Marshall University Women's Basketball 2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide

Marshall University Women’s Basketball

2007-08 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result Oct. 31 Kentucky State (Exh) W 72-63 Nov. 4 WV Wesleyan (Exh) W 82-35 Nov. 9 @ Evansville (WNIT) L, 89-77 Nov. 16 vs. IUPUI (WNIT) L, 60-49 Nov. 17 vs. Radford (WNIT) L, 72-61 Nov. 21 @ Morehead State W, 83-79 (OT) Nov. 24 Niagara W, 79-66 Nov. 30 Jackson State % W, 87-61 Dec. 1 Pitt % L, 70-66 Dec. 4 @ North Texas W, 82-70 Dec. 14 @ Ohio University W, 78-74 Dec. 16 Navy $ W, 70-58 Dec. 18 @ Texas-Arlington W, 97-91 (3 OT) Dec. 28 vs. Missouri * W, 77-72 Dec. 29 @ Virginia* L, 78-56 Jan. 5 EAST CAROLINA W, 81-55 Herd Heads To C-USA Tournament Jan. 10 @ MEMPHIS W, 61-47 Jan. 12 @ UAB L, 79-64 (OT) Marshall will travel to Orlando, Florida for the 2008 Conference USA Tourna- Jan. 18 TULSA W, 74-53 ment, which will be hosted by the University of Central Florida. The action Jan. 20 SMU L, 72-50 begins on Thursday afternoon as the No. 6 seed Herd will face No. 11 Tulane at Jan. 23 West Virginia ^ L, 58-51 2:30 p.m. In their regular season meeting, Tulane edged Marshall by a score of Jan. 27 @ EAST CAROLINA L, 59-57 61-56. Jan. 31 @ UCF W, 77-75 (OT) The winner of Thursday’s contest will take on the third seed, UAB, at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 2 @ SOUTHERN MISS L, 77-51 on Friday. The Blazers topped the Herd in both of their matchups this season, Feb. 7 UTEP L, 60-54 the last being a 60-48 win in Huntington. Two semifi nal games will be played Feb. 10 @ TULANE L, 61-56 on Saturday with the championsip taking place on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 Feb. 15 UCF W, 71-64 p.m. Feb. 17 SOUTHERN MISS L, 77-67 Feb. 21 MEMPHIS W, 83-73 Marshall Roster Information Feb. 23 UAB L, 60-48 # Name Pos Ht Cl PPG RPG NOTES Feb. 28 @ RICE L, 68-64 2 Casey Baker G 5-8 Jr 11.8 4.7 28 pts, 6 ast, 5 rb, 5 stl @ HOU Mar. 1 @ HOUSTON W, 78-74 4 Tynikki Crook F 6-1 Fr 8.0 5.5 Career-high 16 pts vs MEM Mar. 6 vs Tulane 2:30 pm 5 Kizzy Hart G 5-7 Sr 14.4 4.1 Career-high 27 pts @ HOU Mar. 22-25 NCAA First/Second Rounds TBA 22 Chantelle Handy G 6-3 R-So 4.6 5.2 First double-double @ MEM Mar. 29 NCAA Regionals TBA 32 Alyssa Hammond F/G 6-1 So 10.2 4.2 Season-high 18 pts vs UTEP Apr. 1 NCAA Regionals TBA Apr. 6-8 NCAA Final Four TBA 1 Meg Withrow G 5-6 Jr 7.1 1.6 12 pts, 5-5 FG, 2-2 3PT vs TULSA 10 Kendra King F 6-0 Jr 1.9 2.0 Season high 10 rbs, 8 pts @ MORE 11 Rebecca Bays G 5-6 Fr 0.6 0.2 4 pts, 2 stl, 13 min vs MEM % - Fifth Third MU Classic 20 Melody Hudson G 5-8 Sr 2.0 2.3 5 pts, 4 rbs, 3 stl, 2 ast vs MEM $ - Jam The Cam VII 21 Alix Barnette G 5-8 So 5.5 2.5 16 pts, 3 rbs, 3 ast vs USM * - Marriott Cavalier Classic 24 Meagan Samis F 6-0 Sr 6.0 4.3 3 ptr @ MORE sent game to OT ^ - Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic 40 Kari James C 6-4 Jr 1.1 0.6 6 pts, 2 rbs vs JACKST & - 2008 Conference USA Tournament

Home Games in Bold Marshall Sports Information Home C-USA Games in BOLD CAPS WBB Contact: Bob Pristash UCF Press Row: C-USA Games in ALL CAPS Offi ce: (304) 696-2418 (407) 823-2477 All Times Eastern Cell: (304) 416-4803 (610) 393-9974

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Quick Facts 2007-08 Marshall Numerical Roster NO. NAME POS. HT. CLASS HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL GENERAL INFORMATION Name ...... Marshall University 1 Meg Withrow G 5-6 JR Nitro, W.Va./UNC Wilmington Founded...... 1837 Location ...... Huntington, W.Va. 2 Casey Baker G 5-8 JR Bradenton, Fla./Lincoln Trail (Ill.) CC Enrollment ...... 16,326 Nickname ...... Thundering Herd 4 Tynikki Crook F 6-1 FR Detroit, Mich./Pershing Colors ...... Green & White National Affi liation ...... NCAA Division I 5 Kizzy Hart G 5-7 SR Detroit, Mich./Labette (Kan.) CC Conference...... Conference USA Home Floor/Capacity ...... Cam Henderson Center/9,043 10 Kendra King F 6-0 JR Fairfax, Va./Paul VI Catholic President ...... Dr. Stephen J. Kopp (Notre Dame, ‘73) Director of Athletics ...... Bob Marcum (Marshall, ‘58) 11 Rebecca Bays G 5-6 FR Roanoka, Va./William Byrd HS Athletic Ticket Offi ce ...... 1-800-THE-HERD 20 Melody Hudson G 5-8 SR Hueytown, Ala./Shelton State (Ala.) CC COACHING STAFF Head Coach ...... Royce Chadwick (S.W. Oklahoma St., ‘80) 21 Alix Barnette G 5-8 SO Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill Record at Marshall ...... 103-102 (.502), 7 years Division I Record ...... 316-187 (.628), 17 years 22 Chantelle Handy G 6-3 RS SO Durham, England/Mount de Chantal Overall Record ...... 503-234 (.682), 24 years Associate Head Coach ...... Roxanne White (Stephen F. Austin, ‘94) 24 Meagan Samis F 6-0 SR Oklahoma City, Okla./UNC Wilmington Assistant Coach ...... John Sutherland (Kent State, ‘81) Assistant Coach ...... Jordie Soso (Memphis, ‘04) 32 Alyssa Hammond G/F 6-1 RS SO Oak Hill, Ohio/Oak Hill Administrative Assistant ...... Judy Rogero Graduate Manager ...... Sikeetha Shepard-Hall (Marshall, ‘06) 33 Tania Walters G 5-0 FR Toronto, Ontario/Notre Dame Prep Basketball Offi ce Phone ...... (304) 696-5445 Athletic Trainer ...... Tara Conway (Arkansas State, ‘03) 40 Kari James C 6-4 JR Gallipolis, Ohio/Gallipolis Strength Coach ...... Daniel Roose (Appalachian State, ‘01) HEAD COACH: Royce Chadwick (S.W. Oklahoma St., ‘80) - 7th season at Marshall TEAM INFORMATION 2006-07 Overall Record ...... 15-15 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Roxanne White (Stephen F. Austin, ‘94) - 7th season 2006-07 Conference USA Record/Finish ...... 8-8/8th ASSISTANT COACHES: John Sutherland (Kent State, ‘81) - 7th season, Starters Returning/Lost ...... 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 8/4 Jordie Soso (Memphis, ‘04) - 1st season Newcomers ...... 7 GRADUATE MANAGER: Sikeetha Shephard-Hall (Marshall, ‘05) - 1st season

HISTORY First Year of Basketball ...... 1969 Overall Record ...... 523-514 (.504), 38 years Statistical Comparison Conference USA Record ...... 24-24 (.500), 2 years Cam Henderson Center Record ...... 223-121 (.648), 26 years Marshall ...... Category ...... Tulane Last Postseason ...... 1-1 in 2006 C-USA Tournament 68.3 ppg ...... Scoring Offense ...... 65.7 W, 80-73 vs. Memphis (C-USA First Round) L, 58-60 vs. Southern Miss (C-USA Quarterfi nals) 68.4 ppg ...... Scoring Defense ...... 63.4 Last NCAA Tournament Appearance ...... 1997 -0.1 ppg ...... Scoring Margin ...... +2.3 Result ...... L, 49-69 at Colorado 40.6% ...... Field Goal % ...... 39.7% SPORTS INFORMATION 41.1% ...... Field Goal % Defense...... 41.0% Asst. AD/Media Relations ...... Randy Burnside (Marshall, ‘99) 66.7% ...... Free Throw % ...... 73.0% Offi ce ...... (304) 696-4660 -0.5 ...... Rebounding Margin ...... +0.7 E-Mail ...... [email protected] Assistant SID ...... Brandon Parro (Indiana-Pa., ‘01) 4.1/gm ...... 3 Pt. FG Per Game ...... 4.4 Offi ce ...... (304) 696-6525 29.9% ...... 3 Pt. FG % ...... 30.3% E-Mail ...... [email protected] 14.1/gm ...... Assists Per Game ...... 14.0 Asst. SID/W. Basketball ...... Bob Pristash (West Virginia, ‘03) Offi ce ...... (304) 696-2418 2.4/gm ...... Blocks Per Game ...... 2.7 Cell ...... (304) 416-4803 9.6/gm ...... Steals Per Game ...... 8.6 E-Mail ...... [email protected] 17.7/gm ...... Turnovers Per Game ...... 16.9 Graduate Assistants ...... Chris Atwood ...... Brad Bater 18.3/gm ...... Personal Fouls Per Game ...... 16.9 ...... Conor Laff ey ...... Erica Rife ...... Ben Wright Grad. Asst. Offi ce Phone ...... (304) 696-4662/5276 Series History Program Assistant ...... Sandy Toppings Sports Information Offi ce Phone ...... (304) 696-5275 Tulane holds a 3-0 edge in its overall series with Marshall. In Sports Information Fax ...... (304) 696-2325 their regular season matchup this season, the Green Wave Press Row Phone ...... (304) 696-3304 Mailing Address ...... Marshall University Sports Information edged the Herd by a score of 61-56. Alyssa Hammond led Mar- ...... P.O. Box 1360 shall with 14 points while Casey Baker recorded 13. For Tulane, ...... Huntington, WV 25715 Tiff any Aidoo scored 13 and Brittany Lindsey notched 12. Overnight Address ...... Cam Henderson Center, Room 2036 ...... 1801 3rd Avenue ...... Huntington, WV 25703 Offi cial Athletics Website ...... www.Herdzone.com

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Marshall Postseason History Final Conference USA Standings Year Tourn. Opponent Score 1971 Nat. Inv. East Stroudsburg L, 66-43 Team C-USA Overall 1971 Nat. Inv. California State L, 70-48 UTEP 14-0 23-2 SMU 11-3 21-6 1972 MAIAW Ball State W, 63-40 UAB 9-5 13-14 1972 MAIAW Calvin College L, 64-52 Houston 8-6 14-14 1972 MAIAW Western Illinois W, 46-43 Southern Miss 7-7 16-11 1973 MAIAW Indiana State L, 64-35 East Carolina 7-7 13-14 1973 MAIAW Cincinnati W, 52-40 Marshall 6-8 14-14 1973 MAIAW Western Michigan L, 68-46 Tulsa 6-8 10-17 1974 MAIAW Western Illinois L, 49-40 Memphis 6-8 9-18 1974 MAIAW Eastern Illinois W, 51-41 Tulane 4-10 14-13 1974 MAIAW Wisconsin-Oshkosh L, 40-39 Rice 4-10 11-17 1975 MAIAW Illinois State L, 86-66 UCF 2-12 9-18 1975 MAIAW Eastern Illinois W, 63-58 1975 MAIAW Bowling Green L, 53-48 1976 MAIAW Wis.-Stevens Post L, 69-53 C-USA Preseason Poll 1976 MAIAW Ohio State L, 85-48 1983 SoCon Appalachian State W, 82-76 1. Tulane (3), 126 1983 SoCon E. Tennessee State W, 66-59 2. UTEP (1), 109 1983 SoCon UT-Chattanooga L, 69-51 3. ECU (2), 106 1984 SoCon Furman W, 89-61 4. SMU (2), 103 5. UAB (1), 103 1984 SoCon E. Tennessee State L, 66-64 6. RICE (2), 88 1985 SoCon Appalachian State W, 68-62 7. Houston (1), 86 1985 SoCon UT-Chattanooga L, 88-76 8. Southern Miss, 73 1986 SoCon E. Tennessee State W, 77-72 9. Marshall, 65 1986 SoCon UT-Chattanooga L, 77-69 10. Tulsa, 28 1987 SoCon E. Tennessee State W, 83-81 11. UCF, 26 1987 SoCon Appalachian State L, 68-65 12. Memphis, 23 1988 SoCon UT-Chattanooga W, 80-77 1988 SoCon Appalachian State L, 72-67 2007-08 ALL-C-USA PRESEASON TEAM 1989 SoCon Furman L, 75-56 Student-Athlete, School / Ht. / Cl. / Pos. / Hometown Janielle Dodds, SMU / 6-3 / Sr. / P / Fairfax, Va. 1990 SoCon E. Tennessee State L, 61-58 Jareica Hughes, UTEP 5-3 / So. / G / Southfi eld, Mich. 1991 SoCon E. Tennessee State L, 72-66 *Tye Jackson, Houston / 5-10 / Sr./ G / Houston, Texas 1992 SoCon Western Carolina L, 59-58 OT Diamond Rogers, UAB / 5-11 / Sr. / G-F / Jackson, Miss. 1993 SoCon E. Tennessee State W, 74-55 Jasmine Young, East Carolina / 5-5 / Jr. / G / Richmond, Va. 1993 SoCon Furman L, 74-58 1994 SoCon UT-Chattanooga L, 70-56 * C-USA Preseason Player of the Year 1995 SoCon Appalachian State L, 90-71 1996 SoCon Western Carolina W, 83-74 1996 SoCon Georgia Southern W, 108-82 Marshall All-Time vs. C-USA 1996 SoCon Appalachian State L, 77-75 Series Record, Current Streak, Last Meeting 1997 SoCon Western Carolina W, 85-77 East Carolina 1997 SoCon Appalachian State W, 79-74 MARS leads 5-4, ECU-1, L, 59-57 1997 SoCon Georgia Southern W, 77-69 Houston 1997 NCAA Colorado L, 69-49 MARS leads 3-1, MAR-1, W 78-74 2000 MAC Miami (Ohio) L, 78-68 Memphis 2001 MAC Miami (Ohio) L, 87-58 MARS leads 7-0, MARS-7, W 83-73 2002 MAC Eastern Michigan L, 68-49 Rice 2003 MAC Northern Illinois W, 70-58 RICE 2-1, RICE-2, L 68-64 2003 MAC Toledo L, 80-66 SMU 2004 MAC Buff alo W, 69-45 SMU leads 3-0, SMU-3, L 72-50 Southern Miss 2004 MAC Kent State W, 64-58 USM leads 5-2, USM-3, L 77-67 2004 MAC Eastern Michigan L, 75-70 Tulane 2005 MAC Toledo W, 68-56 TLN leads 3-0, TLN-3, L 61-56 2005 MAC Kent State L, 73-57 Tulsa 2006 C-USA Memphis W, 80-73 TLS leads 2-1, MARS-1, W 74-53 2006 C-USA Southern Miss L, 60-58 UAB 2007 C-USA Houston L, 71-58 UAB leads 4-3, UAB-3, L 60-48 UCF BOLD - 1997 Southern Conference Champions MARS leads 6-1, MARS-4, W 71-64 UTEP UTEP leads 3-0, UTEP-3, L 60-54

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C-USA Stats - ALL GAMES (3/3/08) Finishing On A High Note The Herd fi nished the season with a 78-74 win over the Team Ranks: Houston Cougars on Saturday. The win gave Marshall the Scoring Off ense ...... 5th (68.3) sixth seed in the C-USA Tournament. Marshall was domi- Scoring Defense ...... 8th (68.4) nant through the majority of the fi rst half before the Cou- Scoring Margin ...... 5th (-0.1) gars made a run to lead by as many as seven early in the Free Throw %...... 8th (66.7 %) second half before a late MU run gave it the lead back for Field Goal % ...... 5th (40.6 %) good with 8:34 left in the game. Field Goal % Defense ...... 9th (41.1 %) 3-Point Field Goal % ...... 8th (29.9 %) The Dynamic Duo 3-Point Field Goal % Defense ...... 8th (33.0 %) The duo of Casey Baker and Kizzy Hart was the diff erence in Rebounding Off ense ...... 9th (39.3/gm) the win over Houston, each notching new career highs in Rebounding Defense ...... 7th (39.8/gm) scoring. Casey Baker scored 28 points, the most by any Herd Rebounding Margin ...... 10th (-0.5) player this season while Kizzy Hart was not too far behind Blocked Shots ...... 12th (2.40/gm) Assists ...... 5th (14.07/gm) with 27. Of Baker’s 28 points, 24 came in the second half. Steals ...... 3rd (9.60/gm) Turnover Margin ...... 4th (+1.37) She Loves Texas Assist/Turnover Ratio ...... 6th (0.79) Senior Kizzy Hart has enjoyed unparalleled success in Mar- Off ensive Rebounds ...... 7th (14.13/gm) shall’s four games in Texas in the 2007-08 season, averaging Defensive Rebounds ...... 10th (25.20/gm) 24.3 PPG. Hart scored 23 against North Texas, 24 at UTA, 3-Point Field Goals Made ...... 10th (4.10/gm) 23 against Rice and fi nished off the regular season with 27 against Houston. Of her seven 20-point performance this Individual Ranks: season, four have come in the state of Texas. Scoring: 1. Pauline Love (USM)...... 16.8/gm A Blazing Half 6. Kizzy Hart ...... 14.4 In the second half against the Cougars, Marshall connected 21. Casey Baker ...... 11.8 on an astounding 78.3% of their shots (18-23). Casey Baker 28. Alyssa Hammond ...... 10.2 led the way in that category, going a perfect 8-of-8 from the fi eld in the closing half, including 2-2 from three-point Rebounding: range. 1. Tia Lewis (UCF) ...... 11.6/gm 19. Tynikki Crook ...... 5.5 She Does It All Field Goal % (Min. 3.0 made/gm): While Baker’s 27 points at Houston is impressive, she was 1. Timika Williams (UTEP) ...... 54.8% also a factor in numerous other categories. For the ninth 6. Alyssa Hammond ...... 50.7% time in ten games, Baker dished out four or more steals, 14. Tynikki Crook ...... 45.9% fi nishing with six. She tallied fi ve steals, marking the sixth time in the last eight contests that she notched four or Assists: more. Baker was solid on the boards, grabbing fi ve and also 1. Andrea Barber (USM) ...... 6.50 fi nishing with two blocked shots. 7. Casey Baker ...... 4.13 Blocking It Out Free Throw %: Marshall is currently ranked at the bottom in C-USA in 1. Janielle Dodds ...... 86.6% blocked shots, averaging 2.40 per game, but that number 11. Alyssa Hammond ...... 73.0% went up against Houston as the Herd blocked a season-high nine shots. Tynikki Crook led Marshall with fi ve, becomming Steals: the fi rst to block fi ve since Modupe Ishola did it against East 1. Casey Baker ...... 3.23 Carolina last season. 9. Kizzy Hart ...... 1.93 Hitting The Treys 3-Point Field Goal %: In the games at Rice and Houston, Kizzy Hart found her 1. Kendra Reed (USM) ...... 46.8% stroke beyond-the-arc, tying, then surpassing her career- Blocked Shots: high for three-pointers in a game. Against Rice, Hart hit fi ve 1. Chanel Johnson (TULSA) ...... 2.83/gm out of 11, tying the mark she set against WVU. She followed 10. Tynikki Crook ...... 0.85 that up by making 6-of-8 treys at Houston. For the weekend, Hart went 11-of-19 from three-point range. Her six Assist/Turnover Ratio (Min. 3 assists/gm): treys tied the MU single game record, which Natal Rosko did 1. Andrea Barber (USM) ...... 1.90 against EKU in 1994. 9. Casey Baker ...... 1.04 Postseason History Off ensive Rebounds: Overall, Marshall is 23-34 in postseason play. Since it 1. Tia Lewis (UCF) ...... 3.83/gm entered the Southern Conference, the Herd is 18-23 in the postseason, highlighted by its 1997 Southern Conference Defensive Rebounds: Championship. The Herd went on to the NCAA Tournament 1. Two tied with ...... 7.76/gm that year, falling to Colorado in the fi rst round. MU was 13- 14 in Southern Conference postseason play, 4-6 in the MAC Minutes Played and 1-2 in its two C-USA tournament appearances. 1. Diamond Rogers (UAB) ...... 36.14 15. Kizzy Hart ...... 32.73 Two years ago, Marshall notched an 80-73 win over Mem- 21. Casey Baker ...... 30.23 phis, before a buzzer-beating shot gave Southern Miss a 60- 58 win. Last year, Tye Jackson scored a tournament record 43 points to lead Houston to a 71-58 win.

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Record Watch C-USA Stats - C-USA Games (3/3/08) With her performance against Houston where she hit six three-pointers, Kizzy Hart set the single season MU record Team Ranks: for threes in a season with 58, passing Natal Rosko’s total Scoring Off ense ...... 9th (64.8) of 55. That total puts her 15th on the career record list for Scoring Defense ...... 4th (65.9) threes, while her 188 attempts is No. 14 in career three- Scoring Margin ...... 6th (-1.1) Free Throw %...... 10th (67.0%) point attempts. She already broke Rosko’s single season Field Goal % ...... 8th (38.9%) record of 157 three-point attempts and currently stands at Field Goal % Defense ...... 7th (40.0%) 188. With her 87 made free throws, she stands at 15th. 3-Point Field Goal % ...... 10th (29.4%) 3-Point Field Goal % Defense ...... 9th (33.2%) Casey Baker moved into the record books. She currently has Rebounding Off ense ...... T-6th (39.6) 124 assists this season, No. 10 on the single season list. She Rebounding Defense ...... 6th (40.0) Rebounding Margin ...... 8th (-0.4) is second on the steals list with 97. Tracy Krueger holds that Blocked Shots ...... T-8th (2.69) record with 122, a Southern Conference record. Baker leads Assists ...... 8th (13.31) the team with 129 free throw attempts. That its the 12th Steals ...... T-3rd (10.00) highest toal in program history. Kristina Behnfeldt holds the Turnover Margin ...... 5th (+0.75) top two marks of 262 and 249. Assist/Turnover Ratio ...... 9th (0.73) Off ensive Rebounds ...... 6th (13.94) Defensive Rebounds ...... 8th (25.69) Tough Loss At Rice 3-Point Field Goals Made ...... 10th (4.06) Marshall opened up strong at Rice, leading by as many as 12 points midway through the fi rst half. Rice came back with Individual Ranks: a 19-2 run to fi nish the fi rst half and start the second. The Scoring: 1. Twiggy McIntyre (HOU) ...... 17.7 Owls led by 11 with fi ve minutes left before a late Mar- 9. Kizzy Hart ...... 14.0 shall run cut the defi cit to two with 54 seconds remaining. T-24. Casey Baker ...... 11.0 Valeriya Berezhynska led the Owls with 23 points and 20 rebounds. It marked the highest number of rebounds MU Rebounding: has given up to a single player this season. 1. Tia Lewis (UCF) ...... 11.4 18. Tynikki Crook ...... 6.2 Power Outage Against UAB Field Goal % (Min. 3.0 made/gm): UAB’s defense was the diff erence in its second meeting with 1. Timika Williams (UTEP) ...... 56.1% Marshall, holding the Herd to season lows in several cat- 7. Alyssa Hammond ...... 49.1% egories, including points scored (48), shooting percentage (.264), and fi eld goals (14) while allowing MU to shoot only Assists: .143 from three-point range, tied for its second lowest mark 1. Andrea Barber (USM) ...... 7.56 of the seaosn. It marked MU’s lowest scoring output since 8. Casey Baker ...... 5.00 scoring 44 against Southern Miss last season and its lowest Free Throw %: home point total since a 57-44 loss to Eastern Michigan on 1. Twiggy McIntyre (HOU) ...... 90.7% 2/9/02. The shooting percentage against UAB was the low- 15. Alyssa Hammond ...... 74.1% est since another game against EMU on 3/2/02. Steals: 1. Two tied with ...... 3.19 Hudson Finishing Strong 4. Casey Baker ...... 3.00 Melody Hudson, who has been playing some of the best T-7. Kizzy Hart ...... 2.31 basketball of her senior season, continued her recent hot streak against UAB, scroing six points along with tallying 3-Point Field Goal %: four steals and three boards. She began the weekend with 1. Kendra Reed (USM) ...... 51.9% a solid contest against memphis, scoring fi ve points while Blocked Shots: recording four rebounds, three steals and two assists. 1. Stephania Helgeson (USM)...... 2.94 8. Tynikki Crook ...... 1.31 Tale Of Two Halves T-15. Casey Baker ...... 0.63 In the opening half against Memphis, Marshall spotted the Assist/Turnover Ratio (Min. 3 assists/gm): Tigers a 13-point halftime lead. Paris Leonard of the Tigers 1. Andrea Barber (USM) ...... 1.92 scored 21 in the fi rst stanza, but the latter half would be a 11. Casey Baker ...... 1.14 diff erent story. Marshall scored the fi rst 19 and 28 of the fi rst 30 en route to an 83-73 win. Kizzy Hart led the second Off ensive Rebounds: 1. Tia Lewis (UCF) ...... 3.88 half charge with 16 points. 14. Tynikki Crook ...... 2.46 Just Short Of A Program First Defensive Rebounds: Casey Baker has been making history all season, but came 1. Pauline Love (USM)...... 8.06 close to accomplishing a program fi rst against Memphis, falling just two rebounds short of Marshall’s fi rst triple- Minutes Played 1. Kendra Reed (USM) ...... 37.25 double. Baker dished out a career-high 11 assists while T-18. Kizzy Hart ...... 33.06 scoring 15 points. She grabbed fi ve rebounds in the second 28. Casey Baker ...... 29.75 half, but it was not enough as she fi nished eith eight boards. Baker has been fi nding open teammates all season long, but has been on a recent hot stretch, tallying 44 assists in her last seven games.

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Marshall’s Record When.... Crook Dominant In Return After missing the two home games against UCF and Southern Conference ...... 7-9 Miss, Tynikki Crook returned against Memphis with one of her best Home ...... 7-5 outings of the season. Crook tied her career-high with seven fi eld Away ...... 7-7 goals, while setting a new career mark with 16 points. She fell just Neutral ...... 1-3 a rebound short of a double-double, fi nishing the night with nine Leading at Half ...... 10-5 boards. Trailing at Half ...... 4-9 Tied at Half ...... 1-1 500 For Hammond Overtime Game ...... 3-1 With six points against the Tigers, sophomore Alyssa Hammond C-USA Home Game ...... 4-4 reached the 500-point mark for her career. She is currently Mar- C-USA Road Game ...... 3-5 shall’s leading career scorer. C-USA Tournament ...... 0-0 Non- C-USA Home Game...... 3-1 Another One Over 85 Non- C-USA Road Game ...... 4-2 For the fourth time this season, Marshall connected on 85% or Non- C-USA Neutral Game ...... 1-3 more of its free throws in a game by hitting 14-of-16 shots against vs. Ranked Opponents...... 0-1 Southern Miss. The fi rst time MU accomplished the feat this year Leading-5 min. left ...... 12-2 was against Missouri, marking the fi rst time since 2/26/03 against Trailing-5 min. left ...... 2-12 Bowling Green that the Herd hit 85% of its foul shots. Since then, Score Tied-5 min. left ...... 1-1 the Herd went 12-of-13 at East Carolina, 12-of-14 at Tulane before MU outrebounds opp...... 12-3 hitting 14 against the Golden Eagles. MU outrebounded by opp...... 3-12 Team rebounds are even ...... 0-0 Hart’s Career Night MU shoots 50% from fl oor ...... 3-0 With Tynikki Crook and Meg Withrow out of the lineup, Kizzy Hart MU shoots -50% from fl oor ...... 12-15 stepped up in a big way, with a then career-high 25 points against Opp. shoots 50% from fl oor...... 0-3 UCF. She also grabbed ten rebounds and made ten free throws, Opp. shoots -50% from fl oor ...... 15-12 both career marks. Hart’s play down the stretch was pivotal in the MU makes more FTs ...... 14-3 Herd win as she registered 17 points in the second stanza. MU makes less FTs ...... 0-11 FTs the same ...... 1-1 500 For Chadwick MU has more TOs ...... 6-8 With a 77-75 overtime win at UCF, head coach Royce Chadwick won Opp. has more TOs ...... 8-7 his 500th career game and 100th at Marshall. He is the winningest TOs even ...... 1-0 coach in C-USA and only the third coach in Marshall history to win MU scores 60 points or less ...... 0-9 100 games with the program. Opp. scores 60 points or less ...... 4-5 MU scores 61-69 points ...... 1-5 The Numbers Do Not Lie Opp. scores 61-69 points ...... 3-2 The numbers in Marshall’s conference wins vs. losses this season MU scores 70-79 points ...... 8-1 tell the full story. Below is a comparison of Marshall’s stats in con- Opp. scores 70-79 points ...... 7-7 ference games. MU scores 80-89 points ...... 5-0 Opp. scores 80-89 points ...... 0-1 Category C-USA Win C-USA Loss MU scores 90 points or more ...... 1-0 Scoring 75.0 56.8 Opp. scores 90 points or more ...... 1-0 Scoring Margin +12.0 -11.3 Two or less score in double digits ...... 2-8 Three or more score in double digits ....13-7 Rebounding Margin +4.3 -4.0 On Monday ...... 0-0 Assists Per Game 16.3 11.0 On Tuesday ...... 2-0 Steals Per Game 10.6 9.6 On Wednesday ...... 1-1 Blocks Per Game 4.3 1.4 On Thursday ...... 3-2 On Friday ...... 5-2 Double Figures On Saturday ...... 3-6 The number of players scoring in double fi gures has been a telling On Sunday ...... 1-4 sign this season. The Herd is 13-7 in games where three players On Television ...... 0-1 reach ten points, but is 2-8 when two or fewer reach that mark. In November ...... 3-4 In December ...... 5-1 House of Horrors In January ...... 3-5 With its 77-51 loss to Southern Miss, the Herd fell to 0-3 at Reed In February ...... 2-6 Green Coliseum. After a four-point loss in 2006, the Herd has lost In March ...... 1-0 by a total of 64 points in its last two trips there. The team fell 82-44 Game decided by 5 pts or less ...... 5-4 last season. USM has had its share of problems at the Cam Hender- Game decided by 6-10 pts ...... 3-3 son Center, falling in both of its games on the road. Game decided by 11-20 pts ...... 4-5 Game decided by 21 pts or more ...... 3-3 Exhibition Games ...... 2-0

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Nailbiter At UCF Chadwick’s 500th win did not come easy at UCF. Marshall was up three in the fi nal seconds of regulation, but a halfcourt shot with no Polls time left sent the game to overtime, but the Herd did not get down, coming away with the 77-75 win. Five players fi nished in double AP Top 25 (March 3, 2008) fi gures for the Herd. Team Record Points Prv. Rank 1 Connecticut (40) 28-1 1235 1 Turnovers Against The Knights 2 North Carolina (2) 27-2 1172 2 For the fi rst time in over six years, the Herd committed 30 turnovers 3 Tennessee 27-2 1120 3 against UCF. It marked the fi rst time since 12/30/01 at Eastern Ken- 4 Rutgers (8) 24-4 1103 4 tucky that the Herd turned the ball over that many times. That day, 5 Maryland 29-2 1073 5 MU committed 36. 6 Stanford 27-3 1010 7 7 LSU 25-4 987 6 Heartbreaker At East Carolina 8 Baylor 24-4 839 8 In last Sunday’s game at East Carolina, Jasmine Young hit a lay-up 9 Notre Dame 23-6 753 14 with less than two seconds remaining to give ECU a 59-57 win over 10 California 24-5 720 9 the Herd. 11 Oklahoma 21-6 709 10 12 Duke 21-8 601 12 Three-Point Struggles At ECU 13 George Washington 24-5 595 15 In the Jan. 27th meeting at ECU, Marshall and East Carolina com- 14 West Virginia 23-5 589 13 bined for a 3 for 26 performance from three-point distance. MU 15 Utah 25-3 583 16 went 3-16 while ECU was 0-10. The combined tied the lowest 16 Old Dominion 25-4 572 11 17 Texas A&M 22-7 539 20 combined total for a Marshall game this season. The last time was 18 UTEP 25-2 367 19 when MU and IUPUI combined for three three’s in November. The 19 Kansas St. 20-8 363 21 percentage, 11.5%, marked the lowest for a Marshall game since 20 Oklahoma St. 22-6 270 17 11/17/06 when Marshall and Southern combined for to go 0-10. 21 Vanderbilt 22-7 247 23 22 Ohio St. 22-7 224 18 Capital Classic 23 Georgia 21-8 160 22 The Herd fell just short in its bid to upset No. 12 WVU, falling 58-51. 24 Marist 28-2 128 25 Marshall held a lead of as many as six points midway through the 25 Virginia 22-8 117 NR fi rst half and four minutes into the second, but the Mountaineers came through late, thanks to 17 points from Olayinka Sanni. OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Wyoming 53, Louisville 24, Pittsburgh 18, Arizona St. Strong Stretch For Samis 15, Hartford 12, Syracuse 9, DePaul 8, Liberty 8, Chat- Meagan Samis led Marshall with 13 points against Tulsa and backed tanooga 7, Iowa 7, Gonzaga 3, Michigan St. 3, Boise St. that up with a team-leading 16-point performance against SMU. 2, Georgia Tech 2, Evansville 1, Illinois St. 1, Montana Samis tied her career mark, connecting on four three-pointers in the 1. game and scored ten-straight points for the Herd at one point. All of her point came in the second half. Against WVU, Samis made her USA Today Top 25 (Feb. 26, 2008) fi rst start since Jackson State and responded with a season-high 12 Team Record Points Prv. Rank rebounds and three steals. 1. Connecticut (30) 27-1 771 1 2. North Carolina (1) 26-2 734 2 Hart Rebounds Against WVU 3. Tennessee 25-2 698 3 After scoring nine points against SMU on 1/20, her fi rst single-digit 4. Rutgers 22-4 680 4 game since Jackson State, Kizzy Hart scored 18 points against WVU, 5. Maryland 28-2 657 5 her highest total since notching 24 at Virginia. Her shooting from 6. LSU 23-4 618 6 three-point range kept the Herd in the game as she hit 5-of-10 be- 7. Stanford 25-3 612 7 yond-the-arc. That total marked the best of her career. 8. Baylor 23-3 544 9 9. California 23-4 529 8 Off ense Struggles Against WVU 10. Oklahoma 20-5 480 10 The Herd off ense notched only 15 fi eld goals against WVU, its low- T-11. Duke 21-7 444 11 est output of the season and the fewest fi eld goals since scoring 14 T-11. Old Dominion 24-3 444 12 against Southern Miss last February. Marshall shot 27.3% from the 13. West Virginia 22-4 382 13 fi eld, its lowest shooting percentage of the year. 14. Notre Dame 21-6 355 14 T-15. George Washington 22-5 291 16 T-15. Utah 23-3 291 18 Another Career Mark For Crook 17. Kansas State 18-8 255 15 Tynikki Crook registered the second double-double of her freshman 18. Texas A&M 20-7 241 19 season against SMU, scoring 12 points and grabbing a career-high 19. Oklahoma State 21-5 226 17 13 boards. That total ties Chantelle Handy for the most rebounds in 20. Georgia 20-7 154 22 a game, Handy notched 13 rebounds against Memphis. 21. Marist 26-2 126 23 22. Ohio State 20-7 119 20 Giving It Up 23. Texas-El Paso 23-2 94 25 The Herd has shown its unselfi sh nature on several occasions this 24. Vanderbilt 20-7 78 NR season, averaging 14.33 assists per game, fi fth in C-USA. In its win 25. Wyoming 22-4 45 NR over Tulsa, the Herd tied its season-high with 22, which was also done in the game against Navy. That total also eclipses the 2006-07 season-high, which was 21. OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES Pittsburgh 43; Liberty (24-2) 30; Virginia (20-8) 26; Dominating Performance Against Tulsa DePaul (18-8) 21; Hartford (20-5) 19; Syracuse 13; Marshall played its best game of the season in its 74-53 win over Louisville (19-7) 12; Illinois State (22-3) 11; Western Tulsa, dominating on both the off ensive and defensive ends. On Kentucky (21-7) 11; Wisconsin-Green Bay (22-4) 5; off ense, the team recorded 22 assists, tying the season-high set Georgia Tech (20-7) 3; Nebraska (18-9) 3; TCU (17-9) 3; against Navy while committing a season-low 11 turnovers. On Arizona State (18-9) 2; Iowa (18-9) 2; Middle Tennessee defense, the Herd forced 20 Tulsa turnovers, the ninth time MU has (18-10) 2; Southern Methodist (21-6) 1. forced 20 or more to that point of the season.

