North Carolina A&T Vs. Miami 7 P.M. • Thursday, March 25, 2010
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2009-10 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Game 34 WNIT (23-10 OVERALL, 14-2 MEAC) North Carolina A&T vs. Miami NOVEMBER 7 p.m. • Thursday, March 25, 2010 13 Fri. at Marist (WNIT) L, 80-64 20 Fri. vs. Chicago St. (WNIT) W, 62-57 BankUnited Center • Coral Gables, Fla. 21 Sat. at Towson (WNIT) L, 69-74 27 Fri. at New Mexico L, 55-77 28 Sat. vs. Yale W, 80-79 North Carolina A&T GAME FACTS Miami DECEMBER (23-10, 14-2 MEAC)..................Record..........................(19-13, ) 1 Tues. Auburn L, 63-76 Patricia Cage-Bibbs................ Head Coaches........................Katie Meier 5 Sat. at Norfolk St. W, 81-51 (471-262, 25th season)............. Overall Records......(145-128, 8th season) 15 Tue. vs. La. Lafayette W, 95-78 (100-57, 5th season).................. Record at School........(69-83, 4th season) 16 Wed. vs. LSU L, 33-75 www.ncataggies.com................ Websites..........www.hurricanesports.com 29 Tue. at Iowa State L, 62-66 Series..............................Miami leads, 1-0 30 Wed. vs. UMKC W, 71-64 Probable Starters JANUARY North Carolina A&T Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG 2 Sat. at N.C. Central W, 78-74 G Amber Calvin 5-8 Fr. Fayetteville, NC 10.8 2.5 2.8 5 Tue. at Liberty L, 51-57 G Ta’Wuana Cook 5-8 Sr. Fayetteville, NC 16.8 3.0 2.4 9 Sat. at FAMU W, 79-72 F Crystal Murdaugh 6-0 So. Dublin, Ohio 4.9 3.6 0.6 11 Mon. at B-CU W, 88-62 F Jaleesa Smas 5-11 Jr. New Castle, Pa. 11.3 6.2 2.2 16 Sat. Howard W, 79-69 C Nakia Gorham 6-2 Fr. Bowie, Md. 4.6 3.9 0.5 18 Mon. Hampton W, 82-81 Miami Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG 23 Sat. S.C. State W, 67-60 G Shenice Johnson 5-11 So. Henrietta, N.Y. 18.6 7.6 4.5 25 Mon. at WSSU W, 79-53 G Stefanie Yderstrom 5-8 Fr. Ostertalje, Sweden 8.2 1.4 2.2 30 Sat. Coppin State W, 79-53 F Charmaine Clark 5-11 Sr. Hinesville, Ga. 7.0 4.1 3.0 FEBRUARY F Diane Barnes 6-2 Sr. Lakeland, Fla. 9.4 7.5 0.9 1 Mon. Morgan State W, 67-56 F Morgan Stroman 6-1 Sr. Hopkins, S.C. 7.3 5.7 1.1 6 Sat. Delaware St. W, 70-56 •Patricia Cage-Bibbs’ win over Charlotte was not only historic for North Carolina 8 Mon. UMES W, 76-46 A&T, but it also marked her 100th win as the Aggies head coach. Within those 13 Sat. at Howard W, 80-57 100 wins, Bibbs has two WNIT appearances, one NCAA appearance, three 15 Mon. at Hampton L, 80-90 MEAC regular-season titles and one MEAC Tournament Championship. 20 Sat. S.C. State W, 83-63 •The Aggies are fi rst NCAA Division I historically black college with two postsea- 22 Mon. WSSU W, 63-31 sons win in a national tournament. Today, will mark the Aggies 34th game, which 27 Sat. at Coppin State W, 72-53 is a school record. MARCH •There will be sisterly divide in today’s game. Miami sophomore forward Sylvia 1 Mon. at Morgan St. L, 69-73 Bullock’s sister Lillian plays for the North Carolina A&T softball team. Lillian 4 Thu. Norfolk St. W, 79-59 Bullock is the Aggies all-time leader in home runs. 10 Wed. S.C. State L, 60-61 •If the Aggies are able to reach 24 wins this season, they would hold the three 18 Thu. Wake Forest W, 73-49 highest win totals in MEAC hisotry. The Aggies won 26 games in 08-09, 25 21 Sun. Charlotte W, 79-70 games in 07-08. 25 Thu. Miami 7 p.m. •The Aggies are in postseason play for the third straight season. It is only the third time a MEAC team has been to three straight postseasons. •The Aggies have now put together three straight seasons of 20 wins or more... Before this current run the Aggies had never had back-to-back 20 win seasons. FOUR YEARS OF DOMINANCE... North Carolina A&T women’s basketball team honored seniors Tyronnica Alford, Shantar Waddell, Lamona Smalley and Ta’Wuana Cook as a part of senior night on March 4. In doing so, the Aggies cel- ebrated the best four-year senior class in school history. Alford has played three years at N.C. A&T, but Waddell, Smalley and Cook have put together 91 wins and 56 conference wins. That is the most wins compiled by any four-year class in school history. It is also the best four-year win total in MEAC history. THE AGGIES ARE THE TOPS…The reason the Aggies are in their