JACKSONVILLE STATE 2014-15 GAME 20 2014-15 GAMECOCK SCHEDULE n THE MATCHUP NOVEMBER JACKSONVILLE STATE MOREHEAD STATE 8 (Sat.) BIR.-SOUTHERN (EXH.) W, 66-25 Gamecocks Eagles 14 (Fri.) at Texas Tech L, 67-59 18 (Tue.) at Alabama W, 64-62 Record (OVC)........................................12-7 (3-4) Record (OVC).........................................8-11 (4-2) 22 (Sat.) NEW ORLEANS W, 65-51 Last Game .............. at Belmont, L - 70-66 (1/21) Last Game ........... at Austin Peay - W, 82-72 (1/19) 25 (Tue.) WOFFORD W, 70-55 Head Coach ........................................ Rick Pietri Head Coach .........................................Greg Todd 29 (Sat.) at Central Arkansas W, 63-54 Career Record .................246-192 (15th Season) Career Record ......................165-75 (9th Season) JSU Record ...........................26-25 (2nd Season) MSU Record ............................. 8-11 (1st Season) DECEMBER vs. Belmont .................................................1-2 vs. JSU ...........................................................0-0 2 (Tue.) GEORGIA SOUTHERN W, 78-52 5 (Fri.) JACKSON STATE W, 64-57 n THE SERIES n THE COVERAGE OT 13 (Sat.) at Kennesaw State L, 67-65 JSU vs. MSU: .......25th Meeting (MSU leads 16-8) Radio .......................... Gamecock Sports Network 16 (Tue.) at South Carolina State L, 55-52 In Jacksonville, Ala.: ...................... MSU leads 7-3 Play-by-Play ................................... Mike Parris 19 (Fri.) ! Charleston Southern W, 70-43 In Morehead, Ky.: .........................MSU leads 7-3 Television .....................................................TV24 20 (Sat.) ! East Tennessee State W, 57-56 Neutral site: ..................................... MSU leads 2-0 Live Audio .................. JSUGamecockSports.com 29 (Mon.) MERCER W, 67-66 First Meeting: .............Dec. 29, 2002 N (MSU, 85-87) Live Video .....................OVCDigitalNetwork.com Last Meeting: ........ Feb. 17, 2014 @ JSU (MSU, 45-43) Live Stats .................... JSUGamecockSports.com JANUARY Streak: .................... MSU has won eight straight 1 (Thur.) * at SIU Edwardsville W, 72-69 n THE STORYLINES 3 (Sat.) * at Eastern Illinois L, 66-63 8 (Thur.) * AUSTIN PEAY L, 57-54 n Jacksonville State will look to snap a pair of streaks when it returns home on Saturday against Morehead State. JSU looks to shake off a two-game losing streak after back-to-back road setbacks OT 10 (Sat.) * MURRAY STATE W, 78-73 to UT Martin and Belmont. The Gamecocks will also be looking for its first win over the Eagles of 14 (Wed.) * SOUTHEAST MISSOURI W, 70-34 MSU after dropping the previous eight match ups. The last win by the Gamecocks in the series 17 (Sat.) * at UT Martin L, 67-47 was an 81-80 overtime win in Morehead, Ky. on Jan. 8, 2011. Jax State will be looking for its first 21 (Wed.) * at Belmont L, 70-66 win over MSU at Pete Mathews Coliseum since a 70-60 victory on Jan. 10, 2009. The Eagles enter the contest at 8-11 on the season and riding a two-game winning streak to move their conference 24 (Sat.) * MOREHEAD STATE 2 p.m. mark to 4-2. 28 (Wed.) * EASTERN KENTUCKY 11:30 a.m. 31 (Sat.) * at Tennessee State 5:30 p.m. n Saturday’s Ohio Valley Conference home contest with Morehead State will be the 100th OVC contest at Pete Mathews Coliseum. JSU has a home record of 39-60 in the OVC since joining the league prior to the 2003-04 season. FEBRUARY 7 (Sat.) * at Tennessee Tech 5:30 p.m. n After becoming the 10th member of Jacksonville State’s 1,000-career point club earlier in the 11 (Wed.) * BELMONT 5:30 p.m. season, senior guard Candace Morton can etch her name with select company and the seventh 14 (Sat.) * TENNESSEE TECH 2 p.m. player all time at JSU to have scored over 1,000 points pull down 500 rebounds. The Lexington, 18 (Wed.) * at Eastern Kentucky 6 p.m. Ky.