MICHIGANMICHIGAN STATESTATE 2003-04 Womens Basketball
UP NEXT FOR SPARTAN BASKETBALL: 2003-04 MSU SCHEDULE
MICHIGAN STATE (0-0) HOSTS Nov 8 ZALA VOLAN (EX ) W, 83-55 DEAN TRAILWAYS OF MICHIGAN SPARTAN CLASSIC WITH Nov 14 PREMIER ALL-STARS (EX ) W, 85-40 DAVIDSON, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AND TEMPLE Nov 22-23 DEAN TRAILWAYS SPARTAN CLASSIC When ------Sat!-Sun!, Nov! 22-23, 2003 Nov 22 MSU VS DAVIDSON 4:30 pm ------Sat! - MSU vs! Davidson (4:30 p!m!); FIU vs! Temple (7 p!m!) Florida International vs Temple 7 pm ------Sun! - Consolation (12:30 p!m!); Championship (3 p!m!) Nov 23 Consolation 12:30 pm Site ------East Lansing, Mich! (Breslin Center) Championship 3 pm Radio ------The Fan 730 AM Nov 26 NOTRE DAME 7 pm Television ------None Nov 28 EASTERN MICHIGAN (Comcast) 7 pm Coaches ------MSU: Joanne P! McCallie (Northwestern, 1987) Dec 2 at Oklahoma State 7 pm ------Overall: 213-116 (12th year); MSU: 46-43 (Fourth year) Dec 6 at Kent State 2 pm ------Davidson: Annette Watts (East Tennessee State, 1981) Dec 13 at Toledo 2 pm ------Overall: 25-33 (Third year); DC: Same Dec 17 at Pepperdine 7 pm ------FIU: Cindy Russo (Old Dominion, 1975) Dec 19 at UCLA 7 pm ------Overall: 545-212 (27th year); FIU: 505-190 (Fourth year) Dec 29 CINCINNATI (Comcast) 7 pm ------Temple: Dawn Staley (Virginia, 1992) ------Overall: 53-37 (Fourth year); TU: Same Jan 2 INDIANA* 7 pm Jan 4 at Penn State* (FOX Sports) 1 pm Jan 8 PURDUE* 7 pm Opening Tip Michigan State opens the 2003-04 regular season when the Spartans host the Jan 12 DETROIT 12 pm Dean Trailways of Michigan Spartan Classic Saturday and Sunday (Nov! 22-23) at the Jan 15 at Ohio State* 7 pm Breslin Center! The Spartans welcome Davidson, Florida International and Temple for Jan 18 MICHIGAN* 2 pm this years Classic! Jan 22 at Northwestern (FOX Sports)* 7 pm MSU and Davidson will get things started with a 4:30 contest on Saturday, while Jan 25 at Minnesota* 2 pm Florida International and Temple will square off at 7 p!m! The losers of the two games Jan 29 at Illinois* 7 pm will meet in the consolation game Sunday at 12:30 p!m!, with the winners battling for Feb 1 IOWA* (Comcast) 2 pm the Spartan Classic championship at 3 p!m! Feb 5 WISCONSIN* (Comcast) 7 pm Feb 8 NORTHWESTERN* (Comcast) 2 pm Opening Act Feb 12 at Michigan* 7 pm Michigan State is 19-12 all-time in season openers and has won four straight, Feb 15 OHIO STATE* (FOX Sports) 1 pm including last years 82-68 victory at the Breslin Center in the opener against Fresno Feb 22 at Purdue* 2 pm State! The Spartans are 11-2 when opening the season with a home game! Feb 26 PENN STATE* 7 pm Michigan State Possible Starters Feb 29 at Indiana* 2 pm March 4-8 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind) Name PPG* RPG* FG%* FT%* Misc* March 20-23 NCAA Tournament 1st & 2nd Rounds F #3 Julie Pagel (5-11, Jr) 54 47 440 833 26 apg March 27-30 NCAA Regional F #52 Liz Shimek (6-1, So) 104 91 462 756 12 spg April 4 & 6 NCAA Final Four G #4 Kristin Haynie (5-6, So) 101 37 431 853 50 apg G #20 Lindsay Bowen (5-7, So) 133 24 436 955 464 3-Pt% * Big Ten Conference contest G #31 Victoria Lucas-Perry (5-9, Fr) ------Home Games (BOLD CAPS) played at the Breslin Center Off The Bench
Name PPG* RPG* FG%* FT%* Misc* MSU SPORTS INFORMATION G #10 Candice Jackson (5-6, R-Jr)# 10 30 111 -- 35 apg 401 Olds Hall G #24 Rene Haynes (5-10, Fr) ------East Lansing, Mich 48824 G #34 Patrice McKinney (5-8, R-Fr) ------Womens Basketball SID: Brad Gust C #42 Kelli Roehrig (6-4, Jr) 118 52 582 730 12 bpg E-Mail: gust@ath!msu!edu F #44 Katrina Grantham (6-1, Fr) ------SID Office Phone: 517!353!2271 F #45 Myisha Bannister (6-3, Fr) ------SID Office Fax: 517!353!9636 *stats from 2002-03 season Press Row: 517!353!1626 #played in two games prior to season-ending injury Website: www!msuspartans!com 2 Michigan State Womens Basketball Notes BIG TEN STANDINGS TALE OF THE TAPE (2002-03 STATS)
BIG TEN STANDINGS Opp! Opp! Reb! Team PPG PPG FG% FG% 3PT% FT% RPG Marg! APG SPG TOPG Conf Games All Games Michigan State 687 607 448 402 397 783 378 +77 151 87 158 Michigan 0-0 000 2-0 1 000 Davidson 662 655 398 405 326 702 387 -06 144 95 198 Purdue 0-0 000 1-0 1 000 Florida Intl 698 643 448 396 320 706 410 +71 160 70 178 Illinois 0-0 000 0-0 000 Temple 612 598 397 413 299 676 338 -38 117 105 154 Indiana 0-0 000 0-0 000 Iowa 0-0 000 0-0 000 Spartan Classic History Michigan State 0-0 000 0-0 000 MSU owns a 23-7 record all-time at the Spartan Classic, and has won eight of the 15 Minnesota 0-0 000 0-0 000 previous Classics! MSU is 14-1 all-time in first-round games, and has won 11 straight Northwestern 0-0 000 0-0 000 first-round contests since an 89-72 loss to Kentucky in 1989! However, MSU is just 8-6 Ohio State 0-0 000 0-0 000 Penn State 0-0 000 0-0 000 when playing in the championship game! Wisconsin 0-0 000 0-0 000 Series Records THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE Michigan State has only played a total of two games against the three other teams 11/15 Michigan 79, Miami (Ohio) 68 (WNIT) competing in the Spartan Classic! MSU has never played its first-round opponent 11/16 Purdue 79, Kansas State 69 (Davidson), and has met each of the two other teams (Florida International and Temple) once! The Spartans dropped a 69-56 decision at Florida International Nov! 24, 2001, and 11/17 Michigan 73, Cincinnati 69 (WNIT) defeated Temple, 72-66, Dec! 9, 1989 at the Breslin Center! 