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2011-12 Women’s Basketball Schedule Date Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 15 Nov. 17 Nov. 20 Nov. 25-26 Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Nov. 29
(Sat) (Sat) (Tue) (Thur) (Sun) (Fri-Sat) (Fri) (Sat) (Tue)
Opponent UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS (Exhibition) at Xavier University LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY (Exhibition) UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE at Western Michigan University Georgia State Invitational vs. Appalachian State University vs. Campbell University KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
Location Richmond, Ky. Cincinnati, Ohio Richmond, Ky. Richmond, Ky. Kalamazoo, Mich.
Time 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m.
Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. Richmond, Ky.
4 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.
Dec. 2-3 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 20 Dec. 31
(Fri-Sat) (Fri) (Sat) (Tue) (Sat) (Tue) (Sat)
University of Evansville Winter Classic at Evansville vs. Chicago State or Marshall University BELMONT UNIVERSITY at Miami (Ohio) University at Jacksonville State University* TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY*
Evansville, Ind. 8:30 p.m. Evansville, Ind. 2 p.m./4:30 p.m. Richmond, Ky. 6 p.m. Oxford, Ohio 1 p.m. Jacksonville, Ala. 8 p.m. Richmond, Ky. 4 p.m.
Jan. 2 Jan. 7 Jan. 9 Jan. 14 Jan. 16 Jan. 21 Jan. 25 Jan. 28
(Mon) (Sat) (Mon) (Sat) (Mon) (Sat) (Wed) (Sat)
AUSTIN PEAY* SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE* at Murray State University* at Morehead State University* at Austin Peay* UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-MARTIN* LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY TENNESSEE TECH UNIVERSITY*
Richmond, Ky. Richmond, Ky. Murray, Ky. Morehead, Ky. Clarksville, Tenn. Richmond, Ky. Richmond, Ky. Richmond, Ky.
7 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m.
Feb. 1 Feb. 4 Feb. 6 Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 23 Feb. 25 Feb. 29
(Wed) (Sat) (Mon) (Sat) (Sat) (Thur) (Sat) (Wed)
at Tennessee State University* at Southern Illinois Edwardsville* at Eastern Illinois University* MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY* at Tennessee Tech University* SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EDWARDSVILLE* EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY* OVC Tournament (First Round)#
Nashville, Tenn. Edwardsville, Ill. Charleston, Ill. Richmond, Ky. Cookeville, Tenn. Richmond, Ky. Richmond, Ky. Nashville, Tenn.
8 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 4 p.m. TBA
March 1 March 2 March 3 March 17-18 March 19-20
(Thur) (Fri) (Sat) (Sat-Sun) (Mon-Tue)
OVC Tournament (Quarterfinals)# OVC Tournament (Semifinals)# OVC Tournament (Finals)# NCAA Basketball Championship (First Round) NCAA Basketball Championship (Second Round)
Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn. TBA TBA
Home Games In Bold CAPS * Denotes Ohio Valley Conference Game # Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tenn. Times given are Eastern Time and subject to change
TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA
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Women’s Basketball Table Of Contents / Quick Facts
Table Of Contents
2011-12 Quick Facts GENERAL INFORMATION Location ........................ Richmond, Ky. Founded ...................................... 1906 Enrollment ................................ 16,515 Nickname ...................... Lady Colonels Colors ..................... Maroon and White Affiliation ..................... NCAA Division I Conference .... Ohio Valley Conference Arena ......................... McBrayer Arena Capacity ................................. 6,500 President ................ Dr. Doug Whitlock Director of Athletics ........... Mark Sandy Senior Woman Administrator .......... Lindsey McKaskle EKU Ticket Office Phone Number ....................... (859) 622-2122
2011-12 EKU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2011-12 Lady Colonel Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 2011-12 Season Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 2011-12 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Front Cover 2011-12 TV/Radio Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Cover
MEET THE 2011-12 LADY COLONELS Jasmine Stovall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Jade Barber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Brittany Coles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Raechele Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Alex Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Aimee Bouie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Marie Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Pilar Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 LaRa`e Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Jalisa Bryant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Mariah Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Bre Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Carla Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Meredith Polson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 PROGRAM INFORMATION
COACHING STAFF Head Coach ............... Chrissy Roberts Alma Mater .... Eastern Kentucky ’98 Record at EKU (Years) ..... 25-58 (3) Career Record (Years) ..... 25-58 (3) Assistant Coach .... Melissa Kolbe (4th) Alma Mater ............... Wittenberg ’99 Assistant Coach .......... Kent Miller (4th) Alma Mater .... Eastern Kentucky ’81 Assistant Coach ... Candice Finley (4th) Alma Mater .... Eastern Kentucky ’02