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Withrow Perfect From The Field The Last Time.... Against the Golden Hurricane, Meg Withrow was 5-5 from the fi eld, including 2-2 beyond-the-arc. Her total Marshall: of 12 points marked the third time in four games that Scored 100 Points ...... vs WV Tech, 12/16/00, 108-53 W Withrow has reached double fi gures. Over the fi rst 13 Allowed 100 Points ...... vs Ball State, 1/4/01, 100-77 L games, she reached that double-digits four times. Scored Under 50 Points ...... vs UAB, 2/23/08, 60-48 L Scored Under 40 Points ...... vs Virginia, 12/20/05, 67-35 L Just Short Against The Blazers Down 51-39 four minutes into the second half against Allowed Under 40 Points ....vs Morgan State, 11/21/03, 88-34 W UAB, the Herd made a furious rally to send the game to Scored 50 Points In A Half ..52, vs Jackson St, 2nd half, 11/30/07 overtime, holding the Blazers without a point over the Allowed 50 Points In A Half ....50, 2nd half, at Evansville, 11/9/07 fi nal 5:33 of the game while going on a run to send the Scored 20 Or Less Points In a Half...... 20, 1st half, vs UAB, 2/23/08 game into overtime. In the extra period, UAB went on Allowed 20 Or Less Points In a Half .19, 2nd half @ UAB, 1/12/08 a 10-0 run on their way to a 79-64 win. Made 40 Field Goals ...... 41, 12/16/00 vs WV Tech Shot 60% From The Field ...... 61.4%, vs Wright State, 12/13/05 Gritty Win Against Memphis Shot 85% From The Foul Line .... 87.5% (14-16), vs USM, 2/17/08 Winning on the road is always tough in Conference Shot 90% From The Foul Line ...... 92.3% (12-13), at ECU, 1/27/08 USA and it showed in the Herd’s C-USA road opener at Memphis. Though Marshall held a lead for the entire Had 10+ 3-Point Field Goals .....10, at Morehead State, 11/21/07 game, the Tigers rallied to cut an early 11-point defi cit Allowed 10+ 3-Pointers ...... 10, at Houston, 3/1/08 to fi ve points before cutting a 16-point second-half Did Not Score A 3-Point FG ...... 12/19/06 vs Wright State lead to single digits late in the game. Did Not Attempt A 3-Point FG ...... 12/19/06 vs Wright State Played An Overtime Game ...... at UCF, 1/31/08, 77-75 W First Double-Double For Handy Won An Overtime Game ...... at UCF, 1/31/08, 77-75 W Chantelle Handy’s strong play this season culminated Played A Ranked Team ...... #12 WVU, 1/23/08, 58-51 L in her fi rst career double-double against Memphis as Had 40 Rebounds ...... 46, vs Memphis, 2/21/08 she grabbed 13 boards while scoring 10 points. Handy, Had 50 Rebounds ...... 51, at UAB, 1/12/08 who has played 30 minutes or more in six-straight games, has averaged 9.0 rebounds per game in three Allowed 50 Rebounds ...... 54, at UAB, 1/12/08 C-USA matches, tied for sixth overall. Her 13 boards at Had 20 Assists ...... 22, vs Tulsa, 1/18/08 Memphis was also a career high. Had 15 Steals ...... 15, at Rice, 2/28/08 Had 5 Blocks ...... 9, at Houston, 3/1/08 Its Been A While Had 10 or Fewer Turnovers ...... 10, vs UCF, 2/24/06 Marshall shot 87.5% from the free throw line against Had 25 or More Turnovers ...... 25, vs UTEP, 2/7/08 Missouri (14-of-16). That marked the fi rst time Mar- Forced 25 or More Turnovers ...... 25, at Rice, 2/28/08 shall shot 85% or better from the charity stripe since Had Six Players In Double Figures ...... 1/7/07 vs USM (6) doing it against Bowling Green on 2/26/03...... Withrow-11, Curry-13, King-13, Handy-12, Samis-20, Ishola 12 On 1/27/08 at ECU, Marshall went 12-of-13 from the Had Five Players In Double Figures ...... 1/31/08 at UCF (5) line, good for a 92.3%. It marked the second time this ...... Baker-13, Samis-13, Hammond-12, Crook-11, Handy-11 season that MU has shot 85% or better from the line Had Four Players In Double Figures ...... 2/21/08 vs Memphis (4) in a game and the fi rst time hitting the 90% plateau ...... Hart-23, Crook-16, Baker-15, Handy-14 since doing so on 2/7/01 against Miami (Ohio). In that Had Two Score 20 Points ...... 3/1/08 at Houston game, the Herd was 24-of-26, also a 92.3%...... Casey Baker-28, Kizzy Hart-27 Had No Players In Double Figures ....12/28/05, vs Texas A&M-CC In the Dec. 16 “Jam the Cam” game against Navy, Casey Baker became the fi rst player since Teyonka Hodge to A Marshall Player: notch ten assists. Hodge had ten against Morehead Scored 20 Points ...... Casey Baker, 28 at Houston, 3/1/08 State in December of 2004. Scored 30 Points ...Modupe Ishola, 30 vs Wright State, 12/29/06 The Morehead State game saw a few things happen Scored 40 Points ...... Kristina Behnfeldt vs Ohio, 2/10/99 for the fi rst time in several years. With Marshall going Had 20 Rebounds ...... Catie Knable, 20 vs BGSU, 2/16/02 10-25 from three-point range, it marked the fi rst time Had 15 Rebounds ...... Modupe Ishola, 17 vs Memphis, 2/1/07 since 2/24/01 that the Herd had ten or more threes Had 10 Assists ...... Casey Baker, 11 vs Memphis, 2/21/08 when it had 12 against Kent State. Marshall also gave Had 10 Steals ...... Stephianie Wine vs Western Carolina, 1/23/95 up 12 threes, the fi rst time giving up ten or more since Had 5 Steals ...... Casey Baker, 5 at Houston, 3/1/08 2/25/04 against Bowling Green. Had 5 Blocks ...... Tynikki Crook, 5 at Houston, 3/1/08 Also against Morehead State, the Herd attempted Had 10 Blocks ...... Sharon Deal, 12 vs Youngstown St, 1/4/89 78 fi eld goals, tied for the most in a C-USA game this Had A Double-Double ...... Casey Baker (15 pt-11 ast, 2/21/08 vs MEM) season. The last time MU attempted that many was on 12/14/02 against Radford. An Opposing Player: Scored 20 Points ...... Twiggy McIntyre (HOU), 20, 3/1/08 While Marshall had 57 rebounds, the most since tal- Scored 30 Points ...... Tye Jackson (HOU), 43, 3/1/07 lying 54 against Memphis last year, it gave up 50, the Scored 40 Points ...... Tye Jackson (HOU), 43, 3/1/07 most since allowing 53 boards against top-ranked Had 15 Rebounds ...... Valeriya Berezhynska (RICE), 20, 2/28/08 Maryland last season. Had 10 Assists ...... Kadie Riverin (RICE), 10, 2/28/08 IUPUI center Julia Whitted had fi ve blocks, all in the Had 5 Steals ...... Natasha Lacy (UTEP), 5, 2/7/08 fi rst half, against Marshall. She became the fi rst player Had 5 Blocks .Afton Perry, Brittany Pittman (MORE), 6, 11/21/07 to tally fi ve blocks against the Herd since Raechelle Had A Double-Double ...... Valeriya Berezhynska (RICE), 23 p, 20 rb, Hampton of Ball State did it on February 13, 2005. She 2/28/08 also fi nished with fi ve. At UCF, Marshall committed 30 turnovers, the fi rst time the team committed that many since having 36 at East- ern Kentucky on 12/30/01.

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Charting The Current Players Baker Wreaking Havoc On Off enses POINTS 2007-08 Career Over a six-game stretch in December, Casey Baker Alyssa Hammond 306 524 notched 34 steals, good for an average of 5.67 per Meg Withrow 149 439 Kizzy Hart 434 434 game. She had a career high of nine against Navy on Casey Baker 354 354 December 16th. Meagan Samis 180 343 Kendra King 41 333 Alix Barnette 154 289 C-USA Players of the Week Chantelle Handy 137 270 Tynikki Crook 216 216 Casey Baker received her fi rst career C-USA Player of Melody Hudson 57 141 the Week honor on Dec. 17 after stellar games at Ohio Kari James 10 35 U. and Navy. Against the Bobcats, Baker scored what Rebecca Bays 8 8 was at that time a career high of 18 points. She fol- REBOUNDS 2007-08 Career lowed that up with a ten assist, nine steal performance Kendra King 49 301 against Navy. She fell just four rebounds and a steal Chantelle Handy 154 233 Alyssa Hammond 127 213 short of a triple-double. Meagan Samis 130 201 Tynikki Crook 148 148 Casey Baker 141 141 Kizzy Hart became the second player on the Herd to Kizzy Hart 124 124 earn Player of the Week honors, doing so on December Melody Hudson 66 111 Meg Withrow 33 109 31 with her performance in the Marriott Cavalier Clas- Alix Barnette 70 98 sic. In the win over Missouri, Hart had 14 points and Kari James 5 30 Rebecca Bays 2 2 4 assists and followed that up with a game-high 22 points and a team-high six boards against Virginia. ASSISTS 2007-08 Career Meg Withrow 43 144 Getting To The Line Casey Baker 124 124 Chantelle Handy 44 103 The foul line has been another telling stat for Marshall. Kizzy Hart 69 69 When the Herd connects on more free throws than its Kendra King 11 62 Melody Hudson 34 59 opponent, it is 13-3. When making less, MU is 0-10. Alix Barnette 29 51 Meagan Samis 29 50 Alyssa Hammond 23 41 Starting A Trend Tynikki Crook 14 14 Since entering C-USA in the 2005-06 season, Marshall Kari James - 2 Rebecca Bays 2 2 fi nds itself a perfect 3-0 in conference openers. In its inaugural season, the Herd opened with a 57-54 win STEALS 2007-08 Career over East Carolina on 12/16/05. The following year, Casey Baker 97 97 MU topped Houston, 57-41 in the sixth-annual Jam Meg Withrow 24 74 Melody Hudson 26 61 the Cam before topping ECU to open its 2008 league Kizzy Hart 58 58 Kendra King 1 40 schedule. The 2008 opener against ECU was the latest Chantelle Handy 16 28 conference opener in Marshall’s C-USA history. Alix Barnette 15 28 Meagan Samis 17 27 Alyssa Hammond 14 23 Opening It Up Against ECU Tynikki Crook 16 16 The Herd made a statement in its C-USA opener, top- Rebecca Bays 3 3 ping defending tournament champion East Carolina THREE POINTERS 2007-08 Career 81-55. Kizzy Hart and Tynikki Crook led the way, scor- Kizzy Hart 58 58 ing 15 points each. Meg Withrow 16 46 Meagan Samis 17 32 Alix Barnette 19 32 Big Win Over Big 12 Alyssa Hammond 2 23 Casey Baker 9 9 Marshall topped Missouri, 77-72, in its return from Kendra King 1 7 Christmas break. With the win, the Herd improved to Chantelle Handy - 5 Melody Hudson 1 2 3-5 all-time against schools from the Big 12. Its last win against the conference came on 12/21/03 when STARTS 2007-08 Career MU downed Texas A&M by a 61-56 score. Chantelle Handy 27 44 Kizzy Hart 30 30 Kendra King - 29 Withrow Pivotal In Missouri Win Meg Withrow 2 29 Meg Withrow made several big plays down the stretch Casey Baker 29 29 Alyssa Hammond 23 27 in the Missouri win. In the second half, she was 2-of-2 Tynikki Crook 23 23 from the fi eld and 3-of-3 from the free throw line. Her Meagan Samis 9 12 Melody Hudson 5 7 steal and lay-up with two minutes left gave the Herd Alix Barnette 2 4 its fi rst two-possession lead of the game, a lead that GAMES PLAYED 2007-08 Career would not be given up. Kendra King 24 83 Alyssa Hammond 30 60 Chantelle Handy 30 60 Slow Start, Quick Finish Melody Hudson 29 59 Missouri opened up the December 28th game on a Alix Barnette 28 54 Meg Withrow 21 50 13-2 run, putting Marshall in an early hole. The Herd Meagan Samis 30 49 would enter halftime down fi ve, but would spot the Kari James 9 47 Casey Baker 30 30 Tigers a nine-point lead with nine minutes remaining, Kizzy Hart 30 30 but an 11-2 run tied the game and sent the Herd to its Tynikki Crook 27 27 Rebecca Bays 13 13 fi fth-straight victory. DOUBLE-DOUBLES 2007-08 Career Kendra King - 3 Casey Baker 2 2 Tynikki Crook 2 2 Chantelle Handy 1 1 Kizzy Hart 1 1

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Hart’s Success In Texas Kizzy Hart has enjoyed the Herd’s two games in Marshall’s Non-Conference Record Texas so far. She scored 23 against North Texas, which was a career high at that time, and would later eclipse it against UTA, tallying 24. Atlantic Coast (Virginia) ...... 0-1 Big East (WVU, Pitt) ...... 0-2 Double-Double For Crook Tynikki Crook notched the fi rst double-double of Big South (Radford) ...... 0-1 her freshman year with 11 points and 11 rebounds at UTA. The 11 boards marked a career high. Just Big 12 (Missouri) ...... 1-0 two days prior to the UTA game, Crook notched her career mark in scoring, with 14 against Navy. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (Niagara) ...... 1-0 Mid-American (Ohio U.) ...... 1-0 Triple OT It took fi ve periods for Marshall and UTA to de- Missouri Valley (Evansville) ...... 0-1 cide their game on December 18th, with Marshall eventually pulling away for a 97-91 win. Kizzy Hart Ohio Valley Conference (Morehead State) ...... 1-0 scored 16 of her 24 points in the three extra periods. Patriot League (Navy) ...... 1-0 Double-Double Southland Conference (Texas-Arlington) ...... 1-0 Casey Baker had a banner night against the Mean Green, notching her fi rst career double-double with Southwestern Athletic Conference (Jackson St.) ....1-0 14 points and 11 rebounds. She also had three assists and fi ve steals. Her 11 boards marked a career- Summit League (IUPUI) ...... 0-1 high while the double-double marked the fi rst of Sun Belt Conference (North Texas) ...... 1-0 the season for Marshall with Modupe Ishola being the last player to accomplish the feat last season. Grabbing The Boards Rebounding played a large role in the win at North Role Reversal Texas. The Mean Green entered the game averag- In its 0-3 start, Marshall found itself leading in 93 out of 120 ing 45.2 boards per game, tops in the Sun Belt. The minutes, averaging 31 minutes per game. Struggles late Herd managed to keep them in check, outrebound- kept the Herd out of the win column, however, the More- ing the Mean Green by a 37-31 margin. Ohio was head State game proved to be a diff erent story. For the also a conference leader in rebounding, averaging fi rst time in 2007-08, Marshall was not leading at the half 45.9 per game, and were also tamed by the Herd, and had to come from eight down in 40 seconds just to being held to 37 in the win. send the game into overtime. Over 50 Back In The Win Column At North Texas, Marshall shot 50% from the fi eld for Marshall grabbed its fi rst win of the season in thrilling the second time this season, going 29-55 (52.7%). fashion on November 21 at Morehead State, 83-79 in over- The Herd also accomplished the feat against Ni- agara, shooting an even 50% (26-52). Last year, time. Down 63-55 with 40 seconds left, Marshall scored 14 the Herd accomplished that feat four times, three points, including four threes. Casey Baker had fi ve of the of those taking place at the Cam Henderson Center. points, Meg Withrow had three and Meagan Samis, who hit Last year, MU was 3-1 in those games and has con- the buzzer-beater to send the game into overtime, scored tinued that success, winning both times this season. six. Home Away From Home? Samis’ Heroics Marshall will make three trips to Texas this season. Meagan Samis knocked down two threes in the fi nal seven After a December 4 meeting with North Texas, Mar- seconds against the Eagles to send the contest to OT. For shall met Texas-Arlington on December 18th and the game, Samis had four threes and was 4-5 beyond the will conclude its Texas swing with a weekend trip to arc. Last year, she shot 15-31 (48.4%) from three-point face Rice and Houston on February 28th and March range, top on the team. Ironically, Samis did not attempt a 1st. three-pointer in the fi rst three games of this season. Late Rally Falls Short In the second half against Pitt, Marshall found itself On The Road Again down 45-30 at one point, but fought back to come The Herd will take to the road for its fi rst four games this to within three on an Alix Barnette three-pointer year. It will be the fi rst time MU started off with that many with four seconds left. Pitt would connect on a free road games since the 2001-02 season when Marshall throw attempt to grab the four-point victory. played in the American University Tip-Off Classic and the Fresno State Invitational to begin the season. The most Streak Comes To An End Entering the 2007 Fifth Third MU Classic, the Herd games MU has started with on the road was in the 1973-74 was a perfect 10-0. After topping Jackson State by season when MU started off with an amazing 12 games on an 87-61 margin, the Herd came up short against the road, not playing a home game until February 5. Pittsburgh, 70-66, for its fi rst loss in the six-year history of the tournament. Free Throws Hurt Against Radford Radford took full advantage of its time at the charity stripe on Saturday, going a perfect 18-18. The Highlanders were 12-12 in the second half, playing a pivotal role in their 72-61 win. Johnette Walker, who scored 21 in the game, was 12-12. Against Miami the previous night, Radford was 10-23 from the line.

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Coaching Milestones Category Milestone Current Games Shy Career Victories 500 503 - Division I Victories 300 316 - Marshall Victories 100 103 - Career Games Coached 700 736 - D-I Games Coached 500 503 - Marshall Games Coached 200 205 -

Coaching Milestones On The Horizon With a 77-75 overtime win at UCF, head coach Royce Chadwick grabbed win No. 500. Chadwick will go after two other milestones in 2007-08, including 500 Division I games coached and 200 Marshall games coached. Judy Southard, who coached the Herd from 1981-92, holds the MU record with 308.

Milestones Broken In 2006-07 Coach Chadwick surpassed two other milestones last season, eclipsing the 300-win mark at the Division I level, and also coaching in his 700th career game.

500th Loss The season-opening loss at Evansville marked the 500th loss in the history of the program. Currently, the overall program records is 523-514.

Points In The Paint Bench Scoring Points Off Turnovers

Opp. MAR-Opp. W/L Opp. MAR-Opp. W/L Opp. MAR-Opp. W/L at Evansville 30-42 (-12) L at Evansville 37-5 (+32) L at Evansville 19-24 (-5) L vs IUPUI 26-24 (+2) L vs IUPUI 23-18 (+5) L vs IUPUI 12-5 (+7) L vs Radford 32-26 (+6) L vs Radford 18-8 (+10) L vs Radford 16-22 (-6) L at Morehead State 28-16 (+12) W at Morehead State 14-12 (+2) W at Morehead State 16-17 (-1) W vs Niagara 28-28 W vs Niagara 24-17 (+7) W vs Niagara 20-21 (-1) W vs Jackson State 38-16 (+22) W vs Jackson State 38-24 (+14) W vs Jackson State 37-13 (+24) W vs Pittsburgh 36-30 (+6) L vs Pittsburgh 14-21 (-7) L vs Pittsburgh 16-13 (+3) L at North Texas 38-28 (+10) W at North Texas 23-23 W at North Texas 22-7 (+15) W at Ohio U. 34-30 (+4) W at Ohio U. 11-24 (-13) W at Ohio U. 20-7 (+13) W vs Navy 42-16 (+26) W vs Navy 21-30 (-9) W vs Navy 25-11 (+14) W at UTA 36-36 W at UTA 24-31 (-7) W at UTA 22-20 (+2) W vs Missouri 44-16 (+28) W vs Missouri 20-13 (+7) W vs Missouri 24-13 (+11) W at Virginia 24-36 (-12) L at Virginia 7-13 (-6) L at Virginia 6-27 (-21) L vs East Carolina 36-12 (+24) W vs East Carolina 28-15 (+13) W vs East Carolina 31-10 (+21) W at Memphis 34-16 (+18) W at Memphis 10-9 (+1) W at Memphis 15-14 (+1) W at UAB 16-34 (-18) L at UAB 17-29 (-12) L at UAB 11-11 L vs Tulsa 36-28 (+8) W vs Tulsa 30-6 (+24) W vs Tulsa 22-10 (+12) W vs SMU 18-26 (-8) L vs SMU 22-14 (+8) L vs SMU 15-17 (-2) L vs WVU 6-34 (-28) L vs WVU 11-9 (+2) L vs WVU 18-12 (+6) L at ECU 26-34 (-8) L at ECU 26-15 (+11) L at ECU 10-17 (-7) L at UCF 42-26 (+16) W at UCF 26-35 (-9) W at UCF 27-30 (-3) W at Southern Miss 12-32 (-20) L at Southern Miss 11-19 (-8) L at Southern Miss 11-18 (-7) L vs UTEP 20-30 (-10) L vs UTEP 13-3 (+10) L vs UTEP 14-18 (-4) L at Tulane 30-22 (+8) L at Tulane 13-9 (+4) L at Tulane 19-7 (+12) L vs UCF 24-32 (-8) W vs UCF 14-14 W vs UCF 11-19 (-8) W vs Southern Miss 32-34 (-2) L vs Southern Miss 6-12 (-6) L vs Southern Miss 21-26 (-5) L vs Memphis 46-20 (+26) W vs Memphis 20-25 (-5) W vs Memphis 28-10 (+18) W vs UAB 14-16 (-2) L vs UAB 21-18 (+3) L vs UAB 20-23 (-3) L at Rice 26-24 (+2) L at Rice 22-2 (+20) L at Rice 21-17 (+4) L at Houston 34-36 (-2) W at Houston 13-23 (-10) W at Houston 17-18 (-1) W Record with more points in the paint: 11-5 Record with more bench scoring: 7-10 Record with more points off turnovers: 10-5 Record with fewer points in the paint: 2-10 Record with less bench scoring: 6-5 Record with fewer points off turnovers: 5-9 Record when points in paint even: 2-0 Record when bench scoring even: 2-0 Record when points off turnovers even: 0-1 +88 for the season +81 for the season +86 for the season

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Miscellaneous Statistics

Top Team Eff orts in 2007-08 Points Home vs. Away Stats 97 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) Home ...... Category ...... Away 87 vs Jackson State (11/30/07) 83 vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) 69.2 ppg ...... Scoring Offense ...... 67.7 ppg 83 at Morehead State (11/21/07) 64.1 ppg ...... Scoring Defense ...... 71.3 ppg 82 at North Texas (12-4-07) +5.1 ...... Scoring Margin ...... -3.6 Field Goals Made 42.0 % ...... Field Goal % ...... 39.7 % 33 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 39.5 % ...... Field Goal % Defense...... 42.1 % 32 vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) 63.8 % ...... Free Throw % ...... 69.0 % Field Goals Attempted -0.1 ...... Rebounding Margin ...... -0.8 84 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 3.8 ...... 3 Pt. FG Per Game ...... 4.3 78 at Morehead State (11/21/07) 29.1 % ...... 3 Pt. FG % ...... 30.4 % FG% 15.3 ...... Assists Per Game ...... 13.2 .527 (29-55) at Houston (03/01/08) 1.8 ...... Blocks Per Game ...... 2.8 .527 (29-55) at North Texas (12-4-07) 10.0 ...... Steals Per Game ...... 9.3 3 Pt. FG Made 17.3 ...... Turnovers Per Game ...... 18.0 10 at Morehead State (11/21/07) 16.6 ...... Personal Fouls Per Game ...... 19.4 9 at UAB (1/12/08) 3 Pt. FG Attempted 32 at UAB (1/12/08) 25 at Morehead State (11/21/07) Win vs. Loss Stats Free Throws Made Wins ...... Category ...... Losses 27 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 78.5 ppg ...... Scoring Offense ...... 58.1 ppg 26 vs UCF (2/15/08) 67.5 ppg ...... Scoring Defense ...... 69.3 ppg Free Throw Attempts +11.1 ...... Scoring Margin ...... -11.3 38 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 45.3 % ...... Field Goal % ...... 35.6 % 35 vs UCF (2/15/08) 39.0 % ...... Field Goal % Defense...... 43.3 % Free Throw % 67.0 % ...... Free Throw % ...... 66.2 % .923 (12-13) at ECU (01/27/08) +4.4 ...... Rebounding Margin ...... -5.5 .875 (14-16) vs Southern Miss (2/17/08) 4.4 ...... 3 Pt. FG Per Game ...... 3.8 .875 (14-16) vs Missouri (12/28/07) 36.7 % ...... 3 Pt. FG % ...... 24.7 % Rebounds 16.7 ...... Assists Per Game ...... 11.5 58 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 3.3 ...... Blocks Per Game ...... 1.5 57 at Morehead State (11/21/07) 10.4 ...... Steals Per Game ...... 8.8 Assists 18.4 ...... Turnovers Per Game ...... 17.0 22 vs TLS (1/18/07) 17.1 ...... Personal Fouls Per Game ...... 19.5 22 vs NAVY (12/16/07) Steals 17 at Tulane (02/10/08) 17 vs NAVY (12/16/07) Conference vs Non-Conference Stats Blocks Conference ...... Category ...... Non-Conference 9 at Houston (03/01/08) 64.8 ppg ...... Scoring Offense ...... 72.4 ppg 7 at MEMPHIS (1/10/08) 65.9 ppg ...... Scoring Defense ...... 71.3 ppg Turnovers -1.1 ...... Scoring Margin ...... +1.1 27 at MEMPHIS (1/10/08) 38.9 % ...... Field Goal % ...... 42.4 % 23 at Morehead State (11/21/07) 40.0 % ...... Field Goal % Defense...... 42.2 % Fouls 67.0 % ...... Free Throw % ...... 66.4 % 27 at Evansville (11-09-07) -0.4 ...... Rebounding Margin ...... -0.7 26 at UAB (1/12/08) 4.1 ...... 3 Pt. FG Per Game ...... 4.1 29.4 % ...... 3 Pt. FG % ...... 30.5 % 13.3 ...... Assists Per Game ...... 14.9 2.7 ...... Blocks Per Game ...... 2.1 10.0 ...... Steals Per Game ...... 9.1 18.1 ...... Turnovers Per Game ...... 17.2 18.1 ...... Personal Fouls Per Game ...... 18.5

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Miscellaneous Statistics

Top Individual Eff orts in 2007-08 Points Career Totals 28 BAKER, Casey at Houston (03/01/08) 27 HART, Kizzy at Houston (03/01/08) Double Digit Scoring Games: 5+ Assist Games: 25 HART, Kizzy vs UCF (2/15/08) 2007-08 Career 24 HART, Kizzy at Virginia (12/29/07) 2007-08 Career Meg Withrow 2 13 24 HART, Kizzy at UT Arlington (12/18/07) Alyssa Hammond 17 25 Casey Baker 11 11 Meg Withrow 7 22 Field Goals Made Kizzy Hart 21 21 Chantelle Handy 2 4 10 HART, Kizzy at Houston (03/01/08) Meagan Samis 8 17 Alix Barnette - 1 9 BAKER, Casey at Houston (03/01/08) Casey Baker 17 17 Kizzy Hart 1 1 9 HART, Kizzy vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) Alix Barnette 6 11 Kendra King - 1 9 BAKER, Casey vs Missouri (12/28/07) Kendra King - 10 9 BAKER, Casey at UT Arlington (12/18/07) Tynikki Crook 9 9 3+ 3-Point Field Goal Games: 9 BAKER, Casey at OHIO (12/14/07) Chantelle Handy 4 7 2007-08 Career Kizzy Hart 8 8 Field Goals Attempted 20-Point Scoring Games: Meagan Samis 2 4 24 HART, Kizzy at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 2007-08 Career 19 HART, Kizzy at Rice (02/28/08) Kizzy Hart 7 7 Meg Withrow 1 4 Casey Baker 3 3 Alix Barnette 2 3 FG% (Min. 5 Made) Alyssa Hammond - 1 Alyssa Hammond - 2 1.000 ( 5-5 ) WITHROW, Meg vs TLS (1/18/07) Meagan Samis - 1 1.000 ( 5-5 ) SAMIS, Meagan vs NAVY (12/16/07) Meg Withrow - 1 Starts: 3 Pt. FG Made 2007-08 Career 6 HART, Kizzy at Houston (03/01/08) Double-Digit Rebounding Games: Chantelle Handy 27 44 5 HART, Kizzy at Rice (02/28/08) 2007-08 Career Kendra King - 28 5 HART, Kizzy vs WVU (1/23/08) Kendra King 1 5 Meg Withrow 2 28 Tynikki Crook 2 2 Kizzy Hart 30 30 3 Pt. FG Attempted Casey Baker 1 1 Casey Baker 29 29 13 HART, Kizzy at UAB (1/12/08) Chantelle Handy 1 1 Alyssa Hammond 23 27 11 HART, Kizzy at Rice (02/28/08) Meagan Samis 1 1 Tynikki Crook 23 23 11 HART, Kizzy vs WVU (1/23/08) Kizzy Hart 1 1 11 HART, Kizzy at Morehead State Meagan Samis 9 12 Double-Doubles: Melody Hudson 5 7 Free Throw % 2007-08 Career Alix Barnette 2 4 1.000 ( 7-7 ) BARNETTE, Alix vs UCF (2/15/08) Kendra King - 3 1.000 ( 7-7 ) HART, Kizzy at OHIO (12/14/07) Tynikki Crook 2 2 ***Career totals incl. games in Marshall 1.000 ( 6-6 ) WITHROW, Meg at ECU (01/27/08) Casey Baker 2 2 uniform only*** 1.000 ( 5-5 ) BAKER, Casey vs NIA (11/24/07) Chantelle Handy 1 1 1.000 ( 4-4 ) HAMMOND, Alyssa at Rice (02/28/08) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) BAKER, Casey vs UAB (2/23/08) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) BAKER, Casey vs Southern Miss (2/17/08) Marshall Starting Lineups 1.000 ( 4-4 ) HAMMOND, Alyssa vs Southern Miss (2/17/08) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) HART, Kizzy at Tulane (02/10/08) KYSU Baker Crook Hart King Handy 1.000 ( 4-4 ) HART, Kizzy vs Missouri (12/28/07) WVWC Baker Crook Hudson Withrow Hammond 1.000 ( 4-4 ) SAMIS, Meagan at UT Arlington EVAN Baker Crook Hart Withrow Handy (12/18/07) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) HART, Kizzy vs NAVY (12/16/07) IUPUI Baker Samis Hart Hudson Handy 1.000 ( 4-4 ) CROOK, Tynikki at North Texas (12-4-07) RAD Baker Samis Hart Hudson Handy 1.000 ( 4-4 ) HAMMOND, Alyssa vs IUPUI (11/16/07) MORE Baker Crook Hart Samis Hammond 1.000 ( 3-3 ) WITHROW, Meg vs Missouri (12/28/07) NIA Baker Crook Hart Samis Hammond Rebounds JACKST Baker Crook Hart Samis Hammond 13 CROOK, Tynikki vs SMU (1/20/08) PITT Withrow Crook Hart Handy Hammond 13 HANDY, Chantelle at MEMPHIS (1/10/08) NTEX Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond Assists OHIOU Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond 11 BAKER, Casey vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) NAVY Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond 10 BAKER, Casey vs NAVY (12/16/07) UTA Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond Steals MIZZ Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond 9 BAKER, Casey vs NAVY (12/16/07) UVA Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond 6 BAKER, Casey at OHIO (12/14/07) ECU Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond Blocks MEM Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond 5 CROOK, Tynikki at Houston (03/01/08) UAB Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond 4 CROOK, Tynikki at UAB (1/12/08) TULSA Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond Record Per Starting Lineup SMU Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond Baker-Crook-Hart-Withrow-Handy 0-1 WVU Baker Crook Hart Handy Samis Baker-Samis-Hart-Hudson-Handy 0-3 Baker-Crook-Hart-Samis-Hammond 3-0 ECU Baker Crook Hart Handy Samis Withrow-Crook-Hart-Handy-Hammond 0-1 UCF Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond Baker-Crook-Hart-Handy-Hammond 10-5 USM Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond Baker-Crook-Hart-Handy-Samis 0-2 Baker-Samis-Hart-Handy-Hammond 0-1 UTEP Baker Samis Hart Handy Hammond Baker-Barnette-Hart-Handy-Hammond 1-1 TULANE Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond Baker-Hudson-Hart-Handy-Hammond 1-0 UCF Baker Barnette Hart Handy Hammond Baker-Crook-Hart-Handy-Hudson 0-1 USM Baker Barnette Hart Handy Hammond MEM Baker Hudson Hart Handy Hammond UAB Baker Hudson Hart Handy Samis RICE Baker Crook Hart Handy Hudson Houston Baker Crook Hart Handy Hammond

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Season Openers Jam The Cam Marshall is 24-15 in 39 season openers following The Herd once again held its annual Jam The Cam promotion. the loss at Evansville. Prior to beating American in This year, 927 fans watched as the Thundering Herd downed the 2002 opener, the Herd lost fi ve openers in a row Navy, 70-58, on December 16, 2007. Marshall set a school and from 1997-2001. The Herd is 5-2 in openers under Coach Chadwick. After falling to American in the Mid-American Conference single-game record with a paid 2001 opener, Chadwick won fi ve openers in a row attendance of 7,017 for its Dec. 12, 2004, clash with Kentucky leading up to this season. in Jam the Cam IV. The Cam Henderson Center attendance promotion set the MAC’s single-game attendance mark in Studying Abroad four straight seasons. Jam the Cam has produced an average Sophomore Chantelle Handy, a native of Durham, England, returned home in the summer of 2007 to crowd of 4,007 in six games, beginning with the Dec. 5, 2001, play for Team GBR in EuroBasket 2007. Handy was game versus Navy, a game which set the school’s previous the only player on the team currently on a college single-game high for attendance (5,256). roster. She was also the second-youngest player on the team. JAM THE CAM RESULTS Withrow In Elite Company DATE ATTEND. OPPONENT RESULT With 101 assists last year, Meg Withrow joined 12/05/01 5,256 Navy L, 61-71 Teyonka Hodge as the only two players in the Chad- 02/01/03 4,469 Central Michigan W, 53-49 ot wick era to record 100 assists in a season. Hodge 12/02/03 4,234 Wake Forest W, 60-49 notched 105 in 2003-04 and 108 in 2004-05. 12/12/04 7,017 Kentucky L, 55-73 Fifth Third MU Classic 12/16/05 1,855 East Carolina W, 57-54 On Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 2007, Marshall will host 12/2/06 1,209 Houston W, 57-41 the sixth annual Fifth Third MU Classic. This year’s 12/16/07 927 Navy W, 70-58 tournament will be the most competitive in its history, with opponents Pittsburgh, Harvard and Jackson State. Pittsburgh enters the season ranked in the top 20. Last year, the Panthers fell to even- Solid Start In Exhibition tual national champion Tennessee in the second The Herd will employ a more up-tempo style of play this year. round of the NCAA Tournament. Harvard was also With the new system, growing pains are imminent, as shown an NCAA Tournament participant, taking the Ivy in MU’s 72-63 win over Kentucky State. In the second game vs. League crown last season. They fell to No. 6 seed WV Wesleyan, the team started to mesh on both ends of the Maryland in the fi rst round. Rounding out the fi eld is yet another 2006-07 postseason participant, court in an 82-35 win. Marshall shot 47% from the fi eld while Jackson State. The Lady Tigers were regular season holding Wesleyan to a 26.7%. Southwestern Athletic Conference champions and received an invitation to the WNIT, where they fell to Herd To Make National Television Appearance Tulane in the fi rst round. For the third consecutive year, the team will an appearance on Previous Fifth Third Classic Results national TV. CSTV will carry Marshall’s game against West Vir- 2002: Marshall def. American, 76-56 ginia, which will take place 5:30 p.m. on January 23. The game Marshall def. Georgia Southern, 53-50 will be played in Charleston. This will mark MU’s third appearance on CSTV. In 2006-07, Marshall’s home game against East 2003: Marshall def. Morgan State, 88-34 Carolina was televised while the year before saw CSTV carry Marshall def. High Point, 90-70 a home game against Memphis. The Herd was victorious in 2004: Marshall def. Texas-Pan American, 79-43 both of thoe games. Marshall def. Lehigh, 68-66 Four-In-A-Row 2005: Marshall def. Tennessee State, 81-57 Marshall had a 15-15 record in 2006-07, giving the program its Marshall def. South Carolina State, 69-47 fourth non-losing season in a row. The program record is six 2006: Marshall def. Southern, 61-50 in a row, that streak went from the 1983-84 season to 1988-89 Marshall def. Robert Morris, 72-64 season. MU’s current streak started with the 2003-04 season when the team went 18-12, followed by a 19-10 season in 2007: Marshall def. Jackson State, 87-61 2004-05. After a 15-14 season in 2005-06, Marshall went 15-15 Pittsburgh def. Marshall, 70-66 last year. The previous streak was highlighted by a 24-5 (.828) 2007 Fifth Third MU Classic season in 1986-87, the best record in program history since All-Tournament Team the fi rst season in program history where MU went 7-0. Katie Rollins, Harvard Alyssa Hammond, Marshall Kizzy Hart, Marshall Shavonte Zellous, Pittsburgh MVP: Marcedes Walker, Pittsburgh

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2006-07 Honors & Awards Marshall In The WNIT Alyssa Hammond was the fi rst Marshall player to be Marshall Makes First Trip To WNIT named to the C-USA All-Freshman team. She be- For the fi rst time in the 38-year history of Mar- came the fi rst since Sikeetha Shepard-Hall to make shall women’s basketball, the team has been in- a conference freshman team. Shepard-Hall received vited to participate in the Preseason WNIT. IUPUI the honor while Marshall was in the Mid-American will be the second opponent for MU, all teams Conference. are guaranteed to play at least three games in the tournament. Kendra King also had a Marshall fi rst, becomming the fi rst MU player named to the All-Conference WNIT Field USA Academic Team. This year’s WNIT fi eld will include nine teams who played in the postseason last year, including Modupe Ishola received two Conference USA hon- Final Four participant LSU, Delaware, Delaware ors in 2007. She was named the C-USA Player of State, Maryland, Michigan State, Notre Dame, the Week on January 1, 2007 and fi nished the year TCU, East Tennessee State and Western Kentucky. up as a member of the All-Conference USA Second Other participants include Evansville, IUPUI, Mi- Team. Shepard-Hall garnered the same honor in ami (Ohio), Princeton, Radford and Samford. 2006. Against WNIT Opponents Marshall has faced six of the 16 teams participat- ing in the 2007-08 Preseason WNIT. Marshall is a 2006-07 C-USA All-Freshman Team combined 42-49 against these opponents. Jareica Hughes, UTEP Delisha Willis, SMU Teams the Herd has faced previously include: Timika Williams, UTEP East Tennessee State: Alyssa Hammond, Marshall MARS leads series 26-15 Lauren Pittman, Southern Miss Evansville: EVAN leads series 1-0 IUPUI: IUPUI leads series 1-0 2006-07 All-Conference USA 2nd Team Maryland: Janielle Dodds SMU P 6-3 Jr. MD leads series 2-0 Modupe Ishola Marshall C 6-2 Sr. Miami (Ohio): Cherie Mills East Carolina C 6-4 Sr. MIOH leads series 16-3 Diamond Rogers UAB F 5-11 Jr. Radford: Jasmine Young East Carolina G 5-5 Soph. MARS leads series 13-12 Western Kentucky: WKU leads series 2-0

WNIT Consolation Round Following the season-opening loss at Evansville, Marshall traveled to Oxford, Ohio for the consolation round of the tournament. After playing IUPUI on 11/16/07, the Herd faced Radford on 11/17/07. The Herd did not face host Miami (Ohio) in the consolation round.

