2019-20 SPARTAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME No. 16/21 MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS VS. No. 15/14 NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH 3 Thursday, Nov. 14 • 8 p.m. • Purcell Pavilion THE OPENING TIP THE STARTING FIVE 2019-20 MSU SCHEDULE FOLLOW ALONG • No. 16/21 Michigan State women’s basketball OCTOBER Radio: WJIM 1240 AM; SpartanSportsNetwork.com hits the road to take on No. 15/14 Notre Dame on 30 FERRIS STATE BTN+ W, 85-45 Keaton Gillogly (pxp) Thursday, Nov. 14 at Purcell Pavilion in South Bend NOVEMBER Live stats: msuspartans.com at 8 p.m. The game will be televised on the ACC TV: ACCN | Pam Ward (pxp), Debbie Antonelli (analyst) 5 EASTERN MICHIGAN BTN+ W, 85-50 Network with Pam Ward and Debbie Antonelli on Tuesday, Nov. 14 • 8 p.m. ET • Purcell Pavilion 8 DETROIT MERCY BTN+ W, 110-52 the call. The Irish ended the Spartans’ NCAA Tour- 14 at #15/14 Notre Dame ACCN 8 p.m. nament run last season in the second round. 19 OAKLAND BTN+ 7 p.m. 24 HARTFORD BTN+ 2 p.m. • The Spartans will be playing without Shay Colley 29 vs. LSU % 5:15 p.m. against the Irish, as she is preparing for the FIBA 30 vs. Memphis/Kansas St. % TBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Americas Tourna- DECEMBER ment Nov. 14-17 in Edmonton. Team Canada will 5 at Florida State # ACCN 8 p.m. take on Cuba (Nov. 14), Puerto Rico (Nov. 16) and 15 MOREHEAD STATE BTN+ 1 p.m. the Dominican Republic (Nov. 17). 20 vs. Syracuse + 1:30 p.m. MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS 21 vs. West Virginia + 1:30 p.m. 2019-20 Record ...........................2-0 (0-0 Big Ten) • Against Detroit Mercy on Nov. 8, MSU topped 28 at Indiana * BTN 6 p.m. Head Coach ................ Suzy Merchant (CMU, ‘91) the 100-point mark for the first time since Dec. 5, 31 NEBRASKA * BTN 1 p.m. Career Record ................468-254/25th Season 2018 when the Spartans won at Oakland, 102-58. MSU Record .................... 267-134/13th Season JANUARY The 110 points was the most points MSU scored in Media Relations Contact: .................. Kara Fisher 5 at Michigan * ESPN2 12 p.m. a game since Feb. 21, 2016 when it beat Minnesota, 517-896-0724 / [email protected] 9 at Penn State * BTN+ 7 p.m. Website .......................www.msuspartans.com 114-106. 12 WISCONSIN * BTN+ 1/3 p.m. 16 OHIO STATE * BTN 6 p.m. • Taryn McCutcheon is nearing several milestones 20 at Rutgers * BTN 6 p.m. as a Spartan. With 895 career points, McCutcheon 23 NORTHWESTERN * BTN+ 6:30 p.m. is just 105 points away from becoming the 28th 26 at Iowa * BTN 4 p.m. member of the 1,000-point club. She is also third in 30 PURDUE * BTN+ 7 p.m. career assists with 478. She is just 97 helpers away FEBRUARY from passing current MSU assistant coach Kristin notre dame fighting irish 3 at Maryland * BTN 8 p.m. Haynie who had 574 career assist during her Spar- 2019-20 Record .................................2-1 (0-0 ACC) 10 at Northwestern * BTN 9 p.m. Head Coach ....Muffet McGraw (Saint Josephs ‘77) tan career (2001-05). 13 RUTGERS * BTN+ 7 p.m. Career Record ................ 925-276/38th Season 17 MINNESOTA * BTN 7 p.m. Notre Dame Record ....... 