Dir. of Operations .... Colette Cole (2nd) Alma Mater .... Eastern Kentucky ’09 Office Phone # ....... (859) 622-2895 First Year ................................ 1971-72 Email ............ [email protected] All-Time Record ...................... 548-519 ATHLETIC PUBLIC RELATIONS All-Time Regular Season OVC Record .............. 264-239 Assistant Director of Athletic Public Relations NCAA Tournament Appearances ............... 2 (1997, 2005) (WBB Contact) ............ Kevin Britton Email ........... [email protected] NCAA Tournament Record ............. 0-2 Office Phone .......... (859) 622-2006 WNIT Appearances ............... 1 (2002) Cell Phone .............. (859) 358-8359 WNIT Record .................................. 1-1 OVC Regular Season Championships .................................. 5 Director of Athletic Public Relations ............................. Mike Clark 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98, Email ......... [email protected] 2001-02, 2004-05 OVC Tournament Championships ..... 2 Assistant Director of APR ... Steve Fohl Email ............... [email protected] 1996-97, 2004-05
COACHING STAFF Head Coach Chrissy Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-29 Assistant Coach Melissa Kolbe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Assistant Coach Kent Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Assistant Coach Candice Finley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Director of Operations Colette Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2010-11 SEASON REVIEW Season In Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-33 Miscellaneous Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Departed Letterwinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Individual Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Team Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Game-By-Game Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Team Game Highs/Lows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Individual Game Highs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Box Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-46 OVC 2010-11 In Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 OVC Team & Individual Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-55 TEAM INFORMATION
2010-11 Record ............................ 6-21 Ohio Valley Conference ........... 3-15 Home .......................................... 6-8 Away ........................................ 0-13 Neutral ........................................ 0-0 Conference Finish ................... 10th/10 Postseason .................................. none Starters Returning/Lost ................... 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost .......... 5/7 Newcomers ........................................ 7
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM HISTORY All-Time Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Head Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 All-Time Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-59 Athletics Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-61 1,000-Point Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-63 Individual Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 NCAA & OVC Individual Record Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Individual Single Season Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Individual Career Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Team Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68-75 OVC Tournament Championship Games . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-77 EKU OVC Tournament Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78-81 EKU OVC Tournament History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 EKU vs. Ranked Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 EKU In Overtime Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 EKU 100-Point Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 EKU NCAA Tournament Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-85 EKU Record Versus All Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86-87 Year-By-Year Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-95
Athletic Public Relations Fax .............................. (859) 622-5108 APR Mailing Address ........... 521 Lancaster Avenue Alumni Coliseum 115 Richmond, KY 40475 EKU Athletics Website .............. www.EKUSports.com EKU Website ................ www.EKU.edu OVC Website .... www.OVCSports.com EKU Press Row Phone Number ... (859) 622-5908
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MEDIA INFORMATION Ohio Valley Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-97 2011-12 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98-100 Series History Versus 2011-12 Opponents . . . . . . . . . 100-102 Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-105
The 2011-12 Eastern Kentucky University Women’s Basketball Informational Guide was produced by the Eastern Kentucky Athletic Public Relations Department. The guide was designed, written and edited by Kevin Britton. Editorial assistance was provided by the women’s basketball coaching staff. Photography by Chris Radcliffe and Mark Pearson.
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Women’s Basketball 2011-12 Roster
Numerical Roster No. 1 2 5 10 12 15 22 23 25 30 32 33 42 44
Name Carla Booth Pilar Walker Mariah Lawrence Raechele Gray Aimee Bouie Bre Shaw Brittany Coles Jalisa Bryant Marie Carpenter LaRa`e Allen Jade Barber Jasmine Stovall Alex Jones Meredith Polson
Pos. G G G G C F G G G G/F C G F/C F
Ht. 5-7 5-7 5-9 5-5 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-6 5-8 6-1 6-2 5-9 6-1 5-11
Cl. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr.
Hometown (Previous School) Warfield, Ky. (Sheldon Clark High School) Lexington, Ky. (Eastern Illinois University) Maryville, Tenn. (Cleveland State Community College) Shelbyville, Ky. (Marshall University) New Castle, Del. (Alexis I. duPont High School) Killeen, Texas (Jefferson College) Lexington, Ky. (Henry Clay High School) Chicago, Ill. (Moraine Valley Community College) Nashville, Tenn. (Ensworth School) Hagerstown, Md. (Allegany College of Maryland) Louisville, Ky. (Ball State University) Lawrenceville, Ga. (University of Central Florida) Elizabethtown, Ky. (Elizabethtown High School) Mt. Washington, Ky. (Bullitt East High School)
Ht. 6-1 6-2 5-7 6-1 5-6 5-8 5-11 5-5 6-1 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-9 5-7
Cl. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr.
