15 Conference Championships, 11 NCAA Appearances, 3 WNIT Appearances Middle Tennessee Athletic Media Relations z 1500 Greenland Drive z Murfreesboro, Tenn. 37132 z Fax (615) 898-5626 Jo Jo Freeman, Assistant Media Relations Director (Basketball Contact) z (615) 898-5270 z Email - [email protected] 2007-08 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (22-12) Overall Record: 22-12, 14-4 Sun Belt Probable Starters Ht. Cl.-Exp. PPG RPG APG SPG BLK G 00 Chelsia Lymon 5-5 SO-1L 9.4 2.8 2.0 2.1 3 Date Opponent Results G 12 Starr Orr 5-8 SR-3L 5.0 3.6 1.7 1.7 0 November G 30 Anne Marie Lanning 5-11 FR-HS 7.7 2.4 1.7 1.2 9 1 North Alabama (Exh.) (MTTV) .W, 82-36 F 3 Emily Queen 6-1 FR-HS 5.5 5.9 1.0 0.8 6 5 Henderson State (Exh.) . .W, 108-49 F 1 Amber Holt 6-0 SR-1L 27.4 8.1 3.2 2.4 11 10 at Old Dominion. L, 76-68 14 Tennessee Tech (MTTV) . .W, 89-62 19 at Houston . .W, 69-68 Off The Bench 25 at Arizona. .W, 70-60 G/F 21 Brandi Brown 6-3 SO-1L 7.1 2.8 1.9 0.8 10 28 at Chattanooga . L, 57-54 G 10 Jackie Pickel 5-10 SO-1L 4.1 1.0 0.5 0.8 0 G 14 Latoya Barclay 5-4 SR-3L 5.0 1.9 1.3 1.2 2 December 2 Western Carolina . L, 77-71 HOLT LEADS NATION IN SCORING: Senior Amber Holt led the nation in scoring for the fi nal 11 5 at #3/6 Maryland . L, 74-69 weeks of the season, averaging 27.4 points per game. Holt posted 14 contests with 30 or more 13 at #1/1 Tennessee . L, 84-61 points in 2007-08, a Blue Raider single-season record. She recorded eight double-doubles and 15 at Austin Peay . .W, 95-60 ranked 99th nationally in rebounds (8.1), 76th in steals per game (2.35), 45th in fi eld goal percent- 19 Florida International (MTTV). .W, 77-64 age (.518) and 96th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.51). Holt was one of only two players in the nation 22 at South Alabama . .W, 80-46 with a pair of 40-point showings. The Duluth, Ga., native scored 41 points in an upset of No. 8 LSU 28 #8/8 LSU (MTTV) . .W, 67-56 in December and broke a 21-year-old school record for points in a game with 44 at Louisiana-Mon- 30 at Louisville . L, 76-64 roe in January. Holt was one of only fi ve players in the country to lead her team in points, rebounds, January assists and steals: Jolene Anderson – Wisconsin, Kerrianne Dugan – Central Connecticut State, 3 at Western Kentucky . L, 85-81 Katherine Plummer – Nicholls Statem, Hanna Zavecz – Wyoming. Holt led the Sun Belt Conference 6 Denver. .W, 93-55 in scoring, steals and offensive rebounds, ranked second in FG percentage, third in rebounding, FT 10 Florida Atlantic. .W, 79-63 percentage and assist-to-turnover ratio, and seventh in assists. Eight of her 30-point efforts were 14 at Arkansas State. L, 70-68 against Sun Belt competition. She won an unprecedented fi ve Sun Belt Player of the Week awards 17 at Troy . .W, 87-53 20 New Orleans. .W, 80-61 and was a member of all three National Player of the Year award watch lists – the Wade Trophy, 24 at Louisiana-Monroe . .W, 64-61 the Naismith Award and the Wooden Award. She also drew a school-record 58 charges in 2007-08, 26 North Texas . .W, 89-50 almost twice the number the rest of the team combined. 30 at Louisiana-Lafayette . .W, 85-66 HOLT NAMED TO FINAL WOODEN LIST: Senior Amber Holt was one of 17 student-athletes February named to the fi nal 2008 Women’s John R. Wooden Award ballot, announced March 10 at The Los 6 UALR. L, 66-53 9 at Florida International. L, 74-62 Angeles Athletic Club by John R. Wooden Award Chairman Richard “Duke” Llewellyn. A panel of 14 South Alabama. .W, 66-46 more than 300 voters, comprised of sports media members and college basketball experts from 17 Western Kentucky (ESPN+) . .W, 68-60 around the nation, select the fi ve-member women’s All-American Team and Player of the Year. All 21 at Denver . .W, 81-77 players on the ballots are making progress toward graduation 23 at Florida Atlantic . .W, 89-84 (OT) and maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA. The Big East Conference had four players chosen to the women’s slate, followed by the March 1 Troy (MTTV) . .W, 61-50 ACC, SEC and Big 12 with three, the Sun Belt with two, and the 8 vs. Troy# . .W, 74-51 Pac-10 and Big Sky with one apiece. 