2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s USF “Bulls” vs. CINCINNATI “Bearcats” Game No. 15 „ January 6, 2007 „ 7 p.m. USF Sun Dome (10,411) „ Tampa, FL

Radio & Television The Matchup

TELEVISION „ None USF BULLS CINCINNATI BEARCATS Play-by-Play ...... None Record ...... (11-3, 1-0 BIG EAST) Record ...... (10-3, 1-1 BIG EAST) Color Commentary ...... None Ranking . . . .AP (RV-6)/ESPN-USA Today (RV-12) Ranking ...... None RPI (CollegeRPI.com/Sagarin) ...... 29/25 RPI (CollegeRPI.com/Sagarin) ...... 98/95 RADIO „ WGUL-AM 860 Last Game ...... Jan. 3 vs. LSU, L, 60-48 Last Game . . .Jan. 3 vs. Georgetown, W, 77-55 Play-by-Play ...... Tom Krasniqi Next Game ...... Jan. 9 at Rutgers Next Game ...... Jan. 10 at Notre Dame Color Commentary ...... Amanda Miller Head Coach ...... Jose Fernandez Head Coach ...... Laurie Pirtle Record ...... 90-98 (Seventh year) Record ...... 388-306 (25th year) USF SID Contact at USF ...... 90-98 (Seventh year) at Cincinnati ...... 305-290 (21st year)

MICHAEL HOGAN „ USF Women’s Basketball SID Game Information Email ...... [email protected] Game Officials ...... Yvette McKinney, Joanne Aldrich and Ed Sidlasky Work Phone ...... (813) 974-4092 Tickets ...... Contact the USF Athletic Ticket Office at 1 (800) GoBulls) Fax ...... (813) 974-5328 Cell Phone ...... (813) 469-0616 Website ...... www.GoUSFBulls.com Projected USF Starters

Schedule/results ChiChi (Chee-Chee) 5-11 „ F „ Jr. 12 OKPALEKE (O-pahl-uh-k) Quick Notes: Scored a season-high 13 points Tampa, FL against Vanderbilt while grabbing nine rebounds Date (AP/ESPN USA Today) Oppt. (TV) . . . .Time/Results ... Pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds N10 UW-Milwaukee ...... W, 85-59 against LSU to go along with two blocks ... Is PPG RPG APG SPG N18 Texas Southern$ ...... W, 89-37 averaging 8.6 points per game in her last seven N19 Georgia Southern$ ...... W, 94-65 7.2 6.5 0.6 1.6 outings ... Shooting 49.2% from the field. N21 Stetson ...... W, 95-52 N25 St. Francis (NY)# ...... W, 94-61 N26 Massachusetts# ...... W, 86-61 Jessica 5-11 „ F „ Sr. N30 Florida International ...... W, 96-73 25 DICKSON Quick Notes: All-America and National Player of D3 at (20/18) Michigan State ...... L, 79-71 Ocala, FL the Year Candidate ... Named to the Preseason D7 at Villanova* ...... W, 60-48 Wade Trophy and Wooden Award lists ... Tabbed D17 vs. (12/12) Vanderbilt% ...... L, 76-68 the BIG EAST Conference Preseason Player of PPG RPG APG SPG D20 Jacksonville ...... W, 72-60 the Year ... Scored 33 points vs. St. Joe’s ... Is 21.4 6.8 1.7 1.3 D28 vs. Vermont^ ...... W, 77-62 averaging 27.0 points in last three games. D29 at Saint Joseph’s^ ...... W, 80-76 J3 (6/6) LSU (Catch 47) ...... L, 60-48 Nalini (Na-LEE-nee) 6-2 „ F/C „ Sr. J6 Cincinnati* ...... 7 p.m. Quick Notes: Had 15 points in USF’s win over J9 at Rutgers* (CSTV) ...... 7 p.m. 32 MILLER Georgia Southern ... Hauled down 16 rebounds J13 Notre Dame* (BETV) ...... Noon Capital Heights, MD vs. Vermont and 15 vs. FIU ... Is averaging 10.2 J16 Louisville* (Catch 47) ...... 7 p.m. rebounds per game in her last four outings ... Is J20 at Pittsburgh* ...... 2 p.m. PPG RPG APG SPG shooting 43.4% from the field on the year ... Is J28 at Syracuse* (ESPNU) ...... 5:30 p.m. 6.9 8.1 0.7 1.6 J30 Georgetown* (CSTV) ...... 7 p.m. USF’s all-time leader in blocks with 158. F3 St. John's* (Catch 47) ...... 5 p.m. F6 at DePaul* ...... 8 p.m. Rachael 5-11 „ G „ Sr. F10 Pittsburgh* (Catch 47) ...... 7 p.m. 2 SHEATS Quick Notes: Recorded her third-career double- F13 at Providence* ...... 7 p.m. Marietta, GA double with 12 points and career-high tying 11 F17 at West Virginia* ...... 6 p.m. rebounds against Georgia Southern ... Had 17 F20 Connecticut* (Catch 47) ...... 7 p.m. points and six steals against Stetson ... Tied her PPG RPG APG SPG F24 at Marquette* ...... 8 p.m. career high with seven assists vs. Vanderbilt to 8.1 4.2 2.1 2.1 F26 Seton Hall* (Catch 47) ...... 7 p.m. go along with two steals ... Five assists vs. LSU. M3-6 BIG EAST Conference Tournament ...... TBA

$ Image Depot Shootout, Tampa, FL Shantia (Shan-TEE-uh) 5-6 „ G „ So. # Best Western Roundball Classic, Tampa, FL 3 GRACE Quick Notes: Has scored 20 points or more in six % at St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL Sarasota, FL of 14 games this season ... Recorded a career- ^ Saint Joseph’s Univ. Hawk Classic, Philadelphia, PA high 26 points vs. FIU ... Has dished out six or * BIG EAST Conference Game more assists in four of the last nine outings ... PPG RPG APG SPG All times are Eastern and are subject to change Had a season-high three steals against 17.9 3.4 4.7 1.4 Rankings are the same as they were at game time Jacksonville. 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball The Series USF off the bench

SERIES RECORD „ Cincinnati leads 11-3 Dai (Di) 5-9 „ G „ Jr. USF at home ...... Cincinnati leads 4-2 1 PACKER Quick Notes: Made her return with a 14-point USF at Cincinnati...... Cincinnati leads 5-1 Jundiai, Brazil effort vs. St. Joe’s on 5-7 shooting and 4-6 from USF at neutral site...... Cincinnati leads 2-0 3-pt range ... Is USF’s first international player since Australian-born Melissa Tape ... Saw action First meeting ...... Cincinnati 65-51 (1/26/96) PPG RPG APG SPG vs. Vermont for the first time since St. Francis, 4.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 Last meeting ...... Cincinnati 89-87 (1/15/06) when she re-injured her hamstring. Last USF win ...... 74-56 (1/9/05) Last Cincinnati win ...... 89-87 (1/15/06) Tristen 5-8 „ G „ Sr. Current streak ...... Cincinnati one win 5 WEBB Quick Notes: Her 10 points vs. Texas Southern Stone Mountain, GA was her first double-figure scoring game since statistical Jan. 9, 2004 vs. Charlotte ... Had eight points and five rebounds vs. FIU ... Returns to the comparison PPG RPG APG SPG hardwood for a sixth season which was granted 4.4 2.0 2.8 1.2 by the NCAA during the summer of 2006. USF ...... Category ...... UC 11-3 ...... Overall Record ...... 10-3 Jessica 5-6 „ G „ So. 42.2% ...... % ...... 45.6% 10 JACKSON Quick Notes: Another solid back-up at point 34.0% ...... 3-Pt. Field Goal% ...... 33.1% Roswell, GA guard ... Capable of being a good shooter when 69.2% ...... % ...... 63.5% she is on ... Scored a season-high 13 points to go along with four rebounds against Stetson ... Had 37.6% ...... Oppt. Field Goal% ...... 42.0% PPG RPG APG SPG 11 points and was 6-6 from the free throw line 3.5 0.7 1.1 0.4 33.7% ...... Oppt. 3-Pt. Field Goal% . . . . .33.8% against St. Francis. 62.5% ...... Oppt. Free Throw% ...... 70.0% 45.2 ...... Rebounding Avg...... 41.8 Porche (Por-sha) 6-2 „ F „ Fr. +6.1 ...... Rebounding Margin ...... +10.6 11 GRANT Quick Notes: Had six points and nine rebounds 14.9 ...... Assists/Gm...... 18.4 Oxon Hills, MD vs. Stetson ... Grabbed 11 boards vs. UMass ... 14.4 ...... Turnovers/Gm...... 17.7 Has 11 blocks in nine games this season ... Had the best debut of all the newcomers against UW- 5.7 ...... Blocks/Gm...... 1.3 PPG RPG APG SPG Milwaukee with eight points, six rebounds, two 10.9 ...... Steals/Gm...... 10.2 2.1 3.4 0.1 0.4 blocks and two steals in just 11 minutes. 79.6 ...... Points/Gm...... 77.0 62.1 ...... Points Allowed/Gm...... 65.2 Caitlyn (Kate-lin) 6-1 „ G/F „ Fr. 21 (Mit-rick) Quick Notes: Scored a career-high eight points USF Career Stats MITRYK Lake Mary, FL on 3-5 shooting from the field against Georgia vs.cincinnati Southern ... USF’s most versatile player, able to play either the point or off guard positions, or PPG RPG APG SPG the wing forward position ... Has the ability to No. Name ...... G ...... Ppg ...... Rpg 2.4 1.8 0.3 0.3 create match-up problems with her size. 1 Daiane Packer ...... 0 . . . . .0.0 . . . . .0.0 2 Rachael Sheats . . . . .4 . . . .14.0 . . . . .7.5 3 Shantia Grace ...... 1 . . . .11.0 . . . . .2.0 Stephanie 6-5 „ C „ Fr. 5 Tristen Webb ...... 1 . . . . .8.0 . . . . .4.0 40 SAROSI (Suh-row-see) Quick Notes: Recorded her first career double- double with 11 points and 11 rebounds vs. 10 Jessica Jackson . . . . .1 . . . . .0.0 . . . . .1.0 Mims, FL Jacksonville ... Had 14 boards against Georgia 11 Porche Grant ...... 0 . . . . .0.0 . . . . .0.0 Southern ... Averaging 1.9 blocks per game in PPG RPG APG SPG 12 ChiChi Okpaleke . . . .2 . . . . .5.5 . . . . .8.0 her last 10 ... Has blocked 19 shots during that 4.9 6.1 0.9 0.8 21 Caitlyn Mitryk ...... 0 . . . . .0.0 . . . . .0.0 stretch after two in her first four games. 25 . . . . .4 . . . .25.0 . . . . .5.7 32 Nalini Miller ...... 3 . . . .13.3 . . . . .8.0 Melissa 6-3 „ F „ Fr. 40 Stephanie Sarosi . . . .0 . . . . .0.0 . . . . .0.0 42 DALEMBERT Quick Notes: Scored two points and had six 42 Melissa Dalembert . . .0 . . . . .0.0 . . . . .0.0 Miramar, FL rebounds vs. St. Francis (NY) ... Tremendous raw ability ... Is a proven rebounder and shot - er ... With her ability and athleticism she should PPG RPG APG SPG 2006-007usf have no problem fitting into the system ... Is the 1.1 2.0 0.1 0.1 streaks/records sister of Philadelphia 76er Samuel Dalembert.

