2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s USF “Bulls” vs.UW-MILWAUKEE “Panthers” Game No. One „ November 10, 2006 „ 7 p.m. USF Sun Dome (10,411) „ Tampa, FL

Radio & Television The Matchup

TELEVISION „ None USF BULLS UW-MILWAUKEE PANTHERS Play-by-Play ...... None Record ...... (0-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) Record ...... (0-0, 0-0 Horizon) Color Commentary ...... None Ranking . . . . .AP (RV)/ESPN-USA Today (RV) Ranking ...... None RPI (CollegeRPI.com/Sagarin) . . . . .TBA/TBA RPI (CollegeRPI.com/Sagarin) . . . . .TBA/TBA RADIO „ WGUL-AM 860 Last Game ...... First game of the season Last Game ...... First game of the season Play-by-Play ...... Tom Krasniqi Next Game . . . . .Nov. 18 vs. Texas Southern Next Game ...... Nov. 13 at Miami (FL) Color Commentary ...... Amanda Miller Head Coach ...... Jose Fernandez (FIU ‘92) Head Coach .Sandy Botham (Notre Dame ‘88) Record ...... 79-95 (Six years) Record ...... 187-123 (11 years) USF SID Contact at USF ...... 79-95 (Six years) at UW-Milwaukee . . . .165-119 (10 years)

MICHAEL HOGAN „ USF Women’s Basketball SID Game Information Email ...... [email protected] Game Officials ...... Ed Sidlasky, Norma Jones, Tina Costello Work Phone ...... (813) 974-4092 Tickets ...... Contact the USF Athletic Ticket Office at 1-800-GoBulls or Ticketmaster.com Fax ...... (813) 974-5328 Cell Phone ...... (813) 469-0616 Website ...... www.GoUSFBulls.com Projected USF Starters

Schedule/results Nalini 6-2 „ C „ Sr. 32 MILLER Quick Notes: Enters her first year at her natural Date Oppt. (TV) (AP/ESPN USA Today) . . . .Time/Results Capital Heights, MD position of power forward ... Is USF’s all-time leader in blocked shots with 139 and finished N10 UW-Milwaukee ...... 7 p.m. the 05-06 season third in the BIG EAST in blocks N18 Texas Southern ...... 2 p.m. PPG RPG APG SPG per game averaging 2.1 ... Is a tremendous ath- N19 Georgia Southern ...... 2 p.m. - - - - lete who can run the floor with any guard. N21 Stetson ...... 5:30 p.m. N25 St. Francis (NY)# ...... 2 p.m. N26 Massachusetts/Stephen F. Austin# Noon/2 p.m. Jessica 5-11 „ F „ Sr. N30 Florida International ...... 7 p.m. 25 DICKSON Quick Notes: An All-America and National Player D3 at Michigan State ...... 2:30 p.m. Ocala, FL of the Year Candidate ... Has been named to the D7 at Villanova* ...... 7:30 p.m. Preseason Wade Trophy and Wooden Award lists ... Was also tabbed the BIG EAST Conference D17 Vanderbilt ...... 3 p.m. PPG RPG APG SPG D20 Jacksonville ...... 7 p.m. Preseason Player of the Year ... Is 66 points shy - - - - D28 Vermont^ ...... 4 p.m. of becoming USF’s all-time scoring leader. D29 Saint Joseph’s/Northeastern^ . . .2 p.m./4 p.m. J3 LSU (Dodge Shootout) ...... 7 p.m. „ „ J6 Cincinnati* ...... 7 p.m. Stephanie 6-5 C Fr. Quick Notes: Highest ranked player to ever sign J9 at Rutgers* (CSTV) ...... 7 p.m. 40 SAROSI (Suh-row-see) J13 Notre Dame* (BETV) ...... Noon Mims, FL with USF ... Was rated the 34th best player in J16 Louisville* ...... 7 p.m. America out of high school ... An outstanding athlete for her size ... Had 10 points and 13 J20 at Pittsburgh* ...... 2 p.m. PPG RPG APG SPG rebounds - including seven offensive in 27 min- J28 at Syracuse* (ESPNU) ...... 5:30 p.m. - - - - J30 Georgetown* (CSTV) ...... 7 p.m. utes against the Hollywood/Miami Sun. F3 St. John's* ...... 5 p.m. F6 at DePaul* ...... 8 p.m. Racheal 5-11 „ G „ Sr. F10 Pittsburgh* ...... 7 p.m. 2 SHEATS Quick Notes: The best athlete on the Bulls’ ros- F13 at Providence* ...... 7 p.m. Marietta, GA ter, and arguable the best in the BIG EAST ... F17 at West Virginia* ...... 6 p.m. Can play the one, two, or three positions ... Has F20 Connecticut* ...... 7 p.m. been USF’s best defender for three years ... Led PPG RPG APG SPG F24 at Marquette* ...... 8 p.m. the team in steals last season with 56 (2.1 spg) - - - - F26 Seton Hall* ...... 7 p.m. despite missing four games due to injury. M3-6 BIG EAST Conference Tournament ...... TBA

# Best Western Roundball Classic, Tampa, FL Shantia (Shan-TEE-uh) 5-6 „ G „ So. ^ Saint Joseph’s Univ. Hawk Classic, Philadelphia, PA 3 GRACE Quick Notes: Begins her second year as the * BIG EAST Conference Game Sarasota, FL Bulls’ starting point guard ... Has the ability to All times are eastern and are subject to change hit the three-point shot or drive to the basket Rankings are the same as they were at game time ... Was second on the team in scoring (10.2 ppg) PPG RPG APG SPG ... Was also seventh in the nation among all - - - - freshmen in assists averaging 5.0 per game. 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball The Series USF off the bench

