2008-09 DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES GAME 16 vs. NORFOLK STATE JANUARY 17, 2009 ECHOLS HALL — NORFOLK, VA. (4:00 PM) 2008-09 Schedule/Results The Teams: Delaware State “Lady Hornets” (6-9; 2-0 MEAC) vs. Norfolk State “Lady Spartans” (0-11; 0-2 MEAC) 11/14 CHEYNEY W 80-50 11/16 at Maryland L 46-73 Site: Echols Hall (7,000) - Norfolk, Va. 11/19 KENT STATE L 56-66 Press row phone: 757-823-8195 11/23 at William & Mary L 41-54 11/30 at Navy L 45-55 Delaware State Head Coach Ed Davis (West Virginia St., ‘70): 147-109 at 12/6 at Syracuse L 37-56 DSU (ninth year); 318-163 career (17th year); 17-12 vs. NSU (14-3 at DSU); 12/13 FAIRLEIGH-DICKINSON W 46-35 98-45 in MEAC regular season games 12/16 at Ohio State L 35-68 12/18 at Michigan State L 41-71 NSU Head Coach Tara Owens (Virginia State, ’93);5-36 at NSU (Second 12/21 at Georgia State L 50-55 year); 97-188 career (11th year); 0-2 vs. DSU 12/28 at Northeastern W 61-38 1/2 at St. Peter’s L 40-49 Media Contacts: 1/6 UMES* W 59-57 Delaware State (Dennis Jones) - Office/(302) 857-6068; [email protected] 1/10 SO. CAROLINA STATE* W 62-49 NSU (Karen Carty) - Office/757-823-2628; [email protected] 1/12 WINSTON-SALEM STATE W 42-35 1/17 at Norfolk State* 4:00 P.M. 1/19 at No. Carolina A&T* 5:30 p.m. Television: None 1/24 BETHUNE-COOKMAN* 2:00 P.M. Radio: None 1/26 FLORIDA A&M* 5:30 P.M. Live Stats: www.nsuspartans.com 1/31 COPPIN STATE* 2:00 P.M. Live Streaming: n/a 2/2 MORGAN STATE* 5:30 P.M. 2/7 at Hampton* 2:00 p.m. 2/9 at Howard* 5:30 p.m. The Game 2/14 NORFOLK STATE* 2:00 P.M. Delaware State begins a two-game road swing with a visit to Norfolk State. The 2/16 NO. CAROLINA A&T* (TV) 5:30 P.M. Lady Hornets have won their last three games to improve to 6-9 overall and 2-0 in 2/21 at Bethune-Cookman* 2:00 p.m. the MEAC. DSU is coming off a 42-35 win over Winston-Salem State last Monday. 2/23 at Florida A&M* 5:30 p.m. Norfolk State brings a 0-12 overall record and 0-2 MEAC mark into the contest. The 2/28 at Morgan State* 5:30 p.m. Spartans suffered a 77-61 non-conference loss to North Carolina Central on Thurs- 3/5 at UMES* 5:30 p.m. day in their most recent outing . 3/9-14 MEAC TOURNAMENT TBA (Winston-Salem, N.C.) DSU vs. NSU HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS The Lady Hornets have won seven straight, and nine of the last 10 between the All homes games in Memorial Hall on DSU campus teams, to open up an 18-12 series lead. Delaware State took the two meetings last * - MEAC regular season game season, winning 63-42 at home and 81-55 at Norfolk State. Selena Galloway and All times Eastern Keyhana Wakefield topped all current Delaware State players with 12 points each in last year’s second meeting between the teams. In last year’s first contest, Wake- TV—ESPNU field led all players with 14 points. Norfolk State’s last win over DSU was at Echols Hall during the 2004-05 season (58-55). The teams are scheduled to meet again Ticket information: (302) 857-TIXX or toll free (866) 378-2845 on Feb. 14 at Delaware State’s Memorial Hall. www.DSUHornets.com Delaware State Probable Starters No. Player Pos Ht Cl 2008-09 Key Stats 25 Ashley Thompson F 6-2 Jr. 2.9 ppg/ 4.0 rpg 55 Thea Littlepage C 6-2 Jr. 0.7 ppg/ 4.9 rpg 3 Keyhana Wakefield G 5-8 Sr. 10.0 ppp/ 3.0 rpg 21 Jameka Smith G 5-10 Sr. 4.8 ppg/ 3.9 rpg 33 Sonia Johnson G/F 5-10 Fr. 8.7 ppg/ 4.3 rpg RESERVES 2 Alex Stewart C 6-2 Jr. 2.2 ppg/ 2.5 rpg 5 Samantha Koonce G 5-7 r-So. 0.8 ppg/ 1.0 rpg 12 Cortney Crockett G 5-5 So. 3.1 ppg/ 1.3 rpg 14 Alexis Abraham G 5-9 So. 3.8 ppg/ 0.9 rpg 15 Denyse Moore G 5-8 Fr. 2.1 ppg/ 0.4 rpg 22 Candice Stewart F 5-11 So. 3.2 ppg/ 2.5 rpg 23 Selena Galloway G 5-9 Jr. 6.8 ppg/ 1.1 rpg 30 Morgan Rowland F 5-9 Fr. 1.6 ppg/ 0.4 rpg 32 Brittany Washington F/C 6-1 So. 2.6 ppg/ 2.5 rpg Head Coach Ed Davis (West Virginia State, ’70) Ed Davis Record Davis is in his ninth season as head coach of the Lady Hornets. YR School Record Since accepting the post prior to the 2000-01 season, he has led DSU to 1992-93 Bowie State 6-19 the most successful period in the history of the program. 