837-234/33rd Season • Shay Colley has been named to the Women’s Citi- 20 at Purdue * BTN 7 p.m. Media Relations Contact: ....................Josh Bates zen Naismith Trophy Watch List, as announced by 23 MICHIGAN * BTN 5 p.m. 574-310-9954 / [email protected] the Atlanta Tipoff Club. Colley is one of 50 players 26 at Illinois * BTN+ 8 p.m. Website ................................................und.com named to the initial watch list and one of six Big MARCH Ten players on the list. 1 PENN STATE * BTN+ 12/2 p.m. PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP 4-8 B1G Tournament Indianapolis, Ind. 20-23 NCAA First & Second Round Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG MPG Notables 27-30 NCAA Regionals G 24 Nia Clouden (So., 5-8, Owings Mills, Mary.) 15.0 2.5 1.5 20.6 All-Big Ten in 18-19 APRIL G 4 Taryn McCutcheon (Sr., 5-5, East Lansing, Mich.) 10.0 4.5 3.0 21.7 Tied for third on the team in scoring 3-5 NCAA Final Four New Orleans, La. G/F 1 Tory Ozment (So., 6-1, Buford, Ga.) 10.0 3.5 3.0 15.4 Made second career start vs. UDM G 22 Moira Joiner (Fr., 5-10, Saginaw, Mich.) 6.0 5.0 3.0 17.0 Made first career start vs. UDM ^ Exhibition F 15 Victoria Gaines (Sr., 6-3, Merrillville, Ind.) 3.0 1.0 1.0 7.1 109th career start % Junkanoo Jam KEY RESERVES # ACC/Big Ten Challenge G 3 Alyza Winston (Fr., 5-7, Muskegon, Mich.) 15.5 1.0 0.5 18.3 Lead the team in scoring vs. UDM + Sunshine Classic F 14 Taiyier Parks (Fr., 6-3, Cleveland, Ohio) 9.0 4.5 1.0 14.6 Averaged 9.0 ppg in two games * Big Ten Contest F 40 Julia Ayrault (Fr., 6-2, Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.) 7.0 4.5 1.5 18.0 Saw action in both games Dates and times subject to change G 0 Shay Colley (R-Sr., 5-9, Brampton, Ontario) 5.0 8.0 2.0 20.0 Led the team with eight rebounds Home games in BOLD F 12 Nia Hollie (Sr., 6-0, Minneapolis, Minn.) 3.0 4.0 4.5 13.5 Career high seven assists vs. UDM facebook.com/MSU_WBasketball MSU_WBasketball MSU_WBasketball MSU.WBasketball 2019-20 Michigan State Women’s Basketball 1 Game 3 vs. No. 15/14 Notre Dame 2019-20 MICHIGAN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NATIONAL POLLS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School Pronunciation AP Women’s Top 25 Poll (Preseason) 0 Shay Colley G 5-9 R-Sr. Brampton, Ontario, Canada/South Carolina CALL-ee Rank School (Votes) Record Pts. 1. Oregon (28) 0-0 748 1 Tory Ozment F 6-1 So. Buford, Ga./Buford 2. Baylor (2) 2-0 721 2 Mardrekia Cook F 6-0 R-Jr. Muskegon, Mich./Muskegon Mar-DREEK-uh 3. Stanford 2-0 681 4. UConn 1-0 620 3 Alyza Winston G 5-7 Fr. Muskegon, Mich./Muskegon Uh-lie-za 5. Texas A&M 2-0 617 6. South Carolina 2-0 609 4 Taryn McCutcheon G 5-5 Sr. East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing Taren like Karen 7. Oregon St. 1-0 579 5 Claire Hendrickson G 5-11 R-So. Wyoming, Mich./Wyoming 8. Maryland 1-1 533 9. Louisville 2-0 516 12 Nia Hollie F 6-0 Jr. Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins Knee-uh 10. Mississippi St. 1-0 480 14 Taiyier Parks F 6-3 Fr. Cleveland, Ohio/North Royalton Tie-EER 11. UCLA 2-0 426 12. Florida St. 2-0 398 15 Victoria Gaines F 6-3 R-Sr. Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville 13. Kentucky 2-0 386 21 Laurel Jacqmain F 5-8 R-Jr. Saginaw, Mich./Saginaw Valley Jack-man 14. NC State 2-0 371 15. Notre Dame 2-0 308 22 Moira Joiner G 5-10 Fr. Saginaw, Mich./Hertiage More-uh 16. Michigan St. 2-0 269 24 Nia Clouden G 5-8 So. Owings Mills, Md./St. Frances 17. Miami 1-0 245 18. DePaul 1-0 226 40 Julie Ayrault G 6-2 Fr. Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Grosse Pointe North A-rawlt 19. Arizona St. 2-0 165 20. Syracuse 1-0 129 42 Kayla Belles F 6-3 So. Ithaca, Mich./Ithaca Bell-LESS 21. Indiana 2-0 114 50 Cydni Dodd C 6-5 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. 22. Texas 0-1 113 23. Arkansas 1-0 111 24. Michigan 2-0 102 Head Coach: Suzy Merchant (MURR-chant) 25. South Florida 2-0 60 Associate Head Coach: Dean Lockwood Assistant Coach: Maria Fantanarosa (Fan-TAN-uh-rosa) Others receiving votes: West Virginia 59, Drake 49, Gonzaga 38, Rice 32, Missouri St. 12, Arizona Assistant Coach: Kristin Haynie (Hay-KNEE) 10, South Dakota 6, Tennessee 6, Minnesota 4, Rutgers 3, South Dakota St. 2, Belmont 1, Iowa St. 1. Bold = 19-20 MSU Opponent USA Today Coaches Poll (Preseason) SPARTANS AT A GLANCE Rank School (Votes) Record Pts. 1 Oregon (24) 0-0 788 University Information Team Information 2 Baylor (8) 0-0 773 Name .......................................... Michigan State University 2019-20 Overall Record ................................................... 2-0 3 Stanford 0-0 709 Location ...............................East Lansing, Michigan 48824 2018-19 Big Ten Record (Finish) ..........................9-9 (t-6th) 4 UConn 0-0 678 5 Maryland 0-0 641 Founded .........................................................................1855 2018-19 Postseason ........................... NCAA Second Round 6 Oregon State 0-0 604 Enrollment .................................................................50,351 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........................................9/3 7 Texas A&M 0-0 587 Nickname ............................................................... Spartans Starters Returning/Lost ...................................................4/1 8 Mississippi State 0-0 554 9 Louisville 0-0 549 Colors ........................................................ Green and White Newcomers ........................................................................ 5 10 South Carolina 0-0 539 Conference ...............................................................Big Ten 11 UCLA 0-0 445 Division ........................................................NCAA Division I Spartan Program History 12 NC State 0-0 393 President ................................................Dr. Samuel Stanley First Year ................................................................... 1972-73 13 Florida State 0-0 358 14 Notre Dame 0-0 353 Athletics Director ............................................Bill Beekman All-Time Record ............................................ 807-522 (.607) 15 Texas 0-0 310 Senior Women’s Administrator ...................Jennifer Smith NCAA Tournament Appearances ......................................17 16 Kentucky 0-0 282 Faculty Representatives........................ Michael Kaplowitz (1991, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 17 Syracuse 0-0 237 18 Arizona State 0-0 236 Bonnie Knutson 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019) 19 Miami 0-0 184 Home Arena ....................................Breslin Center (14,797) NCAA Final Four Appearances ................................1 (2005) 20 DePaul 0-0 164 All-Time Record at Breslin (since 1989) ...................324-104 All-Time NCAA Tournament Record ...........................