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15 Park Row West Providence, RI 02903 (401) 244-3278 [email protected] CONTENTS 2011-12 Notebook ...... 2-4 About the American ...... 5 The American Athletic Staff Commissioner Mike Aresco ...... 6 American Athletic Staff ...... 7-8 Mike Aresco...... Patrick Colbert ...... 2013-14 Composite Schedule ...... 9-10 Commissioner ...... Assistant Director of Sport Administration...... [email protected] [email protected] 2013-14 Television Schedule ...... 11 Donna DeMarco Egan...... Michael Coyne ...... Media Services ...... 12 Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration) ...... Assistant Director of Broadcast Scheduling...... 2014 Tournament Schedule/Bracket...... 13 [email protected] [email protected] Tournament Site – Mohegan Sun Arena ...14 Nicholas V. Carparelli, Jr...... Terry McAulay...... Senior Associate Commissioner (Football and Marketing) ...... Coordinator of Football Officiating [email protected] Jamie Corun ...... MEET THE TEAMS Paul Brazeau ...... Digital Communications Coordinator ...... UCF ...... 16-21 Senior Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) ...... [email protected] Cincinnati ...... 22-27 [email protected] Catherine Carmignani...... Connecticut ...... 28-33 Thomas Odjakjian...... Branding and Sport Administration Coordinator ...... Houston...... 34-39 Senior Associate Commissioner for Broadcasting and Digital Content ... [email protected] Louisville...... 40-45 [email protected] John Larson...... Danielle Donehew ...... Chief Financial Officer...... Memphis...... 46-51 Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) ...... [email protected] Rutgers ...... 52-57 [email protected] Lois DeBlois...... USF ...... 58-63 James Siedliski ...... Executive Administrative Assistant ...... SMU ...... 64-69 Associate Commissioner (Olympic Sports)...... [email protected] Temple...... 70-75 [email protected] Wanda Factor ...... Barbara Jacobs...... Administrative Assistant ...... All-Time Coaches’ Records ...... 76 Assistant Commissioner for Women’s Basketball Officiating ...... [email protected] [email protected] Kathy Kirkpatrick...... HISTORY Mark A. Hodgkin ...... Receptionist ...... The American in the NCAA Championship 78-81 Senior Director of Digital Media ...... [email protected] The American in the WNIT...... 82 [email protected] Linda Yates...... Susan Eaton...... Administrative Assistant for Officiating ...... The American Players in the WNBA...... 83 Director of Business Affairs ...... [email protected] The American Players in the Olympics ...... 84 [email protected] Lisa Zanecchia ...... Chuck Sullivan ...... Assistant to the Commissioner ...... CREDITS Director of Communications ...... [email protected] The 2013-14 American Athletic Conference [email protected] Jordan Ozer...... Media Guide was written and edited by Sara Robert Weygand, Jr...... Communications Assistant ...... Director of Sport Administration ...... [email protected] Naggar and Megan Erbes. Designed by The ON3 Group, Greenwich, Conn and Jim Murphy. Covers [email protected] Megan Erbes...... Kristen Brown...... Communications Assistant ...... designed by Megan Erbes and Sara Naggar. Director of Basketball Administration ...... [email protected] [email protected] Allison White...... PHOTO CREDITS Michael Costa...... Digital Network Assistant ...... Special thanks to the school media relations offices Director of Football and Video Administration...... [email protected] for their valuable assistance and cooperation. [email protected] Kenny Schank...... Director of Compliance ...... [email protected]

2013-14 Media Guide 1 NOTEBOOK 2013-2014

Louisville and Memphis to Compete in ESPN’s Annual Play 4Kay ESPN’s annual Play 4Kay women’s basketball initiative – in support of the KayYow Cancer Fund, in partnership withThe V Foundation and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) – will air seven games in a new format across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU on Sunday, Feb. 16. In its eighth year, Play 4Kay is in memory of former NC State head coach Kay Yow, who lost her long, courageous battle with breast cancer. Louisville, ranked eighth in bracketologist Charlie Crème’s espnW 2013-14 Preseason Top 25, will participate in the initiative, and Memphis will be featured in a game on ESPNU on Feb. 16 at 3:30 p.m. Preseason WNIT Louisville will compete in the 2013 Preseason Women’s National Invitational Geno Auriemma to Return Tournament.The Cardinals will host Loyola at the KFC Yum! Center on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. as USA Basketball Women’s The PreseasonWNIT features a three-game National Team Head Coach guarantee format. The event opens Nov. 8 with first-round games. Second-round University of Connecticut’s Naismith Hall of Fame and Women’s games will be played Nov. 10 and 11 and Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma, who guided sites will be announced following the first- the USA Basketball Women’s National Team to gold medals at the round results; semifinals will be Nov. 14; 2010 FIBA World Championship and 2012 Olympic Games, will return and the championship is set for Sunday, Nov. to coach the USA National Team through 2016, USA Basketball 17. Teams that lose in the first two rounds announced. Auriemma’s selection was made by the USA Basketball will play consolation games on the second Women’s National Team Steering Committee and approved by the USA weekend, Nov. 15-16. All games are hosted Basketball Board of Directors. by participating schools. The championship game will be nationally televised live in With 28-year coaching veteran Auriemma at the helm, the USA HD on CBS Sports Network at 4 pm ET on Basketball Women’s National Team will compete in the 2014 FIBA Sunday, Nov. 17. World Championship (Sept. 27 - Oct. 5 in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey), and if the USA qualifies, the 2016 Summer Olympic Games (Aug. 5 - 21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), as well as additional USA training camps and exhibition games.

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New Homes 2014 Final Four Several American teams will be showing off new or improved The 2014 Women’s Final Four will be held in Nashville, Tenn. The facilities for the 2013-14 season. UCF has a new black-stained court, semifinals will be held on April 6, with the title game played on April the only basketball team in the nation to feature a court that color. 8. The First and Second Rounds will be held March 22-25 and the With the $47 million renovation and expansion of Moody Coliseum Regional Rounds will be played March 29-April 1.The locations of moving closer to completion, SMU Athletics revealed a new the first, second and regional rounds have not yet been announced. design that focused on branding the University and SMU Athletics Those sites will be released on Oct. 1. as the Mustangs’ exposure reaches unprecedented. In 2011, the Elma Roane Fieldhouse, named in honor of Memphis women’s athletic pioneer and athletic administrator Elma Neale Roane, saw renovations begin.The $1.3 million Phase I project included a total renovation of the locker room areas for women’s basketball and volleyball,a new student-athlete lounge, a new doctor’s examination area and a coaches’ meeting room and locker area. The Phase II renovations were recently completed in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse and have created entirely new athletic training and strength and conditioning facilities that will benefit the Tiger volleyball and women’s basketball programs. The Last Two Standing The American Athletic Conference enters 2013-14 with a great deal of momentum after having two teams play for the NCAA title in New Orleans in April. In addition to half the Final Four field and both title game participants, the league also features a team that made it to the NCAA Second Round (USF), three teams that qualified for the WNIT (Memphis, Rutgers, SMU), the top seeded team in its conference tournament last year (SMU) and two conference tournament title game participants (Connecticut, UCF). Six of the 10 teams finished .500 or better last year and four teams finished with 20 wins or more, including Connecticut (35), Louisville (29), USF (22) and SMU (21).

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USA Basketball Women’s World University Games Behind an outstanding defensive performance, the 2013 USA BasketballWomen’s World University GamesTeam never trailed and kept Russia at a distance for most of the second half on its way to claiming the gold medal in the 2013 World University Games with a 90-71 victory at Basket Hall in Kazan, Russia.The USA has won three- consecutive gold medals, and nine overall, at theWorld University Games. Connecticut’s Bria Hartley led the charge for the USA, scoring a game-high 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field, including 2-of-3 from beyond the arc.Teammate Kaleena Mosqueda- added 15 points.The USA limited Russia to just 41.6 percent shooting (27-65 FGs) and 31.4 percent in the first half (11-35 FGs), and forced 20 turnovers, which led to 27 U.S. points. Louisville’s Shoni Schimmel finished the tournament averaging 4.6 points and 3.0 assists in 12.8 minutes per game.

On the Red Carpet The Louisville women’s basketball team was nominated for a 2013 ESPY for Biggest Upset after the Cardinals defeated Baylor 82-81 in the Sweet 16 of the Oklahoma City Regional. Heading into the game Baylor had won 32 straight games behind the play of Brittany Griner, but Louisville held Griner without a basket for the entire first half. The Bears made a push late in the second half and didn’t lead in the game until Odyssey Sims hit two free throws with 9.1 seconds left. Antonita Slaughter hit seven 3-pointers for 21 points and Shoni Schimmel had five treys. As a team, Louisville was 16-of- 25 to tie the NCAA Championship mark reached by four other teams and make the most ever in the regional semifinals or beyond.

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ot entirely unlike the nation or national cable – a minimum of 107 games.The entire postseason tournament that provides its namesake, the will be televised, including the championship game, which will be either on ABC NAmerican Athletic Conference or ESPN. Sixty percent of the American’s women’s basketball games will be was born from an ideal in which carried on either national cable, regional sports networks or ESPN3. members with ambitious goals are provided with the means to succeed in American Athletic Conference teams will have access to the pinnacle of their quests for excellence. college football’s postseason structure, both in the coming season and beyond. In 2013-14, the league champion will receive an automatic bid for the With roots that extend to three final edition of the Bowl Championship Series, including a spot in theVIZIO conferences, the American Athletic National Championship Game if it is ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the final BCS Conference membership in 2013 – standings. Moving forward,The American champion would be chosen for the its debut season – consists of 10 College Football Playoff semifinals if it is among the top four teams following institutions: the University of Central the regular season. Otherwise, the league would place its champion in either Florida, the University of Cincinnati, the the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl or Peach Bowl if it is ranked higher than the University of Connecticut, the University champions of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain of Houston, the University of Louisville, West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. the University of Memphis, Rutgers University, Southern Methodist University, the University of South Florida and Temple University. The American has additional partnerships with a number of bowl games that match conference teams against opponents from the Atlantic Coast In 2014-15, East Carolina University, Tulane University and the University Conference, the Big 12 Conference, the Southeastern Conference and of Tulsa come aboard. The 2015-16 season sees the U.S. Naval Academy Conference USA. join the ranks in football only. The Russell Athletic Bowl has the first selection of American teams after the The American, which operated as the Big East Conference from 1979 to conference’s BCS representative is determined.The Atlantic Coast Conference will 2013, will immediately take a place at the forefront of Division I athletics, provide the opposition for the Russell Athletic Bowl, which is played in Orlando, Fla. with schools that have played in a combined five Bowl Championship Series games, won four NCAA men’s basketball titles since 1999, and won eight The American also is a partner with the Belk Bowl in Charlotte, N.C. Played NCAA women’s basketball championships since 1995. in Bank of America Stadium, the Belk Bowl will select its American Athletic Conference participant after the Russell Athletic Bowl with the ACC again Among the league’s 2013 members, seven of The American’s 10 football providing the opponent. teams have been ranked in the top 13 in the BCS since 2006. Eight of the 10 teams have been in the BCS top 25 in that span.The 2013-14 membership will The American and the Big 12 conferences partner for the New Era Pinstripe also include the most recent NCAA men’s basketball (Louisville) and women’s Bowl at Yankee Stadium in New York City. In the event that the Big 12 is basketball (UConn) champions. unable to send an eligible team to the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Notre Dame could step in as the American team’s opponent. The 2013 season will mark the final year of a six-year arrangement with ESPN that givesThe American national exposure on ABC television and the ESPN An American representative will face either an opponent from the family of networks. ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC will carry a minimum of 19 American Southeastern Conference or the Conference USA champion as part of home football games each season. ChampionshipWeek in December includes arrangements with the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., and the three American games on either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. At least four American AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis. games are featured on ESPN’s Thursday-night package. The league also holds a partnership with the Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl at In addition, ESPN RegionalTelevision will continue to produce and distribute Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl pairs the its Game of theWeek package to a nationally syndicated audience, reaching American representative against an opponent from Conference USA. more than 30 million homes. Most of these games also will be available as The postseason lineup gives American Athletic Conference teams access to at part of the ESPN GamePlan subscription service. Finally, a minimum of five least six postseason games. home games will be carried on ESPNU. The American Athletic Conference administers to its membership from Following the 2013 football season, the American Athletic Conference a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The location of the enters new television partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which will conference headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 give the conference unprecedented national exposure.The football portion minutes fromT.F. Green International Airport – gives the conference easy of the contract, which begins in the 2014 season, calls for nearly 90 percent access to its member schools. of conference-controlled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms.The first American Athletic Conference Football Championship, The conference headquarters is equipped with a complete video production which will be played in 2015, will be carried either on ABC or ESPN on studio and small- and large-scale meeting rooms to accommodate the many Championship Saturday. coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year. In men’s basketball, the new television deal calls for all conference-controlled games to be televised, with more than 63 percent slotted for national broadcast

2013-14 Media Guide 5 MICHAEL L. ARESCO COMMISSIONER, AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

ike Aresco, one of the most influential leaders in sports television Aresco played an integral role in the landmark deal that created the CBS and collegiate sports, was named Commissioner of the Big East Sports-Turner Broadcasting partnership, which resulted in the acquisition of MConference on August 14, 2012, and has overseen the successful the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship rights through 2024. He rebranding of the league as the American Athletic Conference. managed the complex 14-year agreement that provides expanded national broadcast and cable coverage of the NCAA basketball championship. Aresco In his first year as commissioner, Aresco has overseen a strategic reinvention of also was instrumental in the CBSTelevision Network’s groundbreaking bundled the Conference which will keepThe American at the forefront of Division I college rights agreement with the NCAA which granted CBS exclusive rights to the athletics. By the 2015-16 academic year, the American Athletic Conference NCAATournament from 2003 through 2010.The 2010 NCAA Championship will include 11 all-sports members and Navy as a football-playing member.The won a Sports Emmy in the Outstanding Playoff Coverage category. Aresco also Conference will launch a football championship game for the first time in 2015 played a key role in negotiating NCAA marketing agreements and in creating a and is the first league to explore staging its own postseason bowl game. partnership with IMG and the NCAA to assist in acquiring new NCAA corporate Aresco’s first months were marked by his successful efforts to ensure the sponsors. He also was a significant contributor in the development of new Conference’s place within the College Football Playoff – the new system media platforms for the NCAA Championship, including March Madness on that will determine the national champion, beginning in 2014. Aresco was Demand, a highly successful streaming platform. instrumental in securing the arrangement that will put the American Athletic In 2008, Aresco negotiated a historic 15-year agreement with the Southeastern Conference champion in a New Year’s Day system bowl if it is the highest- Conference to televise the league’s football and basketball games. The ranked team among the champions of five conferences. agreement also provided multiple new media rights for CBS, CBS Sports In the wake of the changes created by college sports realignment, Aresco Network and CBS Interactive. He forged numerous basketball agreements moved quickly to solidify the conference, leading negotiations that resulted with major conferences, including the Big East, ACC, BigTen, Pac-12 and Big in the most favorable financial terms for the conference’s football schools, 12. Aresco recently negotiated 10-year extensions of the Army-Navy and Notre after the withdrawal of the non-football-playing schools, who were referred to Dame-Navy football rivalries. unofficially as the Catholic 7. Aresco was the creator and executive producer ofThe Tony Barnhart Show, He simultaneously led the negotiations that resulted in television contracts the critically- acclaimed college football show, as well as Courtside with Seth with ESPN and CBS Sports, which will give the American Athletic Conference Davis, a highly-regarded weekly show devoted to college basketball, both of unprecedentednational exposure with the two industry leaders in sports television. which air on the CBS Sports Network. Aresco then quickly and successfully organized the process whereby the In 2004, he was appointed by the late NCAA President Myles Brand to the conference was renamed the American Athletic Conference – a name that Basketball Partnership, a select panel whose mission was to explore ways was immediately accepted in the college landscape – and he also oversaw the to improve and promote college basketball. He is a charter member of the process that resulted in the new conference’s popular graphic identity. steering committee of the Columbia University/NewYork City Chapter of the National Football Foundation and serves on the board of the National Sports He has also successfully worked with the conference schools to arrive at an Marketing Network. equitable distribution of existing revenue for the current and new conference institutions, bringing about a period of cohesiveness that is unprecedented Aresco joined CBS Sports from ESPN where he was responsible for overseeing in the league’s history. He has restructured the conference office staff to the acquisition, scheduling and development of long-term strategies for maximize efficiency and better serve the needs of the membership. all ESPN college sports properties. Earlier in his tenure at ESPN, he was responsible for programming a wide variety of sports properties, including Among his other significant accomplishments on behalf of the American Athletic College Football Association, Big 10, and Pac-10 college football, NCAA Conference was the spearheading of expansion efforts, which resulted in the events, including early rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament, the College addition ofTulane University and the University ofTulsa and the transition to World Series and various professional sports events, including thoroughbred membership in all sports for East Carolina University, which was originally racing,Top Rank Boxing, CFL football, Australian Rules Football, rodeo and admitted to the league for football only; the planning for a conference digital yachting. He was the architect of ESPN’s signature Thursday night college network; successful negotiations for the 2014 men’s and women’s basketball football series and helped develop ESPN’s Bowl Week. He joined ESPN in championships at FedEx Forum in Memphis,Tenn., and Mohegan Sun Arena 1984 as Counsel and was named Assistant General Counsel in 1988 before in Uncasville, Conn., respectively; and the launching of a brand marketing moving to the programming department. campaign. He is currently working on the conference’s future bowl lineup. Aresco is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tufts University (B.A., magna cum Aresco came to the conference from CBS Sports where he was Executive laude, history), the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts (M.A., Vice President, Programming. He was responsible for all college sports international relations), where he held a John Moors Cabot Scholarship, and programming for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network. Aresco oversaw the the University of Connecticut Law School (J.D.). He practiced law privately in acquisition and management of CBS Sports college properties, including the Hartford, Conn., for several years. NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, regular-season college basketball and football, conference basketball championship games, football bowl games Aresco and his wife, Sharon, have two adult sons, Matthew, an Emmy- and other programming. His responsibilities included game selection and nominated television producer who owns a production company in scheduling, day-to-day operations, contract negotiations, identification of Connecticut, and Brett, an aspiring actor who lives in New York City. future acquisitions, development of programming strategies and coordination of new media and marketing initiatives.

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8 Women’s Basketball COMPOSITE SCHEDULE 2013-2014

NOVEMBER Rutgers vs LSU 1:00 Fri. Nov. 8 Central Conn St. at UCF 6:00 Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Bahamas) Mississippi State at Houston 6:00 SMU vs Tennessee or Virginia 4:45 or 7 pm Maryland at USF 7:00 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) Temple at LaSalle 7:00 Memphis vs Syracuse 6:00 East Tennessee State at Memphis (RF) 8:00 Sat. Nov. 30 Oakland at Temple (McG) 2:00 Sat. Nov. 9 Hartford at UConn (XL) 4:00 SNY UCF Thanksgiving Classic (Orlando, Fla.) Preseason WNIT Howard at UCF 2:30 Loyola Chicago at Louisville 7:00 David Jones Memorial Classic (Houston, Texas) Cincinnati at Northern Kentucky 7:00 Kent State at Houston 2:30 Sun. Nov. 10 Princeton at Rutgers 2:00 Lady Rebel Round-up (Las Vegas, Nev.) Central Conn State at USF 2:00 Cincinnati vs Charlotte 3:30 Samford at Memphis (RF) 3:00 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) Grambling at SMU 3:00 Memphis vs Texas 6:00 Mon. Nov. 11 Stanford at UConn (GP) 7:00 ESPN2 Battle of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Preseason WNIT Rutgers vs Michigan/Texas Tech 7:30 TBD at Louisville 7:00 Tue. Nov. 12 UCF at Oakland University 7:00 DECEMBER Temple at Delaware 7:00 Sun. Dec. 1 UCF Thanksgiving Classic (Orlando, Fla.) Houston at Northwestern State 8:00 SIUE/Delaware at UCF 2:30 Wed. Nov. 13 Rutgers at Northeastern 12:00 Lady Rebel Round-up (Las Vegas, Nev.) Florida State at Cincinnati 7:00 Cincinnati vs UNLV/Fordham 4:00 or 630 pm Jacksonville Univ at USF 7:00 David Jones Memorial Classic (Houston, Texas) TCU at SMU 8:00 Prairie View A&M at Houston 4:30 Thu. Nov. 14 Preseason WNIT Ohio State at UConn 5:30 ESPN2 TBD at Louisville 7:00 Louisville at Kentucky TBD Fri. Nov. 15 UConn at Maryland 6:00 ESPNU Tue. Dec. 3 Missouri State at Louisville 7:00 Florida International at UCF 7:00 Wed. Dec. 4 St. Joseph’s at Temple (McG) 5:30 Memphis at Wright State 7:00 Morehead State at Cincinnati 7:00 Sat. Nov. 16 SMU at Eastern Washington 4:00 Rutgers at Davidson 7:00 Auburn at Temple (McG) 6:00 USF at Florida Gulf Coast 7:00 Sun. Nov. 17 UConn at Penn State 12:00 BTN Washington at Houston 8:00 LaSalle at Rutgers 1:00 Southeast LA at SMU 8:00 Kent State at Cincinnati 2:00 Thu. Dec. 5 UC-Davis at UConn (XL) 7:00 SNY Texas A&M at Houston 3:30 Sat. Dec. 7 UAB at Memphis (RF) 3:00 USF at Bradley Univ 4:00 Flagler College at UCF 4:00 Preseason WNIT SMU at UTEP 6:30 Louisville vs TBD TBD Wright State at Louisville 7:00 Mon. Nov. 18 Jackson State at Memphis (RF) 8:00 Sun. Dec. 8 Stetson at USF 1:00 Tue. Nov. 19 UCF at Georgia State 6:00 Cincinnati at Youngstown State 2:00 Miss Valley State at SMU 8:00 Houston at Alabama 3:00 Wed. Nov. 20 Oregon at UConn (XL) 7:00 SNY Thu. Dec. 12 Wagner at Rutgers 7:30 North Carolina Central at USF 7:00 Fri. Dec. 13 UCF at Florida Atlantic 7:00 Rutgers at Massachusetts 7:00 Sat. Dec. 14 USF at Oklahoma State 4:30 North Texas at Houston 8:00 Austin Peay at Louisville 7:00 Thu. Nov. 21 Iowa State at Cincinnati 7:00 Memphis at Tennessee Tech 7:00 Ohio University at Louisville 7:00 Temple at Montana 9:00 Fri. Nov. 22 Hall of Fame Classic (Storrs, Conn.) Sun. Dec. 15 Ohio State at Cincinnati 2:00 Boston University at UConn (GP) 7:30 SNY Sacred Heart at Rutgers 2:00 Howard at Rutgers 7:30 Houston at Texas State 3:00 Memphis at Arkansas Little Rock 8:00 Mon. Dec. 16 Middle Tennessee State at UCF 7:00 Sat. Nov. 23 Houston at Creighton 3:00 Temple at Syracuse 7:00 Hall of Fame Classic (Storrs, Conn.) Tue. Dec. 17 Akron at Cincinnati 7:00 Monmouth at UConn (GP) 4:30 SNY Jimmy V Classic (Durham, N.C.) SMU at SFA 7:00 UConn at Duke 7:00 ESPN2 UCF at Charlotte TBD Louisville at Ball State 7:00 Sun. Nov. 24 Florida State at Louisville 2:00 Wed. Dec. 18 Middle Tennessee State at USF 7:00 Clemson at USF 2:00 Mississippi Valley State at Memphis (RF) 8:00 Hall of Fame Classic (Storrs, Conn.) Thu. Dec. 19 Howard at Temple (McG) 7:00 St. Bonaventure at UConn (XL) 4:30 SNY Fri. Dec. 20 Houston at Rice 2:00 Mon. Nov. 25 Lamar at SMU 7:00 Arkansas Pine Bluff at Memphis (RF) 8:00 Tue. Nov. 26 Michigan State at Temple (McG) 7:00 Sat. Dec. 21 Iona at UCF 1:00 Wed. Nov. 27 Louisville at Western Kentucky 8:00 Colorado at Louisville 1:00 Thu. Nov. 28 Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Bahamas) Georgia at Rutgers 2:00 SMU vs Kansas State 4:15 Cincinnati at Xavier 2:00 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) SMU at North Texas 3:00 Memphis vs Texas A&M 6:00 USF at College of Charleston 7:00 Fri. Nov. 29 Battle of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

