2009-10 MISSISSIPPI STATE WOMEN’S GAME 2 - East Tennessee State

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 2009-10 LADY BULLDOG GAME INFORMATION BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs (1-0) NOVEMBER vs. Sun. 8 MONTICELLO (Exh.) W, 106-34 Fri. 13 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF W, 106-48 East Tennessee State Lady Bucs (1-0) Sun. 15 EAST TENNESSEE STATE 2 p.m. Wed. 18 UTAH VALLEY 7 p.m. Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 2 p.m. - Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) Starkville, Miss. Sun. 22 MARYLAND 2 p.m. Television: None Thur. 26 ! vs. Texas 7:30 p.m. Radio: WFCA 107.9 FM Fri. 27 ! vs. Rutgers 5 p.m. Series Information - Series tied 1-1 Sat. 28 ! vs. Southern Cal 5 p.m. Last Meeting - (11-20-05 - ETSU 78, MSU 53)

DECEMBER MISSISSIPPI STATE EAST TENNESSEE STATE Wed. 2 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 7 p.m. PROJECTED STARTERS PROJECTED STARTERS Sat. 12 @ Louisiana Tech 7 p.m. Mon. 14 SAMFORD 7 p.m. 2 G Alexis Rack Sr. 5-7 00 G Tara Davis Jr. 5-6 Wed. 16 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE Noon 5 G Sr. 5-9 22 G/F TaRonda Wiles Sr. 5-10 33 G Mary Kathryn Govero Jr. 5-11 25 G/F Gwen Washington So. 5-11 Sun. 20 @ Xavier 1 p.m. 23 F Tysheka Grimes Sr. 6-0 44 G/F Siarre Evans Sr. 5-11 Wed. 30 ALCORN STATE 7 p.m. 0 C Rima Kalonda Sr. 6-3 24 F/C Tosha Austin Fr. 6-2

JANUARY TOP RESERVES TOP RESERVES 10 F Chanel Mokango Sr. 6-5 12 G Iesha Robinson Fr. 5-9 Sun. 3 * @ Auburn 2 p.m. 3 G Diamber Johnson So. 5-7 11 G Tarita Gordon Jr. 5-5 Thur. 7 * VANDERBILT 8 p.m. (CSS) Sun. 10 * TENNESSEE 1 p.m. (SECN) Thur. 14 * @ Arkansas 7 p.m. Sun. 17 * FLORIDA 2 p.m. (FSN) LADY BULLDOGS CONTINUE HOMESTAND WITH ETSU Thur. 21 * @ Ole Miss 7 p.m. After a season-opening 106-48 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff to open the season on Fri- Sun. 24 * @ Vanderbilt 2 p.m. day, the Mississippi State Women’s Basketball team continues its four-game homestand on Thur. 28 * GEORGIA 8 p.m. (FSN) Sunday against East Tennessee State. The Lady Bulldogs and Lady Bucs meet for the fi rst Sun. 31 * KENTUCKY 2 p.m. time since 2005 and just the third time in the history of the programs. Following Sunday’s matchup, State stays at home on Wed. Nov., 18 to face Utah Valley while closing out its FEBRUARY homestand against Maryland on Sund., Nov. 22. Thur. 4 * ALABAMA 8 p.m. (ESPNU) Sun 7 * @ Florida noon RARE MEETING WITH ETSU Thur. 11 * @ South Carolina 6 p.m. The Lady Bulldogs and Lady Bucs will be meeting for just the third time ever when they Sun. 14 * OLE MISS 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) match up on Sunday. The fi rst meeting came in Johnson City, Tenn., in 2004 as Mississippi Sun. 21 * AUBURN 2 p.m. State won a 74-64 game. The following year in Starkville, ETSU would seek revenge, win- Thur. 25 * @ Alabama 6 p.m. ning a 78-53 contest in Starkville. The Lady Bucs enter Sunday’s contest having won their Thur. 28 * @ LSU 2 p.m. season opener 85-61 over Tennessee Chattanooga on Friday. Members of the Atlantic-10 Conference, ETSU won their conference tournament last season and reached the NCAA MARCH Tournament for the second time in school history.

4-7 $ SEC Tournament TBA LOOKING TO MAKE A STREAK OF 2-0 STARTS 20-23 % NCAA Tournament (1 & 2 Rounds) TBA With a win on Sunday, Mississippi State would open a season 2-0 for the third consecutive 27-30 # NCAA Tournament (Regionals) TBA season. In 2006-07, State started 2-0 against Troy and Southeastern Louisiana. In 2007-08, APRIL The Lady Bulldogs opened with two wins against Southeastern Louisiana and Centenary. Last season, MSU was victorious against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Northwestern State to 4-7 @ NCAA Tournament (Final Four) TBA kick things off.

All times Central TRIPLE DOUBLE-DOUBLE; WHAT A START In the opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Mississippi State had three players record dou- ! Paradise Jam - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands ble-doubles in the same game for the fi rst time in school history. Tysheka Grimes had 22 * SEC Game points, 12 rebounds, Mary Kathryn Govero had 12 points, 13 rebounds while Chanel Mo- $ Gwinnett Arena -Duluth, Ga. kango had 11 points and 11 rebounds. The 58-point victory was the ninth largest in school % NCAA Tournament - Various Sites history. The Lady Bulldogs shot 44.7 percent for the game while limiting UAPB to 25.4 # NCAA Tournament - Various Sites @ NCAA Final Four - Alamo Dome - San Antonio, Texas percent shooting. State forced the Lady Lions into 27 turnovers which included 16 steals.

1 2009-10 LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL NNUMERICALUMERICAL RROSTEROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 0 Rima Kalonda F/C 6-3 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College) 1 Danielle Rector F/C 6-3 So. 1L Ringgold, GA (Tennessee Temple) 2 Alexis Rack G 5-7 Sr. 3L Franklin, LA (Franklin HS) 3 Diamber Johnson G 5-7 So. 1L Pontotoc, MS (Pontotoc HS) 5 Armelie Lumanu G/F 5-9 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College 10 Chanel Mokango F 6-5 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College) 14 Bethany Washington F 5-9 Sr. 2L Houma, LA (Vandebilt Catholic HS) 21 Ashlie Billingslea G 5-6 Jr. TR Stone Mountain, GA (Chipola College) 23 Tysheka Grimes G/F 6-0 Sr. 3L Baton Rouge, LA (Capitol HS) 24 Ashley Jones G 5-11 Fr. HS Winter Park, FL (Lake Howell High School) 25 Marneshia Richard G 5-8 Sr. 3L Lamar, MS (Ashland HS) 33 Mary Kathryn Govero G/F 5-11 Jr. 2L Clinton, MS (Mt. Salus Christian) 42 Channa Campbell F/C 6-2 Sr. 3L Lester, AL (West Limestone HS)

