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2012-13 New Orleans LADY PRIVATEERS (0-1, Division I Independent) Basketball Schedule vs. NICHOLLS STATE (1-1, 0-0 Southland) Nov. 9 Northwestern State L, 52-53 Nov. 13 Nicholls State 7 p.m. Game Information Following the Game Nov. 20 Arkansas-Monticello 5 p.m. Nov. 23 ! vs. Nicholls State 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 Live Stats • UNOPrivateers.com Time 7 p.m. Radio • None Nov. 24 ! vs Southern Utah 2 p.m. Lakefront Arena (8,933) Audio/Video •UNOPrivateers.com Nov. 25 ! at Texas Tech 2 p.m. New Orleans, La. Twitter • @UNOPrivateers Nov. 29 Southeastern La. 5 p.m. Dec. 11 at Southeastern La. 12 p.m. Lady Privateers Challenge Future SLC Rival Nicholls on Tuesday Dec. 13 at Louisiana-Lafayette 7 p.m. NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Lady Privateers will play their second straight Dec. 16 Jackson State 2 p.m. future Southland Conference rival when Nicholls State visits Lakefront Arena on Dec. 19 at Seton Hall 1 p.m. Tuesday at 7 p.m. Dec. 21 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6 p.m. Dec. 28 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6 p.m. UNO (0-1) dropped its opener 53-52 to Northwestern State last Friday. Dec. 31 at LSU 2 p.m. Jan. 5 Southern Mississippi 12 p.m. The Lady Privateers’ Keri Thomas scored 11 points in the contest, though was off the Jan. 12 Houston Baptist 2 p.m. mark on a potential game-winning shot at the buzzer. Fellow guard Mechel’le Thomas Jan. 23 at Grambling State 7 p.m. led UNO with 13 points and with a .444 field goal percentage is the squad’s top shoot- Jan. 26 Texas-Pan American 12 p.m. ing threat through one contest. Feb. 6 Murray State 5 p.m. Feb. 9 at Houston Baptist 2 p.m. Newcomers Diarra Carringotn, Amber Clay and Melissa Jensen all played meaningful Feb. 11 CSU-Bakersfield 2 p.m. minutes in the opener. Carrington scored seven points off the bench with a team-high Feb. 14 Utah Valley 7 p.m. three steals while Clay paced the Lady Privateers with eight rebounds. Jensen added Feb. 20 at Texas-Arlington 12 p.m. six points, three rebounds and two steals. Feb. 23 at Northwestern State 7 p.m. Feb. 27 at Texas-Pan American 7 p.m. Shooting from the field was not a problem for UNO, which made 41.7 percent of Mar. 2 at CSU-Bakersfield 2 p.m. their attempts, including 52.2 percent in the second half. The Lady Privateers played defense efficiently against the Demons, holding their foes to a 31.7 percent effort from ! Basketball Travelers Invitational (Lubbock, the field, while forcing 14 turnovers. Texas) All times Central and subject to change Continue reading on UNOPrivateers.com Home contests to be held at Lakefront Arena

