2008-09 MISSISSIPPI STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL EXHIBITION GAME SID: Jay Middleton Phone: (offi ce) 662-325-0972 (cell) 662-418-9139 Fax: 662-325-2563 Press Row: 662-325-3776 Email: [email protected] WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM TODAY’S GAME QUICKFACTS MSU Head Coach: Sharon Fanning Record: Overall (533-402) MISSISSIPPI STATE LADY BULLDOGS (0-0) at MSU (210-176) VS. Assistant Coaches: Greg Franklin Sharrona Reaves Franqua Bedell PEACH STATE ELITE Director of Operations: Joey Burton Nov. 13, 2008 Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/5 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Starkville, Miss. 7 p.m. CT Newcomers: 4 Mississippi State Numerical Roster 2007-08 Finish: 16-15 (4-10 SEC) Num. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Ex. Hometown 00 Rima Kalonda F/C 6-3 Jr. TR Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College) 01 Danielle Rector F/C 6-3 So. 1L Ringgold, GA (Tennessee Temple) 02 Alexis Rack G 5-7 Jr. 2L Franklin, LA (Franklin HS) SCHEDULE / RESULTS 03 Donnisha Tate F 6-0 Sr. 1L Oakland, CA (Tyler [TX] JC) 05 Armelie Lumanu G/F 5-9 Jr. TR Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College NOVEMBER 10 Chanel Mokango F 6-5 Jr. TR Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College) 13 PEACH STATE ELITE (Exhibition) 7 P.M. 11 Diamber Johnson G 5-7 Fr. HS Pontotoc, MS (Pontotoc HS) 18 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 7 P.M. 14 Bethany Washington F 5-9 So. 1L Houma, LA (Vanderbilt Catholic HS) 23 NORTHWESTERN STATE 2 P.M. 20 Lauren Roberts F 6-0 Sr. 3L Collierville, TN (Houston HS) 25 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 7 p.m. 23 Tysheka Grimes G/F 6-0 Jr. 2L Baton Rouge, LA (Capitol HS) 28 at Louisiana-Lafayette 2 P.M. 24 Robin Porter G/F 5-11 Sr. 3L Abbeville, AL (Abbeville HS) 25 Marneshia Richard G 5-8 Sr. 3L Lamar, MS (Ashland HS) DECEMBER 33 Mary Kathryn Govero G/F 5-11 So. 1L Clinton, MS (Mt. Salus Christian) 3 LOUISIANA TECH 7 p.m. 42 Channa Campbell F/C 6-2 Jr. 2L Lester, AL (West Limestone HS) 7 NICHOLLS STATE 2 p.m. 14 MEMPHIS 2 P.M. Head Coach: Sharon Fanning (UT-Chattanooga, 1975); Assistant Coaches: Greg Franklin (Austin Peay, 1994), 16 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 7 P.M. Sharrona Reaves (Alabama, 1995) and Franqua Bedell (University of the Ozarks, 2000); 19 at Utah Valley 4 P.M. Director of Operations: Joey Burton (Moody Bible, 2007) 20 at Utah 7:30 p.m. 29 ! Marshall 11 a.m. Peach State Elite Numerical Roster 30 ! at Maryland/UNC Asheville 11:30 or 1 p.m. Num. Name Ht. Hometown JANUARY 03 Nikki Luckhurst 5-9 Norcross, GA (Tulane, ‘08) 05 Lauren Varley 6-2 Orange, CA (BYU, ‘08) 2 UAB TBA 10 Maurita Reid 5-8 Queens, NY (Miami, ‘08) 4 XAVIER 2 P.M. 23 Camille Murphy 5-9 Rochester, NY (Georgia, ‘05) 8 * at Florida 6 p.m. 11 * OLE MISS 2 P.M. 25 Kadie Riverin 5-9 Ottawa, ON (Rice, ‘08) 15 * TENNESSEE (CSS-TV) 7 P.M. 32 Alisha Tatham 5-11 Toronto, ON (UMass, ‘08) 18 * at Kentucky (SEC-TV) 3 P.M. 33 Stacy Booker 5-9 Suwanee, GA (South Carolina, ‘06) 22 * at LSU 7 p.m. 50 D’Lesha Lloyd 5-10 Columbia, SC (Clemson, ‘08) 25 * ARKANSAS (SEC-TV) 2 P.M. 52 Dani Wright 6-3 Suwanee, GA (BYU, ‘06) 29 SAVANNAH STATE 7 P.M. FEBRUARY Head Coach: Brandon Clay (Georgia State University); Assistant Coaches: Jonathan Hemingway (Lipscomb Uni- versity), Clyde Pritchett (Virginia State University) 1 * at Georgia 1:30 p.m. 5 * VANDERBILT 7 P.M. OPENING THE 35TH SEASON OF LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL 8 * LSU 2 P.M. The Mississippi State women’s basketball squad ushers in its 35th season tonight as they play host to Peach State Elite. 