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2017-18 QUICK FACTS // MERCER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MERCER UNIVERSITY

PROGRAM HISTORY

Location.......................................................... Macon, Ga. Enrollment............................................................... 8,600 Founded ..................................................................... 1833 Nickname.................................................................. Bears Colors................................................ Orange and Black Affilliation............................................. NCAA Division I Conference................................Southern Conference Arena (Capacity).................Hawkins Arena (3,200) President...........................Dr. William D. Underwood Alma Mater................. Oklahoma Baptist (1982) Athletics Director............................................. Jim Cole Alma Mater........................................Mercer (1993) Athletics Phone................................... (478) 301-2994 Athletics Fax......................................... (478) 301-2061 Deputy AD - Academic Affairs / SWA........Sybil Blalock Senior Associate AD ..............................Brian Gerrity Associate AD - External Operations.... Daniel Tate Assistant AD - Sports Medicine.... Amos Mansfield Director - Media Relations.... Gerrit Van Genderen Assistant AD - Compliance.................... John Peach Faculty Athletic Rep..................Dr. Jeffrey Hugdahl Athletics Phone................................... (478) 301-2994

2016-17 Overall Record...........................................25-7 SoCon Record/Finish................................ 12-2/1st Home/Road/Neutral.........................12-2/11-4/2-1 Starters returning............................................................ 5 Starters lost.......................................................................0 Letterwinners returning/lost................................. 11/4 Newcomers........................................................................ 2

MERCER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

ROSTER BREAKDOWN

Head Coach....................................................... Susie Gardner Alma Mater.......................................Georgia (1986, ‘88) Career Record/Seasons.............................290-254/18 Record at Mercer/Seasons..............................114-107/7 E-mail....................................... [email protected] Assistant Coach..............................................Tiffany Morton E-mail...................................... [email protected] Assistant Coach......................................Trelanne M. Powell E-mail......................................... [email protected] Assistant Coach................................................. Ben Wierzba E-mail...................................... [email protected] Director of Player Personnel...........................Kendall Ruff E-mail.............................................. [email protected] WBB Phone.................................................... (478) 301-2059 WBB Fax........................................................... (478) 301-2061

MERCER MEDIA RELATIONS

Director of Media Relations.................. Gerrit Van Genderen [email protected] Assistant SID (WBB) ................................................David Fox E-mail................................................ [email protected] Phone...........................................................(478) 301-5219 Cell Phone................................................ (478) 550-4995 Assistant SID..............................................................Will Tharp E-mail.......................................... [email protected] Website..............................................www.MercerBears.com

First year of competition.................................1970-71 All-time record.................................................. 658-667 Conference Regular Season Titles............................4 Last...................................................... 2017 (Shared) NCAA Tournament Appearances............................... 1 Last.... 1985-Division II (L, 82-79, Central Missouri) WNIT Appearances........................................................ 3 Last................................. 2017 (L, 57-81, Alabama) WBI Appearances........................................................... 2 Last..............2015 (L, 54-65, Siena (semifinals))

2016-17 RECAP

Returning Starters (5) Player Kahlia Lawrence Sydni Means Kayla Potts Amanda Thompson Alex Williams

Yr. Pos. Sr. G Sr. G Sr. G Jr. F Sr. F

PPG RPG APG 18.4 4.9 1.7 11.3 4.3 6.7 3.0 3.7 1.0 4.6 6.5 1.2 7.7 6.2 0.8

Other Returners (6) Player Yr. Pos. PPG RPG APG Germani Abram So. C 0.8 1.2 0.2 KeKe Calloway Jr. G 12.2 3.9 1.1 Shon Kitchens Sr. G 1.8 0.6 0.2 Linnea Rosendal Jr. G 4.4 1.2 0.8 Rachel Selph Jr. C 5.5 3.9 0.5 Ally Welch Jr. F 0.9 2.0 0.5 STARTERS LOST( Newcomers (2) Player Yr. Ht. Hometown / Previous School Shannon Titus Fr. 5-11 Johns Creek, Ga. / Northview HS LaKaitlin Wright Fr. 6-3 Alamo, Ga. / Wheeler County HS

2017-18 QUICK FACTS // MERCER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

2017-18 SCHEDULE

Date Opponent November 10 November 12 November 16 November 19 November 24 November 26 November 30 December 3 December 6 December 10 December 17 December 19 December 21 December 28 December 30 January 4 January 6 January 13 January 18 January 20 January 25 January 27 February 1 February 3 February 10 February 15 February 17 February 22 February 24 March 1-4

at UCF at Florida Atlantic Georgia Southern Georgia vs. Western Kentucky vs. VCU at Campbell Davidson George Washington at UNC Asheville Winthrop South Carolina State Howard at North Carolina at Charlotte at Wofford* at Furman* at Samford* UNCG* Western Carolina* at ETSU* at Chattanooga* Furman* Wofford* Samford* at Western Carolina* at UNCG* Chattanooga* ETSU* SoCon Tournament

* Southern Conference Game Home Games in Bold. All dates and times (ET) are subject to change.

