23 55 fi nal 40 seconds to seal the win. She followed that up with a career high nine Tynikki Crook 31 48 Alyssa Hammond 21 46 rebounds in the win over Tulsa, including three on the off ensive end. Kendra King - 40 Tania Walters 35 35 Angelica Harris 17 17 The Perfect Trip Rashedah Henriques 10 10 Marshall swept its fi rst C-USA road trip in two years, topping SMU and Tulsa. Alaya Mitchell 7 7 Keona Brooks 5 5 The last trip the Herd swept was Memphis/UAB in January of 2007. Marshall Raechele Gray 3 3 grabbed its fi rst ever win over SMU and its second win over Tulsa, but fi rst vic- Annette Kristiansen 2 2 tory at the Reynolds Center. THREE POINTERS 2008-09 Career Alix Barnette 17 50 Casey Baker 38 49 Defensive Eff ort Against Tulsa Alyssa Hammond 3 26 Marshall held Tulsa to just 37 points in its recent meeting. It marked the fi rst Angelica Harris 12 12 Rashedah Henriques 9 9 time the Herd held an opponent below 40 points since doing so in an 88-34 win Chantelle Handy 6 11 over Morgan State in November of 2003. The Herd held Tulsa to just .291 shoot- Kendra King - 7 Tania Walters 5 5 ing and 0-8 from three-point range. Raechele Gray 2 2 Alaya Mitchell 2 2 Another 60 STARTS 2008-09 Career The Herd put up its second .600 shooting eff ort of the season, thanks to a 36- Chantelle Handy 31 78 Casey Baker 27 58 of-60 performance from the fi eld in Tuesdays win over UNC Asheville. Keona Tynikki Crook 31 57 Brooks was a perfect 5-5 while Handy was 6-8 and Crook was 4-5. Alyssa Hammond 19 49 Kendra King - 29 Alix Barnette 13 17 1-1 In Maryland Rashedah Henriques 12 12 Angelica Harris 11 11 The Herd put up a 1-1 mark in the Terrapin Classic. In the opener, MU fell to Tania Walters 9 9 Mississippi State, 73-65. After leading by three at the half, MU found itself down Raechele Gray 2 2 18 with 4:31 remaining. Some timely shots cut the lead to six with a minute left, GAMES PLAYED 2008-09 Career but it was too little too late. In Tuesday’s win over UNCA, the Herd never gave Alyssa Hammond 31 94 Chantelle Handy 31 94 up the lead, cruising to an 89-68 win. Alix Barnette 31 88 Kendra King - 85 Casey Baker 31 64 Top Win In Five Years Tynikki Crook 31 61 Marshall grabbed a 91-50 win over Houston Baptist on Dec. 16. It was the Angelica Harris 31 31 Tania Walters 30 30 largest margin of victory since topping Morgan State by a score of 88-34 in the Rashedah Henriques 29 29 2003-04 season opener. That game also saw the Herd off ense record 41 fi eld Keona Brooks 24 24 Alaya Mitchell 22 22 goals. It was the fi rst time MU has exceeded 40 since Dec. 16, 2000 when the Raechele Gray 17 17 Herd had 41 against West Virginia Tech. Kamillie Lisonbee 17 17 Annette Kristiansen 4 4 DOUBLE-DOUBLES 2008-09 Career Tynikki Crook 6 11 Chantelle Handy 2 3 Kendra King - 3 Casey Baker - 2 Alyssa Hammond 1 1 Tale Of Two Halves Against Seton Hall, the two halves of play could not have been The Last Time.... any more diff erent for the Herd. After shooting .424 in the fi rst half and forcing 16 SHU turnovers, MU shot just .185 in the second Marshall: half, forcing the Pirates into seven turnovers. Scored 100 Points ...... vs WV Tech, 12/16/00, 108-53 W Allowed 100 Points ...... vs Ball State, 1/4/01, 100-77 L Dominant Win Over UTA Scored Under 50 Points ...... vs Tulane, 2/5/09, 58-45 L Marshall played one of its best games of the young season against Scored Under 40 Points ...... vs Virginia, 12/20/05, 67-35 L the Mavericks, coming away with an 82-72 victory. The Herd led by as many as 18 points in the fi rst half and 19 in the second Allowed Under 40 Points ...... at Tulsa, 1/10/09, 51-37 W before settling for the 10-point win. Scored 50 Points In A Half ...... 53, vs UNCA, 2nd half, 12/30/08 Allowed 50 Points In A Half ....50, 2nd half, at Evansville, 11/9/07 Comeback Complete Scored 20 Or Less Points In a Half...... 20, 2nd half vs TLN, 2/5/09 For the second consecutive game, Marshall faced a double-digit Allowed 20 Or Less Points In a Half ...... 19, 1st half vs UAB, 1/22/09 second-half defi cit, but against Morehead State, the Herd came out on the winning end. Marshall went on a 15-0 run in the sec- Made 40 Field Goals ...... 41, 12/16/08 vs HBU ond half as the defense forced MSU into seven turnovers in four Shot 60% From The Field ...... 60.0%, vs UNCA, 12/30/08 minutes en route to the 56-51 win. Shot 85% From The Foul Line .... 87.5% (14-16), vs USM, 2/17/08 Shot 90% From The Foul Line ....100.0% (18-18), vs MEM, 3/5/09 One Of The Best Shot 100% From Foul Line ...... 100.0% (18-18), vs MEM, 3/5/09 Against Tennessee State, MU shot a blazing .659. That marked the fi fth best performance in C-USA history. Oddly enough, Tulane Had 10+ 3-Point Field Goals .....10, at Morehead State, 11/21/07 shot .680 in two games over the course of nine days on Nov. 10 Allowed 10+ 3-Pointers ...... 10, at Houston, 3/1/08 and 19, 2000 to hold the top two shooting games in conference Did Not Score A 3-Point FG ...... 2/5/09 vs Tulane history. It is also the third highest percentage for any team in the Did Not Attempt A 3-Point FG ...... 12/19/06 vs Wright State country this season. On November 29, Pittsburgh shot .672 in a Played An Overtime Game ...... vs UTEP, 3/6/09, 72-70 W win over Youngstown State and on 12/23, Kansas shot .679 in a Won An Overtime Game ...... vs UTEP, 3/6/09, 72-70 W win over Pepperdine. Played A Ranked Team ...... #12 WVU, 1/23/08, 58-51 L Lights Out Had 40 Rebounds ...... 40, vs UTEP, 3/6/09 The Herd put up its best shooting eff ort in three years against Had 50 Rebounds ...... 51, at SMU, 1/8/09 Tennessee State. Marshall shot .659 for the game, its fi rst game Allowed 50 Rebounds ...... 54, at UAB, 1/12/08 above .600 since shooting .614 in a Dec. 2005 meeting against Wright State. The Herd shot .714 in the opening half, its best Had 20 Assists ...... 24, vs UTEP, 3/6/09 half of basketball since shooting .783 last season in the second Had 15 Steals ...... 15, vs MEM, 3/5/09 half against Houston. It was also the fi fth best shooting game in Had 5 Blocks ...... 7, vs UCF, 2/13/09 C-USA history. Had 10 or Fewer Turnovers ...... 8, vs Houston, 2/26/09 Had 25 or More Turnovers ...... 25, vs UTEP, 2/7/08 Hitting From Outside Against TSU Marshall’s struggles from three-point range came to an abrupt Forced 25 or More Turnovers ...... 25, at Rice, 2/28/08 halt in the fi rst half against Tennessee State as MU went 7-of-9 Had Six Players In Double Figures ...... 1/7/07 vs USM (6) beyond-the-arc after hitting just two treys in its fi rst two games...... Withrow-11, Curry-13, King-13, Handy-12, Samis-20, Ishola 12 Stick Harris and Casey Baker notched three apiece. It marked the Had Five Players In Double Figures ...... 2/20/09 at UAB (5) fi rst time MU hit seven or more threes in a half since hitting seven ...... Handy-14, Barnette-11, Brooks-11, Hammond-10, Walters-10 in the second half comeback last season against Morehead State. Had Two Score 20 Points ...... 3/1/08 at Houston Nearly Perfect ...... Casey Baker-28, Kizzy Hart-27 Alyssa Hammond was a near-perfect 11-of-12 from the free throw Had No Players In Double Figures ....12/28/05, vs Texas A&M-CC line against ULM. That marked the best performance for MU from the charity stripe since Sikeetha Shepard-Hall’s 15-of-16 showing A Marshall Player: against UAB on Feb. 10, 2006. Scored 20 Points ...... Tynikki Crook, 24 vs MEM, 3/5/09 Barnette Clutch Again Scored 30 Points ...Modupe Ishola, 30 vs Wright State, 12/29/06 Alix Barnette was once again pivotal down the stretch against Scored 40 Points ...... Kristina Behnfeldt vs Ohio, 2/10/99 North Texas. With MU clinging to a three-point lead with 2:26 Had 20 Rebounds ...... Catie Knable, 20 vs BGSU, 2/16/02 remaining, it was Barnette who took control, putting the game out Had 15 Rebounds ...... Tynikki Crook, 15 vs Rice, 2/28/09 of reach with two straight buckets. She fi nished with 13 points, marking the fi rst time she has posted back-to-back double-digit Had 10 Assists ...... Casey Baker, 11 vs Memphis, 2/21/08 games since her freshman season. Had 10 Steals ...... Stephianie Wine vs Western Carolina, 1/23/95 Had 5 Steals ...... Tynikki Crook, 5 vs MEM, 3/5/09 Thrilling Win At Appalachian State Had 5 Blocks ...... Tynikki Crook, 5 vs UCF, 2/13/09 Down fi ve with under three minutes left in the game, Alix Barnette Had 10 Blocks ...... Sharon Deal, 12 vs Youngstown St, 1/4/89 relled off fi ve points to help the Herd to victory. A three by Bar- nette with 2:14 remaining cut the lead to two. After two missed Had A Double-Double ...... Tynikki Crook (13 pt-10 rb, 3/6/09 vs UTEP) shots by ASU, a lay-up by Chantelle Handy knotted the game at 64. After three free throws gave MU a 67-64 lead, Frances Her- An Opposing Player: nandez of ASU was fould with under fi ve seconds remaining on a Scored 20 Points ...... Fannie Goodwin (UTEP), 24, 3/6/09 three-point attempt. Hernandez missed the fi rst one as Marshall Scored 30 Points ...... Chelsie Wiley (UCF), 30, 1/31/09 held on for the win. Scored 40 Points ...... Tye Jackson (HOU), 43, 3/1/07 Second Half Adjustments Had 15 Rebounds ...... Valeriya Berezhynska (RICE), 20, 2/28/08 The halftime adjustments the Herd made at ASU were obvious. Had 10 Assists ...... Andrea Barber (USM), 11, 1/29/09 After shooting .321 in the opening half, the Herd scorched the Had 5 Steals ...... Fannie Goodwin (UTEP), 5, 3/6/09 nets in the closing half, going 16-of-30 (.533). The Herd also got Had 5 Blocks ...... Cobilyn Hill (HOU), 6, 2/26/09 the ball down low as Tynikki Crook scored 13 of her 16 points in the second period. Had A Double-Double ...... Fannie Goodwin (UTEP), 24 p, 14 rb, 3/6/09 Season Openers Marshall’s Record When.... With the win at ASU, Marshall improved to 25-15 in its 40 season open- ers. Prior to beating American in the 2002 opener, the Herd lost fi ve Conference ...... 8-8 openers in a row from 1997-2001. The Herd is 6-2 in openers under Home ...... 9-7 head coach Royce Chadwick. Away ...... 5-5 Neutral ...... 3-2 50-50 In The Preseason Leading at Half ...... 11-4 Coach Chadwick said that rebounding was one of the top priorities for Trailing at Half ...... 6-8 this team entering the season and through two exhbition games, the Tied at Half ...... 0-2 Herd had shown steady improvement in that department, grabbing 51 and 57 rebounds, respecitvely, in its two preseason contests. The team Overtime Game ...... 1-0 had just four 50-rebound games in 2007-08. C-USA Home Game ...... 4-4 C-USA Road Game ...... 4-4 Solid Finish Against DT-3 C-USA Tournament ...... 2-0 In its second exhibition game against DT-3, the Thundering Herd domi- Non- C-USA Home Game...... 5-3 nated, coming away with a 71-56 win. What is most impressive may not Non- C-USA Road Game ...... 1-1 be what happened on Marshall’s fl oor, but what DT-3 was able to do on Non- C-USA Neutral Game ...... 1-2 other opponents fl oors. DT-3 led nationally ranked Maryland and Vir- vs. Ranked Opponents...... 0-0 ginia at halftime and would later defeat Richmond, George Washington Leading-5 min. left ...... 15-1 and West Virginia. Marshall was the fi rst team to lead DT-3 at the half Trailing-5 min. left ...... 2-12 and dealt the All-Star team its largest loss of its exhbition schedule. Score Tied-5 min. left ...... 0-1 What Off eseason? MU outrebounds opp...... 14-7 Sophomore Tynikki Crook, who notched a double-double in all three of MU outrebounded by opp...... 3-6 Marshall’s C-USA Tournament games last season, picked up right where Team rebounds are even ...... 0-1 she left off , putting up two 20-point performances in MU’s exhibi- MU shoots 50% from fl oor ...... 7-2 tion season, scoring 20 points or more in both games while grabbing MU shoots -50% from fl oor ...... 10-12 12 boards in each contest. The team hopes those performance carry Opp. shoots 50% from fl oor...... 0-2 over into the regular season as the 20-point performances would have Opp. shoots -50% from fl oor ...... 17-12 marked career highs for Crook. MU makes more FTs ...... 12-2 MU makes less FTs ...... 5-12 Quick Start Against Exodus All-Stars FTs the same ...... 0-0 In its preseason opener against the Exodus All-Star team, Marshall came MU has more TOs ...... 8-9 away on the winning end of a 78-41 decision. The Herd held Exodus to just 16 fi rst half points. Tynikki Crook led the way with 20 points while Opp. has more TOs ...... 7-3 Chantelle Handy and Casey Baker scored 12 apiece. TOs even ...... 2-2 MU scores 60 points or less ...... 3-7 Tough D In Exhibition Opp. scores 60 points or less ...... 7-1 It may only be the preseason, but Marshall’s defense has shown great MU scores 61-69 points ...... 4-7 improvement. The Herd held the Exodus All-Stars to a .318 shooting Opp. scores 61-69 points ...... 6-5 percentage before holding DT-3 to just .297 shooting. Last season, Mar- MU scores 70-79 points ...... 7-0 shall held just one opponent to a lower percentage, that being Mem- Opp. scores 70-79 points ...... 2-8 phis, which the Herd held to 26.2% from the fi eld in its January meeting. MU scores 80-89 points ...... 3-0 Opp. scores 80-89 points ...... 1-0 National Exposure MU scores 90 points or more ...... 1-0 For the second consecutive season, Marshall will have two nationally televised games. Last year, the Herd’s contest against WVU and the Opp. scores 90 points or more ...... 0-0 conference tournament game against SMU were both broadcast on Two or less score in double digits ...... 1-11 CSTV, now CBS College Sports. This year, the Herd will have two home Three or more score in double digits ....16-3 contests on national TV, beginning with the January 24 game against On Monday ...... 1-1 Memphis, which will be on CSS. The February 15 game against South- On Tuesday ...... 4-0 ern Miss will be on ESPN2. That game will also mark the annual Jam the On Wednesday ...... 0-1 Cam game. A third game, the road tilt against SMU is set to broadcast On Thursday ...... 3-3 locally in Dallas and tape delayed on CBS College Sports. On Friday ...... 4-1 On Saturday ...... 3-6 Big Numbers Returning On Sunday ...... 2-2 At fi rst glance, Marshall’s roster shows ten newcomers and six returning On Television ...... 2-2 players, but if you look at the numbers, the team has the majority of its In November ...... 4-1 numbers coming back. Marshall’s four returning starters, along with In December ...... 3-4 Alix Barnette (Kendra King will miss the season due to injury), the team In January ...... 5-2 returns 60% of its scoring, 57% of its steals, 59% of its rebounds and In February ...... 3-5 59% of its assists. In March ...... 2-0 Game decided by 5 pts or less ...... 4-1 Game decided by 6-10 pts ...... 5-7 Game decided by 11-20 pts ...... 5-3 Game decided by 21 pts or more ...... 3-3 Exhibition Games ...... 2-0 Another Year, Another Winning Record With a 17-16 record in 2007-08, the Herd clinched its fi fth straight non-losing season. That is just one season short of the program record of six seasons, which took place from the 1983-84 season through 1988-89.

The Best Of Both Worlds An interesting fact about Marshall is the fact that its roster has the tallest and the shortest players in Conference USA. Freshman guard Tania Walters is an even 5-0 while forward Kamille Lisonbee is 6-7.

Ahead Of The Game Catch every minute of play for the Thudering Herd on Marshall’s student station, WMUL-FM 88.1. All home and road games will Redshirt freshmen Rashedah Henriques and Tania Walters be broadcasted on the radio and online. got a head start on the competition last season by having the opportunity to practice with the team and gain valu- You can also hear Coach Chadwick on his call-in show, “On the able experience in their redshirt seasons. They were able Bench with Royce Chadwick”. Fans can call-in during the pro- to participate in the spring practices and observe the home gram with questions for Coach Chadwick or visiting players at contests. (304) 696-3605. Check WMUL-FM’s website for show schedule information. The show can also be heard over the Internet at Just One Senior www.marshall.edu/wmul. Marshall will be in a great position for the next few years as the 08-09 team features just one senior, that being Casey WMUL-FM has the Herd covered from the opening tip at Ap- Baker. Marshall’s roster features six juniors, one sophomore palachian State to the Conference USA Championship in New and seven freshmen. Orleans and beyond. So tune your dial to WMUL-FM 88.1 MHz for live play-by-play coverage all season long. 500 Wins For Chadwick On January 31, 2008, Marshall head coach Royce Chadwick won his 500th career game. The win came on the road at Record By Lineup UCF as the Herd topped the Knights, 77-75, in overtime. Baker-Henriques-Harris-Handy-Crook 2-0 Home Sweet Home Baker-Walters-Harris-Handy-Crook 1-1 After achieving road warrior status last year, playing 21 out Gray-Barnette-Harris-Handy-Crook 1-0 of 33 games away from home, the schedule will be the ex- Baker-Barnette-Harris-Handy-Crook 2-3 act opposite this season. Marshall will play 16 home games, Baker-Harris-Hammond-Handy-Crook 0-1 including a stretch from November 15-December 20 where Baker-Henriques-Barnette-Handy-Crook 1-1 Baker-Henriques-Handy-Hammond-Crook 4-4 the Herd will have to leave town just one time. Last year, Walters-Baker-Handy-Hammond-Crook 4-1 Marshall made seven non-conference road trips before the Baker-Barnette-Handy-Hammond-Crook 0-1 New Year. Gray-Barnette-Handy-Hammond-Crook 1-0 Walters-Barnette-Handy-Hammond-Crook 1-1 Big Finish To 07-08 After limping into the conference tournament on a 4-9 stretch, the Herd made plenty of noise in Orlando. The Marshall’s Non-Conference Record team began in the opening round, topping Tulane by a 65- Atlantic 10 (Richmond) ...... 0-1 58 score. In the next round, Marshall faced UAB, who had beaten the Herd in both regular season meetings. Marshall Big East (Seton Hall, West Virginia) ...... 0-2 topped the Blazers in overtime, 71-69, before falling to SMU Big South (UNC Asheville) ...... 1-0 in the semifi nals. Great West (Houston Baptist) ...... 1-0 Honors And Awards Mid-American (Ohio U.) ...... 0-1 Along with Marshall’s strong fi nsh in the C-USA Tournament last season, two players received postseason awards. Casey Ohio Valley (Tenn. St., Morehead St.) ...... 2-0 Baker, the regular season C-USA steals leader, was named to Southeastern (Mississippi State) ...... 0-1 the All-Confernce USA Defensive Team. Tynikki Crook be- came the fi rst freshman since the conference realignment Southern (Appalachian State) ...... 1-0 in 2005 to be named to the All-Tournament team. She had Southland (UT Arlington) ...... 1-0 a double-double in all three MU games in the tournament. Sun Belt (North Texas, UL Monroe) ...... 1-1 Points In The Paint Bench Scoring Points Off Turnovers

Opp. MAR-Opp. W/L Opp. MAR-Opp. W/L Opp. MAR-Opp. W/L at App. State 42-22 W at App. State 36-33 W at App. State 16-19 W vs North Texas 48-22 W vs North Texas 24-7 W vs North Texas 17-16 W vs Tennessee State 32-12 W vs Tennessee State 22-18 W vs Tennessee State 19-24 W vs ULM 36-24 L vs ULM 26-23 L vs ULM 18-24 L vs Morehead State 22-26 W vs Morehead State 11-10 W vs Morehead State 20-18 W vs UT Arlington 44-30 W vs UT Arlington 31-27 W vs UT Arlington 16-18 W at Seton Hall 18-28 L at Seton Hall 15-31 L at Seton Hall 19-15 L vs Ohio U. 28-36 L vs Ohio U. 10-9 L vs Ohio U. 14-14 L vs Houston Baptist 66-22 W vs Houston Baptist 38-19 W vs Houston Baptist 29-6 W vs Richmond 24-32 L vs Richmond 14-31 L vs Richmond 16-24 L vs Mississippi State 30-32 L vs Mississippi State 28-21 L vs Mississippi State 24-24 L vs UNC Asheville 38-10 W vs UNC Asheville 39-21 W vs UNC Asheville 28-20 W at East Carolina 22-38 L at East Carolina 19-23 L at East Carolina 15-20 L at SMU 26-32 W at SMU 22-31 W at SMU 8-19 W at Tulsa 20-24 W at Tulsa 8-6 W at Tulsa 10-16 W vs WVU 34-32 L vs WVU 8-8 L vs WVU 18-16 L vs East Carolina 32-32 W vs East Carolina 19-22 W vs East Carolina 26-17 W vs UAB 36-28 W vs UAB 21-13 W vs UAB 12-8 W vs Memphis 38-18 W vs Memphis 10-13 W vs Memphis 17-13 W at Southern Miss 24-22 L at Southern Miss 3-24 L at Southern Miss 15-19 L at UCF 34-30 L at UCF 15-1 L at UCF 6-18 L vs Tulane 32-22 L vs Tulane 5-31 L vs Tulane 16-29 L at UTEP 26-20 L at UTEP 26-20 L at UTEP 8-16 L vs UCF 18-42 L vs UCF 15-12 L vs UCF 11-24 L vs USM 28-28 L vs USM 2-5 L vs USM 6-19 L at UAB 22-10 W at UAB 21-15 W at UAB 6-11 W at Memphis 34-21 W at Memphis 11-8 W at Memphis 21-22 W vs Houston 18-26 L vs Houston 22-6 L vs Houston 12-7 L vs Rice 30-22 W vs Rice 24-5 W vs Rice 9-14 W vs Memphis 30-32 W vs Memphis 14-5 W vs Memphis 20-16 W vs UTEP 32-34 W vs UTEP 13-39 W vs UTEP 10-21 W Record with more points in the paint: 11-6 Record with more bench scoring: 13-7 Record with more points off turnovers: 8-3 Record with fewer points in the paint: 5-7 Record with less bench scoring: 4-6 Record with fewer points off turnovers: 9-10 Record when points in paint even: 1-1 Record when bench scoring even: 0-1 Record when points off turnovers even: 0-2 +155 for the season +33 for the season -67 for the season

Fifth Third MU Classic On Nov. 21 and 22, Marshall hosted the seventh annual Fifth Preseason Poll Third MU Classic. In its opening game, the Herd defeated In the preseason C-USA poll, the Thundering Herd was Tennessee State, 78-56, behind a career high 18 points from expected to fi nish sixth in the upcoming season. The Stick Harris. In the championship game against ULM, the three postseason teams from last year are at the top of Herd overcame an 11-point second half defi cit to tie the game the list as Southern Miss, SMU and UTEP took the top in the closing minutes, but it was not enough as ULM escaped three spots on the poll. with a 69-67 win. 1. Southern Mississippi 2. SMU Previous Fifth Third Classic Results 3. UTEP 2002: Marshall def. American, 76-56 4. East Carolina Marshall def. Georgia Southern, 53-50 5. Tulane 6. Marshall 2003: Marshall def. Morgan State, 88-34 Marshall def. High Point, 90-70 2008-09 ALL-C-USA PRESEASON TEAM *Jareica Hughes, UTEP - 5-3 / Jr. / G / Southfi eld, Mich. 2004: Marshall def. Texas-Pan American, 79-43 Pauline Love, Southern Miss - 6-0 / Jr. / F / Luxora, Ark. Marshall def. Lehigh, 68-66 LaCoya Terry, East Carolina - 5-10 / Sr. / G / Hephzibah, Ga. Larrissa Williams, Tulsa - 6-3 / Jr. / F/C / Little Rock, Ark. 2005: Marshall def. Tennessee State, 81-57 Jasmine Young, East Carolina - 5-5 / Sr. / G / Richmond, Va. Marshall def. South Carolina State, 69-47 * C-USA Preseason Player of the Year 2006: Marshall def. Southern, 61-50 Marshall def. Robert Morris, 72-64

2007: Marshall def. Jackson State, 87-61 Pittsburgh def. Marshall, 70-66

2008: Marshall def. Tennessee State, 78-56 ULM def. Marshall, 69-67 MU 67, ASU 65 MU 78, NT 69 MU 78, TSU 56

BOONE, N.C. - Down fi ve with 2:32 left in the game, the Thundering HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Sophomore Tynikki Crook tallied a career HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Junior Angelica “Stick” Harris went 7-of-8 Herd women’s basketball team, helped by fi ve late points from Alix Bar- high 21 points as the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team im- from the fi eld to lead Marshall women’s basketball to a 78-56 win over nette, came back to defeat Appalachian State, 67-65, Friday evening at proved to 2-0 after downing North Texas, 78-69, Monday evening at Tennessee State in the second game of the Fifth Third MU Classic Fri- the Holmes Center. the Cam Henderson Center. day evening. With the defi cit at fi ve points, Barnette hit a three with 2:08 remain- Crook, who tied her career mark with 16 points in the opener at Harris led the Thundering Herd (3-0) with 18 points, including nine ing to cut the lead to two and with 1:11 left, Chantelle Handy con- Appalachian State, bettered that by fi ve on Monday. She had arguably via the three-point shot. Her eff ort led a hot shooting Marshall squad nected on a lay-up to knot the game at 64. With the game still tied the best game of her career against the Mean Green (0-1) as she tallied that scorched the nets, shooting .659 for the game, including .700 be- and 30 seconds remaining, Tynikki Crook hit one of two free throws to 13 boards, one short of a career high, fi ve blocks and two assists and yond-the-arc. Tynikki Crook recorded her sixth-straight double-digit give Marshall (1-0) its fi rst lead since the 8:25 mark of the fi rst half. After two steals. Four other Marshall (2-0) players fi nished in double-digits, eff ort dating back to last season, scoring 14 points. Casey Baker scored ASU (0-1) missed a shot with under ten seconds remaining, Barnette led by Casey Baker’s 14 points, 13 from both Chantelle Handy and Alix 13 while tallying six assists and fi ve boards. drained two free throws to extend the lead to three with fi ve seconds Barnette and ten from freshman Tania Walters. The contest remained close early on. Meredith Staff ord of Tennes- left. Things did not end there, however, as Barnette fouled Frances The fi nal score is not totally indicative of the game as North Texas see State (1-2) hit a three to open the game. Harris struck right back Hernandez on a three-point attempt with .4 seconds left on the clock. held a lead throughout most of the contest. Marshall had a quick start, with a jumper to make it 3-2 in the opening minute. With the scored Having to make three to tie the game, Hernandez missed the fi rst one. opening a 6-2 lead two minutes into the contest. The Mean Green knotted at 7-7 four minutes in, the Herd took off on a 17-2 run that After making the second, she purposely missed the third, but ASU was fought right back, scoring eight points in just 57 seconds to grab a 10- would prove to be the diff erence. unable to get a shot away. 6 advantage. Baker got it started with her fi rst trey of the season. After three The Mountaineers grabbed an early 2-0 lead as the Herd struggled The Mean Green lead quickly grew to fi ve points, 13-8, after Tricia points from Harris, TSU hit two free throws to make it a 13-9 game. to fi nd its groove early on in the contest. A shot by Rashedah Henriques Lee hit her second trey of the game with 15:36 remaining in the half. Baker’s second three of the game got the Herd started on an 11-0 run. put the Herd on the board at the 17:20 mark. With the score knotted at The scoring kept going at a fast pace as Marshall put up a quick run of On the ensuing trip down the fl oor, Baker found Harris for MU’s fourth six just over a minute later, a three-pointer by Alix Barnette started the their own, this one 7-2, to knot the game at 15 just over a minute later three-pointer of the game, doubling its total for the season. Herd on a run that would see it come away with a 14-9 advantage. and would extend that lead to four, 21-17, two minutes later after a Marshall extended its lead to a game-high 25 points thanks to a Appalachian State took control of the half at that point, embark- bucket by Walters. 15-3 stretch. Crook scored fi ve over the stretch, which also featured ing on a 9-0 to grab its fi rst lead of the game. Brittney Spencer scored Over the next seven minutes, neither team would have an advan- another three by Harris and the fi rst of freshman Tania Walters’ career. seven straight for ASU before a bucket by Brittany Mixon gave the tage of more then three points until the 16-minute mark of the period Tennessee State cut into the lead over the fi nal four minutes, mak- Mountaineers their fi rst lead of the game, 15-14. when Lee hit her third three of the half to make it a 31-26 Mean Green ing it a 45-28 game at the half. The Herd fi nished the half 15-of-21 The Mountaineers continued their hot fi nish to the opening half, advantage. The lead would extend to a game high of seven points 60 (.714) from the fi eld and 7-of-9 from three-point range. The Herd also grabbing a lead of as many as eight points, 31-23, before a late Mar- seconds later after two free throws by Jo Hall. got it done on the defensive end, holding TSU to a .286 shooting per- shall fi eld goal cut the halftime lead to 31-25. The course of the game would change over the fi nal 2:30 of the centage in the opening half. A re-energized Marshall team came out in the second half, immedi- half as MU fi nished the stanza on a 9-1 stretch, capped off by a Baker Early in the second half, Marshall quickly extended its lead back to ately cutting into the Mountaineer lead. Tynikki Crook took the game lay-up at the buzzer. After regrouping at the half, North Texas came 20 thanks to a Crook lay-up a minute in. TSU cut the lead to 17 with into her own hands, scoring 12 points in the fi rst 6:17 of the half. Her out fi ring. With Marshall up one, 42-41, with 16:42 left in the game, the 13:16 remaining on a three by Charisse Hicks, but from that point on, it shot, followed by a made free throw made it a one point game, 40-39, Mean Green fi red up seven straight points to grab a 48-42 advantage was all Marshall. A bucket by Crook with 7:50 remaining put MU up by with 14:11 left in the half. With the lead at seven points, 58-51, with fi ve just 1:17 later. The back-and-forth match continued as the Herd fought 21 points. The lead would never get below 20 the rest of the way as the minutes remaining, the Herd made a run. A lay-up by Alyssa Hammond right back with a 7-0 run to grab a 49-48 lead at the 12:35 mark. All Herd would cruise to the 78-56 victory. The largest lead for MU came and a jumper by Alix Barnette cut the lead to three. With four minutes seven points came from Tynikki Crook. with four minutes remaining as two free throws from Alaya Mitchell left, Casey Baker forced an ASU turnover and was fouled on a lay-up As they had done all night, North Texas chipped back into the game MU a 75-48 advantage. and hit both free throws to cut the lead to one, 58-57. game, getting to within three points, 70-67 after Lee hit her fi fth trey of Marshall shot .659 for the game, the fi rst time the team shot over Four straight points by ASU pushed the lead back to fi ve and just the game, but as she did against Appalachian State, Alix Barnette took 60% since shooting .614 against Wright State on December 13, 2005. when it looked like the Herd was out, Barnette connected on her sec- over when it counted most, hitting two straight shots give MU a seven- Another distinct advantage for MU came in its production in the paint. ond three of the game and after an ASU turnover, Casey Baker found point advantage as the Herd would eventually take the 78-69 win. Already outscoring its opponents by 46 in its fi rst two games, the team Chantelle Handy cutting in for a lay-up to tie the game with 1:11 re- Aside from Crook’s banner game, several others had major contri- was +20 on TSU (32-12). maining. Late free throws by Barnette and Crook gave the Herd a butions for the Herd. Baker fi nished with 14 points, seven boards and Chantelle Handy had a stellar all around game, grabbing a game three-point lead with fi ve seconds remaining. three assists. Handy notched 13 points, six boards and a team high fi ve high six rebounds and scoring eight. Alix Barnette also had eight After Barnette’s foul gave ASU the chance to tie, Frances Hernandez assists while Barnette scored 13, nine coming in the latter half. points while dishing out fi ve helpers. Kendra Appling led all scorers missed the chance to tie the game. with 21 points. She was the only Tiger in double digits.