AALPHABETICALLPHABETICAL ROSTERROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 21 Ashlie Billingslea G 5-6 Jr. TR Stone Mountain, GA (Chipola College) 42 Channa Campbell F/C 6-2 Sr. 3L Lester, AL (West Limestone HS) 33 Mary Kathryn Govero G/F 5-11 Jr. 2L Clinton, MS (Mt. Salus Christian) 23 Tysheka Grimes G/F 6-0 Sr. 3L Baton Rouge, LA (Capitol HS) 3 Diamber Johnson G 5-7 So. 1L Pontotoc, MS (Pontotoc HS) 24 Ashley Jones G 5-11 Fr. HS Winter Park, FL (Lake Howell High School) 0 Rima Kalonda F/C 6-3 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College) 5 Armelie Lumanu G/F 5-9 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College 10 Chanel Mokango F 6-5 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College) 2 Alexis Rack G 5-7 Sr. 3L Franklin, LA (Franklin HS) 1 Danielle Rector F/C 6-3 So. 1L Ringgold, GA (Tennessee Temple) 25 Marneshia Richard G 5-8 Sr. 3L Lamar, MS (Ashland HS) 14 Bethany Washington F 5-9 Sr. 2L Houma, LA (Vandebilt Catholic HS) PPRONOUNCIATIONRONOUNCIATION GUIDEGUIDE

CCOACHINGOACHING STAFFSTAFF 0 RIMA KALONDA REAM-a COLE-onda Head Coach: Sharon Fanning-Otis (Chattanooga, 1975) 3 DIAMBER Johnson DEE-am-ber Assistant Coach: Greg Franklin (Austin Peay, 1994) 5 ARMELIE LUMANU ARE-mel-ee Loo-MAHN-ew Assistant Coach: Sharrona Reaves (Alabama, 1995) 10 CHANEL MOKANGO SHA-nell mo-CON-go Assistant Coach: Franqua Bedell (University of the Ozarks, 1999) 23 TYSHEKA Grimes ty-SHE-kuh Director of Operations: Joey Burton (Moody Bible College, 2007) 25 MARNESHIA Richard mar-KNEE-sha 33 Mary Kathryn GOVERO GO-ver-row 42 CHANNA Campbell CHAN-uh SHARRONA Reaves sha-RON-a RROSTEROSTER BBREAKDOWNREAKDOWN FRANQUA BEDELL FRAN-swa ba-DELL BBYY CLASSCLASS BBYY REGIONREGION SSENIORSENIORS ((8)8) AALABAMALABAMA (1)(1) Channa Campbell Channa Campbell Tysheka Grimes FFLORIDALORIDA ((1)1) Rima Kalonda Ashley Jones Armelie Lumanu Chanel Mokango GGEORGIAEORGIA (2)(2) Alexis Rack Ashlie Billingslea Danielle Rector Danielle Rector Marneshia Richard LLOUISIANAOUISIANA ((3)3) Bethany Washington Tysheka Grimes Alexis Rack 1 2 JJUNIORSUNIORS ((2)2) Bethany Washington 3 Ashlie Billingslea 3 MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI ((3)3) 1 Mary Kathryn Govero Mary Kathryn Govero Diamber Johnson SSOPHOMORESOPHOMORES (2)(2) Marneshia Richard Diamber Johnson DDEMOCRATICEMOCRATIC REPUBLICREPUBLIC OFOF THETHE CONGOCONGO ((3)3) 3 Danielle Rector Rima Kalonda Armelie Lumanu FFRESHMENRESHMEN ((1)1) Chanel Mokango Ashley Jones

2 2009-10 LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL LADY BULLDOG QUICKFACTS THE CORE IS BACK THIS SEASON GENERAL INFORMATION With 11 letterwinners returning, Mississippi State returns 79.3 percent of its scor- Location ...... Starkville, Miss. ing from a year ago. The top four scorers return while 69.4 percent of last year’s Founded ...... February 28, 1878 rebounding total returns. The returning players also accounted for 419 assists. Se- Enrollment ...... 18,601 nior Alexis Rack is the third leading scorer in the SEC returning this season as she Colors...... Maroon (PMS 202) and White averaged 14.9 points a game a year ago. Chanel Mokango returns as one of the league’s best on defense. Mokango led the SEC last season in blocks with 97 and Nickname ...... Lady Bulldogs crushed the MSU single season record in that category. Conference ...... Southeastern Arena (Capacity) ...... Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) TOUGH SLATE AGAIN THIS SEASON President ...... Dr. Mark Keenum (MSU, 1984) The Lady Bulldogs will host 16 home games this season, including eight home Faculty Representative ...... Dr. Steven Turner (Mercer, 1975) contests. Considered one of the toughest schedules in Director of Athletics ...... Greg Byrne (Arizona State, 1994) school history, State will play 13 games against NCAA Tournament teams from last Associate AD/SWA ...... Ann Carr (Mississippi State, 1990) season. After playing host to East Tennessee State and Utah Valley, State hosts- Maryland on Nov. 22. Then it’s off to the Paradise Jam where State will face na- COACHING STAFF tional powers Texas, Rutgers as well as Southern Cal. Head Coach ...... Sharon Fanning-Otis (UTC, 1975) ...... 15th season at MSU, 34th overall Overall Record ...... 557-412 (33 years) LADY BULLDOGS SOLID AGAINST ATLANTIC SUN COMPETITION Fanning-Otis’ MSU Record ...... 234-186 (14 years) Mississippi State enters Sunday’s contest with East Tennessee State with a 7-4 Fanning-Otis’ MSU SEC Record ...... 79-112 (14 years) record all time against teams from the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Lady Bulldogs Overall Postseason Appearances ...... 13 (6 NCAA, 7 WNIT) have won three straight over A-10 opponents dating back to 2006. Assistant Coaches ...... Greg Franklin (Austin Peay, 1994) ...... Third season ...... Sharrona Reaves (Alabama, 1995) LOOKING TO AVENGE THE LAST DEFEAT TO ETSU ...... Second season Mississippi State will be looking for revenge against ETSU as the Lady Bucs downed ...... Franqua Bedell Mississippi State 78-53 in their last meeting that came in Starkville in 2005. ETSU ...... (University of the Ozarks, 1999) controlled the game, leading by 18 at halftime. Robin Porter led all Mississippi ...... Second season State scorers in that game with 15 points while Lauren Roberts added 11. Both teams shot 40 percent for the game but Mississippi State doubled ETSU in turn- Director of Operations ...... Joey Burton (Moody Bible, 2007) overs as they ended with 22...... Third season Associate Athletic Trainer ...... Mary McLendon (Colorado, 1994) ...... 14th season Administrative Assistant ...... Christi Thomas THE LAST TIME - MSU VS. ETSU Offi ce Phone ...... (662) 325-0198 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics East Tennessee State vs Mississippi State 2009-2010 TEAM INFORMATION 11/20/05 2:00 p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum) Starters Returning ...... 4 East Tennessee State 78 • (1-0) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Starters Lost ...... 1 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Letterwinners Returning ...... 11 24 NORMAN, Jenny f 4-80-00-00113 8000119 52 GIBSON, Candace f 4-10 0-0 8-10 8 2 10 1 16 1 0 0 1 31 Letterwinners Lost ...... 3 01 AZUBUIKE, Adaeze g 3-5 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 3 7 3 2 0 3 38 14 BANJO, B.J. g 7-20 5-10 2-2 1 8 9 3 21 5 2 0 2 38 Newcomers ...... 2 23 AKERS, Nichelle g1-20-00-23253 2350214 10 WILHOIT, Brooke 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 16 12 HOLMES, Alisha 1-50-00-00004 2010014 HISTORY 20 DeVAULT, Michelle 6-14 5-11 2-2 1 0 1 4 19 1 1 0 2 30 Team 718 2008-09 Record ...... 23-10 (8-6 SEC) Totals 27-66 12-26 12-16 21 16 37 22 78 14 11 0 11 200