SERIES RECORD „ 0-0 Dai (Di) 5-9 „ G „ Jr. USF at home ...... 0-0 1 PACKER Quick Notes: A deadly shooter with tremendous USF at UW-Milwaukee ...... 0-0 Jundiai, Brazil range from behind the three-point arc ... Scored USF at neutral site ...... 0-0 14 points on 4-7 shooting from three-point range (4-9 from the field) in 17 minutes ... Is USF’s First meeting ...... None PPG RPG APG SPG first international player since Australian-born - - - - Last meeting ...... None Melissa Tape played for the Bulls from 2000-04. Last USF win ...... None Last UW-Milwaukee win...... None Tristen 5-8 „ G „ Sr. Current streak ...... None 5 WEBB Quick Notes: Returns to the hardwood for a Stone Mountain, GA sixth season which was granted by the NCAA statistical during the summer of 2006 ... Suffered a knee injury in Jan. of 2004 and then after redshirting comparison PPG RPG APG SPG 2004-05 suffered the same injury to the other - - - - other knee last year. USF (05-06 stats) ...... Category . . . . .(05-06 stats) UWM 19-12 ...... Overall Record ...... 22-9 Jessica 5-6 „ G „ So. 42.0% ...... % ...... 44.7% 10 JACKSON Quick Notes: Another solid back-up at point 33.6% ...... 3-Pt. Field Goal% ...... 32.6% Roswell, GA guard ... Sees the floor extremely well ... 66.9% ...... % ...... 66.9% Scored just eight points against Hollywood/ Miami Sun but was tied for second on the team 41.6% ...... Oppt. Field Goal% ...... 41.9% PPG RPG APG SPG in assists with four in 19 minutes of action ... - - - - 30.7% . . . .Oppt. 3-Pt. Field Goal% . . . .32.9% Saw action in 28 games in 05-06, starting two. 69.7% ...... Oppt. Free Throw% . . . . .70.7% 37.1 ...... Rebounding Avg...... 38.1 Porche (Por-sha) 6-2 „ F „ Fr. +0.1 ...... Rebounding Margin ...... +6.0 11 GRANT Quick Notes: Very physical, hard-nosed player 13.8 ...... Assists/Gm...... 16.7 Oxon Hills, MD who add’s much needed depth in the paint ... 13.2 ...... Turnovers/Gm...... 19.5 Has the ability to face the basket and should also see time at the wing ... A tremendous ath- 4.5 ...... Blocks/Gm...... 3.2 PPG RPG APG SPG lete who can hit the 12-foot jumper, however, 9.6 ...... Steals/Gm...... 7.3 - - - - needs to improve her shot from 15-feet . 69.2 ...... Points/Gm...... 67.2 61.7 ...... Points Allowed/Gm...... 65.3 ChiChi (Chee-Chee) 5-11 „ F „ Jr. 12 Quick Notes: Very athletic shot-blocker who has USF Career Stats OKPALEKE (O-pahl-uh-k) Tampa, FL improved her offensive game drastically since vs. UW-MMilwaukee her freshman year ... Had eight points and eight rebounds - including five offensive - in 23 min- PPG RPG APG SPG utes against the Hollywood/ Miami Sun last No. Name ...... G ...... Ppg ...... Rpg - - - - weekend ... Was 3-6 from the field. 1 Daiane Packer . . . . .0 . . . .0.0 . . . .0.0 2 Rachael Sheats . . . .0 . . . .0.0 . . . .0.0 3 Shantia Grace . . . . .0 . . . .0.0 . . . .0.0 Caitlyn (Kate-lin) 6-1 „ G/F „ Fr. 5 Tristen Webb . . . . .0 . . . .0.0 . . . .0.0 21 MITRYK (Mit-rick) Quick Notes: The teams most versatile player being able to play either the point or off guard 10 Jessica Jackson . . . .0 . . . .0.0 . . . .0.0 Lake Mary, FL positions, or the wing forward position ... Has 11 Porche Grant . . . . .0 . . . .0.0 . . . .0.0 the ability to create match-up problems with PPG RPG APG SPG 12 ChiChi Okpaleke . . .0 . . . .0.0 . . . .0.0 her size ... Scored six points on two three-point- - - - - 21 Caitlyn Mitryk . . . . .0 . . . .0.0 . . . .0.0 ers against Hollywood/Miami Sun in 16 minutes. 25 . . . .0 . . . .0.0 . . . .0.0 32 Nalini Miller ...... 0 . . . .0.0 . . . .0.0 Melissa 6-3 „ F „ Fr. 40 Stephanie Sarosi . . .0 . . . .0.0 . . . .0.0 42 DALEMBERT Quick Notes: Another extremely athletic new- 42 Melissa Dalembert . .0 . . . .0.0 . . . .0.0 Miramar, FL comer for the Bulls ... Tremendous raw ability ... Is a proven rebounder and shot blocker ... With her ability and athleticism she should have PPG RPG APG SPG 2006-007usf no problem fitting into the system ... Is the sis- - - - - streaks/records ter of Philadelphia 76er Samuel Dalembert.

2006-07 Overall Record ...... 0-0 this week with the bulls (Nov 13-119) USF at Home ...... 0-0 . USF on the Road ...... 0-0 MON. 13 TUE. 14 WED. 15 THUR. 16 FRI. 17 SAT. 18 SUN. 19 Neutral Site ...... 0-0 12:45- 12:30- 12:45- 12:30- 12:15- Noon Noon 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Troy vs. Troy vs. W/L Streak ...... None practice practice practice practice practice Georgia Texas 2005-06 Overall Record ...... 19-12 in the in the in the in the in the Southern Southern Corral Corral Corral Corral Corral 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2005-06 after one games ...... 1-0 vs. Texas vs.Georgia 2005-06 after two games ...... 2-0 Southern Southern

2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball 2 USF WOMEN’S HOOP TEAM OPENS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED USF’s record When

SEASON AGAINST UW-MILWAUKEE FRIDAY NIGHT Leading at halftime ...... 0-0 Trailing at halftime ...... 0-0 Season-opening match-up pits two NCAA Tourney teams from 2006 Tied at halftime ...... 0-0 Overtime ...... 0-0 The University of South Florida women’s Women’s National Invitation Tournament, USF shoots 50% or better from field ...... 0-0 basketball team kicks off the most highly handing MTSU a 70-62 loss ... The Blue USF shoots 40-49% from field ...... 0-0 anticipated season in the programs history Raiders won the Sun Belt Championship at USF shoots under 40% from field ...... 0-0 Friday night when it faces UW-Milwaukee at the conclusion of the 2002-03 season ... USF Opp. shoots 50% or better from field ...... 0-0 7 p.m. in the Sun Dome ... The game will is 5-2 in season openers over the past seven Opp. shoots 40-49% from field ...... 0-0 mark the season opener for both schools, seasons and have won its last three straight Opp. shoots under 40% from field ...... 0-0 each of which advanced to the NCAA ... The Bulls are 20-7 over the past two sea- USF outrebounds opponent ...... 0-0 Tournament last year ... Friday’s game sons against non-conference foes with the Opp. outrebounds USF ...... 0-0 marks the 35th season of women’s basket- only losses coming against No. 7 North Tied in rebounds ...... 0-0 ball at USF and its second as a member of Carolina, No. 13 Michigan State, and No. 3 USF records 10 or more steals ...... 0-0 the BIG EAST Conference ... The Bulls come LSU last season, and No. 6 Duke, Eastern USF records 15 or more assists ...... 0-0 into this week’s game with UW-Milwaukee Michigan, No. 8 Connecticut and Florida ... USF commits less than 15 turnovers ...... 0-0 having received votes in both the preseason The Bulls will try to keep their momentum USF commits 15 or more turnovers ...... 0-0 Associated Press (seven votes) and going after a very successful 101-54 exhibi- USF commits less turnovers than opp...... 0-0 ESPN/USA Today Top 25 polls (four votes) ... tion victory last Sunday over the USF commits more turnovers than opp...... 0-0 It is the second straight season that the Bulls Hollywood/Miami Sun ... Six of the 11 play- USF shoots 70% or better from the line ...... 0-0 have opened at home, but just the second ers that saw action for the Bulls against the USF shoots under 70% from the line ...... 0-0 time in the last eight years that the team Sun scored in double figures, including USF scores 59 points or less ...... 0-0 kicked off the year on their home floor ... In Jessica Dickson who netted a team-high 16 USF scores between 60-69 points ...... 0-0 addition, the meeting with the Panthers is points in 15 minutes of action. USF scores between 70-79 points ...... 0-0 the first of seven straight home games that USF scores between 80-89 points ...... 0-0 USF will play at home to start the 2006-07 Scouting UW-Milwaukee USF scores between 90-99 points ...... 0-0 campaign ... It is the third straight year that „ UW-Milwaukee enters the season after USF scores more than 100 points ...... 0-0 the Bulls have opened against a team that turning in an impressive 22-9 overall cam- Two or less Bulls score in double figures ...... 0-0 went to the NCAA Tournament the previous paign last year and a 14-2 mark in the Three Bulls score in double figures ...... 0-0 season ... Last season the Bulls opened the Horizon League ... The Panthers, like USF, Four or more Bulls in double figures ...... 0-0 year against Texas-Arlington defeating the advanced to the NCAA Tournament losing in USF plays at the Sun Dome ...... 0-0 Mavericks 74-50 in the first game of the the opening round, 65-46, to Michigan State. USF plays on the road ...... 0-0 Image Depot Shootout ... UTA won the USF plays at a neutral site ...... 0-0 Southland Conference title during the 2004- „ Friday’s game is the first of three that Playing in November ...... 0-0 05 season ... During the 2003-04 campaign, UWM will play on the road to start the sea- Playing in December ...... 0-0 USF faced Middle Tennessee State, on the son ... Following their contest with the Playing in January ...... 0-0 Playing in February ...... 0-0 road, in the first round of the Preseason Bulls, the Panthers will travel to Coral Playing in March ...... 0-0 Playing on Saturday ...... 0-0 The Jose Fernandez File Playing on Sunday ...... 0-0 Playing on Monday ...... 0-0 Hired at USF: April 2000 as an assistant coach ... Named head coach Playing on Tuesday ...... 0-0 December 14, 2000 Playing on Wednesday ...... 0-0 Playing on Thursday ...... 0-0 Personal: Born November 18, 1971 in Miami, FL ... Attended Miami Playing on Friday ...... 0-0 Southwest Senior High School (1989) ... Father of two daughters Brianna Playing during the afternoon ...... 0-0 and Brooke. Playing during the evening ...... 0-0 On television ...... 0-0 Education: B.S. in physical education, Florida International University (1994). In-season tournament games ...... 0-0 Postseason tournament games ...... 0-0 Coaching File: Student Assistant Coach, Miami-Dade CC Kendall (men) (1989-91) ... Games decided by three points or less ...... 0-0 Assistant Coach, Miami-Dade CC Kendall (men) (1991-92) ... Assistant Coach, Sunset HS Games decided by four to 10 points ...... 0-0 (boys), Miami, FL (1992-94) ... Assistant Coach, Barry University (men) (1994-96) ... Head Games decided by 11-20 points ...... 0-0 Coach, Lourdes Academy (women), Miami, FL (1996-99) ... Assistant Coach, Barry Games decided by more than 20 points ...... 0-0 University (women) (1999-00) ... Assistant Coach, USF (women) (Apr. 2000-Oct. 2000) ... Interim Head Coach, USF (women) (Oct. 2000-Dec. 2000) ... Head Coach, USF (women) Scoring margins (Dec. 2000-present). Points: Margin of victory Highlights: Led the Bulls to its first-ever NCAA Tournament (2006) ... Has recruited five 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Top 40 recruiting classes in his seven years at USF including this year’s class which was the ------highest ranked ever (17th) ... Led USF to its first ever postseason appearance, taking part in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (2004) ... Helped the program earn its sec- Points: Margin of defeat ond straight WNIT berth (2005), and its first ever postseason victory over Florida ... The 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ game was also USF's first ever postseason home contest. ------

