UCF Women’s Basketball Dec. 13, 2012 UCF AT FIU • U.S. CENTURY BANK ARENA 2012-13 SCHEDULE NOVEMBER UCF Knights 2 (Fri.) Lynn (exhibition) W, 65-47 Record: 3-6 9 (Fri.) Georgia State L, 64-50 Head Coach: Joi Williams 11 (Sun.) vs. #13 St. John’s L, 72-54 14 (Wed.) North Florida W, 53-41 16 (Fri.) at TCU L, 61-55 Hardwood Tournament of Hope (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico) 20 (Tue.) #6 Lousiville L, 94-73 FIU Panthers 21 (Wed.) Missouri State L, 83-75 Record: 3-4 22 (Thu.) Mississippi State W, 64-56 28 (Wed.) Charlotte L, 62-59 Head Coach: Cindy Russo DECEMBER 2 (Sun.) Bethune-Cookman W, 64-43 13 (Thu.) at FIU 6 p.m. 17 (Mon.) Presbyterian 7 p.m. Series History 19 (Wed.) South Alabama 7 p.m. FIU leads, 27-8 22 (Sat.) at Florida Gulf Coast 7:05 p.m. Last Meeting: FIU 61 - UCF 46 (Orlando, Fla.; 12/2/11) JANUARY 4 (Fri.) at Bowling Green 7 p.m. 10 (Thu.) UAB* 7 p.m. 13 (Sun.) at SMU* 3 p.m. 20 (Sun.) Southern Miss* 2 p.m. 24 (Thu.) at Tulsa* 8 p.m. 27 (Sun.) at Memphis* 3 p.m. UCF’S LAST FIVE STARTERS 31 (Thu.) Tulane* 7 p.m. Briahanna Jackson • G PPG RPG MPG 23 5-4 • FR • Tampa, Fla. 16.7 5.7 31.2 FEBRUARY IMG Academy 3 (Sun.) at East Carolina* 1 p.m. 7 (Thu.) Marshall* 7 p.m. Andrea Hines • G PPG RPG MPG 10 (Sun.) Memphis* 2 p.m. 2 5-7 • SO • New Castle, Del. 5.0 3.4 27.7 14 (Thu.) at Southern Miss* 8 p.m. Sanford School 17 (Sun.) UTEP* 2 p.m. 21 (Thu.) at Rice* 8 p.m. 24 (Sun.) East Carolina* 2 p.m. Meghan Keough • G PPG RPG MPG 4 4.1 2.3 18.7 28 (Thu.) Houston* 7 p.m. 5-9 • SO • Land O’ Lakes, Fla. Tampa Catholic MARCH 3 (Sun.) at Marshall* 2 p.m. 12 Kayli Keough • F PPG RPG MPG 7 (Thu.) at UAB* 8 p.m. 6-2 • R-SR • Land O’ Lakes, Fla. 7.1 3.8 22.8 Land O’ Lakes/Florida State Conference USA Championship (Tulsa, Okla.) March 13-16 Erika Jones • C PPG RPG MPG 55 5.7 7.3 27.2 All times are Eastern and subject to change 6-2 • JR • Phenix City, Ala. Smiths Station *Denotes Conference USA game RESERVES No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG MPG Hometown/Previous School UCF, Not Central Florida 3 Bryeasha Blair G 5-4 SO --- --- --- Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Please refer to the University of Central 5 Gevenia Carter G 5-8 SR 13.0 3.0 33.1 Houston, Texas/Westfield Florida as UCF, not Central Florida, when 13 Brittni Montgomery* F 6-3 JR --- --- --- Fort Pierce, Fla./Virginia Tech shortening the title. UCF is making an effort to 20 Sara Djassi F 5-11 JR 7.6 3.6 23.7 Lisbon, Portugal/Chipola College shed the Central Florida tag, as well as all of its 21 Kiana Morton G 5-11 JR 0.3 0.7 3.7 Creedmoor, N.C./Miami Dade College derivatives (C. Florida, Cent. Florida, Central 25 Sarah Green F 6-2 JR --- --- --- Columbia, S.C./Irmo H.S. Fla., etc.). Also, UCF is no longer “Golden” and 42 Stephanie Taylor F 6-2 SO 1.4 3.1 12.8 Indian Trail, N.C./Sun Valley instead simply known as the “Knights.” *Will sit out 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer rules @UCF_WBASKETBALL www.facebook.com/ucfwbasketball www.youtube.com/UCFAA 2012-13 UCF women’s basketball game notes Conference usa champs: 2009, 2011 iNCAA Tournament: 1996, 1999, 2009, 2011 UCF INFORMATION GAME NOTES Location ...............................................Orlando, Fla. Last Time Out International Love Founded .......................................................... 1963 • UCF turned its hot start into a dominating • UCF forward and Portugal native Sara Djassi Enrollment ................................................... 59,767 64-43 win against Bethune-Cookman on Dec. is one of eight international players listed on Nickname .................................................... Knights 2 rosters for today’s game Colors .............................................. Black and Gold • The Knights jumped out on a 16-3 run and • Half of FIU’s roster is comprised of foreign Conference ................................... Conference USA never looked back players from Russia, Serbia, Latvia, Hungary, President ..........................................Dr. John C. Hitt • Senior guard Gevenia Carter posted a game- Croatia and England Director of Athletics ........................Todd Stansbury high 17 points for her sixth-straight game Senior Women’s Administrator ............ Jessica Reo in double figures while freshman Briahanna Connections to the 305 Athletics Phone ...............................(407) 823-4114 Jackson contributed 13 points • Kiana Morton transferred to UCF after Ticket Office Phone .........................(407) 823-1000 • UCF’s defense flustered the Wildcats into spending two years with Miami-Dade College committing 33 turnovers - the most turnovers • A two-time All-Southern Conference Second UCF ARENA by a UCF opponent in the Joi Williams era Team selection, she helped the Sharks claim • UCF held B-CU’s leading scorer Chastity the 2010-11 Southern Conference Tournament Capacity .................................................... 