2007-08 UNCG Women’s Baskerball Media Guide • UNCG WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS • Time (ET) TV/Web Nov. 8 Guilford College (exh.) 2 pm 4 at Virginia Tech 6 pm 7 at Wake Forest 7 pm 20 at UNC Wilmington 2 pm Spartan All Access 24 High Point 7 pm Spartan All Access UNCG Marriott Classic (Greensboro, NC) Nov. 28 Winston-Salem State vs. Bowling Green pm UNCG vs. Florida Gulf Coast 3 pm Nov. 29 Winston-Salem State vs. Florida Gulf Coast pm UNCG vs. Bowling Green 3 pm Spartan All Access Dec. 2 at Elon * 7 pm Spartan All Access 6 College of Charleston * 2 noon 3 Fordham pm Spartan All Access 7 Georgia Southern * 7 pm Spartan All Access UC Irvine Tournament (Irvine, CA) 2 at UC Irvine TBA 22 vs. Western Michigan/Illinois State TBA 29 at Samford * 8 pm Spartan All Access 3 at Chattanooga * 3 pm Spartan All Access Jan. 5 Davidson * 3 pm Spartan All Access 0 Furman * 3 pm Spartan All Access 2 at Appalachian State * 5 pm Spartan All Access 7 at Western Carolina * 4 pm 9 Wofford * 3 pm Spartan All Access 24 at Georgia Southern * 2:30 pm Spartan All Access 26 at College of Charleston * 7 pm Spartan All Access 3 Chattanooga * 3 pm Spartan All Access Feb. 2 Samford * 7 pm Spartan All Access 9 at Davidson * 7 pm 4 Western Carolina * 3 pm Spartan All Access 6 at Wofford * 6 pm 2 at Furman * :30 pm 23 Appalachian State * 7 pm Spartan All Access 27 Elon * 7 pm Spartan All Access March 5-9 at SoCon Tournament (Chattanooga, TN) TBA * Southern Conference Game Spartan All Access is available through UNCGSpartans.com. Schedule subject to change. UNIVERSITY FACTS Location .................................................................................Greensboro, NC Founded .................................................................................................89 Enrollment ........................................................... 7,467 (3,453 undergrad) Nickname ......................................................................................... Spartans Colors................................................................................Gold, White & Navy Stadium.......................................................................... Fleming Gym (,833) Affiliation.................................................................................NCAA Division I Conference ....................................................................................... Southern Chancellor ........................................................................... Dr. Linda P. Brady Director of Athletics .................................................................Nelson E. Bobb Athletics Dept. Phone.............................................................. 336-334-5952 Ticket Office Phone ................................................................. 336-334-3250 SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE Sports Information Director .................................................... Mike Hirschman Email .............................................................................[email protected]Cell Phone............................................................................. 336-202-533 Asst. SID (WBB Contact) .................................................................. Phil Perry Email ...................................................................................................... TBA Cell Phone............................................................................. 336-207-2383 Asst. SID................................................................................................... TBA Email ...................................................................................................... TBA Sports Information Phone ....................................................... 336-334-565 Sports Information Fax ............................................................ 336-334-382 Press Row Phone .................................................................... 336-334-5625 SID Office Address ...............................................Overnight: 408 Walker Ave. ................................................................................... Regular: PO Box 2668 .......................................................................... Greensboro, NC 27402-668 Website ..................................................................... www.uncgspartans.com UNCG WOMEN’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION Head Coach ...................................................................................Lynne Agee Alma Mater ........................................................................... Longwood, 97 Record at UNCG ................................................................ 520-257 (27 Years) Career Record...................................................................556-280 (30 Years) Associate Head Coach ............................................................... Carol Peschel Assistant Coaches ...................................................Jon Hines, Kaleah Latham Women’s Basketball Office Phone ........................................... 336-334-402 2007-08 Overall Record.......................................................................... 7-24 2007-08 SoCon Record .......................................................................... 4-4 Returning/Lost .........................................................................................8/4 Starters Returning/Lost ............................................................................/4 Newcomers................................................................................................... 5 2008-09 SCHEDULE QUICK FACTS The 2008-2009 UNCG women’s basketball media guide is a publication of the UNCG Sports Information Office. It was written and designed by Mike Hirschman, Sports Information Director using Adobe CS 2 (InDesign & Photo- shop). 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2007-08UNCGWomen’sBaskerballMediaGuide•�U N C G W o M e N ’ s B a s k e t B a l l M e d i a G U i d e t a B l e o F C o N t e N t s • �
The 2008-2009 UNCG women’s basketball media guide is a publication of the UNCG Sports Information Office. It waswrittenanddesignedbyMikeHirschman,SportsInformationDirectorusingAdobeCS2(InDesign&Photo-shop).EditorialassistancebyMeghanGannon,ColleenO’Connellandothers.PhotographybyWGSportsPhotos,SoConPhotos,UNCGUniversityRelations,JohnBellandothers.SpecialthankstoSIDstaffmemberspastandpresentfortheircontributiontothispublication.PrintingbyFranklinGraphics,Nashville,TN.(JoshAmbroseandstaff,abigthanks!)
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UNCG coach Lynne Agee thought she’d seen a lot in her illustrious ca-reer.
And so the Spartans embark on a new campaign with eight players re-turningfromayearago,includingBoone.WhiletheSpartansgraduatedfourstarters from last year’s 7-24 squad, Agee likes what she has seen in theearlygoingfromthisyear’sclub.
Agee should know chemistry when she sees it. This will be her3�st season as a college coach, the 28th at UNCG. Last season’s7-24 mark was just her second losing season ever. Stack that upagainst�3conferencetitlesand�7seasonsof20ormorewinsandyouseethatAgeedoesn’tneedacrystalballtoseewhatherfortunemightbe.
Obviously, Boone is the centerpiece to the backcourt. She wastheSouthernConference’sPreseasonPlayeroftheYearlastyearbe-foresufferingherkneeinjury.Determinedtoplaythroughtheinjury,Boone gave it a shot. However, she lasted just six minutes of theLibertygameanddecideditwastimetohavethekneerepaired.
Just52pointsaway from�,000 inhercareer,Booneaverageddoublefiguresineachofherthreeseasons.Shehasgonetothefreethrow line 408 times in her career, while handing out 32� assists.Simplyput,sheiswhatmakestheoffensego.
Boonewillnotbe lone talent, though, ina talentedbackcourt.Sophomore Monique Floyd comes back after a solid rookie cam-paign. Floyd played all 3� games last season with 29 starts. Sheaveraged 5.3 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. Scoring in dou-ble-figuresfivetimesduringtheseason,thenativeofFairmont,NCearnedaspotontheSoCon’sAll-Freshmansquad.
SeniorAshleyLingandjuniorLakiahHysonalsogainedvaluableexperience in the backcourt last season in Boone’s absence. Thetwosplit timeatthepointguardslot lastseason,LingstartingthefirsthalfoftheseasonandHysonstartingmostofthesecondhalfofthecampaign.
Ling, a Centerville, VA product, averaged 2.6 points and 2.7 reboundswhileplayingabout22minutespercontest.
TaShamaBannerwasanotherrookiethatwentthroughatrialbyfirelastseason.Sheappearedin�8gamesoffthebenchaveraging�.4pointsand�.� rebounds per contest. Playing 5.2 minutes per game, she gained valu-ableexperiencethatwillgoalongwaythisseason.
UNCGaddsshootingguardAmandaLeigh’sservicesthisseason,aswell.Leighsatout lastseasonafter transferring in fromWinthrop.TheRobbins-ville,NCnativehasredshirtsophomorestatus.OriginallyrecruitedbyUNCGbeforechoosingWinthrop,Leighplayedin26gamesasafreshmanfortheEagles.
Another newcomer to the backcourt is freshman Sarah Folwell. A localproductfromSouthernAlamanceHSandGraham,NC,the6-0Folwellwasathree-timeall-conferenceselectionand�,000-pointscoreratSouthernAla-mance–justthesecondintheschool’shistory.
“Wecertainlyhaveastockpileofguardstostarttheseason,”saidAgee.“That might mean an adjustment for Gini Grimsley. We need some experi-enceupfrontandsheisthelikelycandidateforthatspot.”
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Grimsley is UNCG’s leading returning scorer at 8.� points per game.Without Boone in the line-up, she became UNCG’s best offensive optionmost times last season. She knocked down 46 three-pointers as a result,shooting34percentfrombehindthearc.Butat6-0,shewouldbringsizetothefrontcourt.
As Agee eluded to, the remainder of the frontcourt is youthful. kendraSmith played 28 games off the bench last year as a freshman and playedthemostofthereturningfrontcourtplayers.Averaing�.7pointsand�.7re-boundspercontest,Smithplayedashadeover�3minutespergame.
The rest of the frontcourt consists of freshmen Amy Clapper, ChristinaWeaverandAgnetaMorkunaiteandjuniorcollegetransferDeeCorbett.
Corbett,a6-3junior,spentthelasttwoseasonsatLouisburgJuniorCol-lege. Last season, she averaging 9.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.The kelly, NC native scored in double-figures �6 times and nearly shot 50percentfromthefloor.
NeWCoMeRs: �No. Name pos. ht. yr. hometown/high school3 AgnetaMorkunaite F 6-0 Fr. Vilnius,Lithuania/MountainStateAcademy�� ChristinaWeaver F 5-�0 Fr. Covington,kY/HolmesHS�3 SarahFolwell G 6-0 Fr. Graham,NC/SouthernAlamance44 AmyClapper(RS) C 6-� Fr. Newark,OH/NewarkCatholic45 DeeCorbett C 6-3 Jr. kelly,NC/EastBladenHS(LouisburgJC)
MorkunaiteandGirstautaiteweretogetherbrieflyatHolyCross(VA)HSandalsoplayedtogetherasapartoftheLithuaniannationalteamprogram. Morkunaite transferred to Mountain State Academy in WestVirginia for her senior year. She has significant international experi-ence,spendingfouryearsasapartoftheLithuanianunder-20nationalteam.
TheSpartanshadhopedtobeabletouseClapperupfront,aswell,butshewas lost toapreseasonknee injury.A6-� freshman,Clapperwas a four-year letterwinner at Newark (OH) Catholic and earned all-statehonorsandthearea’sPlayerof theYearaward.Shewouldhavegotten a chance to play against her sister this season, who plays atBowlingGreen.TheteamsmeetuponNovember29attheUNCGMar-riottClassic.Instead,ClapperwillhavetowaituntiltheSpartansreturnthattripinthe2009-�0campaign.
“We are looking at this season as a whole package,” said Agee.“With as inexperienced as we are in the frontcourt, I don’t want us todwellononegame.Myfocusisongettingbettereachtimeout.
“Weopenwiththreestraightontheroad–twoofthembeingACCfoesinVirginiaTechandWakeForest.Thatisn’taneasystart.Butifwekeep looking at the season as a whole and not think about individualgames,Ithinkwecanbesuccessfulastheseasongoeson.”
seniorGini Grimsley
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postseason history Roanoke College – AIAW National Tournament UNCG – 1982 NCAA Division III Tourn. Runner-up UNCG – 1983 NCAA Division III South Regional UNCG – 1984 NCAA Division III South Regional UNCG – 1985 NCAA Division III South Regional UNCG – 1986 NCAA Division III South Regional UNCG – 1987 NCAA Division III South Regional UNCG – 1988 NCAA Division III Final Four UNCG – 1991 NCAA Division II South Atlantic Regional UNCG – 1998 NCAA Division I Midwest Regional UNCG – 2002 WNIT First Round
AgeenotonlyranksamongthemostsuccessfulactiveDivisionIcoachesinNorthCarolina, but across the country. She ranks third in the state in career wins with566,trailingonlySylviaHatchell(784)atNorthCarolinaandkayYow(729)ofNorthCarolinaState,twoofherlongtimefriends.Ageeranks�2thnationallyamongactivecoachesincareerwinsand22ndall-time.With�0morewins,shewouldmoveintotheTop20ontheall-timewinlist.LeonBarmoresitsin20thplacewith576winsduringhis20seasonsatLouisianaTech.
UndertheguidanceofAgee,UNCGhasreachedthe20-winplateau�5times.TheSpartans have also earned berths into the Division I national tournament once, theDivision II tournament once and the Division III tournament seven times. With Ageeatthehelm,UNCGbecameoneofonly�0teamsnationally(alldivisions)toreachtheNCAATournamenteachofthefirstsevenyearsitwasheld(�982-�988).
Overall 30 years 566-280 (.669) UNCG 27 years 520-257 (.669)
Agee has led her teams to �3 conference championships, including the 2002SouthernConferenceregularseasoncrown.Ageealso led theSpartans to the�999SouthernConferenceregularseasontitle,the�998SouthernConferenceTournamenttitle and five Big South Conference regular season championships. UNCG was BigSouthTournamentrunners-upfourtimes,aswellasSouthernConferenceTournamentrunners-uponfourotheroccasions,includingthreeconsecutiveseasons.
AgeehascoachedfourAll-AmericansinhertimeatUNCG.Severalofherplayershave gone on to become high school or college coaches, including current associ-ateheadcoachCarolPeschelandformerSpartanassistantcoachesVickieHenson,AmandaEatonandNicoleMurray.
Agee arrived at UNCG in �98� and led her fist-year squad to a 25-3 record anda trip to the inaugural NCAA Division III Tournament. The Spartans finished that re-markable campaign as NCAA Division III runner-up. UNCG ran the table in the DixieConference,goingaperfect�2-0,andwonitslast�0gamesbeforeitsmatchupwithElizabethtown (PA) in the National Championship game. The Spartans rallied fromninepointsdownathalftimetoforceovertime,butcameupjustapointshy,losingtothehost,67-66.
The�986-87teamfinisheditsrecordsettingyearwithanastounding27-3mark.UNCGsetaschoolrecordforwinsinasingle-seasonandalsoputtogetheraremark-able24-gamewinningstreak.TheSpartansstoodjust3-2earlyintotheseason,butran off 24 straight before its first round loss to Centre College in the NCAA DivisionIII South Regional. The winning streak still ranks in the Top �0 in NCAA Division IIIhistory.
Agee was named Big South Conference Co-Coach of the Year in �992-93 afterguidingher teamtoa�9-�0recordandwinningthe league’s regularseasontitle intheSpartansfirstseasonofmembership.TheSpartanswentontodominatetheBigSouth by posting a 70-�2 conference record during its five-year membership in theleague.UNCGcapturedorsharedtheregularseasontitleeveryseasonandadvancedtotheconferencetournament’stitlegamefourtimes.
In�997-98,itsfirstintheSouthernConference,UNCGposteda2�-9record,wonthe conference tournament championship and earned a berth into the NCAA Tour-nament. Itwas the firstappearance for theSpartans in theNCAADivision ITourna-ment.
The 2000-0� team turned in the best season ever by an Agee coached team inDivision I play by notching 22 wins. The Spartans reached the SoCon finals for thesecond-straightseason, fallingbyonepoint toChattanooga. In200�-02,AgeewasnamedSoConCoachoftheYearafterleadingtheSpartanstoashareoftheregularseason title and made its third straight appearance in the SoCon Tournament titlegame. UNCG was invited to participate in the 2002 Women’s National InvitationalTournamentforthefirsttime,fallingtoVirginiaTech5�-46.
The2005-06editionrestoredUNCGamongtheeliteintheconference.Afterfin-ishing second in the regular season with a �2-6 slate, the most league wins in five
Winningest active Division I coachesName, School Years Won Lost Pct.1. Pat Summitt, Tennessee 34 983 182 .8442. Vivian Stringer, Rutgers 37 804 267 .7513. Sylvia Rhyne Hatchell, No. Carolina 33 784 275 .7404. Kay Yow, North Carolina State 37 729 337 .6845. Tara VanDerveer, Stanford 29 724 188 .7946. Andy Landers, Georgia 29 707 225 .7597. Robin Selvig, Montana 30 697 199 .7788. Debbie Ryan, Virginia 31 675 288 .7019. Geno Auriemma, Connecticut 23 657 122 .84310. Jim Foster, Ohio State 30 656 266 .71211. Cindy Russo, Florida Int’l 31 622 284 .68712. Lynne Agee, UNCG 30 566 280 .66913. Muffet McGraw, Notre Dame 26 562 229 .71114. Frank Bennett, Lipscomb 28 557 345 .61815. Harry Perretta, Villanova 30 553 292 .64416. Wendy Larry, Old Dominion 24 552 196 .73817. Elaine Elliott, Utah 25 536 212 .71718. Joe Foley, Ark.-Little Rock 21 533 151 .779 Sharon Fanning, Mississippi St. 32 533 402 .57020. Tony Cross, Belmont 24 511 227 .692
years,theSpartansmadearunallthewaytotheSoConTournamenttitlegame,beforeultimatelybowingouttolong-standingrivalChattanooga,9�-79.Meanwhile,Boonegarnered All-SoCon plaudits and registered over �00 steals for the second straightyear.
The2006-07squadposted20-winsforthefirsttimesincethe200�-02season,finishingwitha20-�0recordgoodforatieforthirdplaceintheSoCon,whichsawfourteams with 20+ wins for the first time in conference history. The season saw BoonebecomeUNCG’sall-timestealsleaderwith3�3stealsandseniorJasmineByrdrecordher�,000thcareerpoint.BothSpartansalsorecordedAll-Conferencehonorsforthethirdconsecutiveyear.
Agee is an original member of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules CommitteeandservedasamemberoftheNCAADivisionIEastRegionSelectionCommitteeforthreeyears.Shealsoserved,untilrecently,asamemberoftheCommitteeonBasket-ball Issues for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. In addition, Agee wasanAssociateAthleticDirectorbeginningin�984andlaterservedasSeniorWomen’sAdministratorbeforereturningtocoachingexclusivelyin�999.Shewasapartoftheathleticadministrationduringtheuniversity’stransitionfromNCAADivisionIII,toDi-visionIIandthentoDivisionI.
During her tenure at UNC Greensboro, Agee also served a stint as the women’stennisheadcoachandledthe�983teamtoaDivisionIIInationalrunner-upfinish.TheRoanoke,VA,nativeearnedabachelor’sdegreeinhealthandphysicaleducationfromLongwoodCollegein�97�andamaster’sdegreeineducationaladministrationfromRadfordUniversityin�98�.
Peschel is the recruiting coordinator and organizes the UNCG summercampprogram.Onthecourt,PeschelworkspredominantlywiththeSpartanperimeterplayers.Underhertutelage,playerslikeSamikaFoster,ChoRhon-daGwaltneyandRebeccaViverettehaveallregistered�,000-pointcareers.
Off thecourt,Peschel isprimarily responsible for teamtravelandbud-geting,butalsohasalargehandinscouting.
Peschel became a part-time assistant coach in �984, before beingpromoted in �987 as the program’s first full-time assistant. She was laternamedtheassociateheadcoachin�998inher�3thwiththeSpartans.
Asaplayer,PeschelplayedthreeseasonsunderheadcoachLynneAgee,firstatRoanokeCollegefortwoseasons.ShehelpedtheMaroonstoapairof postseason appearances and the Virginia Association of IntercollegiateAthleticsforWomen(AIAW)titlein�98�.
PeschelwasthefirstfemaleAll-AmericaninanysportatUNCGandwasnamedtothe�982NCAADivisionIIIAll-Tournamentteam.Recently,Pescheland the�98�-82teamwere inducted into theUNCGHallofFamefor theirspecialseason.
The �98�-82 season triggered a run of seven consecutive 20-win sea-sons,duringwhichtheSpartanscapturedfiveDixieConferenceChampion-ships.Infact,UNCGhasmadesevenNCAATournamentappearancessincePeschel’sarrivaltotheUNCGcampus.TheSpartansmadeanotherrunataDivisionIIIcrownin�987-88,beforefinishinginthirdplaceatthenationaltournament.
The �997-98 UNCG squad captured the Southern Conference Tourna-mentChampionshipinitsfirstseasonintheconferenceandearneditsfirsteverberthintotheNCAADivisionITournament.
Since her arrival on the UNCG bench, the Spartans have captured ��regularseasonchampionshipsandfourconferencetournamenttitles.
While working as a part-time coach, Peschel spent three years at �stHomeFederalSavingsandLoaninthecorporateservicesdepartment.Shegotherstartininsuranceasapropertyandcasualtyplannerwhenthebankdevelopedaninternalagency.
education High School: Cave Spring H.S. College: UNCG, 1982
playing experience Roanoke College, 1978-81 UNCG, 1981-82
Coaching experience UNCG, 1984-Present
postseason experience UNCG – 1984 NCAA Division III South Regional UNCG – 1985 NCAA Division III South Regional UNCG – 1986 NCAA Division III South Regional UNCG – 1987 NCAA Division III South Regional UNCG – 1988 NCAA Division III Final Four UNCG – 1991 NCAA Division II South Atlantic Regional UNCG – 1998 NCAA Division I Midwest Regional UNCG – 2002 Women’s National Invitation Tournament First Round
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Jon Hines enters his fifth season at his alma mater and his third season as the secondassistantonLynneAgee’sstaff.
AnativeofNorthCarolina,HineshasbeenanimportantpieceoftheUNCG’swomen’s basketball program. Off the court, Hines is primarily responsible forgameschedulingandunderclassmenrecruitingfortheSpartans.Healsohasalargehandinscouting.Onthecourt,heworksextensivelywiththepostplayersandwasinstrumentalinthedevelopmentofformerSpartanandcurrentassistantcoach,kaLeahLatham.
In her senior season Latham posted career numbers leading the team inrebounds with 7.5 per game. She also ranks fifth on UNCG’s single-season re-bounds list and pulled down six double-doubles during her final season in a Spar-tanuniform.
HineswasalsoactiveinhelpingformerSpartanMeghanChamberlainexpandhergame.Inhersophomoreyear,Chamberlainposted35blocks,themostinasingle season by a Spartan since the 2001-02 season. She finished her career atNo.2onUNCG’scareer blockedshotslist.
“Jon has beenextremely loyaland committed toour program,” saidAgee.“Hehasgreatexperience and isan important partofourprogram.”
Prior to be ele-vatedtosecondas-sistant Hines spenttwo years as thethird assistant onthe Spartan staff.Hewasinchargeofthe film exchange, helpedwith recruit-ing, game prepara-tion, and individualworkouts whilescouting upcomingopponents.
HinesalsospenttimeatneighboringGreensboroCollegeasanassistantcoach.Asamemberofthe Pride staff, he assisted in film exchange and was in charge of the perimeter players.HewasapartofoneofthetopturnaroundsinNCAADivisionIIIduringthe 2002-03 season. Greensboro improved nine games in his first year on staff, finishing with a 16-9 record.
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kaleahLathamwasafour-yearplayerfortheSpartansfrom2003-07.TheAthens,TNnativeledtheSpartansinreboundingthreeconsecutiveseasonsand tallied 565 career rebounds which ranks seventh in UNCG’s Division Iera.DuringherseniorseasonsheledUNCGtoa20-�0record, includinga7�-68winoverSoConrival,Chattanooga.
“Weare thrilled towelcomebackoneofourown to theprogram,”saidAgee.”kaLeahhadanoutstandingcareeratUNCGandwasaverydedicatedplayerandwehavenodoubtshewillbringthesameenthusiasmandpassionasshebeginshercoachingcareer.
“Her experiences as a player and the firsthand knowledge that she haswill be beneficial to our current players, especially the young post playersthatwehavecominginthisseason.”
During her senior year she started all 30 games and became just thefourthSpartan inschoolhistory to leadtheteamin reboundingthreecon-secutiveseasonswith7.5reboundspergame.Shesetcareerhighsinpointswith�9inawinagainstGeorgiaSouthernandreboundswith�5againstFur-manandclosedhercareerwithfivedouble-doublesinherlast�0games.
Her junior year she led UNCG to the Southern Conference champion-shipgameandwasnamedtotheAll-Tournamentteamafteraveraging�3.0pointsand7.3reboundsthroughthreegames.ShealsoledUNCGtoa70-64winoverWakeForestwith�3pointsand�2rebounds.
With her experience in the post, Latham will work along side assistantcoach Jon Hines with the UNCG post players. She will also be in charge ofthetapeexchangeprogram,whileassistingwithallotherfacetsofthepro-gram.
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at UNCGsenior (2007-08)Missednearlytheentireseasonduetoakneeinjury...attemptedacomeback,butplayedjustsixminutesinLibertygamebeforedecidingtoundergosurgery.
Junior season (200�-07)PriortotheseasonvotedPreseasonSouthernConferencePlayeroftheYear...alsovotedonto the 10-member SoCon coaches pre-season all-league team… named a first team All-Southern Conference performer by the Southern Conference Sports Media Associa-tion…alsoselectedtotheSoConAll-Tournamentteam...startedall30games...becameUNCG’sall-timestealsleaderandendedtheseasonwith9�steals...rankedninthintheconferencewith�0.9pointspergame…secondintheconferenceinassists(4.03)andsteals (3.03)… concluded the season ranked 14th nationally in steals per game… finished rankedseventhintheSoConinfreethrowpercentage(75.2)andfourthinassist/turnoverratio (�.20)… scored a team-high �7 points in UNCG’s loss to Georgia Southern in theSoCon Tournament… scored in doubles figures in 17 of 30 games played… concluded the seasonscoring indoubledigits innineconsecutivegames... recordedacareer-high��stealsagainstUNCWilmington(��/�2),oneshyoftheschoolrecord...hadacareer-high27 points against Furman (1/6) on 10-of-14 shooting from the field... named Southern ConferencePlayeroftheWeekforhercareereffortagainstFurman…her�0.9scoringav-erageranks�2thall-time...shehasmade3�3freethrowsinherthreeyearsasaSpartan,which ranks 4th all-time...her 77.1 free throw percentage is fifth best at UNCG... recorded aseason-high�0assistsagainstElon(�/20)…becamethe20thplayeratUNCGwith200careerassists...ledtheteaminfreethrowattempts(�25),freethrowsmade(94),steals(9�)andassists(�2�)…wasaperfect5-for-5fromthefreethrowlineagainstGSU(2/5)…alsowent3-for-3fromthefreethrowlineagainstWofford(2/�9)…scored25pointson8-of-14 shooting in the season finale against Western Carolina.
sophomore season (200�-0�)UNCG went 17-9 when Boone was in the lineup… missed the first four games of the season with a pre-season hand injury... named a first team All-Southern Conference performer by the Southern Conference’s Sports Media Association and to the �0-member coach-es all-league game… also selected to the SoCon All-Tournament team… named to theNorth Carolina Sports Information Directors All-State first team… prior to the season, was named to the 10-member SoCon Coaches pre-season all-league team... ranked fifth intheconferencewithateam-leading�2.8pointspergame... ledtheleagueinassists(4.69), steals (3.88), free throws made (117) and free throws attempted (147)... finished third in freethrowpercentage(79.6),sixth inassist/turnoverratio (�.30)andeighth inminutes per game (30.5)... averaged �2.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists in theSoCon Tournament… scored 17 points and had five assists in the 91-79 loss to Chatta-nooga in the SoCon Tournament title game (3/4)… scored in double-figures a team-high �7timesin26gamesplayed...talliedacareer-high25pointsandeightstealsina74-63lossatGeorgiaSouthern(�/9)...went9-for-9fromthefreethrowlineatGSU...matchedthat with 25 points and hauled in a career-best 10 rebounds in the 72-57 season finale winoverWesternCarolina (2/25)...went9-of-�0 fromthe lineagainst theLadyCats...had 11 points and a career-high 11 assists for her first ever “double-double” in an 82-75 losstoChattanooga(�/2)...setaschoolrecordintheDivisionIerawithninestealsand
had�4pointsina72-48winoverFurman(2/4)...shemade20straightfreethrowsatone point during the season...had eight games with six or more steals, which includedsix straight games at one point... scored 16 points, had six steals and five assists in her seasondebut,a72-70winoverWestVirginia(�2/3)...had�6points,sevenrebounds,fourassistsandfourstealsinthe70-64winatWakeForest(�2/�4)...had�4points,nineassistsandsevenstealsina85-7�winoverAppalachianState(�/�4)...had�8pointsandsevenassistsinan84-64winoverWofford(�/24/06).
