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1 755 Hank Aaron Dr SW, Atlanta, GA Will Owens, Digital Media Coordinator Office: Cell: GeorgiaStateSports.com Game 01: GEORGIA STATE (0-0, 0-0 SBC) at FLORIDA (0-0, 0-0 SEC) Nov. 11, 4 p.m. ET Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O Connell Center Gainesville, Fla. Television: SEC+ Radio: GeorgiaStateSports.com RECORDS Georgia State: 12-18, 8-10 Sun Belt H: 5-9, A: 6-6, N: 1-3 Florida: 15-16, 5-11 Southeastern H: 3-6, A: 5-8, N: 7-2 HEAD COACH Sharon Baldwin (Georgia, 1991) GSU: (8th Yr.) Career: (18th Yr.) SERIES RECORDS All-time series: GSU leads 5-3 Last meeting: L, (Nov. 11, 2012) GEORGIA STATE ON THE AIR Radio: GeorgiaStateSports.com and through the GSU Athletics moible app. Internet: Live stats at GeorgiaStateSports.com Television: SEC+ Available online with a subscription to SEC Network. GET READY FOR THE GAME...IN 140 CHARACTERS OR LESS Georgia State tips off the season Nov. 11 against the Florida Gators in Gainesville. The Panthers lead the all-time series with Florida 5-3, but UF won the last meeting in Prior to that game, GSU had won four straight in the series. Sophomores Jada Lewis and Madison Newby were named preseason All-Sun Belt. Jada Lewis was the Sun Belt Freshman of the Year and Madison Newby was the SBC Freshman of the Year. Madison Newby took a medical redshirt last season after sustaining an injury after the third game of the season. Georgia State returns its leading scorer from a year ago in Jada Lewis, but loses its leading rebounder as Tiffany Holston graduated after the season. Georgia State returns three starters in Jada Lewis, Kierra Henry and K.K. Williams. There are no seniors on this year s team and there are nine players that did not return from last season. GSU welcomes four transfers that can play right away in Shay Fluker, Juliet James, Victoria Middlebrooks and Janessa Murphy. The Panthers have a challenging start to the season, facing Florida, No. 7 Mississippi State and Georgia Tech on the road for the first three games. Head coach Sharon Baldwin has two new members on the staff in Tron Griffin and Jasmine Young. Young played for Baldwin at East Carolina ( ). The Panthers won t play a home game until they host the GSU Thanksgiving Classic Nov Roster Pos # Name...Ht Cl. PPG RPG Notes G 5 Shay Fluker Jr. - - Transfer from Walters State CC G 21 Kierra Henry Jr Started 17 games last season and made 24 appearances F 11 Juliet James Jr. - - Transfer from Northwest Tech CC G 13 Jada Lewis So Led GSU in scoring; Sun Belt Freshman of the Year F/G 32 Victoria Middlebrooks Jr. - - Transfer from Southwest Tennessee CC C 30 Shaq Miller-McCray So blocks in 13 games last season F 20 Francesca Minali RSo. - - Sat out last season (redshirt) F/G 22 Deja Mitchell Fr. - - One of two freshmen this season G 1 Janessa Murphy Jr. - - Transfer from Tallahassee CC G 23 Madison Newby RSo Played 3 games last season, took medical redshirt F 2 K.K. Williams Jr starts last season; Injured in final week of regular season F/C 33 Rakeah Williams Fr. - - One of two freshmen this season * statistics

, giving Baldwin back-to-back SBC Freshman of teh Year winners.

