JACKSONVILLE STATE 2015-16 GAME 26 2015-16 GAMECOCK SCHEDULE n THE MATCHUP NOVEMBER JACKSONVILLE STATE EASTERN KENTUCKY 8 (Sun.) MILES COLLEGE (Ex.) W, 78-34 Gamecocks Colonels 13 (Fri.) at Memphis L, 70-55 16 (Mon.) at Purdue L, 67-48 Record (OVC).......................................10-15 (5-8) Record (OVC)........................................ 13-10 (7-5) 19 (Thur.) KENNESAW STATE W, 61-52 Last Game ..... at Tennessee Tech - L, 51-49OT (2/13) Last Game ......vs. Tennessee State - W, 78-67 (2/13) 21 (Sat.) at Jackson State L, 71-65 Head Coach ......................................... Rick Pietri Head Coach ................................. Chrissy Roberts Career Record ..................263-210 (16th Season) Career Record ....................... 95-126 (7th Season) 24 (Tue.) SAMFORD L, 50-39 JSU Record .............................43-43 (3rd Season) EKU Record ........................... 95-126 (7th Season) 28 (Sat.) at Wofford L, 66-54 vs. Eastern Kentucky ....................................4-1 vs. JSU ............................................................6-8 DECEMBER n THE SERIES n THE COVERAGE 1 (Tue.) ALCORN STATE W, 67-65 JSU vs. EKU: ..........28th Meeting (EKU leads 18-9) JSU Radio........Gamecock Sports Network (91.9 FM) 4 (Fri.) at Georgia Southern L, 60-56OT In Jacksonville, Ala.: ........................ EKU leads 9-5 Play-by-Play ......................................Mike Parris 13 (Sun.) TUSKEGEE W, 74-47 In Richmond, Ky.: ...........................EKU leads 9-4 Live Audio .....................JSUGamecockSports.com 15 (Tue.) SAVANNAH STATE W, 50-35 First Meeting: ........ Dec. 30, 2002 @JSU (EKU, 93-71) Live Video ........................OVCDigitalNetwork.com 18 (Fri.) at Nicholls State W, 63-49 Last Meeting: ........... Jan. 27, 2016 @EKU (JSU, 56-54) Live Stats .......................JSUGamecockSports.com 21 (Mon.) at Mercer L, 46-39 Streak: ...................................... JSU has won four 31 (Thur.) * SIU EDWARDSVILLE L, 62-59 n THE STORYLINES JANUARY n Jacksonville State enters the final stretch of the regular season with three games left on the 2 (Sat.) * EASTERN ILLINOIS W, 60-52 docket as the Gamecocks are still jockeying for one of the eight spots in the 2016 Ohio Valley Con- 7 (Thur.) * at Austin Peay L, 61-59 ference Women’s Basketball Tournament. Jax State will play two of its last three games at Pete Mathews Coliseum, beginning Wednesday against the Colonels of Eastern Kentucky. JSU, looking 9 (Sat.) * at Murray State W, 74-71 to halt a two-game losing streak, enters the contest in a three-way tie for the final spot in the 13 (Wed.) * at Southeast Missouri L, 71-47 postseason event with Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech with a 5-8 OVC mark. The Colonels 16 (Sat.) * UT MARTIN L, 63-53 are 13-10 overall and 7-5 in the league. 20 (Wed.) * BELMONT L, 44-32 n JSU and the Colonels will be face each other for the second time this season. The Gamecocks 25 (Mon.) * at Morehead State L, 67-63 claimed the first meeting between the two clubs, 56-54, in Richmond on January 27. The Wednes- 27 (Wed.) * at Eastern Kentucky W, 56-54 day tilt will be the 28th meeting between the two programs with Eastern Kentucky holding an 18-9 lead in the series that dates back to the 2002 season. Jax State will be looking for its fifth consecu- 30 (Sat. * TENNESSEE STATE W, 69-55 tive win over EKU as it claimed the season series in 2014-15. JSU topped the Colonels 73-53 in Jacksonville and needed a second half surge to take down EKU, 69-65, last year inside McBrayer FEBRUARY Arena. A win would be the first time in the 28-game series that JSU has won five consecutive 6 (Sat.) * TENNESSEE TECH W, 55-46 games against the Colonels. The Gamecocks will be looking for back-to-back wins over EKU at 10 (Wed.) * at Belmont L, 56-42 Pete Mathews Coliseum for the first time in the series. 13 (Sat.) * at Tennessee Tech L, 51-49OT n THE JSU PROBABLE STARTERS 17 (Wed.) * EASTERN KENTUCKY 6:30 p.m. # NAME POS. HT. CL. G/GS PPG RPG APG 20 (Sat.) * at Tennessee State 5:30 p.m. 11 Courtney Strain G 5-8 Sr. 25/21 7.4 4.0 1.2 27 (Sat.) * MOREHEAD STATE 2 p.m. Notable: Matched her career high against UT Martin with 18 points. 14 Destiny James G 5-7 Sr. 25/25 4.7 3.8 2.9 MARCH 2 (Wed.) # OVC Tournament TBA Notable: Collected 11 points against Tennessee State. 3 (Thur.) # OVC Tournament TBA 24 Gretchen Morrison G 5-8 So. 25/25 9.0 1.9 0.7 4 (Fri.) # OVC Tournament TBA Notable: Turned in 23 points at Morehead State; Career high is 31 points vs. Tuskegee. 