Marshall 1-0 North Texas 0-1 TSU 1-2 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min CROOK 5 11 0 0 6 10 4 2 6 4 16 0 2 2 1 25 Jackson 6 15 0 0 0 0 5 4 9 4 12 2 3 0 4 27 JACKSON 4 8 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 8 2 2 0 2 24 HANDY 3 8 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 25 Lee 6 15 5 9 4 4 2 3 5 2 21 3 4 0 3 34 GOODWIN 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 6 5 3 1 2 0 1 32 BAKER 1 5 0 0 2 2 1 5 6 3 4 8 10 0 4 32 Hall 4 8 0 1 3 6 2 2 4 3 11 2 1 1 1 30 RUMPH 0 7 0 4 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 23 HENRIQUES 2 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 21 James 5 13 2 5 1 3 1 4 5 4 13 2 4 0 2 34 APPLING 5 14 2 7 9 13 1 2 3 3 21 1 5 0 1 32 HARRIS 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 El 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 5 1 5 0 0 25 STAFFORD 2 6 2 5 0 0 2 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 20 GRAY 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 Thompson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 MARTIN 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 2 1 2 0 2 13 MITCHELL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Buckley 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 15 PIERCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 14 BARNETTE 5 11 2 4 2 2 1 3 4 3 14 1 3 0 1 31 Goodman 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 HICKS 2 11 2 8 2 2 0 1 1 1 8 0 1 0 0 19 HAMMOND 6 10 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 13 3 1 0 0 23 Torru 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 6 CROMARTIE 1 4 0 0 6 6 4 2 6 1 8 0 2 0 0 24 WALTERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Timms 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 16 TEAM 1 2 3 IBEZIM 3 7 0 0 3 5 3 1 4 1 9 1 0 1 0 14 Team 1 1 2 Totals...... 16 57 6 27 18 28 17 14 31 19 56 6 17 0 9 200 TEAM 4 3 7 1 Totals...... 26 64 9 20 8 13 11 22 33 27 69 13 19 1 12 200 Totals...... 24 54 1 6 12 17 10 24 34 19 61 19 22 3 4 200 FG% 1st Half: 8-28 28.6% 2nd Half: 8-29 27.6% Game: 28.1% FG% 1st Half: 11-32 34.4% 2nd Half: 15-32 46.9% Game: 40.6% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd Half: 4-18 22.2% Game: 22.2% FG% 1st Half: 9-28 32.1% 2nd Half: 16-30 53.3% Game: 43.1% 3FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 45.0% FT% 1st Half: 10-15 66.7% 2nd Half: 8-13 61.5% Game: 64.3% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 33.3% FT% 1st Half: 8-9 88.9% 2nd Half: 0-4 0.0% Game: 61.5% FT% 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd Half: 9-14 64.3% Game: 62.5% Marshall 3-0 Marshall 2-0 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Appalachian State 0-1 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min CROOK 4 5 0 0 6 9 0 2 2 3 14 1 0 1 2 15 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min CROOK 7 11 0 0 7 14 5 8 13 1 21 2 0 5 2 33 HANDY 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 3 8 3 2 0 0 22 WILLIAMS 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 1 9 HANDY 6 8 0 0 1 1 1 5 6 4 13 5 4 0 1 28 BAKER 4 5 3 4 2 2 1 4 5 2 13 6 5 0 3 26 MIXON 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 18 BAKER 5 11 0 3 4 5 1 6 7 3 14 3 6 1 1 27 HARRIS 7 8 3 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 18 1 3 0 1 19 SPENCER 3 11 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 9 1 8 0 0 32 HENRIQUES 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 10 WALTERS 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 2 2 0 2 30 RAMIREZ 1 5 0 2 2 3 0 4 4 3 4 10 1 0 0 38 HARRIS 2 6 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 22 GRAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 11 HERNANDEZ 4 11 4 7 1 3 0 0 0 3 13 2 2 0 1 19 BARNETTE 5 11 0 1 3 5 1 3 4 2 13 1 1 0 2 32 HENRIQUES 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 11 EDWARDS 3 8 0 0 5 7 2 8 10 2 11 1 2 1 5 33 HAMMOND 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 9 MITCHELL 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 7 MEANS 7 10 3 3 0 0 2 4 6 1 17 0 5 1 1 29 WALTERS 3 4 0 0 4 4 1 3 4 1 10 5 1 0 2 28 BARNETTE 3 6 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 8 5 3 0 0 19 MILL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 IBEZIM 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 1 1 0 2 1 1 11 HAMMOND 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 4 4 1 3 2 1 0 1 20 MEANS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM 1 1 2 2 IBEZIM 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 4 6 0 0 2 0 17 LAKE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 29 57 0 8 20 31 13 30 43 16 78 18 19 7 10 200 LISONBEE 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 6 HACKETT 2 4 0 0 1 2 3 0 3 5 5 0 2 0 0 14 TEAM 4 4 TEAM 2 3 5 FG% 1st Half: 15-31 48.4% 2nd Half: 14-26 53.8% Game: 50.9% Totals.. 27 41 7 10 17 26 3 29 32 26 78 21 21 3 10 200 3FG% 1st Half: 0-4 0.0% 2nd Half: 0-4 0.0% Game: 0.0% Totals.... 23 52 8 15 11 17 12 22 34 22 65 16 21 2 9 200 FT% 1st Half: 6-11 54.5% 2nd Half: 14-20 70.0% Game: 64.5% FG% 1st Half: 15-21 71.4% 2nd Half: 12-20 60.0% Game: 65.9%

FG% 1st Half: 12-27 44.4% 2nd Half: 11-25 44.0% Game: 44.2% 3FG% 1st Half: 7-9 77.8% 2nd Half: 0-1 0.0% Game: 70.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 4-6 66.7% Game: 53.3% Offi cials: C. Comanita, J. Whitson, A. Endland FT% 1st Half: 8-9 88.9% 2nd Half: 9-17 52.9% Game: 65.4% FT% 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 8-13 61.5% Game: 64.7% Technical fouls: NT-None. Marshall-None. Attendance: 563 Offi cials: Offi cials: Bruce Morris, Erica Bradley, Kevin Pethtel Technical fouls: Marshall-None. Appalachian State-None. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Technical fouls: TSU-None. Marshall-TEAM 2. Attendance: 307 North Texas 34 35 69 Attendance: 573 Marshall 36 42 78 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Marshall 25 42 67 Points in the paint-NT 22,MARSHALL 48. TSU 28 28 56 Appalachian State 31 34 65 Points off turnovers-NT 16,MARSHALL 17. Marshall 45 33 78 2nd chance points-NT 8,MARSHALL 14. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 42,ASU 22. Fast break points-NT 17,MARSHALL 18. Points in the paint-TSU 12,MARSHALL 32. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 16,ASU 19. Bench points-NT 7,MARSHALL 24. Points off turnovers-TSU 24,MARSHALL 19. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 22,ASU 11. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-14 times. 2nd chance points-TSU 15,MARSHALL 4. Fast break points-MARSHALL 4,ASU 2. Last FG-NT 2nd-00:41, MARSHALL 2nd-00:51. Fast break points-TSU 5,MARSHALL 6. Bench points-MARSHALL 36,ASU 33. Largest lead-NT by 7 1st-03:00, MARSHALL by 9 2nd-00:25. Bench points-TSU 18,MARSHALL 22. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-3 times. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-3 times. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-01:12, ASU 2nd-02:38. Last FG-TSU 2nd-02:47, MARSHALL 2nd-00:47. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 6 1st-11:07, ASU by 8 1st-00:34. Largest lead-TSU by 3 1st-19:38, MARSHALL by 27 2nd-04:02. ULM 69, MU 67 MU 56, MSU 51 MU 82, UTA 72

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The Marshall University women’s basketball HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The Thundering Herd women’s basketball HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The Thundering Herd women’s basketball team fought back from an 11-point second half defi cit to tie the game, team, behind a career high 16 points from Chantelle Handy, overcame team jumped out to an 18-point fi rst half lead and held on for an 82-72 but it was not enough as the ULM Warhawks came away with a 69-67 an 11-point defi cit with 14 minutes remaining to top Morehead State, win over UT Arlington Tuesday evening at the Cam Henderson Center. win in the championship game of the Fifth Third MU Classic. 56-51, Tuesday evening at the Cam Henderson Center. Sophomore Tynikki Crook was once again the star for the Herd (5- A jumper by Shannon Davis of ULM (3-1) with eight minutes re- The Herd grabbed a quick 3-0 lead after Angelica Harris was fouled 1), scoring a career high 22 points while tallying fi ve rebounds, three maining gave the Warhawks their largest lead of the game at 11, 56- while hitting a lay-up on the opening possession. She would hit the en- assists and two blocks. 45. Marshall (3-1) began its comeback attempt with a Tynikki Crook suing free throw to make it a 3-0 game. That would be the largest lead Angelica Harris and Alyssa Hammond notched 12 apiece. Harris, jumper. With the ULM lead at seven two minutes later, a lay-up by for Marshall until the second half as Morehead State scored six straight Conference USA’s most accurate three-point shooter entering the con- Alyssa Hammond cut the lead to fi ve. Marshall cut the lead to one on to grab a 6-3 lead. With the score knotted at 8-8 fi ve minutes in, the test, only added to that statistic, going a perfect 3-3 beyond-the-arc. a jumper by Crook, but a ULM free throw, coupled with a missed Mar- Eagles made their second run of the contest, scoring eight straight on She also grabbed a career high eight rebounds. Hammond was a solid shall shot at the buzzer, gave the Warhawks the win. its way to a 16-8 lead. After a lay-up by Brittany Bass, Tiff any Hamilton 6-of-9 from the fl oor with fi ve boards. The Herd looked to be on the right track early on in the contest, hit two quick treys to cap off the run with 13:16 left in the half. The Mavericks (2-4) kept the game close early. After Marshall grabbing an eight-point lead midway through the opening half. The Marshall closed the gap to two points, 18-16, thanks to a Casey Bak- grabbed a 2-0 lead off of the tip, UTA came right back to tie the game. Herd defense was the story at that point, holding ULM to just seven er jumper and a three from Rashedah Henriques. MSU extended the Though UTA would never lead in the contest, the Mavericks forced points while forcing ten turnovers. Crook scored six of MU’s 15 points lead to four after a lay-up by Ashley Martin before two Tynikki Crook three early ties. With the game tied at 8-8 at the 2:37 mark, Marshall to that mark while Chantelle Handy chipped in four. free throws cut the lead back to two with 7:15 left in the half. From that made its fi rst run of the game, scoring nine straight points. A deep ULM used its press defense to force the herd into some tough shots point on, the half was an absolute defensive struggle, with both teams three by Casey Baker started the run, which was followed by two lay- and its off ense took advantage, erasing the Marshall lead and tying the combining for two points for the rest of the half. The exception was a ups by Alix Barnette and a bucket by Andrea Ibezim. game just four minutes later, with 6:38 left until the half. Crook put the three by Courtney Lumpkin with 5:18 remaining, which gave MSU a UTA would cut the Marshall lead to seven before another 9-0 run Herd back on top after connecting on MU’s fi rst shot from the fi eld in 23-18 lead. That was the fi nal score of the half as the teams combined put Marshall up by 16 points. After points from Baker and Crook, Stick almost fi ve minutes, but the Warhakws fought right back, scoring ten to go 0-15 with seven turnovers the rest of the way. Harris and Rashedah Henriques hit threes on consecutive trips down of the next 13 points to grab a fi ve-point lead with 4:27 left in the half. The scoring drought for both teams ended early on in the second the fl oor to make it a 28-12 game. Following a shots by UTA, Harris Marshall fought back in the closing minutes, tying the game at half as early on, the Eagles scored eight straight, led by four from notched yet another Trey to extend the lead to 17 points. halftime, 33-33. Alyssa Hammond accounted for four of the late points, Courtney Lumpkin to extend its lead to 11, 36-25 with 14 minutes re- With seven minutes remaining in the half, a shot by Hammond on her was to 19 for the game, her highest total since scoring a career- maining. Over the next four minutes, Marshall made the game chang- put the Herd up by a game-high 18 points. The Mavericks cut the lead high 23 two seasons ago at Niagara. ing run, scoring 15 in a row to grab a 40-36 lead, its largest of the game. down to 13 points with under two minutes remaining in the half be- The Herd never led in the second half, spotting ULM a lead of as The Herd defense was the story over that run, forcing the Eagles into fore settling for a 15-point halftime defi cit. many as eight points, before falling 69-67. seven turnovers in four minutes. Baker, Crook and Handy combined to In the second stanza, the lead never got below double digits. At the Tynikki Crook recorded her second 20-point scoring eff ort of the go 6-7 from the free throw line over the run, which was capped off by three minute mark of the half, two free throws by Crook gave the Herd season, fi nishing with an even 20 points, eight rebounds and was a a Stick Harris trey halfway through the period. a 48-29 lead, its largest of the contest. strong 8-of-12 from the fi eld. Hammond’s 19-point performance was The Eagles did not fold as a Brittany Pittman hit two straight jump- UTA refused to give up, cutting into the lead steadily over the next highlighted by an 11-of-12 performance from the charity stripe. ers to tie the game and Tiff anie Stephens followed with a bucket of her few minutes. With 9:24 left in the game, a free throw by Shalyn Martin Tania Walters set a career mark with 32 minutes of play against ULM own to put the Eagles back in front, 42-40. With 6:34 left in the contest, cut the lead to 11, the lowest it had been since the halfway point of the while setting a new mark with six steals. That is also the most for any a shot by Handy knotted the game at 44-44 and sent the Herd on a 9-0 opening half. Herd player in the young season. Casey Baker scored eight points with stretch that saw its lead jump to a game high seven points, 51-44, with The Herd lead hovered around there for the next three minutes be- three boards and three assists. 1:29 remaining. MSU had one last run left. Following Handy’s bucket fore a lay-up by Hammond, followed by a Crook jumper put the Herd Jesse Carrier led the Warhawks with 19 points and fi ve rebounds. to give the Herd the seven-point advantage, Tiff any Hamilton hit a back up 14. With 3:12 remaining, Harris hit her third trey, which proved She was 6-of-9 from the fi eld, including 5-7 from three-point range. three to cut the lead to four. Following Stick Harris’ fi fth fi eld goal of the to be the dagger for UTA, putting them down 17. The Mavericks would Of her 19 points, 11 came in the second half. Carrier was the only War- game, a Bozeman trey cut the MU lead to just three points, 53-50, with score six in the fi nal minute to make it an 82-72 fi nal. hawk to score in double-digits. 43 seconds left. Marshall shot a solid .544 from the fi eld for the game, a sharp im- A missed jumper 20 seconds later gave Morehead State the ball provement over its .345 performance last time out against Morehead down three points with under 20 seconds remaining. Following a State. The defense held UTA to .414 shooting, including .367 in the fi rst missed free throw, Handy grabbed the rebound and hit both free half. The Herd was solid on the boards once again, outrebounding UTA throws on the other end to put the game away as the Herd would hold 40-30. It was also dominant in the paint, fi nishing with a 44-30 advan- on for the 56-51 victory. tage inside.

ULM 3-1 MSU 3-2 UTA 2-4 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Wallis 2 4 0 0 4 4 1 2 3 3 8 0 1 0 3 17 WATSON 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 1 2 1 7 0 0 23 MARTIN 5 14 1 2 5 6 1 3 4 4 16 2 4 2 3 40 Davis 3 4 0 0 1 6 2 2 4 1 7 4 2 0 1 29 PITTMAN 3 9 0 0 1 3 7 1 8 5 7 0 2 1 0 23 CHAMPION 6 10 0 0 10 11 1 2 3 3 22 2 2 0 0 32 Moore 1 3 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 4 3 5 7 0 0 27 HAMILTON 4 13 3 9 0 0 1 6 7 2 11 1 0 0 2 39 DIXON 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 7 0 4 2 4 0 0 29 Carrier 6 9 5 7 2 2 1 4 5 2 19 2 1 0 2 31 BOZEMAN 3 9 1 4 1 1 0 5 5 4 8 3 2 1 0 38 NELSON 0 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 10 Torres 3 7 2 6 1 3 1 1 2 3 9 1 4 0 0 26 LUMPKIN 5 14 2 7 1 2 0 2 2 1 13 4 3 0 3 37 TERRAL 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 3 2 4 0 0 2 12 Zollicoff er 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 STEPHENS 1 9 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 1 4 1 2 0 0 15 SHOFNER 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 4 0 6 3 0 3 27 Courtney 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 9 MARTIN 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 2 8 SIMMONS 5 9 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 11 0 3 0 0 25 Leslie 2 5 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 5 5 2 2 0 2 16 BASS 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 14 DUFFEY 3 6 2 4 0 0 2 0 2 2 8 1 0 0 0 14 Rawson 2 4 0 0 1 3 3 1 4 4 5 1 1 0 2 11 COLEMAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 GRACE 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 0 0 2 0 11 Tucker 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 10 TEAM 5 4 9 TEAM 2 5 7 Williams 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 1 2 0 1 14 Totals...... 20 66 6 25 5 10 21 23 44 15 51 10 21 2 9 200 Totals...... 24 58 4 13 20 25 11 19 30 19 72 17 18 4 8 200 Williams 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 TEAM FG% 1st Half: 9-36 25.0% 2nd Half: 11-30 36.7% Game: 30.3% FG% 1st Half: 11-30 36.7% 2nd Half: 13-28 46.4% Game: 41.4% Totals.... 24 49 8 15 13 24 11 19 30 27 69 17 23 0 13 200 3FG% 1st Half: 4-15 26.7% 2nd Half: 2-10 20.0% Game: 24.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 0-3 0.0% 2nd Half: 4-10 40.0% Game: 30.8% FT% 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 4-7 57.1% Game: 50.0% FT% 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 14-17 82.4% Game: 80.0% FG% 1st Half: 13-27 48.1% 2nd Half: 11-22 50.0% Game: 49.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 53.3% Marshall 4-1 Marshall 5-1 FT% 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd Half: 11-21 52.4% Game: 54.2% tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Marshall 3-1 CROOK 4 11 0 0 4 7 2 5 7 2 12 2 0 2 2 24 CROOK 9 12 0 0 4 5 4 1 5 5 22 3 2 2 1 26 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds HANDY 5 12 0 0 6 7 3 5 8 1 16 2 2 0 2 36 HANDY 1 5 0 0 3 4 2 7 9 4 5 3 1 0 0 20 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min GRAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 9 BAKER 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 5 6 5 4 0 1 21 CROOK 8 12 0 0 4 5 5 3 8 4 20 2 1 0 1 27 BARNETTE 1 9 0 3 2 3 1 1 2 0 4 5 1 0 1 29 BARNETTE 3 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 6 3 3 0 1 20 HANDY 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 6 1 3 0 0 26 HARRIS 5 6 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 13 2 3 0 2 32 HARRIS 3 4 3 3 3 4 2 6 8 2 12 7 2 0 1 30 BAKER 3 11 0 1 2 4 1 2 3 5 8 3 3 0 2 28 BAKER 2 9 0 2 2 2 0 7 7 1 6 3 3 0 2 24 GRAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 HARRIS 1 4 1 3 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 3 2 0 1 27 HENRIQUES 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 10 HENRIQUES 2 9 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 2 1 0 0 25 WALTERS 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 4 0 6 32 MITCHELL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 MITCHELL 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 9 GRAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 HAMMOND 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 11 KRISTIANSEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 HENRIQUES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 WALTERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 HAMMOND 6 9 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 4 12 0 4 0 1 19 BARNETTE 1 8 0 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 2 3 5 0 1 23 IBEZIM 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 9 WALTERS 0 2 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 11 HAMMOND 4 5 0 0 11 12 4 0 4 4 19 1 5 0 0 21 TEAM 5 5 2 IBEZIM 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 8 0 0 0 0 13 IBEZIM 2 4 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 7 Totals..... 19 55 3 8 15 20 11 28 39 14 56 16 19 4 13 200 LISONBEE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 TEAM 1 3 4 TEAM 2 3 5 Totals.... 23 52 1 6 20 30 16 18 34 25 67 15 23 0 11 200 FG% 1st Half: 6-25 24.0% 2nd Half: 13-30 43.3% Game: 34.5% Totals...... 31 57 6 11 14 24 14 26 40 27 82 24 23 2 7 200 3FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 2-3 66.7% Game: 37.5% FT% 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 10-14 71.4% Game: 75.0% FG% 1st Half: 12-19 63.2% 2nd Half: 11-33 33.3% Game: 44.2% FG% 1st Half: 17-31 54.8% 2nd Half: 14-26 53.8% Game: 54.4% 3FG% 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 16.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-3 66.7% Game: 54.5% FT% 1st Half: 9-13 69.2% 2nd Half: 11-17 64.7% Game: 66.7% Offi cials: Laura Morris, Jim Vastine, Marissa Whaley FT% 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 9-17 52.9% Game: 58.3% Technical fouls: MOR-None. Marshall-None. Offi cials: Sue Blauch, Felicia Grinter, Erica Bradley Attendance: 467 Offi cials: June Courteau, Laura Morris, Meadow Overstreet Technical fouls: ULM-None. Marshall-None. Technical fouls: UTA-None. Marshall-None. Attendance: 566 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Attendance: 795 MOR 23 28 51 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Marshall 18 38 56 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total ULM 33 36 69 UTA 28 44 72 Marshall 33 34 67 Points in the paint-MOR 26,MARSHALL 22. Marshall 43 39 82 Points off turnovers-MOR 18,MARSHALL 20. Points in the paint-ULM 24,MARSHALL 36. 2nd chance points-MOR 14,MARSHALL 12. Points in the paint-UTA 30,MARSHALL 44. Points off turnovers-ULM 24,MARSHALL 18. Fast break points-MOR 6,MARSHALL 4. Points off turnovers-UTA 18,MARSHALL 16. 2nd chance points-ULM 11,MARSHALL 15. Bench points-MOR 10,MARSHALL 11. 2nd chance points-UTA 15,MARSHALL 22. Fast break points-ULM 4,MARSHALL 8. Score tied-7 times. Lead changed-4 times. Fast break points-UTA 8,MARSHALL 13. Bench points-ULM 23,MARSHALL 26. Last FG-MOR 2nd-00:43, MARSHALL 2nd-00:53. Bench points-UTA 27,MARSHALL 31. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-6 times. Largest lead-MOR by 11 2nd-14:01, MARSHALL by 7 2nd-01:29. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-ULM 2nd-00:30, MARSHALL 2nd-00:13. Last FG-UTA 2nd-00:21, MARSHALL 2nd-00:53. Largest lead-ULM by 11 2nd-10:32, MARSHALL by 8 1st-10:34. Largest lead-UTA None, MARSHALL by 19 2nd-16:59. SHU 73, MU 52 OU 67, MU 53 MU 91, HBU 50

