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2006-07 Tiger Schedule November 11 @ Georgetown University . 3:00 14 WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIV.. 7:00 19 @ American University . 2:00 21 @ UMBC. 5:00 25 @ Loyola College . 2:00 29 @ Wake Forest University . 7:00 December 3 @ College of William & Mary . 2:00 10 NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY . 2:00 19 @ Winston-Salem State University . 7:00 22 RIDER UNIVERSITY . 7:00 30 MOUNTST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY . 4:00 January 4 JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY . 7:00 7 @ Northeastern University . 1:00 11 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIV. .7:00 14 @ University of Delaware . 1:00 18 HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY . 7:00 21 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY. 2:00 25 @ Drexel University . 7:00 28 @ Virginia Commonwealth Univ. 2:00 February 1 GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY . 7:00 4 N O RTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY . 2:00 8 DREXEL UNIVERSITY . 7:00 11 @ Georgia State University . 2:00 15 @ Old Dominion University . 7:00 18 UNIVERSITY OF DELAW ARE . 2:00 22 @ Hofstra University . 7:00 25 UNC WILMINGTO N . 2:00 March 1 @ James Madison University . 7:00 8 C A A CHAMPIONSHIP-Delaware . TBA All Dates and T imes Subject to Change * - Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) contest Home games in bold Front Row: Holly Mahan, Katarina Stimac, Kandace Davis, Brandy Black, Alexis Abraham, Alis Freeman, Shanae Baker-Brice, Jamell Beasley, Maya Newman, Haliena Snowden. Back Row: Assist ant Coach Stacy Alexander, Assist ant Coach Joi Jef ferson, Coordinator of Basketball Operations Eric Franc, Erin Gaston, Kim Pyne, Kelly Robinson, Ashlee Keown, Assist ant Coach Stephanie Cross, Head Coach Joe Mathews. 2006-07 Roster No. Name Pos. Cl. Hgt. Hometown/High School (Last School) 1 Alexis Abraham G Fr. 5-9 Bowie, Md./Riverdale Baptist H.S. 3 Shanae Baker-Brice G Fr. 5-6 W ashington, D.C./Theodore Roosevelt H.S. 5 Haliena Snowden F Fr . 6-0 Laurel, Md./Seton Keough H.S. 10 Alis Freeman * G So. 5-9 Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill H.S. 13 Kat arina Stimac *** F Sr . 6-1 Zagreb, Croatia/Sport ska H.S. 15 Jamell Beasley * G Jr . 5-9 Pott stown, Pa./Pott stown H.S. (U. of Richmond) 21 Holly Mahan G Jr. 5-10 Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis H.S. (Monroe C.C.) 22 Maya Newman G Fr. 5-8 Baltimore, Md./St. Frances Academy 23 Brandy Black G So. 5-7 Houston, Texas/Klein Forest H.S. (Blinn College) 25 Ashlee Keown F Fr. 6-1 Manassas, Va./C.D. Hylton H.S. 32 Kandace Davis D Fr. 6-1 Hyatt sville, Md./Laurel H.S. 33 Kelly Robinson *** F Sr. 6-2 Hazlet, N.J./Rarit an H.S. 50 Erin Gaston *** C Sr. 6-1 Centreville, Va./Annandale H.S. 55 Kim Pyne * C Sr. 6-4 Columbia, Md./Howard H.S. (George Mason) * Letter W inners Founded in 1866, Towson University is the largest institution of higher learning in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Approximately 14,000 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students pursue degrees in 90 undergraduate and graduate programs in liberal arts and sciences as well as applied professional fields. Towson is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association in 19 sports, including volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, soc- cer and lacrosse. Gymnastics competes in the Eastern College Athletic Conference and football is playing its third season in the Atlantic-10 conference. The football team plays in Johnny Unitas Stadium, the third-largest outdoor venue in the metropolitan area (11,198) after the Baltimore Ravens’ M&T Bank Stadium and Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The 328-acre campus is centrally located in downtown Towson, 20 minutes from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and ten minutes from the rolling hills of rural Maryland. There’s plenty to do on campus as well, with organizations and clubs involved in cul- tural, political, religious and community service activities in addition to recreational sports and Greek life. The university is committed to creating a multicultural campus and encourages an environment that provides equal education- al and social opportunities for its multicul- tural and multiracial student body. Assistant Coach Stephanie Cross Head Coach Joe Mathews Coordinator of Basketball Operations Eric Franc Assistant Coach Joi Jefferson Assistant Coach Stacy Alexander CoachingCoaching StaffStaff 4 Tiger Women’s Basketball Coaching Staff One Step ataTime Success Forging Joe Mathews Head Coach One Step ataTime Success Forging Joe Mathews Head Coach Stacy Alexander, StephanieCross,andJoiJefferson Stacy Alexander, hope tocraftasuccessful2006-07campaign