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Sun. Dec. 22 Maggie Dixon Classic (New York, N.Y.) Sun. Feb. 9 Louisville at UConn (GP) 1:00 ESPN UConn vs California 1:30 ESPN2 Memphis at Temple (LC) 1:30 ESPNU Villanova at Temple (McG) 2:00 Tue. Feb. 11 SMU at UCF 7:00 American Sat. Dec. 28 UCF at Houston 3:00 American Rutgers at Houston 8:00 Rutgers at USF 7:00 American Wed. Feb. 12 Memphis at Cincinnati 7:00 American Sun. Dec. 29 SMU at Louisville 3:00 ESPNU Temple at Louisville 7:00 ESPN3 Temple at Memphis (RF) 3:00 American Sat. Feb. 15 Cincinnati at Temple (LC) 1:00 Cincinnati at UConn (GP) 5:00 ESPNU UCF at Rutgers 2:00 Tue. Dec. 31 USF at Houston 3:00 ESPN3 Houston at SMU 3:00 American Sun. Feb. 16 Louisville at Memphis (RF) 3:30 ESPNU JANUARY UConn at USF 4:00 CBSSN Wed. Jan. 1 SMU at Cincinnati 1:00 Wed. Feb. 19 USF at Cincinnati 7:00 ESPN3 UConn at UCF 4:00 SNY UCF at UConn (XL) 7:00 SNY Louisville at Temple (McG) 4:00 ESPN3 Houston at Louisville 7:00 Sat. Jan. 4 Houston at Rutgers 12:00 Sat. Feb. 22 USF at Temple (LC) 2:00 American UCF at Temple (McG) 2:00 American SMU at Memphis (FF) 3:00 ESPN3 USF at SMU 4:30 ESPN3 Cincinnati at UCF 4:00 American Cincinnati at Louisville 2:00 UConn at Houston TBD SNY UConn at Memphis (FF) TBD SNY Sun. Feb. 23 Rutgers at Louisville 3:00 ESPNU Tue. Jan. 7 Rutgers at Cincinnati 7:00 Tue. Feb. 25 Memphis at USF 7:00 Houston at UConn (GP) 7:00 SNY UConn at SMU 8:00 SNY Temple at USF 7:00 American Wed. Feb. 26 Temple at Rutgers 7:30 American Memphis at SMU 8:00 American Sat. Jan. 11 Temple at UConn 12:00 SNY MARCH SMU at Rutgers 2:00 American Sat. Mar. 1 Louisville at Cincinnati 2:00 ESPN3 Cincinnati at Houston 3:00 Memphis at Houston 3:00 American Memphis at UCF 4:00 American Temple at UCF 4:00 Sun. Jan. 12 Louisville at USF 3:00 ESPNU Rutgers at UConn (GP) 4:00 CBSSN Mon. Jan. 13 UConn at Baylor 7:00 ESPN2 SMU at USF 7:00 American Tue. Jan. 14 SMU at Temple (LC) 12:00 American Mon. Mar. 3 UConn at Louisville 7:00 ESPN2 Rutgers at Memphis (RF) 8:00 Houston at Temple (McG) 7:00 Wed. Jan. 15 UCF at Louisville 7:00 USF at Rutgers 7:30 American Sat. Jan. 18 Temple at Cincinnati 2:00 American Cincinnati at Memphis (RF) 8:00 American Houston at Memphis (RF) 3:00 UCF at SMU 8:00 USF at UCF 7:00 American Fri. Mar. 7 American Championship First Round 6:00 Sun. Jan. 19 Louisville at SMU 1:30 ESPNU American Championship First Round 8:00 UConn at Rutgers 3:00 ESPN2 Sat. Mar. 8 American Championship Quarterfinals 12:00 Tue. Jan. 21 Cincinnati at USF 7:00 American American Championship Quarterfinals 2:00 Louisville at Houston 8:00 ESPN3 American Championship Quarterfinals 6:00 Wed. Jan. 22 Rutgers at UCF 7:00 American American Championship Quarterfinals 8:00 Memphis at UConn (XL) 7:00 SNY Sun. Mar. 9 American Championship Semifinals 1:00 ESPNU Penn at Temple (McG) 7:00 American Championship Semifinals 3:00 ESPNU Sat. Jan. 25 UCF at Cincinnati 2:00 Mon. Mar. 10 American Championship Game 7:00 ESPN/ESPN2 Rutgers at Temple (McG) 2:00 American SMU at Houston 3:00 American Sun. Jan. 26 USF at UConn (XL) 12:00 CBSSN Memphis at Louisville 1:00 ESPNU All times are Eastern and subject to change Tue. Jan. 28 UConn at Temple (McG) 7:00 SNY American – The American Digital Network Cincinnati at SMU 8:00 BTN – Big Ten Network Louisville at Rutgers 9:00 CBSSN CBSSN – CBS Sports Network Wed. Jan. 29 Houston at USF 7:00 American SNY – SportsNet New York UCF at Memphis (RF) TBD FF – FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tenn. FEBRUARY GP – Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Conn. Sat. Feb. 1 UConn at Cincinnati 2:00 SNY LC – Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pa. Houston at UCF 4:00 American McG – McGonigle Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. Temple at SMU 4:30 RF – Elma Roane Fieldhouse, Memphis, Tenn. Memphis at Rutgers 11:30 a.m. ESPN3 XL – XL Center, Hartford, Conn. Sun. Feb. 2 USF at Louisville 2:00 CBSSN Tue. Feb. 4 Louisville at UCF 7:00 ESPN3 SMU at UConn (GP) 7:00 SNY Cincinnati at Rutgers 7:30 American Temple at Houston 8:00 Wed. Feb. 5 USF at Memphis (RF) 8:00 American Sat. Feb. 8 Houston at Cincinnati 2:00 American UCF at USF 2:00 ESPN3 Rutgers at SMU 3:00

10 Women’s Basketball TV SCHEDULE 2013-2014

n its inaugural season, the American Athletic time that opponents from the same conference have televised on ESPN/ESPN2. Memphis will be featured Conference will have 44 women’s basketball matched up in the title game, and the second for the against Louisville on Feb. 16 on ESPNU. appearances televised nationally between ESPN Cardinals and Huskies, who also met in the champion- I The CBS Sports Network schedule of American Athletic and CBS Sports Network. Commissioner Mike Aresco ship tilt in 2009. In addition to half the Final Four field Conference games begins on Jan. 26, when USF, which announced the dates, times and television designations and the national champion, the league also features a made a run in the NCAA Championship, upsetting No. 7 for the 2013-14 conference schedule, as well as a team that made it to the NCAA Second Round (USF), seed Texas Tech before falling to No. 2 seed Cal by four number of nonconference games that will be carried by three teams that qualified for the WNIT (Memphis, points, plays at UConn. The Bulls previewed their role as its national television partners. Rutgers, SMU), a top-seeded team in its conference challengers when they lost by only four in overtime last tournament last year (SMU) and two conference tourna- “The American Athletic Conference is one of the premier year to then-No. 2/3 ranked Notre Dame. Two days later, ment finalists (Connecticut, UCF). Six of the 10 teams women’s basketball conferences in the country,” said Louisville will play Rutgers on CBS Sports Network. The finished .500 or better last year and four teams finished Aresco. We have the defending national champion in Cardinals and Scarlet Knights met once last year as the with 20 wins or more, including Connecticut (35), UConn, runner-up Louisville and NCAA tournament par- nationally ranked Cardinals (then-No. 15/13) squeaked Louisville (29), USF (22) and SMU (21). ticipant USF. We feature many impressive teams as well out a win at home in overtime (66-57) on Jan. 8 at the as an outstanding roster of coaches. We have estab- The schedule is highlighted by a pair of matchups KFC Yum! Center. lished programs rich in tradition as well as strong up- between defending national champion UConn and nation- The first American Athletic Conference Women’s and-coming programs that will each make their mark. al runner-up Louisville, with both games televised on Basketball Championship will take place March 7-10 at Our league will be extremely competitive and entertain- ESPN/ESPN2. The first rematch will be played on Feb. 9 Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The March 9 ing. We are pleased that industry leaders ESPN and at UConn, with the second played as part of ESPN2’s Big semifinals will be televised on ESPNU and the final will CBSSN, which strongly support women’s’ basketball, will Monday lineup on March 3. The Huskies will be making be March 10 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN2. feature our conference games.” their second appearance in a Big Monday game after they travel to Baylor on Jan. 13 as part of the lineup. Last American women’s basketball has a great deal of year’s Conference USA regular season champion, SMU momentum after having two teams play for the 2013 will be featured on ESPNU twice against the Cardinals. In NCAA title in New Orleans in April. It was just the fifth addition, the Huskies will have five nonconference games

American-ESPN Schedule November 11 Stanford at UConn 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 November 15 UConn at Maryland 6:00 p.m ESPNU December 1 UConn vs. Ohio State (Hall of Fame 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Classic) December 17 UConn at Duke (Jimmy V Classic) 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 December 22 Cal vs. UConn (Maggie Dixon 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 Classic) December 29 Cincinnati at UConn 5:00 p.m. ESPNU December 29 SMU at Louisville 3:00 p.m. ESPNU January 12 Louisville at USF 3:00 p.m. ESPNU January 13 UConn at Baylor (Big Monday) 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 January 19 UConn at Rutgers 3:00 p.m. ESPN2 January 19 Louisville at SMU 1:30 p.m. ESPNU January 26 Memphis at Louisville 1:00 p.m ESPNU February 9 Louisville at UConn 1:00 p.m. ESPN February 9 Memphis at Temple 1:30 p.m. ESPNU February 16 Louisville at Memphis 3:30 p.m. ESPNU February 23 Rutgers at Louisville 3:30 p.m. ESPNU March 3 UConn at Louisville (Big Monday) 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 March 9 American Championship Semifinal 1:00 p.m. ESPNU March 9 American Championship Semifinal 3:30 p.m. ESPNU March 10 American Championship Final 7:00 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2 American-CBS College Sports Network (CBSSN) Schedule January 26 USF at UConn 12:00 p.m. CBSSN January 28 Louisville at Rutgers 9:00 p.m. CBSSN February 2 USF at Louisville 2:00 p.m. CBSSN February 16 UConn at USF 4:00 p.m. CBSSN March 1 Rutgers at UConn 4:00 p.m. CBSSN

2013-14 Media Guide 11 MEDIA SERVICES THE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

12 Women’s Basketball TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE 2013-2014

2013-14 Media Guide 13 TOURNAMENT SITE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA IN UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT

he American Athletic Conference entered into an agreement with Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., to host the inaugural TWomen’s Basketball Championship for the 2013-14 season. The WNBA facility will also host the first American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Media Day on Oct. 14. “We look forward to this partnership,” said American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco.“Mohegan Sun Arena offers our student-athletes, coaches and fans the best of many things –a world-class facility, a great destination and committed management.We feel that being at Mohegan Sun will enhance an already very successful women’s tournament experience.” “We could not be more pleased to have been selected as the site of the American AthleticConference Women’s Basketball Championship,” said Mitchell Etess, CEO of the MoheganTribal Gaming Authority. ”We believe we are the absolute best location for this tournament. Mohegan Sun has a long history of producing world- class events and we will work with the Conference to create an experience that is truly memorable for not only the student-athletes and coaches, but for each and every person who attends” The Conference’s women’s basketball tournament has been one of the nation’s strongest and most successful. Previously held in Hartford, Conn., the BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Championship was the nation’s attendance leader for nine straight years. The tournament produced 23 NCAA Final Four appearances, including Louisville and Connecticut in 2013, and nine national champions, including the Huskies’ title this past season. The 2014Women’s Basketball Championship will be held Friday, March 7 through Monday, March 10. All 10 teams in the league will participate in the championship, with seeding based on regular-season finishes.The top four seeds will receive byes to the quarterfinal round.The tournament winner will earn the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Championship.The semifinals will be televised on ESPNU, while the championship will be on ESPN or ESPN2. First round and quarterfinal games will be televised, with specific coverage plans to be released. Home to theWNBA’s Connecticut Sun, the 10,000-seat, state-of-the-art Mohegan Sun Arena opened in November of 2002, and is now internationally recognized as a premier facility. It is currently ranked as the No. 1 arena in the world, as well as the busiest in the United States byVenues Today. Mohegan Sun Arena was ranked third overall in Billboard Magazine’s 2012 year-end reviews of the top 10 worldwide venues with a seating capacity between 5,001-10,000. Additionally, Mohegan Sun Arena was ranked fifth in the same category for the entire decade. The Arena has hosted championship boxing, college and professional men’s and women’s basketball, Davis Cup tennis, professional bull riding and professional bowling.The WNBA All Star Game has been hosted by Mohegan Sun Arena three times, with a fourth time this July.

14 Women’s Basketball MEET THE TEAMS Briahanna JAckSON

ScHEdUlE November Fri. 8 central conn St. 6:00 Tue. 12 at Oakland University 7:00 Fri. 15 Florida International 7:00 Tue. 19 at Georgia State 6:00 Sat. 23 at charlotte TBd Sat. 30 UcF Thanksgiving classic Howard 2:30 december Sun. 1 UcF Thanksgiving classic SIUE/delaware 2:30 Sat. 7 Flagler college 4:00 Fri. 13 at Florida Atlantic 7:00 Mon. 16 Middle Tennessee State 7:00 Sat. 21 Iona 1:00 Sat. 28 at HOUSTON 3:00 American January Wed. 1 UcONN 4:00 SNY Sat. 4 at TEMPlE 2:00 American Sat. 11 MEMPHIS 4:00 American Wed. 15 at lOUISVIllE 7:00 WHAS-dT2 Sat. 18 USF 7:00 American Wed. 22 RUTGERS 7:00 American Sat. 25 at cINcINNATI 2:00 Wed. 29 at MEMPHIS TBd February ROSTER Sat. 1 HOUSTON 4:00 American Tue. 4 lOUISVIllE 7:00 ESPN3 No. Name Pos. cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School Sat. 8 at USF 2:00 ESPN3 3 Bryeasha Blair G R-So. 5-4 chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Tue. 11 SMU 7:00 American 20 Sara djassi F Sr. 5-11 lisbon, Portuga/chipola college Sat. 15 at RUTGERS 2:00 11 Yanique Gordon F/c Jr. 6-4 Hanover, Jamaica/Green Island/Tallahassee cc Wed. 19 at UcONN 7:00 SNY 2 Andrea Hines G Jr. 5-7 New castle, del./Sanford School Sat. 22 cINcINNATI 4:00 American 23 Briahanna Jackson G So. 5-4 Tampa, Fla./Freedom/IMG Academy 4 Jordan Jackson G Fr. 5-9 long Beach, calif./St. Anthony March 55 Erika Jones F/c Sr. 6-2 Phenix city, Ala./Smiths Station Sat. 1 TEMPlE 4:00 5 Zykira lewis G Fr. 5-8 Bartow, Fla./Bartow 13 Brittni Montgomery F R-Jr. 6-3 Fort Pierce, Fla./Fort Pierce central/Virginia Tech Mon. 3 at SMU 8:00 21 Makenzi Reasor F R-Fr. 6-2 Fortville, Ind./Mount Vernon/Indiana State Fri. 7-Mon. 10 22 Rosinha Rosario F So. 6-1 Rio de Mouro, Portugal/Gulf State college American championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, conn.) 42 Stephanie Taylor F Jr. 6-2 Indian Trail, N.c./Sun Valley 1 Aneesa Watson G Fr. 5-11 Fayette county, Ga./Fayette county HEAd cOAcH: Joi Williams ASSISTANT cOAcHES: Brett Fink, courtney locke, khalilah Mitchell

16 Women’s Basketball QuIck FAcTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO

location: ...... Orlando, Fla. Head coach: ...... Joi Williams Nickname: ...... knights Alma Mater ...... uSF, ‘88 colors: ...... Black and Gold Assistant coach: ...... Brett Fink (ucF, ‘03) Enrollment: ...... 59,785 Assistant coach: ...... courtney locke (Rutgers, ‘06) director of Athletics: ...... Todd Stansbury Assistant coach: ...... khalilah Mitchell (lSu, ‘07) Home court ...... cFE Arena (10,000) dir. of Basketball Operations: ...... kim Boes Press Row Phone ...... 407-823-2477 Women’s Basketball contact: ...... Jenna Marina 2012-13 Overall Record ...... 16-18 Office: ...... 407-823-2464 letterwinners Returning/lost...... 5/4 Personal Phone ...... 727-271-0227 Starters Returning/lost ...... 4/1 Email: ...... [email protected] Web Site: ...... ucFknights.com

NEWS & NOTES

The knights will have a different look this season Bryeasha Blair appeared in 26 games as a with only five letterwinners returning and seven freshman, but sat out last year due to injury. She will newcomers joining the team. From a leadership return to the court as a redshirt-sophomore for the perspective, however, four of the five returning 2013-14 season. Joining Blair is a crop of newcomers letterwinners were starters, giving the knights an ready to gain experience and help continue the advantage in experience. In fact, ucF is returning momentum.There are three freshmen, three transfers 60.4 percent of its scoring from last year and three of and Brittni Montgomery, who sat out last year its top four scorers. after transferring from Virginia Tech.

ucF went on a run last year after entering the Head coach Joi Williams is in her seventh season at conference uSA championship as a No. 8 seed.The the helm of the knights. In her six seasons building knights won three-straight games to advance to the the ucF program,Williams has already compiled an title game, becoming only the third No. 8 seed in impressive list of accomplishments, including leading c-uSA history to advance to the semifinals. the knights to the 2009 and 2011 NcAATournaments after her teams claimed conference uSA The knights are led by Briahanna Jackson, a 5-4 championships in those seasons. sophomore who led the squad in scoring last year (15.7 ppg). Jackson also averatged 5.2 rpg, 3.1 spg and 2.0 apg and was named to the c-uSA All- TournamentTeam after averaging 18.5 points and making 92.9 percent of her attempts from the line during ucF’s run to the league title game. She broke the 15-year-old conference uSA freshman single- season steals record and became ucF’s single-season steals record holder with 108.

TOdd STANSBuRY JOI WIllIAMS JENNA MARINA director of Athletics Head coach Sports Imformation director

2013-14 Media Guide 17 WIllIAMS’ REcORd career Record (10 years) 142-159 (.472) UcF Record (6 years) 88-99 (.471) NcAA Record (2 appearances) 0-2 (0) WNIT Record (1 appearance) 0-1 (0) conference Tournament (10 appearances) 14-8 (.636) JOI WIllIAMS Hired at UcF – March 29, 2007 Personal – Born and raised in Jacksonville, Fla.; played on the victories over Houston, regular season champion and No. 1 seed collegiate level at the University of South Florida from 1984-88; SMU and defending tournament champion UTEP; helped the four-year starting point guard and currently ranks among USF’s knights to their most successful season in nearly three decades career assist leaders; earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 2011-12 with a 22-11 record; The knights’ 11 league wins in from USF in 1988 2008-09 matched the program’s total in its first three seasons in Education – B.A. in Marketing, University of South Florida (1988) c-USA combined; In her first season at UcF in 2007-08,Williams led UcF to its first 10-win season in three years; currently serving coaching File – Assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, a four-year term with the USA Junior NationalTeam committee, Florida (1990-2002); assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, helping select coaches and athletes for USA Basketball’s college- clemson (2002-03), head coach, Murray State (2003-07) aged competitions; Served as an assistant coach of the USA Highlights – Entering 11th season as head coach at UcF in BasketballWomen’s U-18 NationalTeam in 2010 and helped lead 2013-14; led the knights to the 2009 and 2011 NcAATournaments the squad to the gold medal at the FIBA Americas U-18 after her teams claimed conference USA championships in those championship for Women; Assistant coach with the national seasons; 2009 conference USA coach of the Year; in 2012-13, team at the 2011 U-19World championships where the U.S. took Williams led the program on a magical run through the conference the gold medal for the second-straight year tournament, advancing to its third title game in five years with WIllIAMS’ YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR ScHOOl OVERAll NcAA POSTSEASON WNIT POSTSEASON cONFERENcE TOURNAMENT 2003-04 Murray State 13-15 0-1 2004-05 Murray State 9-19 1-1 2005-06 Murray State 11-17 0-1 2006-07 Murray State 21-10 0-1 2-1 (2nd) 2007-08 UcF 10-20 0-1 2008-09 UcF 17-17 0-1 4-0 (1st) 2009-10 UcF 11-16 1-1 2010-11 UcF 22-11 0-1 3-0 (1st) 2011-12 UcF 12-17 0-1 2012-13 UcF 16-18 3-1 (2nd) cAREER 10 Years 49-74 0-2 0-1 14-8 (.472) (0) (0) (.636)

18 Women’s Basketball STATISTIcS

TOTAl 3-PTS REBOuNdS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk STl PTS AVG 05 cARTER, Gevenia 34 33 1175 34.6 203 513 .396 52 173 .301 76 110 .691 37 75 112 3.3 62 0 89 117 4 89 534 15.7 23 JAckSON, Briahanna 34 33 1035 30.4 170 527 .323 63 190 .332 106 152 .697 36 141 177 5.2 101 3 69 123 4 108 509 15.0 55 JONES, Erika 34 29 971 28.6 127 264 .481 0 0 .000 39 67 .582 132 194 326 9.6 86 2 14 71 31 36 293 8.6 20 dJASSI, Sara 34 25 876 25.8 77 234 .329 17 86 .198 73 98 .745 47 88 135 4.0 81 3 46 63 15 48 244 7.2 12 kEOuGH, kayli 34 17 722 21.2 75 160 .469 1 4 .250 54 75 .720 53 77 130 3.8 79 0 34 55 12 27 205 6.0 02 HINES, Andrea 34 18 949 27.9 47 164 .287 10 35 .286 42 66 .636 17 92 109 3.2 50 0 87 78 2 46 146 4.3 04 kEOuGH, Meghan 33 6 452 13.7 23 88 .261 14 56 .250 11 18 .611 4 47 51 1.5 34 0 25 30 2 15 71 2.2 42 TAYlOR, Stephanie 34 9 483 14.2 25 63 .397 0 0 .000 19 32 .594 56 52 108 3.2 56 1 8 31 42 6 69 2.0 21 MORTON, kiana 27 0 162 6.0 7 34 .206 2 14 .143 0 1 .000 6 11 17 0.6 12 0 9 6 7 10 16 0.6 TEAM 75 71 146 4.3 0 12 0 Total...... 34 6825 754 2047 .368 159 558 .285 420 619 .679 463 848 1311 38.6 561 9 381 586 119 385 2087 61.4 Opponents...... 34 6825 778 1968 .395 157 552 .284 380 560 .679 442 940 1382 40.6 602 - 388 673 110 307 2093 61.6

Score by periods 1st 2nd OT Total ucF 922 1155 10 2087 Opponents 1005 1085 3 2093

16-18 Overall ( 7-7 Home; 5-7 Away; 4-4 Neutral) 7-9 c-uSA (4-4 Home; 3-5 Away) SARA dJASSI intheir words... “We are very excited about our first season as a member of The American. We are playing a very competitive non-conference schedule, and our league has some of the best teams in the country. With 16 home games, our fans will have an opportunity to see some really great matchups.” Joi Williams, ucF

2013-14 Media Guide 19 he University of central Florida, also known as UcF, is a T public multi-campus, metropolitan research university that stands for opportunity located in Orlando, Fl. Nickname: UcF, knights Enrollment: 59,785 location: Orlando, Fl Founded: 1963 colors: Black and Gold President: John Hitt Athletic director: Todd Stansbury

20 Women’s Basketball 2013-14 Media Guide 21 Tiffany TURNER

ScHEdUlE November Sat. 9 at Northern kentucky (div II) 7:00 Wed. 13 Florida State 7:00 Sun. 17 kent State 2:00 Thu. 21 Iowa State 7:00 Sat. 30 lady Rebel Round-up (las Vegas, Nev.) vs charlotte 3:30 december Sun. 1 lady Rebel Round-up (las Vegas, Nev.) vs UNlV/Fordham 4:00 or 6:30 Wed. 4 Morehead State 7:00 Sun. 8 at Youngstown State 2:00 Sun. 15 Ohio State 2:00 Tue. 17 Akron 7:00 Sat. 21 at Xavier 2:00 Sun. 29 at UcONN 5:00ESPNU January Wed. 1 SMU 1:00 Sat. 4 at lOUISVIllE 2:00 WHAS-dT2 Tue. 7 RUTGERS 7:00 Sat. 11 at HOUSTON 3:00 Sat. 18 TEMPlE 2:00 American Tue. 21 at USF 7:00 American Sat. 25 UcF 2:00 Tue. 28 at SMU 8:00 February ROSTER Sat. 1 UcONN 2:00 SNY Tue. 4 at RUTGERS 7:30 American No. Name Pos. cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School Sat. 8 HOUSTON 2:00 American 32 Shelbi chandler F So. 6-3 Indianapolis, Ind./Pike Wed. 12 MEMPHIS 7:00 American 10 kayla cook G Sr. 5-10 South Webster, Ohio/South Webster Sat. 15 at TEMPlE 1:00 15 Alexis durley G So. 5-8 Houston, Texas/Andy dekaney Wed. 19 USF 7:00 ESPN3 35 Marley Hill F Fr. 6-2 Reynoldsburg, Ohio/columbus Africentric Sat. 22 at UcF 4:00 American 31 dayeesha Hollins G R-Sr. 5-6 cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods/Michigan 25 chelsea Jamison G Jr. 5-10 Indianapolis, Ind./Broad Ripple March 12 Alyesha lovett G Jr. 6-0 Newark, N.J./Malcolm X Shabazz Sat. 1 lOUISVIllE 2:00 ESPN3 44 Ashley Nickens F Fr. 6-3 Sterling Heights, Mich./Henry Ford II Mon. 3 at MEMPHIS 8:00 American 22 Bianca Quisenberry G Fr. 5-8 Springfield, Ohio/Tecumseh Fri. 7-Mon. 10 33 Jeanise Randolph F Sr. 6-2 chicago, Ill./Thornton Fractional North American championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, conn.) 13 Brandey Tarver G Fr. 5-10 chicago, Ill./Bogan computer Technical 11 Tiffany Turner F Sr. 6-1 Marlton, N.J./cherokee 23 Jasmine Whitfield G So. 5-10 crestwood, ky./South Oldham HEAd cOAcH: Jamelle Elliott ASSISTANT cOAcHES: Tasha Mcdowell, katie Rokus, Aaron Swinson