11/19Michigan at Rutgers, 7 pm (WNIT) Scouting the Opponents 11/21 Butler at Iowa, 7 pm Davidson returns four starters and 10 letterwinners from last years squad that fin- Wayne State at Illinois, 7 pm ished 15-15 overall and 8-10 in the Southern Conference! Davidson was picked to finish Western Michigan at Michigan, 2 pm Creighton at Northwestern, 5 pm sixth by the coaches and seventh by the media out of 11 teams in the Southern Confer- Ohio at Ohio State, 7 pm ence in the preseason polls! LSU at Penn State, 7 pm Six-foot junior guard/forward Emily Callahan is back after leading the team in scoring last season (13!5 ppg) and being named to the All-Southern Conference team! Senior 11/22 Cornell at Indiana, 6 pm Southern at Minnesota, 1 pm guard Ashley Hallsted averaged 9!7 points and 2!7 assists last season, while senior Davidson at Michigan State guard/forward Robyn Flewelling added 7!7 points and 3!3 assists! Iowa vs TBD Florida International finished 19-11 last season and 9-5 in the Sun Belt Conference and advanced to the WNIT, but the Golden Panthers lost three of five starters, including 11/23 Purdue at Duke, 2:30 p m Northwestern at Kentucky, 2 pm their top two scorers! FIU was picked to finish third in the East Division of the Sun Belt in Florida A&M at Ohio State, 2 pm the leagues preseason poll, which is where the Golden Panthers finished last season! Northern Ill at Wisconsin, 1:30 pm Senior guard Ivelina Vrancheva ranked third in the NCAA in total assists (217) and Michigan State vs TBD fifth in the nation in assists per game (7!2) last year, and is the Golden Panthers top Indiana vs TBD returner in points per game (10!8), assists, three-point baskets made (32) and steals 2003-04 All-Big Ten Womens (33)! Junior forward/center Dace Cinite returns after averaging 10!4 points and 7!0 re- Basketball Preseason Team bounds last season, while Milena Tomova (5!2 ppg) and Faeza Bouderra (2!0 ppg) are the only other returning players who played significant minutes last season! Top Three Preseason Picks - Coaches Temple has four starters and 12 letterwinners back from last years team that went Team 2002-03 Final Records 1 Penn State 26-9 (13-3 BT/1st) 14-15 overall and finished second in the Atlantic 10 East Division last season! The Owls 2 Purdue 29-6 (12-4 BT/T-2nd) were picked to repeat their second-place finish in the conferences preseason poll! 3 Minnesota 25-6 (12-4 BT/T-2nd) Sophomore center Candice DuPree was picked to the leagues preseason all-con- ference second team after averaging 10!4 points and 7!6 rebounds last year! Although the Top Three Preseason Picks - Media Owls have a numbers of returning players, a pair of freshmen are expected to have a big Team 2002-03 Final Records 1 Purdue 29-6 (12-4 BT/T-2nd) impact, as Britney Jordan and Kamesha Hairston were named to the Atlantic 10s pre- 2 Penn State 26-9 (13-3 BT/1st) season All-Rookie team! Jordan in particular should contribute immediately after a stellar 3 Minnesota 25-6 (12-4 BT/T-2nd) high school career that saw her named to the McDonalds and Parade All-America first teams! 2003-04 Big Ten Preseason All- Conference Team - Coaches and Media Jennie Lillis, Iowa, Sr, F* Spartans Thump Premier All-Stars Kelly Mazzante, Penn State, Sr, G Michigan State closed out the exhibition season with a decisive 85-40 victory over the Janel McCarville, Minnesota, Jr, C# Premier All-Stars Friday night in the Breslin Center! Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota, Sr, G Freshman Victoria Lucas-Perry led four Spartans in double figures with 19 points Shereka Wright, Purdue, Sr, F while collecting five rebounds and three steals! Junior Kristin Haynie added 15 points Tanisha Wright, Penn State, Jr, G *Selected by media only and six assists while sophomore Lindsay Bowen and freshman Rene Haynes contrib- #Selected by coaches only uted 13 points each! The game was marred by a pair of lengthy delays caused by injuries to Premier 2003-04 Big Ten Preseason Co-Players players! As a result, the All-Stars had just five players available from the 14:23 mark on, so of the Year - Coaches MSU responded by playing a lineup consisting of its five freshmen for the remainder of the Kelly Mazzante, Penn State Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota game! For the second straight exhibition game, MSU came out firing, sinking its first six 2003-04 Big Ten Preseason Player of shots en route to a quick 13-2 lead! Six different players scored the first six baskets, and the Year - Media MSU dominate inside while continuing to stretch the lead throughout the half! The Spar- Kelly Mazzante, Penn State tans, who outscored the All-Stars 20-4 in the paint in the first stanza, used an 18-7 run late Michigan State Womens Basketball Notes 3 2003-04 MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS
No Name Pos Ht Yr/Elig Hometown/High School Spartan Notes 3 Julie Pagel *** F 5-11 Sr /Sr Utica, Mich /Utica Teams only scholarship senior 4 Kristin Haynie ** G 5-8 Jr /Jr Mason, Mich /Mason 2003 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten 10 Candice Jackson ** G 5-6 Sr /Jr Lansing, Mich /Lansing Everett Redshirted last season due to torn ACL 15 Theresa Pusateri G 5-4 Sr /Sr Homewood, Ill /Homewood-Flossmoor Will join team after field hockey season 20 Lindsay Bowen * G 5-7 So /So Dansville, Mich /Dansville 2003 Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Year 24 Rene Haynes G 5-10 Fr /Fr Columbus, Ohio/Wellington School First-team All-state junior and senior years 31 Victoria Lucas-Perry G 5-9Fr /Fr Flint, Mich /Powers Catholic Runner-up for Michigan Ms& Basketball 34 Patrice McKinney G 5-8 So /Fr Lansing, Mich /Everett Redshirted last season due to torn ACL 44 Katrina Grantham F 6-1 Fr /Fr Saginaw, Mich /Heritage All-state 1st team and led team to state title 45 Myisha Bannister F 6-3 Fr /Fr Cleveland, Ohio/Villa Angela-St Joseph Scored over 1,000 points in HS career 42 Kelli Roehrig ** C 6-4 Jr /Jr Papillion, Neb /Papillion-Lavista 2003 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten 52 Liz Shimek * F/G 6-1 So /So Empire, Mich /Maple City-Glen Lake 2003 Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Year * Denotes letters earned
Head Coach: Joanne P McCallie (fourth year) Assistant Coach: Janel Grimm Burgess (fourth year) Assistant Coach: AnnMarie Gilbert (second year) Assistant Coach: Darren Bennett (first year) Director of Basketball Operations: Nate Lake (first year) in the half to pull away to a convincing 49-26 lead at the break! Michigan State shot 60!6 percent from the field in the first period, including 17-of-25 HERES WHATS BACK (68!0 percent) shooting from the five starters! MSU then scored the first 12 points of the second period to open a 61-26 lead at the An inspection of statistics from last sea- time of the second Premier injury! Over the remainder of the contest, MSUs five freshmen son and the statistics of the returning outscored the remaining All-Stars, 24-14! players demonstrates that MSU returns MSU finished the game shooting 47!7 percent (31-of-65) from the field, and an al- most of its firepower from last years most identical 47!6 percent (10-of-21) from three-point range! MSU forced 20 turnovers team: while committing just 14, and held a 47-40 edge on the boards! However, the Spartans did surrender 22 offensive rebounds to the All-Stars! 2002-03 Returning Pct Freshman Myisha Bannister had a team-high nine rebounds and four blocks in 22 Points 1992 1483 74!4 minutes off the bench, while freshman Katrina Grantham added eight rebounds! Sopho- Rebounds* 975 738 75!7 more Liz Shimek had nine points and six boards, while senior Julie Pagel had five as- Assists 439 341 77!7 sists along with four points in 16 minutes! Steals 251 189 75!3 Blocks 68 60 88!2 Spartans Race Past Zala Volan 3-Pt FG 154 101 65!6 Michigan State won its exhibition opener Saturday at the Breslin Center, racing past * does not include team rebounds Zala Volan, a Hungarian touring team sponsored by Team Concept Basketball, 83-55! MSU roared to a 49-27 halftime lead, withstood a spurt by Zala Volan early in the second CRUNCH TIME half, and pulled away for the decisive victory! Lindsay Bowen led all scorers with 25 points, while Liz Shimek added a double- MSUs free throw shooting in the last two double with 15 points and 10 rebounds! Kelli Roehrig had 12 points and six boards for minutes of regulation plus overtime in MSU, while Victoria Lucas-Perry added 10 points - all in the first half - six rebounds and close games (margin in single digits)! four assists! Michigan State controlled the glass, owning a whopping 49-25 edge on the boards, Name 2003-04 Career and forced 23 turnovers, including four steals by Shimek! The Spartans shot 43!1 percent Lindsay Bowen 0-0 000 6-6 1000 from the field (28-of-65), including nine-of-18 from three-point range, while holding Zala Kristin Haynie 0-0 000 24-27 889 Volan to 35!2 percent shooting (19-of-54)! Candice Jackson 0-0 000 5-5 1000 MSU dominated from the outset, scoring the games first 11 points while holding Julie Pagel 0-0 000 19-23 826 Zala Volan scoreless until a pair of free throws at the 14:40 mark of the first half! Zala Volan Kelli Roehrig 0-0 000 3-6 500 Liz Shimek 0-0 000 3-4 750 was within seven points at 23-16, before MSU ran off 14 straight points to open a com- Team 0-0 !000 manding 37-16 lead! Bowen scored the last eight points during the run, including a pair of three-point baskets! The lead grew to 25 when Bowen sank another trey with just 18 seconds left in the half to make it 49-24, before a three-pointer just before the buzzer cut Page 3 Hidden Word of the Game the lead to 49-27 at intermission! Page three of every set of MSU womens After the big offensive first half, points were harder to