JACKSONVILLE STATE 2015-16 GAME 24 2015-16 GAMECOCK SCHEDULE n THE MATCHUP NOVEMBER JACKSONVILLE STATE BELMONT 8 (Sun.) MILES COLLEGE (Ex.) W, 78-34 Gamecocks Bruins 13 (Fri.) at Memphis L, 70-55 16 (Mon.) at Purdue L, 67-48 Record (OVC).......................................10-13 (5-6) Record (OVC).......................................... 16-7 (8-2) 19 (Thur.) KENNESAW STATE W, 61-52 Last Game ........vs. Tennessee Tech - W, 55-46 (2/6) Last Game ......vs. Eastern Kentucky - W, 72-61 (2/6) 21 (Sat.) at Jackson State L, 71-65 Head Coach ......................................... Rick Pietri Head Coach ......................... Cameron Newbauer Career Record ..................263-208 (16th Season) Career Record ........................42-40 (2nd Season) 24 (Tue.) SAMFORD L, 50-39 JSU Record .............................43-41 (3rd Season) Belmont Record .....................42-40 (2nd Season) 28 (Sat.) at Wofford L, 66-54 vs. Belmont ..................................................1-6 vs. JSU ........................................................... 6-1 DECEMBER n THE SERIES n THE COVERAGE 1 (Tue.) ALCORN STATE W, 67-65 JSU vs. BEL: ........ .16th Meeting (BEL leads 12-3) JSU Radio........Gamecock Sports Network (91.9 FM) 4 (Fri.) at Georgia Southern L, 60-56OT In Jacksonville, Ala.: ........................ BEL leads 6-1 Play-by-Play ......................................Mike Parris 13 (Sun.) TUSKEGEE W, 74-47 In Nashville, Tenn.: .........................BEL leads 4-2 Live Audio .....................JSUGamecockSports.com 15 (Tue.) SAVANNAH STATE W, 50-35 At Neutral Sites: ................................. BEL leads 2-0 Live Video ........................OVCDigitalNetwork.com 18 (Fri.) at Nicholls State W, 63-49 First Meeting: .......... Dec. 1, 1997 @JSU (BEL, 69-63) Live Stats .......................JSUGamecockSports.com 21 (Mon.) at Mercer L, 46-39 Last Meeting: ...........Jan. 20, 2016 @ JSU (BEL, 44-32) 31 (Thur.) * SIU EDWARDSVILLE L, 62-59 Streak: ............... Belmont has won five in a row n THE STORYLINES JANUARY n Jacksonville State will takes its three-game winning streak to Music City on Wednesday to face 2 (Sat.) * EASTERN ILLINOIS W, 60-52 Belmont for the second time this season. The Gamecocks have turned in wins at Eastern Kentucky 7 (Thur.) * at Austin Peay L, 61-59 and back-to-back home wins over Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech. The Bruins also enter 9 (Sat.) * at Murray State W, 74-71 the midweek contest having strung together eight consecutive wins, including a 44-32 win over 13 (Wed.) * at Southeast Missouri L, 71-47 JSU back on January 20. Belmont ranks third in the league, but on the heels of league leaders UT 16 (Sat.) * UT MARTIN L, 63-53 Martin and SIU Edwardsville. JSU looks to improve to the .500 mark in league play and inch closer 20 (Wed.) * BELMONT L, 44-32 to reserving a spot in the OVC Tournament with five games left on the 2015-16 docket. 25 (Mon.) * at Morehead State L, 67-63 n The Gamecocks and Bruins will meet for the second time this season on Wednesday and the 27 (Wed.) * at Eastern Kentucky W, 56-54 16th overall match up between the two programs. Belmont leads the overall series 11-3 and have 30 (Sat. * TENNESSEE STATE W, 69-55 claimed the last five games. The Bruins won 44-32 over Jax State on January 20 in Jacksonville. JSU’s last win over the Bruins was the regular season finale in 2014 as the Gamecocks prevailed FEBRUARY in overtime, 71-69. The Gamecocks have not posted a win over Belmont inside the Curb Event 6 (Sat.) * TENNESSEE TECH W, 55-46 Center since the two programs joined the Ohio Valley Conference. 10 (Wed.) * at Belmont 5:30 p.m. 13 (Sat.) * at Tennessee Tech 5:30 p.m. n THE JSU PROBABLE STARTERS 17 (Wed.) * EASTERN KENTUCKY 6:30 p.m. # NAME POS. HT. CL. G/GS PPG RPG APG 20 (Sat.) * at Tennessee State 5:30 p.m. 11 Courtney Strain G 5-8 Sr. 22/20 7.8 4.0 1.2 27 (Sat.) * MOREHEAD STATE 2 p.m. Notable: Matched her career high against UT Martin with 18 points. 14 Destiny James G 5-7 Sr. 22/22 4.4 4.0 3.0 MARCH 2 (Wed.) # OVC Tournament TBA Notable: Collected 11 points last Saturday against Tennessee State. 3 (Thur.) # OVC Tournament TBA 24 Gretchen Morrison G 5-8 So. 22/22 9.8 2.0 0.7 4 (Fri.) # OVC Tournament TBA Notable: Turned in 23 points at Morehead State; Career high is 31 points vs. Tuskegee. 