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PAGE 1- NORTH FLORIDA PANTHER GAME NOTES - GAME 1 FIU Maegan Azpiazu, Assistant SID • Women’s Basketball WOMEN’S U.S. Century Bank Arena, 11200 SW 8th St., Room 211, Miami, FL 33199 Offi ce (305) 348-0261 • Cell (786) 422-4066 • Fax (305) 348-2963 BASKETBALL mazpiazu@fi u.edu • www.FIUSports.com 2012-13 @FIUAthletics • www.Facebook.com/FIUSPORTS 2012-13 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NORTH FLORIDA (0-1, 0-0 ATLANTIC SUN) 0-0 (0-0 SBC) AT FIU (0-0, 0-0 SUN BELT) November SUNDAY, NOV. 11, 2012 • 6:00 P.M. (ET) 11 NORTH FLORIDA 6:00 P.M. U.S. CENTURY BANK ARENA • MIAMI, FLA. 14 at Florida Gulf Coast 7:05 p.m. 19 at WKU * 8:00 p.m. FIU PANTHERS TALE OF THE TAPE UNF OSPREY Cindy Russo (ODU, ‘75) .....................Head Coach...... Mary Tappmeyer (SUNY-Cortland, ‘81) FIU Thanksgiving Classic 630-329, 34th Season ................... Record at School ........................... 284-292, 21st Season 23 IOWA 6:00 P.M. 670-351. 36th Season ......................Career Record.............................. 379-375, 28th Season 25 LSU/WEST VIRGINIA 3:00 P.M. FIU leads, 1-0 .................................. All-Time Series .........................................UNF trails, 0-1 11/24/06 - FIU 86 (W) ....................... Last Meeting ................................11/24/06 - UNF 46 (L) 29 ARKANSAS STATE * 5:30 P.M. QUICK HITS • For her career, Head Coach Cindy Russo has amassed a career record of 670-351 in 35 DECEMBER seasons, and comes into the 2012-13 campaign with a record of 630-329 across 33 seasons 1 SOUTH ALABAMA * 5:30 P.M. at FIU. Her 670 career victories rank ninth among active Division I coaches and 16th on the 13 UCF 6:00 P.M. all-time winningest coaches list. 15 DARTMOUTH 6:00 P.M. • FIU Head Coach Cindy Russo returns for her 34th season at the helm of the Panther women’s 20 at Middle Tennessee * 8:00 p.m. basketball squad in 2012-13. Her 33 years at FIU are the fi fth-most across all NCAA institutions, regardless of division, for number of seasons spent with one program. FIU Sun & Fun Classic 29 NORTHEASTERN 6:00 P.M. • FIU’s 2012-13 schedule includes contests against nine teams that advanced to NCAA 30 GEORGIA TECH/QUINNIPIAC 6:00 P.M. Tournament or Postseason WNIT play in 2011-12. • FIU owns an overall record of 302-105 (.742) when playing in the friendly confi nes of the U.S. JANUARY Century Bank Arena. The Panthers are coming off a 2011-12 season in which FIU went 14-4 2 at Florida A&M 2:00 p.m. (.778) on its home fl oor. 5 LOUISIANA * 5:30 P.M. 9 at Arkansas State * 8:05 p.m. • Standout guard Jerica Coley returns for her junior season in 2012-13, after becoming FIU women’s basketball’s fi rst-ever Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year selection and the 12 at UALR * 2:00 p.m. program’s fi rst AP All-American since 1999 as a sophomore. 17 NORTH TEXAS * 5:30 P.M. 19 TROY * 5:30 P.M. • FIU is coming off a 2011-12 season in which the Panthers compiled a record of 23-11 and 23 at Louisiana * 8:00 p.m. posted their second-straight, 10-win Sun Belt Conference season with a ledger of 10-6. FIU 27 at South Alabama * 3:05 p.m. advanced to its second-consecutive SBC Championship semifi nal and earned an at-large bid to the Postseason WNIT. 31 MIDDLE TENNESSEE * 5:30 P.M. FEBRUARY 2012-13 FIU Women’s Basketball Roster 2 ULM * 5:30 P.M. # Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School 6 FLORIDA ATLANTIC * 6:00 P.M. 2 Aleksandra Bodlovic G 5-5 So. Novi