1993-94 Bowie State 14-11 1994-95 Bowie State 19-9 Davis is the only DSU women’s coach to guide the team to a 20-win sea- 1995-96 Bowie State 28-2 son, accomplishing the feat four times (2002-03; 2003-04; 2005-06; 2006- 1996-97 Bowie State 29-2 07) 1997-98 Bowie State 28-2 1998-99 Bowie State 25-4 The Washington, D.C., native entered the 2008-09 season with an overall record of 141-100 1999-00 Bowie State 22-5 (.590) at DSU, including a 97-45 (.680) mark in MEAC regular season contests. The Davis 2000-01 Delaware State 16-14 years at Delaware State are highlighted by a MEAC Tournament championship and NCAA 2001-02 Delaware State 9-19 Tournament berth (2007), a MEAC regular season co-championship (2003-04) and five MEAC 2002-03 Delaware State 20-10 championship game appearances. 2003-04 Delaware State 21-9 2004-05 Delaware State 16-12 Davis further enhanced his credentials after a hard fought loss to No. 2 seed Vanderbilt in the 2005-06 Delaware State 21-9 th 2007 NCAA Tournament. His 15 seeded Hornets trailed by just four points at the half and by 2006-07 Delaware State 20-13 six with eight minutes left to the heavily favored Commodores. 2007-08 Delaware State 18-14 2008-09 Delaware State 6-9 th Now in his 17 season as a collegiate head coach, Davis surpassed the 300-win mark for his career and became Delaware State’s all-time leader in women’s basketball victories during the Career record: 318-163 (17th year) 2007-08 season. He owns a career record of 312-154, highlighted by nine seasons with 20-or- DSU record: 147-109 (Ninth year) more wins. At Bowie State: 171-54 (8 yrs.) MEAC record (reg. season): 98-45 Delaware State was 10-2 at home last season, giving the Lady Hornets a 69-21 mark at home MEAC Tournament: 12-7 under Davis (.770) . He led the team to a school-record 23 straight home wins from 2003-05. NCAA Tournament: 0-1 In addition, the 2007-08 Lady Hornets led the MEAC in scoring defense for the sixth straight Davis vs. 2008-09 opponents year, allowing 53.4 points-per-game. Bethune-Cookman 14-1 During the 2006-07 season, Davis led the Lady Hornets on a 13-2 late-season spurt, including a three-game MEAC Tournament sweep en route to the first league championship in team his- Cheney 6-0 tory. Coppin State 5-11 He was named MEAC Coach-of-the-Year after leading the Lady Hornets to a share of the Fairleigh Dickinson 1-1 school’s first conference regular season title during the 2003-04 season. Florida A&M 15-5 Davis also served as the university’s interim Director of Athletics during the 2004-05 academic Georgia State 0-1 year. Hampton 5-17 In the four years prior to Davis’ arrival, the Lady Hornets were 36-85, and failed to advance Howard 12-4 beyond the quarterfinals of the conference tourney. Kent State 0-1 Before accepting the Delaware State job, Davis was head coach at Bowie State University (Md.). Maryland 0-1 Michigan State 0-2 In eight seasons at Bowie, he posted an overall record of 171-54 and turned the Bulldogs into Morgan State 14-2 one of the top Division II programs in the country . His tenure was highlighted by three Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) championships, three NCAA Tournament appear- Navy 3-3 ances, and numerous “coach of the year” awards. Norfolk State 17-12 No. Carolina A&T 11-3 Davis earned a number of awards for his success at Bowie, including CIAA Coach of the Year Northeastern 1-0 in 1995 and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association District II Coach of the Year in 198 and 1999. He was CIAA Tournament Outstanding Coach in 1997, ’98 and ’99. Ohio State 0-1 Prior to his years at Bowie State, Davis was a teacher and successful high school coach in the So. Carolina State 9-6 Washington, DC area.