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - Seton Hall forward Kandice Green and guard HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Chantelle Handy tied her career mark in scor- HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Thirteen players found their way onto the Nicole Emery scored 18 points as the Pirates grabbed a 73-52 win over ing and rebounding, but it was not enough as the Thundering Herd score sheet as the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team ended the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team on Saturday afternoon women’s basketball team fell to Ohio University, 67-53, Saturday at the its two-game slide in dominant fashion, taking down Houston Baptist at Walsh Gymnasium. Cam Henderson Center. by a 91-50 margin Tuesday evening at the Cam Henderson Center. With under 12 minutes remaining and the score tied at 45, the Pi- Handy led Marshall with 16 points and grabbed a game high 13 Marshall (6-3) led by 23 points at the half before pulling away by as rates (5-1) fi nished the game on a 28-7 run to take the win. The SHU boards. Ohio U. (3-5) led the Herd (5-3) from start to fi nish, leading by many as 46 points in the second half. The Herd held a decided advan- defense held Marshall (5-2) to just two points over the fi nal seven min- as many as 18 points in the second half. tage in several categories, but none more obvious than its advantage utes of the game. Alyssa Hammond led the Herd with 11 points while Scoring was at a premium early for Marshall as the Herd was able to in the paint, outscoring Houston Baptist (3-8) by an astounding 44 Chantelle Handy notched ten. muster up just two points over the fi rst 6:35 of the contest. The Bobcats points, 66-22. Rebounding was the story early on as Seton Hall took control at the opened up an early 5-0 lead before a jumper by Handy got MU on the Tynikki Crook led all scorers with 17 points while Alix Barnette, Ch- start. The Pirates grabbed eight off ensive rebounds over the fi rst eight board almost two minutes in. antelle Handy and Alyssa Hammond all made their way into double minutes on its way to a 23-13 lead. With the game tied at 7-7, Ebonie Ohio reeled off the next six points before Tynikki Crook scored to fi gures. Handy fl irted with a triple-double late, fi nishing with 12 points, Williams hit a shot that sent the Pirates on the run, which saw Kandice make it an 11-4 game. With the Bobcats up 14-5 nine minutes in, Mar- seven assists and six rebounds. Her seven helpers tied her career high, Green score six points. After Nicole Emery hit two free throws to give shall looked poised to get back into the game, scoring six straight to which was set against Morehead State in 2006. SHU the ten point lead, Marshall made its fi rst run of the game. The get within three. Handy scored two before Casey Baker scored the next After scoring just fi ve points in the fi rst 11 minutes against Ohio U., Herd scored the next four points before a bucket extended the SHU four to make it a 14-11 game with 6:49 left in the half. the Herd topped that total just 1:28 into the contest against the Hus- lead back to eight, 25-17. From that point, the Herd would go on a 16-5 Over the next four minutes, 6-0 runs by each team made it a three- kies. Handy found Crook under the basket for a lay-up on the opening run to end the half. point Bobcat lead with 2:31 left before OU hit three shots in the fi nal possession. Following a score of her own, Handy found Crook a minute Rashedah Henriques knocked down a three and just 20 seconds two minutes to hold a nine point lead, 28-19, at the half. later to put the Herd up 6-0. later, hit a free throw to make it a 25-21 game. Alyssa Hammond scored Marshall was unable to regroup at the half as Ohio scored the fi rst With Marshall up 15-7 at the 6:37 mark of the fi rst half, Houston on the next trip down the fl oor to bring Marshall within two, 25-23. nine points of the second half to grab an 18-point lead just over two Baptist seemed poised to make it a game. Jelela Simpson hit a jumper Following a Pirate free throw with 4:47 left in the half, Hammond cut minutes in. A bucket by Baker three minutes into the half marked Mar- and following a missed Marshall shot, Raquel Jones hit a trey to get the the lead to one after hitting a jumper. The run did not stop there as shall’s fi rst points since the opening period. Huskies within three, 15-12. At that point, Marshall took control of the Angelica Harris scored her fi rst points of the game, give Marshall its Down by 17 with 13 minutes left, the Herd began to show some game and would never look back. Consecutive jumpers by Crook sent fi rst lead of the contest, 27-26. The lead was extended to three points fi ght. Following a shot by Handy, Alix Barnette scored on two straight the Herd on an 11-0 run. Crook’s play was pivotal early on as she scored on a deep Chantelle Handy jumper with 3:27 remaining until halftime, possessions to cut the lead to 11. Ohio U. countered with a Lauren 12 of MU’s fi rst 19 points. Up 35-20 with 2:47 left in the half, Marshall forcing Seton Hall to use its second timeout of the half. Buckets were Hmiel layup and a Jenny Poff trey to extend the lead back to 16, 49- went on an 8-0 run to take a 23-point lead to the dressing room. traded over the fi nal three minutes as the Herd would take a 33-30 lead 33. The Herd kept the pedal to the metal in the second half, opening to the dressing room. Just when it looked like Marshall had dug to large of a hole, it up with a 15-4 run to take a 58-24 lead just fi ve minutes in. With seven Marshall’s defense was diff erence in its run to end the half. After scored seven of the next nine points to cut the lead back into single minutes remaining in the game, Raechele Gray found Andrea Ibezim allowing the Pirates to come up with eight off ensive boards in the fi rst digits, 51-42. On the ensuing trip down the fl oor, Jenny Poff ’s third for a lay-up that put the Herd up by a game high 46 points. The Huskies eight minutes, Marshall allowed the Pirates just one over the fi nal 12. three-pointer of the game put Ohio U. back up by 12 points and the cut into the lead, closing within 40 points in the fi nal three minutes Rebounding was not the only diff erence maker for the defense, as it Herd would not be able to rebound, failing to cut the lead into single before falling 91-50. forced the Pirates into 16 fi rst-half turnovers. The second half began digits the rest of the way as the Bobcats would hold on to win by a 67- Marshall dominated Houston Baptist in all facets of the game, fi n- the same way as the fi rst. The Pirates opened up on a 10-2 run over the 53 margin. ishing with a 48-26 edge in rebounding, 27-12 in assists, 29-6 in points fi rst three minutes as four players scored. A three by Casey Baker ended Chantelle Handy continued her strong play thus far in 2008-09, off turnovers and 22-6 in second chance points. The defense also did the run and brought the Herd back to within two, 40-38. hitting double digits in scoring for the fourth time this season after its job, forcing 18 HBU turnovers while committing just nine of its own. With the score tied at 45-45 with 11:48 remaining, the Pirates went hitting that margin just nine times in her fi rst two years. She tied her ca- That was the lowest number of turnovers for MU since turning it over on a 9-1 run, helped by a 7-of-8 stretch from the free throw line. Fol- reer mark with 16 points, which was set two weeks ago against More- ten times against UCF in 2006. lowing a shot by Handy to bring the Herd back within six, 56-50, Seton head State and tied her top rebounding mark of 13, which was set last Several Marshall players had banner nights. Alaya Mitchell, Raech- Hall put the game out of reach, scoring the next 13 to go up 69-50. Fol- year at Memphis. Crook was the only other double digit scorer for MU, ele Gray, Annette Kristiansen and Keona Brooks all set career marks in lowing two free throws by Alix Barnette, the Pirates added four more fi nishing with 12 points. She also had four rebounds and two blocks. scoring while Kamille Lisonbee tied her mark. Mitchell led all newcom- points to complete the 73-52 victory. Laruen Hmiel led the Bobcats with 16 points and nine rebounds. ers with nine points, going a perfect 3-of-3 from the fl oor. Chandra Myers scored 14 while Poff fi nished with 11. She was 3-of-7 beyond the arc.

Ohio U. 3-5 HBU 3-8 Marshall 5-2 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Buckner 2 3 0 0 3 6 4 4 8 3 7 3 2 1 0 26 SIMPSON 4 5 0 0 5 7 0 1 1 2 13 0 0 0 1 26 CROOK 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 0 1 16 Myers 6 11 0 0 2 2 1 7 8 3 14 1 1 1 0 28 MORRIS 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 2 2 0 5 2 0 18 JONES 5 11 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 2 2 0 1 27 HANDY 5 11 0 0 0 0 5 4 9 1 10 0 3 0 2 37 Poff 4 9 3 7 0 0 3 1 4 3 11 2 2 0 2 36 THOMAS 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 24 BAKER 2 9 1 4 4 6 0 1 1 5 9 3 3 2 3 33 Hmiel 6 12 0 0 4 6 3 6 9 2 16 1 3 1 1 39 WRIGHT 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 15 BARNETTE 2 13 0 3 2 5 1 1 2 4 6 1 5 0 0 23 Bushby 4 11 1 6 1 3 0 3 3 2 10 9 2 1 5 39 MAYBERRY 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 5 0 0 15 HARRIS 2 4 0 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 6 2 0 0 0 32 Woodmore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 LITTLE 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 HENRIQUES 1 3 1 3 1 2 3 2 5 1 4 0 2 0 0 18 Gholson 4 5 0 0 0 2 3 1 4 3 8 0 1 0 0 18 GREEN 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 18 MITCHELL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Cain 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 SPRIGGS 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 3 4 1 1 1 0 17 HAMMOND 4 10 0 0 3 4 1 2 3 2 11 1 3 0 0 18 Ohakim 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 BAPOO 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 9 WALTERS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 TEAM 1 2 3 1 LISSOUCK 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 IBEZIM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 1 0 10 Totals.... 26 53 4 13 11 21 16 25 41 20 67 16 13 4 8 200 GREENLEAF 3 11 1 5 2 2 1 2 3 1 9 0 0 0 0 15 LISONBEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM 1 1 Totals.... 19 57 5 23 7 9 8 18 26 14 50 12 18 3 4 200 TEAM 4 1 5 FG% 1st Half: 12-26 46.2% 2nd Half: 14-27 51.9% Game: 49.1% Totals.... 19 60 2 12 12 19 17 16 33 22 52 10 21 3 6 200 3FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 30.8% FG% 1st Half: 8-27 29.6% 2nd Half: 11-30 36.7% Game: 33.3% FT% 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 8-13 61.5% Game: 52.4% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd Half: 3-15 20.0% Game: 21.7% FG% 1st Half: 14-33 42.4% 2nd Half: 5-27 18.5% Game: 31.7% FT% 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd Half: 5-6 83.3% Game: 77.8% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 16.7% Marshall 5-3 FT% 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 63.2% tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Marshall 6-3 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Seton Hall 5-1 CROOK 4 8 0 0 4 7 1 3 4 3 12 1 3 2 0 17 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds HANDY 8 12 0 0 0 0 5 8 13 3 16 1 0 0 0 37 CROOK 8 10 0 0 1 2 4 3 7 2 17 3 0 0 1 18 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HAMMOND 3 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 6 0 3 0 0 19 HANDY 6 8 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 12 7 0 0 2 24 BAKER 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 4 4 1 7 3 1 0 3 24 WOMACK 4 6 0 0 4 6 5 7 12 2 12 1 3 0 1 34 BAKER 2 8 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 4 6 4 1 0 0 25 HENRIQUES 1 6 0 1 0 0 3 3 6 2 2 3 0 0 0 24 JOSEPH 2 4 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 3 6 0 2 0 0 15 HARRIS 1 7 0 4 1 1 1 3 4 0 3 2 0 0 1 30 BARNETTE 6 12 1 2 2 2 1 3 4 2 15 1 2 0 1 25 BOOKER 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 4 0 0 16 GRAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 GRAY 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 10 EMERY 5 8 0 0 8 10 1 3 4 3 18 2 4 3 0 26 HENRIQUES 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 14 MITCHELL 3 3 0 0 3 7 0 2 2 2 9 0 0 0 0 15 WILLIAMS 1 7 0 4 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 2 3 1 0 28 MITCHELL 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 HARRIS 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 11 BROWN 1 5 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 4 5 0 3 24 BARNETTE 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3 0 0 1 11 BROOKS 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 6 HEBER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 BROOKS 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 KRISTIANSEN 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 RHODIN 2 4 1 2 4 4 3 2 5 2 9 2 0 0 1 27 WALTERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 28 HAMMOND 5 7 0 0 1 2 0 5 5 1 11 2 1 0 0 15 WOOD 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 IBEZIM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 WALTERS 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 GREEN 5 9 0 0 8 9 0 6 6 2 18 0 2 0 1 24 TEAM 2 2 2 IBEZIM 4 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 8 2 1 0 0 7 LISONBEE 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 10 TEAM 3 3 6 Totals.... 21 53 1 6 10 17 11 20 31 19 53 14 13 2 3 200 TEAM 1 3 4 Totals..... 21 46 1 7 30 37 13 29 42 15 73 12 23 4 6 200 FG% 1st Half: 6-21 28.6% 2nd Half: 15-32 46.9% Game: 39.6% Totals.... 41 71 1 4 8 16 16 32 48 16 91 27 9 0 9 200 FG% 1st Half: 12-27 44.4% 2nd Half: 9-19 47.4% Game: 45.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 0-3 0.0% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% Game: 16.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 0-3 0.0% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 14.3% FT% 1st Half: 7-9 77.8% 2nd Half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 58.8% FG% 1st Half: 20-38 52.6% 2nd Half: 21-33 63.6% Game: 57.7% FT% 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd Half: 24-28 85.7% Game: 81.1% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 0-0 0.0% Game: 25.0% Offi cials: Tina Napier, Laura Morria, Erica Bradley FT% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 50.0% Offi cials: Angela Lewis, Jack Plunkett, Patti Fernandes Technical fouls: OHIO-None. Marshall-None. Technical fouls: Marshall-None. Seton Hall-None. Attendance: 792 Offi cials: Bryan Enterline, Roy Gulbeyan, Jim Vastine Attendance: Technical fouls: HBU-None. Marshall-None. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Attendance: 277 Marshall 33 19 52 OHIO 28 39 67 Seton Hall 30 43 73 Marshall 19 34 53 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total HBU 20 30 50 Points in the paint-MARSHALL 18,SHU 28. Points in the paint-OHIO 36,MARSHALL 28. Marshall 43 48 91 Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 19,SHU 15. Points off turnovers-OHIO 14,MARSHALL 14. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 9,SHU 16. 2nd chance points-OHIO 12,MARSHALL 10. Points in the paint-HBU 22,MARSHALL 66. Fast break points-MARSHALL 0,SHU 8. Fast break points-OHIO 14,MARSHALL 5. Points off turnovers-HBU 6,MARSHALL 29. Bench points-MARSHALL 15,SHU 31. Bench points-OHIO 9,MARSHALL 10. 2nd chance points-HBU 6,MARSHALL 22. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-12 times. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Fast break points-HBU 0,MARSHALL 8. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-07:08, SHU 2nd-03:29. Last FG-OHIO 2nd-02:27, MARSHALL 2nd-00:45. Bench points-HBU 19,MARSHALL 38. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 3 1st-03:28, SHU by 21 2nd-02:06. Largest lead-OHIO by 18 2nd-17:41, MARSHALL None. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-HBU 2nd-00:00, MARSHALL 2nd-00:43. Largest lead-HBU None, MARSHALL by 46 2nd-07:06. Richmond 74, MU 49 Mississippi St 73, MU 65 MU 89, UNCA 68

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The University of Richmond opened up a 30- COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A valiant eff ort for the Thundering Herd came COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Four players fi nished in double fi gures as point halftime lead and did not look back, downing the Thundering up short as it fell to Mississippi State, 73-65, in the opening game of the the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team powered its way to an Herd women’s basketball team, 74-49 Saturday afternoon at the Cam Terrapin Classic Monday afternoon at the Comcast Center. 89-68 win over UNC Asheville in the consolation game of the Terrapin Henderson Center. Alyssa Hammond led Marshall with 20 points, her fi rst 20-point Classic. The Spiders (9-1) shot .731 in the fi rst half while holding the Herd performance since scoring 23 against Niagara two years ago. Casey Marshall (7-5) opened up a 10-0 lead to open the game and never (6-4) to just 16 fi rst-half points. Baker scored a season high 18. looked back, shooting .600 from the fi eld en reoute to the 21-point Tynikki Crook was once again the top scorer for the Herd, fi nish- In a low scoring fi rst half, the Thundering Herd found itself ahead win. As was the case in the fi rst game of the tournament against Missis- ing with 13 points. Chantelle Handy and Alyssa Hammond scored 11 the whole way. Tynikki Crook got the scoring started, hitting a shot just sippi State, the Thundering Herd played a dominant fi rst half, scoring apiece. Handy led all players with seven rebounds, including four on over a minute in. Five straight points by Alyssa Hammond put the Herd the fi rst ten points of the game before going to the locker room with a the off ensive glass. up 7-2 two minutes later. 36-30 lead at the half. Richmond shot .731 in the opening half en route to a 46-16 half- Mississippi State inched its way back into the game, cutting the Four points from Andrea Ibezim paced the Herd early on as it went time lead. Danielle Bell got the Spiders on the board with a three on Herd lead to as little as a point, 10-9, with 14 minutes left in the half. up 10-0 just over three minutes in. Five straight points by Ana Baker of their fi rst possession. With Richmond up 5-0, Casey Baker hit a lay-up Up 19-17 halfway through the opening period, Marshall went on an UNC Asheville (3-9) cut the lead in half an Angelica Harris three-pointer to put Marshall on the board. 8-0 run to grab its fi rst double digit lead. Four players scored in the run, put the Herd back up by eight. The Spiders scored the next six before Tynikki Crook made it an 11- which was capped off by Angelica Harris’ second three of the contest The Bulldogs came right back, cutting the lead to a point, 15-14, 4 game. Richmond continued its hot shooting, going on a 13-4 run to with six minutes left, forcing the Bulldogs to use their second timeout at the 7:26 mark before Marshall went on a 15-2 stretch to open up go up 24-8. Following another bucket by Crook, the Spiders kept the of the game. its largest lead of the game at 30-16. Keona Brooks led the way at pressure on, fi nishing the half on a 22-6 run, taking a 46-16 lead to the The stoppage worked in favor of Mississippi State, who kept the that point, recording six of eight Marshall points over a three-minute dressing room. Herd scoreless for four minutes while putting up eight straight points stretch. It was the second time in three games the Herd failed to score 20 of their own to cut the lead to two. Tysheka Grimes and Armelia Luma- UNC Asheville turned the tables once again, fi nishing the half with points in the opening half. In last Saturday’s game against Ohio U., the nu put up all of MSU’s points in the run, scoring four apiece. Marshall a 14-6 run to close within six points, 36-30, at halftime. Baker was pivot- Herd scored just 19 points in the opening stanza. would eventually settle for a 32-29 halftime lead. al in the run, scoring seven of the fi nal ten points of the half for UNCA, The second half began in a similar to fashion as the fi rst half. The After closing the fi rst half on a 12-5 run, Mississippi State came out eventually fi nishing the opening half with 14 points. Herd looked poised for a comeback, notching the fi rst four points of fi ring in the second half, opening up on a 16-1 run to open up a 12- In Monday’s game against Mississippi State, Marshall let the Bull- the half, but a 7-0 Spider run ended that momentum. point lead. The Bulldogs took advantage of early foul trouble for the dogs back in the game with an early second half run, but refused to let Richmond’s lead hovered around 30 for the remainder of the con- Herd, who committed seven fouls in the fi rst four minutes of the half. the same thing happen against UNCA. An 11-0 march to begin the half test until the fi nal few minutes when the Herd cut the lead to 25 as the With Marshall holding a 33-31 lead, Alexis Rack hit her third three- gave Marshall its largest margin of the contest at 17 points, game would fi nish 74-49. pointer of the game to give Mississippi State its fi rst lead of the game Kendall Shepard, who scored three points for UNCA in the fi rst half, Richmond out-shot the Herd, .549-.378 while fi nishing with a re- with 18:54 remaining. That shot sent the Bulldogs on a 14-0 stretch tallied six straight to close the gap to 11 points, but in a game that bounding advantage of 32-26. that saw them grab a 45-33 advantage. The lead hovered between 12 provided several runs by both teams, the Herd made its mark, quickly Johanna McKnight led Richmond with 14 points while Samantha and 15 points until Rack’s fi fth trey of the game put MSU up by 18, the responding to open up a 20-point advantage at 60-40. Bilney tallied 11 and Rachael Bilney had 10. largest lead either team would have in the contest. Chantelle Handy, who recorded two points in the fi rst stanza, Just when it looked like the Herd was down and out, back-to-back notched ten in the fi rst eight minutes of the closing half. Alix Barnette threes by Baker cut the lead to 12. After stopping Mississippi State, also made her presence known. With Marshall holding a 64-44 advan- Marshall got the lead back to single digits on the strength of a shot by tage, Barnette scored eight of MU’s next ten points as it opened up a Hammond, who was fouled on the play. The made free throw cut the 74-52 lead. The lead reached as many as 29 points with 4:37 remaining MSU lead to nine, 67-58. before UNC Asheville closed the lead under 20 points in the closing After two Rack free throws pushed the Bulldog lead back to 11, minutes. Hammond hit two free throws and after another defensive stop, Chan- Handy paced the Herd with 14 points while Keona Brooks chipped telle Handy hit a deep three, her fi rst since her freshman season against in a career high 13 points along with grabbing a career high four re- Tulane, to bring the Herd within six, 69-63, with just over a minute left. bounds. Barnette and Harris each fi nished with 11. Marshall not only It was too little, too late, though, as the Bulldogs were able to over- scorched the nets on the off ensive end, it also played strong defen- come Marshall’s press and notch a bucket. On the ensuing Marshall sively, holding the Bulldogs to .348 shooting and just 23 fi eld goals. possession, a forced turnover sealed the game for MSU. Ana Baker led UNCA with 14 points while Shepard recorded 13.

Richmond 9-1 Mississippi State 11-0 Marshall 7-5 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min BILNEY 5 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 11 2 2 0 0 27 Rack 6 11 5 9 6 8 1 2 3 0 23 1 4 0 1 31 BAKER 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 7 4 0 0 26 THOMAS 2 4 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 4 6 0 0 1 1 15 Tate 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 4 0 1 4 0 0 25 CROOK 4 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 9 1 0 1 0 11 SHELLS 2 9 0 2 0 0 1 3 4 1 4 4 3 0 1 22 Lumanu 6 11 0 0 3 4 3 1 4 2 15 3 5 0 3 30 BARNETTE 3 5 2 2 3 4 2 4 6 1 11 4 1 0 1 20 MCKNIGHT 5 9 1 2 3 3 3 3 6 2 14 1 1 0 2 22 Mokango 0 2 0 0 3 4 2 4 6 5 3 0 3 1 0 20 HANDY 6 8 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 3 14 1 3 0 1 28 BELL 3 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 3 4 1 1 21 Govero 5 13 1 3 0 1 1 3 4 2 11 2 0 1 2 23 HARRIS 4 7 1 4 2 2 1 3 4 1 11 3 1 0 0 19 THARRINGTON 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 4 2 1 0 1 15 Kalonda 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 GRAY 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 OLIVER 2 6 1 1 4 5 1 3 4 1 9 3 2 0 3 26 Johnson 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 HENRIQUES 2 5 0 3 0 0 2 3 5 1 4 2 1 0 0 18 BILNEY 4 6 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 2 10 1 2 0 0 19 Washington 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 11 MITCHELL 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 1 0 0 0 20 KRETCHMAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 8 Grimes 5 9 0 3 2 4 1 1 2 0 12 2 1 2 4 24 BROOKS 5 5 0 0 3 4 0 4 4 1 13 2 1 0 1 20 ZYGAITE 4 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 3 8 3 1 0 1 25 Porter 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4 0 2 0 1 17 KRISTIANSEN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 TEAM 1 2 3 TEAM HAMMOND 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 1 0 0 6 Totals..... 28 51 6 12 12 16 12 20 32 19 74 23 16 2 11 200 Totals..... 26 55 7 16 14 22 10 21 31 19 73 12 20 4 13 200 WALTERS 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 12 IBEZIM 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 6 0 3 0 0 11 FG% 1st Half: 19-26 73.1% 2nd Half: 9-25 36.0% Game: 54.9% FG% 1st Half: 11-24 45.8% 2nd Half: 15-31 48.4% Game: 47.3% LISONBEE 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 3FG% 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 50.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 43.8% TEAM 1 2 3 FT% 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 8-10 80.0% Game: 75.0% FT% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 10-13 76.9% Game: 63.6% Totals..... 36 60 6 15 11 14 8 27 35 21 89 26 18 1 5 200

Marshall 6-4 Marshall 6-5 FG% 1st Half: 16-28 57.1% 2nd Half: 20-32 62.5% Game: 60.0% tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds 3FG% 1st Half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd Half: 4-6 66.7% Game: 40.0% Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min FT% 1st Half: 2-2 100% 2nd Half: 9-12 75.0% Game: 78.6% CROOK 5 9 0 0 3 5 2 3 5 4 13 1 5 1 1 19 BAKER 7 11 3 3 1 2 1 4 5 4 18 3 6 0 6 32 HANDY 5 11 0 0 1 2 4 3 7 2 11 2 4 0 1 28 CROOK 2 3 0 0 2 4 1 1 2 4 6 0 2 0 1 12 UNCA 3-9 BAKER 2 7 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 5 3 1 0 1 25 BARNETTE 0 6 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 2 0 1 20 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds HENRIQUES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 2 2 0 1 14 HANDY 3 6 1 1 0 0 2 5 7 3 7 2 0 0 0 25 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min BARNETTE 2 8 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 4 6 0 2 0 0 26 HARRIS 2 6 2 4 0 0 1 4 5 0 6 4 1 0 0 29 SHEPARD 4 8 2 3 3 3 2 3 5 0 13 3 1 0 2 35 GRAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 HENRIQUES 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 12 OKOLI 2 8 0 1 0 0 5 2 7 1 4 0 2 0 0 23 MITCHELL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 MITCHELL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 12 MONTGOMERY 3 6 0 0 2 5 1 2 3 2 8 0 2 1 2 17 HARRIS 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 BROOKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 BAKER 6 14 1 3 1 1 3 3 6 3 14 1 3 0 2 36 BROOKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 HAMMOND 5 9 0 0 10 12 2 4 6 2 20 3 2 0 0 32 MONROE 2 8 0 0 4 9 3 0 3 2 8 1 4 1 0 28 HAMMOND 2 6 1 1 6 8 3 0 3 2 11 0 2 0 2 20 WALTERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 15 MOORE 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 WALTERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 IBEZIM 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 0 1 0 1 14 THOMPSON 3 8 3 7 2 2 2 1 3 0 11 1 0 0 0 15 IBEZIM 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 14 TEAM 1 1 1 JONES 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 7 TEAM 2 2 1 Totals.... 23 51 6 12 13 18 9 24 33 25 65 14 23 0 10 200 DERICI 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 Totals...... 17 45 2 7 13 21 12 14 26 26 49 12 20 2 6 200 AUGHBURNS 2 6 0 1 2 2 3 3 6 3 6 1 3 1 0 19 FG% 1st Half: 12-26 46.2% 2nd Half: 11-25 44.0% Game: 45.1% RAINEY 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 10 FG% 1st Half: 5-16 31.3% 2nd Half: 12-29 41.4% Game: 37.8% 3FG% 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 50.0% TEAM 2 2 4 3FG% 1st Half: 0-1 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 28.6% FT% 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 8-11 72.7% Game: 72.2% Totals.... 23 66 6 15 16 24 23 17 40 14 68 9 17 3 9 200 FT% 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd Half: 7-14 50.0% Game: 61.9% Offi cials: Mark Zentz, Terri Maddock, Angelica Suff ren FG% 1st Half: 11-29 37.9% 2nd Half: 12-37 32.4% Game: 34.8% Offi cials: John Whitson, Kevin Pethel, Royce Blevins Technical fouls: Mississippi State-None. Marshall-HANDY, Chantelle. 3FG% 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 40.0% Technical fouls: RICHMOND-None. Marshall-None. Attendance: FT% 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd Half: 11-14 78.6% Game: 66.7% Attendance: 286 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Mississippi State 29 44 73 Technical fouls: Marshall-None. UNCA-None. RICHMOND 46 28 74 Marshall 32 33 65 Attendance: Marshall 16 33 49 Points in the paint-MS 32,MARSHALL 30. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Points in the paint-RICHMOND 32,MARSHALL 24. Points off turnovers-MS 24,MARSHALL 24. Marshall 36 53 89 Points off turnovers-RICHMOND 24,MARSHALL 16. 2nd chance points-MS 8,MARSHALL 11. UNCA 30 38 68 2nd chance points-RICHMOND 10,MARSHALL 9. Fast break points-MS 10,MARSHALL 6. Fast break points-RICHMOND 10,MARSHALL 4. Bench points-MS 21,MARSHALL 28. Score tied-0 times. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 38,UNCA 10. Bench points-RICHMOND 31,MARSHALL 14. Lead changed-1 time. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 28,UNCA 20. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-MS 2nd-00:27, MARSHALL 2nd-00:22. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 12,UNCA 22. Last FG-RICHMOND 2nd-01:31, MARSHALL 2nd-01:10. Largest lead-MS by 18 2nd-04:31, MARSHALL by 10 1st-06:29. Fast break points-MARSHALL 14,UNCA 9. Largest lead-RICHMOND by 35 2nd-16:19, MARSHALL None. Bench points-MARSHALL 39,UNCA 21. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-00:14, UNCA 2nd-01:25. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 29 2nd-04:37, UNCA None. ECU 70, MU 47 MU 70, SMU 63 MU 51, Tulsa 37

GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina jumped out to a 28-point fi rst half DALLAS - Alyssa Hammond scored 18 points, including 14 in the TULSA, Okla. - The Marshall University women’s basketball team lead and never looked back, topping the Thundering Herd women’s second half to lead the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team to a put forth its best defensive eff ort in over fi ve years, topping Tulsa, 51- basketball team, 70-47, in Saturday’s Conference USA opener at Min- 70-63 win over the defending Conference USA champions SMU Thurs- 37 Saturday afternoon at the Reynolds Center. ges Coliseum. day evening at Moody Coliseum. Marshall (9-6, 2-1 C-USA) held Tulsa (5-10, 1-2 C-USA) to 37 points The Pirates (10-4, 1-0 C-USA) defense was the diff erence maker With the score tied at 60-60 with three minutes remaining, the for the game, the lowest total allowed by the Herd since topping Mor- early on, holding Marshall (7-6, 0-1 C-USA) to just 15 points in the fi rst Herd (8-6, 1-1 C-USA) outscored SMU (8-7, 1-1 C-USA) 10-3 over the gan State by an 88-34 margin in November of 2003. half and a shooting percentage of just .207. remainder of the game to take the win, its fi rst in fi ve tries against the Alyssa Hammond was once again the star for the Thundering Herd, What looked like a solid start for the Herd turned into a rough fi rst Mustangs. fi nishing with 18 points for the second consecutive game. Hammond half that saw East Carolina lead by as many as 28 points. Casey Baker The fi rst half was a back-and-forth match, with the lead being scored six of MU’s fi rst nine points of the game. and Tynikki Crook recorded a bucket apiece in the fi rst minute to put changed fi ve times. Marshall had the dominant hand early on, jump- The Herd played a strong fi rst half, taking a 25-16 lead into halftime. the Herd up 4-0, but it was all Pirates from there. ing out to a 9-0 lead. With the Herd up 2-0 thanks to a Tynikki Crook Marshall opened up the game on a 7-4 stretch over the fi rst six minutes With Marshall holding onto a 6-2 advantage, the Pirates would reel layup, Casey Baker took the ball all the way down the fl oor for a score. before Tulsa reeled off six straight points to take a 10-7 lead, forcing off 36 of the next 40 points on the way to a dominating 38-10 lead. It On the ensuing possession, Baker hit a wide open Alix Barnette, who head coach Royce Chadwick to use his fi rst timeout of the game. was a team eff ort for ECU, who saw eight players make their way into hit a three to give MU a 7-0 lead, forcing SMU to use its fi rst timeout. The stoppage turned out to be an advantage for the Herd, who the scorebook during the run. Another Crook score made it a 9-0 game before SMU would score. scored the next 11 points to go up 18-10. MU’s defense did its job, While cranking on all cylinders on off ense, the Pirates played stingy With Marshall up 11-2, SMU made its run. The Mustangs reeled off 12 holding the Golden Hurricane scoreless over a seven-minute stretch defense, holding the Herd to just .207 shooting from the fl oor in the of the next 14 points to take its fi rst lead of the game, 14-13. A Baker before a Kara Vaughan scored with 5:21 left in the half. half. Marshall was held to just two points and no fi eld goals over a 14- three gave the Herd the lead right back as the teams would swap it fi ve Consecutive fi eld goals from Alyssa Hammond put the Herd up 22- minute stretch in the fi rst stanza. teams over the remainder of the period. 12, its fi rst double-digit lead of the contest. A three-pointer from Casey Marshall closed slightly near the end of the half, closing to 25 be- Delisha Wills scored the fi nal eight points of the half for the Mus- Baker put MU up by 12 before late scores by Tulsa cut halftime lead to fore Jasmine Young, who notched 12 points in the half, hit a three at tangs as SMU took a 29-26 lead at the half. Wills fi nished the half with nine, 25-16. the buzzer to extend the lead back to 28 points at the half. ten points to lead all scorers. Marshall stayed close despite 15 fi rst-half Larrissa Williams led Tulsa on a 6-2 run to open the second half, cut- The second half opened up in the same fashion as the fi rst half for turnovers and a 10-2 defi cit in fouls. ting the Marshall lead to just fi ve points, 27-22. With Marshall up fi ve, ECU. After Marshall scored the opening basket, the Pirates scored 14 SMU extended the lead to six points, 40-34, just over four minutes 29-24, Baker took over, powering Marshall on an 11-2 jolt. Baker scored of the next 16 points to open up a 38-point lead, 57-19. Down 59-21, into the second half before the Herd stormed back to retake the lead. nine consecutive Herd points, all coming via the three ball. A bucket by Marshall closed the lead to 30, 59-29, on the strength of an 8-0 run. Buckets by Crook, Handy and Hammond put the Herd back up by two Keona Brooks fi nished off the run as MU opened up a 40-26 lead with Freshman Alaya Mitchell provided the spark to the off ense during that points, 42-40, with 12 minutes remaining. That marked the fi rst of 12:37 remaining, its largest of the contest. stretch, scoring six of those eight points. seven straight Herd points scored by Hammond. Tulsa quickly closed within ten while holding Marshall without a A late scoring run by the Herd, helped by three Alyssa Hammond Over the next eight minutes, the Herd led by as many as three be- point over a fi ve-minute stretch. Chantelle Handy’s second bucket of fi eld goals, cut the lead to 23 points before ECU held on for the 70-47 fore SMU came back to take a 58-57 lead with 4:39 remaining. With the game ended the drought with eight minutes left, putting MU up victory. its backs against the wall, the Thundering Herd held SMU to just fi ve 42-30. One of the largest advantages for the Pirates came on the boards as points for the rest of the game. It was a defensive struggle from that point on as the teams com- they fi nished with a 49-31 rebounding advantage and was also domi- With the score knotted at 60-60, Hammond knocked down two bined for just three fi eld goals the rest of the way. Seven of Marshall’s nant in the paint, scoring 38 while holding the Herd to 22. free throws to give MU a 62-60 lead. Up 64-60 with under a minute left, remaining nine points came from the charity stripe. Marshall opened Handy led Marshall with ten points and was the only MU scorer in Baker was sent to the line to shoot a one-and-one. After making the up a lead of as many as 17 points, 50-33, before Tulsa closed the gap to double digits for the Herd. Crook fi nished with eight points. fi rst, she missed the second, but an off ensive rebound sent Tania Wal- 14 in the fi nal seconds. Rebounding was once again the story for the LaCoya Terry, the leading scorer in C-USA averaging 17.5 PPG was ters to the line, who hit both to put the Herd up 67-60. Brittany Gilliam Herd, fi nishing with a 49-32 advantage in that department against one on pace Saturday, fi nishing with 17 points. Guard Jasmine Young hit a three with 20 seconds remaining to bring SMU within four points, of the top rebounding squads in the country. scored 15. but three more free throws by Walters sealed the deal for the Herd. Hammond led all scorers with 18 points while Baker put up 14. She Marshall’s biggest advantage came on the boards, outrebounding was 4-of-5 from three-point range, a career best. Tynikki Crook also had the Mustangs by a 51-33 margin. The Herd also had a solid night from a solid day, scoring six points while grabbing a eight rebounds. Fresh- the fl oor, shooting .467 while holding SMU to .353 shooting. man Tania Walters led all players with nine rebounds, a career best. Hammond led all scorers with 18 points while Handy fi nished with Larrissa Williams was the lone double digit scorer for the Golden 14 points, along with tying Crook with a game high 11 boards. Baker Hurricane, scoring 13 points along with tallying a team high seven scored ten points. boards.

Marshall 7-6 Marshall 8-6 Marshall 9-6, 2-1 C-USA tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min CROOK 3 10 0 0 2 4 1 2 3 1 8 1 5 0 0 16 CROOK 3 10 0 0 0 0 6 5 11 4 6 1 3 1 2 28 CROOK 2 17 0 0 2 4 4 4 8 4 6 2 2 5 2 30 BAKER 1 6 0 2 2 3 0 4 4 2 4 5 0 0 0 28 HAMMOND 6 13 0 0 6 9 4 3 7 4 18 3 4 0 1 29 HANDY 2 11 0 1 1 2 4 2 6 1 5 4 1 2 0 38 BARNETTE 2 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 1 3 0 2 23 BAKER 4 8 1 4 1 2 1 4 5 4 10 7 4 0 2 31 BAKER 4 7 4 5 2 2 1 3 4 3 14 1 6 0 3 35 HANDY 5 13 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 10 5 2 0 2 28 HENRIQUES 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 20 HENRIQUES 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 HARRIS 0 4 0 3 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 0 3 2 0 16 HANDY 7 11 0 0 0 0 4 7 11 2 14 1 2 0 0 32 HAMMOND 7 10 0 0 4 4 4 2 6 3 18 2 5 0 2 31 GRAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 BARNETTE 3 10 1 2 0 0 2 3 5 0 7 1 0 0 0 20 GRAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ HENRIQUES 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 8 HARRIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 MITCHELL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ MITCHELL 2 7 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 6 0 1 0 0 26 BROOKS 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 8 0 4 0 0 17 BARNETTE 1 2 0 0 3 4 2 0 2 0 5 1 1 0 0 13 BROOKS 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 9 WALTERS 1 2 0 0 5 6 2 0 2 1 7 3 0 0 0 20 HARRIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 HAMMOND 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 6 0 1 0 2 21 TEAM 3 3 BROOKS 1 4 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 1 4 1 0 15 WALTERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 Totals.... 28 60 2 7 12 17 22 29 51 18 70 17 21 1 5 200 WALTERS 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 6 9 1 0 2 3 0 2 29 IBEZIM 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 LISONBEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ LISONBEE 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 FG% 1st Half: 12-31 38.7% 2nd Half: 16-29 55.2% Game: 46.7% TEAM 4 5 9 TEAM 2 1 3 3FG% 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 0-3 0.0% Game: 28.6% Totals...... 17 54 4 8 13 18 24 25 49 15 51 13 23 8 9 200 Totals.... 18 59 2 12 9 14 10 21 31 22 47 12 22 4 9 200 FT% 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 12-17 70.6% Game: 70.6% FG% 1st Half: 9-26 34.6% 2nd Half: 8-28 28.6% Game: 31.5% FG% 1st Half: 6-29 20.7% 2nd Half: 12-30 40.0% Game: 30.5% SMU 8-7 3FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 3-4 75.0% Game: 50.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 0-4 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 16.7% tot-fg 3-pt rebounds FT% 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 72.2% FT% 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 64.3% Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min WILLS 7 15 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 3 14 1 1 1 3 31 Tulsa 5-10 1-2 C-USA East Carolina 10-4 GILLIAM 2 11 1 4 0 0 1 3 4 2 5 4 1 0 2 28 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds DAY 2 8 1 1 1 2 3 2 5 3 6 1 3 0 2 23 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min ELLIOTT 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 1 2 0 2 0 0 23 JOHNSON 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 6 0 7 2 3 26 GAY 3 7 0 1 1 1 0 12 12 0 7 0 0 0 0 22 SAMUELS 1 8 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 1 23 VAUGHAN 3 7 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 8 1 5 0 2 29 BEST 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 4 1 4 2 2 18 HILL 4 8 1 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 13 3 1 0 0 21 WILLIAMS 5 10 0 0 3 5 4 3 7 5 13 0 0 5 0 27 HUSAROVA 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 4 3 4 0 1 17 SHELL 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 16 BEER 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 4 4 1 0 1 2 0 3 18 YOUNG 4 10 1 3 6 8 0 1 1 0 15 10 1 1 1 29 GATES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 JACKSON 2 12 0 1 0 0 3 2 5 3 4 0 1 0 2 31 TERRY 6 9 2 2 3 4 0 1 1 2 17 1 4 0 2 22 MITCHAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DEWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 SPIVEY 3 8 2 4 0 0 2 4 6 3 8 1 2 0 1 23 MAHNESMITH 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 9 HAMILTON 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 12 COCHRAN 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 5 0 1 0 1 7 SEVERIN 4 8 0 0 2 2 5 1 6 2 10 0 2 0 1 17 BRADLEY 1 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 23 CLARKE 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 12 TEAM 5 2 7 COUISNARD 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 2 2 1 0 0 2 22 SMITH 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 0 1 0 1 7 Totals..... 24 68 6 16 9 16 19 14 33 13 63 15 12 2 10 200 SCOTT 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 WILSON 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 7 13 3 4 2 4 0 1 21 BROOKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 BOWENS 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 13 FG% 1st Half: 12-35 34.3% 2nd Half: 12-33 36.4% Game: 35.3% TEAM 3 3 ASHFORD 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 9 3FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 37.5% Totals.... 16 55 0 8 5 7 15 17 32 15 37 3 21 7 13 200 TEAM 2 2 FT% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 6-7 85.7% Game: 56.3% Totals.... 26 56 5 10 13 20 14 35 49 19 70 18 25 4 12 200 FG% 1st Half: 8-25 32.0% 2nd Half: 8-30 26.7% Game: 29.1% Offi cials: Scotty Hermann, Metta Roberts, Jody Taylor 3FG% 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd Half: 0-6 0.0% Game: 0.0% FG% 1st Half: 14-29 48.3% 2nd Half: 12-27 44.4% Game: 46.4% Technical fouls: Marshall-None. SMU Mustangs-None. FT% 1st Half: 0-1 0.0% 2nd Half: 5-6 83.3% Game: 71.4% 3FG% 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 50.0% Attendance: 560 FT% 1st Half: 12-16 75.0% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 65.0% Offi cials: Daryl Humphrey, Billy Smith, Dawn Weaver Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Technical fouls: Marshall-None. Tulsa-None. Offi cials: Billy Smith, Ronald Ledington, Felicia Cushenberry Marshall 26 44 70 Attendance: 1088 Technical fouls: Marshall-None. East Carolina-None. SMU Mustangs 29 34 63 Attendance: 1389 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Points in the paint-MARSHALL 26,SMU 32. Marshall 25 26 51 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 8,SMU 19. Tulsa 16 21 37 Marshall 15 32 47 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 22,SMU 14. East Carolina 43 27 70 Fast break points-MARSHALL 0,SMU 4. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 20,TLS 24. Bench points-MARSHALL 22,SMU 31. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 10,TLS 16. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 22,ECU 38. Score tied-10 times. Lead changed-10 times. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 10,TLS 13. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 15,ECU 20. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-01:16, SMU 2nd-00:22. Fast break points-MARSHALL 2,TLS 2. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 4,ECU 8. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 9 1st-16:05, SMU by 6 2nd-17:48. Bench points-MARSHALL 8,TLS 6. Fast break points-MARSHALL 10,ECU 10. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-3 times. Bench points-MARSHALL 19,ECU 23. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-02:09, TLS 2nd-00:14. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 17 2nd-02:09, TLS by 3 1st-12:48. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-03:09, ECU 2nd-02:30. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 4 1st-19:21, ECU by 38 2nd-16:24. WVU 74, MU 65 MU 85, ECU 83 MU 64, UAB 53

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Tynikki Crook recorded a double-double, HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Chantelle Handy tallied a career high 25 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The Thundering Herd women’s basketball scoring a career-high 24 points along with 10 rebounds and three points as the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team held off a late team matched its best start in Conference USA, improving to 4-1 on blocks, as the Marshall women’s basketball team fell short in a 74-65 charge by East Carolina to grab an 85-83 win Sunday at the Cam Hen- the strength of a 64-53 win over UAB Thursday evening at the Cam loss to in-state rival West Virginia Wednesday at the Chesapeake En- derson Center. Henderson Center. ergy Capital Classic in the Charleston Civic Center. Handy fi nished the day 11-of-13 from the fl oor while dishing out With the 4-1 start, the Herd matches its best start in league play Marshall also received 12 points and four rebounds from Chantelle six assists and grabbing three boards. since its inaugural season in 2006. Marshall is 11-7 overall. With the Handy. Alyssa Hammond chipped in nine points, Casey Baker had The win by Marshall kept a series streak alive. Since both teams loss, UAB falls to 7-12 and 2-4 in league play. seven and Angelica Harris had fi ve rebounds. have been in C-USA, the home team is a perfect 8-0. Tynikki Crook led the way for Marshall, tallying 16 points and The Mountaineers were led by Sara Miles with a team-high 23 Neither team was able to establish control of the contest in the fi rst a game high nine rebounds. Alyssa Hammond and Keona Brooks points and Takisha Grandberry who had 17 points and eight re- six minutes with neither team leading by more than two points as the notched 11 and 10 points, respectively. bounds. game was tied on fi ve occasions. The fi rst half was a back-and-forth aff air, which featured six lead Marshall and West Virginia swapped the lead eight times in a fi rst That changed at the 13:42 mark when jumpers by Tynikki Crook changes. Neither team established control early on, with each squad half that ended with a 35-32 Mountaineer advantage. Crook recorded and Rashedah Henriques put the Herd up by six, 16-10. East Carolina holding a fi ve-point lead in the fi rst half. Shots by Casey Baker and 11 fi rst half points and three rebounds to keep the Herd close through- stormed right back over the next minute and a half, reeling off nine of Chantelle Handy put the Herd up 4-0 early on before UAB got on the out the fi rst two periods. the next 11 on its way to a 19-18 edge. board over three minutes in thanks to an Amanda Scott three. The Herd cut the lead to one right at the start of the second half as With the score tied at 28-28 with 6:24 remaining in the half, Casey Following a Marshall turnover, Britney Jones connected on her fi rst Crook knocked in a jumper, but the Mountaineers answered immedi- Baker powered the Herd on an 11-2 run to open up a 39-30 lead, its trey of the game to give the Blazers a 6-4 advantage. After three lead ately with a basket of their own. largest advantage of the game. Baker scored eight straight for Mar- changes, the score was knotted at 12-12 midway through the half. A West Virginia continued to cling to a two point lead until Handy shall, including two treys. A late 7-0 by ECU in the last 1:17 of the half 5-0 spurt gave the Blazers a 17-12 lead with eight minutes remaining tied the game at 43-43 with 14:23 left. The Herd took the lead a minute closed the lead to two, 43-41, going into the locker room. in the half before the Herd defense clamped down. later as Crook sunk two free throws to give Marshall a two-point advan- Marshall scorched the nets in the opening minutes of the second Marshall held UAB scoreless over a six minute span while the of- tage. half, extending its lead by 14 points in the fi rst 3:38 of the half. Chan- fense scored ten straight points, giving the Herd its largest advantage Hammond laid in an assist from Casey Baker to put Marshall up by telle Handy had the hot hand, recording eight points over that span as to that point. The Herd would hold that lead through halftime before three with 10 minutes remaining, but West Virginia then knocked in the Herd opened up a 58-42 lead. quick run over the fi rst two minutes of the second half helped UAB tie two free throws to cut the lead to one at 50-49. ECU’s defense clamped down at that point, holding Marshall to it up at 26 all. With 8:42 left, Sara Miles scored on a fast break attempt to help the just a point over the next fi ve minutes. The Pirates brought out the The lead would swap four times over the next nine minutes before Mountaineers. Miles then hit two free throws to put her squad ahead full court pressure, which forced the Herd into four turnovers and fi ve the Herd put forth its game-changing run. Up by one, 38-37, with 9:27 by three. Marshall immediately fought back as Rashedah Henriques hit points over that span. left in the game, Marshall reeled off 11 of the next 16 points on its way a fl oater near the basket and Crook followed up her third block of the With 7:18 left in the game, the Herd knew it had a battle on its to opening up a 12-point lead. night with an assist to Handy. hands when East Carolina closed a ten-point lead down to four with six A Baker trey got the run started while Crook followed with con- A little later Miles scored on a tip in, following her own shot. Gran- minutes remaining. A 7-0 run over the next two minutes, fi ve of those secutive buckets. Five points by Alix Barnette and another Crook fi eld berry scored next to put West Virginia ahead 57-54, but Crook once point coming from Rashedah Henriques, put MU up by 11. goal powered the Herd to the largest lead either team would hold dur- again refused to be denied as the senior nailed a jumper in the lane Just when it looked like Marshall had the game in hand, the Pirates ing the game, 54-42, with 3:16 remaining. The Blazers cut the lead to and drew the foul for a three-point play. had yet another run in them, scoring 7 of the next 8 to cut the lead eight points on two occasions, but the defi cit proved to be too much. Alex Sanabria buried a three from the corner on the Mountaineers back to four with three minutes left on the clock. The teams exchange Marshall held a solid advantage in most stat categories, outshoot- next possession to put West Virginia back up by three at 60-58. The baskets over the next two minutes before Marshall held a 79-71 advan- ing the Blazers, .453-.383, outrebounding UAB 39-33 and fi nishing with Mountaineers expanded their lead to four, but Henriques hit a long tage with 46 seconds left. a 15-5 advantage in assists. The Herd also did a solid job holding onto two and Crook sunk a jumper in the lane to tie the game at 63-all with A pair of treys brought the Pirates within three points before a la- the ball, committing just 11 turnovers. two minutes remaining. yup by Young cut the Herd lead to two, 84-82, with seven seconds left. Aside from her 16-point, 9-rebound performance, Tynikki Crook West Virginia answered with a pair of layups to go ahead 67-63 with A foul sent Handy to the line with six seconds left. She hit one of two blocked four shots while recording two assists. Baker had a stellar all- 1:30 left in the game and was able to hold for the 74-65 win. shots to put MU up by three. A quick foul sent ECU back to the line, around game, scoring eight points to go along with seven rebounds, after hitting the fi rst free throw, they intentionally missed the second. six assists and four steals. The teams battled for the rebound as the remaining time ran off the Conference USA’s leading scorer, UAB guard Britney Jones, led the clock and Marshall held on for the two-point win. Blazers with 23 points on 10-of-22 shooting. She was the only Blazer in double fi gures.

Marshall 9-7 East Carolina 10-7, 1-3 C-USA UAB 7-12, 2-4 C-USA tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min CROOK 9 15 0 0 6 10 4 6 10 3 24 2 6 3 2 35 GAY 1 5 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 1 4 2 0 0 0 16 BREAUX 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 16 HANDY 6 10 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 3 12 6 2 0 3 38 YOUNG 7 13 2 7 4 7 0 5 5 3 20 5 6 0 2 35 BROWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 HAMMOND 2 6 0 0 5 7 1 1 2 5 9 1 1 0 1 25 BEST 6 7 0 0 3 5 4 2 6 1 15 1 5 3 0 26 PETERSON 3 12 0 6 0 0 1 7 8 3 6 2 3 0 1 37 BAKER 3 6 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 5 7 7 2 0 1 23 TERRY 8 18 2 5 4 4 2 2 4 5 22 2 2 0 1 39 JONES 10 22 2 4 1 2 0 2 2 1 23 2 4 0 1 39 HENRIQUES 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 17 HUSAROVA 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 17 SALAAM 4 8 1 3 0 0 2 1 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 37 BARNETTE 2 5 0 1 3 4 0 1 1 3 7 0 2 0 0 18 SPIVEY 7 14 4 8 0 0 1 2 3 3 18 4 2 0 2 31 SIMPSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 HARRIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 COCHRAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 TRUEHEART 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 BROOKS 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 4 5 2 1 1 5 0 1 18 CLARKE 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 DUKES 3 7 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 3 6 0 4 0 0 19 WALTERS 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 SMITH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 SCOTT 2 7 2 2 1 2 2 4 6 1 7 0 0 0 1 29 TEAM 5 5 3 WILSON 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 TEAM 2 2 4 Totals..... 24 48 2 7 15 23 10 25 35 22 65 18 22 3 10 200 BOWENS 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 7 2 4 2 1 0 1 18 Totals..... 23 60 5 15 2 6 12 21 33 16 53 5 13 1 4 200 TEAM 1 3 4 FG% 1st Half: 13-25 52.0% 2nd Half: 11-23 47.8% Game: 50.0% Totals..... 31 68 8 21 13 20 20 21 41 20 83 18 19 4 8 200 FG% 1st Half: 8-29 27.6% 2nd Half: 15-31 48.4% Game: 38.3% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 28.6% 3FG% 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 33.3% FT% 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 10-15 66.7% Game: 65.2% FG% 1st Half: 18-32 56.3% 2nd Half: 13-36 36.1% Game: 45.6% FT% 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 33.3% 3FG% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 5-14 35.7% Game: 38.1% WVU 11-5 FT% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 65.0% Marshall 11-7, 4-1 C-USA tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Marshall 10-7, 3-1 C-USA Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min BURTON 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 14 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds CROOK 6 12 0 0 4 6 3 6 9 5 16 2 4 4 1 33 MILES 8 17 0 1 7 7 1 2 3 3 23 1 5 0 1 36 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HANDY 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 8 2 2 0 0 35 REPELLA 4 8 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 12 14 3 4 1 3 36 BAKER 7 13 4 6 1 2 2 1 3 5 19 7 1 0 7 31 HAMMOND 5 12 0 0 1 3 1 3 4 5 11 1 1 0 0 24 GRANBERRY 7 13 3 7 0 2 4 4 8 3 17 5 3 0 2 39 CROOK 4 8 0 0 5 6 3 4 7 4 13 5 1 2 0 28 BAKER 3 8 1 3 1 4 0 7 7 1 8 6 1 0 4 39 POWELL 3 6 1 1 5 6 0 5 5 2 12 5 4 0 2 38 HANDY 11 13 0 1 3 6 3 0 3 2 25 6 1 0 1 30 HENRIQUES 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 20 DIXON 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 HAMMOND 2 11 1 1 0 0 2 5 7 5 5 3 7 0 1 36 BARNETTE 2 2 1 1 4 4 0 2 2 0 9 1 0 0 0 10 SANABRIA 1 5 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 WALTERS 1 2 0 0 2 4 0 4 4 1 4 3 2 0 1 25 HARRIS 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 FULLARD 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 26 HENRIQUES 4 9 2 6 1 2 1 2 3 9 11 1 2 0 0 23 BROOKS 3 5 0 0 4 6 2 1 3 2 10 1 3 0 0 18 TEAM 2 2 BARNETTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 WALTERS 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 15 Totals..... 25 53 7 15 17 25 10 15 25 27 74 15 17 1 8 200 HARRIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 TEAM 4 4 8 BROOKS 2 5 0 0 4 6 1 1 2 1 8 1 3 0 0 14 Totals...... 24 53 2 7 14 23 12 27 39 16 64 15 11 4 6 200 FG% 1st Half: 12-24 50.0% 2nd Half: 13-29 44.8% Game: 47.2% LISONBEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3FG% 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 4-7 57.1% Game: 46.7% TEAM 4 4 8 1 FG% 1st Half: 9-26 34.6% 2nd Half: 15-27 55.6% Game: 45.3% FT% 1st Half: 8-10 80.0% 2nd Half: 9-15 60.0% Game: 68.0% Totals..... 31 61 7 14 16 26 16 22 38 29 85 26 19 2 10 200 3FG% 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 28.6% FT% 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd Half: 8-13 61.5% Game: 60.9% Offi cials: Tina Napier, Amy Bonner, Carol Cominita FG% 1st Half: 18-37 48.6% 2nd Half: 13-24 54.2% Game: 50.8% Technical fouls: Marshall-None. WVU-None. 3FG% 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 50.0% Offi cials: Angie Enlund, Maj Forsberg, Doug Knight Attendance: 2874 FT% 1st Half: 2-2 100% 2nd Half: 14-24 58.3% Game: 61.5% Technical fouls: UAB-TEAM. Marshall-None. Attendance: 557 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: John Whitson, Dock Sisk, Erica Bradley Marshall 32 33 65 Technical fouls: East Carolina-None. Marshall-None. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total WVU 35 39 74 Attendance: 527 UAB 19 34 53 Marshall 24 40 64 MVP: Sarah Miles Marshall: Tynikki Crook Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total East Carolina 41 42 83 Points in the paint-UAB 28,MARSHALL 34. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 34,WVU 32. Marshall 43 42 85 Points off turnovers-UAB 8,MARSHALL 12. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 18,WVU 16. 2nd chance points-UAB 10,MARSHALL 11. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 6,WVU 15. Points in the paint-ECU 32,MARSHALL 32. Fast break points-UAB 9,MARSHALL 8. Fast break points-MARSHALL 6,WVU 12. Points off turnovers-ECU 17,MARSHALL 26. Bench points-UAB 13,MARSHALL 21. Bench points-MARSHALL 8,WVU 8. 2nd chance points-ECU 18,MARSHALL 19. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-10 times. Score tied-10 times. Lead changed-14 times. Fast break points-ECU 15,MARSHALL 8. Last FG-UAB 2nd-00:31, MARSHALL 2nd-00:26. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-00:03, WVU 2nd-01:20. Bench points-ECU 22,MARSHALL 19. Largest lead-UAB by 5 1st-08:12, MARSHALL by 12 2nd-03:16. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 3 2nd-10:36, WVU by 11 2nd-00:09. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-5 times. Last FG-ECU 2nd-00:07, MARSHALL 2nd-02:39. Largest lead-ECU by 2 1st-19:29, MARSHALL by 16 2nd-16:22. MU 72, Memphis 57 USM 70, MU 64 UCF 75, MU 67