come by in the second period for basketball game notes will have a differ- MSU, as the Spartans scored just three points during the first four-and-a-half minutes, ent word hidden inside another word (ex- and just nine points over the first 10:55 of the half as Zala Volan cut the lead to 58-51! ample: McCallie contains the word A putback by redshirt Patrice McKinney and another three-point bomb by Bowen call)! Todays hidden word is: troll! Any pushed the lead back to 12 points at 63-51! After a Zala Volan triple, MSU ran off 13 straight media member who finds that word hid- points and scored 20 of the games last 21 points to pull away for the big victory! A Roehrig den inside another word on this page will basket started the stretch, then a steal and basket by Kristin Haynie gave MSU breathing receive a complementary soft drink at the room! A three-pointer by Haynie made the lead 70-54 and the rout was on! next home game! 4 Michigan State Womens Basketball Notes Green and White POLL POSITION Michigan State held its annual Green and White scrimmage Oct! 25 at the Breslin Center! Due to the fact that the Spartans have 10 available players, the team scrimmaged Associated Press Top 25 Poll (Nov 17) against a group of mostly male players that regular compete with the women at practice! No Team Record PtsPrv The MSU women won the exhibition, 77-64! 1 Connecticut (46) 0-0 1,150 1 Sophomore Liz Shimek had a team-high 15 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead 2 Texas 1-0 1,096 3 3 Tennessee 0-0 1,009 4 a balanced offensive attack! All 10 players scored for MSU, with eight players scoring at 4 Duke 0-1 997 2 least six points! 8 Kansas State 0-1 826 5 Junior Kelli Roehrig added 12 points and six boards, while freshman Victoria Lucas- 6 Stanford 0-0 860 6 Perry also reached double figures, scoring 10 points and pulling down four rebounds! 5 Purdue 1-0 936 7 Michigan State shot 47 percent from the floor (31-66) and hit 10-of-12 free throws 9 Penn State 0-0 808 8 (83!3 percent)! The Spartans also forced 23 turnovers, collecting 21 steals in the process, 12 LSU 1-1 649 9 including five by junior Kristin Haynie! However, the practice players outrebounded the 7 Texas Tech 2-0 827 10 Spartans, 42-38, and forced 18 turnovers of their own! 10 Georgia 0-0 666 11 11 Louisiana Tech 0-0 649 12 Michigan State held a 44-32 edge on points in the paint, and scored 25 points off 13 Minnesota 0-0 606 13 turnovers! MSU, which looks to increase the tempo thanks to added depth this season, 14 North Carolina 0-0 559 14 had a 16-10 advantage in fast-break points! 20 Notre Dame 1-1 331 15 15 Rutgers 2-0 454 16 Our New Favorite Magazine 16 Ohio State 0-0 376 17 Michigan State is ranked No! 16 in the nation according to the Athlon Sports college 18 Santa Barbara 1-0 374 18 basketball preseason magazine! The Spartans are the third-highest ranked Big Ten team 19 Utah 1-0 341 19 of the five conference schools to make the list, joining No! 6 Penn State, No! 11 Purdue, 16 Colorado 2-0 376 20 21 Oklahoma 0-0 234 21 No! 17 Ohio State and No! 21 Minnesota! 25 Auburn 1-1 93 22 22 Arizona 0-0 170 23 Close But No Cigar 23 TCU 0-0 123 24 Michigan State didnt crack the preseason Top 25 polls, but the Spartans did receive 24 Oregon 2-0 113 NR votes in each poll! MSU received 29 points in the Associated Press poll, ranking the Others Receiving Votes: Virginia 90, George Wash Spartans 31st, while the Spartans came in 36th in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll with 57, Vanderbilt 42, DePaul 23, Boston Coll 22, Michi- gan St 17, Baylor 14, Va Tech 12, Villanova 10, 27 points! Cincinnati 9, Washington 7, SMS 5, Louisville 4, Temple 4, BYU 3, Harvard 3, Arizona St 2, Arkansas Playing The Best 2, Creighton 2, UNC-Wilmington 2, New Mexico 2, St Joes 2, Montana 1, Pittsburgh 1, W Michigan 1 Michigan State has eight games against five teams that are ranked in the preseason Top 25 polls this season! The Spartans will play Penn State, Purdue and Ohio State twice USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Coaches Poll each, and Minnesota and Notre Dame once! No Team Record PtsPrv In addition, MSU plays six other teams that received votes in one or both preseason 1 Connecticut (40) 0-0 1,000 1 polls: Cincinnati, Illinois, Iowa, Pepperdine, Toledo and UCLA! 2 Duke 0-0 932 4 3 Texas 0-0 896 3 Useless Stat of the Game 4 Tennessee 0-0 883 2 Michigan States all-time record when opening the season against a school whose 5 Kansas State 0-0 824 10 6 Texas Tech 0-0 727 6 name starts with a vowel is 6-3, and the Spartans record when starting against a school 7 Stanford 0-0 688 14 whose name starts with a consonant is 13-9! When the season opener is a home game 8 Penn State 0-0 630 12 against a school starting with a consonant, such as this years game against Davidson, 9 Purdue 0-0 621 7 MSUs record is 8-2! 