2006-07 Overall Record ...... 11-3 this week with the bulls (Jan.1-77) USF at Home ...... 8-1 USF on the Road ...... 2-1 MON. 1 TUE. 2 WED. 3 THUR. 4 FRI. 5 SAT. 6 SUN. 7 Neutral Site ...... 1-1 1-3 p.m. 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. 10 a.m. - 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. 10 a.m. - practice in Noon USF vs. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. USF vs. 1 p.m. W/L Streak...... Three wins the Arena practice in LSU practice in practice in Cincinnati practice in 2005-06 Overall Record ...... 19-12 the Arena the Arena the Arena the Arena 2005-06 after 14 games ...... 11-3 2005-06 after 15 games ...... 11-4

2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball 2 USF RESUMES BIG EAST CONFERENCE PLAY LOOKING TO GET BACK USF’s record When

ON TRACK AGAINST CINCINNATI SATURDAY IN THE SUN DOME Leading at halftime ...... 10-1 Bulls look to go 2-0 in conference play as Bearcats visit Tampa Trailing at halftime ...... 1-2 Tied at halftime ...... 0-0 Overtime ...... 0-0 The University of South Florida women’s basketball team resumes BIG EAST Conference play USF shoots 50% or better from field ...... 2-0 on Saturday when it faces Cincinnati in the Sun Dome at 7 p.m. ... Saturday’s game can be USF shoots 40-49% from field ...... 6-1 heard live on 860 Am WGUL with Tom Krasniqi (play-by-play) and Amanda Miller (color ana- USF shoots under 40% from field ...... 3-2 lyst) ... The game is the first of three league match ups that the Bulls will play at home in Opp. shoots 50% or better from field ...... 0-0 the next four outings ... Following the game with the Bearcats, USF will travel to Rutgers Opp. shoots 40-49% from field ...... 1-3 (Jan. 9) before returning home to face Notre Dame (Jan. 13) and Louisville (Jan. 16) ... The Opp. shoots under 40% from field ...... 10-0 Bulls look to get back on the winning track Saturday against the Bearcats ... A win would USF outrebounds opponent ...... 10-1 improve USF’s record to 12-3, for the first time in school history, and would mark the sec- Opp. outrebounds USF ...... 1-2 ond best 15-game start in the program’s 35-year history ... The Bulls’ best 15-game begin- Tied in rebounds ...... 0-0 ning was a 13-2 slate to kick off the 1976-77 season ... A victory would also raise the “Green USF records 10 or more steals ...... 6-1 and Gold’s” conference slate to 2-0 ... It would be the first time since the 2004-05 season - USF records 15 or more assists ...... 7-2 when USF was in Conference USA - that the Bulls started the league season 2-0 ... Their sec- USF commits less than 15 turnovers ...... 7-1 ond of two wins that year was also against Cincinnati (74-56) at the Sun Dome ... USF came USF commits 15 or more turnovers ...... 4-2 into this week receiving votes in both the Associated Press (6) and ESPN/USA Today (12) Top USF commits less turnovers than opp...... 8-2 25 polls ... The Bulls are 30-10 since 2004-05 against regular season non-conference foes - USF commits more turnovers than opp...... 3-1 and 20-6 since last year - with the only losses, since 2004-05, coming against No. 20/18 USF shoots 70% or better from the line ...... 8-0 Michigan State, No. 12/12 Vanderbilt and No. 6/6 LSU this season, No. 7 North Carolina, No. USF shoots under 70% from the line ...... 3-3 13 Michigan State and No. 3 LSU last season and No. 6 Duke, Eastern Michigan, No. 8 USF scores 59 points or less ...... 0-1 Connecticut and Florida in 2004-05 ... USF is coming off a heartbreaking 60-48 loss to No. USF scores between 60-69 points ...... 1-1 6/6 LSU on Wednesday night ... Despite turning in a 4-3 record in the last seven games, the USF scores between 70-79 points ...... 2-1 Bulls’ 48 points was the sixth game during that stretch where they have scored fewer than USF scores between 80-89 points ...... 4-0 77 points (68.0 ppg) ... USF started the season 7-0 and averaging 91.3 points per outing ... USF scores between 90-99 points ...... 4-0 All-America and National Player of the Year candidate Jessica Dickson scored a team-high 22 USF scores more than 100 points ...... 0-0 points, including 17 in the first half ... Shantia Grace added 14 points in the loss while ChiChi Two or less Bulls score in double figures ...... 2-1 Three Bulls score in double figures ...... 2-2 Four or more Bulls in double figures ...... 7-0 2008 WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR USF plays at the Sun Dome ...... 8-1 ST. PETE TIMES FORUM USF plays on the road ...... 2-1 TAMPA, FL USF plays at a neutral site ...... 1-1 APRIL 6 & 8, 2008 Playing in November ...... 7-0 Playing in December ...... 4-2 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Playing in January ...... 0-1 (HOST INSTITUTION) Playing in February ...... 0-0 Playing in March ...... 0-0 Playing on Saturday ...... 2-0 The Jose Fernandez File Playing on Sunday ...... 2-2 Playing on Monday ...... 0-0 Hired at USF: April 2000 as an assistant coach ... Named head coach Playing on Tuesday ...... 1-0 December 14, 2000. Playing on Wednesday ...... 1-1 Playing on Thursday ...... 3-0 Personal: Born November 18, 1971 in Miami, FL ... Attended Miami Playing on Friday ...... 2-0 Southwest Senior High School (1989) ... Father of two daughters Brianna Playing during the afternoon ...... 6-2 and Brooke. Playing during the evening ...... 5-1 On television ...... 0-1 Education: B.S. in physical education, Florida International University (1994). In-season tournament games ...... 6-0 Postseason tournament games ...... 0-0 Coaching File: Student Assistant Coach, Miami-Dade CC Kendall (men) (1989-91) ... Games decided by three points or less ...... 0-0 Assistant Coach, Miami-Dade CC Kendall (men) (1991-92) ... Assistant Coach, Sunset HS Games decided by four to 10 points ...... 1-2 (boys), Miami, FL (1992-94) ... Assistant Coach, Barry University (men) (1994-96) ... Head Games decided by 11-20 points ...... 3-1 Coach, Lourdes Academy (women), Miami, FL (1996-99) ... Assistant Coach, Barry Games decided by more than 20 points ...... 7-0 University (women) (1999-00) ... Assistant Coach, USF (women) (Apr. 2000-Oct. 2000) ... Interim Head Coach, USF (women) (Oct. 2000-Dec. 2000) ... Head Coach, USF (women) Scoring margins (Dec. 2000-present). Points: Margin of victory Highlights: Led the Bulls to its first-ever NCAA Tournament (2006) ... Has recruited five 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Top 40 recruiting classes in his seven years at USF including this year’s class which was the ---1-----10 highest ranked ever (17th) ... Led USF to its first ever postseason appearance, taking part in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (2004) ... Helped the program earn its sec- Points: Margin of defeat ond straight WNIT berth (2005), and its first ever postseason victory over Florida ... The 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ game was also USF's first ever postseason home contest. ------2-1

3 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball Big EAst tonight’s USF Storylines Standings (through Jan.3) „ USF looks to go 12-3 for for the first time in during their careers. BIG EAST . . .Pct. . . .Overall. . . . .Pct. the program’s 35-year history. It would mark the second best 15-game start in school histo- „ USF comes into the LSU game averaging Connecticut ...... 2-0 . . .1.000 . .12-0 . .1.000 ry behind the 1976-77 team that started the 79.6 points per contest and is allowing the Marquette ...... 2-0 . . .1.000 . .14-1 . . ..933 year 13-2. opposition to score just 62.1 points per game DePaul ...... 1-0 . . .1.000 . .11-3 . . ..786 while going 7-0. However, in the last seven USF ...... 1-0 . . .1.000 . .11-3 . . ..886 „ Jessica Dickson recorded her 600th career games, the Bulls are averaging just 68.0 Notre Dame ...... 1-0 . . .1.000 . .10-4 . . ..714 on Wednesday night against LSU. She points and giving up 65.9 points per outing Louisville ...... 1-1 . . ..500 . . .15-1 . . ..938 is one of just four people to have recorded going 4-3 during that stretch. Cincinnati ...... 1-1 . . ..500 . . .10-3 . . ..769 better than 1,000 points and 600 rebounds Providence ...... 1-1 . . ..500 . . .11-4 . . ..733 Seton Hall ...... 1-1 . . ..500 . . .9-4 . . ..692 Okpaleke grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds ... Dickson continues to pace the Bulls - and is Rutgers ...... 1-1 . . ..500 . . .6-5 . . ..545 second in the BIG EAST Conference - in scoring netting 21.4 points per game ... She is right Syracuse ...... 1-1 . . ..500 . . .7-8 . . ..467 behind the league’s leading scorer, Angel McCoughtry of Louisville who is netting 21.9 points Pittsburgh ...... 0-0 . . ..000 . . .12-1 . . ..923 per outing ... Grace is second on the team - and fifth in the conference - in scoring averag- Villanova ...... 0-1 . . ..000 . . .6-8 . . ..429 ing 17.9 points per outing ... The duo of Dickson and Grace are the most potent one-two Georgetown ...... 0-2 . . ..000 . . .10-5 . . ..667 punch in the BIG EAST combining for 39.3 points per game this season ... They are the only West Virginia ...... 0-2 . . ..000 . . .8-6 . . ..571 two players from the same team in the top 10 in scoring. St. John’s ...... 0-2 . . ..000 . . .4-9 . . ..308 Scouting Cincinnati Preseason „ Cincinnati comes into Saturday’s game with a 10-3 record and a 1-1 mark in the BIG EAST Big EAst ... The Bearcats won their first first conference game of the season on Jan. 3 with a 77-55 Coaches Poll win over Georgetown ... UC dropped its first BIG EAST game of the year, a 67-62 decision at Louisville on Dec. 14 ... Cincinnati has won three of its last four games, and five of its last 1. Connecticut (11) 9. West Virginia seven. 2. Rutgers (5) 10. Villanova 3. DePaul 11. Notre Dame „ Shelly Bellman is one of three players in double figures for Cincinnati averaging 14.6 points 4. Louisville 12. Cincinnati per game ... Treasure Humphries (12.9 ppg) and Michelle Jones (11.5 ppg) are second and 5. Pittsburgh 13. Georgetown third respectively in the scoring column ... Bellman also leads the Bearcats on the glass grab- 6. St. John’s 14. Providence bing 6.9 per contest while Jones is second pulling down 5.5 per game. 7. USF 15. Syracuse 8. Marquette 16. Seton Hall „ Cincinnati is third in the BIG EAST in team field goal percentage - just behind Rutgers in second (45.7 percent) shooting 45.6 percent (377-827) from the floor ... Four of the five reg- this week in the ular starters - Bellman (49.7 percent), Humphries (48.5 percent), Jones (55.4 percent) and Big EAst Karen Twehues (42.3 percent) - are all hitting better than 42 percent from the field on the year. January 2 Rutgers 67, St. John’s 53 The Series vs. Bearcats Notre Dame 64, Seton Hall 61 „ This year’s meeting with Cincinnati will be the 15th all-time between the two schools with Connecticut 63, West Virginia 44 the Bearcats holding a commanding 11-3 series lead ... Of USF’s three wins over UC, two have come in the past four outings. January 3 Saint Joseph’s 56, Villanova 48 „ USF’s Jessica Dickson has had quite a bit of success against the Bearcats in her previous Cincinnati 77, Georgetown 55 four meetings ... Dickson comes into Saturday’s game averaging 25 points per game and Providence 104, Louisville 94 (2ot) grabbing 5.7 rebounds per outing ... Last year she poured in a game-high 30 points in an 89- LSU 60, USF 48 87 loss at Cincinnati. Marquette 79, Syracuse 55 The Last Time Out January 6 „ The Bulls are coming off a heartbreaking 60-48 loss to No. 6/6 LSU on Wednesday night in Pittsburgh at Rutgers ...... Noon the Sun Dome ... USF led by as many as 14 points in the first half (16-2) and fought off the Seton Hall at Louisville ...... 1 p.m. Lady Tigers never trailing by more than three points (23-20) in the first stanza ... The Bulls Providence at Syracuse ...... 1 p.m. would take a 28-23 lead into the intermission despite hitting just 31.3 percent (10-32) from Georgetown at St. John’s ...... 2 p.m. the field and LSU making 41.7 percent of their shots (10-24) ... USF, however, shot a dismal Tennessee at Connecticut ...... 4 p.m. 20 percent from the field - while making just seven field goals - and 45.5 percent (5-11) from Cincinnati at USF ...... 7 p.m. the free throw line en route to a 57.9 percent total for the game in the loss ... The Bulls West Virginia at Villanova ...... 7:30 p.m. didn’t trail by more than seven points in the game until 3:59 left in the game. Marquette at DePaul ...... 8 p.m. „ Jessica Dickson had another solid outing scoring a team-high 22 points in 40 minutes, how- ever of the 22, 17 came in the first half ... She also fell one rebound shy of her third dou- ble-double of the season with nine ... Shantia Grace added 14 points and ChiChi Okpaleke paced the way on the boards grabbing a career and team-high 12 rebounds.

