2011-12 Delaware2011-12 State University Women’s Basketball | Game 27 | February 25 Women’s Basketball Maggie Hayon, Sports Information Director | O: 302-857-6239 | C: 920-912-6635 | [email protected] | DSUHornets.com | @DSUwbb Delaware State University | 1200 N. DuPont Highway | Dover, DE 19901 2011-12 Schedule GAMEDAY CENTRAL N12 Wilmington Dover, Del. W 80-32 GAME TWENTY-SEVEN | Howard University at Delaware State University N15 Wesley Dover, Del. W 85-53 Date ..Saturday, February 25, 2012 N19 Wright State Dayton, Ohio L 53-57 Time ................. 5 p.m. Eastern N23 NJIT Dover, Del. L 49-65 Location .... Memorial Hall | 2,000 N26 East Carolina# Greenville, N.C. L 47-54 .............................Dover, Del. N27 Robert Morris# Greenville, N.C. L 67-75 Press Row ...........(302) 857-7112 Webcast .........................None D3 UMES* Princess Anne, Md. L 32-60 Audio ...............1290 The Ticket D5 Howard* Washington, D.C. L 49-59 ................... 1290theticket.com D8 No. 5/6 Maryland College Park, Md. L 33-108 Live Stats .........DSUHornets.com D11 St. Francis (N.Y.) Dover, Del. W 73-66 Howard (21-7, 13-2 MEAC) Twitter ...... twitter.com/DSUwbb Delaware State (5-21, 2-11 MEAC) D17 North Florida& Jacksonville, Fla. L 61-72 Tickets ..............(302) 857-7497 D18 FIU& Jacksonville, Fla. L 57-73 BISON ......................DSUHornets.com HORNETS D22 Towson Dover, Del. L 59-70 D28 No. 22/25 Texas Austin, Texas L 35-89 THE GAME th th J4 Fordham Dover, Del. L 48-63 ▪ The contest is the 27 of the year for Delaware State and the 29 for Howard. J14 UMES* Dover, Del. L 56-69 ▪ The Lady Hornets have lost two straight overall and seven straight at home. J21 Bethune-Cookman* Dover, Del. L 50-52 ▪ Despite starting the season 1-5, the Lady Bison are amidst an eight-game winning streak and have won 20 of 22 since. Their lone two losses during that stretch have come against J23 Florida A&M* Dover, Del. L 65-84 MEAC-leading Hampton. J28 North Carolina Central* Durham, N.C. W 66-55 J30 North Carolina A&T* Greensboro, N.C. L 49-57 THE SERIES TALE OF THE TAPE F4 Norfolk State* Dover, Del. L 66-84 ▪ Howard leads the all-time series between the two F6 Hampton* Dover, Del. L 33-72 schools, 46-26. HU DSU F11 Coppin State* Baltimore, Md. L 58-76 ▪ The Lady Bison have won three straight games vs. DSU. Record 21-7 5-21 F13 Morgan State* Baltimore, Md. W 67-53 ▪ This is the second of two regular season games be- PPG 59.0 56.0 F18 Norfolk State* Norfolk, Va. Lot 73-78 tween the two teams. F20 Hampton* Hampton, Va. L 44-71 ▪ Most recently, Howard defeated Delaware State, 59-49, Opp PPG 53.6 67.2 F25 Howard* Dover, Del. 5 p.m. on Dec. 5 at HU’s Burr Gymnasium. FG % .368 .348 F27 Morgan State* Dover, Del. 5:30 p.m. ▪ The last Lady Hornet victory came on Feb. 9, 2009 in a Opp FG % .385 .443 M1 South Carolina State* Dover, Del. 5:30 p.m. 45-32 win at Burr Gymnasium. 3pt % .254 .270 THE COACHES Opp 3pt % .301 .281 MEAC Tournament | MEACHoops.com FT % .744 .663 M6 TBA Winston-Salem, N.C. TBA ▪ DSU head coach Ed Davis holds a 13-7 career record Opp FT % .663 .699 M7 N/A - Men only Winston-Salem, N.C. TBA over Howard. ▪ Davis is in his 12th season at the helm of the Lady RPG 36.2 35.5 M8 TBA Winston-Salem, N.C. TBA Hornets and 20th year coaching women’s basketball. He APG 12.0 8.5 M9 TBA Winston-Salem, N.C. TBA holds a 347-234 (.597) overall record and is 176-180 M10 TBA Winston-Salem, N.C. TBA TO 13.2 18.9 (.494) at DSU. In MEAC play, Davis is 119-84 (.586). SPG 10.4 8.5 ▪ Howard head coach Niki Reid Geckeler has spent the th BPG 2.2 2.9 # - 10 Annual East Carolina Thanksgiving Classic entirety career with the Lady Bison. She holds a 62-61 & - UNF Osprey Holiday Classic (.504) record over four seasons. FPG 14.9 18.7 * - Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Game PLAYERS TO WATCH Times and dates subject to change | Home dates bolded All times Eastern #12 Deanna Harmon | Sophomore | Guard ▪ Scored career-high 20 points (9-for-20) in the first game of the season LADY HORNETS ONLINE ▪ Leads team in steals (2.1), assists (2.5) and minutes played (36.1) ▪ Named to ECU All-Tournament Team ▪ Missed first career game against Fordham on 1/4/12 with concussion-like symptoms Web site ............................. DSUHornets.com #24 Tierra Hawkins | Redshirt Freshman | Guard/Forward .................................................DESU.edu ▪ Posted a game-high 21 points and 10 rebounds in her first collegiate game ▪ Leads DSU in scoring (14.5) and rebounds (6.7) per game Facebook .............. facebook.com/DSUAthletics ▪ Recorded double figure scoring in 22 of 26 games Foursquare ............... Check in at Memorial Hall ▪ MEAC Rookie of the Week for Nov. 28 and Dec. 19 Media Guide ............... issuu.com/DSUAthletics #5 Tasia Bristow | Sophomore | Guard ▪ Scored a career-high 28 points against St. Francis Twitter .......................... twitter.com/DSUwbb ▪ Second on team in points (12.1), assists (2.3) and steals (1.9) ............................. twitter.com/DSUAthletics ▪ Named to UNF All-Classic Team dsuhornets.com@DSUWBB 2011-12 Delaware State University Women’s Basketball | Game 27 | February 25 DSU QUICK FACTS PROJECTED DSU STARTERS Location ............................. Dover, Del. 19901 Pos. No. Name Ht. Yr. Hometown 2011-12 Stats Founded .............................................1891 G 5 Tasia Bristow 5-5 So Baltimore, Md. 12.