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Lady Indian Basketball Van Provence Assistant SID [email protected] 870-972-2707 870-897-5010 (cell) 870-972-3367 (fax) GAME 31 SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ASU LADY INDIANS vs. WESTERN KENTUCKY HILLTOPPERS Saturday, March 3 Lafayette, La. 9:00 p.m. The Cajundome (11,550) Radio: KJCF 103.9 FM Audio Streaming: ASUIndians.com 19-11, 11-7 20-7, 14-4 Video Streaming: SunBeltSports.org Television: Semifinals and Finals - ESPN+ Arkansas State Schedule/Results ON TAP: The Arkansas State defeated Louisiana-Monroe 56-69 Date Opponent Time/Result University Lady Indians take on the Lady Wednesday night in Jonesboro in the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky in the opening round of the tournament, while Nov. 02 Ark.-Monticello (Exhibition) W 74-46 Nov. 05 Arkansas Tech (Exhibition) W 85-59 quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference Western Kentucky drew a bye into the Nov. 10 at UNC-Charlotte L 76-65 Tournament, Saturday, March 3, at the quarterfinals as the tournament’s No. 3 Nov. 13 Alabama W 73-56 Nov. 17 at Missouri L 74-53 Cajundome in Lafayette, La. seed. Nov. 20 at Missouri State W 67-54 Nov. 24 #6 Purdue L 67-61 Nov. 26 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W 87-55 THE PRINCIPALS: Arkansas State THE SERIES: ASU trails the series Nov. 30 South Dakota State W 67-52 Dec. 02 San Jose St.# W 90-71 Dec. 03 #10 California# L 81-62 ARKANSAS STATE ROSTER Dec. 09 Oklahoma State W 80-73 No. Name Pos. Ht Cl. Hometown (Last School) Dec. 16 at Louisiana-Lafayette* W 65-58 (OT) 1 Jazmine Taylor G 5-8 Fr. Memphis, TN (Ridgeway) Dec. 29 South Alabama* W 69-57 Dec. 31 New Orleans* W 68-56 3 Rudy Sims G 5-7 Sr. Memphis, TN (East) Jan. 03 at Louisiana-Monroe* W 80-64 5 Kelsey Lock G-F 6-0 Jr. Republic, MO (Republic) Jan. 06 North Texas* W 57-51 Jan. 09 Arkansas-Little Rock* W 62-43 10 Melia Pence G 6-0 Fr. Ashland, MO (Southern Boone Co.) Jan. 13 at Troy* L 76-55 11 Ebonie Jefferson G 5-9 Fr. Laurel, MS (Northeast Jones) Jan. 15 Denver* W 53-48 Jan. 18 at #20 Middle Tennessee* L 82-54 15 Brittney Hiles G 5-7 So. Baton Rouge, LA(Christian Life Acad.) Jan. 20 at North Dakota State W 64-61 24 Veronica Smith G 5-10 Fr. East St. Louis, IL (East St. Louis) Jan. 24 Western Kentucky* L 64-59 25 Caroline Starr G 5-10 So. Benton, AR (Benton) Jan. 27 at Florida International* L 67-64 Jan. 31 Florida Atlantic* W 80-61 30 Lyndsay Schlup F 6-1 Fr. California, MO (Helias) Feb. 07 Louisiana-Lafayette* W 77-61 33 Ashley Anderson F 6-2 So. Cabot, AR (Cabot) Feb. 11 at South Alabama* W 78-73 Feb. 13 at Denver* L 87-70 34 Adrianne Davie C 6-3 Sr. Little Rock, AR (Central Ark. Christian) Feb. 17 Louisiana-Monroe* W 72-54 35 Rachel Brown F-C 6-2 Jr. Kennett, MO (Kennett) Feb. 22 at North Texas* L 82-66 Feb. 24 at Arkansas-Little Rock* L 64-48 40 Ali Carter G 5-10 Sr. Pocahontas, AR (Pocahontas) Feb. 28 Louisiana-Monroe (SBC Tourney) W 69-56 50 Tabitha Christian F 6-3 Sr. Huntsville, AR (Huntsville) Mar. 3-6 Sun Belt Tournament at Lafayette, LA TBA * Sun Belt Conference Game Head Coach - Brian Boyer (Missouri Western) # - California Contra Costa Classic Assistant Coaches - Tanya Ray (St.Mary’s), Rebecca Chilton Peoples (Prescott College), Home Games in Bold Carrie Redman (Arkansas) PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS Arkansas State Western Kentucky Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG G 3 Rudy Sims 15.7 5.4 4.7 G 1 Tifany Zaragoza 7.5 2.7 3.8 G 25 Caroline Starr 7.2 3.4 2.1 G 5 Kenzie Rich 9.2 2.9 2.2 G 40 Ali Carter 7.9 3.1 2.1 G 11 Brianne Brown 3.6 2.6 0.9 F 33 Ashley Anderson 4.3 3.0 0.7 F 35 Charlotte Marshall 7.2 5.6 2.2 C 34 Adrianne Davie 21.4 8.8 0.7 F 42 Crystal Kelly 23.9 9.3 1.1 2006-07 Lady Indian Basketball ASUIndians.com with Western Kentucky 12-23, but is 4-3 in in 2003-04 directed Athletic Media Relations the last seven meetings. Western the Lady Indians to Arkansas State University Kentucky won the only meeting this sea- their first-ever regular PO Box 1000 son between the two programs, picking up season conference State University, AR 72467 a 64-59 victory over the Lady Indians Jan. title, as ASU earned a Telephone - 870-972-2541 24 in Jonesboro. share of the Sun Belt Fax - 870-972-3367 East Division champi- Press Row - 870-972-2541 THE COACHES: Two-time Sun Belt onship. Heading into Website - ASUIndians.com Conference Coach of the Year Brian Boyer the season, Boyer Boyer is in his eighth season as the Lady Indians' ranked sixth in the Sun Belt Conference in WBB Contact - Van Provence, Asst. SID head coach, holding a record of 130-107. all-time conference wins with 55. 