Freshman season (200�-0�)NamedSouthernConferenceFreshmanoftheYearbyboththeleague’scoachesandme-diaassociation...alsonamedtotheSoConAll-Freshmanteam...selectedtotheNorth
Career highsPoints........................................................................................... 27vs.Furman,�/6/07Rebounds:................................................................... �0vs.WesternCarolina,2/26/06FG:............................................................................................... �0vs.Furman,�/6/07FGA:............................................................................ �8vs.WesternCarolina,2/�2/053FG:................................................................................................................2,sixtimes3FGA:........................................................................ 6atCollegeofCharleston,�/�5/07FT:...............................................................................................................9,threetimesFTA:................................................................................�2atGeorgiaSouthern,2/5/05Assists:.................................................................................��vs.Chattanooga,�/2/06Turnovers..............................................................................................................8,twiceSteals:........................................................................ ��vs.UNCWilmington,��/�2/06Blocks:......................................................................................................... 2,fourtimesMinutes:.............................................................................................................38,twice
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CarolinaSportsInformationDirectorsAll-Statesecondteam,shewastheonlyfresh-man named to the �0-player squad... led Division I women’s basketball with 4.32steals per game... her 121 steals was the fifth most steals ever by a freshman in a sin-gle-seasonandaschoolrecord...fellonestealshyoftheSoConrecord(Tracykruegerof Marshall, 1992-93)... first Division I player (men or women) to reach 100 steals in 2004-05...tied the then school record twice with eight steals in a game... aver-aged�0.3points,4.3steals,3.�reboundsand2.8assistspergame...averaged4.85steals per game in conference play...second on the team in scoring and paced theclubinstealsandassists...shot76.�(�02-for-�34)percentfromthefreethrowline...the �34 free throw attempts is the ninth most in a single-season at UNCG... had asteal in every game...had five or more steals in 13 games... came up with eight steals atGeorgiaSouthern(2/5)andagainstWesternCarolina(2/�2)...scoredindouble-figures 15 times...scored a season-high 18 points and had five steals in a 72-58 win atWesternCarolina(�/�5)...scored�7pointsandhadsixstealsina7�-50winoverCollege of Charleston (1/10)... had 11 points, seven assists and five steals in a 79-68 win over UNC Wilmington (12/20)... had 16 points, seven steals and five assists in a 78-66winatDavidson(�/�8)..had�0points,aseason-highninereboundsandfourassists in a 65-59 loss at Elon (2/1)... had 16 points, five assists and five steals in a90-87doubleovertimewinoverDavidson(2/�5)...sentthegameintoovertimebydriving the length of the floor with five seconds left and buried a 3-pointer at the top ofthearcagainsttheWildcats.
high schoolEarned first team All-Metro from the Washington PostasasenioratGwynnParkHighSchoolinBrandywine,MD...wasalsonamedall-conferenceandall-countyasase-nior...averaged�4.0points,6.5assistsand5.5stealspergameasasenior...teamwonthe3Astatetitleherjuniorseasonwitha25-�recordandwonitagainherseniorseason...teamhada�7-gamewinningstreakatonepointduringtheseasonwithanaveragemarginofvictoryof4�points...averaged�2.8points,7.0assists,6.0stealsand4.0reboundspergameasajunior...wasrankedintheTop250seniorsnationallybyAll-StarGirlsReport...playedinhighschoolwithcurrentclassmatekemenaBrooksandsophomoreLakiahHyson...honorrollstudentatGwynnPark.
personalkristenAishaBoone...daughterofWendyMcCrayandWilliamBoone...bornDecem-ber 13, 1986...majoring in exercise and sports science with a fitness leadership con-centrationatUNCG.
at UNCGJunior season (2007-08)OneofseveraloffensiveoptionsforUNCG...sawactionin3�games,startingnine...onthreeoccasionsledUNCGoffthebench,tallied�4pointsinacome-frombehindwinvs.Furman(�/2) and had a season-high 2� points against Appalachian State (2/�9)...tallied ninepointsandwas4-of-4fromthefreethrowlineinUNCG’s62-44winoverAppalachianStatein the Southern Conference Tournament first round…also recorded nine points in UNCG’s loss to top-seeded Chattanooga in the quarterfinals… averaged 8.1 points per game and 3.4 rebounds per game in 20.3 minutes of action... recorded 10 games in double figures duringtheseason,includingthreegamesof�5ormorepoints...her8.�pointspergamewassecond best on the team this season… posted the highest single game field goal percentage of the season against Davidson by going 5-of-6 from the floor (.833)...led the team with 24 blocks on the season...has tallied 51 blocks for her career, making her one of five players in program history with at least 50 career blocks… also led the team in three-point field goals made(46)andattempts(�34).
sophomore season (200�-07)Saw action in 29 games... averaged 3.2 points and �.7 rebounds in �2.7 minutes... hada season-high �3 points against Longwood during the UNCG Thanksgiving Tournament...grabbed a season-high five rebounds twice against Wofford (1/22/07) and Georgia South-ern(�/8/07)...postedacareer-highfourstealsagainstProvidence(��/25/06)...recordedacareer-high20minutesinUNCG’s�03-48losstoNorthCarolina...secondontheteaminblockswith�9...tallied�2stealsontheyear…fourthontheteaminthree-pointersmade(14) and fifth in three-point field goal percentage (29.2)… had two nine point games against Georgia Southern on (1/8/07) and again against the Eagles in the SoCon quarterfinals (3/�/07)…shot75percent(6-of-8)fromthefoulline.
Freshman season (200�-0�)Made first career start at Coastal Carolina scoring seven points... saw action in 29 games... averaged4.�pointsand�.2reboundsin8.3minutespergame...scored�5pointsinsecondcollegiategameina69-66losstoLongwood(��/25)...hadabreak-outgameagainstWof-ford with 22 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the field, including 4-of-5 from beyond the arc... itwasthemostpointsscoredbyaSpartanfreshmansinceMelindaGoodsonhad28pointstwice during the �996-97 season... also had �0 points in an 82-75 loss to Chattanooga(1/2)... scored four points in five minutes of game action in the 69-58 win over Davidson in the Southern Conference semifinals victory over the Wildcats (3/4/06)… shot 83.3 (10-of-�2)percentfromthefoulline...hadninestealsandeightblocks.
high schoolFour year letterwinner for coach Travis kemp at Fairmont High School in Fairmont, NC…Fairmont’sall-timeleadingscorerwithover�,600careerpoints…averaged�9pointsand�0reboundspergameasaseniorandledtheLadyGoldenTornadoestothesecondroundofthestateClass2Aplayoffs…teamwontwoTri-SixConferenceTournamentChampionships…played in the East-West All-Star Game at the Greensboro Coliseum… four-time All-Tri-Six
ConferenceandAll-RobesonCountyhonoree…namedtotheRobesonCountyChristmasClassic All-Tournament team four times… honorable mention all-state during junior yearafteraveraging�5pointsand��reboundspergame…posted�9pointsand��reboundsperoutingasasophomore...alsoletteredfouryearsinvolleyballandthreeyearsintrack…Fairmont’sall-timeleaderinkills…three-timeall-conferencehonoreeandtwo-timeconfer-enceMVPinvolleyball…namedall-conferenceinhighjump,shotputand800mevent…Fairmont’s valedictorian as a senior with the top GPA among �39 graduating seniors…memberoftheBetaClub…washonoredasafreshmanstudentofexcellence…NCAAEast-
Career highsPoints:...............................................................................22vs.Wofford,�/24/06Rebounds:................................................................................7atFurman�/2/08FG:............................................................................................................... 8twiceFGA:.................................................................................�4atDavidson,2/�5/083FG:............................................................................................................. 5twice3FGA:........................................................................................................... 9twiceFT:................................................................................ 6atChattanooga,�/�4/08FTA:.............................................................................. 7atChattanooga,�/�4/08Assists:..................................................................................... 3vs.Elon,�/26/08Turnovers:...............................................................................................4 five timesSteals:................................................................................................. 2eighttimesBlocks:......................................................................................................... 3twiceMinutes:...........................................................................28atDavidson,2/�5/08
WestAcademicAll-Star…alsocompetedfortheFayettevillePhantomsAAUteamforsevenyears and for the Carolina Force for two years… the Force finished 15th at the AAU Jr. Olym-picsin2004.
at UNCGJunior season (2007-08)Oneof twoguardschosento leadtheteamat thepointguardpositionwiththeabsenceofkristenBoone...sawactionin3�games,starting�5...averaged2.6pointsand2.7re-boundspergame...setnewcareerhighsinrebounds(6)andassists(6)duringtheseason...recordedeightpointsinUNCG’s54-52winoverElon(�/26)andfollowedthatseason-highperformance with seven points against Georgia Southern… also drained her first career three-pointer against UNC Asheville (��/25)...tallied �4 games with at least one three-pointer attempted and had a season-high two attempts against Western Carolina ( 2/9)alsotiedhercareer-highinpoints(8)twiceontheseason…ledtheteamwith58assistsontheseason…wasnamedtotheDean’slistandAthleticDirector’shonorrollforthe2007-08academicyear.
sophomore season (200�-07)Playedinall30games...hadacareerdayagainstUNCWilmington...hadacareer-higheightpoints to go with career high’s in field goals made (3), free throws made (2) and steals (3)... averaged0.9pointsand�.7reboundspergamein��.3minutes...dishedoutacareer-highfive assists in UNCG’s 68-60 win over Georgia Southern (2/5)… scored three points and hadtwostealsinUNCG’s73-59losstoDavidson(�2/4/06)…pulleddownaseason-highfourreboundsagainstLiberty(�2/30/06)andLongwood(��/24/07)…hadthreestealsonthreeoccasions…playedaseason-high�9minutesina88-40winoverElon(�/20/07)…talliedfourdefensivereboundsontwooccasions.
Freshman season (200�-0�)UNCG’s back up point guard that started the first six games of the year and saw action in all 30games…averaged�.0points,�.2reboundsand�.0assistsin��.3minutespergame...scored a season-high five points and had three rebounds and two assists in an 84-64 win overWofford(�/24)...alsoscoredfourpointsatCoastalCarolina(�2/3�)andagainstCol-legeofCharleston (�/�6)...dishedoutaseason-high threeassistson threeoccasions...cameupwithtwostealsintwogames...playedaseason-high28minutesina65-63over-timelossatHighPoint(��/29)…hadtwoassistsinjustsixminutesofactioninthe9�-79setbacktoChattanoogaintheSouthernConferenceTournamenttitlegame.
high schoolLetteredfouryearsasthepointguardforGusTayloratCentrevilleHighSchoolinClifton,VA…ledtheWildcatsinassistsandstealspergameduringherseniorseasonwith3.9and2.2 respectively… finished second in rebounding with 6.8 per outing… named first team All-Concorde District and first team all-defensive team.
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sophomore season (2007-08)One of two players called upon to handle the point guard duties in the absence ofstarterkristenBoone...sawactionin3�games,starting�6...wasputintothestartinglineup at Western Carolina (1/12) and finished the season in the starting five... aver-aged 4.7 points and 1.7 rebounds in 20.4 minutes of action... scored in double figures inconsecutivegamesatGeorgiaSouthern(2/2)andatCollegeofCharleston(2/5)...shot .571 percent from the floor on 4-of-7 shooting from the floor for 11 points against GeorgiaSouthern(2/2)…wassetnewcareerhighsinpoints(�3),steals(4)andre-bounds (6) against College of Charleston (2/4)... recorded 14 games with five or more points...alsosetanewcareerhigh inassistswithsevenagainst Davidson (�/�8)…attempted at least one field goal in every game and tallied a season-high 12 attempts againstCollegeofCharleston(2/4)...wasaperfect6-of-6fromthefreethrowlineina62-44 win over Appalachian State in the first round of the Southern Conference Tourna-ment…showedsomerangeknockingdownseventhree-pointersontheseason,includ-ingaseason-hightwoagainstElon(2/23)…ledtheteamwith52stealsontheyear.
Freshman season (200�-07)Sawactionin20games...averaged0.7pointsand0.4reboundsin5.3minutesoffthebench…talliedaseason-highfourpointstwiceagainstElon(�/20/07)andLongwood(��/24/06)...pulleddowntworeboundsagainstCollegeofCharleston(�/�5)...went3-of-4fromthefreethrowlineagainstVirginiaTech(�/�0)...playedaseason-high�6minutesinUNCG’s88-40winoverElon(�/20)…talliedtwoassists,twostealsandoneblock in UNCG’s win over Longwood in the UNCG Thanksgiving Tournament… talliedsevenrebounds,sevenassistsandthreeblocksontheseason.
high schoolPlayedfouryearsatGwynnParkHighSchoolinBrandywine,MDforheadcoachMarvinVann…namedhonorablementionAll-Metby theWashingtonPostduringherseniorseason... named to the Prince George’s 3A/2A All-League team… finished her senior season with a 22-4 record… averaged �6.8 points per game which ranked �0th inPrinceGeorge’sCounty…scoredagame-high3�pointsintheYellowJackets3Astatesemifinal loss to Baltimore City’s Western HS… scored a career-high 32 points and had�0assistsina70-28winoverPotomac…scored20ormorepointseighttimes,including the final three games of the season… scored in double figures in all but three games…scoredover�,000careerpoints…wontwostatechampionshipsasafresh-manandsophomorewhensheplayedalongsidecurrentUNCGseniorskristenBooneandkemenaBrooks…memberoffourregionalchampionshipteams.
Career highsPoints:............................................................�3atCollegeofCharleston,2/4/08Rebounds:........................................................7atCollegeofCharleston,2/4/08FG:...................................................................6atCollegeofCharleston,2/4/08FGA:...............................................................�2atCollegeofCharleston,2/4/083FG:.........................................................................................2atElon,2/23/083FGA:.......................................................................................4atElon,2/23/08FT:....................................................................... 6vs.AppalachianState,3/6/08FTA:..................................................................... 6vs.AppalachianState,3/6/08Assists:............................................................................ 7vs.Davidson,�/�8/08Turnovers..........................................................6atCollegeofCharleston,2/4/08Steals:........................................................................................................4,twiceBlocks:....................................................................................2vs.Elon,�/20/07Minutes:.........................................................33atWesternCarolina,�/�2/2008
hysoNLakiah5-8•Guard•Jr.Accokeek,MDGwynnParkHS �2
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at UNCGJunior season (2007-08)Cameoffthebenchin27games...averaged3.�pointsand�.5reboundsin9.3minutesofaction...setnewcareerhighsinpointswith�0againstWesternCarolina(2/9)whilealsosettingnewcareermarksinreboundswithsixagainstDuke(��/�8)...alsoplayedacareerhigh 17 minutes against Appalachian State (2/19)... had seven games of five or more points ontheseason…talliednine-pointsontwooccasionswithallherpointscomingfrombehindthethree-pointline…oneoftwothree-pointthreatsfortheSpartans…talliedatleastonethree-point attempt in 22 games on the season… recorded five games of two or more three-pointersmade,includinggoing3-of-7frombehindthearcontwooccasions.
sophomore season (200�-07)OnlysawactioninsixgamesduetoathumbinjurysufferedinpracticeinearlyDecember...averaged 2.0 points and �.8 rebounds in 5.2 minutes… posted a career-high six pointsinlossatCharlotte(��/20)...alsopostedacareer-highfourreboundsagainstLongwood(��/24)…playedaseason-high�0minutesagainstNorthCarolina (��/30/06)…tallied��rebounds,oneassistandonestealontheseason.
Freshman season (200�-0�)Cameoffthebenchin�2gamesforUNCG...averaged�.3pointsand0.6reboundsin3.8minutes per game... scored five points on 2-of-3 shooting in a 69-52 win over Ohio (11/26)... also scored five points in a 69-66 win at Furman (1/7)... made the first three 3-pointers she attempted in her career...shot 50.0 (6-of-12) percent from the field... came up with seven rebounds,twoassistsandtwosteals.
high schoolFirstfemaleathletefromHonakerHighSchooltoplayDivisionIbasketball…three-yearvar-sityplayerforcoachLarryShortridge…averaged2�.5points,9.7reboundsand2.5stealsasasenior…wasathree-timeAll-RegionDandBlackDiamondDistrictselection,andwasnamed Player of the Year in both as a senior… was also a first team All-Southwest Virginia selectionbytheBristol Herald CourierandasecondteammemberontheAll-Stateteam…scored�,202points forhercareer…earnedsimilaraccolades involleyball, includingbe-ing named All-Region on three occasions and All-Southwest Virginia and all-state… alsocompeted in softball and track… named first team Black Diamond District shortstop and utilityplayer…wasadistrict,regionalandstatecompetitorintrack…NationalHonorSoci-etymember…twicehonoredwithNationalSpanishawardandWho’sWhoAmongAmericanStudents…competedonmultipleAAUteamsover�0yearsandwasnamedtonumerousAll-Tournamentteams.
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sophomore season (2007-08)Sat out during the 2007-08 season due to NCAA transfer regulations, using her redshirtseasonintheprocess.
Freshman season (200�-07) at Winthrop UniversitySawaction in26gamesandstartedtwo…averaged2.2pointsand�.0rebounds in9.4minutes…hadherbestgameoftheseasonagainstBirmingham-Southernwhereshewas3-of-4 from the floor and was 2-of-3 from behind the arc… tallied a career-high eight points against Birmingham-Southern and tallied a season-high five rebounds against Charlotte… wasaperfect4-for-4fromthefreethrowlinefortheseason.
high schoolEarnedfourvarsitylettersatguardforheadcoachRyanCookatSunValleyHS…SunValley’sall-timeleadingscorerwithover�,000careerpointsscoredandistheall-timeleaderforthree-point field goals made… also holds the record for most points scored in a season… two-time all-conference selection…earned conference Player of the Year honors in 2005and 2006… high school team was conference champions during the 2005-06 season…two-timeUnionCountyPlayeroftheYear…secondteamAll-Stateselection...playedintheEast-WestAll-Stargame.
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Redshirt Freshman season (2007-08)Saw action in 30 games off the bench...made her first career start against College of Charleston (�/7)... averaged 2.6 points and 2.3 rebounds per game in �0.7 minutes ofaction... tallied a career-high three blocks against Central Florida (�2/20) and played acareer-high20minutesagainstCollegeofCharleston(�/7)...matchedhercareer-highwitheight points in UNCG’s first win of the season against High Point (12/3)... third on the team inblockedshotswith�8ontheseason….hadaseason-highsixreboundsagainstChowan(12/28)… tallied at least four rebounds in six contests… was perfect from the field on six occasions,includinggoing3-of-3inUNCG’scome-from-behindwinoverFurman(�/2).
Freshman season (200�-07)Only saw action in five games after suffering a knee injury against North Carolina... obtained amedicalredshirt...hadherbestgameoftheseasonagainstLongwoodduringtheUNCGThanksgiving Tournament.. tallied eight points and seven rebounds on 3-of-8 shootingfrom the field… played a season-high 17 minutes in the UNCG’s 81-50 win over Longwood (��/24/06)…alsowent2-of-3fromthefoulline.
high schoolPlayedoneyearatHolyCrossRegionalCatholicSchool inLynchburg,VA forheadcoachCharlesSprouse…ledteamtoa3�-3recordandtoastatetitle...averagednearly�5pointsand�5reboundsfortheGaelsin2005-06…namedtotheVirginiaIndependentSchoolsDivisionIIIall-stateteam…alsonamedtotheall-tournamentteamsattheHolyCrossandBlueRidgein-seasontournaments…playedfortheLithuaniaUnder20nationalteamandled them to a third place finish at the 2005 European Championships… led team to a sixth place finish in 2003.
personalAgne Girstautaite… born August 6, �986 in kaunas, Lithuania… daughter of RimantasGirstautas and Rima Girstautiene… has an older sister Greta… also considered GeorgeWashington,Towson,DelawareandAppalachianState…majoringininternationalbusinessatUNCG.
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Freshman season (2007-08)Sawaction in�8gamesontheyear...averaged�.4pointsand�.�reboundspergame...talliedacareer-higheightpointsandtwostealsinnineminutesofactionagainstChowan(�2/28)...recordedtwoassistsontwooccasions...pulleddownacareer-highfourreboundsontwooccasions...averaging5.3minutespergameoffthebench…playedaseason-high�3minutesagainstDavidson(2/�5)anddishedouttwoassists…8-of-��fromthecharitystrip on the season good for .727 percent … was perfect from the free throw line in twocontests.
high schoolPlayedfouryearsatWestBladenHighSchoolinBladenboro,NCforheadcoachTeresaCole-man…wasnamedTri-CountyPlayeroftheYearafteraveraging�8.3points,sevenrebounds,five steals and four assists during her senior season… earned All-Southeastern Conference honorsduringher juniorandsenioryears…scoredaschoolrecord�,490pointsatWestBladenHighSchool…wasnamedMVP,BestDefensivePlayerandFemalePlayeroftheYearforhereffortsherseniorseason…wasnominatedfortheNorthCarolinaEast-WestAll-Stargame…playedoneseasonforcoachMarlonHardyandtheCarolinaForceandwenttotheAAUJr.OlympicsinNewOrleans,LA…alsoamemberofthetrackteam…garneredAll-Stateand All-Conference honors… also garnered the State Championship award in the 4x�00relay.
Career highs Points:...............................................................................8vs.Chowan,�2/28/07Rebounds:................................................................................................... 4,twiceFG:....................................................................................3vs.Chowan,�2/28/07FGA:............................................................................. 5atChattanooga,�/�4/083FG:...................................................................................................................... 03FGA:....................................................................................................1, five timesFT:...................................................................................................... 2,threetimesFTA:...................................................................................3vs.Chowan,�2/28/07Assists:........................................................................................................ 2,twiceTurnovers..............................................................4atAppalachianState,2/�9/08Steals:...............................................................................2vs.Chowan,�2/28/07Blocks:.........................................................................................................�,twiceMinutes:...........................................................................�3atDavidson,2/�5/08
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Freshman season (2007-08)A staple in the UNCG starting lineup since the first game of the season, one of five players toseeactioninall3�gamesandtheonlyplayertostart29games…namedtotheSouthernConferenceAll-FreshmanTeam...played3�minutesinherdebutagainstNCState(��/��),themostminutesofafreshmansincetheprogrammovedtoDivisionI...averaged5.3pointsand 3.4 rebounds per game in 21.7 minutes of action... recorded her first career double-doublewith�2pointsand�0reboundsagainstWesternCarolina(2/9)... recordedeightpointsandwas2-of-2fromthefreethrowlineInUNCG’slosstoChattanoogaintheSouth-ern Conference Tournament quarterfinals… scored in double figures in five games on the season... fifth leading scorer on the team with 5.3 points per game… proved to be consistent fromthefreethrowlinebyshooting.6�9percentincludinggoingperfectonfouroccasions…tallied career high’s in field goals (6) and field goal attempts (10) against Western Carolina (2/9)….shot .406 percent from the floor on 63-of-155 shooting to lead the team… also a consistent presence on the glass… recorded nine games of five or more rebounds.
high schoolPlayedfouryearsatFairmontHS,inFairmont,NCforheadcoachTraviskemp…four-timeSouth-easternConferencePlayeroftheYear…four-timeall-countyandall-regionselection…earnedRobesonianCountyPlayeroftheYearduringherjuniorandsenioryears…teamwassectionalchampions and advanced to the regional semifinals during her senior year… also claimed the 2006-07ChristmasTournamenttitle…earnedFirst-TeamAll-StatehonorsasseniorandwasnamedtotheSecond-Teamduringherjunioryear…duringhersenioryearwasnamedtotheAll-CapeFearteamandearnedMVPhonorsattheHolidayTournament…participatedintheEast-West All-Star game and the North-South All-Star game becoming the first player at Fair-monttoparticipateinbothAll-Stargames…settherecordformostpointsscoredintheholi-daytournamentwith42points…graduatedastheall-timeleadingscorerinFairmounthistorywithover�,652pointsin�0�gamesplayed…wasaMcDonald’sAll-Americannominee..alsoplayedvolleyballforfouryears…two-timeall-conferenceselection…earnedConferencePlayerof the Year plaudits during her senior year… team went undefeated before falling in the first roundofthestateplayoffs…memberoftheNCHSAAAcademicAll-Starteam.
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Frshman season (2007-08)Averaged�.8pointsand�.6reboundsin29games...hadacareernightagainstWofford(2/28) with career-highs in points (5), steals (2), blocks (2) and minutes played (25)....showedsomerangeknockingdowntwothree-pointersontheseason...talliedfourgamesoffourormorerebounds….was3-of-4fromthefreethrowlineagainstChowanforasea-son-high .750 percent… recorded two field goals on five occasions.
high schoolPlayedfouryearsatkendrickHighSchoolinColumbus,GAforheadcoachSterlingHicks…tallied238points,�95rebounds,45assists,73stealsand36blocksduringherseniorcampaign…amemberoftheAll-Bi-CityAll-Starteam…ledherteamtoa��3-�2recordduring her four-year tenure… high school team advanced to four consecutive state final four appearancesandearnedstaterunner-uphonorsduringhersophomoreyear…teamwasfour-timeregionalchampionsandtookhometheChristmastournamenttitlethreetimes…wasnamedtotheAll-Bi-CityandAll-Regionteams…wastheteam’sleadingrebounderandshotblockerandheldtheteam’sbestfree-throwpercentage…playedtwoseasonsofAAUBasketballfortheDreamTeam.