Location Time

Orlando, Fla. Boca Raton, Fla. Macon, Ga. Macon, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. Buies Creek, N.C. Macon, Ga. Macon, Ga. Asheville, N.C. Macon, Ga. Macon, Ga. Macon, Ga. Chapel Hill, N.C. Charlotte, N.C. Spartanburg, S.C. Greenville, S.C. Birmingham, Ala. Macon, Ga. Macon, Ga. Johnson City, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Macon, Ga. Macon, Ga. Macon, Ga. Cullowhee, N.C. Greensboro, N.C. Macon, Ga. Macon, Ga. Asheville, N.C.

5:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. TBD 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. TBD

2017-18 QUICK FACTS // MERCER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown / Previous School 0 1 2 5 11 12 15 20 22 23 24 32 34

KeKe Calloway Sydni Means Amanda Thompson LaKaitlin Wright Linnea Rosendal Shannon Titus Ally Welch Shon Kitchens Alex Williams Kayla Potts Kahlia Lawrence Germani Abram Rachel Selph

G G F C G/F G/F F G F G G C C

5-9 5-5 5-10 6-3 6-1 5-11 5-11 5-7 5-9 5-10 5-8 6-2 6-3

Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr.

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. 32 0 20 24 1 23 11 34 2 12 15 22 5

Germani Abram KeKe Calloway Shon Kitchens Kahlia Lawrence Sydni Means Kayla Potts Linnea Rosendal Rachel Selph Amanda Thompson Shannon Titus Ally Welch Alex Williams LaKaitlin Wright

C G G G G G G/F C F G/F F F C

6-2 5-9 5-7 5-8 5-5 5-10 6-1 6-3 5-10 5-11 5-11 5-9 6-3

So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr.

Forsyth, Ga. / Mary Persons HS Stone Mountain, Ga. / Greater Atlanta Christian School Hayesville, N.C. / Hayesville HS Alamo, Ga. / Wheeler County HS Stockholm, Sweden / Blackberg Basket Johns Creek, Ga. / Northview HS Cumming, Ga. / South Forsyth HS Davisboro, Ga. / Washington County HS College Park, Ga. / Woodward Academy Rex, Ga. / Forest Park HS Columbus, Ga. / Kendrick HS Huntsville, Ala. / Columbia HS Eastman, Ga. / Dodge County HS

STAFF

Head Coach..........................Susie Gardner Assistant Coaches...........Tiffany Morton, Trelanne M. Powell, Ben Wierzba Dir. of Player Personnel.........Kendall Ruff Athletic Trainer....................Evan Cherone Graduate Assistants....... Brooklyn Taylor Erin Horne

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Germani Abram Germany Linnea Rosendal Li-NEE-uh ROW-zen-doll Trelanne M. Powell TRUH-lane Ben Wierzba WEERZ-buh

Roster Breakdown By Class:

Seniors............................. 5 Shon Kitchens, Kahlia Lawrence, Sydni Means, Kayla Potts, Alex Williams Juniors.............................. 5 KeKe Calloway, Linnea Rosendal, Rachel Selph, Amanda Thompson, Ally Welch Sophomores.....................1 Germani Abram Freshmen......................... 2 Shannon Titus, LaKaitlin Wright

By Position:

Guard................................ 7 KeKe Calloway, Shon Kitchens, Kahlia Lawrence, Sydni Means, Kayla Potts, Linnea Rosendal, Shannon Titus Foward............................. 3 Amanda Thompson, Ally Welch, Alex Williams Center............................... 3 Germani Abram, Rachel Selph, LaKaitlin Wright

By State:

Alabama................................. 1 Georgia................................ 10 North Carolina..................... 1 Sweden.................................. 1

2017-18 QUICK FACTS // MERCER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL THE STAT CREW SYSTEM Mercer Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 16, 2017) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE

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24 25 01 22 34 02 11 23 20 04 13 15 32 21 00

Player

gp-gs

Kahlia Lawrence KeKe Calloway Sydni Means Alex Williams Rachel Selph Amanda Thompson Linnea Rosendal Kayla Potts Shon Kitchens Callie Hackett Ciarra Edwards Ally Welch Germani Abram India Blakely Aaliyah Milord Team Total.......... Opponents......

