2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball USF “Bulls” vs.GEORGIA SOUTHERN “Lady Eagles” Game No. Three „ November 19, 2006 „ 2 p.m. USF Sun Dome (10,411) „ Tampa, FL

Radio & Television The Matchup

TELEVISION „ None USF BULLS GEORGIA SOUTHERN LADY EAGLES Play-by-Play ...... None Record ...... (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) Record ...... (1-2, 0-0 Southern) Color Commentary ...... None Ranking . . . .AP (RV-7)/ESPN-USA Today (RV-2) Ranking ...... None RPI (CollegeRPI.com/Sagarin) ...... TBA/TBA RPI (CollegeRPI.com/Sagarin) ...... TBA/TBA RADIO „ WGUL-AM 860 Last Game . . .N18, USF 89, Texas Southern 37 Last Game .N18, Troy 77, Georgia Southern 62 Play-by-Play ...... Tom Krasniqi Next Game ...... N21 vs. Stetson Next Game ...... N21 vs. Georgia Color Commentary ...... Amanda Miller Head Coach ...... Jose Fernandez Head Coach ...... Rusty Cram Record ...... 81-95 (Six years) Record ...... 155-134 (Fifth years) USF SID Contact at USF ...... 81-95 (Six years) at Texas Southern . . . .155-134 (Fifth years)

MICHAEL HOGAN „ USF Women’s Basketball SID Game Information Email ...... [email protected] Game Officials ...... Daryl Humphrey, KAthy Ridilla, Louis Gonzalez 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 (Na-LEE-nee) 6-2 „ C „ Sr. 32 MILLER Quick Notes: Had 10 points and fell one Date Oppt. (TV) (AP/ESPN USA Today) . . . .Time/Results Capital Heights, MD rebound shy of a double-double with nine yes- terday against Texas Southern ... Also had a N10 UW-Milwaukee ...... W, 85-59 career-high tying four assists against TSU ... N18 Texas Southern$ ...... W, 89-37 PPG RPG APG SPG Has blocked multiple shots in six straight games N19 Georgia Southern$ ...... 2 p.m. 7.0 7.0 2.0 1.5 ... Is USF’s all-time leader in blocks with 143. 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 D17 Vanderbilt ...... 3 p.m. ... Was also tabbed the BIG EAST Conference PPG RPG APG SPG D20 Jacksonville ...... 7 p.m. Preseason Player of the Year ... Is 21 points shy 22.5 4.0 0.5 1.0 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: Recorded her first double figure J9 at Rutgers* (CSTV) ...... 7 p.m. 40 SAROSI (Suh-row-see) J13 Notre Dame* (BETV) ...... Noon Mims, FL outing with 11 points on 4-7 shooting from the J16 Louisville* ...... 7 p.m. field against Texas Southern yesterday ... Highest ranked player to ever sign with USF ... J20 at Pittsburgh* ...... 2 p.m. PPG RPG APG SPG Was rated the 34th best player in America out of J28 at Syracuse* (ESPNU) ...... 5:30 p.m. 5.5 3.5 1.0 1.0 J30 Georgetown* (CSTV) ...... 7 p.m. high school. 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: Was 4-5 from the field for eight F13 at Providence* ...... 7 p.m. Marietta, GA points against UW-Milwaukee on Nov. 10 ... Also F17 at West Virginia* ...... 6 p.m. had three steals, two assists and a block in 21 F20 Connecticut* ...... 7 p.m. minutes ... The best athlete on the Bulls’ roster, PPG RPG APG SPG F24 at Marquette* ...... 8 p.m. and arguable the best in the BIG EAST ... Has 5.0 2.5 1.5 3.0 F26 Seton Hall* ...... 7 p.m. been USF’s best defender for three years. M3-6 BIG EAST Conference Tournament ...... TBA

$ Image Depot Shootout, Tampa, FL Shantia (Shan-TEE-uh) 5-6 „ G „ So. # Best Western Roundball Classic, Tampa, FL 3 GRACE Quick Notes: Had her second straight 20-point ^ Saint Joseph’s Univ. Hawk Classic, Philadelphia, PA Sarasota, FL plus outing with a career high tying 24 points * BIG EAST Conference Game yesterday vs. Texas Southern on 8-14 shooting All times are eastern and are subject to change from the field and five assists ... Scored 21 PPG RPG APG SPG Rankings are the same as they were at game time points against UW-Milwaukee in the season 22.5 5.0 6.0 1.0 opener ... Has hit 14 straight free throws. 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball The Series USF off the bench