Hometown (Previous School) Hagerstown, Md. (Allegany College of Maryland) Louisville, Ky. (Ball State University) Warfield, Ky. (Sheldon Clark High School) New Castle, Del. (Alexis I. duPont High School) Chicago, Ill. (Moraine Valley Community College) Nashville, Tenn. (Ensworth School) Lexington, Ky. (Henry Clay High School) Shelbyville, Ky. (Marshall University) Elizabethtown, Ky. (Elizabethtown High School) Maryville, Tenn. (Cleveland State Community College) Mt. Washington, Ky. (Bullitt East High School) Killeen, Texas (Jefferson College) Lawrenceville, Ga. (University of Central Florida) Lexington, Ky. (Eastern Illinois University)
Alphabetical Roster No. 30 32 1 12 23 25 22 10 42 5 44 15 33 2
Name LaRa`e Allen Jade Barber Carla Booth Aimee Bouie Jalisa Bryant Marie Carpenter Brittany Coles Raechele Gray Alex Jones Mariah Lawrence Meredith Polson Bre Shaw Jasmine Stovall Pilar Walker
Pos. G/F C G C G G G G F/C G F F G G
Head Coach: Chrissy Roberts (Eastern Kentucky, 1998), Fourth Season Assistant Coaches: Melissa Kolbe (Wittenberg, 1999), Fourth Season Kent Miller (Eastern Kentucky, 1981), Second Season; Candice Finley (Eastern Kentucky, 2002), Fourth Season Director of Operations: Colette Cole (Eastern Kentucky, 2009), Second Season
Lady Colonels By State/Country
Lady Colonels By Class
Delaware (1) ................................... Aimee Bouie Georgia (1) ................................ Jasmine Stovall Illinois (1) ........................................ Jalisa Bryant Kentucky (7) .............. Jade Barber, Carla Booth, Brittany Coles, Raechele Gray, Alex Jones, Meredith Polson, Pilar Walker Maryland (1) ................................... LaRa`e Allen Tennessee (2) .............. Marie Carpenter, Mariah Lawerence Texas (1) ....................................... Killeen, Texas
Seniors (2) .................................. Stovall, Walker Juniors (8) .............. Allen, Barber, Bryant, Coles, Gray, Jones, Lawrence, Shaw Sophomores (2) ...................... Bouie, Carpenter Freshmen (2) ............................... Booth, Polson
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Pronunciation Guide LaRa`e Allen ........................................... La-RAY Aimee Bouie .......................... Ah-MAY BOO-eee Raechele Gray ..................................... RAY-shell
Lady Colonels By Position
Mariah Lawrence ............................. Ma-RYE-ah
Guards (9) ........ Allen, Booth, Bryant, Carpenter, Coles, Gray, Lawrence, Stovall, Walker Forwards (4) ...................... Allen, Jones, Polson, Shaw Centers (3) ........................ Barber, Bouie, Jones
Meredith Polson ................................. POLE-son
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Jasmine Stovall ................................. Stove-ALL Melissa Kolbe ............................................ Colby
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eku The 2010-11 season didn’t go the way the Lady Colonels, their coaches or their fans had hoped or expected, but that was then. This is now. Now, fourth-year head coach Chrissy Roberts welcomes back three starters, including a second team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection and an OVC All-Newcomer team honoree. Now, two Lady Colonels that sat out last season after transferring from other Division I programs are eligible to play. Now, four of the team’s seven newcomers join the program with two years of collegiate experience at the junior college level. Now, the team has a hard-nosed, twotime all-state freshman guard. Now, the lone senior Lady Colonel is hungry to end her career as a winner. Now, the 2011-12 Lady Colonel basketball team has a new look. Nine of the team’s 14 players have never played in a game for EKU. Seven are newcomers to the program, two others sat out last season after transferring to Eastern Kentucky. Only five players that saw game action last season return. “Team chemistry is huge,” Roberts said. “It helped us that a lot of our student-athletes attended summer school. It helped our chemistry a lot. We’ll continue to do a lot of team-building exercises to continue to build relationships.” Those five, which include returning
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Women’s Basketball Season Preview
Head Coach Chrissy Roberts starters Alex Jones, Brittany Coles and Marie Pilar Walker will walk-on after spending three Carpenter, provide a solid foundation to build seasons at OVC rival Eastern Illinois. The upon. Jones, a junior, has earned second Lexington, Ky., native will have to sit out during team all-conference honors in each of her first the 2011-12 season as a transfer student. two seasons. Coles made 37 percent of her “We’re extremely athletic,” said Roberts. three-pointers last season, second-best in the “We’re going to look to play up-tempo. OfOhio Valley Conference. Carpenter earned fensively I feel like we’re a threat from every OVC All-Newcomer team position. We have a honors after averaging lot of players on the Point Guards 13 points per game as a team that can put the Carla Booth (Fr., 5-7) freshman. Senior guard ball in the basket. Raechele Gray (Jr., 5-5) Jasmine Stovall is solid Defensively we still Jalisa Bryant (Jr., 5-6) defender and one of the have a ways to go, most athletic players in but we’ll get there.” the OVC. Sophomore Aimee Bouie offers POINT GUARDS depth in the front court. Gray, Booth and Bryant are the point A pair of Lady Colonels will make their guard candidates. Gray is versatile enough to much anticipated debut this season. Guard play the point or the wing, which could allow Raechele Gray joined the program after two for two of the three to be on the court at the seasons at Marshall. Forward Jade Barber is same time to increase the tempo of the transi6-foot-2 and played two seasons at Ball State. tion offense. Four of the six newcomers are junior “Raechele is very knowledgeable of the college transfers. LaRa`e Allen, a 6-foot-1 game,” Roberts said. “She’s going to bring guard/forward, was a second team NJCAA AllAmerican last season after averaging 15 points some scoring but she is also able to create and keep everyone else involved.” and eight rebounds per contest. Jalisa Bryant and Mariah Lawrence each earned all-region SHOOTING GUARDS recognition while Bre Shaw contributed 9.4 Roberts has a host of guards to fill the No. points and 5.1 rebounds per game last season. 2 spot. Coles had a tremendous preseason Carla Booth and Meredith Polson will be and is beginning to show the consistency the lone freshmen on the team. Booth is a two-time all-state performer from Inez, Ky. She expected of an upperclassman. Carpenter can score in so many differaveraged 23 points and seven rebounds Shooting Guards ent ways and now has a year of college experias a senior. Polson Marie Carpenter (So., 5-8) ence under her belt. will walk-on after a Brittany Coles (Jr., 5-11) Stovall doesn’t have solid career at Bullitt Mariah Lawrence (Jr., 5-9) the shooting range of East Highs School. Jasmine Stovall (Sr., 5-9) 4
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Women’s Basketball Season Preview the other two, but can get to the rim as well as anyone in the conference and is a great rebounder at the guard position. Lawrence brings two years of junior college experience with her. She has a great understanding of the game to go along with three-point range and the ability to pull up and knock down midrange jumpers on the run.
