sacramentowomen’s state basketball NCAA Div. I NATIONAL LEADER - 3-POINTERS MADE PER GAME - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 2017-18 HORNETS SCHEDULE SACRAMENTO STATE HORNETS VS MONTANA STATE BOBCATS OVERALL: 3-18 | BIG SKY: 1-9 THURSDAY, FEB. 8 | 7:05 PM PT | THE NEST (1,012) | SACRAMENTO, CALIF. Date Opponent Time (PT) VIDEO watchbigsky.com SACRAMENTO STATE HORNETS Nov. 3 HOLY NAMES (Exh)+ W, 100-53 AUDIO watchbigsky.com 2017-18 Record (BSC) 3-18 (1-9) Nov. 10 at Kentucky L, 101-70 Head Coach Bunky Harkleroad Nov. 11 at Morehead State L, 75-71 LIVE STATS hornetstats.com SAC Record (Yr.) 63-83 (5th) Nov. 14 at #12 West Virginia L, 101-47 ALL-TIME SERIES MSU 34-11 Overall Record (Yr.) 321-207 (18th) Nov. 18 at Arizona State L, 106-58 IN SACRAMENTO MSU 14-6 Nov. 24 at Nevada^ L, 95-68 MONTANA STATE BOBCATS Nov. 26 vs. UC Riverside^ W, 99-72 STREAK MSU W5 2017-18 Record (BSC) 13-9 (7-4) Head Coach Tricia Binford Nov. 30 at UC Davis L, 79-72 LAST GAME MSU, 85-50 MU Record (Yr.) 201-167 (13th) Dec. 6 ANTELOPE VALLEY+ W, 95-62 at Montana State, 1/13/18 Overall Record (Yr.) 201-167 (13th) Dec. 15 at San Francisco L, 90-76 Dec. 18 vs. Miami++ L, 82-56 Dec. 20 vs. Northern Illinois++ L, 84-75 THE STARTING FIVE Dec. 30 at Portland State* L, 74-73 • Sophomore guard Hannah Friend scored just four points in Sacramento State’s last game, Jan. 4 IDAHO* W, 79-64 snapping her double-double streak at three games. During the streak, Friend averaged 21.3 Jan. 6 EASTERN WASHINGTON* L, 83-72 points and 12 rebounds per game while playing 37 minutes per game. Jan. 11 at Montana* L, 68-59 • With three assists against Idaho last Saturday, senior point guard Justyce Dawson moved into Jan. 13 at Montana State* L, 85-50 sixth all-time for career assists in Hornets women’s basketball history. She now has 279 career Jan. 18 WEBER STATE* L, 78-56 assists and is 18 back of Kylie Kuhns (297, 2009-13) for fifth. Jan. 20 IDAHO STATE* L, 85-71 Jan. 27 PORTLAND STATE* L, 81-72 • Sophomore forward Kennedy Nicholas has double-digit points or double-digit rebounds in Feb. 1 at Eastern Washington* L, 83-76 three of her last four games. Her 6.5 rebounds per game are second on the team (Friend, 6.9) Feb. 3 at Idaho* L, 101-66 while her 7.1 points per game are fifth. Feb. 8 MONTANA STATE* 7:05 PM • Already a feared shooter in the Big Sky, senior guard Maranne Johnson enters Thursday’s Feb. 10 MONTANA* 2:05 PM game with career-highs in rebounds per game (6.0) and assists per game (3.0), well-eclipsing Feb. 15 at Idaho State* 6:05 PM her career averages of 4.1 and 1.8, respectively. Feb. 17 at Weber State* 1:05 PM • Montana State enters Thursday’s contest having lost their last game at home against Northern Feb. 22 NORTHERN ARIZONA* 7:05 PM Colorado. Prior to that loss, however, the Bobcats had won five straight, a streak that started