SERIES RECORD „ Georgia Southern leads series 4-2 Dai (Di) 5-9 „ G „ Jr. USF at home ...... Georgia Southern 2-1 1 PACKER Quick Notes: Had five points on 2-3 shooting USF at Georgia Southern ...... Georgia Southern 2-1 Jundiai, Brazil from th field and 1-2 from three-point range in USF at neutral site ...... 0-0 12 minutes ... Is USF’s first international player since Australian-born Melissa Tape played for First meeting ...... Georgia Southern 61-52 (1/28/84) PPG RPG APG SPG the Bulls from 2000-04 ... Missed the Texas 5.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 Last meeting ...... USF 70-68 (1/26/94) Southern game with a pulled right hamstring. Last USF win ...... 70-68 (1/26/94) Last Georgia Southern win...... 82-68 (11/26/88) Tristen 5-8 „ G „ Sr. Current streak ...... USF two wins 5 WEBB Quick Notes: Her 10 points marked her first Stone Mountain, GA double figure scoring game since Jan. 9, 2004 statistical vs. Charlotte ... Returns to the hardwood for a sixth season which was granted by the NCAA comparison PPG RPG APG SPG during the summer of 2006 ... Suffered multiple 6.5 2.5 3.0 2.5 knee injuries in Jan. 2004 and Nov. 2005. USF ...... Category ...... GSU 2-0 ...... Overall Record ...... - Jessica 5-6 „ G „ So. 48.8% ...... Field Goal% ...... - 10 JACKSON Quick Notes: Another solid back-up at point 31.0% ...... 3-Pt. Field Goal% ...... - Roswell, GA guard ... Sees the floor extremely well and has 78.0% ...... Free Throw% ...... - good shooting range ... Scored two points on 1- 3 shooting from the field in 11 minutes against 35.1% ...... Oppt. Field Goal% ...... - PPG RPG APG SPG UW-Milwaukee ... Saw action in 28 games in 1.5 0.5 1.5 1.0 35.7% ...... Oppt. 3-Pt. Field Goal% ...... - 2005-06, starting in two. 58.1% ...... Oppt. Free Throw% ...... - 37.0 ...... Rebounding Avg...... - Porche (Por-sha) 6-2 „ F „ Fr. +7.5 ...... Rebounding Margin ...... - 11 GRANT Quick Notes: Had the best debut of all the new- 17.0 ...... Assists/Gm...... - Oxon Hills, MD comers against UW-Milwaukee with eight points, 14.5 ...... Turnovers/Gm...... - six rebounds, two blocks and two steals in just 11 minutes ... Very physical, hard-nosed player 6.0 ...... Blocks/Gm...... - PPG RPG APG SPG ... Has the ability to face the basket and should 14.5 ...... Steals/Gm...... - 5.5 3.5 0.0 1.5 also see time at the wing. 87.0 ...... Points/Gm...... - 48.0 ...... Points Allowed/Gm...... - ChiChi (Chee-Chee) 5-11 „ F „ Jr. 12 Quick Notes: Fell one-point shy of double fig- USF Career Stats OKPALEKE (O-pahl-uh-k) Tampa, FL ures with nine points against Texas Southern vs.GSu yesterday ... Tied her career-high with four steals against TSU ... Very athletic shot-blocker PPG RPG APG SPG who has improved her offensive game drastical- No. Name ...... G ...... Ppg ...... Rpg 6.5 3.5 0.5 2.0 ly since her freshman year . 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: Scored her first collegiate point against Texas Southern with a free throw in the 10 Jessica Jackson . . . . .0 . . . . .0.0 . . . . .0.0 Lake Mary, FL second half ... USF’s most versatile player able 11 Porche Grant ...... 0 . . . . .0.0 . . . . .0.0 to play either the point or off guard positions, or PPG RPG APG SPG 12 ChiChi Okpaleke . . . .0 . . . . .0.0 . . . . .0.0 the wing forward position ... Has the ability to 0.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 21 Caitlyn Mitryk ...... 0 . . . . .0.0 . . . . .0.0 create match-up problems with her size. 25 Jessica Dickson . . . . .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: Scored two points and has five 42 Melissa Dalembert . . .0 . . . . .0.0 . . . . .0.0 Miramar, FL rebounds vs. Texas Southern ... Tremendous raw ability ... Is a proven rebounder and shot block- er ... With her ability and athleticism she should PPG RPG APG SPG 2006-007usf have no problem fitting into the system ... Is the 1.5 3.0 0.5 0.0 streaks/records sister of Philadelphia 76er Samuel Dalembert.

