2009-10 MISSISSIPPI STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 3 - Utah Valley SID: Jay Middleton Phone: (offi ce) 662-325-0972 (cell) 662-418-9139 Fax: 662-325-2563 Press Row: 662-325-3776 Email: [email protected] WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM 2009-10 LADY BULLDOG GAME INFORMATION BASKETBALL SCHEDULE #25 Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs (2-0) NOVEMBER vs. Sun. 8 MONTICELLO (Exh.) W, 106-34 Fri. 13 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF W, 106-48 Utah Valley Wolverines (2-1) Sun. 15 EAST TENNESSEE STATE W, 80-50 Wed. 18 UTAH VALLEY 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 7 p.m. - Humphrey Coliseum (10,500) Starkville, Miss. Sun. 22 MARYLAND 2 p.m. Television: None Thur. 26 ! vs. Texas 7:30 p.m. Radio: WFCA 107.9 FM Fri. 27 ! vs. Rutgers 5 p.m. Series Information - Mississippi State leads 1-0 Sat. 28 ! vs. Southern Cal 5 p.m. Last Meeting - (12-19-08 - MSU 71, UVU 63) DECEMBER MISSISSIPPI STATE UTAH VALLEY Wed. 2 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 7 p.m. PROJECTED STARTERS PROJECTED STARTERS Sat. 12 @ Louisiana Tech 7 p.m. Mon. 14 SAMFORD 7 p.m. 2 G Alexis Rack Sr. 5-7 3 F Julie Smith Sr. 6-0 Wed. 16 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE Noon 5 G Armelie Lumanu Sr. 5-9 13 G Asumi Nakayama Sr. 5-4 33 G Mary Kathryn Govero Jr. 5-11 33 G Kayla Burningham Jr. 5-7 Sun. 20 @ Xavier 1 p.m. 23 F Tysheka Grimes Sr. 6-0 35 C Erika Newbold So. 6-0 Wed. 30 ALCORN STATE 7 p.m. 0 C Rima Kalonda Sr. 6-3 42 F/C Blake Reynolds Sr. 6-0 JANUARY TOP RESERVES TOP RESERVES 10 F Chanel Mokango Sr. 6-5 22 F Kyra Prause Fr. 5-9 Sun. 3 * @ Auburn 2 p.m. 3 G Diamber Johnson So. 5-7 25 F Kaycee Mansfi eld Fr. 5-10 Thur. 7 * VANDERBILT 8 p.m. (CSS) Sun. 10 * TENNESSEE 1 p.m. (SECN) Thur. 14 * @ Arkansas 7 p.m. Sun. 17 * FLORIDA 2 p.m. (FSN) LADY BULLDOGS SET FOR UTAH VALLEY Thur. 21 * @ Ole Miss 7 p.m. Mississippi State will face Utah Valley in women’s basketball for just the second time in Sun. 24 * @ Vanderbilt 2 p.m. school history when they take the fl oor at Humphrey Coliseum on Wednesday evening at 7 Thur. 28 * GEORGIA 8 p.m. (FSN) p.m. The Lady Bulldogs enter Wednesday night’s matchup on the heels of two convincing Sun. 31 * KENTUCKY 2 p.m. wins. In the season opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Mississippi State dominated the Lady Lions for a 58-point win. State shot 44.7 percent from the fl oor while limiting UAPB to FEBRUARY 25.4 percent shooting. Against East Tennessee State, the Lady Bulldogs once again never trailed in an 80-50 victory over the Lady Bucs. Located in Orem, Utah, Utah Valley is a mem- Thur. 4 * ALABAMA 8 p.m. (ESPNU) ber of the Great West Conference. The Wolverines are 2-1 on the season with wins over Sun 7 * @ Florida noon Mesa State and the College of Idaho. Their lone loss came to BYU in their season opener. Thur. 11 * @ South Carolina 6 p.m. Sun. 14 * OLE MISS 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Sun. 21 * AUBURN 2 p.m. Thur. 25 * @ Alabama 6 p.m. BACK IN THE NATION’S SPOTLIGHT Thur. 28 * @ LSU 2 p.m. For the fi rst time since they fi nished 13th in the fi nal Associated Press