Lady Privateer Probable Starters No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr-Exp PPG RPG MPG Etc 5 Keri Thomas G 5-5 Sr-1L 11.0 6.0 35.0 2 stl 10 Mechel’le Thomas G 5-3 Sr-1L 13.0 2.0 27.0 2 asst, 2 blk 11 Mirjam Sipos G 5-8 Sr-3L 7.0 2.0 20.0 3/7 FG 31 Melissa Jensen F 6-1 Jr-Tr. 6.0 3.0 35.0 2 asst, 2 stl 40 Amber Clay F 6-1 Jr-Tr. 4.0 8.0 28.0 7 def rebs General Information Lady Privateer Notes School...... University of New Orleans Location ...... New Orleans, La. Last Time On the Floor New Orleans vs Nicholls-Specific Founded ...... 1958 Enrollment ...... 9,825 Northwestern St 53-52 UNO Inside the Series President ...... Dr. Peter J. Fos • UNO had a shot to win at the game • The match-up between UNO and Athletic Director ...... Derek Morel with Keri Thomas missing an off-bal- NSU is the first of two on the season for F.A.R ...... Dr. James Lowry Nickname ...... Lady Privateers anced jumper at the buzzer. the squads, who will meet again on Nov. School Colors ...... Royal Blue and Silver • The Lady Privateers went on a 15-2 23 in Lubbock, Texas during the Basket- Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I run early in the second half to negative a ball Travelers Invitational. Conference ...... Independent nine-point deficit in the half's first six • The Lady Privateers are 22-10 all-time minutes. against NSU, including a 13-3 mark at Facility • Mechel'le Thomas hit three consecu- home, 9-6 record in Thibodaux and 0-1 Home Court ...... Lakefront Arena tive three-pointers during the aforemen- record on neutral courts. Capacity ...... 8,993 Press Row Phone ...... (504) 280-3884 tioned 15-2 run and was the squad's top scorer with 13 points. Keri Thomas Series History - UNO vs NSU Coaching Staff added an additional 11. Head Coach ...... Keeshawn Carter 2/3/76 H L, 59-76 Alma Mater ...... New Orleans (2002) Free Throws Prove Costly 2/24/76 H W, 69-60 Phone ...... (504) 280-7245 3/4/76 N L, 36-62 • Free throws proved costly as UNO 11/30/76 H L, 45-91 E-mail ...... [email protected] shot 6 of 13 from the charity stripe for a Record (Overall) ...... 0-26 (2nd yr) 2/14/77 A L, 61-78 Record (at UNO) ...... Same 46.2 percent clip. 12/14/77 A L, 54-87 Assistant Coaches ...... • The Lady Privateers had not shot 2/17/78 H L, 58-76 1/15/81 H W, 101-78 ...... Alpha English (2nd yr) lower than 50 percent from line with ...... Tamika Collins (1st yr) 1/26/81 A W, 83-68 more than 10 free throws shot since 12/19/81 A W, 80-55 Athletic Trainer ...... Mitch Gil (1st yr) going 4-for-12 against Arkansas-Monti- 1/21/82 H W, 90-74 Administrative Asst . . .Paula Picker (5th yr) cello on Nov. 25, 2011. 12/14/82 A W, 117-65 Equipment Manager . . . .Mike Hill (5th yr) 2/2/83 H W, 92-52 Strength & Conditioning ...... TBA 1/24/84 A W, 87-63 Mechel’le from Three 3/10/84 H W, 77-57 UNO Basketball History • Mechel'le Thomas was 4 of 7 from 11/17/84 H W, 78-64 First Season ...... 1975 beyond the arc, equaling her career-high 1/11/86 A L, 61-63 All-Time Record ...... 