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2020-21 SPARTAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS VS DETROIT MERCY TITANS 2 Wednesday, December 2 • 7 p.m. • Breslin Center THE OPENING TIP THE STARTING FIVE 2020-21 MSU SCHEDULE FOLLOW ALONG • Michigan State women’s basketball will play the Radio: WJIM 1240 AM; msuspartans.com second of five non-conference games on Wednes- NOVEMBER Keaton Gillogly (pxp) day, Dec. 2 against Detroit Mercy. Tip-off is set for 27 ST. FRANCIS (PA.) BTN+ W, 77-44 Live stats: msuspartans.com 7 p.m. on the Big Ten Network+. MSU started the DECEMBER TV: B1G Network+ 2 DETROIT MERCY BTN+ 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2 • 7 p.m. •Breslin Center season with a 77-44 win over Saint Francis on Nov. 27. 9 at Minnesota * BTN 9 p.m. 12 IOWA * TBA • Detroit Mercy head coach AnnMarie Gilbert is 18 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 7 p.m. familiar with the Breslin Center. She spent five sea- 20 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 3 p.m. sons (2002-07) as an assistant coach at Michigan 22 OAKLAND TBA State, including being the recruiting coordinator 31 at Ohio State * TBA from 2005-07 under Joanne P. McCallie. JANUARY • After missing the final 13 games of the season 3 at Purdue * TBA MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS with a torn Achilles’ tendon, redshirt-senior for- 7 MARYLAND * TBA 2020-21 Record ..................................1-0 (0-0 Big Ten) ward Mardrekia Cook made a triumphant return in 10 NEBRASKA * TBA Head Coach ...................... Suzy Merchant (CMU, ‘91) 14 at Illinois * TBA Career Record ..................... 483-268/25th Season the 2020-21 season-opener against Saint Francis on 18 at Michigan * TBA MSU Record ..........................282-148/14th Season Nov. 27. In 19 minutes of action, she scored three Media Relations Contact: ........................ Kara Fisher points with four rebounds and three assists. 21 INDIANA * TBA 517-896-0724 / [email protected] 24 at Wisconsin * TBA Website .......................................msuspartans.com • Graduate senior Lauren Rewers and freshman 28 MICHIGAN * TBA Kendall Bostic both played their first games for the 31 at Indiana * TBA Green & White against SFU. Bostic scored 15 points to go along with six rebounds to lead MSU. Her 15 FEBRUARY points were the most in a MSU debut since Sidney 4 ILLINOIS * TBA DETROIT MERCY TITANS Cooks tallied 17 against Robert Morris in 2017. Rew- 7 NORTHWESTERN * TBA 10 at Maryland * TBA 2020-21 Record ................................0-2 (0-0 Horizon) ers posted two points with one rebound and one Head Coach ............... AnnMarie Gilbert (Dillard ‘89) block. 13 at Penn State * TBA Career Record ....................... 287-220/19 Seasons 21 PURDUE * TBA UDM Record ................................0-2/First Season • Michigan State is 22-7 all-time against Detroit 24 RUTGERS * TBA Media Relations Contact: .................Adam T. Bouton Mercy, including winning the last 17 in a row. Last 27 at Nebraska * TBA 269-567-0689 / [email protected] season, the Spartan were dominating in a 110-52 Website ......................................detroittitans.com win on Nov. 8. March 5/6 WISCONSIN * TBA 9-13 Big Ten Tournament Indianapolis, Ind. PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP * Big Ten Contest Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG MPG Notables Home games in BOLD G 24 Nia Clouden (Jr., 5-8, Owings Mills, Md.) 15.0 2.0 10.0 30.0 4th double-double vs. SFU G 22 Moira Joiner (So., 5-10, Saginaw, Mich.) 5.0 1.0 3.0 24.0 Started 26 career games G/F 1 Tory Ozment (Jr., 6-1, Buford, Ga.) 10.0 2.0 3.0 28.0 Tied career high with 28 minutes F 2 Mardrekia Cook (R-Sr., 6-0, Muskegon, Mich.) 2.0 4.0 3.0 19.0 Played 17 games before tearing achilles F 14 Taiyier Parks (So., 6-3, Cleveland, Ohio) 11.0 5.0 1.0 21 3rd career double fig. scoring game KEY RESERVES F 44 Kendall Bostic (Fr., 6-2, Kokomo, Ind.) 15.0 2.0 1.0 27.0 Scored 15 in Spartan debut G 40 Julia Ayrault (So., 6-2, Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.) 8.0 4.0 4.0 23.0 4 rebounds and assists in opener G 3 Alyza Winston (So., 5-7, Muskegon, Mich.) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- G 21 Laurel Jacqmain (Sr., 5-8, Saginaw, Mich.) 8.0 1.0 0-0 22.0 MSU high eight points vs. SFU facebook.com/MSU_WBasketball MSU_WBasketball MSU_WBasketball MSU.WBasketball 2020-21 Michigan State Women’s Basketball 1 Game 2 vs. Detroit Mercy 2020-21 MICHIGAN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NATIONAL POLLS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School Pronunciation AP Women’s Top 25 Poll (Dec. 1) 1 Tory Ozment F 6-1 Jr. Buford, Ga./Buford Rank School (Votes) Record Pts. 1 South Carolina (29) 3-0 749 2 Mardrekia Cook F 6-0 R-Sr. Muskegon, Mich./Muskegon Mar-DREEK-uh 2 Stanford (1) 1-0 704 3 Alyza Winston G 5-7 So. Muskegon, Mich./Muskegon Uh-lie-za 3 UConn 0-0 689 4 Baylor 1-0 665 4 Alisia Smith F 6-3 R-Jr. East Lansing, Mich./Waverly/Penn State Uh-LEE-see-uh 5 Louisville 2-0 607 6 Mississippi State 1-0 586 5 Claire Hendrickson G 5-11 R-Jr. Wyoming, Mich./Wyoming 7 Arizona 1-0 566 12 Lauren Rewers C 6-4 Gr. Coeur D’Alene, Idaho/Lake City/Hawai’i ROO-oars 8 NC State 2-0 564 9 UCLA 1-0 494 14 Taiyier Parks F 6-3 So. Cleveland, Ohio/North Royalton Tie-EAR 10 Oregon 1-0 477 20 Jayla James F 6-1 R-Jr. Upper Marlboro, Md./Riverdale Baptist/Penn State 11 Kentucky 2-0 466 12 Texas A&M 2-0 412 21 Laurel Jacqmain F 5-8 R-Sr. Saginaw, Mich./Saginaw Valley Jack-man 13 Indiana 1-0 342 22 Moira Joiner G 5-10 So. Saginaw, Mich./Hertiage Moy-ruh 14 Maryland 2-1 327 15 Northwestern 0-0 289 23 Janai Crooms G 5-10 R-Jr. Cranston, R.I./St. Andrews/Ohio State Juh-NAY 16 Arkansas 3-1 265 24 Nia Clouden G 5-8 Jr. Owings Mills, Md./St. Frances Knee-uh 17 Oregon State 1-0 256 18 Gonzaga 0-1 193 40 Julie Ayrault G 6-2 So. Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Grosse Pointe North A-rawlt 19 Ohio State 1-0 189 20 DePaul 0-1 187 44 Kendall Bostic F 6-2 Fr. Kokomo, Ind./Northwestern Boss-tick 21 Missouri State 2-1 153 50 Cydni Dodd C 6-5 So. Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central Sydney 22 Syracuse 1-0 142 23 Iowa State 1-1 128 24 Michigan 2-0 110 Head Coach: Suzy Merchant (MURR-chant) 25 Texas 2-0 65 Associate Head Coach: Dean Lockwood Assistant Coach: Maria Fantanarosa (Fan-TAN-uh-rosa) Others receiving votes: South Dakota State 31, North Carolina 24, South Dakota 20, Notre Assistant Coach: Kristin Haynie (Hay-KNEE) Dame 20, Arizona State 10, Wake Forest 9, Ohio 6, Tennessee 1, Rutgers 1, Duke 1, Bos- ton College 1, South Florida 1 USA Today Coaches Poll (Preseason) Rank School (Votes) Record Pts. 1 South Carolina (31) 0-0 799 SPARTANS AT A GLANCE 2 Stanford (1) 0-0 740 3 UConn 0-0 732 4 Baylor 0-0 702 University Information Team Information 5 Louisville 0-0 663 Name .......................................... Michigan State University 2020-21 Overall Record .....................................................1-0 6 NC State 0-0 601 Location ...............................East Lansing, Michigan 48824 2020-21 Big Ten Record ...................................................0-0 7 Mississippi State 0-0 567 Founded .........................................................................1855 2019-20 Postseason ........................................................N/A 8 Arizona 0-0 548 9 Oregon 0-0 539 Enrollment .................................................................50,351 Letterwinners Returning/Lost .......................................10/5 10 UCLA 0-0 535 Nickname ............................................................... Spartans Starters Returning/Lost .................................................. 3/2 11 Maryland 0-0 456 Colors ........................................................ Green and White Newcomers ........................................................................ 5 12 Kentucky 0-0 451 13 Texas A&M 0-0 377 Conference ...............................................................Big Ten 14 Arkansas 0-0 360 Division ........................................................NCAA Division I Spartan Program History 15 Indiana 0-0 347 President ................................................Dr. Samuel Stanley First Year ................................................................... 1972-73 16 Northwestern 0-0 287 Athletics Director ............................................Bill Beekman All-Time Record .............................................845-541 (.610) 17 Oregon State 0-0 281 18 Iowa State 0-0 253 Senior Women’s Administrator ...................Jennifer Smith NCAA Tournament Appearances ......................................17 19 DePaul 0-0 219 Faculty Representatives........................ Michael Kaplowitz (1991, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 20 Gonzaga 0-0 192 Bonnie Knutson 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019) 21 Syracuse 0-0 149 22 Ohio State 0-0 135 Home Arena ....................................Breslin Center (14,797) NCAA Final Four Appearances ................................1 (2005) 23 Notre Dame 0-0 104 All-Time Record at Breslin (since 1989) ...................334-107 All-Time NCAA Tournament Record ............................ 19-17 24 Michigan 0-0 84 Ticket Office Phone ........... 517.355.1610 or 800.GO.STATE WNIT Appearances..........4 (1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2018) 25 Missouri State 0-0 76 Breslin Center Press Row .................................517-353-1626 WNIT Record ..................................................................13-5 Others receiving votes: Texas 72, South Big Ten Championships .....................1997, 2005, 2011, 2014 Dakota 25, Florida State 23, Iowa 13, North Coaching Staff Big Ten Tournament Championships ...........................2005 Carolina 11, Arizona State 11, South Florida 9, Head Coach ............Suzy Merchant (Central Michigan, 91) Middle Tennessee 7, Rutgers 7, Virginia Tech 6, Tennessee 4, Florida Gulf Coast 3, BYU 3, Overall Record (years) ................................ 483-268 (26) Athletic Communications Princeton 3, South Dakota State 2, James MSU Record (years) ......................................282-148 (14) Asst Director/WBB Contact ................................Kara Fisher Madison 2, UT Martin 1, LSU 1 Associate Head Coach .........Dean Lockwood, First Season E-mail.................................................kfisher@ath.msu.edu Assistant Coach ..............Maria Fantanarosa; Third Season Cell Phone ......................................................