MICHIGANMICHIGAN STATESTATE 2003-04 Womens Basketball UP NEXT FOR SPARTAN BASKETBALL: 2003-04 MSU SCHEDULE MICHIGAN STATE (0-0) HOSTS Nov 8 ZALA VOLAN (EX ) W, 83-55 DEAN TRAILWAYS OF MICHIGAN SPARTAN CLASSIC WITH Nov 14 PREMIER ALL-STARS (EX ) W, 85-40 DAVIDSON, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AND TEMPLE Nov 22-23 DEAN TRAILWAYS SPARTAN CLASSIC When -------------- Sat!-Sun!, Nov! 22-23, 2003 Nov 22 MSU VS DAVIDSON 4:30 pm ---------------------- Sat! - MSU vs! Davidson (4:30 p!m!); FIU vs! Temple (7 p!m!) Florida International vs Temple 7 pm ---------------------- Sun! - Consolation (12:30 p!m!); Championship (3 p!m!) Nov 23 Consolation 12:30 pm Site ----------------- East Lansing, Mich! (Breslin Center) Championship 3 pm Radio -------------- The Fan 730 AM Nov 26 NOTRE DAME 7 pm Television -------- None Nov 28 EASTERN MICHIGAN (Comcast) 7 pm Coaches ---------- MSU: Joanne P! McCallie (Northwestern, 1987) Dec 2 at Oklahoma State 7 pm ---------------------- Overall: 213-116 (12th year); MSU: 46-43 (Fourth year) Dec 6 at Kent State 2 pm ---------------------- Davidson: Annette Watts (East Tennessee State, 1981) Dec 13 at Toledo 2 pm ---------------------- Overall: 25-33 (Third year); DC: Same Dec 17 at Pepperdine 7 pm ---------------------- FIU: Cindy Russo (Old Dominion, 1975) Dec 19 at UCLA 7 pm ---------------------- Overall: 545-212 (27th year); FIU: 505-190 (Fourth year) Dec 29 CINCINNATI (Comcast) 7 pm ---------------------- Temple: Dawn Staley (Virginia, 1992) ---------------------- Overall: 53-37 (Fourth year); TU: Same Jan 2 INDIANA* 7 pm Jan 4 at Penn State* (FOX Sports) 1 pm Jan 8 PURDUE* 7 pm Opening Tip Michigan State opens the 2003-04 regular season when the Spartans host the Jan 12 DETROIT 12 pm Dean Trailways of Michigan Spartan Classic Saturday and Sunday (Nov! 22-23) at the Jan 15 at Ohio State* 7 pm Breslin Center! The Spartans welcome Davidson, Florida International and Temple for Jan 18 MICHIGAN* 2 pm this years Classic! Jan 22 at Northwestern (FOX Sports)* 7 pm MSU and Davidson will get things started with a 4:30 contest on Saturday, while Jan 25 at Minnesota* 2 pm Florida International and Temple will square off at 7 p!m! The losers of the two games Jan 29 at Illinois* 7 pm will meet in the consolation game Sunday at 12:30 p!m!, with the winners battling for Feb 1 IOWA* (Comcast) 2 pm the Spartan Classic championship at 3 p!m! Feb 5 WISCONSIN* (Comcast) 7 pm Feb 8 NORTHWESTERN* (Comcast) 2 pm Opening Act Feb 12 at Michigan* 7 pm Michigan State is 19-12 all-time in season openers and has won four straight, Feb 15 OHIO STATE* (FOX Sports) 1 pm including last years 82-68 victory at the Breslin Center in the opener against Fresno Feb 22 at Purdue* 2 pm State! The Spartans are 11-2 when opening the season with a home game! Feb 26 PENN STATE* 7 pm Michigan State Possible Starters Feb 29 at Indiana* 2 pm March 4-8 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind) Name PPG* RPG* FG%* FT%* Misc* March 20-23 NCAA Tournament 1st & 2nd Rounds F #3 Julie Pagel (5-11, Jr) 54 47 440 833 26 apg March 27-30 NCAA Regional F #52 Liz Shimek (6-1, So) 104 91 462 756 12 spg April 4 & 6 NCAA Final Four G #4 Kristin Haynie (5-6, So) 101 37 431 853 50 apg G #20 Lindsay Bowen (5-7, So) 133 24 436 955 464 3-Pt% * Big Ten Conference contest G #31 Victoria Lucas-Perry (5-9, Fr) -- -- -- -- -- Home Games (BOLD CAPS) played at the Breslin Center Off The Bench Name PPG* RPG* FG%* FT%* Misc* MSU SPORTS INFORMATION G #10 Candice Jackson (5-6, R-Jr)# 10 30 111 -- 35 apg 401 Olds Hall G #24 Rene Haynes (5-10, Fr) -- -- -- -- -- East Lansing, Mich 48824 G #34 Patrice McKinney (5-8, R-Fr) -- -- -- -- -- Womens Basketball SID: Brad Gust C #42 Kelli Roehrig (6-4, Jr) 118 52 582 730 12 bpg E-Mail: gust@ath!msu!edu F #44 Katrina Grantham (6-1, Fr) -- -- -- -- -- SID Office Phone: 517!353!2271 F #45 Myisha Bannister (6-3, Fr) -- -- -- -- -- SID Office Fax: 517!353!9636 *stats from 2002-03 season Press Row: 517!353!1626 #played in two games prior to season-ending injury Website: www!msuspartans!com 2 Michigan State Womens Basketball Notes BIG TEN STANDINGS TALE OF THE TAPE (2002-03 STATS) BIG TEN STANDINGS Opp! Opp! Reb! Team PPG PPG FG% FG% 3PT% FT% RPG Marg! APG SPG TOPG Conf Games All Games Michigan State 687 607 448 402 397 783 378 +77 151 87 158 Michigan 0-0 000 2-0 1 000 Davidson 662 655 398 405 326 702 387 -06 144 95 198 Purdue 0-0 000 1-0 1 000 Florida Intl 698 643 448 396 320 706 410 +71 160 70 178 Illinois 0-0 000 0-0 000 Temple 612 598 397 413 299 676 338 -38 117 105 154 Indiana 0-0 000 0-0 000 Iowa 0-0 000 0-0 000 Spartan Classic History Michigan State 0-0 000 0-0 000 MSU owns a 23-7 record all-time at the Spartan Classic, and has won eight of the 15 Minnesota 0-0 000 0-0 000 previous Classics! MSU is 14-1 all-time in first-round games, and