458-577 of four made treys against Loyola (Feb. 11/26/94 H W, 85-50 Conference Championships ...... 0 12/29/95 H W, 66-41 NCAA Appearances ...... 1 (‘87) 8, 2012). 11/26/96 A W, 91-86 (OT) WNIT Appearances ...... 2 (‘83, ‘88) • The only field goals made by Thomas 11/24/97 A W, 73-57 WNIT Championships ...... 1 (‘83) came from long-range, which has hap- 11/17/98 H W, 103-71 pened three times before, including con- 11/23/99 A W, 78-58 2012-13 Team Information 11/11/01 H W, 79-55 tests against Arkansas Tech (Nov. 19, 11/26/02 A L, 56-60 2011-12 Record ...... 0-26 2011), North Alabama (Dec. 18, 2011) 1/4/04 H W, 83-61 League Record ...... N/A and Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 18, 2012) 11/24/04 A L, 55-65 League Finish ...... N/A when she made two three-pointers 11/30/05 A L, 51-55 Final RPI ...... N/A 11/29/06 A W, 60-50 Starters R/L ...... 2/3 11/27/07 H W, 70-51 Letterwinners R/L ...... 3/7 Skid Extended 12/22/08 A W, 84-55 Newcomers ...... 9 • UNO's current losing streak is 29 11/18/09 H W, 60-50 games dating back to their last victory, a Media Relations 73-62 result over Dallas Christian (Jan. Ties Between UNO & NSU Dir of Media Relations . . . . .Jason Plotkin 29, 2011). Phone ...... (504) 280-6284 • NSU head coach Dobee Plaisance • UNO has dropped its last 17 games vs E-mail ...... [email protected] played 37 games for UNO from 1980- Div I foes with the most recent win, a 55- Fax ...... (504) 280-3977 82, averaging 6.9 points and 3.8 re- Web Site ...... unoprivateers.com 48 upset victory over Denver in the Sun bounds per game for head coach Joey Twitter ...... @UNOPrivateers Belt Conference quarterfinals on Mar. 7, Favaloro's squads. 2010. • NSU assistant Mark Beason is a na- • UNO has lost 19 straight games against tive of New Orleans and graduated from Pelican State foes since defeating ULM UNO with a bachelors degree in political 58-51 on Feb. 17, 2010 in Monroe, La. science in 1992. For Openers • UNO is now 19-18 all-time in openers including a 15-8 mark at home. • UNO is 3-7 in away games to open the season and 1-3 on a neutral floor. 2012-13 UNO Women’s Basketball Roster No Name Pos Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School (Prev. School) 3 Samantha Gray G Jr. 5-4 Quitman, La. / Bienville HS (Southern-Shreveport) 5 Keri Thomas G Sr. 5-5 Alexandria, La. / Peabody (Tallahassee CC) 10 Mechel'le Thomas G Sr. 5-3 Kenner, La. / East St. John (Jones CC/Trinity Valley CC) 11 Mirjam Sipos G Sr. 5-8 Sopron, Hungary /Berzsenyi Daniel Evangelical Grammar School 21 Diarra Carrington G Jr. 5-7 San Diego, Calif. /Horizon Christian Academy (Gilette College) 22 Mathilde Fogelstrom F/C Fr. 6-1 Cophenhagen, Denmark / Kent HS/Orestad Gymnasium 31 Melissa Jensen F Jr. 6-1 Aarhus, Denmark/Marselisborg Gymnasium(Lees McRae/Cypress College 32 Danielle Davis G So. 5-8 Oakton, Va. / Oakton HS (Central Connecticut) 33 Hayley Alexander G Fr. 5-7 Long Beach, N.Y. / IMG Academies 35 Yasmin Taylor G Fr. 5-10 Metairie, La. / Grace King 40 Amber Clay F Jr. 6-1 Blytheville, Ark. / Blytheville HS (Holmes CC)

