Mississippi State Women's Basketball 2011-12
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2011-12 Game 15 - Kentucky MISSISSIPPI STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SID: Brock Turnipseed Phone: 662-325-7556 (offi ce) 662-418-7409 (cell) Fax: 662-325-3564 Press Row: 662-325-3776 Email: [email protected] www.hailstate.com • Twitter: @brockt_msu or @mstateWBK 2011-12 LADY BULLDOG GAME INFORMATION BASKETBALL SCHEDULE November 11 FRI Jacksonville State W, 78-41 Mississippi State (10-4, 0-1 SEC) 14 MON Xavier W, 71-65 at 17 THU Alcorn State W, 66-48 20 SUN ! at Texas A&M L, 93-47 #11 Kentucky (13-2, 2-0 SEC) 23 WED Mississippi Valley State W, 64-47 26 SAT at Savannah State W, 56-42 Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 2:30 p.m. CT 30 WED South Alabama W, 63-47 Memorial Coliseum (8,000) December Radio: WKBB-FM 100.9 & WXWX-FM 96.3 4 SUN Tulane W, 70-55 Television: SportSouth 11 SUN at Louisiana Tech L, 63-62 16 FRI Southern Miss W, 71-57 Announcer: Jason Crowder 19 MON Louisiana-Lafayette W, 72-38 Series Information - UK leads 19-17 (Last: UK 72-60, 1/16/11 in Lexington) 29 THU $ vs. Oklahoma State L, 78-71 30 FRI $ Nevada W, 67-63 MISSISSIPPI STATE’S PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP January 5 THU * LSU L, 53-48 8 SUN * at Kentucky (FSN) 2:30 pm No. Pos. Name Cl. Ht. PPG RPG Asst. Steals Blocks Min. 12 THU * at Alabama (FSN) 8 pm 3 G Diamber Johnson Sr. 5-7 17.4 2.1 4.6 1.9 0.5 34.1 15 SUN * Georgia 2 pm 4 G Porsha Porter Sr. 5-6 14.4 4.9 2.1 3.6 0.0 31.1 19 THU * at Ole Miss 7 pm 14 G Kendra Grant Fr. 5-11 7.6 4.6 0.7 0.4 0.0 27.4 22 SUN * Auburn 2pm 25 F Ashley Brown Sr. 5-11 5.7 7.5 0.7 1.1 0.2 23.3 26 THU * Arkansas 7 pm 34 C Catina Bett Sr. 6-5 5.6 3.7 0.2 0.4 1.0 19.2 29 SUN * at South Carolina (SECN) 1 pm February LADY BULLDOG BITES... 2 THU * at Georgia 6 pm • Mississippi State trails Kentucky 19-17, with UK having won the last three meetings. 5 SUN * Vanderbilt 2 pm • The Lady Bulldogs are 8-8 all-time in Lexington, but have won six of the last seven 9 THU * at LSU (COX) 6 pm 12 SUN * Ole Miss (FSN) 2:30 pm meetings at Memorial Coliseum. 16 THU * Tennessee (CSS) 8 pm • Sunday’s game marks the television debut for MSU this season. The Lady Bulldogs 19 SUN * at Arkansas 2 pm are 34-57 all-time on TV. 23 THU * at Florida 6 pm • The contest also marks Sharon Fanning-Otis’ return to her former coaching ground. 26 SUN * Kentucky (ESPNU) 4:30 pm She was the head coach at UK for eight years (1987-95), compiling a 134-97 record March and leading the Lady Wildcats to 1 NCAA Tournament and 1 WNIT appearance. 1-4 SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) • Catina Bett played at UK the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. 17-20 % NCAA Tournament (1st/2nd Rounds) • Mississippi State’s Porsha Porter and Kentucky’s A’dia Mathies enter Sunday tied for 24-27 # NCAA Tournament (Regionals) the SEC lead in steals with 3.6 each. • Porter scored two points Thursday night while battling an illness, but in the last six April 1&3 @ NCAA Tournament (Final Four) games she is averaging 16.8 ppg and shooting 46.6% from the fl oor and 37.9% from 3-point range. • MSU is 2nd in the SEC in FG percentage defense (.336) and 3-point FG percentage All times Central defense (.242). • Senior Diamber Johnson had six points against LSU, but she continues to lead the ! Super Six Series - College Station, Texas. $ $ Reno-Tahoe Classic - Reno, Nev. SEC in scoring with a 17.4 ppg average. * SEC Game • Johnson is 144 points away from 1,000 for her career. She needs to average 9.6 ppg % Various Sites over the 15 league games to reach the mark in the regular season. # Various Sites • With fi ve assists vs. LSU, Johnson claimed ninth place at MSU with 307 career dishes. @ Pepsi Center (Denver, Colo.) WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE LADY BULLDOGS... at Alabama (FSN) Thursday, January 12 Tuscaloosa, Ala. • 8 p.m. CT Radio: WKBB-FM 100.9 & WXWX-FM 96.3 WWW.HAILSTATE.COM MISSISSIPPI STATE LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL • 2011-12 Game 15 - Kentucky NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 1 Danielle Rector F/C 6-3 Sr. 3L Ringgold, Ga. (Tennessee Temple) 2 Darriel Gaynor G 5-6 Jr. 1L Las Vegas, Nev. (Trinity Valley CC) 3 Diamber Johnson G 5-7 Sr. 3L Pontotoc, Miss. (Pontotoc) 4 Porsha Porter G 5-6 Sr. 1L Chicago, Ill. (Jefferson College) 5 Judith