Arkansas State University 2009-10 Women’s Basketball Van Provence Assistant Sports Information Director [email protected] 870-972-2707 (office) 870-897-5010 (cell) 870-972-3367 fax Game 2 vs. ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES 0-1 0-1 at Kansas State Wildcats Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 7:00 p.m. Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) Manhattan, Kansas 2009-10 ASU Women’s Basketball Schedule Radio: KWHF 95.9 FM “The Wolf” & AStateRedWolves.com Date Opponent Time/Result LiveStats & JumpTV Webcasting Available at AStateRedWolves.com Nov. 03 Christian Brothers (Exh.) W, 95-49 Nov. 10 Southern Arkansas (Exh.) W, 95-42 TIPPING IT OFF: The Arkansas State Red has directed the Red Wolves to the Nov. 13 at Creighton L, 77-54 Nov. 16 at Kansas State 7:00 p.m. Wolves continue their two-game road swing Women’s National Invitation Tournament Nov. 18 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7:05 p.m. to open the 2009-10 season when they visit four times, including three of the past five Nov. 20 Virginia Commonwealth% 5:00 p.m. the Wildcats of Kansas State Monday night years. Boyer is assisted by Tanya Ray, Re- Nov. 21 Seton Hall or Morgan St.% TBA in a 7:00 p.m. game at Bramlage Coliseum. becca Peoples and Jennifer Sullivan. Now Nov. 24 Louisiana Tech 7:05 p.m. The game may be heard on KWHF 95.9 FM in her 14th season at Kansas State, Deb Pat- Nov. 27 Missouri State 7:05 p.m. Nov. 30 at St. Louis 7:00 p.m. “The Wolf” and through the StateZone por- terson is 265-147 overall and is the school’s Dec. 05 at Northern Arizona 7:35 p.m. tion of AStateRedWolves.com. LiveStats all-time winningest coach. Dec. 15 Texas-Arlington 7:05 p.m. and video will also be available at Dec. 19 Arkansas-Little Rock* 7:30 p.m. AStateRedWolves.com. BOYER CLIMBING: With 89 Sun Belt Con- Dec. 22 Southern Illinois 7:05 p.m. ference victories, ASU head coach Brian Dec. 30 at Denver* 8:07 p.m. Jan. 02 North Texas* 3:05 p.m. THE TEAMS: Arkansas State stands at 0-1 Boyer is now fourth all-time in Sun Belt Jan. 06 Middle Tennessee* 7:05 p.m. after its season-opening 77-54 loss at Conference wins. Boyer trails FIU head Jan. 10 at South Alabama* 3:00 p.m. Creighton Nov. 13. Kansas State also enters coach Cindy Russo, who is in third place Jan. 16 at North Texas* 5:00 p.m. the game at 0-1 after falling at home to In- with 94 wins to her credit. Former Jan. 20 at Florida International* 6:00 p.m. diana State 77-73 Saturday afternoon. Louisiana Tech head coach Leon Barmore Jan. 23 at Florida Atlantic* 4:00 p.m. Jan. 27 Louisiana-Lafayette* 2:05 p.m. tops the list with 135 SBC victories. With Jan. 30 Denver* 3:05 p.m. THE K-STATE SERIES: Arkansas State holds 168 overall victories to his credit, Boyer is Feb. 03 at Arkansas-Little Rock* 7:00 p.m. a 4-1 advantage in the series against Kansas in second place on the Arkansas State all- Feb. 06 at New Orleans* 4:30 p.m. State, with the only loss coming last sea- time wins list, trailing only Jerry Ann Win- Feb. 8 Louisiana-Monroe* 7:05 p.m. son when the Wildcats defeated ASU 69-58 ters, who finished with 196 victories in 11 Feb. 10 at Western Kentucky* 7:00 p.m. Feb. 17 at Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:00 p.m. in Jonesboro. A-State’s 4-1 record over the seasons at ASU. Feb. 20 Western Kentucky* 3:05 p.m. Wildcats includes a forfeit after K-State Feb. 24 New Orleans* 7:05 p.m. posted a 63-58 victory over ASU in Manhat- SBC HONORS: Arkansas State senior Feb. 27 Troy* 3:05 p.m. tan during the 1995-96 season. Ebonie Jefferson (Laurel, Miss.) has been # Mar. 6-9 SBC Tournament TBA named preseason third-team All-Sun Belt % - Anaconda Sports The Rock Seton Hall Classic THE COACHES: Arkansas State head coach Conference, and the Red Wolves are picked # - At Hot Springs, Arkansas Brian Boyer is entering his 11th season at third in the Sun Belt West Division presea- * Sun Belt Conference Game the helm of the Red Wolves program. son poll as voted on by the league’s 13 head All Times Central Time Boyer holds a career record of 168-136 and coaches, the conference office announced ARKANSAS STATE Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG OTHER G 3 Ebonie Jefferson 5-9 Sr. Laurel, Mississippi 7.0 4.0 5 assists G 20 Meghan Lewis 5-8 So. St. Louis, Missouri 12.0 2.0 - G 21 NeNe Hurst 5-10 So. St. Louis, Missouri 17.0 6.0 - F 22 Shay Scott 6-2 Jr. North Little Rock, Arkansas 4.0 6.0 - F 30 Lyndsay Schlup 6-2 Sr. California, Missouri 4.0 4.0 - KANSAS STATE Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG OTHER G 2 Brittany Chambers 5-8 Fr. Belle Plaine, Minnesota 0.0 0.0 - G 23 Shalin Spani 6-0 Jr. Lee’s Summit, Missouri 15.0 4.0 .800 ft% STARTERS G 41 Kari Kincaid 5-10 Sr. Andover, Kansas 16.0 4.0 1.000 ft% PROJECTED F 4 Ashley Sweat 6-2 Sr. McPherson, Kansas 16.0 8.0 .888 ft% F 33 Jalana Childs 6-2 So. Orlando, Florida 14.0 8.0 4 assists 2009-10 ASU Women’s Basketball 1 AStateRedWolves.com Oct. 20. ished 16-14. 2009-10 "I expect Ebonie to play at an all-confer- Sun Belt Standings ence level this season,” said ASU head RECORDS WATCH: With her six rebounds Following Games Played Nov. 14 coach Brian Boyer. “I can't imagine that at Creighton Friday night, junior forward there is a tougher competitor or a harder Shay Scott moved into the top-20 on the WEST DIVISION worker in the league. I am so proud of how ASU career rebounding charts. Scott is cur- Team W L Pct. W L Pct. far Ebonie has come during her career, and rently in 20th place and needs just three Denver 1 0 1.000 0 0 .0 I look forward to her continued improve- rebounds to take over sole possession of New Orleans 1 0 1.000 0 0 .0 ment this season." 19th place on the chart. Scott is also Arkansas State 0 1 .000 0 0 .0 Jefferson scored in double figures in 14 of among the career leaders for blocked UALR 0 1 .000 0 0 .0 ULM 0 1 .000 0 0 .0 ASU’s last 17 games a year ago, had 19 dou- shots, sitting in ninth place with 46. Sen- North Texas 0 1 .000 0 0 .0 ble-figure games on the season and led ASU ior forward Lyndsay Schlup has 41 blocked La.-Lafayette 0 1 .000 0 0 .0 in scoring with an 11.8 points-per-game av- shots in her career to rank 10th all-time at erage, a figure that climbed to 13.0 points- ASU. Senior guard Ebonie Jefferson has 96 EAST DIVISION per-game in Sun Belt Conference play. steals in her career after her four thefts Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Florida Atlantic 1 0 1.000 0 0 .0 The Red Wolves return three of their top Friday night against Creighton and is now South Alabama 1 0 1.000 0 0 .0 four scorers and four of the top five re- in 23rd place on the all-time steals chart. Western Kentucky 1 0 1.000 0 0 .0 bounders from last year’s team that fin- FIU 1 1 .500 0 0 .0 THE RED WOLVES AT HOME: Over the last Middle Tenn. 0 0 .000 0 0 .0 five years, the ASU women’s basketball pro- Troy 0 1 .000 0 0 .0 ASU vs. Kansas State gram boasts a winning percentage of .811 All-Time Series at the ASU Convocation Center. The Red Wolves are 208-62 (.770) all-time at the Preseason All-Sun Belt ASU Leads 4-1 Convocation Center and 97-39 (.713) under First Team head coach Brian Boyer. Chastity Reed (UALR, Jr., F) Brandi Brown (MTSU, Sr., F) Year . .Score . .Location ASU IN SEASON OPENERS: The Red Wolves Alysha Clark (MTSU, r-Sr., F) 94-95 . .W, 60-55 . .Washington, D.C. are 20-16 all-time in season openers, with Shakira Nettles (South Alabama, Sr., G) 95-96 . .L, 58-63* . .Manhattan a record of 7-14 when opening the season Arnika Brown (WKU, Sr., F) 95-96 . .W, 73-64 (OT) . .Jonesboro on the road. Under head coach Brian 98-99 . .W, 83-70# . .Jonesboro Boyer, the Red Wolves are 6-5 in season- Second Team 08-09 . .L, 58-69 . .Jonesboro Kim Sitzmann (UALR, Sr., G) openers, including a 3-5 record when open- Monika Bosilj (FIU, Sr., G) *Game later forfeited by Kansas State ing on the road. Chelsia Lymon (MTSU, Sr., G) #Women’s National Invitation Tournament Kaetlyn Murdoch (Denver, So., F) LAST TIME OUT: OMAHA, Neb. (11-13- Dominique Duck (WKU, Sr., F) 2009) — A scoring drought of over eight Third Team HEAD-to-HEAD minutes in the first half was too much for Ebonie Jefferson (ASU, Sr., G) the Arkansas State Red Wolves to over- Brittany Bowe (Florida Atlantic, Sr., G) come, and the Creighton Bluejays went on Brittany Helm (New Orleans, Sr.