-native needs four more rebounds to reach that feat. 21 (Sat.) * TENNESSEE STATE 2 p.m. n THE JSU PROBABLE STARTERS 28 (Sat.) * at Morehead State 11 a.m. # NAME POS. HT. CL. G/GS PPG RPG APG MARCH 2 Briana Benson G 5-8 So. 19/2 9.2 3.2 1.3 4 (Wed.) # OVC Tournament TBA Notable: Ranks sixth in the OVC in 3-point FG pct. (.380) and fourth in the league in 3-pointers made (2.0). 5 (Thur.) # OVC Tournament TBA 4 Candace Morton G 5-8 Sr. 19/19 12.1 3.9 1.6 6 (Fri.) # OVC Tournament TBA Notable: Needs four rebounds to reach 500 career rebounds. 7 (Sat.) # OVC Tournament TBA 14 Destiny James G 5-7 Jr. 18/18 3.2 2.4 3.4 * - OVC Game Notable: JSU’s floor general throughout the season...averaging 4.9 assists over the last 10 games. ! - UNC Wilmington Christmas Classic 22 Destany McLin F 5-9 Jr. 19/18 12.2 7.1 1.2 (Wilmington, N.C.) Notable: JSU’s leading scorer and rebounder; has scored in double figures in 13 of the 19 games. # - Nashville Municipal Auditorium 32 Tyler ‘Cocoa’ Phelion C 6-1 Fr. 19/4 4.3 6.4 0.2 All Times Central and subject to change Notable: Scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds (eight in the first half) at Belmont. JACKSONVILLE STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL n THE GAMECOCKS PRONUNCIATIONS # Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Players 2 BRIANA BENSON G 5-9 So. Jonesboro, Ga. (Jonesboro HS) 2 Briana Benson Bre-Ana Saw action in all 32 games as a freshman last season; started the final 12 games of 2013-14. 3 Kelly Naughton Naw-ton 3 KELLY NAUGHTON G 5-7 So. Elk Grove, Ill. (Elk Grove HS) 5 LeCresha Horton La-Cre-Sha Was JSU’s floor manager as a freshman with a team-best 107 assists on in 2013-14. 23 Bria’unna Buckner Bre-Ana 4 CANDACE MORTON G 5-8 Jr. Lexington, Ky. (Henry Clay HS) 32 Tyler ‘Cocoa’ Phelion Co-Co Fee-Lon Named to the All-OVC Second Team as a junior after posting 16.6 points per game. 5 LECRESHA HORTON G 5-8 Sr. Athens, Ala. (Athens HS) Coaches Became a valuable asset off the bench during the 16-game Ohio Valley Conference schedule. Rick Pietri P-tree 10 LEAH STRAIN G 5-3 Fr. Woodland, Ala. (Woodland HS) Altherias Warmley Al-ther-ius Heralded freshman that led was named the 2A State Player of the Year in 2013-14. Jala Harris J-LA 11 COURTNEY STRAIN G 5-8 Sr. Woodland, Ala. (Woodland HS) Transferred from Auburn after three seasons with the Tigers. 14 DESTINY JAMES G 5-7 Jr. Bartlett, Tenn. (Bartlett HS) Came off the bench to run the JSU offense as a sophomore. CLASS BREAKDOWN 22 DESTANY MCLIN G 5-9 Jr. Athens, Ala. (Athens HS) Seniors (5) Candace Morton, LeCresha Horton Thrived in 2013-14 as she elevated her scoring average to 14.3 points per contest. Courtney Strain, Bria’unna Bucker 23 BRIA’UNNA BUCKNER G 5-5 Jr. Detroit, Mich. (Detroit King HS) Miranda Cantrell A threat from behind the the three-point arc. 24 GRETCHEN MORRISON G 5-8 Fr. Southlake, Texas (Carroll HS) Juniors (2) Destiny James, Destany McLin Another outside threat after averaging over 14 points per game as a senior in high school. Sophomores (2) Briana Benson, Kelly Naughton 32 TYLER ‘COCOA’ PHELION F 6-1 Fr. Mobile, Ala. (Blount