Sad, Serbia/Adelphi Christian Acad. 3 Zsofi a Labady G 5-9 So. Pecs, Hungary/Koch Valeria Koze Piskola 9 at North Texas * 6:00 p.m. 5 Taylor Shade G 5-6 Fr. Boynton Beach, Fla./Boynton Beach Comm. HS 14 at Troy * 6:15 p.m. 10 Katrina Epnere G/F 5-9 Fr. Riga, Latvia/Riga State Gymnasium No. 1 16 WKU * 5:30 P.M. 12 Marita Davydova C 6-3 Jr. Moscow, Russia/Russian Agrarian Univ. 13 Diamond Ashmore F 6-3 Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla./Tallahassee Comm.College 21 UALR * 5:30 P.M. 14 Kamika Idom G 5-9 So. St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg HS 28 at ULM * 6:15 p.m. 21 Timeyin Oritsesan F 5-10 Jr. London, England/Langley Park School for Girls 22 Jerica Coley G 5-7 Jr. St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg Catholic MARCH 23 Finda Mansare F 6-1 Sr. Budapest, Hungary/Kolcsey Ferenc Gym. 24 Carmen Miloglav G 5-7 Sr. Dubrovnik, Croatia/Gimnazija Dubrovnik 2 at Florida Atlantic * 3:15 p.m. 25 Arielle Durant F 5-7 Jr. Lakeland, Fla./Tenoroc HS 32 Tynia McKinzie F 6-0 So. Oviedo, Fla./Lake Howell HS 8-11 at Sun Belt Conference Championship 33 Brianna Wright C/F 6-2 RS-Fr. Titusville, Fla./Titusville HS Hot Springs, Ark. TBD PANTHER COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Cindy Russo, 34th Season (Old Dominion, 1975) * Sun Belt Conference game Associate Head Coach: Inge Nissen, 24th Season (Old Dominion, 1990) Home matches in BOLD CAPS Assistant Coach: Desma Thomas Bateast, 7th Season (University of Miami (FL), 1997) Assistant Coach: Cristal Randolph, 1st Season (Florida Atlantic, 2007) All times Eastern and subject to change Director of Operations: Shannon McFarland, 1st Season (Clark Atlanta University, 2009) FIUSports.com • @FIUWBasketball • Facebook.com/FIUWBasketball PAGE 2 - NORTH FLORIDA PANTHER GAME NOTES - GAME 1 QUICK FACTS KEEPING UP WITH THE PANTHERS 2012-13 SBC PRESEASON Fans can visit www.FIUSports.com, follow @ HONORS Name .........................................................FIU FIUWBasketball on Twitter, and “Like” FIU Location ..........Modesto A. Maidique Campus women’s basketball on Facebook (Facebook. All-SBC First Team Miami, FL 33199 com/FIUWBasketball for the latest Panther Taylor Gault (UALR, So., Guard) Founded/Opened........................... 1965/1972 hoops news. Follow all of FIU’s 18 athletic Jerica Coley (FIU, Jr., Guard) Enrollment ........................................... 50,000 teams on Google+ (FIU Athletics), Twitter (@ Icelyn Elie (Middle Tenn., Sr., Forward) Nickname.......................................... Panthers FIUAthletics), Facebook (Facebook.com/ Kortni Jones (Middle Tenn., Sr., Guard) Colors ...................................... Blue and Gold FIUSports), YouTube (FIUPanthers), and Ebony Rowe (Middle Tenn., Jr., Forward) Affiliation ................................NCAA Division I Instagram (FIUathletics). Conference ........................................Sun Belt All-SBC Second Team Home Court U.S. Century Bank Arena (5,000) SCOUTING NORTH FLORIDA Taylor Ford (UALR, Jr., Guard) School President ....... Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg North Florida kicked off its 2012-13 campaign Jane Morrill (Arkansas State, Jr., Forward) Exec. Dir. of Sports/Entertainment ...Pete Garcia on Friday night, as the Osprey dropped a 77- Chenise Miller (FAU, RS-Jr., Forward) NCAA Faculty Rep. ........Dr. Stephen M. Fain 24 decision to No. 23/24 Miami (FL). UNF Finda Mansare (FIU, Sr., Forward) Senior Associate AD/SWA ............. Julie Berg is under the direction of Head Coach Mary Mansa El (South Alabama, Sr., Guard) Athletic Department Phone ....