22 Women’s Basketball QuIck FAcTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO

location: ...... cincinnati, Ohio Head coach: ...... Jamelle Elliott Nickname: ...... Bearcats Alma Mater ...... connecticut, ‘96 colors: ...... Red & Black Assistant coach: ...... Tasha Mcdowell (St. Ambrose, ‘97) Enrollment: ...... 43,000 Assistant coach: ...... katie Rokus (uSc Aiken, ‘03) director of Athletics: ...... Whit Babcock Assistant coach: ...... Aaron A. Swinson (Auburn, ‘05) Home court ...... Fifth Third Arena (13,176) dir. of Basketball Operations: ....dana Rieger (Albion, ‘94) Press Row Phone ...... 513-556-3800 Women’s Basketball contact: ...... katie Botsis 2012-13 Overall Record ...... 12-18 Office: ...... 513-556-5191 letterwinners Returning/lost...... 9/2 Personal Phone ...... 269-760-6639 Starters Returning/lost ...... 4/1 Email: ...... [email protected] Web Site: ...... GoBEARcATS.com

NEWS & NOTES

The Bearcats are looking to improve on the 12-18 year. After durley saw only 35 minutes of action record they posted last year and have nine returning during the first four games of the season, she letterwinners to help accomplish that feat. leading worked her way into the starting lineup, making a the way is redshirt-senior guard dayeesha total of 16 starts during her first season with the Hollins, who averaged 15.4 ppg to lead the team Bearcats. The guard scored double digits in six last season. Named the team’s Most Valuable contests including chipping in 11 points during uc’s Player for the second consecutive season, Hollins BIG EAST tournament game against Seton Hall. earned All-BIG EAST Second-Team honors last year. durley averaged 5.6 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 Hollins was a 77.5 -percent free throw shooter in assists last season. 2012-13, playing in 28 contests and averaging 33.9 minutes. The Bearcats will be looking to improve on the landmark strides that were made in 2011-12, when Senior forward Tiffany Turner returns after head coach Jamelle Elliott led cincinnati to its most averaging 7.0 ppg and a team-high 6.0 rebounds per successful season in recent years after finishing game last year. The only player to start all 30 with a 16-16 record – a seven-game improvement games, senior guard kayla cook, will help four from 2010-11 and the most wins under Elliott. To freshmen get acclimated to the college game. cap the season, uc advanced to postseason play for the first time since 2005-06 and won its first A player to watch will be Alexis durley who postseason game in 10 years. earned the team’s Most Improved Player award last

WHIT BABcOck JAMEllE EllIOTT kATIE BOTSIS director of Athletics Head coach Assistant Sports communications director

2013-14 Media Guide 23 EllIOTTS REcORd career Record (4 years) 49-72 (.405) Uc Record (4 years) 49-72 (.405) NcAA Record (n/a) WNIT Record (1 appearance) 1-1 (.500) conference Tournament (4 appearances) 1-4 (.200) JAMEllE EllIOTT PROFIlE: Hired at cincinnati – May 5, 2009 Personal – Native ofWashington, d.c.; attended H.d.Woodson 5-0 for the first time since 2005-06; earned her first win over a High School (1989-92) top-25 team as Uc knocked off then-No. 24/22 Marquette on Feb. Education – B.A. Business Management, University of 28, 2011; won six NcAA championships while at connecticut – connecticut (1996); M.A. Sport Management, University of one as a player and five as an assistant coach; Uconn posted an connecticut (1997) overall record of 117-18 (.867) during her career as a player; second player in Uconn history to surpass the 1,000-point and Playing File – University of connecticut (1993-96) 1,000-rebound milestones; finished her career ranked No. 2 coaching File – Assistant coach, University of connecticut among Uconn’s all-time rebounding leaders (1,054), No. 5 in BIG (1997-2009) EAST career rebounding (558) and No. 11 in Uconn career scoring Highlights – Enters her fifth season at the helm of the Bearcats; (1,387); helped guide Uconn to a 402-36 (.918) record in her 12 in 2011-12, Elliott recorded her first career postseason victory as years as an assistant coach; led connecticut to seven NcAA Final the Bearcats defeated duquesne 68-63 in overtime in theWNIT; Four berths; won the BIG EAST conference regular season title in it was the first time Uc advanced to theWNIT since 2005-06; the 10 of her 12 seasons as an assistant, while also claiming a total Bearcats made a seven-game improvement from the previous of nine tournament crowns; the only current coach in the league season, the most wins under Elliott; in 2010-11, cincinnati started who also played in the BIG EAST EllIOTT’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR ScHOOl OVERAll NcAA POSTSEASON WNIT POSTSEASON cONFERENcE TOURNAMENT 2009-10 cincinnati 12-18 1-1 2010-11 cincinnati 9-20 0-1 2011-12 cincinnati 16-16 1-1 0-1 2012-13 cincinnati 12-18 0-1 cAREER 4 Years 49-74 1-1 1-4 (.405) (.500) (.200)

24 Women’s Basketball STATISTIcS

TOTAl 3-PTS REBOuNdS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk STl PTS AVG 31 HOllINS, dayeesha 28 27 948 33.9 139 394 .353 29 95 .305 124 160 .775 38 77 115 4.1 66 1 79 100 0 41 431 15.4 04 duNN, lesha 30 23 655 21.8 82 213 .385 0 1 .000 53 77 .688 50 101 151 5.0 61 2 40 77 23 7 217 7.2 11 TuRNER, Tiffany 25 17 594 23.8 74 135 .548 0 0 .000 28 39 .718 48 103 151 6.0 48 2 10 31 17 20 176 7.0 12 lOVETT, Alyesha 28 18 773 27.6 63 205 .307 20 65 .308 41 60 .683 41 78 119 4.3 49 0 34 61 7 37 187 6.7 15 duRlEY, Alexis 30 16 753 25.1 54 164 .329 4 19 .211 55 85 .647 22 51 73 2.4 60 3 46 56 2 32 167 5.6 33 RANdOlPH, Jeanise 16 5 300 18.8 34 80 .425 0 0 .000 12 21 .571 32 48 80 5.0 25 1 4 27 10 15 80 5.0 10 cOOk, kayla 30 30 938 31.3 47 155 .303 27 105 .257 29 37 .784 18 65 83 2.8 51 0 54 34 5 25 150 5.0 25 JAMISON, chelsea 29 13 615 21.2 48 132 .364 3 18 .167 19 29 .655 37 56 93 3.2 64 2 17 37 1 14 118 4.1 23 WHITFIEld, Jasmine 29 0 304 10.5 18 51 .353 6 28 .214 4 8 .500 14 22 36 1.2 13 0 11 16 1 9 46 1.6 32 cHANdlER, Shelbi 23 1 126 5.5 4 17 .235 0 0 .000 4 7 .571 5 12 17 0.7 15 0 3 7 0 0 12 0.5 05 FEAGIN, destini 21 0 67 3.2 2 13 .154 0 4 .000 4 6 .667 3 4 7 0.3 4 0 2 3 2 2 8 0.4 40 HAMIlTON, Talequia 1 0 2 2.0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM...... 48 67 115 3.8 1 22 0 Total...... 30 565 1560 .362 89 335 .266 373 529 .705 357 685 1042 34.7 457 12 300 471 68 202 1592 53.1 Opponents...... 30 654 1654 .395 144 474 .304 296 425 .696 371 700 1071 35.7 516 - 371 459 107 224 1748 58.3

ScORE BY PERIOdS: 1 2 OT O2 Total cincinnati 728 843 16 5 1592 Opponents 809 914 18 7 1748

12-18 Overall (9-6 Home; 2-10 Away; 1-2 Neutral) 4-12 BIG EAST (3-5 Home; 1-7 Away) dAYEESHA HOllINS intheir words... We’re really excited about our overall schedule this year. Our non-conference schedule features three teams from major conferences playing at Fifth Third Arena in Florida State (Acc), Iowa State (Big 12) and Ohio State (Big Ten) which will prepare us well for our first season in the American Athletic conference.” Jamelle Elliott, cincinnati

2013-14 Media Guide 25 26 Women’s Basketball he university of cincinnati offers students T a balance of educational excellence and real-world experience. uc is a public research university with an enrollment of more than 42,000 students. Nickname: Bearcats Enrollment: 42,421 location: cincinnati, OH Founded: 1819 colors: Red and Black President: dr. Santa Jeremy Ono Athletic director: Whit Babcock

2013-14 Media Guide 27 Stefanie dOlSON

ScHEdUlE November Sat. 9 Hartford 4:00 SNY Mon. 11 Stanford 7:00 ESPN2 Fri. 15 at Maryland 6:00 ESPNU Sun. 17 at Penn State12:00 BTN Wed. 20 Oregon 7:00 SNY Fri. 22 Hall of Fame classic Boston University 7:30 SNY Sat. 23 Hall of Fame classic Monmouth 4:30 SNY Sun. 24 Hall of Fame classic St. Bonaventure 4:30 SNY december Sun. 1 at Ohio State 5:30 ESPN2 Thu. 5 Uc-davis 7:00 SNY Tue. 17 Jimmy V classic (durham, N.c.) at duke 7:00 ESPN2 Sun. 22 vs california 1:30ESPN2 Sun. 29 cINcINNATI5:00 ESPNU January Wed. 1 at UcF 4:00 SNY Sat. 4 at MEMPHIS TBd SNY Tue. 7 HOUSTON 7:00 SNY Sat. 11 TEMPlE 12:00 SNY Mon. 13 at Baylor 7:00 ESPN2 Sun. 19 at RUTGERS 3:00ESPN2 Wed. 22 MEMPHIS 7:00 SNY ROSTER Sun. 26 USF 12:00 cBSSN Tue. 28 at TEMPlE 7:00 SNY No. Name Pos. cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School February 13 Brianna Banks G Jr. 5-9 Newnan, Ga./Fayette county 12 Saniya chong G Fr. 5-8 Ossining, N.Y./Ossining Sat. 1 at cINcINNATI 2:00 SNY Tue. 4 SMU 7:00 SNY 31 Stefanie dolson c Sr. 6-5 Port Jervis, N.Y./Minisink Valley Sun. 9 lOUISVIllE 1:00 ESPN 14 Bria Hartley G Sr. 5-8 North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon Sun. 16 at USF 4:00 cBSSN 4 Moriah Jefferson G So. 5-7 Glen Heights, Texas Wed. 19 UcF 7:00 SNY 23 kaleena Mosqueda-lewis F Jr. 6-0 Anaheim Hills, calif./Mater dei Sat. 22 at HOUSTON TBd SNY 30 Breanna Stewart F So. 6-4 Syracuse, N.Y./cicero North Tue. 25 at SMU 8:00 SNY 41 kiah Stokes c Jr. 6-3 Marion, Iowa/linn-Mar March 3 Morgan Tuck F So. 6-2 Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook HEAd cOAcH: Geno Auriemma Sat. 1 RUTGERS 4:00 cBSSN ASSOcIATE HEAd cOAcH: chris dailey Mon. 3 at lOUISVIllE 7:00 ESPN2 ASSISTANT cOAcHES: Shea Ralph, Marisa Moseley Fri. 7-Mon. 10 American championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, conn.)

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location: ...... Storrs, conn. Head coach: ...... Geno Auriemma Nickname: ...... Huskies Alma Mater ...... West chester, ‘81 colors: ...... National Flag Blue (Navy) and White Associate Head coach: ...... chris dailey (Rutgers, ‘82) Enrollment: ...... 30,525 Assistant coach: ...... Shea Ralph (connecticut, ‘01) director of Athletics: ...... Warde Manuel Assistant coach: ...... Marisa Moseley (Boston univ., ‘04) Home court ...... Gampel Pavilion (10,167) dir. of Basketball Operations: ...Sarah darras (Fairfield, ‘94) Press Row Phone ...... 860-486-1888 Women’s Basketball contact: ...... Pat Mckenna ...... Xl center (16,294) Office: ...... 860-486-2394 Press Row Phone ...... 860-244-0334 Personal Phone ...... 860-240-7311 2012-13 Overall Record ...... 35-4 Email: ...... [email protected] letterwinners Returning/lost...... 8/3 Web Site: ...... uconnHuskies.com Starters Returning/lost ...... 3/2 NEWS & NOTES

uconn won the national championship for the NcAA connecticut finished 35-4 in 2012-13 to post its eighth- record-tying eighth time in school history, defeating straight 30-win season. The Huskies eclipsed the fellow American Athletic conference member 30-win plateau for the 18th time in the last 20 years. louisville 93-60 on April 9 in New Orleans. uconn returns three starters and seven of its top-eight Saniya chong is the lone freshman on the 2013- scorers from last year’s national championship squad. 14 roster. The Ossining, N.Y. native averaged 34.4 The Huskies will be without the services of Heather points, 5.6 rebounds and 9.1 assists per game last Buck, caroline doty and kelly Faris who were each season and helped her alma mater capture its first lost to graduation. Faris, the Big East defensive NewYork State Public Schools state championship. Player of the Year and a finalist for the National She was honored as the National Player of theYear defensive Player of the Year Award, was selected by Parade Magazine and the National High School with the 11th overall pick of the 2013 WNBA draft. coaches Association. The Ossining, N.Y. native was also selected as the Gatorade NewYork State TheHuskies enter the 2013-14 season having appeared Player of the Year. in a record six-straight Final Fours and uconn has now advanced to at least the Final Four 11 times since Five Huskies competed with uSA Basketball over 2000.The Final Four trip was uconn’s 14th all-time, the summer as Bria Hartley and kaleena Mosqueda- which is the second-most appearances in the history lewis earned gold for Team uSA at the World of the sport. (Tennessee has appeared in a record 18.) university Games in kazan, Russia and Moriah Faris, Bria Hartley and kaleena Mosqueda- Jefferson, Breanna Stewart and Morgan Tuck lewis were honored on the All-NcAATournament led the Americans to gold at the u19 World Team while Breanna Stewart was selected as the championship in Paneyezys, lithuania. Breanna Final Four MOP. Stewart’s selection was only the Stewart and kaleena Mosqueda-lewis now each fourth all-time by a freshman and she is only the third have five gold medals while Bria Hartley and Husky (dianaTaurasi, Maya Moore) to be named MOP MorganTuck have four each. Moriah Jefferson also of the Regional and Final Four in the same season. has two gold medals.

WARdE MANuEl GENO AuRIEMMA PAT MckENNA Athletic director Head coach Assistant director/Athletic communications

2013-14 Media Guide 29 AURIEMMA’S REcORd career Record (28 years) 839-133 (.863) Uconn Record (28 years) 839-133 (.863) NcAA Record (25 appearances) 91-17 (.843) conference Tournament (28 appearances) 66-10 (.868)

GENO AURIEMMA Hired at connecticut – May 17, 1985 Personal – Native of Montella, Italy until age 6, then Norristown, Pa.; 02, ’02-03, ’07-08, ’08-09, 09-10, 10-11); seven-time Associated Press attended Bishop kenrick (Pa.) High School (1972); married (kathryn); National coach of the Year (1994-95, ’96-97, ’99-00, ’02-03, ’07-08, father of two daughters (Jenna; Alysa) and one son (Michael) ’08-09, ’10-11) and five-time Naismith National coach of the Year Education – B.A. in political science,West chester University (1981); (1994-95, ’96-97, ’99-00, ’01-02, ’08-09); five-timeWB cA coach of the Associate’s degree, Montgomery county (Pa.) community college (1974) Year (1996-97, ’99-00, ’01-02, ’07-08, ’08-09); five-time USBWA National coach of theYear (1994-95, ’96-97, ’02-03, ’07-08, ’08-09); coaching File – Assistant women’s coach, St. Joseph’s (Pa.) coached the Huskies to 70 consecutive wins from Nov. 9, 2001 to University (1978); head boys’ coach, Bishop kenrick (Pa.) High School March 10, 2003; directed Uconn to an NcAA-record 90 consecutive (1979-81); assistant women’s coach, University ofVirginia (1981-85) wins from Nov. 16, 2008 to dec. 28, 2011; directed Uconn to its 18th Highlights – led the Huskies to their eighth National championship 30-win season in 2012-13 and its 18th in the past 20 seasons; led the in 2012-13; honored as 2012 John R. Wooden Award“ legends of Huskies to the league’s first No. 1 national ranking on Jan. 16, 1995; coaching” recipient; coached the USAWomen’s Basketball team to a became the first coach in history to coach three AP All-Americans on gold medal at the 2012 london Olympics; eight NcAA titles (1995, ’00, the same team (1994-95); named U.S. NationalTeam head coach for ’02, ’03, ’04, ’09, ’10, ’13); ranks first among active division I coaches 2009-2012; guided the USA team to a gold medal in the FIBA World in winning percentage (.863) with a career record of 839-133; only championships in 2010; earned a Gold Medal as an assistant coach for division I women’s coach to have four undefeated seasons (1994-95, the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team; coach of the 2001 USA Basketball ’01-02, ’08-09, 09-10); became fastest coach in NcAA history (men’s or Women’s Junior World championshipTeam; assistant coach at the women’s) to 700 wins; also surpassed 600 wins in 2006-07 – passing U.S. OlympicTrials in 1996, and then remained to coach the U.S. Select Pat Summit; second fastest coach to eclipse 500 victories; 24 Team; named theWB cAVice President in 2007 and became President consecutive NcAA appearances; 14 NcAA Final Four appearances, in Aug. 2009 for a two-year term; named toWB cA Board of directors 1991, ’95, ’96, ’00, ’01, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13; NcAA in 2005; inducted as part of the class of 2006 to the Naismith Memorial Regional Finalists 17 times; 18 BIG EAST championship titles; BIG Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame EAST coach of theYear 10 times (1988-89, ’94-95; ’96-97, ’99-00, ’01- AURIEMMA’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR ScHOOl OVERAll NcAA POSTSEASON cONFERENcE TOURNAMENT 1985-86 Uconn 12-15 0-1 1986-87 Uconn 14-13 0-1 1987-88 Uconn 17-11 0-1 1988-89 Uconn 24-6 0-1 3-0 (1st) 1989-90 Uconn 25-6 0-1 2-1 (2nd) 1990-91 Uconn 29-5 3-1 (Final Four) 3-0 (1st) 1991-92 Uconn 23-11 1-1 2-1 (2nd) 1992-93 Uconn 18-11 0-1 1-1 1993-94 Uconn 30-3 3-1 (Sweet 16) 3-0 (1st) 1994-95 Uconn 35-0 6-0 (National champions) 3-0 (1st) 1995-96 Uconn 34-4 4-1 (Final Four) 3-0 (1st) 1996-97 Uconn 33-1 3-1 (Reg. Final) 3-0 (1st) 1997-98 Uconn 34-3 3-1 (Reg. Final) 3-0 (1st) 1998-99 Uconn 29-5 2-1 (Sweet 16) 3-0 (1st) 1999-00 Uconn 36-1 6-0 (National champions) 3-0 (1st) 2000-01 Uconn 32-3 4-1 (Final Four) 3-0 (1st) 2001-02 Uconn 39-0 6-0 (National champions) 3-0 (1st) 2002-03 Uconn 37-1 6-0 (National champions) 2-1 (2nd) 2003-04 Uconn 31-4 6-0 (National champions) 1-1 2004-05 Uconn 25-8 2-1 (Sweet 16) 3-0 (1st) 2005-06 Uconn 32-5 3-1 (Reg. Final) 3-0 (1st) 2006-07 Uconn 32-4 3-1 (Reg. Final) 2-1 (2nd) 2007-08 Uconn 36-2 4-1 (Final Four) 3-0 (1st) 2008-09 Uconn 39-0 6-0 (National champions) 3-0 (1st) 2009-10 Uconn 39-0 6-0 (National champions) 3-0 (1st) 2010-11 Uconn 36-2 4-1 (Final Four) 3-0 (1st) 2011-12 Uconn 33-5 4-1 (Final Four) 3-0 (1st) 2012-13 Uconn 35-4 6-0 (National champions) 2-1 (2nd) cAREER 28 Years 839-133 91-17 66-10 (.863) (.843) (.868)

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TOTAl 3-PTS REBOuNdS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk STl PTS AVG 23 MOSQuEdA-lewis, k. 38 38 1146 30.2 242 458 .528 118 240 .492 68 76 .895 85 155 240 6.3 62 1 89 58 12 57 670 17.6 30 STEWART, Breanna 36 14 854 23.7 191 376 .508 28 84 .333 87 112 .777 78 151 229 6.4 56 0 35 54 74 41 497 13.8 31 dOlSON, Stefanie 38 38 1020 26.8 213 359 .593 8 19 .421 82 103 .796 87 182 269 7.1 72 1 117 86 58 40 516 13.6 34 FARIS, kelly 39 39 1160 29.7 148 279 .530 49 118 .415 54 72 .750 73 150 223 5.7 68 0 156 74 19 96 399 10.2 14 HARTlEY, Bria 37 28 987 26.7 118 302 .391 44 148 .297 62 79 .785 28 92 120 3.2 57 1 136 86 2 53 342 9.2 13 BANkS, Brianna 21 0 359 17.1 56 117 .479 18 52 .346 23 33 .697 6 30 36 1.7 22 0 35 22 4 25 153 7.3 03 T uck, Morgan 35 2 554 15.8 89 196 .454 13 45 .289 34 51 .667 41 79 120 3.4 37 1 47 43 9 19 225 6.4 04 JEFFERSON, Moriah 39 2 677 17.4 73 172 .424 17 64 .266 19 25 .760 13 51 64 1.6 56 0 69 49 2 52 182 4.7 05 dOTY, caroline 38 32 627 16.5 44 121 .364 30 89 .337 3 5 .600 15 61 76 2.0 33 0 80 50 13 27 121 3.2 41 STOkES, kiah 32 1 342 10.7 35 53 .660 0 0 .000 18 30 .600 36 77 113 3.5 23 0 21 20 39 4 88 2.8 32 Buck, Heather 31 1 149 4.8 12 27 .444 0 0 .000 1 4 .250 8 18 26 0.8 16 0 13 8 10 4 25 0.8 TEAM...... 69 83 152 3.9 1 7 0 Total...... 39 1221 2460 .496 325 859 .378 451 590 .764 539 1129 1668 42.8 503 4 798 557 242 418 3218 82.5 Opponents...... 39 716 2264 .316 183 640 .286 327 476 .687 472 764 1236 31.7 585 - 406 744 80 246 1942 49.8

ScORE BY PERIOdS: 1 2 OT O2 O3 Total connecticut 1671 1524 7 10 6 3218 Opponents 890 1020 7 10 15 1942

35-4 Overall (17-3 Home; 11-1 Away; 7-0 Neutral) 14-2 BIG EAST (7-1 Home; 7-1 Away) kAlEENA MOSQuEdA-lEWIS intheir words... We have put together another challenging nonconference schedule and look forward to, once again, competing against the best teams in the country. I am also excited by the opportunity for our team to experience some different cities and tough competition as we look forward to our first year in The American.” Geno Auriemma, connecticut

2013-14 Media Guide 31 32 Women’s Basketball he university of connecticut is T among the top 25 leading public research universities in the nation. uconn’s main campus in Storrs is admitting the highest-achieving freshmen in university history. Nickname: Huskies Enrollment: 30,256 location: Storrs, cT Founded: 1881 colors: Blue and White President: Susan Herbst Athletic director: Warde Manuel

2013-14 Media Guide 33 Marche’ AMERSON

ScHEdUlE November Fri. 8 Mississippi State 6:00 Tue. 12 at Northwestern State 8:00 Sun. 17 Texas A&M 3:30 Wed. 20 North Texas 8:00 Sat. 23 at creighton 3:00 Sat. 30 david Jones Memorial classic kent State 2:30 december Sun. 1 david Jones Memorial classic Prairie View A&M 4:30 Wed. 4 Washington 8:00 Sun. 8 at Alabama 3:00 Sun. 15 at Texas State 3:00 Fri. 20 at Rice 2:00 Sat. 28 UcF 3:00 American Tue. 31 USF 3:00 ESPN3 January Sat. 4 at RUTGERS 12:00 Tue. 7 at UcONN 7:00 SNY Sat. 11 cINcINNATI 3:00 Sat. 18 at MEMPHIS 3:00 Tue. 21 lOUISVIllE 8:00 ESPN3 Sat. 25 SMU 3:00 American Wed. 29 at USF 7:00 American February ROSTER Sat. 1 at UcF 4:00 American Tue. 4 TEMPlE 8:00 No. Name Pos. cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School Sat. 8 at cINcINNATI 2:00 American 34 Terran Alford F Jr. 6-1 Oklahoma city, Okla. Tue. 11 RUTGERS 8:00 22 Marche’ Amerson F So. 6-1 Bryan, Texas/Rudder Sat. 15 at SMU 3:00 American 24 Marissa Ashton F Sr. 6-0 dickinson, Texas/Texas Tech Wed. 19 at lOUISVIllE 7:00 WHAS-dT2 32 Te’onna campbell F Sr. 5-10 Ontario, calif./New Mexico Jc Sat. 22 UcONN TBd SNY 35 Taylor Gilbert F Fr. 6-2 Ontario, calif./New Mexico Jc 33 Tyler Gilbert F So. 6-2 Missouri city, Texas/Hightower March 21 Jessieka Palmer G So. 6-0 la Marque, Texas/la Marque 0 Alexia Sanders G Fr. 5-8 The Woodlands, Texas/college Park Sat. 1 MEMPHIS 3:00 American 15 Alecia Smith G So. 5-7 cedar Hill, Texas/cedar Hill Mon. 3 at TEMPlE 7:00 12 destini Texada F Sr. 6-0 Houston, Texas/Houston Baptist Fri. 7-Mon. 10 20 Yasmeen Thompson F Sr. 6-2 Philadelphia, Pa./Paris Jc American championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, conn.) 3 Bianca Winslow G So. 5-7 Bellaire, Texas/Bellaire 25 Mae Woods c Sr. 6-4 Maple Ridge, British columbia/Maple Ridge Secondary School HEAd cOAcH: Todd Buchanan ASSOcIATE HEAd cOAcH: Wade Scott ASSISTANT cOAcHES: Ravon Justice, leah Foster

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location: ...... Houston, Texas Head coach: ...... Todd Buchanan Nickname: ...... cougars Alma Mater ...... Murray State, ‘95 colors: ...... Scarlet and White Associate Head coach: ...... Wade Scott (Eastern New Enrollment: ...... 40,750 Mexico, ‘93) director of Athletics: ...... Mack Rhoades Assistant coach: ...... Ravon Justice (uSAO, ‘04) Home court ...... Hofheinz Pavilion (8,479) Assistant coach: ...... leah Foster (St. Edward’s, ‘06) Press Row Phone ...... 713-743-9414 dir. of Basketball Operations: Brittany Mason (Houston, ‘10) 2012-13 Overall Record ...... 13-17 Women’s Basketball contact: ...... TBA letterwinners Returning/lost...... 9/1 Office: ...... 713-743-9391 Starters Returning/lost ...... 4/1 Personal Phone ...... TBA Email: ...... TBA Web Site: ...... uHcougars.com NEWS & NOTES

Houston returns four of its starters and nine of its 10 where she led c-uSA and ranked 10th all-time in letterwinners from last season, with the group program history in field-goal percentage (.553), averaging 29 starts in a 30-game season. The while adding 8.6 points and a team-leading 8.5 cougars have the advantage of returning 74 percent rebounds per contest. Right behindThompson on of last season’s total scoring. Houston does not the boards was forward Te’onna campbell, who have a double-digit scorer returning, but the cougars averaged 8.2 rpg in 2012-13, which ranked eighth in do have the benefit of balanced scoring. Five the league. The senior returns for her final season players who averaged 7.0 ppg or better during the after ranking second on the team last year with 32.9 2012-13 season return to help the squad this year. minutes per game. She led the team and was fifth in the conference with 2.5 steals per game (76 despite playing with five freshmen and nine total total). campbell had 10 boards in the first round of newcomers last season,Todd Buchanan’s rebuilt the c-uSA championship, her seventh game of the squad won 10 more contests than the previous year season with double-digit caroms. and knocked off the top two teams in conference uSA during the regular season. Sophomore forward Sophomore Alecia Smith returns after posting Marche’ Amerson was named to the c-uSA All- nine double-digit scoring performances in her rookie Freshman squad after ranking second on the team campaign for the cougars. with 9.1 points per game and 10.1 points per contest in league play. Amerson set a freshman The cougars lost senior guard Porsche landry to record by starting in all 30 contests and placed in graduation, a big loss as the FirstTeam All-conference the top 10 of six other freshman records. selection finished her career with 1,578 points, ranking seventh on the Houston charts. Including the Yasmeen Thompson returns for her senior year scoring chart, landry finished her career in the top 10 after making a splash in her first season at Houston, on 15 different Houston career lists.

