2016-17 SPARTAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL THE OPENING TIP THE STARTING FIVE 2016-17 SPARTAN SCHEDULE MICHIGAN STATE • Michigan State concludes the regular season NOVEMBER AT with its second game of the season with the Ne- 6 NORTHWOOD^ (EX) BTN+ W, 82-47 braska Cornhuskers on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. 11 DAVIDSON BTN+ W, 70-34 NEBRASKA (ET). The Spartans have won three-straight games 13 WYOMING BTN+ W, 63-51 Sunday, Feb. 26 • 2 p.m. • Pinnacle Bank Arena and improve to 19-9 overall and 9-6 in Big Ten ac- 15 SOUTHERN BTN+ W, 70-55 Radio: WJIM 1240 AM; SpartanSportsNetwork.com tion. MSU defeated Nebraska 93-73 earlier this sea- 18 at Western Michigan ESPN3 W, 68-64 (OT) Keaton Gillogly (pxp) son and looks to sweep the season series. 22 at Oregon PAC 12 L, 55-88 Live stats: MSUSpartans.com 25 vs. Delaware $ W, 81-64 Watch: BTN+ • Senior guard Tori Jankoska became the first 26 at CSUN $ W, 63-59 Spartan and the 21st B1G women’s basketball play- 30 at No. 20/21 Syracuse # L, 64-75 er to join the 2,000-point scoring club. She now DECEMBER has 2,090 career points. This season, Jankoska has 2 OAKLAND BTN+ W, 81-74 scored 624 points becoming just the second Spar- 6 at Quinnipiac W, 71-54 tan to score 600 points in a season. 8 at Rhode Island W, 85-48 18 Northeastern % BTN+ W, 78-44 • Freshman guard Taryn McCutcheon became the 20 No. 2/2 NOTRE DAME BTN L, 61-79 MSU freshman assists record holder, breaking the JANUARY previous mark of 143 by Vnemina Reese in 1999- 1 ILLINOIS * BTN+ W, 71-47 2000. With five helpers Wednesday, McCutcheon 4 at Purdue * BTN+ L, 54-66 now has 146 assists, moving up to fifth on the over- 7 Nebraska * BTN+ W, 93-73 all MSU single-season assists list. With three assists 10 No. 11/11 OHIO STATE * BTN W, 94-75 MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS Wednesday, Jankoska now has 145 helpers, one 14 at Rutgers * BTN L, 62-58 2016-17 Record ..........................19-9 (9-6 Big Ten) spot behind McCutcheon as No. 6 on the single- 17 at Northwestern * BTN L, 65-76 Head Coach ................ Suzy Merchant (CMU, ‘91) season assists list. 22 PURDUE * BTN L, 66-76 Career Record ................424-225/22nd Season 25 at Wisconsin * BTN+ W, 81-57 MSU Record .................... 223-105/10th Season • Tori Jankoska became the third Spartan in MSU 30 at Minnesota * BTN W, 93-74 Media Relations Contact: .................. Kara Fisher women’s basketball history to achieve a triple- FEBRUARY 517-896-0724 / [email protected] double with 24 points, which was the most points 2 INDIANA * BTN W, 69-60 Website .......................www.msuspartans.com scored in a Spartan triple-double, adding 10 assists 9 at Iowa * BTN L, 83-87 and 10 rebounds against Minnesota on Feb. 16. 12 No. 3/2 MARYLAND * ESPN2 L, 72-89 Spartan-great Kristin Haynie had the last triple- 16 MINNESOTA * BTN+ W, 85-69 double against Vanderbilt on March 27, 2005 with 19 at Michigan * BTN W, 86-68 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Kim Archer 22 PENN STATE * BTN+ W, 73-64 had the first triple-double in school history against 26 at Nebraska * BTN+ 2 p.m. Northwestern on March 8, 1984 with 16 points, 10 MARCH NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS rebounds and 10 assists. 2016-17 Record ............................. 6-21 (2-13 Big Ten) 1-5 Big Ten Tournament Indianapolis, Ind. 16-19 NCAA Tournament First & Second Rounds Head Coach ............. Amy Williams (Nebraska ‘98) • Michigan State’s 19-point comeback was the Career Record .................199-230 (10th season) 23-26 NCAA Tournament Regionals largest under head coach Suzy Merchant, top- 31 NCAA Final Four Dallas,Texas Nebraska Record ..................6-21 (10th season) ping a 16-point comeback done three times under Media Relations Contact: ................... Jeff Griesch APRIL Merchant, most recently in the 2014-15 season on (402) 472-7775 / [email protected] 2 NCAA Final Four Dallas,Texas Dec. 4, 2014 vs. Georgia Tech, and also rallied from Website .....................http://www.huskers.com down 16 points at Florida State on Dec. 1, 2010 and All home games to be played at Breslin Center to Iowa on Jan. 10, 2008. ^ Exhibition $ Radisson Thanksgiving Classic PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP # ACC/Big Ten Challenge % Doubleheader with MSU men’s team Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG MPG Notables * Big Ten Game G 1 Tori Jankoska (Sr., 5-8, Freeland, Mich.) 22.3 8.3 5.2 35.9 Career-high 42 points vs. Ohio State F 32 Taya Reimer (Sr., 6-4, Fishers, Ind.) 9.6 5.4 1.3 25.3 Two double-doubles this season G 10 Branndais Agee (R-Sr., 5-11, Detroit, Mich.) 9.4 7.1 1.7 27.3 Season-high 30 points vs. Minnesota G 4 Taryn McCutcheon (Fr., 5-5, East Lansing, Mich.) 7.3 2.8 5.2 31.6 Season-high 12 assists vs. Minnesota