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Vanderbilt Women's Basketball VANDERBILT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Vanderbilt (13-4, 2-2) vs. No. 18/22 Tennesssee (11-6, 2-2) Jan. 21, 2016 l Thompson-Boling Arena l Knoxville, Tenn. l 6 p.m. CT Head Coach .................................................................................................................................................................................... Melanie Balcomb (14th season) Home Court ...................................................................................................................................................................................Memorial Gym (Nashville, Tenn.) Twitter ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................@VandyWBB WBB Contact ................................................................................................................................................... David Dawson ([email protected]) VANDERBILT PLAYER STATS TODAY’S OPPONENT: TENNESSEE Head coach: Holly Warlick (fourth season) Name PPG RPG FG% Leading scorer: Diamond DeShields (15.4 ppg) Christa Reed 11.5 3.4 46.3 Leading rebounder: Bashaara Graves (8.7 rpg) Rachel Bell 9.6 1.6 40.8 Current streak: Lost two Rebekah Dahlman 9.0 3.4 47.1 Last 10 games: 5-5 Jasmine Jenkins 8.0 3.2 44.0 Morgan Batey 6.7 3.2 52.9 Marqu’es Webb 6.5 4.5 59.5 VANDERBILT SCHEDULE/RESULTS Minta Spears 5.8 2.7 40.3 Overall: 13-4 SEC: 2-2 Home: 9-1 Away: 3-3 Neutral: 1-0 Kristen Gaffney 4.3 3.4 45.6 Rayte’a Long 4.1 4.1 69.2 Date Opponent Time/Result Kendall Shaw 2.5 1.5 48.3 Nov. 7 CLAYTON STATE (Exhibition) W, 96-32 Miaya Seawright 0.5 0.3 100.0 Nov. 15 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. W, 89-39 Myka Dancy 0.0 0.3 0.0 Nov. 18 at (RV/RV) Dayton L, 56-81 Nov. 21 at (RV/RV) Green Bay L, 56-58 Assist Leader: Minta Spears (4.8), Jasmine Jenkins (2.4) Nov. 23 PRESBYTERIAN W, 56-38 Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament VANDERBILT COACHING STAFF Nov. 27 vs. Austin Peay W, 73-56 Head Coach ........................................................................................Melanie Balcomb Nov. 28 vs. Ohio U. W, 62-59 Alma Mater ...................................................................................Trenton State (1984) Nov. 30 AIR FORCE (SEC Network) W, 86-29 Record at Vanderbilt .................................................................305-139 (14th Season) Dec. 3 at Drexel W, 74-64 Career Record ...........................................................................468-243 (23rd Season) Dec. 5 ETSU W, 65-39 Assistant Coaches .................................................. Kim Rosamond (Mississippi, 1998) Dec. 10 TROY W, 97-43 ...................................................................................Ashley Earley (Vanderbilt, 2005) Dec. 21 UT-MARTIN W, 64-61 ...................................................................Wendale Farrow (Eastern Michigan, 2009) Dec. 29-30 (Mon-Tues.) at Fordham Holiday Classic Day 1: Vanderbilt vs. New Mexico State W, 71-45 VANDERBILT PROGRAM INFORMATION Day 2: Vanderbilt at Fordham W, 53-40 First Year of Basketball ...............................................................................1977 Jan. 3 at Ole Miss (SEC Network-Plus) * L, 55-52 Overall All-Time Record........................................................................ 806-403 Jan. 7 No. 2/2 S. CAROLINA (SEC Network)* L, 61-71 Overall SEC Record ............................................................................... 233-180 Jan. 10 at Alabama (SEC Network-Plus)* W, 54-48 All-Time Home Record ......................................................................... 455-108 Jan. 14 LSU (SEC Network-Plus)* W, 58-42 NCAA Tournaments (Last) .................................................................. 27 (2014) Jan. 21 at No. 18/22 Tennessee (SEC Network)* 6 p.m. Overall NCAA Tournament Record ..................................................39-27 (.590) Jan. 25 ALABAMA (SEC Network)* 6 p.m. Jan. 28 at Kentucky (SEC Network-Plus)* 6 p.m. SOCIAL MEDIA Jan. 31 GEORGIA (SEC Network-Plus)* 2 p.m. Twitter Feb. 4 at Auburn (SEC Network-Plus)* 6 p.m. Team ..................................................................................... @VandyWBB Feb. 8 at Arkansas (SEC Network)* 6 p.m. Melanie Balcomb .............................................................@coachbalcomb Feb. 11 TENNESSEE (SEC Network) * 8 p.m. Kim Rosamond .................................................................@kimrosamond Feb. 14 KENTUCKY (SEC Network)* 3 p.m. Ashley Earley ......................................................................