870-972-2707 / [email protected] Boyer has guided the ASU program to Western Kentucky head coach Mary Jerry Scott, Asst. A.D./ Sports Info. Dir. three WNIT Tournament appearances, and Taylor Cowles has quickly restored 870-972-3405 / [email protected] WKU’s storied tradition in her four sea- Gina Bowman, Asst. SID sons at the helm of the Lady Topper pro- 870-972-3547 / [email protected] HEAD-to-HEAD gram. Now a two-time Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year, Cowles has MEDIA INFORMATION led the Lady Toppers to four straight 20- win seasons and the Sun Belt East Division Media Room A new and expanded media room was ASU WKU championship in each of her four season. completed at the ASU Convocation 19-11, 11-7 . .Record . .14-15, 4-14 WKU won the title outright in 2003, 2005 Center during the off-season. Enter the 2-3 . .Last 5 . .0-5 and 2006. In her first season, Cowles led media room from the lower level, beneath 5-5 . .Last 10 . .1-9 WKU to a 22-9 record and the 2003 Sun the blue portal. 2015 . .Points . .1748 Belt Conference East Division title. After 67.2 . .Points Avg. .60.3 Post-Game Interviews +3.0 . .Scoring Margin . .-2.1 The Arkansas State locker room is closed 713-1684 . .FG Made-Att. .633-1690 to all members of the media. Head coach .423 . .Field Goal Pct. .375 Brian Boyer and requested assistant 147-448 . .3-FG Made-Att. .117-377 coaches and players will be available for .328 . .3-FG pct. .310 interviews following a brief cooling off 4.9 . .3-FG Made pg . .4.0 period. At ASU’s home games, all post- 442-625 . .FT Made-Att. .365-571 Lady Indians game coach and player interviews will be .707 . .FT Pct. .639 On the Radio conducted in the media room. 1136 . .Rebounds . .1117 37.9 . .Rebounds Avg. .38.5 Lady Indian Basketball can be heard on Practice Coverage -2.3 . .Rebounding Margin . .+1.4 Lady Indian basketball practices are open 13.8 . .Assists Avg. .11.1 103.9 Earl FM, and online at to the media. Players and coaches are 18.7 . .Turnovers Avg. .19.6 www.ASUIndians.com available for interviews following prac- 7.3 . .Steals Avg. .8.6 Play-by-play is provided by Brad Bobo, tice. When possible, please contact the 3.6 . .Blocks Avg. .3.5 the voice of the Lady Indians. Sports Information office prior to practice to arrange interviews. WESTERN KENTUCKY ROSTER No. Name Ht. Cl. Pos. Hometown/Previous School Basketball Releases 1 Tifany Zaragoza 5-6 Sr.-3L G Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler HS) All Lady Indian basketball releases can 5 Kenzie Rich 5-7 Fr.-HS G Tompkinsville, Ky. (Monroe County HS) be obtained as a PDF document on the 10 Brooke Faulkner 5-11 Fr.-HS G Cynthiana, Ky. (Harrison County HS) athletics website at ASUIndians.com. To 11 Brianne Brown 5-8 So.-1L G Los Angeles, Calif. (Brentwood HS) be added to the email broadcast for bas- 23 Dominique Duck 5-11 So.-1L F Pittsburgh, Pa. (Schenley HS) ketball releases, contact Van Provence in 24 Cammie Campbell 5-7 Sr.-1L G Scottsville, Ky. (Evansville) the Sports Information office. 35 Charlotte Marshall 5-10 Jr.-2L G Shelbyville, Ky. (Shelby County HS) 40 Nadege Muna 5-10 Jr.-JC F Douala, Cameroon (Northeast Colo. JC) 42 Crystal Kelly 6-3 Jr.-2L F Louisville, Ky. (Sacred Heart Academy) 54 Cacie Pope 6-1 Jr.-2L F Lakewood, Calif. (Artesia HS) 55 Sarah Shouse 6-5 Sr.-1L C Bowling Green, Ky. (Marquette) Head Coach - Mary Taylor Cowles Associate Head Coach - David Graves Assistant Coaches - Jamie Britt, Nikki McCray 2006-07 Lady Indian Basketball ASUIndians.com starting the year 5-7, Cowles regrouped first team All-Sun Belt selection Crystal DAVIE, SIMS NAMED ALL-SUN her troops as WKU won 17 of its last 19 Kelly is the leader of the Lady Hilltopper BELT: Arkansas State seniors Adrianne games, including 14 straight to win the offense that averages 72.5 points per Davie and Rudy Sims have been named to Sun Belt Tournament championship and game. Kelly leads the Sun Belt the Sun Belt Conference post-season All- return to the NCAA Tournament for the Conference in scoring at 23.9 points per Sun Belt team, the league announced 15th time in school history.