Head CoachJoeMathewsandhisassistants With 14 years of experience as part of CAA win in February of that season when winning programs, sixth year coach Joe Towson beat Hofstra, 68-62. Mathews is anxious to share some of his Prior to being named as the Tigers’ head winning experience at Towson. coach in May 2001, he was an important part In 2004-05, Mathews’ guided the Tigers of the success story at Virginia Tech. In his to the best turnaround in CAA history, four seasons as an assistant coach to Bonnie posting a 16-14 mark overall and a 9-9 Henrickson, he helped Tech post a 92-33 record in the CAA. Towson also earned a record and create unprecedented interest in seeding of fifth in the CAA Tournament, its the team. During those seasons, Virginia Tech’s highest ever. average home attendance rose to nearly 3,000 In 2003-04, Mathews’ Tigers jumped out per game. to an 8-1 start in the non-conference season. Mathews joined Coach Henrickson at Vir- They finished with a 9-19 final mark. The 8- ginia Tech for her first season at the Blacks- 1 start was the best since 1981-82, and burg, Virginia school. In 1997-98, Virginia The Joe Towson was able to play more competitively Tech enjoyed the biggest turnaround in in the Colonial Athletic Association season. school history. The Hokies went 22-10 in Mathews File His Tigers are learning what it takes to their first season and reached the second win and have begun to implement those round of the NCAA Tournament. Virginia Born strategies. Tech had gone just 10-21 the year before August 13, 1965 During the past five seasons at Towson, Henrickson and Mathews arrived in Blacks- he has been in the process of rebuilding the burg. Family Tigers’ women’s basketball program. In 1997-98, Virginia Tech won its first Wife - Lorie The numbers don’t tell the whole story. Atlantic-10 Conference championship, Daughter - Riley Elizabeth Under Mathews’s tutelage, his teams have beating Massachusetts in the title game in Education become more physical and have honed their overtime. In the NCAA Tournament, the basketball smarts as they’ve accumulated Hokies stunned 23rd-ranked Wisconsin in B.A., Radford, 1991 experience. the regionals before losing to Florida. Despite posting a 3-25 record in 2002-03, The following year, Virginia Tech had the Coaching Mathews made Towson a much more com- best season in school history with a final 28- Experience petitive team. The Tigers earned a 62-52 win 3 record. Tech won its first 18 games of the 1989-94 over Virginia Commonwealth late in the season and finished the regular season with Assistant Coach, season and gave Drexel all it could handle in a 25-1 record. The Hokies were runners-up Radford a 52-46 first round game at the CAA to Xavier in the Atlantic-10 Tournament and 1994-97 Tournament. made their second straight trip to the NCAA Assistant Coach, In his first season as the Tigers’ Tournament. In the NCAA’s, Virginia Tech Butler head coach, Towson posted a 2-26 hosted a regional tournament, beating Saint record and finished tenth in the Peter’s and Auburn to advance to the Sweet 1997-2001 Colonial Athletic Association. Sixteen. The first round game against Saint Assistant Coach, f f a Coach Mathews earned his first Peter’s drew a school crowd of 10,052 to Virginia Tech t career coaching win in late Cassell Colisuem. Tech’s season ended in the S 2001-Present g n November when Towson edged regional semi-finals with a loss to second- i Head Coach, h Navy, 55-54. ranked Tennessee. c Towson a He led the Tigers to their first o C l NCAA Tournament l a Appearances b t e k 1994 Radford s 1996 Butler a B s 1998 Virginia Tech ’ n 1999 Virginia Tech e m 2001 Virginia Tech o W r e g i T 5 Joe Mathews In 1999-2000, Tech had its third straight at Virginia Tech, Coach Mathews excelled in head coach at Northwestern University. 20-win season, finishing the year with a 20- his role as the Hokies’ recruiting coordinator. In three years at Butler, he helped the 11 record. The Hokies earned a berth in the He also tutored Tech’s post players. In 1999 team compile a 59-26 record. In 1996, Women’s National Invitational Tournament. and 2000, he was named as the one of the Butler won the Midwestern Collegiate Con- In the first round, Tech beat Georgia State. top 20 assistant coaches in the country by ference Tournament championship and But the season ended with a loss to Maryland. The Women’s Basketball Journal. made its first appearance in the NCAA The 2000-01 season was Tech’s first year “Joe was a tremendous asset to our Tournament. in the powerful Big East Conference. program for four years,” said Coach Hen- A native of Stanley, Virginia, coach However, the Hokies did very well. They had rickson. “He’s been a good friend of mine Mathews started his coaching career at a very an 11-5 Big East record and finished for an even longer time.