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The Thundering Herd women’s basketball HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Down 17 points at the half, the Thundering ORLANDO, Fla. - Alyssa Hammond scored a career high 25 points, team, behind 19 points from Tynikki Crook, overcame a 15-points defi - Herd women’s basketball team made a second half rally, taking the but it was not enough as Chelsie Wiley scored 30 to lead the Knight cit to top Memphis, 72-57, in Conference USA action Saturday after- lead on two occasions, but it was not enough as Southern Miss came to a 75-67 win over the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team on noon. away with a 70-64 win Thursday evening at Reed Green Coliseum. Saturday at the UCF Arena. The win for Marshall (12-7, 5-1 C-USA) gave it a 5-1 mark in con- Tynikki Crook led the Herd (12-8, 5-2 C-USA) with 20 points, 15 Hammond was 10-14 from the fl oor for Marshall (12-9, 5-3 C-USA), ference play, its best start since joining C-USA and its best conference coming in the second half. The Golden Eagles (13-7, 6-1 C-USA) were but Wiley led UCF (8-13, 6-2 C-USA), hitting 7 out of 9 three-pointers. start since the 1988-89 season in the Southern Conference. The loss outscored by the Herd, 22-8, in the fi rst eight minutes of the second Hammond eclipsed her previous career mark of 23 points, set two drops Memphis to 9-12 overall and 1-6 in league play. half. Marshall grabbed its fi rst lead since the opening minute with 3:30 years ago at Niagara. It took a while for the off ense to fi nd its groove Things did not look good for Marshall early on as Memphis opened left in the game, but a late three and four made free throws put USM in the fi rst half, notching just two points over the fi rst seven minutes of up a 19-4 lead over the fi rst eight minutes of the contest. Paris Leonard on top for good. Southern Miss dominated the fi rst half, taking a 39-22 the contest. While the Marshall off ense was struggling, UCF was able had the hot hand for the Tigers early on, scoring their fi rst 12 points, halftime lead. It was a close contest early on, tied at 4-4 four minutes to open up a quick 10-2 advantage. The Herd began the game just 1- which included two three-pointers. A Handy jumper stopped the run in. With the Golden Eagles holding a 6-5 advantage at the fi ve minutes of-8 from the fl oor while committing nine turnovers in the fi rst eight as Marshall would close the gap to ten points, 24-14, at the 12:22 mark, mark, they embarked on a 9-0 run over the next four minutes to push minutes. but a 5-0 spurt in less than a minute time helped Memphis re-establish their lead to 15-5. Alyssa Hammond kept the Herd in the game, scoring Once the off ense found its rhythm, it was able to close the gap to the 15-point cushion. nine straight Marshall points as the Herd would close the lead to as few three points, 13-10. Three straight buckets by Crook, followed by two Over the fi nal fi ve minutes of the opening period, the Herd chipped as fi ve points, 22-17, with six minutes remaining in the half. A 17-5 run Alyssa Hammond shots accounted for Marshall’s points. A quick 5-0 away at the lead. A jumper by Angelica Harris with 3:30 remaining cut to fi nish the half made it a 39-22 game in favor of USM at halftime. spurt by UCF was followed by six straight Herd points to make it an 18- the lead to single digits and with under a minute left, two Hammond The Herd regrouped at the half and opened the second stanza on 16 UCF lead with six minutes remaining in the half. After combining to free throws cut the lead to fi ve, 33-28. Two Shekeira Copeland free a 10-2 run. Eight straight points by Casey Baker, including two straight score 34 points over the fi rst 14 minutes of the half, both off enses were throws fi nished off the fi rst half scoring as Memphis held onto a 35-28 treys, brought the Herd back within 11, 41-30. Marshall continued to hitting on all cylinders over the fi nal six, combining to score 30 points advantage at the half. keep the pressure on, chopping the lead to three, 47-44 eight minutes on 12-of-17 shooting. Early in the second half, it looked as if the Tigers were poised to into the second half following a steal and layup by Rashedah Hen- A Hammond jumper with just over a minute remaining cut the lead grab their fi rst win in eight tries against the Herd. Marshall cut the lead riques. With that basket, the Herd matched its number of points from to a point, 29-28, before two late UCF fi eld goals gave the Knights a 34- to four, 37-33, two minutes in, but a 9-2 stretch saw Memphis push the the fi rst half. 30 lead at the half. Chelsie Wiley led all scorers with 14 fi rst half points, lead back into double digits. At that point, the Herd made its move. With 6:20 remaining in the game, a jumper by Chantelle Handy helped by a 3-4 start beyond-the-arc. Wiley picked up right where she Back-to-back buckets cut the lead to seven and with 12 minutes re- knotted the game at 51-51, the fi rst tie since the game was 4-4 in the left off in the fi rst half, scoring the fi rst fi ve UCF points in the second as maining, two more back-to-back shots cut the Tiger lead to three. opening minutes. A three by Tanesha Washington put the Golden the Knights opened up a 39-32 lead. After the Herd closed back within Casey Baker then made her presence known, hitting a jumper at Eagles back on top, 54-51, but Alix Barnette hit a trey on the next trip four, 45-41, the Knights reeled off the next seven to open up an 11- the 11-minute mark, making it a one-point game and, coming out of a down the fl oor to tie it back up. Washington struck right back for USM, point advantage, its largest of the contest. That bucket came with 13 timeout, she found an open Chantelle Handy streaking under the bas- hitting her second straight three-pointer to take the lead right back. minutes left in the game. ket to give MU its fi rst lead since the opening minutes. After a bucket by Crook and a foul, she had a chance to tie the The Herd began to make a furious charge at that point, holding Up 58-53 with six minutes remaining, six straight points by Ham- game at 59, but after missing the shot, Handy grabbed the board and UCF without a fi eld goal for four minutes while chopping the lead to mond gave the Herd its fi rst double-digit advantage of the contest. a Hammond shot put MU up 60-59, its fi rst lead since 2-0. The lead was six, 53-47. The run continued as Marshall eventually tied the game at The lead would grow to as many as 16 points with 1:25 remaining be- swapped back-and-forth, and with 1:59 left, a Crook shot put MU up 55-55 with 7:16 remaining after Baker found an open Crook under the fore a late Tiger free throw made it a 72-57 fi nal. 64-63. basket. It was all Knights from that point, however, as UCF went on Both the off ense and the defense were responsible for the second On the next trip down the fl oor, a three by Kendra Reed proved an 18-6 run to take a 12-point lead. Two more treys from Wiley capped half turnaround. After shooting .345 in the opening half, the Herd of- to be the diff erence, putting the Golden Eagles up for good. They hit off the run for the Knights. Late threes by Hammond and Alix Barnette fense improved that to .529 to close the game. On the defensive end, four late free throws to clinch the 70-64 win. Along with her 20 points, helped MU cut the lead to single digits, but the lead proved to be too Marshall allowed the Tigers to shoot .519 in the fi rst half, but turned Crook tallied seven rebounds. Baker scored 13 second-half points on much to overcome. that around, holding the Tigers to just a .207 percentage from the fl oor her way to 16 for the day. She also tallied six assists. Alyssa Hammond Marshall fi nished with a 32-27 advantage on the glass against the in the latter half. fi nished with 14 points and seven boards. top rebounding team in the conference and outshot the Knights, .528- Alyssa Hammond recorded the fi rst double-double of her career, Tanesha Washington led all scorers with 21 points on 7-of-12 .474. One major diff erence for the Knights came at the foul line as they scoring 16 points and grabbing a career high 11 boards. Handy also shooting. Kendra Reed scored 12 points while Pauline Love, who had hit 13-of-17 free throws while Marshall hit seven out of 11. has 16 points to go along with fi ve rebounds and a pair of assists. Baker a double-double in the previous nine contests entering the game, was Tynikki Crook notched 12 points for Marshall while Baker scored 11 scored 11 points while recording four helpers. held to ten points and fi ve rebounds. while leading the team with eight rebounds.

MEMPHIS 8-12, 1-6 C-USA Marshall 12-8, 5-2 Marshall 12-9, 5-3 C-USA tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min THORNTON 3 5 0 0 4 7 4 5 9 1 10 2 1 0 0 37 CROOK 8 18 0 0 4 6 5 2 7 4 20 1 6 1 0 32 CROOK 6 12 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 4 12 0 1 0 0 19 GOLDSMITH 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 21 HAMMOND 5 11 0 0 4 6 2 5 7 5 14 1 6 0 1 37 HANDY 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 4 5 1 2 0 37 LEONARD 7 17 2 5 4 6 2 1 3 1 20 3 2 0 3 39 BAKER 5 11 4 8 2 2 2 1 3 4 16 6 3 0 3 33 HAMMOND 10 14 1 1 4 5 3 2 5 3 25 1 3 0 0 35 ELLIS 2 4 0 0 1 4 3 4 7 5 5 1 0 0 0 24 HENRIQUES 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 17 BAKER 4 10 2 5 1 2 1 7 8 3 11 5 3 0 2 39 LONLACK 4 9 0 2 1 1 2 3 5 2 9 1 3 0 2 30 HANDY 4 9 0 1 1 2 3 5 8 2 9 2 1 0 3 40 HENRIQUES 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 21 WINCHELL 2 10 2 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 3 5 0 1 25 BARNETTE 1 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 18 BARNETTE 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 SEAGRAVES 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 5 HARRIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 HARRIS 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 COPELAND 1 3 0 0 2 2 2 3 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 19 BROOKS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 10 BROOKS 2 3 0 0 2 4 1 4 5 1 6 0 2 0 0 23 TEAM 4 1 5 1 WALTERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 11 WALTERS 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 18 Totals..... 20 56 5 16 12 20 18 17 35 16 57 13 15 0 7 200 LISONBEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 LISONBEE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 TEAM 3 1 4 TEAM 3 3 1 FG% 1st Half: 14-27 51.9% 2nd Half: 6-29 20.7% Game: 35.7% Totals...... 24 56 5 12 11 17 15 19 34 21 64 14 21 1 11 200 Totals...... 28 53 4 10 7 11 10 22 32 16 67 12 16 3 3 200 3FG% 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-10 20.0% Game: 31.3% FT% 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 8-14 57.1% Game: 60.0% FG% 1st Half: 8-25 32.0% 2nd Half: 16-31 51.6% Game: 42.9% FG% 1st Half: 14-26 53.8% 2nd Half: 14-27 51.9% Game: 52.8% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 41.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 40.0% Marshall 12-7, 5-1 C-USA FT% 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 64.7% FT% 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 63.6% tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Southern Miss 13-7, 6-1 UCF 8-13, 6-2 C-USA CROOK 5 11 0 0 9 9 2 3 5 2 19 1 3 1 3 32 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds HANDY 8 16 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 2 16 2 1 2 1 36 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HAMMOND 6 12 0 0 4 4 6 5 11 3 16 3 0 0 0 36 REED 3 6 2 3 4 4 1 1 2 1 12 1 2 0 0 26 CANNON 4 11 0 0 6 7 4 6 10 1 14 0 3 1 2 36 BAKER 5 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 4 2 0 1 25 LOVE 4 13 0 2 2 2 2 3 5 0 10 0 3 0 1 32 KIRKPATRICK 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 20 HENRIQUES 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 17 HELGESON 3 4 0 1 2 2 2 5 7 4 8 1 3 3 0 36 MEALING 4 12 1 4 4 4 0 2 2 3 13 9 1 1 2 37 GRAY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 EUGENE 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 8 1 2 0 0 16 PATRICK 7 12 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 14 4 1 0 0 40 MITCHELL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 BARBER 4 9 0 4 0 0 0 3 3 2 8 11 4 1 2 40- WILEY 11 18 7 9 1 1 0 2 2 2 30 1 1 0 2 40 BARNETTE 2 6 0 2 2 2 2 5 7 1 6 1 2 0 0 19 RUCKER 0 3 0 1 0 4 2 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 14 DANIELS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 HARRIS 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 MURPHY 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 10 WHITE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 BROOKS 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 12 WASHINGTON 7 12 3 5 4 5 4 2 6 1 21 1 2 0 1 26 PAIGE 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 18 KRISTIANSEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM 1 1 TEAM 4 2 6 WALTERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 14 Totals...... 26 53 5 16 13 19 12 20 32 16 70 15 19 4 4 200 Totals...... 27 57 8 14 13 17 10 17 27 10 75 15 10 2 8 200 LISONBEE 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 TEAM 3 3 2 FG% 1st Half: 14-28 50.0% 2nd Half: 12-25 48.0% Game: 49.1% FG% 1st Half: 13-28 46.4% 2nd Half: 14-29 48.3% Game: 47.4% Totals.... 28 63 1 7 15 15 18 22 40 17 72 14 13 5 5 200 3FG% 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 31.3% 3FG% 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 4-7 57.1% Game: 57.1% FT% 1st Half: 9-15 60.0% 2nd Half: 4-4 100% Game: 68.4% FT% 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 9-11 81.8% Game: 76.5% FG% 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 2nd Half: 18-34 52.9% Game: 44.4% 3FG% 1st Half: 0-3 0.0% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 14.3% Offi cials: R-Ken Drayton; U1-Metta Roberts; U2-Bill Larance Offi cials: Wesley Dean, Dock Sisk, Melanie Davis FT% 1st Half: 8-8 100% 2nd Half: 7-7 100% Game: 100% Technical fouls: Marshall-None. Southern Miss-None. Technical fouls: Marshall-None. UCF-None. Attendance: 1499 Attendance: 1220 Offi cials: Carla Fountain, Kevin Pethtel, Royce Blevins Technical fouls: MEMPHIS-LONLACK, Ramses. Marshall-None. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Attendance: 955 Marshall 22 42 64 Marshall 30 37 67 Southern Miss 39 31 70 UCF 34 41 75 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total MEMPHIS 35 22 57 Points in the paint-MARSHALL 24,USM 22. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 34,UCF 30. Marshall 28 44 72 Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 15,USM 19. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 6,UCF 18. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 8,USM 16. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 11,UCF 11. Fast break points-MARSHALL 6,USM 2. Fast break points-MARSHALL 0,UCF 4. Points in the paint-MEMPHIS 18,MARSHALL 38. Bench points-MARSHALL 3,USM 24. Bench points-MARSHALL 15,UCF 1. Points off turnovers-MEMPHIS 13,MARSHALL 17. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-7 times. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-0 times. 2nd chance points-MEMPHIS 11,MARSHALL 21. F Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-01:59, USM 2nd-01:43. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-00:19, UCF 2nd-01:22. ast break points-MEMPHIS 6,MARSHALL 4. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 2 1st-19:56, USM by 17 1st-00:30. Largest lead-MARSHALL None, UCF by 12 2nd-00:48. Bench points-MEMPHIS 13,MARSHALL 10. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-2 times. Last FG-MEMPHIS 2nd-06:26, MARSHALL 2nd-01:25. Largest lead-MEMPHIS by 15 1st-12:10, MARSHALL by 16 2nd-01:25. Tulane 58, MU 45 UTEP 71, MU 62 UCF 68, MU 50

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A 16-2 second-half run proved to be too EL PASO, Texas - Alix Barnette led the Thundering Herd with 15 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Alix Barnette led the Thundering Herd in much for the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team to overcome points, but it was not enough as a late run pushed UTEP to a 71-62 win scoring for the second consecutive game, but a second half surge as Tulane grabbed a 58-45 win Thursday evening at the Cam Hender- over the Marshall women’s basketball team Sunday afternoon at the pushed the Knights to a 68-50 win in Conference USA action Friday son Center. Don Haskins Center. evening at the Cam Henderson Center. With Marshall (12-10, 5-4 C-USA) holding a 31-30 lead over Tulane Marshall (12-11, 5-5 C-USA) held a 33-31 lead at the half, but UTEP After the score was tied at 27-27 at halftime, UCF (11-13, 9-2 C-USA) (13-10, 5-4 C-USA) inside of 15 minutes left, the Green Wave scored (13-10, 6-4 C-USA) fi nished the contest on an 11-6 run to grab the win. scored the fi rst nine points of the second half and never looked back, 16 of the next 18 points in the game to open up a 43-31 advantage, Tynikki Crook was the other double-digit scorer for the Herd, fi nishing outscoring Marshall (12-12, 5-6 C-USA) by a 41-23 margin in the latter its largest lead of the game. Indira Kaljo, who scored a game high 22 with 13 points and a team high seven rebounds. stanza to deal the Herd its fi fth straight loss. points, hit three treys over that run. The Miners had the hot hand early on, opening up a quick 7-0 lead Barnette tied the game high in scoring with 17 points, a season It was a defensive battle throughout the contest, especially early over the fi rst two minutes. Up 4-0, Deitra Caldwell of the Miners nailed high. She was the only Herd player to reach double fi gures. Emma Can- in the contest. Neither team found its way onto the scoreboard until a trey to put UTEP up 7-0. The Herd then found its groove, scoring the non of the Knights also scored 17 while grabbing 12 boards, a game over two minutes in when a jumper by Alyssa Hammond put the Herd next six points, both coming via the old fashioned three-point play. high. on the board. With Marshall up 4-0 three minutes in, the Green Wave With the score tied at 8-8 fi ve minutes in, the Miners had their sec- A defensive struggle ensued in the fi rst half with the teams en- reeled off the next 11 points to go up by seven, the largest lead either ond spurt of the contest, scoring the next fi ve points, three coming tering halftime knotted at 27 all. The Knights had the hot hand early, team would enjoy in the fi rst half. Five straight points by Tynikki Crook from Caldwell’s second trey. Marshall rallied back once again. Down jumping out to an early 8-5 lead fi ve minutes in. A bucket by Alix Bar- cut the defi cit to two points, 11-9, with 12:50 left in the half. 14-12, Crook connected on her second three-point play of the game to nette cut the defi cit to a point before a free throw by Alyssa Hammond A Hammond lay-up with 9:30 remaining cut the Tulane lead to give Marshall its fi rst lead at 15-14. tied the game at 8-8. a point, 14-13, and just over a minute later, she chipped in two free Crook’s shot spurned the fi rst of what would be 11 lead changes With the game tied at 14-14 with eight minutes remaining in the throws to give the lead back to the Herd. Over the next four minutes, over the fi nal 10:37 of the half. With MU hanging on to a 24-22 lead fi rst half, a 6-0 run gave the Herd the largest lead either team would the lead would swap six times before a few late buckets gave Tulane a with just over seven minutes remaining in the half, UTEP held Marshall enjoy in the half. Barnette scored four in the run. 29-25 lead at the half. scoreless over the next three minutes while opening up a 29-24 lead. UCF came right back, scoring four of the next fi ve points to make it Marshall looked like it was headed in the right direction early in the A fi eld goal by Keona Brooks ended the drought, which saw Mar- a three-point game. With Marshall holding on to a 24-20 lead with four second half, scoring the fi rst six points en route to a 31-29 lead. The shall close the half with a 9-2 run to take a 33-31 lead at the half. minutes left in the half, Chelsie Wiley, who scored 30 points in the fi rst defense did its job, holding the Green Wave scoreless over the fi rst fi ve The second half started out in the same fashion as the fi rst with meeting in Orlando, hit her fi rst trey of the game to bring the Knights minutes of the stanza, but after a technical foul was assessed on the UTEP scoring the fi rst fi ve to retake the lead, 36-33, before the Marshall within a point. Down two in the fi nal seconds of the period, Marshay Herd 5:10 into the half, Ashley Langford hit both free throws to begin off ense got back on track. The Herd scored the next seven on its way White of UCF hit a shot to tie the game at the half. what would turn into the game-changing 16-2 run. to a 40-36 lead, its largest advantage of the contest. Crook and Alix A 9-0 game-changing run put UCF up 36-27 to start the second Following a trey by Indira Kaljo, Langford hit both free throws fol- Barnette each recorded a bucket before Casey Baker hit a three. half. Cannon led the way for the Knights as she was responsible for lowing another technical foul called on the Herd. Seven more points, In a game that provided several runs by both teams, UTEP rallied seven of those nine points. Marshall fell short in its shooting over that including two three-pointers, by Kaljo put Tulane up 43-31 with 11 back to take a 47-42 lead as Fannie Goodwin of the Miners scored fi ve four-minute stretch, going 0-7 with four turnovers. minutes left in the game. and Sviatlana Trukshanina, the second leading three-point shooter in Raechele Gray, who played a career-high 22 minutes while scoring The lead shrunk to as few as seven points with 4:21 remaining after the nation, hit her second of the game to fi nish off the run. After Mar- seven points, another career mark, ended the run with a jumper. After Chantelle Handy hit two shots from the charity stripe. It looked like the shall cut the lead to two points, 51-49, the Miners scored nine of the an Angelica Harris free throw cut the lead to six, 36-30, UCF quickly Herd was poised for a run after forcing a missed Tulane shot on the next 11 on its way to a 60-51 lead, the largest advantage either team pulled out to a 10-point advantage. After a lay-up by Keona Brooks other end of the fl oor, but an off ensive foul by the Herd ended the run enjoyed in the game. Four diff erence Miners scored during the run. cut the lead to six with 10:44 remaining, the Knights seemingly put the as Tulane hit its late shots to take a 58-45 win. Marshall quickly got back within four, 60-56, thanks to a three- game away, scoring 11 of the next 14 points on its way to a 55-41 ad- Crook was the top scorer for Marshall, tallying 13 points. Hammond point play by Barnette and a bucket by Crook. On the next possession, vantage with fi ve minutes remaining. The lead would grow to as many fi nished with 12 while Handy scored eight points while grabbing a UTEP pushed the lead back to seven on the strength of Trukshanina’s as 20 points, 68-48, in the fi nal minutes before two late free throws team high eight boards. Kaljo of Tulane led all scorers with 22. She was third three. With the Herd forced to foul late, Jareica Hughes went 6- made it a 68-50 fi nal in favor of UCF. 8-of-12 from the fl oor, including 5-8 beyond-the-arc. of-6 from the charity stripe in the last minute of the game to seal the UCF outshot the Herd, .531-.348 for the game. The second half is Tulane entered the game as the top defensive team in C-USA games win. where the Herd struggled. After shooting .435 in the opening half, MU and kept that status, holding the Herd to 45 points on .375 shooting. The Herd fi nished with a .414-.386 shooting advantage while the shot just .261 in the latter period. The Knights also made a diff erence at While the turnover numbers were similar, with Marshall committing rebounds were tied at 38 apiece. A major advantage for UTEP came the charity stripe. UCF missed all nine free throw attempts in the fi rst 22 and Tulane having 21, the Green Wave turned those into 29 points from the three-point line as the Miners connected on seven treys to half, but went 14-of-16 from the line in the fi nal half. Marshall was 16- while Marshall scored 16 off of the takeaways. four by the Herd. of-32 from the free throw line.

Tulane 13-10, 5-4 C-USA Marshall 12-11, 5-5 C-USA UCF 11-13, 9-2 C-USA tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min LINDSEY 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 10 1 1 2 0 30 CROOK 5 13 0 0 3 6 4 3 7 1 13 0 4 1 0 28 CANNON 6 11 0 0 5 5 4 8 12 4 17 0 3 0 0 28 BENZIO 3 11 0 0 2 3 2 10 12 1 8 2 3 1 2 36 BAKER 3 7 2 5 1 2 2 4 6 3 9 5 1 0 2 26 KIRKPATRICK 4 4 0 0 1 3 3 2 5 4 9 0 4 0 0 22 LANGFORD 0 3 0 1 8 9 0 1 1 3 8 7 2 0 3 38 HENRIQUES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 MEALING 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 16 BARNES 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 0 0 10 HANDY 2 9 1 2 0 0 0 4 4 3 5 1 1 0 0 34 PATRICK 4 8 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 10 1 1 0 5 29 VALICEVIC 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 5 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 24 HAMMOND 4 12 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 2 9 2 2 2 1 36 WILEY 4 9 2 4 6 6 0 3 3 4 16 4 1 0 1 40- AIDOO 1 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 GRAY 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 STOVALL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 BROWN 3 8 0 4 1 2 0 2 2 0 7 1 4 0 3 32 MITCHELL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+ DANIELS 3 6 0 0 0 6 1 1 2 2 6 1 1 0 1 13 KALJO 8 12 5 8 1 2 2 2 4 0 22 1 4 0 4 26 BARNETTE 6 10 1 3 2 3 1 3 4 2 15 4 3 0 1 30 KELLY 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 14 TEAM 2 1 3 2 HARRIS 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 13 CALDWELL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 17 Totals...... 20 50 5 13 13 19 11 23 34 12 58 13 21 3 13 200 BROOKS 3 3 0 0 3 3 2 2 4 1 9 0 1 1 0 10 WHITE 2 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 1 4 4 3 0 1 16 WALTERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 13 PAIGE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 FG% 1st Half: 11-30 36.7% 2nd Half: 9-20 45.0% Game: 40.0% TEAM 2 4 6 1 TEAM 1 2 3 3FG% 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd Half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 38.5% Totals..... 24 58 4 11 10 15 14 24 38 19 62 15 16 5 5 200 Totals...... 26 49 2 5 14 25 14 20 34 24 68 12 18 1 13 200 FT% 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 68.4% FG% 1st Half: 13-31 41.9% 2nd Half: 11-27 40.7% Game: 41.4% FG% 1st Half: 13-26 50.0% 2nd Half: 13-23 56.5% Game: 53.1% Marshall 12-10, 5-4 C-USA 3FG% 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 36.4% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 40.0% tot-fg 3-pt rebounds FT% 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 5-8 62.5% Game: 66.7% FT% 1st Half: 0-9 0.0% 2nd Half: 14-16 87.5% Game: 56.0% Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min CROOK 6 11 0 0 1 3 3 4 7 4 13 0 3 1 1 31 UTEP 13-10, 6-4 C-USA Marshall 12-12, 5-6 C-USA HANDY 3 7 0 1 2 2 0 8 8 3 8 1 1 0 1 33 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds HAMMOND 5 13 0 1 2 2 2 4 6 3 12 0 2 0 0 33 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min BAKER 2 4 0 1 3 4 0 5 5 4 7 4 7 0 2 32 CHAMBE 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 11 CROOK 0 6 0 0 2 6 7 4 11 1 2 1 5 5 0 28 WALTERS 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 5 0 5 24 WILLIAMS 5 12 0 0 3 4 3 8 11 3 13 1 1 0 3 37 HANDY 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 8 0 2 0 2 20 GRAY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 HUGHES 2 9 0 2 11 12 0 5 5 3 15 7 4 0 0 37 HAMMOND 2 8 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 3 5 2 0 0 1 29 HENRIQUES 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 CALDWELL 4 8 3 7 1 2 0 1 1 1 12 0 3 0 3 28 BAKE 1 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 0 3 0 0 15 MITCHELL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 JONES 3 10 1 1 2 4 3 3 6 1 9 4 0 1 1 31 BARNETTE 6 11 2 4 3 5 3 1 4 2 17 3 7 0 1 31 BARNETTE 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 17 GREEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 GRAY 1 4 0 2 5 8 0 2 2 3 7 0 2 0 2 22 HARRIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 HILLMAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 MITCHELL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 BROOKS 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 1 14 TRUKSHANINA 3 5 3 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 11 1 1 0 1 24 KING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LISONBEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 GOODWIN 4 9 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 3 9 0 0 0 1 20 HARRIS 1 3 0 0 2 5 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 21 TEAM 1 1 2 TM 4 1 5 BROOKS 1 1 0 0 2 4 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 2 0 18 Totals.... 18 48 0 5 9 14 8 25 33 18 45 9 22 1 13 200 Totals..... 22 57 7 15 20 25 14 24 38 22 71 14 10 1 9 200 WALTERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 LISONBEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 FG% 1st Half: 11-30 36.7% 2nd Half: 7-18 38.9% Game: 37.5% FG% 1st Half: 11-29 37.9% 2nd Half: 11-28 39.3% Game: 38.6% TEAM 3 1 4 3FG% 1st Half: 0-1 0.0% 2nd Half: 0-4 0.0% Game: 0.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 46.7% Totals..... 16 46 2 8 16 32 17 18 35 21 50 7 21 7 8 200 FT% 1st Half: 3-3 100% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 64.3% FT% 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 15-17 88.2% Game: 80.0% FG% 1st Half: 10-23 43.5% 2nd Half: 6-23 26.1% Game: 34.8% Offi cials: Angie Enlund, Gina Cross, Jim Vastine Offi cials: Jeff Caudle, Gator Parrish, Paula Ross 3FG% 1st Half: 0-1 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 25.0% Technical fouls: TLN-None. Marshall-HANDY, Chantelle; TEAM. Technical fouls: Marshall-None. UTEP-None. FT% 1st Half: 7-14 50.0% 2nd Half: 9-18 50.0% Game: 50.0% Attendance: 655 Attendance: 814 Offi cials: Tina Napier, Laura Morris, John Witson Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Technical fouls: UCF-None. Marshall-None. Tulane 29 29 58 Marshall 33 29 62 Attendance: 785 Marshall 25 20 45 UTEP 31 40 71 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Points in the paint-TLN 22,MARSHALL 32. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 26,UTEP 20. UCF 27 41 68 Points off turnovers-TLN 29,MARSHALL 16. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 8,UTEP 16. Marshall 27 23 50 2nd chance points-TLN 3,MARSHALL 4. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 11,UTEP 10. Fast break points-TLN 9,MARSHALL 10. Fast break points-MARSHALL 8,UTEP 9. Points in the paint-UCF 42,MARSHALL 18. Bench points-TLN 31,MARSHALL 5. Bench points-MARSHALL 26,UTEP 20. Points off turnovers-UCF 24,MARSHALL 11. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-9 times. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-16 times. 2nd chance points-UCF 11,MARSHALL 9. Last FG-TLN 2nd-01:45, MARSHALL 2nd-00:16. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-00:51, UTEP 2nd-01:35. Fast break points-UCF 10,MARSHALL 7. Largest lead-TLN by 15 2nd-01:02, MARSHALL by 4 1st-17:22. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 4 2nd-15:20, UTEP by 12 2nd-01:00. Bench points-UCF 12,MARSHALL 15. Score tied-7 times. Lead changed-6 times. Last FG-UCF 2nd-00:56, MARSHALL 2nd-05:07. Largest lead-UCF by 20 2nd-00:41, MARSHALL by 6 1st-05:48. USM 69, MU 61 MU 67, UAB 50 MU 70, Memphis 61