well. Shaw can knock down the three-pointer as well and will play primarily facing the basket. Polson, a walk-on, will provide depth in the post.
CENTERS Barber once scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds in an NCAA tournament FORWARDS game for Ball State. Her The team’s versatility extends to the forarrival allows Jones to move ward position as well with a number of players out of the five spot. Having that have the ability to play facing the basket or both players on the court at with their back to the bucket. Jones and Allen the same time will be a tough are the shining examples of this versatility. defensive task for opponents. Jones has always had the ability to knock “Jade is 6-2 and runs down mid-range jumpers with consistency, the floor extremely well,” said Roberts. “Her handle the ball and drive the lane, but has presence on the inside will be a key for us and been asked to play more with her back to the it will take some pressure off of Alex. Those basket out two will complement each other Forwards of necesvery well.” sity. Now, the Bouie didn’t see a great LaRa`e Allen (Jr., 6-1) program has a deal of action her freshman sea Alex Jones (Jr., 6-1) deeper stable son as she continued to develop Meredith Polson (Fr., 5-11) of post players into a collegiate post player. Bre Shaw (Jr., 6-0) and Jones has She has shown much improved added three-point range to her arsenal. offensive skills in the preseason but still must “Alex knows she has the green light,” get better defensively. said Roberts. “Once she stops thinking, and just plays, the sky is the limit for her and our SCHEDULE program.” EKU will play a pair of exhibition games Allen has the skills to play small forward, and one regular season road contest before power forward or center. She has three-point playing its regular season home-opener range, can put the ball on the floor and at against Louisville. The Cardinals advanced to 6-foot-1 could be a strong post-up threat as the NCAA Sweet 16 last season, posted a 2213 record and finished the year ranked No. 19. The game will mark the first visit to McBrayer Senior Jasmine Stovall Arena by the UofL since Dec. 15, 1990. On that day the Lady Colonels squeaked out a 71-68 victory. After a home exhibition game on Nov. 5, Eastern will kick-off the 2011-12 season with a road trip to face Xavier on Nov. 12. In 201011, the Musketeers were 29-3 overall, 14-0 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, won the regular season and A-10 tournament championships, won an NCAA tournament game and finished the season ranked No. 11 in the nation. Xavier was beaten in the second round of the NCAA tournament by Louisville. “Our first two regular season games are against two top-20 teams,” Roberts said. “That is a tough way to start the season but our team is looking forward to the challenge. But the challenge doesn’t end that first week. This 5
team will face tough competition each night they step on the court.” In 2011-12 the Lady Colonels will face six teams that won 20 or more games, nine teams that had winning records in their conference and six teams that advanced to postseason play. The new OVC schedule begins on Dec. 20 at Jacksonville State. OVC teams will no longer play each Centers team twice for an 18-game Jade Barber (Jr., 6-2) schedule. The Aimee Bouie (So., 6-1) new 16-game schedule will have the Lady Colonels playing two games against Austin Peay, Eastern Illinois, Morehead State, Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech. EKU will play one game against Southeast Missouri and TennesseeMartin in Richmond, and Jacksonville State and Murray State on the road. The 2012 OVC tournament will be held Feb. 29 through March 3 in Nashville, Tenn. 2011-12 Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference Team Name, School Tacarra Hayes, TTU Heather Butler, UTM Ta`Kenya Nixon, EIU Jasmine Newsome, UTM Ashar Harris, MOR Mariah King, EIU Whitney Hanley, APSU Mariah Robinson Alex Jones, EKU Jessica Winfrey, MUR Courtney Lumpkin, MOR
Pos. G G G G F F G G F/C F G
Cl. Sr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr.
Ht. 5-7 5-6 5-8 5-7 5-11 6-2 5-8 5-8 6-0 5-10 5-8
OVC Preseason Player of the Year Tacarra Hayes, Tennessee Tech
2011-12 OVC Predicted Order Of Finish
Selected by OVC Head Coaches and Sports Information Directors
1. Tennessee Tech (13) ................................ 193 2. Tennessee-Martin (9) ................................ 187 3. Eastern Illinois .......................................... 159 4. Austin Peay ............................................... 142 5. Morehead State ........................................ 133 6. Murray State ............................................... 88 7. Tennessee State ......................................... 82 8. Southern Illinois Edwardsville ..................... 73 9. Jacksonville State ....................................... 72 10. Eastern Kentucky ................................... 47 11. Southeast Missouri ................................... 34 First place votes in parenthesies. Schools were not allowed to rank their own team. Nine points awarded for a first-place vote, eight for second, etc.