Tabala C 6-5 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Odessa College) 10 Martha Alwal C 6-4 Fr. HS Worthington, Minn. (Worthington) 11 Katia May G 5-2 So. 1L York, Ala. (Sumter County) 12 Candace Foster G 5-8 So. 1L Jackson, Miss. (Murrah) 14 Kendra Grant G 5-11 Fr. HS Richland, Miss. (Richland) 15 Brittany Young G/F 5-9 So. 1L Birmingham, Ala. (Midfi eld) 20 Shamia Robinson F 5-8 Fr. HS Maben, Miss. (West Oktibbeha) 21 Jerica James G 5-5 Fr. HS North Little Rock, Ark. (North Little Rock) 23 Carnecia Williams F 6-3 R-Fr. SQ Memphis, Tenn. (White Station) 25 Ashley Brown F 5-11 Sr. 1L Chicago, Ill. (Jefferson College) 34 Catina Bett C 6-5 Sr. 1L Gadsden, Ala. (Kentucky) ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 10 Martha Alwal C 6-4 Fr. HS Worthington, Minn. (Worthington) 34 Catina Bett C 6-5 Sr. 1L Gadsden, Ala. (Kentucky) 25 Ashley Brown F 5-11 Sr. 1L Chicago, Ill. (Jefferson College) 12 Candace Foster G 5-8 So. 1L Jackson, Miss. (Murrah) 2 Darriel Gaynor G 5-6 Jr. 1L Las Vegas, Nev. (Trinity Valley CC) 14 Kendra Grant G 5-11 Fr. HS Richland, Miss. (Richland) 21 Jerica James G 5-5 Fr. HS North Little Rock, Ark. (North Little Rock) 3 Diamber Johnson G 5-7 Sr. 3L Pontotoc, Miss. (Pontotoc) 11 Katia May G 5-2 So. 1L York, Ala. (Sumter County) 4 Porsha Porter G 5-6 Sr. 1L Chicago, Ill. (Jefferson College) 1 Danielle Rector F/C 6-3 Sr. 3L Ringgold, Ga. (Tennessee Temple) 20 Shamia Robinson F 5-8 Fr. HS Maben, Miss. (West Oktibbeha) 5 Judith Tabala C 6-5 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Odessa College) 23 Carnecia Williams F 6-3 R-Fr. SQ Memphis, Tenn. (White Station) 15 Brittany Young G/F 5-9 So. 1L Birmingham, Ala. (Midfi eld) PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Sharon Fanning-Otis (Chattanooga, 1975) 3 DIAMBER Johnson DEE-am-ber Associate Head Coach: Greg Franklin (Austin Peay, 1994) 5 Judith TABALA ta-BALL-UH Assistant Coach: Franqua Bedell (University of the Ozarks, 1999) 10 Martha ALWAL All-Wall Assistant Coach: Wanika Owsley (Southeast Missouri State, 2006) 11 KATIA May Ka-TEE-ah Director of Operations: Joey Burton (Moody Bible College, 2007) 23 CARNECIA Williams Car-NEE-CEE-ah FRANQUA BEDELL FRAN-swa ba-DELL WANIKA OWSLEY WAH-knee-ka ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS BY REGION SSENIORSENIORS ((6)6) AALABAMALABAMA (3)(3) MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI ((4)4) Catina Bett Catina Bett Candace Foster Ashley Brown Diamber Johnson Katia May Kendra Grant Porsha Porter Brittany Young Diamber Johnson Danielle Rector Shamia Robinson Judith Tabala AARKANSASRKANSAS ((1)1) JJUNIORSUNIORS ((1)1) Jerica James NNEVADAEVADA (1)(1) Darriel Gaynor Darriel Gaynor SSOPHOMORESOPHOMORES ((3)3) GGEORGIAEORGIA (1)(1) Candace Foster Danielle Rector TTENNESSEEENNESSEE ((1)1) Katia May Carnecia Williams Brittany Young IILLINOISLLINOIS ((2)2) FFRESHMENRESHMEN ((5)5) Ashley Brown DDEMOCRATICEMOCRATIC REPUBLICREPUBLIC Martha Alwal Porsha Porter OOFF TTHEHE CCONGOONGO ((1)1) Kendra Grant Jerica James Judith Tabala Shamia Robinson MMINNESOTAINNESOTA ((1)1) Carnecia Williams * Martha Alwal * —Redshirted 2010-11 Season WWW.HAILSTATE.COM MISSISSIPPI STATE LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL • 2011-12 Game 15 - Kentucky A LOOK AT KENTUCKY MSU-UK COMPARISION Kentucky hosts Mississippi State sporting a 13-2 overall record and 2-0 SEC mark after knocking off Arkansas 84-72 in Lexington on Thursday. MSU UK A’dia Mathies paced UK with 21 points and six assists. Bria Goss and Azia SCORING 906 1230 Bishop joined her in double fi gures with 11 each as Kentucky shot 44.4-per- Points per game 64.7 82.0 cent from the fl oor, including 47.8-percent from three-point range. Mathies tops UK in both scoring (15.7 ppg) and rebounding (5.5 rpg). Scoring margin +8.3 +24.2 FIELD GOALS-ATT 331-871 440-1041 The Lady Wildcats lead the SEC with an 82.0 ppg scoring average. They Field goal pct .380 .423 have won games by an average of 24.2 points, the top mark in the league. 3 POINT FG-ATT 75-256 98-302 LADY DAWGS MAKE SEC ROAD AND TV DEBUTS 3-point FG pct .293 .325 The Lady Bulldogs make their SEC road debut on Sunday. State is 8-8 in 3-pt FG made per game 5.4 6.5 league road openers under Sharon Fanning-Otis. MSU will also be playing FREE THROWS-ATT 169-260 252-370 on TV for the fi rst time. It is the fi rst of two-straight televised games and the fi rst of seven TV appearances.