12 * at Ole Miss (SEC-TV) 8 p.m. The Lady Bulldogs will offi cially open their regular season campaign on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m., playing host to Arkan- 15 * AUBURN 2 P.M. sas-Pine Bluff at the Humphrey Coliseum. 22 * at Tennessee 2 p.m. 26 * SOUTH CAROLINA 7 p.m. A LOOK AT THE LADY BULLDOGS MARCH Mississippi State returns 10 letterwinners and four starters from last year’s team. Back are seniors Donnisha Tate, Lauren Roberts, Robin Porter and Marneshia Richard, juniors Alexis Rack, Tysheka Grimes and Channa Campbell. Sophomores 1 * at Alabama 2 P.M. Danielle Rector and Mary Kathryn Govero also return. State also adds four newcomers to the 2008-09 squad including 5-8 $ SEC Tournament (SEC-TV/ESPN2) TBA a trio of JUCO transfers including All-Americans Armelie Lumanu and Chanel Mokango and an all-region player in Rima Kalonda. The lone freshman on the team is Pontotoc native and All-State performer Diamber Johnson. State returns 84 ! Terrapin Classic - College Park, Md. percent of their scoring from last season and brings back a combined 929 rebounds, 385 assists and 262 steals. * SEC Game $ Alltel Arena - North Little Rock Ark. ABOUT PEACH STATE ELITE (CSS-TV) - Comcast Sports Southeast Founded as Focus Sports Select in 2003, Peach State Elite is a vehicle for young women to play in showcase events (SEC-TV) - Fox Sports South, through an exhibition tour from Nov. 1-Nov. 15. Comprised of former collegiate players that are preparing to play profes- Fox Sports Southwest Sun Sports sionally, Peach State Elite was founded by Brandon Clay and Brent Bridger. 2008-09 LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL 1 Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs Mississippi State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 12, 2008) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 16-15 11-5 5-7 0-3 CONFERENCE 4-10 3-4 1-6 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 12-5 8-1 4-1 0-3 Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 02 Rack, Alexis 31-29 906 29.2 112-373 . 3 0 0 82-259 . 3 1 7 51-77 . 6 6 2 31 69 100 3.2 86 2 76 103 3 44 357 11.5 23 Grimes, Tysheka 31-31 833 26.9 121-336 . 3 6 0 26-101 . 2 5 7 72-103 . 6 9 9 82 123 205 6.6 78 3 52 79 18 44 340 11.0 25 Richard, Marneshia 30-30 1015 33.8 111-286 . 3 8 8 16-54 . 2 9 6 55-71 . 7 7 5 17 73 90 3.0 57 0 138 104 4 62 293 9.8 45 Jackson, Imesia 31-30 686 22.1 79-174 . 4 5 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 82-125 . 6 5 6 78 76 154 5.0 84 2 16 41 3 33 240 7.7 24 Porter, Robin 31-28 696 22.5 87-222 . 3 9 2 7-28 . 2 5 0 30-35 . 8 5 7 47 100 147 4.7 52 1 30 33 27 24 211 6.8 33 Govero, Mary Kathryn 31-3 680 21.9 79-209 . 3 7 8 6-28 . 2 1 4 22-30 . 7 3 3 45 69 114 3.7 77 0 41 32 12 31 186 6.0 14 Washington, Bethany 23-3 408 17.7 47-109 . 4 3 1 3-13 . 2 3 1 12-26 . 4 6 2 31 40 71 3.1 43 0 26 48 3 29 109 4.7 03 Tate, Donnisha 31-1 515 16.6 55-107 . 5 1 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 34-61 . 5 5 7 63 87 150 4.8 70 1 14 47 10 20 144 4.6 22 Johnson, Miayorka 20-0 155 7.8 25-52 . 4 8 1 1-10 . 1 0 0 7-12 . 5 8 3 9 16 25 1.3 7 0 10 14 3 9 58 2.9 01 Rector, Danielle 18-0 83 4.6 8-27 . 2 9 6 6-14 . 4 2 9 20-28 . 7 1 4 8 16 24 1.3 5 0 5 10 2 3 42 2.3 42 Campbell, Channa 8-0 16 2.0 3-10 . 3 0 0 2-8 . 2 5 0 5-6 . 8 3 3 4 7 11 1.4 3 0 0 3 0 0 13 1.6 13 Reeder, Amy 19-0 81 4.3 9-32 . 2 8 1 6-26 . 2 3 1 1-4 . 2 5 0 1 6 7 0.4 5 0 5 6 0 3 25 1.3 32 Wilkins, Shai 10-0 33 3.3 5-11 . 4 5 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 3 8 11 1.1 2 0 1 3 1 0 13 1.3 20 Roberts, Lauren 15-0 79 5.3 5-21 . 2 3 8 3-14 . 2 1 4 5-9 . 5 5 6 5 12 17 1.1 14 0 3 8 2 5 18 1.2 12 Landers, Carrie 7-0 9 1.3 1-3 . 3 3 3 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3 Team 52 47 99 2 8 Total.......... 31 6200 747-1973 . 3 7 9 158-557 . 2 8 4 399-593 . 6 7 3 477 751 1228 39.6 587 9 417 540 89 307 2051 66.2 Opponents.....