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(Sat) (Sat) (Tue) (Thur) (Sun) (Fri-Sat) (Fri) (Sat) (Tue)
Opponent UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS (Exhibition) at Xavier University LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY (Exhibition) UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE at Western Michigan University Georgia State Invitational vs. Appalachian State University vs. Campbell University KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
Location Richmond, Ky. Cincinnati, Ohio Richmond, Ky. Richmond, Ky. Kalamazoo, Mich.
Time 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m.
Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. Richmond, Ky.
4 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.
Dec. 2-3 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 20 Dec. 31
(Fri-Sat) (Fri) (Sat) (Tue) (Sat) (Tue) (Sat)
University of Evansville Winter Classic at Evansville vs. Chicago State or Marshall University BELMONT UNIVERSITY at Miami (Ohio) University at Jacksonville State University* TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY*
Evansville, Ind. 8:30 p.m. Evansville, Ind. 2 p.m./4:30 p.m. Richmond, Ky. 6 p.m. Oxford, Ohio 1 p.m. Jacksonville, Ala. 8 p.m. Richmond, Ky. 4 p.m.
Jan. 2 Jan. 7 Jan. 9 Jan. 14 Jan. 16 Jan. 21 Jan. 25 Jan. 28
(Mon) (Sat) (Mon) (Sat) (Mon) (Sat) (Wed) (Sat)
AUSTIN PEAY* SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE* at Murray State University* at Morehead State University* at Austin Peay* UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-MARTIN* LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY TENNESSEE TECH UNIVERSITY*
Richmond, Ky. Richmond, Ky. Murray, Ky. Morehead, Ky. Clarksville, Tenn. Richmond, Ky. Richmond, Ky. Richmond, Ky.
7 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 6:15 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m.
Feb. 1 Feb. 4 Feb. 6 Feb. 11 Feb. 18 Feb. 23 Feb. 25 Feb. 29
(Wed) (Sat) (Mon) (Sat) (Sat) (Thur) (Sat) (Wed)
at Tennessee State University* at Southern Illinois Edwardsville* at Eastern Illinois University* MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY* at Tennessee Tech University* SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EDWARDSVILLE* EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY* OVC Tournament (First Round)#
Nashville, Tenn. Edwardsville, Ill. Charleston, Ill. Richmond, Ky. Cookeville, Tenn. Richmond, Ky. Richmond, Ky. Nashville, Tenn.
8 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 4 p.m. TBA
March 1 March 2 March 3 March 17-18 March 19-20
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Women’s Basketball Table Of Contents / Quick Facts
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2011-12 Quick Facts GENERAL INFORMATION Location ........................ Richmond, Ky. Founded ...................................... 1906 Enrollment ................................ 16,515 Nickname ...................... Lady Colonels Colors ..................... Maroon and White Affiliation ..................... NCAA Division I Conference .... Ohio Valley Conference Arena ......................... McBrayer Arena Capacity ................................. 6,500 President ................ Dr. Doug Whitlock Director of Athletics ........... Mark Sandy Senior Woman Administrator .......... Lindsey McKaskle EKU Ticket Office Phone Number ....................... (859) 622-2122
2011-12 EKU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2011-12 Lady Colonel Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 2011-12 Season Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 2011-12 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Front Cover 2011-12 TV/Radio Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Cover
MEET THE 2011-12 LADY COLONELS Jasmine Stovall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Jade Barber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Brittany Coles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Raechele Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Alex Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Aimee Bouie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Marie Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Pilar Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 LaRa`e Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Jalisa Bryant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Mariah Lawrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Bre Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Carla Booth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Meredith Polson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 PROGRAM INFORMATION
COACHING STAFF Head Coach ............... Chrissy Roberts Alma Mater .... Eastern Kentucky ’98 Record at EKU (Years) ..... 25-58 (3) Career Record (Years) ..... 25-58 (3) Assistant Coach .... Melissa Kolbe (4th) Alma Mater ............... Wittenberg ’99 Assistant Coach .......... Kent Miller (4th) Alma Mater .... Eastern Kentucky ’81 Assistant Coach ... Candice Finley (4th) Alma Mater .... Eastern Kentucky ’02
Dir. of Operations .... Colette Cole (2nd) Alma Mater .... Eastern Kentucky ’09 Office Phone # ....... (859) 622-2895 First Year ................................ 1971-72 Email ............ [email protected] All-Time Record ...................... 548-519 ATHLETIC PUBLIC RELATIONS All-Time Regular Season OVC Record .............. 264-239 Assistant Director of Athletic Public Relations NCAA Tournament Appearances ............... 2 (1997, 2005) (WBB Contact) ............ Kevin Britton Email ........... [email protected] NCAA Tournament Record ............. 0-2 Office Phone .......... (859) 622-2006 WNIT Appearances ............... 1 (2002) Cell Phone .............. (859) 358-8359 WNIT Record .................................. 1-1 OVC Regular Season Championships .................................. 5 Director of Athletic Public Relations ............................. Mike Clark 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98, Email ......... [email protected] 2001-02, 2004-05 OVC Tournament Championships ..... 2 Assistant Director of APR ... Steve Fohl Email ............... [email protected] 1996-97, 2004-05
