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1 Sun Belt Conference Women s Basketball Weekly News and Notes Sun Belt Conference 601 Poydras St. Suite 2355 New Orleans, LA Phone: (504) Website: Sun Belt Women s Basketball Contact: John McElwain Phone: (504) ex mcelwain@sunbeltsports.org Fax: (504) Sun Belt Conference Women s Basketball Standings Conference Overall East Division W-L Pct. Streak W-L Pct. Streak South Alabama W4 Middle Tennessee W2 WKU W1 Troy W1 Florida Atlantic L1 Florida International L2 West Division W-L Pct. Streak W-L Pct. Streak New Orleans W3 ULM W3 UALR W1 Arkansas State W2 North Texas W3 Louisiana-Lafayette L1 Denver L2 Player of the Week Amber Holt (MT, Sr., G/F) Holt averaged 24.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game in Middle Tennessee victories over Tennessee Tech and at Houston. The senior set career-highs with 30 points and 15 rebounds in Monday s triumph at Houston, including scoring nine straight points in the second half after the Cougars tied the game. She lso had career-highs in FG made (13) and FG attempts (27) and added four assists and three steals in 37 minutes in the contest. Last Wednesday against Tennessee Tech, Holt scored 19 points with five rebounds with three assists and two steals. She is averaging 21.0 points and 8.7 rebounds per contest this season for the Blue Raiders. November 13 South Alabama 73, Ohio 59 #23 Notre Dame 78, WKU 59 UALR 76, Southern Arkansas 45 Louisiana-Monroe 59, Centenary 46 Arkansas State 54, Brigham Young 53 Recent Results November 14 Middle Tennessee 89, Tennessee Tech 62 Auburn 77, Troy 61 Louisiana-Lafayette 71, Arkansas-Monticello 58 November 15 North Texas 68, Sam Houston State 52 #24 DePaul 89, Florida International 77 Florida Atlantic 80, Palm Beach Atlantic 46 November 16 New Orleans 75, McNeese State 51 UALR 85, Grambling 40 WKU 75, Evansville 56 Air Force 65, Denver 56 Louisiana-Monroe 72, Texas State 66 November 17 South Alabama 42, Tulsa 34 #18 Florida State 70, Florida International 50 November 18 Arkansas State 49, Alabama 45 North Texas 83, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 47 Ole Miss 86, Louisiana-Lafayette 60 Kentucky 61, Florida Atlantic 53 November 19 Troy 58, Kennesaw State 57 New Orleans 77, Northwestern State 62 Middle Tennessee 69, Houston 68 November 20 Louisiana-Monroe at Southern Mississippi Louisiana Tech at WKU UALR at Rice Missouri State at Arkansas State November 21 Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU Arkansas-Monticello at North Texas November 22 New Orleans at Texas-San Antonio November 23 Troy vs. Western Illinois Arkansas State vs. Idaho New Orleans vs. Arkansas WKU vs. Southern Illinois Providence at Florida International Midwestern State at North Texas South Alabama vs. Villanova November 24 Troy vs. Tulsa/Sam Houston State Montana State at Denver Robert Morris at Florida Atlantic WKU at George Washington South Alabama vs. TBA Upcoming Games November 25 Missouri State at UALR Samford at Florida Atlantic Middle Tennessee at Arizona Arkansas State vs. Washington/Weber St. Illinois/South Carolina at Florida International All times Central and subject to change 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m./3 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 4:30 p.m. TBA 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. TBA TBA

2 Sun Belt Conference Women s Basketball News and Notes Sun Belt Women s Basketball Facts Magic Number for Kelly is 201 Western Kentucky University s Crystal Kelly needs only 201 points to break the all-time Sun Belt scoring record. The senior from Louisville has poured in 2,051 points in her three years at WKU. Former South Alabama star Adrian Vickers currently holds first place on the list with 2,285 points. NCAA Success Schools have posted 64 NCAA Tournament wins as members of the Sun Belt Conference, including a National Championship (Old Dominion, 1985) and seven Final 4 appearances (Old Dominion and Western Kentucky, 1985; Western Kentucky, 1986; Western Kentucky, 1992; Louisiana Tech, 1994; Louisiana Tech, 1998; Louisiana Tech, 1999). WNIT Success Schools have totaled 29 wins in the WNIT as members of the Sun Belt Conference, and Western Kentucky reached the WNIT semi-finals in 2006 and The Sun Belt has also produced a WNIT championship (Arkansas State, 1993), runner-up (Arkansas State, 1994), 3rd place finish (Arkansas State, 1992) and 4th place finish (South Alabama, 1988). Sun Belt Has Four in 2007 Postseason The four teams that competed in the 2007 postseason was the second highest mark for the Sun Belt all-time. In 2001 the league had six teams in postseason play (Louisiana Tech and Denver in the NCAA Tournament and Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, and Florida International in the WNIT). The Sun Belt also placed four postseason teams in 2004 (Middle Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament and Arkansas State, South Alabama, and Western Kentucky in the WNIT). Preseason Coaches Poll As voted on by all 13 league head coaches First place votes in parenthesis East Division Points 1. WKU (9) Middle Tennessee (4) Florida International 45 T4. South Alabama 33 T4. Troy Florida Atlantic 19 West Division Points 1. UALR (6) Denver (3) North Texas (2) Arkansas State (2) Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana-Monroe New Orleans 17 Preseason Women s All-Sun Belt Team First Team Kim Sitzmann (UALR, So., G) Sun Belt Freshman of the Year...2nd team All-SBC last season...led UALR in numerous statistical categories. LaQuetta Ferguson (FIU, Sr., G) rd Team All-Sun Belt Led FIU and ranked sixth in the Sun Belt in scoring with 15.4 ppg. Amber Holt (MT, Sr., F) - 1st Team All-SBC honors after averaging 16.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game last season. Le Della English (UNO, Sr., G) All-SBC third team...led UNO in ppg (14.1), assists (79), steals (41), made three pointers (51), three-point percentage (.389). Crystal Kelly (WKU, Sr. F) - Honorable mention Kodak/WBCA and Associated Press All-America honors last season...finished second in the nation in scoring at 24.1 ppg. Second Team Nikya Hughes (UALR, Sr., F/C) - Led UALR in total rebounds, rebounding average, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, blocks, and 3PFG% with a.394 mark. Alisha Godette (DU, Sr., G) - Had three double-figure rebound games, 14 double-digit points games, led DU in scoring in eight games and in rebounding in 11 games. Onna Charles (ULL, Sr., G) - Boasts 879 career points and looks to become the fourth 1,000-point scorer for the Cajuns in the past five seasons. Amy Lewis (Troy, Sr., G) - Returns for her senior season as the Trojans leading scorer, averaging 15.2 points per game as a junior to rank eighth in the Sun Belt Conference. Dominique Duck (WKU, Jr. F) - 3rd Team All-SBC...ranked among the league leaders in scoring at 11.8 ppg, and finished the year ranked eighth in the SBC with a.498 FG%. Third Team Anshel Cooper (UALR, So., G) - 2nd for UALR in scoring average with 11.9, points with 369, and assists with 66 averaging 2.1 per game. Iva Ciglar (FIU, Jr., G) - Led Sun Belt and ranked 13th in the nation in assists per game (5.9)...ranked third in the conference in minutes played per game (36.3). LeJeanna Howard (ULM, Sr., G) - Led the Warhawks and finished 15th in the conference last season averaging 12.7 points per game...started in all 29 games played. Talicia Sanders (UNT, Sr., F) - Had five 10 or more rebounding performances last year including a season-high 16 against USA and 15 rebounds in the win over Prairie View Monique Jones (USA, Sr., G) - Ranked second for USA in ppg with 11.0 per contest and knocked down a team-best 58 three-pointers...averaged 3.0 rebounds per game. Preseason Player of the Year: Crystal Kelly (WKU, Sr., F) Kelly earned honorable mention Kodak/WBCA and Associated Press All-America honors last season, and is again a preseason nominee for the WBCA Wade Trophy. She entered her senior season needing just 250 points to become the Sun Belt Conference s all-time leading scorer, and is just 227 points away from being WKU s career scoring leader. Kelly has scored 2,036 points in her three seasons at WKU including a school-record 770 points as a junior. She scored in double figures in all 32 games last year, including 25 games in which she scored over 20 points. Earned first-team all-sun Belt honors for the third straight year in as she led the league and finished second in the nation in scoring at 24.1 points per game. She will enter the season as the top returning scorer in Division I women s basketball. Also led the Sun Belt in field-goal percentage (.611), while finishing tied for second in rebounding (9.4 rpg) and sixth in free throw percentage (.774).

