ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY VAN PROVENCE ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR [email protected] 870-972-2707 870-897-5010 (cell) GAME 31 ASU LADY INDIANS vs. SOUTH ALABAMA JAGUARS 2008 SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS 19-11, 13-5 20-10, 10-8 Saturday, March 8, 2008 3:00 p.m. Mitchell Center (10,000) Jonesboro, Arkansas ARKANSAS STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS Radio: KWHF 95.9 “The Wolf” FM & ASUIndians.com Video: JumpTV Webcasting on ASUIndians.com Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 01 Harding (Exhibition) W 103-75 Live Stats on ASUIndians.com (Broadcast & Media Link) Nov. 05 Ouachita Baptist (Exhibition) W 82-33 Nov. 09 at South Dakota State L 67-77 TIPPING IT OFF: The Arkansas Lady Indians have now won 13 of Nov. 13 Brigham Young W 54-53 State Lady Indians continue play in their last 17 games heading into Sat- Nov. 18 at Alabama W 49-45 Nov. 20 Missouri State W 74-54 the 2008 Sun Belt Conference Tour- urday afternoon’s game. South Al- Nov. 23 Weber State# W 57-44 nament Saturday when they take abama, the host team for the 2008 Nov. 25 Washington or Idaho# L 69-59 Nov. 29 at Oklahoma State L 96-54 on the Jaguars of South Alabama at tournament, advanced to Satur- Dec. 02 at Oklahoma L 93-36 the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala. day’s matchup with ASU by defeat- Dec. 13 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W 73-54 Dec. 18 Florida Atlantic* W 72-46 Tipoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. The ing Louisiana-Lafayette 49-40 at the Dec. 22 at New Orleans (DH)* L 72-68 game can be heard live on KWHF- Mitchell Center. South Alabama Dec. 28 Indiana State L 63-49 Dec. 30 Charlotte L 58-51 FM 95.9 “The Wolf” in Northeast has won three straight, and eight of Jan. 03 at Louisiana-Lafayette (DH)* W 71-65 Arkansas. The live audio broadcast its last 12 games. Jan. 06 UALR* W 53-50 Jan. 09 North Texas* W 69-55 can also be accessed through the Jan. 12 at Louisiana-Monroe (DH)* L 68-59 StateZone portion of the Arkansas THE SERIES: The Lady Indians Jan. 14 Middle Tennessee* W 70-68 Jan. 17 at Denver (DH)* L 57-46 State athletics website, ASUIndi- lead the series 23-6 and have won Jan. 20 Troy* W 66-48 ans.com. Live Stats may also be ac- three straight over the Jags. Jan. 23 Florida International* W 72-64 OT Jan. 26 at Western Kentucky* L 73-81 cessed at ASUIndians.com by Arkansas State won 70-58 when the Feb. 06 at South Alabama* W 70-58 clicking on the Broadcast & Media teams met Feb. 6 at the Mitchell Feb. 09 at Florida Atlantic (DH)* W 76-61 Feb. 13 New Orleans* W 73-65 link. Center, and came out on top in both Feb. 17 Louisiana-Lafayette* W 79-60 meetings between the two programs Feb. 21 at UALR (DH)* L 66-51 Feb. 23 at North Texas (DH)* W 80-70 THE TEAMS: Fourth-seeded during the 2006-07 season. Arkansas Feb. 28 Louisiana-Monroe (DH)* W 68-53 Arkansas State advanced to the State is 8-2 in the last 10 meetings, Mar. 05 Florida Atlantic% W 68-50 Mar. 08 South Alabama% 3:00 P.M. quarterfinal round of the tourna- with the last South Alabama victory * Sun Belt Conference Game ment March 5 with a 68-50 win over being a 74-70 victory by the Lady # - University of Washington Husky Classic Jaguars when the two teams met in % - Sun Belt Conference Tournament Florida Atlantic at the ASU Convo- cation Center in Jonesboro. The Mobile during the 2005-06 season. ARKANSAS STATE Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG OTHER G 1 Jazmine Taylor 5-8 So. Memphis, Tenn. 5.9 3.4 2.03 spg G 12 Angie Criner 5-8 Fr. Jenks, Okla. 9.2 3.2 1.87 spg G 25 Caroline Starr 5-10 Jr. Benton, Ark. 7.1 2.7 .774 ft% F 22 Shay Scott 6-2 Fr. North Little Rock, Ark. 9.0 7.5 .420 fg% F 24 Veronica Smith 5-10 So. East St. Louis, Ill. 9.9 5.3 1.17 spg SOUTH ALABAMA Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG OTHER G 2 Shakira Nettles 5-10 So. Mobile, Ala. 11.2 3.5 1.5 spg STARTERS G 3 Jeanette Tucker 5-6 Sr. Long Beach, Calif. 