2011-12 Vanderbilt Basketball Contact: Michael Scholl, Assistant Communications Director Email: [email protected] • Office: 615-343-5823 • Cell: 574-876-6248 Online: www.VUCommodores.com • Twitter: @VandyWBB 12 Straight NCAA Tournament Appearances • 12 Straight 20-Win Seasons • 19th Winningest Program of All-Time SCHEDULE & RESULTS (10-0, 0-0 SEC) Date Opponent Time/Result 20/18 Vanderbilt vs. NC State Sat., Nov. 5 CLAYTON STATE (exhibition) W, 75-59 Game No. 11 • Sunday, December 18 • 1:00 p.m. CT Fri., Nov. 11 ALABAMA A&M W, 86-55 Reynolds Coliseum (8,560) • Raleigh, N.C. Mon., Nov. 14 WESTERN ILLINOIS W, 95-51 Wed., Nov. 16 USC UPSTATE W, 88-42 Commodores Nickname Wolfpack Tue., Nov. 22 SAM HOUSTON STATE W, 79-56 10-0, 0-0 SEC Record/Conference 6-3, 0-0 ACC Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament - Memorial Gym 20/18 Rankings (AP/Coaches) --/-- Fri., Nov. 25 LIPSCOMB W, 81-39 Sat., Nov. 26 #12/14 OKLAHOMA W, 78-66 Melanie Balcomb (10th season) Head Coach Kellie Harper (3rd season) Wed., Nov. 30 at Austin Peay W, 83-51 Fri., Dec. 2 DENVER W, 77-56 Sun., Dec. 4 HIGH POINT W, 70-54 Broadcast Information Wed., Dec. 7 at UT Martin W, 99-84 Radio: WNSR 560 AM (Charlie Mattos - play-by-play) Sun., Dec. 18 at N.C. State 1 p.m. Online Audio: VUCommodores.com (subscription service) Thu., Dec. 22 FLORIDA STATE 7 p.m. Thu., Dec. 29 WESTERN CAROLINA 7 p.m. Game Notes ............................1-7 Top 25 Polls ................................6 Game-by-Game Highs ...........26 Thu., Jan. 5 at South Carolina* 6 p.m. Quick Facts ................................2 Roster .........................................8 Starting Lineups ......................27 Sun., Jan. 8 OLE MISS* 2 p.m. Last Game/Meeting ..................3 Melanie Balcomb ................9-10 Season Stats ...........................28 Thu., Jan. 12 AUBURN* (CSS) 7 p.m. Series History ............................4 Player Bios/Stats ...............11-21 Season Superlatives .........29-30 Sun., Jan. 15 at Tennessee* (SEC Network) 6 p.m. Vandy in SEC Stats Leaders ....5 Game Recaps .....................22-25 Last Time/Wins & Losses ......31 Thu, Jan. 19 at Arkansas* 7 p.m. Sun., Jan. 22 SOUTH CAROLINA* (ESPNU) 2 p.m. Scouting the Commodores Thu., Jan. 26 GEORGIA* (CSS) 7 p.m. At 10-0, No. 20/18 Vanderbilt has equalled its best start in a decade under Head Sun., Jan. 29 LSU* 2 p.m. Thu., Feb. 2 at Auburn* 6 p.m. Coach Melanie Balcomb. The Commodores are led by a pair of sophomore guards, Sun., Feb. 5 at Mississippi State* 2 p.m. Christina Foggie and Jasmine Lister. Foggie is averaging a 17.2 points per game, Thu., Feb. 9 TENNESSEE* (CSS) 7 p.m. a mark that currently ranks second in the SEC. She has scored at least 20 points Sun., Feb. 12 at Georgia* (SEC Network) 1 p.m. in each of the last five contests, the first time a Vanderbilt player has done so in Thu., Feb. 16 FLORIDA* (FSN) 7 p.m. two decades. Lister is posting 14.3 points per game, while adding 5.8 assists per Mon., Feb. 20 at Kentucky* (ESPN2) 8 p.m. contest, which also is second in the league. The Commodores have a pair of post Thu., Feb. 23 at LSU* (FSN) 7 p.m. Sun., Feb. 26 ALABAMA* (CSS) 2 p.m. players also averaging double figures in redshirt sophomore center Stephanie Thu-Sun., Holzer (11.7 ppg/7.0 rpg) and junior forward Tiffany Clarke (11.5 ppg/7.4 rpg). As March 1-4 SEC Tournament ^ TBA a team, Vanderbilt leads the country in three-point shooting percentage (44.1%), Sat.-Tue., while ranking third in the nation in field goal percentage (49.8%). March 17-20 NCAA Tournament 1st & 2nd Rounds % TBA Sat.-Tue., Scouting the Wolfpack March 26-29 NCAA Tournament Regionals TBA NC State enters the contest with a record of 6-3, coming off a 72-58 loss at home Sun.-Tue., to Richmond on Thursday, Dec. 15. Senior forward Boane Holston, who scored 21 April 1-3 NCAA Final Four # TBA points and grabbed 10 rebounds against the Spiders, leads the team with 14.0 ppg. * Southeastern Conference Game Holston is also the team’s top rebounder at 9.1 per contest. Junior guard Marissa HOME GAMES played at Memorial Gymnasium Kastanek is the second-leading scorer at 12.4 ppg after scoring 17 against Rich- All times Central mond. The other three starters for Head Coach Kellie Harper’s squad are sopho- ^ - Bridgestone Arena (Nashville) % - Memorial Gym (Nashville) more forward Kody Burke (9.4 ppg/5.3 rpg), sophomore guard senior guard Myisha # - Pepsi Center (Denver) Goodwin-Coleman (8.4 ppg/3.6 apg) and Emili Tasler (4.0 ppg/3.7 apg). NC State is 2-0 against the SEC this season, having scored wins over South Carolina (55-53) and Alabama (79-57), both at home. Vanderbilt Women’s Basketball - A Winning Tradition • 19th winningest program in NCAA history (.676) • 24 NCAA Tournament appearances & 12 straight NCAA appearances (one of eight teams) • 12 straight 20-win seasons • 14 Sweet 16 Appearances (four under Melanie Balcomb) • 1993 Final Four Participant • .815 winning percentage at Memorial Gym (.840 under Melanie Balcomb) • Six SEC Tournament titles in 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009 (‘04, ‘07 & ‘09 under Melanie Balcomb) Vanderbilt vs. NC State - The Series Vanderbilt and NC State have split four previous meetings. The Com- modores took the first game in Charlotte, N.C., in the 1995-96 season. 