Career highs Points:.................................................................................................... 4,sixtimesRebounds:...........................................................................5vs.Wofford,2/28/08FG:........................................................................................................2, five timesFGA:.......................................................................................... 8atElon,2/23/083FG:.............................................................................................................�,twice3FGA:.......................................................................................................... 3,twiceFT:.....................................................................................3vs.Chowan,�2/28/07FTA:............................................................................................................. 4,twiceAssists:..............................................................................2vs.Chowan,�2/28/07Turnovers...........................................................................7atNCState,��/��/07Steals:.................................................................................2vs.Wofford,2/28/08Blocks:................................................................................2vs.Wofford,2/28/08Minutes:............................................................................25vs.Wofford,2/28/08
high schoolAfour-yearvarsity letterwinneroutofNewarkCatholicforheadcoachMattSchmeltzer…Was named the Newark Advocate Player of the Year… was also an all-state and All-MSLLeaguehonoree…ledtheGreenWavetoadistrictchampionshipin2004and’08…playedherAAUballforJoeFowlerandtheCapitalCityComets...wasalsoamemberoftheSpanishclub,studentcouncilandwasherclassrepresentative.
personalAmy Marie Clapper… born June ��, �990 in Newark, OH… daughter of Chris and CherylClapper…hastwosisters,Sarah,ajuniorontheBowlingGreenwomen’sbasketballteam,andkelly…wasalsorecruitedbyMoreheadState…planstomajorinmatheducation.
louisburg JC (200�-08)Averaged9.3pointsand5.4reboundspergamelastseason,playingin29gamesatLouis-burg... shot 49.4 percent from the floor and scored in double-figures 16 times... as a fresh-man,Corbettaveraged7.7pointsand2.8reboundspergame...appearedin23gamesasarookie.
high schoolAfouryearmemberoftheEastBladenHSbasketballteam…wasnamedtotheWaccamawAll-Conferencesquadthreeyearsinarow…namedteamMVPtwiceandwastheMostIm-proved Player on her squad in �0th grade… received the Joe Bostic award following hersophomoreseason…holds the recordatEastBladen formost reboundsandpointsbyapostplayer…alsoplayedvolleyballandsoftballforoneseason.
high schoolAthree-timeall-conferenceselectionatSouthernAlamanceHS…wasalsonamedtotheall-regionteamtwice…becamejustthesecondgirlinschoolhistorytoreachthe�,000-pointplateau…alsoplayedvolleyballforfouryears…wastheConferencePlayeroftheYearandwasatwo-timeall-conferenceselectionbeforehavingherjerseyretired.
high school: LedHolyCrossRegionalHStotheVirginiaIndependentSchoolsDivisionIIIStateChampi-onshipin2007…transferredtotheAcademyatMountainStateUniversityandplayedforheadcoachValerieMcGrawforoneseason…wasamemberof theLithuanianUnder-20NationalTeamforfouryearsforheadcoachRasakreivyte.
personal:Agneta Morkunaite… born August �3, �989 in Vilnius Lithuania… daughter of AndriusMorkunasandValdaMorkuniene…hasoneyoungersister,Gabija…alsoconsideredMar-shall,WestVirginiaUniversityandSetonHall…majoringinTourismManagementatUNCG.
high school: The2008NkYPlayeroftheYearoutofHolmesHS…wasnamedtothe35thDistrictAll-Tour-namentteamtwiceandtheNinthRegionAll-Regionteamonce…isamemberofthe�,000pointclubatHolmesandalsopulleddownover800reboundsinherfouryears…rankedinthetop-�0inthestateofkentuckyforrebounds,averaging��.3pergame…helpedleadherteamtotheNinthRegionchampionshipgame.
personal:Christina Jasmine Weaver… born April 2, �990 in Covington, ky… daughter of RichardWeaverandBelindaMcGowan…hasoneolderbrother,Richard…wasalsorecruitedbyBallState,Ohio,Miami(OH)andNorthernkentucky…planstomajorinExerciseSportScienceatUNCG.
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Opponent Date Score WL POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCkEDSHOTS
atNCState ��/��/07 29-74 L 5-BrittanyFrazier 5-AshleyLing 2-BrittanyFrazier 2-LakiahHyson �-threeplayers BrittanyFrazier MoniqueFloyd LIBERTY ��/�3/07 44-62 L �0-GiniGrimsley 4-MeghanChamberlain 2-kemenaBrooks 2-fourplayers �-GiniGrimsley MoniqueFloyd atDuke ��/�8/07 39-84 L 7-MoniqueFloyd 6-JasmineDixon 2-threeplayer 3-AshleyLing �-JasmineDixon AshleyMullins LakiahHyson BOSTON UNIV. 11/23/07 42-69 L 8-Jasmine Dixon 6-Gini Grimsley 1-five players 2-Jasmine Dixon 2-Gini Grimsley AshleyMullins GiniGrimsley UNCASHEVILLE ��/24/07 70-77 L �6-JasmineDixon ��-JasmineDixon 3-JasmineDixon 4-MoniqueFloyd 5-MeghanChamberlain CHARLOTTE ��/28/07 45-70 L ��-GiniGrimsley 6-MoniqueFloyd 4-AshleyLing �-fourplayers 2-MeghanChamberlain GiniGrimsley atHighPoint �2/3/07 74-64 W �5-kemenaBrooks 9-BrittanyFrazier 3-MoniqueFloyd 2-MoniqueFloyd �-MeghanChamberlain atLongwood �2/05/07 53-62 L �3-BrittanyFrazier 7-BrittanyFrazier 4-AshleyLing 4-MoniqueFloyd �-LakiahHyson AgneGirstautaite atWofford �2/�5/07 44-58 L �0-BrittanyFrazier 6-kemenaBrooks 2-kemenaBrooks 3-JasmineDixon 4-BrittanyFrazier AshleyLing LakiahHyson vsLaSalle �2/�9/07 47-63 L �3-kemenaBrooks 6-threetimes 4-AshleyLing 3-JasmineDixon 2-GiniGrimsley atUCF �2/20/07 73-76 L 2�-kemenaBrooks �4-BrittanyFrazier 2-threeplayers 2-MoniqueFloyd 3-AgneGirstautaite CHOWAN �2/28/07 68-37 W �3-kemenaBrooks 7-MeghanChamberlain 4-AshleyLing 2-fourtimes 3-GiniGrimsley atFurman 0�/02/08 66-54 W �8-kemenaBrooks ��-BrittanyFrazier 6-AshleyLing 2-AshleyLing �-sixplayers GEORGIASO. �/5/08 50-63 L �7-kemenaBrooks 6-BrittanyFrazier 3-MoniqueFloyd 3-LakiahHyson 2-MeghanChamberlain kemenaBrooks COFCHARLESTON �/7/08 37-62 L 8-GiniGrimsley 7-BrittanyFrazier 2-MoniqueFloyd 2-LakiahHyson 2-MeghanChamberlain BrittanyFrazier atWesternCarolina 0�/�2/08 53-66 L 9-kemenaBrooks 6-GiniGrimsley 4-AshleyLing 2-LakiahHyson 3-GiniGrimsley atChattanooga 0�/�4/08 50-77 L �4-GiniGrimsley 4-fourplayers 3-MoniqueFloyd �-fourplayers 2-AgneGirstautaite DAVIDSON 0�/�8/08 59-70 L �5-GiniGrimsley 6-JasmineDixon 7-LakiahHyson 3-JasmineDixon �-threeplayers LakiahHyson APPALACHIANSTATE 0�/2�/08 56-54 W �2-JasmineDixon 9-BrittanyFrazier 6-AshleyLing 2-threeplayers 2-AgneGirstautaite kemenaBrooks ELON 0�/26/08 56-54 W �0-kemenaBrooks 7-BrittanyFrazier 4-AshleyLing 4-JasmineDixon 3-MeghanChamberlain BrittanyFrazier atGeorgiaSouthern 02/02/08 57-68 L �3-JasmineDixon 8-JasmineDixon �-TashamaBanner 2-LakiahHyson �-kendraSmith kemenaBrooks AgneGirstautaite atCofCharleston 02/04/08 6�-65 L �7-GiniGrimsley 7-LakiahHyson 4-MoniqueFloyd 4-LakiahHyson �-threeplayers WESTERNCAROLINA 02/09/08 55-63 L �2-MoniqueFloyd �0-MoniqueFloyd 3-MoniqueFloyd 3-LakiahHyson �-fourplayers BrittanyFrazier CHATTANOOGA 02/��/08 52-64 L 9-LakiahHyson 5-BrittanyFrazier 2-MoniqueFloyd 3-LakiahHyson 2-GiniGrimsley atDavidson 2/�5/08 50-76 L ��-kemenaBrooks �2-JasmineDixon 3-MoniqueFloyd 2-GiniGrimsley �-threeplayers atAppalachianState 02/�9/08 53-58 L 2�-GiniGrimsley 9-JasmineDixon 3-AshleyMullins 3-JasmineDixon �-JasmineDixon MeghanChamberlain atElon 02-23-08 48-59 L 8-BrittanyFrazier 7-BrittanyFrazier 2-MoniqueFloyd 2-AshleyLing 2-GiniGrimsley kemenaBrooks LakiahHyson LakiahHyson WOFFORD 02/28/08 66-63 W 26-kemenaBrooks 9-JasmineDixon 5-MoniqueFloyd 4-kemenaBrooks 2-kendraSmith LakiahHysonFURMAN 03/0�/08 55-59 L ��-JasmineDixon 7-BrittanyFrazier 4-LakiahHyson 2-LakiahHyson �-GiniGrimsley kemenaBrooks
vsAppalachianState 03/06/08 62-44 W �3-kemenaBrooks 7-JasmineDixon 6-LakiahHyson 4-LakiahHyson �-GiniGrimsley vsChattanooga 03/07/08 33-78 L 9-GiniGrimsley 5-AshleyLing 2-MoniqueFloyd �-fourplayers 2-BrittanyFrazier
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## Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
Pointsinthepaint-LIBERTY36,UNCG�2.Pointsoffturnovers-LIBERTY23,UNCG�0.2ndchancepoints-LIBERTY �9,UNCG �0. Fast break points-LIBERTY �2,UNCG 2. Bench points-LIBERTY29,UNCG�9.Score tied-2 times. Leadchanged-3 times. Last FG-LIBERTY2nd-0�:��, UNCG2nd-00:�5.Largestlead-LIBERTYby222nd-03:56,UNCGby7�st-�2:53.
G1: NC State 74,UNCG 29
G2: Liberty 62,UNCG 44
RALEIGH, NC – UNCG opened the 2007-08 season witha 74-29 setback against No. 25 NC State in Reynolds Coli-seum.
UNCG(0-�)wasledbyseniorforwardBrittanyFrazierwhohad five points while teammates Meghan Chamberlain and AgneGirstautaiteeachaddedfourpointsintheloss.
khadijah Whittington led NC State (�-0) with 23 pointsand �6 rebounds on �0-of-20 shooting. Nikitta Gartrell andMegan Zullo were also in double-figures with 12 points each.
The Spartans took a 4-3 lead early after Brittany Frazier scored the Spartans first field goal of the season atthe�8:48markbutNorthCarolinaStatewouldrespondwitha�2-2runtotakea�6-5leadmidwaythroughthehalf.
UNCGtriedtogainsomemomentumneartheendofthehalfandrecordedstopsonseveralNCStatepos-sessions. Meghan Chamberlain hit a quick jumper and Monique Floyd hit her first collegiate bucket while a free throwfromLakiahHysonputUNCGintodoubledigits.TheSpartanscouldn’tstopWhittington,whoaccountedfornearlyhalfoftheNCStatepointsheadingintothebreak.
NorthCarolinaStateextendedtheirleadto50-�5atthe�6:4�marksparkedbythreeconsecutivebuck-ets fromZullo.GiniGrimsleyendedUNCG’sdroughtwitha jumper through the leftsidebutUNCGcouldn’t
The Spartans were able to get qualitypoints out of Lakiah Hyson and Brittany Fra-ziertocuttheleadto69-23atthe7:56mark.UNCGwasabletomakesomekeystopsdownthe stretch and found some points off thebench in Sharniece Wadelington and kendraSmith.
The Spartans outscored NC State 4-0over a three-minute span late in the half butcouldn’t stop NC State from scoring as thehometeamcruisedtothevictory.
UNCG29pointswerethefewestpoints scored in school history. Theprevious low was 32 scored againstHighPointduringthe�97�season.
UNCG(0-2)wasledbyjuniorGiniGrimsleywhotallied�0pointson3-of-�2shootingfromthefloorwhileseniorMeghan Chamberlain tallied four rebounds in the loss.Sophomore Lakiah Hyson set a new career-high with sixpointson3-of-5shootingfromthefloor.
Liberty(�-0)wasledbyMeganFrazeewhotallied�4points and nine rebounds. Teammate Rebecca Lightfootalsotalliedninereboundsinthewin.
Despite only leading by two points at the break, Lib-ertystartedthesecondhalfwitha�2-0runtopullahead2�-34 and pulled down five boards in the first five minutes of action and never looked back. The LadyFlames,wholedbyasmuchas22points inthesecondhalf, tallied20points inthepaintandshot44percentinthesecondhalf,toputthegameoutofreach.
Bothteamsseemedsluggishfromtheoutsetandneitherteamwasabletofindthebasketuntilabouttwo minutes into the game when UNCG’s Monique Floyd hit a bucket in the paint to put the Spartansahead.Libertywasn’tfarbehindwiththeirfirstbucketandnotchedthegameat2-2atthe�5:45mark.
The Spartans utilized offense from Hyson and Ashley Mullins and several free throws from AgneGirstautaitetopullahead9-2withjustunder�2minutesremaining.
The teams tradedbucketson thenext fewpossessionsbutLibertywasable to takean�8-�5 leadafterhittingsomequickbucketsintransition.Libertyuseda5-0runlaterinthehalftopullahead23-�7butaUNCGbucketinthepaintfromChamberlain,alongwithtwopointsfromthecharitystripeinthefinalsecondsofthehalfsentUNCGtothelockerroomtrailing23-2�.
Points in the paint-UNCG �2,DUkE 52. Points off turnovers-UNCG 2,DUkE 44. 2nd chancepoints-UNCG�0,DUkE32.Fastbreakpoints-UNCG2,DUkE�4.Benchpoints-UNCG23,DUkE48.Scoretied-0times.Leadchanged-0times.LastFG-UNCG2nd-08:58,DUkE2nd-00:50.Largestlead-UNCGNone,DUkEby472nd-02:34.
Points in the paint-BU 30,UNCG �4. Points off turnovers-BU 24,UNCG 8. 2nd chance points-BU��,UNCG�2.Fastbreakpoints-BU4,UNCG5.Benchpoints-BU26,UNCG29.Scoretied-�time.Leadchanged-0times.LastFG-BU2nd-0�:42,UNCG2nd-04:22.Largestlead-BUby302nd-07:53,UNCGNone.
UNCG (0-3) was led by Monique Floyd who tallied sevenpoints on 2-of-2 shooting from the floor. The Fairmont, NC na-tivewasalso3-for-3fromthefreethrowline.JasmineDixonandAshleyMullinseachtalliedsixreboundsintheloss.
krystal Thomas led Duke (3-0) with 20 points and �0 re-bounds on 9-of-16 shooting from the floor. Chante Black, Brit-
tany Mitch and Joy Cheek were all in double-figures for the Blue Devils.
Dukeopenedthesecondhalfwithseveralquickbucketsrunto pull ahead 50-2 but UNCG was able to use offense from thebenchtocuttheleadto56-25atthe�5:�2mark.TheBlueDevilsuseda5-0runmidwaythroughthehalftotakea6�-25leadbutUNCGusedtwoquickbucketsoutofatimeoutcuttheleadto63-29.A2�-4Duketoclosethegameputthegameoutofreach.
Duke opened the first half with a three-point field goal from BridgetteMitchell.UNCGrespondedandwasabletoquicklygetdown the floor but Floyd stepped out of bounds giving the Blue Devilspossession.GiniGrimsleywasabletocuttheleadto4-3witha threepointerandaDuketravelgaveUNCGtheballbackontheensuingpossession.TheteamsbattledontheboardsbutDukeusedajumperfromBlacktogoup6-3atthe�6:�7markofthe first stanza.
UNCG kept the Blue Devils on their heels but several turn-oversgaveDukeanearly8-3leadbutaquickfoulandtwofreethrowsfromFloydcuttheleadto8-5.Dukewasabletocapitalize
on several Spartans miscues and held UNCG without a field goal for seven minutes to pull ahead 25-10 with just undersevenminutesremaininginthehalf.
boards in the first half, picking up 28 rebounds while UNCG only had eight.Dukealsohelda24-2advantagewithpointsinthepaint.Duke’sThomasledall scorers with �2 points and sevenrebounds.
GREENSBORO,NC–UNCGfell toBoston University, 69-42 in the first gameofthe2007UNCGThanksgivingClassic.
Jesyka Burks-Wiley led Boston University (4-�) with �9points,with�5pointscominginthesecondhalf.Shewas7-of-9 from the floor and had seven rebounds in the win. Aly Hinton was also in double-figures with 10 points in the win.
UNCGstartedthegamequiteslowandfoundthemselvesdown�4-2midwaythroughthehalf,astheywentalmost nine minutes without a field goal. The Spartans couldn’t stop Boston University’s shooters, especially Cheri Raffo and Christine Kinneary who shot 75 percent and 50 percent from the floor respectively in the first half.
BU was 15-of-30 from the floor, good for 50.0 percent shooting while UNCG was only 5-of-22 for 22.7 per-cent.TheSpartanswereabletogetalittlemomentumbeforehalftimeandwentona�4-�0runtogointothelockeroomtrailing33-�7.
UNCG was able to keep the rebounds close in the first stanza and tallied 15 rebounds to BU’s 20 in the first half. The Spartans found a spark in Monique Floyd off the bench; the Fairmont, NC native tallied five points and two rebounds in the first half.
UNCG’s 22.7 field goal percentage in the first half marked the second lowest percentage of the season. The Spartans shot 18. 8 percent in the first half in a loss to No. 9 Duke.
UNCGcameoutshootinginthesecondhalfandwasabletogettheleadto�7pointsonathree-pointbucketthe from Gini Grimsley, her first of the afternoon, with just under 17 minutes remaining. The Terriers wouldn’t goawayandpushedtheirleadbackupto2�pointsonbucketsfromWiley-Burksjustbeforethesecondmediatimeoutofthehalf.
Points in the paint-UNCA 24,UNCG 32. Points off turnovers-UNCA 24,UNCG 22. 2nd chancepoints-UNCA�3,UNCG20.Fastbreakpoints-UNCA5,UNCG��.Benchpoints-UNCA�0,UNCG2�. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-5 times. Last FG-UNCA 2nd-00:40, UNCG 2nd-00:�7.Largestlead-UNCAby7�st-08:38,UNCGby�02nd-08:45.
JasmineDixon,whowasnamedtotheall-tourneysquad,tal-lied her first career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor to lead UNCG (0-5). Freshman Mo-nique Floyd was also in double-figures with a career-high 13 points. MeghanChamberlainandFloydeachtalliedsevenreboundsintheloss.
The Spartans shot 41.4 percent from the floor on 24-of-58 shooting and tallied a season high 47 rebounds in the loss.UNCGalsocollectedagame-high�2steals.
Ashton Barton tallied a game-high 23 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the floor to lead UNC Asheville (4-2). Lindsey Montgomery and Jessica Monroe were also in double-figures with 13 and 14 points, respectively. Monroe and Montgom-eryalsohadsixreboundsinthewin.
UNCG started the second half with a 6-2 run and was able to extend their lead to 46-39 at the first media timeout. Ashevillewasabletocuttheleadto46-4�onasetpieceoutofthetimeoutbutUNCGrespondedwithabuckettokeepthelead.
TheBulldogswereabletogetitgoingfrombehindthearcasChiomaOkoliandBartonhitbacktobackthree-point-ers as Asheville cut the UNCG lead to 54-51 at the 11:37 mark. Both teams couldn’t seem to find the bucket but UNCG wasabletocapitalizeonseveralAshevillemiscuesatthefreethrowlineandkemenaBrooksdrainedathree-pointertogiveUNCGa�0-pointlead,theirlargestoftheafternoon,midwaythroughthehalf.
The team’s traded free throws but UNCG found themselves behind by five with just over a minute to play. The Spar-tans tried to get back in the game but couldn’t stop Asheville down the stretch and dropped their fifth consecutive game.
UNCG held a 25-15 rebounding advantage and shot a season-high 42.3 percent from the field in the first half. Senior forwardJasmineDixonledtheSpartansatthebreakwith�2pointsand�0reboundsatthebreak.TheSpartanswerealsoperfectfromthecharitystripe.
GREENSBORO, NC – UNCG suf-fered a 70-45 setback to Charlotte atFlemingGym.
UNCG(0-6)wasledbyGiniGrimsleywhotallied��pointson4-of-9shootingfrom the floor while Ashley Ling recorded eight points which tied her career high.Monique Floyd also contributed a team-high five rebounds in the loss. The Spartans shot 36.5 percent from the field andtallied34rebounds.
Both teams came out shooting in the second half but it wasCharlottethatcouldn’tmissandextendedtheirleadto45-30atthe�6:�0mark,theirlargestleadofthegameatthatpoint.LakiahHysonwasabletocutintotheleadwithalongtwofromtherightsidebutthey couldn’t find a way to stop Charlotte from scoring as the 49ers extendedtheirleadto5�-34atthe�2:54mark.
Both teams went cold from the floor midway through the half but abucketfromCharlotte’sWendyStywaltendedthedroughtandputthe49ersahead,56-34.TheSpartanshadnoanswerforthe49ersintransitionandcommitted�9foulswhiletryingtoslowthe49ers.
Charlotte scored the first bucket of the game but the Spartans answer with a long two from Grimsley to tie the gameearly.UNCGwasabletolimitthetouchesofCharlotte’sDanielleBurginandtooka4-3leadearlybutthe49ersrespondedwithtwofreethrowstokeepthegametiedearly.
The Spartans held Charlotte without a field goal for 2:26 minutes before a bucket from Gregory pushed their lead to32-24.Charlotteclosedthehalfona6-2runtotakea36-26leadintothebreak.
UNCG shot 39.3 percent from the floor on 11-of-28 shooting and tallied 16 rebounds. Grimsley led the Spartans with 10 points while four players had two rebounds. Erin Floyd recorded 10 points to lead Charlotte in the first half.
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HIGHPOINT,NC–kemenaBrooksledatrioofplayersindouble figures with 15 points as UNCG picked up its first win of theseasonwitha74-64winoverbackyardrivalHighPointintheMillisAthleticCenter.
Also in double figures for UNCG (1-6) were Brittany Frazier, whotallied��pointsandateam-highninereboundsandMo-niqueFloyd,whotallied��points.UNCGshot40.7percentfromthe floor on 24-of-59 shooting from the field while out rebound-ingthePanthers,49-42.
High Point (4-4) was led by LaTeisha Dean with 16 points on 5-of-16 shooting from the floor. Jennifer Long and Jurica Hargraves were also in double figures with 13 and 15 points, respectively.
UNCGuseda6-0run,keyedbyastealfromMoniqueFloydtopullahead55-46andajumperfromkemenaBrookstogoahead57-47atthe�0:45markbutaHargravesthree-pointersparkeda5-0HighPointrunthatquicklycuttheleadto57-52midwaythroughthehalf.TheteamsbattledfortheremainderofthehalfbutwithaninepointleadandjustoverthreeminutesremainingUNCGwentona5-0runtopushtheirleadto70-56andneverlookedback as they picked up their first win of the season.
ThePanthersusedgooddefensivereboundingandseveralUNCGmiscuestokeya5-0runtocuttheleadtothreepointsbuttheSpartanscounteredwitha5-0runtokeeptheleadat50-42atthe�3:46markofthestanza.HighPointwouldn’tgoawayandusedalayupfromJuricaHargravestocuttheleadtofourpointswithjustunder�2minutes remaining, the closest they had been since the end of the first half.
UNCG scored early in the first half with a three-pointer from Gini Grimsley but High Point responded with a long three to keep the game tied after two minutes of play. After three pointers early, both teams went cold from the field beforeHighPointwentonan8-3runtotakea�5-��leadatthe��:05mark.
TheSpartansheldHighPointtoonebucketinthelast2:06totakea33-29leadintothebreak.TheSpartanswere led by Brooks who was 3-of-3 from the floor in the first half for seven points while Meghan Chamberlain was 2-of-5 for six points. As a team the Spartans shot 35.5 percent from the field on 11-of-31 shooting while pulling down22rebounds.
FARMVILLE, VA – UNCG fell toLongwood,62-53,atWillettHall.
UNCG(�-7)wasledbyBrittanyFrazier who tallied a team-high �3points on 6-of-9 shooting from thefield while pulling down seven re-bounds. Sophomore Lakiah Hysontalliedacareer-highninepointsintheloss.TheSpartansshot39.0percentfromthefieldon23-of-59shootingandtalliedaseason-high�3assistsintheloss.
Longwood(5-5)was ledbykeivaSmallwhotalliedagame-high 25 points on 7-of-�4 shooting from the floorwhile Odessa Williams led the Lancers with seven re-bounds.TheLancersoutreboundedtheSpartans40-32.
Longwood opened the second half with a 7-2 run totakea38-35leadatthe�7:23mark.TheSpartansralliedandusedaquickruntocuttheleadto40-39butathreefromSmallcoupledwithfreethrowskepttheleadwiththeLancers.
Longwood went on a �0-0 run to open up a �4-4 lead before a bucket from Frazier ended UNCG’snearlysixminutedroughtwithoutabucket.TheSpartanswentonarunoftheirownandcuttheleadto�9-�5behindbucketsfromFrazierandAgneGirstautaite.
Pointsinthepaint-LASALLE�4,UNCG�4.Pointsoffturnovers-LASALLE�5,UNCG9.2ndchancepoints-LASALLE 7,UNCG 4. Fast break points-LASALLE 2,UNCG 2. Bench points-LASALLE5,UNCG2�.Scoretied-�time.Leadchanged-3times.LastFG-LASALLE2nd-02:3�,UNCG2nd-04:06.Largestlead-LASALLEby�62nd-00:22,UNCGby6�st-�0:�6.
G9: Wofford 58,UNCG 44
G10: LaSalle 63,UNCG 47
SPARTANBURG, SC – UNCG dropped its second con-secutivegame,fallingtoWofford,58-44,atBenjaminJohn-sonArena.
UNCG(�-8,0-�SoCon)wasledbyBrittanyFrazierwhotallied �0 points. The Powell, TN native recorded her thirdconsecutive game in double figures while Ashley Ling andkemenaBrookseachtalliedsixreboundsintheloss.
The Terriers opened the second half with a 4-0 run but the Spartans were able to respond with freethrowsfromJasmineDixontocuttheleadto32-29with�6:07.Bothteamswentcoldfromtheflooraftertheopeningminutesbutabucket fromAshleyMullinscut the lead to35-32with justunder�3minutesremaining. Wofford was able to responded and used five unanswered points to take a 40-32 lead, theirlargestofthegameatthe��:�3mark.
In the first stanza both teams started the game slowly going a combined �-of-6 through the gamesfirstfourminutes,howevertheSpartanswereabletoregroupandusedback-to-backbucketsfromkemenaBrooks;coupledwithseveralfreethrowstopullahead�2-3atthe��:56markofthehalf.
UNCG (�-9) had two players indouble figures and was led by ke-menaBrookswhohad�3pointson3-of-��shootingfromthefloor.TheAccokeek, MD native was also per-fect from the free throw line going4-for-4 fromthecharitystripe.GiniGrimsleywasalsoindouble-figureswith the��points for theSpartanson 4-of-9 shooting from the field.BrooksandGrimsleybothshot50.0percentfrombehindthe arc. Ashley Mullins set a new career high with ninepoints on 3-of-7 shooting from the floor while JasmineDixontiedacareerhighwiththreesteals.
LaSalle (4-6) had three players in double figuresand was led by Jamie Walsh who recorded a game-high20 points on 7-of-�2 shooting from the floor. MorganRobertsontalliedadouble-doublewith�0pointsand�0reboundswhileMargaretEldertonalsoadded�0points.MelanieGibbonsalsohad�0reboundsinthewin.
The Explorers opened the second half with a �0-6 run to take a 40-30 lead with only five minutesgoneinthesecondstanza.LaSalleextendedtheirleadto45-32behindthehothandofJamieWalshwhotalliedeightpointsinthefirstnineminutesofthehalfafterrecordingjustfivepointsinthefirsthalf.
In the first half UNCG connected on their first two three-pointers from Grimsley and Brooks andkepttheLaSalleleadto6-8atthefirstmediatimeout.Afterthebreak,theSpartansgotactiveonthedefensiveendandforcedtwocrucialturnoverstotakea�0-8leadbeforebucketsfromBrittanyFrazierandGrimsleygaveUNCGa�5-�0lead.
Withan�8-�7leadatthe7:28mark,LaSalleuseda4-0runtopullahead24-�8buttwobigthree-pointers fromGrimsleyandMullinsgot theSpartansrightback in thegameandcut the leadto26-24withjustoverthreeminutesremaining.TheSpartanscouldn’tfindmuchoffenselateinthehalfandwent
intothebreaktrailing30-24.