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.9 spg Enrollment .........................................4,000 Affiliation............................... NCAA Division I G 12 Deanna Harmon 5-7 So Owings Mills, Md. 7.4 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.5 apg, 2.1 spg Conference ............. Mid-Eastern Athletic (MEAC) F 14 Keyanna Tate 6-0 Fr Beltsville, Md. 5.1 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.2 apg, 0.9 spg Nickname ..................................Lady Hornets F 24 Tierra Hawkins 6-2 rFr Clinton, Md. 14.5 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 0.8 bpg, 1.3 spg Colors ........... Columbia Blue (299) and Red (199) F 30 Kianna D’Oliveira 5-10 Jr Newport News, Va. 5.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 0.8 bpg Home Court .................... Memorial Hall (2,000) President ........................ Dr. Harry L. Williams Interim Athletic Director.....................Eric Hart LAST TIME OUT Assoc. AD/SWA ............................ Candy Young DELAWARE STATE: It wasn’t pretty nearly three weeks ago for the Delaware State women’s Assoc. AD/Internal Ops .......................PJ Moses basketball team when the Hampton Lady Pirates traveled to Memorial Hall and the outcome Assoc. AD/Student Services .................Eric Hart was the same this past Monday as the reigning-MEAC champion defeated the Lady Hornets, Asst. AD/Athletics Admin .......................... TBA 71-44, at HU’s Convocation Center. Redshirt freshman Tierra Hawkins led Del State with 12 Asst. AD/Media Relations ...............Dennis Jones points on 2-for-10 shooting from the field and 8-of-9 from the free throw line. Faculty Representative................. Dr. Jan Blade HOWARD: The Lady Bison won their eighth straight with a 62-49 victory over UMES Monday at 2010-11 Season in Review Burr Gym on senior night. Howard, now 21-7 on the season, finished the 2011-12 home cam- paign with a 10-1 record. Three players reached double-figures en route to their 13th confer- Overall Record ...................................... 9-20 ence victory. Tamoria Holmes had a solid night with 22 points, five assists, three steals, and MEAC Record/Finish ......................... 5-11/10th a career-best three blocks in 39 minutes of action. Saadia Doyle finished one board shy of a Home/Away/Neutral ..................... 4-9/5-9/0-2 double-double with 17 points and nine rebounds. Zykia Brown tallied 10 points – just one shy Postseason Play.......................................0-1 of her 1,500th point – and pulled down six off the glass. Fell to UMES, 52-44, in the opening round of the MEAC Tournament SCOUTING THE LADY BISON Howard is currently 21-7 on the year and 13-2 in the MEAC. The Lady Bison are led in scoring by Tamoria 2011 Season Preview Holmes (18.3) and 2011 MEAC Player of the Year Saadia Doyle (17.3). HU is ranked seventh in the nation in turnovers, averaging just 13.0 per game, and 12th in turnover margin at 6.07. The Lady Bison are 26th in Starters Returning/Lost ............................ 2/3 scoring defense (53.7), 37th in free throw percentage (.739), 43rd in win-loss percentage (.741) and 48th in Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..................... 4/6 assist/turnover ratio (0.92). Newcomers .............................................. 9 LAST MEETING Top Returnees .......Tasia Bristow, Deanna Harmon On Dec. 5, Tierra Hawkins posted a game-high 17 points but it wasn’t enough as the Lady Hornets suc- Key losses ..... Kianna Carter, Brittany Washington, cumbed to Howard, 59-49, at Burr Gymnasium. Hawkins led Del State over the final minutes; scoring DSU’s seven of their next nine points to cut the lead to 10 at 57-47. The Lady Hornets were unable to Kianna D’Oliveira make a comeback however as time expired at 59-49. Joining Hawkins in double figures was Chelsea Dukes, who returned to action after missing four games with a concussion, with 12 points. Hawkins and DSU Women’s Basketball History Deanna Harmon collected seven rebounds for Del State. Hawkins also tallied two blocks on the night. HU had three players score in double figures Tamoria Holmes (16), Saadia Doyle (16) and Zykia Brown (10).