All-Time Record ...... 482-513 (35 years) FG % 1st Half: 12-38 31.6% 2nd half: 15-28 53.6% Game: 27-66 40.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 6-14 42.9% 2nd half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 12-26 46.2% Rebounds All-Time Non-Conference Record...... 387-294 (35 years) FT % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 12-16 75.0% 3 All-Time Conference Record ...... 95-218 (27 years) Mississippi State 53 • (1-1) Humphrey Coliseum All-Time Record ...... 281-163 (34 years) Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min All-Time SEC Tournament Record...... 12-30 14 MCKINNEY, Mamie f 0-50-00-01562 0162125 20 ROBERTS, Lauren f 2-5 1-3 6-8 2 3 5 2 11 0 3 0 0 26 WNIT Record ...... 4-6 10 JOHNSON, Sarah g 3-4 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 7 1 1 0 1 25 NCAA Tournament Record ...... 4-5 22 JOHNSON, Miayorka g 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 8 24 PORTER, Robin g 5-10 1-2 4-4 5 2 7 3 15 1 3 2 1 35 05 WARREN, Doceide 0-3 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 16 11 HOLLIS, Heather 1-2 0-0 3-3 0 1 1 1 5 0 2 0 0 13 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS 25 RICHARD, Marneshia 2-5 0-0 3-5 0 0 0 2 7 2 1 0 2 30 Assoc. AD/Media & Public Relations ...Mike Nemeth (Miami [OH], 1977) 34 HENDERSON, Natasha 3-4 0-0 0-2 2 2 4 1 6 0 2 2 0 22 Team 0 3 3 Assistant Director/Women’s Basketball ...... Jay Middleton (MSU, 2006) Totals 16-40 3-6 18-24 11 19 30 11 53 7 22 6 6 200 Offi ce Phone ...... (662) 325-0972 FG % 1st Half: 7-22 31.8% 2nd half: 9-18 50.0% Game: 16-40 40.0% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd half: 2-3 66.7% Game: 3-6 50.0% Rebounds Cell Phone ...... (662) 418-9139 FT % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd half: 15-18 83.3% Game: 18-24 75.0% 3 Fax Number ...... (662) 325-2563 Officials: Doug Cloud, Leslie Claybrook, Melanie Davis Technical fouls: East Tennessee State-None. Mississippi State-None. Press Row Number ...... (662) 325-3776 Attendance: 523 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total East Tennessee State 36 42 78 RADIO NETWORK Mississippi State 18 35 53 Radio Network ...... Bulldog Sports (WFCA 107.9 FM) Contact ...... Don Williams Email ...... dwilliams@learfi eldsports.com Play-by-Play ...... Bart Gregory Address ...... P.O. Box 5327 ...... Mississippi State, MS 39762