10 vs. UALR# . .W, 57-45 11 vs. Western Kentucky# . L, 65-49 BROWN VOTED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT: Sophomore 19 Western Carolina$ . .W, 104-69 Brandi Brown was one of 15 players recognized for academic 21 at Kentucky%. L, 68-66 (OT) and athletic performance as part of the ESPN The Magazine # - Sun Belt Championships, Mobile, Ala. Academic All-District Team, as announced by the College Sports $ - First Round WNIT, Murfreesboro, Tenn. % - Second Round WNIT, Lexington, Ky. 1AmberHolt.com Information Directors of America. Brown was a BY THE NUMBERS QUICK FACTS Third Team selection from District IV, which is Location . .Murfreesboro, Tenn. MT Stat Opp comprised of schools in Tennessee, Kentucky, Enrollment . 23,264 73.2 Points 64.1 Ohio and Michigan. The Middle Tennessee Founded . 1911 32.9 Rebounds 36.9 sophomore has a 3.97 grade-point-average in Nickname . Blue Raiders 13.7 Assists 12.4 Accounting and was a Sun Belt Commissioner’s Colors . Royal Blue and White 11.5 Steals 5.7 President . Dr. Sidney A. McPhee List honoree in 2006-07 after posting a perfect 1.4 Blocks 3.0 Director of Athletics. Chris Massaro 4.0 GPA. Brown played in 26 games this season .418 Field Goal Percentage .464 Associate Athletic Director . Diane Turnham for the Blue Raiders, averaging 7.1 points and .323 3-Point Percentage .310 Athletics Phone. .615/898-2450 2.8 rebounds per outing. She hit 35 percent of .750 Free Throw Percentage .687 Web Site. .GoBlueRaiders.com her 3-point attempts. The Jamestown, Tenn., Conference. Sun Belt 13.7 Turnovers 22.7 native missed eight games from January 3-26 Home Court . .Murphy Center (11,500) after breaking her hand in practice. HOLT’S SCORING NEAR THE TOP: Senior MEDIA RELATIONS Amber Holt fi nished the season with 930 points, HOLT REWRITES SINGLE-SEASON RE- Director. .Mark Owens the fi fth most ever scored by any player in one Assistant/WBB Contact . .Jo Jo Freeman CORDS: Senior Amber Holt left her mark on the season in NCAA history. Only four players in Freeman’s e-mail . [email protected] Middle Tennessee program with perhaps the NCAA history scored more points in a season Freeman’s Offi ce Phone. .615/898-5270 greatest single-season performance in school than Holt: Jackie Stiles, Missouri State, 1062 Freeman’s Cell Phone . .615/631-9522 history. Holt broke the single-season scoring points in 2001; Cindy Brown, Long Beach State, Assistant. Tony Stinnett record with 930 points, smashing the previous 974 points in 1987; Genia Miller, Cal State-Ful- Assistant. Jessica Stauffacher mark of 768 set last season by Chrissy Givens. lerton, 969 points in 1991; and Sheryl Swoopes, Media Relations Fax. .615/898-5626 Holt also set single-season marks for scoring Texas Tech, 955 points in 1993. Press Row . .615/898-2807 average (27.4), fi eld goals (352), FG attempts (680), free throws (206), FT attempts (261) and COACHING STAFF SQUAD LEADS THE SUN BELT: Middle Ten- 30-point scoring games (14). The Duluth, Ga., nessee led the Sun Belt Conference in fi ve Head Coach . .Rick Insell native also tied for fi rst in double-fi gure scor- Alma Mater . Middle Tennessee, 1977 categories in 2007-08, including scoring mar- ing games (34), ranked sixth in rebounding Record at MT . .50-15 (two years) gin (+9.1), free throw percentage (.750), steals Career Record . Same (274) and tied for ninth in steals (80). Her 8.1 (11.50), turnover margin (+9.09) and 3-pointers Basketball Offi ce Phone . .615/898-2968 rebounds per game ties for 19th on the single- per game (7.91). The squad also ranked second Assistant Coach . .Allison Clark season charts as well. She recorded 14 games in scoring offense (73.2), assists (13.65) and Assistant Coach . .Khadija Head with 30 or more points, a new single-season re- assist-to-turnover ratio (1.00). In conference Assistant Coach . .Eric White cord, 20 contests with eight or more rebounds, games only, the Blue Raiders led the league Dir. of Basketball Operations . .Tom Hodges and 14 outings with four or more assists. in free throw percentage (.754), steals (12.50), Athletic Trainer . Alison Ness turnover margin (+11.22), assist-to-turnover ra- WBB Secretary. Debbie Bartlett RAIDERS RANK IN TOP 100 NATIONALLY: Bartlett’s Phone . .615/898-2968 tio (1.09) and 3-pointers per game (8.06). The Middle Tennessee ranked in the Top 100 na- club ranked second in scoring offense (75.7), tionally in nine categories in 2007-08, includ- scoring margin (+12.9), 3-point FG percentage TEAM INFORMATION ing scoring offense (24th, 73.2), 3-pointers 2006-07 Record .