3 Sun Belt Conference Women s Basketball News and Notes Sun Belt Sends Two to NCAAs in 2007 For the first time since 2001 the Sun Belt sent two teams to the NCAA Women s Basketball Tournament as Middle Tennessee and Louisiana-Lafayette were both selected to the tournament s Dayton Regional. Middle Tennessee earned the No. 5 seed in the Dayton Regional and defeated No. 12 seed Gonzaga in the first round. Joining the Blue Raiders in the Dayton Regional was Sun Belt Western Division Champ Louisiana-Lafayette. The Cajuns drew the No. 11 seed in the region and fell to No. 6 seed Marquette in Austin, Texas. Sun Belt Has Impressive League RPI A year after finishing ninth in league RPI, the RPI rankings had the Sun Belt ranked 8th out of 32. That ranking put the SBC ahead of the Atlantic 10 (10th), the Mid-American Conference (11th), Conference USA (13th), the Missouri Valley Conference (15th), and the Western Athletic Conference (17th). Givens Voted Academic All-American of the Year Middle Tennessee s Chrissy Givens was voted the ESPN The Magazine Division I Academic All-American of the Year, as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Givens was a First Team Academic All-America selection after garnering Second Team honors in The Monroe, La., native graduated in three years from Middle Tennessee with a bachelor s in Criminal Justice and a 3.89 grade-point-average. She is currently working on her master s in Sociology. Russo Records 600th Win Florida International University head women s basketball coach Cindy Russo earned her 600th career victory after a win over Central Connecticut on December 23, Russo became just the 12th active head coach in NCAA Division I to reach the 600-win mark. Among active head coaches in Division I Russo is currently ranked 11th for total wins with 609. WKU s Crystal Kelly Named To State Farm Wade Trophy Watch List For Second Straight Year The Women s Basketball Coaches Association announced that Western Kentucky University senior forward Crystal Kelly has been named one of 25 preseason candidates for the 2008 State Farm Wade Trophy an award presented annually to the WBCA national player of the year. Kelly was also a candidate for the award during her junior season in UALR Gets Back-to-Back Freshman of the Year UALR s Kim Sitzmann became the second consecutive Trojan to be named Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year and earned second team All-Sun Belt Conference honors last season. Sitzmann became the third Trojan in school history to be named Freshman of the Year and receive All-Sun Belt accolades after leading UALR in scoring at 14.1 points per game, in assists at 4.3 per game, and in steals with 2.3 per game. During the season Renee Renz averaged 13.3 points and 7.8 rebounds and was named the league s top freshman. Sun Belt Had Three Scorers in National Top 15 Western Kentucky s Crystal Kelly (2nd), Middle Tennessee s Chrissy Givens (4th), and Arkansas State s Adrianne Davie (11th) all ranked in the national top 15 for scoring at the conclusion of the season. The Sun Belt was the only conference in the nation with three players ranked in the national top 15. Western Kentucky University s Crystal Kelly needs only 201 points to break the all-time Sun Belt scoring record. Blue Raiders Won 27 In a Row in Middle Tennessee ran its winning streak to a school-record 27 in a row before falling to Marist in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. The streak became the longest nationally after No. 1 Duke dropped an ACC Semifinal game with No. 24 N.C. State Among active head coaches in Division I Florida International s Cindy Russo is currently ranked 11th for total wins with 609.

4 Sun Belt vs. Non-Conference Opponents (.625) America East Conference Atlantic 10 Conference Ohio Valley Conference Tennessee Tech Pacific-10 Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Duke Florida State Miami Atlantic Sun Conference East Tennessee State Mercer Kennesaw State Big 12 Conference Big East Conference DePaul Notre Dame Big Sky Conference Big South Conference Winthrop Big Ten Conference Big West Conference Colonial Athletic Association Old Dominion Conference USA Houston Rice Tulsa Horizon League Ivy Group Metro Atlantic Athletic Conf Southeastern Conference Alabama Auburn Kentucky Mississippi Southern Conference Southland Conference McNeese State Northwestern State Sam Houston State Stephen F. Austin Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Texas State Southwestern Athletic Conference Grambling Summit League Centenary South Dakota State The Patriot League Navy West Coast Conference Western Athletic Conference NCAA Div. 1 Provisional/Independent AP Ranked Opponents #10 Duke #18 Florida State #23 Notre Dame #24 DePaul Mid-American Conference Ohio Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf Missouri Valley Conference Creighton Evansville Mountain West Conference Air Force BYU Northeast Conference Non-Division I Arkansas-Monticello Lynn Palm Beach Atlantic Southern Arkansas Spring Hill

5 Sun Belt Conference East Division Notes Florida Atlantic Florida International Middle Tennessee FAU notched its first win of the season over Palm Beach Atlantic on Thursday night. The Owls got their first game at the newly renovated FAU Arena, which underwent a $10 million facelift over the summer. The most notable accomplishment in that game happened when senior guard Shuteamia Brayboy became the Owls all-time assist leader. Brayboy passed Sherri Pla, who had 413 assists during her time at FAU from Brayboy had 12 assists in that game and has extended the career mark to 424 after Sunday s game at Kentucky. One other noteworthy accomplishment from that game, every player on the Owl roster played at least 10 minutes. And every player scored, led by freshman forward Jaimie Givens 20 points. The Owls stingy defense kept them in the game against the Kentucky Wildcats. FAU held the Wildcats to three for 25 shooting in the second half (12%). FIU dropped a pair of games against ranked opponents at the DePaul Invitational this past week. LaQuetta Ferguson scored 27 of her career-high 30 points in the second half against No. 24 DePaul. Her previous career high was a 28-point effort against Miami last season The Golden Panthers shot over 55-percent (10-for-18) from three-point range against the Blue Demons, which included a 6-for-9 performance from Ferguson. The 10 treys tied an FIU team record. Ferguson moved past two players this past week on the school s all-time scoring list. She is now 14th all-time with 1,069 career points, trailing Lasma Jekabsone by 101 points for 13th Both Ferguson and Iva Ciglar moved up on FIU s career three-point list. Ferguson is now fourth with 104 while Ciglar is eighth with 80 Marquita Adley picked up her sixth double-double of her career against No. 18 FSU when she scored 10 points and grabbed 16 boards FIU hosts its annual FIU Thankgiving Classic this week. MT made 12 3-pointers against Tennessee Tech after making 11 at