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IN THE POLLS RIGHT ON THE EDGE HEAD COACH SHARON FANNING-OTIS Mississippi State is right on the edge of ASSOCIATED PRESS cracking the top-25 in both the AP Poll Team Rec. Pts. and USA Today/ESPN Poll. The Lady Bull- 15TH SEASON AT MISSISSIPPI STATE 1. Connecticut (40) 0-0 1000 dogs are receiving 110 votes in the AP 2. Stanford 0-0 951 234-186 3. Ohio State 0-0 862 Poll and 66 votes in the Coaches’ Poll. 4. Notre Dame 0-0 799 Mississippi State is looking to enter the 34TH SEASON 5. North Carolina 0-0 798 top-25 for the fi rst time since 2003 when OVERALL 6. Duke 0-0 772 they reached as high as 10th that season. 557-412 7. Baylor 0-0 744 8. Tennessee 0-0 676 9. LSU 0-0 600 IN FAMILIAR COMPANY 10. Michigan State 0-0 521 Mississippi State is one of eight SEC Now in her 15th season at the helm of the Mississippi State wom- 11. Xavier 0-0 492 teams either ranked or receiving votes in en’s basketball team, Sharon Fanning-Otis continues to guide the 12. Texas 0-0 487 13. Oklahoma 0-0 444 the AP Poll and the Coaches’ Poll. program to new heights. When Fanning-Otis fi rst came to Mississippi 14. Virginia 0-0 394 State University, she had a vision of building a quality Lady Bulldog 15. Florida State 0-0 385 TOUGH COMPETITION basketball program. Time combined with hard work and dedication 16. Arizona State 0-0 317 Currently, seven of Mississippi State’s op- 17. DePaul 0-0 301 has paid off, as the program has reached national prominence since ponents are ranked in the top-25 AP poll. 18. California 0-0 294 her arrival before the 1995-96 season. In November 2006, Fanning 19. Georgia Tech 0-0 262 Six MSU opponents are ranked in the 20. Kansas 0-0 241 USA Today Coaches’ Poll. became the 29th NCAA Division I head coach to record 500 wins. 21. Georgia 0-0 201 During her tenure at MSU, Fanning has tutored two Kodak (now 22. Vanderbilt 0-0 165 23. Louisville 0-0 156 A NEW SEC SLATE State Farm) all-Americans in Tan White (2002-2005) and LaToya 24. Middle Tennessee 0-0 143 For the fi rst time, Mississippi State and Thomas (1999-2003). As a senior, White led the nation in scoring, av- 25. Rutgers 0-0 138 the rest of the Southeastern Conference eraging 23.5 points per game, was named to the Associated Press’s Receiving votes: Texas A&M 137, Mary- teams will play a 16-game conference land 114, Mississippi State 110, San All-America Second Team, Frances Pomeroy Naismith recipient, schedule this season. There is still no di- Diego State 78, South Dakota State 70, all-SEC First Team selection and became the SEC’s all-Time Career Pittsburgh 48, Purdue 45, Kansas State visions but two games were added this 33, Gonzaga 30, Marist 26, UCLA 26, season. Steals Leader in addition to fi nishing atop fi ve MSU career catego- Michigan 16, Iowa State 14, Minnesota ries. She became the second Lady Bulldog to be drafted into the 14, Boston College 12, Louisiana Tech 11, Tulane 9, Bowling Green 8, Arkansas FANNING-OTIS ADDING TO WNBA when she went as the No. 2 pick in the 2005 Draft to the 7, TCU 7, Wisconsin-Green Bay 7, Au- WIN TOTAL Indiana Fever. burn 6, Nebraska 6, Texas Tech 6, USC In her 34th season as a head coach, Sha- 5, Florida 3, Fresno State 3, Oklahoma ron Fanning-Otes has amassed 557 ca- State 3, Delaware 1, Florida Gulf Coast COACHING HISTORY 1, Temple 1, reer victories. Fanning eclipsed the 500- win mark on Nov. 10, 2006 with a win 1995-present Head Women’s Basketball Coach USA TODAY/ESPN COACHES against Troy. Mississippi State University Team Rec. Pts. 1. Connecticut (31) 0-0 775 OVER 200 AND COUNTING 1987-1995 Head Women’s Basketball Coach 2. Stanford 0-0 739 3. Ohio State 0-0 653 Now in her 15th season at the helm of the Lady 4. Baylor 0-0 649 Bulldogs, Fanning has ammassed 234 wins. She 5. North Carolina 0-0 561 is the all-time winning coach for women’s bas- 1976-1987 Head Women’s Basketball Coach 6. Duke 0-0 547 ketball at Mississippi State. 7. Notre Dame 0-0 438 Tennessee-Chattanooga 8. Oklahoma 0-0 416 9. Tennessee 0-0 412 10-WIN SEASONS UNDER 10. Michigan State 0-0 353 FANNING 1976-1978 Head Coach, Basketball 11. Arizona State 0-0 328 12. Florida State 0-0 323 MSU has had 13 10-win seasons and reached Head Coach, Volleyball 13. California 0-0 314 the postseason 10 times under Sharon Fanning Tennessee-Chattanooga 14. Texas 0-0 311 (fi ve NCAA, fi ve WNIT). During nine seasons 15. Xavier 0-0 303 including this year, Fanning and the Lady Bull- 16. Texas A&M 0-0 302 1975-1976 Women’s Basketball GA Coach dogs have eclipsed the 15-win mark. 17. LSU 0-0 298 , Knoxville 18. Virginia 0-0 246 19. Louisville 0-0 232 1995-96 ...... 13-14 (4-7 SEC, T8th) 20. Vanderbilt 0-0 223 1996-97 ...... 11-16 (1-11 SEC, T10th) COACHING MILESTONES 21. Maryland 0-0 209 22. Pittsburgh 0-0 127 1997-98 ...... 14-15 (4-10 SEC, T9th) First Career Win 23. Purdue 0-0 126 1998-99 ...... 17-11 (7-7 SEC, T5th) vs. Chattanooga State, 96-66 (UTC) 24. Iowa State 0-0 125 1999-00 ...... 24-8 (8-6 SEC, 5th) 50th Career Win 25. DePaul 0-0 121 2000-01 ...... 17-14 (4-10 SEC, T9th) Receiving votes: Middle Tennessee at Erskine, 60-59 (UTC) 2001-02 ...... 19-12 (8-6 SEC, T4th) State 118, Kansas 110, Rutgers 106, 100th Career Win Auburn 84, Georgia 76, Georgia Tech 2002-03 ...... 24-8 (10-4 SEC, T3rd) 73, South Dakota State 70, Mississippi 2003-04 ...... 14-15 (7- 7 SEC, T7th) Feb. 16, 1982 vs. W. Carolina, 85-66 (UTC) State 66, Gonzaga 48, San Diego State 2004-05 ...... 17-12 (6-8 SEC, 6th) 200th Career Win 39, Kansas State 39, Florida 31, TCU 12, North Carolina State 11, Michigan 2006-07 ...... 18-14 (7-7 SEC, 6th) Feb. 5, 1988 vs. UAB, 76-69 (Kentucky) 10, Arizona 10, Bowling Green 7, 2007-08 ...... 16-15 (4-10 SEC, 9th) 300th Career Win Syracuse 6, South Florida 6, South 2008-09 ...... 23-10 (8-6 SEC) Carolina 3, Temple 2, Southern Method Jan. 16, 1994 vs. MState, 81-79 (Kentucky) ist 2, Richmond 2, Georgetown 2, Ball 400th Career Win State 2, Arkansas-Little Rock 2, UCF 1, March 3, 2000 vs. Auburn, 66-56 (MSU) Charlotte 1, Fresno State 1, Hartford 1, Minnesota 1, West Virginia 1, Western 500th Career Win Kentucky 1, Nov. 10, 2006 vs. Troy, 71-43 (MSU)

