2012-13 UTSA Roadrunners Women's Basketball Almanac
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2012-13 UTSA Roadrunners Women’s Basketball Almanac 1 • Miki Turner 2 • Mathilde Hergott 3 • Jermini Malone 4 • Jalisa Montgomery 10 • Kamra King 5-7 • G • Jr. 5-10 • G/F • Fr. 5-2 • G • Sr. 5-9 • F • Sr. 5-6 • G • So. Houston, Texas Jonage, France Saline, La. Little Rock, Ark. Norman, Okla. 11 • Jenny Menz 12 • Niaga Mitchell-Cole 15 • Simone Young 21 • Akunna Elonu 23 • Whitney York 5-11 • F • So. 5-10 • G/F • Fr. 5-8 • G • Sr. 5-9 • F • Fr. 5-5 • G • Sr. Jena, Germany San Antonio, Texas West Memphis, Ark. Houston, Texas Bryan, Texas 24 • Ashley Spaletta 32 • Whitney Wright 33 • Mannasha Bell 34 • Lyndi Thorman 55 • Cori Cooper 5-9 • G • So. 6-3 • C • Sr. 5-11 • F • R-Fr. 6-3 • F • Sr. 6-1 • F • Sr. Magnolia, Ark. Springer, Okla. Fort Smith, Ark. Macomb, Ill. Copperas Cove, Texas Rae Rippetoe Blair Lubomyr Lichonczak Deidra Johnson KC Cowgill Angelo Hill Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Operations 13th Season 11th Season First Season Fourth Season First Season Table of Contents Season Outlook _____________________________2-3 General Information Preseason Honors ____________________________ 4 Location __________________ San Antonio, Texas Roster ______________________________________ 5 Enrollment __________________________ 30,968 Schedule ____________________________________ 6 Founded _____________________________ 1969 Media Information ____________________________ 7 Nickname ______________________ Roadrunners goUTSA.com _________________________________ 8 Colors _ Navy blue (289), orange (1665) and white Meet The Roadrunners Jermini Malone ___________________________ 10-11 Home Court ______________ Convocation Center Jalisa Montgomery________________________ 12-13 Capacity __________________ 2,650 (temporary) Kamra King _____________________________ 14-15 Conference __________________ Western Athletic Jenny Menz _____________________________ 16-17 Affiliation ___________________NCAA Division I Simone Young____________________________ 18-19 Athletic Director _________________ Lynn Hickey Whitney York ____________________________ 20-21 Alma Mater ___________ Ouachita Baptist/1973 Ashley Spaletta ___________________________ 22-23 President ___________________Dr. Ricardo Romo Whitney Wright __________________________ 24-25 Alma Mater ____________________ Texas/1967 Mannasha Bell ___________________________ 26-27 Lyndi Thorman ___________________________ 28-29 Athletic Department Phone ______210-458-4161 Cori Cooper _____________________________ 30-31 Ticket Office Phone ____________210-458-UTSA Miki Turner/Mathilde Hergott __________________ 32 Internet Address _________________goUTSA.com Niaga Mitchell-Cole/Akunna Elonu _____________ 32 UTSA Staff Team Information Rae Rippetoe-Blair ________________________ 34-36 Head Coach _______________ Rae Rippetoe-Blair Lubomyr Lichonczak__________________________ 37 Alma Mater ___________ Oklahoma State/1985 Deidra Johnson _____________________________ 38 Career Record __________307-203/18th season KC Cowgill _________________________________ 39 Angelo Hill _________________________________ 40 School Record __________200-159/13th season Support Staff________________________________ 40 Associate Head Coach ____ Lubomyr Lichonczak Dr. Ricardo Romo ____________________________ 41 Alma Mater ____________________ Idaho/1978 Lynn Hickey _________________________________ 42 Assistant Coach ______________ Deidra Johnson Opponents Alma Mater ___________ Oklahoma State/2004 Opponents ______________________________ 44-47 Assistant Coach __________________ KC Cowgill Western Athletic Conference __________________ 48 Alma Mater _____________ Missouri State/2005 2011-12 Season Review Director of Basketball Operations ____ Angelo Hill 2011-12 Results _____________________________ 50 Final Stats __________________________________ 51 Basketball Office Phone _________210-458-4171 Team/Individual Highs________________________ 52 Basketball Office Fax ___________210-458-4180 Box Scores ______________________________ 52-57 First Year of Basketball _______________ 1981-82 Southland Conference Review__________________ 58 Overall All-Time Record _____________ 439-433 History & Records Last NCAA Apperance __ 2009 (L, 82-87 (OT), Baylor) Team Records _______________________________ 60 Individual Records ___________________________ 61 Career Top 10 Lists __________________________ 62 Single-Season Top 10 Lists ____________________ 63 CREDITS 1,000-Point Club ____________________________ 64 The 2012-13 Women’s Basketball Almanac was Top Scorers _________________________________ 65 designed, written and edited by Assistant Athletics 500-Rebound Club __________________________ 66 Communications Director Jordan Korphage. Top Rebounders _____________________________ 67 Assistance provided by Athletics Communications Honor Roll __________________________________ 68 Associate Director Brian Hernandez, Assistant Opponent Records ___________________________ 69 Director Tony Baldwin and student assistant Zach Annual Leaders _____________________________ 70 Lee. Year-by-Year Results_______________________ 71-77 All-Time Series Results _____________________ 78-84 Photography Monica Gibbs _______________________________ 85 Jeff Huehn and Mark McClendon All-Time Letterwinners ________________________ 86 2012-13 UTSA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA ALMANAC 1 SEASON OUTLOOK Season Outlook The 2012-13 UTSA women’s basketball team will She averaged 11.