32 32

HOME 12-2 6-1 6-1

Total 3-Point min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg%

32-32 1111 34.7 232-544 .426 21-72 32-14 813 25.4 143-430 .333 68-239 32-32 1129 35.3 131-288 .455 4-16 26-13 680 26.2 84-168 .500 0-0 21-10 376 17.9 46-107 .430 0-0 32-32 893 27.9 66-158 .418 0-1 30-10 419 14.0 48-154 .312 37-110 32-17 609 19.0 40-106 .377 0-2 14-0 77 5.5 11-18 .611 0-1 14-0 78 5.6 6-24 .250 4-14 19-0 88 4.6 9-19 .474 0-0 8-0 79 9.9 3-15 .200 0-0 5-0 18 3.6 1-5 .200 0-0 7-0 23 3.3 2-4 .500 0-0 4-0 7 1.8 0-0 .000 0-0

TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game Score by Periods Mercer Opponents

OVERALL 25-7 12-2 13-5

6400 6400

F-Throw ft-fta ft%

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 481 538 546 541 404 422 488 500

OPP 1814 56.7 673-1730 .389 178-632 .282 5.6 290-441 .658 9.1 1163 36.3 400 12.5 549 17.2 0.7 162 5.1 82 2.6 22218 15-986 3-2477 Totals 2106 1814

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91-114 39-51 83-109 40-65 23-25 16-25 5-6 18-29 1-9 3-4 6-10 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0

off

.798 46 .765 29 .761 9 .615 70 .920 30 .640 105 .833 3 .621 63 .111 2 .750 3 .600 4 .500 6 1.000 2 .000 0 .000 1 52 822-2040 .403 134-455 .295 328-451 .727 425 673-1730 .389 178-632 .282 290-441 .658 338

MER 2106 65.8 +9.1 822-2040 .403 134-455 .295 4.2 328-451 .727 10.3 1209 37.8 +1.4 458 14.3 309 9.7 +7.5 1.5 305 9.5 101 3.2 17369 14-1241 -

.292 .285 .250 .000 .000 .000 .336 .000 .000 .286 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000

AWAY 11-4 6-1 5-3

Date 11/11/16 11/13/16 11/16/16 11/18/16 11/22/16 11/25/16 11/29/16 12/3/16 12/7/16 12/10/16 12/18/16 12/21/16 12/29/16 12/31/16 01/05/17 01/07/17 1/12/17 1/14/17 01/19/17 01/21/17 01/28/17 02/02/17 2/4/2017 02/09/17 02/11/17 2/16/17 02/18/17 2/25/17 03/02/17 03/03/17 03/05/17 03/16/17

NEUTRAL 2-1 0-0 2-1

Rebounds def tot avg

110 96 126 92 50 110 33 60 6 8 10 10 4 3 3 63 784 825

156 125 135 162 80 215 36 123 8 11 14 16 6 3 4 115 1209 1163

4.9 3.9 4.2 6.2 3.8 6.7 1.2 3.8 0.6 0.8 0.7 2.0 1.2 0.4 1.0

Opponent EMMANUEL at Georgia CAMPBELL FLORIDA ATLANTIC at Illinois at Houston at Georgia Southern KENNESAW STATE at Georgia Tech WEST GEORGIA at Winthrop FLORIDA STATE at Davidson PAINE COLLEGE ETSU CHATTANOOGA at UNCG at Western Carolina FURMAN WOFFORD SAMFORD at Chattanooga at ETSU WESTERN CAROLINA UNCG at Wofford at Furman at Samford vs Wofford vs Samford vs Chattanooga at Alabama

* - Conference game

pf dq

59 37 48 58 37 70 22 72 3 9 8 3 3 3 0 1 37.8 433 36.3 475

a

1 56 0 34 0 216 3 20 0 10 2 39 0 22 1 30 0 3 0 14 0 7 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0

to blk stl

52 30 61 30 14 34 32 26 6 4 7 2 2 2 2 5 7 458 309 - 400 549

W L W W W W W W L W W L W W W L W W W W W L W W W W W W W W L L

8 14 6 20 17 19 2 10 1 0 2 1 0 1 0

49 36 80 39 2 50 5 31 6 1 3 3 0 0 0

pts

avg

576 393 349 208 115 148 138 98 23 19 24 7 4 4 0

18.0 12.3 10.9 8.0 5.5 4.6 4.6 3.1 1.6 1.4 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.0

101 305 2106 82 162 1814

65.8 56.7

Score 84-70 64-72 76-60 74-57 51-33 64-60 77-56 61-46 50-70 67-36 71-48 40-83 67-60 93-50 72-55 56-74 77-64 59-57 76-52 54-39 59-49 50-70 71-56 84-53 58-47 61-46 68-47 76-68 67-42 63-52 59-61 57-81

Att. 2590 2497 1249 972 1051 558 772 768 520 428 183 3227 268 454 1272 1575 265 804 928 793 1859 4364 1011 596 658 380 739 868 3193 3329 908 508