„ Although being outrebounded 45-40, USF won the battle of the offensive glass 19-10 ...

2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball 4 usf starting lineups (w-LL) top 25 rankings Forward ...... Forward ...... Center ...... Guard ...... Guard ...... W-L Associated Press ...... Rank ...... ESPN/USA Today Dickson ...... Miller ...... Sarosi ...... Grace ...... Sheats ...... 7-2 Maryland ...... 1 ...... Maryland Dickson ...... Okpaleke . . . . .Miller ...... Grace ...... Sheats ...... 4-1 North Carolina ...... 2 ...... North Carolina Duke ...... 3 ...... Duke The advantage on the offensive boards led to a 15-5 spread - in USF’s favor - in second Tennessee ...... 4 ...... Tennessee chance points. Connecticut ...... 5 ...... Connecticut LSU ...... 6 ...... LSU Ohio State ...... 7 ...... Oklahoma „ LSU was forced into the second-most turnovers of the season to date ... The Lady Tigers’ Oklahoma ...... 8 ...... Ohio State 22 miscues are second to only their 27 against Tulsa on Nov. 24. Baylor ...... 9 ...... Baylor Purdue ...... 10 ...... Vanderbilt „ The Lady Tigers’ 12-point victory over the Bulls was the smallest in a win this season ... Vanderbilt ...... 11 ...... Purdue The next closest game that they played was a 65-50 win over Michigan State ... LSU’s only Stanford ...... 12 ...... Stanford loss of the season was to Baylor (64-60) on Nov. 21. Arizona State ...... 13 ...... Louisville Louisville (T13th) ...... 14 ...... Arizona State Georgia ...... 15 ...... Georgia „ USF’s 48 points were the fewest points scored since it tallied just 47 on Jan. 24 at George Washington . . . . .16 . . . .George Washington Connecticut (L, 77-47) ... In addition, the Bulls’ 20 points were the fewest scored in a half Texas A&M ...... 17 ...... Texas A&M this season and the least since netting 18 against the Huskies on Jan. 24 in Storrs. Marquette ...... 18 ...... Michigan State Michigan State ...... 19 ...... Bowling Green Dickson Named BIG EAST Conference Player Of The Week Arkansas ...... 20 ...... Marquette California ...... 21 ...... California „ Jessica Dickson was named the BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week for the week end- Pittsburgh ...... 22 ...... Pittsburgh ing Dec. 30 ... The player of the week honor is the first of the year for Dickson and the third DePaul ...... 23 ...... Arkansas in the past two years ... Dickson has been named to the BIG EAST's weekly honor roll four Bowling Green ...... 24 ...... DePaul times this season. New Mexico ...... 25 ...... Middle Tennessee Other teams of interest receiving votes „ Dickson led the Bulls to a 2-0 week en route to the Saint Joseph's Hawk Classic Rutgers (12) ...... (12) USF Championship title ... She scored 26 points, including a 10-10 performance from the free USF (6) ...... Opponents in bold throw line, and added six rebounds and three steals in 40 minutes in USF's 77-62 win over „ ESPN/USA Today Rankings (as of Jan. 2) Vermont ... The following day, in an 80-76 overtime win, Dickson poured in a season-high 33 „ Associated Press Rankings (as of Jan. 1) points, including the game-tying 3-point- er with 0.8 seconds left in regulation. usf’s largest a look at the rpi „ In the two games, Dickson averaged in 2006-007 29.5 points per game, shot 46.7 percent Lead ...... 52 vs. Texas Southern (21-45) from the field and 93.7 percent Sagarin ...... Opponent ...... C-RPI Deficit ...... 13 two times (15-16) from the free throw line. 25 ...... USF ...... 29 Margin of victory ...... 52 vs. Texas Southern 181 ...... UW-Milwaukee ...... 174 Jose Fernandez Etches His Name In Margin of defeat ...... 12 vs. LSU 334 ...... Texas Southern ...... 315 USF Record Books Halftime lead . . . . .29 vs. Florida International 228 ...... Georgia Southern ...... 216 Halftime deficit ...... 7 vs. Vanderbilt 321 ...... Stetson ...... 317 „ To say that being the head women’s 268 ...... St. Francis (NY) ...... 236 Deficit in win ...... 8 vs. UW-Milwaukee basketball coach at USF has been a work 84 ...... Massachusetts ...... 68 Halftime deficit in win ...... 2 vs. Villanova in progress is certainly an understate- 98 ...... Florida International ...... 89 Lead in loss ...... 14 vs. LSU ment ... Jose Fernandez comes into 19 ...... Michigan State ...... 9 Halftime lead in loss ...... 5 vs. LSU 144 ...... Villanova ...... 120 Wednesday's game with a 90-98 career 10 ...... Vanderbilt ...... 8 coaching record, however it has been 255 ...... Jacksonville ...... 226 what he has done over the past three USF At home and 107 ...... Vermont ...... 126 years that’s been impressive ... on the road 110 ...... St. Joseph’s (PA) ...... 92 Fernandez has led the Bulls to three- 6 ...... LSU ...... 11 straight postseason appearances - the Category ...... Home . .Away . .Neutral 95 ...... Cincinnati ...... 98 64 ...... Rutgers ...... 67 WNIT in 2004 and 2005, and the NCAA in Record ...... 8-1 . . .2-1 . . .1-1 42 ...... Notre Dame ...... 30 Field Goal% ...... 41.8 . .45.1 . .40.2 2006 - all while posting a 65-41 record 32 ...... Louisville ...... 43 3-Pt. Field Goal% ...... 35.5 . .31.3 . .27.3 since the 2003-04 season. 26 ...... Pittsburgh ...... 12 Free Throw % ...... 74.0 . .59.7 . .60.7 240 ...... Syracuse ...... 242 „ Against Vermont on Dec. 28, Oppt. Field Goal% ...... 36.1 . .38.8 . .41.7 121 ...... Georgetown ...... 103 Fernandez became USF’s all-time leader Oppt. 3-Pt. Field Goal% . .33.0 . .37.3 . .28.0 239 ...... St. John’s ...... 215 in career wins surpassing Trudi Lacey Oppt. Free Throw% . . . . .62.0 . .67.3 . .58.3 45 ...... DePaul ...... 47 135 ...... Providence ...... 125 (1988-96) who previously held the top Rebounding Avg...... 46.7 . .42.3 . .43.0 92 ...... West Virginia ...... 86 Rebounding Margin . . . . .+8.1 . .+5.0 . . .-1.5 spot with 88 career wins. 5 ...... Connecticut ...... 14 Assists/Gm...... 16.8 . .10.3 . .13.0 15 ...... Marquette ...... 10 „ Fernandez surpassed former head Turnovers/Gm...... 13.9 . .15.3 . .15.5 90 ...... Seton Hall ...... 58 coach Trudi Lacey, who held the mark Blocks/Gm...... 6.2 . . .3.7 . . .6.5 since 1996 ... He also accomplished the Steals/Gm...... 12.3 . .8.3 . . .7.5 „ Sagarin Rankings (through games Jan. 4) feat in his 186th game, while Lacy took Points/Gm...... 84.3 . .70.3 . .72.5 „ CollegeRPI.com (through games of Jan. 4) 215 out of 219 outings to win 88 ... The Points Allowed/Gm. . . . .58.7 . .67.7 . .69.0

5 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball Miami native surpassed the mark despite having to include a rough 4-24 campaign in his first USF in the Big year at USF (2000-01). East Statistics

OVERALL TEAM STATISTICS (THROUGH GAMES OF JAN. 3) Jose Fernandez vs. The Top 25 Category ...... Leader ...... USF „ USF is 4-17 against teams ranked in the Top 25 of either the AP or ESPN/USA Today polls Scoring Off...... UConn (80.2) . . . . .3rd (79.6) since Jose Fernandez took over prior to the 2000-01 season. Scoring Def...... UConn (47.8) . . . .10th (62.1) USF s 2006-007 Scoring Margin ...... UConn (+32.4) . . . .3rd (17.6) „ The Bulls have already faced two Top 25 ’ Double-DDoubles FG Pct...... UConn (50.1) . . . .11th (42.2) teams in their 13 non-conference games this season ... They have taken on No. FG Pct. Def...... UConn (30.3) . . . . .6th (37.6) Jessica Dickson 3-pt. Pct...... DeP (36.2) ...... 7th (34.0) 20/18 Michigan State on Dec. 3 in East 16 pts./12 rbs...... vs. Villanova 3-pt. Pct. Def...... MU (24.9) ...... 11th (33.7) Lansing and No. 12/12 Vanderbilt at the St. Pete Times Forum on Dec. 17 and No. 6/6 23 pts./11 rbs...... vs. Vanderbilt 3-pt. FG Made ...... DU (8.8) ...... 9th (5.0) Rachael Sheats FT Pct...... ND (77.0) ...... 6th (69.2) LSU ... All three nationally ranked non- conference team’s came within a period of 12 pts./11 rbs...... vs. Georgia Southern Rebounding ...... UofL (49.8) ...... 3rd (45.2) Stephanie Sarosi Offensive Reb...... UofL (17.9) ...... 2nd (15.6) seven games. 11 pts./11 rbs...... vs. Jacksonville Defensive Reb...... UofL (31.8) ...... 4th (27.6) Nalini miller Rebounding Mar...... UConn (+18.5) . . . .5th (+6.1) „ No. 3/3 LSU was the highest ranked 12 pts./16 rbs...... vs. Vermont Blocked Shots ...... RU (6.2) ...... 3rd (5.7) opponent that the Bulls have ever faced ... Assists ...... UConn (18.7) . . . . .7th (14.9) The Lady Tigers defeated USF 87-44 in Steals ...... ND (12.2) ...... 3rd (10.8) Baton Rouge on Dec, 30, 2005. Miscellaneous Margin . . . . .USF (+6.4) ...... 1st (+6.4) USF Stats /TO Ratio . . . . .UConn (1.2) ...... 6th (1.0) „ USF defeated No. 23 Tulane (69-64) on Jan. 20, 2002, and No. 18 TCU (89-84) in a DOUBLE FIGURE SCORERS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (THROUGH JAN. 3) double-overtime thriller on Feb. 2, 2004. Jessica Dickson ...... 14 Category ...... Player, Rank (Avg/Pct) Shantia Grace ...... 14 Scoring ...... Jessica Dickson, 2nd (21.4) „ Last season DePaul, who was ranked Rachael Sheats ...... 7 ...... Shantia Grace, 5th (17.9) No. 11 in the AP Top 25 and No. 13 in the Nalini Miller ...... 3 FG Pct...... None ESPN/USA Today poll, was the highest Jessica Jackson ...... 2 3-pt. Pct...... None ranked team that the Bulls have ever Stephanie Sarosi ...... 2 3-pt FG Made ...... None defeated, 79-77 in overtime ... The ChiChi Okpaleke ...... 2 FT Pct...... Jessica Dickson, 7th (82.4) game was the inaugural BIG EAST open- Tristen Webb ...... 1 ...... Shantia Grace, 17th (78.2) er for both schools. Daiane Packer ...... 1 Rebounding ...... Nalini Miller, 10th (8.1) DOUBLE-DOUBLES ...... Jessica Dickson, T18th (6.8) „ USF defeated No. 21/22 Notre Dame Jessica Dickson ...... 2 Off. Rebounds ...... Jessica Dickson, 12th (2.9) on the road in overtime, 68-64, on Jan. Rachael Sheats ...... 1 Def. Rebounds ...... Nalini Miller, 10th (5.4) 28, 2006. Stephanie Sarosi ...... 1 Assists ...... Shantia Grace, 3rd (4.7) Nalini Miller ...... 1 Steals ...... Rachael Sheats, 11th (2.1) „ USF has defeated two of its last five GAMES LEADING (SHARING) SCORING HONORS Assist/TO Ratio ...... Tristen Webb, 6th (1.7) Top 25 teams that it played in the Sun Jessica Dickson ...... 8 (1) Blocked Shots ...... Stephanie Sarosi, 6th (1.5) Dome (No. 18/18 TCU and No. 11/13 Shantia Grace ...... 4 (1) ...... Nalini Miller, 9th (1.4) DePaul), with the two victories being Rachael Sheats ...... 1 Minutes Played ...... Shantia Grace, 12th (33.4) conference wins (TCU, Conference USA GAMES LEADING (SHARING) REBOUNDING HONORS and DePaul, BIG EAST) ... The three Nalini Miller ...... 4 (1) losses against No. 13/15 Michigan State Jessica Dickson ...... 3 (2) (81-66) on Dec. 10 and No. 10/9 Rutgers ChiChi Okpaleke ...... 2 (1) (66-65) on Jan. 11 last year, and to No. Porche Grant ...... 1 (2) Stephanie Sarosi ...... 1 (1) 2006-007 Preseason All-BBig East USF vs.The Team Conferences Name, School, Pos., Yr. The following records indicate how the Bulls did , Rutgers, G, Jr. this season against non-conference foes , Rutgers, G/F, Jr. America East (Vermont) ...... 1-0 Angela Clark, St. John's, F, Sr. Atlantic 10 (UMass, St. Joseph’s) ...... 2-0 Jazz Covington, Louisville, C, Sr. Atlantic Sun (Stetson, Jacksonville) . . . .2-0 Jessica Dickson, USF, F, Sr. Big Ten (Michigan State) ...... 0-1 , Connecticut, G, So. Horizon (UW-Milwaukee) ...... 1-0 Christina Quaye, Marquette, F, Sr. Northeast (St. Francis, NY) ...... 1-0 Allie Quigly, DePaul, G, Jr. Southern (Georgia Southern) ...... 1-0 Marcedes Walker, Pittsburgh, C, Jr. Southeastern (Vanderbilt, LSU) ...... 0-1 Mallorie Winn, Pittsburgh, G, Sr. Southwestern Athletic (Texas Southern) . .1-0 Kia Wright, St. John's, G, Jr. Sun Belt (Florida International) ...... 1-0