10 LSU 0-0 605 5 11 Georgia 0-0 550 11 Spartan Outlook 12 Louisiana Tech 0-0 507 9 Michigan State expects its 32nd season of varsity competition to be one of its best 13 Minnesota 0-0 472 13 ever! A young Spartan squad advanced to the NCAA Tournament last year for the first time 14 North Carolina 0-0 467 15 15 Ohio State 0-0 314 NR since 1997 with a core of just six players! Five of those players return, and with added 16 Notre Dame 0-0 291 21 depth this season, MSU appears to be fully loaded! 17 Rutgers 0-0 276 NR Last year was a breakthrough year for the Spartans, who finished 17-12 overall and 18 Santa Barbara 0-0 272 22 tied for fourth in the Big Ten with a 10-6 record! Expectations for this season are even 19 Utah 0-0 271 NR higher, although MSU will still field a young team! Only one senior letterwinner, Julie 20 Colorado 0-0 241 19 Pagel, is on the roster, while more than half of the 12 players on the roster are underclass- 21 Oklahoma 0-0 184 NR men! 22 Arizona 0-0 153 NR However, players responsible for roughly three-fourth of the points, rebounds, as- 23 TCU 0-0 150 NR 24 Virginia 0-0 133 NR sists and steals from last year are back, lending optimism that last years NCAA Tourna- 25 Auburn 0-0 109 NR ment appearance was a prelude to even better things this season! Others Receiving Votes: Geo Wash 108, Boston Coll 94, Villanova 70, Va Tech 64, Vanderbilt 57, Gimme Five DePaul 53, S Carolina 48, Washington 44, Missis- sippi St 29, Arkansas 28, Michigan St 27, Cincin- Michigan State has five players on its roster who have earned All-Big Ten honors nati 21, Liberty 18, Old Dominion 14, Creighton 11, during their careers! Junior Kristin Haynie and Kelli Roehrig and sophomores Lindsay Houston 11, New Mexico 10, W Kentucky 10, UT- Bowen and Liz Shimek all earned honorable mention all-conference honors last season, Chattanooga 9, SMS 9, Clemson 8, UW-Green Bay 8, NC Wilmington 7, St Jospehs 7, Charlotte 6, while senior Julie Pagel was honorable mention All-Big Ten after her freshman year! Colorado St 6, Arizona St 4, Pepperdine 4, Xavier 4, Iowa 3, Florida St 2, Oregon 2, Toledo 2, UCLA 2, BYU 1, Holy Cross 1, Middle Tenn St 1, Mon- tana 1 Michigan State Womens Basketball Notes 5 Depth At Guard Junior point guard Kristin Haynie and sophomore guard Lindsay Bowen will likely DOUBLE TIME have to get used to something different this season sitting on the bench from time to time! Injuries depleted MSUs backcourt last year and as a result, Bowen averaged a Double Figure Scoring Games team-high 37!4 minutes, while Haynie played 34!4 minutes per night! In Big Ten games, Julie Pagel - 0 (37 career) those numbers increased to 38!6 and 37!2 minutes, respectively! This season, redshirt Lindsay Bowen - 0 (23 career) junior Candice Jackson and redshirt freshman Patrice McKinney return from ACL injuries, Kristin Haynie - 0 (28 career) and a pair of newcomers will push for playing time, giving the Spartans much more depth! Kelli Roehrig - 0 (30 career) Haynie excelled at the point last season, averaging 10!1 points and 5!0 assists to Liz Shimek - 0 (14 career) earn honorable mention All-Big Ten honors! Her 144 assists were the fourth most ever in Candice Jackson - 0 (8 career) a single-season by an MSU player! Bowen was named co-Big Ten Freshman of the Year with teammate Liz Shimek after Double Figure Rebounding Games averaging 13!3 points and shooting the lights out! Bowen ranked fourth nationally making Liz Shimek - 0 (10 career) 46!4 percent of her three-point shots, and she led the Big Ten by making 63-of-66 (95!5 Julie Pagel - 0 (8 career) percent) from the free throw line! Kelli Roehrig - 0 (2 career) Jackson was a starter before an injury in last seasons second game knocked her out for the year! She also started the final 13 games of the 2001-02 season and provides Kristin Haynie - 0 (1 career) leadership on the court, although she will miss the start of the season due to another Candice Jackson - 0 (1 career) injury! McKinney was an all-state pick as a senior in high school and displayed tremendous Double Doubles (points/rebounds) athleticism before being injured in the preseason! Her quickness should provide imme- Liz Shimek - 0 (5 career) diate dividends this winter! Julie Pagel - 0 (3 career) The newcomers include Rene Haynes and Victoria Lucas-Perry! Lucas-Perry, from Kelli Roehrig - 0 (2 career) Flint, Mich!, was runner-up for Michigan Ms! Basketball last year and led Powers Catholic Kristin Haynie - 0 (1 career) High School to two state championships! Haynes, a native of Columbus, Ohio, is a two- time first-team all-state pick who has twice been named her districts player of the year! Double Doubles (points/assists) Kristin Haynie - 0 (1 career) The Front Court The Spartans may not have as much depth in the front court as the back court, but there is no lack of quality! Senior forward Julie Pagel, junior center Kelli Roehrig and sophomore forward Liz Shimek are a talented trio that should excel this year! MILESTONES Pagel battled through nagging injuries to average 5!4 points and 4!7 rebounds, and *school record unofficially led the team in knockdowns while setting screens! Her toughness on and off the court is invaluable and as the teams only scholarship senior, she will once again 800 points: Julie Pagel