2006-07 Overall Record ...... 2-0 this week with the bulls (Nov 13-119) USF at Home ...... 2-0 . 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 ...... Two wins 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 three games ...... 3-0 vs. Texas vs.Georgia 2005-06 after four games ...... 4-0 Southern Southern

2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball 2 BULLS LOOK FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN TO KICK OFF 06-07 USF’s record When

CAMPAIGN IN MATCH-UP WITH GEORGIA SOUTHERN Leading at halftime ...... 2-0 Trailing at halftime ...... 0-0 USF battles Lady Eagles in final day of Image Depot Shootout on Sunday Tied at halftime ...... 0-0 Overtime ...... 0-0 The University of South Florida women’s basketball team looks for its third straight win to USF shoots 50% or better from field ...... 1-0 kick off the 2006-07 season when it faces Georgia Southern (1-1) in the final day of the USF shoots 40-49% from field ...... 1-0 Image Depot Shootout ... Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m. in the Sun Dome and will follow the USF shoots under 40% from field ...... 0-0 match-up with Troy University and Texas Southern ... The Bulls (2-0) came into the weekend Opp. shoots 50% or better from field ...... 0-0 having received seven votes in the latest Associated Press and four votes in the ESPN/USA Opp. shoots 40-49% from field ...... 1-0 Today Top 25 polls ... A win over the Lady Eagles would give USF a 3-0 record for the sec- Opp. shoots under 40% from field ...... 1-0 ond straight year and and just the third time since USF coach Jose Fernandez took over the USF outrebounds opponent ...... 2-0 team’s reigns in 2000-01 ... The Bulls are in the midst of a three-game in four day stretch - Opp. outrebounds USF ...... 0-0 with the Georgia Southern game being the second of the three - and five-games in seven- Tied in rebounds ...... 0-0 days starting yesterday and going through the final day of the Best Western Roundball Classic USF records 10 or more steals ...... 1-0 on Nov. 26 ... Following today’s contest with the Lady Eagles, USF will face Stetson on Nov. USF records 15 or more assists ...... 1-0 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the Sun Dome ... The Bulls are 22-7 over the past two seasons against USF commits less than 15 turnovers ...... 1-0 non-conference foes with the only losses coming against No. 7 North Carolina, No. 13 USF commits 15 or more turnovers ...... 0-0 Michigan State, and No. 3 LSU last season, and No. 6 Duke, Eastern Michigan, No. 8 USF commits less turnovers than opp...... 2-0 Connecticut and Florida in 2004-05 ... USF will try to keep its momentum up after yester- USF commits more turnovers than opp...... 0-0 day’s decisive 89-37 win over Texas Southern ... It was the Bulls second straight game net- USF shoots 70% or better from the line ...... 2-0 ting over 80 points and its second consecutive holding the opposition to less the 60 points USF shoots under 70% from the line ...... 0-0 ... Shantia Grace tied her career high with 24 points while leading five players - Jessica USF scores 59 points or less ...... 0-0 Dickson (16), Stephanie Sarosi (11), Nalini Miller (10) and Tristen Webb (10) - in double fig- USF scores between 60-69 points ...... 0-0 ures ... USF placed five players in double figures for the first time since defeating Puerto USF scores between 70-79 points ...... 0-0 Rico Mayaguez on Dec. 19, 2005 ... The Bulls’ 52-point triumph is the largest margin of vic- USF scores between 80-89 points ...... 2-0 tory since it defeated the UPR-M 121-41 (+80) in the first round of the San Juan Shootout on USF scores between 90-99 points ...... 0-0 Dec. 19, 2005, and its largest margin of victory against a Division I school, since defeating USF scores more than 100 points ...... 0-0 North Florida, 87-49 (+38) on Dec. 28, 2005 ... Jessica Dickson’s 16 points leaves her just 20 Two or less Bulls score in double figures ...... 1-0 points from tying and 21 points from surpassing Wanda Guyton (19985, 87-89) as the all-time Three Bulls score in double figures ...... 0-0 scoring leader in USF women's basketball history ... Guyton finished her career with 1,820 Four or more Bulls in double figures ...... 1-0 career points ... Dickson currently has 1,800 career points. USF plays at the Sun Dome ...... 2-0 USF plays on the road ...... 0-0 Scouting Georgia Southern USF plays at a neutral site ...... 0-0 „ Georgia Southern comes into today’s game on the heals of a 77-62 loss to Troy yesterday Playing in November ...... 2-0 on the first day of the Image Depot Shootout ... Tiffany Brown scored 12 points while Ashley Playing in December ...... 0-0 Melson added 10 points in the loss ... The Eagles kicked off 2006-07 with a 62-46 win over Playing in January ...... 0-0 Playing in February ...... 0-0 Stetson on Nov. 12 in Statesboro ... Georgia Southern then lost to Jacksonville State 84-77. Playing in March ...... 0-0 Playing on Saturday ...... 1-0 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 ...... 1-0 Southwest Senior High School (1989) ... Father of two daughters Brianna Playing during the afternoon ...... 1-0 and Brooke. Playing during the evening ...... 1-0 On television ...... 0-0 Education: B.S. in physical education, Florida International University (1994). In-season tournament games ...... 1-0 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 ...... 2-0 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 ------1 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 THE STAT CREW SYSTEM USF Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 18, 2006) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (2-0) (2-0) (0-0) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (2-0) (2-0) (0-0) (0-0)