2 HEAD COACH RON SHARON BALDWIN Head Coach Sharon Baldwin is in her eighth season at Georgia State. In , Georgia State s Tiffany Holston was named the Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year and guard Jada Lewis was the Sun Belt Freshman of the Year., giving Baldwin back-to-back SBC Freshman of teh Year winners. In , the Panthers had the youngest team in the Sun Belt and the development process was underway as four freshmen played more than 2,100 minutes, while five transfers played their first season at GSU and two new assistant coaches joined the staff. Madison Newby was voted Sun Belt Freshman of the Year after leading the league in assists and ranking top 50 in the NCAA. Baldwin picked up her 200th career win as a head coach on Dec. 29, 2010, vs. Mississippi Valley State (91-65) and guided GSU to the 500th all-time win in school history on Jan. 9, 2011, in a win over Hofstra (84-70). In eight years, she turned around the East Carolina women s basketball program, winning 126 games, while earning postseason bids to the NCAA and WNIT tournaments. The Lady Pirates won the C-USA Tournament in Her return to Atlanta was a homecoming as she played her prep ball in Smyrna and her college ball at both Kennesaw State and Georgia. She was an assistant coach at Georgia and a head coach at Life in Marietta to start her career. In , her ECU team was No. 37 in the NCAA in scoring, while ranking No. 12 in 3-point field goal percentage, No. 14 in overall field goal percentage, No. 19 in assists and No. 42 in rebound margin among the 345 Divison I colleges and universities. Sharon Baldwin Ledger Hired by Life to establish new program Life (NAIA Sweet 16) Life (NAIA Elite 8, ranked No. 1) Mercer (A-Sun semifinals) East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina (C-USA Champ, NCAA bid) East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina (WNIT, second round) Totals, East Carolina Georgia State Georgia State Georgia State Georgia State Georgia State Georgia State Georgia State GSU Record (.381) Career Record (.503) Her tenure at ECU followed one season at Mercer. She was the Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year in her only season in Macon. She first gained notice as NAIA National Coach of the Year at Life. She began that program with a final No. 7 ranking in its first year in 2010 and then produced a team ranked No.1 in the national polls in her second season (2001). In her first 12 years as a head coach before coming to GSU, Baldwin had a overall record. Her 126 wins at ECU are a school record. As a collegiate player, Baldwin played her first two seasons near her home at Kennesaw State, where she was as an allconference player with 831 points in two years. As a student, she transferred to Georgia for her final two seasons under coach Landers and was a starting guard and team captain her senior campaign. The Bulldogs finished No. 7, with five wins over top 20 teams, including a nationally televised win over No. 3 Tennessee. Baldwin led the team in free throw percentage (79%). As a junior, her team was 23-7 and No. 10 in the final AP poll. Baldwin earned a bachelor s degree in education from Georgia in 1991 and completed her master s of education in 1997, also at Georgia. She has two children: Luke and Samantha.

3 SEASON HIGHS SHAY FLUKER KIERRA HENRY JULIET JAMES Blocks: - JADA LEWIS Blocks: - VICTORIA MIDDLEBROOKS SHAW MILLER-MCCRAY FRANCESCA MINALI DEJA MITCHELL JANESSA MURPHY MADISON NEWBY K.K. WILLIAMS RAKEAH WILLIAMS GAME-BY-GAME STARTING LINEUPS at Florida... at Mississippi St... at Georgia Tech... VCU... WKU... at Kennesaw St... Allen... North Greenville... FAU... Jacksonville St... at UNCW... at South Alabama... at Troy... Little Rock... Arkansas State... at Appalachian State... at Coastal Carolina... Georgia Southern... UT Arlington... Texas State... at Arkansas State... at Little Rock... Louisiana... ULM... at Georgia Southern... at Texas State... at UT Arlington... Troy... South Alabama... Sun Belt Championship... USA Today Coaches Poll (Oct. 26) RK TEAM Record Pts. 1 Connecticut (25) South Carolina (7) Baylor Mississippi State Notre Dame Texas UCLA Ohio State Stanford Louisville Oregon Duke Maryland Florida State West Virginia Missouri Oregon State Tennessee Marquette DePaul Oklahoma South Florida Michigan Miami (FL.) T25 California T25 Washington Others Receiving Votes: Texas A&M 70; North Carolina State 67; Kentucky 59; Syracuse 53; Arizona State 43; Quinnipiac 27; Drake 18; Gonzaga 18; Virginia 17; Purdue 15; Kansas State 10; LSU 8; Michigan State 7; Florida Gulf Coast 7; Georgia Tech 7; South Dakota State 6; Temple 5; Nebraska 5; Indiana 4; Dayton 4; Middle Tennessee 2; Texas-Arlington 2; Virginia Tech 2; Villanova 1; Boise State 1; Elon 1. College Insider Mid-Major Poll (Preseason) Record Points Conference 1. Quinnipiac (28) Metro Atlantic 2. Gonzaga (1) West Coast 3. Drake Missouri Valley 4. Green Bay (1) Horizon 5. South Dakota State Summit 6. James Madison Colonial 7. Belmont Ohio Valley 8. Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun 9. Central Michigan (1) Mid-American 10. Elon Colonial 11. Penn Ivy League 12. Buffalo Mid-American 13. Northern Colorado Big Sky 14. New Mexico State Western Athletic 15. Mercer Southern 16. New Hampshire America East 17. Bucknell Patriot 18. Army Patriot 19. Princeton Ivy League 20. UC Davis Big West 21. Western Illinois Summit 22. Chattanooga Southern 23. Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 24. Saint Francis (Pa.) Northeast 25. South Dakota Summit OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Saint Mary s 88, Central Arkansas 84, Little Rock 84, Toledo 83, Missouri State 77, Stetson 76, Marist 42, Wright State 30, Montana State 28, Long Beach State 27, Lamar 23, BYU 21, UT Arlington 20, San Diego 16, Jacksonville 13, William & Mary 13, Drexel 12, Albany 11, Hampton 11, Troy 11, Robert Morris 10, Radford 9, Ohio 8, Bethune Cookman 5, Ball State 4, UT Martin 3, CSUN 1, Texas Southern 1. GSU Opponents in Bold GSU Opponents in Bold