3 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball Gables to face Miami on Nov. 13 and then Big EAst The Series vs. vs.the travel to Des Moines, IA on Nov. 17 to butt Standings The Panthers Horizon heads with Drake ... UW-Milwaukee will not „ Friday’s game league BIG EAST . . .Pct. . . .Overall. . . . .Pct. hit its home floor until Nov. 19 against between USF Cincinnati ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 Central Connecticut. and Wisconsin- Opponent ...... W .L Connecticut ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 Milwaukee will Butler ...... 1 .0 „ DePaul ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 The Panthers won both of their preseason be the first Cleveland State . .2 .0 Georgetown ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 exhibition games defeating Concordia (74- meeting Detroit-Mercy . . .0 .0 Louisville ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 53) on Nov. 2 and Wisconsin AAU (76-70) on between the Illinois-Chicago . .1 .1 Marquette ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 Nov. 5 ... Traci Edwards led the way against two schools. Loyola (IL) . . . . .1 .0 Notre Dame ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 Concordia with a team-high 18 points, on 7- UW-Green Bay . . .0 .1 Pittsburgh ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 10 shooting from the field, in addition to a USF vs. The UW-Milwaukee . . .0 .0 Providence ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 game-high 10 rebounds ... Meredith Onson Horizon Wright State . . . .0 .0 Rutgers ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 (12) and Aubrey Hampton (10) also tallied League Youngstown State .1 .0 Seton Hall ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 double figures in the scoring column ... „ USF’s game Syracuse ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 Onson then poured in a game-high 23 points with UW-Milwaukee will be the ninth time USF ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 in 37 minutes of action against Wisconsin that the Bulls have faced a member of the Villanova ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 AAU ... Edwards and Jodie McClain added 14 Horizon League ... USF comes into the game West Virginia ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-0 . . ..000 and 10 points respectively. with a 6-2 record all-time against the St. John’s ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .0-1 . . ..000 league. „ UW-Milwaukee turned in a pretty Preseason respectable 9-5 road record last season, Just For Openers Big EAst however, were just 1-4 away from home in „ USF is 20-14 all-time in season openers Coaches Poll non-conference games ... Two of those loss- during the previous 34 years of competition es were to BIG EAST Conference foes DePaul ... In addition, the Bulls are 6-2 in lidlifters 1. Rutgers (11) 9. USF (91-79) on Nov. 30 and to Marquette (70-62) over the past eight years, 10-3 over the past 2. Connecticut (5) 10. Marquette on Dec. 18. 13 seasons and 13-5 in the first game of the 3. Notre Dame 11. Georgetown season during the past 18 years. 4. DePaul 12. Seton Hall „ The Panthers proved to be one of the 5. Villanova 13. Pittsburgh hottest team’s in America last season win- „ USF’s Head Coach Jose Fernandez enters 6. Louisville 14. Syracuse ning 12 of their last 13 and 17 of their last his seventh season with a 4-2 slate in his 7. West Virginia 15. Cincinnati 19 games ... The only two losses came at the previous six season openers. 8. St. John’s 16. Providence hands of Wright State (69-67) on Jan. 26, and to Michigan State in the NCAA „ The Bulls look for their fourth straight sea- This weekend in the Tournament. son opening win which would mark the first Big EAst time that USF had won four straight season „ UW-Milwaukee returns three of its five openers since taking five consecutive from November 9 starters from last year’s NCAA team includ- the 1991-92 campaign to the 1995-96 sea- Iona 66, St. John’s 56 ing 2005-06 leading scorer Traci Edwards son. who averaged 16.1 points per game last sea- November 10 son ... Edwards also led the team grabbing „ Friday’s game is just the third season Central Michigan at Notre Dame ...... 4 p.m. 10 boards per contest ... Meredith Onson opener at home since USF defeated Akron UW-Milwaukee at USF ...... 7 p.m. and Dana Schultz also return after netting (81-69) on Nov. 15, 1998 ... Last season’s Providence at Manhattan ...... 7 p.m. 7.2 and 3.4 points per game respectively. victory against Texas-Arlington (74-50) was Cincinnati at Youngstown State ...... 7:05 p.m. Dayton at Louisville ...... 7:30 p.m. All-ttime season openers November 11 1972-73 ...... at Rollins (L, 45-34) 1989-90 ...... vs. Butler (W, 71-67) Seton Hall at Kansas ...... 3 p.m. 1973-74 ...... at Rollins (W, 55-41) 1990-91 ...... vs. Iowa St. (L, 93-70) Towson at Georgetown ...... 3 p.m. 1974-75 ...... Flagler (L, 51-45) 1991-92 ...... Mercer (W, 73-64) Winthrop at Louisville ...... 7:30 p.m. 1975-76 ...... at Florida St. (L, 57-41) 1992-93 ...... UCF (W, 110-55) 1976-77 ...... Tampa (W, 87-46) 1993-94 ...... Stetson (W, 66-64) November 12 1977-78 ...... at Florida (L, 107-65) 1994-95 ...... at Princeton (W, 70-50) Villanova at Delaware ...... 1 p.m. 1978-79 . . .Northeast Missouri St. (L, 71-54) 1995-96 ...... Southwest Texas (W, 67-62) Rutgers vs. Georgia (ESPN2) ...... 1 p.m. 1979-80 ...... UCF (W, 66-64) 1996-97 ...... Florida St. (L, 68-59) Brown at Providence ...... 2 p.m. 1980-81 ...... Rollins (W, 94-31) 1997-98 ...... at Florida A&M (L, 66-62) Syracuse at Penn State ...... 2 p.m. 1981-82 ...... UCF (W, 55-51) 1998-99 ...... Akron (W, 81-69) Seton Hall at WBCA Classic ...... 3/5 p.m. 1982-83 ...... Tampa (W, 88-63) 1999-00 ...... at UCF (W, 62-60) West Virginia at LSU ...... 3 p.m. 1983-84 ...... at Nebraska (L, 91-50) 2000-01 ...... at Arizona St. (L, 74-39) DePaul at Oklahoma (ESPN2) ...... 3:30 p.m. 1984-85 ...... FAU (W, 61-55) 2001-02 ...... at Boston Univ. (W, 76-70) Memphis at Louisville ...... 7:30 p.m. 1985-86 ...... Stetson (L, 83-72) 2002-03 ...... at Miami (L, 60-49) 1986-87 ...... FAU (L, 68-61) 2003-04 ...... at Wagner (W, 64-48) 1987-88 . . . . .vs. Southwest Texas (L, 53-43) 2004-05 . .at Middle Tennessee St. (W, 70-62) 1988-89 ...... vs. Chattanooga (W, 83-62) 2005-06 ...... Texas-Arlington (W, 74-50)