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Stephanie Helgeson scored 17 points, all BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Chantelle Handy scored 14 points as the MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Tynikki Crook recorded 22 points and 14 re- coming in the second half, to lead Southern Miss to a 69-61 win over Thundering Herd women’s basketball team ended its six-game losing bounds, both game highs, to lead the Thundering Herd women’s bas- the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team in Sunday’s Jam the streak, topping UAB,67-50, in Conference USA action Friday evening at ketball team to a 70-61 win over Memphis on Sunday afternoon at the Cam game at the Cam Henderson Center. Bartow Arena. Elma Roane Fieldhouse. Crook fi nished 9-of-12 from the fi eld and also Marshall (12-13, 5-7 C-USA) looked to be in control, holding a lead Up by two at the half, Marshall (13-13, 6-7 C-USA) outscored UAB recorded three assists. Alyssa Hammond scored 14 points while Chan- of nine points in the second half, but a 24-12 run by the Golden Eagles (10-16, 5-8 C-USA) 41-26 in the second half to cap the win. The diff er- telle Handy notched 13. (17-8, 10-2 C-USA) put the game out of reach. ence in the second half was the Herd off ense. Following a defensive Marshall (14-13, 7-7 C-USA) started off hot, opening up a quick 6-2 At the start, the Herd fed off of the energy of the 3,526 fans in at- battle in the fi rst half, where MU held a .310-.226 shooting advantage, advantage less than two minutes into the contest before Memphis (11- tendance, taking an 8-2 lead just over three minutes into the contest. the Herd shot .611 in the second half. 16, 4-10 C-USA) found its groove, coming back to grab an 11-10 lead. Four diff erent Marshall players scored to open the game. The Herd hit In the fi rst half, a defensive battle ensued with Marshall taking a Thanks to a 4-6 start from the three-point line, the Tigers would see its its fi rst three shots while holding USM to 1-of-6 early on. 26-24 lead to the locker room. Defense was especially prevalent early lead grow to seven before pushing out to a nine-point lead, 27-19. Southern Miss rallied to tied the score at 18-18 with 6:01 left in the on, with the teams combining to hit just fi ve of their fi rst 26 shots. Alex Winchell had the hot hand for Memphis early on, hitting three half, but the Marshall defense held USM to just two points over the rest Up 14-11 midway through the half, Marshall added to its lead, scor- treys and recording 11 out of the Tigers fi rst 24 points. After a three by of the period. A lay-up by Casey Baker extended the Marshall lead to ing the next fi ve points on its way to a 19-11 lead, its largest to that Paris Leonard put the Tigers up 27-19, the Herd defense held the Tigers 26-18, the largest advantage either team held in the half before USM point. The UAB off ense got in its groove over the last fi ve minutes of to just two points and no fi eld goals over the fi nal 6:40 of the half while hit two free throws in the fi nal seconds to make it a 26-20 game in favor the period. The Blazers managed just 11 points in the fi rst 15 minutes the off ense would reel off 15 points. of the Herd at halftime. of the half, but more than doubled that over the fi nal minutes. A three Down by six with three minutes remaining in the half, consecutive Over its recent losing streak, the Herd has struggled early on in the by Tania Walters with the shot clock running out put Marshall up 24-17, buckets by Tynikki Crook, who tallied 13 points in the half, cut the Tiger second half. On Friday against UCF, the Knights opened up the second but a 7-2 run by UAB to fi nish the period made it just a two point game lead to just two points before a three by Casey Baker put the Herd back half on a 9-0 run. The Herd made sure that did not happen against the at the half. on top, 30-29. Two free throws by Alyssa Hammond followed a Tania Golden Eagles as Hammond found the basket just 18 second in. Marshall’s defense kept up the intensity in the second half, holding Walters lay-up that saw the Herd extend its lead to 34-29 at halftime. Later, with MU up 36-30, Chantelle Handy was fouled while making the Blazers without a fi eld goal over the fi rst 4:32 of the second stanza. The Herd kept the momentum going to open up the second pe- a lay-up. Handy connected on the ensuing free throw to put Marshall While the defense did its job, the off ense made its run, primarily utiliz- riod, scoring six of the fi rst eight points to take a 40-31 lead. Crook’s up 39-30, its largest lead of the game. Following a quick 6-0 spurt by ing the free throw line early on. The Herd’s fi rst six points of the half success in the fi rst half carried over to the second as she scored four the Golden Eagles, Barnette hit her second three-pointer to make it a came via the charity stripe. Keona Brooks hit the fi rst fi eld goal of the early points. Winchell’s fourth three of the contest ended the run. six-point game. half for either team at the 15:47 mark to put MU up 34-25. Conference With Marshall up 42-34, fi ve straight Tiger points, coupled with Southern Miss refused to back down, cutting the lead to a point, USA’s leading scorer, Britney Jones, ended the run, drilling her third turnovers on three straight possessions by the Herd, got Memphis 44-43, thanks to a jumper by Pauline Love. After Marshall re-took a trey of the contest, ending an 0-for-7 start to the half for the Blazers. back within a possession, 42-39. The Herd was able to overcome the four point lead, 49-45, a jumper by Stephanie Helgeson, followed by At the 13:53 mark, MU held a 36-30 advantage and quickly added run and open up a 52-43 lead as fi ve diff erent players scored. a bucket by Andrea Barber, knotted the game for the fi rst time since to it, scoring the next fi ve to go up 41-30, the fi rst double-digit lead of The three ball kept Memphis close as Ramses Lonlack and Leonard midway through the opening stanza. An off ensive foul by MU quickly the game for either squad. Following Brooks’ eight point of the half, hit back-to-back treys to make it a fi ve-point game before a spurt by gave the ball back to USM and Helgeson notched her tenth point of Alix Barnette hit a three to cap the run. UAB stormed right back reeling the herd helped it open its largest advantage of the game at 63-51. the game to put the Golden Eagles back on top, 52-49. off the next seven points to cut the lead to four, 41-37. Over its recent Chantelle Handy scored six in the run. Memphis did not relent, scoring What turned into an 8-0 run for USM was stopped when Crook hit six-game winless streak, the Herd has been victimized by second-half the next seven points to cut the lead to fi ve, 63-58. It also held the a free throw to bring the Herd within three points, 53-50. That momen- runs by its opponents, but the team fought back against the Blazers. Herd scoreless over a fi ve-minute span before a bucket by Handy with tum was short lived as Helgeson, who notched all of her points in the After UAB cut the defi cit to four, the Herd embarked on a 13-4 run 1:27 remaining pushed the lead back to seven. Memphis cut the lead second half, hit a jumper on the next trip down the fl oor to put USM up to reestablish its double-digit advantage. It was a team eff ort with fi ve to fi ve, but a perfect 6-6 showing from the charity stripe in the fi nal fi ve, its largest lead to that point. She scored the next three for USM to players contributing to the run, led by Tynikki Crook’s four points. With minute cemented the win for the Herd. make it a 58-50 game. four minutes left, Walters knocked down two free throws to put MU up The Herd was dominant in almost every category, outrebounding Marshall closed within four, 63-59, in the fi nal minute, but the 56-42, setting a new high for its largest lead of the game. UAB scored the Tigers 34-26 and outshooting the Tigers, .574-.368. Both teams Golden Eagles hit some late free throws to seal the game. Southern the next four points to cut the lead to ten, but it was not enough as struggled with turnovers as Memphis committed 24 and Marshall Miss shot 45.8% for the game, including .667 in the second half. After Marshall pulled away for the 17-point win. turned the ball over 21 times. hitting six shots to start the game, USM hit 16 in the latter half. Marshall Keona Brook and Alix Barnette notched 11 points apiece. For Bar- Lonlack led Memphis with 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting. Winchell shot .367. The Herd fi nished with a dominant 41-31 advantage on the nette, it marked her fourth straight double-digit outing, a career best. scored 14. boards. Alyssa Hammond and Tania Walters each scored ten.

Southern Miss 17-8, 10-2 C-USA Marshall 13-13, 6-7 Marshall 14-13, 7-7 C-USA tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min LOVE 4 12 0 1 2 5 3 8 11 1 10 5 2 1 0 32 CROOK 1 9 0 0 6 10 3 5 8 3 8 1 0 0 1 20 CROOK 9 12 0 0 4 8 5 9 14 4 22 3 1 2 1 25 HELGESON 7 10 0 0 3 8 1 3 4 3 17 1 1 1 0 31 HAMMOND 2 6 0 0 6 6 0 3 3 4 10 5 4 0 1 28 HAMMOND 4 7 0 0 6 6 2 4 6 2 14 5 4 0 0 34 REED 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 2 0 2 31 GRAY 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 8 BARNETTE 3 7 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 6 1 4 0 2 23 EUGENE 3 5 0 0 8 8 2 2 4 4 14 0 1 2 1 32 BARNETTE 4 9 1 2 2 2 0 5 5 3 11 2 1 0 1 34 HANDY 6 10 0 2 1 2 0 3 3 1 13 2 1 1 1 37 BARBER 5 9 1 1 7 9 0 2 2 2 18 2 3 0 2 36 HANDY 6 10 0 0 2 2 3 6 9 2 14 1 1 1 0 36 WALTERS 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 3 32 RUCKER 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 BAKER 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 11 BAKER 2 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 3 22 GATLING 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 HENRIQUES 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 HENRIQUES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 MURPHY 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 MITCHELL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 MITCHELL 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 WASHINGTON 0 3 0 2 1 2 2 2 4 2 1 3 2 0 0 24 HARRIS 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 HARRIS 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 1 1 0 1 10 TEAM 1 1 2 1 BROOKS 3 4 0 0 5 8 1 0 1 3 11 1 1 0 0 18 BROOKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 1 10 Totals.... 22 48 2 8 23 34 9 22 31 17 69 13 12 4 5 200 WALTERS 3 5 1 1 3 5 2 1 3 2 10 2 1 0 3 25 LISONBEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 LISONBEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 TEAM 1 4 5 1 FG% 1st Half: 6-24 25.0% 2nd Half: 16-24 66.7% Game: 45.8% TEAM 4 4 8 Totals..... 27 47 1 6 15 23 8 26 34 16 70 16 21 3 12 200 3FG% 1st Half: 0-4 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 25.0% Totals..... 20 47 3 4 24 33 15 29 44 20 67 12 14 1 6 200 FT% 1st Half: 8-11 72.7% 2nd Half: 15-23 65.2% Game: 67.6% FG% 1st Half: 13-23 56.5% 2nd Half: 14-24 58.3% Game: 57.4% FG% 1st Half: 9-29 31.0% 2nd Half: 11-18 61.1% Game: 42.6% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 0-3 0.0% Game: 16.7% Marshall 12-13, 5-7 C-USA 3FG% 1st Half: 2-2 100% 2nd Half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 75.0% FT% 1st Half: 7-11 63.6% 2nd Half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 65.2% tot-fg 3-pt rebounds FT% 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd Half: 18-24 75.0% Game: 72.7% Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min MEMPHIS 11-16, 4-10 C-USA CROOK 5 9 0 0 2 4 7 5 12 3 12 0 4 0 0 24 UAB 10-16, 5-8 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds HANDY 7 14 0 1 1 1 1 6 7 3 15 1 2 0 0 40 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HAMMOND 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 8 8 2 4 1 2 0 1 35 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min THORNTON 2 8 0 0 5 8 2 2 4 2 9 2 3 0 1 34 BAKER 3 11 0 2 4 5 2 3 5 5 10 5 4 0 3 35 BREAUX 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 10 ELLIS 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 19 BARNETTE 4 13 2 6 8 9 0 2 2 3 18 2 1 0 0 39 RANDALL 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 7 LEONARD 3 11 2 6 0 0 1 2 3 2 8 1 7 0 0 29 GRAY 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 PETERSON 4 14 2 9 4 4 1 2 3 4 14 2 3 0 2 37 WINCHELL 5 10 4 8 0 0 1 0 1 1 14 4 4 0 0 35 HENRIQUES 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 JONES 5 17 3 7 2 2 0 3 3 2 15 1 3 1 5 40 LONLACK 8 10 2 2 2 3 2 3 5 4 20 2 6 0 2 38 HARRIS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 SALAAM 1 10 1 5 1 2 3 4 7 1 4 0 1 0 0 32 SIPPIO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 BROOKS 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 5 2 0 2 1 0 17 SIMPSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 SEAGRAVES 1 6 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 5 2 0 0 19 TEAM 2 2 1 TRUEHEART 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 2 1 0 3 1 1 16 COPELAND 1 8 0 0 3 3 3 3 6 3 5 0 1 0 5 21 Totals.... 22 60 2 10 15 19 16 25 41 26 61 11 18 1 4 200 DUKES 4 11 0 0 4 4 4 2 6 3 12 0 0 2 0 19 TEAM 2 3 5 SCOTT 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 19 Totals...... 21 57 9 21 10 14 12 14 26 19 61 14 24 2 9 200 FG% 1st Half: 11-31 35.5% 2nd Half: 11-29 37.9% Game: 36.7% BROWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3FG% 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-7 14.3% Game: 20.0% TEAM 2 2 FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0% 2nd Half: 11-30 36.7% Game: 36.8% FT% 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 12-15 80.0% Game: 78.9% Totals..... 14 56 6 21 16 20 14 17 31 29 50 4 11 8 9 200 3FG% 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% Game: 42.9% FT% 1st Half: 4-4 100% 2nd Half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 71.4% Offi cials: Doug Knight, Eric Bradley, Meadow Overstreet FG% 1st Half: 7-31 22.6% 2nd Half: 7-25 28.0% Game: 25.0% Technical fouls: Southern Miss-None. Marshall-None. 3FG% 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 28.6% Offi cials: Eric Baker, Mike Riggs, Glen Dixon Attendance: 3526 FT% 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 10-12 83.3% Game: 80.0% Technical fouls: Marshall-None. MEMPHIS-None. Attendance: 1473 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: June Corteau, Wesley Dean, Carla Fountain Southern Miss 20 49 69 Technical fouls: Marshall-None. UAB-None. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Marshall 26 35 61 Attendance: 5588 Marshall 34 36 70 MEMPHIS 29 32 61 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Points in the paint-USM 28,MARSHALL 28. Marshall 26 41 67 Points in the paint-MARSHALL 34,MEMPHIS 21. Points off turnovers-USM 19,MARSHALL 6. UAB 24 26 50 Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 21,MEMPHIS 22. 2nd chance points-USM 9,MARSHALL 12. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 10,MEMPHIS 12. Fast break points-USM 8,MARSHALL 6. Pink Zone Fast break points-MARSHALL 6,MEMPHIS 4. Bench points-USM 5,MARSHALL 2. New UAB Women’s Attendance Record at Bartow Arena Bench points-MARSHALL 11,MEMPHIS 8. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-3 times. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-2 times. Last FG-USM 2nd-01:43, MARSHALL 2nd-00:01. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 22,UAB 10. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-01:16, MEMPHIS 2nd-00:37. Largest lead-USM by 10 2nd-00:10, MARSHALL by 9 2nd-12:04. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 6,UAB 11. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 12 2nd-05:52, MEMPHIS by 8 1st-06:37. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 13,UAB 10. Fast break points-MARSHALL 2,UAB 4. Bench points-MARSHALL 21,UAB 15. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-4 times. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-02:05, UAB 2nd-01:03. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 17 2nd-00:42, UAB by 3 1st-18:01. Houston 67, MU 58 MU 61, Rice 51 MU 76, Memphis 57

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Chantelle Handy scored 21 points, but Hous- HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Tynikki Crook recorded her fi fth double- NEW ORLEANS, La. - Tynikki Crook, who recorded a double-double ton responded with four double-digit scorers to grab a 67-58 win over double of the season as the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team in all three C-USA Tournament games a year ago, picked up right where the Marshall University women’s basketball team in Conference USA fi nished the regular season with a 61-51 win over Rice on Saturday af- she left off , tying her career mark with 24 points as Marshall topped action Thursday evening at the Cam Henderson Center. ternoon at the Cam Henderson Center. Memphis, 76-57, in the fi rst round of the 2009 C-USA Women’s Cham- Houston (18-9, 10-5 C-USA) never trailed in the contest, leading by Crook grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds and scored 11 points in pionship. as many as 15 points in the second half. The Thundering Herd (14-14, the winning eff ort. Alyssa Hammond led Marshall (15-14, 8-8 C-USA) Crook was 8-of-15 from the fi eld and a perfect 8-8 from the char- 7-8 C-USA) rallied to get within six points late, but the Cougars were with 12 points while Alix Barnette notched ten. ity stripe. She fell just short of a double-double, grabbing nine boards to lead all players. The Herd led from start to fi nish, holding a 39-32 able to hold off the rally. Saturday’s game was a competitive contest that featured 13 lead advantage at the half. The Tigers closed the gap to three points on sev- The fi rst part of the game was a defensive struggle as Marshall changes. Rice (7-22, 2-14 C-USA) scored the fi rst four points of the eral occasions in the second half before Marshall pulled away for the mustered up just six points through the fi rst 12 minutes. After scoring game before the Herd scored the next eight to take an 8-4 advantage win. Marshall had the hot hand early in the contest, scoring the fi rst its sixth point on an Alaya Mitchell free throw with 14:29 left in the four minutes in. six points on its way to a 14-5 advantage just over seven minutes in. half, the Herd was held scoreless for almost seven minutes as Houston Over the next four minutes, the teams swapped the lead seven Tynikki Crook and Chantelle Handy combined to score the fi rst 14 for reeled off nine straight to open up a 15-6 advantage. times. With the scored tied at 16-16, Melissa Wittmayer gave Rice a lead the Herd. On the defensive end, Marshall held Memphis to an 0-4 start Marshall quickly turned it around as Chantelle Handy hit two that it would hold through the end of the half. The Owls’ lead reach six from the fl oor and forced six turnovers. straight jumpers to close the game to 15-10 before the Cougars points on two separate occasions as they would take a 30-24 lead to Once the Tigers got going, they quickly cut into the defi cit, closing stormed back to take a double-digit lead, 29-19, with just over a min- the locker room. within fi ve, 16-11, with 11:25 remaining in the half. Two minutes later, ute left in the half. Cobilyn Hill and Brittney Scott each scored six points A jumper by Tara Watts to open the second stanza put Rice up the Tigers made it a one possession game. With Marshall up 20-15, in the run before three points to fi nish the half by Handy made it a eight, the largest advantage the Owls would enjoy in the game. Mar- Ramses Lonlack connected on a jumper to make it a three-point game. 31-23 game at the half. shall’s off ense got in gear at that point, scoring the next ten on its way The Herd did not take long to respond, pushing its lead up to as many as nine points over the next fi ve minutes. Crook and Handy continued Handy opened up the second half right where she left off , scoring to a 35-32 edge. Following two points by Crook, Rashedah Henriques their early success and would fi nish the half with 12 and 13 points, re- on a jumper a minute into the half to cut the lead to six, 31-25, but a nailed a trey to bring the Herd within three. spectively. Marshall had a chance to extend the lead into double digits 19-10 stretch by Houston pushed its lead to 15, the largest advantage Down by one six minutes into the second half, Alaya Mitchell con- before a turnover, one of 13 in the half for the Herd, gave the ball back it would enjoy all game. Courtney Taylor, the No. 3 scorer in C-USA, nected on a jumper to give Marshall its fi rst lead since the opening half to the Tigers, who would score the next four via the free throw line to scored six in the run on her way to 16 points for the game. before two free throws by Keona Brooks fi nished off the run. A Megan cut the lead to fi ve. Over the fi nal fi ve minutes, Marshall utilized the With Houston up 54-41 with 6:27 left in the contest, Marshall made Elliott jumper with 13 minutes remaining ended a six-minute scoring three ball, with its fi nal 12 points coming beyond the arc. Alix Barnette, ones last eff ort to get back in the game. A three by Casey Baker began drought for the Owls. Casey Baker, Alaya Mitchell and Handy combined to knock down the a 6-0 run that saw the Cougar lead cut to seven. Two minutes later, with Elliott’s shot was the fi rst of two straight buckets that gave the lead treys as Marshall would take a 39-32 lead to the locker room. UH up 56-47, Baker struck again, connecting on another trey to cut the back to the Owls, 36-35 before Hammond scored four out of six points Memphis opened the second half fi ring, cutting the lead back to defi cit to six points. during a stretch that saw Marshall retake the lead, 41-36. one possession as three-point play by Savannah Ellis to make it a 42-39 That would be as close as Marshall would get the rest of the way as The scrappy Owls refused to give up, going on a 7-1 run to go up game. The Herd continued its success from three-point range as Tania the teams swapped points down the stretch before Houston settled for by a point with 8:35 remaining, but a 10-0 game-changing run put Walters hit her second of the game, which was followed by treys from Baker and Handy 48-41 game in favor of Marshall. A jumper by Wal- the nine-point win. the Herd up for good. Hammond and Barnette chipped in four points ters seven minutes into the second period marked the fi rst two-point For only the third time in league play, Marshall was on the low end apiece as Marshall went up by nine with four minutes left. bucket for the Herd since the 7:06 mark of the fi rst half. Marshall had of the rebounding total as Houston fi nished with a 36-30 edge on the Rice closed the defi cit to six, 54-48, with 1:31 left, but the Herd hit scored seven-straight fi eld goals via the three-point line. Up by four, boards. The Cougars also topped the Herd in shooting, hitting 48.0% of 5-of-6 free throws in the fi nal minute to fi nish off the 61-51 victory. 56-52, with 7:28 left in the game, Marshall worked its lead back to eight its shots while holding MU to 37.9%. Marshall was once again dominant on the boards, outrebounding points, 62-54. The Herd got the ball in the paint to Crook, who scored Handy led all scorers with 21 points while Baker notched 13. She Rice, 46-29. The Herd also held the fi nal advantage in shooting, .386- six-straight for MU, hitting four free throws and a lay-up. With 3:27 also had fi ve boards and four assists. Tynikki Crook fell just short of her .357. The bench also played a large role in the victory, outscoring Rice’s remaining, Crook made it eight in a row, pushing the lead to double second consecutive double-double, scoring eight points to go along bench, 24-5. digits for the fi rst time all game. with nine rebounds. Maudess Fulton led all scorers with 18 points. Emery Carter scored The lead would reach as many as 19 in the fi nal minutes as Marshall Scott and Taylor led Houston with 16 points. Cobilyn Hill scored 13 12 for the Owls. shot 18-of-18 from the free throw line, its second perfect game from while grabbing nine boards and blocking six Marshall shots. Porsche the line against the Tigers this season. It also set a tournament record. Landry chipped in 11. Handy and Baker were the other double digit scorers for Marshall. Handy scored 18 while Baker scored nine. Walters chipped in eight, in- cluding two big threes.

Houston 18-9, 10-5 C-USA RICE 7-22, 2-14 C-USA MEMPHIS 12-18 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min MASON 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 6 6 2 5 3 2 1 3 39 ELLIOTT 2 9 0 2 3 6 1 4 5 3 7 1 1 0 0 30 THORNTON 4 8 0 0 6 7 2 4 6 2 14 2 6 0 1 34 HILL 5 8 0 0 3 5 5 4 9 4 13 1 0 6 0 24 CARTER 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 12 0 0 0 0 21 ELLIS 5 5 0 0 2 5 5 1 6 3 12 0 2 1 1 30 SCOTT 6 11 4 5 0 2 2 2 4 3 16 2 1 0 0 39 SMART 3 10 1 3 0 1 0 4 4 2 7 3 7 0 3 40 LEONARD 1 11 0 7 2 2 0 3 3 4 4 2 6 1 5 38 LANDRY 3 8 0 1 5 5 2 2 4 2 11 5 6 0 2 34 WATTS 1 11 0 3 0 0 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 37 WINCHELL 3 13 1 7 7 8 1 5 6 3 14 1 5 0 1 33 TAYLOR 5 9 0 1 6 8 0 4 4 2 16 2 1 0 1 28 FULTON 7 13 1 3 3 6 0 3 3 4 18 1 1 0 1 36 LONLACK 3 6 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 3 8 1 2 0 2 32 JOSEPH 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 4 2 3 0 0 26 HYPOLITE 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 SEAGRAVES 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 17 BUTTON 1 6 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 CARMON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 COPELAND 2 5 0 0 1 2 3 1 4 1 5 0 2 0 1 16 JOHNSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 WITTMAYER 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 14 TEAM 3 3 1 TEAM 1 1 2 1 MAYSE 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 16 Totals.... 18 50 1 17 20 26 12 19 31 16 57 9 24 3 11 200 Totals.... 24 50 5 10 14 20 14 22 36 16 67 16 14 7 6 200 TEAM 4 2 6 Totals..... 20 56 2 12 9 17 8 21 29 18 51 6 12 0 6 200 FG% 1st Half: 10-24 41.7% 2nd Half: 8-26 30.8% Game: 36.0% FG% 1st Half: 14-31 45.2% 2nd Half: 10-19 52.6% Game: 48.0% 3G% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 0-11 0.0% Game: 5.9% 3FG% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 2-3 66.7% Game: 50.0% FG% 1st Half: 12-28 42.9% 2nd Half: 8-28 28.6% Game: 35.7% FT% 1st Half: 11-12 91.7% 2nd Half: 9-14 64.3% Game: 76.9% FT% 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd Half: 14-18 77.8% Game: 70.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 16.7% FT% 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 52.9% Marshall 16-14 Marshall 14-14, 7-8 C-USA tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Marshall 15-14, 8-8 C-USA Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds CROOK 8 15 0 0 8 8 6 3 9 4 24 2 2 0 5 29 CROOK 2 9 0 0 4 4 4 5 9 4 8 2 0 1 0 32 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HAMMOND 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 4 0 1 20 HAMMOND 2 8 0 1 0 0 2 4 6 3 4 1 1 0 1 30 CROOK 4 11 0 0 3 6 6 9 15 1 11 1 1 1 0 26 BAKER 2 8 2 8 4 4 0 6 6 3 10 4 5 1 4 27 BARNETTE 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 18 HANDY 3 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 1 1 0 0 23 HANDY 8 15 2 4 0 0 3 1 4 2 18 3 1 2 0 31 HANDY 10 16 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 21 3 1 1 1 34 HAMMOND 4 7 0 0 4 4 1 3 4 3 12 0 3 1 0 27 WALTERS 3 5 2 3 0 0 2 2 4 2 8 4 3 0 1 28 WALTERS 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 1 26 BAKER 2 5 1 3 2 2 2 4 6 3 7 5 4 0 1 27 HENRIQUES 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 BAKER 4 10 2 2 3 4 2 3 5 3 13 4 0 0 1 23 WALTERS 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 22 MITCHELL 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 13 MITCHELL 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 13 HENRIQUES 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 8 3 0 1 0 0 13 BARNETTE 2 6 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 3 7 2 1 0 1 14 HARRIS 1 4 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 16 MITCHELL 2 5 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 13 HARRIS 0 5 0 0 2 2 1 4 5 0 2 2 3 1 1 25 BROOKS 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 9 BARNETTE 4 8 0 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 10 2 0 0 1 19 BROOKS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 TEAM 2 2 1 HARRIS 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 4 0 0 0 3 17 LISONBEE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Totals..... 22 58 2 5 12 15 14 16 30 15 58 16 8 3 4 200 BROOKS 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 3 4 1 2 0 4 0 0 13 TEAM 3 3 6 1 TEAM 2 2 Totals..... 25 62 8 20 18 18 18 23 41 18 76 19 22 6 15 200 FG% 1st Half: 9-29 31.0% 2nd Half: 13-29 44.8% Game: 37.9% Totals..... 22 57 2 8 15 20 15 31 46 25 61 12 16 2 6 200 3FG% 1st Half: 0-1 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 40.0% FG% 1st Half: 15-29 51.7% 2nd Half: 10-33 30.3% Game: 40.3% FT% 1st Half: 5-7 71.4% 2nd Half: 7-8 87.5% Game: 80.0% FG% 1st Half: 11-26 42.3% 2nd Half: 11-31 35.5% Game: 38.6% 3FG% 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 40.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 25.0% FT% 1st Half: 4-4 100% 2nd Half: 14-14 100% Game: 100% Offi cials: Angelica Suff ren, Jeff Caudle, Angie Enlund FT% 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 14-18 77.8% Game: 75.0% Technical fouls: Houston-None. Marshall-None. Offi cials: Ken Drayton, Gina Cross, Eric Baker Attendance: 876 Offi cials: Lawson Newton, Ron Dressander, Kevin Pethtel Technical fouls: MEMPHIS-None. Marshall-None. Technical fouls: RICE-None. Marshall-None. Attendance: 1306 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Attendance: 609 Houston 31 36 67 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Marshall 23 35 58 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total MEMPHIS 32 25 57 RICE 30 21 51 Marshall 39 37 76 Points in the paint-HOU 26,MARSHALL 18. Marshall 24 37 61 2009 Conference USA Women's Basketball Championship Points off turnovers-HOU 7,MARSHALL 12. FIRST ROUND 2nd chance points-HOU 13,MARSHALL 11. Points in the paint-RICE 22,MARSHALL 30. Fast break points-HOU 6,MARSHALL 2. Points off turnovers-RICE 14,MARSHALL 9. Points in the paint-MEMPHIS 32,MARSHALL 30. Bench points-HOU 6,MARSHALL 22. 2nd chance points-RICE 5,MARSHALL 12. Points off turnovers-MEMPHIS 16,MARSHALL 20. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-0 times. Fast break points-RICE 4,MARSHALL 6. 2nd chance points-MEMPHIS 11,MARSHALL 16. Last FG-HOU 2nd-03:29, MARSHALL 2nd-00:48. Bench points-RICE 5,MARSHALL 24. Fast break points-MEMPHIS 16,MARSHALL 4. Largest lead-HOU by 15 2nd-09:59, MARSHALL None. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-13 times. Bench points-MEMPHIS 5,MARSHALL 14. Last FG-RICE 2nd-00:20, MARSHALL 2nd-02:19. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Largest lead-RICE by 8 2nd-19:41, MARSHALL by 10 2nd-00:03. Last FG-MEMPHIS 2nd-05:37, MARSHALL 2nd-01:21. Largest lead-MEMPHIS None, MARSHALL by 19 2nd-01:21. MU 72, UTEP 70 OT

