2011 & 2014 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS 1 2016-17 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Table of Contents/Roster 2016-17 Roster ................................... 2 Big Ten Awards & Honors ............62-63 All-time Assistant Coaches ............. 120 Branndais Agee ...............................4-7 Hall of Famers .............................64-65 All-Time Series Records ................. 121 Tori Jankoska ................................. 8-11 All-Americans ..............................65-66 All-Time Series Results ...........122-131 Taya Reimer ..................................... 12 Awards & Honors .............................. 67 Year-by-Year Results ...............132-140 Kiara Carter ...................................... 13 Team Awards ...............................68-69 Michigan State University ............... 141 Morgan Green .............................14-15 All-Time Letterwinners .................70-71 President Simon/Board of Trustees 142 Lexi Gussert ................................16-18 Captains/Mangers ............................ 72 Mark Hollis ...............................143-144 Kennedy Johnson ........................19-21 All-Time Numerical Roster ...........73-74 Spartan Tradition ............................ 145 Jenna Allen ..................................22-23 WNBA/International Experience ..75-76 Breslin Center ................................. 146 Kalabrya Gondrezick ...................24-25 Big Ten Tournament History.............. 77 Media Information ....................147-148 Hana Vesela ................................26-27 NCAA Tournament History ...........78-80 Quick Facts ..................................... 149 Shay Colley ...................................... 28 NCAA Tournament Records ........81-82 2016-17 Opponents ........................ 150 Mardrekia Cook ................................ 29 NCAA Tournament Box Scores ...83-91 2016-17 B1G Composite Schedule ..151-152 Nathy Dambo .................................... 30 WNIT History .................................... 92 TV/Radio Roster ............................. IBC Victoria Gaines ............................31-32 Career Records ...........................94-96 Nia Hollie .......................................... 33 Double-Doubles ................................ 97 CREDITS: The 2016-17 Michigan State Taryn McCutcheon ............................ 34 1,000-Point Scorers ...................98-101 women’s basketball media guide was written, Suzy Merchant .............................36-38 Single-Season Records ...........102-103 produced, designed and edited by assistant Amaka Agugua ................................. 39 Freshman Records ......................... 104 athletic communications director Kara Fisher. Editorial assistance provided by Jamie Baldwin, Mark Simons ..................................... 40 Single-Game Records .............105-106 Jeff Barnes, Jim Donatelli, Matt Larson, Zach Alysiah Bond ..................................... 41 Year-by-Year Records .............107-109 Fisher, Grace Wheeler and Hanna Sprague. Julie Dombroski/Jami Baker ............. 42 By Quarter Records ........................ 110 Special thanks to the women’s basketball LouAnne Jefferson/Sports Medicine . 43 Team Records .................................111 staff. Photography by Matthew Mitchell, Rey Kristin Reinhart/Tim Wakeham ......... 44 Opponent Records ......................... 112 Del Rio, Rafael Suanes, Marc Browning, Brian Support Staff ..................................... 45 Breslin Center Records .................. 113 Tirpak, Erin Groom, Don Feria, John Gwillim, 2015-16 Year in Review ...............48-49 Attendance Records ....................... 114 Harley Seeley, David Olds, Dale Young, NBA 2015-16 Statistics ............................. 50 Against Ranked Opponents ......115-116 Entertainment, USA Basketball, Jerry Lai and 2015-16 Results ............................... 51 Overtime Games ............................ 117 Jerry Margolis. Cover design and inside design 2015-16 Game-by-Game Results ..52-59 National Rankings .......................... 118 by Jon Hevron. Printing by Foresight Group, All-Time Coaching Records ............ 119 Lansing, Mich. 2016-17 Spartan Roster S No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/High School 0 Shay Colley G 5-8 R-Fr. Brampton, Ontario, Canada/South Carolina 1 Tori Jankoska G 5-8 Sr. Freeland, Mich./Freeland 2 Mardrekia Cook F 6-0 Fr. Muskegon, Mich./Miskegon 3 Kalabrya Gondrezick G 5-8 So. Benton Harbor, Mich./Benton Harbor 4 Taryn McCutcheon G 5-5 Fr. East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing 10 Branndais Agee G 5-11 R-Sr. Detroit, Mich./Cass Technical 11 Nathy Dambo F 6-3 R-Fr. Fort-de-France, Martinique/Junipeor Serra 12 Nia Hollie F 6-0 Fr. Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins 13 Morgan Green G 5-8 Jr. San Jose, Calif. /Chabot College 15 Victoria Gaines F 6-1 R-Fr. Merriville, Ind./Merriville 21 Hana Vesela C 6-4 So. Pribor, Czech Republic/Brimley 22 Kiara Carter G 5-1 Jr. Homewood, Ill./Homewood Flossmoor 24 Lexi Gussert G/F 6-0 Jr. Crystal Falls, Mich,/Forest Park 32 Taya Reimer F 6-4 Gr. Fishers, Ind./Notre Dame/ Hamilton Southeastern 33 Jenna Allen F 6-3 So. Bedford, Ind./North Lawrence 55 Kennedy Johnson F 6-3 Jr. Galloway, N.J./Wildwood Catholic Head Coach - Suzy Merchant (Central Michigan ‘91; 10th season) Assistant Coach - Amaka Agugua (Hofstra ‘05; fourth season) Assistant Coach - Mark Simons (Aquinas ‘72; fifth season) Assistant Coach - Alysiah Bond (Ohio State ‘95; first season) Director of Basketball Operations and Technology - Julie Dombroski Assistant to the Head Coach - Jami Baker Nia Hollie - KNEE-uh PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Tori Jankoska - jan-KOSS-kah Branndais Agee - Brandy a-G Taya Reimer - TAY-uh Rhymer Amaka Agugua - uh-MAH-kuh uh-GOO-gwa Hana Vesela - HAWN-uh VESS-ill-a Mardrekia Cook - Mard-reek-a Nathy Dambo - NOT-ee Kalabrya Gondrezick - Ka-LAY-bree-uh GONE-dra-zic 2 MSUSPARTANS.COM 2011 & 2014 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS 3 2016-17 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 10 BRANNDAIS AGEE GUARD Individual Career History R-SENIOR | 5-11 | DETROIT, MICHIGAN | CASS TECHNICAL HS AGEE CAREER STATISTICS Agee, Branndais Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg 2012-13 5-0 66/13.2 5-17 . 2 9 4 2-8 . 2 5 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 3 15 18 3.6 201303142.8 2013-14 33-1 488/14.8 79-169 . 4 6 7 9-25 . 3 6 0 27-46 . 5 8 7 41 78 119 3.6 60 0 16 50 11 19 194 5.9 2015-16 34-32 977/28.7 148-334 . 4 4 3 48-121 . 3 9 7 53-72 . 7 3 6 33 139 172 5.1 93 2 65 100 18 71 397 11.7 TOTAL 72-33 1531/21.3 232-520 . 4 4 6 59-154 . 3 8 3 82-122 . 6 7 2 77 232 309 4.3 155 2 82 153 29 93 605 8.4 Has appeared in 72 games for the Spartans ... Career 25 minutes against Michigan (2/3) ... For the second-straight averages of 8.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game ... At the game set a new career high with 22 points and nine rebounds at 2016 banquet, named Most Improved Player ... Earned the Pat No. 5 Maryland (2/5), going 3-5 from beyond the arc ... Scored Canning Coaches Award at the team banquet in 2014 ... Name 15 points, shooting 6-12 from the field against Iowa (2/8) ... Shot pronounced Brandy. just 2-of-12 from the field against Penn State, scoring five points S and grabbing six rebounds to go with three assists in 34 minutes REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2015-16) (2/11) ... Drained a team-high three 3-pointers at Nebraska, Played in all 34 games, starting 32 ... Tied for third in the Big Ten marking the fourth time in the last five games that she drained and first on the team in steals (2.1 spg) ... Tied for 10th in 3-point three or more treys, having hit four vs. Michigan, followed field goal percentage (.397) ... Third on the team in scoring, by three each at Maryland and at Iowa (2/14) ... Notched a averaging 11.7 ppg ... Tallied 11 points, seven rebounds and career-best 18 points, shooting .500 from the field and from four steals in the season opener against WMU (11/15) ... Scored distance and swatting a career-high five shots in 32 minutes a season-high 14 points against Georgia, playing 22 minutes against Minnesota (2/21) ... Added nine points and 10 rebounds and adding three steals (11/18) ... Scored seven points to go (all defensive) against Illinois (2/24) ... One of four players to along with four assists and two rebounds against Idaho State score double-digits against Ohio State, netting 14 points and (11/21) ... Scored a season-high 16 points, shooting 8-of-16 grabbing a career-best seven steals in a career-high 45 minutes from the field against Baylor (11/28) ... Played a career-high 33 (2/27) ... Tied MSU’s single-game B1G Tournament record with minutes and scored a season-high 17 points, including a perfect six steals against Purdue (3/4), matching Kristin Haynie’s six 3-3 from 3-point range against Louisville (12/3) ... Shot .500 swipes vs. Ohio State on March 7, 2003 ... Against Ohio State from the field, scoring six points alongside two blocks against in the B1G Tournament Semifinal (3/5), added to her steal total Loyola Chicago (12/6) ... Scored 11 points and grabbed six with two, while scoring two points with three rebounds ... Was rebounds with one block and two steals at Davidson (12/9) ... held to just two points against Maryland in the B1G Tournament Posted a double-double against Oakland, scoring 13 points and Championship (3/6) ... Scored six points in 27 minutes against grabbing 10 rebounds (12/13) ... Scored 11 points and grabbed Belmont in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (3/18) ... seven rebounds against Northeastern (12/18) ... One of four Scored 21 points, just