DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY 2008-09 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES GAME 23 vs. HOWARD UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 9, 2009 - 4:00 P.M. BURR GYMNASIUM — WASHINGTON, D.C. 2008-09 Schedule/Results The Teams: Delaware State “Lady Hornets” (11-10; 7-1 MEAC) vs. Howard “Lady Bison” (7-12; 3-4 MEAC) 11/14 CHEYNEY W 80-50 11/16 at Maryland L 46-73 Site: Burr Gymnasium (2,700) - Washington, D.C. 11/19 KENT STATE L 56-66 Press row phone: 202-806-7159 11/23 at William & Mary L 41-54 11/30 at Navy L 45-55 Delaware State Head Coach Ed Davis (West Virginia St., ‘70): 152-111 at DSU 12/6 at Syracuse L 37-56 (ninth year); 323-165 career (17th year); 12-4 vs. HU; 103-47 in MEAC regular 12/13 FAIRLEIGH-DICKINSON W 46-35 season games 12/16 at Ohio State L 35-68 Howard Head Coach Niki Reid Geckeler (Georgetown, ‘93); 4-17 at Howard 12/18 at Michigan State L 41-71 12/21 at Georgia State L 50-55 and career (First year); 0-0 vs. DSU 12/28 at Northeastern W 61-38 1/2 at St. Peter’s L 40-49 Media Contacts: 1/6 UMES* W 59-57 Delaware State (Dennis Jones) - Office/(302) 857-6068; [email protected] 1/10 SO. CAROLINA STATE* W 62-49 Howard (Chavonne Mansfield) - Office/(202) 806-7184; cmans- 1/12 WINSTON-SALEM STATE W 42-35 [email protected]; website: www.howard-bison.com 1/17 at Norfolk State* W 70-64 1/19 at No. Carolina A&T* L 51-56 1/24 BETHUNE-COOKMAN* W 54-51 Television: None 1/26 FLORIDA A&M* W 62-31 Radio: None 1/31 COPPIN STATE* W 52-51 OT Live Stats: n/a 2/2 MORGAN STATE* W 60-50 Live Streaming: n/a 2/7 at Hampton* L 64-68 OT 2/9 at Howard* 6:00 p.m. 2/14 NORFOLK STATE* 2:00 P.M. The Game 2/16 NO. CAROLINA A&T* (TV) 4:30 P.M. Delaware State visits Howard University in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 2/21 at Bethune-Cookman* 2:00 p.m. (MEAC) game. The Lady Hornets, 11-11 overall and 7-2 in the MEAC, are trying to 2/23 at Florida A&M* 5:30 p.m. bounce back from a 68-64 overtime loss to Hampton on Saturday. The loss 2/28 at Morgan State* 5:30 p.m. snapped a four-game win streak for DSU. Howard enters the contest with a 4-17 3/5 at UMES* 5:30 p.m. overall record and 3-6 mark in the MEAC. The Lady Bison have lost four of their 3/9-14 MEAC TOURNAMENT TBA last five games, including a 54-49 setback to Maryland-Eastern Shore on Saturday. (Winston-Salem, N.C.) HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS DSU vs. HU Series History All homes games in Memorial Hall on DSU campus Delaware State has won five in a row and 11 of the last 12 between the teams, * - MEAC regular season game although Howard leads the all-time series 43-25. The teams met once during the All times Eastern 207-08 season, with Delaware State coming out on top 72-63 in Dover, Del. Times subject to change Selena Galloway led all current Delaware State players with 14 points, while Key- hana Wakefield added 10. Howard’s Tamara Daniels led all players with 18 points TV—ESPNU (8-11 FGs) in the contest. The Lady Hornets have won their last two games in Ticket information: (302) 857-TIXX Howard’s Burr Gymnasium, the site of the Bison’s last win over DSU (54-34 in or toll free (866) 378-2845 2005). This is the only scheduled meeting between the teams this season. www.DSUHornets.com Delaware State Probable Starters No. Player Pos Ht Cl 2008-09 Key Stats 25 Ashley Thompson F 6-2 Jr. 3.7 ppg/ 3.9 rpg 55 Thea Littlepage C 6-2 Jr. 1.0 ppg/ 4.4 rpg 3 Keyhana Wakefield G 5-8 Sr. 10.1 ppp/ 3.6 rpg 21 Jameka Smith G 5-10 Sr. 5.7 ppg/ 4.0 rpg 33 Sonia Johnson G/F 5-10 Fr. 11.5 ppg/ 4.3 rpg RESERVES 2 Alex Stewart C 6-2 Jr. 2.2 ppg/ 2.9 rpg 12 Cortney Crockett G 5-5 So. 4.1 ppg/ 1.4 rpg 14 Alexis Abraham G 5-9 So. 3.3 ppg/ 0.9 rpg 15 Denyse Moore G 5-8 Fr. 1.7 ppg/ 0.4 rpg 22 Candice Stewart F 5-11 So. 2.7 ppg/ 2.5 rpg 23 Selena Galloway G 5-9 Jr. 6.0 ppg/ 1.0 rpg 30 Morgan Rowland F 5-9 Fr. 1.3 ppg/ 0.4 rpg 32 Brittany Washington F/C 6-1 So. 2.5 ppg/ 2.1 rpg Head Coach Ed Davis (West Virginia State, ’70) Ed Davis Record Davis is in his ninth season as head coach of the Lady Hornets. YR School Record Since accepting the post prior to the 2000-01 season, he has led DSU to 1992-93 Bowie State 6-19 the most successful period in the history of the program. 