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Points in the paint-CHOW �4,UNCG 28. Points off turnovers-CHOW 8,UNCG 36. 2nd chancepoints-CHOW2,UNCG�6.Fastbreakpoints-CHOW8,UNCG��.Benchpoints-CHOW�5,UNCG37. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-3 times. Last FG-CHOW 2nd-00:07, UNCG 2nd-00:00.Largestlead-CHOWby5�st-�7:48,UNCGby3�2nd-00:00.
G11: UCF 76,UNCG 73
G12: UNCG 68,Chowan 37
ORLANDO,FL–UNCGdroppeda73-76heartbreakertoCen-tral Florida in the finale of the Central Florida Holiday Classic on Thursdaynight.
UNCG (1-10) had three players in double figures and was ledbyseniorguardkemenaBrookswhotalliedaseason-high2�points on 6-of-13 shooting from the floor. The Accokeek, MD native
was in double figures for the second consecutive game. Brittany Frazier and Gini Grimsley were also in double figures with �3and�0points,respectively.
TheSpartansoutreboundedCentralFloridabya47-4�marginandshot36.9percentfromthegameon24-of-65shooting from the field. UNCG’s bench also outscored UCF’s bench 28-10.
CentralFlorida(6-6)hadfourplayersindoubledigitswithTiaLewisleadingthewaywith�7pointson7-of-�4shoot-ing from the field. Chelsie Wiley was UCF’s next leading scorer with 16 points while Emma Cannon and Marshay White tallied�5pointseach.LewisandCannonalsohad�0and�3rebounds,respectively.
UNCG started the second half much like it ended the first and was able to pull ahead 39-32 with only three minutes goneinthehalfbutseveralUNCGmiscuesgottheGoldenknightsbackintothegameandputthemahead43-43atthe�5:58mark.TheSpartanswouldn’tgoawayandforcedtheknightsintothreequickturnoverswhichturnedintosevenUNCGpoints,givingtheSpartansa54-48leadatthe��:48mark.
The Spartans kept going to the bucket and was able to hit five consecutive free throws to cap a 7-2 run to cut the lead to 25-23 at the 3:52 mark. UNCG used a bucket from Floyd to take their first lead of the game at the 2:20 mark.
UNCG (2-�0) was led by seniorguard kemena Brooks who tallied �3points on 4-of-8 shooting from the field. Brooks, who was in double figures for the third consecutive game, was 3-of-7 from behind the three-pointline.MeghanChamberlain,whorecordedher500thcareer-point,hadateam-highsevenrebounds.FreshmanTaShamaBannerwasasparkoffthebenchfortheSpartansandinnineminutesofplaytalliedacareerhigheightpoints.
Chowan(2-�0)wasledbyAJO’Bannionwhotalliedateam-high 12 points on 5-of-12 shooting from the floor while team-mateJashondaCrawfordaddedninepoints inthe loss.NajahHarristalliedagame-highninerebounds.
TheSpartanshelda42-37reboundingadvantageandshot36.7 percent on 22-of-60 shooting from the floor. UNCG also had�5and�3assists.
TheHawkscameoutshootingwellinthesecondhalfandhad the first two points of the game but UNCG was able to create aninsidepresencewithMeghanChamberlainwhohadfourcon-secutivepointstoextendtheSpartansleadto35-�8withjustfourminutesoffthegameclock.
MoniqueFloydalsoaddedascoringoptionwithfourquicksecondhalfpointsasUNCGpusheditsleadto44-23atthe�0:43mark.Chowannevergotcloserthan�5pointsinthesecondhalfand�0-0runtoclosethegamegaveUNCGthevictoryandtheir first home win of the season.
Chowanopenedthegamestrongandwentonaquick5-0 run toopen thegamebutback-to-back three-pointers fromBrooksgaveUNCGa6-5leadearly.O’Bannionhadthehothandearly and had six of the Hawk’s first nine points but UNCG used severaldefensivestopsandtooka�0-9leadatthe��:33mark.
UNCG got hot midway through the half and forced theHawks intoseventurnoverswhilegoingona�4-2runto takea 24-11 lead with just under five minutes remaining in the half. UNCG’sdefensewasactiveandmanagedtoholdChowanscorelessfornearlysevenminutesbeforeDemickaMcMahonbrokethedroughtwithalayupatthe�:40markastheSpartanstooka3�-�3leadintothelockerroom.
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GREENVILLE, SC – UNCG used �4 second half pointsfromGiniGrimsleyenroutetoa64-56comebackwinoverFurmaninSouthernConferenceactionfromTimmonsAre-na.
UNCG (3-�0, �-� SoCon) had two players in doublefiguresandwasledbykemenaBrookswhohad�8pointson7-of-�4shootingfromthefield.Grimsleyhad�4pointson 5-of-�0 shooting from the field, including going 4-of-7 from behind the three point line. Brittany Frazier had a
To start the second half the teams played pretty evenly but UNCG used an 8-0 run to cut the LadyPaladinleadto38-35atthe��:5�mark.TheSpartanspickedituponthedefensiveendandwereabletogetsomeshotsto fallbehindback-to-backbuckets fromGiniGrimsleyandtooka39-38leadat the9:39markandextendedtheirleadto4�-40behindabucketfromSharnieceWadelington,aGreenville,SCnative.
UNCG came out slow in the first stanza and allowed Furman to jump out to an early 4-0 lead. TheSpartanswereabletogetbackinthegamewithtwobasketsfromkemenaBrooksbutFurmanwentonan8-0runovera3:34minutespantotakea�8-7leadatthe7:46mark.
GREENSBORO,NC–UNCGhadits two-game win streak snappedwitha60-53losstoGeorgiaSouth-ern in Southern Conference actionatFlemingGymnasium.
UNCG (3-��, �-2 SoCon) wasled by kemena Brooks who tallieda game-high �7 points on 6-of-�2shooting from the field, for her fifth consecutive game indouble figures.TheAccokeek,MDnativewas3-of-5fromthethree-pointlineandwas2-of-2fromtheline,extendingherconsecutivefreethrowsmadestreakto�6.FreshmanMonique Floyd was also in double figures for UNCG with�0 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor. Brooks andFraziereachhadateam-highsixreboundsintheloss.
GeorgiaSouthern(6-8,2-�SoCon)wasledbyCarolynWhitneyandTiffanyBrown,whowerebothindoublefigures.Whitneyhad�4pointson5-of-8shootingfromthefieldandwas3-of-5frombehindthethree-point line. Brown contributed �3 points on 5-of-�� shooting and was 3-of-7 from behind the arc.ShawandaAtwoodandAshleyMelsoneachaddedsevenreboundsinthewin.
TheLadyEagleswouldn’tlettheSpartansgetcloserandusedaquick6-0runtopushtheirleadbackto46-34atthe7:54markofthesecondhalf.Brookshittwoconsecutivethree-pointersbuttheSpartanscouldn’tstopGSU’sWhitney,whohadthreeconsecutivethree-pointersforninepoints ina�:�5minutespan. UNCG got as close as �0 points in the final five minutes but wouldn’t get any closer as GeorgiaSouthernsnappedtheirtwo-gamelosingstreak.
Georgia Southern came out with the hot hand early and opened the game with a �0-2 run beforeBrookshitathree-pointeroutofatimeout.Withthat,coupledwithabasketfromFrazier,UNCGwasabletocuttheleadto�2-8andpickupsomemomentum.
Points in the paint-COFC 20,UNCG �2. Points off turnovers-COFC 20,UNCG �0. 2nd chancepoints-COFC2�,UNCG�0.Fastbreakpoints-COFC6,UNCG�.Benchpoints-COFC��,UNCG25.Scoretied-0times.Leadchanged-0times.LastFG-COFC2nd-02:�6,UNCG2nd-00:38.Largestlead-COFCby252nd-02:�6,UNCGNone.
UNCG(3-�2,�-3SoCon)wasledbyGiniGrimsleywhohad eight points on 2-of-10 shooting from the field. Senior forwardJasmineDixonwasUNCG’snextleadingscorerwithsix points on 3-of-7 shooting from the floor. Brittany Frazier collectedateam-highsevenreboundsintheloss.
CollegeofCharleston(7-7,3-�SoCon)hadtwoplayersin double figures and was led by Nikki Williams and Jill Furstenburg. Williams had 18 points on 6-of-10 shoot-ing from the field and tallied 10 rebounds while Furstenburg contributed 17 points on 6-of-16 shooting from the floor.
College of Charleston went cold from the floor midway through the half and but UNCG couldn’t put to-getheranythingontheoffensivesideofthingsastheCougarskepttheirleadat�4pointswithjustundereightminutesremaining.TheSpartansgotasparkfromreservesSharnieceWadelingtonandTaShamaBanner,whoeach had several key buckets late in the game. UNCG would get as close as 11 points in the final minutes but couldn’t’getanycloseranddroppedtheirsecondconsecutivegame.
CollegeofCharlestonjumpedouttoa9-0leadearlyandforcedUNCGintoseveralkeyturnoversearlyinthe game Williams came out hot and accounted for five of the Cougars first nine points, including a deep three-pointer at the 16:24 mark. Lakiah Hyson finally ended UNCG’s 4:38 minute scoring drought with a jumper but theCougarswereable toextend their lead to�2-4beforeabucket fromGiniGrimsleykept theCollegeofCharlestonleadat�2-6atthe��:29mark.
The Spartans were able to find a little bit of offense and used a three pointer from Brooks to cut the lead to 15-9 midway through the first half. UNCG got the lead down to 20-15 with a triple from Grimsley but Williams completed a three-point play and College of Charleston was able to again extend their lead. The SpartanscutintotheleadalittlebeforetheendofthehalfwhenGiniGrimsleywasfouledonthreepointshotbuttheCougarswentintothebreakahead,26-�8.
CULLOWHEE, NC – WesternCarolina’sAshleyPellomandEmilyClarke were both in double figuresas the Lady Catamounts defeatedUNC Greensboro, 66-53 in South-ernConferenceaction.
UNCG (3-�3, �-4 SoCon) wasledbyseniorguardkemenaBrookswhotalliedninepointson3-of-�2shootingfromthefield.TheAccokeek,MDnativewas2-of-2fromthefree throw line and extended her consecutive free throwsmade streak to �8. Gini Grimsley tallied six rebounds intheloss.
Western Carolina (��-5, 3-� SoCon) was led by Pel-lom and Clark who had �0 and �� points, respectively.Pellomwas4-of-7fromthefloorwhileClarkewas5-of-9fromthefield.Pellomalsocontributedagamehighsevenrebounds.
UNCG shot 35.7 percent from the field on 2�-of-60shooting from the floor and recorded 37 rebounds in theloss.WesternCarolinatallied50reboundsandshot40.6percentfromtheflooron28-of-69shooting.
Pointsinthepaint-UNCG�0,UTC26.Pointsoffturnovers-UNCG5,UTC24.2ndchancepoints-UNCG5,UTC�0.Fastbreakpoints-UNCG2,UTC6.Benchpoints-UNCG33,UTC29.Scoretied-0times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-UNCG 2nd-00:�9, UTC 2nd-0�:�6. Largest lead-UNCGNone,UTCby352nd-05:25.
CHATTANOOGA,TN–Chattanooga’sAlexAndersonwasperfect from the floor to lead Chattanooga to a 77-50 win overUNCGinSouthernConferenceaction.
UNCG(3-�4,�-5SoCon)wasledbyjuniorGiniGrimsleywhohad�4pointson3-of-7shooting,includinggoing2-of-3frombehindthearc.LakiahHysonwasUNCG’snext leadingscorerandtiedacareerhighwithninepointson4-of-8shoot-ing from the field. The Spartans had four players with four reboundstoleadthemonthedefensiveend.
Chattanooga (14-3, 6-0 SoCon) was led by Alex Anderson who was 5-of-5 from the field for 15 points and three rebounds. Brooke Hand was also in double figures with 11 points on 4-of-12 shooting. Kristen Spann talliedagame-highsevenreboundsinthewin.
UNCG shot 30.9 percent for the game on 17-of-55 shooting from the field while Chattanooga shot 43.1 percent on 25-of-58 shooting from the field. The Spartans bench outscored the Lady Mocs, 33-29 while Chat-tanoogaheldaslim40-35reboundingadvantage.
The second half opened sloppy for both teams but UNCG scored the first six points of the half while only allowingChattanoogatwopoints.ChattanoogawouldregroupandusedeightpointsfromAlexAndersontoextendtheirleadto60-3�atthe��:53markofthesecondhalf.
Chattanooga opened the game on a 15-4 run sparked by three three-pointers in the first four minutes. Kemena Brooks was able to provide UNCG with a little offense and scored four of UNCG’s first seven points of the game. The Spartans kept shooting but just couldn’t find the basket but with about six minutes remaining inthehalfreservesGiniGrimsleyandWadelingtonprovidedasparkwithGrimsleyhittingathree-pointerandWadelingtonmakingsomekeydrivestothebasketresultinginfoulshots.
UNCG used several buckets from Lakiah Hyson in the final minutes of the half but the Spartans couldn’t containtheLadyMocsfromtheperimeterasChattanoogawentintothebreakahead,49-22.TheLadyMocshit six three-point field goals in the first half, including three from Brooke Hand and shot 53.1 percent from the field on 17-of-32 shooting.
GREENSBORO, NC – Davidson’sAlex Thompson had a game-high 20pointstoleadtheWildcatstoa70-59winoverUNCGinSouthernConferenceaction.
UNCG (3-�5, �-6 SoCon) hadthree players in double figures and was ledby juniorguardGiniGrimsleywhotallied �5 points on 3-of-5 shootingfrom the field. The Fairmont, NC native was5-of-6frombehindthearc,settinga new career high in three-pointersmade.ForwardsJasmineDixonandBrittanyFrazierwerealsoin double figures with 13 and 11 points, respectfully. Dixon also ledtheteamwithsixreboundswhileLakiahHysonalsosetanewcareer-highwithsevenassists.
Davidson (�0-7, 4-2 SoCon) was led by Alex Thompsonwhohadagame-high20pointson5-of-8shooting fromthefloor including, going 3-of-5 from behind the arc. Julia Pa-quettegatheredateam-highsixreboundsinthewin.
The Spartans shot a blistering 57.1 percent in the second half on 12-of-21 shooting from the floor and shot 45.�percentfromthegame,theirbestshootingpercentagesinceshooting46.�percentinawinoverFurman.UNCGhelda35-28reboundingedgeandtheirbenchoutscoredDavidson’sbench23-�5.
TheSpartanswentona��-0 run late in thehalf, sparkedby theoutsideshootingofGiniGrimsley tocuttheDavidson’sleadto49-40atthe9:38markofthehalfandgottheleaddowntosevenpointswithjustundersevenminutesleftinthegamebutseveralunforcederrorsandathree-pointerfromThompsonputthegameoutofreach.
Davidsonopenedthesecondhalfwithan��-4runandextendedtheirleadto46-28atthe�3:29mark.TheSpartansgotaliftoffthebenchfromAgneGirstautaitewhosubbedintothegameatthe�3:29markandpromptlyhitalayupandgatheredacrucialdefensiverebound.UNCGwasabletocuttheleadto46-32withastealfromGiniGrimsley and a bucket from Dixon, coupled with three-pointers from Grimsley to cut the lead to 49-37, the first time the score was in single digits since the 6:48 mark of the first half.
The teams played evenly through the first several minutes of the game but the Spartans were able to get some rhythmontheboardsearlyandhelda5-�reboundingedgeovertheWildcatsearlyandalsoforcedseveralDavid-sonturnoversearly.
UNCG clamped on the defensive pressure and forced Davidson into three quick turnovers which resulted in five points for the Spartans and tied the game at 9-9 at the 11:52 mark of the first stanza. Davidson would find their offensemidwaythroughthehalfandusedan��-0runtojumpahead20-9beforeabucketfromkemenaBrooksendedaUNCGscoringdroughtof3:24minutes.
Davidsonwentona�0-2runtotakean33-�5leadbuttheSpartansuseda6-2runtoclosethehalfcuttingtheDavidsonleadto37-24headingintothebreak.Davidson’sAlexThompsonledallscorerswith�3pointson3-of-5 shooting from the field, including 2-of-3 from behind the arc and 5-of-6 from the charity stripe. UNCG held a �2-�0advantageinthepaintandtallied�2secondchancepointstoDavidson’seight.
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Points in the paint-ELON 36,UNCG �6. Points off turnovers-ELON �3,UNCG �4. 2nd chancepoints-ELON9,UNCG�0.Fastbreakpoints-ELON�0,UNCG9.Benchpoints-ELON9,UNCG25.Scoretied-2times.Leadchanged-2times.LastFG-ELON2nd-00:�2,UNCG2nd-05:57.Largestlead-ELONby3�st-�6:2�,UNCGby�62nd-05:57.
UNCG (4-15, 2-6 SoCon) had two players in double fig-ures with Jasmine Dixon and kemena Brooks each recording12 points. Dixon finished the game 5-of-8 from the floor and contributedeightrebounds.BrittanyFrazierledthewayontheglasswithateam-highninereboundswhileAshleyLingtiedacareer-highwithsixassists.
The Spartans shot 40.4 percent on the afternoon on 21-of-42 shooting from the floor. UNCG held a 44-35 reboundingedgeandhelda28-�2advantageinthepaint.
AppalachianState(4-�4,�-6SoCon)wasledbyGiGiThomaswhohad�6pointson7-of-�4shootingfromthefloor. Whitney Tossie, who was held to four points in the first half, finished the game with 15 points on 4-of-12 shoot-ing.Theseniorguardwasaperfect6-of-6fromthelineandhadateam-highsevenreboundsintheloss.
WithAppalachianStateleading54-52MoniqueFloydgotfouledandconvertedtwofreethrowstotiethegameat54-54atthe�:28markandwithunderaminutelefttoplayUNCG’sGrimsleygotfreeunderthebasketforalayuptogivetheSpartansa56-54leadwith2�secondsremaining.AppalachianStatehadachancelatewithWhitneyRandolph on the line but Randolph missed both and the Spartans defense held giving UNCG their first SoCon home winoftheseason.
The Mountaineers came out of the break and promptly went on a 5-0 run to take their first lead of the game withonlyfourminutesoffthegameclocktobeingthesecondhalf.MoniqueFloydprovidedabitofasparkinthesecondhalf,theFairmont,NCnativepickedupakeybucketearlyinthehalfandwasstellarontheglassrecordingsomecriticaloffensiverebounds.
AppalachianState’sWhitneyTossiecametolifeinthesecondhalf,afterbeingheldtoonlyfourpointsinthefirst half, tallied 11 second half points and put the Mountaineers ahead, 49-47 with just over five minutes remain-ing.
UNCG’sBrooksandAppalachianState’sGiGiThomasledallscorerswith�2pointseachwhiletheSpartansasa team shot 42.6 percent on 12-of-28 shooting from the floor. UNCG also held a 10-2 advantage in the paint.
GREENSBORO, NC – BrittanyFrazier hit two crucial free throwsand grabbed a key rebound late inthe game to lead UNCG to a 56-54winoverbackyardrivalElonatFlem-ingGym.
UNCG (5-�5, 3-6 SoCon) wasled by seniors Brittany Frazier andkemenaBrookswhobothtallied�0points in the victory. Frazier also led the way on the glasswith a team-high seven rebounds. The Spartans shot 33.3percent for the game on 22-of-66 shooting from the field and committedaseason-low��turnovers.
Elon (6-14, 2-7 SoCon) had three players in double fig-ureswithkitaraMcMooreleadingthewaywith�9pointson9-of-11 shooting from the floor. Tierra Bumbrey and Tiffany Davis were also in double figures with 14 and 10 points, re-spectfully.ThePhoenixshot42.6percenton23-of-54shootingforthegameandrecorded4�rebounds.
ElonendedanearlysixminutedroughtwithabasketfromBumbreybutafoulontheotherendputGrims-leyonthelinetokeeptheSpartanleadat�2pointsatthe�2:�5mark.TheSpartanscontinuedtoturntheirhard work on the defensive end of the floor into offense which turned into a season-high nine fast break points forUNCGand�0pointsoffturnovers.
In the first half, with Elon holding a 13-12 lead, UNCG went on an 8-4 run to pull ahead 20-17 at the 6:31 mark.Elonwouldn’tgoawayandusedathree-pointerfromTierraBumbreytocuttheleadto22-20andastheteamstradedbucketsdownthestretchbutUNCGclosedthehalfwitha7-4runtotakea29-24leadintothebreak.
Elon’s McMoore led all-scorers with 10 points at the break on 5-of-6 shooting from the field. Brooks led UNCG with seven points on 3-of-9 shooting from the floor and had a team-high four rebounds. The Spartans had a season-low three turnovers in the first stanza.
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Points in the paint-UNCG 22,COFC �8. Points off turnovers-UNCG �5,COFC 22. 2nd chancepoints-UNCG�4,COFC4.Fastbreakpoints-UNCG2,COFC4.Benchpoints-UNCG24,COFC23.Scoretied-4times.Leadchanged-4times.LastFG-UNCG2nd-00:�2,COFC2nd-03:07.Largestlead-UNCGby�0�st-�4:04,COFCby�42nd-04:22.
UNCG(5-�6,3-7SoCon)wasledbyJasmineDixonandLakiahHysonwhowerebothindoublefigureswith�3and��pointsrespectfully.Hyson’s��pointson4-of-7shoot-ingfromthefloorandhersixreboundssetnewcareerhigh’sfor the Accokeek, MD native. Dixon was also 7-of-8 fromthefreethrowlineandledtheteamwitheightrebounds.
GeorgiaSouthern(�2-9,8-2SoCon)wasledbyTiffanyBrownwhohad24pointson8-of-�4shootingfrom the field, including 4-of-7 from behind the arc. Carolyn Whitney was also in double figures for theLadyEagleswith�6pointson5-of-6shootingfromthefloor.J’LisiaOgburnhadfivereboundsfortheLadyEagles.
GeorgiaSouthernquietlyextendedtheirleadto53-42butUNCGwouldn’tgoawayandusedbasketsfromAshleyLingandAshleyMullinstokeeptheGSUleadatninepointswithjustoverfiveminutesremain-ing. UNCG got as close as 52-59 in the final three minutes but couldn’t stop the Lady Eagles down thestretchasGeorgiaSouthernconvertingonsixcrucialfreethrowstomoveto9-0intheHannerFieldhousethisseason.
The Spartans shot a season-high 50.0 percent from the floor in the first half on ��-of-22 shootingfromthefloor.Whitneyledallscorerswith�4pointsatthehalfwhileUNCG’sHysonhadateam-higheightpoints.
CHARLESTON, SC – UNCGused a 16-point rally in the final two minutestocutthemargintothree,butitwasn’tenoughastheCollegeof Charleston defeated UNCG, 65-6�,atJohnkresseArena.
UNCG (5-�7, 3-8 SoCon) had three players in doublefigures and was led by Gini Grimsley who tallied 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor. The Fairmont, NC native re-corded�4ofher�7inthesecondhalfandhadthreesecondhalf three-pointers. Lakiah Hyson and Jasmine Dixon werealso both in double figures for the second consecutive game with�4and�3points,respectfully.Hyson’s�3pointsandsevenreboundsarenewcareerhigh’sandisthesecondtimeinasmanydaysthatshehasbrokenherpreviousrecords.
CollegeofCharleston(��-�0,7-4SoCon)wasledbyJillFurstenburgandErikaSmithwhowerebothindouble figures with 20 and 14 points, respectfully. Furstenburg was 6-of-10 from the floor and was 6-of-6 from the free throw line while grabbing a team-high seven rebounds. Brooke Kotcella was also in double figures for the secondgamewith�2points.
TheSpartanscameoutstrongintheopeningminutesofthesecondhalfandaquickbucketfromMeghanChamberlaincuttheleadtoone-pointbutCollegeofCharlestonwentonan8-0runtotakea38-30atthe�5:59mark. The Cougars held UNCG without a field goal for nearly seven minutes before a basket from Jasmine Dixon underneathendedthedrought.
In the opening half, a three-pointer from Jill Furstenburg gave the Cougars their first field goal at the 13:00 minutemarktocuttheUNCGleadto�3-7.TheCougarsthenralliedfora�0-2runtotiethegameat�7-�7andfromthatpointtheteamstradedbasketsbutCollegeofCharlestonwasabletopullahead24-�9beforebucketfrom Lakiah Hyson cut the Cougar lead to three-points with just under four minutes left in the first half.
Both squads matched each other bucket-for-bucket in the final two minutes of the half but a bucket from HysonandadefensivestopsenttheSpartansintothelockerroomdownbyascoreof3�-28.TheSpartansshot40.0 percent in the first half and Hyson and College of Charleston’s Jill Furstenburg led all-scorers with 10 point each.
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GREENSBORO, NC – UNCG got career performances fromMoniqueFloyd,kemenaBrooksandAshleyMullinsbutitwasn’tenoughasWesternCarolinadefeatedUNCG,63-55inSouthernConferenceaction.
UNCG (5-�8, 3-9 SoCon) had a season-high four playersin double figures led by freshman Monique Floyd who tallied her first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Brit-tanyFrazier,GiniGrimsleyandAshleyMullinswerealsoindoublefigures for UNCG. Mullins tallied a career-high 10 points while Ke-
lina shot 40.6 percent for the game on 26-of-64 shooting from the floor and had 50 rebounds in the win. WesternCarolina(�8-6,�0-2SoCon)wasledbyAshleyPellomandEmilyClarkewhobothhad�3points.kristen
Western Carolina went on a 5-1 run to pull ahead 58-51 but UNCG cut the lead to five points with just over a minute leftwithabucketfromFloydbuttheLadyCatamountssealedthewinfromtheline,endingUNCG’stwo-gamehomewinningstreak.
In the first half, a three-pointer from Kendra Carroll capped a WCU 7-2 run but a thee-pointer from Grimsley cut the leadto�7-�5withjustundereightminutesremaininginthehalf.Grimsleyprovidedasparkoffthebenchandtiedthegame with long jumper and a layup from Floyd gave UNCG their first lead of the game since the 13:12 mark of the half.
Withthegametiedat�9-�9UNCG’sAshleyMullinstalliedback-to-backthreepointerstosparkan6-0runandpulledUNCGahead25-�9butWesternCarolina’sEmilyClarkhitathree-pointerat the buzzer to send the Lady Cata-mounts into the lockerroom with a 26-25lead.
UNCGwasalsoabletoholdWest-ern Carolina’s Monique Dawson to nopoints in the first half and just two for the game.
UNCG (5-�9, 3-�0 SoCon) was led by sophomore La-kiah Hyson who was 3-of-5 from the floor for a team-high nine points.BrittanyFrazier ledthewayontheglasswitha team-high five rebounds. UNCG shot 32.7 percent from the field on �8-of-55 shooting. The Spartans had 33 rebounds and theirbenchoutscoredtheLadyMocs,22-�0.
Chattanooga (22-3, �4-0 SoCon) had two players indouble figures and was led by Anderson’s 18 points and 10 re-bounds.LauraHallcontributed�5pointsinthewinandwas3-of-3frombehindthearc.TheLadyMocsshot46.2percent from the field on 24-of-52 shooting and pulled down 40 rebounds in the win.
The Lady Mocs opened the second half with a 7-2 run sparked by a three-pointer from Laura Hall whichextendedtheirleadto4�-24atthe�7:30mark.Afterstartingthehalf�-for-4,UNCGwasabletopickupalittlemomentumwithabasketinthepaintfromJasmineDixonbutafoulontheotherendkepttheLadyMocsleadat45-27.