HS) Freshmen (3) Leah Strain, Gretchen Morrison Was one of the state’s top post prospects out of the Mobile, Ala. area. Tyler Phelion 42 MIRANDA CANTRELL C 6-0 Jr. College Park, Ga. (North Clayton HS) JSU’s top rebounder from a season ago; nearly registered a season double-double with 9 pts, 7 rebs. mark. HEAD COACH: Rick Pietri 2nd Season at JSU South Alabama, 1987 Named Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year in 2013-14. GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN ASSISTANT COACH: Altherias Warmley 2nd Season at JSU UAB, 1986 Oversaw the Alabama A&M women’s basketball program from 2003-13. Alabama (5) LeCresha Horton (Athens) ASSISTANT COACH: Eric Wise 2nd Season at JSU Louisiana-Lafayette, 1992 Leah Strain (Woodland) Served on Pietri’s staff at South Alabama and JSU for the last nine seasons. Courtney Strain (Woodland) ASSISTANT COACH: Ali Heller 2nd Season at JSU Rider, 2012 A four-year letterwinner at Rider; Served as a graduate assistant at Lynn University in 2012-13. Destany McLin (Athens) GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Jala Harris 2nd Season at JSU Tennessee Tech, 2013 Tyler Phelion (Mobile) An All-Ohio Valley Conference performer at Tennessee Tech. Georgia (2) Briana Benson (Jonesboro) Miranda Cantrell (College Park) n THE QUICK FACTS Illinois (1) Kelly Naughton (Elk Grove) GENERAL INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION Kentucky (3) Candace Morton (Lexington) Location ................................... Jacksonville, Ala. Sr. Associate AD/Media Relations ....... Greg Seitz Michigan (1) Bria’unna Bucker (Detroit) Enrollment .................................................9,504 Office Phone ......................... (256) 782-5279 Founded .......................................................1883 E-Mail ..................................... [email protected] Tennessee (1) Destiny James (Bartlett) Colors .......................................... Red and White Assistant SID/WBB SID .................Tony Schmidt Texas (1) Gretchen Morrison (Southlake) Nickname .........................................Gamecocks E-Mail ............................... [email protected] Facility............... Pete Mathews Coliseum/5,500 Office Phone ......................... (256) 782-5377 Conference ..................Ohio Valley Conference Cell Phone ............................. (256) 689-8524 President ........................Dr. William A. Meehan Assistant SID ............................ Josh Underwood Faculty Representative ........ Dr. Mary Newton Office Phone ......................... (256) 782-5915 Athletic Director ........................ Warren Koegel E-Mail ........................... [email protected] Associate AD/SWA .........................Tracy Broom Web Site ............. www.JSUGamecockSports.com Athletic Phone ...........................(256) 782-5368 JSU Athletic Twitter ................. @JSUGamecocks Athletic Ticket Office ................(256) 782-8144 JSU WBB Twitter ............... @JSUGamecocksWBB JSU Athletics on Facebook ...........JSUGamecocks WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach ........................................ Rick Pietri TEAM INFORMATION Alma Mater ............... South Alabama, 1987 All-Time Record ....................452-557 (31 years) Years at JSU ..........................Second Season All-Time OVC Record ..............66-112 (10 years) Record at JSU .....................................