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bold athletes that changed the face of basketball at Marshall. Back-to-back top- 50 recruiting classes in 2002 and 2003, plus several integral pieces along the Royce Chadwick recruiting trail from high schools to junior colleges, have given Chadwick the athletes he needs to achieve early success in Marshall’s new era in C-USA. Head Coach The Herd’s non-losing seasons the past four years can be linked to a monumen- tal win in DeKalb, Ill., in March of 2003. Marshall, coming off an 11-16 regular Seventh Season season, won its fi rst ever MAC Tournament game by posting a 70-58 victory over Northern Illinois. The win proved to be the lone victory by a visiting team S.W. Oklahoma State, ‘80 in the tournament’s fi rst round, sparking MU to a fast 8-1 start the next season. Before his arrival in Huntington, Chadwick spent seven seasons as head coach at Stephen F. Austin, where his teams were known as fast, athletic, pressure- defense oriented teams. He established himself as one of the top collegiate coaches in the nation by virtue of his regular and postseasonsuccess. During his tenure at SFA, Chadwick averaged 24.7 wins per season (.797) and led the Ladyjacks to seven consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament. In 1996, the native of Floydada, Texas, led Stephen F. Austin to the NCAA’s Sweet 16. During that season’s NCAA Tournament, Chadwick’s team garnered SFA’s fi rst ever road tournament wins. He also guided the Ladyjacks to seven Royce Chadwick enters his 24th year of coaching at the collegiate level in Southland Conference Tournament titles, while compiling a staggering confer- 2007-08. The brand of expertise and comprehension the profession requires ence record of 128-14 (.901). From 1996-2001 at SFA, fi ve of Chadwick’s Lady- to achieve that type of longevity, coupled with the high demand for success, jack squads posted 25-win campaigns, along with the aforementioned NCAA makes it all the more remarkable that Chadwick eclipsed the 500-win mark Tournament bids. In his fi nal season at the school, the Ladyjacks fi nished 76th after topping Central Florida, 77-75, in overtime on January 31, 2008 in the women’s basketball Sagarin ratings. Success has followed Chadwick at every stop during his coaching career. His Chadwick, however, will be the fi rst to dismiss the signifi cance of the number, fi rst collegiate head coaching assignment was at Panhandle (Okla.) State, hoping to instead focus on his team’s potential for success in the upcoming where he led his Aggie teams to 19 and 20 wins, respectively, in his two years year rather than personal historical data. The milestones he is closing in on and there. Those two seasons also marked the fi rst appearances in postseason play the ones he achieved last season, though, are impossible to ignore. In 2006-07, for Chadwick—a place the Southwest Oklahoma State graduate would grow Chadwick reached Division I win No. 300, his 700th career game coached while accustomed to as his career progressed. At Sam Houston State, his next stop, jumping to third in school history in wins and games coached. he guided a school that had never posted a winning season to an 18-9 mark during the 1988-89 campaign. That team was also one of the nation’s most Chadwick, now in his seventh season at Marshall, longs for another milestone improved programs, advancing to the Gulf Star Conference postseason tourna- for his Thundering Herd: a Conference USA championship. As Marshall begins ment. In his fi ve seasons at Howard, Chadwick posted a record of 148-21, won its third season of competition in the league, Chadwick believes he has the four Western Conference titles, advanced to the NJCAA Tournament twice and horses to win this race. was named National Coach of the Year in 1992. A multifaceted talent, Chadwick Since taking the reins of the Herd in March of 2001, Chadwick has been vital also served as Howard’s athletic director. After moving on to Stephen F. Austin, in the dramatic turnaround of the program. The Herd is riding a streak of four Chadwick continued to win and add to the Ladyjacks’ reputation as a basket- consecutive non-losing seasons, the second longest such streak in school his- ball powerhouse. SFA’s 255 wins in the 1990s thrust them into seventh place tory, which has produced the best four-year win total (67) at Marshall in the last nationally in overall wins, while their .821 winning percentage (255-56) placed 18 years. In 2004-05, he guided the Herd to its fi rst Mid-American Conference them sixth. East Division title by virtue of a 12-4 record in league play – Marshall’s highest In 1983, Chadwick broke into the coaching ranks at Olton High School in Texas, single-season conference win total in school history. Marshall’s 19 wins were where he led the Mustangs to a record of 21-5 and its fi rst district champion- the most the school had seen in 14 years. That, coupled with its No. 1 scoring ship in nine years.collegiate coaches in the nation by virtue of his regular off ense and MAC-high nine double-digit conference wins, allowed Chadwick to and postseasonsuccess. During his tenure at SFA, Chadwick averaged 24.7 fi nish runnerup in MAC Coach of the Year voting. wins per season (.797) and led the Ladyjacks to seven consecutive appear- Chadwick’s ability to resurrect a program is unmistakable after he revived a ances in the NCAA Tournament. Marshall team that hit major doldrums after its 1997 NCAA appearance. Mar- shall went 30-81 in the four years after its lone NCAA berth, compared to 58-58 in Chadwick’s fi rst four years in Huntington. He also stayed at .500 in conference play (32-32) during that span, while the previous four years yielded only a .151 CHADWICK’S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD winning percentage (10-56) against MAC foes. Further, during Marshall’s 12- game win streak in 2004-05 alone, the Herd won more conference games (11) SEASON SCHOOL RECORD WIN% than did his predecessor in four years combined. The winning streak, the fi fth 1984-85 Panhandle State 19-16 .543 longest in the nation when it ended, was Marshall’s longest in 33 years. 1985-86 Panhandle State 20-10 .667 The fi fth women’s basketball coach in school history, Chadwick reached his Panhandle State--2 seasons 39-26 .600 450th career win – and 50th at Marshall – with the landmark victory in 2005 came when the Herd posted an 82-76 win over intrastate rival West Virginia, 1986-87 Sam Houston State 9-18 .333 giving Chadwick his fi rst career win over the Mountaineers, a team that would 1987-88 Sam Houston State 13-14 .481 later play in the WNIT championship game. 1988-89 Sam Houston State 18-9 .667 His arrival at Marshall brought not only a keen basketball mind, but a success- Sam Houston St.--3 seasons 40-41 .494 driven individual whose leadership skills have produced many meaningful 1989-90 Howard JUCO 27-5 .844 triumphs during an illustrious career. Chadwick, 50, owns 503 wins in his collegiate coaching days (503-234) with an astounding .682 winning percentage. 1990-91 Howard JUCO 27-5 .844 His Div. I record (316-187) alone is remarkable, winning at a .628 clip over 16 1991-92 Howard JUCO 26-6 .813 seasons at Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin and Marshall. 1992-93 Howard JUCO 35-1 .972 During his tenure at MU, the team has garnered votes in both the AP and ESPN/ 1993-94 Howard JUCO 33-4 .892 USA Today Top-25 polls for the fi rst time in school history and has tallied wins over schools from the Big East, Big 12 and ACC. Howard JUCO--5 seasons 148-21 .876 1994-95 Stephen F. Austin 22-8 .733 The enthusiasm that Chadwick and his athletic teams generate throughout the community have resulted in hefty crowds at the Cam Henderson Center, includ- 1995-96 Stephen F. Austin 27-4 .871 ing a school-record 7,017 fans to witness Marshall’s clash with Kentucky in 1996-97 Stephen F. Austin 28-5 .848 2004. That crowd made it four straight years that the Herd set the conference’s single-game attendance mark for each respective season. In 2001, Chadwick’s 1997-98 Stephen F. Austin 25-4 .862 initial season in Huntington, Marshall’s attendance rose by 251 percent, which 1998-99 Stephen F. Austin 17-12 .586 was the nation’s third largest Div. I increase. 1999-00 Stephen F. Austin 28-4 .875 Chadwick, who received a contract extension in August of 2004 to remain at 2000-01 Stephen F. Austin 26-7 .788 Marshall through the 2008-09 season, saw his hard work begin to blossom during the 2003-04 season when the Herd secured its fi rst winning season in seven Stephen F. Austin--7 seasons 173-44 .797 years. A postseason MAC game at home – a program fi rst – allowed the Herd to 2001-02 Marshall 9-19 .321 advance to Gund Arena where it would pull off the tournament’s biggest upset 2002-03 Marshall 12-17 .414 by knocking off No. 3 Kent State. Marshall lost to eventual champion Eastern Michigan in the MAC semis, but that experience continued to lay a new founda- 2003-04 Marshall 18-12 .600 tion of success for women’s basketball at Marshall. 2004-05 Marshall 19-10 .655 An admirable list of fi rst-time and program-best accomplishments legitimized 2005-06 Marshall 15-14 .517 the 2003-04 Herd. The tournament victory over KSU was Marshall’s fi rst in 2006-07 Marshall 15-15 .500 Cleveland, highlighting a season in which the Herd posted its most overall wins (18) since its fi nal year in the Southern Conference. The fi rst ever win over 2007-08 Marshall 15-15 .500 MAC power Toledo, the best non-conference record (8-3) in seven years and a Marshall - 7 seasons 103-102 .502 No. 4 national fi nish in rebounding margin (+8.7) dot Marshall’s triumphs four seasons ago. Total 24 seasons 503-234 .682 He and his staff ’s recruiting eff orts yielded an infl ux of talented, athletic and

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

Casey Baker Alix Barnette Guard Guard 5-8 5-8 Junior Sophomore Bradenton, Fla. Chapel Hill, N.C. Lincoln Trail (Ill.) CC East Chapel Hill

Season/Career Career Points: ...... 28 (@ Houston, 3/1/08) Points: ...... 19 (at Rice, 1/11/07) FG: ...... 9 (4x, @ Houston, 3/1/08) FG: ...... 7 (at Rice, 1/11/07) FGA ...... 18 (vs MIZZ, 12/28/07) FGA: ...... 13 (@ Houston, 3/1/08) 3-Pt FG: ...... 2 (Twice, last @ Houston, 3/1/08) 3-Pt FG: ...... 3 (3x, last vs UTEP, 2/7/08) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 5 (@ UAB, 1/12/08) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 6 (4x, last vs UTEP, 2/7/08) FT: ...... 8 (@ Houston, 3/1/08) FT: ...... 7 (vs UCF, 2/15/08) FTA: ...... 10 (Twice, last @ Houston, 3/1/08) FTA: ...... 10 (at Memphis, 1/18/07) Rebounds: ...... 11 (@ North Texas, 12/4/07) Rebounds: ...... 8 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) Assists: ...... 11 (vs Memphis, 2/21/08) Assists: ...... 5 (vs Tulane, 2/15/07) Steals: ...... 9 (vs. Navy, 12/16/07) Steals: ...... 3 (@ Tulane, 2/10/08) Blocked Shots: ...... 3 (vs Tulsa, 1/18/08) Blocked Shots: ...... 1 (3x, last vs ECU, 1/5/08) Minutes Played: ...... 40 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) Minutes Played: ...... 31 (vs UCF, 2/15/08)

Season BAKER GAME-BY-GAME Points: ...... 16 (vs Southern Miss, 2/17/08) (Junior: 2007-08) Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts FG: ...... 6 (Twice, last vs Southern Miss, 2/17/08) Kentucky State (exh.)* 28 5-14 1-1 2-5 3-5-8 3 4 1 0 6 13 WV Wesleyan (exh.)* 20 7-14 2-2 1-2 1-0-1 1 4 1 0 5 17 FGA: ...... 13 (@ Houston, 3/1/08) Evansville* 20 5-9 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 5 2 6 0 4 10 IUPUI* 31 3-12 0-1 1-2 0-1-1 2 2 4 1 2 7 3-Pt FG: ...... 3 (Twice, last vs UTEP, 2/7/08) Radford* 34 6-11 0-0 2-4 1-3-4 5 6 2 0 1 14 Morehead State* 34 5-12 1-4 7-8 1-5-6 4 1 7 0 3 18 3-Pt FGA: ...... 6 (3x, last vs Southern Miss, 2/17/08) Niagara* 31 6-10 1-2 5-5 4-3-7 3 3 4 0 1 18 Jackson State* 21 2-4 0-1 2-4 2-2-4 3 4 4 0 0 6 FT: ...... 7 (vs UCF, 2/15/08) Pittsburgh 23 3-7 0-2 3-5 1-1-2 4 2 4 0 5 9 North Texas* 34 5-7 1-1 3-4 3-8-11 1 3 3 0 5 14 FTA: ...... 7 (vs UCF, 2/15/08) Ohio U.* 35 9-15 0-0 0-2 1-3-4 4 3 3 2 6 18 Navy* 33 1-9 0-0 2-4 1-5-6 3 10 3 0 9 4 Rebounds: ...... 8 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) UTA* 40 9-14 1-2 3-5 1-1-2 4 1 4 0 4 22 Missouri* 37 9-18 0-1 4-5 1-1-2 2 2 0 0 5 22 Assists: ...... 3 (3x, last vs Southern Miss, 2/17/08) Virginia* 25 4-8 0-1 2-6 1-4-5 5 1 3 0 2 10 East Carolina* 19 3-7 0-0 2-3 0-2-2 5 6 1 1 3 8 Steals: ...... 3 (@ Tulane, 2/10/08) Memphis* 27 4-12 0-1 4-6 2-4-6 4 6 5 1 1 12 UAB* 22 7-13 2-5 2-6 3-3-6 5 0 4 0 2 18 Blocked Shots: ...... 1 (3x, last vs ECU, 1/5/08) Tulsa* 27 5-7 0-0 2-2 1-4-5 0 6 3 3 5 12 SMU* 29 3-8 0-1 1-3 2-1-3 4 1 6 1 2 7 Minutes Played: ...... 31 (vs UCF, 2/15/08) WVU* 34 0-8 0-0 6-8 1-4-5 4 4 2 0 2 6 ECU* 25 3-12 0-1 0-0 1-5-6 4 1 1 0 1 6 UCF* 40- 5-16 1-4 2-4 2-4-6 4 8 8 0 3 13 Southern Miss* 17 0-5 0-3 4-5 0-3-3 5 4 2 1 0 4 BARNETTE GAME-BY-GAME UTEP* 39 3-11 0-0 5-6 2-5-7 2 5 10 0 4 11 (Sophomore: 2007-08) Tulane* 35 6-12 0-2 1-2 1-3-4 5 4 5 0 5 13 Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts UCF* 19 4-6 0-0 0-0 0-5-5 5 3 5 0 1 8 Kentucky State (exh.) 4 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Southern Miss* 33 1-9 0-0 4-4 0-6-6 5 9 4 0 5 6 WV Wesleyan (exh.) 9 1-2 0-1 2-3 0-2-2 1 2 0 0 1 4 Memphis* 38 4-13 0-0 7-10 1-7-8 4 11 3 0 2 15 Evansville 16 6-11 2-5 1-1 2-0-2 1 3 1 0 0 15 UAB* 35 1-8 0-1 4-4 3-4-7 1 4 8 1 4 6 IUPUI 15 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Rice* 36 4-14 0-3 1-2 0-1-1 4 6 3 0 5 9 Radford 11 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-3-3 0 0 1 1 0 0 Houston* 35 9-13 2-2 8-10 0-5-5 3 6 2 2 5 28 Morehead State 4 0-3 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 1 0 1 0 *Starter Niagara 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Jackson State 13 4-6 1-2 5-6 1-3-4 2 0 2 0 0 14 Pittsburgh 11 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 1 0 0 5 North Texas 27 4-8 3-6 3-4 0-1-1 2 2 2 0 2 14 Ohio U. 22 3-7 0-3 0-0 1-5-6 2 1 1 0 1 6 Navy 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 1 2 0 0 2 UTA 24 2-9 1-3 3-5 1-7-8 2 2 1 0 1 8 Missouri 13 1-5 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 0 0 0 3 Virginia 5 0-2 0-1 2-2 0-0-0 1 0 0 1 0 2 East Carolina 15 4-6 1-1 1-2 0-3-3 2 1 2 1 2 10 Memphis 12 0-4 0-0 1-4 2-2-4 1 1 2 0 0 1 UAB 8 1-6 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 5 0 0 0 0 3 Tulsa 9 1-4 0-0 1-2 0-4-4 0 0 2 0 0 3 SMU 16 0-6 0-3 0-0 1-2-3 3 3 1 0 0 0 WVU 4 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ECU 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 UTEP 28 4-9 3-6 0-2 1-5-6 0 1 2 0 1 11 Tulane 21 3-6 1-2 1-2 2-2-4 3 1 1 0 3 8 UCF* 31 1-5 0-2 7-7 2-3-5 3 2 7 0 1 9 Southern Miss* 28 6-10 2-6 2-2 0-3-3 4 3 2 0 0 16 Memphis 5 0-4 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 2 2 2 0 0 0 UAB 15 4-6 1-3 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 2 0 0 9 Rice 25 4-13 0-4 0-0 1-1-2 2 0 2 0 2 8 Houston 21 2-5 0-3 1-4 0-3-3 1 2 2 0 0 5

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Rebecca Bays Tynikki Crook Guard Forward 5-6 6-1 Freshman Freshman Roanoka, Va. Detroit, Mich. William Byrd Pershing

Season/Career Season/Career Points: ...... 4 (vs Memphis, 2/21/08) Points: ...... 16 (vs Memphis, 2/21/08) FG: ...... 2 (vs Memphis, 2/21/08) FG: ...... 7 (Twice, last vs Memphis, 2/21/08) FGA ...... 3 (vs Memphis, 2/21/08) FGA: ...... 13 (vs Memphis, 2/21/08) 3-Pt FG: ...... 3-Pt FG: ...... 3-Pt FGA: ...... 3-Pt FGA: ...... FT: ...... 2 (@ Memphis, 1/10/08) FT: ...... 5 (Twice, last @ UCF, 1/31/08) FTA: ...... 2 (@ Memphis, 1/10/08) FTA: ...... 10 (vs SMU, 1/20/08) Rebounds: ...... 1 (Twice, last vs Memphis, 2/21/08) Rebounds: ...... 13 (vs SMU, 1/20/08) Assists: ...... 1 (Twice, last vs UAB, 2/23/08) Assists: ...... 2 (3x, last @ UCF, 1/31/08) Steals: ...... 2 (vs Memphis, 2/21/08) Steals: ...... 3 (vs ECU, 1/5/08) Blocked Shots: ...... Blocked Shots: ...... 5 (@ Houston, 3/1/08) Minutes Played: ...... 13 (Twice, last vs Memphis, 2/21/08) Minutes Played: ...... 33 (@ UAB, 1/12/08)

BAYS GAME-BY-GAME CROOK GAME-BY-GAME (Freshman: 2007-08) (Freshman: 2007-08) Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Kentucky State (exh.) 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kentucky State (exh.)* 27 3-9 0-0 9-14 7-6-13 2 1 1 1 2 15 WV Wesleyan (exh.) 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 3 1 0 0 0 WV Wesleyan (exh.)* 21 5-5 0-0 2-5 6-5-11 1 1 1 2 1 12 Niagara 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Evansville* 20 4-8 0-0 1-2 3-3-6 4 0 2 0 1 9 Jackson State 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 IUPUI 11 2-7 0-0 0-1 1-0-1 2 0 0 0 0 4 Navy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Radford 12 4-5 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 3 1 3 0 1 8 East Carolina 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Morehead State* 11 0-6 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 1 0 1 0 0 0 Memphis 1 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Niagara* 17 2-4 0-0 3-4 1-2-3 1 1 0 1 1 7 Tulsa 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jackson State* 16 3-5 0-0 3-6 1-3-4 4 1 1 0 1 9 Southern Miss 13 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 1 2 Pittsburgh* 19 4-7 0-0 0-2 1-2-3 2 0 0 0 0 8 Tulane 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 North Texas* 22 4-7 0-0 4-4 2-4-6 4 0 4 0 1 12 UCF 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ohio U.* 11 2-6 0-0 0-0 3-0-3 0 0 1 0 1 4 Southern Miss 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Navy* 21 6-8 0-0 2-4 3-2-5 1 0 1 1 0 14 Memphis 13 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 3 0 2 0 2 4 UTA* 29 5-10 0-0 1-2 5-6-11 5 1 1 1 0 11 UAB 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Missouri* 24 5-9 0-0 1-2 3-6-9 4 0 4 2 1 11 Houston 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Virginia* 21 3-5 0-0 1-2 2-3-5 3 1 3 0 0 7 East Carolina* 26 7-11 0-0 1-5 2-6-8 3 2 0 1 3 15 Memphis* 29 5-10 0-0 3-5 4-3-7 1 0 4 2 1 13 UAB* 33 1-8 0-0 3-4 1-6-7 2 0 2 4 1 5 Tulsa* 17 4-7 0-0 1-1 2-3-5 3 0 3 0 0 9 SMU* 32 4-12 0-0 4-10 7-6-13 4 0 1 1 0 12 WVU* 22 1-3 0-0 5-6 4-3-7 2 0 2 1 0 7 ECU* 13 0-2 0-0 2-2 0-4-4 3 2 3 0 0 2 UCF* 27 3-5 0-0 5-6 3-3-6 1 2 2 2 1 11 Southern Miss* 13 1-5 0-0 1-2 3-1-4 3 1 1 0 1 3 Tulane* 16 2-8 0-0 2-2 3-2-5 2 0 2 0 0 6 Memphis 21 7-13 0-0 2-4 2-7-9 1 0 2 2 0 16 UAB 14 0-3 0-0 0-3 1-0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 Rice* 17 3-5 0-0 1-2 3-1-4 2 1 2 0 1 7 Houston* 21 3-6 0-0 0-0 1-6-7 0 1 0 5 1 6 *Starter

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Alyssa Hammond Chantelle Handy Guard/Forward Guard 6-1 6-3 RS Sophomore RS Sophomore Oak Hill, Ohio Durham, England Oak Hill Mount de Chantal

Career Career Points: ...... 23 (at Niagara, 12/21/06) Points: ...... 15 (at Richmond, 12/28/06) FG: ...... 8 (vs Robert Morris, 11/18/06) FG: ...... 7 (at Richmond, 12/28/06) FGA: ...... 17 (vs Robert Morris, 11/18/06) FGA: ...... 14 (at Richmond, 12/28/06) 3-Pt FG: ...... 3 (twice, last vs East Carolina, 1/28/07) 3-Pt FG: ...... 2 (vs UCF, 1/5/07) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 5 (twice, last at Niagara, 12/21/06) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 5 (vs UCF, 1/5/07) FT: ...... 10 (vs UAB, 2/23/08) FT: ...... 2 (6x, last vs UTEP, 2/7/08) FTA: ...... 12 (vs UAB, 2/23/08) FTA: ...... 4 (twice, last vs Robert Morris, 11/18/06) Rebounds: ...... 9 (vs Jackson State, 11/30/07) Rebounds: ...... 13 (@ Memphis, 1/10/08) Assists: ...... 3 (Twice, last vs. Navy, 12/16/07) Assists: ...... 7 (vs Morehead State, 11/21/06) Steals: ...... 3 (Twice, last @ Houston, 3/1/08) Steals: ...... 3 (@ Memphis, 1/10/08) Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (vs Niagara, 11/24/07) Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (@ Memphis, 1/10/08) Minutes Played: ...... 38 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) Minutes Played: ...... 39 (@ UCF, 1/31/08)

Season Season Points: ...... 18 (vs UTEP, 2/7/08) Points: ...... 14 (vs Memphis, 2/21/08) FG: ...... 7 (vs Pittsburgh, 12/1/07) FG: ...... 6 (vs Memphis, 2/21/08) FGA: ...... 12 (@ Tulane, 2/10/08) FGA: ...... 11 (Twice, last vs Memphis, 2/21/08) 3-Pt FG: ...... 1 (Twice, last vs Tulsa, 1/18/08) 3-Pt FG: ...... 3-Pt FGA: ...... 2 (3x, last vs Tulsa, 1/18/08) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 2 (@ UAB, 1/12/08) FT: ...... 10 (vs UAB, 2/23/08) FT: ...... 3 (vs UCF, 2/15/08) FTA: ...... 12 (vs UAB, 2/23/08) FTA: ...... 4 (Twice, last vs Memphis, 2/21/08) Rebounds: ...... 9 (Twice, last @ UAB, 1/12/08) Rebounds: ...... 13 (@ Memphis, 1/10/08) Assists: ...... 3 (vs. Navy, 12/16/07) Assists: ...... 6 (vs Tulsa, 1/18/08) Steals: ...... 3 (Twice, last @ Houston, 3/1/08) Steals: ...... 3 (@ Memphis, 1/10/08) Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (vs Niagara, 11/24/07) Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (@ Memphis, 1/10/08) Minutes Played: ...... 38 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) Minutes Played: ...... 39 (@ UCF, 1/31/08)

HAMMOND GAME-BY-GAME HANDY GAME-BY-GAME (Sophomore: 2007-08) (Sophomore: 2007-08) Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Kentucky State (exh.) 16 4-10 0-2 0-0 2-1-3 3 1 0 0 0 8 Kentucky State (exh.)* 25 3-8 0-1 0-0 3-2-5 3 2 1 0 0 6 WV Wesleyan (exh.)* 19 3-6 0-1 2-2 3-5-8 3 0 1 0 0 8 WV Wesleyan (exh.) 18 1-5 0-0 2-3 3-3-6 2 1 2 0 0 4 Evansville 17 4-7 1-1 2-2 2-3-5 3 1 2 0 0 11 Evansville* 17 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 3 1 0 0 0 2 IUPUI 20 3-5 0-1 4-4 1-3-4 2 0 0 0 1 10 IUPUI* 16 1-5 0-0 0-2 1-3-4 1 0 2 0 0 2 Radford 13 2-4 0-0 0-1 1-1-2 2 1 2 0 1 4 Radford* 15 1-3 0-0 1-2 0-2-2 3 0 0 0 0 3 Morehead State* 28 5-11 0-2 6-10 4-4-8 2 1 2 0 1 16 Morehead State 15 0-2 0-0 1-2 1-4-5 1 2 0 0 0 1 Niagara* 30 6-7 0-0 2-4 3-3-6 0 1 5 2 0 14 Niagara 19 2-3 0-0 2-2 1-3-4 1 3 1 0 1 6 Jackson State* 18 4-9 0-1 6-8 4-5-9 2 0 2 0 2 14 Jackson State 17 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-4-4 0 4 2 0 1 2 Pittsburgh* 35 7-11 0-2 3-5 0-4-4 4 0 3 0 0 17 Pittsburgh* 26 4-6 0-0 0-0 3-3-6 3 0 3 0 0 8 North Texas* 15 2-5 0-1 2-2 0-2-2 4 0 2 0 0 6 North Texas* 37 2-4 0-0 0-0 2-3-5 2 5 3 0 0 4 Ohio U.* 30 5-11 0-1 6-8 5-0-5 1 2 0 0 0 16 Ohio U.* 32 5-8 0-0 1-3 0-3-3 1 2 3 0 1 11 Navy* 28 6-9 0-1 0-2 2-2-4 1 3 3 1 0 12 Navy* 16 2-3 0-0 0-2 4-3-7 4 0 3 0 0 4 UTA* 38 4-11 0-2 6-7 1-5-6 3 1 3 1 0 14 UTA* 36 1-6 0-0 0-0 3-2-5 4 3 3 0 0 2 Missouri* 19 2-3 0-0 2-2 1-2-3 1 1 2 0 0 6 Missouri* 32 2-5 0-0 0-0 2-7-9 1 2 0 1 0 4 Virginia* 26 3-7 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 4 2 2 0 0 6 Virginia* 30 1-7 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 0 0 1 0 0 2 East Carolina* 18 2-5 0-0 5-9 1-4-5 2 2 2 0 1 9 East Carolina* 22 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-6-6 3 1 2 0 0 6 Memphis* 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 2 0 1 0 1 2 Memphis* 33 5-10 0-0 0-1 3-10-13 3 1 5 2 3 10 UAB* 30 4-8 0-1 0-0 3-6-9 3 1 0 0 0 8 UAB* 37 0-3 0-2 1-2 3-5-8 1 2 2 0 1 1 Tulsa* 24 3-8 1-1 1-2 2-2-4 0 2 1 0 0 8 Tulsa* 24 2-5 0-0 0-0 2-5-7 2 6 0 0 0 4 SMU* 12 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-4-5 1 0 3 0 0 0 SMU* 13 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 2 3 0 0 0 0 WVU 22 3-7 0-0 2-2 1-2-3 4 1 0 0 0 8 WVU* 20 1-5 0-0 0-0 3-2-5 4 1 1 0 0 2 ECU 29 5-7 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 2 0 4 0 3 12 ECU* 28 2-6 0-0 0-0 3-4-7 1 0 1 0 1 4 UCF* 28 6-8 0-0 0-1 0-1-1 5 0 6 0 0 12 UCF* 39 5-11 0-0 1-2 1-3-4 4 1 0 0 1 11 Southern Miss* 34 6-9 0-0 5-7 4-1-5 3 2 2 0 0 17 Southern Miss* 31 2-7 0-0 1-3 4-1-5 1 0 2 0 0 5 UTEP* 33 5-8 0-0 8-9 3-3-6 2 0 4 0 1 18 UTEP* 27 1-2 0-0 2-2 3-3-6 4 0 1 0 1 4 Tulane* 35 6-12 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 4 0 1 0 0 14 Tulane* 19 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 2 0 UCF* 19 2-5 0-0 2-4 0-2-2 3 0 1 0 0 6 UCF* 37 3-6 0-1 3-4 3-3-6 1 2 2 0 1 9 Southern Miss* 24 6-10 0-0 4-4 2-3-5 4 0 3 0 0 16 Southern Miss* 26 4-7 0-0 0-0 2-3-5 3 0 4 1 1 8 Memphis* 19 3-8 0-0 0-2 3-2-5 3 0 1 0 2 6 Memphis* 37 6-11 0-0 2-4 4-4-8 3 1 0 0 2 14 UAB 19 1-7 0-0 10-12 2-2-4 0 0 1 0 0 12 UAB* 30 1-3 0-0 2-2 2-4-6 1 1 0 0 0 4 Rice 19 3-6 0-1 4-4 4-2-6 3 1 1 0 3 10 Rice* 18 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-4-4 3 2 0 0 0 2 Houston* 22 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 1 1 5 0 0 2 Houston* 19 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 3 1 2 0 0 2 *Starter *Starter

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

Kizzy Hart Melody Hudson Guard Guard 5-7 5-8 Senior Senior Detroit, Mich. Hueytown, Ala. Labette (Kan.) CC Shelton State (Ala.) CC

Season/Career Points: ...... 27 (@ Houston, 3/1/08) Career FG: ...... 10 (@ Houston, 3/1/08) Points: ...... 8 (vs UCF, 1/5/07) FGA ...... 24 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) FG: ...... 3 (4x, last @ UTA, 12/18/07) 3-Pt FG: ...... 6 (@ Houston, 3/1/08) FGA: ...... 8 (vs Tulane, 2/15/07) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 13 (@ UAB, 1/12/08) 3-Pt FG: ...... 1 (Twice, last vs Evansville 11/9/07) FT: ...... 10 (vs UCF, 2/15/08) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 2 (4x, last vs Evansville, 11/9/07) FTA: ...... 13 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) FT: ...... 5 (vs Virginia, 12/5/06) Rebounds: ...... 10 (vs UCF, 2/15/08) FTA: ...... 6 (3x, last vs Memphis, 2/21/08) Assists: ...... 5 (@ Ohio U., 12/14/07) Rebounds: ...... 7 (vs UCF, 2/15/08) Steals: ...... 5 (@ Memphis, 1/10/08) Assists: ...... 4 (at Tulsa, 2/9/07) Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (@ Memphis, 1/10/08) Steals: ...... 4 (Twice, last vs UAB, 2/23/08) Minutes Played: ...... 43 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) Blocked Shots: ...... 1 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) Minutes Played: ...... 33 (vs Memphis, 2/21/08)

HART GAME-BY-GAME (Senior: 2007-08) Season Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Kentucky State (exh.)* 22 2-9 1-3 1-5 1-3-4 3 2 1 0 1 6 Points: ...... 6 (3x, last vs UAB, 2/23/08) WV Wesleyan (exh.) 23 4-11 3-5 1-3 0-1-1 1 3 4 0 1 12 Evansville* 33 2-7 1-2 1-3 0-2-2 1 3 2 0 0 6 FG: ...... 3 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) IUPUI* 27 4-10 0-2 0-0 2-2-4 2 0 3 0 1 8 Radford* 23 3-8 1-3 3-4 0-5-5 0 3 2 1 0 10 FGA: ...... 6 (vs UCF, 2/15/08) Morehead State* 33 5-16 4-11 3-4 0-2-2 4 3 2 0 1 17 Niagara* 30 4-12 2-4 1-4 2-2-4 2 4 0 0 1 11 3-Pt FG: ...... 1 (at Evansville, 11/9/07) Jackson State* 24 3-8 2-5 0-0 0-4-4 1 3 3 0 3 8 Pittsburgh* 37 3-12 1-5 5-6 1-2-3 4 2 2 0 2 12 3-Pt FGA: ...... 2 (at Evansville, 11/9/07) North Texas* 34 8-13 1-2 6-9 1-1-2 3 3 5 0 3 23 Ohio U.* 37 5-12 1-5 7-7 1-5-6 1 5 3 1 3 18 FT: ...... 3 (Twice, last vs Memphis, 2/21/08) Navy* 31 5-18 1-10 4-4 1-2-3 0 2 3 1 3 15 UTA* 43 7-24 2-7 8-13 4-3-7 3 4 3 0 2 24 FTA: ...... 6 (vs Memphis, 2/21/08) Missouri* 30 4-12 2-4 4-4 0-2-2 0 4 2 0 0 14 Virginia* 35 8-14 3-8 5-7 2-4-6 2 1 3 1 1 24 Rebounds: ...... 7 (vs UCF, 2/15/08) East Carolina* 27 4-11 2-5 5-6 2-3-5 1 2 2 0 2 15 Memphis* 32 6-12 2-4 0-0 0-7-7 0 2 3 2 5 14 Assists: ...... 3 (4x, last @ UCF, 1/31/08) UAB* 39 4-18 3-13 4-6 0-7-7 4 1 2 0 2 15 Tulsa* 30 4-16 2-8 1-2 0-1-1 1 3 1 1 3 11 Steals: ...... 4 (Twice, last vs UAB, 2/23/08) SMU* 29 3-11 1-7 2-4 0-1-1 4 3 4 0 1 9 WVU* 36 6-15 5-10 1-4 1-4-5 2 1 5 0 1 18 Blocked Shots: ...... 1 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) ECU* 33 3-13 1-7 0-0 0-6-6 1 3 3 0 2 7 UCF* 26 2-6 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 3 3 4 1 3 4 Minutes Played: ...... 33 (vs Memphis, 2/21/08) Southern Miss* 30 4-15 2-8 1-2 1-2-3 2 1 3 0 0 11 UTEP* 31 4-18 0-6 0-2 0-1-1 3 1 2 0 1 8 Tulane* 36 3-12 0-3 4-4 2-2-4 4 3 3 0 4 10 HUDSON GAME-BY-GAME UCF* 39 6-14 3-9 10-12 1-9-10 0 1 6 1 3 25 (Senior: 2007-08) Southern Miss* 39 5-15 1-6 4-6 1-4-5 2 2 3 0 1 15 Memphis* 30 9-15 3-7 2-5 1-3-4 4 2 1 1 2 23 Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Kentucky State (exh.) 11 2-3 0-0 2-2 3-3-6 0 1 2 0 0 6 UAB* 36 3-15 1-6 0-0 3-1-4 1 2 4 0 3 7 WV Wesleyan (exh.)* 19 2-6 0-3 2-2 3-3-6 1 2 3 0 2 6 Rice* 36 8-19 5-11 2-3 1-3-4 2 1 3 0 3 23 Evansville 17 1-3 1-2 0-0 1-2-3 2 2 1 0 4 3 Houston* 36 10-17 6-8 1-2 0-5-5 5 1 1 0 2 27 IUPUI* 21 0-3 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 0 2 1 0 0 0 *Starter Radford* 27 1-4 0-1 2-2 2-1-3 3 2 1 0 0 4 Morehead State 15 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 3 3 1 0 0 0 Niagara 10 1-2 0-1 1-2 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Jackson State 20 1-2 0-0 0-2 2-0-2 3 1 0 0 1 2 Pittsburgh 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 North Texas 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Navy 19 0-3 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 1 2 0 0 1 0 UTA 14 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 1 0 6 Missouri 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 Virginia 15 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 2 0 2 2 East Carolina 18 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 3 1 0 0 2 Memphis 20 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 0 3 2 0 2 0 UAB 16 0-3 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 Tulsa 17 0-2 0-0 2-2 0-2-2 0 2 0 0 1 2 SMU 14 0-0 0-0 3-4 1-2-3 2 1 2 0 1 3 WVU 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 ECU 9 1-2 0-0 2-3 1-2-3 3 1 2 0 0 4 UCF 17 0-1 0-0 2-4 2-0-2 0 3 5 0 1 0 Southern Miss 22 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 3 1 4 0 1 0 UTEP 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tulane 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 UCF 28 2-6 0-0 2-5 2-5-7 2 0 2 0 0 6 Southern Miss 17 2-5 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 Memphis* 33 1-4 0-0 3-6 2-2-4 4 2 5 0 3 5 UAB* 30 3-5 0-1 0-0 1-2-3 1 1 2 0 4 6 Rice* 18 0-3 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 2 1 2 0 1 1 Houston 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 *Starter

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

Kari James Kendra King Center Forward 6-4 6-0 Junior Junior Gallipolis, Ohio Fairfax, Va. Gallipolis Paul VI Catholic

Career Career Points: ...... 6 (vs Jackson State, 11/30/07) Points: ...... 14 (vs Drake, 11/24/06) FG: ...... 2 (at Navy, 11/12/06) FG: ...... 5 (4x last vs Tulane, 2/15/07) FGA: ...... 3 (vs Jackson State, 11/30/07) FGA: ...... 11 (vs Morehead State, 11/21/06) 3-Pt FG: ...... 0 3-Pt FG: ...... 2 (vs Virginia, 12/5/06) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 0 3-Pt FGA: ...... 3 (twice, last vs UTEP, 2/17/07) FT: ...... 4 (vs. Tulsa, 1/27/06) FT: ...... 5 (twice, last vs Southern Miss, 1/7/07) FTA: ...... 4 (twice, last vs. Memphis, 2/12/06) FTA: ...... 7 (at Tulsa, 2/9/07) Rebounds: ...... 3 (vs. Baylor, 11/27/05) Rebounds: ...... 13 (twice, last vs Southern Miss, 1/7/07) Assists: ...... 1 (twice, last at Tulsa, 2/9/07) Assists: ...... 5 (at UCF, 2/22/07) Steals: _ ...... 0 Steals: ...... 5 (vs Morehead State, 11/21/06) Blocked Shots: ...... 1 (4x, last at East Carolina, 1/2/07) Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (3x, last vs Morehead State, 11/21/07) Minutes Played: ...... 12 (at Virginia, 12/20/05) Minutes Played: ...... 36 (vs Drake, 11/24/06)

Season Season Points: ...... 6 (vs Jackson State, 11/30/07) Points: ...... 9 (@ Southern Miss, 2/2/08) FG: ...... 2 (vs Jackson State, 11/30/07) FG: ...... 3 (3x, last @ Houston, 3/1/08) FGA: ...... 3 (vs Jackson State, 11/30/07) FGA: ...... 8 (@ Morehead State, 11/21/07) 3-Pt FG: ...... 3-Pt FG: ...... 1 (@ Southern Miss, 2/2/08) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 3-Pt FGA: ...... 2 (@ Southern Miss, 2/2/08) FT: ...... 2 (vs Jackson State, 11/30/07) FT: ...... 2 (6x, last @ Houston, 3/1/08) FTA: ...... 2 (3x, last @ Memphis, 1/10/08) FTA: ...... 3 (vs UCF, 2/15/08) Rebounds: ...... 2 (Twice, last vs ECU, 1/5/08) Rebounds: ...... 10 (@ Morehead State, 11/21/07) Assists: ...... Assists: ...... 2 (Twice, last vs Jackson State, 11/30/07) Steals: ...... Steals: ...... 1 (@ Morehead State, 11/21/07) Blocked Shots: ...... Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (@ Morehead State, 11/21/07) Minutes Played: ...... 6 (Twice, last vs UTEP, 2/7/08) Minutes Played: ...... 26 (vs Southern Miss, 2/17/08)

JAMES GAME-BY-GAME KING GAME-BY-GAME (Junior: 2007-08) (Junior: 2007-08) Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts IUPUI 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kentucky State (exh)* 13 2-7 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 2 1 0 0 0 4 Niagara 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WV Wesleyan (exh.) 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 1 0 0 Jackson State 6 2-3 0-0 2-2 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 6 Evansville 5 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Navy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 IUPUI 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 2 0 0 0 East Carolina 4 0-1 0-0 1-2 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Radford 13 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 0 0 1 1 0 2 Memphis 1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Morehead State 24 3-8 0-0 2-2 5-5-10 5 0 1 2 1 8 Tulsa 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Niagara 14 1-4 0-0 0-1 1-1-2 1 2 0 0 0 2 UTEP 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Jackson State 19 1-4 0-1 2-2 2-1-3 2 2 1 0 0 4 Southern Miss 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 North Texas 5 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Navy 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Virginia 5 0-4 0-0 0-0 3-0-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 East Carolina 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Memphis 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tulsa 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ECU 7 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 UCF 10 1-3 0-0 0-0 3-0-3 0 1 0 0 0 2 Southern Miss 23 3-7 1-2 2-2 2-3-5 2 1 2 0 0 9 UTEP 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Tulane 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 UCF 15 2-4 0-0 2-3 1-2-3 1 0 0 0 0 6 Southern Miss 26 1-5 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 0 1 0 0 0 2 UAB 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Rice 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Houston 24 3-6 0-1 2-2 2-2-4 1 1 2 1 0 8 *Starter

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

Meagan Samis Meg Withrow Forward Guard 6-0 5-6 Senior Junior Oklahoma City, Okla. Nitro, W. Va. UNC Wilmington UNC Wilmington