Old Dominion in the season opener. MT now has 18 games with double-digit 3-pointers made under third-year head coach Rick Insell after posting five such contests in and 11 more last season..chelsia Lymon had a big night versus TTU, scoring a career-high 15 points and setting career-high marks for FG made (5) and FG attempts (11). She also added four steals and a pair of 3-pointers in the victory..mt improved to 48-4 under Insell when leading at the half and upped its mark to 43-3 when holding an opponent under 65 points... Senior Starr Orr played in her first contest of the season Monday at Houston after serving a two-game suspension for violation of academic department policy. Amber Holt set career-highs with 30 points and 15 rebounds in the contest. The senior also had career-highs in FG made (13) and FG attempts (27) and added four assists and three steals in 37 minutes in the contest. South Alabama Troy Western Kentucky With the 2-0 record this past week, USA improved its record to 4-0 on the young season. The 4-0 start to the season is the first for USA since the club began the season with 12 straight wins. It is also just the third timeusa has began the season with four straight wins. In the win over at Ohio, true freshman Siedah Banks recorded a career-high 15 points off the bench. Banks was 6-of-8 from the field. The 42 points scored by USA against Tulsa on Nov. 17 were the fewest ever scored by a Pietri coached team in a win and the fewest in a win for USA since the season when USA defeated Judson College The point tally for USA was also the second fewest points scored by Lady Jags in a win in the program s 34-year history. Since the opening of the Mitchell Center back during the season, the 76 combined points by Tulsa and USA were also the lowest total ever in a game in the arena. The 76 combined points were also the second fewest ever in a Lady Jag game. Troy went 1-1 on the week after a game-winning basket by Kylie Morrissy against Kennesaw State on Monday night. The Trojans opened with a loss to Auburn on the road, but shot 50 percent from the floor and 53 percent from behind the arc. In their comeback victory over Kennesaw State, the Trojans shot 44.4 percent from the floor and 45.5 percent from behind the arc. The Trojans came back from a 13-point second half deficit to down Kennesaw State on the road. Sun Belt Basketball Scheduling Notes The Lady Toppers finished 2-1 in the Preseason WNIT after falling at #23 Notre Dame in the tournament s second round, before rebounding to pick up a home win over Evansville in the consolation round. Senior Charlotte Marshall has posted double-digit rebounds in all three of WKU s games this season, capping off the week by tying a career high with 13 boards against Evansville. Marshall also added 13 points against the Purple Aces for her fourth career doubledouble. Crystal Kelly dropped in a season-high 27 points to lead Lady Toppers to the 19-point win over Evansville. That helped move her less than 200 points away from the WKU career scoring record, and just 201 points shy of becoming the Sun Belt s all-time leading scorer. Freshman Whitney Ballinger has scored in double-figures in each of the past two games to provide a spark off the bench for WKU. She scored a season-best 14 points at Notre Dame, then followed that up with 11 points and nine rebounds against Evansville. Format for the Sun Belt Conference Basketball Championships 1. Each divisional winner will receive a bye into the conference tournament along with the team with the next best conference record regardless of division. (The Wild Card Concept) 2. The first round of the tournament will be played at campus sites with the higher seed hosting the lower seed i.e. 4th seed vs. 13th seed, 5th seed vs. 12th seed, 6th seed vs. 11th seed, 7th seed vs. 10th seed and 8th seed vs. 9th seed. 3. The winners of these five on campus games will advance to join the top three seeds at a common site where the quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals will be held. Scheduling Criteria for Sun Belt Basketball Regular Season Play The conference has developed an 18-game, 3-year schedule that places emphasis on the following scheduling criteria: 1. Securing Saturday games featuring historical rivalries. 2. A balance of number of total contests (18) and home/away contests (9/9). 3. Allocating a similar number of home and away games for each school per month. 4. This strategy replaces the existing travel partner scheduling formula, which will also give schools greater flexibility to move games (i.e. for television, holidays). 5. Over the course of three years, schools within each division will play the same number of games against each opponent.

6 Sun Belt Conference West Division Notes Arkansas State UALR Denver Following its victory at Alabama Nov. 18, ASU is 5-1 vs. teams from the Southeastern Conference under Head Coach Brian Boyer, winning the last five matchups. After losing to Ole Miss during the season, ASU defeated Ole Miss in , then defeated Mississippi State and Arkansas in the Women s National Invitation Tournament in the season. In the season, the Lady Indians opened the season with a win over Alabama. After last week s victories over Brigham Young and Alabama, ASU is now 2-0 in games decided by four points or less this season. Sophomore Veronica Smith s jumper in the lane with 26 seconds remaining gave the Tribe a win over Brigham Young Tuesday, and ASU built an 11-point lead over Alabama in the second half Sunday afternoon, before holding on to win The Trojans finished the week 2-0 with home wins against Southern Arkansas and Grambling State. Kim Sitzmann and senior Nikya Hughes combined for 45 of the Trojans 76 points as the UALR women s basketball team defeated Southern Arkansas at the Jack Stephens Center. Sitzmann led all scorers with 24 points including going 2-of-2 from the three-point line and led the team in steals with three and in blocks with four, while Hughes knocked down 21 points including a team high of three three-pointers. Chastity Reed brought down a team high eight rebounds and scored 16 points, while Andrea Keys also recorded eight rebounds. Asriel Rolfe recorded a career and team high of five assists for the game. Every player on the UALR women s basketball team scored as the Trojans recorded an win over Grambling State. Chastity Reed and Kim Sitzmann led all scorers in points recording 14 a piece, while Sitzmann also recorded a team high of seven rebounds and eight assists. The Pioneers (0-2) lost its second contest of the young season on Friday evening falling to Air Force, Junior Nnenna Akotaobi (Thornton, Colo.) set career-highs with 24 points and four assists in the contest. Senior Sara Benham (Muleshoe, Texas) was the only other Pioneer in double-digits with 12. DU outshot the Falcons, 40.0 to 31.7, but got outrebounded for the second straight contest, pulling down just 36 rebounds. Last week DU announced the signing of four players for the upcoming season: guards Mariah Metoyer (Boulder, Colo.), Victoria Naylor (Henderson, Nev.) and Jenny Vaughan (Dundas, Ontario) and power forward Kaetlyn Murdoch (Temple, Texas). The Pioneers have not started a season 0-2 since the season. Denver will look to break the losing streak of three-games that dates back to the end of the season on Saturday, Nov. 24 against Montana State (1-2). The Pioneers and Grizzlies have met just once, a DU win on Dec. 1, Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana-Monroe New Orleans Louisiana s Ragin Cajuns women s basketball team remained winless on the road in the Errol Rogers Era. ULL dropped an contest on the road at Ole Miss. The game with the Rebels was a tale of two halves, as the Cajuns put forth their worst performance of the season in the first half, while playing their best half of basketball in the second. Seniors Onna Charles and Sonora Edwards inched closer to the 1,000-point plateau. Charles is just 92 points shy of the mark, while Edwards is 248 points away. North Texas Junior Jo Hall continued her torrid start to the season as recorded her first career double-double and a career-high 10 rebounds in the win over Texas A&M-CC. Hall has scored in double figures in three of the first five games. North Texas allowed only 47 points in the victory over the Islanders. It was the fewest points allowed since the Feb. 25, 2006 against South Alabama. Senior Lyza Koubiteb had a career-high nine points and tied her career-high with seven rebounds. The 48 points by North Texas against Texas A&M-CC in the first half were the most in a half by the Mean Green since scoring 48 against Loyola-Chicago last year on Nov. 25, The Mean Green is riding a three-game winning streak for the first time since the season. Under Coach Tina Slinker when reaching the 80 point mark the Mean Green has a record of That record is even more dominant over the last decade as North Texas is 51-1 in its past 52 games when scoring 80 points or more. Sparked by sophomore Jesse Carrier, the ULM women s basketball team defeated Texas State on Friday, November 16 to improve to 3-0 for the first time since the season. The Warhawks trailed entering the second half before the defense really dug in, limiting the Bobcats to only nine made field goals and 36 percent shooting from the field. TSU commited 13 second half turnovers in allowing ULM to jump back in the game. Carrier scored 13 of her team-high 15 points in the second half, including 11 points in the final eight minutes of the game. As a team, the Warhawks shot 17-of-19 from the free throw line in the second half to secure the win. ULM is back in action on Tuesday when it takes to the road for the first time this season to face Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss. at 6 p.m. ULM will be looking to improve to 4-0 for the first time since the season, the program s last Final Four appearance. The Lady Privateers got off to a 3-0 start for the first time since and just the sixth time in school history. The best start in school history was when UNO began the season 7-0 in In winning both road games this week, UNO opened up 2-0 on the road for the first time since UNO opened the weekend defeating McNeese State The win was their largest margin of victory since a win over McNeese on Nov. 22, In the game, Talishia Young notched a double-double with a 22 point, 10 rebound performance in just 23 minutes of play. The forward started 49 of 58 games over the previous two seasons, but has come off the bench in each contest thus far this year. The Lady Privateers continued their success in a win over Northwestern State as UNO had two runs, a 15-0 spurt and 15-2 run that gave the visiting team the win. UNO had five players score in double-digits during the game.

7 NCAA Stat Leaders (Top 25) Team Stats (FINAL) Scoring Offense PPG 4. Middle Tennessee 79.2 Scoring Defense PPG 3. UALR 52.7 Scoring Margin +/- 5. Middle Tennessee Field-Goal Percentage % 16. Western Kentucky Middle Tennessee 45.2 Field-Goal Percentage Defense % 18. Louisiana-Lafayette 35.8 Rebound Margin +/- 8. Louisiana-Lafayette Point Field Goals Per Game 3PG 4. Middle Tennessee 8.1 Blocked Shots Per Game BPG 7. New Orleans Florida International 5.9 Steals Per Game SPG 2. Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic Denver Individual Stats (FINAL) Points Per Game PPG 2. Crystal Kelly, Western Kentucky Chrissy Givens, Middle Tennessee Adrianne Davie, Arkansas State 20.9 Rebounds Per Game RPG 22. Yolanda Jones, Louisiana-Lafayette 10.2 Assists Per Game APG 13. Iva Ciglar, Florida International 5.9 Blocked Shots Per Game BPG 7. Lasma Jekabsone, Florida International 3.1 Steals Per Game SPG 15. Chrissy Givens, Middle Tennessee Tyesha Lowery, Denver 2.9 Field-Goal Percentage % 2. Crystal Kelly, Western Kentucky 61.1 USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Nov. 13 Rank, Team, Record Points LW 1. Tennessee (28) Connecticut (2) Maryland LSU (1) Stanford North Carolina Rutgers Oklahoma Duke Georgia Texas A&M George Washington Baylor Arizona State California Ohio State Vanderbilt Michigan State Florida State West Virginia Louisville Texas Purdue North Carolina State Notre Dame ORV: Pittsburgh 39; Auburn 33; DePaul 27; Wyoming 25; Marquette 21; Penn State 19; Wisconsin 17; Middle Tennessee 15; Arizona 12; New Mexico 12; Georgia Tech 11; Oklahoma State 11; Western Kentucky 11; Brigham Young 9; Iowa State 7; Gonzaga 5; Minnesota 5; Boise State 4; Marist 4; Southern California 4; TCU 4; Temple 4; Bowling Green 3; Kentucky 2; Mississippi 2; Montana 2; Tulane 2; UCLA 2; Xavier 2; Hartford 1; Nebraska 1; Old Dominion NCAA RPI Ratings (FINAL) School Ranking 13. Middle Tennessee 34. Western Kentucky 64. Louisiana-Lafayette 72. Arkansas State 89. UALR 108. Denver 129. Florida International 170. South Alabama 175. North Texas 185. Louisiana-Monroe 212. Troy 234. Florida Atlantic 265. New Orleans AP Top 25 Nov. 13 Rank, Team, Record Points LW 1. Tennessee (28) Connecticut (2) Maryland LSU (1) Stanford North Carolina Rutgers Oklahoma Duke Georgia Texas A&M George Washington Baylor Arizona State California Ohio State Vanderbilt Michigan State Florida State West Virginia Louisville Texas Purdue North Carolina State Notre Dame ORV: N.C. State 76, Pittsburgh 76, Purdue 68, Penn St. 53, Auburn 46, Wyoming 21, Oklahoma St. 13, Marquette 9, Middle Tennessee 9, Georgia Tech 8, Old Dominion 8, Illinois 7, Xavier 4, Marist 3, Kentucky 2, New Mexico 2, S. Dakota St. 2, Florida 1, Iowa St The RPI Report (FINAL) Conference Ranking 8. Sun Belt (15 strength of schedule) School Ranking 13. Middle Tennessee (5) 31. Western Kentucky (7) 62. Louisiana-Lafayette (192) 76. Arkansas State (89) 89. UALR (107) 107. Denver (331) 129. Florida International (236) 177. North Texas (60) 172. South Alabama (313) 183. Louisiana-Monroe (326) 210. Troy (255) 233. Florida Atlantic (84) 265. New Orleans (316) All-Sun Belt Women s Basketball Team Media members can request a copy of this year s Media Guide by ing John McElwain (mcelwain@sunbeltsports.org). First Team All-Sun Belt Adrianne Davie (ASU, Sr., C) Chrissy Givens (MT, Sr., G) Amber Holt (MT, Jr., F) Yolanda Jones (ULL, Sr., F) Crystal Kelly (WKU, Jr., F) Second Team All-Sun Belt Kim Sitzmann (UALR, Fr., G) Rudy Sims (ASU, Sr., G) Tyesha Lowery (Denver, Sr., G) Lasma Jekabsone (FIU, Sr., C) Whitney Woodard (USA, Sr., F) Third Team All-Sun Belt LaQuetta Ferguson (FIU, Jr., G) Krystle Horton (MT, Sr., F) Le Della English (UNO, Jr., G) Kylie Morrissy (Troy, So., G) Dominique Duck (WKU, So., F) Player of the Year Chrissy Givens (MT, Sr., G) Defensive Player of the Year Chrissy Givens (MT, Sr., G) Newcomer of the Year Amber Holt (MT, Jr., F) Freshman of the Year Kim Sitzmann (UALR, Fr., G) Coach of the Year Rick Insell, MT