2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball 6 6/6 LSU (60-48) on Wednesday. quoting usf coach jose fernandez „ The Bulls are 3-1 in overtime games against the Top 25 since Jose Fernandez took over for the 2000-01 season ... They’ve defeated No. 18/18 TCU (89-84, 2ot) on Feb. 2, (On becoming USF’s all-time leader in coaching wins against 2004, No. 11/13 DePaul (79-77) on Dec. 7, 2005, and No. 21/22 Notre Dame (68-64) on Vermont on Dec. 28...) Jan. 28, 2006. ... The only setback came at the hands of No. 8/8 Connecticut (75-65) “Reaching this mark feels great. I've had a great expe- on Dec. 1, 2004 in Storrs ... The UConn game was the first overtime game that the rience at USF and they gave me a great opportunity at Huskies ever played in Gampel Pavilion. a young age to take over a Conference USA program. It's not only a great accomplishment for me, but more so USF Crashing The Boards for the players that have come though our program and „ The Bulls have dominated the boards for the most part this season, outrebounding their had faith in me and the coaching staff when we took opponents in 11 of 14 games this year ... USF’s rebounding margin has been in double-digits over at a very difficult time.” in eight of its 14 games this year and in seven of the last 11. (On Jessica Dickson...) „ The Bulls were outrebounded for the first time against Vanderbilt on Dec. 17 ... The “It's really been remarkable. Two NIT bids, and an NCAA Commodores held a commanding 52-38 advantage on the glass for a rebounding margin of tournament bid. I'm biased because I get to see her every day, but I truly think she's the best 2006-007 Naismith in the country. We return four starters, our first two award candidates kids off the bench are from a really good recruiting class. This year she doesn't have to play the minutes Matee Ajavon , Rutgers Chrissy Givens, M. Tennessee Dionne Marsh, New Mexico that she has played in the past. She doesn't have to put Jolene Anderson, Wisconsin Devanai Hampton, Cal Lindsey Medders, Iowa State up as many shots because now I think our interior game, , Texas A&M , Duke Renee Montgomery, UConn our post play, is a lot better. I'm going to tell you right , Duke Kiera Hardy, Nebraska , USC now Stephaine Sarosi is going to be on the All-Freshman DeWanna Bonner, Auburn Laura Harper, Maryland , Oklahoma BIG EAST team. Now we can move Nalini Miller to the Sha Brooks, Florida Cameo Hicks, Washington , Tennessee four and will alleviate some of the pressure off of Jess. Essense Carson, Rutgers , Tennessee , Ole Miss I'm excited. I truly think this is the most talented team Cori Chambers , Georgia , Connecticut , DePaul I've had since I've been there and we have a shot at Angela Clark, St. John's , Georgia , UCLA being really, really special this year.” , Maryland , Texas Jillian Robbins, Tulsa Jazz Covington, Louisville Tye Jackson, Houston Megan Skouby, Iowa (On the return of Tristen Webb...) , Ohio State Crystal Kelly, Western Kentucky Brooke Smith, Stanford “It was good to have her back. She was steady, she , Vanderbilt , Maryland , Maryland looked good. It's unbelievable she's been here for six Jessica Dickson, USF , UNC Mercedes Walker, Pittsburgh years and I'm going into my seventh season. She's a , Maryland , UNC Emily Westerberg, Arizona State great young lady, so it's great to have her back. She , LSU , UNC , Stanford brings a lot of energy and a lot of leadership. She had a , Purdue Victoria Lucas, Michigan State very steady night.”

(On freshman center Stephanie Sarosi...) 2006-007 Preseason wade trophy candidates “For a 6-5 kid that can handle, run, rebound and step out and shoot it. She plays more like a 6-5 European- Matee Ajavon, Rutgers Lindsey Harding, Duke Candace Parker, Tennessee type of kid. The girls give her a hard time. She'll reverse Alison Bales, Duke Tasha Humphrey, Georgia Armintie Price, Mississippi lay up or trail on the break and hit a three, kids will Marissa Coleman, Maryland Tiffany Jackson, Texas Noelle Quinn, UCLA give her a hard time and call her Nowitski and stuff. Jazz Covington, Louisville Crystal Kelly, Western Kentucky Jillian Robbins, Tulsa She's not there yet, but she definitely has a very, very Jessica Davenport, Ohio State Crystal Langhorne, Maryland Brooke Smith, Stanford bright future here.” Jessica Dickson, USF Erlana Larkins, North Carolina Kristi Toliver, Maryland Shay Doron, Maryland Ivory Latta, North Carolina Candice Wiggins, Stanford (On what it takes to get in the NCAA Tournament...) Sylvia Fowles, LSU Eshaya Murphy, USC “I think if you finish in the top half of this league you're Katie Gearlds, Purdue Courtney Paris, Oklahoma definitely going to get into the NCAA tournament. There was so little room between teams five through 10 last year. One or two wins separated those teams, so 2006-007 Preseason wooden when it came down to it, it was strength of schedule, award candidates and we're playing a great non-conference schedule. In the end I think this team has the potential to be pretty Matee Ajavon, Rutgers Cameo Hicks, Washington Lyndsey Medders, Iowa St special and return to the NCAA tournament.” Morenike Atunrase, Texas AM Alexis Hornbuckle, Tennessee Shay Murphy, USC Alison Bales, Duke Charde Houston, Connecticut Courtney Paris, Oklahoma Marissa Coleman, Maryland Tasha Humphrey, Georgia Candace Parker, Tennessee Jessica Davenport, Ohio St Tye Jackson, Houston Armintie Price, Mississippi Dee Davis, Vanderbilt Crystal Kelly, Western Kentucky Noelle Quinn, UCLA Jessica Dickson, USF Crystal Langhorne, Maryland Jillian Robbins, Tulsa Shay Doron, Maryland Erlana Larkins, North Carolina Tiffany Jackson, Texas Sylvia Fowles, LSU Ivory Latta, North Carolina Kia Vaughn, Rutgers Lindsey Harding, Duke Camille Little, North Carolina Candice Wiggins, Stanford

7 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball 14 for USF ... It was the Bulls’ worst display on the boards since Pittsburgh outrebounded big east USF 44-29 on Jan. 8, 2006 for a margin of -15 ... USF was outrebounded by two, 41-39, weekly coaches against Saint Joseph’s on Dec. 29, in the championship game of the Saint Joseph’s Hawk teleconference Classic.

