2019-20 SPARTAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME No. 15/16 MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS VS. HARTFORD HAWKS 5 Sunday, Nov. 24 • 2 p.m. • Breslin Center THE OPENING TIP THE STARTING FIVE 2019-20 MSU SCHEDULE FOLLOW ALONG • No. 15/16 Michigan State women’s basketball OCTOBER Radio: WJIM 1240 AM; SpartanSportsNetwork.com concludes its brief two-game homestand on Sun- 30 FERRIS STATE ^ BTN+ W, 85-45 Keaton Gillogly (pxp) day, Nov. 24 at 2 p.m., hosting Hartford. The Spar- NOVEMBER Live stats: msuspartans.com tans are celebrating Go Green Day for sustainabil- TV: BTN+ | Jack Sznewajs (pxp), Adam Bakr (analyst) 5 EASTERN MICHIGAN BTN+ W, 85-50 ity. Michigan State improved to 4-0 for the fourth Tuesday, Nov. 19 • 7 p.m. ET • Breslin Center 8 DETROIT MERCY BTN+ W, 110-52 time in the last four years with 76-56 win over Oak- 14 at #15/14 Notre Dame ACCN W, 72-69 land on Nov. 19. This is the second-straight season 19 OAKLAND BTN+ W, 76-56 the Spartans and the Hawks have met with MSU 24 HARTFORD BTN+ 2 p.m. earning the road win last year. 29 vs. LSU % 5:15 p.m. 30 vs. Memphis/Kansas St. % TBA • Michigan State is first in the Big Ten in rebound DECEMBER margin (+14.5) and third scoring margin (+29.0). 5 at Florida State # ACCN 8 p.m. MSU also leads the league in steals per game (14.5 15 MOREHEAD STATE BTN+ 1 p.m. spg) and offensive rebounds (20.5). 20 vs. Syracuse + 1:30 p.m. MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS 21 vs. West Virginia + 1:30 p.m. 2019-20 Record .......................... 4-0 (0-0 Big Ten) • Taryn McCutcheon is nearing several milestones 28 at Indiana * BTN 6 p.m. Head Coach ................ Suzy Merchant (CMU, ‘91) as a Spartan. With 923 career points, McCutcheon 31 NEBRASKA * BTN 1 p.m. Career Record ................ 470-254/25th Season is just 77 points away from becoming the 28th MSU Record .................... 269-134/13th Season JANUARY member of the 1,000-point club. She is also third in Media Relations Contact: .................. Kara Fisher 5 at Michigan * ESPN2 12 p.m. career assists with 485. She is just 89 helpers away 517-896-0724 / [email protected] 9 at Penn State * BTN+ 7 p.m. Website .......................www.msuspartans.com from passing current MSU assistant coach Kristin 12 WISCONSIN * BTN+ 1/3 p.m. Haynie who had 574 career assist during her Spar- 16 OHIO STATE * BTN 6 p.m. tan career (2001-05). 20 at Rutgers * BTN 6 p.m. 23 NORTHWESTERN * BTN+ 6:30 p.m. • Sophomore guard Nia Clouden captured her first 26 at Iowa * BTN 4 p.m. Big Ten Player of the Week honor on Nov. 18. Af- 30 PURDUE * BTN+ 7 p.m. HARTFORD HAWKS ter her career-high 28-point performance against FEBRUARY Notre Dame. 2019-20 Record ............ 0-5 (0-0 Horizon League) 3 at Maryland * BTN 8 p.m. Head Coach ................ Morgan Valley (UConn ‘04) 10 at Northwestern * BTN 9 p.m. Career Record ........................ 0-5/First Season • Through four games, eight different players are 13 RUTGERS * BTN+ 7 p.m. Hartford Record ...................................... Same averaging at least 5.5 ppg, led by Nia Clouden’s 17.0 17 MINNESOTA * BTN 7 p.m. Media Relations Contact: ...Tyrell Walden-Martin ppg. Taryn McCutcheon is also averaging in double 20 at Purdue * BTN 7 p.m. 860-549-2628 / [email protected] figures with 12.0 ppg. Website ..............................hartfordhawks.com 23 MICHIGAN * BTN 5 p.m. 26 at Illinois * BTN+ 8 p.m. MARCH PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP 1 PENN STATE * BTN+ 12/2 p.m. 4-8 B1G Tournament Indianapolis, Ind. Pos. No. Name PPG RPG APG MPG Notables 20-23 NCAA First & Second Round G 24 Nia Clouden (So., 5-8, Owings Mills, Md.) 17.0 3.0 2.3 26.4 Career-high 28 vs. Notre Dame 27-30 NCAA Regionals G 4 Taryn McCutcheon (Sr., 5-5, East Lansing, Mich.) 12.0 4.3 3.3 27.5 Second on the team in scoring APRIL G/F 1 Tory Ozment (So., 6-1, Buford, Ga.) 7.8 3.5 2.5 16.0 Made fourth career start vs. OU 3-5 NCAA Final Four New Orleans, La. F 42 Kayle Belles (So., 6-3, Ithaca, Mich.) 6.8 4.3 0.3 14.3 First career start vs. OU G 22 Moira Joiner (Fr., 5-10, Saginaw, Mich.) 5.3 4.3 2.3 20.8 Made first career start vs. UDM ^ Exhibition KEY RESERVES % Junkanoo Jam G 3 Alyza Winston (Fr., 5-7, Muskegon, Mich.) 9.3 1.8 0.8 14.7 Lead the team in scoring vs. UDM # ACC/Big Ten Challenge F 14 Taiyier Parks (Fr., 6-3, Cleveland, Ohio) 6.0 4.8 0.5 11.9 Team leader with 15 O-boards + Sunshine Classic F 40 Julia Ayrault (Fr., 6-2, Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.) 