Career Career Points: ...... 26* (at Drexel, 2/11/05) Points: ...... 22* (3x, last vs Old Dominion, 1/30/05) FG: ...... 10* (at Drexel, 2/11/05) FG: ...... 10* (vs East Carolina, 12/28/04) FGA: ...... 18* (at Drexel, 2/11/05) FGA: ...... 22* (at Va. Commonwealth, 1/27/05) 3-Pt FG: ...... 3 (4x, last at UCF, 2/22/07) 3-Pt FG: ...... 4 (Twice, last vs SMU, 1/20/08) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 9 (vs Memphis, 2/1/07) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 6* (4x, last vs SMU, other @ UNCW, 1/20/08) FT: ...... 12* (vs Hofstra, 1/2/05) FT: ...... 6* (twice, last vs Old Dominion, 1/30/05) FTA: ...... 14* (vs Hofstra, 1/2/05) FTA: ...... 7* (twice, last at George Mason, 2/20/05) Rebounds: ...... 9* (vs Va. Commonwealth, 3/9/05) Rebounds: ...... 14* (3x, last at George Mason, 2/20/05) Assists: ...... 9 (3x, last vs East Carolina, 1/28/07) Assists: ...... 5* (at Coastal Carolina, 11/30/04) Steals: ...... 6* (vs Va. Commonwealth, 3/3/05) Steals: ...... 4* (3x, last vs Va. Commonwealth, 3/3/05) Blocked Shots: ...... 2* (vs Towson, 2/27/05) Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (vs IUPUI, 11/16/07) Minutes Played: ...... 42* (vs Drexel, 1/9/05) Minutes Played: ...... 41* (vs Drexel, 1/14/05) * While at UNC Wilmington during the 2004-05 season * While at UNC Wilmington during the 2004-05 season Season Season Points: ...... 14 (@ UAB, 1/12/08) Points: ...... 18 (@ Morehead State, 11/21/07) FG: ...... 5 (vs Tulsa, 1/18/08) FG: ...... 6 (3x, last @ UCF, 1/31/08) FGA: ...... 9 (@ UAB, 1/12/08) FGA: ...... 15 (@ Morehead State, 11/21/07) 3-Pt FG: ...... 3 (@ UAB, 1/12/08) 3-Pt FG: ...... 4 (Twice, last vs SMU, 1/20/08) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 6 (Twice, last @ UAB, 1/12/08) 3-Pt FGA: ...... 6 (3x, last @ ECU, 1/27/08) FT: ...... 8 (vs Niagara, 11/24/07) FT: ...... 4 (@ UTA, 12/18/07) FTA: ...... 11 (vs Niagara, 11/24/07) FTA: ...... 4 (3x, last vs WVU, 1/23/08) Rebounds: ...... 4 (@ UAB, 1/12/08) Rebounds: ...... 12 (vs WVU, 1/23/08) Assists: ...... 6 (at Evansville, 11/9/07) Assists: ...... 3 (4x, last vs. Navy, 12/16/07) Steals: ...... 5 (at Evansville, 11/9/07) Steals: ...... 3 (Twice, last vs UTEP, 2/7/08) Blocked Shots: ...... Blocked Shots: ...... 2 (vs IUPUI, 11/16/07) Minutes Played: ...... 35 (vs Pittsburgh, 12/1/07) Minutes Played: ...... 38 (@ Morehead State, 11/21/07) SAMIS GAME-BY-GAME (Senior: 2007-08) Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts WITHROW GAME-BY-GAME Kentucky State (exh.) 13 1-4 0-0 1-2 0-4-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 (Junior: 2007-08) WV Wesleyan (exh.) 11 5-5 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 3 1 1 1 1 10 Opponent Min FG 3FG FT O-D-R PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Evansville 21 3-7 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 4 1 0 0 0 6 Kentucky State (exh.) 19 1-3 0-2 3-4 0-0-0 3 3 1 0 2 5 IUPUI* 23 4-8 0-0 1-2 3-5-8 3 2 1 2 0 9 WV Wesleyan (exh.)* 20 2-6 0-3 3-4 0-1-1 1 3 0 0 4 7 Radford* 27 5-11 0-0 2-2 4-4-8 2 3 5 0 1 12 Evansville* 34 4-8 2-6 3-4 0-2-2 3 6 3 0 5 13 Morehead State* 38 6-15 4-5 2-2 1-5-6 3 3 5 0 0 18 IUPUI 26 3-5 1-3 0-1 0-3-3 3 3 3 0 1 7 Niagara* 20 2-5 1-2 0-0 0-3-3 3 2 2 1 0 5 Radford 25 1-4 0-1 2-2 0-0-0 1 3 5 0 0 4 Jackson State* 19 4-11 1-3 3-4 2-3-5 1 1 0 0 1 12 Morehead State 23 1-4 1-2 2-2 0-3-3 2 4 3 0 1 5 Pittsburgh 8 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Niagara 28 2-5 1-3 8-11 1-0-1 1 3 2 0 2 13 North Texas 12 2-5 0-1 1-2 1-2-3 4 0 1 0 0 5 Jackson State 21 4-5 2-3 0-0 0-1-1 1 3 1 0 0 10 Ohio U. 23 1-3 0-1 1-2 2-4-6 2 3 2 0 2 3 Pittsburgh* 35 2-6 0-3 3-8 0-1-1 1 2 0 0 2 7 Navy 24 5-5 0-0 0-0 0-6-6 3 3 2 0 0 10 North Texas 10 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 UTA 28 2-5 0-1 4-4 3-8-11 1 1 3 1 1 8 Ohio U. 10 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 Missouri 20 3-7 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 2 2 0 1 0 6 Navy 18 3-6 1-3 2-6 0-2-2 1 1 0 0 4 9 Virginia 25 1-9 1-3 0-0 0-3-3 3 0 4 0 1 3 UTA 22 0-1 0-1 2-2 0-1-1 0 1 2 0 1 2 East Carolina 15 2-7 1-1 0-0 4-3-7 2 0 2 0 0 5 Missouri 16 3-3 0-0 3-3 0-1-1 0 1 2 0 1 9 Memphis 14 1-6 0-2 0-0 4-1-5 1 0 3 0 0 2 Virginia 13 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 UAB 6 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 East Carolina 29 3-6 2-2 2-2 0-1-1 1 3 0 0 1 10 Tulsa 21 6-8 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 2 1 0 0 0 13 Memphis 18 1-4 0-1 2-2 0-2-2 1 0 2 0 1 4 SMU 32 5-13 4-6 2-2 1-3-4 1 0 0 0 0 16 UAB 34 3-9 3-6 5-8 2-2-4 3 2 0 0 1 14 WVU* 36 3-10 1-6 0-4 4-8-12 0 2 1 0 3 7 Tulsa 20 5-5 2-2 0-1 0-1-1 0 2 1 0 1 12 ECU* 31 5-12 2-6 0-0 1-3-4 3 0 2 1 0 12 SMU 23 1-3 0-2 1-2 1-2-3 1 1 0 0 0 3 UCF 25 6-8 1-1 0-0 5-4-9 2 0 3 0 1 13 WVU 17 1-2 1-2 0-2 0-2-2 0 0 3 0 1 3 Southern Miss 17 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 ECU 21 2-4 0-2 6-6 0-2-2 1 5 0 0 1 10 UTEP 27 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-3-3 1 1 4 0 3 0 UCF 13 1-2 0-0 7-8 0-1-1 2 0 1 0 0 9 Tulane 25 1-2 1-1 2-2 1-4-5 2 0 0 1 2 5 *Starter UCF 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 1 0 0 1 2 Southern Miss 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Memphis 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UAB* 14 1-6 0-3 2-2 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 1 4 Rice 28 2-5 0-2 0-1 2-4-6 2 2 2 1 0 4 Houston 13 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 *Starter

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

Evansville 89, MU 77 IUPUI 60, MU 49 Radford 72, MU 61

EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Down 70-57 with just over ten minutes left, OXFORD, Ohio - IUPUI center Julia Whitted scored 14 second-half OXFORD, Ohio - Radford guard Johnette Walker scored 21 points, Evansville made a furious charge, going on a 26-0 run, to down the points to lead the Jaguars to a 60-49 win over the Marshall University including six in the fi nal minute as the Highlanders topped Marshall, 72-61, in the Herd’s third WNIT game on Saturday at Millett Hall in Ox- Thundering Herd women’s basketball team, 89-77, Friday night at Rob- women’s basketball team in the consolation round of the WNIT Friday ford, Ohio. erts Stadium. night at Millett Hall in Oxford, Ohio. It marked the third loss in a row to start the season for Marshall Marshall (0-1) held a lead of as many as 16 points in the second Whitted scored a game-high 18 points, along with tallying 11 re- (0-3) while Radford improved to 1-2. half, leading 62-46 with just over 16 minutes left before the run by the bounds and fi ve blocks, both game highs. For the third consecutive game, Marshall held a lead at halftime, up 29-26 at the break. The Herd shot 48% in the half while the defense Purple Aces (1-0). Marshall (0-2) held a halftime lead (23-21) for the second time in held Radford to a 24.3%. Radford managed to make it close with their Alix Barnette led Marshall, scoring 15 points. Meg Withrow also had as many games, but IUPUI’s (1-2) 61.9% shooting in the second half rebounding, holding a 24-19 advantage in that category, including 14- a solid game, notching 13 points to go along with six assists. She also proved to be the diff erence. 5 on the off ensive boards. led all players with fi ve steals. The fi rst half was a defensive struggle, with Marshall taking a 23-21 Marshall scored the fi rst four points of the game, but a run by Rad- ford gave them a 9-6 lead with just over 14 minutes left. A 9-0 run put Marshall was lights out in the fi rst half, shooting 60% (21-35) from lead into the locker room. Tynikki Crook hit a lay-up with four seconds the Herd back ahead 15-9, a lead that would not be relinquished for the fi eld, including 62.5% (5-8) from three-point range. With 51 points left to give Marshall the lead. Neither team shot well from the fl oor in the rest of the half. scored in the half, it marked the fi rst time MU had accomplished that the half, with the Herd holding a 34.5%-33.3% edge in that category. A back and forth battle ensued in the second half. The Highlanders feat since scoring 54 in the second half against UAB in the 2005-06 sea- Marshall also out-rebounded the Jaguars in the half, 24-15. IUPUI man- knotted the game at 29 in the opening moments of the second half as Corrie Fertitta knocked a three-pointer down in the fi rst shot of the son. aged to keep the game close with six blocks and committing three less period. Evansville’s defense had a strong second half, holding Marshall to turnovers. Marshall came back with four straight points to retake the lead, ex- 31% shooting and 26 points. They also held the Herd without a point Marshall held the lead partway through the second half, up 31-29 tending it to as many as nine points, 50-41, when Casey Baker hit a shot for an eight minute stretch. with just under 15 minutes left, but a 5-0 IUPUI run put them up 34- with just over nine minutes left in the contest. From that point on, Radford took control of the game, scoring eight Leading the Aces was Rebekah Parker, who had a game-high 22 31 with 13 minutes left. From that point on, the Jaguars never looked of the next nine points to cut the lead to 51-49. The Herd came back points. Shannon Novosel also had a stellar game, tallying 20 points to back. The Herd got the game to within one point (46-45) with just over with six points, including four straight by Meagan Samis to take a 57-51 go along with 12 boards. fi ve minutes left in the game, but a 5-0 Jaguar run, coupled with six edge, but the Highlanders proved to be too much, tying the score at 57 with four minutes left before going on a 15-4 run to end the game. Aside from Barnette and Withrow, Alyssa Hammond and Casey free throws made in the fi nal minute put the game out of reach for Six consecutive points by Kelli Darden, combined with six free throw Baker also made solid contributions. Hammond had 11 points and fi ve Marshall. shots in the last minute by Johnette Walker ended Marshall’s chances rebounds while Baker had ten points and four steals. Alyssa Hammond had her second double-digit scoring perfor- for victory. mance of the season with a team-high ten points. Meagan Samis Radford’s shooting improved greatly in the second half as the High- landers notched 16 fi eld goals in the second half, compared to 9 in the was close behind with nine points. She also led the team with eight fi rst period. The free throw line also played a pivotal role in the game as boards. Radford was a perfect 18-18, including 12-12 in the second half. Mar- IUPUI had the advantage from the fl oor, fi nishing with a 45.8%, shall was a solid 12-17 from the line. compared to 35.7% for the Herd. The Jaguars hit 13 of 21 fi eld goals While Marshall held a 24-23 edge on the defensive boards, Rad- ford’s 17-10 advantage on the off ensive side played a crucial role in in the second half. That, coupled with 14 points from the charity stripe their win. The Highlanders also had fi ve second-half blocks. made the diff erence. Junior Casey Baker had the top game of her young career, scoring 14 points while dishing out six assists. Meagan Samis fell just short of her fi rst career double-double for the Herd. Samis fi nished the game with 12 points and eight boards. Senior Kizzy Hart hit double-digits in scoring for the fi rst time at Marshall with ten. Radford was led by a 21-point eff ort from Johnette Walker. Corrie Fertitta notched a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Marshall (0-1) IUPUI 1-1 FG 3-PT FT REB Marshall 0-3 Player M A M A M A O D T F TP A TO B S MIN FG 3-PT FT REB tot-fg 3-pt rebounds CROOK 4 8 0 0 1 2 3 3 6 4 9 0 2 0 1 20 Player M A M A M A O D T F TP A TO B S MIN Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HANDY 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 17 CANN 2 6 0 0 2 4 2 6 8 5 6 3 6 1 3 30 HANDY 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 15 WITHROW 4 8 2 6 3 4 0 2 2 3 13 6 3 0 5 34 WHITTED 8 15 0 0 2 3 3 8 11 3 18 1 2 5 2 32 SAMIS 5 11 0 0 2 2 4 4 8 2 12 3 5 0 1 27 BAKER 5 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 10 2 6 0 4 20 COOK 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 18 BAKER 6 11 0 0 2 4 1 3 4 5 14 6 2 0 1 34 HART 2 7 1 2 1 3 0 2 2 1 6 3 2 0 0 33 CUNNINGHAM 1 4 0 0 5 6 1 4 5 1 7 1 1 0 2 30 HART 3 8 1 3 3 4 0 5 5 0 10 3 2 1 0 23 KING 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 TATE 3 5 1 1 2 4 0 3 3 1 9 5 3 0 2 38 HUDSON 1 4 0 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 4 2 1 0 0 27 HUDSON 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 2 3 2 1 0 4 17 CONNER 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 9 WITHROW 1 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 3 5 0 0 25 BARNETTE 6 11 2 5 1 1 2 0 2 1 15 3 1 0 0 16 RANSOM 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 18 CROOK 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 8 1 3 0 1 12 SAMIS 3 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 6 1 0 0 0 21 JAMES 4 7 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 9 2 0 0 0 25 KING 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 13 HAMMOND 4 7 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 3 11 1 2 0 0 17 TEAM 2 2 BARNETTE 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 TEAM 1 2 3 Totals 22 48 2 5 14 20 8 26 34 15 60 13 15 6 9 200 HAMMOND 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 0 1 13 Totals 30 64 7 17 10 14 12 18 30 27 77 19 17 0 14 200 TEAM 1 1 2 FG% 1st Half: 9-27 33.3% 2nd Half: 13-21 61.9% Game: 45.8% Totals...... 24 54 1 6 12 17 10 24 34 19 61 19 22 3 4 200 FG% 1st Half: 21-35 60.0% 2nd Half: 9-29 31.0% Game: 46.9% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 0-0 0.0% Game: 40.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 41.2% FT% 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 13-18 72.2% Game: 70.0% FG% 1st Half: 12-25 48.0% 2nd Half: 12-29 41.4% Game: 44.4% FT% 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd Half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 71.4% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 0-3 0.0% Game: 16.7% Marshall 0-2 FT% 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 8-10 80.0% Game: 70.6% Evansville (1-0) FG 3-PT FT REB FG 3-PT FT REB Radford 1-2 Player M A M A M A O D T F TP A TO B S MIN Player M A M A M A O D T F TP A TO B S MIN tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Novosel 8 15 1 2 3 5 8 4 12 4 20 1 3 1 3 30 HANDY 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 16 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Jennings 2 4 0 1 8 9 1 2 3 1 12 0 1 0 0 30 SAMIS 4 8 0 0 1 2 3 5 8 3 9 2 1 2 0 23 DARDEN 5 11 0 0 0 0 2 6 8 4 10 2 2 4 1 24 Austin 5 9 2 4 3 4 0 2 2 3 15 2 4 0 1 27 BAKER 3 12 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 7 2 4 1 2 31 FERTITTA 5 11 2 5 2 2 2 9 11 4 14 2 4 1 1 40 Felke 5 12 4 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 4 4 0 2 35 HART 4 10 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 8 0 3 0 1 27 MOTON 5 15 1 4 0 0 1 4 5 4 11 2 0 0 3 30 Parker 9 15 0 5 4 4 2 5 7 3 22 4 3 0 1 33 HUDSON 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 2 1 0 0 21 PULLEN 3 9 0 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 8 1 3 0 2 37 Sickles 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 11 WITHROW 3 5 1 3 0 1 0 3 3 3 7 3 3 0 1 26 WALKER 4 10 1 6 12 12 3 2 5 3 21 4 3 0 2 38 Milchan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 6 CROOK 2 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 11 WOOD 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 10 Barrett 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 KING 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 PORTER 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Palan 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 8 BARNETTE 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 15 WHITE 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Gallagher 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 0 1 18 HAMMOND 3 5 0 1 4 4 1 3 4 2 10 0 0 0 1 20 LEEPER 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 15 TEAM 1 4 5 JAMES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 TEAM 2 1 3 Totals 31 62 8 23 19 25 16 24 40 14 89 19 19 2 10 200 TEAM 3 1 4 Totals.... 25 66 4 18 18 18 17 23 40 16 72 11 15 5 9 200 Totals 20 56 1 7 8 14 13 23 36 17 49 9 16 3 5 200 FG% 1st Half: 14-35 40.0% 2nd Half: 17-27 63.0% Game: 50.0% FG% 1st Half: 9-37 24.3% 2nd Half: 16-29 55.2% Game: 37.9% 3FG% 1st Half: 6-15 40.0% 2nd Half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 34.8% FG% 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 2nd Half: 10-27 37.0% Game: 35.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-12 16.7% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 22.2% FT% 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 14-16 87.5% Game: 76.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 0-5 0.0% Game: 14.3% FT% 1st Half: 6-6 100% 2nd Half: 12-12 100% Game: 100% FT% 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 57.1% Offi cials: Charlie Hust, Shannon Feck, Mark Gines Offi cials: Bruce Morris, Shannon Feck, Thurman Leggs Technical fouls: Marshall-None. Evansville-None. Offi cials: Dave Stewart, Carol Comanita, Carol Smith Technical fouls: Marshall-None. Radford-None. Attendance: 1057 Technical fouls: IUPUI-None. Marshall-None. Attendance: 214 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Marshall 29 32 61 Marshall 51 26 77 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Radford 26 46 72 Evansville 39 50 89 IUPUI 21 39 60 First round of the 2007 Preseason WNIT. Marshall 23 26 49 Points in the paint-MARSHALL 32,RADFORD 26. WNIT Consolation Bracket Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 16,RADFORD 22. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 30,UE 42. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 9,RADFORD 12. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 19,UE 24. Points in the paint-IUPUI 24,MARSHALL 26. Points off turnovers-IUPUI 5,MARSHALL Fast break points-MARSHALL 10,RADFORD 10. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 11,UE 14. 12. Bench points-MARSHALL 18,RADFORD 8. Score tied-3 times. Fast break points-MARSHALL 12,UE 6. 2nd chance points-IUPUI 10,MARSHALL 9. Fast break points-IUPUI 4,MARSHALL 4. Lead changed-3 times. Bench points-MARSHALL 37,UE 5. Score tied-4 times. Bench points-IUPUI 18,MARSHALL 23. Score tied-8 times. Lead changed-7 times. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-05:35, RADFORD 2nd-01:20. Lead changed-3 times. Last FG-IUPUI 2nd-02:39, MARSHALL 2nd-00:47. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 9 2nd-09:20, RADFORD by 11 2nd-00:26. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-00:37, UE 2nd-01:01. Largest lead-IUPUI by 11 2nd-00:07, MARSHALL by 6 1st-05:06. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 16 2nd-16:07, UE by 14 2nd-01:34.

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

MU 83, Morehead St 79 (OT) MU 79, Niagara 66 MU 87, Jackson State 61 MOREHEAD, Ky. - Late heroics by Meagan Samis and Alyssa Ham- HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Junior Casey Baker set yet another career HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Behind 14-points eff orts from Alix Barnette mond helped the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team to a thrill- mark in scoring as the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team and Alyssa Hammond, the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team ing 83-79 overtime win on the road at Morehead State on Wednesday downed Niagara University in dominating fashion, 79-66, Saturday dominated Jackson State, taking down the Tigers 87-61, in the fi rst night. afternoon at the Cam Henderson Center. game of the Sixth-Annual Fifth Third MU Classic. The win marks the fi rst of the season for Marshall (1-3). Follow- The win gave Marshall (2-3, 0-0 C-USA) its second-straight win The win marks the Herd’s third straight and second in as many ing the game, head coach Royce Chadwick was proud of the eff ort. while giving it a 1-0 record at home. For Niagara (2-3, 0-0 MAAC), it home games while evening its record at 3-3. “We’ve played really good basketball for 35 minutes in every game and marked their third loss in a row after starting the season 2-0. Marshall head coach Royce Chadwick was once against satisfi ed poorly for the last fi ve minutes,” Chadwick said. “In this game, we didn’t “I thought we played better as the game went along. I thought it with the team eff ort. “Our second half was much better than the fi rst, I play well the fi rst 35, but we played well the last fi ve and that’s what was our best game so far. In the fi rst half we gave up too many off en- thought we played much better defense in the second half,” Chadwick counts.” sive rebounds,” head coach Royce Chadwick said after the game. “We said. “We settled in and we got some things established that we did not Down 63-55 with 40 seconds left in regulation, the Herd began its did a better job in the second half of keeping them off the boards, I get in the fi rst half.” miraculous comeback with two free throws by Casey Baker. After More- thought the off ensive rebounds kept them in the game. They made a Jackson State (2-4) had the upper hand early in the contest, taking head State (1-3) made one of two at the line, Baker struck again, hitting run in the second half and I was very proud of the team as they came an early 12-8 lead on a jumper by LaSharee Christian. That would the a three to make it a 60-64 game. Following another made free throw by together and showed some leadership to put their run to an end and Tigers’ largest as Marshall would claw back and tied the game at 14 on MSU, Meg Withrow hit a three, her fi rst fi eld goal of the night to bring close the game out the right way.” a free throw shot by Meagan Samis. the Herd to within two. For the second game in a row, four Marshall players fi nished in From that point on, it was all Marshall. A lay-up with just under 12 Tarah Combs of MSU hit two free throws to extend the Eagle lead double digits. Baker topped the 18 points she scored on Wednesday at minutes left in the half by Samis gave the Herd a 16-14 lead. Marshall’s to four with 12 seconds left, but Marshall did not give up, as Meagan Morehead with a 19-point eff ort against Niagara. Along with that, she largest lead of the half came when Casey Baker hit a lay-up with over Samis countered with a three. Following two more free throws made notched a career-high in rebounds with seven. eight minutes left to make it a 25-18 game. The rest of the half was by Tarah Combs, the Herd found itself down three with just under six Alyssa Hammond notched 14 points, her fourth double-digit scor- a back-and-forth battle with the Herd settling for a six-point halftime seconds left. On the fi nal trip down the fl oor, Withrow fed Samis, who ing game in fi ve contests this season. Meg Withrow tied her season- lead. knocked down a three at the buzzer to send the game to overtime. high of 13 points while Kizzy Hart rounded out the double-digit scor- Marshall showed its domination in the second half, connecting on The Herd would not be denied in the extra period, leading from ers with 11. 18 fi eld goals en route to a 26-point win. The Herd started the second start to fi nish. Alyssa Hammond took the game over, scoring seven Marshall took its fourth halftime lead in fi ve games, 38-28. Niagara half on a 23-4 run to make it a 58-33 game. Marshall’s defense set the straight points to seal the game. Kizzy Hart and Casey Baker also took an early 4-3 lead just over a minute into the contest, which would tone, allowing only one JSU fi eld goal through the fi rst 8+ minutes of combined for seven points in the extra period as the Herd fi nished off later prove to be the Purple Eagles’ only lead of the game. that half. Morehead State, 83-79. Late in the period, a jumper by Kizzy Hart gave Marshall its biggest The off ense also came through, shooting 62.1% from the fi eld in For the fi rst time this season, Marshall did not go into the locker lead of the game, 38-26. the latter half while extending the lead to as many as 30 points. The room leading at the half, as they found themselves tied at 32 at the Niagara did not give up in the second half, outscoring the Herd 19- Tigers were able to slightly cut into the lead over the reigning minutes break. The Herd dominated the game early on, scoring the fi rst six 9 in the fi rst seven minutes of the period to knot the game at 47. Sec- of the game, but would get no closer than 26 as the Herd would take points of the game while holding the Eagles without a fi eld goal until ond-half runs by the opponents hurt Marshall in its fi rst three games the win, 87-61. the 15:13 mark. Hammond and Samis had the hot hand early in the this season, however, today was a diff erent story. Samis kept the Herd in the game early, scoring ten of her 12 points contest. Hammond scored eight in the period, including six-straight. A 9-0 Marshall run, which would later turn into a 22-5 run ensued. in the fi rst half. In a 52-point second half, it was Alix Barnette and Alys- Samis led all scorers with 12 in the fi rst stanza, including two threes After Niagara tied the game, Meg Withrow hit a lay-up and was fouled sam Hammond who stole the show, scoring 12 and 10 points in the in a row. Her lay-up ten minutes in gave Marshall its largest lead of the on the shot. Withrow hit the free throw and after four points by Ch- latter half, respectively. period, 20-12, however, Morehead State would turn the tables in the antelle Handy and two by Alyssa Hammond, the Herd found itself up Hammond came close to notching her fi rst career double-double, latter part of the half, outscoring the Herd 20-12 before halftime. 56-47. fi nishing with 14 points and nine boards. Samis fi nished the game with The Eagles used the three-point shot to their advantage, knocking Liz Flooks hit a three for the Purple Eagles to stop the run, but the fi ve boards, second for the Herd. down six in the fi rst half, including three-straight in just over a minute. Herd kept the hammer down, scoring 13 of the next 15 points to ex- The defense was not only strong in the second half, but also played Marshall led from the start until the 2:02 mark when MSU took a 32-30 tend its lead to 69-52 with just over six minutes left in the game. a strong part throughout the game, holding Jackson State to only lead on a Chynna Bozeman three. Casey Baker hit two free throws with Niagara would cut the lead to ten with under a minute left, but the 37.9% shooting for the game. For the third game-in-a-row, the Herd nine seconds left to tie the game. Purple Eagles would not get any closer as Marshall hit three late free grabbed 40 rebounds, while holding JSU to 33. Morehead State opened up the second half scoring the fi rst four throws to fi nish off the 79-66 win. Marshall was once against dominant in the paint, outscoring JSU points to take a 36-32 lead before a run by Marshall made it a 37-36 Unlike the fi rst three games where Marshall could not come back 38-16 in that category. The Herd also took advantage of 21 Tiger turn- game in their favor with just over 15 minutes left. The Eagles made a after late opponent runs, the team was able to counter with a run of overs, turning them into 37 points. run of their own, 16-3, to take a 52-40 lead. its own. Coach Chadwick commented on the adjustments that were Late in the game, Rebecca Bays and Kari James came in, with both Marshall would close it to within six, 54-48, following two threes by made. “I think our change from a man defense to a zone defense our making solid impacts. Bays recorded her fi rst assist in six minutes of Kizzy Hart with six minutes left, and later to 57-55 with three minutes players executed it well and created turnovers. When we’re in our zone play while James notched six points and two rebounds. left thanks to yet another three by Hart. Morehead State extended its we’re already in our running lanes and a couple of steals and pressures In the second game of the day, Pittsburgh topped Harvard in domi- lead to 63-56 in the last minute until Marshall’s late charge sent the our guards got the ball and were off and we got a lot of easy buckets nant fashion, 70-54. The Panthers had three players fi nish in double- game into overtime. from it” fi gures, led by Marcedes Walker and Shavonte Zellous, who each had Meagan Samis had her best game of the young season, tallying 18 Leading the Purple Eagles was Sarah Wilson, who fi nished with 18 14. Walker also had 13 rebounds. Chelsea Cole also had a double-dou- points. After scoring 12 in the fi rst half, she was kept off of the score- points and eight boards. Jennifer McNamee was close behind with 17 ble, tallying 12 points to go along with 11 rebounds. board until late in the second half when her two three-pointers made points. the diff erence. Casey Baker also had 18 points, a career high. Alyssa Hammond notched 16 points, her top eff ort of the year. She scored seven of 14 Marshall points in the overtime period. Kizzy Hart rounded out the double-digit scorers, tallying a career-high 16. Ken- dra King fell just short of her fourth career double-double, grabbing a team-high ten boards to go along with eight points. Chynna Bozeman Marshall 1-3 Niagara 2-3 Jackson State 2-4 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min BAKER 5 12 1 4 7 8 1 5 6 4 18 1 7 0 3 34 McNamee, 6 17 3 11 2 2 2 1 3 2 17 1 3 1 2 34 DAVIS 5 12 2 6 0 0 1 2 3 2 12 0 4 0 2 22 CROOK 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 Wilson 8 20 1 1 1 1 5 3 8 4 18 1 0 1 1 27 EASLEY 4 9 0 0 3 5 1 2 3 4 11 1 2 1 6 29 CHAMBWE 0 2 0 0 1 3 2 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 16 HART, 5 16 4 11 3 4 0 2 2 4 17 3 2 0 1 33 Rutter 0 7 0 4 0 0 2 2 4 4 0 3 2 0 1 26 ROSS 2 5 1 2 2 2 0 4 4 4 7 4 4 0 2 33 SAMIS 6 15 4 5 2 2 1 5 6 3 18 3 5 0 0 38 Manfredi, 4 13 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 8 4 7 0 0 35 TRAHAN 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 3 6 0 2 1 0 16 HAMMOND 5 11 0 2 6 10 4 4 8 2 16 1 2 0 1 28 Prybyl 2 4 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 6 0 1 0 0 17 CHRISTIAN 1 8 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 3 3 3 4 0 0 23 WITHROW 1 4 1 2 2 2 0 3 3 2 5 4 3 0 1 23 Cornett, 2 4 2 4 0 0 2 2 4 5 6 2 0 0 0 16 MCLIN 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 8 KING 3 8 0 0 2 2 5 5 10 5 8 0 1 2 1 24 Walton 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 17 CAMPBELL 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 HUDSON 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 15 Gebhard 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 GAINS 3 9 1 5 5 6 2 0 2 1 12 0 1 0 0 17 BARNETTE 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 Konieczka 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 DOWDY 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 7 HANDY 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 4 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 15 Flooks 1 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 JOHNSON 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 TEAM 3 6 9 Folino 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 10 COOPER 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 14 Totals 25 78 10 25 23 30 18 39 57 25 83 17 23 2 8 225 Team 2 4 6 2 JONES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 JONES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 26 73 7 28 7 7 22 15 37 24 66 12 15 3 7 200 TEAM 2 2 4 1 FG% 1st Half: 13-36 36.1% 2nd Half: 10-38 26.3% Game: 32.1% Totals 22 58 4 18 13 20 12 21 33 24 61 10 21 5 11 200 3FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 7-16 43.8% Game: 40.0% FG% 1st Half: 11-39 28.2% 2nd Half: 15-34 44.1% Game: 35.6% F T % 1st Half: 4-4 100% 2nd Half: 10-13 76.9% Game: 76.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-15 13.3% 2nd Half: 5-13 38.5% Game: 25.0% FG% 1st Half: 12-31 38.7% 2nd Half: 10-27 37.0% Game: 37.9% FT% 1st Half: 4-4 100% 2nd Half: 3-3 100% Game: 100% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd Half: 2-10 20.0% Game: 22.2% Morehead State 1-3 FT% 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 10-16 62.5% Game: 65.0% tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Marshall 2-3 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Marshall 3-3 BOZEMAN 8 11 5 7 0 0 1 6 7 3 21 4 4 0 5 34 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds COMBS 5 17 4 14 4 4 1 1 2 3 18 5 3 0 1 43 CROOK 2 4 0 0 3 4 1 2 3 1 7 1 0 1 1 17 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min SAMIS 4 11 1 3 3 4 2 3 5 1 12 1 0 0 1 19 SMITH-WILLIAMS 3 13 1 5 7 10 0 2 2 3 14 4 2 0 0 35 SAMIS 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 3 3 5 2 2 1 0 20 HAMMOND 4 9 0 1 6 8 4 5 9 2 14 0 2 0 2 18 PERRY 2 5 0 0 2 10 2 13 15 5 6 3 4 6 3 33 HAMMOND 6 7 0 0 2 4 3 3 6 0 14 1 5 2 0 30 CROOK 3 5 0 0 3 6 1 3 4 4 9 1 1 0 1 16 PITTMAN 3 9 0 0 2 4 4 4 8 3 8 1 3 6 0 31 BAKER 6 10 1 2 5 5 4 3 7 3 18 3 4 0 1 31 BAKER 2 4 0 1 2 4 2 2 4 3 6 4 4 0 0 21 LINDSEY 3 8 2 7 1 4 1 4 5 1 9 1 0 0 0 21 HART 4 12 2 4 1 4 2 2 4 2 11 4 0 0 1 30 HART 3 8 2 5 0 0 0 4 4 1 8 3 3 0 3 24 FLYNN 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 WITHROW 2 5 1 3 8 11 1 0 1 1 13 3 2 0 2 28 WITHROW 4 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 3 1 0 0 21 BASS 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 6 1 1 1 4 2 0 19 KING 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 14 KING 1 4 0 1 2 2 2 1 3 2 4 2 1 0 0 19 RAYBURN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 6 BAYS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 BAYS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 TEAM 2 2 4 HUDSON 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 HUDSON 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 20 Totals 25 66 12 34 17 34 12 38 50 22 79 20 22 15 11 225 BARNETTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 BARNETTE 4 6 1 2 5 6 1 3 4 2 14 0 2 0 0 13 HANDY 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 3 4 1 6 3 1 0 1 19 HANDY 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 4 2 0 1 17 FG% 1st Half: 12-34 35.3% 2nd Half: 11-25 44.0% Game: 37.9% LENARD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JAMES 2 3 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 3FG% 1st Half: 6-16 37.5% 2nd Half: 5-15 33.3% Game: 35.3% TEAM 2 2 JAMES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FT% 1st Half: 2-2 100% 2nd Half: 10-24 41.7% Game: 50.0% Totals 29 60 6 16 23 34 18 26 44 19 87 20 17 0 9 200 TEAM 4 2 6 Offi cials: Jacob Asher, Jack Whittemore, Stacey Rymer Totals 26 52 5 12 22 33 17 23 40 12 79 19 15 4 7 200 FG% 1st Half: 11-31 35.5% 2nd Half: 18-29 62.1% Game: 48.3% Technical fouls: Marshall-None. Morehead State-None. 3FG% 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 37.5% FG% 1st Half: 15-32 46.9% 2nd Half: 11-20 55.0% Game: 50.0% FT% 1st Half: 9-13 69.2% 2nd Half: 14-21 66.7% Game: 67.6% Attendance: 453 3FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% Game: 41.7% FT% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 18-25 72.0% Game: 66.7% Offi cials: Carol Comanita, John Whitson, Shannon Feck Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total Offi cials: Angie Enlund, Jim Vastine, Royce Blevins Technical fouls: Jackson State-None. Marshall-None. Marshall 32 37 14 83 Technical fouls: NIA-None. Marshall-None. Attendance: 2117 Morehead State 32 37 10 79 Attendance: 354 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Points in the paint-MARSHALL 28,MOR 16. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 16,MOR Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Jackson State 29 32 61 17. NIA 28 38 66 Marshall 35 52 87 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 15,MOR 0. Fast break points-MARSHALL 0,MOR 0. Marshall 38 41 79 Bench points-MARSHALL 14,MOR 12. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-4 times. Points in the paint-JACKST 16,MARSHALL 38. Points off turnovers-JACKST 13,MAR- Last FG-MARSHALL OT-02:02, MOR OT-01:18. Points in the paint-NIA 28,MARSHALL 28. Points off turnovers-NIA 21,MARSHALL 20. SHALL 37. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 8 1st-10:31, MOR by 12 2nd-06:46. 2nd chance points-NIA 21,MARSHALL 15. Fast break points-NIA 2,MARSHALL 6. 2nd chance points-JACKST 12,MARSHALL 26. Fast break points-JACKST 9,MARSHALL Bench points-NIA 17,MARSHALL 24. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-3 times. 14. Last FG-NIA 2nd-01:58, MARSHALL 2nd-05:56. Bench points-JACKST 24,MARSHALL 38. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-2 times. Largest lead-NIA by 2 1st-19:23, MARSHALL by 17 2nd-06:36. Last FG-JACKST 2nd-00:48, MARSHALL 2nd-00:15. Largest lead-JACKST by 5 1st-16:29, MARSHALL by 30 2nd-04:09.