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.9 as- look to rebound from an injury-filled 8-21 season a sists and 1.3 steals per game and was an All-Re- year ago with an experienced squad that includes gion XIV honoree last season. seven seniors. King returns to the fold and will move to shooting The Roadrunners will welcome back a pair of key guard this season after splitting time between both players that will bolster the roster in senior Whitney guard positions a year ago. The leading scorer on York, who has missed each of the last two seasons last season’s squad, King led all freshmen in the due to injuries, and redshirt freshman Mannasha Southland Conference at 10.4 points per contest Bell, who started the first nine games of the 2011- and her 302 points for the season were the most 12 campaign before an injury cut her season short. by a UTSA freshman since the 2007-08 campaign (York/316 points). She was one of the Roadrun- Head coach Rae Rippetoe-Blair enters her 13th sea- ners’ top outside threats with 33 makes from be- son at the helm and will lead UTSA in its first and hind the arc, while her .766 free throw percentage only season as a member of the Western Athletic led the squad and ranked ninth in the league. Conference before moving to Conference USA the following year. The winningest coach in program Others that will see time in the backcourt include history, Rippetoe-Blair reached a pair of milestones Hergott, Malone, Spaletta and Young. Last season, last season with her 300th win as a head coach Spaletta led the squad with 40 3-pointers, while and her 200th at UTSA. She will be joined on the Young averaged 6.3 points, most of which came bench this season by associate head coach Lubo- at the point. myr Lichonczak and new assistant coaches Deidra Johnson and KC Cowgill. Along with York, the list of seniors includes Cori Cooper, Jermini Malone, Jalisa Montgomery, Lyndi Thorman, Whitney Wright and Simone Young and the group owns a total of 17 seasons of Division I experience. Meanwhile, sophomores Kamra King, Jenny Menz, and Ashley Spaletta return along with Bell and the squad will welcome junior college transfer Miki Turner and freshmen Akunna Elonu, Mathilde Hergott and Niaga Mitchell-Cole. In the backcourt, York will look to return to the point guard position after a two-year absence. The Bry- an, Texas, native’s 798 career points in 70 games (11.4 ppg) are the most on the team. After leading Sophomore Kamra King led UTSA and was the South- Blinn College to 40 wins over the last two seasons, land Conference’s top scoring freshman at 10.4 ppg Turner will look to earn time at the point, as well. last season. 2 2012-13 UTSA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA ALMANAC SEASON OUTLOOK Season Outlook Elonu comes to UTSA after a stellar career at Alief Elsik High School in Houston. A two-time all-state selection and district MVP, Elonu averaged 20 points, 12.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 3.7 steals and 1.3 blocks per game as a senior. Meanwhile, Mitchell-Cole was an all-region and three-time all-district honoree out of San Antonio’s Roosevelt High School. UTSA opens the regular season on Nov. 9 with a home contest against Texas-Pan American. Mean- while, the WAC slate opens with a pair of road Senior Whitney York enters the season with 798 career points in 70 games (11.4 ppg), which are the most on contests against Utah State (Dec. 29) and San Jose the squad. State (Dec. 31). The Roadrunners will look to earn Rippetoe-Blair will have an experienced and deep their third automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament frontcourt at her disposal this season and the crew when all 10 league schools meet in Las Vegas for is led by Wright, a 6-3 center from Springer, Okla. the conference tournament March 12-16. The senior is coming off her best campaign in a UTSA uniform after averaging 6.0 points, 5.7 re- bounds and 1.7 blocks per game. Wright shot 41.6-percent from the floor, including five 3-point- ers, and notched a pair of double-doubles. Cooper also will see plenty of action on the court after starting the final 15 games of last season. The Copperas Cove native led all post players