needs 22 need to be a leader! *1668 Roehrig averaged 11!8 points and 5!2 rebounds while ranking third in the Big Ten 600 points: Kelli Roehrig needs 5 with a !582 field goal percentage last season! If she can continue to avoid foul trouble *1668 (she fouled out of only one game last year), she could post more dominating perfor- 600 points: Kristin Haynie needs 63 mances like her three outings with 25 or more points last year (27 vs! Minnesota, 25 vs! *1668 Ohio State and at Providence)! Shimek shared co-Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors with Lindsay Bowen last 400 points: Lindsay Bowen needs 14 year after averaging 10!4 points and ranking second in the Big Ten by pulling down 9!1 *1668 rebounds per game! Although she is a tough, physical low-post player, Shimek has 400 points: Liz Shimek needs 98 improved her outside game and may see time in the back court this year! *1668 Added to the mix are freshmen Myisha Bannister and Katrina Grantham! Grantham, 600 rebounds: Julie Pagel needs 57 from Saginaw, Mich!, was an all-state pick who led Heritage High School to the state title *964 and finished fourth in the Ms! Basketball voting! Bannister, a Cleveland native, averaged 12!2 points, 8!2 rebounds 3!2 blocks and 2!3 steals as a senior and scored over 1,000 300 rebounds: Kelli Roehrig needs 34 points in her career! *964 300 rebounds: Liz Shimek needs 37 Shooting Stars *964 Michigan State was one of the nations top shooting teams last season, and theres no reason to believe the trend wont continue this year! Last year MSU ranked third nationally in 300 assists: Kristin Haynie needs 39 *460 three-point field goal percentage (!397), fifth in free throw percentage (!783) and 30th in field goal percentage (!448)! The returning players could improve those numbers, as they com- 100 3-pointers: Lindsay Bowen needs 23 bined to shoot 42!6 percent from three-point range, 81!6 percent from the charity stripe and *218 46!8 percent from the field all numbers that are significantly better than last years figures! On the Rebound SPARTAN TRIVIA For the first time in school history, MSU led the Big Ten in rebound margin last year, holding an edge of +7!7 boards per game over its opponents! The Spartans expect to Q: Which Michigan State player also lettered in
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Victoria Lucas-Perry lettered in bowling in bowling in lettered Lucas-Perry Victoria per game! Even point guard Kristin Haynie averaged 3!7 rebounds per game last season! A: Frontcourt help from newcomers Katrina Grantham and Myisha Bannister could bolster MSUs rebounding figures for the 2003-04 season! 6 Michigan State Womens Basketball Notes Turning up the Defense MSU RECORDS As always, Michigan State was one of the Big Tens top defensive teams last season! The Spartans ranked second in the league in scoring defense, allowing just 60!7 points CAREER RECORDS per game! MSU was also third in field goal percentage defense (!402)! This season, with more healthy bodies available and with increased athleticsm, the Points No! Years 1 Kisha Kelley 1668 1992-95 Spartans expect to turn up the pressure on defense! Look for more full-court pressure and -- trapping from the Spartans, which should result in more turnovers and easy baskets! 23 Cheri Euler 891 1994-97 24 Jackie Carter 884 1980-83 Youth Is Served 25 Kelly Belanger 871 1983-86 Although MSU has a much more experienced squad this season, it is still a young -- Julie Pagel 778 2000-SA team consisting largely of freshmen and sophomores! In fact, research completed by Sara Day of Loyola College indicated that at the time of the survey in September, Michigan State Field Goal Pct! No! (FG-FGA) had tied for the eighth youngest team in the country with an average age of 19!2 years! 1 Nicole Cushing 591 (257-435) 1996-97 Jackson Sidelined0000Again 2 Kelli Roehrig 574 (253-441) Redshirt junior Candice Jacksons streak of bad luck continues this year, as she has 2001-SA suffered her third knee injury in four seasons! Jackson suffered a partial tear in her right 3 Becky Cummings 572 (392-685) 1998-2001 knee ligament just prior to the start of practice, and is expected to be out at least through November! Jackson missed the final 15 games of her freshman season (2000-01) after 3-Point Field Goals No! Years tearing her left ACL, and redshirted last year after tearing the ACL again during the second 1 Maxann Reese 218 1997-2000 game of the season! -- 5 Jamie Wesley 101 1995-98 Spartans Sign Four 6 Syreeta Bromfield 91 2001-SA Michigan State womens basketball coach Joanne P! McCallie has announced that 7 Lindsay Bowen 77 2002-SA four players have signed national letters of intent to join the Spartan womens basketball 8 Maria Recker 49 1999-SA program in 2004-05! 9 Vnemina Reese 48 1998-2002 The signees include Courtney Davidson (PG, 5-5, Youngstown, Ohio/Ursuline High Kristin Haynie 48 2001-SA School), Maggie Dwyer (G, 6-0, Grand Haven, Mich!/Grand Haven High School), Laura Hall (C, 6-4, Temperance, Mich!