Arkansas State University 2010-11 Women’s Basketball Van Provence Assistant Sports Information Director [email protected] 870-972-2707 (office) 870-897-5010 (cell) 870-972-3367 (fax) Game 18 vs. ARKANSAS STATE RED WOLVES vs. LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE RAGIN’ CAJUNS 9-8, 2-2 9-8, 2-2 Wednesday, January 12, 2011 7:05 p.m. ASU Convocation Center (10,727) Jonesboro, Arkansas 2010-11 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. 01 Lyon College (Exh.) W, 72-58 Nov. 09 Arkansas-Monticello (Exh.) W, 72-64 TIPPING IT OFF: The Arkansas State women’s THE ULL SERIES: Arkansas State leads the all- Nov. 12 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi# W, 69-59 Nov. 13 #22 Iowa# L, 47-50 basketball team (9-8, 2-2) returns to the ASU time series 39-12 and will be looking for its sixth Nov. 15 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 59-47 Convocation Center Jan. 12 to host the Ragin’ consecutive win over the Ragin’ Cajuns when Nov. 19 Saint Louis W, 54-50 Cajuns of Louisiana-Lafayette in a Sun Belt Con- the two teams meet Wednesday night at The Nov. 22 #20 St. John’s L, 60-48 Nov. 24 Texas-Arlington W, 59-55 (OT) ference West Division matchup. Tipoff is sched- Convo. In the two meetings between the teams Nov. 26 SMU% L, 86-80 (2OT) uled for 7:05 p.m. All Arkansas State women’s last season, ASU defeated ULL 67-56 in Jones- Nov. 27 Georgia Southern% W, 49-37 basketball games may be heard on KWHF 95.9 boro and 87-58 in Lafayette. The Red Wolves Nov. 30 Henderson State W, 66-47 Dec. 05 Missouri State L, 58-47 FM “The Wolf” and through the StateZone por- hold a 19-5 advantage in games played in Dec. 15 Louisiana Tech L, 84-54 tion of AStateRedWolves.com. LiveStats will Jonesboro, a 19-6 lead in games played in Dec. 19 Charlotte L, 62-44 also be available at AStateRedWolves.com and Lafayette and the series is tied 1-1 in games Dec. 21 Stephen F. Austin W, 59-42 Dec. 30 South Alabama (DH)* W, 68-53 video is available through the StateZone for all played on a neutral court. The last Louisiana- Jan. 02 Western Kentucky* L, 75-74 (OT) home games and select road games. Lafayette victory in the series was a 62-59 Ragin’ Jan. 05 FIU* W, 62-61 Cajun victory at the Cajundome in Lafayette dur- Jan. 08 Florida Atlantic* L, 56-52 Jan. 12 Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:05 p.m. THE OPPONENT: Like Arkansas State, ing the 2006-07 Sun Belt Conference Tourna- Jan. 16 Middle Tennessee* 12:00 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette will take the court with a 9- ment. Jan. 19 Denver* 8:00 p.m. 8 record on the season and a 2-2 mark in Sun Jan. 22 North Texas* 5:00 p.m. Jan. 26 Louisiana-Monroe 7:05 p.m. Belt Conference play. The Cajuns are led in THE COACHES: Arkansas State head coach Jan. 29 UALR* 4:30 p.m. scoring and rebounding by junior forward Mer- Brian Boyer is in his 12th season as the Red Feb. 05 Denver* 3:05 p.m. cedes Johnson’s 14.6 points and 6.2 rebounds Wolves’ head coach. He holds a record of 190- Feb. 10 Louisiana-Monroe* 5:30 p.m. Feb. 16 Louisiana-Lafayette* 7:00 p.m. per game. Senior guard Jasmine Barnes also 161 and has directed A-State to the Women’s Feb. 19 Troy* 5:15 p.m. averages in double figures at an even 10 points National Invitation Tournament four times. Boyer Feb. 23 North Texas* 7:05 p.m. per game. Junior center Kemi Rotibi is third in is assisted by Tanya Ray, Jennifer Sullivan and Feb. 26 UALR* 7:05 p.m. Mar. 5-8 Sun Belt Conference Tournament & TBA the league with 23 blocked shots on the season. Leslie Larsen. Now in his fourth season at ULL, # - TAMUCC Islander Tip-Off As a team, the Ragin’ Cajuns are shooting .422 Errol Rogers is 29-78 as head coach of the Ca- % - SMU Hoops for the Cure Tournament from the field, .294 from three-point range and juns. & - At Hot Springs, Arkansas * Sun Belt Conference Game .666 from the free throw line. All Times Central ARKANSAS STATE Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG OTHER G 1 Jazmine Taylor 5-8 Sr. Memphis, Tennessee 6.2 4.4 .444 fg% G 