COACHING STAFF Head Coach Chrissy Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-29 Assistant Coach Melissa Kolbe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Assistant Coach Kent Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Assistant Coach Candice Finley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Director of Operations Colette Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2010-11 SEASON REVIEW Season In Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-33 Miscellaneous Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Departed Letterwinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Individual Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Team Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Game-By-Game Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Team Game Highs/Lows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Individual Game Highs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Box Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-46 OVC 2010-11 In Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 OVC Team & Individual Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-55 TEAM INFORMATION
2010-11 Record ............................ 6-21 Ohio Valley Conference ........... 3-15 Home .......................................... 6-8 Away ........................................ 0-13 Neutral ........................................ 0-0 Conference Finish ................... 10th/10 Postseason .................................. none Starters Returning/Lost ................... 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost .......... 5/7 Newcomers ........................................ 7
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM HISTORY All-Time Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Head Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 All-Time Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-59 Athletics Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-61 1,000-Point Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-63 Individual Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 NCAA & OVC Individual Record Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Individual Single Season Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Individual Career Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Team Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68-75 OVC Tournament Championship Games . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-77 EKU OVC Tournament Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78-81 EKU OVC Tournament History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 EKU vs. Ranked Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 EKU In Overtime Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 EKU 100-Point Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 EKU NCAA Tournament Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-85 EKU Record Versus All Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86-87 Year-By-Year Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-95
Athletic Public Relations Fax .............................. (859) 622-5108 APR Mailing Address ........... 521 Lancaster Avenue Alumni Coliseum 115 Richmond, KY 40475 EKU Athletics Website .............. www.EKUSports.com EKU Website ................ www.EKU.edu OVC Website .... www.OVCSports.com EKU Press Row Phone Number ... (859) 622-5908
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MEDIA INFORMATION Ohio Valley Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96-97 2011-12 Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98-100 Series History Versus 2011-12 Opponents . . . . . . . . . 100-102 Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-105
The 2011-12 Eastern Kentucky University Women’s Basketball Informational Guide was produced by the Eastern Kentucky Athletic Public Relations Department. The guide was designed, written and edited by Kevin Britton. Editorial assistance was provided by the women’s basketball coaching staff. Photography by Chris Radcliffe and Mark Pearson.
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Women’s Basketball 2011-12 Roster
Numerical Roster No. 1 2 5 10 12 15 22 23 25 30 32 33 42 44
Name Carla Booth Pilar Walker Mariah Lawrence Raechele Gray Aimee Bouie Bre Shaw Brittany Coles Jalisa Bryant Marie Carpenter LaRa`e Allen Jade Barber Jasmine Stovall Alex Jones Meredith Polson
Pos. G G G G C F G G G G/F C G F/C F
Ht. 5-7 5-7 5-9 5-5 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-6 5-8 6-1 6-2 5-9 6-1 5-11
Cl. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr.
Hometown (Previous School) Warfield, Ky. (Sheldon Clark High School) Lexington, Ky. (Eastern Illinois University) Maryville, Tenn. (Cleveland State Community College) Shelbyville, Ky. (Marshall University) New Castle, Del. (Alexis I. duPont High School) Killeen, Texas (Jefferson College) Lexington, Ky. (Henry Clay High School) Chicago, Ill. (Moraine Valley Community College) Nashville, Tenn. (Ensworth School) Hagerstown, Md. (Allegany College of Maryland) Louisville, Ky. (Ball State University) Lawrenceville, Ga. (University of Central Florida) Elizabethtown, Ky. (Elizabethtown High School) Mt. Washington, Ky. (Bullitt East High School)
Ht. 6-1 6-2 5-7 6-1 5-6 5-8 5-11 5-5 6-1 5-9 5-11 6-0 5-9 5-7
Cl. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr.