/Bedford High School) and Melanie Small (F, 5-10, Copley, 3-Pt! FG Attempts No! Years Ohio/Copley High School)! 1 Maxann Reese 625 1997-2000 -- Davidson was a Street & Smith honorable mention All-American in 2003, and is 5 Jamie Wesley 304 1995-98 ranked as the No! 33 player in the nation by National Roundball Journal and the No! 43 6 Syreeta Bromfield 280 2001-SA player by All-Star Girls Report! As a junior in 2002-03, she averaged 19 points per game, 7 Lindsay Bowen 166 2002-SA was named first-team Division III All-State and the Northeast Ohio Player of the Year and 8 Vnemina Reese 158 1998-2002 was an all-conference selection! This past summer, she was named an adidas Top Ten 9 Donita Johnson 156 1997-2001 Camp Upperclass All-Star, and was an AAU 16-Under All-American! 10 Maria Recker 145 1999-SA Davidson is already Ursulines all-time leading scorer with 1,512 career points en- -- Kristin Haynie 133 2001-SA tering her senior season! She has averaged 19!7 points per game during her career, along with 8!7 assists, 4!8 rebounds and 3!5 steals! She is a career 41 percent three- Rebounds No! Years point field goal shooter, and has sunk 82 percent of her free throws! 1 Kristen Rasmussen 964 1997-2000 Dwyer has started all 84 games during her four-year high school career as of Nov! 10, -- and went over the 1,000 career point mark earlier this year! She was averaging 15!4 12 Sue Tucker 606 1984-87 13 Kim Archer 599 1984-88 points, 12!2 rebounds, 4!4 assists and 3!8 steals per game as of Nov! 10! Dwyer, who 14 Julie Pagel 543 2000-SA moved to point guard this year after spending three seasons playing on the wing, led Grand Haven to a 19-3 record last season and the O-K Red Conference title! Assists No! Years Dwyer, ranked No! 161 nationally by All-Star Girls Report, was MVP of the all-state 1 Chris Powers 460 1992-95 camp in Midland this summer, was an all-state special mention selection and a Detroit -- Free Press second-team all-state pick in 2002 and has been first-team all-conference 8 Donita Johnson 333 1997-2001 every year of high school! She was a first-team all-area pick by the Grand Rapids Press 9 Maxann Reese 291 1997-2000 last season, and has been named to the Muskegon Chronicles all-area first-team every 10 Carlotta Taylor 283 1987-90 season! The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press both ranked her as the states fifth-best -- Kristin Haynie 261 2001-SA player prior to her senior season! Hall led Bedford to an 18-0 record and a No! 4 Class A ranking as of Nov! 10 by Free Throws No! Years averaging 13!9 points and 7!0 rebounds and 2!4 blocks per game while shooting 53 1 Kris Emerson 394 1984-87 percent from the field despite double- and triple-team defenses! On Nov! 6, she became -- 7 Paula Sanders 252 1994-97 the first player in school history to surpass the 1,000 career point mark! Hall was named 8 Eileen Shea 240 1988-91 a Street & Smiths honorable mention All-American last season and is picked as the 9 Julie Pagel 231 2000-SA nations 138th-ranked player by All-Star Girls Report! She was selected as the states sixth-best player prior to her senior season by the Detroit Free Press, and the No! 9 player Blocked Shots No! Years by The Detroit News! 1 Kristen Rasmussen 194 1997-2000 Hall, a team captain, was named the Monroe Evening News Player of the Year as a -- junior after averaging 13!0 points, 6!8 rebounds and 2!7 blocks per game, while leading 4 Sue Forsyth 65 1987-89 the Mules to a school-best 21-5 record, their first regional championship and first district 5 Paula Sanders 62 1994-97 title since 1983! She was named first-team all-conference as a junior and as a sopho- Annette Babers 62 1991-93 more, when she averaged 11!1 points, 7!5 rebounds and 2!4 blocks! 7 Becky Cummings 61 1997-2001 8 Kelli Roehrig 59 2001-SA Michigan State Womens Basketball Notes 7 Small averaged 17!5 points and 8!5 rebounds while being named All-Northeast Ohio Inland District and special mention All-Ohio her junior season to help Copley earn a EXPAND YOUR BASKETBALL share of the Suburban League title! The Indians reached the district championship be- fore ending their season with a 21-3 record! As a sophomore, she averaged 15!0 points VOCABULARY and led Copley to a 19-4 record while being named to the Ohio Girls Basketball Magazine My way of teaching our good friends in All-Sophomore team! the media something about basketball Small, who has been a starter since her freshman year, was one of 12 players named to the All-Sun team by Sun Newspapers as both a sophomore and a junior, and The term of the day is: was a first team All-Suburban League selection as a freshman, sophomore and junior! Back Screen All-Star Girls Report ranks Small as the No! 130 player in the nation! The screener sets the screen on the defenders blind side, or back side Usually the screener On Deck is facing away from the basket Michigan State continues its hectic opening schedule when the Spartans host two more home games next week! MSU will play its first contest of the season against a nationally-ranked team next Wednesday (Nov! 26), when No! 15/16 Notre Dame visits the Breslin Center! Two days later, the Spartans will host Eastern Michigan! Both games begin at 7 p!m! 8 Michigan State Womens Basketball Notes Spartan Season and Career Highs #3 Julie Pagel #4 Kristin Haynie #10 Candice Jackson Season Highs Season Highs Season Highs Points -- Points -- Points -- Field Goals -- Field Goals -- Field Goals -- FG Attempts -- FG Attempts -- FG Attempts -- 3-Point Field Goals -- 3-Point Field Goals -- 3-Point Field Goals -- Rebounds -- Rebounds -- Rebounds -- Assists -- Assists -- Assists -- Blocks -- Blocks -- Blocks -- Steals -- Steals -- Steals -- Minutes -- Minutes -- Minutes --