2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball 4 the first since that 1998-99 campaign ... The Dickson Grabs A Host Of top 25 rankings Bulls are 13-7 all-time in season openers at Preseason Accolades home. „ The regular season hasn’t ever started yet ESPN/USA Today ...... Rank ...... Associated Press and USF All-America and National Player of Maryland ...... 1 ...... Maryland The Last Time Out the Year Candidate has received numerous North Carolina ...... 2 ...... North Carolina „ USF placed six of the 11 players that saw honors for the 2006-07 campaign ... So far Oklahoma ...... 3 ...... Oklahoma action in double figures in a 101-54 rout of this season the Ocala, FL native has been Stanford ...... 4 ...... Stanford Tennessee ...... 5 ...... Tennessee the Hollywood/Miami Sun last Sunday night named an preseason honorable mention ... It was the lone exhibition game that the Duke ...... 6 ...... Duke Street & Smith All-American as well as being Ohio State ...... 7 ...... Ohio State Bulls would play this season, and was the named to the preseason John R. Wooden Connecticut ...... 8 ...... Connecticut third straight win over the preseason touring Award and Wade Trophy lists which are each Georgia ...... 9 ...... Georgia team. given to the National Player of the Year (by LSU ...... 10 ...... LSU the Los Angeles Athletic Club and Women’s Rutgers ...... 11 ...... Purdue Arizona State ...... 12 ...... Rutgers „ After starting the game slow, the Bulls Basketball Coaches Association respective- heated up hitting 57.9 percent (22-38) of Purdue ...... 13 ...... Arizona State ly). Texas A&M ...... 14 ...... Texas A&M their shots from the field including 53.3 per- Vanderbilt ...... 15 ...... Kentucky cent (8-15) from behind the three-point arc „ Most recently, Dickson was named the BIG Kentucky ...... 16 ...... Vanderbilt ... The Bulls opened the game with an early EAST Conference Preseason Player of the Michigan State ...... 17 ...... Michigan State 6-2 lead, but the Sun fought to stay in the Year at the league’s media day in New York Baylor ...... 18 ...... New Mexico game, keeping the score within seven points City, and was tabbed as the top win player DePaul ...... 19 ...... Baylor New Mexico ...... 20 ...... DePaul for the first 10 minutes of the contest ... in America by ESPN.com. California ...... 21 ...... California With 16:18 left on the clock in the first half, USC ...... 22 ...... USC Jessica Dickson hit a jumper to make the USF Launches JD25.com UCLA ...... 23 ...... UCLA advantage 17-14, and the Bulls never looked „ Fans can keep up to date on Jessica BYU ...... 24 ...... BYU back, making a 12-0 run in the next three Dickson by logging onto the senior forward’s Washington ...... 25 ...... Texas minutes. own web site ... By logging onto to Other teams of interest receiving votes JD25.com fans can read Dickson’s personal Louisville ...... St. John’s St. John’s ...... Louisville „ Dickson led USF with 16 points on 7-11 blog, keep up with her game-by-game, and Pittsburgh ...... Pittsburgh shooting in just 15 minutes of action ... check out her photo gallery ... In addition, USF ...... USF Rachael Sheats and Diana Packer each added surfers can view video clips and read past ...... Marquette 14 points apiece while Nalini Miller and Opponents in CAPS Shantia Grace each tallied 11 points ... „ ESPN/USA Today Rankings are preseason usf’s largest Stephanie Sarosi turned in the only dou- „ Associated Press Rankings are preseason ble of the game with 10 points and a in 2006-007 game-high 13 rebounds. Lead ...... 0 a look at the rpi Jose Fernandez Works His Deficit ...... 0 Way Towards The Top Of Margin of victory ...... 0 Sagarin ...... Opponent ...... C-RPI USF’s Coaching Chart Margin of defeat ...... 0 - ...... UW-Milwaukee ...... - Halftime lead ...... 0 - ...... Texas Southern ...... - „ To say that being the head women’s Halftime deficit ...... 0 - ...... Georgia Southern ...... - basketball coach at USF has been a work - ...... Stetson ...... - Deficit in win ...... 0 in progress is certainly an understate- - ...... St. Francis (NY) ...... - Halftime deficit in win ...... 0 ment ... Jose Fernandez comes into the - ...... UMass/Stephen F. Austin ...... - Lead in loss ...... 0 - ...... Florida International ...... - season with a 79-95 career coaching Halftime lead in loss ...... 0 - ...... Michigan State ...... - record, however it has been what he has - ...... Villanova ...... - done over the past three years that’s - ...... Vanderbilt ...... - been impressive ... Fernandez has led USF At home and - ...... Jacksonville ...... - the Bulls to three straight postseason on the road - ...... Vermont ...... - appearances - the WNIT in 2004 and - ...... St. Joseph’s (PA)/Northeastern ...... - - ...... LSU ...... - 2005, and the NCAA in 2006 - all while Category ...... Home . .Away . .Neutral Record ...... 0-0 . . .0-0 . . .0-0 - ...... Cincinnati ...... - posting a 54-38 record during that time. - ...... Rutgers ...... - Field Goal% ...... 0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 - ...... Notre Dame ...... - „ Fernandez 79 victories is just one win 3-Pt. Field Goal% ...... 0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 - ...... Louisville ...... - from tieing - and two wins from surpass- Free Throw % ...... 0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 - ...... Pittsburgh ...... - ing - Joanne Rogers (1976-83) for second Oppt. Field Goal% ...... 0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 - ...... Syracuse ...... - on the career coaching wins list (80) ... Oppt. 3-Pt. Field Goal% . .0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 - ...... Georgetown ...... - - ...... St. John’s ...... - The Miami native is also nine wins from Oppt. Free Throw% . . . . .0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 - ...... DePaul ...... - Rebounding Avg...... 0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 equaling - and 10 from becoming the all- - ...... Providence ...... - Rebounding Margin ...... 0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 time leader in career wins at USF passing - ...... West Virginia ...... - Trudi Lacy ... Lacy is currently the Assists/Gm...... 0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 - ...... Connecticut ...... - General Manager of the Charlotte Sting Turnovers/Gm...... 0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 - ...... Marquette ...... - of the WNBA. Blocks/Gm...... 0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 . - ...... Seton Hall ...... - Steals/Gm...... 0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 . Points/Gm...... 0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 „ Sagarin Rankings through games x Points Allowed/Gm...... 0.0 . . .0.0 . . .0.0 „ CollegeRPI.com through games x