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CAREER RECORDS MSU TEAM GAME SUPERLATIVES SCORING THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE player games fi eld goals Most Points ...... 117, vs. Judson College (2-24-86) player games points average 1 Alexis Rack 97 235 (756 att.) 1 LaToya Thomas (1999-03) 125 2,981 23.8 Most Rebounds .78, vs. Judson College (2-24-86) 2 Tan White (2001-05) 121 222 (714 att.) 2 Tan White (2001-05) 121 2,421 20.0 3 Cynthia Hall (1997-01) 120 147 (451 att.) FG Made ...... 53, vs. Judson College (2-24-86) 3 Jennifer Fambrough (1998-02) 117 1,677 14.3 4 LaCharlotte Smith (1992-96) 106 142 (522 att.) 5 Meadow Overstreet (1997-01) 112 138 (373 att.) FG Attempts ...... 104, vs. Montevallo (11-19-79) 4 LaCharlotte Smith (1992-96) 106 1,533 14.5 6 Stacie Farris (1994-98) 104 120 (362 att.) 5 Sharon Thompson (1994-98) 107 1,526 14.3 High FG Pct...... 63.8%, vs. Illinois (3-17-01) 7 Rebecca Kates (2001-05) 121 107 (325 att.) 6 Polly Branch (1983-87) 111 1,518 13.7 8 Jemmye Ann Helms (1992-97) 101 100 (273 att.) Most 3FG Made .....14, vs. Iowa State (11-23-01) 7 Laura Springer (1978-81) 117 1,340 11.5 9 Jessica Carter (2000-04) 106 99 (239 att.) 3FG Attempts ...... 36, vs. Savannah State (2-8-07) 8 Kunshinge Sorrell (1986-88) 62 1,292 20.8 10 Angela Harris (1996-00) 110 89 (237 att.) 9 Sophie Ratliff (1986-90) 117 1,198 10.2 FT Made ...... 34, vs. TCU (12-31-92) THREE-POINT ATTEMPTS 10.Alexis Rack (2006-present) 97 1,195 12.3 player games attempts FT Attempts...... 47, vs. TCU (12-31-92) 11Mary Boatwright (1979-81) 59 1,177 19.9 1 Alexis Rack (2006-present) 97 756 (made 235) Assists ...... 37, vs. Memphis (12-3-80) 12Lisa Scott (1988-92) 106 1,145 10.8 2 Tan White (2001-05) 121 714 (made 222) 3 LaCharlotte Smith (1992-96) 106 522 (made 142) 13Nitra Perry (1996-00) 110 1,124 10.2 Steals ...... 32, vs. Nicholls (12-7-08) 4 Cynthia Hall (1997-01) 120 451 (made 147) 14*Tutti Calhoun (1974-77) 66 1,090 16.5 5 Meadow Overstreet (1997-01) 112 373 (made 138) Blocks ...... 13, vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (11-26-06) 15Ann Lashley (1985-88) 116 1,086 9.4 6 Stacie Farris (1994-98) 104 362 (made 120) 16Robin Porter (2005-present) 122 1041 8.5 7 Rebecca Kates (2001-05) 121 325 (made 107) 8 Nitra Perry (1996-00) 116 275 (made 79) 17Daisy Casher (1984-85) 52 940 18.1 MSU IND. GAME SUPERLATIVES 9 Jemmye Ann Helms (1992-97) 101 273 (made 100) 18Jemmye Ann Helms (1992-97) 101 917 9.1 Most Points ..... 48, LaToya Thomas vs. Memphis (11-21-00) 10 Jessica Carter (2000-04) 106 239 (made 99) 19Cynthia Hall (1997-01) 120 891 7.4 Most Rebounds ...... 26, Sophie Ratliff vs. Shorter College (2-15-88) 20Angela Harris (1996-00) 110 872 7.9 FG Made ...20, LaToya Thomas vs. Tulsa (11-17-02) 21Sandra Butler (1982-86) 61 868 14.2 SINGLE SEASON RECORDS 22Melinda Dudley (1977-81) 114 859 7.5 FG Attempts ....33, Polly Branch vs. Judson (2-24-86) THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE 23Louise Grimes (1980-82) 55 841 15.3 player games fi eld goals Most 3FG Made...... 8, Meadow Overstreet vs. MVSU (12-20-99) 24Tysheka Grimes (2006-pres. 92 834 9.1 1 Alexis Rack (2008-09) 33 86 (287 att.) 2 Cynthia Hall (1999-00) 32 82 (211 att.) 3FG Attempts 15, 5x, Alexis Rack vs. Ole Miss (2-12-09) 25LaToya Graham (1995-99) 110 832 7.6 Alexis Rack (2007-08) 31 82 (259 att.) FT Made ...... 18, Jennifer Fambrough vs. Northwestern State (12-19-98) 4 Alexis Rack (2006-07) 32 64 (201 att.) 5 Tan White (2002-03) 32 62 (202 att.) FT Attempts ...... 20, LaToya Thomas vs. Alabama (2-7-02) 6 Tan White (2004-05) 29 61 (190 att.) Assists ...... 17, Polly Branch vs. Bryan (2-1-86) 7 Meadow Overstreet (2000-01) 31 59 (145 att.) 8 Tan White (2001-02) 31 53 (150 att.) Steals .. 12, Sonya Meadows vs. UT-Martin (1-10-81) 9 LaCharlotte Smith (1994-95) 27 52 (179 att.) 10 Tiffany Booker (1993-94) 26 51 (145 att.) Blocks ...... 9, Chanel Mokango (1-11-09) LaCharlotte Smith (1995-96) 27 48 (171 att.)

RACK MOVING ON UP SINGLE GAME RECORDS THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE Senior guard Alexis Rack continues to move up the record charts at player fi eld goals opponent date Mississippi State. Rack is currently 10th all-time in scoring at Missis- 1 Meadow Overstreet 8 Mississippi Valley 12/20/99 2 Alexis Rack 7 Maryland 12/30/08 sippi State with 1,195 points. Rack is just three points from ninth. Alexis Rack 7 Tennessee 2/7/08 Rack is already the career leader at Mississippi State in three-point Tan White 7 Auburn 02/27/05 Jessica Carter 7 Vanderbilt 02/10/02 fi eld goals made, three-point fi eld goals attempted and ranks second Cynthia Hall 7 Alabama A&M 11/24/99 in most three-point fi eld goals made in a game. 5 Alexis Rack 6 Tennessee 2/22/09 Alexis Rack 6 Georgia 2/1/09 Tan White 6 Alabama 02/07/02 Alexis Rack 6 Georgia Tech 12/30/06 GRIMES ON THE SCORING LIST TOO THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS Senior Tysheka Grimes has moved onto the all-time leading scorer player attempts opponent date list as she is currently 24th with 834 points. She stands just 106 points 1 Alexis Rack 15 Alabama 3/1/09 from 17th all time. Alexis Rack 15 Ole Miss 2/12/09 Alexis Rack 15 Georgia 2/1/09 Alexis Rack 15 Arkansas 1/25/09 Alexis Rack 15 Maryland 12/30/08 RACK SETS THREE-POINT SEASON RECORD Alexis Rack 15 Mississippi 3/6/08 Alexis Rack 15 Purdue 12/6/06 A year ago, Alexis Rack set a new single-season school record, mak- LaCharlotte Smith 15 Kentucky 02/17/96 ing 86 three-point fi eld goals. She also set a season record with 287 Jemmye Ann Helms 15 William Carey 02/07/95 10. Alexis Rack 14 Tennessee 2/22/09 attempted threes. ASSISTS MOKANGO CRUSHES SCHOOL SEASON RECORD player assists opponent date Senior Chanel Mokango more than doubled the old school single- 1 Polly Branch 17 Bryan 02/01/86 season block record as she rejected 97 shots last season. That led the 2 Alexis Rack 12 Savannah State 1/29/09 Cynthia Hall 12 UL-Lafayette 12/16/00 Southeastern Conference a year ago. LaCharlotte Smith 12 LSU 02/27/93 4 Marneshia Richard 11 South Carolina 01/21/07 Angela Harris 11 UT-Pan American 12/19/99 6 Armelie Lumanu 10 LSU 2/8/09 Alexis Rack 10 UAB 1/2/09 Marneshia Richard 10 Florida 2/10/08 Marneshia Richard 10 Tennessee 2/7/08

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MISSISSIPPI STATE 106, ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO 34 MISSISSIPPI STATE 106, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 48 NOV. 8, 2009 - STARKVILLE, MISS. NOV. 13, 2009 - STARKVILLE, MISS.