1993-94 Bowie State 14-11 1994-95 Bowie State 19-9 Davis is the only DSU women’s coach to guide the team to a 20-win sea- 1995-96 Bowie State 28-2 son, accomplishing the feat four times (2002-03; 2003-04; 2005-06; 2006- 1996-97 Bowie State 29-2 07) 1997-98 Bowie State 28-2 1998-99 Bowie State 25-4 The Washington, D.C., native entered the 2008-09 season with an overall record of 141-100 1999-00 Bowie State 22-5 (.590) at DSU, including a 97-45 (.680) mark in MEAC regular season contests. The Davis 2000-01 Delaware State 16-14 years at Delaware State are highlighted by a MEAC Tournament championship and NCAA 2001-02 Delaware State 9-19 Tournament berth (2007), a MEAC regular season co-championship (2003-04) and five MEAC 2002-03 Delaware State 20-10 championship game appearances. 2003-04 Delaware State 21-9 2004-05 Delaware State 16-12 Davis further enhanced his credentials after a hard fought loss to No. 2 seed Vanderbilt in the 2005-06 Delaware State 21-9 th 2007 NCAA Tournament. His 15 seeded Hornets trailed by just four points at the half and by 2006-07 Delaware State 20-13 six with eight minutes left to the heavily favored Commodores. 2007-08 Delaware State 18-14 2008-09 Delaware State 11-11 th Now in his 17 season as a collegiate head coach, Davis surpassed the 300-win mark for his career and became Delaware State’s all-time leader in women’s basketball victories during the Career record: 323-165 (17th year) 2007-08 season. He owns a career record of 312-154, highlighted by nine seasons with 20-or- DSU record: 152-111 (Ninth year) more wins. At Bowie State: 171-54 (8 yrs.) MEAC record (reg. season): 103-47 Delaware State was 10-2 at home last season, giving the Lady Hornets a 69-21 mark at home MEAC Tournament: 12-7 under Davis (.770) . He led the team to a school-record 23 straight home wins from 2003-05. NCAA Tournament: 0-1 In addition, the 2007-08 Lady Hornets led the MEAC in scoring defense for the sixth straight Davis vs. 2008-09 opponents year, allowing 53.4 points-per-game. Bethune-Cookman 15-1 During the 2006-07 season, Davis led the Lady Hornets on a 13-2 late-season spurt, including a three-game MEAC Tournament sweep en route to the first league championship in team his- Cheney 6-0 tory. Coppin State 6-11 He was named MEAC Coach-of-the-Year after leading the Lady Hornets to a share of the Fairleigh Dickinson 1-1 school’s first conference regular season title during the 2003-04 season. Florida A&M 16-5 Davis also served as the university’s interim Director of Athletics during the 2004-05 academic Georgia State 0-1 year. Hampton 5-18 In the four years prior to Davis’ arrival, the Lady Hornets were 36-85, and failed to advance Howard 12-4 beyond the quarterfinals of the conference tourney. Kent State 0-1 Before accepting the Delaware State job, Davis was head coach at Bowie State University (Md.). Maryland 0-1 Michigan State 0-2 In eight seasons at Bowie, he posted an overall record of 171-54 and turned the Bulldogs into Morgan State 15-2 one of the top Division II programs in the country . His tenure was highlighted by three Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) championships, three NCAA Tournament appear- Navy 3-3 ances, and numerous “coach of the year” awards. Norfolk State 18-12 No. Carolina A&T 11-4 Davis earned a number of awards for his success at Bowie, including CIAA Coach of the Year Northeastern 1-0 in 1995 and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association District II Coach of the Year in 198 and 1999. He was CIAA Tournament Outstanding Coach in 1997, ’98 and ’99. Ohio State 0-1 Prior to his years at Bowie State, Davis was a teacher and successful high school coach in the So. Carolina State 9-6 Washington, DC area. St. Peter’s 1-2 Syracuse 0-1 Davis holds a master’s in Education from Howard University and a bachelor’s in Education from West Virginia State College.