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National Avenue 2010-11 Game Notes Springfield, Mo. 65897 Eric Doennig (WBB SID) Assistant Director O: 417-836-4586 C: 417-827-5327 MISSOURI STATE [email protected] MissouriStateBears.com Twitter/MSULadyBears Lady Bear Basketball Facebook/LadyBears 25 Conference Championships • 1992 & 2001 Final Fours • Nine All-Americans • Three Sweet 16 Appearances • Eight Academic All-Americans • 13 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 2005 WNIT Champions 2010-11 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result Game Summary N1 Rogers State (EX) W, 87-57 Missouri State Lady Bears N7 Quincy (EX) W, 86-61 N12 Lamar1 W, 83-60 (19-9/10-6 MVC) N15 DePaul1 L, 66-82 vs. 1 N20 at Toledo W, 73-69 Evansville Purple Aces N27 Louisiana Tech W, 62-53 (8-19/3-13 MVC) N30 Oral Roberts L, 66-75 D3 Eastern Michigan W, 72-57 D5 Arkansas State (KCZ) W, 58-47 MISSOURI STATE EVANSVILLE Date: Thursday, March 3, 2011 D9 SIU Edwardsville W, 68-39 Lady Bears Purple Aces Tip: 7:00 p.m. D12 at Saint Louis W, 67-57 Overall............................... 19-9 Overall............................... 8-19 D17 at Coppin State W, 67-61 Location: Evansville, Ind. MVC ................................... 10-6 MVC ................................... 3-13 D19 at Georgetown L, 59-72 Home ................................. 12-4 Home ................................... 5-8 Site: JQH Arena (11,600) D21 at Morgan State W, 66-39 Road .................................... 7-5 Road .................................. 2-11 Neutral ................................ 0-0 Neutral ................................ 1-0 Radio: KTXR 101.3 FM D31 Southern Illinois* W, 82-50 AP Rank .............................. NA AP Rank .............................. NA (Rob Evans) J2 Evansville* (KYTV) W, 75-54 ESPN/USA Today Rank ..... NA ESPN/USA Today Rank ..... NA J6 at UNI* L, 69-80 TV: None Head Coach ........Nyla Milleson Head Coach ........Misty Murphy (KCZ) J8 at Bradley* W, 73-58 Career Record .............. 247-95 Career Record ............ 135-129 Live Audio: RadioSpringfield.com J11 Illinois State* (MVC TV) W, 76-61 MSU Record ................... 62-59 UE Record ...................... 28-64 vs. UE .................................. 6-1 vs. MSU ............................... 0-5 Live Video: GoPurpleAces.com J16 Indiana State* (KCZ) W, 65-54 J21 Wichita State* (KCZ) W, 71-41 Last Game .................W, 73-65 Last Game .................. L, 50-64 Live Stats: GoPurpleAces.com J27 at Creighton* L, 56-68 ..............vs. Creighton (Feb. 27) ..........at Indiana State (Feb. 27) Next Game ..at Southern Illinois Next Game .....vs. Wichita State (KCZ) J29 at Drake* W, 90-61 ...................................(March 5) ...................................(March 5) F4 Bradley* L, 68-73 F6 UNI* L, 59-67 F10 at Indiana State* W, 63-50 Game Overview F12 at Illinois State* (KCZ) L, 59-78 The Missouri State Lady Bears will open the final weekend of regular-season play with a 7 p.m. road F17 at Wichita State* (MVC TV) L, 52-69 tilt Thursday against the Evansville Purple Aces at Roberts Stadium. MSU will be in search of its sixth F25 Drake* W, 92-82 straight victory over UE and its third in-a-row on the road in the Aces’ penultimate game at Roberts. F27 Creighton* (MVC TV) W, 73-65 The Lady Bears, who will close the Valley season Saturday afternoon at Southern Illinois, enter the final M3 at Evansville* 7:00 road swing of the season still looking to solidify their position in the Missouri Valley Conference standings. M6 at Southern Illinois* (KYTV) 2:05 MSU (10-6 in MVC play) righted its ship with home wins over Drake (Feb. 25) and Creighton (Feb. 27) M10 Opening Round2 TBA last weekend and enters Thursday’s action in fourth place in the MVC race, just one game behind Illinois M11 Quarterfinal Round2 TBA State (11-5) in third and a game-and-a-half out of second, where Creighton resides with a 12-5 mark. M12 Semifinal Round (2-MVC TV) TBA Evansville enters the game with losses in four straight contests and in 10 of its last 11 outings overall. (2-MVC TV) M13 Championship 2:05 Although the Aces have struggled to a 3-13 conference mark, more than half of their losses (seven) have (3-ESPN) M19-20 First Round TBA been by 10 points or less. M21-22 Second Round (3-ESPN) TBA In their first contest of the season against Evansville (Jan. 2), Missouri State outscored the Purple Aces (3-ESPN) M26-27 Regional Semifinals TBA 42-16 in the paint and limited UE to just four points over a span of six-and-a-half minutes to allow the of- M28-29 Regional Finals (3-ESPN) TBA fense to take over with a 32-14 scoring run. A3-5 Final Four (3-ESPN) TBA Home games played in JQH Arena (Springfield, Mo.) Missouri