Sloppy play characterized the first half as the teams opened the game 1-for-10 through the games first three minutes. UNCG got the first bucket with a three-pointer from Kemena Brooks but Jenaya Wade-Fray quickly gave Chattanooga their first bucket on the next possession as UNCG held the 3-2 lead.
Chattanooga went on a 9-0 run to jump ahead 12-3 but a triple from Lakiah Hyson ended the five minute UNCGdrought.TheSpartanswereabletoforcetheLadyMocsintofourturnoversandBrookswasabletocuttheleadto�4-9atthe8:5�markwithhersecondthree-pointerofthegame.
UNCGgottheleadtofourpointswitha4-0runbutUTC’sAlexAndersonrespondedwithabucketinthepainttokeeptheleadat2�-�7atthe4:56mark.Hand,whostartedthegamecoldfrombehindthearc,gotthingsgoinglatewithathreeandLauraHalladdedanotherthree-balltoquicklypushtheChattanoogaleadto27-�7.Chattanooga used a 7-1 run over the final 1:16 of the half to pull ahead 34-20 at the break.
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Pointsinthepaint-UNCG�6,DAV28.Pointsoffturnovers-UNCG6,DAV��.2ndchancepoints-UNCG�3,DAV7.Fastbreakpoints-UNCG0,DAV8.Benchpoints-UNCG2�,DAV23.Scoretied-4times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-UNCG 2nd-00:08, DAV 2nd-0�:3�. Largest lead-UNCGNone,DAVby282nd-00:32.
DAVIDSON, NC – UNCG couldn’t find a way to stop David-son’sshootersanddroppeda76-50contestinBelkArenaonFridaynight.
UNCG(5-20,3-��SoCon)wasledbyBrittanyFrazierandKemena Brooks who were both in double figures. Brooks led the way with �� points on �-of-5 shooting while going 8-for-8fromthefreethrowline.Frazieradded�0pointson5-of-8shooting from the field and Jasmine Dixon tallied a game-high �2reboundsintheloss.
Davidson(�5-9,9-4SoCon)wasledbyMercedesRobinsonwhotalliedadouble-doublewith20pointsand11 rebounds. Danielle Hemerka and Kelly Gassie were also in double figures with 12 and 14 points, respectively.
UNCG ended its nearly 10 minute field goal drought with a bucket from Brittany Frazier to open the half and despitetradingbucketswiththe‘Cats,Davidsonkepttheleadat�0pointsearlyinthesecondstanza.
With Davidson leading 47-39, UNCG ended a three minute field goal drought with a three-pointer from Ken-draSmithwhichcut theWildcat leadtoeightpointsbutDavidsonwasable tokillUNCG’smomentumwithathree-pointerfromkellyGassiefollowedbyalongtwofromMercedesRobinsontogivetheWildcatstheirlargestleadofthegame,54-4�,withjustundernineminuteslefttoplay.
Grimsley and Frazier continued to be UNCG’s scoring options late in the half as UNCG tallied five unanswered buckets to cut the lead to 62-46 but they couldn’t figure out a way to stop Davidson’s outside shooters as the Wildcatswentonan��-2runtoclosethegameandtookthe76-50win.
TheWildcatsshot45.0percenton27-of-60shootingandtallied39reboundsinthewin.Both squads started the game slowly with Davidson opening the game 0-for-3 from the floor but a bucket
from Mercedes Robinson gave the Wildcats a, 3-0 lead after she completed the three-point play. UNCG wasplagued by turnovers in the opening minutes, turning the ball over four times through the games first four minutes ofaction.
Davidson took a 25-17 lead sparked by a 6-0 run late in the half and held the Spartans without a field goal for the final 9:44 of the half but the Spartans used a 8-0 run from the free throw line to get the lead as close as 27-23 butDavidsonclosedthehalfwithfourstraightbucketstotakea3�-23leadintotheintermission.UNCGhelda20-�6reboundingedgeandwasledbykemenaBrookswhowas4-for-4fromthelineandhadsevenpoints.
BOONE,NC–UNCGusedasea-son-high 2� points from Gini Grims-ley, including eight points in the final three minutes, but couldn’t find a way to stop Appalachian State’s WhitneyTossie,astheSpartansfell,58-53.
UNCG(5-2�,3-�2SoCon)wasledbyGrimsley,whowasoneoffhercareer-highwith2�pointson8-of-�3shooting from the floor, including 5-of-9 from the three-point line. Jasmine Dixon had a team-high nine rebounds in the loss. The Spartans shot 36.2 percent from the floor on �8-of-50shootingandwonthebattleoftheboards,44-34.
Appalachian State (7-�9, 4-�� SoCon) had three play-ers in double figures and was led by a season-high 26 from Whitney Tossie. She was 9-of-14 from the floor and also tied AppalachianState’sall-timestealsrecordwithsevensteals.
GiGi Thomas and Whitney Tossie scored 22 of Appalachian State’s first 23 points of the second half be-foreSamRamirezscoredabasketatthe5:09mark.UNCG’sMeghanChamberlainendedanearlynineminutedrought without a field goal with a bucket in the paint to cut the lead to 47-33 at the 7:12 mark of the second stanza.
The Spartans and Mountaineers struggled to open the game, going a combined 1-11 through the first five minutesof thegame.AppalachianStatewasabletotaketheearly leadbehindathree-pointer fromWhitneyTossie to go ahead 9-2 while holding UNCG without a field goal until the 10:31 mark.
ELON, NC – The UNC Greensboro women’s basketballteam dropped a Southern Conference women’s basketballgame,59-48,tobackyardrivalElonatAlumniGym.
UNCG(5-22,3-�3SoCon)wasledbyLakiahHyson,Brit-tanyFrazierandkemenaBrookswhoeachtalliedeightpointswhile Frazier had a game-high seven rebounds. UNCG shot37.7 percent from the field on 20-of-53 shooting and recorded 36reboundsintheloss.
Elon (9-19, 4-12 SoCon) had three players in double fig-ures and was led by Kitara McMoore who had a game-high 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field. Tierra Bumbrey and Tiffany Davis each contributed 11 points in the win. The Phoenix shot 40.0 percent from the field on 20-50shootingandhad35rebounds.
Monique Floyd came out of the break on fire and scored four of UNCG first six points of the second half as the Spartans extended their lead to 28-25 but Elon used back-to-back buckets to take a 35-30 lead, their first lead ofmorethantwopointsinthegame.
The teamsbeganto tradebucketsmidway throughthehalfandgotsomeproductionoff thebench fromAshleyLingwhohitatreytocuttheleadto4�-40atthe8:36mark.Elonwentona6-0runtotakea47-40leadat the 6:14 mark but two free throws from Jasmine Dixon cut the lead to five points.
The Phoenix were able to go extend their lead to 10-points and UNCG got as close as six points in the final minuteandthirtysevensecondsbutcouldn’tturnthecornerastheydroppedtheirseventhconsecutivegame.
The teams played evenly through the first several minutes but back-to-back three pointers from Tierra Bum-breygaveElona�0-8leadbutaquickbucketontheinsidefromMoniqueFloydtiedthegameupwith�3:08remaining in the first stanza and from that point the teams traded buckets.
The Spartans did a terrific job on the glass and were able to limit Elon to only one shot early in the shot clock whichresultedina�7-�4,UNCGleadwithjustovereightminutesleft.Elonwouldn’tgoawayandusedabucketinthepainttotiethegameat�7-�7,thesixthtieofthehalfbeforeUNCGwentona4-0runtotakea20-�7leadbutatriplefromElon’sJulieTaylorcuttheleadtooneatthe5:32mark.
GREENSBORO,NC–SeniorguardkemenaBrookshadacareer-high26points and extended her consecutivefreethrowsmadestreakto�2toleadtheUNCGreensborowomen’sbasket-ball team to a 66-63 win over Wof-ford on Thursday night. The Spartanssnapped a seven-game losing streakwiththewin.
UNCG (6-22, 4-13 SoCon) was led by Brooks’ 26 points on 10-of-23 shooting from the field. The Accokeek, MDnativewas4-of-8frombehindthearcandgrabbedthreereboundsinthewin.JasmineDixonwasapointanda rebound shy of a double-double with nine points and ninerebounds while Lakiah Hyson and Monique Floyd had five as-sistseach.
Wofford (9-�9, 2-�5 SoCon) was led by freshman Ma-hagony Williams’ �9 points and �2 rebounds, her third dou-ble-double in the last five games. Natalie Gramblin also scored in double figures with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the floor.
TheSpartansshot35.7percentforthegameon25-of-70shooting from the field while Wofford shot 42.1 percent for the game.TheTerriersalsohelda48-4�reboundingedge.
Turnovers were the name of the game in the first half. The Spartans were able to force the Terriers into nine first half errors within the first eight minutes of the game which translated into seven points for UNCG. Wofford hadturnoversonthreestraightpossessionswhichturnedintoa6-0UNCGrungivingthema�5-8leadatthe��:34mark.
Between the two squads there were 27 turnovers in the first stanza. UNCG held a 14-8 advantage in the paint buttheTerriershelda35-20reboundingadvantage.ThreeplayersledthewayinscoringasWofford’sMahagonyWilliamsandNatalieGramblineachhadsixalongwithUNCG’skemenaBrooks.
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GREENVILLE, SC – Furman scored the last five points of the gametoearntheSouthernConferenceTournament’sNo.7seedanda59-55winoverUNCG.
LeeStephensledallscorerswith�4pointsforFurman.SaraBakeradded��pointsandkendraBerrychippedinwith�0,includ-ing four of the final five.
UNCG’sJasmineDixonhadateam-high��pointstogowithsix rebounds in her final game at Fleming Gym. Freshman Monique Floydadded�0pointsandsixboardsoffthebench.UNCGwasvic-
timized by 22 turnovers on the day. Furman finished with 13 turnovers, including just three in the second half.UNCG senior Brittany Frazier gave the Spartans a two-point lead with 2:09 to play – the last field goal of the day for
UNCG’s Ashley Ling drove to the basket and drew a foul with 55.1 seconds to play. Ling missed the first, but made the secondtogiveUNCGa55-54lead.Furmanresponded,however,whenBerryhitashotinthelanewith38secondslefttogivetheLadyPaladinstheleadforgood,56-55.UNCGcalledatimeoutwith34secondslefttosetupaplay,butFraziermissedinthelaneandDixonfouledonthelooseballreboundwith20.4secondleft.Berryconnectedonbothofthosefreethrowstomakeitathree-pointlead.
FollowinganotherUNCGtimeout,GiniGrimsleymissedalongthree-pointerwithninesecondsleftandStephenswasfouled on the rebound. The Spartans looked to maybe get one more crack at it when Stephens missed the first free throw, butsheknockeddownthesecondtoputthegameaway.
Crashingtheboardsrightfromtheoutset,UNCGjumpedouttoanearlylead.TheSpartanshadan��-3advantageonthe board in the first eight minutes of the contest and that equated into a UNCG 13-8 lead. But following a Furman timeout, theLadyPaladinswentona9-2runtoregainthelead,�7-�5,midwaythroughthehalf.
The Spartans turned it up on the defensive end to open the second half. Holding the Paladins scoreless for the first five minutes,UNCGwentonan8-0runtotakea33-30lead.
Neither team took a lead of morethan five after that. UNCG, which led 37-32 with �3:�� to play, still had a three-point lead before Furman scored five straight to take a 49-47 lead with fourminutesleft.ButtwoMoniqueFloydfreethrows broke the spurt and knotted thescoreuponceagain.
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – UNCGadvanced to the quarterfinal round of the Southern Conference Women’s Basket-ball Tournament with a 62-44 win overAppalachian State in first round action from the North Charleston Coliseum.
UNCG(7-23)wasledbykemenaBrookswhotallied�3pointson 4-of-9 shooting from the field she was also 2-of-2 from the free throwlineandextendedherstreakto�5consecutivefreethrowsmade. Jasmine Dixon was UNCG’s next leading scorer with ninepointsandsevenrebounds.
AppalachianState(8-22)wasledbyfreshmanSamRamirezwhotallied�6pointson6-of-�4shootingincludingfourconsecu-tive three-pointers late in the game. UNCG was able to hold theSoCon’s third leading scorer Whitney Tossie to no field goals and three points in her final collegiate outing.
UNCG extended their lead to 40-23 within the first four minutes of the second half and got some clutch play from Monique Floyd who on her first attempt of the half completed a three-point play.
Appalachian State was able to get a lift from Robin Colbert who hit her first attempt of the half and the Mountain-eers forced UNCG into several miscue but couldn’t’ do anything with the ball on the other end of the floor.
TheSpartanspickeduptheirdefenseandusedback-to-backblockswhichledtotwoquickbasketsintransitionbutSamRamirezhittwothree-pointersfromtherightsidetocuttheleadto46-36andtheASUdefensekeptUNCGwithouta field goal for over six minutes but UNCG locked down on defense and three pointers from Gini Grimsley and Kemena Brookssealedthewin.
JasmineDixonledthechargeforUNCGinthepaintandhadsixpointstoleadUNCGmidwaythroughthehalf.UNCGcontinued to give Appalachian State fits on the defensive end and forced three quick turnovers which led to several basketsintransitionandkeptthe�9-��leadwithUNCG.
UNCGclosedthehalfonan8-2runsparkedbytheiroutstandingfreethrowshooting.HysonandGrimsleywereeach4-for-4 from the stripe and six of UNCG’s final eight points came from free the line.
ThecharitystripeprovedcrucialfortheSpartansasAppalachianStaterecordednineteamfoulswhichputUNCGon the line six times and they converted each time going a perfect 12-of-12 from the stripe for the first time this season compared to Appalachian 1-for-3 effort in the firsts half.
UNCG shot 34.9 percent in the first half on 10-of-29 shooting from the floor while the Mountaineers shot 27.6 percenton8-of-29shootingandhelda22-�9reboundingedge.
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Officials: Edward Novak; Tom Baldinelli; Karen Gruca. Technical fouls: UNCG-None. Chatta-nooga-None.Attendance:837ScorebyPeriods �st 2nd TotalUNCG �7 �6 33Chattanooga 46 32 78
Pointsinthepaint-UNCG�2,UTC28.Pointsoffturnovers-UNCG0,UTC30.2ndchancepoints-UNCG8,UTC9.Fastbreakpoints-UNCG2,UTC4.Benchpoints-UNCG�5,UTC29.Scoretied-2times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-UNCG2nd-06:�8, UTC 2nd-00:20.Largest lead-UNCGNone,UTCby452nd-08:29.
UNCG and Chattanooga weresquaringoff forthefifthtimeinSouth-ern Conference Tournament action butfor the first time before the semifinalround. The squads have also met threetimesinthechampionshipgame.
“We played an outstanding Chat-tanooga team today and they reallycontrolled the game from beginning toend,” said coach Lynne Agee. “It hasbeenadifficultyearforourprogramandwe’ve had a lot of younger players thathavebeencalledupontoplaydifferentrolesandsometimesishasworkedandsometimes it didn’t and today we justdidn’thaveanythingworking.”
Chattanooga (27-3) tied a South-ern Conference tournament single-game record with �3 three-pointersandshot46.8percentfromtheflooron29-of-62shooting.TheLadyMocswereledbyShanaraHollinquestwhohad�5points on 5-of-9 shooting while JenayaWade-Fry was the next leading scorerwith��points.
UNCG cut into the lead a little bitinthesecondhalfandwasabletogetalittlehelpontheoffensivesideofthingswithtwobucketsfromfreshman Monique Floyd and kendra Smith in the opening minutes of the second half. The Lady MocsoutsideshootingproficiencywastoomuchfortheSpartansasthreetriplespulledtheleadto59-23asChattanoogamovedintothesemifinalswiththewin.
The teams started out matching each other bucket for bucket early in the game but it was Chatta-noogathatclawedouttoa�0-7leadatthe�3:59markandextendedtheirleadto�5-7byvirtueofa7-0runoveraspanofthreeminutes.
TheSouthernConferencehasbeenontheforefrontofinnovation and originality in developing creative solutionsto address issues facing intercollegiate athletics. Fromestablishing the first conference basketball tournament (�92�), tackling the issue of freshmen eligibility (�922),developingwomen’schampionships(�984)andbecomingthe first conference to install the three-point goal in basket-ball(�980),theSouthernConferencehasbeenapioneer.
The Southern Conference is the nation’s fifth-oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association. Only theBig Ten (1896), the Missouri Valley (1907), the Pacific 10 (�9�5)and theSouthwesternAthletic (�920)conferencesareolderintermsoforigination.
Academic excellence has been a major part of theSouthern Conference’s tradition. Hundreds of SouthernConference student-athletes have been recognized onESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America andall-districtteams.Atotalof�9RhodesScholarshipwinnershavebeenselectedfromconferenceinstitutions.
The Conference currently consists of �2 members infive states throughout the Southeast and sponsors 19 var-sitysportsandchampionshipsthatproduceparticipantsforNCAADivisionIChampionships.
The Southern Conference offices are located in the his-toricBeaumontMillinSpartanburg,S.C.Atextilemillthatwasinoperationfrom�880until�999,BeaumontMillwasrenovated in 2004 and today offers the league first class meeting areas and offices as well as a spacious library for storageoftheconference’shistoricaldocuments.
On Feb. 25, �92�, representatives from �4 of theSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s (SIAA) 30members met at Atlanta’s Piedmont Hotel to establishthe Southern Intercollegiate Conference. On hand at theinaugural meeting were officials from Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn), Clemson, Georgia, GeorgiaSchoolofTechnology (GeorgiaTech),kentucky,Maryland,MississippiA&M(MississippiState),NorthCarolina,NorthCarolinaState,Tennessee,Virginia,VirginiaPolytechnicIn-stitute(VirginiaTech)andWashington&Lee.
Dr.S.V.SanfordofGeorgiawaschosenasactingchair-man and N.W. Dougherty of Tennessee was named secre-tary. The decision to form a new athletic conference wasmotivatedbythedesiretohaveaworkablenumberofcon-ferencegamesforeachleaguemember.With30schoolsintheSIAAbytheearly�920s,itwasimpossibletoplayeveryschool at least once during the regular season and manyschools went several years between playing some confer-encemembers.Inaddition,in�920,theSIAAvoteddownproposedrulesthatanathletemustbeinacollegeayearbefore playing on its teams and refused to abolish a rulepermittingathletestoplaysummerbaseballformoney.
Playbeganinthefallof�92�andayearlater,sixmoreschools joined the fledgling league including Tulane (which hadattendedtheinauguralmeetingbuthadelectednottojoin),Florida,Louisiana(LSU),Mississippi,SouthCarolinaandVanderbilt.VMIjoinedin�925andDukewasaddedin�929.
Bythe�930s,membershipintheSouthernConferencehadreached23schools.C.P.“Sally”MilesofVirginiaTech,president of the Southern Conference, called the annualleaguemeetingtoorderonDec.9,�932attheFarragutHo-telinknoxville,Tenn.Georgia’sDr.Sanfordannouncedthat�3 institutions west and south of the Appalachian Moun-tains were reorganizing as the Southeastern Conference.Members of the new league included Alabama, AlabamaPolytechnic Institute, Florida, Georgia, Georgia School ofTechnology, kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, MississippiA&M,UniversityoftheSouth,Tennessee,TulaneandVan-derbilt.
According to the minutes of the meeting, Dr. Sanford
statedthatthedivisionwasmadealonggeographicallines.Florida’s Dr. J.J. Tigert, acting as spokesman for the with-drawinggroup,regrettedthemovebutbelieveditwasnec-essaryastheSouthernConferencehadgrowntoolarge.Theresignations were accepted and the withdrawing schoolsformedthenewleaguewhichbeganplayin�932.
The Southern Conference continued with member-shipof�0institutionsincludingClemson,Duke,Maryland,North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, Vir-ginia,VMI,VirginiaTechandWashington&Lee.
Thesecondmajorshiftoccurredsome20years later.By �952, the Southern Conference included �7 collegesanduniversities.AnothersplitoccurredwhensevenschoolsincludingClemson,Duke,Maryland,NorthCarolina,NorthCarolinaState,SouthCarolinaandWakeForestdepartedtoformtheAtlanticCoastConferencewhichbeganplayin�953.TherevampedSouthernConferenceincludedmem-bers The Citadel, Davidson, Furman, George Washington,Richmond,VMI,VirginiaTech,Washington&Lee,WestVir-giniaandWilliam&Mary.
Today, the league continues to thrive with a member-shipthatincludes�2institutionsandafootprintthatspansfive states: Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, AlabamaandGeorgia.CurrentleaguemembersareAppa-lachianState,CollegeofCharleston,TheCitadel,Davidson,Elon, Furman, Georgia Southern, UNC Greensboro, Sam-ford,Chattanooga,WesternCarolinaandWofford.
John Iamarino was officially named commissioner of the conferenceonJanuary2,2006.IamarinohaspromotedtheSouthern Conference through an ambitious agenda whichhas improved competition, upgraded compliance-relatedmattersandincreasedthemarketingandbrandawarenessoftheconferenceanditsmemberinstitutions.
The Southern Conference named its first commissioner in December �950. Duke head football coach WallaceWademadethetransitionfromBlueDevilfootballcoachtoathletics administration as the first person at the helm of theconference.
Lloyd Jordan replaced Wade as the commissioner in�960andserveda�4-yeartermuntilkenGermannbecametheleagueheadin�974.Germannwasthecommissionerfor �3 years and orchestrated the league’s expansion toincludewomen’sathletics. In�987,hewassucceededbyDave Hart who spearheaded the transfer of the league office fromCharlotte,N.C.,toAsheville,N.C.
Wright Waters succeeded Hart upon his retirement in�99�.UnderWaters’leadership,theSouthernConferenceexpandedto�2members,addedthreewomen’ssportsandpostedrecordrevenuefromthebasketballtournament.Wa-ters,whoiscurrentlythecommissioneroftheSunBeltCon-ference,wasfollowedbyAlfredB.Whitein�998.White,aveteran member of the NCAA office, introduced the current conferencelogoandelevatedtheconference’scommitmenttomarketinganddevelopmentofcorporatepartners.
Danny Morrison headed the conference from 200�-2005andorchestrated the league’smove fromAsheville,N.C.toSpartanburg,S.C.UnderMorrison’sleadership,theconference increased its marketing and promotional ef-forts.
The first Southern Conference Championship was the leaguebasketballtournamentheldinAtlantain�922.TheNorthCarolinaTarHeelswonthetournamenttobecomethefirst recognized league champion in any sport. The Southern ConferenceTournamentremainstheoldestofitskindincol-legebasketball.
Commissioner Germann spearheaded the SouthernConference’sexpansion to includewomen’sathleticsdur-ingthe�983-84season.Thatyear,leaguechampionshipswereheldinvolleyball,basketballandtennis.Crosscountryjoinedthemixin�985andtheleaguebeganholdingindoorandoutdoor trackchampionships in�988.Most recently,theconferenceinstitutedgolfandsoftballchampionshipsinthespringof�994andaddedsoccerinthefallof�994.
The Germann Cup, named in honor of the former
commissioner, annually recognizes the top women’s ath-leticsprogramsintheconference.Fromitshumblebegin-nings, women’s athletics have become an integral part oftheSouthernConferenceanditssuccess.
The Southern Conference declares champions in �0men’s sports - football, soccer, cross country, basketball,indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, wrestling, baseball,tennisandgolf-andninewomen’ssports-soc-cer,volleyball,crosscountry,basketball, indoor trackandfield, outdoor track & field, tennis, golf and softball.
The Southern Conference has also excelled as thepremier Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) confer-ence. Southern Conference member Appalachian Statehas won the last three FCS titles becoming the first team to doso.Theleagueboastsmorethan250playerswhohavegarnered All-America recognition and numerous nationalplayerorcoachoftheyearawards.Theconferencehashadat least one team in the Top 10 of the final FCS poll for 23 consecutive years with at least two teams finishing in the Top20ineveryseasonsince�982.
The conference has placed multiple representativesintheFCSPlayoffs in2�-of-25seasons,with�6Champi-onship Game appearances and eight national titles. TheSouthernConferencehashadatleastoneteamreachthesemifinals in nine of the last 10 years and in 15 of the last �7seasons.
In 2007, Appalachian State became the first FCS team to defeat a nationally-ranked Football Bowl Subdivision(FBS)teamwhentheMountaineersdefeatedNo.5-rankedMichigan,34-32,onSept.�beforeaselloutcrowdatMich-iganStadium.
Prior to the conference’s reclassification in 1981, Southern Conference football teams appeared in a totalof34bowlgames,postingarecordof�6-�7-2.Therearenearly 40 former Southern Conference players in the Col-legeFootballHallofFame.OneofthemostrecognizableofthesenamesisformerNorthCarolinarunningbackCharlie“Choo Choo” Justice who helped guide North Carolina tothree bowl appearances. He was a first team All-America selection in 1948 and 1949. In 1949, Justice earned first teamall-conferencehonorsforthefourthconsecutivesea-son, becoming the first player in league history to achieve thatfeat.
Anotheroftheleague’sfootballproductsthatmadeittotheCollegeFootballHallofFameisSamHuffofWestVir-ginia.Huffwasathree-yearstarteronboththeoffensiveanddefensivelinesfortheMountaineers.In�955,Huffearnedfirst team All-America honors on the field and was a first teamAcademicAll-Americaforhisworkintheclassroom.Heplayed�2seasons in theNationalFootballLeaguefortheNewYorkGiantsandtheWashingtonRedskins.Hewasa five-time All-Pro defensive lineman and is also a member oftheProFootballHallofFame.
In recent years, the Southern Conference has contin-ued to produce outstanding student-athletes. In �999,Georgia Southern’s Adrian Peterson captured the WalterPaytonAwardpresentedannually to theFootballChampi-onship Subdivision’s most outstanding offensive player.Furman’sLouis Ivorywasawardedthehonor in2000andGeorgia Southern’s Jayson Foster was presented with the2007trophy.
Appalachian State’s Dexter Coakley was a three-time
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all-conference selection and consensus All-America in�994,’95and’96beforegoingontostardomwiththeDal-lasCowboys.CoakleywonapairofBuckBuchananAwards,giventoFootballChampionshipSubdivision’stopdefensiveplayereachyear.TerrellOwenswentfromcatchingpassesatChattanoogatoastellarNFLcareer.WesternCarolina’sDavid Patten and Appalachian State’s Matt Stevens wereboth members of the New England Patriots Super BowlChampion team in 2002 and Patten also earned SuperBowlringswiththePatriotsin2004and’05.
Men’s basketball was the first sport in which the con-ference held a championship. The league tournament isthenation’soldest,withthe inauguralchampionshipheldatAtlanta’sCityAuditoriumin�922andwaswonbyNorthCarolina.
NotonlywastheSouthernConferenceTournamentthefirst of its kind, the league also helped change the face of college basketball. In �980, the league began a season-long experiment with a 22-foot three-point field goal with theapprovaloftheNCAARulesCommittee.RonnieCarrofWestern Carolina made the first three-point field goal in col-legebasketballhistoryinagameagainstMiddleTennesseeStateonNov.29,�980.
Anothercollegebasketballtraditionthatoriginatedinthe Southern Conference is the traditional cutting of thenetsbythewinningteam.AccordingtoUSAToday,theprac-tice of net cutting originated in �947 with North CarolinaState head coach Everett Case. As a first-year head coach, CaseledtheWolfpacktotheSouthernConferenceTourna-menttitle.Casecelebratedbyclaimingthenetsasasouve-nirofthewintocommemoratetheevent.