@ashleyearley Feb. 18 at Florida (SEC Network-Plus)* 6 p.m. Facebook Feb. 21 TEXAS A&M (SEC Network)* 4 p.m. Team.......................................................................................Vandy Hoops Feb. 25 MISS. STATE (SEC Network-Plus)* 7 p.m. Instagram Feb. 28 at Missouri (SEC Network)* 1 p.m. Team............................................................................................vandywbb SEC Tournament Mar. 2-6 TBA (Jacksonville, Fla.) TBA Home games in bold * Southeastern Conference Game; All games broadcast live on WNSR 560 AM, 95.9 FM & vucommodores.com; All times Central and subject to change COMMODORE BASKETBALL THE VANDERBILT WOMEN ... l Made 15 consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament (2000-2014), including 12 straight under head coach Melanie Balcomb (2002-2014). l Have won at least one NCAA Tournament game in 10 of the past 13 seasons during the Balcomb Era. l Rank No. 2 in the SEC in all-time home wins, trailing only LSU. l Have made 27 all-time appearances in the NCAA Tournament, the third most among SEC teams (behind only Tennessee and Georgia) l Were one of only eight schools to make it to the NCAA Tournament every year from 2000-2014, along with UConn, Duke, Georgia, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Stanford and Tennessee. Head Coach Melanie Balcomb ... l Is the all-time wins leader in the Vanderbilt WBB history. l Is the SEC’s active leader in conference wins. (Balcomb’s SEC record: 115-79) l Has won 20 or more games in 11 of her 13 seasons in Nashville. l Has led Vanderbilt to three SEC Tournament championships and four trips to the Sweet 16. l Has directed her teams to a top-50 national finish in field goal percentage and three-point percentage in all 13 of her seasons at Vanderbilt. l Was one of only five coaches to lead their teams to the NCAA Tournament each season from 2014-15. The others were: Geno Auriemma (Connecticut), Tara VanDerveer (Stanford), Joanne P. McCallie (Mich. State/Duke), Muffet Mc- Graw (Notre Dame) and Andy Landers (Georgia). COMMODORE ROSTER Numerical Roster 1 Rebekah Dahlman Guard 5-9 RS SO Braham, Minn. - Braham Area 3 Rachel Bell Guard 5-10 SO Cumberland Furnace, Tenn. - Creek Wood 12 Myka Dancy Guard 5-9 SO Antioch, Tenn. - Antioch (Tenn.) High 15 Jasmine Jenkins Guard 5-8 SR Gainesville, Ga. - East Hall 22 Marqu’es Webb Forward 6-1 JR Hoover, Ala. - Hoover 23 Minta Spears Guard 5-10 RS JR Bullard, Tx. - Texas Tech 24 Kristen Gaffney Forward 6-1 RS JR Cary, N.C. - Green Hope 25 Morgan Batey Guard 5-10 SR Atlanta, Ga. - Pace Academy 33 Christa Reed Guard 5-11 SO Bay St. Louis, Miss. - Bay 35 Kendall Shaw Center 6-4 RS JR Mont Belvieu, Texas - Barbers Hill 41 Miaya Seawright Guard 5-7 SO Simpsonville, S.C. - Hillcrest High 44 Rayte’a Long Forward 6-0 SR Dayton, Ohio - Chaminad Coaching & Support Staff Pronunciations Head Coach: Melanie BALCOMB....................BALL-com Melanie Balcomb, 14th year (Trenton State, 1984) Morgan BATEY............................bay-tee (rhymes with ‘matey’) Assistant Coaches: RAYTE’A Long.............................ray-TEE-ah Kim Rosamond, 9th year (Ole Miss, 1998) Rebekah DAHLMAN...................DOLL-man MARQU’ES Webb.......................mar-KEZ Ashley Earley, 3rd year (Vanderbilt, 2005) MIAYA Seawright.......................MY-ah Wendale Farrow, 1st year (Eastern Michigan, 2009) MYKA Dancy...............................MIKE-ah Director of Basketball Operations: Jon Erickson, 3rd year (Connecticut, 1997) Certified Athletic Trainer: Commodores by Height Kim Moseley, 2nd year (Southern Mississippi, 1980) Kendall Shaw ..........................6-4 Strength & Conditioning Coach: Kristen Gaffney........................6-1 Kandice King, 3rd year Marqu’es Webb .......................6-1 Administrative Assistant: Rayte’a Long ............................6-0 Vicki Spina, 21st year Christa Reed ..........................5-11 Morgan Batey ........................5-10 Rachel Bell ............................5-10 Minta Spears .........................5-10 Rebekah Dahlman ..................5-9 Myka Dancy .............................5-9 Jasmine Jenkins.....................5-8 Miaya Seawright ....................5-7 VANDERBILT NEWS & NOTES l Teams: Vanderbilt (13-4, 2-2) vs. No. 18/22 Tennessee (11-6, 2-2) STAR POWER l Day, Date: Thursday, Jan. 21 Vanderbilt is getting steady contributions from a wide range of players. Here’s a l Tip-off time: 6 p.m. quick look at who’s doing what for the Commodores: l Site: Thompson Boling Arena (Knoxville, Tenn.) t Christa Reed, who is Vanderbilt’s top scorer at 11.5 points per game, is l Radio: 560 AM / 95.9 FM (Charlie Mattos on play-by-play) leading the SEC in 3-point accuracy at 45.7 percent. Reed also ranks fourth in the l TV: SEC Network conference in 3-pointers per game at 2.2. t Minta Spears ranks sixth in the SEC in assists (4.7 apg) and third in the SEC in A CLOSER
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