5 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball newspaper articles on the All-America up point guard Tristen Webb, however Webb USF in the Big Candidate. suffered her second season-ending knee East Statistics injury in the first exhibition game of the OVERALL TEAM STATISTICS Dickson Looks To Make More Noise In year ... Grace found herself playing in all 31 Category ...... Leader ...... USF Her Last Hurrah In The Green n’ Gold games and starting in 30 ... The Sarasota Scoring Off...... - ...... - „ Jessica Dickson enter’s her senior year native scored in double figures in 18 of the Scoring Def...... - ...... - looking to pick up where she left off after team’s 31 games, in eight of the last 10, and Scoring Margin ...... - ...... - her previous three seasons ... Dickson enters 12 of the last 19 outings. FG Pct...... - ...... - the 2006-07 campaign third on the school’s FG Pct. Def...... - ...... - all-time scoring list with 1,755 career points „ Although Grace - along with Jessica 3-pt. Pct...... - ...... - ... She comes into the game with UW- Dickson - was the Bulls only other double fig- 3-pt. Pct. Def...... - ...... - Milwaukee just 18 points from tieing, and 19 ure scorer on the team, there was probably 3-pt. FG Made ...... - ...... - points from surpassing Angie Snyder (1988- no bigger impact that Grace had than in the FT Pct...... - ...... - 1992) for second on the school’s all-time list column ... Grace led the team and Rebounding ...... - ...... - ... In addition, she is just 65 points from was second in the BIG EAST in handouts Offensive Reb...... - ...... - equaling, and 66 points passing Wanda averaging 5.0 per game ... In addition, she Defensive Reb...... - ...... - Guyton (1984-89) becoming USF’s all-time finished the year seventh among all fresh- Rebounding Mar...... - ...... - scoring leader. men in Division I in assists ... Grace dished Blocked Shots ...... - ...... - out double digit assists three times last year Assists ...... - ...... - „ Entering the season, Dickson looks to including a career high 14 against Puerto Steals ...... - ...... - become the first woman - and just the sec- Rico-Mayaguez on Dec. 19 ... She also had 12 Turnover Margin . . . . .- ...... - ond USF basketball player ever male or against Cincinnati on Jan. 15 and 10 against Assist/TO Ratio . . . . .- ...... - female - to lead the team in scoring for four DePaul on Dec. 7. consecutive season’s ... The only other INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS woman to pace the team in the scoring col- Nalini Miller Is All BS Category ...... Player, Rank (Avg/Pct) umn three straight year’s was Wanda Guyton „ Nalini Miller returns as one of the top shot Scoring ...... (1986-89) ... Radenko Dobras is currently blockers in the BIG EAST ... Last year Miller FG Pct...... the only player to do it four times from finished third in the league in blocked shots 3-pt. Pct...... 1988-92. averaging 2.1 per outing, however was sec- 3-pt FG Made ...... ond in the conference in total blocks (65). FT Pct...... „ Dickson has been an “Iron Woman” of Rebounding ...... sorts for the Bulls during her career ... She „ Miller is the all-time blocked shot leader Off. Rebounds ...... comes into the season having started in in USF history ... She enters the season with Def. Rebounds ...... every game of her collegiate career (92) and 139 swats comfortably in front of Keira Assists ...... has logged an average of 35 minutes Steals ...... per game ... During that time, Dickson Miscellaneous Assist/TO Ratio ...... has tallied double figures in 85 of USF Stats Blocked Shots ...... those 92 games, and 20 points or more Minutes Played ...... in 41 of the 85 outings. DOUBLE FIGURE SCORERS -- Amazing Grace Looks Forward DOUBLE-DOUBLES To Another Solid Season -- „ Shantia Grace has a great freshman GAMES LEADING (SHARING) SCORING HONORS year last season finishing second on -- the team in scoring netting 10.4 points GAMES LEADING (SHARING) REBOUNDING HONORS per game ... Grace was expected to -- come off the bench last year to back-

2006-007 USF vs.The Preseason Conferences All-BBig East Team The following records indicate how the Bulls did this season against non-conference foes Name, School, Pos., Yr. America East (Vermont) ...... 0-0 , Rutgers, G, Jr. Atlantic 10 (UMass, St. Joseph’s) ...... 0-0 , Rutgers, G/F, Jr. Atlantic Sun (Stetson, Jacksonville) . . . .0-0 Angela Clark, St. John's, F, Sr. Big Ten (Michigan State) ...... 0-0 *Jazz Covington, Louisville, C, Sr. Colonial (Northeastern) ...... 0-0 *Jessica Dickson, USF, F, Sr. Horizon (UW-Milwaukee) ...... 0-0 , Connecticut, G, So. Northeast (St. Francis, NY) ...... 0-0 Christina Quaye, Marquette, F, Sr. Southern (Georgia Southern) ...... 0-0 Allie Quigly, DePaul, G, Jr. Southland (Stephen F. Austin) ...... 0-0 Marcedes Walker, Pittsburgh, C, Jr. Southeastern (Vanderbilt, LSU) ...... 0-0 Mallorie Winn, Pittsburgh, G, Sr. Southwestern Athletic (Texas Southern) . .0-0 Kia Wright, St. John's, G, Jr. Sun Belt (Florida International) ...... 0-0

2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball 6 usf starting lineups (w-LL) quoting usf coach jose fernandez Forward Forward Center Guard Guard W-L ------(On preparing for Wisconsin-Milwaukee...) “We really prepare for every team the same way. It's a Rozier (1992-95) who is second with 105 „ Webb petitioned the NCAA for a sixth year little different because it's the first game, and our kids blocked shots. in April of 2006, and received the extra year are definitely looking forward to opening up the year. during the summer of 2006. This is a team that returns a bulk of their lineup from Miller Works Her Way last year, and signed a pretty good recruiting class. Towards Another Milestone „ For her career, Webb is averaging 7.1 They won their league and they won 22-23 games last „ Although she struggled a bit offensively in points per game in 70 outings and has hand- year in the Horizon League, which is a good conference. 2005-06 - despite netting a personal single ed out 128 career assists. They have a very good post player and a very good back season high of 292 points - Nalini Miller court. They are going to test our back court. works her way to another career milestone „ In addition, Webb has never played in a Defensively, we're going to have to do a good job chal- ... Miller, normally normally known for her postseason contest while her fellow senior lenging shots. We're going to have to really battle on rebounding and shot blocking, enters the classmates - Jessica Dickson, Rachael the boards. Their big kid is very good.” 2006-07 season with 780 career points, just Sheats, and Nalini Miller - have seen action 220 points from becoming the 15th player to in eight postseason games between the (On Jessica Dickson...) reach the 1,000-point plateau. Conference USA Tournament, the WNIT, the “It's really been remarkable. Two NIT bids, and NCAA BIG EAST Tournament and the NCAA tournament bid. I'm biased because I get to see her „ Should Miller reach 1,000 career points, Tournament. every day, but I truly think she's the best shooting guard she would join Keira Rozier (1992-95) as the in the country. We return four starters, our first two only two players in program history to score Bulls Finally Get To Enjoy Depth kids off the bench are a really good recruiting class. 1,000 points, grab 500 rebounds, and „ One major drawback for USF the past few This year she doesn't have to play the minutes that she 100 shots in their career. years has been its lack of quality depth ... has played in the past. She doesn't have to put up as Last season the Bulls had just 10 players on many shots because now I think our interior game, our Tristen Webb Returns For A Sixth Year their roster with eight of them playing in 27 post play, is a lot better. I'm going to tell you right now „ One very welcome site to the hardwood games ... The other two played no more Stephaine Sarosi is going to be on the All-Freshman BIG on Friday night will be the return of senior than eight games. EAST team. Now we can move Nalini Miller to the four guard Tristen Webb for a sixth year ... Webb and will alleviate some of the pressure off of Jess. I'm tore the ACL in her left knee against Saint „ This season, in addition to seven excited. I truly think this is the most talented team I've Louis on Jan. 23, 2004 ... She would sit out returnees, the Bulls welcome five newcom- had since I've been there and we have a shot at being the 2004-05 season to fully rehabilitate her ers that are all expected to contribute this really, really special this year.” knee, and then returned last season pen- season. ciled in as the starting point guard ... Webb, (On the return of Tristen Webb...) however, tore the ACL in her right knee in No Cupcakes Here “It was good to have her back. She was steady, she the Bulls first exhibition game of 2005-06. „ Traditionally USF has made a practice of looked good. It's unbelievable she's been here for six years and I'm going into my seventh season. She's a 2006-007 Preseason wade great young lady, so it's great to have her back. She trophy candidates brings a lot of energy and a lot of leadership. She had a very steady night.” Matee Ajavon, Rutgers , Duke , Tennessee , Duke , Georgia , Mississippi (On freshman center Staphanie Sarosi...) , Maryland , Texas , UCLA “For a 6-5 kid that can handle, run, and step Jazz Covington, Louisville Crystal Kelly, Western Kentucky Jillian Robbins, Tulsa out and shoot it. She plays more like a 6-5 European- , Ohio State , Maryland Brooke Smith, Stanford type of kid. The girls give her a hard time. She'll reverse Jessica Dickson, USF , North Carolina , Maryland lay up or trail on the break and hit a three, kids will , Maryland , North Carolina , Stanford give her a hard time and call her Nowitski and stuff. , LSU Eshaya Murphy, USC She's not there yet, but she definitely has a very, very , Purdue Courtney Paris, Oklahoma bright future here.”