|---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... 2-2 52 26.0 18-36 .500 2-6 .333 7-8 .875 2 6 8 4.0 6 1 1 3 0 2 45 22.5 03 GRACE, Shantia..... 2-2 65 32.5 14-27 .519 4-9 .444 13-13 1.000 2 8 10 5.0 3 0 12 2 1 2 45 22.5 32 MILLER, Nalini..... 2-2 43 21.5 6-11 .545 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 5 9 14 7.0 5 0 4 2 4 3 14 7.0 12 OKPALEKE, ChiChi... 2-0 37 18.5 6-9 .667 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 7 7 3.5 4 0 1 6 0 4 13 6.5 05 WEBB, Tristen...... 2-0 42 21.0 3-8 .375 2-7 .286 5-6 .833 2 3 5 2.5 3 0 6 5 0 5 13 6.5 11 GRANT, Porche...... 2-0 20 10.0 4-6 .667 0-0 .000 3-5 .600 1 6 7 3.5 2 0 0 2 2 3 11 5.5 40 SAROSI, Stephanie.. 2-2 40 20.0 4-10 .400 0-2 .000 3-4 .750 4 3 7 3.5 4 0 2 4 1 2 11 5.5 02 SHEATS, Rachael.... 2-2 41 20.5 5-10 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 2 5 2.5 3 0 3 0 2 6 10 5.0 01 PACKER, Daiane..... 1-0 12 12.0 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 5.0 42 DALEMBERT, Melissa. 2-0 8 4.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 3-6 .500 2 4 6 3.0 4 0 1 2 1 0 3 1.5 10 JACKSON, Jessica... 2-0 25 12.5 1-7 .143 0-3 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 0.5 2 0 3 3 0 2 3 1.5 21 MITRYK, Caitlyn.... 2-0 14 7.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 2 2 4 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.5 TEAM...... 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 ------Total...... 2 399 63-129 .488 9-29 .310 39-50 .780 23 51 74 37.0 39 1 34 29 12 29 174 87.0 Opponents...... 2 400 34-97 .351 10-28 .357 18-31 .581 18 41 59 29.5 38 - 23 60 1 11 96 48.0

TEAM STATISTICS USF OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 174 96 11-10-06 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE W 85-59 785 Points per game...... 87.0 48.0 %11-18-06 TEXAS SOUTHERN W 89-37 525 Scoring margin...... +39.0 - FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 63-129 34-97 Field goal pct...... 488 .351 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 9-29 10-28 3-point FG pct...... 310 .357 3-pt FG made per game.. 4.5 5.0 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 39-50 18-31 Free throw pct...... 780 .581 REBOUNDS...... 74 59 Rebounds per game...... 37.0 29.5 Rebounding margin...... +7.5 - ASSISTS...... 34 23 Assists per game...... 17.0 11.5 TURNOVERS...... 29 60 Turnovers per game..... 14.5 30.0 Turnover margin...... +15.5 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.2 0.4 STEALS...... 29 11 Steals per game...... 14.5 5.5 BLOCKS...... 12 1 Blocks per game...... 6.0 0.5 WINNING STREAK...... 2 - Home win streak...... 2 - ATTENDANCE...... 1310 0 Home games-Avg/Game.... 2-655 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------USF...... 85 89 - 174 Opponents...... 45 51 - 96