BasketballcoachinglegendRedAuerbachgivescreditto former George Washington coach Bill Reinhart, whocoachedintheconferencefornearly30years,asoneoftheoriginatorsofthemodernfast-break.
WestVirginia’s�0tournamentchampionshipsarestillthe most in league history. The Mountaineers were led bytheincomparableJerryWestfrom�958through’60.West,a two-timeAll-Americaselection,spurredWestVirginia totheFinalFourin�959.TheMountaineerslostinthecham-pionshipgamethatseasontoCalifornia,7�-70,butWestearned Final Four Most Valuable Player honors. West wasathree-timeSouthernConferencetournamentMVP,atwo-timeleagueregularseasonMVP,andwastwicenamedtheconference’sAthleteoftheYear.Hewentontoaspectacu-larcareerwiththeLosAngelesLakersoftheNationalBas-ketballAssociationandwasinductedintotheNaismithMe-morialBasketballHallofFamein�979.Hewasa�4-timeNBA All-Star while with the Lakers. It is West’s silhouettethatcomprisestheNBA’sgloballyrecognizedlogo.
RodHundleywasanotherWestVirginiastarduringthe�950s.“HotRod”madeanameforhimselfasoneof themostspectacularplayerstotourtheleagueduringhisera.Hundley averaged 24.5 points per game in his three sea-sonsasaMountaineerandwasanall-conferenceandall-tournamentperformerineachofthosethreeyears.HewastheSouthernConferenceMostValuablePlayerandAthleteof the Year as a senior in 1957. He was the first player se-lectedinthe�957NBAdraftandenjoyedasix-yearcareerinthatleague.
EastTennesseeState’skeith“Mister”Jenningsmadehismarkonthecollegebasketballworldintheearly�990s.Despitestandinglessthansixfeettall,Jenningswasatwo-time all-conference choice and the league’s Player of theYearandAthleteoftheYearin�99�.JenningsplayedwiththeGoldenStateWarriorsoftheNBA.
Besides West Virginia’s team in �959, the SouthernConferencehasbeenrepresentedintheFinalFourontwoother occasions. North Carolina advanced to the NCAA
championshipgamein�943beforefalling43-40toOkla-homa State. North Carolina State finished third in the tour-namentin�950.
Davidsoncontinued the recordofsuccessbyadvanc-ingtotheNCAATournament’sEliteEightin2008andcoachBob Mckillop’s Wildcats came within a basket of makingtheFinalFourbehindtheplayofsophomoreguardStephenCurry.
Women’sbasketballcompetitionbegan in theSouth-ernConferencein�983-84withseventeams.Inthesport’shistory,sevenschoolshavewontheleague’stournamentatleastoncewithChattanoogawinning�2andAppalachianStateowningsixtitles.UNCGreensborowonthe�998tour-nament as head coach Lynne Agee became the first coach totakeateamtotheNCAATournamentinallthreeDivisions-I,IIandIII.In200�,ChattanoogaheadcoachWesMoorebecame the first coach in NCAA history to take three differ-entteamstotheNCAATournamentinallthreeDivisions.
Since �984, seven different teams have claimed atleastashareoftheregularseasoncrown.Chattanoogahasthemostoveralltitleswith�3,sixofthemshared.Chatta-nooga owns the most outright championships with seven.OnlyfourplayershavewontheconferencePlayeroftheYearawardtwice:EastTennesseeState’sDeShawneBlockerin�992-93 and �994-95; Furman’s Jackie Smith, �997-98and�998-99;Chattanooga’sDamitaBullock,whowontheaward in2000and200�;andChattanooga’sAlexAnder-sonin2007and2008.
In baseball, Wake Forest advanced to the champion-shipgameoftheNCAACollegeWorldSeriesin�949.De-monDeaconsecondbasemanCharlesTeaguewasnamedtheCollegeWorldSeriesMostValuablePlayer.TheCitadelmade history in 1990 by becoming the first military school to make an appearance at the College World Series. TheBulldogswerejoinedthatseasonattheCollegeWorldSe-riesbycurrentconferencememberGeorgiaSouthern.
OneoftheSouthernConference’smorefamousbase-ballalumsisDuke’sDickGroat.TheBlueDevilshortstop,whowasalsoabasketballstandout,wastheconference’sAthleteoftheYearin�95�and�952.Hewentontoa�4-yearcareer in themajor leagues. In�960,hewasnamedtheNationalLeagueMVPafterheledtheleagueinbattingwitha.325averagefortheWorldChampionPittsburghPi-rates.
Among Southern Conference alums to grace MajorLeague Baseball fields have been Atlee Hammaker (East Tennessee State), Jeff Montgomery (Marshall) and MikeRamsey(AppalachianState).OtherSoConplayerstogoontoacareerinthemajorleaguesincludeAngelsthirdbase-manDallasMcPherson(TheCitadel),pitchersBrittReames(TheCitadel)andRyanGlynn(VMI)whobothpitchedwithOaklandin2005,Furman’sTomMastny,apitcherwiththeCleveland Indians (2007) and Georgia Southern’s BrianRogers,whopitchedwiththePittsburghPiratesin2007.
ArnoldPalmer,perhapstheworld’smostfamousgolf-er,competedunder theSouthernConferencebannerasacollegian at Wake Forest. He took medalist honors at theSouthern Conference Tournament in �948 and �949 andwas the tournament’s runner-up in �950. Palmer was themedalist at the NCAA Golf Championships in �949 and�950.Hewentontobecomeoneofthemostaccomplishedgolferstoplayontheprofessionaltour.Palmerwon60tour-namentswhilecompetingonthePGATourandhasadded�0morevictoriesasamemberoftheSeniorPGATour.Hehasalsowoneightmajorchampionships-fourMasters,twoBritishOpens,oneU.S.OpenandoneU.S.Amateur.
FurmangolferDottiePepperwasnamedtheSouthernConference Women’s Athlete of the Decade in the �980sandwashonoredaspartoftheleague’s25thanniversaryofwomen’schampionshipscelebration in2007-08.Appala-chianState’sMaryJayneHarrelsonwontheNCAAOutdoortitleat�,500meters in�999and200�.Furman’sBrandiJacksonwontheNCAAWomen’sGolfEastRegionalinthespringof2003.
The Southern Conference has also been a breed-
ing ground for some of college athletics’ most recognizedcoachesandadministrators.
Legendary basketball coaches Adolph Rupp of ken-tuckyandEverettCaseofNorthCarolinaStatebothworkedthe sidelines in the Southern Conference. Rupp guidedthe Wildcats to a 30-5 mark during the �93� and �932seasons. Yet, for all his coaching accomplishments, Ruppnever led kentucky to a Southern Conference tournamentchampionship.CasementoredtheWolfpacktosixconsecu-tiveSouthernConferenceTournamentchampionshipsfrom�947through�952.
Lefty Driesell coached Davidson to three SouthernConference Tournament championships in �966, �968and�969.Driesellalsowontheleague’sCoachoftheYearawardfourstraighttimesfrom�963through�966.FormerGeorgiaTechcoachBobbyCreminsearnedleagueCoachoftheYearhonorsthreetimesinthelate’70sandearly’80swhileatAppalachianStateandisnowtheheadcoachattheCollegeofCharleston.
TerryHollandsawhisbasketballcoachingcareertakeoffatDavidsonwhenhereturnedtohisalmamaterin�970.HollandwashonoredastheSouthernConferenceCoachoftheYear for threeconsecutiveseasons from�970-72andled the Wildcats to the conference tournament title andanappearanceintheNCAATournamentin�970.J.DallasShirley,amemberoftheBasketballHallofFame,spent2�yearsastheassistanttothecommissionerandsupervisorof officials in the Southern Conference. He also served as president of the International Association Basketball Offi-cialsandtheUnitedStatesOlympicBasketballCommittee.
The legendary Paul “Bear” Bryant got his coachingstartintheSouthernConferenceasheguidedtheMarylandTerrapinsin�945.AlegendarySouthernConferencefoot-ballcoachisthelateFrankHowardofClemson,whoguidedtheTigersasaleaguememberfrom�940-52.Theincom-parableHowardwon69SouthernConferencegames.
TheSouthernConferencehasbeenrepresentedonthesidelines at five Super Bowls in recent years. Bobby Ross, who piloted the San Diego Chargers to the �996 SuperBowl,wastheheadcoachatTheCitadelfrom�973-77.For-merBuffaloBillsheadcoachMarvLevydirectedWilliam&Maryfrom�964-68.HewassucceededatWilliam&Maryby Lou Holtz. William & Mary competed in the SouthernConferencefrom�936-77.
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200�-07 southern Conference team statisticsFInal2007-08Standings SoCon Overall W L Pct PF PA W L Pct PF PA
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SCORING##Player-Team Cl G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G�. ANDERSON,Alex-UTC SR 33 225 5 ��5 570 �7.32. TOSSIE,Whitney-ASU SR 30 �5� 7 90 399 �3.33. ROBINSON,Mercedes-DAV JR 29 �34 20 79 367 �2.74. BUMBREY,Tierra-ELON SR 32 �55 68 25 403 �2.65. MILLER,Liz-WOF JR 3� �08 36 �09 36� ��.66. HOLLINQUEST,Shanara-UTC SO 33 �49 0 86 384 ��.67. FURSTENBURG,Jill-COFC SR 30 �24 3� 66 345 ��.58. BROWN,Tiffany-GSU SR 24 99 33 44 275 ��.59. THOMAS,GiGi-ASU SO 30 �38 8 50 334 ��.��0.MCMOORE,kitara-ELON JR 32 �37 0 73 347 �0.8��.DAWSON,Monique-WCU SR 33 �04 26 �20 354 �0.7�2.ATWOOD,Shawnda-GSU SR 30 ��8 �4 52 302 �0.��3.PELLOM,Ashley-WCU SR 34 ��9 �0 83 33� 9.7�4.HEMERkA,Danielle-DAV SR 30 �09 29 34 28� 9.4�5.MELSON,Ashley-GSU JR 30 �04 �0 60 278 9.3�6.HOLTFRETER,kali-FUR SO 30 89 52 44 274 9.��7.STEPHENS,Lee-FUR SO 29 74 40 72 260 9.0�8.WADE-FRAY,Jenaya-UTC SO 33 96 44 58 294 8.9�9.POWELL,Lauren-WCU JR 34 ��6 50 20 302 8.920.DAVIS,Tiffany-ELON SO 32 92 34 66 284 8.9
REBOUNDING##Player-Team Cl G OFF DEF TOT Avg/G�. ANDERSON,Alex-UTC SR 33 68 220 288 8.72. kEITH,Chevon-WCU SR 34 �3� �63 294 8.63. ROBINSON,Mercedes-DAV JR 29 83 �60 243 8.44. MCMOORE,kitara-ELON JR 32 93 �50 243 7.65. WILLIAMS,Nikki-COFC JR 30 59 �48 207 6.96. WILLIAMS,Mahagony-WOF FR 3� 69 �32 20� 6.57. MIXON,Brittany-ASU JR 30 85 �09 �94 6.58. WALL,Amber-ELON SO 3� 62 �30 �92 6.29. HEMERkA,Danielle-DAV SR 30 59 �24 �83 6.��0.JOHNSON,katie-FUR JR 26 72 84 �56 6.0��.HOLLINQUEST,Shanara-UTC SO 33 68 �28 �96 5.9�2.ATWOOD,Shawnda-GSU SR 30 59 �06 �65 5.5 MOYE,Sarah-COFC JR 28 69 85 �54 5.5�4.DIXON,Jasmine-UNCG SR 30 48 ��4 �62 5.4�5.VARNO,kathlyn-WOF SO 3� 79 82 �6� 5.2
FIELDGOALPCT(Min.3.0madepergame)##Player-Team Cl G FG FGA Pct�. HOLLINQUEST,Shanara-UTC SO 33 �49 256 .5822. MCMOORE,kitara-ELON JR 32 �37 26� .5253. ROBINSON,Mercedes-DAV JR 29 �34 259 .5�74. ANDERSON,Alex-UTC SR 33 225 438 .5�45. WILLIAMS,Mahagony-WOF FR 3� �07 2�3 .5026. PELLOM,Ashley-WCU SR 34 ��9 246 .4847. TOSSIE,Whitney-ASU SR 30 �5� 322 .4698. PAQUETTE,Julia-DAV SO 30 �03 22� .4669. HEMERkA,Danielle-DAV SR 30 �09 256 .426�0.MIXON,Brittany-ASU JR 30 �03 242 .426
ASSISTS##Player-Team Cl G Assists Avg/G�. THOMPSON,Alex-DAV SO 30 ��9 3.972. HALL,Laura-UTC SR 32 �25 3.9�3. PHELPS,Chrissy-FUR SR 30 ��� 3.704. MILLER,Liz-WOF JR 3� �07 3.455. BUMBREY,Tierra-ELON SR 32 �08 3.386. WHITNEY,Carolyn-GSU SO 29 9� 3.�47. PELLOM,Ashley-WCU SR 34 �0� 2.978. DAWSON,Monique-WCU SR 33 96 2.9�9. DAVIS,Tiffany-ELON SO 32 92 2.88�0.SCOTT,Ashley-COFC SO 26 72 2.77
FREETHROWPCT(Min.2.0madepergame)##Player-Team Cl G FTM FTA Pct�. THOMPSON,Alex-DAV SO 30 67 77 .8702. STEPHENS,Lee-FUR SO 29 72 83 .8673. FURSTENBURG,Jill-COFC SR 30 66 8� .8�54. TOSSIE,Whitney-ASU SR 30 90 ��6 .7765. JOHNSON,katie-FUR JR 26 63 82 .7686. GRAMBLIN,Natalie-WOF SO 30 85 ��4 .7467. ANDERSON,Alex-UTC SR 33 ��5 �59 .7238. MCMOORE,kitara-ELON JR 32 73 �0� .7239. ROBINSON,Mercedes-DAV JR 29 79 ��0 .7�8�0.PHELPS,Chrissy-FUR SR 30 80 ��2 .7�4
STEALS##Player-Team Cl G Steals Avg/G�. MILLER,Liz-WOF JR 3� 97 3.�32. TOSSIE,Whitney-ASU SR 30 9� 3.033. BUMBREY,Tierra-ELON SR 32 9� 2.844. DAVIS,Tiffany-ELON SO 32 74 2.3�5. DWYER,kelly-WOF SO 27 58 2.�56. COLBERT,Robin-ASU FR 27 55 2.047. ROBINSON,Mercedes-DAV JR 29 54 �.868. DAWSON,Monique-WCU SR 33 6� �.859. THOMAS,GiGi-ASU SO 30 53 �.77 PHELPS,Chrissy-FUR SR 30 53 �.77
3-POINTFGPCT(Min.�.0madepergame)##Player-Team Cl G 3FG FGA Pct�. THOMPSON,Alex-DAV SO 30 4� 96 .4272. LIEBSCHWAGER,Meliss-FUR JR 29 36 86 .4�93. HALL,Laura-UTC SR 32 35 86 .4074. BUMBREY,Tierra-ELON SR 32 68 �73 .3935. STEPHENS,Lee-FUR SO 29 40 �02 .3926. HOLTFRETER,kali-FUR SO 30 52 �34 .3887. WHITNEY,Carolyn-GSU SO 29 33 89 .37�8. BROWN,Tiffany-GSU SR 24 33 93 .3559. HAND,Brooke-UTC SR 33 83 234 .355�0.GRIMSLEY,Gini-UNCG JR 3� 46 �34 .343
3-POINTFGMADE##Player-Team Cl G 3FG Avg/G�. HAND,Brooke-UTC SR 33 83 2.522. BUMBREY,Tierra-ELON SR 32 68 2.�33. HOLTFRETER,kali-FUR SO 30 52 �.734. ALLISON,Nicole-ELON SR 26 39 �.505. GRIMSLEY,Gini-UNCG JR 3� 46 �.486. POWELL,Lauren-WCU JR 34 50 �.477. GERTY,Tonia-COFC FR 29 42 �.458. STEPHENS,Lee-FUR SO 29 40 �.389. BROWN,Tiffany-GSU SR 24 33 �.38�0.RAMIREZ,Sam-ASU FR 30 4� �.37 THOMPSON,Alex-DAV SO 30 4� �.37
BLOCkEDSHOTS##Player-Team Cl G Blocks Avg/G�. WILLIAMS,Mahagony-WOF FR 3� 65 2.�02. ANDERSON,Alex-UTC SR 33 6� �.853. SMITH,Erika-COFC SR 30 53 �.774. DWYER,kelly-WOF SO 27 42 �.565. JOHNSON,katie-FUR JR 26 34 �.3�6. MIXON,Brittany-ASU JR 30 33 �.�07. DEMPSEY,kate-WOF JR 29 29 �.008. PAQUETTE,Julia-DAV SO 30 27 0.909. CUNNINGHAM,Courtney-ASU SR 24 �9 0.79�0.GRIMSLEY,Gini-UNCG JR 3� 24 0.77
ASSIST/TURNOVERRATIO(Min.3.0assists/game)##Player-Team Cl G Asst Avg Turn Avg Ratio�. WHITNEY,Carolyn-GSU SO 29 9� 3.� 54 �.9 �.692. HALL,Laura-UTC SR 32 �25 3.9 75 2.3 �.673. THOMPSON,Alex-DAV SO 30 ��9 4.0 92 3.� �.294. PHELPS,Chrissy-FUR SR 30 ��� 3.7 90 3.0 �.235. BUMBREY,Tierra-ELON SR 32 �08 3.4 ��4 3.6 0.956. MILLER,Liz-WOF JR 3� �07 3.5 �43 4.6 0.75
MINUTESPLAYED##Player-Team Cl G Minutes Avg/G�. FURSTENBURG,Jill-COFC SR 30 �036 34.532. BUMBREY,Tierra-ELON SR 32 �098 34.3�3. PHELPS,Chrissy-FUR SR 30 �0�0 33.674. MILLER,Liz-WOF JR 3� �0�� 32.6�5. THOMPSON,Alex-DAV SO 30 946 3�.536. ROBINSON,Mercedes-DAV JR 29 899 3�.007. HEMERkA,Danielle-DAV SR 30 907 30.238. DAVIS,Tiffany-ELON SO 32 958 29.949. MIXON,Brittany-ASU JR 30 888 29.60�0.HALL,Laura-UTC SR 32 93� 29.09
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2008-09ScheduleN14 Winston-Salem State! 7 pmN15 Longwood! 7 pmN18 at North Carolina State 7 pmN21 at North Carolina A&T 7 pmN28 at Pittsburgh# TBDN29 vs. Weber State/Youngstown State# TBDD2 UNC Greensboro 7 pmD6 Georgia Southern 2 pmD8 College of Charleston 7 pmD17 at Chattanooga 7 pmD19 at Samford 8 pmD28 Austin Peay 2 pmJ3 at Davidson 7 pmJ6 Appalachian State 7 pmJ10 at Wofford 3 pmJ12 at Furman 7 pmJ15 at High Point 7 pmJ19 Western Carolina 7 pmJ24 at College of Charleston 1 pm J26 at Georgia Southern 7 pmJ29 Southern Virginia 11:45 a.m.J31 Samford 2 pmF2 Chattanooga 7 pmF7 Davidson 2 pmF9 at Appalachian State 7 pmF16 at Western Carolina 7 pmF21 Wofford 2 pmF23 Furman 7 pmF27 at UNC Greensboro 7 pmM5-9 Southern Conference Tournament TBA
!-ISES Cancer Awareness Tip-Off (Elon, NC)#-Pittsburgh Thanksgiving Tournament (Pittsburgh, PA)
2008-09ScheduleN17 at Charleston Southern 5:30 pmN20 at Florida State 6 pmN22 at Kennesaw State 2 pmN25 Coastal Carolina 7 pmN29 Georgia State 2 pmD3 South Carolina State 7 pmD6 at UNC Greensboro 12 NoonD8 at Elon 7 pmD19 at Western Carolina 7 pmD22 Furman 7 pmD31 USC-Aiken 1 pmJ3 Samford 2 pmJ5 Chattanooga 7 pmJ10 at Appalachian State 1 pmJ12 at Davidson 7 pmJ17 at Wofford 3 pmJ19 Georgia Southern 7 pmJ21 at Savannah State 7 pmJ24 Elon 1 pmJ26 UNC Greensboro 7 pmJ31 Western Carolina 1 pmF3 at Furman 7 pmF7 at Samford 2 pmF9 at Chattanooga 7 pmF14 Wofford 1 pmF16 at Georgia Southern 7 pmF21 Appalachian State 2 pmF23 Davidson 7 pmM5-9 Southern Conference Tournament TBA
2008-09ScheduleN14 Princeton 6 pmN19 Manhattan 7 pmN22 Bucknell 1 pmN25 NJIT 7 pmN28 vs. UNC-Wilmington! 5 pmN29 vs. South Carolina/Ohio! TBAD3 at Georgetown 7:30 pmD6 Wofford 1 pmD10 at Iona 7:30 pmD13 at UNC Greensboro 1 pmD22 CCSU 7 pmD28 Norfolk State# 1 pmD29 Colgate/Bryant# TBAJ2 at Lehigh 2 pmJ5 Navy 7 pmJ10 Massachusetts 7 pmJ12 at Saint Louis 8 pmJ17 George Washington 1 pmJ20 at Rhode Island 7 pmJ24 La Salle 1 pmJ31 at Charlotte * 4:30 pmF4 Temple 12 NoonF7 at La Salle 1 pmF10 at Dayton 7 pmF14 St. Bonaventure 1 pmF18 Saint Joseph’s 7 pmF21 at Duquesne 1 pmF24 Richmond 7 pmF28 at Xavier 2 pmM6-9 Atlantic 10 Tournament TBA
2008-09ScheduleN15 Brewton Parker 7 pmN18 at Florida Atlantic 7 pmN19 Auburn 7 pmN22 UNC Asheville 3 pmN25 at Notre Dame 7 pmD1 Appalachian State 7 pmD3 at High Point 7 pmD6 at Elon 2 pmD15 at Kennesaw State 7 pmD17 at UNC Greensboro 7 pmD21 at Western Carolina 4 pmD29 at Florida International! 5 pmD30 vs. East Carolina/Marist! TBDJ3 Chattanooga 3 pmJ5 Samford 7 pmJ10 at Davidson 2 pmJ12 Wofford 7 pmJ17 at Furman 1:30 pmJ19 at College of Charleston 7 pmJ24 UNC Greensboro 12:30 pmJ26 Elon 7 pmF2 Western Carolina 5 pmF7 at Chattanooga 7 pmF9 at Samford 6:30 pmF14 Furman 3 pmF16 College of Charleston 7 pmF21 Davidson 3 pmF23 at Wofford 4 pmF28 at Appalachian State 1 pmM5-9 Southern Conference Tournament TBA
!-FIU Sun and Fun Classic (Miami, FL)
2008-09ScheduleN14 at New Mexico State 7 pmN16 at UTEP 2 pmN25 CalStateBakersfield 7pmN30 at San Diego 2 pmD3 at Sacramento State 5:05 pmD6 at Arizona State 2 pmD7 Hawaii/Northern Illinois 5:30 pmD15 at Weber State 7 pmD18 Oregon State 7 pmD21 UNC Greensboro! 2 pmD22 Illinois State/Western Michigan! D2 pmD28 Yale 4 pmD30 atCalStateBakersfield 12pmJ3 at Cal St Fullerton 5 pmJ8 UC Santa Barbara 7 pmJ10 Cal Poly 4 pmJ15 atPacific 7pmJ17 at UC Davis 7 pmJ24 Cal State Northridge 4 pmJ29 at UC Riverside 5:30 pmJ31 at Long Beach State 5 pmF5 at Cal Poly 7 pmF7 at UC Santa Barbara 2 pmF3 UC Davis 7 pmF14 Pacific 4pmF18 at Cal State Northridge 7 pmF26 Long Beach State 7 pmF28 UC Riverside 4 pmM7 Cal St Fullerton 4 pmM11-14 Big West Tournament TBA
CoachingStaffHeadCoach:TashMcDowellOverall Record/Yrs: first seasonRecord at Western Michigan/Yrs: first seasonAssistantCoaches:YvetteHarris,GlennBox,PhilSayers
2008-09ScheduleN2 Davenport (Exh.) 2 pm N10 Olivet (Exh.) 7 pm N16 at St. Louis 3 pm N20 Pitt 7 pm N23 Marquette 2 pm N29 vs. UMBC! 5 pm N30 at Iona! 3:30 pm D2 at Central Connecticut State 7 pm D6 at Illinois-Chicago 5:30 pm D14 at Drake 2:05 pm D18 Chicago State 6 pm D21 vs. Illinois State# 4 pm D22 vs. UC Irvine/ UNC Greensboro# 4/6 pm D28 at North Carolina 2 pm D30 at North Carolina Central 6 pm J7 Toledo 7 pm J10 Ball State 2 pm J14 at Northern Illinois 8 pm J17 at Central Michigan 2 pm J21 Eastern Michigan 7 pm J24 at Kent State 7 pm J31 at Buffalo 5 pm F4 Miami 7 pm F7 Bowling Green 2 pm F11 at Ohio 7 pm F14 Akron 2 pm F21 at Toledo 2 pm F25 Central Michigan 7 pm F28 at Ball State TBD M3 at Eastern Michigan 7 pm M7 Northern Illinois 2 pm M11 Mid-American Conference Tournament TBA
!-Iona Thanksgiving Classic (New Rochelle, NY)
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2008-09ScheduleN14 at North Carolina! 7 pmN25 at Tennessee 7 pmN29 at Montana State 9 pmD2 at UNC Asheville 7 pmD7 Middle Tennessee State 4 pmD14 at Davidson 2 pmD16 at Wofford 6 pmD19 College of Charleston 7 pmD21 Georgia Southern 4 pmD30 UNC Wilmington 7 pmJ3 at Appalachian State 2 pmJ5 at Furman 7 pmJ10 Samford 4 pmJ12 Chattanooga 7 pmJ17 UNC Greensboro 4 pmJ19 at Elon 7 pmJ26 Davidson 12 NoonJ31 at College of Charleston 1 pmF2 at Georgia Southern 5 pmF4 Clemson 7 pmF7 Appalachian State 4 pmF9 Furman 7 pmF14 at UNC Greensboro 3 pmF16 Elon 7 pmF21 at Chattanooga 1 pmF23 at Samford 8 pmF28 Wofford 4 pmM5-9 Southern Conference Tournament TBA
!-Preseason Women’s NIT First Round (Chapel Hill, NC)
2008-09ScheduleN19 Coastal Carolina 6 pmN25 at North Carolina 7 pmN28 at Bethune-Cookman 5 pmN30 at North Florida 2 pmD2 Gardner-Webb 6 pmD4 Samford 6 pmD6 at Fordham 1 pmD13 Chattanooga 3 pmD16 Western Carolina 6 pmD19 at Bucknell 7 pmD30 at Davidson 7 pmJ3 at Furman 1:30 pmJ5 Southern Virginia 6 pmJ10 Elon 3 pmJ12 at Georgia Southern 7 pmJ17 College of Charleston 3 pmJ19 at UNC Greensboro 3 pmJ24 at Chattanooga 7 pmJ26 at Samford 6:30 pmJ31 Davidson 3 pmF2 Appalachian State 6 pmF7 Furman 3 pmF11 at Appalachian State 7 pmF14 at College of Charleston 1 pmF16 UNC Greensboro 6 pmF21 at Elon 2 pmF23 Georgia Southern 4 pmF28 at Western Carolina 4 pmM5-9 Southern Conference Tournament TBA
37 seasons of modern, five-player rule competition.