(On what it takes to get in the NCAA Tournament...) 2006-007 Preseason wooden “I think if you finish in the top half of this league you're award candidates definitely going to get into the NCAA tournament. There was so little room between teams five through 10 Matee Ajavon, Rutgers Cameo Hicks, Washington Lyndsey Medders, Iowa St last year. One or two wins separated those teams, so , Texas AM , Tennessee , USC when it came down to it, it was strength of schedule, Alison Bales, Duke Charde Houston, Connecticut Courtney Paris, Oklahoma and we're playing a great non-conference schedule. In Marissa Coleman, Maryland Tasha Humphrey, Georgia Candace Parker, Tennessee the end I think this team has the potential to be pretty Jessica Davenport, Ohio St Tye Jackson, Houston Armintie Price, Mississippi special and return to the NCAA tournament.” , Vanderbilt Crystal Kelly, Western Kentucky Noelle Quinn, UCLA Jessica Dickson, USF Crystal Langhorne, Maryland Jillian Robbins, Tulsa Shay Doron, Maryland Erlana Larkins, North Carolina Tiffany Jackson, Texas Sylvia Fowles, LSU Ivory Latta, North Carolina Kia Vaughn, Rutgers Lindsey Harding, Duke , North Carolina Candice Wiggins, Stanford

7 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball playing some quality competition during the men's first and second rounds and the 1998 USF On The Tube non-conference portion of the schedule, and men's regional at the Trop ... Two years ago this year is no different ... In addition to USF hosted the NCAA men's first and second The USF women’s basketball team will be featured several times this season both nationally and locally in Friday’s game with Wisconsin-Milwaukee, round event at the St. Pete Times Forum. the Tampa Bay area. other NCAA teams from 2006 that will - or The Bulls will make two appearances on College Sports potentially will - face the Bulls are: Stephen BIG EAST Teleconferences Television (CSTV), and one apiece as part of the BIG EAST- F. Austin (possible opponent on Nov. 26), „ The BIG EAST women's basketball coaches Regional Sports Network Game of the Week package, and Michigan State (Dec. 3), Vanderbilt (Dec. 17) will hold five media teleconferences during as one of the league’s six regular season games featured at the St. Pete Times Forum, and LSU (Jan. the 2006-07 season ... With the expansion of on ESPNU. 3). the BIG EAST, the teleconference schedule USF will face perennial national power Rutgers on the will feature all 16 head coaches, every other road on Jan. 9 while Georgetown will visit the Sun Dome „ Florida International, who will take on week. Each head coach will be available for on Jan. 30. Both games will be televised on CSTV. USF on Nov. 30, is the Bulls’ lone non-confer- 5-8 minutes in a scheduled format ... Media The Bulls will make their first-ever regular season ence opponent that advanced to the representatives wishing to participate in the appearance on the ESPN family of channels when they Women’s National Invitation Tournament. teleconference should call 913-981-5533 to take on Syracuse in the Carrier Dome on Jan. 28. enter the call ... Notify the operator that Notre Dame will be USF’s lone opponent on the BIG Dome Sweet Dome you are part of the BIG EAST Women’s EAST-Regional Sports Network Game of the Week when „ USF looks to continue its dominance of the Basketball Conference Call. the Fighting Irish come to Tampa on Jan. 13. SportsNet opposition on its home floor in the Sun Dome New York (SNY) will serve as the game of the week’s flag- ... The Bulls have turned in an impressive Teleconferences will begin at 11 a.m. ET on ship station during the season. 26-5 overall record and a 14-2 mark in non- Jan. 8, Jan. 22, Feb. 5, Feb. 19 and March 1 In addition, for the third straight season USF’s official conference games on their home turf over (pre-championship) ... Coaches will partici- cable partner, Catch 47 - Tampa Bay Sports Television, the past two seasons ... In addition, USF is pate in the following order: will broadcast five games during the 2006-07 season. 30-5 in the Sun Dome since defeating No. 18 Local games on Catch 47 had not been selected at press time. TCU, 89-84, in double overtime on Feb. 2, 11 a.m...... Phyllis Mangina, Seton Hall 2004. 11:06 a.m...... Jose Fernandez, USF Date ...... Opponent (TV Outlet) ...... Time 11:12 a.m. . . Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame Jan. 9 . . .at Rutgers (CSTV) ...... 7 p.m. The Bulls On The Radio 11:18 a.m. . . .Quentin Hillsman, Syracuse Jan. 13 . .Notre Dame (BIG EAST Television) . . . .Noon „ For the second straight year, fans of the 11:24 a.m...... Tom Collen, Louisville Jan. 28 . .at Syracuse (ESPNU) ...... 5:30 p.m. USF women's basketball team will be able 11:30 a.m...... Harry Perretta, Villanova Jan. 30 . .Georgetown (CSTV) ...... 7 p.m. to listen to all of the exciting action - 11:36 a.m...... Phil Seymore, Providence both home and away, and regular season 11:42 a.m. . . .Agnus Berenato, Pittsburgh Additional USF women’s basketball games will be right through the postseason - live on 11:48 a.m. . .Geno Auriemma, Connecticut announced at a later date. commercial radio ... WGUL-AM 860 will 11:54 a.m...... Laurie Pirtle, Cincinnati carry the entire season, which can also be Noon ...... Terri Williams-Flournoy, USF On The Radio heard worldwide via the internet by log- ...... Georgetown ging onto www.GoUSFBulls.com. 12:06 p.m...... Doug Bruno, DePaul For the second straight year, fans of the USF 12:12 p.m...... Mike Carey, West Virginia women's basketball team will be able to listen to all „ Tom Krasniqi begins his second year as 12:18 p.m. . . .Kim Barnes Arico, St. John's of the exciting action - both home and away, and the play-by-play voice of the USF women's 12:24 p.m...... Terri Mitchell, Marquette regular season right through the postseason - live on basketball team ... When not broadcast- 12:30 p.m. . . . .C. Vivian Stringer, Rutgers commercial radio. WGUL-AM 860 will carry the ing games on the hardwood, the Staten entire season, which can also be heard worldwide Island, NY, native serves as a sports and „ Once again this season, the coaches' tele- via the internet by logging onto news anchor/reporter for Metro Networks conference will be available via The BIG www.GoUSFBulls.com. in Tampa ... He also does play-by-play and EAST web site ... Users can listen to the Tom Krasniqi begins his second year as the play- by-play voice of the USF women's basketball team. is on-air talent for various sports shows. question and answer session live or replayed When not broadcasting games on the hardwood, the in conjunction with CSTV Online ... Check Staten Island, N.Y., native serves as a sports and „ Amanda Miller returns for her second the BIG EAST web site at: www.bigeast.tv ... news anchor/reporter for Metro Networks in Tampa. year with the Bulls, serving as color ana- A special replay number is also available 24- He also does play-by-play and is on-air talent for lyst for all USF women's basketball home hours a day after the calls are completed. various sports shows. games. Call 402-222-9928 for the replay ... The Amanda Miller returns for her second year with passcode is 1461463. the Bulls, serving as color analyst for all USF USF To Host Women’s Final Four In 2008 women's basketball home games. „ For the first time ever, the NCAA Women's Final Four is coming to the State of Florida, and USF is the host school ... The 2008 event will be played in the St. Pete Times Forum in downtown Tampa, and the Tampa Convention Center will serve as the site of both the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Convention and the fan-cen- tered Hoop City.