13 Quinishia McDowell 5-8 So. Monroe, Louisiana 10.6 4.9 .338 3fg% G 21 NeNe Hurst 5-10 Jr. St. Louis, Missouri 11.2 5.4 42 steals F 22 Shay Scott 6-2 Sr. North Little Rock, Arkansas 10.8 9.5 .404 fg% F 23 Jasmine Taylor 5-10 So. Memphis, Tennessee 3.3 2.2 .800 ft LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG OTHER G 2 Jasmine Barnes 5-7 Sr. Baton Rouge, Louisiana 10.0 4.0 .578 ft% G 32 Nicole Morris 5-6 Jr. Cypress, Texas 3.2 3.5 .636 ft% STARTERS PROJECTED F 22 Mercedes Johnson 5-11 Jr. Houston, Texas 14.6 6.2 .663 ft% F 33 Lyndra Bell 5-10 Sr. Lafayette, Louisiana 8.8 3.5 .595 ft% C 55 Kemi Rotibi 6-4 Jr. Chicago, Illinois 6.8 4.9 .663 fg% 2010-11 ASU Women’s Basketball 1 AStateRedWolves.com STREAK SNAPPED: With their 62-61 victory ble-digit rebound performance in ASU’s Jan. 8 2010-11 over FIU Jan. 5 in Miami, the Red Wolves game at FAU, pulling down a career-best 10 Sun Belt Standings snapped a three-game losing streak to the boards against the Owls to go along with three Following Play Jan. 10 Golden Panthers dating back to the 2007-08 blocked shots. For the week, she averaged 12.5 season. The win was just the second victory for WEST DIVISION the Red Wolves on the Golden Panthers’ home ASU vs. ULL Team W L Pct. W L Pct. court. Arkansas State went into the game with a All-Time Series UALR 3 0 1.000 9 5 .643 1-11 record against FIU in Miami and picked up Denver 3 1 .750 11 6 .647 ULM 2 1 .667 8 8 .500 their first road win in the series since a 85-74 ASU leads 39-12 Arkansas State 2 2 .500 9 8 .529 overtime win during the 2004-05 season, snap- La.-Lafayette 2 2 .500 9 8 .529 ping a four-game losing streak at U.S. Century Year . .Score . .Location North Texas 0 4 .000 3 14 .176 Bank Arena. 82-83 . .L, 66-85 . .Jonesboro 83-84 . .L, 66-68 . .Jonesboro SEASON HIGH FROM THE LINE: The Red 83-84 . .L, 52-63 . .Lafayette EAST DIVISION Wolves performance at the free throw line 84-85 . .L, 56-73 . .Lafayette Team W L Pct. W L Pct. 84-85 . .W, 84-76 . .Jonesboro against FIU Jan. 5 was a big factor in helping Middle Tenn. 3 0 1.000 12 4 .750 85-86 . .L, 54-68 . .Jonesboro Western Kentucky 3 1 .750 6 9 .400 ASU snap it’s four-game losing streak at U.S. 85-86 . .W, 61-59 . .Lafayette FIU 1 2 .333 6 11 .353 Century Bank Arena. The Red Wolves knocked South Alabama 1 3 .250 9 7 .562 86-87 . .W, 85-80 . .Lafayette Florida Atlantic 1 3 .250 4 11 .267 down 10-of-13 free throws in the game for a sea- 86-87 . .W, 75-71 . .Jonesboro Troy 1 3 .250 4 13 .235 son-high .769 percentage from the stripe. 87-88 . .L, 70-71 . .Jonesboro 87-88 . .L, 64-70 . .Lafayette * — Division Champion CAREER HIGH FOR MORRILL: Arkansas 88-89 . .W, 70-57 . .Jonesboro ! — Tournament Champion/NCAA Qualifier State freshman forward Jane Morrill hit 9-of-13 88-89 . .W, 80-62 . .Lafayette # — Postseason WNIT Participant shots from the field on her way to a career-high 89-90 . .L, 69-76 OT . .Lafayette 89-90 . .W, 95-51 . .Jonesboro Preseason All-Sun Belt 19 points in the Red Wolves 62-61 victory over FIU Jan. 5, but no shot was bigger than her 90-91 . .W, 73-49 . .Jonesboro First Team 90-91 . .W, 78-52 . .Lafayette three-pointer with .5 remaining on the game Chastity Reed (UALR, Sr., F) 91-92 . .W, 62-61 . .Lafayette Kaetlyn Murdoch (Denver, Jr., F) clock. Morrill took an inbounds pass from junior 91-92 . .W, 71-39 . .Jonesboro Elisa Carey (FIU, Sr., F) guard NeNe Hurst and dropped in the game-win- 92-93 . .W, 68-51 . .Jonesboro Arnika Brown (WKU, Sr., F) ning three from the left corner to give the Red 92-93 . .W, 102-63 . .Lafayette Amy McNear (WKU, Sr., G) Wolves their first win in Miami since the 2004-05 93-94 . .W, 68-63 . .Lafayette Second Team season. She followed that up with her first dou- 93-94 . .W, 67-54 . .Jonesboro Shay Scott (ASU, Sr., F) 93-94 . .W, 78-35 .*Bowling Green, Ky. Asriel Rolfe (UALR, Sr., G) HEAD-to-HEAD 94-95 . .W, 65-47 . .Lafayette Shanika Butler (UALR, Sr., G) 94-95 . .W, 74-56 . .Jonesboro Emily Queen (MTSU, Sr., F) 95-96 . .W, 99-46 . .Jonesboro Jasmine Godbolt (North Texas, So., F) 95-96 .