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

Pitt 70, MU 66 MU 82, North Texas 70 MU 78, Ohio U. 74 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Pittsburgh center Marcedes Walker, a Pre- DENTON, Texas - Senior Kizzy Hart scored a career-high 23 points ATHENS, Ohio - Casey Baker tied a career-high with 18 points and season All-Big East selection, proved to be too much for the Thunder- as the Marshall women’s basketball team took down North Texas in the Thundering Herd held off a furious Ohio University rally to hang on ing Herd, scoring 23 points and notching 16 rebounds to help the Pan- dominating fashion, 82-70, Tuesday night at the Super Pit. for a 78-74 win Friday at the Convocation Center. thers edge Marshall, 70-66, in the Fifth Third MU Classic championship North Texas (5-5, 0-0 Sun Belt) jumped out to a 6-4 lead early in the The win puts Marshall over the .500 mark for the fi rst time this sea- game on Saturday afternoon at the Cam Henderson Center. game, but it was all Marshall (4-4, 0-0 C-USA) from that point on as they son with a 5-4 record while the loss drops Ohio U. to 4-5. The Herd is Marshall (3-4, 0-0 C-USA) kept things close in the opening half. Af- would jump on top of the Mean Green and lead the rest of the way. also 5-1 in its last six games. ter Pittsburgh (5-2, 0-0 BIG EAST) scored the opening six points of the For the seventh time in eight games thus far, Marshall held a lead “It is always diffi cult to win on the road,” Marshall head coach Royce game, the Herd evened the score at ten on a jumper by Tynikki Crook at halftime, up 44-30 at the break. After spotting North Texas a 6-4 lead Chadwick said. “We got a win in a diffi cult place to play. Its a rivalry and would later claw back to take a 17-16 lead with under seven min- two minutes into the game, the Herd took control of the contest. game and we had to be ready to play.” utes left in the half on a free throw by Kizzy Hart. Following a bucket by Kizzy Hart that knotted the score at six, the Along with her 18 points, Baker notched career marks with six Pitt came right back with an 11-0 run over the next four minutes Herd was off to the races, going on an 18-8 run to take a ten point lead steals and two blocks. Kizzy Hart also had 18 points while notching six to take a ten-point lead, their largest of the half. Marshall would close halfway through the period. The lead would reach as many as 15 points boards and fi ve assists, both career bests. Alyssa Hammond tallied 16 slightly, but entered halftime down 29-22. with just under a minute left in the half while a late North Texas free points and fi ve rebounds, all coming on the off ensive glass. The Panthers opened up the second half right where they left off , throw would cut the halftime lead to 14. Baker started the game off with a lay-up that gave the Herd a lead going on a 15-8 run in the fi rst fi ve minutes of the half to make it a The Mean Green did not give up in the second half, opening with that it would not surrender until early in the second half. Hammond 45-30 game. That would be their largest lead of the contest. The Herd an 8-4 run and eventually cutting the lead to single digits, 56-47, half- scored a game-high of ten in the fi rst half while her bucket with four way through the period. After going without a point for almost a four- minutes left in the period gave the Herd a 29-22 lead, its largest of the would not give up and began chipping away at the Panther lead, scor- minute stretch, Tynikki Crook hit a pair of free throws to bring the lead game. Ohio would cut the lead to three, 33-30, at the half. ing the next fi ve to cut the lead to ten. back into double-digits. The Bobcats came out fi ring in the second, hitting three three- After six minutes of trading buckets, the Herd managed to get the Another North Texas bucket cut the lead to nine once again, how- pointers in the fi rst fi ve minutes to take its fi rst lead of the game, 45-44, lead into single digits when an Alyssa Hammond jumper made it a ever, Marshall responded with a 6-0 run to extend the lead to 15 and with 15 minutes left in the game. Marshall countered with a 9-0 run of 9-point game with under eight minutes left in the game. With seven it would grow to as many as 18 with 5:48 left in the game. Ten points their own to go up 53-45 just three minutes later. minutes left, the lead was cut to seven on a Casey Baker lay-up. by Kizzy Hart down the stretch put the game out of reach for the Mean The runs did not stop there as Ohio scored 11 of the next 15 to The Herd would cut the lead to fi ve with under four minutes left Green. cut Marshall’s lead to one, 57-56, with just over seven minutes left. The on a Kizzy Hart jumper and, after trading baskets, Baker nailed a free Hart’s total of 23 marked the most points scored by a Marshall Herd once again countered, going on a 12-4 spurt to extend its lead to throw to make it a 64-60 game, but the Panthers would be too much to player this season and also the fi rst 20-point game since Meg Withrow 69-60 with under two minutes left. overcome, connecting on six free-throw shots in the last 1:05. had 20 against East Carolina on January 28. Ohio did not give up, connecting on two three-pointers and three Down six with four seconds left, Alix Barnette gave Marshall a bit of Casey Baker, not to be overshadowed by Hart, also set a fi rst for lay-ups over the fi nal stages of the game, cutting the lead to 74-72 with hope, hitting a three-pointer to make it a 69-66 contest, but Jania Sims the team this season, notching the fi rst double-double since Modupe 23 seconds left, however, the Herd’s free throw shooting made the dif- of the Panthers hit a free throw shot to seal the game. Ishola did it against UCF last year. Baker scored 14 points to go with ference down the stretch as it would escape with a 78-74 win. Kizzy Alyssa Hammond scored 17 points for the Herd, her season-high. a career-high 11 boards. She also tied her career mark of fi ve steals, Hart was 6-of-6 from the charity stripe in the fi nal two minutes while a Kizzy Hart was also in double-digits with 12. Casey Baker set a career- which she set on Saturday against Pittsburgh. lay-up by Chantelle Handy with eight seconds left put the game out of high in steals with fi ve. She also scored nine points. Rounding out Marshall’s four double-digit scorers were Alix Bar- reach for the Bobcats. Tournament MVP Marcedes Walker was the diff erence for Pitt, scor- nette and Tynikki Crook. Barnette had 14 points for the second time Handy once again played over 30 minutes, tallying 11 points, her ing 23 points and grabbing 16 boards. Aside from Walker, the lone Pan- in three games and tied her career mark, connecting on three three- best showing of the season. Hart, along with Alix Barnette and Meagan ther in double-digits was Shavonte Zellous with 18. pointers. Crook bested her career-high of nine points with 12. Samis led the team with six rebounds. Rebounding played an impact in today’s game, with Pitt owning Chantelle Handy had a quiet night on the scoring-wise, but quietly Chandra Myers had 18 points to lead the Bobcats while Quintina the boards, out-rebounding the Herd 47-28. The Panthers shooting in had four points, fi ve rebounds and fi ve assists over the course of 37 Ward was not too far behind with 16. Ward was 4-of-6 from the three- the second half was also pivotal as they went 15-27 (55.6%). minutes, tops in her Marshall career. point line, contributing to OU’s 9-of-24 day beyond the arc. Ohio’s lead- Today’s game marks the Herd’s fi rst loss in the Fifth Third MU Clas- Amber Jackson, the Mean Green’s top scorer entering the night, ing scorer going into the game, Lauren Kohn, notched 14 points, 12 sic, Marshall had previously been 11-0 in the tournament. averaging 13.6 points per game, did not disappoint, scoring 18 points coming in the second half. She led the team with nine boards. In Saturday’s consolation game between Jackson State and Har- to lead her team. vard, the Crimson came out on top, 69-66, to fi nish third in the tourna- Two stats made the diff erence for the Herd in Tuesday’s win. Enter- ment. ing the game, North Texas led the Sun Belt, averaging 45.2 rebounds per game. Marshall put a stop to that, holding the Mean Green to 31 boards, their lowest total of the season. The other stat was Marshall’s shooting percentage of 52.7%, a season high. It marked the second time the Herd shot 50% or better from the fi eld. Pittsburgh 5-2 Marshall 4-4 Marshall 5-4 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min WINN 2 5 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 2 5 2 1 0 0 24 CROOK 4 7 0 0 4 4 2 4 6 4 12 0 4 0 1 22 CROOK 2 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 11 SIMS 3 5 0 0 2 4 2 1 3 4 8 4 6 0 1 32 HANDY 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 4 5 3 0 0 37 HAMMOND 5 11 0 1 6 8 5 0 5 1 16 2 0 0 0 30 SCOTT 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 19 HAMMOND 2 5 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 4 6 0 2 0 0 15 BAKER 9 15 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 4 18 3 3 2 6 35 STEWART 3 9 1 3 2 4 1 5 6 4 9 1 3 0 0 36 BAKER 5 7 1 1 3 4 3 8 11 1 14 3 3 0 5 34 HART 5 12 1 5 7 7 1 5 6 1 18 5 3 1 3 37 WALKER 9 13 0 0 5 8 6 10 16 1 23 0 6 1 1 37 HART 8 13 1 2 6 9 1 1 2 3 23 3 5 0 3 34 HANDY 5 8 0 0 1 3 0 3 3 1 11 2 3 0 1 32 ZELLOUS 6 16 0 2 6 10 1 1 2 1 18 0 2 0 0 24 WITHROW 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 10 WITHROW 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 10 HARRISON 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 9 KING 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 BARNETTE 3 7 0 3 0 0 1 5 6 2 6 1 1 0 1 22 COLE 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 5 7 3 3 1 0 3 1 16 HUDSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 SAMIS 1 3 0 1 1 2 2 4 6 2 3 3 2 0 2 23 TAFEN 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 BARNETTE 4 8 3 6 3 4 0 1 1 2 14 2 2 0 2 27 TEAM 2 1 3 TEAM 1 3 4 1 SAMIS 2 5 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 0 0 12 Totals. 30 62 1 10 17 24 15 21 36 11 78 17 14 3 14 200 Totals: 25 56 2 8 18 29 18 29 47 22 70 11 22 5 5 200 TEAM 1 4 5 1 Totals. 29 55 5 11 19 25 10 27 37 21 82 13 22 0 11 198 FG% 1st Half: 14-31 45.2% 2nd Half: 16-31 51.6% Game: 48.4% FG% 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 2nd Half: 15-27 55.6% Game: 44.6% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 0-4 0.0% Game: 10.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% Game: 25.0% FG% 1st Half: 16-31 51.6% 2nd Half: 13-24 54.2% Game: 52.7% FT% 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 13-18 72.2% Game: 70.8% FT% 1st Half: 8-11 72.7% 2nd Half: 10-18 55.6% Game: 62.1% 3FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 45.5% FT% 1st Half: 8-10 80.0% 2nd Half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 76.0% Ohio University 4-5 Marshall 3-4 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds North Texas 5-5 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds CAIN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 WITHROW 2 6 0 3 3 8 0 1 1 1 7 2 0 0 2 35 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min MYERS 8 10 0 0 2 2 4 4 8 1 18 0 2 0 1 28 CROOK 4 7 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 2 8 0 0 0 0 19 Jackson 8 15 0 0 2 2 3 3 6 2 18 3 4 1 3 34 KOHN 6 12 2 6 0 0 1 8 9 1 14 2 2 0 0 30 HART 3 12 1 5 5 6 1 2 3 4 12 2 2 0 2 37 Sanders 1 3 0 0 2 2 4 3 7 4 4 1 2 0 0 23 POFF 0 6 0 3 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 3 3 0 1 13 HANDY 4 6 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 3 8 0 3 0 0 26 Hall 7 13 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 5 14 3 6 0 2 27 WARD 5 8 4 6 2 2 1 2 3 5 16 5 2 0 2 34 HAMMOND 7 11 0 2 3 5 0 4 4 4 17 0 3 0 0 35 Buckley 0 6 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 4 2 3 5 0 1 25 HIEBERT 1 2 0 0 3 3 2 1 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 10 BAKER 3 7 0 2 3 5 1 1 2 4 9 2 4 0 5 23 James 4 9 0 2 1 2 0 3 3 2 9 3 2 0 1 29 HMIEL 3 7 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 8 1 1 1 1 17 KING 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Howard 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 19 REDD 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 10 HUDSON 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Lee 4 7 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 2 10 1 1 0 0 17 BARNETT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 BARNETTE 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 0 11 Bailey 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 BUSHBY 3 11 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 3 2 0 0 17 SAMIS 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Escalera 2 6 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 2 16 GHOLSON 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 TEAM 5 2 7 1 Koubiteb 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 BUCKNER 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 1 3 3 2 0 3 1 1 23 Totals 25 58 2 14 14 26 11 17 28 21 66 8 14 0 9 200 Team 1 5 6 TEAM 0 0 0 Totals. 28 63 3 14 11 18 11 20 31 23 70 14 21 1 9 201 FG% 1st Half: 9-24 37.5% 2nd Half: 16-34 47.1% Game: 43.1% Totals 28 62 9 24 9 11 14 23 37 18 74 15 19 2 6 200 3FG% 1st Half: 0-7 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 14.3% FG% 1st Half: 13-29 44.8% 2nd Half: 15-34 44.1% Game: 44.4% FT% 1st Half: 4-11 36.4% 2nd Half: 10-15 66.7% Game: 53.8% 3FG% 1st Half: 0-4 0.0% 2nd Half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 21.4% FG% 1st Half: 13-30 43.3% 2nd Half: 15-32 46.9% Game: 45.2% FT% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 61.1% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 7-17 41.2% Game: 37.5% Offi cials: Dennis Mayer, Ray Boreli, Carol Comanita FT% 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd Half: 7-8 87.5% Game: 81.8% Technical fouls: Pittsburgh-None. Marshall-None. Attendance: 507 Offi cials: Laurie Porter, Doug Williams, Marlin Ramsey Offi cials: Carol Comanita, Angie Enlund, Frank Steratore Technical fouls: Marshall-None. North Texas-None. Technical fouls: Marshall-None. OHIO-None. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Attendance: 554 Attendance: 1112 Pittsburgh 29 41 70 Marshall 22 44 66 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Marshall 44 38 82 Marshall 33 45 78 Points in the paint-PITT 30,MARSHALL 36. Points off turnovers-PITT 13,MARSHALL North Texas 30 40 70 OHIO 30 44 74 16. 2nd chance points-PITT 17,MARSHALL 15. Fast break points-PITT 6,MARSHALL 8. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 38,NT 28. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 22,NT 7. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 34,OHIO 30. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 20,OHIO Bench points-PITT 21,MARSHALL 14. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-2 times. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 10,NT 15. Fast break points-MARSHALL 10,NT 4. 7. Last FG-PITT 2nd-02:21, MARSHALL 2nd-00:04. Bench points-MARSHALL 23,NT 23. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-1 time. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 13,OHIO 20. Fast break points-MARSHALL 16,OHIO 8. Largest lead-PITT by 15 2nd-14:47, MARSHALL by 1 1st-06:43. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-00:18, NT 2nd-00:01. Bench points-MARSHALL 11,OHIO 24. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-2 times. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 18 2nd-05:48, NT by 2 1st-19:55. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-00:08, OHIO 2nd-00:12. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 9 2nd-01:51, OHIO by 1 2nd-15:06.

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

MU 70, Navy 58 MU 97, UTA 91 3OT MU 77, Missouri 72 HUNTINGTON, W.Va - Tied at 47 with just over ten minutes left in the ARLINGTON, Texas - Kizzy Hart scored a career-high 24 points, includ- CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Casey Baker picked up right where she left off game, the Marshall women’s basketball team fi nished the contest on a 23- ing 16 in overtime, to lead the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team prior to the Christmas break, tying her career-high of 22 points as the Mar- 11 run to down Navy 70-58 in Sunday’s “Jam the Came” game at the Cam to a 97-91 triple overtime win over the University of Texas at Arlington on shall women’s basketball team used a late 25-11 run to down the Missouri Henderson Center. Tuesday. Tigers, 77-72, Friday at John Paul Jones Arena in the opening round of the For the third straight game, Kizzy Hart topped the Herd in scoring, net- It marked Marshall’s (7-4, 0-0 C-USA) fourth-straight win and seventh in Marriott Cavalier Classic. ting 15 points. Tynikki Crook fi nished with 14, a career best. Casey Baker its previous eight games. The loss dropped UTA to a 3-4 mark. Baker also had fi ve steals, her sixth-straight game with four or more. had the top all-round game for Marshall, fi nishing with ten assists and nine The Mavericks came out shooting in the fi rst half, going 51.6% from the Joining Baker in double-digits were Kizzy Hart, who scored 14 and Tynikki steals, both career highs. fi eld while holding the Herd to 11-39 (28.2%). Marshall would hold leads Crook. Crook had 11 points and nine boards, falling just one rebound shy of Head coach Royce Chadwick was pleased with the win, its second in of 8-4 and 23-18 halfway through the stanza, however, Texas Arlington fi n- her second double-double in as many games. three days. “I thought we were on again, off again. A big part of that has ished the half on a 20-6 run to take a 38-29 halftime lead. Maryann Abanobi Missouri (6-6, 0-0 Big 12) came out strong, opening the game on a 13-2 to do with that we’ve had a game on the road Friday, we’re here Sunday scored 16 in the period to lead the Mavericks while Marshall’s 26 boards and run in the fi rst fi ve minutes, thanks in part to three three-pointers. Marshall then back on the road Tuesday,” Chadwick said. “This is about reaching deep 9-of-10 free throw shooting kept the game within reach. (8-4, 0-0 C-USA) would stop the run on a jumper by Chantelle Handy. inside yourself and pulling out the things that get a W and I was really happy After UTA hit a three to start the second half and extend its lead to 41- The hot shooting of the Tigers would continue in the fi rst half as they for our team that we were able to get it done. Our bench made some huge 29, Marshall made a run that would change the complexion of the match. A would fi nish the period shooting 46.7% from the fi eld and 53.8% (7-of-13) contributions today. “ jumper by Meagan Samis started a 13-0 run that would see Marshall gain a from three-point range. Their lead would grow to as many as 12, 39-27, with Marshall (6-4, 0-0 C-USA), winners of six of its last seven games, looked 42-41 lead fi ve minutes into the period. just over three minutes left in the half, but the Herd would use a late run to like it would run away with the match, starting the game on a 16-4 run in the Meagan Nelson hit a bucket for the Mavericks that would give them a close the defi cit to fi ve, 41-36 at the half. fi rst six minutes. Tynikki Crook tallied eight of those points. 43-42 lead and end a fi ve-minute scoring drought. From that point on, it Marshall held the Tigers to only one fi eld goal in the fi nal 3:58 of the fi rst Navy (2-9, 0-0 Patriot League) would counter with a run of their own, 18- was a back-and-forth battle. Marshall would later hold a 60-55 lead with six half and would carry that momentum into the second stanza, opening up 6, to tie the game at 22 with 8:36 left in the half. They would eventually gain minutes left, but a 12-4 UTA run would give them a 67-64 lead with two with an 8-3 run to tie the game at 44 on a lay-up by Casey Baker. Missouri a 28-26 lead on a lay-up by Angela Myers, however, junior Meg Withrow minutes left. Kizzy Hart knocked down a three to knot the game at 67 and forward Amanda Hanneman countered, scoring the next 12 Tiger points to took over, scoring seven of the next nine Marshall points as the Herd would each team would hit a free throw in the fi nal minute to send the game to help them to a 61-52 lead with nine minutes remaining. take a 36-29 lead to the locker room. overtime. From that point on, it was all Marshall as the Herd would rally to 11 of The second half would see the Herd extend its lead to ten points, 41-31, Hart dominated the fi rst overtime, scoring fi ve of MU’s seven points, but the next 13 points to knot the game at 63. Casey Baker followed up a steal just over two minutes in, but the Midshipmen made another run to knot the everything did not come easy. Down one with time running out, Hart was with a lay-up for the tie with 6:17 left. With under four minutes to go, Baker game at 47 with just under 11 minutes remaining in the game. fouled on a three-point attempt. After falling short in her fi rst two attempts, accomplished the same feat, giving the Herd its fi rst lead of the game, 67- That would prove to be the last run the Midshipmen could muster as the she would knock down the third to send the game to a second extra pe- 65. Herd would fi nish the game on a 23-11 run to win its third straight game, riod. After a Jessra Johnson lay-up tied the game at 67, the Herd reeled off 70-58. Scoring was once again at a premium in the second OT with both teams fi ve-straight points, which would eventually lead to a 10-5 run to fi nish the Joining Hart and Crook in double-digits were Alyssa Hammond and notching eight. Marshall held an 83-81 lead with a minute left, however a game. A three by Kizzy Hart game Marshall a 70-67 lead and Meg Withrow Meagan Samis, who scored 12 and 10 points, respectively. Withrow fi nished lay-up by Tamara Simmons would once again tie the game. On the ensuing would extend the lead to fi ve after hitting a lay-up following a steal. the game with nine points while Chantelle Handy grabbed seven boards, possession, Simmons would come up with a steal to give UTA a chance for With 1:29 remaining, Withrow hit a lay-up and a free throw to give the tied for the game high. the win, but Candice Champion missed a lay-up as time ran out. Herd a 75-69 lead, its largest of the game. Missouri would hit its 13th three- Navy fi nished with two scorers in double-digits. K.C. Gordon led all play- In the third overtime, Marshall took control, jumping out to an 89-85 pointer of the game to cut the lead to three, but two late free throws by ers with 16 points while Cassie Consedine had 12. lead. UTA would cut the lead to two, but it was all Herd from there. Hart Hart would put the game out of reach as Marshall would hold on for its “We didn’t start exceptionally fast this season but you know in college knocked down a jumper with a minute and a half left and on the next pos- fi fth-straight victory. basketball it’s not how you start, its how you fi nish,” Chadwick commented. session, the Mavericks would turn it over and Hart would fi nd a wide-open The Herd had a solid day in several categories against the Tigers. For the “We need to keep moving in the right direction. By the end of non-confer- Chantelle Handy for a lay-up to give MU a six-point lead. Hart and Samis third time in as many games, it came out on top in the rebounding battle, ence we will have played 10 road games and four home games, that’s brutal would hit two free throws in the fi nal 32 seconds to seal the deal and give fi nishing with a 38-31 advantage on the glass. The team also committed but it will leave benefi ts for next year. I think this team is getting tougher Marshall a 97-91 win. only 11 turnovers, its lowest total of the season. with each game they play.” Hart led all Marshall players with 24 points, 16 in overtime. She topped Chantelle Handy and Tynikki Crook led the Herd with nine boards each. Sunday’s game marked the seventh-annual “Jam the Cam”. 927 fans her previous career mark of 23 points, set just two weeks ago against North Both teams fi nished strong from the free throw line. Marshall would go were on hand for the win over Navy. Prior to the game, West Virginia legend Texas. Reigning Conference USA Player of the Week Casey Baker also set a 14-of-16 (87.5%) from the charity stripe. This marked the fi rst time the team Woody Williams led the color guard for the national anthem while a video career-high, scoring 22 points. Her play in the second half was pivotal as she shot 85% or better from the line since going 12-of-14 against Bowling Green presentation was shown at halftime. notched 16 of her points in the second period. Hart and Baker were the fi rst on February 26, 2003. Missouri shot 75% from the line. The 1996-97 team was also honored during the game. Former head tandem to each score 20 since December 21 of last year when Alyssa Ham- Three-point shooting kept the Tigers in the game, as they would knock coach Sarah Evans-Moore, along with several players from the Southern mond and Modupe Ishola did the same against Niagara. down 13 from that range. That total was the most Marshall has given this Conference Championship team were on hand. Freshman Tynikki Crook continued to emerge, scoring 11 points and grab- season, eclipsing the 12 hit by Morehead State earlier in the season. Alyssa bing 11 boards for the fi rst double-double of her young career. Alyssa Ham- Hollins led the Tigers with 22 points, including a 6-of-11 performance be- mond rounded out the double digit scorers, tallying 14 while Meagan Samis yond the arc. Amanda Hanneman was not far behind with 18. tied Crook with 11 boards. Abanobi led UTA with 26 points, the most scored by an individual against MU this year. Tiff eny Riles also had a stellar game for the Mavericks, scoring 16 points and grabbing 17 rebounds. NAVY 2-9 Marshall 7-4 Marshall 8-4 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Kropa 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 4 3 2 0 1 20 CROOK 5 10 0 0 1 2 5 6 11 5 11 1 1 1 0 29 CROOK 5 9 0 0 1 2 3 6 9 4 11 0 4 2 1 24 Consedine 5 15 0 3 2 5 0 7 7 0 12 2 3 2 2 35 HAMMOND 4 11 0 2 6 7 1 5 6 3 14 1 3 1 0 38 HAMMOND 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 6 1 2 0 0 19 Myers 3 6 1 1 0 1 2 3 5 2 7 3 8 0 2 29 BAKER 9 14 1 2 3 5 1 1 2 4 22 1 4 0 4 40- BAKER 9 18 0 1 4 5 1 1 2 2 22 2 0 0 5 37 Davidson 0 7 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 18 HART 7 24 2 7 8 13 4 3 7 3 24 4 3 0 2 43 HART 4 12 2 4 4 4 0 2 2 0 14 4 2 0 0 30 Altschul 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 3 4 0 5 0 0 17 HANDY 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 4 2 3 3 0 0 36 HANDY 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 1 4 2 0 1 0 32 Cordle 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 WITHROW 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 22 WITHROW 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 9 1 2 0 1 16 Lyren 2 5 2 5 0 0 1 1 2 1 6 0 2 0 0 11 KING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 HUDSON 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 9 Gordon 4 5 3 3 5 6 2 3 5 5 16 2 1 0 2 24 HUDSON 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 1 0 14 BARNETTE 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 13 Hill 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 BARNETTE 2 9 1 3 3 5 1 7 8 2 8 2 1 0 1 24 SAMIS 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 2 6 2 0 1 0 20 Taylor 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 23 SAMIS 2 5 0 1 4 4 3 8 11 1 8 1 3 1 1 28 TEAM 3 1 4 Bowen 2 4 2 4 0 0 2 2 4 0 6 1 2 0 0 14 TEAM 4 2 6 Totals 30 65 3 6 14 16 13 25 38 11 77 14 11 4 7 200 TEAM 2 1 3 1 Totals... 33 84 4 16 27 38 22 36 58 24 97 14 20 4 9 275 Totals 21 51 8 19 8 17 10 26 36 20 58 13 28 2 9 200 FG% 1st Half: 13-31 41.9% 2nd Half: 17-34 50.0% Game: 46.2% FG% 1st Half: 10-38 26.3% 2nd Half: 16-30 53.3% Game: 39.3% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-2 100% 2nd Half: 1-4 25.0% Game: 50.0% FG% 1st Half: 10-28 35.7% 2nd Half: 11-23 47.8% Game: 41.2% 3FG% 1st Half: 0-8 0.0% 2nd Half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 25.0% FT% 1st Half: 8-8 100% 2nd Half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 87.5% 3FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 4-10 40.0% Game: 42.1% FT % 1st Half: 9-10 90.0% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 71.1% FT% 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 47.1% Missouri 6-6 UT Arlington 3-4 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Marshall 6-4 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Hanneman 7 8 3 3 1 2 2 1 3 3 18 2 0 0 0 24 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Martin 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 6 6 5 3 2 3 0 0 30 Johnson 3 11 1 5 2 4 2 4 6 5 9 2 6 2 0 30 BAKER 1 9 0 0 2 4 1 5 6 3 4 10 3 0 9 33 Dixon 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 4 5 2 1 3 0 1 26 Jones 2 8 0 0 2 2 3 5 8 1 6 4 3 1 0 34 CROOK 6 8 0 0 2 4 3 2 5 1 14 0 1 1 0 21 Riles 6 12 0 0 4 9 9 8 17 2 16 2 2 1 3 47 Richbow 1 3 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 3 4 6 3 1 0 32 HART 5 18 1 10 4 4 1 2 3 0 15 2 3 1 3 31 Abanobi 11 19 2 5 2 4 3 2 5 2 26 2 3 0 1 46 Hollins 8 17 6 11 0 0 1 2 3 1 22 1 1 0 3 39 HANDY 2 3 0 0 0 2 4 3 7 4 4 0 3 0 0 16 Simmons 6 18 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 3 13 4 6 0 2 44 Otote 3 6 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 0 17 HAMMOND 6 9 0 1 0 2 2 2 4 1 12 3 3 1 0 28 Shofner 2 6 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 3 7 0 3 0 0 7 Pickens 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 8 WITHROW 3 6 1 3 2 6 0 2 2 1 9 1 0 0 4 18 Nelson 2 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 13 Brown 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 8 KING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 Duff ey 2 7 2 5 0 0 1 0 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 18 Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 BAYS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Grace 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 TEAM 4 4 HUDSON 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 19 Champion 5 12 0 1 3 4 4 7 11 5 13 1 2 0 1 43 Totals 25 58 13 26 9 12 10 21 31 16 72 19 17 4 5 200 BARNETTE 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 6 TEAM 4 4 8 1 SAMIS 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 3 10 3 2 0 0 24 Totals.... 35 83 8 25 13 26 23 33 56 29 91 12 23 2 8 274 FG% 1st Half: 14-30 46.7% 2nd Half: 11-28 39.3% Game: 43.1% 3FG% 1st Half: 7-13 53.8% 2nd Half: 6-13 46.2% Game: 50.0% JAMES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FT% 1st Half: 6-6 100% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 75.0% TEAM 1 1 FG% 1st Half: 16-31 51.6% 2nd Half: 9-27 33.3% Game: 42.2% 3FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 32.0% Totals 29 62 2 14 10 22 15 22 37 15 70 22 18 3 17 200 FT% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 50.0% Offi cials: Ronald Ledington, Lawson Newton, Tony Lippa Technical fouls: Marshall-None. Missouri-None. FG% 1st Half: 15-29 51.7% 2nd Half: 14-33 42.4% Game: 46.8% Attendance: 231 3FG% 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 0-8 0.0% Game: 14.3% Offi cials: Darci Doll, David Scroggins, Rusty Gilbert FT% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 45.5% Technical fouls: Marshall-None. UT Arlington-None. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Attendance: 195 Marshall 36 41 77 Offi cials: Ray Bomeli, John Whitson, Kevin Pethtel Missouri 41 31 72 Technical fouls: NAVY-None. Marshall-None. Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 Total Johnson (MIZZ) fouls out at :09.0 (II) Attendance: 927 Marshall 29 39 7 8 14 97 UT Arlington 38 30 7 8 8 91 Points in the paint-MARSHALL 44,MU 16. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 24,MU 13. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 11,MU 14. Fast break points-MARSHALL 0,MU 0. NAVY 29 29 58 Points in the paint-MARSHALL 36,UTA 36. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 22,UTA 20. Bench points-MARSHALL 20,MU 13. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-1 time. Marshall 36 34 70 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 16,UTA 14. Fast break points-MARSHALL 16,UTA 6. Bench points-MARSHALL 24,UTA 31. Score tied-16 times. Lead changed-23 times. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-01:29, MU 2nd-01:03. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 6 2nd-01:29, MU by 14 1st-04:00. Points in the paint-NAVY 16,MARSHALL 42. Points off turnovers-NAVY 11,MARSHALL Last FG-MARSHALL OT3-00:52, UTA OT3-00:32. 25. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 6 OT3-00:52, UTA by 12 2nd-19:53. 2nd chance points-NAVY 13,MARSHALL 14. Fast break points-NAVY 6,MARSHALL 12. Bench points-NAVY 30,MARSHALL 21. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-2 times. Last FG-NAVY 2nd-00:16, MARSHALL 2nd-00:33. Largest lead-NAVY by 2 1st-04:45, MARSHALL by 14 2nd-00:33.

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

Virginia 78, MU 56 MU 81, East Carolina 55 MU 61, Memphis 47 HARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Virginia outscored Marshall 43-27 in the second HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall freshman Tynikki Crook set career highs MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Sophomore Chantelle Handy recorded the fi rst half on their way to a 78-56 win over the Thundering Herd in the champion- in points, fi eld goals, assists and steals as the Thundering Herd women’s bas- double-double of her career as the Marshall University women’s basketball team downed Memphis, 61-47, in Conference USA action Wednesday night ship game of the Marriott Cavalier Classic on Saturday night. ketball team opened up its Conference USA schedule in dominant fashion, taking down defending champion East Carolina, 81-55, Saturday at the Cam at Elma Roan Fieldhouse. With the loss, Marshall drops to 8-5 while the Cavaliers improve to 9-4. Henderson Center. Handy scored ten points while grabbing a career-high 13 rebounds in The loss also snaps a fi ve-game winning streak for Marshall. Crook’s totals included 15 points, seven fi eld goals, three steals and two the win. Kizzy Hart led the Thundering Herd with 14 points and seven rebounds while Tynikki Crook fi nished with 13 points. Monica Wright led the Cavaliers with 22 points, 16 coming in the second assists. She also added eight rebounds, falling two boards shy of her second Hart opened up the scoring in the fi rst minute on her way to seven in half. At one point, Wright scored 12 straight for Virginia. career double-double. the opening period. Early on, it looked like the Herd (10-5, 2-0 C-USA) would Marshall opened the game taking a 6-2 lead three minutes in. The lead Reigning C-USA Player of the Week, Kizzy Hart, also notched 15 points, run away from the Tigers as it opened up a 12-4 lead four minutes in on would later go to 12-9 when Casey Baker connected on a bucket. Virginia her eighth-straight game with 12 or more points. back-to-back buckets by Chantelle Handy. The lead would grow to 11 with would get things going at that point, going on a 15-2 run to take a 24-14 “I thought our defense to start the game set the tone for us and we just under nine minutes to play after Tynikki Crook connected on her sec- were able to pick up that intensity and continue it throughout the game,” lead with 8:39 remaining in the half. ond fi eld goal of the game. Marshall head coach Royce Chadwick said following the game. “We’re an Memphis (3-12, 0-2 C-USA) did not go away, holding Marshall without A late run would be made by the Herd as it would close to within six inexperienced team, but we have some older players and it’s important for a point for almost fi ve minutes while closing the lead to fi ve, 24-19. A lay- points, 35-29, at the half. Kizzy Hart scored 12 in the opening stanza, six us to come out and start right so we can pick it up from there.” up by Handy ended the drought, but a shot by LaToya Bullard with eight coming in the fi nal three minutes. The Cavaliers were led in the half by Lyn- Marshall (9-5, 1-0 C-USA) scored the fi rst six points of the game and seconds remaining in the half cut the halftime lead to four, 29-25. dra Littles, who registered 14 points. never looked back, leading the rest of the way. East Carolina (6-8, 0-1 C-USA) A re-energized Herd came out in the second half scoring 14 of the fi rst 16 points in the half to open up a 43-27 lead just over six minutes into the After Alyssa Hammond’s bucket cut the lead to four to open the second would cut the lead to 6-4, but a 25-7 run by the Herd would prove to be the diff erence in the game. Tynikki Crook was a large part of the run, scoring half. Casey Baker got things going, scoring the fi rst eight points of the half, half, the Cavaliers went on an 8-0 run to take a 43-31 lead just over two hitting two shots and going 4-of-5 from the line. eight points, including three consecutive lay-ups to give Marshall the 20- minutes into the half. Just a minute later, a three by Sharnee Zoll gave UVA The Tigers would get as close as ten with six minutes left after a three by point lead with just under six minutes left in the half. a 46-33 lead, its largest of the game. Jessica Hall, but Marshall’s defense would keep Memphis scoreless over the The fi rst-half lead grew to as many as 25 when a Kizzy Hart three-pointer Following a basket by Chantelle Handy, Virginia went on another run, next four minutes and escape with the 14-point win. gave MU a 41-16 lead with two minutes remaining while a three by LaCoya Casey Baker rounded out Marshall’s double-digit scorers, fi nishing with this time scoring 12 of the next 16 to open up 53-37 lead. Wright would take Terry of ECU cut the halftime lead to 23, 44-21. 12. She also had six rebounds and six assists. Despite not scoring a point, se- over at that point, leading the Cavaliers on another scoring stretch to open East Carolina opened the second half on a 6-2 run to cut the lead to 19, nior Melody Hudson had a strong game, contributing fi ve rebounds, three up a 78-48 lead with just under six minutes remaining in the game. The Herd but Marshall would not be denied, embarking on another run, this time 12- assists and two steals. Freshman Rebecca Bays connected on two late free would fi nish the game on an 8-0, keeping the Cavaliers scoreless over the 3, to open up a lead of 28 points six minute into the fi nal half. throws to notch her fi rst points as a member of the Thundering Herd. From that point on, the lead would not get below 24 points as Marshall LaToya Bullard, a transfer from the University of Florida, led the Tigers fi nal stretch. cruised to the 81-55 win. The win marked the third time in as many years with 15 points and four steals. Just behind Bullard was Jessica Hall with 14. Leading Marshall was Kizzy Hart, who tied her career high of 24 points. that the Herd opened up its C-USA schedule with a win. With the win, Marshall improved to 2-0 in conference play for the fi rst She also had six rebounds. Casey Baker was the only other Marshall player Marshall was dominant in all phases of the game, fi nishing with 24 more time since the 2005-06 season when the team began its inaugural season in in double fi gures with ten. Both were named to the All-Tournament team. points in the paint, 21 more points off turnovers and +5 in fast break points. the conference with a 5-0 record. It marked only the second time since the 1988-89 season that the team opened its conference schedule with a 2-0 Virginia was led by Wright’s 22 points. For her eff orts, she was named The Marshall bench was also pivotal, outscoring ECU’s, 28-15. The Herd also record. tournament MVP. Lyndra Littles had 16 points for UVA, 14 coming in the fi rst won the rebounding battle, edging the Pirates, 43-40, while committing half. eight less turnovers. Meg Withrow and Alix Barnette rounded out the double-digit scorers, The Cavaliers fi nished the game with a 42-31 rebounding advantage netting ten apiece. Alyssa Hammond scored nine, while Casey Baker was and also held the advantage in shooting, registering a 47.5% from the fi eld. not too far behind eight. She also added six assists and three steals. Marshall shot 35.6%. Leading East Carolina was guard LaCoya Terry, who fi nished with a game-high 20 points, including 4-of-5 from three-point range. Allison Spiv- ey fell two rebounds shy of a double-double, fi nishing with ten points and eight boards.

Marshall 8-5 ECU 6-8, 0-1 C-USA Marshall 10-5, 2-0 C-USA tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HANDY 1 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 30 DAYS 1 6 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 18 CROOK 5 10 0 0 3 5 4 3 7 1 13 0 4 2 1 29 HAMMOND 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 2 2 0 0 26 ASHFORD 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 19 HAMMOND 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 10 BAKER 4 8 0 1 2 6 1 4 5 5 10 1 3 0 2 25 SPIVEY 3 6 2 5 2 4 3 5 8 2 10 2 4 0 1 27 BAKER 4 12 0 1 4 6 2 4 6 4 12 6 5 1 1 27 CROOK 3 5 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 3 7 1 3 0 0 21 YOUNG 2 10 1 4 1 4 2 0 2 3 6 3 5 0 0 30 HART 6 12 2 4 0 0 0 7 7 0 14 2 3 2 5 32 HART 8 14 3 8 5 7 2 4 6 2 24 1 3 1 1 35 TERRY 8 13 4 5 0 0 0 2 2 3 20 1 4 0 2 35 HANDY 5 10 0 0 0 1 3 10 13 3 10 1 5 2 3 33 WITHROW 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 GAY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 WITHROW, 1 4 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 4 0 2 0 1 18 KING 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 COCHRAN 2 6 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 2 5 0 2 0 0 17 KING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 HUDSON 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 15 FRANKS 3 8 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 5 7 1 0 0 0 21 BAYS 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 BARNETTE 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 BOWENS 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 4 5 1 2 1 2 1 0 14 HUDSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 3 2 0 2 20 SAMIS 1 9 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 4 0 1 25 HUSAROVA 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 11 BARNETTE 0 4 0 0 1 4 2 2 4 1 1 1 2 0 0 12 TEAM 2 2 4 TEAM 6 6 SAMIS 1 6 0 2 0 0 4 1 5 1 2 0 3 0 0 14 Totals 21 59 4 15 10 17 12 19 31 20 56 9 18 2 6 200 Totals 19 58 8 21 9 18 12 28 40 21 55 9 21 1 6 200 JAMES 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM 2 1 3 FG% 1st Half: 10-25 40.0% 2nd Half: 11-34 32.4% Game: 35.6% FG% 1st Half: 8-23 34.8% 2nd Half: 11-35 31.4% Game: 32.8% Totals 23 61 2 8 13 22 19 36 55 13 61 13 27 7 14 200 3FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 26.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 6-15 40.0% Game: 38.1% FT% 1st Half: 8-11 72.7% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 58.8% FT% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 50.0% FG% 1st Half: 13-28 46.4% 2nd Half: 10-33 30.3% Game: 37.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 25.0% Virginia 9-4 Marshall 9-5, 1-0 C-USA FT% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 59.1% tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min MEMPHIS 3-12, 0-2 C-USA Littles 6 12 0 1 4 6 0 4 4 1 16 0 4 0 1 34 CROOK 7 11 0 0 1 5 2 6 8 3 15 2 0 1 3 26 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Mohammed 6 8 0 0 0 2 5 6 11 3 12 1 6 0 2 20 HANDY 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 3 6 1 2 0 0 22 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Kellum 2 4 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 7 3 0 0 1 29 HAMMOND 2 5 0 0 5 9 1 4 5 2 9 2 2 0 1 18 JENNINGS 1 4 0 1 5 6 0 1 1 3 7 0 3 0 0 25 Zoll 2 5 2 3 2 2 0 5 5 2 8 4 1 0 0 26 BAKER 3 7 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 5 8 6 1 1 3 19 JACKSON 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 21 Wright 8 16 2 4 4 6 0 3 3 2 22 3 1 0 1 23 HART4 11 2 5 5 6 2 3 5 1 15 2 2 0 2 27 LEONARD 1 10 0 2 0 0 2 3 5 0 2 1 3 0 1 23 Millner 3 5 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 8 1 0 1 2 22 WITHROW 3 6 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 10 3 0 0 1 29 HALL 4 12 2 5 4 5 0 3 3 1 14 2 2 0 4 33 London 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 KING 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 BULLARD 7 11 1 3 0 2 3 2 5 2 15 2 5 0 2 37 McKnight 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 BAYS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 WINCHELL 1 8 1 5 0 0 1 2 3 2 3 1 5 0 3 21 Robertson 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 4 6 1 1 2 0 0 2 22 HUDSON 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 18 ELLIS 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 2 13 Stovall 1 4 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 4 4 2 3 0 1 16 BARNETTE 4 6 1 1 1 2 0 3 3 2 10 1 2 1 2 15 SEAGRAVES 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 TEAM 3 1 4 SAMIS 2 7 1 1 0 0 4 3 7 2 5 0 2 0 0 15 COPELAND 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 Totals 28 59 7 15 15 24 15 27 42 18 78 16 16 1 10 200 JAMES 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 THORNTON 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 0 4 0 2 0 1 16 TEAM 2 2 TEAM 3 6 9 FG% 1st Half: 11-29 37.9% 2nd Half: 17-30 56.7% Game: 47.5% Totals 29 62 6 9 17 29 11 32 43 21 81 21 13 3 12 200 Totals 17 65 4 16 9 13 15 25 40 15 47 6 23 2 14 200 3FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 46.7% FT% 1st Half: 12-17 70.6% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 62.5% FG% 1st Half: 17-34 50.0% 2nd Half: 12-28 42.9% Game: 46.8% FG% 1st Half: 9-31 29.0% 2nd Half: 8-34 23.5% Game: 26.2% 3FG% 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 3-4 75.0% Game: 66.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-8 12.5% 2nd Half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 25.0% Offi cials: Eric Brewton, Tony Lippa, Bryan Brunette FT% 1st Half: 7-13 53.8% 2nd Half: 10-16 62.5% Game: 58.6% FT% 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 69.2% Technical fouls: Marshall-None. Virginia-None. Attendance: 3117 Offi cials: Jaime Luckie, Andrew Walton, Randy Heimerman Offi cials: Tommy Salerno, Scott Starkey, Melissa Lewis Technical fouls: ECU-None. Marshall-None. Technical fouls: Marshall-SAMIS, Meagan. MEMPHIS-None. Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Attendance: 974 Attendance: 421 Marshall 29 27 56 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Virginia 35 43 78 ECU 21 34 55 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Baker (MU) fouls out at 4:03 (II) Marshall 44 37 81 Total Marshall 29 32 61 Points in the paint-MARSHALL 24,VA 36. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 6,VA 27. Points in the paint-ECU 12,MARSHALL 36. Points off turnovers-ECU 10,MARSHALL 31. MEMPHIS 25 22 47 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 5,VA 15. Fast break points-MARSHALL 4,VA 8. 2nd chance points-ECU 11,MARSHALL 9. Fast break points-ECU 7,MARSHALL 12. Bench points-MARSHALL 7,VA 13. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-1 time. Bench points-ECU 15,MARSHALL 28. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 34,MEMPHIS 16. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-00:11, VA 2nd-05:43. Last FG-ECU 2nd-01:23, MARSHALL 2nd-00:25. 15,MEMPHIS 14. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 5 1st-17:08, VA by 30 2nd-06:33. Largest lead-ECU None, MARSHALL by 29 2nd-12:43. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 6,MEMPHIS 9. Fast break points-MARSHALL 12,MEMPHIS 4. Bench points-MARSHALL 10,MEMPHIS 9. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-02:41, MEMPHIS 2nd-00:32. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 16 2nd-13:42, MEMPHIS None.