Poll on Mar. 17, 2003, Mississippi State has made an appearance in the Top-25 Poll this week. The Lady MARCH Bulldogs are ranked 25th this week after receiving 113 points. Mississippi State joins four other Southeastern Conference teams in the rankings including Tennessee (6th), LSU (7th), 4-7 $ SEC Tournament TBA Georgia (16th) and Vanderbilt (22nd). “It’s great to begin the season with two wins and a 20-23 % NCAA Tournament (1 & 2 Rounds) TBA top-25 ranking,” said head coach Sharon Fanning-Otis. “Hopefully, we will improve as the 27-30 # NCAA Tournament (Regionals) TBA season progresses. We realize the challenge of our schedule including our non-conference games and 16 games in SEC play.” APRIL 4-7 @ NCAA Tournament (Final Four) TBA SPREADING THE WEALTH With eight seniors and 11 letterwinners back this season, one would expect plenty of op- All times Central tions for the Lady Bulldogs this season. During the fi rst two games, that has certainly been the case. Five players are averaging double-fi gure scoring so far. Tysheka Grimes is leading ! Paradise Jam - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands the way in scoring so far, averaging 17.0 points a game. Senior Alexis Rack is pouring in * SEC Game 15.0 a game followed by Armelie Lumanu with 13.5 a contest. Chanel Mokango is scoring $ Gwinnett Arena -Duluth, Ga. 10 a game while Mary Kathryn Govero is averaging a double-double with 10 points a game % NCAA Tournament - Various Sites and pulling down an average of 12.5 boards a game so far. All 12 players on the active # NCAA Tournament - Various Sites roster are currently averaging at least 1.0 points a game. Eight players are also averaging @ NCAA Final Four - Alamo Dome - San Antonio, Texas at least 15 minutes a game while no one is averaging over 30 so far. Seven players are shooting over 45 percent from the fl oor. 1 2009-10 LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL NNUMERICALUMERICAL RROSTEROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 0 Rima Kalonda F/C 6-3 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College) 1 Danielle Rector F/C 6-3 So. 1L Ringgold, GA (Tennessee Temple) 2 Alexis Rack G 5-7 Sr. 3L Franklin, LA (Franklin HS) 3 Diamber Johnson G 5-7 So. 1L Pontotoc, MS (Pontotoc HS) 5 Armelie Lumanu G/F 5-9 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College 10 Chanel Mokango F 6-5 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College) 14 Bethany Washington F 5-9 Sr. 2L Houma, LA (Vandebilt Catholic HS) 21 Ashlie Billingslea G 5-6 Jr. TR Stone Mountain, GA (Chipola College) 23 Tysheka Grimes G/F 6-0 Sr. 3L Baton Rouge, LA (Capitol HS) 24 Ashley Jones G 5-11 Fr. HS Winter Park, FL (Lake Howell High School) 25 Marneshia Richard G 5-8 Sr. 3L Lamar, MS (Ashland HS) 33 Mary Kathryn Govero G/F 5-11 Jr. 2L Clinton, MS (Mt. Salus Christian) 42 Channa Campbell F/C 6-2 Sr. 3L Lester, AL (West Limestone HS) AALPHABETICALLPHABETICAL ROSTERROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown/School 21 Ashlie Billingslea G 5-6 Jr. TR Stone Mountain, GA (Chipola College) 42 Channa Campbell F/C 6-2 Sr. 3L Lester, AL (West Limestone HS) 33 Mary Kathryn Govero G/F 5-11 Jr. 2L Clinton, MS (Mt. Salus Christian) 23 Tysheka Grimes G/F 6-0 Sr. 3L Baton Rouge, LA (Capitol HS) 3 Diamber Johnson G 5-7 So. 1L Pontotoc, MS (Pontotoc HS) 24 Ashley Jones G 5-11 Fr. HS Winter Park, FL (Lake Howell High School) 0 Rima Kalonda F/C 6-3 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College) 5 Armelie Lumanu G/F 5-9 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College 10 Chanel Mokango F 6-5 Sr. 1L Kinshasa, Congo (Southeastern Illinois College) 2 Alexis Rack G 5-7 Sr. 3L Franklin, LA (Franklin HS) 1 Danielle Rector F/C 6-3 So. 1L Ringgold, GA (Tennessee Temple) 25 Marneshia Richard G 5-8 Sr. 3L Lamar, MS (Ashland HS) 14 Bethany Washington F 5-9 Sr. 2L Houma, LA (Vandebilt Catholic HS) PPRONOUNCIATIONRONOUNCIATION GGUIDEUIDE CCOACHINGOACHING STAFFSTAFF 0 RIMA KALONDA REAM-a COLE-onda Head Coach: Sharon Fanning-Otis (Chattanooga, 1975) 3 DIAMBER Johnson DEE-am-ber Assistant Coach: Greg Franklin (Austin Peay, 1994) 5 ARMELIE LUMANU ARE-mel-ee Loo-MAHN-ew Assistant Coach: Sharrona Reaves (Alabama, 1995) 10 CHANEL MOKANGO SHA-nell mo-CON-go Assistant Coach: Franqua Bedell (University of the Ozarks, 1999) 23 TYSHEKA Grimes ty-SHE-kuh Director of Operations: Joey Burton (Moody Bible College, 2007) 25 MARNESHIA Richard mar-KNEE-sha 33 Mary Kathryn GOVERO GO-ver-row 42 CHANNA Campbell CHAN-uh SHARRONA Reaves sha-RON-a RROSTEROSTER BBREAKDOWNREAKDOWN FRANQUA BEDELL FRAN-swa ba-DELL BBYY CCLASSLASS BBYY REGIONREGION SSENIORSENIORS ((8)8) AALABAMALABAMA (1)(1) Channa Campbell Channa Campbell Tysheka Grimes FFLORIDALORIDA ((1)1) Rima Kalonda Ashley Jones Armelie Lumanu Chanel Mokango GGEORGIAEORGIA (2)(2) Alexis Rack Ashlie Billingslea Danielle Rector Danielle Rector Marneshia Richard LLOUISIANAOUISIANA ((3)3) Bethany Washington Tysheka Grimes Alexis Rack 1 2 JJUNIORSUNIORS ((2)2) Bethany Washington 3 Ashlie Billingslea 3 MMISSISSIPPIISSISSIPPI ((3)3) 1 Mary Kathryn Govero Mary Kathryn Govero Diamber Johnson SSOPHOMORESOPHOMORES ((2)2) Marneshia Richard Diamber Johnson DDEMOCRATICEMOCRATIC REPUBLICREPUBLIC OFOF THETHE CONGOCONGO ((3)3) 3 Danielle Rector Rima Kalonda Armelie Lumanu FFRESHMENRESHMEN ((1)1) Chanel Mokango Ashley Jones 2 2009-10 LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL LADY BULLDOG QUICKFACTS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS GENERAL INFORMATION Two games in, Mississippi State is leading the Southeastern Conference in scoring Location .............................................................................Starkville, Miss. offense, averaging 93.0 points a game. On the fl ipside, MSU is third in the con- Founded ........................................................................February 28, 1878 ference in scoring defense, allowing just 49.0 points a contest. Of the three SEC Enrollment ........................................................................................18,601 teams that have played two games this season, State leads in scoring margin with Colors..........................................................Maroon (PMS 202) and White a +44 mark. Mississippi State ranks third among SEC teams in fi eld goal percent- age defense and sixth in fi eld goal percentage.