5.5 4.8 1.0 16.2 Three blocks vs. Oakland * Big Ten Contest G 0 Shay Colley (R-Sr., 5-9, Brampton, Ontario) 5.0 8.0 2.0 20.0 Missed action w/ Team Canada Dates and times subject to change F 15 Victoria Gaines (Sr., 6-3, Merrillville, Ind.) 3.3 2.3 1.7 14.0 110th career start vs. Notre Dame Home games in BOLD F 12 Nia Hollie (Sr., 6-0, Minneapolis, Minn.) 3.0 5.3 2.5 15.0 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 5 vs. Hartford 2019-20 MICHIGAN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NATIONAL POLLS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School Pronunciation AP Women’s Top 25 Poll (Nov. 17) 0 Shay Colley G 5-9 R-Sr. Brampton, Ontario, Canada/South Carolina CALL-ee Rank School (Votes) Record Pts. 1 Oregon (27) 3-0 723 1 Tory Ozment F 6-1 So. Buford, Ga./Buford 2 Baylor (2) 3-0 697 2 Mardrekia Cook F 6-0 R-Jr. Muskegon, Mich./Muskegon Mar-DREEK-uh 3 Stanford 4-0 654 4 UConn 3-0 606 3 Alyza Winston G 5-7 Fr. Muskegon, Mich./Muskegon Uh-lie-za 5 South Carolina 4-0 601 6 Texas A&M 3-0 576 4 Taryn McCutcheon G 5-5 Sr. East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing Taren like Karen 7 Oregon State 4-0 573 5 Claire Hendrickson G 5-11 R-So. Wyoming, Mich./Wyoming 8 Louisville 3-0 506 9 Maryland 3-1 502 12 Nia Hollie F 6-0 Jr. Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins Knee-uh 10 Mississippi State 3-0 467 14 Taiyier Parks F 6-3 Fr. Cleveland, Ohio/North Royalton Tie-EER 11 UCLA 3-0 427 12 Florida State 4-0 393 15 Victoria Gaines F 6-3 R-Sr. Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville 13 Kentucky 4-0 375 21 Laurel Jacqmain F 5-8 R-Jr. Saginaw, Mich./Saginaw Valley Jack-man 14 NC State 3-0 373 15 Michigan State 3-0 318 22 Moira Joiner G 5-10 Fr. Saginaw, Mich./Hertiage More-uh 16 Miami 3-0 286 24 Nia Clouden G 5-8 So. Owings Mills, Md./St. Frances 17 Syracuse 3-0 185 18 Indiana 3-0 176 40 Julie Ayrault G 6-2 Fr. Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich./Grosse Pointe North A-rawlt 19 DePaul 2-1 155 20 Arkansas 4-0 151 42 Kayla Belles F 6-3 So. Ithaca, Mich./Ithaca Bell-LESS 21 Michigan 4-0 120 50 Cydni Dodd C 6-5 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. 22 South Florida 4-0 107 23 Gonzaga 2-1 74 Tennessee 4-0 74 Head Coach: Suzy Merchant (MURR-chant) 25 West Virginia 3-0 68 Associate Head Coach: Dean Lockwood Assistant Coach: Maria Fantanarosa (Fan-TAN-uh-rosa) Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 62, Arizona 53, Arizona State 46, South Dakota 26, Missouri Assistant Coach: Kristin Haynie (Hay-KNEE) State 24, Minnesota 13, Drake 6, Texas 5, Rutgers 2, Northwestern 1 Bold = 19-20 MSU Opponent USA Today Coaches Poll (Nov. 18) SPARTANS AT A GLANCE Rank School (Votes) Record Pts. 1 Oregon (30) 3-0 798 2 Baylor (2) 3-0 761 University Information Team Information 3 Stanford 4-0 728 Name .......................................... Michigan State University 2019-20 Overall Record ...................................................4-0 4 UConn 3-0 696 Location ...............................East Lansing, Michigan 48824 2018-19 Big Ten Record (Finish) ..........................9-9 (t-6th) 5 Oregon State 4-0 666 6 South Carolina 4-0 629 Founded .........................................................................1855 2018-19 Postseason ........................... NCAA Second Round 7 Texas A&M 3-0 601 Enrollment .................................................................50,351 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........................................9/3 8 Mississippi State 4-0 558 Nickname ............................................................... Spartans Starters Returning/Lost ...................................................4/1 9 Louisville 3-0 536 10 Maryland 3-1 520 Colors ........................................................ Green and White Newcomers ........................................................................ 5 11 UCLA 3-0 482 Conference ...............................................................Big Ten 12 NC State 4-0 434 Division ........................................................NCAA Division I Spartan Program History 13 Florida State 4-0 428 President ................................................Dr. Samuel Stanley First Year ................................................................... 1972-73 14 Kentucky 4-0 373 15 Syracuse 3-0 287 Athletics Director ............................................Bill Beekman All-Time Record ............................................809-522 (.608) 16 Michigan State 3-0 275 Senior Women’s Administrator ...................Jennifer Smith NCAA Tournament Appearances ......................................17 17 Miami 3-0 272 Faculty Representatives........................ Michael Kaplowitz (1991, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 18 Arkansas 4-0 232 Bonnie Knutson 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019) 19 Michigan 4-0 161 20 DePaul 2-1 145 Home Arena ....................................Breslin Center (14,797) NCAA Final Four Appearances ................................1 (2005) 21 Gonzaga 2-1 131 All-Time Record at Breslin (since 1989) ...................325-104 All-Time NCAA Tournament Record ...........................