F 15 Victoria Gaines (R-Fr., 6-1, Merrillville, Ind.) 4.8 3.8 0.8 17.4 Season-high 10 rebounds vs. Minnesota KEY RESERVES F 33 Jenna Allen (So., 6-3, Bedford, Ind.) 6.5 3.6 1.0 17.9 First career double-double vs. WMU G 24 Lexi Gussert (Jr., 6-0, Crystal Falls, Mich.) 4.1 2.5 1.6 17.0 Season-high 12 points vs. QU F 12 Nia Hollie (Fr., 6-0, Minneapolis, Minn.) 3.4 1.4 0.7 10.8 Has started six games this season F 2 Mardrekia Cook (Fr., 6-0, Muskegon, Mich.) 2.9 1.8 0.3 7.8 Played in 27 games this season facebook.com/MSU_WBasketball MSU_WBasketball PB MSU_WBasketball MSU.WBasketball 2016-17 Michigan State Women’s Basketball 1 Game 29 vs. Nebraska 2016-17 MICHIGAN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NATIONAL POLLS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School Pronunciation AP Women’s Top 25 Poll 0 Shay Colley G 5-8 R-Fr. Brampton, Ontario, Canada/South Carolina CALL-ee Rank School (Votes) Record Pts 1 Connecticut (33) 26-0 825 1 Tori Jankoska G 5-8 Sr. Freeland, Mich./Freeland jan-KOSS-ka 2 Maryland 26-1 788 2 Mardrekia Cook F 6-0 Fr. Muskegon, Mich./Miskegon Mar-DREEK-uh 3 Mississippi State 27-1 755 4 Baylor 25-2 731 4 Taryn McCutcheon G 5-5 Fr. /East Lansing Taren like Karen 5 Notre Dame 25-3 682 6 Texas 21-5 608 10 Branndais Agee G 5-11 R-Sr. Detroit, Mich./Cass Technical Brandy AGE-ee 7 South Carolina 22-4 602 11 Nathy Dambo F 6-3 R-Fr. Fort-de-France, Martinique/Junipeor Serra Not-ee 8 Florida State 24-4 583 8 Stanford 24-4 583 12 Nia Hollie F 6-0 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn./Hopkins Knee-uh 10 Oregon State 25-3 528 15 Victoria Gaines F 6-1 R-Fr. Merriville, Ind./Merriville 11 Washington 25-4 494 12 Ohio State 23-5 469 21 Hana Vesela C 6-4 So. Pribor, Czech Republic/Brimley Hawn-nuh VISS-ill-uh 13 Duke 24-4 467 22 Kiara Carter G 5-1 Jr. Homewood, Ill./Homewood Flossmoor Key-R-uh 14 Louisville 23-6 414 15 UCLA 20-7 350 24 Lexi Gussert G/F 6-0 Jr. Crystal Falls, Mich,/Forest Park GUS-urt 16 Oklahoma 21-6 340 32 Taya Reimer F 6-4 Sr.Fishers, Ind./Notre Dame/ Hamilton Southeastern Tay-uh Rhyme-er 17 Miami 19-7 274 18 NC State 20-7 232 33 Jenna Allen F 6-3 So. Bedford, Ind./North Lawrence 19 DePaul 22-6 208 20 Syracuse 18-9 162 55 Kennedy Johnson F 6-3 Jr. Galloway, N.J./Wildwood Catholic 21 Drake 22-4 123 22 Kentucky 19-8 110 Head Coach: Suzy Merchant (MURR-chant) 23 Temple 21-5 99 24 Missouri 19-9 62 Associate Head Coach: Amaka Agugua (uh-MAH-kuh uh-GOO-gwa) 25 Michigan 21-7 53 Assistant Coach: Alysiah Bond (A-LYE-sha) Assistant Coach: Mark Simons Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 45, Kansas State 45, Creighton 32, South Florida 27, Ten- nessee 9, Belmont University 7, Green Bay 4, West Virginia 4, Arizona State 3, Colorado State 2, Tulane 2, Wright State 1, LSU 1, Marquette 1 USA Today Coaches Poll Rank School (Votes) Record Pts. SPARTANS AT A GLANCE 1 Connecticut (32) 26-0 800 2 Mississippi State 27-1 760 3 Baylor 26-2 738 University Information Team Information 4 Notre Dame 25-3 692 Name .......................................... Michigan State University 2016-17 Overall Record .................................................. 19-9 5 Maryland 26-2 677 Location ...............................East Lansing, Michigan 48824 2016-17 Big Ten Record ....................................................9-6 6 Stanford 24-4 574 Founded .........................................................................1855 2015-16 Overall Record .................................................. 25-9 7 South Carolina 22-4 559 8 Oregon State 25-3 553 Enrollment ................................................................50,085 2015-16 Big Ten Record (Finish) ............................13-5 (3rd) 9 Ohio State 24-5 532 Nickname ............................................................... Spartans 2015-16 Postseason .......Second Round NCAA Tournament 10 Texas 21-6 507 Colors ........................................................ Green and White Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........................................6-5 11 Florida State 24-4 501 12 Washington 25-4 491 Conference ...............................................................Big Ten Starters Returning/Lost .................................................. 2/3 13 Duke 24-4 439 President ......................................Lou Anna K. Simon Ph.D. Newcomers ........................................................................8 14 Louisville 23-6 435 Athletics Director ...........................................Mark J. Hollis 15 UCLA 20-7 346 Senior Women’s Administrator ........... Shelley Appelbaum Spartan Program History 16 Oklahoma 21-6 321 17 Miami 19-7 255 Faculty Representative ......................................Sue Carter First Year ..................................................................