„ USF hosted the 1999 Men's Final Four at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, the 1994

2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball 8 NUMERICAL ROSTER big east No. Name P Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School/High School media services 1 Daiane Packer G 5-9 Jr. Jundiai, Brazil/Trinity Valley CC/Colegio Percepcao 2 Rachael Sheats G 5-11 Sr. Marietta, GA/Sprayberry HS THE BIG EAST ON THE WEB... WWW.BIGEAST.ORG 3 Shantia Grace G 5-6 So. Sarasota, FL/Riverview HS On July 1, 2005, the BIG EAST Conference launched its new 5 Tristen Webb G 5-8 Sr. Stone Mountain, GA/Lakeside HS web site in conjunction with College Sports Online ... The 10 Jessica Jackson G 5-6 So. Roswell, GA/Roswell HS site retained the conference's familiar web address - 11 Porche Grant F 6-2 Fr. Oxon Hills, MD/Academy of the Holy Cross www.bigeast.org ... The new BIG EAST web site features 12 ChiChi Okpaleke F 5-11 Jr. Tampa, FL/Tampa Bay Tech the latest news and stories on happenings around the BIG 21 Caitlyn Mitryck G/F 6-1 Fr. Lake Mary, FL/Lake Mary HS EAST. The following information is updated after each game: 23 Jessica Lawson* C 6-3 So. Edgewood, FL/California/Jones HS 25 Jessica Dickson F 5-11 Sr. Ocala, FL/Vanguard HS • BIG EAST Standings 32 Nalini Miller C 6-2 Sr. Capital Heights, MD/Laurinburg Institute (NC) • Team-by-team and composite results 40 Stephanie Sarosi C 6-5 Fr. Mims, FL/Astronaut HS • Conference and team-by-team statistics (in pdf’s) 42 Melissa Dalembert F 6-4 Fr. Miramar, FL/Miramar HS • National polls and BIG EAST notebooks (Mondays) ALPHABETICAL • Weekly Award Winners (Mondays) No. Name P Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School/High School Get the latest scores for all games involving BIG EAST teams 42 Melissa Dalembert F 6-4 Fr. Miramar, FL/Miramar HS in-progress, followed by final game statistics and recaps. 25 Jessica Dickson F 5-11 Sr. Ocala, FL/Vanguard HS 3 Shantia Grace G 5-6 So. Sarasota, FL/Riverview HS The Media Guide, which includes an in-depth Records & 11 Porche Grant F 6-2 Fr. Oxon Hills, MD/Academy of the Holy Cross History Section, is located on the women's basketball page. 10 Jessica Jackson G 5-6 So. Roswell, GA/Roswell HS In addition, a Logos and Photos page is convenienty located 23 Jessica Lawson* C 6-3 So. Edgewood, FL/California/Jones HS on the front page. This gallery includes photos and logos 32 Nalini Miller C 6-2 Sr. Capital Heights, MD/Laurinburg Institute (NC) that may be downloaded for media use. Logos for every BIG 21 Caitlyn Mitryck G/F 6-1 Fr. Lake Mary, FL/Lake Mary HS EAST team and the conference marks can also be accessed. (Credit "The BIG EAST Conference" with each photo use). 12 ChiChi Okpaleke F 5-11 Jr. Tampa, FL/Tampa Bay Tech 1 Daiane Packer G 5-9 Jr. Jundiai, Brazil/Trinity Valley CC/Colegio Percepcao CHAMPIONSHIP CREDENTIALS 40 Stephanie Sarosi C 6-5 Fr. Mims, FL/Astronaut HS As was done for the last two seasons, all credential appli- 2 Rachael Sheats G 5-11 Sr. Marietta, GA/Sprayberry HS cations for the 2007 BIG EAST Women's Basketball 5 Tristen Webb G 5-8 Sr. Stone Mountain, GA/Lakeside HS Championship Presented by Aeropostale will only be accepted on-line via the BIG EAST Championship Credential Head Coach: Jose Fernandez (Florida International '94, Seventh year at USF) Web Site. An advisory will be sent to accredited media in Assistant Coaches: Jeff Osterman (Siena ‘92, Second year at USF), Shalon Pillow (Tennessee January with specific instructions on the application ‘02, Second year at USF), Jaida Williams (Cal State Polytechnic University at Pomona ‘05, process. All parts of this section are for media use only. First year at USF) Accredited media should contact the conference office for Director of Basketball Operations: Andy Christensen (USF ‘05, First year at USF) the address. Head Athletic Trainer: Donna Jordan (Missouri-Kansas City ‘99, Second year at USF) * Must sit out the 2006-07 season due to NCAA transfer requirements WEEKLY AWARDS The BIG EAST names a Player and Freshman of the Week, as well as a Weekly Honor Roll, each Monday during the sea- son. Winners are chosen from nominations provided by the BIG EAST sports information directors. The information is released from the BIG EAST office and will be listed in the conference release and be available on the league web site.

ANNUAL AWARDS All-BIG EAST First, Second, Honorable Mention and Freshmen Teams, Player, Freshman, Defensive Player and Coach of the Year are selected by a vote of the league's 16 head coaches at the conclusion of the regu- lar season. A league Most Improved Player, Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete and a Sportsmanship Award are also presented. Coaches are not allowed to vote for themselves or their own players. The awards will be announced at a pre-championship banquet on Friday, March 2, 2006 at the Hartford Hilton Hotel, Hartford, Conn.

The BIG EAST All-Academic Team is comprised of letter- winners who are starters or important reserves and have an overall grade-point average of 3.00 or better over the past academic year. The entire all-sports squad is announced in June after the conclusion of the academic year.

9 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Hollywood/Miami Sun vs USF 11/5/06 7:00 pm at The Corral, Tampa, Fla. ------VISITORS: Hollywood/Miami Sun 0-0 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 23 WILKINS, ShaQuana... f 2-8 0-0 0-1 7 5 12 2 4 1 3 0 1 32 34 HARTLAUB, Alicia.... f 1-9 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 18 05 BELL, Tombi...... g 5-16 1-8 10-11 0 3 3 3 21 1 5 0 4 34 14 McCORMICK, Yalonda.. g 2-8 0-1 1-2 1 2 3 4 5 1 3 1 0 33 24 TANKSLEY, Alana..... g 1-6 0-1 1-1 4 4 8 3 3 1 3 0 1 32 01 COOPER, Courtney.... 2-9 0-0 4-8 1 2 3 2 8 2 0 0 1 24 32 WAITERS, Shantell... 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 13 44 BROUSSARD, Chanivia. 3-10 2-5 0-0 0 3 3 2 8 0 3 0 0 14 TEAM...... 4 4 Totals...... 17-67 3-15 17-25 19 20 39 17 54 7 22 1 7 199

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-37 27.0% 2nd Half: 7-30 23.3% Game: 25.4% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 1-10 10.0% Game: 20.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 11-17 64.7% Game: 68.0% 3