Coaching Staff Head Coach Keeshawn Carter Assistant Coaches Alpha English, Tamika Collins Athletic Trainer: Mitch Gil

A Southland Preview • The men’s tennis team at UNO is already an affiliate member • NSU is one of three Southland Conference opponents on the of the Southland in 2012-13. 2012-13 schedule • In addition to UNO, other University of Louisiana System • UNO will play two games against the Colonels in addition to a (ULS) institutions in the league include McNeese State, Nicholls pair of games against Northwestern State and Southeastern Louisi- State, Northwestern State and Southeastern Louisiana. aan. • The games serve as a preview of things to come with the Lady Carter’s Second Season Privateers joining the Southland in 2013-14. • UNO head coach Keeshawn Carter is entering her second sea- son on the Lakefront, becoming just the fourth coach to reach their second season. General Notes • Of the three prior coaches to reach a second campaign, Connie Duncan (1977-78) and Amy Champion (2005-06) improved from Sipos Entering Senior Year year one to year two. • Mirjam Sipos is the only player remaining from UNO’s last full and ‘true’ season as NCAA Division I member. Second Seasons at UNO • Sipos appeared in 19 games as a true freshman and played a key Year Coach Record Previous Yr +/- role off the bench as UNO became the only double-digit seed in 1977-78 Connie Duncan 5-19 1-20 +4 2009-10 to reach a conference tournament semifinal game. 1981-82 Joey Favaloro 21-7 20-8 -1 • Entering the 2012-13 season, Sipos has appeared in 67 games 2005-06 Amy Champion 3-25 2-26 +1 and scored 642 points. The Sopron, Hungary native has averaged 2012-13 Keeshawn Carter TBA 0-26 N/A 9.6 points a contest along with 3.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals. Misc. Player Fun Facts • Diarra Carrington's dad Darren Carrington played eight seasons In-Season Home-and-Homes in the NFL, including starts in two Super Bowls (San Diego Charg- • Northwestern State was one of six opponents that UNO will face ers in XXIX and Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV). The sen- in in-season home-and-homes. ior Carrington intercepted seven passes in 1993 for the Chargers • Other in-season home-and-home opponents include Southeast- and was also selected in the 1995 NFL expansion draft. ern Louisiana, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Houston Baptist, CSU-Bak- • Yasmin Taylor’s parents both ran track and field at LSU - dad ersfield and Texas-Pan American. Jonathan compeing in the triple jump and long jump while mother • UNO is 0-1 in the first meeting and 0-0 in the second meeting Opal was a member of the 1989 NCAA Indoor championship 4 x on the season. 400 relay team - one part of the 1989 Indoor and Outdoor NCAA championship squads. Going to the Southland in ‘13 • In August, the University announced it would join the Southland Danish Frontcourt for Lady Privateers Conference in 2013-14. • Melissa Jensen was a member of the U16 national champi- • UNO will be one of four new members in ‘13, joining Houston onship squad in Denmark’s youth leagues, earning national title Baptist (Great West Conference), Abilene Christian (Div II Lones- game MVPs. tar Conference) and Incarnate Word (Div II Lonestar Confer- • Jensen also has competed in multiple international tournaments ence). with the Danish Youth National team. Lady Privateers by the Numbers • Mathilde Fogelstrom played on the Denmark U18 national team at the 2011 Euro- pean Championships, averaging nine points and 5.5 rebounds. • Fogelstrom’ also competed in the U16 European Championships in 2008 and 2009 Double-Figure Scoring Games with Denmark. Name Season Career K. Thomas 1 14 East St. John Ties that Bind M. Thomas 1 12 • UNO head coach Keeshawn Carter, assistant coach Tamika Collins and senior guard Sipos --- 36 Mechel’le Thomas all played at East St. John. • Carter was an all-state selection at the forward position on a team that featured Collins 20+ Point Scoring Games at the point guard. Name Season Career • Carter led the school to its first-ever district title. Sipos --- 5 • A decade later, Thomas became an All-State selection for ESJ while scoring 25.8 K. Thomas --- 3 points her senior season. She was also named the district MVP. M. Thomas --- 1 Davis to Sit in 2012-13, Ready for Next Season 10+ Rebound Games • Sophomore Danielle Davis must sit out this year as an NCAA Division I transfer after Name Season Career playing in 27 games and staring nine for Central Connecticut in 2011-12. Sipos --- 4 • Davis averaged 3.1 points per game and 20.6 minutes per game while shooting 32.7 K. Thomas --- 1 percent from the field. • Top scoring performance for Davis of nine points in games at St. Francis (Pa.) on 5+ Assist Games Feb. 20 and home against Wagner (Feb. 25). Name Season Career Sipos --- 7 Lady Privateers on The Showcase M. Thomas --- 4 • All UNO women’s basketball home games will be featured on the UNO Showcase, M. Thomas --- 2 located at UNOPrivateers.com. • Emmanuel Pepis enters his second season of calling games for the Lady Privateers for 5+ Steal Games the subscription service. Name Season Career • Contests will be archived in the video section within 48-72 hours following comple- Sipos --- 4 tion.

Single Game Point Leader The Next Time on the Floor Name Season Career M. Thomas 1 7 UNO vs Arkansas Monticello Sipos --- 23 • UNO and UAM will complete a home-and-home arrangement with their contest this K. Thomas --- 7 season. • The Cotton Blossoms defeated the Lady Privateers 74-67 in Monticello, Ark. on Nov. 25, 2011. Single Game Rebound Leader • Keri Thomas scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead UNO. Name Season Career • Mirjam Sipos was the top scorer with 18 points while Mechel'le Thomas added an Clay --- 1 additional 10. Sipos --- 14 • UAM received a game-high 22 points from Chelsea Johnson with Channon Hay- K. Thomas --- 3 wood scoring 19. Double-Doubles Series History - UNO vs UAM Name Season Career 11/25/11 A L, 67-74 Sipos --- 5 K. Thomas --- 1

Games Started Name Season Career Sipos 1 49 K. Thomas 1 23 M. Thomas 1 11 Jensen 1 1 Clay 1 1 UNO Head Women’s Basketball Coach Keeshawn Carter

Keeshawn Carter was named interim head women's basketball coach on Apr. 25, 2011 before a promotion to the head coach position midway through the 2011- 12 season.

Carter replaced Amy Champion, who relinquished the head coaching position to focus on her duties as athletic director.

The 2012-13 season will be Carter’s 10th as a member of the UNO coaching staff and second as a head coach. Playing with just three scholarships and dealing with the uncertainty associated with the institution’s athletic status, Carter di- rected the Privateers through a 0-26 season.

Despite the struggles of her first year, Carter continues to plug on and desires re- establishing the Lady Privateer program, which has been a large part of her adult life.