Theteamoriginatedin�963undercoach Ellen Griffin using six-playerrules.Dr. JuneGallowaytookover thesquad in �965 and directed it intothe five-player rule era, beginning in �969-70. The team enjoyed a 9-2record, including five wins in Coleman Gymnasium, in the first five-player-rule season. Galloway led the Spartans toa fourth-place finish at the NationalInvitational Women’s IntercollegiateTournament in Cullowhee, NC, in�970-7�. A year later, UNCG won �7gamesandcapturedtheNorthCarolinaAssociationofIntercollegiateAthletics
forWomen(AIAW)titleintheprogram’sinitial season of AIAW affiliation.
Marilyn Gibbs took over for Dr.Galloway in �972 and coached theteamthroughthe�975-76campaign.The Spartans hosted the NCAIAWTournament in �973-74 and placedthird.Theprogramenduredtoughtimesfrom�975-79,winning�3gamesunderthreeheadcoachesasUNCGremainednon-scholarshipwhileotherinstitutionsdevelopedscholarshipprograms.
Ditty Speeler, who endured an0-�9 campaign in �978-79, helpedturn things around the following yearbefore resigning midway through theseason after seeing the Spartans offto a 6-2 start. Jim Swiggett, a formerUNCG men’s basketball coach, took
over and guidedthe program toits f irst 20-winseason as it won�4 of the last �7gamesoftheyear,including a �2-� mark againstNCAIAW DivisionIIIopponents.
Lynne Ageet o o k o v e r i n�98�-82 af terRobin Joseph’sone-year s t intas head coachandpromptly ledthe Spartans toa record of 25-3, which ended witha runner-up finish in the inaugural
NCAA Division III Championship atElizabethtown (PA). Carol Peschel, aformer player under Agee at RoanokeCollege, fol lowed her coach toGreensboroandbecametheuniversity’sfirst female All-America performer in �98�-82.
The�98�-82seasontriggeredarunofsevenconsecutive20-wincampaigns,during which UNCG compiled an 85-7 record against Dixie Conferencecompetition and won five conference titles.
The Spartans posted the loneunbeaten home record (��-0) in theteam’s history during the �987-88seasonandadvancedtotheNCAA’sforthe seventh straight season, finishing thirdnationally.UNCGwasoneofonly
�0NCAAwomen’sbasketballteams(alldivisions) to compete in the first seven NCAAChampionships,from�982-88.
In keeping with its tradition as apacesetter, the University decided tomake the unprecedented competitiveshift in its athletic status, from NCAADivisionIIItoDivisionI.Themovewasaccomplished over a five-year period beginningwiththedecisioninFebruaryof�987.
UNCG’smovetoDivisionIincludedathree-yearstintinDivisionII.In�990-9�, Agee guided the Spartans to theNCAA Division II Regional final and their eighthnationaltournamentappearancesince�982.
Thefollowingyear,theteamjoinedtheBigSouthConferenceandbeganastring of winning five straight regular-seasontitles.During that time,UNCGadvancedtotheconferencetournamentfinals four times.
The Spartans finished their run in the Big South with a 75-�7 record inconference play. Eight players werenamedAll-BigSouth, includingVickieHenson, the �992-93 Player of theYear.
In �997-98, UNCG began play intheSouthernConferenceandcapturedthe tournament championship. TheSpartans made their first NCAA Division I Tournament appearance and ninthtripoveralltotheNCAA’s.Agee’steamwent2�-9andearnedher400thcareervictorythatsameseason.
UNCG Women’s Basketball through years
The 1970-71 team was the first to record 10 wins in a season, including a pair against North Carolina.
LynneAgeecelebratesher100thwinfollowinga73-64victoryover Christopher Newport in 1985-86.
a WiNNiNG tRaditioN at UNCG
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TheSpartans took the�998-99SouthernConferenceregularseasontitle, finishing 20-8 overall and 14-4 in leagueplay.MelindaGoodsonscoredher �,000th career point, becomingthefastestUNCGplayertoaccomplishthatfeat.
In the �999-00 season, UNCGbecame just the second programin North Carolina to reach the 500-win plateau with a 77-7� victory atAppalachian State on February 5.UNCG finished the season with an 18-��mark,��-7intheconference,andreached the SoCon Tournament finals asthefourthseedinthetournament.ChoRhondaGwaltneywasnamedAll-SoCon,andwasalsonamedtotheAll-Tournamentteam,alongwithSamikaFosterandBrianneDodgen,whotookhomeTournamentMVPhonors.
TheSpartanssetanewDivisionI record for wins in 2000-0� withits 22-8 record. UNCG advanced tothe SoCon Championship game forthe second straight season, fallingby one point to Chattanooga. TheSpartanshadthetournamentMVPforthesecondstraightyearinGwaltney,while Dodgen, Foster and SandiReid were second team All-SoConTournament selections. Dodgen andGwaltneyalsoearnedall-conferencehonors.
In 200�-02, the Spartans went2�-�0 (�4-4 SoCon) and claimed ashare of the SoCon regular seasonchampionship and advanced tothe WNIT for the first time in school history.
The Spartans defeated Collegeof Charleston, 77-5�, and Furman,7�-62, en route to a third straightchampionship game appearance.The Spar tans fell just shor t ofthe tournament title, losing toChattanoogaforthesecondstraightseason.
UNCG took on a strong VirginiaTechsquadintheWNIT.TheSpartanslost to the Hokies, 5�-46, in a verycloseopeningroundmatch.
Despite missing the 20-winplateau in 2002-03 for the firsttime in three season, the Spartansmanaged to put together a �4-�3overallmark,whichincludeda�0-8showinginSouthernConferenceplay.
TheirseasonmarkextendedUNCG’sstreak to 22 consecutive winningseasons,whichbeganinLynneAgee’sfirst year at UNCG.
The winning season streakcame to a halt in 2003-04, as theSpartans battled through injuriesandarigorousscheduletoproducea9-�9record.Despitetherecord,theSpartans remained tough in SoConplay, especially at home where theyposteda7-3showing.
T h e 2 0 0 3 - 0 4 s e a s o n w a shighlighted by a 63-30 win overFurman on January 3, 2004, givingLynneAgeeher500thcareervictory.Agee isoneof2�activecoaches toproduce500wins.
JacindaLambertledtheSpartansinscoringforthreeconsecutiveyearsand finished her career in 2003-04 with �,227 points, the eighth besttotalinprogramhistory.
The2004-05seasonsawkristenBooneleadthecountryinstealsandbecome the first player in program histor y to be named conferenceFreshmanoftheYear.
The 2005-06 season was alackluster beginning for UNCG afterstartingtheyearwithoutBoone,whosat out the first four games of theseasonwithapre-seasoninjury.Shemade a triumphant return againstWest Virginia and orchestrated awin for the ages, 72-70, over theMountaineers for the Spartans first ever win over a team from the BIGEASTConference.
Only �� days later, UNCG madetheshorttripdownI-40toplayWakeForestandonceagain theSpartanswereuptothetask.Theypulledoffanimpressive70-64victoryatLawrenceJoel Coliseum for their first win over theDemonDeaconssince�977.
UNCGearnedthesecondseedinthe SoCon Tournament and cruisedinto the finals with wins over Georgia Southern and Davidson, whichset up a meeting with top-seededChattanooga for the fourth time inthe conference finale. The Spartans ultimately fell 9�-79, but order wasrestoredastheSpartansonceagainfound themselves among the eliteteams in their conference. A placethis proud program has became all
toofamiliarwithovertheyears.Boone was named a first team
All-SoCon performer in leading theSpartanstoan�8-�2overallrecordanda�2-6slateintheconference.FortheireffortsintheSoContourament,Boone, Irene Otamiri and kaLeahLatham were selected to the All-Tournamentteam.
The2006-07squadposteda20-win season for the first time since the 200�-02 seasonand saw standout kristenBoone become UNCG’s all-time steals leader with 3�3steals while senior guardJasmine Byrd recorded her�,000th point as a Spartan.BothBooneandByrdearnedAll-Conference honors forthesecondconsecutiveyear.Lynne Agee also picked upher 500th win on the UNCGsidelines and earned her550th career win during theseason.
TheSpartansalsohonoredone of the most decoratedplayer s in the histor y ofthe women’ s program. OnFebruary �0, 2007, formerSpartanMelindaGoodsonhadher jersey retired, becomingjustthesecondfemaleandthefourthplayerinschoolhistorytohavetheirjerseyretired.
In closing, Angie Polk,Wendy Engelmann, ReneeColtrane and Carol Peschelare the only players to havebeen named All-AmericaduringtheirUNCGcareers.
Duringthe2006-07seasonLynneAgeepicked up her 500th win at UNCG and tallied her550thcareervictory.
During the 2005-06 season UNCGpicked up a win over ACC opponent WakeForest.
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During the �997-98 seasonUNCG, which was pickedfour th in the Southern
Conferencepre-seasonpoll,wastedno time in proving to the rest oftheleaguethattheSpartanswerea force to be reckoned with. Inits first year as a member of theSoCon,UNCGcarriedaneight-gamewinningstreakintothe�998SoConTournament. The Spartans thenblasted Western Carolina, 86-54,beforeslippingpastDavidson,78-75toreachthetitlegame. UNCGfacedtop-seedGeorgiaSouthern.TheEaglesandSpartanshadsplittwomeetingsthatseason.UNCG shot just 24-percent from
the floor in the first-half and trailed, 32-24. However,Rebecca Viverette poured in�8 second-half points andtheSpartansshot6�-percentfrom the field to get pastGeorgia Southern, 75-69.The victory ensured UNCG’sfirst-ever appearance into the NCAA DivisionItournament. TheSpartanswereledbyapairof All-SoCon first team selections, seniorpostplayersBizBredigerandViverette.Bothplayersreachedthe�,000pointclubduringtheseason,withBredigerscoring�5.7ppgandViveretteadding�5.4ppg.
No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown 00 AnnikaJordan Fr. G 5-6 Lynchburg,VA 3 ChoRhondaGwaltney Fr. G 5-6 Dudley,NC �0 SadieOchs Sr. G 5-8 GardenCity,kS �� RebeccaViverette Sr. F 6-0 Wilson,NC �4 SamFerguson Jr. G 5-6 Collinsville,VA �5 katrinaSmith So. G 5-9 MoreheadCity,NC 2� JenniferLewis Sr. G 5-�0 Newport,NC 25 NickyArmstrong Fr. G 5-6 Lincoln,PA 30 Nataliekreter So. F 6-� Jenkintown,PA 42 MelindaGoodson So. G 5-8 Roxboro,NC 43 BelindaGoodson So. G 5-7 Roxboro,NC 44 BizBrediger Sr. C 6-2 Massillon,OH 50 AmberWest Sr. C 6-2 Galesburg,IL 55 katieDelCampo Fr. F 6-0 RehobothBeach,DE
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�997-98:2�-9, �2-� southern Conferencesouthern Conference tournament ChampionsNCaa tournament First Round
Rebecca Viverette led UNCG to its first-ever NCAATournamentberthduring the 1997-98 season
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U N C G W o M e N ’ s B a s k e t B a l l M e d i a G U i d e R e C o R d B o o k • 7 �
Most Games Played: 3�(�995,2002)MostWins:22(200�)MostConf.Wins: �4(�993,�995,�999,200�,2002)MostLosses:�9(2004)FewestLosses:6(�992)HighestWinningPercentage:.777(2�-6,�992)Best Home Record:�2-�(2002)MostHomeWins:�2(2002)Longest Win Streak: 12(�/22/97-2/28/97)Longest Losing Streak: 5(�2/20/93-�/3/94,�2/6/03-�2/20/03)Longest Home Win Streak: �3(2/2/97-�/22/99)
Most Field Goals MadeGame:39,vs.CoastalCarolina(�2/7/9�)&vs.ETSU(2/�6/02)Season:844(�992)
Most Opponent Field Goals MadeGame:42,vs.WakeForest(�2/69/95)Season:792(�998)
Fewest Field Goals MadeGame:��,atAppalachianState(�2/�8/04)Season:684(2000)
Fewest Opponent Field Goals MadeGame:��,vsElon(�/20/07)Season:6�0(2003)
Most Field Goals AttemptedGame:82,vs.ETSU(�/20/0�)Season:�,857(2002)
Most Opponent Field Goals AttemptedGame:82,vs.Radford(2/7/96)Season:�,925(�995)
Fewest Field Goals AttemptedGame:29,UNCAsheville(3/�0/94)Season:�,560(2003)
Fewest Opponent Field Goals AttemptedGame:38,atRadford(3/2�/93)Season:�,594(�996)
Highest Field Goal PercentageHalf:.786(22-28)atCampbell(2/�3/93)Game:.7�9(4�-57)vs.UNCAsheville(2/��/94)Season:.503(844-�679,�992)
Highest Opponent Field Goal PercentageHalf:.704(�9-27),UNCAsheville(3/�0/94)Game:.627(32-5�),UNCAsheville(3/�0/94)Season:.438(740-�689,�992)
Lowest Field Goal PercentageHalf:.�46(6-4�),atWofford(2/�0/0�)Game:.2�4(�2-56)atWestVirginia(��/�9/04)Season:.37�(578-�558,2004)
Lowest Opponent Field Goal PercentageHalf:.�20(3-25)vs.UMES(��/25/95)Game:.2�2(��-52)vs.Elon(�/20/07)Season:.37�(676-�823,200�)
Most Three-Point Field Goals MadeGame:�2,vs.Radford(�/�3/97)&vs.Illinois(��/24/95)Season:�67(2000)
Most Opponent Three-Point Field Goals MadeGame:�3,atkentState(�2/29/93)Season:�65(2006)
Fewest Three-Point Field Goals MadeSeason:38(�994)
Fewest Opponent Three-Point Field Goals MadeSeason:70(�993)
Most Three-Point Field Goals AttemptedGame:3�,vs.Radford(�/�3/97)Season:535(2000)
Most Opponent Three-Point Field Goals AttemptedGame:29,vs.Longwood(��/25/05)Season:493(2006)
Fewest Three-Point Field Goals Attempted
Season:�04(�994)
Fewest Opponent Three-Point Field Goals AttemptedSeason:244(�993)
Highest Three-Point Field Goal PercentageGame:.778(7-9),vs.Winthrop(�/�6/95)Season:.377(55-�46,�993)
Highest Opponent Three-Point Field Goal PercentageGame:.833(5-6),vsWinthrop(�/�6/95)NOTE:.588(�0-�7)vs.WakeForest(�2/6/95)Season:.368(95-258,�992)
Lowest Three-Point Field Goal PercentageSeason:.245(97-396,2005)
Lowest Opponent Three-Point Field Goal PercentageSeason:.270(�26-467,200�)
Most Free Throws MadeGame:37,atElon(�2/2/98)Season:53�(�995)
Most Opponents Free Throws MadeGame:37,vs.Providence(�2/2�/94)Season:430(�993)
Game: 1.000 (5-5), Sadie Ochs vs. Liberty, 1/28/97 1.000 (5-5), Amanda Eaton at Wofford, 12/30/04 1.000 (2-2), Kristen Boone vs. Appalachian State, (2/10/07) 1.00 (2-2), Kristen Boone vs. Chattanooga, (1/29/07)
SCORING AVERAGE (DIVISION I ERA)�. VickieHenson(�992-94)...................................�6.672. MelindaGoodson(�996-00)..............................�5.573. GailWhite(�990-92).........................................�2.794. BrianneDodgen(�998-02)................................�2.0�5. kristenBoone(2005-)......................................��.50
FIELD GOALS MADE (DIVISION I ERA)�. MelindaGoodson(�996-00).................................5362. BrianneDodgen(�998-02)...................................5003. JacindaLambert(2000-04)..................................4784. AlisaMoore(�992-96).........................................4755. BizBrediger(�994-98).........................................442
3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE (DIVISION I ERA)�. JasmineByrd(2003-07).......................................�932. AmandaEaton(200�-05......................................�693. SamFerguson(�995-98)......................................�354. ChoRhondaGwaltney(�997-0�)...........................�235. JasmineByrd(2003-2007).................................. ��6
TOTAL REBOUNDS (DIVISION I ERA)�. JulieMoore(�992-96)..........................................7992. AlisaMoore(�992-96).........................................7403. MelindaGoodson(�997-00).................................6944. BrianneDodgen(�998-02)...................................6875. SandiReid(�998-02)...........................................592
POINTS (DIVISION I ERA)�. MelindaGoodson(�998-99).................................4972. VickieHenson(�992-93)......................................4883. AlisaMoore(�994-95)..........................................4804. VickieHenson(�993-94)......................................4795. BizBrediger(�997-98).........................................470
SCORING AVERAGE (min.15 games played)�. RitaWiggs(�974-75).........................................2�.842. AnnaParker(�978-79)......................................2�.793. CathyStrange(�976-77)....................................�9.424. JodyMangus(�979-80).....................................�8.865. RitaWiggs(�973-74).........................................�8.256. MelindaGoodson(�998-99).............................. �7.757. SandraLemon(�979-80)................................... �7.4�8. MaryLidaAlexander(�970-7�).......................... �7.309. RitaWiggs(�97�-72)......................................... �7.24�0. CarolPeschel(�98�-82).................................... �7.07
SCORING AVERAGE (min.15 games played) - DIVISION I ERA�. MelindaGoodson(�998-99).............................. �7.752. VickieHenson(�992-93)...................................�6.833. VickieHenson(�993-94)...................................�6.524. MelindaGoodson(�996-97)..............................�5.725. BizBrediger(�997-98)......................................�5.67
FIELD GOALS MADE (DIVISION I ERA)�. VickieHenson(�992-93)......................................�992. BizBrediger(�997-98).........................................�963. VickieHenson(�993-94)......................................�874. AlisaMoore(�994-95)..........................................�845. MelindaGoodson(�998-99)................................. �78
HOME WINS�2(�2-3)..................................... 2006-07�2(�2-4)..................................... �979-80�2(�2-2)..................................... �98�-82�2(�2-�)..................................... �985-86�2(�2-�)..................................... �986-87�2(�2-�)..................................... 200�-0211, SEVEN TIMES(NOTE: FIRST SEASON IN FLEMING GYM WAS 1989-90)
POINTS (DIVISION I ERA)2,236.......................................... �994-952,�94.......................................... �996-972,�90.......................................... �997-982,�62.......................................... 200�-022,�00.......................................... �99�-92
POINTS PER GAME85.7........................................... �987-8883.9........................................... �986-878�.5...........................................�983-848�.3...........................................�984-8580.5........................................... �989-90
POINTS PER GAME (DIVISION I ERA)77.8........................................... �99�-9275.7........................................... �996-9774.0........................................... �998-9973.8........................................... �995-9673.0........................................... �997-98
FIELD GOALS�,�40.......................................... �987-88�,044.......................................... �986-87993 ...........................................�983-84964 ........................................... �98�-82960 ...........................................�984-85
FIELD GOALS (DIVISION I ERA)844 ........................................... �99�-928�3 ........................................... �993-94806 ........................................... 200�-02804 ........................................... �992-9380� ........................................... �994-95
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS2,283.......................................... �987-882,�48.......................................... �986-872,083..........................................�983-842,063..........................................�984-852,040.......................................... �982-83
SOCON FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR2004-05............................................................kristenBoone
PRE-SEASON SOCON PLAYER OF THE YEAR2002-03....................................................... ..JacindaLambert
ALL-SOCON MEDIA ASSOCIATION TEAM2000-0�.................................ChoRhondaGwaltney,FirstTeam......................................... ........BrianneDodgen,SecondTeam200�-02........................................JacindaLambert,FirstTeam............................................. ....BrianneDodgen,SecondTeam................................................... .SamikaFoster,SecondTeam2003-04............................... ...JacindaLambert,SecondTeam2005-06............................................kristenBoone,FirstTeam2006-07............................................kristenBoone,FirstTeam.................................................... ..JasmineByrd,SecondTeam
ALL-BIG SOUTH ROOKIE TEAM�993-94............................................................... Serenaking�995-96............................................................SamFerguson�996-97.......................................................MelindaGoodson
BIG SOUTH COACH OF THE YEAR�992-93............................................................... .LynneAgee
ALL-BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT TEAM�992-93...........................................................MickyHaywood...........................................................................VickieHenson�993-94.............................................................VickieHenson............................................................................. AlisaMoore�994-95......................................................................JaiCole............................................................................. AlisaMoore�996-97...................................................... .MelindaGoodson
BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT MVP�994-95............................................................... AlisaMoore
ALL-BIG SOUTH ACADEMIC TEAM�996-97............................................................ JenniferLewis
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The 1982-83 team won both the DIAC Regular Season and Tournament Championships and made a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the second of seven straight seasons.
The 1987-88 club finished third in the NCAA Division III Tournament in the Spar-tans final season at that level before making the transition to Division I.
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In its first season in the Big South Conference, the 1992-93 club won the regular sea-son crown. Vickie Henson (15) was named the Big South Player of the Year.
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MiNeRvaThe University of North Carolina at Greensboro was first charteredbackonFebruary�8,�89�attheStateNormaland Industrial School. It was the first state-supported schoolforthehighereducationofwomeninNorthCaro-lina.FoundedbyCharlesDuncanMcIver,itbecameco-edu-cationalin�963.Today,inits��6thyearofexistance,thecampuscovers2�0acresindowntownGreensboroandhasan enrollment that exceeds 17,000 for the first time ever. Forfall2007,�7.467studentswereenrolled,including�3,453undergraduates.
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UNCG Board of TrusteesMr.StephenC.Hassenfelt,ChairmanMs.LindaCarlisle,ViceChairmanMrs.EarleneHardieCoxDr.kateR.BarrettDr.RichardL.MooreMr.WilliamJ.PrattMs.JanePreyerMs.JeanE.DavisMr.JamesNormanSmithDr.CarolynR.FerreeMs.GwynnSwinsonMr.RandallkaplanMr. John Bryant (ex-officio, SGA President)
UNCG’sSchoolofNursing,whichwasestablishedin�966,isthelargestinNorthCarolina.Ithasthreedepartments–AdultHealth,Parent-ChildandCommunityPractice–andisrecognizedfortheexcellenceofitsprogramsandthesuccessofitsgraduates.Themaster’sprograminnurseanesthesiawasrankedeighthnationallybyU.S.NewsandWorldReport.Inaddition,UNCGisthe first institution in the UNC system to offer a combined Master ofScienceinNursingandMasterofBusinessAdministrationinhealthmanagement.
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the UNCG CaMpUs aNd the GReeNsBoRo skyliNeUNCGhaslonghadareputationforacademicexcellenceandstudent-athletesatUNCGarenotanexceptiontotherule.Attheendofeachofthelastthreeacademicyears,morethan40%ofUNCGstudent-athletesheldagrade-point-averageof3.0orbetter.In2007-08,�05of230student-athleteshada3.0GPAorbetterfortheacademicyear.
Affirming the liberal arts as the foundation for lifelong learning, the university provides exemplary learning environments oncampusandthroughdistanceeducationsothatstudentscanacquireknowledge,developintellectualskills,andbecomemorethoughtfulandresponsiblemembersofaglobalsociety.Co-curricular,residential,andotherprogramscontributetostudents’social,aesthetic,andethicaldevelopment.
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Dr.LindaP.Brady,formerlythe senior vice president andprovostat theUniversityofOr-egon, became the �0th chan-cellor of UNCG this past sum-mer. She assumed her dutiesAugust�.
Dr. Brady was electedChancellor of the institutionby the Board of Governors ofthe multi-campus University of
North Carolina on June �2. Dr.Brady, 60, succeeded Dr. Patricia A. Sullivan, UNCG’s first woman chancel-lor,whoannouncedherretirementlastDecemberafteralmost�4yearsinthepost.
InrecommendingDr.BradytotheBoardofGovernors,UNCsystempresi-dentErskineBowlessaid,“Overthepast25years,LindaBradyhasaccumu-latedawealthofleadershipexperienceathighlyrespectedpublic,urbanuni-versities, as well as in the halls of Washington. At each step along the way,shehasprovenherselftobeanenergeticleaderwhopromotescollaboration,creativeproblem-solving,andreal-lifecommitmenttoscholarship,research,andpublicservice.
“She is no stranger to North Carolina or this University system – havingserved for five years as dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences atNorthCarolinaStateUniversity–soweconsiderthisahomecomingofsorts.With her broad experience in higher education and federal government, herdemonstratedintegrityandsoundjudgment,andherprofoundunderstandingof theglobalmarketplace inwhichourstudentsmustcompete,LindaBradywillbeaforcefulandeffectiveleaderforUNCGreensboro.WearedelightedtobringherbacktoNorthCarolina.”
AsseniorvicepresidentandprovostatOregon,Dr.Bradywastheuniversi-ty’s chief academic and operating officer. In that role, she was responsible for all aspects of UO’s academic mission, including academic affairs, researchandgraduatestudies,studentaffairs,institutionalequityanddiversity,inter-national affairs, finance and administration, and information services.
A native of New York City and the first member of her family to attend col-lege, Dr. Brady graduated from Douglass College, the women’s division ofRutgersUniversity,in�969withadegreeinpoliticalscience.Shereceivedamaster’s degree in the field from Rutgers (1970) and a doctorate in political sciencefromOhioStateUniversity(�974).ShebeganheracademiccareerasanassistantprofessorofpoliticalscienceatVanderbiltUniversityin�973andjoinedthefacultyatGoucherCollegeinMarylandthreeyearslater.
From�978to�985,Dr.Bradyheldseveralpositions in theU.S.Depart-ment of State and the U.S. Department of Defense. Among other roles, sheserved as a political analyst in the State Department’s Office of Disarmament andArmsControlandasspecialassistantformutualandbalancedforcere-ductions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. She later served as a senior fellowininternationalsecurityandarmscontrolattheCarterCenterofEmoryUniversity(�986-87)andasadistinguishedprofessorofnationalsecurityattheU.S.MilitaryAcademy(�99�-92).
From�993to200�,Dr.BradyledtheSamNunnSchoolof InternationalAffairsattheGeorgiaInstituteofTechnology,whereshewasalsoaprofessorofinternationalaffairs.ShejoinedNorthCarolinaStateUniversityin200�asDeanoftheCollegeofHumanitiesandSocialSciencesandprofessorofpoliti-cal science, and over the next five years was credited with building the stature
andvisibilityoftheCollege,launchinganumberofnewgraduatedegreepro-grams, and significantly increasing external support for the humanities and so-cialsciencesatNCState.SheleftNorthCarolinain2006tobecomethechiefacademic and operating officer at the University of Oregon.
Dr.Bradyhasauthoredorco-editedthreebooksandnumerousbookchap-ters and scholarly articles in the fields of American foreign policy, international negotiation, and arms control. Among other professional organizations, sheis a member of the International Studies Association, the American PoliticalScienceAssociation,theInternationalInstituteforStrategicStudies,andtheCouncilonForeignRelations.Apast recipientof theGeorgiaTechSchoolofSocial Sciences Teaching Award, she has earned the Superior Honor AwardfromtheU.S.DepartmentofStateandisatwo-timerecipientoftheOutstand-ingCivilianServiceMedalfromtheDepartmentoftheArmy.ShewasanAmeri-canCouncilonEducationFellowin�997-98,servingherfellowshipyearattheUniversityofIowaunderthementorshipofPresidentMarySueColemanandprovostJonWhitmore.
Dr. Brady is married to Gustav “Steve” Heyer, a retired Army officer. She has twoadultstepsonsandthreegrandchildren.