MAck RHOAdES TOdd BucHANAN TBA director of Athletics Head coach Assistant Sports Information director

2013-14 Media Guide 35 BUcHANAN’S REcORd career Record (10 years) 141-153 (.480) UH Record (3 years) 42-49 (.462) NcAA Record (1 appearance) 0-1 (0) conference Tournament (6 appearances) 7-4 (.636)

TOdd BUcHANAN Originally hired at Houston in 2000 as assistant coach; returned as head coach on April 20, 2010

Personal – 1995 graduate of Murray State; Buchanan and his wife Michelle have a 2-year old son, colton; His father, Tom, enjoyed a successfully coaching career at bothTexas and kentucky after playing college basketball at Eastern New Mexico Education – Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education, Murray State (1995) coaching File – Assistant coach, Murray State (1992-95); assistant coach, Oral Robers (1995-96); head coach, University of Montevallo (1996-98); assistant coach, East carolina (1998-00); assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator, Houston (2000- 05); head coach, Houston Baptist (2005-10) Highlights – In his first season at the helm in 2010-11, Buchanan led the cougars to an overall record of 26-6, 16-0 conference USA record and NcAATournament at-large bid; 2011 conference USA coach of the Year; earned two conference regular-season titles as head coach at Houston Baptist; time as assistant coach at Houston coincided with the best five-year run in Houston women’s basketball history, averaging 21 wins a season and 28 wins in 2003-04 BUcHANAN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR ScHOOl OVERAll NcAA POSTSEASON cONFERENcE TOURNAMENT 1996-97 Montevallo 12-17 1997-98 Motevallo 7-19 2005-06 Houston Baptist 28-4 3-0 (1st) 2006-07 Houston Baptist 27-7 3-0 (1st)

2007-08 Houston Baptist 14-11 2008-09 Houston Baptist 8-21 2009-10 Houston Baptist 3-25 0-1 2010-11 Houston 26-6 0-1 1-1

2011-12 Houston 3-26 0-1 2012-13 Houston 13-17 0-1 cAREER 10 Years 141-153 0-1 7-4 (.480) (0) (.636)

36 Women’s Basketball STATISTIcS

TOTAl 3-PTS REBOuNdS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk STl PTS AVG 05 lANdRY, Porsche 30 30 1034 34.5 184 447 .412 31 103 .301 98 127 .772 64 96 160 5.3 91 4 138 141 6 66 497 16.6 22 AMERSON, Marche’ 30 30 932 31.1 99 300 .330 24 86 .279 51 74 .689 50 83 133 4.4 63 0 22 65 14 23 273 9.1 20 THOMPSON, Yasmeen 30 29 851 28.4 94 170 .553 0 0 .000 71 146 .486 94 161 255 8.5 91 2 20 53 42 38 259 8.6 32 cAMPBEll, Te’onna 30 30 988 32.9 89 250 .356 2 22 .091 55 97 .567 89 157 246 8.2 71 1 50 70 22 76 235 7.8 15 SMITH, Alecia 30 26 924 30.8 83 274 .303 38 142 .268 29 38 .763 37 62 99 3.3 74 3 53 77 0 38 233 7.8 24 ASHTON, Marissa 30 5 639 21.3 83 244 .340 30 100 .300 22 33 .667 50 99 149 5.0 52 1 15 28 12 27 218 7.3 21 PAlMER, Jessieka 30 0 338 11.3 42 131 .321 7 44 .159 25 37 .676 8 20 28 0.9 34 1 16 38 3 11 116 3.9 23 TuBBS, Tasha 8 0 48 6.0 4 19 .211 4 14 .286 1 2 .500 1 4 5 0.6 6 0 2 3 0 0 13 1.6 33 GIlBERT, Tyler 17 0 87 5.1 6 19 .316 0 0 .000 8 16 .500 10 11 21 1.2 6 0 0 8 3 2 20 1.2 03 WINSlOW, Bianca 24 0 147 6.1 5 24 .208 4 17 .235 11 14 .786 1 5 6 0.3 15 0 9 6 2 4 25 1.0 25 WOOdS, Mae 13 0 31 2.4 4 7 .571 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 2 4 0.3 5 0 1 1 2 0 8 0.6 14 BARROSO, Eryn 8 0 14 1.8 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 3 2 5 0.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.4 34 AlFORd, Terran 11 0 42 3.8 1 7 .143 0 0 .000 1 3 .333 3 8 11 1.0 10 0 0 1 2 1 3 0.3 TEAM 50 75 125 4.2 2 4 0 Total...... 30 6075 695 1894 .367 140 529 .265 373 589 .633 462 785 1247 41.6 521 13 326 495 108 286 1903 63.4 Opponents...... 30 6075 717 1866 .384 165 499 .331 369 528 .699 449 859 1308 43.6 542 - 382 539 99 264 1968 65.6

Score by periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Houston 903 973 21 6 1903 Opponents 888 1067 8 5 1968

13-17 Overall (10-6 Home; 3-10 Away; 0-1 Neutral) 7-9 conference uSA (4-4 Home; 3-5 Away) YASMEEN THOMPSON intheir words... “We’re incredibly excited about competing in the American Athletic conference this season, which is arguably the toughest league in the nation. We’ll have a marquee home schedule between our league games and some of our nonconference matchups, and will need our `Sixth Man’ at Hofheinz behind us more than ever.” Todd Buchanan, Houston

2013-14 Media Guide 37 he University of Houston is the leading public research T university in the vibrant international city of Houston. As a knowledge resource to the public, the Tier One University builds partnerships with other educational institutions, community organizations, government agencies, and the private sector to serve the region and impact the world. Nickname: cougars Enrollment: 39,820 location: Houston, TX Founded: 1927 colors: Scarlet and White President: dr. Renu khator Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics: Mack Rhoades

38 Women’s Basketball 2013-14 Media Guide 39 Bria SMITH

ScHEdUlE November Sat. 9 Preseason WNIT loyola chicago 7:00 Mon. 11 Preseason WNIT TBd 7:00 Thu. 14 Preseason WNIT TBd 7:00 Sun. 17 Preseason WNIT vs TBd TBd Thu. 21 Ohio University7:00 Sun. 24 Florida State2:00 Wed. 27 at Western kentucky 8:00 december Sun. 1 at kentucky TBd Tue. 3 Missouri State 7:00 Sat. 7 Wright State 7:00 Sat. 14 Austin Peay 7:00 WHAS-dT2 Tue. 17 at Ball State 7:00 Sat. 21 colorado 1:00 WHAS-dT2 Sun. 29 SMU 3:00ESPNU January Wed. 1 at TEMPlE 4:00 ESPN3 Sat. 4 cINcINNATI 2:00 WHAS-dT2 Sun. 12 at USF 3:00ESPNU Wed. 15 UcF 7:00 WHAS-dT2 Sun. 19 at SMU 1:30ESPNU Tue. 21 at HOUSTON 8:00 ESPN3 ROSTER Sun. 26 MEMPHIS 1:00ESPNU Tue. 28 at RUTGERS 9:00 cBSSN No. Name Pos. cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School February 10 Starr Breedlove G So. 5-6 Teaneck, N.J./Trinity Valley cc 15 Megan deines G So. 6-1 Springfield, Mo./Glendale Sun. 2 USF 2:00 cBSSN 12 Shawnta’ dyer F R-Jr. 6-1 Marion, Ohio/Marion Harding Tue. 4 at UcF 7:00 ESPN3 25 Tia Gibbs G R-Sr. 5-9 louisville, ky./Vanderbilt Univ. Sun. 9 at UcONN 1:00 ESPN 00 Sara Hammond F Jr. 6-2 Mt. Vernon, ky./Rockcastle county Wed. 12 TEMPlE 7:00 ESPN3 32 Emmonnie Henderson F Fr. 6-1 Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville Sun. 16 at MEMPHIS 3:30ESPNU 2 Monny Niamke G R-So. 5-5 Rouen, France/lindsey Wilson Wed. 19 HOUSTON 7:00 WHAS-dT2 22 Jude Schimmel G Jr. 5-6 Mission, Ore./Franklin 23 Shoni Schimmel G Sr. 5-9 Mission, Ore./Franklin Sun. 23 RUTGERS 3:00ESPNU 4 Antonita Slaughter G Sr. G louisville, ky./louisville christian Academy 21 Bria Smith G Jr. 5-10 Massapequa, N.Y./christ the king March 31 Asia Taylor F R-Sr. 6-1 columbus, Ohio/Whetstone Sat. 1 at cINcINNATI 2:00 ESPN3 3 Sheronne Vails c Sr. 6-4 Odenton, Md./Arundel Mon. 3 UcONN 7:00 ESPN2 13 cortnee Walton F So. 6-3 Surprise, Ariz./St. Mary’s Fri. 7-Mon. 10 HEAd cOAcH: Jeff Walz American championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, conn.) ASSOcIATE HEAd cOAcH: Stephanie Norman ASSISTANT cOAcHES: Sam Purcell, Samantha Williams 40 Women’s Basketball QuIck FAcTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO

location: ...... louisville, ky. Head coach: ...... Jeff Walz Nickname: ...... cardinals Alma Mater ...... Northern kentucky, ‘95 colors: ...... Red, Black and White Associate Head coach: ...... Stephanie Norman Enrollment: ...... 22,000 (Arizona State, ‘89) director of Athletics: ...... Tom Jurich Assistant coach: ...... Sam Purcell (Auburn, ‘03) Home court ...... kFc Yum! center (22,000) Assistant coach: ...... Samantha Williams (Auburn, ‘99) Press Row Phone ...... 502-852-5567 dir. of Basketball Operations: ...... Mary Beth Whitaker 2012-13 Overall Record ...... 29-9 (Eastern kentucky ‘06) letterwinners Returning/lost...... 10/2 Women’s Basketball contact: ...... kim Pemberton Starters Returning/lost ...... 5/0 Office: ...... 502-852-7711 Personal Phone ...... 502-852-7401 Email: ...... [email protected] Web Site: ...... uoflSports.com NEWS & NOTES

The cardinals are coming off an amazing season from Shoni Schimmel, before becoming the first and are hoping to pick up right where they left off No. 5 seed to reach the title game by beating cal, a once 2013-14 kicks off.The cardinals finished last game in which Antonita Slaughter scored 18 year as the national runner up. But it wasn’t just points, all on 3-pointers. making the title game that earned uofl a great deal of respect and an increased national following. It Both Slaughter and Schimmel are back to lead the was the way in which the cardinals reached the team as seniors this season. Schimmel led the team most coveted game in women’s college basketball last year with 14.2 ppg and 136 assists, while - with no fear and an intense determination. In a Slaughter was third on the team with 10.1 ppg and tournament where upsets are rare and preseason a .358 3-point shooting percentage. Junior forward brackets are often correct, louisville knocked off Sara Hammond was second on the team with powerhouse Baylor in the tournament’s biggest 10.8 ppg and averaged a team-leading 6.4 rebounds upset in history.The Bears had been on a 32-game per game. winning streak, led by Player of the Year Brittney While the cardinals have players with a good deal Griner.The cardinals held Griner, who finished her of experience returning, they do lose the services of career as the second-highest scorer in NcAA history team leader Monique Reid, who averaged 9.2 ppg and averaged 33 points in the first two tournament and shot 53 percent from the floor for the season. games, scoreless until the second half. As a team, louisville was 16-for-25 from behind the arc to tie uofl will need to fill Reid’s role and add other the NcAA tournament mark reached by four other offensive dimensions to complement the three- teams and make the most ever 3-pointers in the point threat that everyone will be watching for now regional semifinals or beyond.The cardinals added after the display they put on last year. Tennessee to their list of victims, behind 24 points

TOM JuRIcH JEFF WAlZ kIM PEMBERTON Athletic director Head coach Assistant Sports Information director

2013-14 Media Guide 41 WAlZ’S REcORd career Record (6 years) 148-65 (.695) Uofl Record (6 years) 148-65 (.695) NcAA Record (5 appearances) 15-5 (.750) conference Tournament (6 appearances) 9-6 (.600)

JEFF WAlZ Hired at louisville – March 27, 2007 Personal – Native of Ft. Thomas, ky.; attended Highlands High the coaches’ Poll; directed the No. 7 seed cardinals to the Sweet School; the father of two (kaeley and Jacob) 16 of the NcAA championship in 2010-11; led louisville to the Education – B.S. in secondary education, Northern kentucky NcAA championship title game in 2009 as the No. 3 seed; University (1995); M.A. in education,Western kentucky University knocked off three straight No. 1 seeds en route to the title run; (1997) set a school record with 34 victories in 2008-09; ranked No. 2 in the final ESPN/USAToday Poll, the highest ranking in program coaching File – Assistant coach, Western kentucky (Aug. history; appeared in two straight BIG EAST championship title 1995-July 1997); assistant coach, Nebraska (July 1997-June games (2008, 2009); earned the program’s first NcAA Sweet 16 2001); assistant coach, Minnesota (June 2001-April 2002); berth in 2008; had 26 wins in 2008, the third-most in program assistant coach, Maryland (April 2002-April 2006); associate history; coached his first All-American as a head coach in Angel Head coach, Maryland (April 2006-2007) Mccoughtry (2007-08, ’08-09); named the 2008WB cA Maggie Highlights – Guided Uofl to its second NcAA National dixon Rookie coach of the Year; helped Maryland win its first championship appearance, 16th NcAA tournament appearance NcAA championship in 2006; helped guide Maryland, Minnesota, and seventh in the last eight years in 2012-13; led the cardinals Nebraska andWestern kentucky to nine NcAA championship to the biggest upset in women’s basketball history over No. 1 berths and one WNIT appearance seed Baylor in the Sweet 16; finished the season ranked third in WAlZ’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR ScHOOl OVERAll NcAA POSTSEASON cONFERENcE TOURNAMENT 2007-08 louisville 26-10 2-1 (Sweet 16) 3-1 (2nd) 2008-09 louisville 34-5 5-1 (National Final) 2-1 (2nd) 2009-10 louisville 14-18 1-1 2010-11 louisville 22-13 2-1 (Sweet 16) 1-1 2011-12 louisville 23-10 1-1 1-1 2012-13 louisville 29-9 5-1 (National Final) 1-1 cAREER 6 Years 148-65 15-5 9-6 (.695) (.750) (.600)

42 Women’s Basketball STATISTIcS

TOTAl 3-PTS REBOuNdS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk STl PTS AVG 23 ScHIMMEl, Shoni 38 37 1187 31.2 193 495 .390 96 291 .330 57 72 .792 15 103 118 3.1 48 1 136 127 13 65 539 14.2 00 HAMMONd, Sara 37 36 932 25.2 157 334 .470 7 33 .212 79 98 .806 85 150 235 6.4 101 2 40 73 34 52 400 10.8 04 SlAuGHTER, Antonita 38 30 1046 27.5 130 301 .432 64 179 .358 61 71 .859 74 112 186 4.9 55 0 55 56 4 40 385 10.1 21 SMITH, Bria 38 32 977 25.7 128 291 .440 0 7 .000 106 165 .642 48 114 162 4.3 101 8 91 112 29 78 362 9.5 33 REId, Monique 30 1 548 18.3 106 201 .527 3 11 .273 60 85 .706 55 62 117 3.9 48 0 20 36 5 35 275 9.2 12 dYER, Shawnta’ 11 10 215 19.5 33 62 .532 0 0 .000 15 23 .652 26 34 60 5.5 11 0 13 14 2 11 81 7.4 22 ScHIMMEl, Jude 38 0 887 23.3 76 191 .398 26 73 .356 39 53 .736 30 86 116 3.1 58 0 107 81 6 74 217 5.7 15 dEINES, Megan 37 15 585 15.8 71 172 .413 20 65 .308 19 33 .576 34 52 86 2.3 26 0 37 30 1 27 181 4.9 03 VAIlS, Sheronne 37 28 576 15.6 57 114 .500 3 6 .500 31 45 .689 55 47 102 2.8 72 0 15 22 34 19 148 4.0 13 WAlTON, cortnee 33 0 394 11.9 37 70 .529 0 2 .000 18 45 .400 36 48 84 2.5 40 0 10 33 3 21 92 2.8 01 HARPER, Shelby 35 1 278 7.9 11 41 .268 3 22 .136 21 30 .700 12 20 32 0.9 29 0 31 20 0 14 46 1.3 TEAM...... 63 57 120 3.2 1 14 0 Total...... 38 999 2272 .440 222 689 .322 506 720 .703 533 885 1418 37.3 590 11 555 618 131 436 2726 71.7 Opponents...... 38 824 2108 .391 193 655 .295 385 565 .681 488 857 1345 35.4 652 - 469 795 119 310 2226 58.6

ScORE BY PERIOdS: 1 2 OT Total louisville 1317 1395 14 2726 Opponents 1011 1210 5 2226

29-9 Overall (14-2 Home; 6-5 Away; 9-2 Neutral) 11-5 BIG EAST (7-1 Home; 4-4 Away) SARA HAMMONd intheir words... “We are excited about the schedule and the challenges it will bring us this season to help us prepare for the postseason. Our nonconference schedule has the potential to be the toughest in the seven years I’ve been at louisville. We have always taken great pride in the quality of our nonconference opponents because they push us to be our best in a very competitive conference. The preseason WNIT will test the team early and provide some great match ups.” Jeff Walz, louisville

2013-14 Media Guide 43 he University of louisville is a state supported research T university located in kentucky’s largest metropolitan area. It was a municipally supported public institution for many decades prior to joining the university system in 1970. Nickname: cardinals Enrollment: 22,293 location: louisville, kY Founded: 1798 colors: Red and Black President: dr. James R. Ramsey Athletic director: Tom Jurich

44 Women’s Basketball 2013-14 Media Guide 45 Ariel HEARN

ScHEdUlE November Fri. 8 East Tennessee State 8:00 Sun. 10 Samford 3:00 Fri. 15 at Wright State 7:00 Mon. 18 Jackson State 8:00 Fri. 22 at Arkansas little Rock 8:00 Thu. 28 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) vs Texas A&M 6:00 Fri. 29 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) vs Syracuse 6:00 Sat. 30 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) vs Texas 6:00 december Sat. 7 UAB 3:00 Sat. 14 at Tennessee Tech 7:00 Wed. 18 Mississippi Valley State 8:00 Fri. 20 Arkansas Pine Bluff 8:00 Sun. 29 TEMPlE 3:00American January Sat. 4 UcONN TBd SNY Tue. 7 at SMU 8:00 American Sat. 11 at UcF 4:00 American Tue. 14 RUTGERS 8:00 Sat. 18 HOUSTON 3:00 Wed. 22 at UcONN 7:00 SNY Sun. 26 at lOUISVIllE1:00 ESPNU Wed. 29 UcF TBd ROSTER February No. Name Pos. cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School Sat. 1 at RUTGERS 11:30 ESPN3 21 Asianna “Asia” Fuqua-Bey F So. 6-1 chicago, Ill./Marist Wed. 5 USF 8:00 American 33 Brandi Goodman F Fr. 6-2 Troy, Tenn./Obion country central Sun. 9 at TEMPlE 1:30 ESPNU Wed. 12 at cINcINNATI 7:00 American 12 Ariel Hearn G So. 5-7 Memphis, Tenn./Arlington Sun. 16 lOUISVIllE3:30 ESPNU 15 Pa’Sonna Hope F Sr. 6-0 cleveland, Ohio/Regina HS/Ole Miss Sat. 22 SMU 3:00 ESPN3 23 Jaymie Jackson G So. 5-10 Toledo, Ohio/Start Tue. 25 at USF 7:00 34 devin Mack F Sr. 5-10 Rockford, Ill./Boylan catholic/kishwaukee Jc 32 courtney Powell F So. 6-1 Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline March 24 Mooriah Rowser G R-Fr. 5-9 Rockville, Md./St. Johns college Sat. 1 at HOUSTON 3:00 American 1 Breigha Wilder-cochran G Fr. 5-9 Hoover, Ala./Hoover Mon. 3 cINcINNATI 8:00 American 3 Taylor Williams G Fr. 6-1 kansas city, kan./Bishop Ward Fri. 7-Mon. 10 American championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, conn.) HEAd cOAcH: Melissa McFerrin ASSOcIATE HEAd cOAcH: Amy Stephens ASSISTANT cOAcHES: Erin Grant, Jessica Bogia

46 Women’s Basketball QuIck FAcTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO

location: ...... Memphis, Tenn. Head coach: ...... Melissa McFerrin Nickname: ...... Tigers Alma Mater ...... Missouri, ‘83 colors: ...... Blue and Gray Associate Head coach: ...... Amy Stephens (Nebraska, ‘91) Enrollment: ...... 22,139 Assistant coach: ...... Erin Grant (Texas Tech, ‘06) director of Athletics: ...... Tom Bowen Assistant coach: ...... Jessica Bogia (lafayette ‘05) Home court ...... Elma Roane Fieldhouse (2,565) dir. of Basketball Operations: ...... donease Smith Press Row Phone ...... 901-678-2005 (central Missouri St. ‘98) ...... FedEx Forum (18,400) Women’s Basketball contact: ...... Tammy deGroff Press Row Phone ...... 901-205-2758 Office: ...... 901-678-5787 2012-13 Overall Record ...... 17-15 Personal Phone ...... 901-734-1504 letterwinners Returning/lost...... 7/6 Email: ...... [email protected] Starters Returning/lost ...... 2/3 Web Site: ...... GoTigersGo.com NEWS & NOTES

Memphis returns seven letterwinners from last Memphis was included in the field for the 2013 year’s WNIT team, but none with more than one WNIT, the fourth consecutive postseason bid for the year in theTigers’ blue and gray. Seniors Pa’Sonna program under head coach Melissa McFerrin. last Hope and devin Mack both transferred to year’s appearance was the Tigers’ third-straight Memphis last season and will be relied on to help WNIT trip. Memphis opened its 2012-13 season in lead a four-member sophomore class that saw the PreseasonWNIT, defeating Grambling State in significant playing time last season. Guard Ariel its season opener before suffering a loss to eventual Hearn was a c-uSA All-Freshman team honoree Sun Belt champions Middle Tennessee in the after finishing the season as the team’s second- second round. leading scorer (13.8 ppg) and the team’s assist leader, with 109 assists on the season. Hearn will be TheTigers went on the road and upended eventual joined by fellow sophomores Asianna Fuqua-Bey Missouri Valley conference finalists Illinois State, (6.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg), Jaymie Jackson (3.9 ppg, 1.9 despite losing Rowser to injury. One game later, the rpg) and courtney Powell and should gain some Tigers lost Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir for seven games offensive help with the return of redshirt freshman with a broken hand, then suffered a season-long Mooriah Rowser to theTigers’ lineup. Rowser was four-game losing streak that included losses to the team’s second-leading scorer with 12.0 ppg last uAlR and Illinois, teams that were also included in season before suffering a season-ending knee injury the WNIT field. in Memphis’ third game of the season, a road win at Memphis hopes to avoid the injury bug this year, Illinois State in the preseason WNIT. and with a full roster, continue the success that was That sophomore class is joined by a three-member already started with a young team. freshman class in 2013-14 – Brandi Goodman, Breigha Wilder-cochran and Taylor Williams.