Feb. 24 SOUTHERN UTAH 2:05 PM with a win over Sacramento State in Bozeman. Feb. 28 at North Dakota* 5:05 PM Mar. 2 at Northern Colorado* 6:05 PM Mar. 5 BIG SKY FIRST ROUND# TBD BY THE NUMBERS Mar. 7 BIG SKY QUARTERFINALS# TBD Mar. 9 BIG SKY SEMINFINALS TBD Mar. 10 BIG SKY CHAMPIONSHIP# TBD HOME GAMES played at The Nest All Times Pacific + Doubleheader with the men’s team * Big Sky Conference Games # Big Sky Tournament (Reno, Nev.) 7 37 47 ^ Reno Classic (Reno, NV) The number of steals needed Sacramento State’s rank among Opponents shooting percent- ++ Puerto Rico Tournament by Maranne Johnson to all NCAA Div. I teams with 8.5 age against Sacramento State, become the all-time career made three-pointers per game. the highest in the Big Sky BIG SKY STANDINGS* steals leader in Hornets wom- They are fourth in the Big Sky. Conference. Team BSC Pct. All en’s basketball history. Weber State 8-2 .800 16-5 Northern Colorado 8-3 .727 16-6 PROJECTED LINEUP Idaho 8-3 .727 12-10 Montana 8-3 .727 12-10 STARTERS (2017-18 STATS) Montana State 7-4 .636 13-9 No. Cl. Pos. Name PPG RPG APG Notable Eastern Washington 7-4 .636 12-11 3 So. PG Tiara Scott 7.7 1.9 3.4 Her 3.4 assists per game is ninth in the Big Sky Idaho State 6-4 .600 14-7 4 Sr. PG Justyce Dawson 5.6 2.9 2.9 Career-best 17 points at Eastern Washington Portland State 5-5 .500 11-10 20 Jr. G Raegen Rohn 5.9 1.9 1.1 Has team's best free- throw % at 92.9% North Dakota 3-8 .274 10-12 32 So. G Hannah Friend 17.4 6.9 0.8 Leads team in both ppg and rpg Southern Utah 2-9 .182 3-19 33 So. F Kennedy Nicholas 7.1 6.5 0.6 Career-high 15 rebounds at Eastern Washington Sacramento State 1-9 .100 3-18 Northern Arizona 1-10 .091 4-18 TOP RESERVES (2017-18 STATS) *Standings as of 2/2 No. Cl. Pos. Name PPG RPG APG Notable 11 Fr. G Dana DeGraffenried 10.2 4.2 1.4 Before injury, led BSC freshmen with 10.2 ppg MEDIA RELATIONS 12 Fr. F Anna Weibel 0.7 1.2 0.0 Pulled in a season-high five rebounds at Nevada Assistant Director (WBB Contact) Robert Barsanti Office Phone 916-278-6896 14 So. G Quayonna Harris 1.6 1.1 0.4 Only non-starter to appear in all 21 games Cell Phone 408-710-7961 22 Sr. G Maranne Johnson 15.7 6.1 3.0 Needs seven steals to become program leader E-Mail [email protected] 30 Sr. F Kyhonta Doughty 3.6 3.8 0.4 Has not started since Dec. 6 (knee injury) sacstatewbb /sacst.wbb hornetsports.com 1 ROSTER BREAKDOWN 2017-18 HORNET ROSTER BY POSITION No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/Previous School Guards (9) 3 Tiara Scott G 5-4 So. 1V Torrance, Calif. / St. Anthony HS Gabi Bade (RS), Justyce Dawson, 4 Justyce Dawson G 5-4 Sr. 3V Carson, Calif. / Long Beach Poly HS Dana DeGraffenreid, Hannah Friend, 5 Tiana Johnson G/F 6-2 Fr. HS Kalispell, Mont. / Flathead HS 10 Gabi Bade G 5-8 Jr. TR Milpitas, Calif. / Buffalo Quayonna Harris, Maranne Johnson, 11 Dana DeGraffenreid