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

UAB 79, MU 64 OT MU 74, Tulsa 53 SMU 72, MU 50 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB outscored Marshall 21-6 in overtime to take HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Senior Meagan Samis recorded her fi fth double- HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Senior Meagan Samis once again led the Thun- a 79-64 win over the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team at Bartow digit scoring eff ort of the season as the Thundering Herd women’s basket- dering Herd with 16 points, but it was not enough as SMU came away with Arena on Saturday night. ball team rolled past Tulsa, 74-53, in Conference USA action Friday night at a 72-50 win over Marshall on Sunday at the Cam Henderson Center. Marshall (10-6, 2-1 C-USA) would make a late charge in regulation to the Cam Henderson Center. SMU (14-4, 4-1 C-USA) shot 45.5% from the fi eld and 7-of-14 from three- send the game to the extra period, however, UAB (7-9, 3-0 C-USA) would Marshall’s (11-6, 3-1 C-USA) top-ranked defense in conference play did point range in the win while Marshall (11-7, 3-2 C-USA) was held to a season- dominate in overtime to take the win. not disappoint, holding Tulsa (7-10, 3-1 C-USA) to 53 points, its second-best low 16 fi eld goals. Casey Baker led the Herd with 18 points while grabbing six rebounds defensive eff ort of the season after allowing 47 to Memphis last week. The defenses dominated early on as the fi rst point of the game did not and notching two steals. Kizzy Hart and Meg Withrow fi nished with 15 and The win, which marked the 499th of head coach Royce Chadwick’s career, come until the 16:44 mark of the game as Tynikki Crook would hit a jumper 14 points, respectively. gave the Herd a 5-1 record at home. Chadwick was proud of the team and its to give the Herd a 2-0 lead. After tying the game on two free throws, Sharee A late run gave UAB a 39-33 halftime lead. After the Blazers opened the eff ort. “I like our team and I think our team is getting better. That’s probably Shepherd gave SMU a 5-2 lead as she would connect on a three just over game on 9-7 run, the Herd grabbed its fi rst lead of the game, 11-9, on con- one of the better home games we’ve been able to put together from top to fi ve minutes in for the Mustang’s fi rst fi eld goal of the game. secutive buckets by Alyssa Hammond. bottom,” Chadwick said. Halfway through the fi rst period, SMU opened up a four point lead, 11-7, After UAB retook the lead just a short time later, Marshall would fi ght The Herd got off to a quick start in the game, grabbing a 7-2 lead only a on Shepherd’s second bucket of the game. A three by Kizzy Hart brought back to take a 17-16 lead, which would grow to nine points, 30-21, with minute and a half into the contest as Alyssa Hammond connected on her the Herd back within one, but an 11-2 run would give the Mustangs a 22- eight minutes left in the opening period. Three-pointers by Casey Baker and second three-pointer of the year. A quick Tulsa run would knot the game at 12 lead. Marshall rebounded by scoring six of the next seven points to cut Meg Withrow fi nished off the run. UAB’s defense would take control at that 7-7 less than a minute later, but from that point on, it was all Marshall. the lead to fi ve with 1:17 remaining in the half, but SMU closed the half by point, holding Marshall scoreless over the next seven minutes. A 15-0 run over the next six minutes gave Marshall a 22-7 lead. The Herd’s outscoring the Herd 7-1 to grab a 30-19 halftime lead. A three by Brittany The Blazers would take a 31-30 on a free throw by Britney Jones with relentless defense forced eight Golden Hurricane turnovers over that span, Gilliam with fi ve seconds left put SMU up by 11. 3:27 left in the period and would see the lead grow to 36-30 just two min- thanks in part to three steals by Casey Baker, two by Kizzy Hart and one by A quick 5-0 run by Marshall cut the SMU lead to six to open the second utes later. With 48 seconds remaining in the half, Withrow ended the UAB Meg Withrow. The trio also got it done on the off ensive end during that run, half, thanks in part to three points by Hart, the Mustangs once again re- run, connecting on her second three of the game to cut the Blazer lead to scoring 11 of MU’s 15 points. With ten minutes left in the half, a jumper by sponded, opening up a 17 point lead over the next six minutes. 36-33, but a three by Amanda Peterson fi nished off her run of eight con- Tatum Beer ended the run. After a lay-up by Janielle Dodds gave SMU a 51-33 lead with 9:15 left in secutive points to give the Blazers a six-point lead. Twelve points would be as close as Tulsa would get through the end of the game, Marshall made one last eff ort to cut into the lead. Meagan Samis The Blazers would see its lead grow to double digits to open the second the fi rst half as Marshall would settle for a 43-23 halftime lead. Through the took the game into her own hands, scoring the next eight Herd points to cut half, 48-38, just over three minutes in, and later 51-39 just a minute later. The fi rst period, the Herd forced the Golden Hurricane into 13 turnovers while the lead to ten, but it was not enough as SMU would connect on late shots Herd refused to give up, going on a 7-0 run, including fi ve straight by Casey committing only three of their own. Marshall took full advantage of its to grab the 22-point win. Baker. opponent’s mistakes, converting them into 18 points. For the second consecutive game, Samis led the Herd, tallying 16 points A shot by Diamond Rogers gave UAB a 58-51 lead with 5:33 remain- Early in the second half, Tulsa cut the lead to 17 on a three by ReShawn- against the Mustangs. Tynikki Crook recorded the second double-double ing, but from there Marshall would fi ght back, holding the Blazers without a dra Jackson. After buckets by Baker and Tynikki Crook extended the lead to of her career, grabbing a career-high 13 rebounds and scoring 12 points. point for the remainder of regulation. Down 58-53 with under two minutes 21 points, Tulsa once against fought back to within 17 points, but Marshall Crook’s 13 rebounds also ties Chantelle Handy for the most by a Marshall remaining, Hart would connect on two free throws to cut the lead to three, would not be denied, extending the lead to as many as 25 points with 11:36 player this season. Handy grabbed 13 against Memphis. then after a free throw by Handy, Hart would make two more to knot the left in the game. From that point on, the lead would not go below 21 as Janielle Dodds led SMU with 17 points while Sharee Shepherd and Jil- game at 58 with 51 seconds remaining. Marshall would take the win, 74-53. lian Samuels notched 15 apiece. On the next possession, Meg Withrow would steal the ball from Amanda Samis led Marshall with 13 points while Meg Withrow and Casey Baker Marshall tied its season low, shooting 28.6% from the fl oor while SMU Peterson and hit Hart, who was fouled on the attempt. After missing the netted 12 apiece. Kizzy Hart rounded out MU’s double-digit scorers with 11. shot 45.5%. SMU won the rebounding battle, grabbing 42 boards to 39 by attempts, UAB had one last shot, but a three by Peterson fell short and sent Aside from her scoring, Baker had a stellar stat line, notching six assists, fi ve Marshall. the game into overtime. steals, fi ve rebounds and a career-high three blocks. Chantelle Handy, who Head coach Royce Chadwick was disappointed with today’s results, but In the extra period, the Blazers went on a 10-0 run. A three by Withrow entered the contest ranked sixth in rebounding in C-USA games, led Mar- looked ahead to Wednesday’s game against nationally ranked West Virginia. cut the lead to seven, but UAB would connect on late free throws to take the shall with seven boards. “It’s a prelude of what’s coming. It was a very physically basketball game 79-64 win. Tulsa was led by 16 points from Tatum Beer, who also had four rebounds tonight. I’ve seen West Virginia play and it’s going to be a very physical game Alyssa Hammond fell just short of a double-double, fi nishing with nine and three steals. Chanel Johnson, who entered the game 8th in the nation, Wednesday,” Chadwick said. rebounds and eight boards. Tynikki Crook was also solid, grabbing seven averaging 3.13 blocks per game, came close to her average, notching three, “We have to rise to the occasion we have to be prepared to play a BCS rebounds and scoring fi ve. all in the fi rst half. Johnson also added 14 points. caliber team. West Virginia is top 25 and an outstanding basketball team ce USA leading scorer Diamond Rogers led the Blazers with 20 points and Marshall’s bench played a pivotal role in the win, outscoring Tulsa’s by a and they didn’t get there playing fi nesse basketball. There the best team 12 rebounds. 30-6 margin. The fast break was another stat that the Herd held a decided we’ll play and maybe the best team we’ll play since we’ve been here.” UAB fi nished the game with a 39%-28% advantage in shooting while advantage, scoring 16 while holding Tulsa to only four. also holding a 54-51 advantage on the glass. Marshall 10-6, 2-1 C-USA Tulsa 7-10, 3-1 C-USA SMU 14-4, 4-1 C-USA tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min CROOK 1 8 0 0 3 4 1 6 7 2 5 0 2 4 1 33 JOHNSON 7 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 14 1 2 3 0 23 SEVERIN 4 8 0 0 0 2 3 2 5 0 8 1 1 2 1 33 HAMMOND 4 8 0 1 0 0 3 6 9 3 8 1 0 0 0 30 WILLIAMS 5 12 0 0 2 6 1 4 5 3 12 3 1 0 0 34 DODDS 8 13 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 4 17 2 3 1 0 29 BAKER 7 13 2 5 2 6 3 3 6 5 18 0 4 0 2 22 VAUGHAN 1 4 0 3 0 0 1 4 5 3 2 5 2 0 0 26 COBB 1 5 0 0 1 3 2 3 5 4 3 2 2 0 1 27 HART 4 18 3 13 4 6 0 7 7 4 15 1 2 0 2 39 BEER 6 11 4 7 0 0 0 4 4 1 16 2 6 0 3 34 SHEPHERD 5 8 2 4 3 5 1 7 8 2 15 1 2 1 7 32 HANDY 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 5 8 1 1 2 2 0 1 37 JACKSON 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 3 2 0 1 28 SAMUELS 3 7 3 6 6 6 0 3 3 3 15 3 2 0 0 28 WITHROW 3 9 3 6 5 8 2 2 4 3 14 2 0 0 1 34 GARDNER 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 26 GROSS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 HUDSON 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 16 PHILLIPS 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 GILLIAM 2 8 1 2 3 4 0 1 1 2 8 2 2 0 1 16 BARNETTE 1 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 8 BROOKS 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 4 1 2 2 0 23 HILL 2 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 1 0 1 13 SAMIS 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 TEAM 3 2 5 GATES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 TEAM 5 1 6 Totals 23 56 5 15 2 6 10 24 34 11 53 19 20 5 4 200 DAY 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 11 Totals 20 70 9 32 15 26 18 33 51 26 64 7 12 4 7 225 TEAM 1 5 6 FG% 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 2nd Half: 12-29 41.4% Game: 41.1% Totals 25 55 7 14 15 23 11 31 42 21 72 13 14 4 11 200 FG% 1st Half: 12-32 37.5% 2nd Half: 6-27 22.2% Game: 28.6% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% Game: 33.3% 3FG% 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-13 7.7% Game: 28.1% FT% 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-4 50.0% Game: 33.3% FG% 1st Half: 10-22 45.5% 2nd Half: 15-33 45.5% Game: 45.5% FT% 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 12-18 66.7% Game: 57.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 4-7 57.1% Game: 50.0% Marshall 11-6, 3-1 C-USA FT% 1st Half: 7-12 58.3% 2nd Half: 8-11 72.7% Game: 65.2% UAB 7-9, 3-0 C-USA tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Marshall 11-7, 3-2 C-USA Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HANDY 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 2 4 6 0 0 0 24 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ROGERS 8 20 0 2 4 6 7 5 12 2 20 2 4 0 2 43 HAMMOND 3 8 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 0 8 2 1 0 0 24 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min BERRY 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 2 1 22 CROOK 4 7 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 3 9 0 3 0 0 17 HANDY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 13 SCOTT 3 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 20 BAKER 5 7 0 0 2 2 1 4 5 0 12 6 3 3 5 27 HAMMOND 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 12 MCFADDEN 4 10 1 2 0 0 0 5 5 5 9 4 2 0 0 30 HART 4 16 2 8 1 2 0 1 1 1 11 3 1 1 3 30 CROOK 4 12 0 0 4 10 7 6 13 4 12 0 1 1 0 32 JONES 2 9 1 5 5 7 0 6 6 3 10 3 1 1 1 41 WITHROW 5 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 12 2 1 0 1 20 BAKER 3 8 0 1 1 3 2 1 3 4 7 1 6 1 2 29 PETERSON 4 13 4 13 2 3 0 2 2 3 14 1 1 0 0 23 KING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 HART 3 11 1 7 2 4 0 1 1 4 9 3 4 0 1 29 MURRAY 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 BAYS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 WITHROW 1 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 23 SIMPSON 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 1 4 0 1 0 0 14 HUDSON 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 17 HUDSON 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 0 1 14 INGRAM 2 5 0 0 6 9 2 4 6 0 10 0 1 3 0 25 BARNETTE 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 4 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 9 BARNETTE 0 6 0 3 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 16 TEAM 1 8 9 SAMIS 6 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 13 1 0 0 0 21 SAMIS 5 13 4 6 2 2 1 3 4 1 16 0 0 0 0 32 Totals 27 69 7 25 18 27 17 37 54 20 79 11 10 6 4 225 JAMES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 TEAM 1 1 2 1 TEAM 4 3 7 Totals 16 56 5 20 13 25 15 24 39 22 50 12 18 2 4 200 FG% 1st Half: 15-30 50.0% 2nd Half: 8-34 23.5% Game: 39.1% Totals 30 63 6 12 8 12 11 26 37 8 74 22 11 4 10 200 3FG% 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd Half: 3-14 21.4% Game: 28.0% FG% 1st Half: 7-26 26.9% 2nd Half: 9-30 30.0% Game: 28.6% FT% 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 0-0 0.0% Game: 66.7% FG% 1st Half: 17-35 48.6% 2nd Half: 13-28 46.4% Game: 47.6% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 4-15 26.7% Game: 25.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd Half: 0-2 0.0% Game: 50.0% FT % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 9-18 50.0% Game: 52.0% Offi cials: Lawson Newton, Billy Smith, Lisa Costello FT% 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 5-8 62.5% Game: 66.7% Technical fouls: Marshall-None. UAB-None. Offi cials: Bryan Enterline, John Whitson, Erica Bradley Attendance: 488 Offi cials: Lisa Mattingly, Laura Morris, David Stewart Technical fouls: SMU-None. Marshall-TEAM. Technical fouls: TLS-None. Marshall-None. Attendance: 725 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total Attendance: 707 Marshall 33 25 6 64 Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal UAB 39 19 21 79 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total SMU 30 42 72 TLS 23 30 53 Marshall 19 31 50 Points in the paint-MARSHALL 16,UAB 34. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 11,UAB 11. Marshall 43 31 74 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 15,UAB 14. Fast break points-MARSHALL 4,UAB 2. Points in the paint-SMU 26,MARSHALL 18. Points off turnovers-SMU 17,MARSHALL Bench points-MARSHALL 17,UAB 29. Score tied-7 times. Lead changed-6 times. Points in the paint-TLS 28,MARSHALL 36. Points off turnovers-TLS 10,MARSHALL 22. 15. Last FG-MARSHALL OT-00:49, UAB OT-02:01. 2nd chance points-TLS 6,MARSHALL 9. Fast break points-TLS 4,MARSHALL 16. 2nd chance points-SMU 12,MARSHALL 7. Fast break points-SMU 6,MARSHALL 4. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 9 1st-07:44, UAB by 15 OT-00:16. Bench points-TLS 6,MARSHALL 30. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-0 times. Bench points-SMU 14,MARSHALL 22. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time. Last FG-TLS 2nd-00:54, MARSHALL 2nd-01:57. Last FG-SMU 2nd-02:31, MARSHALL 2nd-01:06. Largest lead-TLS None, MARSHALL by 25 2nd-11:36. Largest lead-SMU by 22 2nd-01:11, MARSHALL by 2 1st-16:44.

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

No. 12 WVU 58, MU 51 East Carolina 59, MU 57 MU 77, UCF 75 OT CHARLESTON, W. Va. - The Marshall women’s basketball team fell to No. GREENVILLE, N.C. - Jasmine Young hit a lay-up with less than two sec- ORLANDO, Fla. - A gutsy team performance, coupled with some timely 12-ranked instate rival West Virginia 58-51 Wednesday night in the Chesa- free throw shooting gave Marshall head coach Royce Chadwick his 500th onds left to give East Carolina a 59-57 win over the Marshall University career victory as the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team took down peake Energy Capital Classic at the Charleston Coliseum. UCF, 77-75, in overtime Thursday at the UCF Arena. In a game with nine lead changes and six ties the Thundering Herd women’s basketball team on Sunday at Minges Coliseum. Victory No. 500, also Chadwick’s 100th win at Marshall, did not come refused to go away. Marshall guard Kizzy Hart brought the Herd back into The loss was the third straight for Marshall while ECU won its second- easy. Marshall (12-9, 4-3 C-USA) held a three-point lead with under four striking distance multiple times, shooting 5-of-10 from three point range seconds remaining in regulation. A missed free throw gave UCF (8-12, 1-6 C- straight Conference USA game following an 0-4 start in the league. USA) the ball and with time running out, Angelica Mealing hit a three from and leading all Herd scorers with 18 points. half court to send the game into overtime. In the extra period, the Herd was The Marshall defense was smothering at the onset, forcing a total of 12 Marshall (11-9, 3-3 C-USA) held a lead of 55-51 with 3:40 remaining, but able to overcome an early defi cit to take its fourth Conference USA win of Mountaineer turnovers in the fi rst half alone. The Herd had fi ve separate the season. an 8-2 run to end the game by East Carolina (8-11, 2-4 C-USA) would be the The fi rst half featured signifi cant runs by both teams. The Knights took players record steals including Megan Samis who led the team with three an early 8-4 lead before a pair of free throws by Tynikki Crook began what takeaways to go with her seven points. diff erence. would turn into a 17-0 run over a fi ve-minute stretch that would see the The Herd lineup also managed to stay close to a much larger WVU It was a hotly contested game all the way through, with neither team Herd with a 21-8 lead. Part of Marshall’s early success can be attributed to its ability to crash the glass on the #19 rebounding team in the nation, grab- squad on the boards, losing the rebounding edge just 42-39 in large part leading by more than fi ve points. At the half, Marshall held a slim 30-28 bing 11 of the fi rst 13 rebounds in the game. due to a 12 rebound day from Samis. UCF fought right back, dropping the margin to only fi ve points (23-18) West Virginia was led by center Olayinka Sanni who tallied a double- lead. Meagan Samis led all scorers with nine points in the half. East Carolina after connecting on a pair of threes. Marshall would hit two quick shots to take a nine-point lead, but UCF’s defense would clamp down at that point, double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Hart and Sanni were named Capital opened up by taking a 15-10 lead just over eight minutes into the match. holding the Herd without a point for a six-minute stretch while cutting the Classic MVP for their respective teams. Marshall lead to one point, 27-26, with 2:48 remaining in the opening pe- “They’re a real good team,” Marshall head coach Royce Chadwick said. A 7-2 run gave MU a 17-15 lead and it would be back-and-forth from riod.. “They’re the best team we played all year and they’re going to go on and that point with neither team leading by more than two points. Marshall would fi nish the fi rst stanza on a high note, extending the margin to 36-28 at the half. After Alyssa Hammond ended the scoreless streak, beat some great teams. I was happy with the way we battled for 38 min- The Herd led most of the way through the second half, but would never Casey Baker took over. She would knock down a three thanks to an assist utes.” from Chantelle Handy before hitting two lay-ups in the fi nal 1:17 of the Marshall’s undoing proved to be its poor shooting from the free-throw extend its lead above four points. Following a timeout with 3:52 remaining, half. The Knights opened the second half on fi re, tallying 11 of the fi rst 13 line where the Herd hit just 14-of-26 attempts and missed several crucial Alyssa Hammond hit a jumper to give Marshall a 55-51 lead. Just 20 seconds points to take their fi rst lead since early in the fi rst half. UCF held Marshall shots down the stretch. without a fi eld goal for roughly four minutes before Meagan Samis hit a lay- later, Shana Franks connected on a shot to bring ECU within two. After a “We missed a lot of free throws tonight and that’s something that we’ve up with 15 minutes remaining. shot by Young knotted the game at 55, LaCoya Terry hit two free throws to Things remained close from that point on with neither team taking got to go back and work on,” Chadwick said. “We just didn’t execute when control of the game. The game was tied with under two minutes remaining we needed to and that’s why we didn’t win the basketball game.” give the Pirates their fi rst lead since early in the fi rst half. in regulation, but a shot by Crook gave the Herd a two-point advantage. The Herd battled the Mountaineers from the opening tip and built a Two free throws by Meg Withrow extended the lead to four with a minute 15-9 lead with 9:33 remaining in the fi rst half. Marshall trailed 23-22 head- With 28 seconds left, Meg Withrow hit Casey Baker for a lay-up to tie the remaining. In the ensuing possession, Emma Cannon hit her sixth bucket of the half ing into the break, but jumped back on top to start the second half as Samis game, but on the next possession, Young came around the baseline and to cut the lead to two. Following a made free throw by each team, the Herd opened the period with a three-pointer. The Herd scored seven unanswered found itself up two with under fi ve seconds remaining. A foul sent Melody connected on a lay-up that would prove to be the winning shot. points and built a 29-23 with 16 minutes remaining. Hudson to the line where she would make the fi rst, however, after missing Alyssa Hammond and Meagan Samis led the Herd with 12 points each. the second, Angelica Mealing took the rebound and hit a desperation shot WVU retook the lead 32-29 before Hart and Casey Baker buried back-to- from half court to send the game into overtime. back three-pointers to reignite the Herd. Chantelle Handy led Marshall with seven boards. UCF grabbed a three-point lead early in the extra period, but some With 7:15 remaining, the Mountaineers had taken a fi ve-point but Hart timely free throw shooting by Marshall proved to be the diff erence as the LaCoya Terry led all scorers with 18 points while Jasmine Young fi nished Herd hit 7-of-10 shots from the charity stripe to escape with the 77-75 win. again stepped up and knocked down a pivotal three. She hit from outside For the fourth time in fi ve games, senior Meagan Samis led the team in yet again with six minutes remaining and to cut the Mountaineer lead to with 11. Allison Spivey led all players with 11 rebounds. scoring with 13. She also led the team with nine rebounds. Casey Baker also three. had 13 points while notching eight assists, six rebounds and three steals. Alyssa Hammond registered 12 points while Tynikki Crook and Chantelle Handy had 11. Marshall’s play on the boards against the No. 19 rebounding team in the country was admirable, holding them to only 34 while grabbing 40 rebounds. Tia Lewis, the leading rebounder in C-USA, fi nished with ten boards and 14 points. Emma Cannon led all scorers with 19 points and a game-high 12 boards. The win also marked his 100th at the university. He is the third coach in program history to reach that milestone.

WVU 15-3, 4-1 BE Marshall 11-9, 3-3 C-USA Marshall 12-9, 4-3 C-USA tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min BULGER 1 10 1 6 0 0 1 5 6 1 3 1 1 0 1 29 CROOK 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 4 4 3 2 2 3 0 0 13 CROOK 3 5 0 0 5 6 3 3 6 1 11 2 2 2 1 27 COLE 0 6 0 0 5 6 3 8 11 4 5 3 2 0 1 40 SAMIS 5 12 2 6 0 0 1 3 4 3 12 0 2 1 0 31 HAMMOND 6 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 12 0 6 0 0 28 SANNI 8 11 0 0 1 4 3 8 11 3 17 1 3 1 1 38 BAKER 3 12 0 1 0 0 1 5 6 4 6 1 1 0 1 25 BAKER 5 16 1 4 2 4 2 4 6 4 13 8 8 0 3 40- OWENS 4 11 1 7 2 2 2 4 6 3 11 1 2 0 1 31 HART 3 13 1 7 0 0 0 6 6 1 7 3 3 0 2 33 HART 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 4 3 4 1 3 26 POWELL 6 9 0 0 1 2 1 3 4 3 13 5 5 0 0 30 HANDY 2 6 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 1 4 0 1 0 1 28 HANDY 5 11 0 0 1 2 1 3 4 4 11 1 0 0 1 39 DAVIS 3 9 1 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 7 0 1 0 2 25 WITHROW 2 4 0 2 6 6 0 2 2 1 10 5 0 0 1 21 WITHROW 1 2 0 0 7 8 0 1 1 2 9 0 1 0 0 13 REPELLA 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 4 KING 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 KING 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 JOYE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 HUDSON 1 2 0 0 2 3 1 2 3 3 4 1 2 0 0 9 HUDSON 0 1 0 0 2 4 2 0 2 0 2 3 5 0 1 17 TEAM 1 1 BARNETTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 SAMIS 6 8 1 1 0 0 5 4 9 2 13 0 3 0 1 25 Totals 23 57 3 18 9 14 12 30 42 16 58 12 17 1 7 200 HAMMOND 5 7 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 12 0 4 0 3 29 TEAM 2 4 6 1 TEAM 1 1 2 Totals 29 60 2 6 17 25 19 21 40 21 77 18 30 3 10 225 FG% 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 2nd Half: 12-30 40.0% Game: 40.4% Totals 21 60 3 16 12 13 10 28 38 19 57 14 16 1 8 200 3FG% 1st Half: 1-8 12.5% 2nd Half: 2-10 20.0% Game: 16.7% FG% 1st Half: 16-28 57.1% 2nd Half: 11-25 44.0% Game: 48.3% FT % 1st Half: 0-1 0.0% 2nd Half: 9-13 69.2% Game: 64.3% FG% 1st Half: 10-28 35.7% 2nd Half: 11-32 34.4% Game: 35.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% Game: 33.3% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd Half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 18.8% FT% 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 7-10 70.0% Game: 68.0% Marshall 11-8, 3-2 C-USA FT% 1st Half: 8-8 100% 2nd Half: 4-5 80.0% Game: 92.3% tot-fg 3-pt rebounds UCF 8-12, 1-6 C-USA Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min ECU 8-11,2-4 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds HANDY 1 6 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 20 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min SAMIS 3 10 1 6 0 4 4 8 12 0 7 2 1 0 3 36 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min LEWIS 6 10 0 0 2 3 5 5 10 3 14 0 5 0 2 45 CROOK 1 3 0 0 5 6 4 3 7 2 7 0 2 1 0 22 DAYS 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 6 9 3 4 1 1 1 1 28 AKERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 3 14 BAKER 0 8 0 0 6 8 1 4 5 4 6 4 2 0 2 34 SPIVEY 1 7 0 2 0 0 2 9 11 1 2 3 3 0 2 32 LONG 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 8 HART 6 16 5 11 1 4 1 4 5 2 18 1 5 0 1 36 YOUNG 5 15 0 4 1 2 0 6 6 2 11 5 3 0 2 37 WILEY 3 7 2 5 4 8 0 0 0 3 12 3 8 0 1 38 WITHROW 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 17 TERRY 6 14 0 1 6 8 4 3 7 4 18 4 3 0 4 39 WHITE 4 13 0 2 6 6 2 3 5 5 14 5 4 0 1 40 HUDSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 HUSAROVA 3 11 0 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 9 1 2 0 0 28 DANIELS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 BARNETTE 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 GAY 3 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 8 0 1 0 0 13 MEALING 3 8 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 7 3 2 0 3 29 HAMMOND 3 7 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 4 8 1 0 0 0 22 COCHRAN 1 4 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 16 CALDWELL 3 8 3 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 16 TEAM FRANKS 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 CANNON 7 10 0 0 5 9 5 7 12 2 19 2 4 3 3 32 Totals 15 55 7 21 14 26 15 25 40 17 51 9 14 1 8 200 BOWENS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 TEAM 2 1 3 1 TEAM 2 2 Totals 26 58 6 17 17 28 14 20 34 18 75 16 27 5 13 225 FG% 1st Half: 7-29 24.1% 2nd Half: 8-26 30.8% Game: 27.3% Totals 23 62 0 10 13 17 13 29 42 14 59 14 14 4 9 200 3FG% 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% 2nd Half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 33.3% FG% 1st Half: 10-25 40.0% 2nd Half: 15-29 51.7% Game: 44.8% FT% 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 8-18 44.4% Game: 53.8% FG% 1st Half: 11-28 39.3% 2nd Half: 12-34 35.3% Game: 37.1% 3FG% 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 35.3% 3FG% 1st Half: 0-3 0.0% 2nd Half: 0-7 0.0% Game: 0.0% FT% 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 60.7% Offi cials: Eric Brewton, Angie Enlund, Felicia Grinter FT% 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd Half: 7-8 87.5% Game: 76.5% Technical fouls: WVU-None. Marshall-None. Offi cials: David Cramer, Erica Bradley, Melanie Davis Attendance: 2141 Offi cials: Carol Comanita(R), Ronald Ledington(U), Dawn Marsh(U) Technical fouls: Marshall-None. UCF-None. Technical fouls: Marshall-None. ECU-None. Attendance: 453 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Attendance: 1640 WVU 23 35 58 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total Marshall 22 29 51 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Marshall 36 30 11 77 WVU MVP: Olayinka Sanni Marshall 30 27 57 UCF 28 38 9 75 Marshall MVP: Kizzy Hart ECU 28 31 59 Points in the paint-MARSHALL 42,UCF 26. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 27,UCF 30. Points in the paint-WVU 34,MARSHALL 6. Points off turnovers-WVU 12,MARSHALL Points in the paint-MARSHALL 26,ECU 34. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 10,ECU 17. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 14,UCF 11. Fast break points-MARSHALL 4,UCF 2. 18. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 6,ECU 8. Fast break points-MARSHALL 11,ECU 20. Bench points-MARSHALL 26,UCF 35. Score tied-13 times. Lead changed-16 times. 2nd chance points-WVU 11,MARSHALL 10. Fast break points-WVU 9,MARSHALL 2. Bench points-MARSHALL 26,ECU 15. Score tied-13 times. Lead changed-7 times. Last FG-MARSHALL OT-02:50, UCF OT-04:04. Bench points-WVU 9,MARSHALL 11. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-9 times. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-00:27, ECU 2nd-00:02. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 13 1st-11:58, UCF by 4 1st-16:34. Last FG-WVU 2nd-00:44, MARSHALL 2nd-02:30. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 6 2nd-10:32, ECU by 5 1st-11:59. Largest lead-WVU by 7 2nd-00:11, MARSHALL by 6 1st-09:34.

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

Southern Miss 77, MU 51 UTEP 60, MU 54 Tulane 61, MU 56 HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Pauline Love scored 24 points as the University of HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The Thundering Herd women’s basketball team NEW ORLEANS - Down by 14 points in the second half, Marshall clawed played head-to-head with conference leader UTEP, however, two late Miner back to within one, but it would be too little too late as Tulane would hit six Southern Mississippi downed the Marshall University women’s basketball runs would be the diff erence as UTEP topped Marshall, 60-54, in Conference free throws over the fi nal two minutes to top the Thundering Herd, 61-56, team, 77-51 in Conference USA action on Saturday at the Reed Green Coli- USA women’s basketball action Thursday night at the Cam Henderson Cen- on Sunday at Fogelman Arena. ter. The Herd (12-12, 4-6 C-USA) found itself down nine points with 3:59 left seum. Marshall (12-11, 4-5 C-USA) found itself up 42-38 with under 15 minutes in the contest. A three by Alix Barnette and a lay-up by Tynikki Crook cut the Love was one of four Eagles to hit double fi gures in the win. remaining in the game, however, UTEP (18-2, 9-0 C-USA) runs of 10-2 and lead to two, and two free throws with 1:11 remaining by Meagan Samis cut 7-0 would give the Miners a lead they would not relinquish. the lead to one, but Tulane (13-10, 3-7 C-USA) was able to hit its late free Marshall (12-10, 4-4 C-USA) was led by 17 points from Alyssa Hammond UTEP used those second half runs to gain a lead as large as nine points throws to take the win. while Kizzy Hart fi nished with 11. with 2:16 left in the game, however Marshall made it interesting down the Tulane came out fi ring, opening up a 7-0 lead in the opening two min- stretch, forcing turnovers in two consecutive possessions to cut the lead to utes of the contest. A bucket by Kizzy Hart put the Herd on the board at the The Eagles (12-9, 3-5 C-USA) scorched the nets, shooting 61.4% for the three, but the Miners scored fi ve points in the fi nal 22 seconds to escape 17:52 mark before the Green Wave hit two more shots to take an 11-2 lead a with the win. minute later. game, including 4-of-8 from three-point range. From the start, the Thundering Herd showed that it was up to the task With 11:44 remaining in the half, a three by Chassity Brown put Tulane Southern Miss shot 61.9% from the fi eld in the fi rst half en route to a of playing with the two-loss Miners, taking a 14-6 lead nine minutes into the up 21-12. Brown’s shot marked Tulane’s ninth bucket in 14 shots and third game. With the score tied 6-6 at the 15:37 mark, MU kept the Miners off of three in fi ve tries. Marshall’s defense got on track at that point, holding Tu- 42-23 halftime lead. The Eagles opened up a 16-5 lead just over fi ve minutes the scoreboard for nearly fi ve minutes while extending their lead to eight, lane without a point for over four minutes, but its off ense was unable to take into the game and would see it grow to 21-9. Marshall countered with a 5-0 the most it would be all game. full advantage of its success on the defensive side, hitting just two foul shots The Miners showed their scoring ability at that point, registering the over that span to cut the Green Wave lead to seven points. run thanks to a three by Kizzy Hart and a fi eld goal by Kendra King. next nine points to take a 15-14 lead. That run came over a span of only The teams would trade baskets before a made shot and free throw by From that point on, the half belonged to the Eagles, who saw their lead one minute and twelve seconds. Over the next four minutes, the teams the Green Wave would give them their fi rst double digit lead of the game. swapped the lead fi ve times, with Marshall eventually jumping out to a 26- Their lead would reach as many as 11 on a three by Megan Valicevic before grow to as many as 19 on two diff erent occasions. USM had three players in 21 lead with 3:48 left in the half. UTEP made its second major run of the two shots by Alyssa Hammond in the fi nal two minutes would cut Tulane’s double fi gures in the fi rst stanza, led by 13 courtesy of Stephanie Helgeson. game, fi nishing the half on a 7-1 run to fi nd itself ahead, 28-27, at halftime. halftime lead to nine. Marshall started the second half in the same fashion as it did in the Both teams had their share of struggles from the fi eld late in the fi rst The Herd shot 29.6% in the opening half and were led by eight points from opening stanza, grabbing a 29-28 lead just 22 seconds into the period. The half. The Herd recorded only three fi eld goals in the fi nal 11:56 while Tulane lead would be extended to 42-38 with just under 15 minutes remaining. had only four in the fi nal 11:44. Hart and Alyssa Hammond. Early foul trouble also played a large role, with That is where UTEP would take over the game, holding the Herd to just two Marshall’s struggles from the fi eld continued to start the second pe- Casey Baker being tagged for three and Crook with two only fi ve minutes points over the next seven minutes while scoring ten of their own to take a riod. After Tynikki Crook hit two free throws to open up the half, the Herd 48-44 lead. would be held without a point until the 15:54 mark. Over that span, the into the game. A lay-up by Kizzy Hart brought the Herd within two points, 48-46, with Green Wave would score seven to open up a 14-point lead, its largest of the After keeping things close early in the second period, the game got out 7:52 left, but yet another spurt by the Miners, this one in the form of a 7-0 game. run, gave them a 55-46 lead, their largest of the game at the 2:16 mark. Down 40-26, Marshall would begin to claw its way back into the game. of reach for the Herd as the Eagles opened up a lead of as many as 32 points, Just when it looked like the Miners clinched the win, the Herd made The Herd defense held the Green Wave without a point for a stretch of 6:50 62-31, before the Herd chipped into it over the fi nal minutes of the contest. a fi nal eff ort to knock them off . After Casey Baker connected on two free while cutting the lead to six over that stretch. With 6:25 remaining, a three throws to cut the lead to seven points, Izabela Piekarska was forced into a by Meagan Samis cut the lead to just four points. Marshall would get to within 22 points before USM would fi nish the game turnover, which would lead to a lay-up by Casey Baker. Just seconds later, The Green Wave countered with a run of its own, opening the lead back with a 26-point win. Meagan Samis forced Kasia Krezel into a steal. On that possession, a foul by up to nine points with four minutes left. After a confusing series with two Timika Williams sent Alyssa Hammond to the line. Hammond hit both shots technical fouls being issued, the Herd was able to regroup. Down 52-43 at Hammond and Hart were the only Herd players to fi nish the game in to cut the lead to three. that point, Crook hit a lay-up. After a foul on the inbound pass, Kizzy Hart On UTEP’s next trip down the fl oor, Piekarska missed her fi rst three- was fouled and connected on both free throw attempts to make it a fi ve- double fi gures. Hammond had a solid 5-of-7 day from the fi eld while notch- pointer of the game. Casey Baker grabbed the rebound, but was unable to point game. ing fi ve rebounds. Chantelle Handy and Kendra King also had fi ve boards hold onto it, as the ball went out of bounds and back to the Miners. Krezel After Tulane hit two free throws to take a 54-47 lead, Alix Barnette hit a made the Herd pay, hitting a three, to extend the lead to six. The teams three. On the next trip down the fl oor, Barnette found Crook under the bas- apiece to lead the team. traded points in the fi nal seconds, but the Herd would get no closer as UTEP ket, who hit a lay-up to cut the lead to two. Alendra Brown hit a free throw King played 23 minutes against the Eagles, just short of her season mark would escape with the 60-54 win. with 2:01 left to bring the lead to three, but with 1:11 remaining, Samis was Alyssa Hammond had one of the top outings of her career, tallying a fouled and hit both free throws to come to within one point. of 24 at Morehead State. She chipped in nine points, including her fi rst season-high 18 points while grabbing six boards. She was stellar from the Chassity Brown was fouled on the next possession and hit both shots three-pointer of the season. Rebecca Bays also saw signifi cant time, play- charity stripe, hitting eight out of nine shots, tying her career mark for made from the charity stripe to make it a three-point game until Kizzy Hart cut free throws. the lead to one, hitting a lay-up with 34 seconds left. Ashley Langford was ing a career-high 13 minutes. Bays recorded her fi rst career fi eld goal in the Casey Baker and Alix Barnette joined Hammond in double fi gures, notching fouled 16 seconds later and hit her fi rst free throw, but missed the second 11 apiece. Along with her 11 points, Baker recorded seven rebounds, fi ve giving Marshall one last chance. fi rst half. assists and four steals while hitting 5-of-6 shots from the free throw line. On the ensuing possession, the Herd’s bid to send the game to overtime Love led USM with 24 points while Stephanie Helgeson tallied 17. Am- Barnette, who was a perfect 3-of-3 from three-point range in the fi rst half, ended when it missed two open lay-up attempts. Tulane would hit its free scored all of her points in the opening half. throws in the fi nal seconds to escape with the 61-56 win. ber Eugene and Kendra Reed fi nished with 13 and ten points, respectively. Piekarska led all players with 20 points. She was a solid 8-of-11 from Alyssa Hammond once again led the way for Marshall, scoring a game- Saturday’s loss continued Marshall’s struggles at Reed Green Coliseum. the fi eld, but did most of her damage beyond-the-arc, hitting four out of high 14 points. Casey Baker fi nished with 13 points while Kizzy Hart had fi ve three-points shots. Kasia Krezel scored 13 points while Timika Williams ten. Baker was also credited with fi ve steals, four rebounds and four assists. Last season, the Herd fell 82-44. In 2006, Southern Miss grabbed a 67-63 added 12. Williams, along with Natasha Lacy recorded a game-high eight Crook and Samis led the Herd with fi ve boards. win. rebounds. Tiff any Aidoo led Tulane with 13 points while Alendra Brown led all players with nine rebounds. Marshall 12-10, 4-4 UTEP 18-2, 9-0 C-USA Marshall 12-12, 4-6 tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds CROOK 1 5 0 0 1 2 3 1 4 3 3 1 1 0 1 13 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HAMMOND 6 9 0 0 5 7 4 1 5 3 17 2 2 0 0 34 WILLIAMS 6 10 0 1 0 0 5 3 8 3 12 2 1 1 3 30 CROOK 2 8 0 0 2 2 3 2 5 2 6 0 2 0 0 16 BAKER 0 5 0 3 4 5 0 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 0 17 PIEKARSKA 8 11 4 5 0 1 3 4 7 3 20 1 2 3 0 29 HAMMOND 6 12 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 4 14 0 1 0 0 35 HART 4 15 2 8 1 2 1 2 3 2 11 1 3 0 0 30 HUGHES 2 9 0 3 2 2 0 6 6 3 6 5 4 1 3 29 BAKER 6 12 0 2 1 2 1 3 4 5 13 4 5 0 5 35 HANDY 2 7 0 0 1 3 4 1 5 1 5 0 2 0 0 31 KREZEL 4 14 1 7 4 4 1 2 3 3 13 2 4 0 0 34 HART 3 13 0 3 4 4 2 2 4 4 10 3 3 0 4 36 KING 3 7 1 2 2 2 2 3 5 2 9 1 2 0 0 23 LACY 3 11 0 6 0 0 3 5 8 1 6 6 6 1 5 35 HANDY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 19 BAYS 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 13 PORRAS 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 KING 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 HUDSON 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 4 0 1 22 ZALESIAK 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 8 BAYS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 SAMIS, 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 JONES 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 HUDSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 10 TEAM 1 1 1 MARISETT 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 BARNETTE 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 3 8 1 1 0 3 21 Totals 17 52 3 13 14 21 16 14 30 20 51 10 17 1 3 200 TM 1 3 4 SAMIS, 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 4 5 2 5 0 0 1 2 25 Totals 24 64 5 22 7 9 15 27 42 14 60 18 21 7 12 200 TEAM 1 2 3 A FG% 1st Half: 8-27 29.6% 2nd Half: 9-25 36.0% Game: 32.7% Totals 21 55 2 8 12 14 11 16 27 23 56 9 15 2 17 200 3FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 23.1% FG% 1st Half: 12-30 40.0% 2nd Half: 12-34 35.3% Game: 37.5% FT% 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 8-13 61.5% Game: 66.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd Half: 3-14 21.4% Game: 22.7% FG% 1st Half: 9-27 33.3% 2nd Half: 12-28 42.9% Game: 38.2% FT% 1st Half: 2-2 100% 2nd Half: 5-7 71.4% Game: 77.8% 3FG% 1st Half: 0-5 0.0% 2nd Half: 2-3 66.7% Game: 25.0% Southern Miss 12-9, 3-5 FT% 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 8-8 100% Game: 85.7% Marshall 12-11, 4-5 C-USA tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Tulane 13-10, 3-7 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds WASHINGTON 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 19 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds LOVE 10 13 1 2 3 4 2 4 6 2 24 4 1 0 2 38 HANDY 1 2 0 0 2 2 3 3 6 4 4 0 1 0 1 27 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HELGESON 5 8 0 0 7 8 0 4 4 4 17 1 1 3 0 24 SAMIS 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 4 0 3 27 LINDSEY 5 10 0 0 2 2 5 3 8 3 12 1 3 0 2 27 HAMMOND 5 8 0 0 8 9 3 3 6 2 18 0 4 0 1 33 REED 3 5 3 5 1 2 1 4 5 2 10 3 4 0 4 36 BROWN 1 3 0 0 3 4 2 7 9 3 5 4 4 3 0 30 BAKER 3 11 0 0 5 6 2 5 7 2 11 5 10 0 4 39 LANGFORD 2 9 0 3 7 9 0 3 3 1 11 2 4 0 0 35 BARBER 1 4 0 0 3 4 0 1 1 4 5 9 1 0 1 30 HART 4 18 0 6 0 2 0 1 1 3 8 1 2 0 1 31 AIDOO 5 8 1 4 2 4 4 3 7 2 13 2 4 0 1 34 EUGENE 4 5 0 0 5 6 1 3 4 4 13 3 2 0 2 33 KING 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 9 BROWN 3 10 2 4 3 4 1 3 4 2 11 3 3 1 0 35 WILLIAMS 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 9 HUDSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ BARNES 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 10 JOHNSON 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 9 BARNETTE 4 9 3 6 0 2 1 5 6 0 11 1 2 0 1 28 LUCKHURST 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 13 JAMES 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 VALICEVIC 1 2 1 2 4 4 3 0 3 2 7 0 1 0 1 16 MAYS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM 3 5 8 1 TEAM 2 3 5 2 TEAM 1 3 4 2 Totals 18 54 3 14 15 21 13 26 39 13 54 9 25 0 11 200 Totals 18 49 4 15 21 27 19 23 42 15 61 13 23 4 5 200 Totals 27 44 4 8 19 25 6 22 28 20 77 21 13 3 10 200 FG% 1st Half: 10-25 40.0% 2nd Half: 8-29 27.6% Game: 33.3% FG% 1st Half: 13-30 43.3% 2nd Half: 5-19 26.3% Game: 36.7% FG% 1st Half: 13-21 61.9% 2nd Half: 14-23 60.9% Game: 61.4% 3FG% 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 0-7 0.0% Game: 21.4% 3FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 0-6 0.0% Game: 26.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 50.0% FT% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 11-13 84.6% Game: 71.4% FT% 1st Half: 1-1 100% 2nd Half: 20-26 76.9% Game: 77.8% FT% 1st Half: 13-16 81.3% 2nd Half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 76.0% Offi cials: Doug Knight, Metta Roberts, Jim Vastine Offi cials: Ron Dressander, Ed Koch, Tommy Salerno Offi cials: R-Ken Drayton, U1-Ed Sidlasky, U2-Kym Davis Technical fouls: UTEP-None. Marshall-None. Technical fouls: Marshall-BAKER, Casey. Tulane-BROWN, Chassity. Technical fouls: Marshall-None. Southern Miss-None. Attendance: 503 Attendance: 989 Attendance: 3985 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total UTEP 28 32 60 Marshall 22 34 56 Marshall 23 28 51 Marshall 27 27 54 Tulane 31 30 61 Southern Miss 42 35 77 Points in the paint-UTEP 30,MARSHALL 20. Points off turnovers-UTEP 18,MARSHALL Points in the paint-MARSHALL 30,TLN 22. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 19,TLN 7. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 12,USM 32. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 11,USM 14. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 10,TLN 13. Fast break points-MARSHALL 6,TLN 6. 18. 2nd chance points-UTEP 9,MARSHALL 12. Fast break points-UTEP 12,MARSHALL 4. Bench points-MARSHALL 13,TLN 9. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 10,USM 3. Fast break points-MARSHALL 2,USM 6. Bench points-UTEP 3,MARSHALL 13. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-9 times. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-00:33, TLN 2nd-05:09. Bench points-MARSHALL 11,USM 19. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time. Last FG-UTEP 2nd-00:22, MARSHALL 2nd-00:13. Largest lead-MARSHALL None, TLN by 14 2nd-17:13. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-01:57, USM 2nd-01:34. Largest lead-UTEP by 9 2nd-02:16, MARSHALL by 8 1st-10:55. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 2 1st-19:40, USM by 31 2nd-08:58.

