2012-13 UAB Women’s Basketball UAB Athletics Media Relations • Tray Littlefield (WBB Contact) (P) 996-2576 • (E) [email protected] @UAB_WBB; @uabcoachsmith • uabsports.com 2012-13 Schedule Game No. 3: UAB vs. Vanderbilt Date Opponent Time Game Information OCTOBER Thursday, nov. 15, 2012 • Memorial Gymnasium • nashville, Tenn. 28 Brewton PARkER (Exh) W, 75-29 Series History - Vanderbilt leads 4-0 • Last Meeting - Vanderbilt won, 92-51, nov. 9, 2007 Television - none • Radio - uabsports.com nOVEMBER 5 UAH (Exh) W, 74-35 9 AUSTIn PEAY W, 72-54 UAB Vanderbilt 12 at Alabama A&M W, 72-53 15 at Vanderbilt 7:00 p.m. Blazers Commodores 17 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 7:00 p.m. 19 ARkAnSAS PInE BLUFF 7:00 p.m. Record .................................................. 2-0 Record .................................................. 2-0 Samford Thanksgiving Classic^ Ranking...............................................N/A Ranking...............................................N/A 23 vs. Tennessee State TBA Last Game ..... W, 72-53, at Alabama A&M Last Game ..............W, 62-45, at Lipscomb 24 vs. Alabama State TBA 27 at High Point 7:00 p.m. Head Coach ...........................Audra Smith Head Coach ................... Melanie Balcomb Career Record .............122-125 (9 seasons) Career Record ...........401-198 (19 seasons) DECEMBER UAB Record ................122-125 (9 seasons) VU Record ..................240-94 (11 seasons) 2 at George Mason 2:00 p.m. vs. AP ............................................................0-2 vs. UAB .........................................................2-0 18 MOREHEAD STATE 7:00 p.m. 22 UT MARTIn 2:00 p.m. 30 UnC GREEnSBORO 2:00 p.m. JAnUARY UAB Probable Starters 2 UT-CHATTAnOOGA 2:00 p.m. no. Name Pos. PPG RPG 10 at UCF* 7:00 p.m. 13 HOUSTOn* 2:00 p.m. 1 Amber Jones G 17.5 4.5 20 at UTEP* 2:00 p.m. 11 Khalilah Watson G 1.5 1.0 24 MEMPHIS* 7:00 p.m. 23 Kayla Anderson F 6.5 2.5 27 at Marshall* 1:00 p.m. 24 Karisma Chapman F 16.0 5.5 31 SOUTHERn MISS* 7:00 p.m. 25 Michaelea Kleist F 9.5 3.0 FEBRUARY 3 at Rice* 2:00 p.m. Storylines 7 at SMU* 7:00 p.m. 10 EAST CAROLInA* 2:00 p.m. Blazers, Commodores Clash at Memorial Gymnasium 14 at Memphis* 7:00 p.m. For the fifth time in school history, UAB faces the Vanderbilt Commodores on Thursday night at 17 MARSHALL* 2:00 p.m. Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tenn. Opening tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT. 21 TULAnE* 7:00 p.m. 24 at Southern Miss* 2:00 p.m. 2-0 For First Time Since 1996-97 28 at East Carolina* 6:00 p.m. UAB picked up its first season-opening win since 2009-10 on Nov. 9, when the Blazers ran past Aus- MARCH tin Peay, 72-54. Coach Audra Smith’s team accomplished yet another task this past Monday when the 3 TULSA* 2:00 p.m. Blazers defeated Alabama A&M, 72-53 -- that win marked the first time since 1996-97 that a UAB 7 UCF* 7:00 p.m. team has started a season at 2-0. The Blazers last went 3-0 back in 1994-95. Conference USA Tournament# Chapman, Jones Lead Blazers 13-16 TBA TBA Senior guard Amber Jones and junior forward Karisma Chapman led UAB against Alabama A&M as each came close to setting new career highs in points scored. Jones scored 17 first-half points on her * denotes Conference USA game way to a game-high 23, finishing two short of her career-high of 25. Meanwhile, Chapman knocked ^ game played at Samford in Birmingham, Ala. in eight buckets for 21 points -- just four below her career-high of 25 points scored in a game. # Conference USA Tournament in Tulsa, Okla. Anderson Named Freshman of the Week Freshman forward Kayla Anderson has made an immediate impact on the Blazer women’s basketball UAB Media Relations program, garnering a Conference USA Freshman of the Week honor this past week after scoring 13 points in her UAB debut against Austin Peay. The 6-foot-1 forward scored six in the first seven min- Bartow Arena 105, 1530 3rd Ave. South utes of that contest to jump start her team on its way to a season-opening win. Birmingham, Ala. • 205-934-0722 WBB Contact: Tray Littlefield UAB Against SEC Office: 205-996-2576 The Blazers will play against a team from the Southeastern Conference for the 108th time in school Email: [email protected] history on Thursday. UAB is 29-78 (.271) all time against the SEC, with the program’s last win com- Web: uabsports.com ing in 2005 -- a 70-62 victory against Alabama. 1 UAB Women’s Basketball 2012-13 Game Notes UAB Women’s Basketball 2012-13 Game Notes Rosters Section UAB Quick Facts UAB Notes University Karisma Chapman Name ..................................................... UAB VETERANS LEAD EARLY ON BLAZERS PICKED THIRD IN C-USA 2012-13 UAB Numerical Roster Location ............................. Birmingham, Ala. Jr. - Forward Senior guard Amber Jones and junior forward UAB has been picked to finish third in the no. Name Pos. Ht. Yr./Elg. Hometown/Last School Founded ................................................. 