(305) 348-2756 Tappmeyer (SUNY-Cortland, 1981) for the Ticket Office Phone .............(866) FIU-GAME 21st season, and the Osprey return nine All-SBC Third Team letterwinners, including three starters, from a Janette Merriex (UALR, Sr., Guard/Forward) MEDIA INFORMATION 2011-12 squad that went 13-17 (10-8 Atlantic Jasmine Shaw (ULM, Jr., Guard) Assistant SID/WBB ...............Maegan Azpiazu Sun). Mary Nixon (South Alabama, Sr., Guard) Office Phone ...........................(305) 348-0261 Chastity Gooch (WKU, So., Forward) [email protected] SERIES HISTORY VS. UNF Alexis Govan (WKU, So., Guard) Assistant AD/Media Relations ....Paul Dodson FIU holds a 1-0 advantage over North Florida Office Phone ...........................(305) 348-3164 in the all-time series between the two schools. Preseason Player of the Year Website............................. www.fiusports.com The two teams fi rst met on the hardwood on Jerica Coley (FIU, Jr., Guard) Fax..........................................(305) 348-2963 Nov. 24, 2006, with the Panthers coming away with an 86-46 win in Miami. Press Row Phone...................(305) 348-3702 2012-13 SBC PRESEASON Mailing Address .FIU Athletic Media Relations 11200 S.W. 8th St. TEAM COMPARISON COACHES POLL U.S. Century Bank Arena, Room 211 FIU ...................Category ..................UNF EAST DIVISION (First Place Votes) Miami, FL 33199 - ..........................Scoring ...................... 24 1. MT - 65 pts (10) - ............................PPG ...................... 24.0 2. FIU - 54 pts (1) TEAM INFORMATION - ....................Scoring Margin ............ -53.0 3. USA - 45 pts HHeadead CoachCoach ........CCindyindy RussoRusso (Old(Old DDominion,ominion, ‘75)‘75) - ............................FG% ..................... .140 4. FAU - 29 pts RRecordecord aatt FIUFIU ((years)years) ................................ 6630-32930-329 (33)(33) - ........................3-pt FG% .................. .053 5. WKU - 26 pts CCareerareer RRecordecord (years)(years).............................. 6670-35170-351 (35)(35) - ............................FT% ...................... .643 6. Troy - 12 pts Assoc. Head Coach..................... Inge Nissen - ..................Rebounds (RPG) .....37 (37.0) Alma Mater .........................Old Dominion, ‘90 - .................... Assists (APG) ...........2 (2.0) WEST DIVISION (First Place Votes) Asst. Coach ..............Desma Thomas Bateast - ................... Assist/TO Ratio ............... 0.1 1. UALR - 54 pts (10) Alma Mater .............................Miami (FL), ‘97 - ..................... Steals (SPG) ........12 (12.0) 2. ASU - 39 pts (1) Asst. Coach ..........................Cristal Randolph - .....................Blocks (BPG) ............0 (0.0) 3. UNT - 33 pts Alma Mater: ......................Florida Atlantic, ‘07 4. ULM - 24 pts Director of Operations ....Shannon McFarland 5. ULL - 15 pts Team Manager ..........................Sabina Salas PRESEASON HONORS Team Trainer ..........................Jennifer Loewe Junior Jerica Coley was named 2012-13 Training Room Phone ............(305) 348-1072 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Basketball FIU women’s basketball history to join the Strength & Conditioning Coach .....Mick Smith Preseason Player of the Year, also earning 1,000-Point Club following a career-high-tying Academic Advisor .......................