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Mississippi State worked out most of the ear- STARKVILLE, Miss. - The Mississippi State women’s basketball team ly-season kinks Sunday afternoon, rolling past Arkansas-Monticello opened its 2009-10 campaign in fi ne fashion Friday evening, down- 106-34 in a women’s basketball exhibition contest played at the ing Arkansas-Pine Bluff 106-48 at the Humphrey Coliseum in front of Humphrey Coliseum. an announced crowd of 2,183. The Lady Bulldogs would lead by as many as 60 late in the second half, running away from the Lady Lions Sunday’s contest was never in doubt. The Lady Bulldogs sprinted to from the start. a 33-2 advantage less than eight minutes into the contest. MSU kept the defensive pressure at full throttle, forcing the NCAA Division II The Lady Bulldogs never trailed as they raced to a 10-0 lead to open member Cotton Blossoms into 34 turnovers. play just over a minute into the game. State’s largest lead in the fi rst half would be the halftime score 50-24 as junior Mary Kathryn Govero In the opening half, the Lady Bulldogs rammed home nine 3-point converted on her third three-pointer of the half as time expired. MSU baskets. Tysheka Grimes and Mary Kathryn Govero each hit early shot 45 percent for the fi rst half while holding UAPB to 26.7 percent trays as the hosts sprinted to a 10-0 advantage. Alexis Rack hit all shooting overall in the opening period. four of her fi rst half 3-point baskets in the fi nal 6:54 of the half. MSU led 63-22 at the intermission. The Lady Bulldogs would extend their dominance to open the sec- ond half with an 11-3 run, taking the lead out to 63-27 three minutes In the second half, the Lady Bulldogs were able to experiment with into the second half. In the fi nal 17 minutes of the contest, State different combinations while stretching the lead. A total of nine dif- would outscore the Lions 43-21 to run away with the victory. ferent players logged at least 12 minutes each every one of them reaching the scoring column. Senior Tysheka Grimes led all Lady Bulldog scorers with 22 points while adding 12 rebounds to complete a double-double. Two more For the contest, the Lady Bulldogs hit 37 of 74 shots from the fi eld State players had double-doubles as Mary Kathryn Govero scored 12 (50.0 percent), 14 of 30 shots from 3-point range (46.7 percent) and points and had 13 rebounds while senior Chanel Mokango scored 11 18 of 26 shots from the foul line (69.2). The Cotton Blossoms hit 12 points and added 11 boards. It marked the fi rst time in school his- of 60 shots from the fi eld (20.0 percent), 4 of 26 shots from 3-point tory three players have recorded a double-double in the same game. range (15.4 percent) and 6 of 10 shots from the foul line (60.0 per- cent). Grimes moved into 24th place all-time in career scoring as she now has 834 career points. Rack moved within three points of ninth all- Rack and Govero each shared game-high scoring honors with 27 time on the scoring list at MSU with 1,195 points. points apiece. Also in double fi gures for MSU were Tysheka Grimes with 16 points and Rima Kalonda with 15 points. Armelie Lumanu had Mississippi State improved to 4-0 all time against UAPB with the win a team-high nine rebounds and eight assists. and won their 18th-straight against a Southwestern Athletic Confer- ence opponent. The Lady Bulldogs also won their sixth-straight sea- Nykita Gordon paced the UAM offensive attack with eight points, son opener while improving to 34-2 all time in home openers. while Emili Slamons scored six points. Mississippi State has a quick turnaround as it continues its homestand The Lady Bulldogs open the 2009-10 regular season with a 5 p.m. with a matchup against East Tennessee State on Sunday at 2 p.m. start Friday against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. That contest is the opening of a doubleheader in the Humphrey Coliseum, with the MSU men later facing Richmond in an 8 p.m. tip off.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs Mississippi State Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics 11/13/09 5 p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum) Arkansas-Monticello vs Mississippi State 11/08/09 2 p.m. at Humphrey Coliseum Arkansas-Pine Bluff 48 • 0-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds Arkansas-Monticello 34 • 0-0 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk St Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 20 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min Holmes,Shay f 1-4 0-2 2-4 2 4 6 5 4 0 2 1 0 31 Abrams,Jasmine f 3-6 0-0 3-4 2 2 4 5 9 0 2 0 0 23 Johnson, Chelsea f 1-81-80-00224 3140032 03 02 Seale, LaChasity g 1-7 1-6 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 1 5 0 1 26 Hammond,Amanda g 3-7 1-3 1-3 1 4 5 4 8 2 6 0 1 12 Rivera, Yelitza g1-20-00-00001 20100 7 12 Brown,Rekevia g 3-12 1-7 0-0 2 6 8 4 7 0 2 0 2 20 Gordon, Nykita g 4-11 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 4 8 1 3 0 2 18 22 Jackson,Tashayla g 2-11 0-2 2-6 1 4 5 2 6 1 4 0 0 21 Williams, Erica g 0-7 0-3 3-4 2132 3060014 04 Marsh,Lakendra 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 05 Davis, Alayna 0-3 0-0 1-4 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 13 05 Slaton,Laquisha 2-11 1-4 5-7 0 2 2 4 10 3 5 0 2 10 Smith, Ambra 1-50-20-00441 2240128 10 Blanks,Jasmine 0-2 0-0 2-4 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 13 Slamons, Emili 2-6 2-4 0-0 3 0 3 1 6 0 3 0 0 22 14 Walker,Adreanne 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 24 Brown, Erika 0-00-00-00000 00100 0 15 Vaughn,Tayla 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 32 Hubard, Jerica 2-8 0-2 2-2 3 3 6 5 6 0 2 0 2 23 21 Smith,Dominique 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 33 Hawkins, Ashley 0-30-00-00441 0240217 24 Cooper,Camille 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 4 2 6 33 Waddle,Alaria 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 12-60 4-26 6-10 16 21 37 21 34 8 34 0 8 200 34 Okwumabua,Chigoziany 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 FG % 1st Half: 8-29 27.6% 2nd half: 4-31 12.9% Game: 12-60 20.0% Deadball 35 Gentry,Jenise 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 36.4% 2nd half: 0-15 0.0% Game: 4-26 15.4% Rebounds Team 3 2 5 1 FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0 2nd half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 6-10 60.0% 1 Totals 15-59 3-19 15-30 12 31 43 29 48 6 27 1 5 Mississippi State 106 • 0-0 FG % 1st Half: 8-30 26.7% 2nd half: 7-29 24.1% Game: 15-59 25.4% Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 1-9 11.1% 2nd half: 2-10 20.0% Game: 3-19 15.8% ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min FT % 1st Half: 7-15 46.7% 2nd half: 8-15 53.3% Game: 15-30 50.0% 23 Grimes, Tysheka f6-141-33-4325016140523 42 Campbell, Channa c 1-2 0-0 0-1 2 4 6 3 2 0 2 1 1 17 Mississippi State 106 • 1-0 02 Rack, Alexis g9-146-113-4156227551729 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 05 Lumanu, Armelie g 3-11 0-2 3-5 4 5 9 1 9 8 2 1 5 31 ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk St 33 Govero, Mary Kathryn g 8-10 4-5 7-8 123327402329 23 Grimes, Tysheka f 8-16 3-4 3-7 5 7 12 1 22 2 1 0 4 00 Kalonda, Rima 7-9 0-0 1-2 5 2 7 1 15 0 2 6 0 22 00 Kalonda, Rima c 2-4 0-0 4-6 3 6 9 3 8 1 1 0 0 01 Rector, Danielle 1-61-50-01452 3121112 02 Rack, Alexis g5-143-93-30333163404 03 Johnson, Diamber 1-6 1-2 1-2 1 3 4 1 4 5 1 0 2 24 05 Lumanu, Armelie g 7-11 0-3 2-2 4 2 6 3 16 4 1 0 3 14 Washington, Bethany 1-21-20-01230 3100013 Team 2 6 8 33 Govero, Mary Kathryn g 4-9 3-6 1-4 4 9 13 2 12 2 1 1 1 Totals 37-74 14-30 18-26 21 35 56 13 106 25 18 12 24 200 01 Rector, Danielle 2-3 0-1 1-3 1 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 03 Johnson, Diamber 1-6 0-2 2-4 0 1 1 2 4 3 3 1 3 FG % 1st Half: 21-34 61.8% 2nd half: 16-40 40.0% Game: 37-74 50.0% Deadball 10 Mokango, Chanel 5-8 0-0 1-3 5 6 11 4 11 0 0 2 0 3FG % 1st Half: 9-13 69.2% 2nd half: 5-17 29.4% Game: 14-30 46.7% Rebounds FT % 1st Half: 12-16 75.0% 2nd half: 6-10 60.0% Game: 18-26 69.2% 3 14 Washington, Bethany 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 21 Billingslea, Ashlie 0-2 0-0 2-3 1 3 4 2 2 3 4 0 0 Officials: Mike Riggs, Wesley Dean, Mary Day 24 Jones, Ashley 3-8 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 3 6 0 0 0 1 Technical fouls: Arkansas-Monticello-None. Mississippi State-None. Attendance: 528 42 Campbell, Channa 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 Team 3 1 4 Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Totals 38-85 9-28 21-37 30 41 71 25 106 19 16 4 16 Arkansas-Monticello 22 12 34 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench UAM 10 17 6 2 15 FG % 1st Half: 18-40 45.0% 2nd half: 20-45 44.4% Game: 38-85 44.7% Mississippi State 63 43 106 MS 49 47 20 21 25 3FG % 1st Half: 6-17 35.3% 2nd half: 3-11 27.3% Game: 9-28 32.1% Last FG - UAM 2nd-04:00, MS 2nd-00:09. Score tied - 0 times. FT % 1st Half: 8-17 47.1% 2nd half: 13-20 65.0% Game: 21-37 56.8% Largest lead - UAM None, MS by 72 2nd-00:09. Lead changed - 0 times. Officials: Kelly Johnson, Eric Brewton, Mark Zentz Technical fouls: Arkansas-Pine Bluff-None. Mississippi State-None. Attendance: 2183