G 5-10 Fr. HS Bakersfield, Calif. / Ridgeview, HS Tiana Johnson, Raegen Rohn, Tiara Scott 12 Anna Weibel F 6-3 Fr. HS Estes Park, Colo. / Estes Park HS Forwards (4) 14 Quayonna Harris G 5-5 So. 1V Sacramento, Calif. / Sheldon HS Kyhonta Doughty, Skylar Jackson, 20 Raegen Rohn G 5-6 Jr. 2V Erie, Colo. / Monarch HS Kennedy Nicholas, Anna Weibel 22 Maranne Johnson G 5-7 Sr. 3V Antioch, Calif. / Deer Valley HS 23 Skylar Jackson F 5-10 Fr. HS Las Vegas, NV / Bishop Gorman HS BY CLASS 30 Kyhonta Doughty F 6-1 Sr. 2V-RS New Orleans, La. / Trinity Valley CC Seniors (3) 32 Hannah Friend G 6-0 So. RS San Clemente, Calif.. / Delaware Justyce Dawson, Kyhonta Doughty, 33 Kennedy Nicholas F 6-3 So. 1V Kirkland, Wash. / Inglemoor HS Maranne Johnson Juniors (2) Head Coach: Bunky Harkleroad, Fifth Season (Berea College, 1993) Gabi Bade (RS), Raegen Rohn Assistant Coach: Derrick Florence, Fifth Season (Morehouse, 1997) Sophomores (4) Assistant Coach: Bill Baxter, Seventh Season (UC Davis, 1973) Hannah Friend, Quayonna Harris, Assistant Coach: Jessica Kunisaki, Second Season (Chapman, 2008) Kennedy Nicholas, Tiara Scott Freshmen (4) Dana DeGraffenreid, Skylar Jackson, Tiana Johnson, Anna Weibel 3 4 5 10 11 BY STATE California (6) Gabi Bade, Justyce Dawson, Dana DeGraffenreid, Quayonna Harris, Marrane Johnson, Tiara Scott Colorado (2) TIARA SCOTT JUSTYCE DAWSON TIANA JOHNSON GABI BADE DANA DEGRAFFENREID 5-4 | SO. | G 5-4 | SR. | G 6-2 | FR. | G 5-8 | JR. | G 5-10 | FR. | G Raegen Rohn, Anna Weibel Louisiana (1) 12 14 20 22 23 Kyhonta Doughty Montana (1) Tiana Johnson Nevada (1) Skylar Jackson New York (1) Hannah Friend ANNA WEIBEL QUAYONNA HARRIS RAEGEN ROHN MARANNE JOHNSON SKYLAR JACKSON Washington (1) 6-3| FR. | F 5-6 | SO. | G 5-6 | JR. | G 5-7 | JR. | G 5-10 | FR. | G Kennedy Nicholas 30 32 33 PRONUNCIATIONS Justyce Dawson - Justice Dana DeGraffendried - day-nuh duh-GRAPH-en-reed Kyhonta Doughty - key-ON-tay DOE-tee Quayonna Harris - KWAY-on-ah KYHONTA DOUGHTY HANNAH FRIEND KENNEDY NICHOLAS Maranne Johnson - MAR-ANN 6-1 | SR. | F 6-0 | SO. | G 6-3 | SO. | F Tiana - Tee-ah-na Raegen Rohn - RAY-gen RONE Tiara Scott - TEE-are-ah Anna Weibel - WHY-bull BUNKY HARKLEROAD DERRICK FLORENCE BILL BAXTER JESSICA KUNISAKI HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH 2 sacstatewbb /sacst.wbb hornetsports.com How To Watch ference with an 8-2 Big Sky record. Their Thursday’s game can be seen live online at 16-5 overall record (.762) is also the best in SACRAMENTO STATE QUICK FACTS watchbigsky.com on Pluto TV channel 233. the conference. Location Sacramento, Calif. The game will also be available in audio Founded 1947 only online at hornetsports.com. As always, • Three teams - Northern Colorado, Idaho, live stats for Saturday’s game can be found and Montana - are all tied for second with Enrollment 30,434 online at hornetstats.com.