„ The BIG EAST women's basketball coaches will hold „ Most recently, the Bulls were outrebounded by five, 45-40, against LSU on Jan. 3 ... five media teleconferences during the 2006-07 season Interestingly enough, USF outrebounded the Lady Tigers on the offensive glass leading to 15 ... With the expansion of the BIG EAST, the teleconfer- second chance points. ence schedule will feature all 16 head coaches, every other week. Each head coach will be available for 5-8 Bulls Clamp Down minutes in a scheduled format ... Media representatives „ USF has clamped down defensively so far this season making life really difficult for the wishing to participate in the teleconference should call opposition ... In their 14 games the Bulls have forced their opponents into 292 turnovers 913-981-5533 to enter the call ... Notify the operator (20.9 tpg) as opposed to 202 (14.4 tpg) on USF’s end. that you are part of the BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Conference Call. „ Although USF has never kept records for turnovers, the Bulls forced Texas Southern into what has to be - or close to - a school record for miscues in a game ... The Lady Tigers com- Teleconferences will begin at 11 a.m. ET on Jan. 8, Jan. mitted 39 turnovers in the game including 23 in the first half on Nov. 18. 22, Feb. 5, Feb. 19 and March 1 (pre-championship) ... Coaches will participate in the following order: „ The Bulls have benefitted tremendously from the turnovers of its opponents ... Through its 14 games USF has outscored the opposition 297-143 in points off turnovers (21.2-10.2 11 a.m...... Phyllis Mangina, Seton Hall ppg). 11:06 a.m...... Jose Fernandez, USF 11:12 a.m...... Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame Wanted: USF’s Scoring Swagger To Return 11:18 a.m...... Quentin Hillsman, Syracuse „ USF jumped out of the gate this season as one of the highest scoring teams in the coun- 11:24 a.m...... Tom Collen, Louisville try ... In its first seven games this year - going 7-0 - the Bulls were averaging 91.3 points per 11:30 a.m...... Harry Perretta, Villanova game while giving up 58.3 points per contest ... During that stretch they were shooting 44.4 11:36 a.m...... Phil Seymore, Providence percent from the field, 35.3 percent from three-point range and 76.6 percent from the free 11:42 a.m...... Agnus Berenato, Pittsburgh throw line. 11:48 a.m...... Geno Auriemma, Connecticut 11:54 a.m...... Laurie Pirtle, Cincinnati „ In the last seven outings - turning in a 4-3 slate - the Bulls are netting just 68.0 points Noon ...... Terri Williams-Flournoy, Georgetown while allowing 65.9 per contest ... They are shooting 39.7 percent, including 32.1 percent 12:06 p.m...... Doug Bruno, DePaul from behind the arc, and most importantly - since the three losses for USF were by eight 12:12 p.m...... Mike Carey, West Virginia points, twice, and 12 points in the other - are hitting just 60.8 percent from the charity 12:18 p.m...... Kim Barnes Arico, St. John's stripe. 12:24 p.m...... Terri Mitchell, Marquette 12:30 p.m...... C. Vivian Stringer, Rutgers Dickson Starts To Heat Up „ Jessica Dickson entered her senior year looking to pick up where she left off after her pre- „ Once again this season, the coaches' teleconference vious three seasons ... Dickson came into the 2006-07 campaign third on the school’s all- will be available via The BIG EAST web site ... Users can time scoring list with 1,755 career points ... Her 29 points against UW-Milwaukee in the sea- listen to the question and answer session live or son opener quickly moved her into second on the career list surpassing Angie Snyder (1988- replayed in conjunction with CSTV Online ... Check the 92) who had 1,773 career points during her four years at USF. BIG EAST web site at: www.bigeast.tv ... A special replay number is also available 24-hours a day after the „ Dickson became the women’s basketball program’s all-time leading scorer surpassing calls are completed. Call 402-222-9928 for the replay Wanda Guyton (1985, 87-89) ... Dickson entered the Stetson game on Nov. 21 needing just ... The passcode is 1461463. four points to set the new record and did so on a lay-up with 14:18 left in the first half ... Dickson would end the game with 13 points and 1,830 for her career ... She currently has 2,054 career points. Game-bby-GGame „ With her 33 points against Saint Joseph’s on Rebounding Dec. 29, Dickson raised her career point total to 2,032 which moved her into second all-time on Opponent ...... USF-Oppt. . . .Margin the Bulls' men's and women's combined scoring UW-Milwaukee ...... 38-28 . . .+10 list trailing only all-time men’s leading scorer Texas Southern . . . . .36-31 . . . .+5 Charlie Bradley (2,319) ... She surpassed Altron Georgia Southern . . . .55-50 . . . .+5 Jackson (2,017) who was previously in second. Stetson ...... 52-37 . . .+15 St. Francis (NY) . . . . .46-35 . . .+11 „ Entering the season, Dickson looks to become Massachusetts ...... 48-36 . . .+12 the first woman - and just the second USF bas- Florida International . .50-40 . . .+10 ketball player ever - male or female - to lead Michigan State ...... 40-38 . . . .+2 the team in scoring for four consecutive seasons Villanova ...... 48-33 . . .+15 ... The only other woman to pace the team in Vanderbilt ...... 38-52 . . .-14 the scoring column three straight years was Jacksonville ...... 55-45 . . .+10 Wanda Guyton ... Former men’s player Radenko Vermont ...... 48-37 . . .+11 Dobras is currently the only player to do it four Saint Joseph’s ...... 39-41 . . . .-2 times from 1988-92. LSU ...... 40-45 . . . .-5

2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball 8 „ Dickson comes into the USF-OOpponent big east Cincinnati game averaging turnover comparison media services 21.4 points points per game, is netting 27.0 points per ...... Turnovers ...... Pts. off TOs „ THE BIG EAST ON THE WEB... WWW.BIGEAST.ORG game in her last three games Opponent ...... USF-Oppt...... USF-Oppt. On July 1, 2005, the BIG EAST Conference launched its new and 24.0 points per outing in UW-Milwaukee ...... 14-21 ...... 26-14 web site in conjunction with College Sports Online ... The her last five games. Texas Southern ...... 15-39 ...... 50-14 site retained the conference's familiar web address - Georgia Southern ...... 7-25 ...... 23-2 www.bigeast.org ... The new BIG EAST web site features „ For the first time in her Stetson ...... 12-29 ...... 40-6 the latest news and stories on happenings around the BIG career Dickson recorded St. Francis (NY) ...... 10-22 ...... 24-4 EAST. The following information is updated after each back-to-back double-doubles Massachusetts ...... 13-17 ...... 23-10 game: against Villanova (16 points, Florida International ...... 14-17 ...... 17-11 • BIG EAST Standings 12 rebounds) on Dec. 7 and Michigan State ...... 19-16 ...... 15-22 • Team-by-team and composite results against Vanderbilt (23 points Villanova ...... 8-9 ...... 15-3 • Conference and team-by-team statistics (in pdfs) and 11 rebounds) on Dec. 17 Vanderbilt ...... 14-19 ...... 13-15 • National polls and BIG EAST notebooks (Mondays) ... She also fell just one Jacksonville ...... 25-22 ...... 30-19 • Weekly Award Winners (Mondays) rebound short of boasting Vermont ...... 17-15 ...... 14-18 three straight with a 20- Saint Joseph’s ...... 19-19 ...... 21-11 Get the latest scores for all games involving BIG EAST teams point, nine rebound effort at LSU ...... 15-22 ...... 16-13 in-progress, followed by final game statistics and recaps. Michigan State on Dec. 3 ... Most recently, Dickson was one rebound shy of her third double-double with a 22 points and The Media Guide, which includes an in-depth Records & nine rebounds against LSU on Tuesday. History Section, is located on the women's basketball page. In addition, a Logos and Photos page is convenienty located „ Dickson has been an “Iron Woman” of sorts for the Bulls during her career ... She comes on the front page. This gallery includes photos and logos into Wednesday’s contest having started in every game of her collegiate career (106) and that may be downloaded for media use. Logos for every BIG has logged an average of 34.6 minutes per game in that stretch ... Her 106 career starts EAST team and the conference marks can also be accessed. moves her into second place on USF’s career games started list surpassing Jackie Eisenhauer (Credit "The BIG EAST Conference" with each photo use). (1988-92) who also had 105 ... Angie Snyder is the school’s all-time leader in that category „ CHAMPIONSHIP CREDENTIALS with 109 career starts ... Dickson is on pace to tie the record on Jan. 13 against Notre Dame As was done for the last two seasons, all credential appli- in the Sun Dome, and break the record on Jan. 16 at home against Louisville. cations for the 2007 BIG EAST Women's Basketball Championship Presented by Aeropostale will only be „ Also, baring any unforeseen circumstances, Dickson is on pace to become USF’s all-time accepted on-line via the BIG EAST Championship Credential leader in games played ... Her 106 games played is seven shy of equaling, and eight from Web Site. An advisory will be sent to accredited media in setting a new mark surpassing Alana January with specific instructions on the application Tanksley (2001-05) who played in 113 process. All parts of this section are for media use only. USF’s All-TTime career games. Accredited media should contact the conference office for Leading scorers the address. „ During Dickson’s career she has tal- 1. Jessica Dickson (2003-present) ...... 2,054 „ WEEKLY AWARDS lied double figures in 99 of her 106 2. Wanda Guyton (1985, 87-89) ...... 1,820 The BIG EAST names a Player and Freshman of the Week, as games played, and 20 points or more 3. Angie Snyder (1989-92) ...... 1,773 well as a Weekly Honor Roll, each Monday during the sea- in 49 of the 99 outings. 4. Mary Klinewski (1982-85) ...... 1,510 son. Winners are chosen from nominations provided by the 5. Ginger Bennett (1985, 87-89) ...... 1,483 BIG EAST sports information directors. The information is „ She has also tallied double digits in released from the BIG EAST office and will be listed in the 25 straight games - dating back to last conference release and be available on the league web year - and in 44 of 45 outings since the dickson’s site. beginning of the 2005-06 campaign ... statistical breakdown She has also recorded 20 or more „ ANNUAL AWARDS points in 26 of those 45 outings. Category ...... PPG . . . .RPG . . .APG . . .SPG All-BIG EAST First, Second, Honorable Mention and Overall ...... 21.4 . .6.8 . .1.7 . .1.3 Freshmen Teams, Player, Freshman, Defensive Player and „ Dickson’s 33-point effort against St. BIG EAST Games ...... 16.0 . .12.0 . .1.0 . .2.0 Coach of the Year are selected by a vote of the league's 16 Joe’s on Dec. 29 marked the fifth head coaches at the conclusion of the regular season. A Non-Conf. Games . . . . .21.8 . .6.4 . .1.8 . .1.2 highest point total of her career ... In league Most Improved Player, Women's Basketball Scholar- vs. Ranked Teams . . . . .21.7 . .9.7 . .1.3 . .3.0 addition, it was her second 30-point Athlete and a Sportsmanship Award are also presented. At Home ...... 20.1 . .5.6 . .1.8 . .0.5 effort of the season ... She also tallied Coaches are not allowed to vote for themselves or their BIG EAST Home Games . .0.0 . .0.0 . .0.0 . .0.0 30 points against FIU on Nov. 30 ... own players. The awards will be announced at a pre-cham- On The Road ...... 23.0 . .9.3 . .1.7 . .2.7 Prior to the Florida International pionship banquet on Friday, March 2, 2006 at the Hartford BIG EAST Road Games . .16.0 . .12.0 . .1.0 . .2.0 game, her last 30-point night was on Hilton Hotel, Hartford, CT. Neutral ...... 24.5 . .8.5 . .1.5 . .2.5 Jan. 15, 2006 at Cincinnati when she In November ...... 20.4 . .4.9 . .2.0 . .0.6 The BIG EAST All-Academic Team is comprised of letterwin- scored 30 points ... That was the sec- In December ...... 22.3 . .8.7 . .1.5 . .2.3 ners who are starters or important reserves and have an ond of two-straight 30-point outings In January ...... 22.0 . .9.0 . .1.0 . .0.0 overall grade-point average of 3.00 or better over the past ... She had just come off a 37-point In February ...... 0.0 . .0.0 . .0.0 . .0.0 academic year. The entire all-sports squad is announced in outing vs. No. 10/9 Rutgers, when she In March ...... 0.0 . .0.0 . .0.0 . .0.0 June after the conclusion of the academic year. set her current career high ... Dickson In Wins ...... 21.3 . .6.0 . .1.8 . .1.1 has recorded 10 games of 30 points or In Losses ...... 21.7 . .9.7 . .1.3 . .3.0 more in her career. 9 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball USF On The Tube „ Dickson started the 2006-07 season dickson on the right foot, netting 29 points in year-bby-yyear The USF women’s basketball team will be featured 10 just 26 minutes of action against UW- times this season both nationally and locally in the Tampa Milwaukee on Nov. 10 ... Dickson hit YEAR ...... PPG . . . .RPG . . .FG% . . .3PT% . . .FT% Bay area. the first 13 points of the game for the 2003-04 . . . . .18.6 . .6.1 ..434 ..211 . ..759 The Bulls will make two appearances on College Sports Bulls. 2004-05 . . . . .16.7 . .4.7 ..391 ..319 . ..830 Television (CSTV), and one apiece as part of the BIG EAST- 2005-06 . . . . .22.0 . .5.5 ..420 ..347 . ..865 Regional Sports Network Game of the Week package, and as „ Dickson is one of just seven people one of the league’s six regular season games featured on 2006-07 . . . . .21.4 . .6.8 ..411 ..302 . ..824 to have recorded better than 1,000 ESPNU. Totals ...... 19.4 . .5.7 ..414 ..320 . ..820 points and 500 rebounds during their USF will face perennial national power Rutgers on the road on Jan. 9 while Georgetown will visit the Sun Dome on careers and one of just four to tally Jan. 30. Both games will be televised on CSTV. 1,000 points and 600 rebounds. All-TTime USF The Bulls will make their first-ever regular season Men’s & Women’s appearance on the ESPN family of channels when they take „ Upon grabbing her 600th career rebound Scoring learers on Syracuse in the Carrier Dome on Jan. 28. against LSU, she became the ninth player Notre Dame will be USF’s lone opponent on the BIG in school history to accomplish the feat 1. Charlie Bradley (1982-85) ...... 2,319 EAST-Regional Sports Network Game of the Week when the and the second this season following Nalini 2. Jessica Dickson (2003-present) . . . .2,054 Fighting Irish come to Tampa on Jan. 13. SportsNet New Miller who did it earlier this season ... 3. Altron Jackson (1999-02) ...... 2,017 York (SNY) will serve as the game of the week’s flagship sta- Dickson is currently seventh on the 4. Radenko Dobras (1989-92) ...... 1,957 tion during the season. school’s career rebounding list. 5. B.B. Waldon (1999-02) ...... 1,869 In addition, for the third straight season USF’s official 6. Wanda Guyton (1985, 87-89) ...... 1,820 cable partner, Catch 47 - Tampa Bay Sports Television, will broadcast a record six games during the 2006-07 season. . „ Dickson fouled out of the season opener with 4:18 left in the contest ... It was the third time in her during her career that she fouled Date ...... Opponent (TV Outlet) ...... Time out of a game ... She also fouled out once in each of the last two seasons against St. John’s Jan. 3 . . . .LSU (Catch 47) ...... 7 p.m. (Feb. 5, 2006) and Connecticut (Dec. 1, 2004). Jan. 9 . . . .at Rutgers (CSTV) ...... 7 p.m. Jan. 13 . . .Notre Dame (BIG EAST Television) . . . .Noon „ During her sophomore year (2004-05), Dickson became the first women’s player in school Jan. 16 . . .Louisville (Catch 47) ...... 7 p.m. history - and the second player ever, man or woman - to score 1,000 points prior to the end Jan. 28 . . .at Syracuse (ESPNU) ...... 5:30 p.m. of her sophomore year. Jan. 30 . . .Georgetown (CSTV) ...... 7 p.m. Feb. 3 . . . .St. John’s (Catch 47) ...... 5 p.m. Dickson Grabs A Host Of Preseason Accolades Feb. 10 . . .Pittsburgh (Catch 47) ...... 7 p.m. Feb. 20 . . .Connecticut (Catch 47) ...... 7 p.m. „ So far this season All-America and National Player of the Year candidate Jessica Dickson Feb. 26 . . .Seton Hall (Catch 47) ...... 7 p.m. has garnered quite a few individual honors ... She has been named a Preseason Honorable Mention Street & Smith All-American, as well as being named to the Preseason John R. USF On The Radio Wooden Award and Wade Trophy lists which are each given to the National Player of the Year (by the Los Angeles Athletic Club and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, respective- ly). For the second straight year, fans of the USF women's basketball team will be able to listen to all of the excit- „ In addition, on Dec. 13, Dickson was named to the initial list of 50 players up for the 2007 ing action - both home and away, and regular season Naismith Award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club ... The award is given yearly to the men’s right through the postseason - live on commercial radio. WGUL-AM 860 will carry the entire season, which can and women’s National Player of the Year. also be heard worldwide via the internet by logging onto www.GoUSFBulls.com. „ Dickson was named the BIG EAST Conference Preseason Player of the Year at the league’s Tom Krasniqi begins his second year as the play-by- media day in New York City, and was tabbed as the top wing player in America by ESPN.com. play voice of the USF women's basketball team. When not broadcasting games on the hardwood, the Staten „ With her BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year honor, Dickson became the first BIG EAST Island, NY, native serves as a sports and news women’s basketball player since the 1992-93 season - other than someone from Connecticut, anchor/reporter for Metro Networks in Tampa. He also Rutgers, or Notre Dame - to earn the league’s preseason player of the year honor ... Miami’s does play-by-play and is on-air talent for various sports Vicki Plowden was the last play- shows. er not from one of the three Amanda Miller returns for her second year with the USF players with schools to earn the honor. Bulls, serving as color analyst for all USF women's bas- 1,000 career points ketball home games. USF Launches JD25.com and 500 rebounds „ Fans can keep up to date on Wanda Guyton (1985, 87-89) . . . . .1,820 pts./1,077 rbs. Jessica Dickson by logging on to Jessica Dickson (2003-present) . . .2,054 pts./600 rbs. the senior forward’s own web Mary Klinewski (1982-85) ...... 1,510 pts./909 rbs. site ... By logging onto to Ginger Bennett (1985, 87-89) ...... 1,483 pts./548 rbs. JD25.com, fans can read Renee Bellamy (1991-94) ...... 1,441 pts./650 rbs. Dickson’s personal blog, keep up Sonya Swick (1996-99) ...... 1,332 pts./544 rbs. with her game-by-game, and Keira Rozier (1992-95) ...... 1,152 pts./770 rbs. check out her photo gallery ... In addition, surfers can view video clips and read past newspaper articles on the All-America Candidate.