1969 Enrollment .......................................... 17,543 Karisma Chapman combined for 44 of their Conference-USA standings this season, as vot- 1 Amber Jones G 5-7 Sr./3L Town Creek, Ala./Hazlewood HS Colors ....................Forest Green & Old Gold team’s 72 points in the win against Alabama ed on by the 12 league coaches. Last season, 3 Essence Baucom G 5-5 Fr./HS Charlotte, N.C./Phillip O’Berry Academy Nickname............................................ Blazers A&M on Nov. 12. the Blazers finished league play at No. 4 in the 4 Kelsie Weynand G 5-8 Sr./1L Bartonville, Ill./St. Petersburg (Fla.) College Affiliation ............................NCAA Division I Jones finished just two points shy of her ca- standings. 11 Khalilah Watson G 5-7 Sr./3L Savannah, Ga./Beach HS Conference ...........................Conference USA reer high of 25 with 23 points on the night, 13 Nakia McDaniel G 5-7 Sr./3L Moulton, Ala./Lawrence County HS Arena ........................... Bartow Arena (8,500) CHAPMAN PRESEASON ALL-C-USA while Chapman scored 21. The two also paced 15 Brittany Winborne F 6-0 Fr./HS Baltimore, Md./Catholic HS Interim President .......... Dr. Richard Marchase A second-team all-conference selection in the Blazers on the boards with five rebounds 21 Chelsee Black G 5-6 Fr./HS Bessemer, Ala./Bessemer City HS Athletics Director ......................Brian Mackin 2011-12, Blazer junior forward Karisma Chap- SWA ....................................... Derita Ratcliffe each. 23 Kayla Anderson F 6-1 Fr./HS Hoover, Ala./Hoover HS man has been tabbed a Preseason All-Confer- Faculty Athletics Rep ......... Dr. Frank Messina 24 Karisma Chapman F 5-11 Jr./2L Calumet City, Ill./T.F. North HS JONES FINDS THE BASKET ence USA performer. The Calumet City, Ill., 25 Michaelea Kleist F 6-0 Sr./1L Mason, Ohio/Volunteer State (Tenn.) CC native led the Blazers in scoring (13.8 ppg) and Senior guard Amber Jones has been a scor- 30 Ashley Grimes G/F 5-9 Jr./JC Selma, Ala./Wallace CC-Selma (Ala.) Coaching Staff was third on the squad in rebounding (5.1 rpg) ing threat for the Blazers since her arrival in 32 Schenia Battle G 5-8 Fr./HS Calumet City, Ill./T.F. North HS Head Coach ............................... Audra Smith last season. Birmingham as a freshman in 2009. Already 33 Destiny Samuels F 6-2 So./1L Birmingham, Ala./Ramsay HS Alma Mater/Year ...................... Virginia/1992 Record at UAB/Years ............... 120-125/Eight 19th on the school’s all-time scoring list, she has 34 Khoria Newman F 5-10 Fr./HS Irving, Texas/MacArthur HS SMITH ENTERING NINTH SEASON Career Record ........................................Same racked up 1,166 points through four seasons 41 Dy’man Webb F 6-1 Fr./HS Flint, Mich./Flint Hamady HS The fifth coach in UAB women’s basketball Assistant Coaches ....................... Daryl Oliver and is within striking distance of the top 10 in history and already the second-winningest, Au- Marc Wilson school history. dra Smith enters her ninth season on the bench Kathy Becker Last season, Jones became the 25th Blazer Director of Operations ............Laura Waldrop for the Blazers in 2012-13. A former player and 2012-13 UAB Alphabetical Roster ever to eclipse the 1,000-point mark for a career WBB Office .......................... (205) 934-2048 assistant coach at Virginia, Smith took over the no. Name Pos. Ht. Yr./Elg. Hometown/Last School and just the 13th to reach the mark before her Best Time For Interviews ............ Contact SID UAB program in 2004. 23 Kayla Anderson F 6-1 Fr./HS Hoover, Ala./Hoover HS senior season. The Town Creek, Ala., product is She has coached UAB to three top-3 finishes 32 Schenia Battle G 5-8 Fr./HS Calumet City, Ill./T.F. North HS coming off a junior season in which she aver- in the Conference USA standings, two postsea- 3 Essence Baucom G 5-5 Fr./HS Charlotte, N.C./Phillip O’Berry Academy History aged a career-best 12.9 points per game. First Year of WBB..............................1978-79 son berths and one Women’s Basketball Invita- 21 Chelsee Black G 5-6 Fr./HS Bessemer, Ala./Bessemer City HS All-Time Record ..................... 520-482 (.518) tional (WBI) championship. Smith has guided 24 Karisma Chapman F 5-11 Jr./2L Calumet City, Ill./T.F. North HS CHAPMAN DOES IT ALL NCAAs / Last .................. 2 / 2000 (Sweet 16) the Blazers to three straight winning campaigns 30 Ashley Grimes G/F 5-9 Jr./JC Selma, Ala./Wallace CC-Selma (Ala.) Junior forward Karisma Chapman returns in Amber Jones WNITs / Last .......