Career Highs Career Highs Career Highs Points 25 vs Illinois, 2/09/02 Points 22 at Michigan, 2/26/03 Points 26 vs Chicago State, 11/26/00 Field Goals 9 vs Indiana, 2/11/01 Field Goals 10 at Michigan, 2/16/03 Field Goals 10 vs Chicago State, 11/26/00 FG Attempts 20 vs Indiana, 2/11/01 FG Attempts 14, three times FG Attempts 13 vs Chicago State, 11/26/00 3-Pt Field Goals 1, seven times last vs TCU, 3/23/03 3-Pt Field Goals 6 vs Chicago St, 11/26/00 last vs Detroit, 1/12/03 3-Point Field Goals 3, four times Rebounds 10 at Penn State, 2/14/02 Rebounds 15 at Alabama, 12/10/00 last at Wisconsin, 2/6/03 Assists 6 vs Central Michigan, 12/20/00 Assists 9 vs Ohio State, 2/13/03 Rebounds 11 at Illinois, 3/16/02 Blocks 2 vs Fresno State, 11/23/02 Blocks 2, three times Assists 10 vs Northwestern, 3/2/03 Steals 4 at Samford, 12/8/00 last vs Oakland, 12/30/01 Blocks 1, four times Minutes 35, two times Steals 7 vs Wisconsin-Green Bay, 12/5/00 last at Penn State, 1/19/03 last vs Ohio State, 2/28/02 & at Dayton, 12/17/00 Steals 6 vs Ohio State, 3/7/03 Minutes 37, three times Minutes 42 vs Wisconsin, 1/10/02 Miscellaneous Career Information last vs Ohio State, 2/28/02 Double-Figure Scoring Games 7 Miscellaneous Career Information Double-Figure Rebounding Games 1 Miscellaneous Career Information Double-Figure Scoring Games 28 Double-Figure Scoring Games 37 Double-Figure Rebounding Games 1 Double-Figure Rebounding Games 8 Double-Figure Assist Games 1 Double-Doubles 3 Double-Doubles 2 #20 Lindsay Bowen #42 Kelli Roehrig #52 Liz Shimek Season Highs Season Highs Season Highs Points -- Points -- Points -- Field Goals -- Field Goals -- Field Goals -- FG Attempts -- FG Attempts -- FG Attempts -- 3-Point Field Goals -- 3-Point Field Goals -- 3-Point Field Goals -- Rebounds -- Rebounds -- Rebounds -- Assists -- Assists -- Assists -- Blocks -- Blocks -- Blocks -- Steals -- Steals -- Steals -- Minutes -- Minutes -- Minutes --
Career Highs Career Highs Career Highs Points 28 vs Oklahoma State, 12/29 Points 27 vs Minnesota, 1/23/03 Points 19 vs Purdue, 1/6 Field Goals 10 vs Oklahoma State, 12/29 Field Goals 13 vs Minnesota, 1/23/03 Field Goals 9 vs Purdue, 1/6 FG Attempts 16 at Northwestern, 1/2 FG Attempts 16 vs Providence, 12/21/01 FG Attempts 14 vs Memphis, 11/30 3-Point Field Goals 5 vs Purdue, 1/6 & vs Minnesota, 1/23/03 3-Point Field Goals - Rebounds 8 vs Fresno State, 11/23 Rebounds 12 vs Oklahoma State, 12/29/02 Rebounds 16 vs Mercer, 11/29 Assists 5 vs Indiana, 1/16 & at Purdue, 2/20/03 & vs Indiana, 1/16 Blocks 1 at Northwestern, 1/2 Assists 5 vs Purdue, 1/6/03 Assists 4 vs Fresno State, 11/23 Steals 4 vs Minnesota, 1/23 Blocks 3, five times & vs Michigan, 1/30 Minutes 40, five times last at Purdue, 2/20/03 Blocks 3 vs Purdue, 1/6 last at Purdue, 2/20 Steals 4 vs Northwestern, 1/27/02 Steals 3 vs Detroit, 1/12 & at Providence, 12/20/02 & vs Indiana, 1/16 Miscellaneous Career Information Minutes 39 vs Wisconsin, 1/10/02 Minutes 40 vs Purdue, 1/6 Double-Figure Scoring Games 23 Miscellaneous Career Information Miscellaneous Career Information Double-Figure Scoring Games 30 Double-Figure Scoring Games 14 Double-Figure Rebounding Games 2 Double-Figure Rebounding Games 10 Double-Doubles 2 Double-Doubles 5 Michigan State Womens Basketball Notes 9 Spartan Season and Career Highs #24 Rene Haynes #31 Victoria Lucas-Perry #34 Patrice McKinney Season & Career Highs Season & Career Highs Season & Career Highs Points -- Points -- Points -- Field Goals -- Field Goals -- Field Goals -- FG Attempts -- FG Attempts -- FG Attempts -- 3-Point Field Goals -- 3-Point Field Goals -- 3-Point Field Goals -- Rebounds -- Rebounds -- Rebounds -- Assists -- Assists -- Assists -- Blocks -- Blocks -- Blocks -- Steals -- Steals -- Steals -- Minutes -- Minutes -- Minutes --
#44 Katrina Grantham #31 Myisha Bannister Season & Career Highs Season & Career Highs Points -- Points -- Field Goals -- Field Goals -- FG Attempts -- FG Attempts -- 3-Point Field Goals -- 3-Point Field Goals -- Rebounds -- Rebounds -- Assists -- Assists -- Blocks -- Blocks -- Steals -- Steals -- Minutes -- Minutes --
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Davidson FIU/Temple Notre Dame Eastern Mich @ Okla St @ Kent State @ Toledo @ Pepperdine @ UCLA Cincinnati Indiana @ Penn St Purdue Detroit @ Ohio State Michigan @ Nwestern @ Minnesota @ Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Northwestern @ Michigan Ohio State @ Purdue Penn State @ Indiana