5 (Sat.) # OVC Tournament TBA 15 Chloe Long F 6-1 Fr. 22/16 6.6 5.4 1.1 Notable: Grabbed a career high 13 rebounds against Morehead State along with nine points. * - OVC Game 32 Tyler Phelion F 6-1 So. 17/13 9.3 7.3 0.6 # - Nashville Municipal Auditorium Notable: Turned in a career-high 16 pts at Morehead State and registered 14 pts at Eastern Kentucky. JACKSONVILLE STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL n THE GAMECOCKS PRONUNCIATIONS # NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Players 1 DARIAN GAINES G 5-7 Fr. Spring Garden, Ala/Spring Garden HS 2 Briana Benson Bre-Ana 2 LEAH STRAIN G 5-3 So. Woodland, Ala/Woodland HS 3 Kelly Naughton Naw-ton 3 KELLY NAUGHTON G 5-7 Jr. Elk Grove, Ill./Elk Grove HS 32 Tyler ‘Cocoa’ Phelion Co-Co Fee-Lon 4 BRIANA BENSON G 5-9 Jr. Jonesboro, Ga./Jonesboro HS Coaches 5 JADA COGGINS G 5-10 Fr. Fayetteville, Ga./Whitewater HS Rick Pietri P-tree 11 COURTNEY STRAIN G 5-8 Sr. Woodland, Ala./Auburn Altherias Warmley Al-ther-ius 14 DESTINY JAMES G 5-7 Sr. Bartlett, Tenn./Bartlett HS Eryc Pittman Eric 15 CHLOE LONG F 6-1 Fr. Hazel Green, Ala./Hazel Green HS Jala Harris J-LA 22 DESTANY MCLIN G 5-9 Sr. Athens, Ala./Athens HS 23 LACEY BUCHANON * G 5-3 Jr. Jacksonville, Ala./Troy 24 GRETCHEN MORRISON G 5-8 So. Southlake, Texas/Carroll HS CLASS BREAKDOWN 32 TYLER “COCOA” PHELION F 6-1 So. Mobile, Ala./Blount HS Seniors (3) Destiny James, Destany McLin, 33 ABBY BLACKWOOD G 5-8 So. Oneonta, Ala/Oneonta HS Courtney Strain 34 RAYVEN PEARSON F 6-1 Fr. Hazel Green, Ala./Hazel Green HS Juniors (2) Briana Benson, Kelly Naughton * - will sit out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA transfer rules Lacey Buchanon Sophomores (4) Leah Strain, Gretchen Morrison HEAD COACH: Rick Pietri 3rd Season at JSU South Alabama, 1987 Tyler Phelion, Abbey Blackwood ASSISTANT COACH: Altherias Warmley 3rd Season at JSU UAB, 1986 Freshmen (4) Jada Coggins, Chloe Long ASSISTANT COACH: Eric Wise 3rd Season at JSU Louisiana-Lafayette, 1992 Rayven Pearson, Darian Gaines ASSISTANT COACH: Eryc Pittman 1st Season at JSU Hampton, 2008 GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Jala Harris 3rd Season at JSU Tennessee Tech, 2013 GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN Alabama (9) Leah Strain (Woodland) Courtney Strain (Woodland) n THE QUICK FACTS Destany McLin (Athens) Tyler Phelion (Mobile) GENERAL INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION Chloe Long (Hazel Green) Location .....................................Jacksonville, Ala. Interim AD/Media Relations ............... Greg Seitz Rayven Pearson (Hazel Green) Enrollment .................................................. 8,693 Office Phone ......................... (256) 782-5279 Founded ........................................................1883 E-Mail ..................................... [email protected] Lacey Buchanon (Jacksonville) Colors ............................................Red and White Assistant SID/WBB SID .................Tony Schmidt Darian Gaines (Spring Garden) Nickname .......................................... Gamecocks E-Mail ............................... [email protected] Abby Gaines (Oneonta) Facility.................Pete Mathews Coliseum/3,500 Office Phone ......................... (256) 782-5377 Georgia (2) Briana Benson (Jonesboro) Conference ................... Ohio Valley Conference Cell Phone ............................. (256) 689-8524 Jada Coggins (College Park) President ..............................Dr. John M. Beehler Assistant SID ............................ Josh Underwood Illinois (1) Kelly Naughton (Fayetteville) Faculty Representative ...Dr. Maureen Newton Office Phone ......................... (256) 782-5915 Interim Athletics Director ................ Greg Seitz E-Mail ........................... [email protected] Tennessee (1) Destiny James (Bartlett) Associate AD/SWA .......................... Tracy Broom Web Site ............. www.JSUGamecockSports.com Texas (1) Gretchen Morrison (Southlake) Athletic Phone ............................ (256) 782-5368 JSU Athletic Twitter ................. @JSUGamecocks Athletic Ticket Office ................. (256) 782-8499 JSU WBB Twitter ............... @JSUGamecocksWBB JSU Athletics on Facebook ...........JSUGamecocks WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach ........................................ Rick Pietri TEAM INFORMATION Alma Mater ............... South Alabama, 1987 All-Time Record .................... 471-567 (31 years) Years at JSU ............................. Third Season All-Time OVC Record .............. 68-110 (11 years) Record at JSU ...................................... 43-41 First Season .............................................1982-83 Career Record ..........263-208 (16th Season) 2014-15 Overall Record .............................19-10 Assistant Coach .....................Altheria Warmley 2014-15 OVC Record/Finish ................10-6/T4th Assistant Coach ...................................Eric Wise 2014-15 Postseason .................OVC Tournament Assistant Coach .............................Eryc Pittman Starters Returning/Lost ...............................3/2 Graduate Assistant ...........................Jala Harris Letterwinners Returning/Lost .....................8/4 Newcomers ....................................................... 5 JACKSONVILLE STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LEAH STRAIN KELLY NAUGHTON BRIANA