TOM BOWEN MElISSA McFERRIN TAMMY dEGROFF director of Athletics Head coach Assistant Sports Information director

2013-14 Media Guide 47 McFERRIN’S REcORd career Record (9 years) 145-138 (.512) Memphis Record (5 years) 95-68 (.583) NcAA Record (n/a) WNIT Record (4 appearances) 1-4 (.200) conference Tournament (9 appearances) 6-9 (.400) MElISSA McFERRIN Hired at Memphis – April 19, 2008 Personal – Native of cassville, Mo.; four-year letterwinner and Washington Mystics (2000-01); associate head coach, starting point guard for the University of Missouri Tigers from University of Minnesota (2002-04); head coach, American 1979-83; helped Missouri to a 1983 Big Eight tournament University (2004-08) championship and NcAA tournament berth and a 1982 NcAA Highlights – Enters her sixth season as Memphis head coach Sweet Sixteen appearance; served as general manager of the after four-straight post season appearances; capped the 2012- Washington Mystics of the WNBA in 2000-01 13 season with a 17-15 record and third-straight WNIT bid; led Education – Bachelor’s degree in secondary education (cum Memphis to a 25-8 record in 2011-12 and the conference USA laude), University of Missouri (1983); Master’s degree in physical semifinals; Has guided Tiger players to seven all-conference education, central Michigan (1988) honors and 14 conference USA post-season awards; 2008 coaching File – Assistant coach, central Michigan University Patriot league coach of theYear; led American University to its (1985-91); assistant coach, Ohio State University (1991-97); first-ever Patriot league regular season title in 2008; guided assistant coach, NewYork liberty (WNBA) (1997-98); assistant the Mystics to their first-ever WNBA playoff appearance in coach, Washington Mystics (WNBA) (1999); general manager, 2000 at general manager McFERRIN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR ScHOOl OVERAll NcAA POSTSEASON WNIT POSTSEASON cONFERENcE TOURNAMENT 2004-05 American 12-16 0-1 2005-06 American 7-21 0-1 2006-07 American 13-19 2-1 (2nd) 2007-08 American 18-14 0-1 1-1 2008-09 Memphis 12-18 0-1 2009-10 Memphis 20-14 0-1 2010-11 Memphis 21-13 0-1 2-1 2011-12 Memphis 25-8 1-1 1-1 2012-13 Memphis 17-13 0-1 0-1 cAREER 9 Years 141-153 1-4 6-9 (.480) (.200) (.400)

48 Women’s Basketball STATISTIcS

TOTAl 3-PTS REBOuNdS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk STl PTS AVG 35 dIckSON, Nicole 32 31 1109 34.7 224 558 .401 62 204 .304 82 109 .752 62 162 224 7.0 73 0 58 76 30 60 592 18.5 12 HEARN, Ariel 32 29 1033 32.3 154 386 .399 27 101 .267 107 156 .686 32 122 154 4.8 71 3 109 103 10 48 442 13.8 24 ROWSER, Mooriah 3 3 57 19.0 17 27 .630 0 0 .000 2 4 .500 5 9 14 4.7 3 0 2 2 0 6 36 12.0 10 ABdul-QAAdIR, Bilqis 25 23 792 31.7 92 236 .390 22 57 .386 59 70 .843 14 66 80 3.2 63 1 62 71 4 55 265 10.6 21 FuQuA-BEY, Asianna 32 19 710 22.2 78 150 .520 0 0 .000 50 92 .543 81 93 174 5.4 81 2 22 61 7 30 206 6.4 15 HOPE, Pa’Sonna 32 8 463 14.5 78 148 .527 0 0 .000 14 32 .438 74 77 151 4.7 58 1 8 37 35 20 170 5.3 33 JONES, Ann 27 6 258 9.6 55 101 .545 0 0 .000 19 27 .704 36 41 77 2.9 62 1 6 31 2 4 129 4.8 23 JAckSON, Jaymie 30 15 541 18.0 38 129 .295 0 26 .000 40 53 .755 21 36 57 1.9 43 0 20 45 5 30 116 3.9 05 McGRAW, lauren 32 12 604 18.9 37 125 .296 7 26 .269 30 50 .600 19 46 65 2.0 74 3 32 58 7 29 111 3.5 55 HARVEY, krishunda 8 0 67 8.4 7 15 .467 0 0 .000 4 10 .400 16 8 24 3.0 8 0 0 7 1 5 18 2.3 11 AJANAku, Jamila 29 9 542 18.7 28 90 .311 1 8 .125 6 15 .400 52 63 115 4.0 56 0 34 36 6 16 63 2.2 34 MAck, devin 23 5 235 10.2 13 45 .289 4 21 .190 7 10 .700 17 22 39 1.7 21 0 7 15 1 8 37 1.6 32 POWEll, courtney 4 0 14 3.5 1 4 .250 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 2 2 4 1.0 6 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.8 TEAM 69 79 148 4.6 0 8 0 Total...... 32 6425 822 2014 .408 123 443 .278 421 630 .668 500 826 1326 41.4 619 11 361 551 108 311 2188 68.4 Opponents...... 32 6425 757 1933 .392 169 545 .310 443 650 .682 463 816 1279 40.0 548 - 426 599 117 268 2126 66.4

Score by periods 1st 2nd OT Total Memphis 1015 1159 14 2188 Opponents 970 1148 8 2126

17-15 Overall (11-5 Home; 6-9 Away; 0-1 Neutral) 8-8 conference uSA (6-2 Home; 2-6 Away) ASIANNA FuQuA-BEY intheir words... “This is probably the most challenging schedule in our history of Memphis women’s basketball. But with that challenge, also comes great opportunity. It gives us an opportunity to show our young team what the elite of women’s basketball looks like, and over time, we will rise to meet that challenge.” Melissa McFerrin, Memphis

2013-14 Media Guide 49 he University of Memphis T is a learner-centered metropolitan research university providing high quality educational experiences while pursuing new knowledge through research, artistic expression, and interdisciplinary and engaged scholarship. Nickname: Tigers Enrollment: 22,365 location: Memphis, TN Founded: 1912 colors: Blue and Grey Interim President: R. Brad Martin Athletic director: Tom Bowen

50 Women’s Basketball 2013-14 Media Guide 51 Betnijah lANEY

ScHEdUlE November Sun. 10 Princeton 2:00 Wed. 13 at Northeastern 12:00 Sun. 17 laSalle 1:00 Wed. 20 at Massachusetts 7:00 Fri. 22 Howard 7:30 Fri. 29 Battle of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, N.Y.) vs lSU 1:00 Sat. 30 Battle of Brooklyn (Brooklyn, N.Y.) vs Michigan/Texas Tech 7:30 december Wed. 4 at davidson 7:00 Thu. 12 Wagner 7:30 Sun. 15 Sacred Heart2:00 Sat. 21 Georgia 2:00 Sat. 28 at USF 7:00 American January Sat. 4 HOUSTON 12:00 Tue. 7 at cINcINNATI 7:00 Sat. 11 SMU 2:00 American Tue. 14 at MEMPHIS 8:00 Sun. 19 UcONN 3:00ESPN2 Wed. 22 at UcF 7:00 American Sat. 25 at TEMPlE 2:00 American Tue. 28 lOUISVIllE 9:00 cBSSN February ROSTER Sat. 1 MEMPHIS 11:30 ESPN3 Tue. 4 cINcINNATI 7:30 American No. Name Pos. cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School Sat. 8 at SMU 3:00 33 Alex Alfano G Fr. 5-8 Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Red Bank catholic Tue. 11 at HOUSTON 8:00 22 Alexis Burke F R-Jr. 5-11 Bainbridge, Ga./Bainbridge/Illinois Sat. 15 UcF 2:00 Sun. 23 at lOUISVIllE3:00 ESPNU 43 Ariel Butts F/c So. 6-3 columbus, Ga./carver Wed. 26 TEMPlE 7:30 American 4 Briyona canty G Jr. 5-9 Willingboro, N.J./Trenton catholic 2 kahleah copper G So. 6-1 Philadelphia, Pa./Prep charter March 15 Syessence davis G Jr. 5-7 Neptune, N.J./Neptune Sat. 1 at UcONN 4:00 cBSSN 20 christa Evans c Jr. 6-3 Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial Mon. 3 USF 7:30 American 1 Rachel Hollivay F So. 6-4 columbus, Miss./Heritage Academy Fri. 7-Mon. 10 44 Betnijah laney G/F Jr. 6-0 clayton, del./Smyrna American championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, conn.) 5 Precious Person G So. 6-1 Jonesboro, Ga./charles drew 3 Tyler Scaife G Fr. 5-9 little Rock, Ark./Hall HEAd cOAcH: c. Vivian Stringer ASSISTANT cOAcHES: Tia Jackson, chelsea Newton, Tasha Pointer

52 Women’s Basketball QuIck FAcTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO

location: ...... New Brunswick, N.J. Head coach: ...... c. Vivian Stringer Nickname: ...... Scarlet knights Alma Mater ...... Slippery Rock, ‘71 colors: ...... Scarlet Assistant coach: ...... Tia Jackson (Iowa, ‘95) Enrollment: ...... 65,000 Assistant coach: ...... Tasha Pointer (Rutgers, ‘01) director of Athletics: ...... Julie Hermann Assistant coach: ...... chelsea Newton (Rutgers, ‘05) Home court ...... The RAc (8,000) dir. of Basketball Operations: .Michelle Edwards (Iowa, ‘89) Press Row Phone ...... 732-445-4200 Women’s Basketball contact: ...... kimberly Zivkovich 2012-13 Overall Record ...... 16-14 Office: ...... 732-445-7882 letterwinners Returning/lost...... 8/5 Personal Phone ...... 732-690-6716 Starters Returning/lost ...... 2/3 Email: ...... [email protected] Web Site: ...... scarletknights.com

NEWS & NOTES

Head coach c. Vivian Stringer became the third stepped up in conference play, averaging 11.8 division I coach to reach the 900-career win points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Of the freshman milestone during the 2012-13 season in a 68-56 class, kahleah copper, who was named to the win over uSF on Feb. 16. She joined uNc’s Sylvia All-Big East Freshman Team, led the Ru rookies in Hatchell on the women’s side and Syracuse’s Jim points (5.1), rebounds (3.5), and minutes (16.5). Boehiem on the men’s side in the elite milestone Additionally, she garnered five starts. win group. Other division I coaches who have reached the 900-career victory mark include The Scarlet knights boasted no juniors and the Tennessee’s Pat Summit, Texas’ Jody conradt current crop of sophomores get a boost in the 2013- along with Mike krzyzewski and Bob knight in 14 season with Illinois transfer Alexis Burke men’s hoops. available to take the court.

The Scarlet knights picked up some valuable Rutgers will look to continue its outstanding track experience last year, as first- and second-year record of success at home during the previous 10 players accounted for 65.0 percent of the playing seasons under head coach c. Vivian Stringer. time for the season. Of the five sophomores on last Rutgers is 135-21 at the RAc since the 2002-03 year’s roster, Ru was led by guard/forward Betnijah season. The Scarlet knights went 13-2 at the RAc laney who averaged a team-third best 9.7 points last season, including a victory over No. 21/22 and a team-leading 5.0 rebounds per game. She Miami on dec. 16.

JulIE HERMANN c. VIVIAN STRINGER kIMBERlY ZIVkOVIcH director of Athletics Head coach Associate director, Athletic communications

2013-14 Media Guide 53 STRINGER’S REcORd career Record (42 years) 901-332 (.730) Rutgers Record (18 years) 381-197 (.659) NcAA Record (25 appearances) 42-25 (.627) conference Tournament (19 appearances) 24-18 (.571)

c. VIVIAN STRINGER Hired at Rutgers – July 14, 1995 Personal – Native of Edenborn, Pa; Germantown (Pa.) High EAST championship title; 2005 and ’06 BIG EAST regular-season School (1966); along with the lateWilliam d. Stringer, mother of champs; 1997-98 BE 7 regular season divisional champions; has three (david, 30, Janine, 29 and Justin, 25) made appearances in 25 of 31 NcAA championships with a Education – B.S., Health and Physical Education, Slippery Rock 42-25 record; two-time Black coaches Association National State college (1970); M.Ed., Administration and Physical coach of the Year; 1998 and ’05 BIG EAST coach of the Year; Education, Slippery Rock State college (1973) three-time national coach of the year (1982, ’88, ’93); compiled a 269-84 record at Iowa in 12 seasons; ten 20-win seasons at Iowa coaching File – Head coach, cheyney State (1971-83); head with nine NcAA appearances; six BigTen titles; 1982 NcAA Final coach, Iowa (1983-95) Four appearance; Big Ten coach of the Year, (1991 and 1993); Highlights – Was inducted into the class of 2009 Naismith district coach of the Year, (1982,‘88, ’93); 1993 carol Eckman Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; hit the 800-career win mark in Award winner given annually to the women’s basketball coach 2008 becoming only the third women’s coach and first African demonstrating spirit, courage, integrity, commitment, leadership American – male or female – to hit the mark; among active head and service to the game; inducted into the New Jersey Sports coaches, ranks second in wins with 885 career victories; ranks Hall of Fame; inducted into theWomen’s Basketball Hall of Fame second in 20-win seasons (32); was the first coach – male or in June 2001; 2006 International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame; female – to lead three different teams to the NcAA Final Four 2006 University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame; assistant coach (cheyney State 1982, Iowa 1993, Rutgers 2000, ’07); 2000 and for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team that won the Gold Medal in 2007 NcAA Final Four; 1999, ’05, ’08 NcAA Elite Eight; 1998, ’06, Athens; member of the Board of directors for The kay Yow/ ’09 NcAA Sweet 16; 14 NcAA appearances with Rutgers (1998, WBcA cancer Fund ’99, ’00, ’01, ’03, ’04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11,‘12); 2007 BIG STRINGER’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR ScHOOl OVERAll NcAA POSTSEASON cONFERENcE TOURNAMENT 1971-83 cheyney State 251-51 1982 (Final Four) 1983-84 Iowa 17-10 1984-85 Iowa 20-8 1985-86 Iowa 22-7 0-1 1986-87 Iowa 26-5 2-1 (Regional Final) 1987-88 Iowa 29-2 2-1 (Regional Final) 1988-89 Iowa 27-5 1-1 (Regional Semifinal) 1989-90 Iowa 23-6 0-1 1990-91 Iowa 21-9 1-1 1991-92 Iowa 25-4 0-1 1992-93 Iowa 27-4 3-1 (Final Four) 1993-94 Iowa 21-7 1-1 1994-95 Iowa 11-17 1-1 1995-96 Rutgers 13-15 1-1 1996-97 Rutgers 11-17 1-1 1997-98 Rutgers 22-10 2-1 (Sweet 16) 2-1 (2nd) 1998-99 Rutgers 29-6 3-1 (Reg. Final) 1-1 1999-00 Rutgers 26-8 4-1 (Final Four) 2-1 2000-01 Rutgers 23-8 1-1 1-1 2001-02 Rutgers 9-20 1-1 2002-03 Rutgers 21-8 1-1 0-1 2003-04 Rutgers 21-12 0-1 3-1 (2nd) 2004-05 Rutgers 28-7 3-1 (Reg. Final) 2-1 (2nd) 2005-06 Rutgers 27-5 2-1 (Sweet 16) 1-1 2006-07 Rutgers 27-9 5-1 (National Final) 3-0 (1st) 2007-08 Rutgers 27-7 3-1 (Elite 8) 0-1 2008-09 Rutgers 21-13 2-1 (Sweet 16) 1-1 2009-10 Rutgers 18-15 0-1 2-1 2010-11 Rutgers 20-13 1-1 1-1 2011-12 Rutgers 22-10 0-1 1-1 2012-13 Rutgers 16-14 0-1 cAREER 42 Years 901-332 42-25 24-18 (.730) (.627) (.571)

54 Women’s Basketball STATISTIcS

TOTAl 3-PTS REBOuNdS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk STl PTS AVG 03 WHEElER, Erica 30 29 942 31.4 112 316 .354 52 178 .292 39 52 .750 20 77 97 3.2 72 0 71 83 4 76 315 10.5 34 OlIVER, Monique 28 18 604 21.6 103 195 .528 0 0 .000 74 102 .725 61 78 139 5.0 51 1 26 67 33 32 280 10.0 44 lANEY, Betnijah 30 29 934 31.1 114 313 .364 8 42 .190 54 81 .667 50 100 150 5.0 63 0 56 97 7 39 290 9.7 52 lEE, chelsey 24 16 553 23.0 61 118 .517 0 0 .000 34 57 .596 45 75 120 5.0 54 2 17 62 19 16 156 6.5 02 cOPPER, kahleah 30 5 496 16.5 55 135 .407 0 0 .000 43 60 .717 46 59 105 3.5 68 2 15 41 3 13 153 5.1 24 RIcHARdSON, Shakena 30 11 591 19.7 48 130 .369 10 37 .270 44 65 .677 11 56 67 2.2 66 2 84 82 1 42 150 5.0 01 HOllIVAY, Rachel 29 5 276 9.5 40 72 .556 0 1 .000 13 26 .500 22 36 58 2.0 26 0 9 22 22 3 93 3.2 15 dAVIS, Syessence 30 23 800 26.7 39 119 .328 4 16 .250 8 23 .348 32 63 95 3.2 69 2 90 65 6 52 90 3.0 20 EVANS, christa 30 10 414 13.8 27 53 .509 0 0 .000 8 30 .267 29 48 77 2.6 41 0 18 33 16 11 62 2.1 05 PERSON, Precious 25 1 230 9.2 23 57 .404 2 9 .222 2 8 .250 6 15 21 0.8 17 0 5 22 2 9 50 2.0 43 BuTTS, Ariel 19 0 110 5.8 11 23 .478 0 0 .000 7 8 .875 14 23 37 1.9 13 0 1 12 10 5 29 1.5 04 cANTY, Briyona 7 3 95 13.6 4 17 .235 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 1 8 9 1.3 6 0 12 14 2 6 8 1.1 10 lAPIduS, Brittany 5 0 5 1.0 1 4 .250 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.6 TEAM...... 57 62 119 4.1 0 12 0 Total...... 30 638 1552 .411 77 286 .269 326 514 .634 394 700 1094 36.5 546 9 404 612 125 305 1679 56.0 Opponents...... 30 551 1525 .361 130 440 .295 356 531 .670 361 614 975 32.5 471 - 324 587 115 279 1588 52.9

ScORE BY PERIOdS: 1 2 OT Total Rutgers 741 921 17 1679 Opponents 761 809 18 1588

16-14 Overall (13-2 Home; 2-11 Away; 1-1 Neutral) 7-9 BIG EAST (6-2 Home; 1-7 Away) 900th cAREER WIN intheir words... “Our conference schedule has some familiar faces along with some new challenges. I think it’ll be an exciting year ahead offering some great women’s basketball.”

c. Vivian Stringer, Rutgers

2013-14 Media Guide 55 utgers, The State University of New Jersey, is R a leading national public research university and the state’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education.

Nickname: Scarlet knights Enrollment: 58,788 location: Piscataway, NJ Founded: 1766 colors: Scarlet President: Robert Barchi Athletic director: Julie Hermann

56 Women’s Basketball 2013-14 Media Guide 57 Inga OREkHOVA

ScHEdUlE November Fri. 8 Maryland 7:00 Sun. 10 central conn State2:00 Wed. 13 Jacksonville Univ 7:00 Sun. 17 at Bradley Univ4:00 Wed. 20 North carolina central 7:00 Sun. 24 clemson 2:00 december Wed. 4 at Florida Gulf coast 7:00 Sun. 8 Stetson 1:00 Sat. 14 at Oklahoma State 4:30 Wed. 18 Middle Tennessee State 7:00 Sat. 21 at college of charleston 7:00 Sat. 28 RUTGERS 7:00 American Tue. 31 at HOUSTON 3:00 ESPN3 January Sat. 4 at SMU 4:30 ESPN3 Tue. 7 TEMPlE 7:00 American Sun. 12 lOUISVIllE3:00 ESPNU Sat. 18 at UcF 7:00 American Tue. 21 cINcINNATI 7:00 American Sun. 26 at UcONN 12:00 cBSSN Wed. 29 HOUSTON 7:00 American February ROSTER Sun. 2 at lOUISVIllE 2:00 cBSSN No. Name Pos. cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School Wed. 5 at MEMPHIS 8:00 American 14 Paige cashin F/c Fr. 6-4 Newark, Ohio/Newark Sat. 8 UcF 2:00 ESPN3 24 Alisia Jenkins F So. 6-1 Statesboro, Ga./Statesboro Sun. 16 UcONN 4:00 cBSSN 21 Jayla king G/F Fr. 6-0 Pensacola, Fla./Pine Forest Wed. 19 at cINcINNATI 7:00 ESPN3 2 Micah kroll G So. 5-8 Tampa, Fla./Tampa catholic Sat. 22 at TEMPlE 2:00 American 31 laura Marcos canedo G R-Fr. 5-8 Salamanca, Spain/colegio champagnat Tue. 25 MEMPHIS 7:00 5 Trimaine Mccullough G Fr. 5-8 Orlando, Fla./Edgewater 32 Akila Mcdonald c Sr. 6-4 decatur, Ga./columbia March 15 Shavontae Naylor G So. 5-9 Ocala, Fla./Southwest Atlanta christian 13 Inga Orekhova F Jr. 6-2 Sevastapol, Ukraine/Northeast Oklahoma cc Sat. 1 SMU 7:00 American 4 Neena Pacholke G Fr. 5-7 Tampa, Fla./Freedom Mon. 3 at RUTGERS 7:30 American 11 Ariadna Pujol G Fr. 6-1 Mataro, Spain/GEM Fri. 7-Mon. 10 23 Shalethia Stringfield G So. 5-6 Jacksonville, Fla./Potters House christian Acad. American championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, conn.) 3 Tamara Taylor G Jr. 5-10 St. Petersburg, Fla./Gulf coast State college 1 Ivana Vuletic F/c Jr. 6-3 Norrkoping, Sweden/Northeast community college 45 katelyn Weber F/c Fr. 6-5 little Rock, Ark./Hall 10 courtney Williams G So. 5-8 Folkston, Ga./charlton county HEAd cOAcH: Jose Fernandez ASSOcIATE HEAd cOAcH: Jeff Osterman ASSISTANT cOAcHES: Michele Woods-Baxter, desma Thomas Bateast

58 Women’s Basketball QuIck FAcTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO

location: ...... Tampa, Fla. Head coach: ...... Jose Fernandez Nickname: ...... Bulls Alma Mater ...... Florida International 1994 colors: ...... Green and Gold Associate Head coach: ...... Jeff Osterman (Siena, ‘92) Enrollment: ...... 47,122 Assistant coach: ...... Michele Woods-Baxter director of Athletics: ...... doug Woolard (St. John Fisher ‘87) Home court ...... Sun dome (10,000) Assistant coach: ...... desma Thomas Bateast (Miami ‘97) Press Row Phone ...... 813-974-8236 dir. of Basketball Operations: ...... Andy Alwood 2012-13 Overall Record ...... 22-11 (Florida Gulf coast ‘99) letterwinners Returning/lost...... 8/8 Women’s Basketball contact: ...... Mark Heise Starters Returning/lost ...... 3/2 Office: ...... 813-974-5755 Personal Phone ...... 320-333-2647 Email: ...... [email protected] Web Site: ...... GouSFBulls.com NEWS & NOTES

uSF finished last season on a great run, as the Bulls of last year.The Bulls wrapped up the year receiving stunnedTexas Tech and its rowdy home crowd to 35 points in the uSA Today coaches’ Poll. secure the first NcAA tournament win in program history. Junior Inga Orekhova gained recognition This year, the Bulls return three starters, including in the tournament, hitting five 3-pointers and last year’s two leading rebounders (Akila finishing with 20 points to help the Bulls defeat the Mcdonald and Alisia Jenkins). uSF also returns lady Raiders 71-70 and advance to a second-round the third and fourth-leading scorers from 2012-13. test against second-seeded cal.The Bulls finished The squad also adds Tamara Taylor, ranked the the season 22-11 after taking cal, ranked fifth 17th-best junior college prospect in the nation by nationally, into overtime in the second round. It was collegiate Girls Basketball Report. After losing a pair the Bulls’ first trip in program history to the second of point guards to injury prior to last year, the Bulls round of the tournament. will get both Shalethia Stringfield and lauren Marcos canedo back to the court. Joining that Head coach Jose Fernandez will be looking for his group will be eight new players, including six fifth 20-win season with the program in 2013-14, freshmen, as the Bulls look to repeat a trip to the trying to capitalize on the success and momentum NcAATournament for the first time in school history.

dOuG WOOlARd JOSE FERNANdEZ MARk HEISE director of Athletics Head coach Assistant Sports Information director

2013-14 Media Guide 59 FERNANdEZ’S REcORd career Record (13 years) 211-195 (.507) USF Record (13 years) 211-195 (.507) NcAA Record (2 appearances) 0-1 (.000) WNIT Record (7 appearances) 9-6 (.600) championship Tournament (8 appearances) 5-8 (.385) JOSE FERNANdEZ April 2000 as an assistant coach; named head coach december 14, 2000

