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2010-11 MISSISSIPPI STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 20 - Florida SID: Jay Middleton Phone: (offi ce) 662-325-0972 (cell) 662-418-9139 Fax: 662-325-2563 Press Row: 662-325-3776 Email: [email protected] WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM 2010-11 LADY BULLDOG GAME INFORMATION BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs (8-11, 0-7 SEC) NOVEMBER vs. Sun. 7 MONTEVALLO (Exh.) W, 75-42 Florida Gators (13-9, 3-5 SEC) Fri. 12 USC UPSTATE W, 87-53 Tue. 16 at Tulane L, 42-62 Tue. 23 at South Alabama W, 56-43 Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 1 p.m. CT - Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) Starkville, Miss. Sun. 28 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF W, 74-31 Television: ESPNU (Anne Marie Anderson - Play by Play, LaChina Robinson - Color Analyst) Radio: WFCA 107.9 FM Series Information - Florida leads 19-18 DECEMBER Last Meeting - Florida 80, Mississippi State 78 (2OT) (2-7-11) at Starkville, Miss. Wed. 1 LOUISIANA TECH L, 61-69 Sat. 4 NORTH TEXAS W, 66-60 Sat. 11 UTAH W, 61-52 MISSISSIPPI STATE FLORIDA Wed. 15 at Southern Mississippi W, 50-40 PROJECTED STARTERS PROJECTED STARTERS Fri. 17 at Xavier L, 36-61 Mon. 20 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W, 61-49 4 G Porsha Porter Jr. 5-6 3 G Lanita Bartley Jr. 5-6 Wed. 29 ! vs. Buffalo W, 72-58 3 G Diamber Johnson Jr. 5-7 12 G Deana Allen Jr. 5-9 33 G Mary Kathryn Govero Sr. 5-11 14 F Ndidi Madu Jr. 6-1 Thu. 30 ! vs. Lehigh/Rider L, 59-68 (OT) 25 F Ashley Brown Jr. 5-11 33 G Jordan Jones Jr. 5-9 34 C Catina Bett Jr. 6-5 13 C Azania Stewart Jr. 6-4 JANUARY TOP RESERVES TOP RESERVES Thu. 6 * at Vanderbilt L, 44-65 11 G Katia May Fr. 5-2 10 G Jaterra Bonds Fr. 5-7 Sun. 9 * ARKANSAS (FSN) L, 56-61 2 G Darriel Gaynor So. 5-6 23 G Brittany Shine Fr. 5-10 Thu. 13 * LSU (FSN) L, 55-72 Sun. 16 * at Kentucky (FSN) L, 60-72 Thu. 20 * AUBURN L, 41-45 Sun. 23 * at Georgia (FSN) L, 58-78 LADY BULLDOGS HOST FLORIDA IN THINK PINK GAME Thur. 27 * at Tennessee (CSS) L, 55-81 After a brief 2-game road swing, the Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs return home Sunday Sun. 30 * FLORIDA (ESPNU) 1 p.m. to face the Florida Gators. Sunday’s game is the Think Pink game that will raise breast cancer awareness. The 1 p.m. tip will be televised by ESPNU and will be a Campus Con- nection broadcast that will give Mississippi State students a chance to work alongside the FEBRUARY television crew. Thu. 3 * ALABAMA 7 p.m. Sun. 6 * at Auburn 2 p.m. Thu. 10 * at Ole Miss 7 p.m. LADY BULLDOGS BY THE NUMBERS Sun. 13 * SOUTH CAROLINA 1 p.m. Mississippi State is looking for more offensive production as they are averaging 57.6 points Thu. 17 * VANDERBILT 7 p.m. a game. On the defensive end, MSU is allowing opponents to score just 58.9 points a Sun. 20 * at Florida (SunSports) 3:30 p.m. game.The Lady Bulldogs are fi fth in the league in fi eld goal percentage defense as op- Thu. 24 * at Alabama 6 p.m. ponents are shooting just 36.9 percent from the fi eld. Offensively, State is shooting 37 Sun. 27 * OLE MISS 2 p.m. percent from the fi eld. State is averaging 9.9 assists a game and turning it over 16.8 times a contest. Junior guard Diamber Johnson is pacing the Lady Bulldogs in