5 (Sat.) # OVC Tournament TBA 15 Chloe Long F 6-1 Fr. 25/19 6.8 5.5 1.2 Notable: Scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds at Belmont. * - OVC Game 32 Tyler Phelion F 6-1 So. 20/16 9.1 7.5 0.6 # - Nashville Municipal Auditorium Notable: Grabbed a career-high 16 boards at Tech and recorded her fourth double-double with 12 pts. JACKSONVILLE STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL n THE GAMECOCKS PRONUNCIATIONS # NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Players 1 DARIAN GAINES G 5-7 Fr. Spring Garden, Ala/Spring Garden HS 2 Briana Benson Bre-Ana 2 LEAH STRAIN G 5-3 So. Woodland, Ala/Woodland HS 3 Kelly Naughton Naw-ton 3 KELLY NAUGHTON G 5-7 Jr. Elk Grove, Ill./Elk Grove HS 32 Tyler ‘Cocoa’ Phelion Co-Co Fee-Lon 4 BRIANA BENSON G 5-9 Jr. Jonesboro, Ga./Jonesboro HS Coaches 5 JADA COGGINS G 5-10 Fr. Fayetteville, Ga./Whitewater HS Rick Pietri P-tree 11 COURTNEY STRAIN G 5-8 Sr. Woodland, Ala./Auburn Altherias Warmley Al-ther-ius 14 DESTINY JAMES G 5-7 Sr. Bartlett, Tenn./Bartlett HS Eryc Pittman Eric 15 CHLOE LONG F 6-1 Fr. Hazel Green, Ala./Hazel Green HS Jala Harris J-LA 22 DESTANY MCLIN G 5-9 Sr. Athens, Ala./Athens HS 23 LACEY BUCHANON * G 5-3 Jr. Jacksonville, Ala./Troy 24 GRETCHEN MORRISON G 5-8 So. Southlake, Texas/Carroll HS CLASS BREAKDOWN 32 TYLER “COCOA” PHELION F 6-1 So. Mobile, Ala./Blount HS Seniors (3) Destiny James, Destany McLin, 33 ABBY BLACKWOOD G 5-8 So. Oneonta, Ala/Oneonta HS Courtney Strain 34 RAYVEN PEARSON F 6-1 Fr. Hazel Green, Ala./Hazel Green HS Juniors (2) Briana Benson, Kelly Naughton * - will sit out the 2015-16 season due to NCAA transfer rules Lacey Buchanon Sophomores (4) Leah Strain, Gretchen Morrison HEAD COACH: Rick Pietri 3rd Season at JSU South Alabama, 1987 Tyler Phelion, Abbey Blackwood ASSISTANT COACH: Altherias Warmley 3rd Season at JSU UAB, 1986 Freshmen (4) Jada Coggins, Chloe Long ASSISTANT COACH: Eric Wise 3rd Season at JSU Louisiana-Lafayette, 1992 Rayven Pearson, Darian Gaines ASSISTANT COACH: Eryc Pittman 1st Season at JSU Hampton, 2008 GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Jala Harris 3rd Season at JSU Tennessee Tech, 2013 GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN Alabama (9) Leah Strain (Woodland) Courtney Strain (Woodland) n THE QUICK FACTS Destany McLin (Athens) Tyler Phelion (Mobile) GENERAL INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION Chloe Long (Hazel Green) Location .....................................Jacksonville, Ala. Interim AD/Media Relations ............... Greg Seitz Rayven Pearson (Hazel Green) Enrollment .................................................. 8,693 Office Phone ......................... (256) 782-5279 Founded ........................................................1883 E-Mail ..................................... [email protected] Lacey Buchanon (Jacksonville) Colors ............................................Red and White Assistant SID/WBB SID .................Tony Schmidt Darian Gaines (Spring Garden) Nickname .......................................... Gamecocks E-Mail ............................... [email protected] Abby Gaines (Oneonta) Facility.................Pete Mathews Coliseum/3,500 Office Phone ......................... (256) 782-5377 Georgia (2) Briana Benson (Jonesboro) Conference ................... Ohio Valley Conference Cell Phone ............................. (256) 689-8524 Jada Coggins (College Park) President ..............................Dr. John M. Beehler Assistant SID ............................ Josh Underwood Illinois (1) Kelly Naughton (Fayetteville) Faculty Representative ...Dr. Maureen Newton Office Phone ......................... (256) 782-5915 Interim Athletics Director ................ Greg Seitz E-Mail ........................... [email protected] Tennessee (1) Destiny James (Bartlett) Associate AD/SWA .......................... Tracy Broom Web Site ............. www.JSUGamecockSports.com Texas (1) Gretchen Morrison (Southlake) Athletic Phone ............................ (256) 782-5368 JSU Athletic Twitter ................. @JSUGamecocks Athletic Ticket Office ................. (256) 782-8499 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 .................... 471-567 (31 years) Years at JSU ............................. Third Season All-Time OVC Record .............. 68-110 (11 years) Record at JSU ...................................... 43-42 First Season .............................................1982-83 Career Record ..........263-208 (16th Season) 2014-15 Overall Record .............................19-10 Assistant Coach .....................Altheria Warmley 2014-15 OVC Record/Finish ................10-6/T4th Assistant Coach ...................................Eric Wise 2014-15 Postseason .................OVC Tournament Assistant Coach .............................Eryc Pittman Starters Returning/Lost ...............................3/2 Graduate Assistant ...........................Jala Harris Letterwinners Returning/Lost