Personal – Born November 18, 1971 in Miami, Fl; attended in ten of the last 11 seasons; won the 2009WNIT championship Miami Southwest Senior High School (1989); Married (Tonya); – giving the school its first-ever division I postseason father of five(Brianna, Brooke, Sidney, Alex, and Taylor) championship of any kind; set a school-record with 27 wins in Education – B.S. in Physical Education, Florida International 2009; became USF’s all-time winningest coach with 100 victories University (1994) at the end of the 2006-07 season; Earned first program win at the BIG EAST championship, advancing to the quarterfinals of the coaching File – Student Assistant coach, Miami-dade cc 2007 tournament, and again in ’08 and ’09; has had three 20-plus kendall (men) (1989-91); Assistant coach, Miami-dade cc win seasons at USF (2004-05, ’06-07, ’08-09); in first season in kendall (men) (1991-92); Assistant coach, Sunset HS (boys), the BIG EAST (2005-06), USF finished tied for sixth in the Miami, Fl (1992-94); Assistant coach, Barry University (men) standings – its highest finish to date; earned first NcAA (1994-96); Head coach, lourdes Academy (women), Miami, Fl championship berth in 2006; led USF to its first ever postseason (1996-99); Assistant coach, Barry University (women) (1999-00); appearance, taking part in the Women’s National Invitational Assistant coach, USF (women) (Apr. 2000-Oct. 2000); Interim Tournament (2004) and again in 2005, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ‘12; Head coach, USF (women) (Oct. 2000-dec. 2000) recruited five Top 40 recruiting classes in his 10 years at USF; Highlights – led USF to its second-ever NcAA Tournament coached Jessica dickson to the All-BIG EAST FirstTeam (2006-07, appearance in 2012-13; reached the second round for the first ’05-06) in addition to being the school’s all-time leading scorer, time in program history; In 2011-12, led USF to the third round of male or female the WNIT for the sixth time; has led the Bulls to postseason play FERNANdEZ’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR ScHOOl OVERAll NcAA POSTSEASON WNIT POSTSEASON cONFERENcE TOURNAMENT 2000-01 USF 4-24 2001-02 USF 14-13 2002-03 USF 7-20 2003-04 USF 14-15 0-1 2004-05 USF 21-11 1-1 2005-06 USF 19-12 0-1 0-1 2006-07 USF 21-12 1-1 1-1 2007-08 USF 16-16 0-1 1-1 2008-09 USF 27-10 5-0 (champions) 1-1 2009-10 USF 15-16 0-1 0-1 2010-11 USF 12-19 0-1 2011-12 USF 19-16 2-1 1-1 2012-11 USF 22-11 1-1 1-1 cAREER 13 Years 211-195 1-2 9-6 5-8 (.507) (.333) (.600) (.385)

60 Women’s Basketball STATISTIcS

TOTAl 3-PTS REBOuNdS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk STl PTS AVG 21 SMITH, Andrea 33 29 943 28.6 181 527 .343 61 168 .363 115 148 .777 60 117 177 5.4 91 3 51 81 10 57 538 16.3 12 SMITH, Andrell 33 33 993 30.1 168 438 .384 57 173 .329 60 93 .645 55 109 164 5.0 81 4 154 125 5 73 453 13.7 13 OREkHOVA, Inga 33 32 1037 31.4 135 395 .342 82 240 .342 67 84 .798 32 96 128 3.9 65 0 85 73 37 55 419 12.7 10 WIllIAMS, courtney 33 3 506 15.3 98 234 .419 12 37 .324 37 51 .725 43 70 113 3.4 29 0 29 46 12 26 245 7.4 24 JENkINS, Alisia 32 23 676 21.1 68 130 .523 0 1 .000 64 94 .681 89 110 199 6.2 48 0 20 39 21 25 200 6.3 32 McdONAld, Akila 33 25 695 21.1 53 125 .424 0 0 .000 22 38 .579 66 131 197 6.0 107 6 10 47 57 27 128 3.9 11 ROWE, caitlin 31 2 366 11.8 38 105 .362 1 10 .100 9 16 .563 22 55 77 2.5 49 0 12 25 7 13 86 2.8 04 cONNER, Tiffany 33 5 556 16.8 23 66 .348 0 14 .000 26 40 .650 42 65 107 3.2 57 0 28 15 3 31 72 2.2 03 SAuNdERS, kaneisha 20 2 189 9.5 16 43 .372 3 3 1.000 7 12 .583 3 13 16 0.8 11 0 25 20 1 9 42 2.1 15 NAYlOR, Shavontae 24 2 195 8.1 16 38 .421 0 0 .000 11 18 .611 21 21 42 1.8 14 0 3 14 1 11 43 1.8 05 BERNARd, Sasha 21 0 204 9.7 10 28 .357 1 4 .250 8 20 .400 11 8 19 0.9 22 0 29 22 0 16 29 1.4 00 JOHNSON, Tahira 20 9 259 13.0 7 27 .259 0 0 .000 12 22 .545 31 37 68 3.4 30 0 3 12 2 4 26 1.3 02 kROll, Micah 10 0 25 2.5 3 19 .158 3 19 .158 0 0 .000 1 1 2 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0.9 22 FlOWERS, Aleshia 11 0 31 2.8 2 3 .667 0 0 .000 2 3 .667 3 5 8 0.7 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.5 TEAM...... 81 78 159 4.8 0 15 0 Total...... 33 818 2178 .376 220 669 .329 440 639 .689 560 916 1476 44.7 606 13 449 535 157 347 2296 69.6 Opponents...... 33 683 1907 .358 171 599 .285 454 677 .671 428 904 1332 40.4 577 - 410 647 154 230 1991 60.3

ScORE BY PERIOdS: 1 2 OT Total uSF 1028 1246 22 2296 Opponents 937 1026 28 1991

22-11 Overall (11-5 Home; 9-3 Away; 2-3 Neutral) 9-7 BIG EAST (4-4 Home; 5-3 Away)

AkIlA McdONAld intheir words... “We wanted to make sure we play a challenging nonconference schedule to get us ready for an 18- game league schedule. I think there is a good mixture of tough games that will be beneficial to us.” Jose Fernandez, uSF

2013-14 Media Guide 61 he University of South Florida is a T high-impact, global research university located in beautiful Tampa Bay on Florida’s spectacular west coast. It is one of the largest public universities in the nation, and among the top 50 universities, public or private, for federal research expenditures. Nickname: USF, Bulls Enrollment: 45,241 location: Tampa, Fl Founded: 1956 colors: Green and Gold President: dr. Judy Genshaft Athletic director: doug Woolard

62 Women’s Basketball 2013-14 Media Guide 63 keena MAYS

ScHEdUlE November Sun. 10 Grambling 3:00 Wed. 13 TcU 8:00 Sat. 16 at Eastern Washington 4:00 Tue. 19 Miss Valley State 8:00 Sat. 23 at SFA 7:00 Mon. 25 lamar 7:00 Thu. 28 Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Bahamas) vs kansas State 4:15 Fri. 29 Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Bahamas) vs Tennessee or Virginia 4:45 december Wed. 4 Southeast lA 8:00 Sat. 7 at UTEP 6:30 Sat. 21 at North Texas 3:00 Sun. 29 at lOUISVIllE3:00 ESPNU January Wed. 1 at cINcINNATI 1:00 Sat. 4 USF 4:30 ESPN3 Tue. 7 MEMPHIS 8:00 American Sat. 11 at RUTGERS 2:00 American Tue. 14 at TEMPlE 12:00 American Sun. 19 lOUISVIllE1:30 ESPNU Sat. 25 at HOUSTON 3:00 American Tue. 28 cINcINNATI 8:00 February ROSTER Sat. 1 TEMPlE 4:30 Tue. 4 at UcONN 7:00 SNY No. Name Pos. cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School Sat. 8 RUTGERS 3:00 4 kristin Askew G Jr. 5-6 Arlington, Texas/Mansfield Timberview Tue. 11 at UcF 7:00 American 10 korina Baker G Sr. 5-7 Valleyford, Wash./North Idaho college Sat. 15 HOUSTON 3:00 American 12 Morgan Bolton G So. 5-6 duncanville, Texas/duncanville Sat. 22 at MEMPHIS 3:00 ESPN3 2 kamy cole G So. 5-9 Brock, Texas/Brock Tue. 25 UcONN 8:00 SNY 33 Brittney Hardy F So. 6-2 Frisco, Texas/Oklahoma State 31 destynee Hives-Mccray F Jr. 6-0 Arlington, Texas/Martin March 24 Nia Jackson F/c So. 6-2 Fort Worth, Texas/liberty Argyle 25 krystal Johnson G Sr. 5-5 Garland, Texas/Naaman Forest Sat. 1 at USF 7:00 American 23 keena Mays G Sr. 5-7 Arlington, Texas/kansas Mon. 3 UcF 8:00 00 kiara Perry G Fr. 5-10 duncanville, Texas/duncanville Fri. 7-Mon. 10 32 Raven Short G Jr. 5-11 Flower Mound, Texas/Marcus American championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, conn.) 5 Akil Simpson F Sr. 6-0 duncanville, Texas/duncanville 44 Mallory Singleton F/c Sr. 6-2 Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound 3 Gabrielle Wilkins G So. 5-9 Garland, Texas/Garland HEAd cOAcH: Rhonda Rompola ASSOcIATE HEAd cOAcH: lisa dark ASSISTANT cOAcHES: deneen Parker, danny Hughes

64 Women’s Basketball QuIck FAcTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO

location: ...... dallas, Texas Head coach: ...... Rhonda Rompola Nickname: ...... Mustangs Alma Mater ...... SMu, ‘83 colors: ...... Red and Blue Associate Head coach: ...... lisa dark (SMu ‘91) Enrollment: ...... 10,981 Assistant coach: ...... deneen Parker (Stephen F. Austin director of Athletics: ...... Rick Hart ‘94)Assistant coach:...... danny Hughes (Tcu ‘90) Home court ...... Moody coliseum (8,000) dir. of Basketball Operations: . Shawna lavender (SMu ‘97) Press Row Phone ...... 214-768-7742 Women’s Basketball contact: ...... Travis chamblee 2012-13 Overall Record ...... 21-10 Office: ...... 214-768-3735 letterwinners Returning/lost...... 11/3 Personal Phone ...... 214-931-1714 Starters Returning/lost ...... 4/1 Email: ...... [email protected] Web Site: ...... SMuMustangs.com

NEWS & NOTES

The Mustangs won their third regular-season Tulsa on Feb. 21. Rompola, entering her 23rd season conference championship last season, finishing with at the helm of the program, is 401-263 for her career, a 12-4 record in conference uSA. SMu also won the which includes nine 20-win seasons and 12 c-uSA regular-season title in 2009 and the WAc postseason appearances. regular-season crown in 2000. The SMu women’s basketball season begins Nov. Senior guard keena Mays was named conference 10, with nonconference home games played at the uSA Player of the Year and was one of 50 finalists curtis culwell center in Garland, Texas, before the for the WBcA All-America award after averaging re-opening of a renovated Moody coliseum on Jan. 18.4 points per game and shooting a league-high 40 4. The Mustangs play five home games before the percent on 3-point attempts.The transfer scored 23 first season of American Athletic conference points with 11 rebounds in her first game in over a competition opens with a nationally televised game year, and scored 33 points in her second game at at louisville on dec. 29. The Mustangs will make SMu. In her rookie campaign, sophomore Gabrielle their debut in the renovated Moody coliseum against Wilkins tied a conference uSA record and set the uSF on Jan. 4 as part of a doubleheader with the school record with 10 steals against SIu Edwardsville. SMu men’s team. The $47 million renovation and She also scored 12 points for a double-double and expansion of Moody coliseum will be completed in averaged 6.0 points per game in her first season. december, so the Mustangs can host all conference Senior forward Akil Simpson earned her second games on campus.The renovated Moody coliseum consecutive All-conference uSA selection, averaging will provide many new and improved features, 10.7 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. She had six including a renovated main entry lobby, expanded double-doubles during her junior campaign, and was concourses with raised ceilings, club seats, loge eight in c-uSA with a 47.7 field goal percentage. boxes, private suites, group suites, new event space, offices, team locker rooms and meeting space. Head coach Rhonda Rompola earned her 400th career win with a 69-60 victory at home against

RIck HART RHONdA ROMPOlA TRAVIS cHAMBlEE director of Athletics Head coach Assistant Sports Information director

2013-14 Media Guide 65 ROMPOlA’S REcORd career Record (22 years) 401-263 (.604) SMU Record (22 years) 401-263 (.604) NcAA Record (7 appearances) 3-7 (.300) WNIT Record (5 appearances) 2-5 (.286) conference Tournament (22 appearances) 25-19 (.568) RHONdA ROMPOlA Hired at SMU – 1991 Personal – Native of New Jersey; attended War Memorial High advanced to her 12th postseason appearance at the helm of the School in Sayreville, N.J. where she was three-time all-state and Mustangs; every postseason appearance for Mustang teams all-conference; inducted into her high school’s hall of fame in have come during Rompola’s tenure; has led SMU to seven NcAA 2005; played for Old dominion and SMU; holds the SMU school Tournament appearances and fiveWNIT appearances, including records for total scoring, average scoring and free throw the 1993 WNIT Final; tallied her 300th career win on Jan. 13. percentage; married husband Mike dement in June 2007 2008 over Southern Mississippi; has more wins than any other Education – Bachelor’s degree in business, Southern Methodist SMU head coach all-time in any sport; received three-straight University (1983) NcAATournament berths from 1993-96 and again from 1997-00; 1991-92 Southwest conference coach of theYear; three-time coaching File – Assistant coach, SMU (1983-1991) dallas Morning News conference coach of theYear; two-time Highlights – led last year’s squad to the conference USA Houston Post conference coach of the Year regular season title and the program’s ninth 20-win season; ROMPOlA’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR ScHOOl OVERAll NcAA POSTSEASON WNIT POSTSEASON cONFERENcE TOURNAMENT 1991-92 SMU 17-12 1-1 1992-93 SMU 20-10 2-1 (Final) 2-1 1993-94 SMU 18-9 0-1 1-1 1994-95 SMU 21-10 1-1 2-1 1995-96 SMU 19-11 0-1 0-1 1996-97 SMU 19-11 2-1 1997-98 SMU 21-8 0-1 1-1 1998-99 SMU 20-11 1-1 3-0 (1st) 1999-00 SMU 22-9 1-1 2-1 2000-01 SMU 17-12 1-1 2001-02 SMU 12-18 1-1 2002-03 SMU 16-15 2-1 2003-04 SMU 13-15 0-1 2004-05 SMU 19-11 0-1 0-1 2005-06 SMU 16-14 1-1 2006-07 SMU 18-12 1-1 2007-08 SMU 24-9 0-1 3-0 (1st) 2008-09 SMU 20-12 0-1 1-1 2009-10 SMU 20-11 0-1 0-1 2010-11 SMU 14-16 0-1 2011-12 SMU 14-17 1-1 2012-13 SMU 21-10 0-1 0-1 cAREER 22 Years 401-263 3-7 2-5 25-19 (.604) (.300) (.286) (.568)

66 Women’s Basketball STATISTIcS

TOTAl 3-PTS REBOuNdS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk STl PTS AVG 23 MAYS, keena 23 23 748 32.5 142 372 .382 64 160 .400 76 100 .760 21 110 131 5.7 44 0 88 68 9 57 424 18.4 22 FIlMORE, Alisha 31 31 969 31.3 132 347 .380 46 128 .359 78 99 .788 29 77 106 3.4 57 2 81 76 3 69 388 12.5 05 SIMPSON, Akil 31 29 917 29.6 126 264 .477 0 0 .000 81 124 .653 118 133 251 8.1 82 1 41 62 23 41 333 10.7 31 HIVES-MccRAY, d. 31 24 703 22.7 102 230 .443 0 0 .000 56 80 .700 97 98 195 6.3 87 3 27 55 21 9 260 8.4 03 WIlkINS, Gabrielle 29 3 511 17.6 58 152 .382 8 22 .364 49 84 .583 33 39 72 2.5 41 0 21 22 4 42 173 6.0 10 BAkER, korina 31 31 872 28.1 54 169 .320 38 110 .345 30 45 .667 15 54 69 2.2 50 0 110 70 4 52 176 5.7 20 BEll, Farrin 31 9 494 15.9 43 109 .394 0 4 .000 18 33 .545 25 62 87 2.8 48 0 20 40 9 22 104 3.4 44 SINGlETON, Mallory 30 3 403 13.4 35 109 .321 6 27 .222 20 28 .714 26 58 84 2.8 45 0 19 27 12 9 96 3.2 04 ASkEW, kristin 23 0 239 10.4 23 59 .390 13 29 .448 8 16 .500 4 11 15 0.7 25 0 11 23 0 14 67 2.9 12 WIllIAMS, lexus 22 2 165 7.5 19 40 .475 0 0 .000 17 24 .708 25 26 51 2.3 29 1 7 13 5 8 55 2.5 24 JAckSON, Nia 12 0 62 5.2 11 20 .550 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 7 12 19 1.6 11 0 1 6 2 0 22 1.8 25 JOHNSON, krystal 26 0 193 7.4 6 24 .250 1 5 .200 9 13 .692 2 6 8 0.3 11 0 22 9 0 5 22 0.8 TEAM 59 62 121 3.9 0 10 0 Total...... 31 6276 751 1895 .396 176 486 .362 442 646 .684 461 748 1209 39.0 530 7 448 481 92 328 2120 68.4 Opponents...... 31 6275 715 1814 .394 130 480 .271 361 536 .674 439 793 1232 39.7 529 - 359 593 115 248 1921 62.0

Score by periods 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 Total SMu 1003 1087 11 9 10 2120 Opponents 847 1046 11 9 8 1921

21-10 Overall (15-3 Home; 5-6 Away; 1-1 Neutral) 12-4 conference uSA (7-1 Home; 5-3 Away) AkIl SIMPSON intheir words... “This is such an exciting time for our basketball program. We get to be part of history - opening up a new arena and being part of a new conference. In the American Athletic conference, we will have the chance to play against some of the most successful programs in the nation and are looking forward to the opportunity.” Rhonda Rompola, SMu

2013-14 Media Guide 67 nationally ranked private university with seven degree-granting A schools, SMU is a distinguished center for teaching and research located in the heart of dallas. SMU’s 11,000 students benefit from small classes, leadership opportunities, international study and innovative programs. Nickname: Mustangs Enrollment: 10,893 location: dallas, TX Founded: 1911 colors: Harvard Red and Yale Blue President: R. Gerald Turner Athletic director: Rick Hart

68 Women’s Basketball 2013-14 Media Guide 69 Tyonna WIllIAMS

ScHEdUlE November Fri. 8 at laSalle 7:00 Tue. 12 at delaware 7:00 Sat. 16 Auburn 6:00 Tue. 26 Michigan State 7:00 Sat. 30 Oakland 2:00 december Wed. 4 St. Joseph’s 5:30 Sat. 14 at Montana 9:00 Mon. 16 at Syracuse 7:00 Thu. 19 Howard 7:00 Sun. 22 Villanova 2:00 Sun. 29 at MEMPHIS 3:00American January Wed. 1 lOUISVIllE 4:00 ESPN3 Sat. 4 UcF 2:00 American Tue. 7 at USF 7:00 American Sat. 11 at UcONN 12:00 SNY Tue. 14 SMU 12:00 American Sat. 18 at cINcINNATI 2:00 American Wed. 22 Penn 7:00 Sat. 25 RUTGERS 2:00 American Tue. 28 UcONN 7:00 SNY February Sat. 1 at SMU 4:30 Tue. 4 at HOUSTON 8:00 ROSTER Sun. 9 MEMPHIS 1:30 ESPNU Wed. 12 at lOUISVIllE 7:00 ESPN3 No. Name Pos. cl. Hgt. Hometown/Previous School Sat. 15 cINcINNATI 1:00 3 Rateska Brown G Jr. 5-6 Alvin, S.c./Timberland Sat. 22 USF 2:00 American 1 Erica covile G So. 6-1 canton, Mich./John Glenn Wed. 26 at RUTGERS 7:30 American 24 May dayan G So. 5-7 Ashdod, Israel/Makif Tet March 2 Feyonda Fitzgerald G Fr. 5-7 Norfolk, Va./lake Taylor 12 Jacquilyn Jackson F So. 6-0 Gaithersburg, Md./Gaithersburg Sat. 1 at UcF 4:00 35 Safiya Martin c Fr. 6-4 Fayetteville, Ga./Sandy creek Mon. 3 HOUSTON 7:00 30 Monaye Merritt G R-So. 5-6 Philadelphia, Pa./Friends’ central Fri. 7-Mon. 10 42 Taylor Robinson c Fr. 6-4 Saint louis, Mo./ladue Horton Watkins American championship, Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, conn.) 20 Meghan Roxas G So. 5-8 Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood 10 Shi-Heria Shipp G Sr. 5-10 Salisbury, N.c./Salisbury/George Washington 32 Natasha Thames F R-Sr. 6-0 Port Huron, Mich./Holy cross 13 Mama Traore F Jr. 6-1 Mali, Africa/Burlington county cc 23 Tyonna Williams G Jr. 5-6 Fort Washington, Md./Riverdale Baptist HEAd cOAcH: Tonya cardoza ASSISTANT cOAcHES: Way Veney, Meg Barber, Willnett crockett

70 Women’s Basketball QuIck FAcTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO

location: ...... Philadelphia, Pa. Head coach: ...... Tonya cardoza Nickname: ...... Owls Alma Mater ...... Virginia 1991 colors: ...... cherry and White Assistant coach: ...... Way Veney (East carolina ‘00) Enrollment: ...... 39,000 Assistant coach: ...... Meg Barber (NYu ‘02) Interim director of Athletics: ...... kevin clark Assistant coach: ...... Willnett crockett (uconn ‘06) Home court ...... liacouras center (10,200) dir. of Basketball Operations: ...Stacey Nasser (uconn ‘08) Press Row Phone ...... Women’s Basketball contact: ...... cathy Bongiovi Home court ...... McGonigle Hall (3,900) Office: ...... 215-204-3850 Press Row Phone ...... Personal Phone ...... 215-778-6814 2012-13 Overall Record ...... 14-18 Email: ...... [email protected] letterwinners Returning/lost...... 7/2 Web Site: ...... OwlSports.com Starters Returning/lost ...... 5/1 NEWS & NOTES

The Owls return three starters and seven Junior guard Tyonna Williams started in all 32 letterwinners from a team that went 14-18 last games as a sophomore, averaging 9.4 ppg and season. Temple made its 13th consecutive team-leading 5.0 apg. appearance in the Atlantic 10Tournament Semifinals in 2012-13 after earning upset wins in both the first Forward Natasha Thames will be the Owls’ only round and quarterfinals.The tough competition will returner in the senior class, which also includes continue into 2013-14, as 12 ofTemple’s 29 games Shi-Heria Shipp who played at George this season will be against teams that played in the Washington for the last four years. Thames is the NcAA Tournament last year. team’s leading returning rebounder after averaging 8.0 rpg in 2012-13. Head coach Tonya cardoza, who enters her sixth season at the helm with an overall record of 107-56, The Owls suffer a big loss in the graduation of welcomes five newcomers in 2013-14, including center Victoria Macaulay who was named to the two transfers along with three true freshmen. A-10 Second Team and A-10 All-defensive Team (team-leading 14.1 ppg and 9.4 rpg). There will be plenty of players to guide the new additions as three ofTemple’s four leading scorers Six teams in the American will be first-time from a year ago return this season, led by junior opponents for Temple- cincinnati, Houston, guard Rateska Brown who averaged 10.8 ppg. louisville, Memphis, SMu and uSF.

kEVIN clARk TONYA cARdOZA cATHY BONGIOVI Interim director of Athletics Head coach Assistant Sports Information director

2013-14 Media Guide 71 cARdOZA’S REcORd career Record (5 years) 107-56 (.656) Temple Record (5 years) 107-56 (.656) NcAA Record (3 appearances) 2-3 (.400) WNIT Record (1 appearance) 2-1 (.667) conference Tournament (5 appearances) 7-5 (.583) TONYA cARdOZA Hired at Temple – July 1, 2008 Personal – Attended and played for Virginia and the following Highlights – Has reached the postseason four of her five honors: kodak Honorable Mention All-America, kodak First seasons at the helm forTemple; 2010-11 Atlantic 10 coach of the Team All-district III, First Team All-Atlantic coast conference, Year; led the Owls to their sixth, seventh and eighth-straight NcAA Final Four All-TournamentTeam and NcAA Regional All- NcAATournament appearances from 2009-11; advanced to the TournamentTeam; Fifth on the school’s career blocked shots list third round of the 2012WNIT; three-time Big 5 coach of theYear; (110), third on the career steals list (375), eighth in points has ledTemple to 20-plus wins in four of her five years; upset No. (1,622) and 10th in rebounds (667); played professionally in 13 Xavier in 2008-09, marking the first time a rookie head coach Segovia, Spain had defeated a ranked team inTemple program history; during Education – Bachelor’s degree in anthropology, University of her time at Uconn, cardoza helped the Huskies to a 465-41 Virginia (1991) record, seven Final Four appearances and six No. 1 AP National Rankings, four unbeaten seasons and a NcAA record 70 coaching File – Assistant coach, Uconn (1994-2008) consecutive wins from 2001-2003 cARdOZA’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR ScHOOl OVERAll NcAA POSTSEASON WNIT POSTSEASON cONFERENcE TOURNAMENT 2008-09 Temple 21-10 0-1 1-1 2009-10 Temple 25-9 1-1 2-1 (2nd) 2010-11 Temple 24-9 1-1 1-1 2011-12 Temple 23-10 2-1 1-1 2012-13 Temple 14-18 2-1 cAREER 5 Years 107-56 2-3 2-1 7-5 (.656) (.400) (.667) (.583)