------HOME TEAM: USF 0-0 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 25 DICKSON, Jessica.... f 7-11 1-2 1-2 0 4 4 1 16 2 0 3 2 15 32 MILLER, Nalini...... f 5-7 0-0 1-1 1 2 3 0 11 0 0 0 2 18 40 SAROSI, Stephanie... c 5-12 0-2 0-0 7 6 13 1 10 0 3 1 2 27 02 SHEATS, Rachael..... g 5-7 0-0 4-6 0 4 4 4 14 2 1 0 1 13 03 GRACE, Shantia...... g 4-10 3-7 0-0 1 2 3 1 11 4 0 0 1 23 01 PACKER, Daiane...... 4-9 4-7 2-2 2 1 3 3 14 1 3 0 0 17 05 WEBB, Tristen...... 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 0 3 17 10 JACKSON, Jessica.... 2-6 2-4 2-2 1 3 4 2 8 4 5 0 2 19 11 GRANT, Porche...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 12 12 OKPALEKE, ChiChi.... 3-6 0-0 2-4 5 3 8 4 8 0 2 0 1 23 21 MITRYK, Caitlyn..... 2-5 2-5 0-0 1 3 4 2 6 2 1 1 0 16 TEAM...... 2 5 7 Totals...... 38-75 13-29 12-17 20 36 56 24 101 22 16 5 14 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 22-38 57.9% 2nd Half: 16-37 43.2% Game: 50.7% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 8-15 53.3% 2nd Half: 5-14 35.7% Game: 44.8% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 8-9 88.9% Game: 70.6% 2

------Officials: David Kramer, Ron Lettington, Debra Allen Technical fouls: Hollywood/Miami Sun-None. USF-None. Attendance: Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Hollywood/Miami Sun...... 28 26 - 54 USF...... 56 45 - 101 Points in the paint-HMS 20,USF 36. Points off turnovers-HMS 16,USF 36. 2nd chance points-HMS 8,USF 23. Fast break points-HMS 4,USF 18. Bench points-HMS 19,USF 39. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-HMS 2nd-02:14, USF 2nd-00:39. Largest lead-HMS None, USF by 47 2nd-00:03. 2005-06 USF Women's Basketball USF Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 20, 2006) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (19-12) (12-3) (4-7) (3-2) CONFERENCE...... (9-7) (6-2) (3-5) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (10-5) (6-1) (1-2) (3-2)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------25 DICKSON, Jessica... 31-31 1165 37.6 243-578 .420 68-196 .347 128-148 .865 63 116 179 5.8 80 1 47 63 18 39 682 22.0 03 GRACE, Shantia..... 31-30 1068 34.5 110-281 .391 35-113 .310 67-91 .736 28 63 91 2.9 64 1 155 79 7 49 322 10.4 32 MILLER, Nalini..... 31-20 859 27.7 119-261 .456 0-0 .000 54-116 .466 87 131 218 7.0 81 3 22 61 65 53 292 9.4 01 PARSONS, Ezria..... 29-28 1038 35.8 108-257 .420 3-14 .214 40-65 .615 81 165 246 8.5 47 0 83 71 24 43 259 8.9 02 SHEATS, Rachael.... 27-24 698 25.9 75-169 .444 0-0 .000 46-71 .648 39 54 93 3.4 87 7 63 49 9 56 196 7.3 10 JACKSON, Jessica... 28-2 382 13.6 42-110 .382 33-92 .359 12-20 .600 4 25 29 1.0 33 0 37 18 0 10 129 4.6 12 OKPALEKE, ChiChi... 30-5 452 15.1 44-90 .489 1-3 .333 36-55 .655 45 53 98 3.3 51 1 9 26 9 27 125 4.2 45 CAMBRIDGE, Sharon.. 30-15 505 16.8 40-123 .325 0-2 .000 18-31 .581 30 43 73 2.4 55 1 9 28 5 18 98 3.3 44 DOWDELL, Tamara.... 7-0 43 6.1 8-13 .615 0-0 .000 5-8 .625 3 10 13 1.9 3 0 0 5 2 1 21 3.0 21 HUNT, Courtney..... 8-0 38 4.8 7-14 .500 5-11 .455 2-5 .400 1 5 6 0.8 4 0 3 2 0 2 21 2.6 TEAM...... 43 61 104 3.4 0 7 ------Total...... 31 6248 796-1896 .420 145-431 .336 408-610 .669 424 726 1150 37.1 505 14 428 409 139 298 2145 69.2 Opponents...... 31 6248 696-1674 .416 115-374 .307 407-584 .697 351 795 1146 37.0 531 - 390 555 101 181 1914 61.7

TEAM STATISTICS USF OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 2145 1914 #11/19/05 TEXAS-ARLINGTON W 74-50 258 Points per game...... 69.2 61.7 #11/20/05 TENNESSEE-MARTIN W 78-44 323 Scoring margin...... +7.5 - 11/23/05 JACKSONVILLE W 98-60 293 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 796-1896 696-1674 +11/26/05 MARYLAND-BALTIMORE COUNTY W 66-56 253 Field goal pct...... 420 .416 +11/27/05 ROBERT MORRIS W 83-58 302 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 145-431 115-374 12/02/05 at 7/8 North Carolina L 47-71 1339 3-point FG pct...... 336 .307 *12/07/05 11/13 DEPAUL W OT 79-77 482 3-pt FG made per game.. 4.7 3.7 12/10/05 13/15 MICHIGAN STATE L 66-81 1182 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 408-610 407-584 ^12/19/05 vs UPR-Mayaguez W 121-41 170 Free throw pct...... 669 .697 ^12/20/05 vs Northern Arizona W 60-55 187 REBOUNDS...... 1150 1146 ^12/21/05 vs Colorado W 72-59 110 Rebounds per game...... 37.1 37.0 12/28/05 NORTH FLORIDA W 87-49 417 Rebounding margin...... +0.1 - 12/30/05 at 3/3 LSU L 44-87 3869 ASSISTS...... 428 390 01/02/06 at Florida International W 63-50 619 Assists per game...... 13.8 12.6 *01/08/06 at Pittsburgh L 64-66 1163 TURNOVERS...... 409 555 *01/11/06 10/9 RUTGERS L 65-66 1153 Turnovers per game..... 13.2 17.9 *01/15/06 at Cincinnati L 87-89 644 Turnover margin...... +4.7 - *01/18/06 SYRACUSE W 73-55 605 Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.0 0.7 *01/21/06 PROVIDENCE W 53-47 844 STEALS...... 298 181 *01/24/06 at 5/4 Connecticut L 47-77 13512 Steals per game...... 9.6 5.8 *01/28/06 at 21/22 Notre Dame W OT 68-64 6309 BLOCKS...... 139 101 *01/31/06 VILLANOVA W 69-49 578 Blocks per game...... 4.5 3.3 *02/05/06 at 25/25 St. John's L 71-78 1502 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - *02/08/06 at Seton Hall W 62-50 467 Home win streak...... 2 - *02/11/06 PITTSBURGH L 58-60 1131 ATTENDANCE...... 9540 45461 *02/16/06 MARQUETTE W 66-57 531 Home games-Avg/Game.... 15-636 11-2853 *02/21/06 at Louisville L 56-65 1649 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 5-2816 *02/25/06 WEST VIRGINIA W 66-56 1188 *02/28/06 at Georgetown W 71-57 307 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total $03/04/06 vs NOTRE DAME L 66-73 9148 ------&03/19/06 vs Southern California L 65-67 4466 USF...... 1068 1052 25 - 2145 # = Image Depot Shootout, Tampa, FL Opponents...... 906 989 19 - 1914 + = Best Western Roundball Classic, Tampa, FL * = BIG EAST Conference game ^ = San Juan Shootout, San Juan, Puerto Rico $ = BIG EAST Conference Tournament, Hartford, CT & = NCAA Tournament First Round, Bridgeport Region, Norfolk, VA