Hometown (Previous School) Hagerstown, Md. (Allegany College of Maryland) Louisville, Ky. (Ball State University) Warfield, Ky. (Sheldon Clark High School) New Castle, Del. (Alexis I. duPont High School) Chicago, Ill. (Moraine Valley Community College) Nashville, Tenn. (Ensworth School) Lexington, Ky. (Henry Clay High School) Shelbyville, Ky. (Marshall University) Elizabethtown, Ky. (Elizabethtown High School) Maryville, Tenn. (Cleveland State Community College) Mt. Washington, Ky. (Bullitt East High School) Killeen, Texas (Jefferson College) Lawrenceville, Ga. (University of Central Florida) Lexington, Ky. (Eastern Illinois University)
Alphabetical Roster No. 30 32 1 12 23 25 22 10 42 5 44 15 33 2
Name LaRa`e Allen Jade Barber Carla Booth Aimee Bouie Jalisa Bryant Marie Carpenter Brittany Coles Raechele Gray Alex Jones Mariah Lawrence Meredith Polson Bre Shaw Jasmine Stovall Pilar Walker
Pos. G/F C G C G G G G F/C G F F G G
Head Coach: Chrissy Roberts (Eastern Kentucky, 1998), Fourth Season Assistant Coaches: Melissa Kolbe (Wittenberg, 1999), Fourth Season Kent Miller (Eastern Kentucky, 1981), Second Season; Candice Finley (Eastern Kentucky, 2002), Fourth Season Director of Operations: Colette Cole (Eastern Kentucky, 2009), Second Season
Lady Colonels By State/Country
Lady Colonels By Class
Delaware (1) ................................... Aimee Bouie Georgia (1) ................................ Jasmine Stovall Illinois (1) ........................................ Jalisa Bryant Kentucky (7) .............. Jade Barber, Carla Booth, Brittany Coles, Raechele Gray, Alex Jones, Meredith Polson, Pilar Walker Maryland (1) ................................... LaRa`e Allen Tennessee (2) .............. Marie Carpenter, Mariah Lawerence Texas (1) ....................................... Killeen, Texas
Seniors (2) .................................. Stovall, Walker Juniors (8) .............. Allen, Barber, Bryant, Coles, Gray, Jones, Lawrence, Shaw Sophomores (2) ...................... Bouie, Carpenter Freshmen (2) ............................... Booth, Polson
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Pronunciation Guide LaRa`e Allen ........................................... La-RAY Aimee Bouie .......................... Ah-MAY BOO-eee Raechele Gray ..................................... RAY-shell
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Mariah Lawrence ............................. Ma-RYE-ah
Guards (9) ........ Allen, Booth, Bryant, Carpenter, Coles, Gray, Lawrence, Stovall, Walker Forwards (4) ...................... Allen, Jones, Polson, Shaw Centers (3) ........................ Barber, Bouie, Jones
Meredith Polson ................................. POLE-son
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Jasmine Stovall ................................. Stove-ALL Melissa Kolbe ............................................ Colby
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eku The 2010-11 season didn’t go the way the Lady Colonels, their coaches or their fans had hoped or expected, but that was then. This is now. Now, fourth-year head coach Chrissy Roberts welcomes back three starters, including a second team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection and an OVC All-Newcomer team honoree. Now, two Lady Colonels that sat out last season after transferring from other Division I programs are eligible to play. Now, four of the team’s seven newcomers join the program with two years of collegiate experience at the junior college level. Now, the team has a hard-nosed, twotime all-state freshman guard. Now, the lone senior Lady Colonel is hungry to end her career as a winner. Now, the 2011-12 Lady Colonel basketball team has a new look. Nine of the team’s 14 players have never played in a game for EKU. Seven are newcomers to the program, two others sat out last season after transferring to Eastern Kentucky. Only five players that saw game action last season return. “Team chemistry is huge,” Roberts said. “It helped us that a lot of our student-athletes attended summer school. It helped our chemistry a lot. We’ll continue to do a lot of team-building exercises to continue to build relationships.” Those five, which include returning
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Head Coach Chrissy Roberts starters Alex Jones, Brittany Coles and Marie Pilar Walker will walk-on after spending three Carpenter, provide a solid foundation to build seasons at OVC rival Eastern Illinois. The upon. Jones, a junior, has earned second Lexington, Ky., native will have to sit out during team all-conference honors in each of her first the 2011-12 season as a transfer student. two seasons. Coles made 37 percent of her “We’re extremely athletic,” said Roberts. three-pointers last season, second-best in the “We’re going to look to play up-tempo. OfOhio Valley Conference. Carpenter earned fensively I feel like we’re a threat from every OVC All-Newcomer team position. We have a honors after averaging lot of players on the Point Guards 13 points per game as a team that can put the Carla Booth (Fr., 5-7) freshman. Senior guard ball in the basket. Raechele Gray (Jr., 5-5) Jasmine Stovall is solid Defensively we still Jalisa Bryant (Jr., 5-6) defender and one of the have a ways to go, most athletic players in but we’ll get there.” the OVC. Sophomore Aimee Bouie offers POINT GUARDS depth in the front court. Gray, Booth and Bryant are the point A pair of Lady Colonels will make their guard candidates. Gray is versatile enough to much anticipated debut this season. Guard play the point or the wing, which could allow Raechele Gray joined the program after two for two of the three to be on the court at the seasons at Marshall. Forward Jade Barber is same time to increase the tempo of the transi6-foot-2 and played two seasons at Ball State. tion offense. Four of the six newcomers are junior “Raechele is very knowledgeable of the college transfers. LaRa`e Allen, a 6-foot-1 game,” Roberts said. “She’s going to bring guard/forward, was a second team NJCAA AllAmerican last season after averaging 15 points some scoring but she is also able to create and keep everyone else involved.” and eight rebounds per contest. Jalisa Bryant and Mariah Lawrence each earned all-region SHOOTING GUARDS recognition while Bre Shaw contributed 9.4 Roberts has a host of guards to fill the No. points and 5.1 rebounds per game last season. 2 spot. Coles had a tremendous preseason Carla Booth and Meredith Polson will be and is beginning to show the consistency the lone freshmen on the team. Booth is a two-time all-state performer from Inez, Ky. She expected of an upperclassman. Carpenter can score in so many differaveraged 23 points and seven rebounds Shooting Guards ent ways and now has a year of college experias a senior. Polson Marie Carpenter (So., 5-8) ence under her belt. will walk-on after a Brittany Coles (Jr., 5-11) Stovall doesn’t have solid career at Bullitt Mariah Lawrence (Jr., 5-9) the shooting range of East Highs School. Jasmine Stovall (Sr., 5-9) 4
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Women’s Basketball Season Preview the other two, but can get to the rim as well as anyone in the conference and is a great rebounder at the guard position. Lawrence brings two years of junior college experience with her. She has a great understanding of the game to go along with three-point range and the ability to pull up and knock down midrange jumpers on the run.
well. Shaw can knock down the three-pointer as well and will play primarily facing the basket. Polson, a walk-on, will provide depth in the post.