third straight postseason is because they are atop the MEAC is because they rank in the top three in 11 out of the 19 different statistical categories in the conference. They rank fi rst in eight of those statistical categories, including scoring, fi eld goal percentage, 3-point fi eld goal percentage, offensive rebounding, rebounding margin, blocked shots, assists and assists-to-turnover ratio. The Aggies rank in the top 75 nation- ally in scoring offense, scoring margin, fi eld goal percentage, rebounding margin, 3-point fi eld goal percentage, won-lost record, assists per game and steals per game. THE BEST IN NORTH CAROLINA...The only Division I teams in the state of North Carolina who have earned more wins than N.C. A&T over the last four years are ACC schools North Carolina and Duke. The Aggies have gone head-to-head with many of the Division I schools in the state. In the last four years, the Aggies have defeated Charlotte, Campbell, Elon, Winston-Salem State, N.C. Central and East Carolina. In the The Last Time Out last four years, the Aggies have won three MEAC regular-sea- Freshman Amber Calvin was 7-for-12 from the fl oor son titles, made two MEAC Tournament championship game and fi nished with a game-high 24 points. Senior appearances, won one MEAC Tournament title and they have Ta’Wuana “Tweet” Cook added 19 points, and sopho- been to the NCAA Tournament. more Crystal Murdaugh fi nished with 10 points and seven rebounds to lead North Carolina A&T to a 79-70 WEEKLY HONORS FOR AGGIES: The North Carolina A&T win in the second round of the WNIT at Halton Arena. women’s basketball has prided itself on having several differ- The Aggies (23-10) become the fi rst NCAA Division I ent players that can be effective in any particular game. That historically black college or university to win two post- is illustrated by the fact that four different Aggies have earned season games. An 8-0 49ers run ended when Kendra weekly honors this season. It started with senior Ta’Wuana Holmes crossed her way over into the lane and found a “Tweet” Cook who earned player of the week honors after scor- wide open Shannon McCallum underneath the basket ing 29 points against Howard. Cook repeated the feat this past for a layup that cut the Aggies lead to 69-67 with 2:06 week with a 33-point performance that earned her the weekly to play. After a 30-second timeout, Calvin dribbled her honor. It was Cook’s seventh weekly honor of her career. Junior way into the lane with the shot clock running down and Jaleesa Sams earned her fi rst-ever MEAC Player of the Week connected on a jump shot that put the Aggies up four honor after scoring a career-high 25 points against Bethune- with 1:39 remaining. Cookman. This past week, senior Lamona Smalley recorded back-to-back MEAC Player of the Week honors. Previously, The Last Time vs. Miami she had been named defensive player of the week. During the The last time the Aggies played Miami, head coach Pa- same week, Amber Calvin earned MEAC Rookie of the Week tricia Cage-Bibbs was in her fi rst season as N.C. A&T’s after dishing out six assists in back-to-back games. head coach. Bibbs, who is in her fi fth season, doesn’t even have the same staff as she did in 2005. The Hur- SMALLEY MOVES UP: Senior center Lamona Smalley is now ricanes defeated the Aggies 104-65. in an exclusive club in Aggie history. Smalley grabbed nine rebounds against Wake Forest on March 18. It moved her into KEY FACTS second place on the Aggies all-time rebounding list with 835 Amber Calvin has been the MVP so far for the Aggies rebounds. She is just the fourth Aggie in school history to ex- in the WNIT. The freshman from Fayetteville, N.C., has ceed 800 rebounds. Smalley’s next step is to score her 1,000th scored 43 points in two games. She is 7-for-12 from point. Smalley could become just the second Aggie in history 3-point range and she is shooting 54.2 percent from the to score 1,000 points and grab 800 rebounds. She needs 46 fi eld and 83 percent from the line. points to accomplish the feat. She could become the fi rst player in school history to score 1,000 points, grab 800 rebounds, dish The Aggies defense has been excellent so far in the out 250 assists and block 100 shots.