10,000 Rene Taylor, who had been averaging 16 championship Year Opened ................................................. 2007 points per game heading into Dec. 2, to just Press Row Phone ...........................(407) 823-2477 two points 3-D • Having allowed its opponents to convert COACHING STAFF C-USA Swan Song 25-of-111 attempts, UCF’s 3-point field Head Coach ........................................Joi Williams • The 2012-13 campaign will serve as the goal percentage defense (.225) is tops in Alma Mater ..............................South Florida, 1988 Knights’ final season in Conference USA Conference USA UCF Record ...................................... 75-87 (6 years) • Next fall, UCF will begin its inaugural year in • The Knights are also among the top-20 in the Career Record ........................... 129-148 (10 years) the BIG EAST country in the category at No. 16 Conference USA Record .................. 40-40 (5 years) Assistant Coach ...........................Brett Fink (1 year) UCF-FIU Information On The Road Alma Mater ............................................. UCF, 2003 • Although the Knights dropped the most • Although UCF has played four of its nine Assistant Coach ................Courtney Locke (4 years) recent matchup against the Panthers, UCF won games at home this year, today’s matchup Alma Mater ....................................... Rutgers, 2006 the last meeting in Miami, 75-65, on Dec. 5, against FIU is just the second true road game 2010 for the Knights Assistant Coach ............... Khalilah Mitchell (1 year) • UCF’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder • UCF’s only true road game so far resulted in a Alma Mater ............................................. LSU, 2007 Tamika Coley is related to FIU guard Jerica 61-55 loss at TCU Director of Operations ............................. Kim Boes Coley • UCF has played four neutral-site games, Alma Mater ............... Brown-Mackie College, 1992 • Tamika served as Jerica’s AAU coach including its three-game tournament in Puerto Athletic Trainer ............................Angela Lawrence from middle school through high school and Vallarta, Mexico Equipment Manager ........................ John Whitford Jerica credits much of her success to her aunt’s Strength and Conditioning Coach .............John Ellis tutelage Bandits Director of Program Development ...... Joe Silvestri • FIU’s Tynia McKinzie is a native of Oviedo • UCF boasts two players this season who Assistant Director of Operations ... Jennifer Gilman and won two state championships in 2007 and have broken into the program’s top-10 list for Basketball Office Phone ..................(407) 823-6266 2009 with Lake Howell High School. She holds single-game steals the school record for career points (1,726) • Freshman Briahanna Jackson tallied eight Pronunciation KNIGHTS NUMERICAL ROSTER BREYASHA Blair .....................................................Bry-E-shuh No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown/Previous School GEVENIA Carter .............................................. juh-vin-EE-yah ANDREA Hines .....................................................ON-Dre-UH 2 Andrea Hines 5-7 G SO New Castle, Del./Sanford School Meghan/Kayli KEOUGH ..............................................Key-Oh 3 Bryeasha Blair 5-4 G SO Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Sara DJASSI ................................................................ Jah-see KIANA Morton ..................................................... Key-ON-Uh 4 Meghan Keough 5-9 G SO Land O’Lakes, Fla./Tampa Catholic BRIAHANNAH Jackson ......................................... Bre-ON-Uh 5 Gevenia Carter 5-8 G SR Houston, Texas/Westfield By Class 12 Kayli Keough 6-2 F R-SR Land O’Lakes, Fla./Land O’Lakes/FSU Freshmen............................................................................. 1 13 Brittni Montgomery* 6-3 F JR Fort Pierce, Fla./Fort Pierce Central/Va. Tech Sophomores ........................................................................ 4 Juniors ................................................................................. 5 20 Sara Djassi 5-11 F JR Lisbon, Portugal/Chipola College Seniors ................................................................................. 2 21 Kiana Morton 5-11 G JR Creedmoor, N.C./Webb/Miami Dade College By State/Country 23 Briahanna Jackson 5-4 G FR Tampa, Fla./Freedom/IMG Academy Florida ................................................................................. 4 25 Sarah Green 6-2 F JR Columbia, S.C./Irmo North Carolina ..................................................................... 2 Texas ................................................................................... 1 42 Stephanie Taylor 6-2 F SO Indian