CENTERS Barber once scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds in an NCAA tournament FORWARDS game for Ball State. Her The team’s versatility extends to the forarrival allows Jones to move ward position as well with a number of players out of the five spot. Having that have the ability to play facing the basket or both players on the court at with their back to the bucket. Jones and Allen the same time will be a tough are the shining examples of this versatility. defensive task for opponents. Jones has always had the ability to knock “Jade is 6-2 and runs down mid-range jumpers with consistency, the floor extremely well,” said Roberts. “Her handle the ball and drive the lane, but has presence on the inside will be a key for us and been asked to play more with her back to the it will take some pressure off of Alex. Those basket out two will complement each other Forwards of necesvery well.” sity. Now, the Bouie didn’t see a great LaRa`e Allen (Jr., 6-1) program has a deal of action her freshman sea Alex Jones (Jr., 6-1) deeper stable son as she continued to develop Meredith Polson (Fr., 5-11) of post players into a collegiate post player. Bre Shaw (Jr., 6-0) and Jones has She has shown much improved added three-point range to her arsenal. offensive skills in the preseason but still must “Alex knows she has the green light,” get better defensively. said Roberts. “Once she stops thinking, and just plays, the sky is the limit for her and our SCHEDULE program.” EKU will play a pair of exhibition games Allen has the skills to play small forward, and one regular season road contest before power forward or center. She has three-point playing its regular season home-opener range, can put the ball on the floor and at against Louisville. The Cardinals advanced to 6-foot-1 could be a strong post-up threat as the NCAA Sweet 16 last season, posted a 2213 record and finished the year ranked No. 19. The game will mark the first visit to McBrayer Senior Jasmine Stovall Arena by the UofL since Dec. 15, 1990. On that day the Lady Colonels squeaked out a 71-68 victory. After a home exhibition game on Nov. 5, Eastern will kick-off the 2011-12 season with a road trip to face Xavier on Nov. 12. In 201011, the Musketeers were 29-3 overall, 14-0 in the Atlantic 10 Conference, won the regular season and A-10 tournament championships, won an NCAA tournament game and finished the season ranked No. 11 in the nation. Xavier was beaten in the second round of the NCAA tournament by Louisville. “Our first two regular season games are against two top-20 teams,” Roberts said. “That is a tough way to start the season but our team is looking forward to the challenge. But the challenge doesn’t end that first week. This 5
team will face tough competition each night they step on the court.” In 2011-12 the Lady Colonels will face six teams that won 20 or more games, nine teams that had winning records in their conference and six teams that advanced to postseason play. The new OVC schedule begins on Dec. 20 at Jacksonville State. OVC teams will no longer play each Centers team twice for an 18-game Jade Barber (Jr., 6-2) schedule. The Aimee Bouie (So., 6-1) new 16-game schedule will have the Lady Colonels playing two games against Austin Peay, Eastern Illinois, Morehead State, Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech. EKU will play one game against Southeast Missouri and TennesseeMartin in Richmond, and Jacksonville State and Murray State on the road. The 2012 OVC tournament will be held Feb. 29 through March 3 in Nashville, Tenn. 2011-12 Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference Team Name, School Tacarra Hayes, TTU Heather Butler, UTM Ta`Kenya Nixon, EIU Jasmine Newsome, UTM Ashar Harris, MOR Mariah King, EIU Whitney Hanley, APSU Mariah Robinson Alex Jones, EKU Jessica Winfrey, MUR Courtney Lumpkin, MOR
Pos. G G G G F F G G F/C F G
Cl. Sr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr.
Ht. 5-7 5-6 5-8 5-7 5-11 6-2 5-8 5-8 6-0 5-10 5-8
OVC Preseason Player of the Year Tacarra Hayes, Tennessee Tech
2011-12 OVC Predicted Order Of Finish
Selected by OVC Head Coaches and Sports Information Directors
1. Tennessee Tech (13) ................................ 193 2. Tennessee-Martin (9) ................................ 187 3. Eastern Illinois .......................................... 159 4. Austin Peay ............................................... 142 5. Morehead State ........................................ 133 6. Murray State ............................................... 88 7. Tennessee State ......................................... 82 8. Southern Illinois Edwardsville ..................... 73 9. Jacksonville State ....................................... 72 10. Eastern Kentucky ................................... 47 11. Southeast Missouri ................................... 34 First place votes in parenthesies. Schools were not allowed to rank their own team. Nine points awarded for a first-place vote, eight for second, etc.
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