2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball 10 aging 2.1 per outing, however was second in 2006-007 usf honors past big east the conference in total blocks (65). conference JESSICA DICKSON preseason „ Miller is the all-time blocked shot leader „ BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week (Jan. 2) players of in USF history ... She currently has 158 „ MVP, Saint Joseph’s Hawk Classic the year swats, comfortably in front of Keira Rozier „ BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll (Dec. 18) (1992-95) who is second with 105 blocked „ Naismith Award Top 50 list 2006-07 ...... Jessica Dickson, USF shots. „ BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll (Dec. 11) 2005-06 ...... Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers „ BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll (Dec. 4) 2004-05. . .Jacqueline Batteast, Georgetown „ Miller has rejected 19 shots in USF’s 14 „ BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll (Nov. 27) 2003-04 ...... , Connecticut games this year ... She has blocked multiple „ MVP, Best Western Roundball Classic 2002-03 ...... Diana Taurasi, Connecticut shots in 48 games during her 96-game „ ESPN.com Preseason All-American (second team) 2001-02 ...... , Connecticut career. „ Top Wing Player in America by ESPN.com 2000-01 ...... Shea Ralph, Connecticut „ Preseason John R. Wooden Award watch 1999-00 . ., Connecticut „ After Miller tied a season-high with three „ Preseason BIG EAST Conference Player of the Year 1998-99 . .Svetlana Abrosimova, Connecticut blocks against Jacksonville on Dec. 20, she „ Preseason Wade Trophy watch list 1997-98 ...... , Connecticut came right back to swat a new season best „ Street & Smith All-American (HM) 1996-97 ...... Nykesha Sales, Connecticut of five against Vermont on Dec. 28 ... That 1995-96 ...... Jen Rizotti, Connecticut total was tied for the fourth most in a single SHANTIA GRACE 1994-95 ...... Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut game in school history. „ All-Tournament Team, Saint Joseph’s Hawk Classic 1993-94 ...... Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut „ All-Tournament Team, Best Western Roundball Classic 1992-93 ...... Vicki Plowden, Miami Miller Works Her Way Towards Another „ BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 20) Milestone „ MVP, Image Deopt Shootout „ Grace has proved to be somewhat of an “Iron Woman” herself ... So far this „ Although she struggled a bit offensively in NALINI MILLER season she has logged 35 minutes or 2005-06 - despite netting a personal single-sea- „ All-Tournament Team, Image Deopt Shootout more in seven games and in five of the son high of 292 points - Nalini Miller works her last eight. way to another career milestone ... Miller, nor- STEPHANIE SAROSI mally known for her rebounding and shot block- „ All-Tournament Team, Image Deopt Shootout „ Grace earned Best Western Roundball ing, currently has 876 career points, just 124 Classic All-Tournament honors averaging points from becoming the 15th player to reach Amazing Grace In The Midst Of Another Solid 1,000 career points. Season 17 points per game in the two-game event against St. Francis (NY) on Nov. 25 and UMass on „ Grace has come on like gang busters this sea- Nov. 26. „ Should Miller reach 1,000 career points, she son ... After scoring 21 points in the season would join Keira Rozier (1992-95) as the only opener against UW-Milwaukee on Nov. 10, Grace „ Shantia Grace had a great freshman year last two players in program history to score 1,000 turned in back-to-back 24-point efforts against season finishing second on the team in scoring points, grab 500 rebounds and block 100 shots Texas Southern (Nov. 18) and Georgia Southern netting 10.4 points per game ... Grace was in their career. (Nov. 19) respectively ... Her 24 points in each expected to come off the bench last year to game of the Image Depot Shootout (Nov. 18-19) back-up point guard Tristen Webb, however Miller Does Windows tied her career high set against Notre Dame in Webb suffered her second season-ending knee „ Nalini Miller recorded a season high 16 the first round BIG EAST Conference injury in the first exhibition game of the year rebounds which marked the third time this year Tournament of Mar. 4, 2006. ... Grace found herself playing in all 31 games that she has pulled down double-figure and starting in 30 ... She scored in double fig- rebounds ... Of her 16 boards, 12 came on the „ After equaling her career best twice, Grace ures in 18 of the team’s 31 games, in eight of defensive glass which is tied for fifth on the sin- finally set a new mark netting 26 against Florida the last 10, and 12 of the last 19 outings. gle game chart for defensive rebounds. International Nov. 30 ... She was 10-21 from the field, 1-3 from three-point range, and 5-7 from „ „ Although Grace was the Bulls’ only other dou- In her last three games, Miller has averaged the free throw line. ble figure scorer on the team last season - along 10.2 rebounds per game. with Jessica Dickson - there was probably no „ Grace joined her teammate, Jessica Dickson, bigger impact that Grace had than in the assist „ Against Massachusetts, Miller became the on the Saint Joseph’s University Hawk Classic column ... Grace led the team and was second eighth player in school history to record 600 All-Tournament team after averaging 16.5 in the BIG EAST in handouts averaging 5.0 per career rebounds ... She was the first of two points per game against Vermont (16 points) game ... In addition, she finished the year sev- players to accomplish the feat ... Jessica and St. Joe’s (17 points). enth among all freshmen in Division I in assists Dickson would also- grab her 600th career ... Grace dished out double-digit assists three board on Jan. 3 vs. LSU ... Miller currently has „ Grace has tallied 20 in six games on the year times last year including a career-high 14 675 which is good enough for fifth on the and in seven for her career. against Puerto Rico-Mayaguez on Dec. 19 ... She school’s all-time list. also had 12 against Cincinnati on Jan. 15 and 10 „ Grace dished out a season-high eight assists against DePaul on Dec. 7. Another Huge Improvement against Massachusetts on Nov. 26 in the champi- „ So far this season Nalini Miller has improved onship game of the Best Western Roundball Nalini Miller Is All BS from the charity stripe hitting 63.2 percent (24- Classic ... Currently, Grace has handed out five „ Nalini Miller returns as one of the top shot 38) ... Entering the season Miller was a career or more assists in 24 career games, in eight of blockers in the BIG EAST ... Last year Miller fin- 45.8 percent (130-284) shooter from the chari- 14 this season and in five of the last 10. ished third in the league in blocked shots, aver- ty stripe ... Prior to this year, the best season she had was during her freshman year when she