Carter’s tenure on the coaching staff began when she served in the capacity of a student assistant and graduate as- sistant for two years. In 2003, the native of Reserve, La. became the first-ever full-time third assistant for the Lady Privateers during the summer of 2003.

Carter added to her list of ‘first’ when she became the first former UNO women’s basketball player to lead the program.

“It is an honor that is not taken lightly,” said Carter. “I am very excited about this opportunity and glad that it comes at my alma mater.”

A four-year letterwinner, Carter saw action in 100 contests and made 32 starts for the Privateers during her under- graduate years on the Lakefront. A Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll selection during her time at UNO, Carter averaged 6.1 points and 3.6 rebounds per contest over her career, serving in the role of co-captain during her senior season.

In 2005 recipient of a master’s degree in education from UNO with a focus on psychosocial aspects of sport and exercise, Carter originally came to campus in 1997 from East St. John High School.

At ESJ, Carter graduated as the all-time leading scorer while leading the school to its first playoff win and first-ever district title during her senior season. A two-time team captain, Carter earned All-State and Academic All-State Honorable Mention honors in her senior season and was a three-time all-district selection.

Carter resides in Reserve, La.

Coaching Record OVERALL CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL WLWLWLWLWL UNO 2011-12 0 26 N/A N/A 0 10 0 13 0 3 2012-13 0 1 N/A N/A 0 1 0 0 0 0 OVERALL 0 27 N/A N/A 0 11 0 13 0 0 UNO Basketball University of New Orleans Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 09, 2012) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 01 THOMAS, Mechel'le 1-1 27 27.0 4-9 . 4 4 4 4-7 . 5 7 1 1-2 . 5 0 0 1 1 2 2.0 3 0 2 4 2 0 13 13.0 05 THOMAS, Keri 1-1 35 35.0 5-16 . 3 1 3 1-4 . 2 5 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 2 4 6 6.0 3 0 1 3 0 2 11 11.0 11 SIPOS, Mirjam 1-1 20 20.0 3-7 . 4 2 9 1-2 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 1 2 2.0 4 0 1 4 0 1 7 7.0 21 CARRINGTON, Diarra 1-0 15 15.0 2-3 . 6 6 7 0-1 . 0 0 0 3-7 . 4 2 9 0 2 2 2.0 3 0 1 4 1 3 7 7.0 31 JENSEN, Melissa 1-1 35 35.0 2-3 . 6 6 7 0-1 . 0 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 7 1 2 3 3.0 2 0 2 4 0 2 6 6.0 03 GRAY, Samantha 1-0 22 22.0 2-5 . 4 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 2 3 3.0 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 4.0 40 CLAY, Amber 1-1 28 28.0 2-2 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 7 8 8.0 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.0 33 ALEXANDER, Hayley 1-0 4 4.0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 22 FOGELSTROM, Mathil 1-0 14 14.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 5 5 5.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 Team 0 4 4 Total...... 1 200 20-48 . 4 1 7 6-17 . 3 5 3 6-13 . 4 6 2 7 29 36 36.0 22 0 11 22 4 8 52 52.0 Opponents...... 1 200 19-60 . 3 1 7 1-8 . 1 2 5 14-23 . 6 0 9 18 26 44 44.0 12 0 6 14 1 15 53 53.0

TEAM STATISTICS UNO OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 52 53 11/9/12 NORTHWESTERN STATE L 52-53 0 Points per game 52.0 53.0 Scoring margin -1.0 - * - Conference game FIELD GOALS-ATT 20-48 19-60 Field goal pct . 4 1 7 . 3 1 7 3 POINT FG-ATT 6-17 1-8 3-point FG pct . 3 5 3 . 1 2 5 3-pt FG made per game 6.0 1.0 FREE THROWS-ATT 6-13 14-23 Free throw pct . 4 6 2 . 6 0 9 F-Throws made per game 6.0 14.0 REBOUNDS 36 44 Rebounds per game 36.0 44.0 Rebounding margin -8.0 - ASSISTS 11 6 Assists per game 11.0 6.0 TURNOVERS 22 14 Turnovers per game 22.0 14.0 Turnover margin -8.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.5 0.4 STEALS 8 15 Steals per game 8.0 15.0 BLOCKS 4 1 Blocks per game 4.0 1.0 ATTENDANCE 0 0 Home games-Avg/Game 1-0 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals University of New Orle 23 29 52 Opponents 30 23 53