8 Sun Belt Conference Basketball Television Schedule Date Game Gender Network Time (CT) 11/20/2007 Missouri State at Arkansas State W Suddenlink Cable 7:05 p.m. 11/25/2007 Middle Tennessee at Arizona W FSN West 3 p.m. 11/30/2007 WKU at Kentucky W FSN South 7 p.m. 12/2/2007 Arkansas State at Oklahoma W Sooner Sports Network 2 p.m. 1/10/2008 WKU at Louisiana-Monroe W HSSN 5:30 p.m. 1/13/2008 Florida International at WKU W HSSN 2 p.m. 1/17/2008 Florida Atlantic at WKU W HSSN 7 p.m. 1/26/2008 Arkansas State at WKU W HSSN 7 p.m. 2/2/2008 Denver at WKU W HSSN 3 p.m. 2/2/2008 Florida International at North Texas DH ESPN+ 4:30 p.m/7 p.m. 2/14/2008 Troy at WKU W HSSN 7 p.m. 2/17/2008 WKU at Middle Tennessee W ESPN+ 2 p.m. 2/20/2008 South Alabama at WKU W HSSN 7 p.m. 2/21/2008 Arkansas State at UALR DH ESPN+ 5:15 p.m./7:30 p.m. 2/23/2008 Louisiana-Monroe at WKU DH ESPN+ 3 p.m./7 p.m. 2/27/2008 WKU at Florida International W HSSN 4:15 p.m. 3/1/2008 WKU at Florida Atlantic W HSSN 4 p.m. 3/10/2008 Sun Belt Women s Basketball Semifinal Game W ESPN+ 12:30 p.m. 3/10/2008 Sun Belt Women s Basketball Semifinal Game W ESPN+ 3 p.m. 3/11/2008 Sun Belt Women s Basketball Championship Game W ESPN+ 3 p.m. November 13, 2007 Kenzie Rich (WKU, So., G) Sophomore guard Kenzie Rich finished with a gamehigh 23 points to lead the Lady Toppers to a win over East Tennessee State in the opening round of the 2007 Preseason WNIT. Rich finished the night 6-for-9 from the field, 4-for-5 from behind the arc and 7-for-8 at the free throw line. Her seven made free throws were a career best. After going a perfect 3-for-3 from long range in the first half, Rich dropped in 14 of her points in the 15 minutes of action in the second half of the victory. It was just the second time in her career that Rich has posted 20 or more points in a game. Player of the Week Archive November 20, 2007 Amber Holt (MT, Sr., G/F) Holt averaged 24.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game in Middle Tennessee victories over Tennessee Tech and at Houston. The senior set career-highs with 30 points and 15 rebounds in Monday s triumph at Houston, including scoring nine straight points in the second half after the Cougars tied the game. She lso had career-highs in FG made (13) and FG attempts (27) and added four assists and three steals in 37 minutes in the contest. Last Wednesday against Tennessee Tech, Holt scored 19 points with five rebounds with three assists and two steals. She is averaging 21.0 points and 8.7 rebounds per contest this season for the Blue Raiders.

9 Sun Belt Conference Women s Basketball Championship March 5-11 The Mitchell Center Mobile, Ala. Host: South Alabama First Round games at campus sites First Round Campus Sites March 5 Quarterfinals Tournament Site March 8 Semifinals Tournament Site March 10 Finals Tournament Site March 11 No. 1 Seed No. 8 Seed No. 8 Host No. 9 Seed No. 4 Seed No. 4 Host No. 13 Seed No. 5 Seed No. 5 Host No. 12 Seed No. 3 Seed CHAMPION No. 6 Seed No. 6 Host No. 11 Seed No. 2 Seed No. 7 Seed No. 7 Host No. 10 Seed

10 Sun Belt Conference Eastern Division Schedules NOVEMBER Florida Atlantic (1-2, 0-0 SBC) 9 at Miami L, Palm Beach Atlantic W, at Kentucky L, (1) Robert Morris 2 p.m. 25 (1) Samford 2 p.m. 1 (2) Columbia 2 p.m. 2 (2) St. Bonaventure 3 p.m. 18 * at Arkansas State 7:05 p.m. 22 South Carolina State 1 p.m. 3 * South Alabama 6 p.m. 5 * at Florida International 4:15 p.m. 10 * at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. 12 * Troy 4 p.m. 17 * at WKU (HSSN) 7 p.m. 19 * North Texas 1 p.m. 24 * Denver 6 p.m. 27 * at UALR 2 p.m. 31 * New Orleans 6 p.m. 2 * at Louisiana-Lafayette 3 p.m. 6 * at Louisiana-Monroe 5:30 p.m. 9 * Arkansas State 4 p.m. 16 * at South Alabama 5 p.m. 21 * Florida International 6 p.m. 23 * Middle Tennessee 4 p.m. 27 * at Troy 5:15 p.m. 1 * WKU (HSSN) 4 p.m. 5 (3) Sun Belt Tournament First Round TBA 9-11 (4) Sun Belt Tournament TBA (1) FAU Thanksgiving Classic (Boca Raton, Fla.) (2) FAU Holiday Classic (Boca Raton, Fla.) (3) Sun Belt Tournament First Round (Campus Sites) (4) Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.) Florida International (1-2, 0-0 SBC) NOVEMBER 9 LYNN W, (1) at #24 DePaul L, (1) vs. #18 Florida State L, (2) Providence 4:30 p.m. 25 (2) Illinois or South Carolina TBA 29 South Florida 4:15 p.m. 4 at Miami (Fla.) 6 p.m. 8 Eastern Michigan 12 p.m. 14 Texas-San Antonio 6 p.m. 19 * at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. 22 * at UALR 7 p.m. 29 (3) Hofstra 4:30 p.m. 30 (3) Georgia or Florida State TBA 5 * Florida Atlantic 4:15 p.m. 9 * Troy 4:15 p.m. 13 * at WKU (HSSN) 2 p.m. 17 * at South Alabama 7 p.m. 19 * Louisiana-Monroe 4:15 p.m. 23 * at Arkansas State 8 p.m. 26 * New Orleans 4:15 p.m. 31 * at Denver 5 p.m. 2 * at North Texas 5 p.m. 6 * Louisiana-Lafayette 4:15 p.m. 9 * Middle Tennessee 4:15 p.m. 13 * UALR 4:15 p.m. 21 * at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. 23 * at Troy 5:15 p.m. 27 * WKU (HSSN) 1 * South Alabama 5:15 p.m. 5 (4) Sun Belt Tournament First Round TBA 9-11 (5) Sun Belt Tournament TBA (1) DePaul Tournament (Chicago, Ill.) (2) FIU Thanksgiving Classic (Miami, Fla.) (3) FIU Sun & Fun Classic (Miami, Fla.) (4) Sun Belt Tournament First Round (Campus Sites) (5) Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.) NOVEMBER Middle Tennessee (2-1, 0-0 SBC) 10 at Old Dominion L, Tennessee Tech W, at Houston W, at Arizona (FSN West) 3 p.m. 28 at Chattanooga 5 p.m. 2 Western Carolina 2 p.m. 5 at Maryland 6 p.m. 13 at Tennessee 6 p.m. 15 at Austin Peay 5:15 p.m. 19 * Florida International 7 p.m. 22 * at South Alabama 5 p.m. 28 LSU 7 p.m. 30 at Louisville 1 p.m. 3 * at WKU 7 p.m. 6 * Denver 2 p.m. 10 * Florida Atlantic 7 p.m. 14 * at Arkansas State 7:05 p.m. 17 * at Troy 7 p.m. 20 * New Orleans 2 p.m. 24 * at Louisiana-Monroe 5: 30 p.m. 26 * North Texas 7 p.m. 30 * at Louisiana-Lafayette 7 p.m. 6 * UALR 7 p.m. 9 * at Florida International 4:15 p.m. 14 * South Alabama 5:30 p.m. 17 * WKU (ESPN+) 2 p.m. 21 * at Denver 6 p.m. 23 * at Florida Atlantic 4 p.m. 1 * Troy 3 p.m. 5 (1) Sun Belt Tournament First Round TBA 9-11 (2) Sun Belt Tournament TBA (1) Sun Belt Tournament First Round (Campus Sites) (2) Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.)