6.8 2.9 2.8 apg PROJECTED G 23 Monique Jones 5-9 Sr. Ferriday, La. 10.1 2.8 1.5 apg F 35 Patriece Brunner 6-3 Sr. Thomasville, Ga. 6.3 7.7 1.0 bpg F 42 Karina Sproal 6-1 Jr. Melbourne, Australia 5.9 4.6 .758 ft% 2007-08 LADY INDIAN BASKETBALL 1 ASUINDIANS.COM THE COACHES: Arkansas State the past four years. The Lady Indi- Athletic Media Relations Head Coach Brian Boyer is in his ans finished the 2006-07 season at Arkansas State University ninth season as the Lady Indian 21-13 overall, and advanced to the PO Box 1000 head coach. Boyer holds a career second round of the WNIT. State University, AR 72467 record of 151-120 at ASU, and has Now in his eighth season as Telephone - 870-972-2541 directed the Lady Indians to the head coach at South Alabama, Fax - 870-972-3367 Press Row - 870-972-2541 Women’s National Invitation Tourna- Rick Pietri holds a 134-100 career Website - ASUIndians.com ment four times, including three of record, including a 67-62 mark in Sun Belt play. WBB Contact - Van Provence, Asst. SID Head to Head 870-972-2707 / [email protected] SMITH NAMED ALL-SBC: Jerry Scott, Asst. A.D./ Sports Info. Dir. Arkansas State sophomore Veron- 870-972-3405 [email protected] ica Smith has been named to the Gina Bowman, Asst. SID 2008 Sun Belt Conference post-sea- 870-972-3547 / [email protected] son all-conference basketball team, Stephanie Fischer, Graduate Asst. 870-972-2541 the league announced March 4. [email protected] ASU USA Smith was named to the third-team 19-11, 13-5 . .Record . .20-10, 10-8 All-Sun Belt Conference team. MEDIA INFORMATION 4-1 . .Last 5 . .4-1 Smith, a 5’10” guard/forward 8-2 . .Last 10 . .6-4 from East St. Louis, Ill., led the Lady Credentials 1907 . .Points . .1821 Indians in the regular season in scor- Working press credentials can be re- quested by contacting Van Provence 63.6 . .Points Avg. .60.7 ing at 9.9 points per game, and was at 870-972-2707, or by email at +1.5 . .Scoring Margin . .+3.5 second on the team in rebounding, [email protected]. Full-season 693-1859 . .FG Made-Att. .680-1760 averaging 5.1 boards per game. and single-game credentials will be .373 . .Field Goal Pct. .386 She scored a career-high 23 points mailed whenever possible. If not, they 112-405 . .3-FG Made-Att. .176-568 in ASU’s 70-58 win at South Alabama will be left at the Media Will Call table located on the lower level to the left of .277 . .3-FG Pct. .310 Feb. 6 and pulled down a career- the green entrance. 3.7 . .3-FG Made pg . .5.9 high 13 rebounds 409-655 . .FT Made-Att. .285-463 during the Lady Media Room .624 . .FT Pct. .616 Indians’ 80-70 Enter the media room from the lower 1231 . .Rebounds . .1130 victory at North level, beneath the blue portal. Please do not attempt to access the media 41.0 . .Rebounds Avg. .37.7 Texas Feb. 23, room from the entrance beneath the -0.2 . .Rebounding Margin . .-2.7 notching her first yellow portal. 10.1 . .Assists Avg. .13.6 career double- 18.2 . .Turnovers Avg. .14.9 double in the Post-Game Interviews +4.1 . .Turnover Margin . .+2.2 game as well. The Arkansas State locker room is closed to all members of the media. 0.6 . .Assists/Turnover Ratio . .0.9 “I am very Head coach Brian Boyer and re- 11.2 . .Steals Avg. .7.6 happy for quested assistant coaches and players 3.2 . .Blocks Avg. .2.1 Veronica, she is Smith will be available for interviews following a brief cooling off period. At ASU’s home games, all post-game coach and player interviews will be con- ARKANSAS STATE ROSTER ducted in the media room. No. Player Ht. Cl. Pos. Exp. Hometown (Last School) 1 Jazmine Taylor 5-8 So. G 1L Memphis, Tenn. (Ridgeway) Practice Coverage 5 Kelsey Lock 6-0 Sr. G/F 3L Republic, Mo. (Republic) Lady Indian basketball practices are 10 Rachel Baker 6-0 Fr. G HS Mexico, Mo. (Mexico) open to the media. Players and 11 Ebonie Jefferson 5-9 So. G 1L Laurel, Miss. (Northeast Jones) coaches are available for interviews 12 Angie Criner 5-8 Fr. G HS Jenks, Okla. (Jenks) following practice. When possible, 15 Brittney Hiles 5-7 Jr. G 2L Baton Rouge, La.(Christian Life) please contact the Sports Information 21 Shania Hurst 5-10 Fr. G HS St. Louis, Mo. (Kirkwood) office prior to practice to arrange in- 22 Sherina Scott 6-2 Fr. F HS N. Little Rock, Ark. (N. Little Rock) terviews. 23 Makala McNair 5-10 Fr. G HS Alpena, Ark. (Alpena) 24 Veronica Smith 5-10 So. G 1L East St. Louis, Ill. (East St. Louis) Basketball Releases 25 Caroline Starr 5-10 Jr.