4 GEORGIA STATE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 5 Shay Fluker G 5-10 Jr. Belleville, Mo. (Belleville West/Walters State Cc) 21 Kierra Henry G 5-9 Jr. Marietta, Ga. (Pope) 10 Kiersten Hunter G 5-5 *So. Lilburn, Ga. (Parkview/Trevecca) 11 Juliet James F 6-0 Jr. Kaduna, Nigeria (Paterson Eastside (N.j.)/Northwest Tech Cc) 0 Allison Johnson F 6-0 *R-Jr. Norcross, Ga. (Norcross/Kennesaw State) 13 Jada Lewis G 5-8 So. Powder Springs, Ga. (Mceachern) 32 Victoria Middlebrooks F/G 6-1 Jr. Griffin, Ga. (Griffin/Southwest Tennessee) 30 Shaq Miller-Mccray C 6-3 So. Sumter, S.c. (Crestwood) 20 Francesca Minali F 6-2 R-So. Stezzano, Italy (Northeast Cc) 22 Deja Mitchell F/G 6-0 Fr. Duluth, Ga. (Duluth) 1 Janessa Murphy G 5-7 Jr. Mcdonough, Ga. (Dutchtown/Tallahassee Cc) 23 Madison Newby Pg 5-8 R-So. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Archer) 2 K.k. Williams F 5-10 So. Murfreesboro, Tenn./Blackmon 33 Rakeah Williams F/C 6-1 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake) 12 Walnatia Wright C 6-2 *R-Sr. Augusta, Ga. (Laney/Texas A&M) * Transfer Who Will Sit Out Season GEORGIA STATE NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) 0 Allison Johnson F 6-0 *R-Jr. Norcross, Ga. (Norcross/Kennesaw State) 1 Janessa Murphy G 5-7 Jr. Mcdonough, Ga. (Dutchtown/Tallahassee Cc) 2 K.k. Williams F 5-10 So. Murfreesboro, Tenn./Blackmon 5 Shay Fluker G 5-10 Jr. Belleville, Mo. (Belleville West/Walters State Cc) 10 Kiersten Hunter G 5-5 *So. Lilburn, Ga. (Parkview/Trevecca) 11 Juliet James F 6-0 Jr. Kaduna, Nigeria (Paterson Eastside (N.j.)/Northwest Tech Cc) 12 Walnatia Wright C 6-2 *R-Sr. Augusta, Ga. (Laney/Texas A&M) 13 Jada Lewis G 5-8 So. Powder Springs, Ga. (Mceachern) 20 Francesca Minali F 6-2 R-So. Stezzano, Italy (Northeast Cc) 21 Kierra Henry G 5-9 Jr. Marietta, Ga. (Pope) 22 Deja Mitchell F/G 6-0 Fr. Duluth, Ga. (Duluth) 23 Madison Newby Pg 5-8 R-So. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Archer) 30 Shaq Miller-Mccray C 6-3 So. Sumter, S.c. (Crestwood) 32 Victoria Middlebrooks F/G 6-1 Jr. Griffin, Ga. (Griffin/Southwest Tennessee) 33 Rakeah Williams F/C 6-1 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake) * Transfer Who Will Sit Out Season Head Coach: Sharon Baldwin (Georgia, 1991), 8th Year GSU Assistant Coach: Kelly Mathis (Pfeiffer, 2009) Assistant Coach: Tron Griffin (Bethune-Cookman, 2006) Assistant Coach: Jasmine Young (East Carolina, 2009) Dir. Of Operations: Portia Jones, (Armstrong State, 2010) Graduate Manager: Mercedes Jorge (Embry-Riddle, 2017) PRONUNCIATIONS Kierra Henry... key-air-uh Kiersten Hunter... KEER-sten Francesca Minali...fran-CHESS-kuh mih-nah-lee (also goes by Fran) Rakeah Williams...rah-KEY-uh Walnatia Wright... wall-net-uh