72 Women’s Basketball STATISTIcS

TOTAl 3-PTS REBOuNdS ## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk STl PTS AVG 25 MAcAulAY, Victoria 32 32 1099 34.3 181 422 .429 2 5 .400 88 129 .682 88 212 300 9.4 72 3 48 96 91 34 452 14.1 03 BROWN, Rateska 30 12 825 27.5 108 313 .345 67 196 .342 41 50 .820 36 92 128 4.3 65 1 63 68 0 44 324 10.8 23 WIllIAMS, Tyonna 32 32 1154 36.1 93 316 .294 42 142 .296 73 97 .753 11 95 106 3.3 68 1 161 128 4 41 301 9.4 32 THAMES, Natasha 31 31 1005 32.4 89 188 .473 0 2 .000 39 67 .582 116 133 249 8.0 76 2 32 70 22 44 217 7.0 10 kABENGANO, Sally 31 29 983 31.7 79 247 .320 4 47 .085 17 26 .654 60 93 153 4.9 80 3 63 84 12 37 179 5.8 01 cOVIlE, Erica 16 7 290 18.1 29 75 .387 0 5 .000 15 21 .714 29 39 68 4.3 33 0 18 33 6 18 73 4.6 20 ROXAS, Meghan 30 11 445 14.8 36 128 .281 24 84 .286 10 16 .625 19 28 47 1.6 22 0 15 27 1 7 106 3.5 34 HORTON, leah 3 0 28 9.3 2 5 .400 0 0 .000 2 5 .400 1 4 5 1.7 5 0 1 4 2 2 6 2.0 24 dAYAN, May 30 6 340 11.3 20 66 .303 9 27 .333 3 4 .750 4 22 26 0.9 17 0 19 46 2 9 52 1.7 12 JAckSON, Jacquilyn 23 0 256 11.1 14 40 .350 0 2 .000 5 11 .455 22 24 46 2.0 23 0 5 20 1 9 33 1.4 TEAM 73 74 147 4.6 0 16 0 Total...... 32 6425 651 1800 .362 148 510 .290 293 426 .688 459 816 1275 39.8 461 10 425 592 141 245 1743 54.5 Opponents...... 32 6425 676 1857 .364 143 544 .263 325 461 .705 423 750 1173 36.7 435 - 399 476 131 308 1820 56.9

Score by periods 1st 2nd OT Total Temple 814 927 2 1743 Opponents 883 927 10 1820

14-18 Overall (8-5 Home; 4-12 Away; 2-1 Neutral) 5-9 Atlantic 10 (5-1 Home; 2-7 Away) NATASHA THAMES intheir words... “Obviously, this is our most challenging schedule in the history of the program and this is what you want- to play against the best and get this kind of exposure for Temple women’s basketball. We are so excited to get started and to see what this season will bring. This schedule gives us the opportunity to bring in some terrific competition and to put people in the stands.” Tonya cardoza, Temple

2013-14 Media Guide 73 emple University is a public four-year research T university and a national leader in education, innovation and community engagement. With more than 39,000 students and 320 academic degree programs, Temple is the 28th largest university and the fourth largest provider of professional education in the U.S. Nickname: Owls Enrollment: 39,000 location: Philadelphia, PA Founded: 1884 colors: cherry and White President: Neil d. Theobald Interim Athletic director: kevin clark

74 Women’s Basketball 2013-14 Media Guide 75 cOAcHES’ REcORdS All-TIME

UcF USF Year coach Record Year coach Record 1977-78 Judy Martino 10-11 1972-76 Janie cheatham 40-33 1978-80 Nancy Simons 40-14 1976-83 Joanne Rogers 80-94 1980-81 Sharon Adamson 13-10 1983-88 Anne Strusz 42-92 1981-85 Joe Sanchez 92-37 1988-96 Trudi lacey 86-113 1985-87 Nancy little 16-38 1996-00 Jerry Ann Winters 47-64 1987-91 Beverly knight 32-75 2000- Jose Fernandez 211-195 1991-92 Gail Falkenberg 10-18 Totals 506-591(.461) 1992-96 Jerry Richardson 42-69 1996-99 lynn Bria 50-36 SMU 1999-07 Gail Striegler 106-128 Year coach Record 2007- Joi Williams 88-99 1976-77 Suzanne Trautmann 10-9 Totals 499-535 (.483) 1977-91 Welton Brown 162-233 1991- Rhonda Rompola 401-263 cINcINNATI Totals 573-505 (.532) Year coach Record 1971-74 Mary Jo Huismann 18-24 TEMPlE 1974-78 Tom Thacker 56-42 Year coach Record 1978-79 Juliene Simpson 12-18 1923-26, 1979-83 ceal Barry 83-42 37-40 Blanche Voorhees Brown 32-15 1983-86 Sandy Smith 49-37 1926-27 Voila Zutig 2-3 1986-07 laurie Pirtle 295-285 1940-44, 2007-09 J. kelley Hall 26-33 47-49, 2009- Jamelle Elliott 49-71 51-52 Patricia collins Morris 47-11 Totals 588-552 (.516) 1944-46 Vera Egner 17-1 1946-47 Grace Schuler McGoey 7-1 cONNEcTIcUT 1949-51 Marion Earl 11-4-1 Year coach Record 1952-54 Anne Mcconaghie Volp 13-2 1974-80 Wanda Flora 40-74 1954-57 Virginia Middleton 18-6-1 1980-85 Jean Balthaser 52-88 1957-59 dorothy Miller 9-6-1 1985- Geno Auriemma 839-133 1959-60 Annette Smith 1-7 Totals 931-295 (.759) 1960-62 Jean Hamilton 9-10 1963-65 Nancy Rupp 6-13 HOUSTON 1965-66 carol Underwood 2-8 Year coach Record 1974-78 Veronica “Ronnie” Maurek 21-48 1975-76 connie Payne 11-18 1978-80 Andy McGovern 22-21 1976-85 dot Woodfin 175-104 1980-90 linda Macdonald 166-130 1985-90 Greg Williams 93-51 1990-95 charlene curtis 41-97 1990-98 Jessie kenlaw 104-123 1995-00 kristen Foley 45-93 1998-10 Joe curl 193-167 2000-08 dawn Staley 172-80 2010- Todd Buchanan 42-49 2008- Tonya cardoza 107-56 Totals 618-512 (.547) Totals 748-612-3 (.550) lOUISVIllE Year coach Record 1975-80 Terry Hall 79-54 1980-89 Peggy Fiehrer 120-139 1989-97 Bud childers 153-87 1997-00 Martin clapp/Sara White 57-36 1997-03 Martin clapp 108-73 2003-07 Tom collen 90-37 2007- Jeff Walz 154-61 Totals 761-487 (.610) MEMPHIS Year coach Record 1919-22 Martha Teuton 38-5-1 1922-23 W.H. dePriest 11-0 1923-24 crowley davis 4-4 1924-27 leo lindsey 32-8-1 1928-29 Ethel Johnson N/A 1929-35 Ethel Blackman 57-29-2 1946-55 Elma Roane N/A 1972-91 Mary lou Johns 368-215 1991-04 Joye lee-McNelis 229-156 2004-08 Blair Savage-lansden 30-88 2008- Melissa McFerrin 95-68 Totals 864-573-4 (.601) RUTGERS Year coach Record 1974-75 Ellen Johns 6-5 1975-76 dottie Mccrea 5-9 1976-95 Theresa Grentz 434-150 1995- c. Vivian Stringer 369-193 Totals 814-357 (.695)

76 Women’s Basketball HISTORY All-TIme POSTSeASON ReCORDS FOR 2013 AmeRICAN PARTICIPANTS

Connecticut – 2013 NCAA Champions

School (apps) NCAA Record Years Participated Highest Advancement UCF (4) 0-4 1996, 1999, 2009, 2011 Region First Round, 1996, ‘99, ‘09, ‘11 Cincinnati (4) 1-4 1989, 1999, 2002-03 Region Second Round, 2002 Connecticut (25) 91-17 1989-13 National Champions, 1995, ’00, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’09, ’10, ‘13 louisville (16) 19-16 1983-84, ‘93, ‘95, 1997-‘99, 2001, 2005-09, 2011-13 National Final, 2009, 2013 Rutgers (23) 35-23 1986-94, 1998-01, 2003-12 National Final, 2007 USF (2) 1-2 2006, 2013 Region Second Round, 2013 SmU (7) 3-7 1994-96, 1998-00, 2008 Region Second Round, 1995, ’99, ’00 Temple (10) 5-10 1989, ’02, 2004-11 Region Second Round, 1989, ’05, ’07, 2010-11

UCF memPHIS NCAA: 4 appearances, 0 wins, 4 losses NCAA: 7 appearances, 2 wins, 7 losses WNIT: 7 appearances, 6 wins, 7 losses CINCINNATI NWIT: 1 appearance, 2 wins, 1 loss NCAA: 4 appearances, 1 win, 4 losses WBI: 1 appearance, 3 wins, 1 loss WNIT: 6 appearances, 2 wins, 8 losses NWIT: 1 appearance, 1 win, 2 losses RUTgeRS NCAA: 23 appearances, 35 wins, 23 losses CONNeCTICUT NCAA: 25 appearances, 91 wins, 17 losses USF (1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013 Champion) NCAA: 2 appearances, 1 win, 2 losses WNIT: 6 appearances, 9 wins, 5 losses HOUSTON NCAA: 5 appearances, 1 win, 5 losses SmU WNIT: 4 appearances, 5 wins, 5 losses NCAA: 7 appearances, 3 wins, 7 losses WNIT: 5 appearances, 2 wins, 5 losses lOUISvIlle NCAA: 16 appearances, 19 wins, 16 losses TemPle WNIT: 3 appearances, 1 wins, 4 losses NCAA: 10 appearances, 5 wins, 10 losses NWIT: 1 appearance, 1 win, 4 losses WNIT: 4 appearances, 5 wins, 5 losses WBI: 1 appearance, 0 wins, 1 loss

78 Women’s Basketball NCAA APPeARANCeS BY YeAR

2012-13 (12-2) 2008-09 (13-4) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 105-37 No. 16 seed Idaho (Bridgeport Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) UCF (No. 14 seed) l 85-80 No. 3 seed North Carolina (Oklahoma City Region First Round, Chattanooga,Tenn.) W 77-44 No. 8 seed vanderbilt (Bridgeport Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.)UConn (No. 1 seed) W 104-65 No. 16 seed vermont (Trenton Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 76-50 No. 4 seed maryland (Bridgeport Region Semifinal, Bridgeport, Conn.) W 87-59 No. 8 seed Florida (Trenton Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 83-53 No. 2 seed Kentucky (Bridgeport Region Final, Bridgeport, Conn.) W 77-53 No. 4 seed California (Trenton Region Semifinal, Trenton, N.J.) W 83-65 No. 1 seed Notre Dame (National Semifinal, New Orleans, la.) W 83-64 No. 6 seed Arizona State (Trenton Region Final, Trenton, N.J.) W 93-60 No. 5 seed louisville (National Championship, New Orleans, la.) W 83-64 No. 2 seed Stanford (National Semifinal, St. louis, mo.) W 76-54 No. 3 seed louisville (National Championship, St. louis, mo.) louisville (No. 5 seed) W 74-49 No. 12 seed middleTennessee (Oklahoma City Region First Round, louisville, Ky.) W 76-63 No. 4 seed Purdue (Oklahoma City Region Second Round, louisville, Ky.) louisville (No. 3 seed) W 62-42 No. 14 seed liberty (Raleigh Region First Round, Baton Rouge, la.) W 82-81 No.1 seed Baylor (Oklahoma City Region Semifinal, Oklahoma City, Okla.) W 62-52 No. 6 seed lSU (Raleigh Region Second Round, Baton Rouge, la.) W 86-78 No. 2 seedTennessee (Oklahoma City Region Final, Oklahoma City, Okla.) W 56-39 No. 2 seed Baylor (Raleigh Region Semifinal, Raleigh, N.C.) W 64-57 No. 2 seed California (National Semifinal, New Orleans, la.) W 77-60 No. 1 seed maryland (Raleigh Region Final, Raleigh, N.C.) l 93-60 No. 1 seed UConn (National Final, New Orleans, la.) W 61-59 No. 1 seed Oklahoma (National Semifinal, St. louis, mo.) l 76-54 No. 1 seed Connecticut (National Championship, St. louis, mo.) USF (No. 10 seed) W 71-70 No. 7 seedTexas Tech (Spokane Region First Round, lubbock,Texas) l 82-78 No. 2 seed California (Spokane Region Second Round, lubbock,Texas) Rutgers (No. 7 seed) W 57-51 No. 10 seedv CU (Oklahoma City Region First Round, Piscataway, N.J.) W 80-52 No. 2 seed Auburn (Oklahoma City Region Second Round, Piscataway, N.J.) 2011-12 (5-3) l 67-61 No. 6 seed Purdue (Oklahoma City Region Semifinal, Oklahoma City, Okla.) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 83-47 No. 16 seed Prairiev iew (Kingston Region First Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) Temple (No. 9 seed) l 70-57 No. 8 seed Florida (Trento Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 72-26 No.8 seed Kansas St. (Kingston Region Second Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) W 77-59 No. 4 seed Penn State (Kingston Region Semifinal, Bridgeport, Conn.) 2007-08 (9-4) W 80-65 No. 2 seed Kentucky (Kingston Region Final, Kingston, R.I.) l 83-75 No. 1 seed Notre Dame (National Semifinal, Denver, Colo.) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 89-47 No. 16 seed Cornell (greensboro Region First Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) W 89-55 No. 8 seedTexas (greensboro Region Second Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) louisville (No. 7 seed) W 67-55 No. 10 seed michigan State (Raleigh Region First Round, College Park, md.) W 78-63 No. 5 seed Old Dominion (greensboro Region Semifinal, greensboro, N.C.) l 72-68 No. 2 seed maryland (Raleigh First Round, College Park, md.) W 66-56 No. 2 seed Rutgers (greensboro Region Final, greensboro, N.C.) l 82-73 No. 2 seed Stanford (National Semifinal, Tampa, Fla.) Rutgers (No. 6 seed) l 86-73 No. 11 gonzaga (Kingston Region First Round, Spokane, Wash.) Rutgers (No. 2 seed) W 85-42 No.15 seed Robert m orris( greensboroRegion First Round, Des m oines,Iowa) 2010-11 (8-6) W 69-58 No. 7 seed Iowa State (greensboro Region Second Round, Des moines, Iowa) W 53-42 No.6 seed g eorgeWashington ( greensboroRegion Semifinal, greensboro,N.C.) UCF (No. 13 seed) l 80-69 No. 4 seed Ohio State (Dayton Region First Round, Columbus, Ohio) l 66-56 No. 1 seed Connecticut (greensboro Region Final, greensboro, N.C.) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 75-39 No. 16 seed Hartford (Philadelphia Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 64-40 No. 9 seed Purdue (Philadelphia Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) louisville (No. 4 seed) W 81-67 No. 13 seed miami (Ohio) (New Orleans Region First Round, W 68-63 No.5 seed g eorgetown(Philadelphia Region Semifinal, Philadelphia, Pa.) Bridgeport, Conn.) W 75-40 No. 2 seed Duke (Philadelphia Region Final, Philadelphia, Pa.) W 80-63 No. 5 seed Kansas State (New Orleans Region Second Round, l 72-63 No. 2 seed Notre Dame (National Semifinal, Indianapolis, Ind.) Bridgeport, Conn.) l 78-74 No. 1 seed North Carolina (New Orleans Region Semifinal, New Orleans, la.) Rutgers (No. 7 seed) W 76-51 No. 10 seed louisianaTech (Dallas Region First Round, Shreveport, la.) l 76-51 No. 2 seedTexas A&m (Dallas Region Second Round, Shreveport, la.) SmU (No. 12 seed) l 75-62 No. 5 seed Notre Dame (Oklahoma City Region First Round, West lafayette, Ind.) Houston (No. 8 seed) l 79-73 No. 9 seed West virginia (Dallas Region First Round, Waco, Texas) Temple (No. 11 seed) l 61-54 No. 6 seed Arizona State (Oklahoma City Region First Round, College Park, md.) louisville (No. 7 seed) W 81-62 No. 10 seedv anderbilt (Spokane Region First Round, Cincinnati, Ohio) W 85-75 No. 2 seed Xavier (Spokane Region Second Round, Cincinnati, Ohio) 2006-07 (10-4) l 76-69 No. 11 seed gonzaga (Spokane Region Semifinal, Spokane, Wash.) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 82-33 No. 16 seed maryland-Baltimore County (Fresno Region First Round, Temple (No. 10 seed) W 63-45 No. 7 seed Arizona State (Dayton Region First Round, Salt lake City, Utah) Hartford, Conn.) l 77-64 No.2 seed Notre Dame (Dayton Region Second Round, Salt l akeCity, Utah) W 94-70 No. 9 seed Wisconsin-green Bay (Fresno Region Second Round, Hartford, Conn.) 2009-10 (7-2) W 78-71 No. 4 seed NC State (Fresno Region Semifinal, Fresno, Calif.) l 73-50 No. 3 seed lSU (Fresno Region Final, Fresno, Calif.) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 95-39 No. 16 seed Southern (Dayton Region First Round, Norfolk, va.) W 90-36 No. 8 seed Temple (Dayton Region Second Round, Norfolk, va.) Rutgers (No. 4 seed) W 77-34 No. 13 seed east Carolina (greensboro Region First Round, east lansing, mich.) W 74-36 No. 4 seed Iowa State (Dayton Region Semifinal, Dayton, Ohio) W 70-57 No.5 seed m ichiganState ( greensboroRegion Second Round, e ast lansing, mich.) W 90-50 No. 3 seed Florida State (Dayton Region Final, Dayton, Ohio) W 53-52 No. 1 seed Duke (greensboro Region Semifinal, greensboro, N.C.) W 70-50 No. 4 seed Baylor (National Semifinal, San Antonio, Texas) W 64-45 No. 3 seed Arizona State (greensboro Region Final, greensboro, N.C.) W 53-47 No. 1 seed Stanford (National Championship, San Antonio, Texas) W 59-35 No. 3 seed lSU (National Semifinal, Cleveland, Ohio) Rutgers (No. 9 seed) l 70-63 No. 8 seed Iowa (Sacramento Region First Round, Stanford, Calif.) l 59-46 No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Final, Cleveland, Ohio)

Temple (No. 8 seed) W 65-53 No. 9 seed James madison (Dayton Region First Round, Norfolk, va.) l 90-36 No. 1 seed UConn (Dayton Region Second Round, Norfolk, va.)

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louisville (No. 6 seed) W 80-54 No. 11 seed BYU (greensboro Region First Round, los Angeles, Calif.) W 70-49 No. 5 seed Boston College (east Region Semifinal, Dayton, Ohio) l 67-58 No.3 seed Arizona State ( greensboroRegion Second Round, l osAngeles, Calif.) W 73-64 No. 2 seed Purdue (east Region Final, Dayton, Ohio) W 71-69 No. 2 seed Texas (National Semifinal, Atlanta, ga.) Temple (No. 8 seed) W 64-61 No. 9 seed Nebraska (greensboro Region First Round, Raleigh, N.C.) W 73-68 No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Championship, Atlanta, ga.) l 62-52 No. 1 seed Duke (greensboro Region Second Round, Raleigh, N.C.) Rutgers (No. 4 seed) W 64-52 No. 13 seedWestern Kentucky (midwest Region First Round, Athens, ga.) 2005-06 (5-5) l 74-64 No. 5 seed georgia (midwest Region Second Round, Athens, ga.) UConn (No. 2 seed) W 77-54 No. 15 seed Coppin State (Bridgeport Region First Round, State College, Pa.) 2001-02 (6-1) W 79-56 No. 7 seedv irginiaTech (Bridgeport Region Second Round, State College, Pa.) W 77-75 No. 3 seed georgia (Bridgeport Region Semifinal, Bridgeport, Conn.) Cincinnati (No. 6 seed) W 76-63 (ot) No.11 seed St. Peter’s ( eastRegion First Round, Columbia, S.C.) l 63-61 (ot) No. 1 seed Duke (Bridgeport Region Final, Bridgeport, Conn.) l 75-56 No. 3 seed South Carolina (east Region Second Round, Columbia, S.C.) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 86-37 No. 16 seed St. Francis (Pa.) (mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) louisville (No. 9 seed) l 76-64 No. 8 seedv anderbilt (Cleveland Region First Round, Nashville,Tenn.) W 86-48 No. 9 seed Iowa (mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 82-64 No. 4 seed Penn State (mideast Region Semifinal, milwaukee, Wisc.) Rutgers (No. 3 seed) W 63-58 No. 14 seed Dartmouth (Cleveland Region First Round,Trenton, N.J.) W 85-64 No. 7 seed Old Dominion (mideast Region Final, milwaukee, Wisc.) W 82-48 No. 11 seed TCU (Cleveland Region Second Round, Trenton, N.J.) W 79-56 No. 2 seed Tennessee (National Semifinal, San Antonio, Texas) l 76-69 No. 2 seed ennessee (Cleveland Region Semifinal, Cleveland, Ohio) W 82-70 No. 1 seed Oklahoma (National Championship, San Antonio, Texas)

USF (No. 9 seed) l 67-65 No. 8 seed USC (Bridgeport Region First Round, Norfolk, va.) Temple (No. 14 seed) l 72-57 No. 3 seed Iowa State (midwest Region First Round, Ames, Iowa) Temple (No. 6 seed) l 64-58 No. 11 seed Hartford (Bridgeport Region First Round, Trenton, N.J.) 2000-01 (5-2) 2004-05 (6-4) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 101-29 No. 16 seed long Island (east Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 89-44 No. 9 seed Colorado State (east Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) UConn (No. 3 seed) W 95-47 No. 14 seed Dartmouth (Kansas City Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 72-58 No. 4 seed NC State (east Region Semifinal, Pittsburgh, Pa.) W 70-52 No. 6 seed Florida State (Kansas City Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 67-48 No. 3 seed louisiana Tech (east Region Final, Pittsburgh, Pa.) l 76-59 No. 2 seed Stanford (Kansas City Region Semifinal, Kansas City, mo.) l 90-75 No. 1 seed Notre Dame (National Semifinal, St. louis, mo.)

Houston (No. 10 seed) l 65-43 No.7 seed Boston College (Chattanooga Region First Round, Chapel Hill, N.C.) Rutgers (No. 4 seed) W 80-43 No. 13 seed Stephen F. Austin (West Region First Round, Piscataway, N.J.) l 60-53 No. 5 seed SW missouri State (West Region Second Round, Piscataway, N.J.) Rutgers (No. 3 seed) W 62-37 No. 14 seed Hartford (Philadelphia Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 61-54 No. 6 seedTemple (Philadelphia Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) 1999-00 (11-2) W 64-58 No. 2 seed Ohio State (Philadelphia Region Semifinal, Philadelphia, Pa.) l 59-49 No. 1 seed Tennessee (Philadelphia Region Final, Philadelphia, Pa.) Connecticut (No. 1 seed) W 116-46 No.16 seed Hampton ( eastRegion First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 83-45 No. 9 seed Clemson (east Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) Temple W 66-61 No. 11 seed louisianaTech (Philadelphia Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 102-80 No. 5 seed Oklahoma (east Region Semifinal, Richmond,v a.) l 61-54 No. 3 seed Rutgers (Philadelphia Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 86-71 No. 3 seed lSU (east Region Final, Richmond, va.) W 89-67 No. 2 seed Penn State (National Semifinal, Philadelphia, Pa.) 2003-04 (7-3) W 71-52 No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Championship, Philadelphia, Pa.) UConn (No. 2 seed) W 91-55 No. 15 seed Pennsylvania (east Region First Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) Rutgers (No. 2 seed) W 91-70 No. 15 seed Holy Cross (West Region First Round, Piscataway, N.J.) W 79-53 No. 7 seed Auburn (easr Region Second Round, Bridgeport, Conn.) W 59-39 No. 10 seed St. Joseph’s (West Region Second Round, Piscataway, N.J.) W 63-55 No. 11 seed UC Santa Barbara (east Region Semifinal, Hartford, Conn.) W 60-45 No. 11 seed UAB (West Region Semifinal, Portland, Ore.) W 66-49 No. 1 seed Penn State (east Region Final, Hartford, Conn.) W 59-51 No. 1 seed georgia (West Region Final, Portland, Ore.) W 67-58 No. 7 seed minnesota (National Semifinal, New Orleans, la.) l 64-54 No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Semifinal, Philadelphia, Pa.) W 70-61 No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Championship, New Orleans, la.) SmU (No. 12 seed) W 64-63 No. 5 seed N.C. State (midwest Region First Round, Athens, ga.) Houston (No. 3 seed) W 62-47 No. 14 seed Wisconsin-green Bay (West Region First Round, Santa l 96-76 No. 4 seed Old Dominion (midwest Region Second Round, Athens, ga.) Barbara, Calif.) l 56-52 No. 10 seed UC Santa Barbara (West Region Second Round, Santa 1998-99 (6-4) Barbara, Calif.) UCF (No. 16 seed) l 90-48 No. 1 seed louisiana Tech (West Region First Round, Ruston, la.) Rutgers (No. 7 seed) l 74-69 No. 10 seed Chattanooga (midwest Region First Round, Chattanooga,Tenn.) Cincinnati (No. 12 seed) l 65-56 No. 5 seed Oregon (mideast Region First Round, Ames, Iowa) Temple (No. 11 seed) l 70-57 No. 6 seed TCU (West Region First Round, Philadelphia, Pa.) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 97-46 No. 16 seed St. Francis (mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) 2002-03 (7-1) W 86-84 No. 8 seed Xavier (mideast Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) l 64-58 No. 4 seed Iowa State (mideast Region Semifinal, Cincinnati, Ohio) Cincinnati (No. 10 seed) l 71-57 No. 7 seed Arkansas (West Region First Region, Austin,Texas) Rutgers (No. 3 seed) W 84-70 No. 14 seed Dartmouth (midwest Region First Round, Piscataway, N.J.) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 91-44 No. 16 seed Boston University (east Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 90-47 No. 6 seed Arizona (midwest Region Second Round, Piscataway, N.J.) W 81-66 No. 9 seed TCU (east Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 53-42 No. 2 seed Texas Tech (midwest Region Semifinal, Normal, Ill.) l 75-62 No. 1 seed Purdue (midwest Region Final, Normal, Ill.)