2011-12 VANDERBILT The teams met again in the 2004-05 season in Nashville and the 2005- WOmen’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS 06 season in Raleigh, N.C., with the Wolfpack taking both meetings. NC State visited Nashville for the 2009 Vanderbilt Thanksgiving GENERAL INFORMatION Tournament, with the Commodores taking a 77-71 victory over the Location .........................................................................Nashville, Tenn. Wolfpack in the championship game. Founded ............................................................................................. 1873 Enrollment ........................................................................................ 6,831 Commodores vs. Atlantic Coast Conference Nickname ............................................................................Commodores Vanderbilt has posted a 19-19 record against members of the ACC. Colors ..................................................................................Black & Gold They have played 11 of the 12 institutions (Wake Forest is the only Arena (Capacity) ..................................Memorial Gymnasium (14,316) exception), but have not played any team more than six times. The Press Row Phone ............................................................. (615) 320-0436 Commodores have faced Georgia Tech the most of any ACC school, Affiliation .......................................................................NCAA Division I sporting a 4-2 record against the Yellow Jackets. The best record the Conference .......................................................................Southeastern Commodores have against an ACC school is against Clemson (4-0). Chancellor ................................................................Nicholas S. Zeppos Vanderbilt is 2-3 against Duke, North Carolina and Virginia, with a 2-2 Vice Chancellor ...........................................................David Williams II mark against NC State. Vandy is 2-1 against Virginia Tech, 1-1 against Faculty Representative ..............................................Richard McCarty Senior Woman Administrator .............................. Candice Storey Lee Miami, 0-1 versus Boston College and Florida State and 0-2 against Website ...................................................................vucommodores.com Maryland. NC State is the first of back-to-back ACC opponents for the Commodores, as they host Florida State on December 22. COACHING StaFF Head Coach ................................................................Melanie Balcomb Last Time Out Alma Mater .............................................................Trenton State (1984) The No. 22/19 Vanderbilt women’s basketball team used an impressive Record at Vanderbilt ....................................225-84/.728 (10th Season) first-half shooting performance and a career-high from Jasmine Lister Home Record at Vanderbilt ..................................................121-23/.840 to take a road win, 99-84, at UT Martin. The Commodores now stand Career Record ............................................388-188/.674 (19th Season) 10-0, while the Skyhawks fall to 4-4. Lister hit her first six field goals Assistant Coaches ....................................Vicky Picott (Rutgers, 1992) of the contest and finished with 7-11 shooting to score a career-high ..........................................................Kim Rosamond (Mississippi, 1998) 30 points. She also hit all 10 free throws, grabbed five rebounds and ............................................................Tom Garrick (Rhode Island, 1989) dished out five assists. Christina Foggie added 20 points, her fifth- Director of Basketball Ops ..........Chanell Thomas (Vanderbilt, 2005) straight game with at least 20 points. She also matched her career- Video Coordinator ..........George MacLellan (New Hampshire, 2011) high with eight assists. Stephanie Holzer added 13 points and eight Graduate Assistant ......................Rebecca Silinski (Vanderbilt, 2011) rebounds, while Kady Schrann scored 12 points. UT Martin was led by 28 points from Jasmine Newsome, who was a perfect 12-12 from TEAM INFORMatION the foul line. She also had eight assists. Rickiesha Bryant added 18 2010-11 Overall Record ...................................................................20-12