has won 11 straight Northwestern 0-0 000 0-0 000 first-round contests since an 89-72 loss to Kentucky in 1989! However, MSU is just 8-6 Ohio State 0-0 000 0-0 000 Penn State 0-0 000 0-0 000 when playing in the championship game! Wisconsin 0-0 000 0-0 000 Series Records THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE Michigan State has only played a total of two games against the three other teams 11/15 Michigan 79, Miami (Ohio) 68 (WNIT) competing in the Spartan Classic! MSU has never played its first-round opponent 11/16 Purdue 79, Kansas State 69 (Davidson), and has met each of the two other teams (Florida International and Temple) once! The Spartans dropped a 69-56 decision at Florida International Nov! 24, 2001, and 11/17 Michigan 73, Cincinnati 69 (WNIT) defeated Temple, 72-66, Dec! 9, 1989 at the Breslin Center! 11/19Michigan at Rutgers, 7 pm (WNIT) Scouting the Opponents 11/21 Butler at Iowa, 7 pm Davidson returns four starters and 10 letterwinners from last years squad that fin- Wayne State at Illinois, 7 pm ished 15-15 overall and 8-10 in the Southern Conference! Davidson was picked to finish Western Michigan at Michigan, 2 pm Creighton at Northwestern, 5 pm sixth by the coaches and seventh by the media out of 11 teams in the Southern Confer- Ohio at Ohio State, 7 pm ence in the preseason polls! LSU at Penn State, 7 pm Six-foot junior guard/forward Emily Callahan is back after leading the team in scoring last season (13!5 ppg) and being named to the All-Southern Conference team! Senior 11/22 Cornell at Indiana, 6 pm Southern at Minnesota, 1 pm guard Ashley Hallsted averaged 9!7 points and 2!7 assists last season, while senior Davidson at Michigan State guard/forward Robyn Flewelling added 7!7 points and 3!3 assists! Iowa vs TBD Florida International finished 19-11 last season and 9-5 in the Sun Belt Conference and advanced to the WNIT, but the Golden Panthers lost three of five starters, including 11/23 Purdue at Duke, 2:30 p m Northwestern at Kentucky, 2 pm their top two scorers! FIU was picked to finish third in the East Division of the Sun Belt in Florida A&M at Ohio State, 2 pm the leagues preseason poll, which is where the Golden Panthers finished last season! Northern Ill at Wisconsin, 1:30 pm Senior guard Ivelina Vrancheva ranked third in the NCAA in total assists (217) and Michigan State vs TBD fifth in the nation in assists per game (7!2) last year, and is the Golden Panthers top Indiana vs TBD returner in points per game (10!8), assists, three-point baskets made (32) and steals 2003-04 All-Big Ten Womens (33)! Junior forward/center Dace Cinite returns after averaging 10!4 points and 7!0 re- Basketball Preseason Team bounds last season, while Milena Tomova (5!2 ppg) and Faeza Bouderra (2!0 ppg) are the only other returning players who played significant minutes last season! Top Three Preseason Picks - Coaches Temple has four starters and 12 letterwinners back from last years team that went Team 2002-03 Final Records 1 Penn State 26-9 (13-3 BT/1st) 14-15 overall and finished second in the Atlantic 10 East Division last season! The Owls 2 Purdue 29-6 (12-4 BT/T-2nd) were picked to repeat their second-place finish in the conferences preseason poll! 3 Minnesota 25-6 (12-4 BT/T-2nd) Sophomore center Candice DuPree was picked to the leagues preseason all-con- ference second team after averaging 10!4 points and 7!6 rebounds last year! Although the Top Three Preseason Picks - Media Owls have a numbers of returning players, a pair of freshmen are expected to have a big Team 2002-03 Final Records 1 Purdue 29-6 (12-4 BT/T-2nd) impact, as Britney Jordan and Kamesha Hairston were named to the Atlantic 10s pre- 2 Penn State 26-9 (13-3 BT/1st) season All-Rookie team! Jordan in particular should contribute immediately after a stellar 3 Minnesota 25-6 (12-4 BT/T-2nd) high school career that saw her named to the McDonalds and Parade All-America first teams! 2003-04 Big Ten Preseason All- Conference Team - Coaches and Media Jennie Lillis, Iowa, Sr, F* Spartans Thump Premier All-Stars Kelly Mazzante, Penn State, Sr, G Michigan State closed out the exhibition season with a decisive 85-40 victory over the Janel McCarville, Minnesota, Jr, C# Premier All-Stars Friday night in the Breslin Center! Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota, Sr, G Freshman Victoria Lucas-Perry led four Spartans in double figures with 19 points Shereka Wright, Purdue, Sr, F while collecting five rebounds and three steals! Junior Kristin Haynie added 15 points Tanisha Wright, Penn State, Jr, G *Selected by media only and six assists while sophomore Lindsay Bowen and freshman Rene Haynes contrib- #Selected by coaches only uted 13 points each! The game was marred by a pair of lengthy delays caused by injuries to Premier 2003-04 Big Ten Preseason Co-Players players!