NEW ORLEANS, La. - Chantelle Handy hit a jumper with three sec- onds remaining in overtime to send the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team to the semifi nals of the Conference USA Champion- ship on Friday evening at Fogelman Arena. Marshall (17-14) overcame an eight-point defi cit with under four minutes remaining in regulation while holding UTEP (18-12) to just four points over that span. Marshall outscored UTEP, 13-11, in the over- time period to take a 72-70 victory. UTEP opened up a quick 4-0 lead in the fi rst minute of the game before Marshall roared right back to tie it up. Chantelle Handy and Tynikki Crook were the stars once again early on as they scored 10 out of Marshall’s fi rst 12 points. Marshall took its fi rst lead of the game with 5:55 left in the period on a fi eld goal by Keona Brooks. The Miners took the lead back just over a minute later as Fannie Goodwin ended the scoring drought for UTEP. The lead changed four times over the fi nal 4:19 of the half, but with the game knotted at 21-21 with 44 seconds remaining, the Miners closed the stanza on a 6-0 run to take a 27-21 lead to the locker room. The Herd came out refocused after halftime and cut the defi cit to two, 27-25, following shots by Casey Baker and Alyssa Hammond, be- fore the Miners scored their fi rst two buckets of the half to retake a six-point edge. Up by eight, 55-47, with 3:16 left, Marshall put forth its best eff ort to continue its season. A three by Baker made it a fi ve-points game, and after holding UTEP scoreless on the ensuing two posses- sions, Hammond and Crook scored on back-to-back shots to cut the lead to one, 55-54. The run did not stop there, following another UTEP miss, Casey Baker knocked down a long three on the other end of the fl oor to put the Herd back on top, 57-55. Marshall remained in the lead, 59-57, with under ten seconds remaining, until Jareica Hughes hit a lay-up to tie the game and send it to overtime. It marked the second-straight year the Herd went to overtime in the second round of the tournament. Handy scored off of the tip to begin the overtime period before the Miners scored the next fi ve to go up three, 64-61. Goodwin hit two free throws and Trukshanina followed it with her third trey of the night. With the defi cit still at three, 68-65, with 1:33 remaining, Handy con- nected on a three to tie it up and with 52 second left in the extra pe- riod, the Herd defense forced a missed UTEP shot and Crook converted on the other end to put the Herd on top. UTEP came back to tie the score at 70 all with 26 seconds remaining. Handy fouled Jareica Hughes on a three-point attempts and Hughes hit 2-of-3 free throws. That left Marshall in position for the last shot. Freshman Tania Walters found Handy, who hit a jumper just inside the three-point line to give Marshall a 72-70 lead with three seconds left. UTEP gave it one last shot, attempting a three, but it bounced off the backboard as time ran out. The win marked Marshall’s fi rst in fi ve tries against the Miners. Handy and Hammond scored 15 points apiece to lead Marshall while Crook fi nished with 13 points and ten rebounds. Marshall 17-14 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min CROOK 5 6 0 0 3 4 3 7 10 4 13 1 4 2 0 33 HAMMOND 6 11 0 0 3 3 2 3 5 2 15 6 1 0 2 33 BAKER 3 8 2 6 1 2 0 8 8 5 9 6 2 0 0 27 HANDY 7 14 1 3 0 0 2 4 6 2 15 4 5 0 0 37 WALTERS 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 2 2 0 0 29 HENRIQUES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 MITCHELL 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 BARNETTE 1 5 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 2 4 4 2 0 1 28 HARRIS 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 8 BROOKS 2 5 0 0 3 4 1 2 3 2 7 1 1 0 0 14 LISONBEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 TEAM 2 4 6 1 Totals.... 28 59 4 13 12 16 11 29 40 24 72 24 19 3 6 225

FG% 1st Half: 9-21 42.9% 2nd Half: 14-31 45.2% Game: 47.5% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 30.8% FT% 1st Half: 2-2 100% 2nd Half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 75.0%

UTEP 18-12 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min CHAMBE 0 2 0 0 3 4 0 5 5 2 3 0 1 0 1 17 WILLIAMS 3 10 0 2 0 0 4 1 5 3 6 0 4 0 2 41 HUGHES 6 24 0 5 5 6 0 3 3 2 17 6 2 0 1 44 CALDWELL 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 35 JONES 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 0 2 21 HILLMAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TRUKSHANINA 4 9 3 6 4 4 1 1 2 3 15 0 1 0 0 35 GOODWIN 8 10 0 0 8 16 10 4 14 3 24 0 0 1 5 30 TM 2 3 5 1 Totals.... 23 63 4 15 20 32 17 20 37 15 70 8 13 1 13 225

FG% 1st Half: 10-24 41.7% 2nd Half: 10-30 33.3% Game: 36.5% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 26.7% FT% 1st Half: 5-12 41.7% 2nd Half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 62.5%

Offi cials: Ken Drayton, Laurie Porter, Jules Gallien Technical fouls: Marshall-BAKER, Casey. UTEP-None. Attendance: 1225

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Marshall 21 38 13 72 UTEP 27 32 11 70 2009 Conference USA Women's Basketball Championship QUARTERFINALS

Points in the paint-MARSHALL 32,UTEP 34. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 10,UTEP 21. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 11,UTEP 27. Fast break points-MARSHALL 7,UTEP 8. Bench points-MARSHALL 13,UTEP 39. Score tied-8 times. Lead changed-7 times. Last FG-MARSHALL OT-00:03, UTEP OT-01:48. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 3 2nd-00:26, UTEP by 9 2nd-06:12. over Northern Illinois. The win proved to be the lone victory by a visiting team Royce Chadwick in the tournament’s fi rst round, sparking MU to a fast 8-1 start the next season. Before his arrival in Huntington, Chadwick spent seven seasons as head coach Head Coach at Stephen F. Austin, where his teams were known as fast, athletic, pressure- defense oriented teams. He established himself as one of the top collegiate Eighth Season coaches in the nation by virtue of his regular and postseasonsuccess. During his tenure at SFA, Chadwick averaged 24.7 wins per season (.797) and led the S.W. Oklahoma State, ‘80 Ladyjacks to seven consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament. In 1996, the native of Floydada, Texas, led Stephen F. Austin to the NCAA’s Sweet 16. During that season’s NCAA Tournament, Chadwick’s team garnered SFA’s fi rst ever road tournament wins. He also guided the Ladyjacks to seven Southland Conference Tournament titles, while compiling a staggering confer- ence record of 128-14 (.901). From 1996-2001 at SFA, fi ve of Chadwick’s Lady- jack squads posted 25-win campaigns, along with the aforementioned NCAA Tournament bids. In his fi nal season at the school, the Ladyjacks fi nished 76th in the women’s basketball Sagarin ratings. Success has followed Chadwick at every stop during his coaching career. His fi rst collegiate head coaching assignment was at Panhandle (Okla.) State, where he led his Aggie teams to 19 and 20 wins, respectively, in his two years Royce Chadwick enters his 25th year of coaching on the heels of a season that there. Those two seasons also marked the fi rst appearances in postseason play saw him eclipse the 500 win mark for his career. While he was the fi rst to dis- for Chadwick—a place the Southwest Oklahoma State graduate would grow miss the signifi cance of the number, it is impossible to overlook an accomplish- accustomed to as his career progressed. At Sam Houston State, his next stop, ment that only a handful of coaches in the country can put on their resume. he guided a school that had never posted a winning season to an 18-9 mark during the 1988-89 campaign. That team was also one of the nation’s most Another point that is impossible to overlook is the turnaround Chadwick improved programs, advancing to the Gulf Star Conference postseason tourna- has made with the Thundering Herd program. Entering his eighth season at ment. In his fi ve seasons at Howard, Chadwick posted a record of 148-21, won Marshall, Chadwick has put together a string of fi ve consecutive non-losing four Western Conference titles, advanced to the NJCAA Tournament twice and seasons, a record the program has not seen in over 20 years. The upswing was named National Coach of the Year in 1992. A multifaceted talent, Chadwick continued last season as Chadwick led the Herd to two wins in the C-USA Tour- also served as Howard’s athletic director. After moving on to Stephen F. Austin, nament and just minutes short of an appearance in the championship game. Chadwick continued to win and add to the Ladyjacks’ reputation as a basket- ball powerhouse. SFA’s 255 wins in the 1990s thrust them into seventh place Since taking the reins of the Herd in March of 2001, Chadwick has been vital nationally in overall wins, while their .821 winning percentage (255-56) placed in the dramatic turnaround of the program. The Herd is riding a streak of four them sixth. consecutive non-losing seasons, the second longest such streak in school his- tory, which has produced the best four-year win total (67) at Marshall in the last In 1983, Chadwick broke into the coaching ranks at Olton High School in Texas, 20 years. In 2004-05, he guided the Herd to its fi rst Mid-American Conference where he led the Mustangs to a record of 21-5 and its fi rst district champion- East Division title by virtue of a 12-4 record in league play – Marshall’s highest ship in nine years. single-season conference win total in school history. Marshall’s 19 wins were the most the school had seen in 14 years. That, coupled with its No. 1 scoring Chadwick earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Southwest- off ense and MAC-high nine double-digit conference wins, allowed Chadwick to ern Oklahoma State in 1980 and later earned a master’s degree in business fi nish runnerup in MAC Coach of the Year voting. education from his alma mater in 1982. Chadwick’s ability to resurrect a program is unmistakable after he revived a Chadwick is the proud father of two daughters, Kasi, 21, and Kelsi, 18. Marshall team that hit major doldrums after its 1997 NCAA appearance. Mar- shall went 30-81 in the four years after its lone NCAA berth, compared to 58-58 in Chadwick’s fi rst four years in Huntington. He also stayed at .500 in conference play (32-32) during that span, while the previous four years yielded only a .151 winning percentage (10-56) against MAC foes. Further, during Marshall’s 12- game win streak in 2004-05 alone, the Herd won more conference games (11) than did his predecessor in four years combined. The winning streak, the fi fth longest in the nation when it ended, was Marshall’s longest in 33 years. CHADWICK’S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD The fi fth women’s basketball coach in school history, Chadwick reached his 450th career win – and 50th at Marshall – with the landmark victory in 2005 SEASON SCHOOL RECORD WIN% came when the Herd posted an 82-76 win over intrastate rival West Virginia, 1984-85 Panhandle State 19-16 .543 giving Chadwick his fi rst career win over the Mountaineers, a team that would 1985-86 Panhandle State 20-10 .667 later play in the WNIT championship game. Panhandle State--2 seasons 39-26 .600 His arrival at Marshall brought not only a keen basketball mind, but a success- 1986-87 Sam Houston State 9-18 .333 driven individual whose leadership skills have produced may meaningful triumphs during an illustrious career. Chadwick, 50, owns 522 wins in his col- 1987-88 Sam Houston State 13-14 .481 legiate coaching days (522-248) with an astounding .678 winning percentage. 1988-89 Sam Houston State 18-9 .667 His Div. I record (335-201) alone is remarkable, winning at a .625 clip over 17 Sam Houston St.--3 seasons 40-41 .494 seasons at Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin and Marshall. 1989-90 Howard JUCO 27-5 .844 During his tenure at MU, the team has garnered votes in both the AP and ESPN/ 1990-91 Howard JUCO 27-5 .844 USA Today Top-25 polls for the fi rst time in school history and has tallied wins over schools from the Big East, Big 12 and ACC. 1991-92 Howard JUCO 26-6 .813 1992-93 Howard JUCO 35-1 .972 The enthusiasm that Chadwick and his athletic teams generate throughout the 1993-94 Howard JUCO 33-4 .892 community have resulted in hefty crowds at the Cam Henderson Center, includ- ing a school-record 7,017 fans to witness Marshall’s clash with Kentucky in Howard JUCO--5 seasons 148-21 .876 2004. That crowd made it four straight years that the Herd set the conference’s 1994-95 Stephen F. Austin 22-8 .733 single-game attendance mark for each respective season. In 2001, Chadwick’s initial season in Huntington, Marshall’s attendance rose by 251 percent, which 1995-96 Stephen F. Austin 27-4 .871 was the nation’s third largest Div. I increase. 1996-97 Stephen F. Austin 28-5 .848 1997-98 Stephen F. Austin 25-4 .862 Chadwick, who received a contract extension in August of 2004 to remain at Marshall through the 2011-12 season, saw his hard work begin to blossom dur- 1998-99 Stephen F. Austin 17-12 .586 ing the 2003-04 season when the Herd secured its fi rst winning season in seven 1999-00 Stephen F. Austin 28-4 .875 years. A postseason MAC game at home – a program fi rst – allowed the Herd to advance to Gund Arena where it would pull off the tournament’s biggest upset 2000-01 Stephen F. Austin 26-7 .788 by knocking off No. 3 Kent State. Marshall lost to eventual champion Eastern Stephen F. Austin--7 seasons 173-44 .797 Michigan in the MAC semis, but that experience continued to lay a new founda- 2001-02 Marshall 9-19 .321 tion of success for women’s basketball at Marshall. 2002-03 Marshall 12-17 .414 An admirable list of fi rst-time and program-best accomplishments legitimized 2003-04 Marshall 18-12 .600 the 2003-04 Herd. The tournament victory over KSU was Marshall’s fi rst in Cleveland, highlighting a season in which the Herd posted its most overall 2004-05 Marshall 19-10 .655 wins (18) since its fi nal year in the Southern Conference. The fi rst ever win over 2005-06 Marshall 15-14 .517 MAC power Toledo, the best non-conference record (8-3) in seven years and 2006-07 Marshall 15-15 .500 a No. 4 national fi nish in rebounding margin (+8.7) dot Marshall’s triumphs. Back-to-back top-50 recruiting classes in 2002 and 2003, plus several integral 2007-08 Marshall 17-16 .515 pieces along the recruiting trail from high schools to junior colleges, have given 2008-09 Marshall 17-13 .567 Chadwick the athletes he needs to achieve early success in Marshall’s new era Marshall - 8th season 122-116 .513 in C-USA. Total 24 seasons 522-248 .678 The Herd’s non-losing seasons the past four years can be linked to a monumen- tal win in DeKalb, Ill., in March of 2003. Marshall, coming off an 11-16 regular season, won its fi rst ever MAC Tournament game by posting a 70-58 victory Casey Baker Alix Barnette Guard Guard 5-8 5-8 Senior Junior Bradenton, Fla. Chapel Hill, N.C. Lincoln Trail (Ill.) CC East Chapel Hill

Career Career Points: ...... 28 (@ Houston, 3/1/08) Points: ...... 19 (at Rice, 1/11/07) FG: ...... 9 (4x, @ Houston, 3/1/08) FG: ...... 7 (at Rice, 1/11/07) FGA: ...... 18 (vs MIZZ, 12/28/07) FGA: ...... 13 (3x, last vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) 3-Pt FG: ...... 4 (3x, last @ Southern Miss, 1/29/09) 3-Pt FG: ...... 3 (3x, last vs UTEP, 2/7/08) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 8 (@ Southern Miss, 1/29/09) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 6 (5x, last vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) FT: ...... 8 (@ Houston, 3/1/08) FT: ...... 8 (vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) FTA: ...... 10 (Twice, last @ Houston, 3/1/08) FTA: ...... 10 (at Memphis, 1/18/07) Rebounds: ...... 11 (@ North Texas, 12/4/07) Rebounds: ...... 8 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) Assists: ...... 11 (vs Memphis, 2/21/08) Assists: ...... 5 (3x, last vs Morehead State, 11/25/08) Steals: ...... 9 (vs. Navy, 12/16/07) Steals: ...... 3 (@ Tulane, 2/10/08) Blocked Shots: ...... 3 (vs Tulsa, 1/18/08) Blocked Shots: ...... 1 (3x, last vs ECU, 1/5/08) Minutes Played: ...... 40 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) Minutes Played: ...... 39 (vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09)

Season Season Points: ...... 19 (vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) Points: ...... 18 (vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) FG: ...... 7 (Twice, last vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) FG: ...... 6 (3x, last vs UCF, 2/13/09) FGA ...... 13 (vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) FGA: ...... 13 (Twice, last vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) 3-Pt FG: ...... 4 (3x, last @ Southern Miss, 1/29/09) 3-Pt FG: ...... 2 (4x, last vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 8 (@ Southern Miss, 1/29/09) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 6 (vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) FT: ...... 4 (3x, last vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) FT: ...... 8 (vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) FTA: ...... 6 (@ Seton Hall, 12/6/08) FTA: ...... 9 (vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) Rebounds: ...... 8 (Twice, last vs UTEP, 3/6/09) Rebounds: ...... 7 (vs Memphis, 1/24/09) Assists: ...... 8 (@ App. State, 11/14/08) Assists: ...... 5 (Twice, last vs Morehead State, 11/25/08) Steals: ...... 7 (vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) Steals: ...... 2 (4x, last @ Memphis, 2/22/09) Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (@ Seton Hall, 12/6/08) Blocked Shots: ...... N/A Minutes Played: ...... 39 (Twice, last @ UCF, 1/31/09) Minutes Played: ...... 39 (vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) BAKER GAME-BY-GAME (Senior: 2008-09) Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts BARNETTE GAME-BY-GAME Appalachian St.* 32 1-5 0-0 2-2 1-5-6 3 8 10 0 4 4 (Junior: 2008-09) North Texas* 27 5-11 0-3 4-5 1-6-7 3 3 6 1 1 14 Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts TSU* 26 4-5 3-4 2-2 1-4-5 2 6 5 0 3 13 Appalachian St. 31 5-11 2-4 2-2 1-3-4 3 1 3 0 1 14 ULM* 28 3-11 0-1 2-4 1-2-3 5 3 3 0 2 8 North Texas 32 5-11 0-1 3-5 1-3-4 2 1 1 0 2 13 Morehead State 24 2-9 0-2 2-2 0-7-7 1 3 3 0 2 6 TSU 19 3-6 0-1 2-2 0-1-1 0 5 3 0 0 8 UT Arlington* 21 2-3 1-1 1-2 0-2-2 5 5 4 0 1 6 ULM 23 1-8 0-2 0-1 1-4-5 3 3 5 0 1 2 Seton Hall* 33 2-9 1-4 4-6 0-1-1 5 3 3 2 3 9 Morehead State* 29 1-9 0-3 2-3 1-1-2 0 5 1 0 1 4 Ohio U.* 25 2-8 0-0 2-2 0-2-2 4 4 1 0 0 6 UT Arlington* 20 3-6 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 3 3 0 1 6 Houston Baptist* 24 3-4 0-0 1-2 0-4-4 1 3 1 0 3 7 Seton Hall* 23 2-13 0-3 2-5 1-1-2 4 1 5 0 0 6 Richmond* 25 2-7 1-2 0-2 1-1-2 2 3 1 0 1 5 Ohio U. 11 3-6 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 2 3 0 0 1 7 Mississippi State* 32 7-11 3-3 1-2 1-4-5 4 3 6 0 6 18 Houston Baptist* 25 6-12 1-2 2-2 1-3-4 2 1 2 0 1 15 UNC Asheville* 26 2-3 1-1 0-0 1-1-2 3 7 4 0 0 5 Richmond* 26 2-8 0-2 2-2 1-0-1 4 0 2 0 0 6 East Carolina* 28 1-6 0-2 2-3 0-4-4 2 5 0 0 0 4 Mississippi State* 20 0-6 0-2 0-0 1-2-3 2 1 2 0 1 0 SMU* 31 4-8 1-4 1-2 1-4-5 4 7 4 0 2 10 UNC Asheville* 20 3-5 2-2 3-4 2-4-6 1 4 1 0 1 11 Tulsa* 35 4-7 4-5 2-2 1-3-4 3 1 6 0 3 14 East Carolina* 23 2-6 0-3 1-1 1-1-2 4 1 3 0 2 5 WVU* 23 3-6 1-3 0-0 0-2-2 5 7 2 0 1 7 SMU 20 3-10 1-2 0-0 2-3-5 0 1 0 0 0 7 East Carolina* 31 7-13 4-6 1-2 2-1-3 5 7 1 0 7 19 Tulsa 13 1-2 0-0 3-4 2-0-2 0 1 1 0 0 5 UAB* 39 3-8 1-3 1-4 0-7-7 1 6 1 0 4 8 WVU 18 2-5 0-1 3-4 0-1-1 3 0 2 0 0 7 Memphis* 25 5-10 1-3 0-0 0-0-0 3 4 2 0 1 11 East Carolina 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Southern Miss* 33 5-11 4-8 2-2 2-1-3 4 6 3 0 3 16 UAB 10 2-2 1-1 4-4 0-2-2 0 1 0 0 0 9 UCF* 39 4-10 2-5 1-2 1-7-8 3 5 3 0 2 11 Memphis 19 2-6 0-2 2-2 2-5-7 1 1 2 0 0 6 Tulane* 32 2-4 0-1 3-4 0-5-5 4 4 7 0 2 7 Southern Miss 18 1-4 1-3 0-1 0-1-1 0 2 1 0 1 3 UTEP* 26 3-7 2-5 1-2 2-4-6 3 5 1 0 2 9 UCF 2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 UCF* 15 1-4 0-1 1-2 1-0-1 5 0 3 0 0 3 Tulane 17 0-5 0-2 0-0 0-2-2 1 2 1 0 2 0 Southern Miss* 35 3-11 0-2 4-5 2-3-5 5 5 4 0 3 10 UTEP 30 6-10 1-3 2-3 1-3-4 2 4 3 0 1 15 UAB 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 2 0 0 0 UCF* 31 6-11 2-4 3-5 3-1-4 2 3 7 0 1 17 Memphis 22 2-4 1-2 0-2 0-1-1 0 3 2 0 3 5 Southern Miss* 39 4-13 2-6 8-9 0-2-2 3 2 1 0 0 18 Houston 23 4-10 2-2 3-4 2-3-5 3 4 0 0 1 13 UAB* 34 4-9 1-2 2-2 0-5-5 3 2 1 0 1 11 Rice* 26 2-5 1-3 2-2 2-4-6 3 5 4 0 1 7 Memphis* 23 3-7 0-1 0-1 0-2-2 3 1 4 0 2 6 Memphis* 27 2-8 2-8 4-4 0-6-6 3 4 5 1 4 10 Houston* 18 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 4 1 0 0 0 UTEP* 27 3-8 2-6 1-2 0-8-8 5 6 2 0 0 9 Rice 19 4-8 0-1 2-2 2-2-4 1 2 0 0 1 10 *Starter Memphis 14 2-6 1-2 2-2 0-2-2 3 2 1 0 1 7 UTEP 28 1-5 0-2 2-3 0-0-0 2 4 2 0 1 2 *Starter Keona Brooks Tynikki Crook Forward Forward 6-0 6-1 Junior Sophomore West Memphis, Ark. Detroit, Mich. Southwest Pershing Tennessee

Season/Career Career Points: ...... 13 (vs UNC Asheville, 12/30/08) Points: ...... 24 (Twice, last vs Memphis, 3/5/09) FG: ...... 5 (vs UNC Asheville, 12/30/08) FG: ...... 9 (3x, last @ Memphis, 2/22/09) FGA: ...... 5 (5x, last vs UTEP, 3/6/09) FGA: ...... 18 (@ Southern Miss, 1/29/09) 3-Pt FG: ...... N/A 3-Pt FG: ...... N/A 3-Pt FGA: ...... N/A 3-Pt FGA: ...... N/A FT: ...... 5 (@ UAB, 2/20/09) FT: ...... 9 (vs Memphis, 1/24/09) FTA: ...... 8 (@ UAB, 2/20/09) FTA: ...... 14 (vs North Texas, 11/17/08) Rebounds: ...... 5 (Twice, last @ UCF, 1/31/09) Rebounds: ...... 15 (vs Rice, 2/28/09) Assists: ...... 2 (vs UNC Asheville, 12/30/08) Assists: ...... 5 (vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) Steals: ...... 1 (5x, last @ Memphis, 2/22/09) Steals: ...... 5 (vs Memphis, 3/5/09) Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (vs UCF, 2/13/09) Blocked Shots: ...... 5 (4x, last vs UCF, 2/13/09) Minutes Played: ...... 23 (@ UCF, 1/31/09) Minutes Played: ...... 36 (vs SMU, 3/8/08) BROOKS GAME-BY-GAME (Junior: 2008-09) Season Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Ohio U. 4 0-1 0-0 1-4 1-0-1 0 0 2 0 0 1 Points: ...... 24 (Twice, last vs Memphis, 3/5/09) Houston Baptist 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 2 1 2 0 0 2 Richmond 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 FG: ...... 9 (3x, last @ Memphis, 2/22/09) Mississippi State 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 UNC Asheville 20 5-5 0-0 3-4 0-4-4 1 2 1 0 1 13 FGA: ...... 18 (@ Southern Miss, 1/29/09) East Carolina 9 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 0 0 2 0 1 2 SMU 17 4-5 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 2 0 4 0 0 8 3-Pt FG: ...... N/A Tulsa 15 1-4 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 3 1 4 1 0 3 WVU 18 0-2 0-0 1-2 1-4-5 2 1 4 0 1 1 3-Pt FGA: ...... N/A East Carolina 14 2-5 0-0 4-6 1-1-2 1 1 3 0 0 8 UAB 18 3-5 0-0 4-6 2-1-3 2 1 3 0 0 10 FT: ...... 9 (vs Memphis, 1/24/09) Memphis 12 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 2 1 0 2 Southern Miss 10 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 5 0 3 0 0 0 FTA: ...... 14 (vs North Texas, 11/17/08) UCF 23 2-3 0-0 2-4 1-4-5 1 0 2 0 0 6 Tulane 14 2-4 0-0 1-2 0-0-0 1 1 1 0 1 5 Rebounds: ...... 15 (vs Rice, 2/28/09) UTEP 10 3-3 0-0 3-3 2-2-4 1 0 1 1 0 9 UCF 18 1-1 0-0 2-4 1-0-1 4 1 1 2 0 4 Assists: ...... 5 (vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) Southern Miss 17 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 5 0 2 1 0 2 UAB 18 3-4 0-0 5-8 1-0-1 3 1 1 0 0 11 Steals: ...... 5 (vs Memphis, 3/5/09) Memphis 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 4 0 1 0 Houston 9 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Blocked Shots: ...... 5 (3x, last vs UCF, 2/13/09) Rice 13 0-2 0-0 2-2 1-3-4 1 0 4 0 0 2 Memphis 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Minutes Played: ...... 35 (vs WVU, 1/14/09) UTEP 14 2-5 0-0 3-4 1-2-3 2 1 1 0 0 7 *Starter CROOK GAME-BY-GAME (Sophomore: 2008-09) Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Appalachian St.* 25 5-11 0-0 6-10 4-2-6 4 0 2 2 1 16 North Texas* 33 7-11 0-0 7-14 5-8-13 1 2 0 5 2 21 TSU* 15 4-5 0-0 6-9 0-2-2 3 1 0 1 2 14 ULM* 27 8-12 0-0 4-5 5-3-8 4 2 1 0 1 20 Morehead State* 24 4-11 0-0 4-7 2-5-7 2 2 0 2 2 12 UT Arlington* 26 9-12 0-0 4-5 4-1-5 5 3 2 2 1 22 Seton Hall* 16 3-8 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 5 1 2 0 1 6 Ohio U.* 17 4-8 0-0 4-7 1-3-4 3 1 3 2 0 12 Houston Baptist* 18 8-10 0-0 1-2 4-3-7 2 3 0 0 1 17 Richmond* 19 5-9 0-0 3-5 2-3-5 4 1 5 1 1 13 Mississippi State* 12 2-3 0-0 2-4 1-1-2 4 0 2 0 1 6 UNC Asheville* 11 4-5 0-0 1-1 1-1-2 2 1 0 1 0 9 East Carolina* 16 3-10 0-0 2-4 1-2-3 1 1 5 0 0 8 SMU* 28 3-10 0-0 0-0 6-5-11 4 1 3 1 2 6 Tulsa* 30 2-17 0-0 2-4 4-4-8 4 2 2 5 2 6 WVU* 35 9-15 0-0 6-10 4-6-10 3 2 6 3 2 24 East Carolina* 28 4-8 0-0 5-6 3-4-7 4 5 1 2 0 13 UAB* 33 6-12 0-0 4-6 3-6-9 5 2 4 4 1 16 Memphis* 32 5-11 0-0 9-9 2-3-5 2 1 3 1 3 19 Southern Miss* 32 8-18 0-0 4-6 5-2-7 4 1 6 1 0 20 UCF* 19 6-12 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 4 0 1 0 0 12 Tulane* 31 6-11 0-0 1-3 3-4-7 4 0 3 1 1 13 UTEP* 28 5-13 0-0 3-6 4-3-7 1 0 4 1 0 13 UCF* 28 0-6 0-0 2-6 7-4-11 1 1 5 5 0 2 Southern Miss* 24 5-9 0-0 2-4 7-5-12 3 0 4 0 0 12 UAB* 20 1-9 0-0 6-10 3-5-8 3 1 0 0 1 8 Memphis* 25 9-12 0-0 4-8 5-9-14 4 3 1 2 1 22 Houston* 32 2-9 0-0 4-4 4-5-9 4 2 0 1 0 8 Rice* 26 4-11 0-0 3-6 6-9-15 1 1 1 1 0 11 Memphis* 29 8-15 0-0 8-8 6-3-9 4 2 2 0 5 24 UTEP* 33 5-6 0-0 3-4 3-7-10 4 1 4 2 0 13 *Starter Raechele Gray Alyssa Hammond Guard Guard/Forward 5-5 6-1 Freshman Junior Shelbyville, Ky. Oak Hill, Ohio Shelby County Oak Hill