11 Sun Belt Conference Eastern Division Schedules NOVEMBER South Alabama (4-0, 0-0 SBC) 9 Spring Hill W, Sam Houston State W, at Ohio W, tulsa W, (1) vs. Villanova 7 p.m. 24 (1) vs. TBA TBA 27 at Mercer 6 p.m. 1 Stetson 7 p.m. 4 at Southern Mississippi 7 p.m. 13 Southern 7 p.m. 19 * Troy 7 p.m. 22 * Middle Tennessee 5 p.m. 30 Kentucky 4 p.m. 3 * at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. 6 * WKU 2 p.m. 12 * at New Orleans 2 p.m. 17 * Florida International 7 p.m. 19 * at UALR 4:30 p.m. 23 * Louisiana-Lafayette 7 p.m. 27 * Denver 1 p.m. 31 * at North Texas 5 p.m. 2 * at Louisiana-Monroe 5:30 p.m. 6 * Arkansas State 7 p.m. 10 * at Troy TBA 14 * at Middle Tennessee 5:30 p.m. 16 * Florida Atlantic 5 p.m. 20 * at WKU TBA 27 * New Orleans 7 p.m. 1 * at Florida International 5:15 p.m. 5 (2) Sun Belt Tournament First Round TBA 9-11 (3) Sun Belt Tournament TBA (1) USF Tournament (San Francisco, Calif.) (2) Sun Belt Tournament First Round (Campus Sites) (3) Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.) Troy (1-1, 0-0 SBC) NOVEMBER 14 at Auburn L, at Kennesaw State W, (1) vs. Western Illinois 1 p.m. 24 (1) vs. Tulsa/Sam Houston 1/3 p.m. 28 at Jacksonville State 7 p.m. 30 Belhaven 7 p.m. 4 Mercer 5:15 p.m. 15 (2) vs. Texas-Pan American 5 p.m. 16 (2) vs. Texas A&M-CC/Alcorn State 5/7:30 p.m. 19 * at South Alabama 7 p.m. 22 * WKU 7 p.m. 29 (3) vs. Fairfield 1 p.m. 30 (3) vs. Fordham/Mount St. Mary s 1/3 p.m. 3 * North Texas 5:15 p.m. 9 * at Florida International 4:15 p.m. 12 * at Florida Atlantic 4 p.m. 17 * Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. 20 * at Arkansas State 2 p.m. 24 * UALR 5:15 p.m. 27 * Louisiana-Lafayette 3 p.m. 31 * Louisiana-Monroe 5:15 p.m. 2 * at New Orleans 12 p.m. 6 * at Denver 6 p.m. 10 * South Alabama 3 p.m. 14 * at WKU (HSSN) 7 p.m. 16 * at North Texas 5 p.m. 23 * Florida International 5:15 p.m. 27 * Florida Atlantic 5:15 p.m. 1 * at Middle Tennessee 3 p.m. 5 (4) Sun Belt Tournament First Round TBA 9-11 (5) Sun Belt Tournament TBA (1) Tulsa Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.) (2) Texas A&M- Corpus Christi Tournament (Corpus Christi, Texas) (3) Fordham Tournament (Bronx, N.Y.) (4) Sun Belt Tournament First Round (Campus Sites) (5) Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.) WKU (2-1, 0-0 SBC) NOVEMBER 9 (1) East Tennessee State W, (1) at #23 Notre Dame L, (1) Evansville W, Louisiana Tech 7 p.m. 23 (2) vs. Southern Illinois 2 p.m. 24 (2) at George Washington 4:30 p.m. 27 Morehead State 7 p.m. 30 at Kentucky (FSN South) 6 p.m. 6 at Vanderbilt 7 p.m. 16 Louisville 2 p.m. 20 (3) vs. North Carolina 6:30 p.m. 22 * at Troy 7 p.m. 29 Missouri State 4 p.m. 3 * Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. 6 * at South Alabama 2 p.m. 10 * at Louisiana-Monroe (HSSN) 5:30 p.m. 13 * Florida International (HSSN) 2 p.m. 17 * Florida Atlantic (HSSN) 7 p.m. 20 * at Louisiana-Lafayette TBA 24 * at New Orleans 7 p.m. 26 * Arkansas State (HSSN) 7 p.m. 30 * UALR 7 p.m. 2 * Denver (HSSN) 3 p.m. 6 * at North Texas 7 p.m. 14 * Troy (HSSN) 7 p.m. 17 * at Middle Tennessee (ESPN+) 2 p.m. 20 * South Alabama (HSSN) 7 p.m. 23 * Louisiana-Monroe (ESPN+) 3 p.m. 27 * at Florida International (HSSN) 4:15 p.m. 1 * at Florida Atlantic (HSSN) 4 p.m. 5 (4) Sun Belt Tournament First Round TBA 9-11 (5) Sun Belt Tournament TBA (1) Preseason WNIT (2) George Washington Tourney (Washington, D.C) (3) Game to be played at Myrtle Beach, S.C. (4) Sun Belt Tournament First Round (Campus Sites) (5) Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.)