State’s Probable Starting Lineup No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Other Notes *Missouri Valley Conference games EXExhibition game; 25 Tia Mays F 6-1 So. 4.3 6.5 3.3 bpg Leads MVC in bpg, ranks 5th nationally 1Preseason WNIT 33 Christiana Shorter F 6-1 So. 12.4 8.3 1.3 spg Leads MVC in offensive rpg (3.3) 2State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament 5 Casey Garrison C G 6-0 Jr. 18.2 5.8 3.6 apg FT pct. (.905) ranks 5th in NCAA D-I (St. Charles, Mo.) 12 Jasmine Malone C G 5-11 Jr. 10.7 5.6 1.8 spg Career-high 22 pts vs. Drake (Feb. 27) 3NCAA Division I Championship (TBD) 14 Karly Buer G 5-7 Fr. 4.8 2.2 1.5 apg 41 assists rank 3rd on squad Most regular season games broadcast on KTXR (101.3 FM) KCZ indicates games televised locally on the Ozarks CW KYTV indicates games televised locally on KY3 (NBC) Off the Bench MVC TV indicates games that are part of the 1 Whitney Edie G/F 6-1 So. 2.5 2.7 0.6 bpg Topped 100 career-rebound mark Feb. 4 MVC Television Network package carried locally on 3 Desiree Phillips G/F 5-10 Fr. 0.6 0.6 0.1 spg Personal-best 11 min. vs. Morgan State Fox Sports Midwest 15 Kendra Roberts G 5-7 Sr. 3.5 2.5 1.2 apg Career-high 15 pts/6 rebs vs. Wichita St. Times listed are Central and subject to change 23 Jaleshia Roberson G 5-9 Jr. 7.7 1.5 1.0 apg Averaging 2.0 3FG in MVC play 40 Regan Soldner C F 5-11 Jr. 1.6 1.9 0.7 apg Career-high 10 pts off bench at Indiana St. 43 Aly Stock C 6-4 So. 0.6 0.8 0.2 bpg Out 2-4 weeks with stress fracture in left leg 44 Lacey Boshe F 6-1 Jr. 3.1 2.0 0.5 apg Season highs of 11 pts/7 rebs at UNI * Projected lineup based on starters from previous game C Team Captain Pronunciations: Christiana (chris-TEE-ah-nuh); Boshe (rhymes with WASH); Buer (BYOO-ur); Edie (EE-dee); Desiree (dez-uh-ray); Jaleshia (juh-LEE-shuh) Roberson (ROW-bur-sun); Regan (REH-gun); Aly (AL-ee) Game 29 at Evansville - March 3, 2011 Pronunciation Guide Missouri State Numerical Roster Boshe . rhymes with Wash No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Buer . .BYOO-ur 0 Hannah Wilkerson^ G 5-7 Fr. Miller, Mo. (Miller) Desiree . .DEZ-uh-ray 1 Whitney Edie G/F 6-1 So. Exeter, Mo. (Exeter) Edie . EE-dee 3 Desiree Phillips G/F 5-10 Fr. Memphis, Tenn. (Manassas) Nyla . NEYE-luh 5 Casey Garrison G 6-0 Jr. Bolivar, Mo. (Bolivar) Milleson . MILL-uh-sun Jacque . .JACK-ee 12 Jasmine Malone G 5-11 Jr. San Antonio, Texas (Antonian College Preparatory) Jaleshia . .juh-LEE-shuh 14 Karly Buer G 5-7 Fr. Concordia, Kan. (Concordia) Roberson . .ROW-bur-sun 15 Kendra Roberts G 5-7 Sr. Fort Smith, Ark. (Northside/Univ. of Arkansas) Aly . AL-ee 21 Bry Snow* F 6-1 So. Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs/Univ. of Cincinnati) Regan . .REG(hard G)-un 23 Jaleshia Roberson G 5-9 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. (Hickman Mills) Breakdown By Experience 24 Jacque Griggs F 6-0 Sr. Kansas City, Mo. (Hickman Mills) 25 Tia Mays F 6-1 So. Des Moines, Iowa (East/DMACC) Seniors . .2 Jacque Griggs, Kendra Roberts 33 Christiana Shorter F 6-1 So. Tulsa, Okla. (Booker T. Washington) Juniors . .5 40 Regan Soldner F 5-11 Jr. Southlake, Texas (Carroll Senior) Lacey Boshe, Casey Garrison, 43 Aly Stock C 6-4 So. Nixa, Mo. (Nixa) Jasmine Malone, Jaleshia Roberson, 44 Lacey Boshe F 6-1 Jr.. Marshfield, Mo. (Marshfield) Regan Soldner *will sit out the 2010-11 season due to NCAA transfer guidelines; ^academically ineligible Sophomores . .4 Head Coach: Nyla Milleson (Kansas State, ’85), fourth year Whitney Edie, Tia Mays, Associate Head Coach: Trish Marsh (Missouri S&T, ’92), fourth year Christiana Shorter, Aly Stock Assistant Coach: Carly Stubblefield (Missouri State, ’02), fourth year Freshmen ............................3 Karly Buer, Desiree Phillips, Assistant Coach: Camryn Whitaker (Western Kentucky, ’05), third year Hannah Wilkerson Director of Basketball Operations: Bethany Creed (Drury, ’06), third year Returning Letterwinners . .10 Lacey Boshe, Whitney Edie Pronunciation Guide Casey Garrison, Jacque Griggs, Jasmine Malone, Jaleshia Roberson, Nyla .................... NEYE-luh Roberson . ROW-bur-sun Kendra Roberts, Christiana Shorter, Milleson ..................MILL-uh-sun Jacque .....................JACK-ee Regan Soldner, Aly Stock Desiree ....................dez-uh-ray Christiana .............Chris-TEE-ah-nuh Letterwinners Not Returning.............3 Edie ...................... EE-dee Regan .....................REH-gun Melissa Busby, Morgan Harrington, Bolivar ..................BALL-uh-vur Soldner ....................SOLD-nur Buer .....................BYOO-ur Aly ....................... AL-ee Kelsey Smith Jaleshia ................. juh-LEE-shuh Boshe ..............rhymes with Wash Returning Starters .