Season/Career Career Points: ...... 7 (vs UCF, 2/13/09) Points: ...... 25 (@ UCF, 1/31/09) FG: ...... 1 (3x, last vs UCF, 2/13/09) FG: ...... 10 (@ UCF, 1/31/09) FGA: ...... 4 (vs UCF, 2/13/09) FGA: ...... 17 (vs Robert Morris, 11/18/06) 3-Pt FG: ...... 1 (Twice, last @ UAB, 2/20/09) 3-Pt FG: ...... 3 (twice, last vs East Carolina, 1/28/07) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 2 (vs UCF, 2/13/09) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 5 (twice, last at Niagara, 12/21/06) FT: ...... 5 (vs UCF, 2/13/09) FT: ...... 11 (vs ULM, 11/22/08) FTA: ...... 8 (vs UCF, 2/13/09) FTA: ...... 12 (Twice, last vs ULM, 11/22/08) Rebounds: ...... 2 (Twice, last vs UCF, 2/13/09) Rebounds: ...... 11 (vs Memphis, 1/24/09) Assists: ...... 4 (vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) Assists: ...... 6 (vs UTEP, 3/6/09) Steals: ...... 2 (vs UCF, 2/13/09) Steals: ...... 3 (Twice, last @ Houston, 3/1/08) Blocked Shots: ...... N/A Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (Twice, last @ UTEP, 2/8/09) Minutes Played: ...... 22 (vs UCF, 2/13/09) Minutes Played: ...... 38 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) GRAY GAME-BY-GAME (Freshman: 2008-09) Season Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Appalachian St. 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Points: ...... 25 (@ UCF, 1/31/09) TSU 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 ULM 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 FG: ...... 10 (@ UCF, 1/31/09) Morehead State* 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 2 0 1 0 UT Arlington 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FGA: ...... 14 (@ UCF, 1/31/09) Ohio U. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Houston Baptist 10 1-3 0-1 0-1 0-0-0 0 4 0 0 0 2 3-Pt FG: ...... 1 (3x, last @ UCF, 1/31/09) Richmond 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 UNC Asheville 2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 1 0 0 3 3-Pt FGA: ...... 1 (6x, last vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) East Carolina 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Tulsa 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FT: ...... 11 (vs ULM, 11/22/08) Memphis 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tulane 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 FTA: ...... 12 (Twice, last vs Mississippi State, 12/29/08) UTEP 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 UCF 22 1-4 0-2 5-8 0-2-2 3 0 2 0 2 7 Rebounds: ...... 11 (vs Memphis, 1/24/09) Southern Miss 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 2 1 0 0 0 0 UAB* 8 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 3 0 0 3 Assists: ...... 6 (vs UTEP, 3/6/09) *Starter Steals: ...... 2 (4x, last vs UTEP, 3/6/09) Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (@ UTEP, 2/8/09) Minutes Played: ...... 37 (@ Southern Miss, 1/29/09)

HAMMOND GAME-BY-GAME (Junior: 2008-09) Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Appalachian St. 23 6-10 0-0 1-3 0-0-0 1 3 1 0 0 13 North Texas 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 0 2 0 0 0 TSU 20 0-0 0-0 3-4 0-4-4 1 2 1 0 1 3 ULM 21 4-5 0-0 11-12 4-0-4 4 1 5 0 0 19 Morehead State 11 0-3 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 3 0 2 1 1 0 UT Arlington 19 6-9 0-0 0-1 2-3-5 4 0 4 0 1 12 Seton Hall 18 4-10 0-0 3-4 1-2-3 2 1 3 0 0 11 Ohio U.* 19 3-7 0-0 0-1 2-0-2 4 0 3 0 0 6 Houston Baptist 15 5-7 0-0 1-2 0-5-5 1 2 1 0 0 11 Richmond 20 2-6 1-1 6-8 3-0-3 2 0 2 0 2 11 Mississippi State 32 5-9 0-0 10-12 2-4-6 2 3 2 0 0 20 UNC Asheville 6 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 3 1 0 0 6 East Carolina 21 3-5 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 1 0 2 6 SMU* 29 6-13 0-0 6-9 4-3-7 4 3 4 0 1 18 Tulsa* 31 7-10 0-0 4-4 4-2-6 3 2 5 0 2 18 WVU* 25 2-6 0-0 5-7 1-1-2 5 1 1 0 1 9 East Carolina* 36 2-11 1-1 0-0 2-5-7 5 3 7 0 1 5 UAB* 24 5-12 0-0 1-3 1-3-4 5 1 1 0 0 11 Memphis* 36 6-12 0-0 4-4 6-5-11 3 3 0 0 0 16 Southern Miss* 37 5-11 0-0 4-6 2-5-7 5 1 6 0 1 14 UCF* 35 10-14 1-1 4-5 3-2-5 3 1 3 0 0 25 Tulane* 33 5-13 0-1 2-2 2-4-6 3 0 2 0 0 12 UTEP* 36 4-12 0-0 1-1 2-3-5 2 2 2 2 1 9 UCF* 29 2-8 0-0 1-2 2-3-5 3 2 0 0 1 5 Southern Miss* 35 2-8 0-1 0-0 0-8-8 2 1 2 0 1 4 UAB* 28 2-6 0-0 6-6 0-3-3 4 5 4 0 1 10 Memphis* 34 4-7 0-0 6-6 2-4-6 2 5 4 0 0 14 Houston* 30 2-8 0-1 0-0 2-4-6 3 1 1 0 1 4 Rice* 27 4-7 0-0 4-4 1-3-4 3 0 3 1 0 12 Memphis* 20 0-2 0-0 2-2 2-0-2 2 1 4 0 1 2 UTEP* 33 6-11 0-0 3-3 2-3-5 2 6 1 0 2 15 *Starter Chantelle Handy Angelica Harris Forward Guard 6-3 5-9 Junior Junior Durham, England Memphis, Tenn Mount de Chantal Rend Lake J.C.

Career Season/Career Points: ...... 25 (vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) Points: ...... 18 (vs TSU, 11/21/08) FG: ...... 11 (vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) FG: ...... 7 (vs TSU, 11/21/08) FGA: ...... 16 (Twice, last vs Houston, 2/26/09) FGA: ...... 8 (vs TSU, 11/21/08) 3-Pt FG: ...... 2 (Twice, last vs Memphis, 3/5/09) 3-Pt FG: ...... 3 (Twice, last vs UT Arlington, 12/2/08) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 5 (vs UCF, 1/5/07) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 4 (4x, last UNC Ashville, 12/30/08) FT: ...... 6 (vs Morehead State, 11/25/08) FT: ...... 3 (vs UT Arlington, 12/2/08) FTA: ...... 7 (vs Morehead State, 11/25/08) FTA: ...... 5 (vs UCF, 2/13/09) Rebounds: ...... 13 (Twice, last vs Ohio U., 12/13/08) Rebounds: ...... 8 (vs UT Arlington, 12/2/08) Assists: ...... 7 (Twice, last vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) Assists: ...... 7 (vs UT Arlington, 12/2/08) Steals: ...... 3 (3x, last @ Southern Miss, 1/29/09) Steals: ...... 3 (vs Rice, 2/28/09) Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (5x, last vs Memphis, 3/5/09) Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (@ East Carolina, 1/3/09) Minutes Played: ...... 40 (3x, last vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) Minutes Played: ...... 32 (Twice, last @ Seton Hall, 12/6/08)

Season HARRIS GAME-BY-GAME (Junior: 2008-09) Points: ...... 25 (vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Appalachian St.* 15 0-1 0-0 0-0 3-2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 FG: ...... 11 (vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) North Texas* 22 2-6 0-2 0-0 1-1-2 0 1 0 0 1 4 TSU* 19 7-8 3-4 1-2 0-1-1 2 1 3 0 1 18 FGA: ...... 16 (Twice, last vs Houston, 2/26/09) ULM* 27 1-4 1-3 1-2 2-1-3 3 3 2 0 1 4 Morehead State* 32 5-6 2-2 1-1 1-0-1 3 2 3 0 2 13 3-Pt FG: ...... 2 (vs Memphis, 3/5/09) UT Arlington* 30 3-4 3-3 3-4 2-6-8 2 7 2 0 1 12 Seton Hall* 32 2-4 0-2 2-2 2-1-3 1 2 0 0 0 6 3-Pt FGA: ...... 4 (vs Memphis, 3/5/09) Ohio U.* 30 1-7 0-4 1-1 1-3-4 0 2 0 0 1 3 Houston Baptist 11 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 1 0 FT: ...... 6 (vs Morehead State, 11/25/08) Richmond 18 0-2 0-2 1-2 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 0 1 Mississippi State* 29 2-6 2-4 0-0 1-4-5 0 4 1 0 0 6 FTA: ...... 7 (vs Morehead State, 11/25/08) UNC Asheville* 19 4-7 1-4 2-2 1-3-4 1 3 1 0 0 11 East Carolina* 16 0-4 0-3 1-2 2-2-4 1 0 3 2 0 1 Rebounds: ...... 13 (vs Ohio U., 12/13/08) SMU 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tulsa 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Assists: ...... 7 (vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) WVU 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 East Carolina 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Steals: ...... 3 (Twice, last @ Southern Miss, 1/29/09) UAB 6 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Memphis 5 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (4x, last vs Memphis, 3/5/09) Southern Miss 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UCF 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Minutes Played: ...... 40 (Twice, last vs Southern Miss, 2/15/09) Tulane 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 UTEP 13 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 1 0 2 UCF 21 1-3 0-0 2-5 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 1 4 HANDY GAME-BY-GAME Southern Miss 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 (Junior: 2008-09) UAB 12 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Memphis 10 2-4 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 2 1 1 0 1 4 Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Houston 16 1-4 0-0 1-2 2-1-3 1 1 1 0 0 3 Appalachian St.* 25 3-8 0-0 1-2 1-1-2 4 1 0 0 1 7 Rice 17 2-5 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 2 0 0 0 3 4 North Texas* 28 6-8 0-0 1-1 1-5-6 4 5 4 0 1 13 Memphis 25 0-5 0-0 2-2 1-4-5 0 2 3 1 1 2 TSU* 22 4-5 0-0 0-0 2-4-6 3 3 2 0 0 8 UTEP 8 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 1 2 ULM* 26 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 3 1 3 0 0 6 Morehead State* 36 5-12 0-0 6-7 3-5-8 1 2 2 0 2 16 *Starter UT Arlington* 20 1-5 0-0 3-4 2-7-9 4 3 1 0 0 5 Seton Hall* 37 5-11 0-0 0-0 5-4-9 1 0 3 0 2 10 Ohio U.* 37 8-12 0-0 0-0 5-8-13 3 1 0 0 0 16 Houston Baptist* 24 6-8 0-0 0-0 2-4-6 0 7 0 0 2 12 Richmond* 28 5-11 0-0 1-2 4-3-7 2 2 4 0 1 11 Mississippi State* 20 3-6 1-1 0-0 2-5-7 3 2 0 0 0 7 UNC Asheville* 28 6-8 1-1 1-1 0-2-2 3 1 3 0 1 14 East Carolina* 28 5-13 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 2 5 2 0 2 10 SMU* 32 7-11 0-0 0-0 4-7-11 2 1 2 0 0 14 Tulsa* 38 2-11 0-1 1-2 4-2-6 1 4 1 2 0 5 WVU* 38 6-10 0-1 0-0 1-3-4 3 6 2 0 3 12 East Carolina* 30 11-13 0-1 3-6 3-0-3 2 6 1 0 1 25 UAB* 35 4-7 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 2 2 0 0 8 Memphis* 36 8-16 0-0 0-0 5-0-5 2 2 1 2 1 16 Southern Miss* 40 4-9 0-1 1-2 3-5-8 2 2 1 0 3 9 UCF* 37 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 2 5 1 2 0 4 Tulane* 33 3-7 0-1 2-2 0-8-8 3 1 1 0 1 8 UTEP* 34 2-9 1-2 0-0 0-4-4 3 1 1 0 0 5 UCF* 20 4-8 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 2 0 2 0 2 8 Southern Miss* 40 7-14 0-1 1-1 1-6-7 3 1 2 0 0 15 UAB* 36 6-10 0-0 2-2 3-6-9 2 1 1 1 0 14 Memphis* 37 6-10 0-2 1-2 0-3-3 1 2 1 1 1 13 Houston* 33 10-16 0-1 1-1 2-2-4 1 3 1 1 1 21 Rice* 23 3-11 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 3 1 1 0 0 6 Memphis* 31 9-15 2-4 0-0 3-1-4 2 3 1 2 0 18 UTEP* 37 7-14 1-3 0-0 2-4-6 2 4 5 0 0 15 *Starter Rashedah Annette Kristiansen Guard Henriques 5-9 Guard Freshman 5-7 Westborough, Mass. R-Freshman Brookly, N.Y. Westborough Notre Dame Prep

Season/Career Season/Career Points: ...... 11 (vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) Points: ...... 2 (vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) FG: ...... 4 (vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) FG: ...... 1 (vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) FGA: ...... 9 (Twice, last vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) FGA: ...... 1 (Twice, last vs UNC Asheville, 12/30/08) 3-Pt FG: ...... 2 (Twice, last vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) 3-Pt FG: ...... N/A 3-Pt FGA: ...... 6 (Twice, last vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) 3-Pt FGA: ...... N/A FT: ...... 2 (vs Ohio U., 12/13/08) FT: ...... N/A FTA: ...... 2 (3x, last vs East Carolina, 1/18/09) FTA: ...... N/A Rebounds: ...... 6 (vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) Rebounds: ...... 1 (Twice, last vs Memphis, 1/24/09) Assists: ...... 3 (vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) Assists: ...... 1 (Twice, last vs UNC Asheville, 12/30/08) Steals: ...... 2 (vs WVU, 1/14/09) Steals: ...... 1 (Twice, last vs UNC Asheville, 12/30/08) Blocked Shots: ...... N/A Blocked Shots: ...... N/A Minutes Played: ...... 25 (vs UT Arlington, 12/2/08) Minutes Played: ...... 4 (vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08)

HENRIQUES GAME-BY-GAME KRISTIANSEN GAME-BY-GAME (Freshman: 2008-09) (Freshman: 2008-09) Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Appalachian St.* 21 2-4 0-1 0-0 3-0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts North Texas* 10 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 1 0 0 2 UT Arlington 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 TSU 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Houston Baptist 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 1 2 ULM 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 UNC Asheville 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Morehead State 10 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 2 0 0 3 Memphis 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 UT Arlington 25 2-9 2-6 0-0 0-1-1 2 2 1 0 0 6 *Starter Seton Hall 18 1-3 1-3 1-2 3-2-5 1 0 2 0 0 4 Ohio U. 14 0-1 0-1 2-2 1-1-2 0 2 1 0 1 2 Houston Baptist* 24 1-6 0-1 0-0 3-3-6 2 3 0 0 0 2 Richmond* 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 2 0 1 0 Mississippi State 12 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-1-2 2 0 2 0 0 0 UNC Asheville 18 2-5 0-3 0-0 2-3-5 1 2 1 0 0 4 East Carolina 8 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 5 0 1 0 1 5 SMU* 20 0-1 0-1 0-0 2-3-5 1 1 4 0 0 0 Tulsa* 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 WVU* 16 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 2 5 East Carolina 23 4-9 2-6 1-2 1-2-3 1 1 2 0 0 11 UAB* 20 0-2 0-2 0-0 1-2-3 1 1 0 0 0 0 Memphis* 17 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 3 1 0 0 0 0 Southern Miss* 17 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 1 2 UCF* 21 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 0 0 3 0 1 0 Tulane 6 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 1 0 UTEP* 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Southern Miss 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 UAB 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Memphis 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rice 13 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-4-4 0 0 1 0 0 3 Memphis 6 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 1 0 UTEP 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 *Starter Kamille Lisonbee Alaya Mitchell Forward Guard 6-7 5-5 Freshman Freshman Providence, Utah Canton, Mich. Mountain Crest Salem

Season/Career Season/Career Points: ...... 2 (5x, last vs Memphis, 3/5/09) Points: ...... 9 (vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) FG: ...... 1 (5x, last vs Memphis, 3/5/09) FG: ...... 3 (Twice, last vs UNC Asheville, 12/30/08) FGA: ...... 5 (vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) FGA: ...... 7 (Twice, last @ East Carolina, 1/3/09) 3-Pt FG: ...... N/A 3-Pt FG: ...... 1 (Twice, last vs Memphis, 3/5/09) 3-Pt FGA: ...... N/A 3-Pt FGA: ...... 2 (Twice, last @ East Carolina, 1/3/09) FT: ...... N/A FT: ...... 3 (Twice, last vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) FTA: ...... 1 (vs TSU, 11/21/08) FTA: ...... 7 (vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) Rebounds: ...... 3 (vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) Rebounds: ...... 3 (vs UNC Asheville, 12/30/08) Assists: ...... 1 (vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) Assists: ...... 2 (vs Rice, 2/28/09) Steals: ...... N/A Steals: ...... 2 (Twice, last vs UTEP, 3/6/09) Blocked Shots: ...... 1 (4x, last vs UTEP, 3/6/09) Blocked Shots: ...... 1 (Twice, last vs Memphis, 3/5/09) Minutes Played: ...... 10 (vs Houston Baptist, 12/16/08) Minutes Played: ...... 26 (@ East Carolina, 1/3/09)

LISONBEE GAME-BY-GAME MITCHELL GAME-BY-GAME (Freshman: 2008-09) (Freshman: 2008-09) Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts TSU 6 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-1-1 3 0 2 0 0 2 Appalachian St. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UT Arlington 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 TSU 7 0-1 0-0 3-4 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 1 3 Seton Hall 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morehead State 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Houston Baptist 10 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 1 1 1 0 0 2 UT Arlington 9 0-1 0-0 0-4 0-1-1 1 0 4 0 2 0 UNC Asheville 4 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 Seton Hall 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 East Carolina 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Ohio U. 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Tulsa 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Houston Baptist 15 3-3 0-0 3-7 0-2-2 2 0 0 0 0 9 East Carolina 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Richmond 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Memphis 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Mississippi State 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 3 1 2 0 0 2 Southern Miss 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 UNC Asheville 20 3-7 0-2 0-0 0-3-3 0 1 0 0 0 6 UCF 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 1 0 2 East Carolina 26 2-7 1-2 1-2 0-1-1 3 0 1 0 0 6 Tulane 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tulsa 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UCF 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Memphis 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UAB 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tulane 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Memphis 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 UTEP 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Memphis 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 UCF 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 1 0 UTEP 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 UAB 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Starter Memphis 4 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 Houston 13 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Rice 13 2-5 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 0 2 2 0 0 5 Memphis 13 1-2 1-1 0-0 1-1-2 2 1 1 1 1 3 UTEP 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 2 0 *Starter Tania Walters Guard 5-0 R-Freshman Toronto, Ontario Notre Dame Prep

Season/Career Points: ...... 10 (Twice, last @ UAB, 2/20/09) FG: ...... 3 (4x, last vs UTEP, 3/6/09) FGA: ...... 7 (vs UTEP, 3/6/09) 3-Pt FG: ...... 2 (vs Memphis, 3/5/09) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 2 (vs Memphis, 3/5/09) FT: ...... 5 (@ SMU, 1/8/09) FTA: ...... 6 (@ SMU, 1/8/09) Rebounds: ...... 9 (@ Tulsa, 1/10/09) Assists: ...... 5 (vs North Texas, 11/17/08) Steals: ...... 6 (vs ULM, 11/22/08) Blocked Shots: ...... N/A Minutes Played: ...... 32 (Twice, last @ Memphis, 2/22/09)

WALTERS GAME-BY-GAME (Freshman: 2008-09) Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Appalachian St. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 North Texas 28 3-4 0-0 4-4 1-3-4 1 5 1 0 2 10 TSU* 30 1-3 1-1 0-0 0-2-2 2 2 2 0 2 3 ULM* 32 1-2 0-0 1-3 1-1-2 2 1 4 0 6 3 Morehead State 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 2 0 2 0 UT Arlington 11 0-2 0-0 3-4 0-0-0 1 0 2 0 0 3 Seton Hall 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Ohio U. 28 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Houston Baptist 7 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Richmond 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 3 0 0 0 0 Mississippi State 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 3 0 1 0 UNC Ashveille 12 1-2 0-1 1-2 0-0-0 1 1 1 0 1 3 East Carolina 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 0 0 2 0 1 0 SMU 20 1-2 0-0 5-6 2-0-2 1 3 0 0 0 7 Tulsa 29 0-2 0-1 0-0 3-6-9 1 2 3 0 2 0 WVU 24 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 East Carolina* 25 1-2 0-0 2-4 0-4-4 1 3 2 0 1 4 UAB 15 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 1 2 Memphis 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 2 1 0 0 0 Southern Miss 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 1 0 2 0 UCF 18 2-4 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 1 1 2 0 0 4 Tulane* 24 0-1 0-0 0-1 2-0-2 1 0 5 0 5 0 UTEP 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 2 3 0 0 0 UCF 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 UAB 25 3-5 1-1 3-5 2-1-3 2 2 1 0 3 10 Memphis* 32 1-3 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 3 4 Houston* 26 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0-0 1 1 3 0 1 3 Rice* 22 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-1-1 2 1 0 0 1 1 Memphis* 28 3-5 2-3 0-0 2-2-4 2 4 3 0 1 8 UTEP* 29 3-7 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 3 2 2 0 0 7 *Starter THE STAT CREW SYSTEM Marshall Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 07, 2009) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 17-14 9-7 5-5 3-2 CONFERENCE 8-8 4-4 4-4 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 9-6 5-3 1-1 3-2

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 01 GRAY, Raechele 17-2 99 5.8 4-14 . 2 8 6 2-6 . 3 3 3 5-9 . 5 5 6 2 7 9 0.5 17 0 8 11 0 3 15 0.9 02 BAKER, Casey 31-27 852 27.5 93-226 . 4 1 2 38-90 . 4 2 2 50-75 . 6 6 7 24 103 127 4.1 100 8 135 99 4 65 274 8.8 03 HENRIQUES, Rashed 29-12 369 12.7 20-67 . 2 9 9 9-39 . 2 3 1 4-6 . 6 6 7 19 36 55 1.9 27 1 18 28 0 10 53 1.8 04 CROOK, Tynikki 31-31 772 24.9 154-319 . 4 8 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 110-173 . 6 3 6 109 121 230 7.4 99 3 43 72 46 31 418 13.5 05 MITCHELL, Alaya 23-0 184 8.0 13-35 . 3 7 1 2-7 . 2 8 6 12-23 . 5 2 2 2 13 15 0.7 15 0 6 16 2 7 40 1.7 10 KING, Kendra 1-0 0 0.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 21 BARNETTE, Alix 31-13 659 21.3 78-214 . 3 6 4 17-61 . 2 7 9 52-69 . 7 5 4 24 56 80 2.6 53 0 61 59 0 23 225 7.3 22 HANDY, Chantelle 31-31 1141 36.8 160-309 . 5 1 8 6-22 . 2 7 3 25-35 . 7 1 4 60 114 174 5.6 71 0 78 51 11 25 351 11.3 24 HARRIS, Angelica 31-11 463 14.9 36-96 . 3 7 5 12-38 . 3 1 6 18-27 . 6 6 7 23 42 65 2.1 30 0 30 23 4 17 102 3.3 25 BROOKS, Keona 24-0 303 12.6 32-61 . 5 2 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 34-53 . 6 4 2 20 29 49 2.0 42 2 11 49 7 5 98 4.1 30 KRISTIANSEN, Annet 4-0 8 2.0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.5 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0.5 32 HAMMOND, Alyssa 31-19 792 25.5 114-247 . 4 6 2 3-7 . 4 2 9 88-111 . 7 9 3 54 82 136 4.4 90 4 53 78 4 21 319 10.3 33 WALTERS, Tania 30-9 565 18.8 23-55 . 4 1 8 5-9 . 5 5 6 23-35 . 6 5 7 17 31 48 1.6 33 0 42 46 0 35 74 2.5 35 IBEZIM, Andrea 13-0 145 11.2 24-49 . 4 9 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 5-12 . 4 1 7 14 15 29 2.2 17 0 5 12 8 2 53 4.1 52 LISONBEE, Kamille 17-0 47 2.8 5-15 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 2 9 11 0.6 13 0 1 5 4 0 10 0.6 Total...... 31 6399 757-1709 . 4 4 3 94-279 . 3 3 7 426-629 . 6 7 7 423 740 1163 37.5 607 18 493 573 90 246 2034 65.6 Opponents...... 31 6294 704-1736 . 4 0 6 162-469 . 3 4 5 421-628 . 6 7 0 420 628 1048 33.8 546 - 389 536 84 279 1991 64.2

TEAM STATISTICS MARSHALL OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2034 1991 11/14/08 at Appalachian State W 67-65 307 Points per game 65.6 64.2 11/17/08 NT W 69-78 563 Scoring margin +1.4 - 11/21.08 TSU W 56-78 573 11/22/08 ULM L 69-67 566 FIELD GOALS-ATT 757-1709 704-1736 11/25/08 MOR W 51-56 467 Field goal pct . 4 4 3 . 4 0 6 12/2/08 UTA W 72-82 795 3 POINT FG-ATT 94-279 162-469 12/06/08 at Seton Hall L 52-73 313 3-point FG pct . 3 3 7 . 3 4 5 12/13/08 OHIO L 67-53 792 3-pt FG made per game 3.0 5.2 12/16/08 HBU W 50-91 277 FREE THROWS-ATT 426-629 421-628 12/20/08 RICHMOND L 74-49 286 Dec. 29\ vs Mississippi State L 73-65 0 Free throw pct . 6 7 7 . 6 7 0 Dec. 30 vs UNCA W 89-68 0 F-Throws made per game 13.7 13.6 * 01/03/09 at East Carolina L 47-70 1389 REBOUNDS 1163 1048 * 01/03/09 at SMU Mustangs W 70-63 560 Rebounds per game 37.5 33.8 * 01/10/09 at Tulsa W 51-37 1088 Rebounding margin +3.7 - 1/14/08 vs WVU L 65-74 2874 ASSISTS 493 389 * 1/18/09 EAST CAROLINA W 83-85 527 * 1/22/09 UAB W 53-64 557 Assists per game 15.9 12.5 * 1/24/09 MEMPHIS W 57-72 955 TURNOVERS 573 536 * 1/29/09 at Southern Miss L 64-70 1499 Turnovers per game 18.5 17.3 * 1/31/09 at UCF L 67-75 1220 Turnover margin -1.2 - * 2/5/09 TLN L 58-45 655 Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 0.7 * 02/08/09 at UTEP L 62-71 814 STEALS 246 279 * 2/13/09 UCF L 68-50 785 * 2/15/09 SOUTHERN MISS L 69-61 3526 Steals per game 7.9 9.0 * 2/20/09 at UAB W 67-50 5588 BLOCKS 90 84 * 2/22/09 at MEMPHIS W 70-61 1473 Blocks per game 2.9 2.7 * 2/26/09 HOUSTON L 67-58 876 ATTENDANCE 12809 19656 * 2/28/09 RICE W 51-61 609 Home games-Avg/Game 16-801 10-1425 3/5/09 vs MEMPHIS W 57-76 1306 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 5-1081 3/6/09 vs UTEP Wot 72-70 1225 * - Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Marshall 902 1119 13 2034 Opponents 931 1049 11 1991