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SmU (No. 11 seed) W 91-76 No. 6 seed Toledo (mideast Region First Round, Athens, ga.) l 68-55 No. 3 seed georgia (mideast Region Second Round, Athens, ga.) 1992-93 (0-1) UConn l 74-71 louisville (mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) 1997-98 (5-4) UConn (No. 2 seed) W 93-52 No. 15 seed Fairfield (east Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) 1991-92 (1-2) W 75-67 No.10 seed g eorgeWashington ( eastRegion Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) UConn (No. 6 seed) W 83-66 No. 11 seed St. Peter’s (east Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 74-57 No. 3 seed Arizona (east Region Semifinal, Dayton, Ohio) l 75-47 No. 3 vanderbilt (east Region Second Round, Nashville, Tenn.) l 60-52 No. 4 seed North Carolina State (east Region Final, Dayton, Ohio) Houston (No. 8 seed) l 80-69 No. 9 seed UC Santa Barbara (West First Round, Santa Barbara, Calif.) memphis (No. 5 seed) l 91-80 No. 12 seedYoungstown State (east Region First Round, Raleigh, N.C.)

Rutgers (No. 5 seed) W 79-76 No. 12 seed Oregon (mideast Region First Round, Ames, Iowa) 1990-91 (3-1) W 62-61 No. 4 seed Iowa State (mideast Region Second Round, Ames, Iowa) UConn (No. 3 seed) W 81-80 No. 11 seed Toledo (east Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) l 92-60 No. 1 seed Tennessee (mideast Region Semifinal, Nashville, Tenn.) W 82-71 No. 2 seed NC State (east Region Semifinal, Philadelphia, Pa.) W 60-57 No. 4 seed Clemson (east Region Final, Philadelphia, Pa.) SmU (No. 11 seed) l 77-68 No. 6 seed virginia (east Region First Round, Tucson, Ariz.) l 61-55 No. 1 seed virginia (National Semifinal, New Orleans, la.) 1996-97 (3-2) 1989-90 (0-1) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 103-35 No. 16 seed lehigh (midwest Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) UConn (No. 4 seed) l 61-59 No. 5 seed Clemson (east Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 72-53 No. 9 seed Iowa (midwest Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 78-73 No. 4 seed Illinois (midwest Region Semifinal, Iowa City, Iowa) l 91-81 No. 3 seed Tennessee (midwest Region Final, Iowa City, Iowa) 1988-89 (1-2) Cincinnati (No. 8 seed) l 69-59 No.9 seed Bowling g reen(West Region First Round, Bowling g reen,Ohio) memphis (No. 11 seed) l 93-62 No. 6 seed Notre Dame (east Region First Round, Austin,Texas) UConn (No. 8 seed) l 72-63 No. 9 seed la Salle (east Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) 1995-96 (4-4) Temple (No. 8 seed) W 90-80 No. 9 seed Holy Cross (mideast Region First Round, Philadelphia, Pa.) UCF (No. 16 seed) l 98-41 No. 1 seed louisiana Tech (midwest Region First Round, Ruston, la.) l 88-54 No. 1 seed Auburn (mideast Region Second Round, Auburn, Ala.)

UConn (No. 1 seed) W 94-63 No. 16 seed Howard (mideast Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 88-68 No. 9 seed michigan State (mideast Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) 1987-88 (0-1) W 72-44 No. 12 seed San Francisco (mideast Region Semifinal, Rosemont, Ill.) Houston (No. 6 seed) l 74-68 No. 3 seed Ole miss (midwest First Round, Oxford, miss.) W 67-57 No. 3 seed vanderbilt (mideast Region Final, Rosemont, Ill.) l 88-83 ot No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Semifinal, Charlotte, N.C.) 1986-87 (0-1) memphis (No. 8 seed) l 97-75 No. 9 seed Ohio State (east Region First Round, Knoxville, Tenn.) memphis (No. 6 seed) l 76-65 No. 3 seedv irginia (mideast Region Second Round, Charlottesville,v a.) SmU (No. 10 seed) l 96-82 No. 7 seed DePaul (mideast Region First Round, Iowa City, Iowa) 1984-85 (0-1) 1994-95 (7-2) memphis (No. 6 seed) l 82-64 No. 3 seed Auburn (midwest Region First Round, Auburn, Ala.) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 105-75 No. 16 seed maine (east Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 91-45 No. 8 seed virginia Tech (east Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) 1981-82 (1-1) W 87-56 No. 4 seed Alabama (east Region Semifinal, Storrs, Conn.) memphis (No. 3 seed) W 72-70 No. 6 seed Ole miss (mideast First Round, memphis, Tenn.) W 67-63 No. 3 seed virginia (east Region Final, Storrs, Conn.) l 78-68 No. 2 seed Tennessee (mideast Semifinals, Knoxville, Tenn.) W 87-60 No. 2 seed Stanford (National Semifinal, minneapolis, minn.) W 70-64 No. 1 seed Tennessee (National Championship, minneapolis, minn.) memphis (No. 8 seed) W 74-72 No. 9 seed USC (West Region First Round, Nashville, Tenn.) l 95-68 No. 1 seedv anderbilt (West Region Second Round, Nashville,Tenn.)

SmU (No. 10 seed) W 96-95 No. 7 seed Southern miss (West Region First Round, Stanford, Calif.) l 95-73 No. 2 seed Stanford (West Region Second Round, Stanford, Calif.) 1993-94 (3-2) UConn (No. 1 seed) W 79-60 No. 16 seed Brown (east Region First Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 81-59 No. 9 seed Auburn (east Region Second Round, Storrs, Conn.) W 78-64 No 4 seed So. mississippi (east Region Semifinal, Piscatway, N.J.) l 81-69 No. 3 seed North Carolina (east Region Final, Piscataway, N.J.)

SmU (No. 13 seed) l 69-62 No. 4 seed louisiana Tech (mideast Region First Round, Ruston, la.)

2013-14 media guide 81 AmeRICAN TeAmS IN THe WNIT CHAmPIONSHIP

2012-13 (0-2) 2001-02 (4-2) memphis l 67-57 Arkansas (First Round, Fayetteville, Ark.) Houston W 67-65 Rice (First Round, Houston, Texas) SmU l 76-70 Bowling green (First Round, Bowling green, Ohio) W 83-76 miami (Second Round, Houston, Texas) W 61-53 valparaiso (Quarterfinals,v alparaiso, Ind.) 2011-12 (6-4) W 77-72 virginia Tech (Semifinals, Blacksburg,v a.) l 54-52 Oregon (Finals, eugene, Ore.) Cincinnati W 68-63 (ot) Duquesne (First Round, Cincinnati, Ohio) louisville l 95-84 Ball State (First Round, muncie, Ind.) l 72-51 Toledo (Second Round, Toledo, Ohio) memphis W 60-59 UT Chattanooga (First Round, memphis, Tenn.) 2000-01 (0-4) l 82-65 missouri State (Second Round, Springfield, mo.) USF W 76-20 Florida Atlantic (First Round, Tampa, Fla.) Cincinnati l 61-60 Ohio State (First Round, Columbus, Ohio) W 77-61 Florida International (Second Round,Tampa, Fla.) Houston l 72-49 New mexico (First Round, Albuquerque, N.m.) l 72-45 James madison (Third Round, Harrisonburg,v a.) memphis l 77-67 Alabama (First Round, Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Temple W 75-60 Quinnipiac (First Round, Philadelphia, Pa.) Temple l 59-57 James madison (First Round, Harrisonburg, va.) W 64-59 Harvard (Second Round, Philadelphia, Pa.) l 82-68 Syracuse (Quarterfinals, Philadelphia, Pa.) 1999-00 (2-2) 2010-11 (0-1) Cincinnati W 76-60 Pittsburgh (First Round, Pittsburgh, Pa.) l 88-83 michigan State (Second Round, Cincinnati, Ohio) memphis l 80-69 Alabama (First Round, memphis, Tenn.) memphis W 76-74 Arkansas State (First Round, memphis, Tenn.) l 74-71 Florida (Second Round, memphis, Tenn.) 2009-10 (0-3) 1998-99 (3-1) Houston l 80-77 Texas Tech (First Round, lubbock, Texas) USF l 61-54 Florida (First Round, gainesville, Fla.) memphis W 71-61 middleTennessee (First Round, memphis,Tenn.) SmU l 66-51 New mexico (First Round, Albuquerque, N.m.) W 87-73 UT martin (Second Round, memphis, Tenn.) W 101-86 Arkansas State (Quarterfinals, memphis, Tenn.) 2008-09 (5-1) l 92-73 Wisconsin (Semifinals, madison, Wis.) USF W 88-81 (ot) Florida gulf Coast (Second Round, Tampa, Fla.) 1997-98 (0-1) W 74-57 mississippi (Third Round, Tampa, Fla.) W 80-66 St. Bonaventure (Fourth Round, Olean, N.Y.) Cincinnati l 76-62 Toledo (First Round, Toledo, Ohio) W 82-65 Boston College (Semifinals, Chestnut Hill, mass.) W 75-71 Kansas (National Championship, lawrence, Kan.) 1992-93 (2-1) SmU l 62-51 louisiana Tech (First Round, Ruston, la.) SmU W 76-74 (ot) UNlv (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) 2007-08 (0-1) W 60-59 FIU (Second Round, Amarillo, Texas) l 67-54 Arkansas State (Quarterfinals, Amarillo, Texas) USF l 67-65 Florida gulf Coast (First Round, Fort meyers, Fla.) 1990-91 (2-4) 2006-07 (1-1) Houston W 81-71 Northern Illinois (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) USF W 66-49 Coppin State (Second Round, Tampa, Fla.) l 80-76 (ot) Indiana (Quarterfinals, Amarillo, Texas) l 73-71 virginia (Third Round, Charlottesville, va.) l 69-67 Kansas (Semifinals, Amarillo, Texas) louisville l 71-66 Kansas (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) 2005-06 (0-1) W 80-75 Notre Dame (Quarterfinals, Amarillo, Texas) l 81-75 UAB (Semifinals, Amarillo, Texas) Cincinnati l 81-75 (ot) Florida International (First Round, miami, Fla.) 1982-83 (1-2) 2004-05 (1-2) Temple l 80-73 Weber State (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) USF W 61-56 Florida (First Round, Tampa, Fla.) l 81-77 Texas Tech (Quarterfinals, Amarillo, Texas) l 78-63 Wake Forest (Second Round,Winston-Salem, N.C.) W 76-65 Hawaii (Semifinals, Amarillo, Texas) SmU l 83-56 Southeast missouri (First Round, Springfield, mo.) 1981-82 (2-1) 2003-04 (1-3) Temple l 74-69 Illinois State (First Round, Amarillo, Texas) Cincinnati l 80-78 (ot) Western Kentucky (First Round, Bowling green, Ky.) W 94-88 (ot) Southern mississippi (Quarterfinals, Amarillo, louisville l 63-61 Western michigan (First Round, louisville, Ky.) Texas) memphis W 66-64 Tulsa (First Round, memphis, Tenn.) W 64-68 DePaul (Semifinals, Amarillo, Texas) l 104-87 WesternKentucky (Second Round, Bowling g reen,Ky.)

82 Women’s Basketball AmeRICAN ATHleTIC CONFeReNCe SCHOOlS THAT HAve PlAYeRS DRAFTeD IN THe WNBA

Player School Current Team Drafted/Team Round/Pick Svetlana Abrosimova Connecticut (1997-01) Seattle 2001/minnesota 1st/7th matee Ajavon Rutgers (2004-08) Washington 2008/Houston 1st/5th Ashley Battle Connecticut (2001-05) 2005/Seatle 2nd/25th Candyce Bingham louisville (2005-09) 2009/San Antonio 3rd/39th Sue Bird Connecticut (1998-02) Seattle 2002/Seattle 1st/1st essence Carson Rutgers (2004-08) New York 2008/New York 1st/7th Swin Cash Connecticut (1998-02) Chicago 2002/Detroit 1st/2nd Tina Charles Connecticut (2006-10) Connecticut 2010/Connecticut 1st/1st Willnett Crocket Connecticut (2002-06) 2006/los Angles 2nd/8th Davalyn Cunningham Rutgers (1998-02) 2002/Orlando 2nd/23rd Jessica Dickson USF (2003-07) 2007/Sacremento 2nd/21st Usha gilmore Rutgers (1996-00) 2000/Indiana 3rd/10th Kalana greene Connecticut (2005-10) Connecticut 2010/New York 2nd/13th Tiffany Hayes Connecticut (2008-12) 2012/Atlanta 1st/14th Charde Houston Connecticut (2004-08) Phoenix 2008/minnesota 3rd/30th laTonya Johnson memphis (1994-98) 1998/Utah 3rd/21st Asjha Jones Connecticut (1998-02) Connecticut 2002/Washington 1st/4th Rashidat Junaid Rutgers (2006-10) 2010/los Angeles 3rd/32nd Rebecca lobo Connecticut (1991-95) 1997/New York Regional pick Angel mcCoughtry louisville (2005-09) Atlanta 2009/Atlanta 1st/1st Renee montgomery Connecticut (2005-09) Connecticut 2009/minnesota 1st/4th Jessica moore Connecticut (2000-05) Connecticut 2005/Charlotte 2nd/24th maya moore Connecticut (2007-11) minnesota 2011/minnesota 1st/1st Chelsea Newton Rutgers (2001-05) 2005/Sacramento 2nd/22nd Tari Phillips UCF (1990-91) 1999/Orlando 1st/8th Cappie Pondexter Rutgers (2002-06) New York 2006/Phoenix 1st/2nd Tasha Pointer Rutgers (1997-01) 2001/Portland 4th/4th epiphanny Prince Rutgers (2006-09) Chicago 2010/Chicago 1st/4th Shea Ralph Connecticut (1996-01) 2001/Utah 3rd/8th Rebecca Richman Rutgers (2001-05) 2005/New York 3rd/36th Jennifer Rizzotti Connecticut (1992-96) 1996/New england# Regional pick Khadijah Rushdan Rutgers (2008-12) 2012/los Angeles 1st/15th Nykesha Sales Connecticut (1994-98) 1998/Orlando Assigned Paige Sauer Connecticut (1996-00) 2000/los Angeles 2nd/15th Kelly Schumacher Connecticut (1997-01) 2001/Indiana 1st/14th Shawnetta Stewart Rutgers (1997-00) 2000/Orlando 3rd/4th Ann Strother Connecticut (2002-06) 2006/Phoenix 2nd/1st Tammy Sutton-Brown Rutgers (1997-01) Indiana 2001/Charlotte 2nd/2nd Ketia Swanier Connecticut (2004-08) Atlanta 2008/Connecticut 1st/12th April Sykes Rutgers (2008-12) 2012/los Angeles 2nd/28th Diana Taurasi Connecticut (2000-04) Phoenix 2004/Phoenix 1st/1st Barbara Turner Connecticut (2002-06) 2006/Seattle 1st/11th Kia vaughn Rutgers (2005-09) New York 2009/New York 1st/8th Tamika Whitmore memphis (1996-1999) 1999/New York 3rd/30th Rita Williams Connecticut (1995-98) 1998/Washington 2nd/3rd Tamika (Williams) Raymond Connecticut (1998-02) 2002/minnesota 1st/6th Kara Wolters Connecticut (1993-97) 1997/New england# Regional Pick

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2013-14 media guide 83 AmeRICAN ATHleTIC CONFeReNCe SCHOOlS THAT HAve PlAYeRS IN THe OlYmPICS

USA Basketball National Team Head Coach Swin Cash, Connecticut, 2007 (gold medal) maya moore, Connecticut, 2007 (gold medal) Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2007 (gold medal) essence Carson, Rutgers, 2005 (gold medal) geno Auriemma, Connecticut – 2009-2012 Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2007 (gold medal) Jessica moore, Connecticut, 2001 (Bronze medal) U.S. Olympic Team USA World University games Teams Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2001 (Bronze medal) Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2012 (gold medal) Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2001 (Bronze medal) Tina Charles, Connecticut, 2009 (gold medal) Rebecca lobo, Connecticut, 1993 (7th Place) Swin Cash, Connecticut, 2012 (gold medal) Tiffany Hayes, Connecticut, 2009 g( old medal) Tina Charles, Connecticut, 2012 (gold medal) maya moore, Connecticut, 2009 (gold medal) genoAuriemma, Connecticut, 2001, head coach (Bronze m edal) Asjha Jones, Connecticut, 2012 (gold medal) Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2005 (gold medal) FIBA Americas U18 Championship Team Angel mcCoughtry, louisville, 2012 (gold medal) megan Duffy, Notre Dame, 2005 g( old medal) maya moore, Connecticut, 2012 (gold medal) Nykesha Sales, Connecticut, 1997 (gold medal) (Formerly the Junior World Championship Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2012 (gold medal) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1997 (gold medal) Qualifying Team) Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2008 (gold medal) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1995 (Silver medal) moriah Jefferson, Connecticut, 2012 g( old medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2008 (gold medal) Kerry Bascom, Connecticut, 1991 (gold medal) Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2008 (gold medal) Breanna Stewart, Connecticut, 2012 (gold medal) Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2004 (gold medal) U.S. Junior National Team morgan Tuck, Connecticut, 2012 (gold medal) Swin Cash, Connecticut, 2004 (gold medal) Tina Charles, Connecticut, 2006 (gold medal) Rebecca lobo, Connecticut, 1991 Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2004 (gold medal) Charde Houston, Connecticut, 2006 (gold medal) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 2000 (gold medal) USA Pan Am games Teams essence Carson, Rutgers, 2004 (gold medal) Rebecca lobo, Connecticut, 1996 (gold medal) Ashley Battle, Connecticut, 2000 (gold medal) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1996 (alternate) Breanna Stewart, Connecticut, 2011 Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2000 (gold medal) April Sykes, Rutgers, 2011 Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2000 (gold medal) geno Auriemma, Connecticut, 2012, head coach (gold medal) matee Ajavon, Rutgers, 2007 (gold medal) Stacy Hansmeyer, Connecticut, 1996 (Silver medal) C.v ivian Stringer, Rutgers, 2004, assistant coach (gold medal) Charde Houston, Connecticut, 2007 (gold medal) Rebecca lobo, Connecticut, 1992 (Silver medal) genoAuriemma, Connecticut, 2000, assistant coach ( goldm edal) Angel mcCoughtry, louisville, 2007 (gold medal) geno Auriemma, Connecticut, 2000, head coach (gold medal) USA Basketball Senior National Team mel Thomas, Connecticut, 2007 (gold medal) Ann Strother, Connecticut, 2003 (Silver medal) FIBA 3x3 World Championship Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2007-12 Barbara Turner, Connecticut, 2003 (Silver medal) Swin Cash, Connecticut, 2007-12 Bria Hartley, Connecticut Tina Charles, Connecticut, 2010- USA R. William Jones Cup Team 2012 (gold medal) Ann Strother, Connecticut Asjha Jones, Connecticut, 2007-12 Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2000 (gold medal) 2012 (gold medal) Angel mcCoughtry, louisville, 2011- Shea Ralph, Connecticut, 2000 (gold medal) maya moore, Connecticut, 2011- Kelly Schumacher, Connecticut, 2000 (gold medal) Russian Olympic Team Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2007-12 Paige Sauer, Connecticut, 1997 (Silver medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2007-12 Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut, 1996 (gold medal) Svetlana Abrosimova, Connecticut 2008(bronze medal) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1999-00 Nykesha Sales, Connecticut, 1996 (gold medal) Svetlana Abrosimova, Connecticut 2000 Rebecca lobo, Connecticut, 1995-96 Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1996 (gold medal) New Zealand Olympic Team USA Basketball World Championship Team Nykesha Sales, Connecticut, 1995 (Bronze medal) Nykesha Sales, Connecticut, 1994 (gold medal) Jessica mcCormack, Connecticut 2004 Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2010 Nigerian Olympic Team Swin Cash, Connecticut, 2010 FIBA U21 World Championship Tina Charles, Connecticut, 2010 (Formerly the World Championship Rashidat Sadiq , Connecticut Asjha Jones, Connecticut, 2010 For Young Women) 2004 Angel mcCoughtry, louisville, 2010 maya moore, Connecticut, 2010 essence Carson, Rutgers, 2007 (gold medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2010 Kia vaughn, Rutgers, 2007 (gold medal) Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2006 (Bronze medal) Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2003 (gold medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2006 (Bronze medal) FIBA Americas U20 Championship Cappie Pondexter, Connecticut, 2006 (Alternate) (Formerly the World Championship for Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2002 (gold medal) Tari Phillips, UCF, 2002 (gold medal) Young Women Qualifying Tournament) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1998 (gold medal) essence Carson, Rutgers, 2006 (gold medal) Kara Wolters, Connecticut, 1994 (Bronze medal) Renee montgomery, Connecticut, 2006 (gold medal) USA Basketball Olympic Qualifying Team Kia vaughn, Rutgers, 2006 (gold medal) Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 2002 (gold medal) Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2011 (gold medal) Swin Cash, Connecticut, 2011 (gold medal) FIBA U19 World Championship (Formerly Tina Charles, Connecticut, 2011 (gold medal) the FIBA Junior World Championship) Asjha Jones, Connecticut, 2011 (gold medal) Stefanie Dolson, Connecticut, 2011 (gold medal) Angel mcCoughtry, louisville, 2011 (gold medal) Bria Hartley, Connecticut, 2011 (gold medal) maya moore, Connecticut, 2011 (gold medal) Kaleena mosqueda-lewis, Connecticut, 2011 (gold medal) Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 2011 (gold medal) Breanna Stewart, Connecticut, 2011 (gold medal) Sue Bird, Connecticut, 2007 (gold medal) morgan Tuck, Connecticut, 2011 (gold medal)

84 Women’s Basketball American Athletic Conference Media Directory

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE 15 Park Row West Providence, RI 02903 TBD, Director of Communications Megan Erbes, Communications Assistant Office ...... (401) 453-0660

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS Wayne Densch Building #77 570 Normal 4000 Central Florida Boulevard AOB Room 203 Orlando, FL 32816-3555 Memphis, TN 38152

Joi Williams, Head Coach Melissa McFerrin, Head Coach Office ...... (407) 823-6266 Office ...... (901) 678-4532 Jenna Marina, Assistant Director of Communications Tammy DeGroff, Assistant Director, Communications Office ...... (407) 823-2464 Office ...... (901) 678-5787 Mobile ...... (727) 271-0227 Mobile ...... (901) 734-1504 e-mail ...... [email protected] e-mail ...... [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI RUTGERS UNIVERSITY @American_WBB 880 Richard E. Lindner Center Louis Brown Athletic Center 2751 O'Varsity Way 83 Rockefeller Road Cincinnati, OH 45221-0021 Piscataway, NJ 08854-8053

Jamelle Elliott, Head Coach C. Vivian Stringer, Head Coach Office ...... (513) 556-2255 Office ...... (732) 445-4251 Katie Botsis, Director of Sports Communications Kim Zivkovich, Associate AD/Athletic Communications Office ...... (513) 556-5191 Office ...... (732) 445-7882 Mobile ...... (269) 760-6639 Mobile ...... (201) 690-6716 e-mail ...... [email protected] e-mail ...... [email protected]

fb.com/AmericanConf UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 2095 Hillside Road, Unit 1173 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ATH 100 Storrs, CT 06269-1173 Tampa, FL 33620

Geno Auriemma, Head Coach Jose Fernandez, Head Coach Office ...... (860) 486-4756 Office ...... (813) 974-7472 Pat McKenna, Asst. Director, Athletic Communications Mark Heise, Assistant Director of Communications Office ...... (860) 486-2394 Office ...... (813) 974-5755 Mobile ...... (860) 240-7311 Mobile ...... (320) 333-2647 e-mail ...... [email protected] e-mail ...... [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY @American_Conf 3100 Cullen Boulevard 5800 Ownby Drive Houston, TX 77204-6002 Dallas, TX 75275

Todd Buchanan, Head Coach Rhonda Rompola, Head Coach Office ...... (713) 743-9388 Office ...... (214) 768-3536 TBD, Assistant Director of Communications Travis Chamblee, Assistant Director, Public Relations Office ...... (713) 743-9391 Office ...... (214) 768-3735 Mobile ...... TBD Mobile ...... (214) 931-1714 e-mail ...... TBD e-mail ...... [email protected]

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Student Activities Center 1700 North Broad Street, Fourth Floor Louisville, KY 40292 Philadelphia, PA 19122

Jeff Walz, Head Coach Tonya Cardoza, Head Coach Office ...... (502) 852-0221 Office ...... (215) 204-1955 Kim Pemberton, Assistant Sports Information Director Cathy Bongiovi, Associate Director of Communications Office ...... (502) 852-7711 Office ...... (215) 204-3850 Mobile ...... (502) 852-7401 Mobile ...... (215) 778-6814 e-mail ...... [email protected] e-mail ...... [email protected]