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2009-10 MISSISSIPPI STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 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 Armelie Lumanu 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 GGUIDEUIDE 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 CCLASSLASS 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 ........................