11 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball five games, leading the team during that Leaps & Bounds Usf’s all-ttime stretch ... On Jan. 3 she recorded a new career blocked shot „ Stephanie Sarosi has already shown tremen- high with 12 rebounds against LSU, including leaders dous improvement on the floor in just 14 games seven offensive. this year ... After going scoreless and grabbing 1. Nalini Miller (2003-present) ...... 158 just four rebounds in the season opener against 2. Keira Rozier (1992-95) ...... 105 Tristen Webb Returns For A Sixth Year UW-Milwaukee on Nov. 10, Sarosi has made a 3. Wanda Guyton (1985, 87-89) ...... 79 „ One very welcomed site to the hardwood on considerable impact in different areas since ... 4. Nichelle Hall (1983-84) ...... 76 opening night was the return of senior guard Against Texas Southern on Nov. 18, Sarosi scored 5. Jameelah Trimble (2002-03) ...... 56 Tristen Webb for a sixth year ... Webb tore the 11 points on 4-7 (57.5 percent) shooting from ACL in her left knee against Saint Louis on Jan. the field and 3-4 (75 percent) from the free 23, 2004 ... She would sit out the 2004-05 sea- throw line ... She followed that with a 14- USF’s All-TTime son to fully rehabilitate her knee, and then rebound effort the next afternoon against rebounding returned last season penciled in as the starting Georgia Southern on Nov. 19. leaders point guard ... Webb, however, tore the ACL in her right knee in USF’s first exhibition game of 1. Wanda Guyton (1985, 87-89) ...... 1,077 „ For her efforts during the weekend of Nov. 2005-06. 2. Mary Klinewski (1982-85) ...... 909 18-19 in the Image Depot Shootout, where she 3. Keira Rozier (1992-95) ...... 770 averaged nine points and 8.5 rebounds, Sarosi „ Webb petitioned the NCAA for a sixth year in 4. Ezria Parsons (2001-06)* ...... 729 was named to the Image Depot Shootout All- April of 2006, and received the extra year dur- 5. Nalini Miller (2003-present) ...... 675 Tournament Team. ing the summer of 2006. 6. Joyce Lewis (1981-83) ...... 658 7. Renee Bellamy (1991-94) ...... 650 „ In her last 10 games Sarosi has blocked 19 „ Webb's 10 points against Texas Southern on 8. Kristi Poore (1990-93) ...... 630 shots, including four against Massachusetts on Nov. 18 marked her first double-figure scoring Nov. 26 and against Jacksonville on Dec. 20 ... hit just 49.5 percent (53-107) from the line. effort since Jan. 9, 2004 against Charlotte. Those four rejection games were good enough for a share of ninth on the single game blocked Sheats Off To A Banner Year „ Webb had a solid outing on Nov. 30 against shot list ... During that 10-game stretch Sarosi „ Rachael Sheats is enjoying a banner season as FIU turning in eight points, five rebounds and has averaged 1.9 blocks per game. she enters the Cincinnati game third on the four assists in the win. team in scoring at 8.1 points per game ... She „ Sarosi has shown her impressive shooting has scored in double figures in seven games this „ Webb has never played in a postseason con- touch from beyond the three-point arc hitting season and in seven of the last 12. test while her fellow senior classmates - Jessica better than 50 percent from three-point range Dickson, Rachael Sheats and Nalini Miller - have three times including a perfect 3-3 (100 per- „ Against Vanderbilt on Dec. 17, Sheats tied her seen action in eight postseason games between cent) night against UMass on Nov. 26. career-high for assists with seven and then had the Conference USA Tournament, the WNIT, the five against LSU on Jan. 3 ... In her last five BIG EAST and the NCAA Tournament. „ Sarosi recorded her first career double-dou- games she has handed out 17 assists for a 3.4 ble with an 11-point, 11-rebound effort against per game average as opposed to 12 assists in The J-Jack Attack Jacksonville on Dec. 20. her first nine games (1.3 apg). „ Jackson scored a season-high 13 points against Stetson on Nov. 21 and followed that Bulls Finally Get To Enjoy Depth ChiChi Under The Radar with an 11-point outing against St. Francis „ One major drawback for USF the past few „ Don’t look now, but look who’s having the College on Nov. 25 ... Jackson’s career high is years has been its lack of quality depth ... Last best season of her collegiate career - ChiChi 21 points against Georgetown on Feb. 28, 2006. season the Bulls had just 10 players on their ros- Okpaleke ... Okpaleke is averaging career highs ter with eight of them playing in 27 games. of 7.2 points per game and 6.5 rebounds per Porche Revs Up Out Of The Gate contest ... Her previous career best's were 4.4 „ Although she saw limited time in the season „ This season, in addition to seven returnees, points and 3.3 boards per outing last year ... opener, freshman Porche Grant had the best the Bulls welcome five newcomers that have She has played in all 14 games this year, and has debut out of USF’s five newcomers ... Grant tal- lived up to their expectations and contributed earned the starting nod in the last four straight lied eight points, shared team honors with six immediately this season ... This year, eight of and in five of the last six games. rebounds and had two blocked shots and two the 12 players on the roster are averaging bet- steals in 11 minutes of action ... Grant was 3-5 ter than 10 minutes per game while the same „ Against Vermont, on Dec. 28, Okpaleke from the field and 2-3 from the charity stripe in amount have played in every game this season recorded a season-high 15 points in the first the win over UW-Milwaukee on Nov. 10. ... Jessica Jackson has seen action in 11 games round of the Hawk Classic. this year while Caitlyn Mitryk and Melissa „ Despite the fact that she went scoreless Dalembert have each played in nine games this „ Okpaleke is leading the team, so far this sea- against Georgia Southern on Nov. 19, Grant set season ... Dai Packer has seen action in just six son, in field goal percentage hitting 49.4 per- a career-high with four blocked shots vs. GSU. due to injury. cent (38-77) from the field. „ Grant shared team rebounding honors grab- Cupcake-Free Zone „ Against Vanderbilt, Okpaleke recorded 13 bing nine last against Stetson on Nov. 21, „ Traditionally USF has made a practice of play- points and fell one rebound short of recording including six on the offensive boards ... Two ing quality competition during its non-confer- the second double-double of her career with games later she would haul down a new career- ence portion of the schedule and this year is no nine rebounds. best with 11 against Massachusetts to go along exception ... In addition to UW-Milwaukee in with six points. the season opener, other 2006 NCAA „ Okpaleke has also been active on the glass Tournament teams that have already faced USF grabbing 9.6 rebounds per game over the last are: Michigan State (L, 79-71), Vanderbilt (76- 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball 12 68) at the St. Pete Times Forum and No. 6/6 7 ... Her double-double marked the first of the „ USF hosted the 1999 Men's Final Four at LSU (L, 60-48) on Jan. 3 ... All games were at season and the seventh of her career ... In addi- Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, the 1994 home except for Michigan State. tion, Dickson also recorded two steals and an men's first and second rounds and the 1998 assist in 35 minutes ... She was also named for men's regional at the Trop ... Two years ago USF „ Florida International, who lost to USF on Nov. the week ending Dec. 3 and Nov. 26. hosted the NCAA men's first and second round 30, is the Bulls’ lone non-conference opponent event at the St. Pete Times Forum. that advanced to the Women’s National „ For the second consecutive week Dickson Invitation Tournament. earned weekly BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll „ USF, the NCAA, and the Tampa Bay Local recognition for the week ending Dec. 3 ... Organizing Committee unveiled the logo twice „ In addition to USF’s non-conference foes in Dickson averaged 25 points per game during the on Sunday, Dec. 7 at the St. Pete Times Forum the postseason last year, six BIG EAST oppo- week while the Bulls went 1-1 against Florida ... The first came in a private ceremony nents - along with the Bulls - advanced to the International and No. 7/7 Michigan State ... between at the conclusion of the USF vs. NCAA Tournament ... Connecticut, DePaul, Dickson poured in a season-high 30 points, Vanderbilt women’s game while the second Louisville, Notre Dame, Rutgers and St. John’s including 21 in the first half against FIU on Nov. came at halftime of the Florida vs. Florida A&M advanced to the “Big Dance,” while four - 30 ... She was 10-23 from the field, including a men’s contest ... The logo can be seen on page Cincinnati, Marquette, Pittsburgh and Villanova blistering 6-7 from three-point range, and 4-6 three of these notes. - all made the WNIT. from the free throw line in a 96-73 win over the Golden Panthers ... She followed that with a 20- USF Welcomes Another Stellar Early Signing Dome Sweet Dome point performance on 8-19 shooting from the Class for 2007-08 „ USF looks to continue its dominance of the field and 3-3 from the free throw line against „ University of South Florida head women's opposition on its home floor in the Sun Dome ... the Spartans on Dec. 3 ... She also grabbed a basketball coach Jose Fernandez announced The Bulls have turned in an impressive 34-6 team-high nine rebounds, had four steals, three another standout recruiting class with the overall record and a 23-3 mark in non-confer- blocked shots, and two assists in 40 minutes in signing of four players to National Letters of ence games on their home turf over the past a 79-71 loss at Michigan State. Intent during the early signing period ... All two seasons ... In addition, USF is 36-6 in the four of the signees are perimeter players - Sun Dome since defeating No. 18 TCU, 89-84, in „ Jessica Dickson was named to the BIG EAST two wing players and two guards - and should double overtime on Feb. 2, 2004, unquestion- Conference weekly honor roll for the week end- contribute immediately during the 2007-08 ably the defining game that has led to the Bulls’ ing Nov. 26 ... Dickson averaged 17 points per season. success over the last three years. game, grabbed 6.3 rebounds and dished out 3.3 assists per contest on the week while helping „ Lonnie Terrell (Detroit, MI), a finalist for Dickson Honored By The BIG EAST Five Times the Bulls to three wins over Stetson (95-52), the Michigan Miss Basketball Award out of „ Jessica Dickson was named the BIG EAST and St. Francis College (NY) (94-61) and Inkster High School, joins the Bulls as the Conference Player of the Week for the week Massachusetts (86-61) ... Her best game of the 38th best player in America and the ninth ending Dec. 30 ... The player of the week honor three came against St. Francis when she poured best wing player in the country as rated is the first of the year for Dickson and the third in a game-high 23 points on 8-15 (53.3 percent) Collegiate Girls Basketball Report (CGBR) ... in the past two years ... Dickson has been shooting from the field, including 1-2 from A major factor on the perimeter, the 5-9 named to the BIG EAST's weekly honor roll four behind the arc, and 6-8 (75 percent) from the small forward/off guard has good mid-range times this season ... Dickson led the Bulls to a free throw line ... For her efforts in the classic, skills and is a considerable offensive threat 2-0 week en route to the Saint Joseph's Hawk Dickson was tabbed the tournament's MVP. from deep ... She also anticipates well Classic Championship title ... She scored 26 defensively ... Terrell, who has been termed points, including a 10-10 performance from the USF’s Shantia Grace Named First BIG EAST "a flat-out scoring machine who has been free throw line, and added six rebounds and Conference Player of the Week For ‘06-07 unstoppable in the Mega Conference this sea- three steals in 40 minutes in USF's 77-62 win „ Shantia Grace was named the BIG EAST son" by Mick McCabe of the Detroit Free over Vermont ... The following day, in an 80-76 Conference Player of the Week for the week Press, is averaging 31 points, 6.5 rebounds, overtime win, Dickson poured in a season-high ending Nov. 19, the first of the 2006-07 season eight assists, and four steals per game this 33 points, including the game-tying 3-pointer ... Grace has shot out of the gate fast this sea- season. with 0.8 seconds left in regulation ... She aver- son, scoring better than 20 points in three aged 29.5 points per game for the two-game games for the Bulls ... She tallied 21 points on „ For the second straight year, USF signed a event. 6-15 (40 percent) shooting from the field and 9- National Junior College Athletic Association 9 from the free throw line in the season opener (NJCAA) All-American ... Last year the Bulls „ Jessica Dickson went four-for-four earning against UW-Milwaukee (Nov. 10) ... In back-to- inked current guard Dai Packer, a NJCAA hon- her fourth straight BIG EAST Conference week- back games she equaled her career-high 24 orable mention All-American out of Trinity ly honor roll award for the week ending Dec. 17 points against Texas Southern (Nov. 18) and Valley Community College in Texas. ... This ... Dickson scored a game-high 23 points and Georgia Southern (Nov. 19). year, Jazmine Sepulveda (Brooklyn, grabbed a team-best 11 rebounds in USF’s 76-68 NY/Abraham Lincoln High School), who is loss to Vanderbilt on on Dec.17 ... The double- USF To Host Women’s Final Four In 2008 currently playing her final year at Kirkwood double was Dickson’s second straight - and sec- „ For the first time ever, the NCAA Women's Community College in Cedar Rapids, IA, ond of the season - and eighth of her career. Final Four is coming to the State of Florida, and signed with USF as the No. 1 junior college USF is the host school ... The 2008 event will be point guard in the country and the 12th best „ For the third straight week Jessica Dickson played in the St. Pete Times Forum in down- player overall by the CGBR ... Sepulveda, a earned weekly BIG EAST Conference Honor Roll town Tampa, and the Tampa Convention Center 5-9 point guard, is an intense, tough and recognition for the week ending Dec. 10 ... will serve as the site of both the Women's aggressive player who is also a tremendous Dickson scored 16 points and grabbed 12 Basketball Coaches Association Convention and leader ... Offensively she can handle and dis- rebounds while helping the Bulls to a 60-48 win the fan-centered Hoop City. tribute the ball and has a good shot from the over Villanova in their BIG EAST opener on Dec. three-point arc and in ... Last year Sepulveda 13 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball was tabbed a first team NJCAA All-America after averaging 13.7 points per game, in 37 outings, and setting a school freshman record with 133 steals ... In addition, she averaged 4.8 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game ... In high school, Sepulveda helped Abraham Lincoln to the 2004 New York City Public School Athletic League semifinal while aver- aging 12.6 points, 9.3 assists, and 6.1 steals per contest ... For her efforts she was named first team All-Brooklyn and second team All- City by Newsday.