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

MU 71, UCF 64 Southern Miss 77, MU 67 MU 83, Memphis 73 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - When her team needed her most, senior Kizzy HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Kendra Reed scored 23 points and Southern Miss HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Down 48-35 at halftime, the Thundering Herd used a Hart responded with the game of her career, setting career-highs with 25 shot 52.8% from the fi eld as the Golden Eagles downed the Thundering 28-2 run to open the second half and top the Memphis Tigers, 83-73, in Confer- points and ten rebounds to lead the Thundering Herd women’s basketball Herd, 77-67, in Conference USA women’s basketball action Sunday after- ence USA women’s basketball action Thursday night at the Cam Henderson Cen- team to a 71-64 win over UCF Friday evening at the Cam Henderson Cen- noon at the Cam Henderson Center. ter. ter. Reed, who notched 18 points in the opening half, hit four three-pointers After Memphis (8-18, 5-8 C-USA) ended the opening half on a 13-2 run, Mar- With Meg Withrow and Tynikki Crook out of the lineup, Hart picked up and was 5-of-5 from the free throw line. shall (14-13, 6-7 C-USA) came out on fi re in the latter half, opening on a 19-0 run the slack, registering the fi rst double-double of her Marshall career. She fi n- “It was a very physical basketball game today. It was rough and tumble. that would later turn into a 28-2 run over the fi rst ten minutes of the second half. ished with three steals, an assist and a block while connecting on ten free I think we really missed our players that weren’t here today to help give Marshall’s second-half run was powered by 16 points from Kizzy Hart, who throws, also a new career mark. Her play in the second half was pivotal to us some extra depth and humph in the paint,” Marshall head coach Royce fi nished the night with 23. Casey Baker put forth one of the top eff orts of her the win as 17 points and nine of her rebounds came in the latter half. Chadwick said. career, falling just two rebounds short of the fi rst triple-double in program history. “I know my team needed baskets. They kept getting me the ball, I was “But I was very proud on the way our team fought. We seemed like we Baker scored 15 points, dished out a career-high 11 assists while grabbing eight just trying to get open shots, and I was,” Hart said. “They just kept going in.” were behind all night long and fi ghting from a defi cit but we kept fi ghting rebounds. The win ended a three-game losing streak for Marshall (13-12, 5-6 C- in there. We had some opportunities.” Following a two-game absence, Tynikki Crook returned in dramatic fashion, USA), while the loss marked the sixth-straight for UCF (8-16, 1-10 C-USA). Marshall (13-13, 5-7 C-USA) opened the contest on an 8-2 run, forcing registering a new career mark with 16 points while tallying nine boards. Several times throughout the fi rst half, it looked as if the Herd was going Southern Miss (15-10, 6-6 C-USA) to use a time out just over a minute in. Early on, it looked like the game would be a Herd runaway, as it jumped out to put the game away, but the Knights had other ideas. Marshall recorded That worked in favor of the Golden Eagles, who scored the next fi ve points to a 9-3 lead just three minutes into the contest, but the three-point shooting of the fi rst fi ve points of the game, started by a trey from Hart and a lay-up by to cut the lead to one. the Tigers would keep them in the game as they hit seven of their fi rst ten shots Casey Baker but UCF came right back, reeling off six-straight to take their Just over fi ve minutes in, Southern Miss took its fi rst lead of the game, beyond-the-arc. Four early treys, coupled with a jumper by guard Paris Leonard, fi rst lead of the contest. 14-13, on a lay-up by Amber Eugene. After a shot by Alix Barnette put the helped Memphis knot the game at 14 just over seven minutes into the game. After swapping the lead back-and-forth, Marshall found itself up 13- Herd back up, the Golden Eagles went on a 12-2 run, highlighted by three The fi nal nine minutes of the opening period featured runs by each team. 12 seven minutes in. That would grow to 11 points just two minutes later, three-pointers to go up 26-17, forcing Marshall to use its fi rst time out at the With the score tied at 23, Marshall reeled off six-straight points to open up a 29-23 thanks to a 10-0 run fueled by three Casey Baker lay-ups. In similar fashion to 11:54 mark. lead, but the Tigers did not relent, scoring ten of their own to take a 33-29 lead, the earlier meeting in Orlando, UCF did not let Marshall out of their sights, Just as Southern Miss rallied after its fi rst time out, the Herd did the their fi rst lead since an Aroha Jennings three to open the game. After Marshall cut scoring the next seven points to cut the lead to four. same, cutting the USM lead to two, thanks to a 9-2 stretch over the next the lead to two, 37-35, with 2:15 remaining, the Tigers scored the fi nal 11 points of Though the Herd went back up by nine, the Knights got as close as one 2:40. the period to take a 48-35 halftime lead. point with 2:06 remaining in the half. Buckets would be swapped by both Over the fi nal nine minutes of the half, both defenses clamped down. In Paris Leonard was the star for the Tigers in the fi rst half, scoring 21 points to teams in the fi nal minutes of the half as Marshall would take a four-point the fi rst 11 minutes, a combined 54 points were scored while the fi nal nine go along with three blocks and three steals. Leonard’s play, coupled with a .515 lead (37-33) into the locker room. minutes produced just 18. Southern Miss held Marshall to just four points in shooting percentage from the fi eld, propelled the Tigers to the 13-point lead. UCF gained some confi dence with its play at the end of the fi rst stanza the fi nal seven minutes en route to a 40-32 halftime lead. With their backs against the wall, the Herd regrouped at halftime to play one and carried that into the second half, tying the game at 37 just over a min- In the opening stages of the second half, the Golden Eagles reeled off of its best halves of basketball this season. A 6-0 Marshall run in the fi rst minute ute in. At the 16:59 mark, a lay-up by Emma Cannon gave UCF a 39-38 lead, six-straight points to push their lead to 14 points, the largest of the game. forced Memphis to use a timeout, but the stoppage failed to stop the Herd’s mo- its fi rst since the opening moments of the match. Jumpers by Kizzy Hart in consecutive trips down the fl oor cut the USM lead mentum. After forcing a quick Paris Leonard foul to get the ball back, MU reeled With the Knights up 44-42 at the 13:47 mark, a bucket by Kendra King to single digits, but another Southern Miss run pushed its lead up to 15 off six more points to cut the Tiger lead to one point, 48-47, forcing them to use started a 9-0 Herd run that would prove to be the diff erence in the game. points with 9:28 left in the game. their second timeout of the half. King combined with Kizzy Hart to account for all nine points. Just three min- The Thundering Herd, who forced the Golden Eagles into foul trouble Following the second stoppage of play, Marshall forced an Ashley Thornton utes later, King and Hart sent the Herd on another 9-0 run, and again, were early in the second half, began a comeback via the charity stripe. Seven out turnover and was off to the races yet again, scoring seven more points to jump responsible for all nine points. That run put MU up 65-50 with 5:21 left in the of the next nine Herd points would come from the foul line as the USM lead out to a 54-48 lead. At the 15:22 mark, a lay-up by Savannah Ellis put Memphis on game. was cut to eight. the board, but it would not stop the Marshall run, as the Herd dropped another The Knights would still not relent, cutting the lead to six points on two After an Andrea Barber jumper put the lead at ten, Alix Barnette scored 9-0 run on the Tigers to take a 63-50 lead, its largest lead of the game. The run was diff erence occasions, but it would not be enough as Marshall hit its late free the next fi ve points, including a three-pointer to cut the defi cit to fi ve with capped off by three-straight jumpers courtesy of Tynikki Crook. throws to fi nish off UCF and come away with the 71-64 victory. The win 4:51 remaining, the smallest it had been since the fi rst half. The lead would Memphis kept the Marshall lead between 10 and 13 points over the next fi ve marked the fi rst for MU since topping UCF in Orlando on January 31. be cut to four on two separate occasions, but Marshall’s late shots did not minutes before a jumper by Ellis with 5:48 left in the game cut the Marshall lead While Hart was the only Herd player in double fi gures, several others fall and Southern Miss would fi nish with a ten-point win. to nine, 68-59. The Tigers would cut the lead to seven points on three separate put forth admirable eff orts. Alix Barnette chipped in nine points, including Down the stretch, fouls played a major role. Marshall had been called for occasions in the reigning minutes of the game, but it would be too little too late a 7-of-7 performance from the foul line. Chantelle Handy fi nished with nine only three fouls in the opening 13 minutes of the second half, but the fi nal as the Herd defense held Memphis to 2-of-13 in the fi nal 3:33 to clinch the win. points and six boards while Casey Baker registered eight points and fi ve re- seven saw the Herd commit 11. The Herd defense, which allowed 17 Memphis fi eld goals in the opening half, bounds. The trio of Alix Barnette, Alyssa Hammond and Kizzy Hart combined for held the Tigers to just 8-of-36 (.222) in the closing half. The defense also held Paris Without its top center, Marshall still managed to out-rebound the 47 points against the Golden Eagles. Barnette registered a season-high 16, Leonard, who scored 21 points in the fi rst half, to 3-of-15 in the second half. Two Knights by a 45-38 margin. Hart tied Emma Cannon with a game-high ten going 6-of-10 from the fi eld and notching three rebounds and three assists. of her three second-half fi eld goals came in the fi nal minute. boards. The foul line played an important role as the Herd hit 26-of-35 free Hammond also had 16 points to go along with fi ve boards. Hart, who had a Though Memphis fi nished with a 49-46 advantage on the glass, the Herd had throws, compared to an 8-of-17 performance from the Knights. season-high 25 points Friday against UCF, fi nished with 15 points and fi ve a resounding edge in the turnover battle, forcing 24 while committing only 16 of Cannon notched a double-double for UCF with 11 points and ten re- rebounds. its own. bounds. Marshay White led the Knights with 15 points and four helpers. Chantelle Handy was once again solid, tallying eight point and fi ve re- Aside from the aforementioned eff orts of Hart, Baker and Crook, several other bounds while Casey Baker sported another outstanding stat line, dishing Herd players stepped up their game in the win. Chantelle Handy, who registered out nine assists, six rebounds, six points and fi ve steals. the fi rst double-double of her career in the fi rst meeting against the Tigers, Kendra Reed led Southern Miss with 23 points. Amber Eugene and Pau- notched a season-high 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the fi eld. She also had line Love fi nished with 14 apiece. Eugene led USM with six rebounds. eight rebounds. Marshall’s free throw shooting was once against stout, hitting 14 of Senior Melody Hudson continued her recent hot streak, playing what Coach 16 shots. Southern Miss went 14-of-17 from the stripe. Despite its smaller Chadwick called one of the best games of her career. In a career-high 33 min- lineup, the Herd fi nished the game with a 35-29 rebounding advantage. utes, Hudson cored fi ve points while recording four rebounds, three steals and two assists. UCF 8-16, 1-10 C-USA Southern Miss 15-10, 6-6 C-USA MEMPHIS 8-18, 5-8 C-USA

tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min CANNON 5 10 0 0 1 5 6 4 10 3 11 2 0 1 3 20 LOVE 5 9 1 3 3 4 0 3 3 4 14 1 2 0 1 21 JENNINGS 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 5 6 5 3 2 2 0 0 24 LEWIS 6 11 0 0 0 0 5 4 9 2 12 0 2 0 3 38 HELGESON 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 4 1 3 2 0 17 THORNTON 2 6 0 0 2 4 3 4 7 4 6 2 2 0 1 27 WILEY 4 8 2 4 0 2 1 1 2 4 10 1 4 0 0 33 REED 7 13 4 7 5 5 1 2 3 3 23 3 3 0 1 40- LEONARD 10 26 3 7 4 6 3 4 7 3 27 0 1 3 4 39 CALDWELL 1 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 20 EUGENE 7 10 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 5 14 2 4 0 1 36 HALL 4 9 3 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 11 2 4 0 0 16 WHITE 6 16 1 6 2 2 2 3 5 4 15 4 2 0 3 27 BARBER 2 6 1 2 5 6 0 5 5 0 10 7 2 0 4 40 BULLARD 0 7 0 1 1 2 1 5 6 3 1 9 7 0 3 33 STOVALL 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 WASHINGTON 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 8 0 3 0 1 11 WINCHELL 3 9 3 5 2 4 1 2 3 4 11 1 5 0 1 25 DANIELS 1 11 0 3 0 2 3 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 15 JOHNSON 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 ELLIS 5 5 0 0 4 8 3 5 8 2 14 1 1 0 0 17 MEALING 3 8 1 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 12 3 1 0 2 24 BILAND 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 3 0 27 SEAGRAVES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 LONG 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 TEAM 4 4 TUCKER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 AKERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 17 Totals 28 53 7 16 14 17 6 23 29 17 77 16 18 5 8 200 JACKSON 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 13 TEAM 2 2 4 1 TEAM 4 2 6 Totals 26 75 4 21 8 17 20 18 38 23 64 14 12 1 12 200 Totals 25 69 10 20 13 24 19 30 49 25 73 17 24 3 9 200 FG% 1st Half: 16-30 53.3% 2nd Half: 12-23 52.2% Game: 52.8% 3FG% 1st Half: 5-10 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 43.8% FG% 1st Half: 17-33 51.5% 2nd Half: 8-36 22.2% Game: 36.2% FG% 1st Half: 13-34 38.2% 2nd Half: 13-41 31.7% Game: 34.7% FT% 1st Half: 3-3 100% 2nd Half: 11-14 78.6% Game: 82.4% 3FG% 1st Half: 8-13 61.5% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 50.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd Half: 2-13 15.4% Game: 19.0% FT% 1st Half: 6-6 100% 2nd Half: 7-18 38.9% Game: 54.2% FT% 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 47.1% Marshall 13-13, 5-7 C-USA Marshall 14-13, 6-7 C-USA Marshall 13-12, 5-6 C-USA tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds HANDY 4 7 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 3 8 0 4 1 1 26 Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HAMMOND 6 10 0 0 4 4 2 3 5 4 16 0 3 0 0 24 HANDY 6 11 0 0 2 4 4 4 8 3 14 1 0 0 2 37 HANDY 3 6 0 1 3 4 3 3 6 1 9 2 2 0 1 37 BAKER 1 9 0 0 4 4 0 6 6 5 6 9 4 0 5 33 HAMMOND 3 8 0 0 0 2 3 2 5 3 6 0 1 0 2 19 HAMMOND 2 5 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 3 6 0 1 0 0 19 HART 5 15 1 6 4 6 1 4 5 2 15 2 3 0 1 39 BAKER 4 13 0 0 7 10 1 7 8 4 15 11 3 0 2 38 BAKER 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 8 3 5 0 1 19 HART 6 14 3 9 10 12 1 9 10 0 25 1 6 1 3 39 BARNETTE 6 10 2 6 2 2 0 3 3 4 16 3 2 0 0 28 HART 9 15 3 7 2 5 1 3 4 4 23 2 1 1 2 30 BARNETTE 1 5 0 2 7 7 2 3 5 3 9 2 7 0 1 31 KING 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 26 HUDSON 1 4 0 0 3 6 2 2 4 4 5 2 5 0 3 33 KING 2 4 0 0 2 3 1 2 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 15 BAYS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 CROOK 7 13 0 0 2 4 2 7 9 1 16 0 2 2 0 21 BAYS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 HUDSON 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 2 17 BAYS 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 0 2 0 2 13 HUDSON 2 6 0 0 2 5 2 5 7 2 6 0 2 0 0 28 SAMIS 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 9 SAMIS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 BARNETTE 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 5 TEAM 2 3 5 1 JAMES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 SAMIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 21 47 3 12 26 35 12 33 45 16 71 9 24 1 7 200 TEAM 5 5 TEAM 2 5 7 Totals 25 62 3 13 14 16 14 21 35 19 67 15 17 1 9 200 Totals 32 71 3 8 16 31 15 31 46 24 83 18 16 3 13 200 FG% 1st Half: 13-24 54.2% 2nd Half: 8-23 34.8% Game: 44.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 25.0% FG% 1st Half: 15-31 48.4% 2nd Half: 10-31 32.3% Game: 40.3% FG% 1st Half: 15-33 45.5% 2nd Half: 17-38 44.7% Game: 45.1% FT% 1st Half: 10-13 76.9% 2nd Half: 16-22 72.7% Game: 74.3% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 23.1% 3FG% 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 37.5% FT% 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 13-14 92.9% Game: 87.5% FT% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 12-22 54.5% Game: 51.6% Offi cials: June Courteau, Laura Morris, Tina Napier Technical fouls: UCF-LEWIS, Tia. Marshall-None. Offi cials: Eric Baker, Angela Enlund, David Kramer Offi cials: John Whitson, Daryl Humphrey, Shawn Goode Attendance: 457 Technical fouls: Southern Miss-EUGENE, Amber. Marshall-HAMMOND, Alyssa. Technical fouls: MEMPHIS-None. Marshall-None. Attendance: 752 Attendance: 357 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total UCF 33 31 64 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Marshall 37 34 71 Southern Miss 40 37 77 MEMPHIS 48 25 73 Marshall 32 35 67 Marshall 35 48 83 Points in the paint-UCF 32,MARSHALL 24. Points off turnovers-UCF 19,MARSHALL 11. 2nd chance points-UCF 13,MARSHALL 14. Fast break points-UCF 6,MARSHALL 15. Points in the paint-USM 34,MARSHALL 32. Points off turnovers-USM 26,MARSHALL Points in the paint-MEMPHIS 20,MARSHALL 46. Points off turnovers-MEMPHIS Bench points-UCF 14,MARSHALL 14. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-4 times. 21. 10,MARSHALL 28. Last FG-UCF 2nd-00:05, MARSHALL 2nd-00:39. 2nd chance points-USM 9,MARSHALL 6. Fast break points-USM 10,MARSHALL 8. 2nd chance points-MEMPHIS 20,MARSHALL 19. Fast break points-MEMPHIS Largest lead-UCF by 2 2nd-16:00, MARSHALL by 15 2nd-05:21. Bench points-USM 12,MARSHALL 6. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-3 times. 12,MARSHALL 20. Last FG-USM 2nd-02:58, MARSHALL 2nd-00:23. Bench points-MEMPHIS 25,MARSHALL 20. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-3 times. Largest lead-USM by 15 2nd-09:28, MARSHALL by 6 1st-18:04. Last FG-MEMPHIS 2nd-00:16, MARSHALL 2nd-00:13. Largest lead-MEMPHIS by 13 1st-00:12, MARSHALL by 13 2nd-10:17.

2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide Marshall University Women’s Basketball

UAB 60, MU 48 Rice 68, MU 64 MU 78, Houston 74

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - UAB opened up with a 14-2 run and never looked back, HOUSTON - Valeriya Berezhynska scored 23 points while tying a career high HOUSTON - Casey Baker and Kizzy Hart each recorded career-highs in scor- downing the Thundering Herd, 60-48, in Conference USA women’s basketball ac- with 20 rebounds to lead Rice to a 68-64 win over the Thundering Herd women’s ing to lead the Thundering Herd to a 78-74 win in its fi nal regular season game tion Saturday evening at the Cam Henderson Center. basketball team Thursday evening at Sharp Gym on the campus of Houston Bap- against Houston on Saturday afternoon. The Blazers (13-14, 9-5 C-USA) led by as many as 21 points with 14 minutes tist University. Baker scored 28 points, the most a Marshall player has notched this season. left in the second half. Marshall (14-14, 6-8 C-USA) made a run to cut the lead to Berezhynska was 8-of-14 from the fi eld while hitting seven out of eight free Of that total, 25 came in the second half. She also tallied six assists, fi ve steals and throws. fi ve rebounds. Kizzy Hart continued her success in Texas, scoring a career-high 27 ten with under four minutes remaining in the game, but two-straight fi eld goals while notching fi ve rebounds. She hit a career-high six three-pointers. put the game away for the Blazers. Marshall was led by a 23-point eff ort from Kizzy Hart, who also notched three steals and three rebounds. Marshall scorched the nets in the second half, shooting 78.3% from the fi eld. With its top player Diamond Rogers out of the game, the UAB defense With the loss, Marshall drops to 14-15 its fi rst time under .500 since being 3-4 With the win, Marshall fi nishes the regular season with a record of 15-15 and stepped up, holding the Thundering Herd to season lows in points (48), fi eld goals after a loss to Pitt on December 1. Rice saw its record improve to 12-17 and 5-10 in 7-9 in C-USA while Houston has an identical 15-15 record, but was 9-7 in confer- (14) and shooting percentage (.264). C-USA. ence play. Alyssa Hammond fi nished as the only Marshall player in double fi gures with Through the opening 16 minutes of the contest, the Marshall off ense was the Saturday’s opening half at Houston was practically a carbon copy of Thurs- 12 points, ten coming from the foul line. story, connecting on 11 of its fi rst 21 fi eld goal attempts. After opening the game day’s contest against Rice. The Herd found itself leading or tied through the fi rst Marshall head coach Royce Chadwick commented on the scoring struggles scoring eight of the fi rst ten points, the Herd off ense, powered by 12 fi rst half 15 minutes of the half before a late Cougar run would give them a 34-29 halftime following the game. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen as many shots that just wouldn’t points from Kizzy Hart, would see its lead grow to as many as 12, 25-13, with just lead. fall. They seemed like good shots for us,” Chadwick said. over eight minutes remaining in the half. Marshall led by as many as eight points, 17-9, just over six minutes into the The Herd struggled on the off ensive end from the start, going 1-of-5 with After Hart’s fourth trey of the half gave Marshall an 11-point lead with four game. After a Twiggy McIntyre trey cut the Marshall lead to three with seven min- minutes left in the half, the Rice off ense found its stride, fi nishing the half on a 13- utes remaining before a jumper by Kendra King put the Herd back up by fi ve at seven turnovers through the fi rst eight minutes of the contest. The Blazers took the 6:50 mark. full advantage of the Marshall struggles, opening up a 14-2 lead. The Herd went 2 run to knot the score at 35 at the half. Valeriya Berezhynska was the diff erence for the Owls in the opening stanza, scoring 14 points and grabbing nine boards From that point on, the Houston defense held Marshall to just three points on a 7-2 run over the next four minutes to cut the lead to seven. while scoring 13 of their own to go up by fi ve. The Cougars grabbed their fi rst lead Over the fi nal seven minutes of the half, UAB would gradually build its up while going a perfect 6-of-6 from the charity stripe. Hart went 4-of-5 from three-point range in the fi rst half, leading the Herd with of the game match on McIntyre’s third three-pointer of the half with fi ve minutes to as many as 16 points in the fi nal minute of the half before two free throws by 12 points. Marshall’s off ense, who tallied a season-low 14 fi eld goals in its last out- remaining before fi ve late points from Tye Jackson increased the Cougar lead. Casey Baker made it a 14-point game at the half. ing against UAB, scored 15 in the fi rst half against Rice while shooting 46.9% from Kizzy Hart, who has averaged 23.33 points in the fi rst three games in the state The Herd was hoping for a repeat of Thursday’s game against Memphis where the fi eld. of Texas this season, continued her dominance in the state, scoring a game-high it overcame a 13-point defi cit at the half to win by ten, but today’s game was a Just 19 seconds into the second half, a shot by Berezhynska gave the Owls 16 points in the fi rst stanza. The Herd tallied seven blocks in the opening half, ty- diff erent story. A jumper by Chantelle Handy cut the Blazer lead to 12, by Fatiha ing its season high set on the road at Memphis earlier in the season. Four of those their fi rst lead of the game. That shot marked the fi rst of six-straight points for came from Tynikki Crook, tying her career high. Salaam came right back with a three, which propelled the Blazers on a 12-4 run Rice, who opened up a 41-35 lead and extended their late fi rst half run to 19-2 After Houston fi nished the fi rst half on a 13-3 run, the Herd opened up strong that gave them a 20-point lead with 13:24 remaining in the game. over the Herd. in the second half. Houston scored the fi rst bucket of the half, before a 7-0 Mar- UAB’s lead grew to as many as 21, 51-30, at the 8:25 mark before Marshall Marshall would claw its way back to within one point after a Casey Baker steal shall run would knot the game at 36. Casey Baker was responsible for fi ve points made its run. The Herd managed to get UAB into foul trouble midway through the led to a lay-up by Hart at the 16:11 mark. Rice came right back, and would see its and capped off the run turning a steal on the defensive end into a lay-up on the half and took advantage of its opportunities from the charity stripe, scoring its lead grow to a game-high eight points, 59-51, with 8:25 left in the contest after other end. That run came in the period of a minute. next eight points via the free throw. Those points, capped off by a Kizzy Hart trey consecutive buckets by Kadie Riverin. At the 17:49 mark, a shot by Hart put the Herd up 40-37 before a three by and a lay-up by Melody Hudson cut the UAB lead to just ten points with 3:44 left Riverin’s fi fth fi eld goal of the closing half gave Rice its fi rst double-digit lead Alona Obaze tied the game back up. That shot, coupled with consecutive treys in the contest. of the game with 5:13 left in the contest. With 4:23 remaining, a lay-up by Tynikki from McIntyre sent the Cougars on a run that would see them grab a 56-50 lead Crook ended a six-minute scoring drought for the Herd, whose last point came on with 11:44 left in the game. Just when it looked like the Herd could get back into the game, the Blazers a Melody Hudson free throw at the 10:06 mark. got an off ensive rebound on a Britney Jones miss and turned that into a three. Fol- Hart’s fi fth three of the game sent the Herd on yet another run that would see Over the fi nal four minutes, the Herd made a furious charge. Down seven with it gain a four-point advantage, 64-60, with 7:33 remaining. Hart scored eight over lowing a Baker miss, an Erica Simpson bucket pushed the lead back to 15 points. 2:30 left in the game, Meagan Samis hit a jumper to cut the lead to fi ve. After a that run and was helped by four points from King. Marshall was unable to get back in the game after that point, fi nishing the match shot by Morgan Mayse brought the lead back to seven, a pair of free throws by With under two minutes left, another steal by Baker, followed by a lay-up gave 0-of-6 from the fi eld as the Blazers fi nished with the 12-point win. Alyssa Hammond cut the lead back to fi ve and with 55 seconds remaining, a three MU a 72-66 advantage. The sixth three of the game for Twiggy McIntyre quickly While Hammond was the only MU player in double-digits, several others put by Hart cut the Owl lead to two. cut the lead in half just 12 seconds later before two free throws from Baker ex- forth admirable eff orts. Alix Barnette went 4-of-6 en route to a nine-point game. Down two and with the ball, Marshall had a chance to tie or take the lead, but tended the lead back to fi ve. Casey Baker grabbed a team-high seven rebounds while scoring six points and on an inbound pass, Rice came up with a steal and would seal the game, hitting A lay-up from McIntyre with 30 seconds remaining cut the Herd lead to three. tallying four steals and four assists. Chantelly Handy notched six rebounds and its last four free throws en route to the 68-64 win. On the ensuing possession, Hart was fouled and after hitting the front end of the four points. Kizzy Hart, who averaged 23.5 points in two previous games this season in one-and-one, Hart missed the second. On the other end of the fl oor, Hart fouled Today’s game marked the fi nal game for Marshall’s three seniors, Kizzy Hart, the state of Texas, backed that up with 23 against the Owls. She tied her career- Tye Jackson on a three-point attempt with just three seconds left. Melody Hudson and Meagan Samis. All three were starters in their fi nal game at high, connecting on fi ve three-pointers. Joining Hart in double digits was Alyssa By making all three attempts, Jackson could have tied the game, but Jackson Hammond, who scored ten points while tying Meagan Samis for the team lead missed the fi rst two and after intentionally missing the third, Marshall was able the Henderson Center. Hart fi nished the game with seven points, four boards and with six rebounds. Casey Baker notched nine points while recording six assists to come up with the rebounds. Casey Baker cemented the game hitting two free three steals. Hudson tallied six points, four steals and three rebounds while Samis and fi ve steals. throws with two seconds left. scored four. Berezhynska tied Kizzy Hart with a game-high 23 while Kadie Riverin and Tara Baker and Hart were the only Marshall scorers in double digits. Kendra King Leading UAB was Britney Jones, who recorded a game-high 19 points on 7- Watts tallied 17 apiece. fi nished with eight points and four rebounds in 24 minutes. of-14 shooting from the fi eld. She went 5-of-9 beyond-the-arc. Crystal McFadden After shooting 46.9% from the fi eld in the opening half, the Rice defense held The Cougars were led by the duo of Twiggy McIntyre and Tye Jackson. Mc- scored 14 points and led all players with eight rebounds. the Herd to a 27.0% in the second half. For the third-straight game, Marshall found Intyre fi nished with 20 points, 18 coming beyond-the-arc. Jackson notched 14 After allowing UAB to shoot 48.1% in the opening half, the Marshall defense itself on the short end of the rebounding battle as Rice fi nished with 47 rebounds while tallying eight assists. buckled down in the second period, holding the Blazers to 31% shooting. It was while holding the Herd to 38. Marshall set a season high in blocks with nine, led by a new career mark for Tynikki not enough, though, as the Herd off ense was unable to fi nd its stride, fi nishing the Crook who had fi ve. Houston fi nished with a slight 37-36 rebounding edge while game with a .264 shooting percentage. Marshall had a strong advantage in shooting, hitting 52.7% of their shots, compared to 44.4% for Houston. UAB 13-14, 9-5 C-USA Marshall 14-15, 6-9 C-USA Marshall 15-15, 7-9 C-USA

tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min BERRY 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 2 1 2 18 CROOK 3 5 0 0 1 2 3 1 4 2 7 1 2 0 1 17 CROOK 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 0 6 1 0 5 1 21 SCOTT 0 3 0 2 2 2 1 5 6 0 2 2 0 0 2 24 BAKER 4 14 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 4 9 6 3 0 5 36 HAMMOND 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 5 0 0 22 MCFADDEN 5 16 1 4 3 4 1 7 8 1 14 6 3 0 1 37 HART 8 19 5 11 2 3 1 3 4 2 23 1 3 0 3 36 BAKER 9 13 2 2 8 10 0 5 5 3 28 6 2 2 5 35 JONES 7 14 5 9 0 0 1 2 3 3 19 3 5 0 4 40- HUDSON 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 18 HART 10 17 6 8 1 2 0 5 5 5 27 1 1 0 2 36 SALAAM 2 6 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 1 4 0 0 20 HANDY 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 18 HANDY 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 0 0 19 PETERSON 2 6 2 5 0 0 3 2 5 2 6 2 3 0 0 19 KING 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 KING 3 6 0 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 8 1 2 1 0 24 MURRAY 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 5 BARNETTE 4 13 0 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 8 0 2 0 2 25 BAYS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 SIMPSON 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 18 SAMIS 2 5 0 2 0 1 2 4 6 2 4 2 2 1 0 28 HUDSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 INGRAM 2 2 0 0 2 4 3 6 9 3 6 0 2 0 1 19 HAMMOND 3 6 0 1 4 4 4 2 6 3 10 1 1 0 3 19 BARNETTE 2 5 0 3 1 4 0 3 3 1 5 2 2 0 0 21 TEAM 4 2 6 2 TEAM 4 2 6 SAMIS 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 Totals 22 56 9 25 7 10 16 26 42 19 60 14 23 1 11 200 Totals 25 69 5 21 9 14 18 20 38 20 64 14 15 1 15 200 TEAM 1 4 5 Totals 29 55 8 15 12 18 6 30 36 15 78 13 15 9 8 200

FG% 1st Half: 13-27 48.1% 2nd Half: 9-29 31.0% Game: 39.3% FG% 1st Half: 15-32 46.9% 2nd Half: 10-37 27.0% Game: 36.2% FG% 1st Half: 11-32 34.4% 2nd Half: 18-23 78.3% Game: 52.7% 3FG% 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd Half: 3-13 23.1% Game: 36.0% 3FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 1-12 8.3% Game: 23.8% 3FG% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 4-7 57.1% Game: 53.3% FT% 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 5-6 83.3% Game: 70.0% FT% 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 64.3% FT% 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 9-14 64.3% Game: 66.7%

Marshall 14-14, 6-8 C-USA Rice 12-17, 5-10 CUSA Houston 15-15, 9-7 C-USA

tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds tot-fg 3-pt rebounds Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min HANDY 1 3 0 0 2 2 2 4 6 1 4 1 0 0 0 30 FULTON 1 4 1 3 2 2 2 0 2 0 5 2 4 0 1 21 MEYERS 6 10 0 0 0 1 2 5 7 2 12 1 2 0 3 36 SAMIS 1 6 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 14 MAYSE 2 10 0 2 0 0 2 3 5 3 4 0 0 0 1 32 TAYLOR 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 BAKER 1 8 0 1 4 4 3 4 7 1 6 4 8 1 4 35 BEREZHYNSKA 8 14 0 0 7 8 7 13 20 2 23 2 8 4 1 37 JACKSON 3 10 2 6 6 11 1 4 5 2 14 8 4 1 1 39 HART 3 15 1 6 0 0 3 1 4 1 7 2 4 0 3 36 RIVERIN 7 12 0 0 3 3 0 4 4 1 17 10 6 1 1 36 OBAZE 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 3 0 0 18 HUDSON 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 6 1 2 0 4 30 WATTS 7 11 3 5 0 0 4 2 6 1 17 1 4 0 1 34 MCINTYRE 7 11 6 9 0 0 0 2 2 4 20 2 1 0 2 37 CROOK 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 14 HUDSON 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 10 MORTON 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 12 KING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 CARTER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 JAKOBSONE 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 BAYS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 CARMON 0 4 0 3 2 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 19 MASON 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 BARNETTE 4 6 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 9 0 2 0 0 15 LOGGINS 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 SCOTT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 HAMMOND 1 7 0 0 10 12 2 2 4 0 12 0 1 0 0 19 TEAM 1 3 4 JOSEPH 4 9 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 1 8 1 0 1 1 18 TEAM 2 4 6 Totals 25 61 4 15 14 16 18 29 47 15 68 17 25 6 7 200 BRADLEY 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Totals 14 53 2 14 18 23 15 20 35 9 48 9 19 1 12 200 JOHNSON 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 FG% 1st Half: 12-30 40.0% 2nd Half: 13-31 41.9% Game: 41.0% HILL 4 8 0 0 1 4 1 4 5 3 9 3 2 1 1 18 3FG% 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 26.7% FG% 1st Half: 6-23 26.1% 2nd Half: 8-30 26.7% Game: 26.4% TEAM 5 1 6 3FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 14.3% FT% 1st Half: 9-9 100% 2nd Half: 5-7 71.4% Game: 87.5% FT% 1st Half: 7-11 63.6% 2nd Half: 11-12 91.7% Game: 78.3% Totals 28 63 10 23 8 18 12 25 37 17 74 21 14 5 8 200 Offi cials: R: Lorenzo Alvarez; U1: Eric Baker; U2: Arthur Washington Technical fouls: Marshall-None. Rice-None. FG% 1st Half: 13-36 36.1% 2nd Half: 15-27 55.6% Game: 44.4% Offi cials: Bryan Enterline, Carla Fountain, Tommy Salerno 3FG% 1st Half: 4-14 28.6% 2nd Half: 6-9 66.7% Game: 43.5% Technical fouls: UAB-None. Marshall-None. Attendance: 148 FT% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 4-10 40.0% Game: 44.4% Attendance: 974 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Offi cials: Ken Drayton, Ronald Ledington, Darci Doll Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Marshall 35 29 64 Technical fouls: Marshall-None. Houston-None. UAB 34 26 60 Rice 35 33 68 Attendance: 623 Marshall 20 28 48 Points in the paint-MARSHALL 26,RICE 24. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 21,RICE Score by Periods 1st 2ndTotal Points in the paint-UAB 16,MARSHALL 14. Points off turnovers-UAB 23,MARSHALL 20. 17. Marshall 29 49 78 2nd chance points-UAB 12,MARSHALL 8. Fast break points-UAB 13,MARSHALL 8. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 16,RICE 20. Fast break points-MARSHALL 6,RICE 4. Houston 34 40 74 Bench points-UAB 18,MARSHALL 21. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Bench points-MARSHALL 22,RICE 2. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-1 time. Last FG-UAB 2nd-01:29, MARSHALL 2nd-00:16. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-00:54, RICE 2nd-02:07. Points in the paint-MARSHALL 34,HOU 36. Points off turnovers-MARSHALL 17,HOU Largest lead-UAB by 21 2nd-13:59, MARSHALL None. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 12 1st-08:23, RICE by 11 2nd-05:14. 18. 2nd chance points-MARSHALL 3,HOU 9. Fast break points-MARSHALL 10,HOU 2. Bench points-MARSHALL 13,HOU 23. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-10 times. Last FG-MARSHALL 2nd-01:47, HOU 2nd-00:15. Largest lead-MARSHALL by 8 1st-13:26, HOU by 7 2nd-19:48. 2008 Conference USA Tournament Guide 2007-08 Marshall Women's Basketball Marshall Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 04, 2008) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (15-15) (7-5) (7-7) (1-3) CONFERENCE...... (7-9) (4-4) (3-5) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (8-6) (3-1) (4-2) (1-3)

|---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 ------01 WITHROW, Meg...... 21-2 456 21.7 42-87 .483 16-43 .372 50-72 .694 4 29 33 1.6 24 0 43 30 0 23 150 7.1 02 BAKER, Casey...... 30-29 908 30.3 129-310 .416 9-39 .231 87-129 .674 37 104 141 4.7 109 9 124 119 13 97 354 11.8 04 CROOK, Tynikki..... 27-23 535 19.8 85-185 .459 0-0 .000 46-81 .568 62 86 148 5.5 62 1 14 47 23 16 216 8.0 05 HART, Kizzy...... 30-30 982 32.7 145-410 .354 58-188 .309 84-123 .683 28 96 124 4.1 62 1 69 83 10 58 432 14.4 10 KING, Kendra...... 24-0 233 9.7 16-57 .281 1-4 .250 12-14 .857 27 22 49 2.0 21 1 11 12 5 1 45 1.9 11 BAYS, Rebecca...... 13-0 53 4.1 3-9 .333 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 0.2 4 0 2 5 0 3 8 0.6 20 HUDSON, Melody..... 29-5 457 15.8 19-61 .311 1-7 .143 18-32 .563 26 40 66 2.3 37 0 34 38 1 26 57 2.0 21 BARNETTE, Alix..... 28-2 410 14.6 53-146 .363 18-61 .295 30-45 .667 16 54 70 2.5 39 1 29 40 3 15 154 5.5 22 HANDY, Chantelle... 30-27 768 25.6 60-147 .408 0-3 .000 17-33 .515 55 100 155 5.2 65 0 44 43 4 16 137 4.6 24 SAMIS, Meagan...... 30-9 607 20.2 71-179 .397 18-49 .367 20-29 .690 44 86 130 4.3 52 0 29 43 9 17 180 6.0 32 HAMMOND, Alyssa.... 30-23 714 23.8 110-217 .507 2-17 .118 84-115 .730 53 74 127 4.2 71 1 23 64 4 16 306 10.2 40 JAMES, Kari...... 9-0 29 3.2 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 4 1 5 0.6 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.1 TEAM...... 68 62 130 4.3 0 7 ------Total...... 30 6152 736-1814 .406 123-411 .299 454-681 .667 424 756 1180 39.3 548 14 422 531 72 288 2049 68.3 Opponents...... 30 6151 747-1819 .411 184-558 .330 374-570 .656 423 773 1196 39.9 562 - 436 572 116 259 2052 68.4