scoring, averag- ing 11.7 points a game. Mary Kathryn Govero is scoring 11.3 points a game. Junior Ashley MARCH Brown is pacing State in rebounds with 9.5 a game which is third-best in the SEC and 41st nationally. Brown is now averaging 7.1 points a game. 3-6 $ SEC Tournament TBA 19-22 % NCAA Tournament (1 & 2 Rounds) TBA 26-29 # NCAA Tournament (Regionals) TBA A QUICK LOOK AT THE LADY VOLS Florida (13-9, 3-5 SEC) enters Sunday’s game on the heels of a 70-64 home win over Ala- APRIL bama on Thursday. Prior to that game, the Gators had dropped its last four conference games. The Gators are led in scoring by Jordan Jones who is scoring 10.1 points a game. 3-5 @ NCAA Tournament (Final Four) TBA Jaterra Bonds is second on the team in scoring with 8.7 a game. Florida ranks ninth in the league in scoring offense (65.0 ppg) and ninth in scoring defense (61.6 ppg). UF is the All times Central league’s fourth-best 3-point shooting team, shooting 40.8 percent behind the arc. Florida is led by head coach Amanda Butler who is in her fourth season at Florida. ! Christmas City Classic - Bethlehem, Pa. * SEC Game ON DECK FOR THE LADY BULLDOGS $ Bridgestone Arena -Nashville, Tenn. Following the game against Florida on Sunday, Mississippi State will host Alabama on % NCAA Tournament - Various Sites Thursday, Feb. 3 at the Humphrey Coliseum. Game time is set for 7 p.m. # NCAA Tournament - Various Sites @ NCAA Final Four - Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind. 1 2010-11 LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL NNUMERICALUMERICAL RROSTEROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 1 Danielle Rector F/C 6-3 Jr. 2L Ringgold, GA (Tennessee Temple) 2 Darriel Gaynor G 5-6 So. TR Las Vegas, Nev. (Trinity Valley CC) 3 Diamber Johnson G 5-7 Jr. 2L Pontotoc, MS (Pontotoc HS) 4 Porsha Porter G 5-6 Jr. TR Chicago, Ill. (Jefferson College) 5 Judith Tabala C 6-5 Jr. TR Kinshasa, Congo (Odessa College) 11 Katia May G 5-2 Fr. HS York, Ala. (Sumter County) 12 Candace Foster G 5-8 Fr. HS Jackson, Miss. (Murrah) 15 Brittany Young G/F 5-9 Fr. HS Birmingham, Ala. (Midfi eld) 20 Ashley Newsome F 6-1 Jr. SQ Florence, Ala. (Florence) 23 Carnecia Williams F 6-3 Fr. HS Memphis, Tenn. (White Station) 25 Ashley Brown F 5-11 Jr. TR Chicago, Ill. (Jefferson College) 32 Elyseia Dunn F 6-0 Jr. TR Kansas City, Mo. (Jefferson College) 33 Mary Kathryn Govero G/F 5-11 Sr. 3L Clinton, MS (Mt. Salus Christian) 34 Catina Bett C 6-5 Jr. TR Gadsden, Ala. (Kentucky) AALPHABETICALLPHABETICAL ROSTERROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 34 Catina Bett C 6-5 Jr. TR Gadsden, Ala. (Kentucky) 25 Ashley Brown F 5-11 Jr. TR Chicago, Ill. (Jefferson College) 32 Elyseia Dunn F 6-0 Jr. TR Kansas City, Mo. (Jefferson College) 12 Candace Foster G 5-8 Fr. HS Jackson, Miss. (Murrah) 2 Darriel Gaynor G 5-6 So. TR Las Vegas, Nev. (Trinity Valley CC) 33 Mary Kathryn Govero G/F 5-11 Sr. 3L Clinton, MS (Mt. Salus Christian) 3 Diamber Johnson G 5-7 Jr. 2L Pontotoc, MS (Pontotoc HS) 11 Katia May G 5-2 Fr. HS York, Ala. (Sumter County) 20 Ashley Newsome F 6-1 Jr. SQ Florence, Ala. (Florence) 4 Porsha Porter G 5-6 Jr. TR Chicago, Ill. (Jefferson College) 1 Danielle Rector F/C 6-3 Jr. 2L Ringgold, GA (Tennessee Temple) 5 Judith Tabala C 6-5 Jr. TR Kinshasa, Congo (Odessa College) 23 Carnecia Williams F 