„ Sequoyah Griffin (Columbus, GA), a 5-9 small forward/off guard, will join the Bulls after her scholastic career at Pacelli High School ... Griffin is an explosive combo play- er who has good court awareness and can penetrate and finish ... Labeled as a "com- plete guard" by the CGBR Griffin averaged 22 points, seven rebounds and five assists as a junior earning first team All-City.

„ The Bulls also signed their second player from Hillsborough County in the last four years ... Joining current USF player and for- mer Tampa Bay Tech standout ChiChi Okpaleke is Gianna Messina (Tampa, FL), a 5- 6 guard from the Academy of the Holy Names ... Messina led Hillsborough County in scoring last year averaging 20.7 points, 7.9 rebounds, 5.1 assists and five steals per game ... An extremely hard worker with tremendous ability, Messina was named the Player of the Year in Hillsborough County and by the Tampa Tribune at the end of her jun- ior season.

2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball 14 2006-007 University of South florida women’s basketball roster

NUMERICAL No. Name P Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School/High School 1 Daiane Packer G 5-9 Jr. Jundiai, Brazil/Trinity Valley CC/Colegio Percepcao 2 Rachael Sheats G 5-11 Sr. Marietta, GA/Sprayberry HS 3 Shantia Grace G 5-6 So. Sarasota, FL/Riverview HS 5 Tristen Webb G 5-8 Sr. Stone Mountain, GA/Lakeside HS 10 Jessica Jackson G 5-6 So. Roswell, GA/Roswell HS 11 Porche Grant F 6-2 Fr. Oxon Hills, MD/Academy of the Holy Cross 12 ChiChi Okpaleke F 5-11 Jr. Tampa, FL/Tampa Bay Tech 21 Caitlyn Mitryck G/F 6-1 Fr. Lake Mary, FL/Lake Mary HS 23 Jessica Lawson* C 6-3 So. Edgewood, FL/California/Jones HS 25 Jessica Dickson F 5-11 Sr. Ocala, FL/Vanguard HS 32 Nalini Miller F/C 6-2 Sr. Capital Heights, MD/Laurinburg Institute (NC) 40 Stephanie Sarosi C 6-5 Fr. Mims, FL/Astronaut HS 42 Melissa Dalembert F 6-4 Fr. Miramar, FL/Miramar HS

ALPHABETICAL No. Name P Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School/High School 42 Melissa Dalembert F 6-4 Fr. Miramar, FL/Miramar HS 25 Jessica Dickson F 5-11 Sr. Ocala, FL/Vanguard HS 3 Shantia Grace G 5-6 So. Sarasota, FL/Riverview HS 11 Porche Grant F 6-2 Fr. Oxon Hills, MD/Academy of the Holy Cross 10 Jessica Jackson G 5-6 So. Roswell, GA/Roswell HS 23 Jessica Lawson* C 6-3 So. Edgewood, FL/California/Jones HS 32 Nalini Miller F/C 6-2 Sr. Capital Heights, MD/Laurinburg Institute (NC) 21 Caitlyn Mitryck G/F 6-1 Fr. Lake Mary, FL/Lake Mary HS 12 ChiChi Okpaleke F 5-11 Jr. Tampa, FL/Tampa Bay Tech 1 Daiane Packer G 5-9 Jr. Jundiai, Brazil/Trinity Valley CC/Colegio Percepcao 40 Stephanie Sarosi C 6-5 Fr. Mims, FL/Astronaut HS 2 Rachael Sheats G 5-11 Sr. Marietta, GA/Sprayberry HS 5 Tristen Webb G 5-8 Sr. Stone Mountain, GA/Lakeside HS

Head Coach: Jose Fernandez (Florida International '94, Seventh year at USF) Assistant Coaches: Jeff Osterman (Siena ‘92, Second year at USF), Shalon Pillow (Tennessee ‘02, Second year at USF), Jaida Williams (Cal State Polytechnic University at Pomona ‘05, First year at USF) Director of Basketball Operations: Andy Christensen (USF ‘05, First year at USF) Head Athletic Trainer: Donna Jordan (Missouri-Kansas City ‘99, Second year at USF) * Must sit out the 2006-07 season due to NCAA transfer requirements

BY CLASS BY STATE BY COUNTRY BY POSITION Seniors (4) Florida (7) Brazil (1) Guards (5) Jessica Dickson Melissa Dalembert Daiane Packer - Jundiai Shantia Grace Nalini Miller Jessica Dickson Jessica Jackson Rachael Sheats Shantia Grace BY HEIGHT Daiane Packer Tristen Webb Jerssica Lawson 6-5 Stephanie Sarosi Rachael Sheats Juniors (2) Caitlyn Mitryck 6-3 Melissa Dalembert Tristen Webb ChiChi Okpaleke ChiChi Okpaleke Jessica Lawson Forwards (3) Daiane Packer Stephanie Sarosi 6-2 Nalini Miller Melissa Dalembert Sophomores (3) Georgia (3) Porche Grant Jessica Dickson Shantia Grace Jessica Jackson 6-1 Caitlyn Mitryck Porche Grant Jessica Jackson Rachael Sheats 5-11 Jessica Dickson ChiChi Okpaleke Jessica Lawson Tristen Webb ChiChi Okpaleke Center (3) Freshmen (4) Maryland (2) Rachael Sheats Jessica Lawson Melissa Dalembert Porche Grant 5-9 Daiane Packer Nalini Miller Porche Grant Nalini Miller 5-8 Tristen Webb Stephanie Sarosi Caitlyn Mitryck 5-6 Shantia Grace Guard/Forward (1) Stephanie Sarosi Jessica Jackson Caitrlyn Mitryck

15 2006-07 USF Bulls Women’s Basketball THE STAT CREW SYSTEM USF Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 03, 2007) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (11-3) (8-1) (2-1) (1-1) CONFERENCE...... (1-0) (0-0) (1-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (10-3) (8-1) (1-1) (1-1)

|---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 DICKSON, Jessica... 14-14 451 32.2 111-270 .411 16-53 .302 61-74 .824 40 55 95 6.8 31 1 24 46 10 18 299 21.4 03 GRACE, Shantia..... 14-14 468 33.4 83-194 .428 23-63 .365 61-78 .782 12 36 48 3.4 30 1 66 39 4 19 250 17.9 02 SHEATS, Rachael.... 14-14 339 24.2 45-93 .484 0-0 .000 24-38 .632 33 26 59 4.2 44 4 29 20 4 29 114 8.1 12 OKPALEKE, ChiChi... 14-5 321 22.9 38-77 .494 1-1 1.000 24-45 .533 34 57 91 6.5 23 0 8 22 8 22 101 7.2 32 MILLER, Nalini..... 14-14 337 24.1 36-83 .434 0-0 .000 24-38 .632 37 76 113 8.1 36 1 10 17 19 22 96 6.9 40 SAROSI, Stephanie.. 14-9 296 21.1 26-70 .371 7-19 .368 10-24 .417 30 55 85 6.1 23 0 12 19 21 11 69 4.9 05 WEBB, Tristen...... 14-0 237 16.9 17-45 .378 6-22 .273 21-26 .808 12 16 28 2.0 22 0 39 18 0 17 61 4.4 01 PACKER, Daiane..... 6-0 56 9.3 9-22 .409 6-15 .400 1-1 1.000 0 1 1 0.2 7 0 2 2 0 0 25 4.2 10 JACKSON, Jessica... 11-0 114 10.4 11-39 .282 7-26 .269 9-10 .900 3 5 8 0.7 10 0 12 5 0 4 38 3.5 21 MITRYK, Caitlyn.... 9-0 63 7.0 8-20 .400 4-7 .571 2-4 .500 7 9 16 1.8 5 0 3 2 2 3 22 2.4 11 GRANT, Porche...... 14-0 104 7.4 13-25 .520 0-0 .000 4-8 .500 18 30 48 3.4 17 0 2 8 11 5 30 2.1 42 DALEMBERT, Melissa. 9-0 38 4.2 3-9 .333 0-0 .000 4-8 .500 9 9 18 2.0 9 0 1 2 1 1 10 1.1 TEAM...... 11 12 23 1.6 0 2 ------Total...... 14 2824 400-947 .422 70-206 .340 245-354 .692 246 387 633 45.2 257 7 208 202 80 151 1115 79.6 Opponents...... 14 2826 315-838 .376 64-190 .337 175-280 .625 198 350 548 39.1 274 - 215 292 50 93 869 62.1

TEAM STATISTICS USF OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 1115 869 11-10-06 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE W 85-59 785 Points per game...... 79.6 62.1 %11-18-06 TEXAS SOUTHERN W 89-37 525 Scoring margin...... +17.6 - %11-19-06 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W 94-65 478 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 400-947 315-838 11-21-06 STETSON W 95-52 727 Field goal pct...... 422 .376 #11-25-06 ST. FRANCIS (NY) W 94-61 637 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 70-206 64-190 #11-26-06 MASSACHUSETTS W 86-61 647 3-point FG pct...... 340 .337 11-30-06 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL W 96-73 731 3-pt FG made per game.. 5.0 4.6 12-03-06 at No. 20/18 Michigan State L 71-79 14759 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 245-354 175-280 *12-07-06 at Villanova W 60-48 329 Free throw pct...... 692 .625 ^12-17-06 vs No. 12/12 Vanderbilt L 68-76 15344 REBOUNDS...... 633 548 12-20-06 JACKSONVILLE W 72-60 717 Rebounds per game...... 45.2 39.1 $12-28-06 vs Vermont W 77-62 1034 Rebounding margin...... +6.1 - $12-29-06 at Saint Joseph's W OT 80-76 1087 ASSISTS...... 208 215 01-03-07 NO.6/6 LSU L 48-60 1326 Assists per game...... 14.9 15.4 % Image Depot Shootout, Tampa, FL TURNOVERS...... 202 292 # Best Western Roundball Classic, Tampa, FL Turnovers per game..... 14.4 20.9 $ Saint Joseph's University Hawk Classic, Philadelphia, PA Turnover margin...... +6.4 - * BIG EAST Conference Game Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.0 0.7 ^ St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL STEALS...... 151 93 Steals per game...... 10.8 6.6 BLOCKS...... 80 50 Blocks per game...... 5.7 3.6 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - Home win streak...... 0 - ATTENDANCE...... 6573 32553 Home games-Avg/Game.... 9-730 3-5392 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 2-8189

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total ------USF...... 552 554 9 - 1115 Opponents...... 395 469 5 - 869