TEAM STATISTICS MARSHALL OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 2049 2052 11-09-07 at Evansville L 77-89 1057 Points per game...... 68.3 68.4 11/16/07 vs IUPUI L 49-60 214 Scoring margin...... -0.1 - 11/17/07 vs Radford L 61-72 214 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 736-1814 747-1819 11/21/07 at Morehead State W OT 83-79 453 Field goal pct...... 406 .411 11/24/07 NIA W 79-66 354 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 123-411 184-558 11/30/07 JACKSON STATE W 87-61 2117 3-point FG pct...... 299 .330 12/1/07 PITTSBURGH L 66-70 507 3-pt FG made per game.. 4.1 6.1 12-4-07 at North Texas W 82-70 554 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 454-681 374-570 12/14/07 at OHIO W 78-74 1112 Free throw pct...... 667 .656 12/16/07 NAVY W 70-58 927 REBOUNDS...... 1180 1196 12/18/07 at UT Arlington W O3 97-91 195 Rebounds per game...... 39.3 39.9 12/28/07 vs Missouri W 77-72 231 Rebounding margin...... -0.5 - 12/29/07 at Virginia L 56-78 3117 ASSISTS...... 422 436 *1/5/2008 ECU W 81-55 974 Assists per game...... 14.1 14.5 *1/10/08 at MEMPHIS W 61-47 421 TURNOVERS...... 531 572 *1/12/08 at UAB LOT 64-79 488 Turnovers per game..... 17.7 19.1 *1/18/07 TLS W 74-53 707 Turnover margin...... +1.4 - *1/20/08 SMU L 50-72 725 Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.8 0.8 1/23/08 vs WVU L 51-58 2141 STEALS...... 288 259 *01/27/08 at ECU L 57-59 1640 Steals per game...... 9.6 8.6 *01/31/08 at UCF W OT 77-75 453 BLOCKS...... 72 116 *2-2-08 at Southern Miss L 51-77 3985 Blocks per game...... 2.4 3.9 *2/7/08 UTEP L 54-60 503 WINNING STREAK...... 1 - *02/10/08 at Tulane L 56-61 989 Home win streak...... 0 - *2/15/08 UCF W 71-64 457 ATTENDANCE...... 9354 18035 *2/17/08 SOUTHERN MISS L 67-77 752 Home games-Avg/Game.... 12-780 14-1088 *2/21/08 MEMPHIS W 83-73 357 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 4-700 *2/23/08 UAB L 48-60 974 *02/28/08 at Rice L 64-68 148 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 Total *03/01/08 at Houston W 78-74 623 ------* = Conference game Marshall...... 953 1036 38 8 14 - 2049 Opponents...... 949 1040 47 8 8 - 2052 2007-08 Marshall Women's Basketball Marshall Team Game-by-Game (as of Mar 04, 2008) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

|---TOTAL---| |--3-PTRS--| |----REBOUNDS----| Opponent Date Score W/L FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A TO Blk Stl Pts---Avg ------at Evansville 11-09-07 77-89 L 30-64 .469 7-17 .412 10-14 .714 12 18 30 30.0 27 19 17 0 14 77 77.0 vs IUPUI 11/16/07 49-60 L 20-56 .357 1-7 .143 8-14 .571 13 23 36 33.0 17 9 16 3 5 49 63.0 vs Radford 11/17/07 61-72 L 24-54 .444 1-6 .167 12-17 .706 10 24 34 33.3 19 19 22 3 4 61 62.3 at Morehead State 11/21/07 83-79 Wot 25-78 .321 10-25 .400 23-30 .767 18 39 57 39.2 25 17 23 2 8 83 67.5 NIA 11/24/07 79-66 W 26-52 .500 5-12 .417 22-33 .667 17 23 40 39.4 12 19 15 4 7 79 69.8 JACKSON STATE 11/30/07 87-61 W 29-60 .483 6-16 .375 23-34 .676 18 26 44 40.2 19 20 17 0 9 87 72.7 PITTSBURGH 12/1/07 66-70 L 25-58 .431 2-14 .143 14-26 .538 11 17 28 38.4 21 8 14 0 9 66 71.7 at North Texas 12-4-07 82-70 W 29-55 .527 5-11 .455 19-25 .760 10 27 37 38.2 21 13 22 0 11 82 73.0 at OHIO 12/14/07 78-74 W 30-62 .484 1-10 .100 17-24 .708 15 21 36 38.0 11 17 14 3 14 78 73.6 NAVY 12/16/07 70-58 W 29-62 .468 2-14 .143 10-22 .455 15 22 37 37.9 15 22 18 3 17 70 73.2 at UT Arlington 12/18/07 97-91 Wot 33-84 .393 4-16 .250 27-38 .711 22 36 58 39.7 24 14 20 4 9 97 75.4 vs Missouri 12/28/07 77-72 W 30-65 .462 3-6 .500 14-16 .875 13 25 38 39.6 11 14 11 4 7 77 75.5 at Virginia 12/29/07 56-78 L 21-59 .356 4-15 .267 10-17 .588 12 19 31 38.9 20 9 18 2 6 56 74.0 ECU 1/5/2008 81-55 W 29-62 .468 6-9 .667 17-29 .586 11 32 43 39.2 21 21 13 3 12 81 74.5 at MEMPHIS 1/10/08 61-47 W 23-61 .377 2-8 .250 13-22 .591 19 36 55 40.3 13 13 27 7 14 61 73.6 at UAB 1/12/08 64-79 Lot 20-70 .286 9-32 .281 15-26 .577 18 33 51 40.9 26 7 12 4 7 64 73.0 TLS 1/18/07 74-53 W 30-63 .476 6-12 .500 8-12 .667 11 26 37 40.7 8 22 11 4 10 74 73.1 SMU 1/20/08 50-72 L 16-56 .286 5-20 .250 13-25 .520 15 24 39 40.6 22 12 18 2 4 50 71.8 vs WVU 1/23/08 51-58 L 15-55 .273 7-21 .333 14-26 .538 15 25 40 40.6 17 9 14 1 8 51 70.7 at ECU 01/27/08 57-59 L 21-60 .350 3-16 .188 12-13 .923 10 28 38 40.5 19 14 16 1 8 57 70.0 at UCF 01/31/08 77-75 Wot 29-60 .483 2-6 .333 17-25 .680 19 21 40 40.4 21 18 30 3 10 77 70.3 at Southern Miss 2-2-08 51-77 L 17-52 .327 3-13 .231 14-21 .667 16 14 30 40.0 20 10 17 1 3 51 69.5 UTEP 2/7/08 54-60 L 18-54 .333 3-14 .214 15-21 .714 13 26 39 39.9 13 9 25 0 11 54 68.8 at Tulane 02/10/08 56-61 L 21-55 .382 2-8 .250 12-14 .857 11 16 27 39.4 23 9 15 2 17 56 68.2 UCF 2/15/08 71-64 W 21-47 .447 3-12 .250 26-35 .743 12 33 45 39.6 16 9 24 1 7 71 68.4 SOUTHERN MISS 2/17/08 67-77 L 25-62 .403 3-13 .231 14-16 .875 14 21 35 39.4 19 15 17 1 9 67 68.3 MEMPHIS 2/21/08 83-73 W 32-71 .451 3-8 .375 16-31 .516 15 31 46 39.7 24 18 16 3 13 83 68.9 UAB 2/23/08 48-60 L 14-53 .264 2-14 .143 18-23 .783 15 20 35 39.5 9 9 19 1 12 48 68.1 at Rice 02/28/08 64-68 L 25-69 .362 5-21 .238 9-14 .643 18 20 38 39.4 20 14 15 1 15 64 68.0 at Houston 03/01/08 78-74 W 29-55 .527 8-15 .533 12-18 .667 6 30 36 39.3 15 13 15 9 8 78 68.3 ------Marshall 2049 736-1814 .406 123-411 .299 454-681 .667 424 756 1180 39.3 548 422 531 72 288 2049 68.3 Opponents 2052 747-1819 .411 184-558 .330 374-570 .656 423 773 1196 39.9 562 436 572 116 259 2052 68.4

Games played: 30 Rebounds/game: 39.3 Points/game: 68.3 Assists/game: 14.1 FG Pct: 40.6 Turnovers/game: 17.7 3FG Pct: 29.9 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.8 FT Pct: 66.7 Steals/game: 9.6 Blocks/game: 2.4 2007-08 Marshall Women's Basketball Marshall Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Mar 04, 2008) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

|---TOTAL---| |--3-PTRS--| |----REBOUNDS----| Opponent Date Score W/L FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF A TO Blk Stl Pts---Avg ------at Evansville 11-09-07 77-89 L 31-62 .500 8-23 .348 19-25 .760 16 24 40 40.0 14 19 19 2 10 89 89.0 vs IUPUI 11/16/07 49-60 L 22-48 .458 2-5 .400 14-20 .700 8 26 34 37.0 15 13 15 6 9 60 74.5 vs Radford 11/17/07 61-72 L 25-66 .379 4-18 .222 18-18 1.000 17 23 40 38.0 16 11 15 5 9 72 73.7 at Morehead State 11/21/07 83-79 Wot 25-66 .379 12-34 .353 17-34 .500 12 38 50 41.0 22 20 22 15 11 79 75.0 NIA 11/24/07 79-66 W 26-73 .356 7-28 .250 7-7 1.000 22 15 37 40.2 24 12 15 3 7 66 73.2 JACKSON STATE 11/30/07 87-61 W 22-58 .379 4-18 .222 13-20 .650 12 21 33 39.0 24 10 21 5 11 61 71.2 PITTSBURGH 12/1/07 66-70 L 25-56 .446 2-8 .250 18-29 .621 18 29 47 40.1 22 11 22 5 5 70 71.0 at North Texas 12-4-07 82-70 W 28-63 .444 3-14 .214 11-18 .611 11 20 31 39.0 23 14 21 1 9 70 70.9 at OHIO 12/14/07 78-74 W 28-62 .452 9-24 .375 9-11 .818 14 23 37 38.8 18 15 19 2 6 74 71.2 NAVY 12/16/07 70-58 W 21-51 .412 8-19 .421 8-17 .471 10 26 36 38.5 20 13 28 2 9 58 69.9 at UT Arlington 12/18/07 97-91 Wot 35-83 .422 8-25 .320 13-26 .500 23 33 56 40.1 29 12 23 2 8 91 71.8 vs Missouri 12/28/07 77-72 W 25-58 .431 13-26 .500 9-12 .750 10 21 31 39.3 16 19 17 4 5 72 71.8 at Virginia 12/29/07 56-78 L 28-59 .475 7-15 .467 15-24 .625 15 27 42 39.5 18 16 16 1 10 78 72.3 ECU 1/5/2008 81-55 W 19-58 .328 8-21 .381 9-18 .500 12 28 40 39.6 21 9 21 1 6 55 71.1 at MEMPHIS 1/10/08 61-47 W 17-65 .262 4-16 .250 9-13 .692 15 25 40 39.6 15 6 23 2 14 47 69.5 at UAB 1/12/08 64-79 Lot 27-69 .391 7-25 .280 18-27 .667 17 37 54 40.5 20 11 10 6 4 79 70.1 TLS 1/18/07 74-53 W 23-56 .411 5-15 .333 2-6 .333 10 24 34 40.1 11 19 20 5 4 53 69.1 SMU 1/20/08 50-72 L 25-55 .455 7-14 .500 15-23 .652 11 31 42 40.2 21 13 14 4 11 72 69.2 vs WVU 1/23/08 51-58 L 23-57 .404 3-18 .167 9-14 .643 12 30 42 40.3 16 12 17 1 7 58 68.6 at ECU 01/27/08 57-59 L 23-62 .371 0-10 .000 13-17 .765 13 29 42 40.4 14 14 14 4 9 59 68.2 at UCF 01/31/08 77-75 Wot 26-58 .448 6-17 .353 17-28 .607 14 20 34 40.1 18 16 27 5 13 75 68.5 at Southern Miss 2-2-08 51-77 L 27-44 .614 4-8 .500 19-25 .760 6 22 28 39.5 20 21 13 3 10 77 68.9 UTEP 2/7/08 54-60 L 24-64 .375 5-22 .227 7-9 .778 15 27 42 39.7 14 18 21 7 12 60 68.5 at Tulane 02/10/08 56-61 L 18-49 .367 4-15 .267 21-27 .778 19 23 42 39.8 15 13 23 4 5 61 68.2 UCF 2/15/08 71-64 W 26-75 .347 4-21 .190 8-17 .471 20 18 38 39.7 23 14 12 1 12 64 68.0 SOUTHERN MISS 2/17/08 67-77 L 28-53 .528 7-16 .438 14-17 .824 6 23 29 39.3 17 16 18 5 8 77 68.3 MEMPHIS 2/21/08 83-73 W 25-69 .362 10-20 .500 13-24 .542 19 30 49 39.6 25 17 24 3 9 73 68.5 UAB 2/23/08 48-60 L 22-56 .393 9-25 .360 7-10 .700 16 26 42 39.7 19 14 23 1 11 60 68.2 at Rice 02/28/08 64-68 L 25-61 .410 4-15 .267 14-16 .875 18 29 47 40.0 15 17 25 6 7 68 68.2 at Houston 03/01/08 78-74 W 28-63 .444 10-23 .435 8-18 .444 12 25 37 39.9 17 21 14 5 8 74 68.4 ------Opponents 2052 747-1819 .411 184-558 .330 374-570 .656 423 773 1196 39.9 562 436 572 116 259 2052 68.4 Marshall 2049 736-1814 .406 123-411 .299 454-681 .667 424 756 1180 39.3 548 422 531 72 288 2049 68.3

Games played: 30 Rebounds/game: 39.9 Points/game: 68.4 Assists/game: 14.5 FG Pct: 41.1 Turnovers/game: 19.1 3FG Pct: 33.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.8 FT Pct: 65.6 Steals/game: 8.6 Blocks/game: 3.9 2007-08 Marshall Women's Basketball Marshall Game-by-Game Highs (as of Mar 04, 2008) All games

Opponent Date Score WL POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKED SHOTS ------at Evansville 11-09-07 77-89 L 15-BARNETTE, Ali 6-CROOK, Tynikk 6-WITHROW, Meg 5-WITHROW, Meg None vs IUPUI 11/16/07 49-60 L 10-HAMMOND, Alys 8-SAMIS, Meagan 3-WITHROW, Meg 2-BAKER, Casey 2-SAMIS, Meagan vs Radford 11/17/07 61-72 L 14-BAKER, Casey 8-SAMIS, Meagan 6-BAKER, Casey 1-HAMMOND, Alys 1-HART, Kizzy BAKER, Casey KING, Kendra CROOK, Tynikk BARNETTE, Ali SAMIS, Meagan at Morehead State 11/21/07 83-79 WO 18-BAKER, Casey 10-KING, Kendra 4-WITHROW, Meg 3-BAKER, Casey 2-KING, Kendra SAMIS, Meagan NIA 11/24/07 79-66 W 18-BAKER, Casey 7-HAMMOND, Alys 4-HART, Kizzy 2-WITHROW, Meg 2-HAMMOND, Alys BAKER, Casey JACKSON STATE 11/30/07 87-61 W 14-HAMMOND, Alys 9-HAMMOND, Alys 4-HANDY, Chante 3-HART, Kizzy None BARNETTE, Ali BAKER, Casey PITTSBURGH 12/1/07 66-70 L 17-HAMMOND, Alys 6-HANDY, Chante 2-WITHROW, Meg 5-BAKER, Casey None BARNETTE, Ali BAKER, Casey HART, Kizzy at North Texas 12-4-07 82-70 W 23-HART, Kizzy 11-BAKER, Casey 5-HANDY, Chante 5-BAKER, Casey None at OHIO 12/14/07 78-74 W 18-BAKER, Casey 6-SAMIS, Meagan 5-HART, Kizzy 6-BAKER, Casey 2-BAKER, Casey HART, Kizzy BARNETTE, Ali HART, Kizzy NAVY 12/16/07 70-58 W 15-HART, Kizzy 7-HANDY, Chante 10-BAKER, Casey 9-BAKER, Casey 1-HART, Kizzy CROOK, Tynikk HAMMOND, Alys at UT Arlington 12/18/07 97-91 WO 24-HART, Kizzy 11-SAMIS, Meagan 4-HART, Kizzy 4-BAKER, Casey 1-HAMMOND, Alys CROOK, Tynikk CROOK, Tynikk SAMIS, Meagan HUDSON, Melod vs Missouri 12/28/07 77-72 W 22-BAKER, Casey 9-HANDY, Chante 4-HART, Kizzy 5-BAKER, Casey 2-CROOK, Tynikk CROOK, Tynikk at Virginia 12/29/07 56-78 L 24-HART, Kizzy 6-HART, Kizzy 2-WITHROW, Meg 2-BAKER, Casey 1-HART, Kizzy HAMMOND, Alys HUDSON, Melod BARNETTE, Ali HUDSON, Melod ECU 1/5/2008 81-55 W 15-HART, Kizzy 8-CROOK, Tynikk 6-BAKER, Casey 3-BAKER, Casey 1-CROOK, Tynikk CROOK, Tynikk CROOK, Tynikk BARNETTE, Ali BAKER, Casey at MEMPHIS 1/10/08 61-47 W 14-HART, Kizzy 13-HANDY, Chante 6-BAKER, Casey 5-HART, Kizzy 2-HART, Kizzy CROOK, Tynikk HANDY, Chante at UAB 1/12/08 64-79 OL 18-BAKER, Casey 9-HAMMOND, Alys 2-HANDY, Chante 2-BAKER, Casey 4-CROOK, Tynikk WITHROW, Meg HART, Kizzy TLS 1/18/07 74-53 W 13-SAMIS, Meagan 7-HANDY, Chante 6-BAKER, Casey 5-BAKER, Casey 3-BAKER, Casey HANDY, Chante SMU 1/20/08 50-72 L 16-SAMIS, Meagan 13-CROOK, Tynikk 3-HART, Kizzy 2-BAKER, Casey 1-CROOK, Tynikk HANDY, Chante BAKER, Casey BARNETTE, Ali vs WVU 1/23/08 51-58 L 18-HART, Kizzy 12-SAMIS, Meagan 4-BAKER, Casey 3-SAMIS, Meagan 1-CROOK, Tynikk at ECU 01/27/08 57-59 L 12-HAMMOND, Alys 7-HANDY, Chante 5-WITHROW, Meg 3-HAMMOND, Alys 1-SAMIS, Meagan SAMIS, Meagan at UCF 01/31/08 77-75 WO 13-SAMIS, Meagan 9-SAMIS, Meagan 8-BAKER, Casey 3-HART, Kizzy 2-CROOK, Tynikk BAKER, Casey BAKER, Casey at Southern Miss 2-2-08 51-77 L 17-HAMMOND, Alys 5-HANDY, Chante 4-BAKER, Casey 1-CROOK, Tynikk 1-BAKER, Casey 2007-08 Marshall Women's Basketball Marshall Game-by-Game Highs (as of Mar 04, 2008) All games

Opponent Date Score WL POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKED SHOTS ------KING, Kendra BAYS, Rebecca HAMMOND, Alys HUDSON, Melod UTEP 2/7/08 54-60 L 18-HAMMOND, Alys 7-BAKER, Casey 5-BAKER, Casey 4-BAKER, Casey None at Tulane 02/10/08 56-61 L 14-HAMMOND, Alys 5-CROOK, Tynikk 4-BAKER, Casey 5-BAKER, Casey 1-SAMIS, Meagan SAMIS, Meagan KING, Kendra UCF 2/15/08 71-64 W 25-HART, Kizzy 10-HART, Kizzy 3-BAKER, Casey 3-HART, Kizzy 1-HART, Kizzy SOUTHERN MISS 2/17/08 67-77 L 16-HAMMOND, Alys 6-BAKER, Casey 9-BAKER, Casey 5-BAKER, Casey 1-HANDY, Chante BARNETTE, Ali MEMPHIS 2/21/08 83-73 W 23-HART, Kizzy 9-CROOK, Tynikk 11-BAKER, Casey 3-HUDSON, Melod 2-CROOK, Tynikk UAB 2/23/08 48-60 L 12-HAMMOND, Alys 7-BAKER, Casey 4-BAKER, Casey 4-BAKER, Casey 1-BAKER, Casey HUDSON, Melod at Rice 02/28/08 64-68 L 23-HART, Kizzy 6-HAMMOND, Alys 6-BAKER, Casey 5-BAKER, Casey 1-SAMIS, Meagan SAMIS, Meagan at Houston 03/01/08 78-74 W 28-BAKER, Casey 7-CROOK, Tynikk 6-BAKER, Casey 5-BAKER, Casey 5-CROOK, Tynikk 2007-08 Marshall Women's Basketball Marshall Team High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 04, 2008) All games

Marshall - TEAM GAME HIGHS

POINTS...... 97 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 87 vs Jackson State (11/30/07) 83 vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) 83 at Morehead State (11/21/07) 82 at North Texas (12-4-07) FIELD GOALS MADE...... 33 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 32 vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS...... 84 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 78 at Morehead State (11/21/07) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE...... 527 (29-55) at Houston (03/01/08) .527 (29-55) at North Texas (12-4-07) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE...... 10 at Morehead State (11/21/07) 9 at UAB (1/12/08) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS...... 32 at UAB (1/12/08) 25 at Morehead State (11/21/07) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE...... 667 ( 6-9 ) vs ECU (1/5/2008) .533 ( 8-15) at Houston (03/01/08) FREE THROWS MADE...... 27 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 26 vs UCF (2/15/08) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS...... 38 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 35 vs UCF (2/15/08) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE...... 923 (12-13) at ECU (01/27/08) .875 (14-16) vs Southern Miss (2/17/08) .875 (14-16) vs Missouri (12/28/07) REBOUNDS...... 58 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 57 at Morehead State (11/21/07) ASSISTS...... 22 vs TLS (1/18/07) 22 vs NAVY (12/16/07) STEALS...... 17 at Tulane (02/10/08) 17 vs NAVY (12/16/07) BLOCKED SHOTS...... 9 at Houston (03/01/08) 7 at MEMPHIS (1/10/08) TURNOVERS...... 30 at UCF (01/31/08) 27 at MEMPHIS (1/10/08) FOULS...... 27 at Evansville (11-09-07) 26 at UAB (1/12/08) 2007-08 Marshall Women's Basketball Marshall High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 04, 2008) All games

Opponent - GAME HIGHS

POINTS...... 91 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 89 at Evansville (11-09-07) 79 at UAB (1/12/08) 79 at Morehead State (11/21/07) 78 at Virginia (12/29/07) FIELD GOALS MADE...... 35 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 31 at Evansville (11-09-07) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS...... 83 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 75 vs UCF (2/15/08) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE...... 614 (27-44) at Southern Miss (2-2-08) .528 (28-53) vs Southern Miss (2/17/08) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE...... 13 vs Missouri (12/28/07) 12 at Morehead State (11/21/07) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS...... 34 at Morehead State (11/21/07) 28 vs NIA (11/24/07) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE...... 500 (13-26) vs Missouri (12/28/07) .500 (10-20) vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) .500 ( 7-14) vs SMU (1/20/08) .500 ( 4-8 ) at Southern Miss (2-2-08) FREE THROWS MADE...... 21 at Tulane (02/10/08) 19 at Southern Miss (2-2-08) 19 at Evansville (11-09-07) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS...... 34 at Morehead State (11/21/07) 29 vs Pittsburgh (12/1/07) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE...... 1.000 (18-18) vs Radford (11/17/07) 1.000 ( 7-7 ) vs NIA (11/24/07) REBOUNDS...... 56 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 54 at UAB (1/12/08) ASSISTS...... 21 at Houston (03/01/08) 21 at Southern Miss (2-2-08) STEALS...... 14 at MEMPHIS (1/10/08) 13 at UCF (01/31/08) BLOCKED SHOTS...... 15 at Morehead State (11/21/07) 7 vs UTEP (2/7/08) TURNOVERS...... 28 vs NAVY (12/16/07) 27 at UCF (01/31/08) FOULS...... 29 at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 25 vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) 2007-08 Marshall Women's Basketball Marshall High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 04, 2008) All games

Marshall - GAME LOWS

POINTS...... 48 vs UAB (2/23/08) 49 vs IUPUI (11/16/07) 50 vs SMU (1/20/08) 51 vs WVU (1/23/08) 51 at Southern Miss (2-2-08) FIELD GOALS MADE...... 14 vs UAB (2/23/08) 15 vs WVU (1/23/08) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS...... 47 vs UCF (2/15/08) 52 vs NIA (11/24/07) 52 at Southern Miss (2-2-08) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE...... 264 (14-53) vs UAB (2/23/08) .273 (15-55) vs WVU (1/23/08) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE...... 1 vs IUPUI (11/16/07) 1 vs Radford (11/17/07) 1 at OHIO (12/14/07) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS...... 6 vs Radford (11/17/07) 6 vs Missouri (12/28/07) 6 at UCF (01/31/08) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE...... 100 ( 1-10) at OHIO (12/14/07) .143 ( 1-7 ) vs IUPUI (11/16/07) .143 ( 2-14) vs Pittsburgh (12/1/07) .143 ( 2-14) vs NAVY (12/16/07) .143 ( 2-14) vs UAB (2/23/08) FREE THROWS MADE...... 8 vs IUPUI (11/16/07) 8 vs TLS (1/18/07) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS...... 12 vs TLS (1/18/07) 13 at ECU (01/27/08) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE...... 455 (10-22) vs NAVY (12/16/07) .516 (16-31) vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) REBOUNDS...... 27 at Tulane (02/10/08) 28 vs Pittsburgh (12/1/07) ASSISTS...... 7 at UAB (1/12/08) 8 vs Pittsburgh (12/1/07) STEALS...... 3 at Southern Miss (2-2-08) 4 vs Radford (11/17/07) 4 vs SMU (1/20/08) BLOCKED SHOTS...... 0 at Evansville (11-09-07) 0 vs Jackson State (11/30/07) 0 vs Pittsburgh (12/1/07) 0 at North Texas (12-4-07) 0 vs UTEP (2/7/08) TURNOVERS...... 11 vs Missouri (12/28/07) 11 vs TLS (1/18/07) FOULS...... 8 vs TLS (1/18/07) 9 vs UAB (2/23/08) 2007-08 Marshall Women's Basketball Marshall High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 04, 2008) All games

Opponent - GAME LOWS

POINTS...... 47 at MEMPHIS (1/10/08) 53 vs TLS (1/18/07) 55 vs ECU (1/5/2008) 58 vs NAVY (12/16/07) 58 vs WVU (1/23/08) FIELD GOALS MADE...... 17 at MEMPHIS (1/10/08) 18 at Tulane (02/10/08) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS...... 44 at Southern Miss (2-2-08) 48 vs IUPUI (11/16/07) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE...... 262 (17-65) at MEMPHIS (1/10/08) .328 (19-58) vs ECU (1/5/2008) 3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE...... 0 at ECU (01/27/08) 2 vs IUPUI (11/16/07) 2 vs Pittsburgh (12/1/07) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS...... 5 vs IUPUI (11/16/07) 8 vs Pittsburgh (12/1/07) 8 at Southern Miss (2-2-08) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE...... 000 ( 0-10) at ECU (01/27/08) .167 ( 3-18) vs WVU (1/23/08) FREE THROWS MADE...... 2 vs TLS (1/18/07) 7 vs NIA (11/24/07) 7 vs UTEP (2/7/08) 7 vs UAB (2/23/08) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS...... 6 vs TLS (1/18/07) 7 vs NIA (11/24/07) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE...... 333 ( 2-6 ) vs TLS (1/18/07) .444 ( 8-18) at Houston (03/01/08) REBOUNDS...... 28 at Southern Miss (2-2-08) 29 vs Southern Miss (2/17/08) ASSISTS...... 6 at MEMPHIS (1/10/08) 9 vs ECU (1/5/2008) STEALS...... 4 at UAB (1/12/08) 4 vs TLS (1/18/07) BLOCKED SHOTS...... 1 at North Texas (12-4-07) 1 at Virginia (12/29/07) 1 vs ECU (1/5/2008) 1 vs WVU (1/23/08) 1 vs UCF (2/15/08) 1 vs UAB (2/23/08) TURNOVERS...... 10 at UAB (1/12/08) 12 vs UCF (2/15/08) FOULS...... 11 vs TLS (1/18/07) 14 at Evansville (11-09-07) 14 at ECU (01/27/08) 14 vs UTEP (2/7/08) 2007-08 Marshall Women's Basketball Marshall Player High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 04, 2008) All games

Marshall - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

POINTS...... 28 BAKER, Casey at Houston (03/01/08) 27 HART, Kizzy at Houston (03/01/08) 25 HART, Kizzy vs UCF (2/15/08) 24 HART, Kizzy at Virginia (12/29/07) 24 HART, Kizzy at UT Arlington (12/18/07) FIELD GOALS MADE...... 10 HART, Kizzy at Houston (03/01/08) 9 BAKER, Casey at Houston (03/01/08) 9 HART, Kizzy vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) 9 BAKER, Casey vs Missouri (12/28/07) 9 BAKER, Casey at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 9 BAKER, Casey at OHIO (12/14/07) FIELD GOAL ATT...... 24 HART, Kizzy at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 19 HART, Kizzy at Rice (02/28/08) FG PCT (min 5 made)...... 1.000 ( 5-5 ) WITHROW, Meg vs TLS (1/18/07) 1.000 ( 5-5 ) SAMIS, Meagan vs NAVY (12/16/07) 3 PT FG MADE...... 6 HART, Kizzy at Houston (03/01/08) 5 HART, Kizzy at Rice (02/28/08) 5 HART, Kizzy vs WVU (1/23/08) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS...... 13 HART, Kizzy at UAB (1/12/08) 11 HART, Kizzy at Rice (02/28/08) 11 HART, Kizzy vs WVU (1/23/08) 11 HART, Kizzy at Morehead State (11/21/07) 3-PT FG PCT (min 2 made)..... 1.000 ( 2-2 ) BAKER, Casey at Houston (03/01/08) 1.000 ( 2-2 ) WITHROW, Meg vs TLS (1/18/07) 1.000 ( 2-2 ) WITHROW, Meg vs ECU (1/5/2008) FREE THROWS MADE...... 10 HAMMOND, Alyssa vs UAB (2/23/08) 10 HART, Kizzy vs UCF (2/15/08) FREE THROW ATT...... 13 HART, Kizzy at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 12 HAMMOND, Alyssa vs UAB (2/23/08) 12 HART, Kizzy vs UCF (2/15/08) FT PCT (min 3 made)...... 1.000 ( 7-7 ) BARNETTE, Alix vs UCF (2/15/08) 1.000 ( 7-7 ) HART, Kizzy at OHIO (12/14/07) 1.000 ( 6-6 ) WITHROW, Meg at ECU (01/27/08) 1.000 ( 5-5 ) BAKER, Casey vs NIA (11/24/07) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) HAMMOND, Alyssa at Rice (02/28/08) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) BAKER, Casey vs UAB (2/23/08) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) HAMMOND, Alyssa vs Southern Miss (2/17/08) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) BAKER, Casey vs Southern Miss (2/17/08) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) HART, Kizzy at Tulane (02/10/08) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) HART, Kizzy vs Missouri (12/28/07) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) SAMIS, Meagan at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) HART, Kizzy vs NAVY (12/16/07) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) CROOK, Tynikki at North Texas (12-4-07) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) HAMMOND, Alyssa vs IUPUI (11/16/07) 1.000 ( 3-3 ) WITHROW, Meg vs Missouri (12/28/07) REBOUNDS...... 13 CROOK, Tynikki vs SMU (1/20/08) 13 HANDY, Chantelle at MEMPHIS (1/10/08) ASSISTS...... 11 BAKER, Casey vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) 10 BAKER, Casey vs NAVY (12/16/07) STEALS...... 9 BAKER, Casey vs NAVY (12/16/07) 6 BAKER, Casey at OHIO (12/14/07) BLOCKED SHOTS...... 5 CROOK, Tynikki at Houston (03/01/08) 4 CROOK, Tynikki at UAB (1/12/08) TURNOVERS...... 10 BAKER, Casey vs UTEP (2/7/08) 8 BAKER, Casey vs UAB (2/23/08) 8 BAKER, Casey at UCF (01/31/08) FOULS...... 5 HART, Kizzy at Houston (03/01/08) 5 BAKER, Casey vs Southern Miss (2/17/08) 5 BAKER, Casey vs UCF (2/15/08) 5 BAKER, Casey at Tulane (02/10/08) 5 BAKER, Casey at Southern Miss (2-2-08) 5 HAMMOND, Alyssa at UCF (01/31/08) 5 BARNETTE, Alix at UAB (1/12/08) 5 BAKER, Casey at UAB (1/12/08) 5 BAKER, Casey vs ECU (1/5/2008) 5 BAKER, Casey at Virginia (12/29/07) 5 CROOK, Tynikki at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 5 KING, Kendra at Morehead State (11/21/07) 5 BAKER, Casey vs Radford (11/17/07) 5 BAKER, Casey at Evansville (11-09-07) 2007-08 Marshall Women's Basketball Marshall High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 04, 2008) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

POINTS...... 27 LEONARD, Paris vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) 26 Abanobi, Maryann at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 24 LOVE, Pauline at Southern Miss (2-2-08) 23 BEREZHYNSKA, Valeriy at Rice (02/28/08) 23 REED, Kendra vs Southern Miss (2/17/08) 23 WALKER, Marcedes vs Pittsburgh (12/1/07) FIELD GOALS MADE...... 11 Abanobi, Maryann at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 10 LEONARD, Paris vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) 10 LOVE, Pauline at Southern Miss (2-2-08) FIELD GOAL ATT...... 26 LEONARD, Paris vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) 20 ROGERS, Diamond at UAB (1/12/08) 20 Wilson, Sarah vs NIA (11/24/07) FG PCT (min 5 made)...... 1.000 ( 5-5 ) ELLIS, Savannah vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) .875 ( 7-8 ) Hanneman, Amanda vs Missouri (12/28/07) 3 PT FG MADE...... 6 MCINTYRE, Twiggy at Houston (03/01/08) 6 Hollins, Alyssa vs Missouri (12/28/07) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS...... 14 COMBS, Tarah at Morehead State (11/21/07) 13 PETERSON, Amanda at UAB (1/12/08) 3-PT FG PCT (min 2 made)..... 1.000 ( 3-3 ) Hanneman, Amanda vs Missouri (12/28/07) 1.000 ( 3-3 ) Gordon, K.C. vs NAVY (12/16/07) 1.000 ( 2-2 ) HMIEL, Lauren at OHIO (12/14/07) FREE THROWS MADE...... 12 WALKER, Johnette vs Radford (11/17/07) 8 Jennings, Robyn at Evansville (11-09-07) FREE THROW ATT...... 12 WALKER, Johnette vs Radford (11/17/07) 11 JACKSON, Tye at Houston (03/01/08) FT PCT (min 3 made)...... 1.000 (12-12) WALKER, Johnette vs Radford (11/17/07) 1.000 ( 6-6 ) WHITE, Marshay at UCF (01/31/08) 1.000 ( 6-6 ) SAMUELS, Jillian vs SMU (1/20/08) 1.000 ( 5-5 ) REED, Kendra vs Southern Miss (2/17/08) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) VALICEVIC, Megan at Tulane (02/10/08) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) KREZEL, Kasia vs UTEP (2/7/08) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) COMBS, Tarah at Morehead State (11/21/07) 1.000 ( 4-4 ) Parker, Rebekah at Evansville (11-09-07) 1.000 ( 3-3 ) RIVERIN, Kadie at Rice (02/28/08) 1.000 ( 3-3 ) HUSAROVA, Gabriela at ECU (01/27/08) 1.000 ( 3-3 ) HIEBERT, Jackie at OHIO (12/14/07) REBOUNDS...... 20 BEREZHYNSKA, Valeriy at Rice (02/28/08) 17 Riles, Tiffeny at UT Arlington (12/18/07) ASSISTS...... 10 RIVERIN, Kadie at Rice (02/28/08) 9 BULLARD, LaToya vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) 9 BARBER, Andrea at Southern Miss (2-2-08) STEALS...... 7 SHEPHERD, Sharee vs SMU (1/20/08) 6 EASLEY, Carena vs Jackson State (11/30/07) BLOCKED SHOTS...... 6 PITTMAN, Brittany at Morehead State (11/21/07) 6 PERRY, Afton at Morehead State (11/21/07) TURNOVERS...... 8 BEREZHYNSKA, Valeriy at Rice (02/28/08) 8 WILEY, Chelsie at UCF (01/31/08) 8 Myers, Angela vs NAVY (12/16/07) FOULS...... 5 JENNINGS, Aroha vs MEMPHIS (2/21/08) 5 EUGENE, Amber vs Southern Miss (2/17/08) 5 WHITE, Marshay at UCF (01/31/08) 5 MCFADDEN, Crystal at UAB (1/12/08) 5 FRANKS, Shana vs ECU (1/5/2008) 5 Johnson, Jessra vs Missouri (12/28/07) 5 Dixon, Erin at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 5 Martin, Shalyn at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 5 Champion, Candice at UT Arlington (12/18/07) 5 Gordon, K.C. vs NAVY (12/16/07) 5 WARD, Quintana at OHIO (12/14/07) 5 Hall, Jo at North Texas (12-4-07) 5 Cornett, Ashley vs NIA (11/24/07) 5 PERRY, Afton at Morehead State (11/21/07) 5 CANN, Jernisha vs IUPUI (11/16/07)