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Inhis26thyearasDirectorof Intercollegiate Athleticsat UNCG, Nelson E. Bobbhas developed a nationallyrecognized program that hascont inual ly succeeded incompetition as well as in theclassroom.
B o b b , t h e f i r s t f u l l -time athletic director at theUniver sity, is the primar yarchitect of a program thatnowfeatures�6NCAADivisionI teams, eight for men andeight for women. Last year,
WhenhearrivedinJuly�983,therewereeightteamscompetingontheDivisionIIIlevel.TheUniversityauthorizedtheshifttoDivisionIinFebruary�987andheguidedthe program through the unprecedented change in competitive status in only five years.UNCGisoneofonlyadozeninstitutionstoevercompeteinallthreedivisions.However,nootherinstitutionhasmadethecompleteshiftofallteamsfromDivisionIIItoDivisionIinthattimeframe.
Duringhistenure,hehaswatchedovertheconstructionorrenovationofalloftheSpartans’athleticvenues.HebeganthatprocessbyservingonthecommitteethatbuiltFlemingGymnasiumandtheHHPBuildingin�989.HethenmovedontothetransformationofCampusFieldin�99�intowhatistodayUNCGSoccerStadium–oneofthepremiervenuesinallofcollegesoccer.In�999,heoversawtheconstructionoftheUNCGBaseballStadiumandtherenovationandlightingoftheUNCGTennisCourts. Most recently, he added to the list the transformation of UNCG’s softballfacility to become a top-of-the-line stadium venue, and the reconfiguration of seating inFlemingGym,whichaddedchairbackseatingonbothsidesandadditionalstandsunderoneofthebaskets.
Other notable program accomplishments include completing the NCAAcertification process for Division I institutions twice and successfully transitioning thedepartment’steamsintoSouthernConferencemembership.
Under Bobb’s leadership, UNCG hosted the final two rounds of the 1997 and �998 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship, and was home to Olympicathletes from Norway for training prior to the Olympic Games in Atlanta in �996.SeveralotherOlympicathletesvisitedandtrainedatUNCGduringtheacclimationprocess.BobbwasalsoamemberoftheOlympicTorchruncommitteeinGreensboroforthe�996Games.
UNCGearnedtheCommissioner’sCupforoverallexcellenceintheBigSouthforthreeconsecutiveyears.WhileBobbwasathleticdirectorinthe�980’s,themen’ssoccerteamwonfourDivisionIIInationalchampionshipsandthewomen’sbasketballteam made five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances with a third-place finish in�988.
including serving on one of the first NCAA Certification teams. From 1995-2000, he servedonfoursuchteams.From�994through�998,BobbservedontheDivisionIMen’sSoccerNationalCommitteeandwasontheNCAAMen’sandWomen’sSoccerRulesCommitteefrom2000through2004,servingaschairin2003and2004.
BeforecomingtoUNCG,BobbservedasanassistantathleticdirectoratCornellUniversity for five years. He also served as an assistant football coach at Cornell for nineseasons.
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TerryAckermanFacultyAthleticsRep.
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JenniferAguillarAssistantAD
JackieWalshAssistantAD
GaryRossAssistantAD
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MarkWilliamsStrength&Cond.Coach
MikeHirschmanSportsInfo.Director
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EmilySnowInternalRelations
JanaHendersonComplianceDirector
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EricaThorntonAssoc.Trainer
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JaneLongEquipmentRoom
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SpartanAthleticsPhone/E-mailDirectoryAthleticDepartmentMailingAddress:�408WalkerAve.,337HHPBuilding,POBox26�68,Greens-boro,NC27403AllPhonesareareacode(336)[WM] Denotes office located at West Market Street building[HHP] Denotes office located at HHP Building
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team inductions�97� Women’s Golf team(Inducted 2004) Won the first national championshipofanykindforUNCG,com-petingintheAIAWNationalTournamentinMassachusetts...defeatedRollinsCollegeon the final hole for the championship.
�98�-�982 Women’s Basketball team(Inducted 2007) NationalRunners-up in the first-ever NCAA Division III Women’sBasketball Tournament...amassed a record of 25-3,losing in overtime at Eliza-bethtown College (PA)....began a run of seven con-secutive 20-win seasonsfor the women’s basketballprogram.
�982 Men’s soccer team(Inducted2004)WontheNCAADivisionIIINa-tional Championship without a home field... facilities at UNCG were under renovation atthetime,forcingtheteamtoplayitsgamesatnear-by Grimsley High School... the team fin-ished�9-3-0,includinga3-0winoverWakeForest during the regular season and a 2-�winoverPlymouthStateindoubleovertimeinthe NCAA Quarterfinals.
�98� Women’s tennis team(Inducted 2008) With fourfreshmen and two sopho-mores, team compiled a 20-4record, including �4-2 in thespring, and finished the NCAA Division III National Runners-up...AmyBrownandLisaZim-merman earned All-Americanhonorsthatseason.
(Inducted 2004) The first active head coach to be enshrined...first coach in NCAA history to leadherteamtotheNCAATour-nament in all three divisions...more than 500 career wins tohercredit.
Jim allen - administrator(Inducted 2003) Former vicechancellor for student affairs...had oversight on program’smovefromDivisionIIItoI.
Maxine allen - amateur athlete(Inducted 200�) Garnerednational attention as duckpinbowler...setworld recordsandearnedatopnationalranking.
Mike Berticelli - Men’s soccer Coach(Inducted 2000) Led UNCG toDivision III national champi-onships in �982 and �983...guided UNCG to 70-9-5 record(86.3%)infourseasons.
Nelson Bobb - administrator(Inducted Feb. 2008) UNCG’s Di-rectorofAthleticsformorethan25years... Led the program throughits transition from Division III toDivision II to Division I and fromtheBigSouthConferenceintotheSouthernConference.
Mike Burke - supporter(Inducted 200�) Led UNCG’scharge in scholarship fundrais-ing... created first athletic en-dowment in�987... raised fundstoward a total endowment nowvaluedatmorethan$4million.
Marge Burns - amateur athlete(Inducted2000)Holdsrecordof�0 North Carolina State Ama-teur Golf titles ... named Caro-linas Outstanding Amateur five times ... qualified and played in �4 USGA Amateur Champion-ships, as well as six US OpenTournaments.
Renee Coltrane - Women’s Basketball(Inducted 200�) All-Americanas a junior (1983-84)... first women’s basketball player toexceed�,000pointsand�,000reboundsinacareer.
Mike Fleming - supporter(Inducted 2000) UNCG sup-porter for more than twodecades... UNCG named itsbasketball gymnasium the Mi-chael Fleming Gymnasium onDecember�,�994.
dr. June Galloway - administrator(Inducted Feb. 2008) Served astheCoordinatorofWomen’sAth-letics until her passing in �974,helping to develop the first formal athleticsprogramatUNCG.
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liz Gremillion - volleyball(Inducted2006)Onofthebestset-ters to ever play for the Spartans,recordingover4,000assistsinhercareer... named �995 Big SouthConferencePlayeroftheYear.
Belmar Gunderson - amateur athlete(Inducted 2000) Participatedfrom �952-56 at Women’s Col-lege...competedinfourWimble-donsand��UnitedStatesLawnTennis National Championships(nowU.S.Open).
larry hargett - Men’s Basketball Coach(Inducted2007)CoachedUNCGto its first NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournamentberth,comingattheDivision III level... finished the �979-80 season �6-�2 to earnits first NCAA bid.
scott hartzell - Men’s Basketball(Inducted2006)LedUNCGtoitsfirst Division I NCAA Men’s Bas-ketball Tournament bid, in whichUNCG nearly upset Cincinnati...graduated as UNCG’s all-timeleadingscorerandseteveryUNCGthree-point shooting standard inhiscareer...ledtheteaminscor-inginthreeofhisfourseasons.
Jason haupt - Men’s soccer(Inducted 2001) Two-time first-teamAll-American...ledUNCGtoaDivisionIIInationalcham-pionshipin�987...UNCG’sall-timeleaderingoalsscoredwith77.
pat hielscher - volleyball Coach(Inducted 200�) CoachedUNCG’s first volleyball team in �970 ... guided Spartans to a�06-30 record and a NCAIAWstatetitlein�974.
elizabeth house - Media / supporter(Inducted2003)Formersportswriter for The Carolinian andThe News & Record coveringUNCGathletics.
lewis Johnstone - Men’s soccer(Inducted 2000) Led UNCG tothree straight national playoffappearances ... third all-timeleading scorer in team historywith66goalsand24assists.
ellie Jones - Women’s tennis, Women’s Basketball, Field hockey(Inducted2003)OneofUNCG’smostversatilestudent-athletesever as she excelled in tennis,basketball and field hockey from�969-73.
dock kelly - Wrestling(Inducted2006)OneofUNCG’sfirst-ever qualifiers for the NCAAChampionships(�996)...compileda50-34markdespitecompeting with birth defectsthatlefthimwithoutpartofanarmandaleg.HonoredbytheNationalWrestlingHallofFamewithitsMedalofCourage.
dr. david B. knight - administratorInducted(2004)NotonlyaleaderinthetransitionfromDivisionIIItoDivisionI,butaleaderonthena-tionalsceneasUNCG’slong-timeFacultyAthleticsRepresentative...becametheonlyFARtoserveonthe Division I, II and III levels...served as chair of the NCAA’s first DivisionIAcademics/Eligibility/
ethel Martus lawther - administrator(Inducted 2003) Served 26years as head of Departmentof Physical Education (�948-7�)... developed both men’sand women’s intercollegiateathletic programs after Wom-en’s College became UNCG in�963.
ali lord - Women’s soccer(Inducted2007)UNCG’srecordholderforsingle-seasonandca-reergoals... tallied20ormoregoals in threeseasons...hadasingle-season record 26 goalsin �996, earning All-Americanhonors... Big South Player ofthe Year in �996 and SoConPlayeroftheYearin�998.
Carol Mann - Women’s Golf(Inducted 2002) LPGA Hall ofFamemember...earned38LPGAvictoriesin22yearsontour.
tom Martin - Men’s Basketball,supporter(Inducted 2002) UNCG’s first male president of Alumni Boardof Directors... served as tri-cap-tain of the first two UNCG men’s basketballteams.
Jill Masterman - Field hockey(Inducted 2000) In the days ofAIAW, a four-year standout onfield hockey team and was a co-captainasaseniorin�977.
tonka Maynor - Baseball(Inducted 2007) Ten years aftergraduation, still ranked on theTop�0 listatUNCGineveryof-fensive statistical category...hit .363 in his four seasons atUNCG, logging239hits...holdsUNCGrecordforcareerRBIwith�7�.
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andrew Mehalko - Men’s soccer(Inducted 2002) Led UNCG tothree (�983, �985 and �986)NCAA Division III NationalChampionshipsinhisfoursea-sonswiththeSpartans.
Jo ann Messick - Women’s Basketball, Women’s tennis, Field hockey(Inducted2006)Three-sportcom-petitor at UNCG in the �970’s...four-year standout in field hockey, earningDeepSouthAll-Staracco-lades three times... six-time par-ticipant in National Field Hockey
Festivals, including three while atUNCG.
Brian Moehler - Baseball(Inducted 2005) UNCG’s first player to be drafted in MajorLeague Baseball’s First-YearPlayer Draft... earned UNCG’sfirst-ever win over a Division I opponent and went onto pitchfor Detroit and Florida in themajorleagues.
Becky Morgan - Women’s Golf(Inducted 2007) One of themost notable athletic alumniasamemberoftheLPGATour...won the Big South individualchampionship three times andearned Big South Player of theYear (�995, �996, �997)... athree-time All-American, wonmedalist honors �0 times...
qualified for the NCAA Regional all four years, earn-ing a spot in the national event three times... anAcademic All-American in �997...holds the UNCGrecordsforlowest�8,36and54-holescores.
Chancellor emeritus, William e. Moran - administrator(Inducted 2000) Served asChancellor from �979-94...guided UNCG from Division IIIto Division I in �99�... createdtheSpartanClub.
laura Mussulman - Women’s soccer(Inducted 2002) Member offirst women’s soccer team... UNCG’s first great goalkeeper in women’s soccer with �8 ca-reershutouts.
Michael parker - Men’s soccer Coach(Inducted 2005) Second ac-tive coach to be inducted (first male)... winner of more than400collegiatematches,includ-ing more than 300 at UNCG...led Spartans to NCAA DivisionIII National Championships in�985,�986and�987.
dr. Frank pleasants- administrator(Inducted2007)ServedastheCoordinatorofMen’sAthletics,helping to develop the first for-malathleticsprogramatUNCGbeginningin�967.
angie polk-Jones - Women’s Basketball(Inducted 2000) Led UNCG toa 93-22 mark in her four years(�985-89) ... Division III All-American as a junior... UNCG’sall-time leading scorer with�,585points.
Nancy porter, Women’s Golf Coach(Inducted 2005) One of thepioneers of women’s athleticsat UNCG... coached the UNCGwomen’sgolf teamto the�973national championship... alsoconsidered one of UNCG’s first student-athletes, participatinginwomen’sgolfinthe�940’s.
eddie Radwanski - Men’s soccer(Inducted 2000) Led UNCG toback-to-back Division III na-tional championships in �982and�983...two-timeDivisionIIIAll-American(�983and�984)...No.�draftpickinthe�985Ma-jor Indoor Soccer League draftbytheDallasSidekicks.
Cathy Roberts - administrator(InductedFeb.2008)Hasspentvirtually entire career - begin-ning as a student - working inathletics at UNC Greensboro,overseeing athletic facilitiesand operations and serving asthe Senior Women’s Adminis-trator.
Bruce shaw - Men’s Basketball(Inducted 2000) Led UNCG’sfirst-ever men’s basketball teams... scored �,40� points,becoming UNCG’s first 1,000 point scorer... two-time All-DixieConferencehonoree.
Joe stanton - Wrestling(Inducted 2008) Compiled a98-25markinhisfourseasonsat UNCG, qualifying for threeNCAA Championships to makehim the first male to qualify for an NCAA Championship as anindivididual... was UNCG’s win-ningestwrestlerfor��years.
Mike sweeney - Men’s soccer(Inducted 2003) Amassed 55goalsand27assistsinhisthreeseasons at UNCG (�980-83)...member of �982 and �983NCAA III National Champion-ship teams... led the team inscoring in �98� and �982 andwas a first-team All-American in �983.
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Jim swiggett - Coach, administrator(Inducted2006)Pioneerinmen’sathletics at UNCG... served asmen’s basketball coach from�968-75 and started men’s golfprogram, serving as coach from�967-79... also served as theuniversity’s second Men’s Inter-collegiateDivisionCoordinator.
karyn thompson voelz - softball(Inducted 2008) Most prolific hitter in UNCG softball history.Inducted �2 years after gradu-ation and still ranked in Top 6in�2offensivecategories... ledUNCG to �49-86-2 mark andthreeNCAAPlay-inseriesduringhertimeatUNCG.
Rita Wiggs - Women’s Basketball(Inducted 2000) Led UNCG tostateNCAIAWtitleandAIAWRe-gionalappearancein�972...ledUNCGinscoringforfourstraightseasons and finished with 1,347 careerpoints.
donna Friesen Wigton - volleyball(Inducted2003)Volleyballstand-out at UNCG (�970-73)... activecontributor to the sport throughcoaching.. part of officiating crew at�996Olympicsand�993WorldUniversityGames.
“the Big Five” (shown left to right)Chuck hayes, Mike Weaver, Jim Melvin, stanley Frnak, Charlie Reid
about the hall of Fame:ThepurposeoftheUNCGAthleticsHallofFameistorecognizeandhonorthosespecialindividuals,whothroughtheirsuperiorathleticachievementsorbytheiroutstandingservice,havemadelong-lasting,exemplarycontributionstotheUNCGathleticsprogram.Personstoberecognizedfortheexcellenceoftheirachievementsmayincludeformerathletes,coaches,administratorsandotherindividualswhobroughtrecognitionandhonortoboththemselvesandtoUNCG.
GolferNancyPorter,whowentontoasuccessfulprocareer,isregardedasoneof UNCG’s first student-athletes, competing in tournaments on the national level inthelate�940s.
In �963, as the university prepared to go co-ed, UNCG began to formallyorganize athletic teams. Women’s basketball, under head coach Ellen Griffin, women’s tennis, women’s golf and field hockey were started. LPGA Hall of Famer CarolMannwasononeoftheearlyUNCGwomen’sgolfteams.
In �968, UNCG’s men’s teams joined the Dixie Athletic Conference, knowntodayastheUSASouthConferenceontheNCAADivisionIIIlevel.Women’steamscompetedaspartoftheAIAWearlyon,withUNCGbeingoneoftheleadorganizersof the organization. Two of the first men’s sports were basketball and bowling.
In 1971, with the emergence of the five-player rule in women’s basketball, UNCG finished fourth in the National Collegiate Tournament.
Twoyearslater,thewomen’sgolfteamwontheAIAWnationaltitle-UNCG’sfirst-ever team national crown. Nancy Porter coached the squad and future professionalgolferDonnaHortonWhitewasonthesquad.
Sincethen,UNCGhasenjoyedanumberofsuccesses.Fivenationaltitlesinmen’s soccer during the 1980s and a runner-up finish in women’s tennis.
An unprecedented five-year move from Division III to Division II to Division I. Atriptothe“BigDance”-theNCAAMen’sBasketballTournamentinjustits
fifth year of Division I status. Men’s soccer coach Michael Parker and women’s basketball coach Lynne
Agee were the first to lead teams to the NCAA Tournament in all three divisions. AbaseballsquadbuiltfromscratchbyMikeGaskithatmadeittotheNCAA
Tournament in just its fifth season of play. Amen’ssoccerprogramthatconqueredallcomersfortwomonthstobecome
Students like Siggi Eyjolffson earned Academic All-American honors threetimes.
FrommajorleaguepitcherBrianMoehlerto MLS champion Alejandro Moreno toLPGAstarBeckyMorgan,Spartanalumnihave gone on to successful careers insports. That success isn’t just limited tothe playing field, either. The late Doug Hamilton was one of the pioneerswithin MLS and played on the UNCGnational championship teams of the�980s.SiggiEyjolffson returnedtohisnativeIcelandandis one of the toppeopleinhisnativecountry’s soccerf e d e r a t i o n ,c u r r e n t l yserving astheirwomen’snationalteamheadcoach.
S p a r t a nathleticshashaditssuccessstoriesover the years...and the best is yettocome.
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Entering its 20th season as the home ofSpartan Basketball, the Michael B. FlemingGymnasiumislocatedintheHealthandHumanPerformance Building, a $�6.2 million facilitywhichopenedoncampusinJuneof�989.
In October of 2005, the gym underwentthe first phase of a two-part renovation with theinstallationofnewseatingonthewestsidebleachers. The new seating includes chairbackseating on the lower half with bleacher benchseatingintheupperhalf.Thefollowingsummer,theeastsidewentthroughasimilarrenovation.
The gymnasium, which now has seating for�,83�, was named for Greensboro civic leaderandoneofthemostardentsupportersofUNCGathleticsonDec.�,�994.
The women’s team is �76-56 (.759) in thefacility.In2004-05,UNCGearnedits�50thwinatFlemingwhenitdefeatedDavidsoninathrilling90-87doubleovertimevictoryonFeb.�5.
Fleming Gymnasium has played host tovariousconferencechampionshiptournaments,includingBigSouthvolleyballin�994and�995,Big South women’s basketball in �994, SoConwomen’sbasketball in�998and�999,SoConwrestlingin�999andSoConvolleyballin200�and2008.
It also played host to the SoCon / ACCWrestlingChampionshipsin2004-05.
Prior to the �996-97 season, the BostonCeltics held their pre-season training camp inthefacility.
The Spartan Club is a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to secure scholarshipsupportforthemorethan225student-athleteswhocompetein�6men’sandwomen’sNCAADivisionIathleticprogramsatUNCG.UNCGproudlyproclaimsthat�00percentofSpartanClubcontributionsgodirectlytoathleticscholarshipsfordeservingstudent-athletes.
Methods of GivingCash, Checks and Credit Card Gifts:Provide the yearly financial resources needed to operate the athletic program. Pay-ments may be spread over the course of a fiscal year (July 1-June 30), but all pledges mustbepaidbyJune30.TheUniversityacceptscash,checksandcreditcards(AmericanExpress,MasterCard,Visa).
Planned and Estate Gifts:Thesegiftsincludelifeincomearrangementsfromtrusts,annuities,incomefunds,aswellaslifeinsurancepoliciesandindividualestatebequests,suchascashorrealestate.
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Spartan Club Executive CommitteeChair:kurtkronenfeld‘79-VicePresident,SennDunnInsurance
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WorkingCredentialsCredentialswillbe issueduponrequestto working members of the print andbroadcastmedia. Internet-basedmediamemberswillbeprovidedcredentialsonaspace-availablebasis.TheUNCGsportsinformation office retains the right to deny orrevokecredentialstomediaoutletsoraspecific member of the media.
ForgamesontheUNCGcampus,creden-tialscanbepickedupatthewillcallgateofUNCG’sFlemingGymnasium.ForgamesattheGreensboroColiseum,pleasecontactthe Sports Information Office for credential pick-upandparkingdetails.
AnyoutletthatisissuedaseasoncredentialshouldstillcontactthePhilPerryintheSIDoffice to obtain courtside seating for all events.
Professional scouts should contact the sports information office for press row space. Professionalscoutswillberequiredtobuyaticketandshallonlyreceivespaceonpressrowifseatsareavailable.
RequestsformediacredentialsshouldbesenttoeitherMikeHirschmanorPhilPerry,UNCG Sports Information Office, PO Box 26168, Greensboro, NC, 27402 or e-mail to [email protected].
MediaParkingLimitedparkingisavailableformediamembersbehindFlemingGymnasium.Mediamembers should alert the sports information office when requesting credentials of any need for parking passes. Overflow parking for media is available in the Walker Ave. parkingdeck,locatedacrossthestreetfromFlemingGym.Intheeventofinclementwinterweather,parkinginWalkerDeckerisrecommendedformediatomakeforeasieraccommodations.
PhotographersAccreditedphotographersmayshootfromeitherbaseline,butmustcontactPhilPerryinthe UNCG SID Office for credentials. Photography from press row is not allowed without the
Unless expressed permission is given by the sports information office, players are notavailablepriortoacontest.Requestsforpre-gameinterviewswithcoachingstaffmembersshouldbecommunicatedtoamemberofthesportsinformationstaffasearlyaspossible.PracticeEachdaypriortothestartofpractice,selectedplayerscanbemadeavailableforinterviews by calling the sports information office before 12 noon. All interviews must becompleted�5minutesbeforethestartofpractice.ForinterviewswithCoachAgee,contact the sports information office.
Practicesaregenerallyclosedtothemedia,butmaybeopenedatthediscretionofthecoachingstaff.Newscameratapingofpracticecanbedeniedatthediscretionofthecoaching staff. For practice schedules, please contact Phil Perry in the SID office.
Notes,releases,statisticsandotherpertinentinformationareavailableonthe UNCG official Web site (www.uncgspartans.com). Statistics are updated approximatelyonehouraftereachgame.Notesaretypicallyavailable24hourspriortotip-offforeachgame.FORADVANCECOPYOFGAMENOTES(PRIORTOPOSTINGONWEBSITE),MEDIAMEMBERSSHOULDCONTACTTHESPORTSINFORMATIONOFFICE.
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UNCG Media OutletsPrintAssociatedPress4020WestchaseBlvd.,Suite300,Raleigh,NC27606 E-mail:[email protected]:800-662-7075 F:9�9-834-�078
GamedayServicesThe UNCG sports information office will do everything possible to accommodate the needs ofmediacoveringSpartanathletics.
WireslessinternetaccessisavailableonaguestserveratFlemingGymbeginningwiththe2008-09season.Pleaseseeasportsinformationstafferforassistance.(Contactthesportsinformation office for wireless network availability at the Greensboro Coliseum.)
AtFlemingGym,aseriesofphonelinesareavailablecourtsideforusebymediamembers.Forthosewishingtomakelongdistancecalls,itismandatedbytheUNCGsportsinformationoffice that those calls should be collect, with a calling card or via a toll-free number. Excep-tionsmayonlybegrantedbythesportsinformationstaffandshouldberequestedbeforegameday.Inthecaseofexceptions,mediaoutletswillbebilledfortollcallsmade.
Printmedia(includingphotographers)wishingtohavededicatedphonelinesshouldcontactthe UNCG sports information office at least one week in advance of gameday. All installation chargeswillbebilledtothemediaoutlet.WirelessInternetisalsoavailableonatemporarybasis. Please contact the Phil Perry in the SID office for details.
VisitingbroadcastmediaareprovidedtwotelephonelinesandanISDNlineperSouthernConferencepolicy.Non-conferenceschoolswishingtouseISDNwillberequiredtopayausage fee. (Contact Phil Perry in the SID office for details.) Requests for additional phone linesshouldbemadewellinadvanceofgameday.Additionalphonelineswillbeprovidedifavailable.Ifnot,themediaoutletwillberesponsiblefortheinstallationandallapplicablecharges.
SoConOnTheWeb•www.soconsports.comTheSoConsiteontheInternetisavailableatwww.soconsports.com.Thesitecontainscur-rentinformationonallfacetsoftheSouthernConference.PleasecontactJasonYamanorJonathan Caskey in the SoCon Office at 864-591-5100 for more information.
UNCGstudent-athleteshavetherighttoholdallinjuryinformation,exceptbodypartandplaying status, confidential and private. As a standard operating procedure, coaches, sports informationstaff,andotherathleticdepartmentpersonnelshouldrefrainfromsharingspecific injury information with the media. However, in certain occasions, injury information couldbereleasedatthediscretionofthesportsinformationdepartmentafterauthorizationisobtainedfromthestudent-athlete.
ItisthepolicyoftheUNCGathletictrainingstafftonotaddressthemediaunlessitisabso-lutelynecessary.Therefore,inquiriesbythemediaregardingmedicalsituationsshouldbeaddressed to Phil Perry in the sports information office.
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FromtheNorthandEast(Burlington,Raleigh/Durham,Richmond,VA):FromI-40/85, followI-40/Business85towardsGreensboro/Winston-Salem.TaketheFreemanMillRoad/ColiseumAreaexit,andturn rightonFreemanMillRd.Turn leftatthe first stoplight onto Coliseum Boulevard. Follow for approximately 1.5 miles and turn rightat thirdstoplightontoSpringGardenStreet.Turn leftonStirlingStreet,and theWalkerAvenueParkingDeckwillbeonyourleftatthecornerofStirlingandThetaStreets,approximately.7miles.
FromtheNorthonHighway220(Eden,Martinsville,Roanoke,VA):Highway220SouthbecomesBattlegroundAvenue.StayonBattlegrounduntilyoucrosstheintersectionofCornwallisDrive.ImmediatelybearrightonWestoverTerrace.(BattlegroundAvenueandHighway220willbearleft.)StayonWestoverasitbecomesAycockStreet.Atthefifth stoplight turn left onto Spring Garden Street. Turn left on Stirling Street, and the Walker
FromtheSouthonHighway42�(Sanford,Fayetteville):Fromhighway42�North,takeI-40WesttowardsWinston-Salem.TaketheFreemanMillRoad/Coliseum Area exit, and turn right in Freeman Mill Rd. Turn left at the first stoplight ontoColiseumBoulevard.Followforapproximately�.5milesandturnrightatthirdstoplightontoSpringGardenStreet.TurnleftonStirlingStreet,andtheWalkerAvenueParkingDeckwillbeonyourleftatthecornerofStirlingandThetaStreets,approximately.7miles.