6-3 Fr. HS Memphis, Tenn. (White Station) 15 Brittany Young G/F 5-9 Fr. HS Birmingham, Ala. (Midfi eld) CCOACHINGOACHING STAFFSTAFF Head Coach: Sharon Fanning-Otis (Chattanooga, 1975) PPRONOUNCIATIONRONOUNCIATION GGUIDEUIDE Assistant Coach: Greg Franklin (Austin Peay, 1994) Assistant Coach: Franqua Bedell (University of the Ozarks, 1999) 3 DIAMBER Johnson DEE-am-ber Assistant Coach: Wanika Owsley (Southeast Missouri State, 2006) 5 Judith TABALA ta-BALL-UH Director of Operations: Joey Burton (Moody Bible College, 2007) 33 Mary Kathryn GOVERO GO-ver-row FRANQUA BEDELL FRAN-swa ba-DELL WANIKA OWSLEY WAH-knee-ka RROSTEROSTER BBREAKDOWNREAKDOWN BBYY CCLASSLASS BBYY REGIONREGION SSENIORSENIORS ((1)1) AALABAMALABAMA (4)(4) Mary Kathryn Govero Catina Bett Katia May JJUNIORSUNIORS ((8)8) Ashley Newsome Catina Bett Brittany Young Ashley Brown GGEORGIAEORGIA (1)(1) Danielle Rector Elyseia Dunn 1 2 Diamber Johnson IILLINOIS(1)LLINOIS(1) Ashley Brown 1 Ashley Newsome Porsha Porter Porsha Porter MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI ((3)3) 1 Danielle Rector Candace Foster 4 1 Judith Tabala Mary Kathryn Govero 3 Diamber Johnson SSOPHOMORESOPHOMORES ((1)1) MMISSOURIISSOURI ((1)1) Darriel Gaynor Elyseia Dunn NNEVADAEVADA (1)(1) FFRESHMENRESHMEN ((4)4) Darriel Gaynor Candace Foster TTENNESSEEENNESSEE ((1)1) 1 Katia May Carnecia Williams Carnecia Williams DDEMOCRATICEMOCRATIC REPUBLICREPUBLIC OFOF THETHE CONGOCONGO ((1)1) Brittany Young Judith Tabala 2 2010-11 LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL LADY BULLDOG QUICKFACTS TOUGH SLATE IN JANUARY GENERAL INFORMATION Already in January, Mississippi State has faced the top seven teams in the SEC Location .............................................................................Starkville, Miss. standings. Mississippi State’s January opponents have an overall record of 106-46 Founded ........................................................................February 28, 1878 this season and an SEC record of 38-21. State’s February opponents are 90-71 overall and 18-38 in league play. Enrollment ........................................................................................19,600 Colors..........................................................Maroon (PMS 202) and White GOVERO REACHES 1,000 POINT MARK Nickname ............................................................................Lady Bulldogs With 16 points at Tennessee on Thursday night, Mary Kathryn Govero became Conference ............................................................................Southeastern the 18th player in Mississippi State women’s basketball history to surpass the Arena (Capacity) .........................................Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) 1,000-point barrier. Govero, who has played 117 career games, now has 1,006 President ....................................................................... Dr. Mark Keenum (MSU, 1984) career points. Faculty Representative ......................... Dr. Steven Turner (Mercer, 1975) STINGY ON DEFENSE Director of Athletics ....................Scott Stricklin (Mississippi State, 1992) Through 19 games, Mississippi State has allowed just four teams to surpass the Associate AD/SWA .............................Ann Carr (Mississippi State, 1990) 70-point barrier.