12 Sun Belt Conference Western Division Schedules NoveMBER UALR (2-1, 0-0 SBC) 10 at Creighton L, Southern Arkansas W, Grambling W, at Rice 7 p.m. 25 Missouri State 2 p.m. 28 at Tulsa 7 p.m. 1 Bradley 4:30 p.m. 9 at Sam Houston 3 p.m. 15 * at New Orleans 2 p.m. 20 Louisiana Tech 7 p.m. 22 * Florida International 7 p.m. 28 (1) Kansas State 6 p.m. 29 (1) Loyola Marymount/UC-Bakersfield TBA 6 * at Arkansas State 2 p.m. 10 * Louisiana-Lafayette 5:15 p.m. 13 * at Denver 2 p.m. 17 * Louisiana-Monroe 5:15 p.m. 19 * South Alabama 4:30 p.m. 24 * at Troy 5:15 p.m. 27 * Florida Atlantic 2 p.m. 30 * at WKU 7 p.m. 6 * at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. 9 * North Texas 4:30 p.m. 13 * at Florida International 4:15 p.m. 16 * New Orleans 4:30 p.m. 21 * Arkansas State (ESPN+) 5:15 p.m. 24 * at Louisiana-Lafayette 2 p.m. 28 Denver 5:15 p.m. 1 * at Louisiana-Monroe 6:30 p.m. 5 (2) Sun Belt Tournament First Round TBA 9-11 (3) Sun Belt Tournament TBA (1) Loyola Marymount Tournament (Los Angeles, Calif.) (2) Sun Belt Tournament First Round (Campus Sites) (3) Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.) NOVEMBER Arkansas State (2-1, 0-0 SBC) 9 at South Dakota State L, Brigham Young W, at Alabama W, Missouri State 7:05 p.m. 23 (1) vs. Idaho 2 p.m. 25 (1) vs. Washington or Weber St. TBA 29 at Oklahoma State 7 p.m. 2 at Oklahoma (Sooner Sports Network) 2 p.m. 13 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7:05 p.m. 18 * Florida Atlantic 7:05 p.m. 22 * at New Orleans 4:30 p.m. 28 Indiana State 7:05 p.m. 30 Charlotte 1 p.m. 3 * at Louisiana-Lafayette 3 p.m. 6 * UALR 2 p.m. 9 * North Texas 7:05 p.m. 12 * at Louisiana-Monroe 5:30 p.m. 14 * Middle Tennessee 7:05 p.m. 17 at Denver 6 p.m. 20 * Troy 2 p.m. 23 * Florida International 7:05 p.m. 26 * at WKU (HSSN) TBA 6 * at South Alabama 7 p.m. 9 * at Florida Atlantic 4 p.m. 13 * New Orleans 7:05 p.m. 17 * Louisiana-Lafayette 2 p.m. 21 * at UALR (ESPN+) 5:15 p.m. 23 * at North Texas 5 p.m. 28 * Louisiana-Monroe 5:35 p.m. 5 (2) Sun Belt Tournament First Round TBA 9-11 (3) Sun Belt Tournament TBA (1) Washington Husky Classic (Seattle, Wash.) (2) Sun Belt Tournament First Round (Campus Sites) (3) Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.) NOVEMBER Denver (0-2, 0-0 SBC) 11 #10 DUKE L, at Air Force L, Montana State 2 p.m. 28 Colorado State 8 p.m. 1 at Wyoming 3 p.m. 5 Creighton 8 p.m. 7 columbia 8 p.m. 15 at Montana State 8 p.m. 19 dartmouth 8 p.m. 22 * North Texas 2 p.m. 30 at Nebraska 2 p.m. 2 * Louisiana-Monroe 6 p.m. 6 * at Middle Tennessee 2 p.m. 10 * at New Orleans 7 p.m. 13 * UALR 2 p.m. 17 * Arkansas State 6 p.m. 24 * at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. 27 * at South Alabama 1 p.m. 31 * Florida International 6 p.m. 2 * at WKU (HSSN) 3 p.m. 7 * Troy 6 p.m. 10 * Louisiana-Lafayette 4 p.m. 14 * at North Texas 5 p.m. 16 * at Louisiana-Monroe 5: 30 p.m. 21 * Middle Tennessee 6 p.m. 24 * New Orleans 2 p.m. 28 * at UALR 5:15 p.m. 1 * at Louisiana-Lafayette 3 p.m. 5 (1) Sun Belt Tournament First Round TBA 9-11 (2) Sun Belt Tournament TBA (1) Sun Belt Tournament First Round (Campus Sites) (2) Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.)

13 Sun Belt Conference Western Division Schedules NOVEMBER Louisiana-Lafayette (1-2, 0-0 SBC) 10 at Mercer L, ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO W, at Ole Miss L, at LSU 7 p.m. 28 TULANE 7 p.m. 1 at Centenary 3 p.m. 9 LSU-SHREVEPORT 2 p.m. 16 at Texas 2 p.m. 18 NICHOLLS STATE 7 p.m. 22 * at Louisiana-Monroe 3 p.m. 28 at Savannah State 2 p.m. 30 at Mississippi State 2 p.m. 3 * Arkansas State 3 p.m. 5 * New Orleans 4:30 p.m. 10 * at UALR 5:15 p.m. 12 * at North Texas 5 p.m. 20 * WKU TBA 23 * at South Alabama 7 p.m. 27 * at Troy 3 p.m. 30 * Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. 2 * Florida Atlantic 3 p.m. 6 * at Florida International 4:15 p.m. 10 * at Denver 4 p.m. 13 * Louisiana-Monroe 7 p.m. 17 * at Arkansas State 2 p.m. 21 * at New Orleans 7 p.m. 24 * UALR 2 p.m. 27 * North Texas 7 p.m. 1 * Denver 3 p.m. 5 (1) Sun Belt Tournament First Round TBA 9-11 (2) Sun Belt Tournament TBA (1) Sun Belt Tournament First Round (Campus Sites) (2) Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.) NOVEMBER Louisiana-Monroe (3-0, 0-0 SBC) 9 MCNEESE STATE W, CENTENARY W, TEXAS STATE W, at Southern Mississippi 6 p.m. 1 (1) ALABAMA STATE 3 p.m. 2 (1) TBA TBA 8 at Northwestern State 2 p.m. 11 at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m. 17 (2) vs. St. Johns TBA 18 (2) vs. TBA TBA 22 * Louisiana-Lafayette 7 p.m. 29 at Tulane 2 p.m. 3 * at Denver 6 p.m. 7 * at North Texas 5 p.m. 10 * WKU (HSSN) 5:30 p.m. 12 * Arkansas State 5:30 p.m. 17 * at UALR 5:15 p.m. 19 * at Florida International 4:15 p.m. 24 * Middle Tennessee 5:30 p.m. 31 * at Troy 2 * South Alabama 5:30 p.m. 6 * Florida Atlantic 5:30 p.m. 9 * at New Orleans 4:30 p.m. 14 * at Louisiana-Lafayette 7 p.m. 16 * Denver 5:30 p.m. 20 * North Texas 5:30 p.m. 23 * at WKU (ESPN+) TBA 28 * at Arkansas State 5:35 p.m. 1 * UALR 6:30 p.m. 5 (3) Sun Belt Tournament First Round TBA 9-11 (4) Sun Belt Tournament TBA (1) ULM Tournament (Monroe, La.) (2) UAB Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.) (3) Sun Belt Tournament First Round (Campus Sites) (4) Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.) NoveMBER New Orleans (3-0, 0-0 SBC) 11 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN W, at McNeese State W, at Northwestern State W, (1) at Texas-San Antonio 7 p.m. 23 (1) vs. Arkansas 2 p.m. 27 NICHOLLS STATE 7 p.m. 30 (2) Samford 8 p.m. 1 (2) UNLV 3 p.m. 9 at Texas A&M 5 p.m. 15 * UALR 2 p.m. 22 * Arkansas State 4:30 p.m. 30 at LSU 2 p.m. 2 at Southeastern Louisiana 7 p.m. 5 * at Louisiana-Lafayette 4 p.m. 10 * Denver 7 p.m. 12 * South Alabama 4:30 p.m. 17 * at North Texas 5 p.m. 20 * at Middle Tennessee 2 p.m. 24 * WKU 7 p.m. 26 * at Florida International 4:15 p.m. 31 * at Florida Atlantic TBA 2 * Troy 12 p.m. 9 * Louisiana-Monroe 4:30 p.m. 13 * at Arkansas State 7:05 p.m. 16 * at UALR 4:30 p.m. 21 * Louisiana-Lafayette 7 p.m. 24 * at Denver 2 p.m. 27 * at South Alabama 7 p.m. 1 * North Texas 4:30 P.M. 5 (3) Sun Belt Tournament First Round TBA 9-11 (4) Sun Belt Tournament TBA (1) UTSA Thanksgiving Tournament (San Antonio, Texas) (2) UNO Tournament (New Orleans, La.) (3) Sun Belt Tournament First Round (Campus Sites) (4) Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.)