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast Arkansas-Pine Bluff 24 24 48 Points Paint T/O Chance Break UAPB 14 12 6 8 Mississippi State 50 56 106 MS 52 36 28 8

Last FG - UAPB 2nd-00:04, MS 2nd-01:24. Score tied - 0 times. Largest lead - UAPB None, MS by 60 2nd-00:30. Lead changed - 0 times.

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THE LAST TIME MISSISSIPPI STATE scored 100 points at home ...... 106 vs. Mississippi Valley State (Nov. 13 2009) scored 100 points on the road ...... 100 at New Orleans (Dec. 4, 2001) won an overtime game ...... 65-60 vs. Florida State (Nov. 30, 2006) lost an overtime game ...... 66-72 vs. South Carolina (Feb. 25, 2007) won a double overtime game ...... 83-75 vs. Kentucky (Jan. 25, 2007) lost a double overtime game ...... 98-106 vs. Vanderbilt (Feb. 3, 2005) won regular season tournament ...... 2006 Georgia Tech Holiday Tournament won NCAA Tournament game ...... NCAA First Round vs. Texas, 71-63 (March 21, 2009) won SEC Tournament game ...... fi rst-round game vs. South Carolina, 49-39 (March 5, 2009) made 50 fi eld goals ...... 53 vs. Judson College (Feb. 24, 1986) made 10 three-point fi eld goals ...... 10 vs. Alabama (Mar. 1, 2009) made 30 free throws ...... 36 vs. Northwestern State (Nov. 23, 2008) attempted 100 fi eld goals ...... 104 vs. Montevalo (Nov. 19, 1979) attempted 30 three-point fi eld goals ...... 31 vs. Florida (March 1, 2007) attempted 45 free throws ...... 47 vs. Jackson State (Feb. 19, 1992) had 75 rebounds ...... 78 vs. Judson College (Feb. 24, 1986) had 10 blocked shots in a game ...... 12 vs. Ole Miss (Jan. 11, 2009) had 35 assists ...... 37 vs. Memphis (Jan. 3, 1980) had 25 steals ...... 32 vs. Nicholls (Dec. 7, 2008) beat a ranked team ...... No. 25 Texas, 71-63 (Mar. 21, 2009) beat a ranked team on the road ...... No. 22/25 Mississippi, 73-71 (Jan. 28, 2007) overcame a 10-point halftime defi cit to win ...... vs. Vanderbilt, 26-40 (71-66; Dec. 8, 1988) had four freshman start a single game ...... Robin Porter, Lauren Roberts, Heather Hollis and Marneshia Richard at Vanderbilt (Jan. 12, 2006)

THE LAST TIME AN MSU OPPONENT made 40 fi eld goals in a game ...... 42 by Vanderbilt (Feb. 3, 2005, 2OT) made 10 three-point fi eld goals in a game ...... 10 by Purdue (Dec. 16, 2006) made 35 free throws ...... 38 by Union University (Dec. 3, 1984) attempted 45 free throws ...... 49 by Vanderbilt (Feb. 25, 1982) had 65 rebounds ...... 68 by USM (Feb. 7, 1996)