14 Sun Belt Conference Western Division Schedules NOVEMBER North Texas (3-2, 0-0 SBC) 9 (1) at Winthrop L, (1) vs. Rice L, (1) vs. Navy W, at Sam Houston State W, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, Arkansas-Monticello 7 p.m. 23 Midwestern State 7 p.m. 27 at Oklahoma 7 p.m. 1 SMU 2 p.m. 4 Marshall 7 p.m. 8 at Valparaiso 1:35 p.m. 19 Oklahoma State 7 p.m. 22 * at Denver 2 p.m. 3 * at Troy TBA 7 * Louisiana-Monroe 5 p.m. 9 * at Arkansas State 7:05 p.m. 12 * Louisiana-Lafayette 5 p.m. 17 * New Orleans 5 p.m. 19 * at Florida Atlantic 1 p.m. 26 * at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. 31 * South Alabama 5 p.m. 2 * Florida International (ESPN+) 5 p.m. 6 * WKU 7 p.m. 9 * at UALR 4:30 p.m. 14 * Denver 5 p.m. 16 * Troy 5 p.m. 20 * at Louisiana-Monroe 5:30 p.m. 23 * Arkansas State 5 p.m. 27 * at Louisiana-Lafayette 7 p.m. 1 * at New Orleans TBA 5 (2) Sun Belt Tournament First Round TBA 9-11 (3) Sun Belt Tournament TBA (1) Winthrop Tournament (Rock Hill, S.C.) (2) Sun Belt Tournament First Round (Campus Sites) (3) Sun Belt Tournament (Mobile, Ala.) The Sun Belt Conference While there are 31 NCAA conferences that sponsor multiple sports, the Sun Belt is one of only eleven to participate in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and Division 1-A football, now known as the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Sun Belt was formed in 1976 with six members competing in four men s sports, and today comprises 13 institutions of higher learning while sponsoring 19 championship sports for men and women. The conference has influence in a region that carries significant importance, as its membership is spread out over eight states that represent 113 total electoral votes. Thus, if you carry the Sun Belt, you are almost half way to the White House! The Sun Belt Conference enters its 32nd season in with a proud history of athletic and academic success. The conference sponsors 10 women s sports - basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball; and nine men s sports baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Each of the 19 sports has seen numerous team and individual accomplishments, and 12 Sun Belt Conference schools are currently graduating its student athletes at a rate higher than their school s student body. All Sun Belt schools are committed to excellence in the 21st century, and facility upgrades and expansion are occurring on virtually every campus. Because of its status as a member of the Division 1-A football coalition, the Sun Belt Conference has a permanent seat on the NCAA s 17-member Board of Directors. As a result, the conference has a crucial voice on some of the most pressing issues in college athletics and will always have a role in the implementation of any future NCAA legislation and guidelines. The conference continues to utilize television to grow and promote the league. Adding volleyball, baseball and softball to the conference s television package has resulted in more national and regional television exposure for the league than at any time in its history. The conference s regional television package enables live telecasts of Sun Belt events to reach over 20 million households. Additionally, ESPN televised the conference s men s basketball championship game for the 27th straight season in 2007, marking its longest affiliation with any conference in the country. The Sun Belt Conference has partnered with XOS Technologies, Inc. to deliver a full-service, customized, public and premium web site to provide fans with a broad range of real-time information and content about the conference s athletic teams. The Sun Belt is one of the few conferences in the nation to provide video highlights and features on its website from each of the league s respective championships. This technology serves as a great recruiting tool for schools by enabling anyone in the world with internet access to view the conference s championship events, and fans in five different countries viewed the conference s most recent soccer championship. Prominent Sun Belt alumni include United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (Denver), NFL Hall of Fame football player Mean Joe Greene (North Texas), Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star baseball player Luis Gonzalez (South Alabama), former member of the United States Senate and House of Representatives John Breaux (Louisiana-Lafayette), country music superstar Tim McGraw (Louisiana-Monroe), and actor Andy Garcia (Florida International). The conference s first 30 years have also produced numerous individual national champions along with Olympic track medalists including Earl Bell, Tom Hill and Al Joyner (Arkansas State), Hollis Conway (Louisiana-Lafayette), and Tayna Lawrence (Florida International). Old Dominion s Anne Donovan received the Naismith Trophy recognizing the nation s top women s basketball player in 1983, helped the United States win the Olympic gold medal in 1984, and helped the Lady Monarchs capture the national championship in 1985 (one of eight women s Final 4 appearances by Sun Belt schools: Old Dominion , 1985; WKU 1985, 1986, 1992; Louisiana Tech 1994, 1998, 1999). Sun Belt teams have also participated in the men s NCAA Final 4 (UNC-Charlotte in 1977), the College World Series (Louisiana-Lafayette in 2000), the women s College World Series (Louisiana-Lafayette in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2003), and had 10 players selected in the first round of the NBA Draft. The Sun Belt Conference is led by Commissioner Wright Waters, who is in his ninth full year as commissioner. He was named the conference s fourth commissioner in February of 1999 following the tenures of Vic Bubas ( ), Jim Lessig ( ), and Craig Thompson ( ). The league s annual all sports champion is awarded the Vic Bubas Cup, named after the conference s first commissioner. The conference office has been headquartered in downtown New Orleans since 2000 after moving from suburban Metairie, La., where it had been based since Prior to moving to the Big Easy, the league was based in Tampa, Fla., from The original conference office was located in Charlotte, N.C., from