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THE LAST TIME SOMEONE FOR MISSISSIPPI STATE scored 20 points ...... 22, Tysheka Grimes vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 13, 2009) scored 25 points ...... 27, Alexis Rack vs. Maryland (Dec. 30, 2008) scored 30 points ...... 32, Alexis Rack vs. Tennessee (Feb. 7, 2008) scored 35 points ...... 38, Tan White vs. Arkansas (March 3, 2005) scored 40 points ...... 47, Tan White vs. Vanderbilt (Feb. 3, 2005, 2OT) scored 45 points ...... 47, Tan White vs. Vanderbilt (Feb. 3, 2005, 2OT) scored in double fi gures in 10 straight games ...... 15 straight, Alexis Rack (Jan. 25-Nov. 13, 2009) scored double fi gures in 125 straight games ...... 125 straight, LaToya Thomas (Nov. 19, 1999 - March 24, 2003) scored 20 points in 5 straight games ...... 9 straight, Tan White (Feb. 19 - Nov. 26, 2004) scored 20 points in 10 straight games ...... 12 straight, LaToya Thomas (Feb. 1 - March 20, 2001) scored 20+ points by two players in a game ...... Tysheka Grimes (28) and Imesia Jackson (23) vs. South Carolina (Jan. 21, 2007) scored 20+ points by three players in a game...... Nitra Perry (24), Cynthia Hall (21), & Jennifer Fambrough (21) vs. So. Miss. (Nov. 20, 1999) scored 30 points in 2 straight games ...... Tan White (38) vs. Arkansas (March 3, 2005 SEC) & Tan White (34) vs. Auburn (Feb. 27, 2005, OT) scored 30+ points by two players in a game ...... Charetta Robinson (33) & Natasha Johnson (30) vs. TCU (Dec. 31, 1992) scored in double fi gures by fi ve or more players in a game ...... Grimes (22), Rack (16), Lumanu (16), Govero (12), Mokango (11) vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 13, 2009) made 10 fi eld goals in a game ...... 10, Alexis Rack vs. Tennessee (Feb. 7, 2008) made 20 fi eld goals in a game ...... 20, LaToya Thomas vs. Tulsa (Nov. 17, 2002) attempted 15 fi eld goals in a game ...... 16, Tysheka Grimes vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 13, 2009) attempted 20 fi eld goals in a game ...... 20, Alexis Rack vs. Alabama (Mar. 1, 2009) attempted 25 fi eld goals in a game ...... 25, Heather Hollis vs. Vanderbilt (Jan. 12, 2006) made 10 free throws in a game ...... 13, Alexis Rack vs. Texas (Mar. 21, 2009) made 15 free throws in a game ...... 18, Jennifer Fambrough vs. Northwestern State (Dec. 19, 1998) attempted 10 free throws in a game ...... 13, Alexis Rack vs. Texas (Mar. 21, 2009) attempted 15 free throws in a game ...... 16, Tan White vs. Vanderbilt (Feb. 3, 2005, 2OT) attempted 20 free throws in a game ...... 20, LaToya Thomas vs. Alabama (Feb. 7, 2002) made 5 three-pointers in a game ...... 6, Alexis Rack vs. Tennessee (Feb. 22, 2009) attempted 5 three-pointers in a game ...... 9, Alexis Rack, 6, Mary Kathryn Govero vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 13, 2009) attempted 10 three-pointers in a game ...... 15, Alexis Rack vs. Alabama (Mar. 1, 2009) attempted 15 three-pointers in a game ...... 15, Alexis Rack vs. Alabama (Mar. 1, 2009) had 10 rebounds ...... 12, Grimes; 13, Govero; and 11 Mokango vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 13, 2009) had 15 rebounds ...... 15, Tysheka Grimes vs. Alabama (Jan. 31, 2008) had 20 rebounds ...... 22, LaToya Thomas 22 vs. Montana (Dec. 16, 2001) had 25 rebounds ...... 26, Sophie Ratliff vs. Shorter College (March 14, 1988) had 10+ rebounds in 2 straight games ...... Chanel Mokango - 10 vs. South Carolina and 10 vs. LSU (Mar. 5 and 6, 2009) had 10+ rebounds in 3 straight games ...... 3 straight, Tan White (Jan. 10-16, 2005) had 10+ rebounds in 5 straight games ...... 6 straight, LaToya Thomas (Feb. 16 - March 17, 2002) had three players record 10 rebounds ...... Tysheka Grimes (12), Mary Kathryn Govero (13) and Chanel Mokango (11) vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 13, 2009) had 10 offensive rebounds ...... 12, Sophie Ratliff vs. Shorter College (Feb. 15, 1988) had 10 defensive rebounds ...... 11, Tysheka Grimes vs. Mississippi (Feb. 18, 2007) had 10 assists ...... 10, Armelie Lumanu vs. LSU (Feb. 8, 2009) had 5 blocks in a game ...... 5, Chanel Mokango vs. South Carolina (Mar. 5, 2009) had 5 steals in a game ...... 5, Armelie Lumanu vs. UAB (Jan. 2, 2009) had 20 points and 20 rebounds in a single game ...... Sophie Ratliff vs. Shorter College, 25 pts. - 26 rbs. (Feb. 15, 1988) had a double-double ...... Grimes, Govero, Mokango vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 13, 2009) had a double-double 2 straight games ...... Chanel Mokango [11 points, 10 rebounds] vs. LSU (Mar. 6, 2009) and [10 points, 10 rebounds] vs. South Carolina (Mar. 5, 2009) had a double-double in 3 straight games ...... 3 straight, Tan White (Jan. 10-16, 2005) had a double-double in 4 straight games ...... 4 straight, LaToya Thomas (Feb. 2-12, 2003) had two players record a double-double . Tysheaka Grimes [22 pts., 12 rbs.]; Mary Kathryn Govero [12 pts., 13 rbs.]; Chanel Mokango [11 pts., 11 rbs.] vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 13, 2009) had three players record a double-double ...... Tysheaka Grimes [22 pts., 12 rbs.]; Mary Kathryn Govero [12 pts., 13 rbs.]; Chanel Mokango [11 pts., 11 rbs.] vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Nov. 13, 2009) had 10+ double-doubles in a season ...... 12, LaToya Thomas (2002-03) had a triple-double ...... Cynthia Hall, 12 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists vs. La.-Lafayette (Dec. 16, 2000)

THE LAST TIME SOMEONE FOR AN MSU OPPONENT scored 40 or more points ...... 41 by Chantelle Anderson of Vanderbilt (Feb. 8, 2001) scored 30 or more points ...... 31 by Sha Brooks of Florida (Jan. 8, 2009) attempted 15 or more fi eld goals ...... 17 by of LSU (Mar. 6, 2009) attempted 25 fi eld goals ...... 25 by Armintie Price of Mississippi (Feb. 18, 2007) had 15 or more rebounds ...... 16 by Jenee Graham of Iowa (Nov. 22, 2007) had 20 or more rebounds ...... 20 by of Belmont (Nov. 20, 2006) had 10 or more assists ...... 11 by Brittney Vaughn of Arkansas (Jan. 7, 2007) recorded a double-double ...... Star Allen (Ohio State) [12 points - 10 rebounds] (Mar. 23, 2009)

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