5 GSU Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 10, 2017) RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 13 Lewis, Jada Holston, Tiffany Newby, Madison Ponder, Makeba Tyghter, Astaja Henry, Kierra Williams, K.K Gerrin, Haley Nichols, Kennesha Jackson, Tatianna Mitchell, Alaysia Harrison, Jaylyn Williams, Taleah Miller-McCray, Shaq Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS GSU OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th O T Totals GSU Opponents Date Opponent Score Att. 11/11/16 at Morehead State W /12/16 vs Eastern Michigan L /16/16 ALLEN UNIVERSITY W /20/16 UNCW L /22/16 KENNESAW STATE W /24/16 vs Penn State L /25/16 vs American Wot /3/16 at Georgia Tech L /15/16 at Alabama L /20/16 AKRON L /22/16 ELON L * 12/31/16 at Georgia Southern W * 1/5/2017 TROY L * 1/7/2017 SOUTH ALABAMA L * 01/12/17 at Louisiana L * 01/14/17 at ULM L * 1/19/17 APPALACHIAN STATE L * 1/21/17 COASTAL CAROLINA L * 1/26/17 at South Alabama W * 1/28/17 at Troy W * 2/2/2017 UL MONROE W * 2/4/17 LOUISIANA L * 2/9/17 at Coastal Carolina W * 2/11/17 at Appalachian State W * 2/16/17 TEXAS STATE L * 2/18/17 UT ARLINGTON W * 2/23/17 at Arkansas State L * 2/25/17 at Little Rock L * 3/4/17 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W /7/17 vs South Alabama L * - Conference game

6 GSU Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) #02 Williams, K.K. Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Morehead State 11/11/ vs Eastern Michigan 11/12/ ALLEN UNIVERSITY 11/16/ UNCW 11/20/ KENNESAW STATE 11/22/16 * vs Penn State 11/24/16 * vs American 11/25/16 * at Georgia Tech 12/3/16 * at Alabama 12/15/16 * AKRON 12/20/16 * ELON 12/22/16 * at Georgia Southern 12/31/16 * TROY 1/5/2017 * SOUTH ALABAMA 1/7/2017 * at Louisiana 01/12/17 * at ULM 01/14/17 * APPALACHIAN STATE 1/19/ COASTAL CAROLINA 1/21/ at South Alabama 1/26/17 * at Troy 1/28/17 * UL MONROE 2/2/2017 * LOUISIANA 2/4/17 * at Coastal Carolina 2/9/17 * at Appalachian State 2/11/17 * TEXAS STATE 2/16/17 * UT ARLINGTON 2/18/17 * at Arkansas State 2/23/17 * Totals Games played: 27 Minutes/game: 23.7 Points/game: 5.7 FG Pct: FG Pct: 24.4 FT Pct: 73.2 Rebounds/game: 2.8 Assists/game: 1.6 Turnovers/game: 2.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.8 Steals/game: 1.2 Blocks/game: 0.2

7 GSU Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) #13 Lewis, Jada Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Morehead State 11/11/16 * vs Eastern Michigan 11/12/16 * ALLEN UNIVERSITY 11/16/16 * UNCW 11/20/16 * KENNESAW STATE 11/22/16 * vs Penn State 11/24/16 * vs American 11/25/16 * at Georgia Tech 12/3/16 * at Alabama 12/15/16 * AKRON 12/20/16 * ELON 12/22/ at Georgia Southern 12/31/16 * TROY 1/5/2017 * SOUTH ALABAMA 1/7/2017 * at Louisiana 01/12/17 * at ULM 01/14/17 * APPALACHIAN STATE 1/19/17 * COASTAL CAROLINA 1/21/17 * at South Alabama 1/26/17 * at Troy 1/28/17 * UL MONROE 2/2/2017 * LOUISIANA 2/4/17 * at Coastal Carolina 2/9/17 * at Appalachian State 2/11/17 * TEXAS STATE 2/16/17 * UT ARLINGTON 2/18/17 * at Arkansas State 2/23/17 * at Little Rock 2/25/17 * GEORGIA SOUTHERN 3/4/ vs South Alabama 3/7/17 * Totals Games played: 30 Minutes/game: 31.8 Points/game: 11.6 FG Pct: FG Pct: 37.8 FT Pct: 80.3 Rebounds/game: 1.4 Assists/game: 1.9 Turnovers/game: 2.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.9 Steals/game: 1.1 Blocks/game: 0.1

8 GSU Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) #21 Henry, Kierra Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg at Morehead State 11/11/ vs Eastern Michigan 11/12/ ALLEN UNIVERSITY 11/16/ UNCW 11/20/ KENNESAW STATE 11/22/ vs Penn State 11/24/16 * vs American 11/25/16 * at Georgia Tech 12/3/16 * at Alabama 12/15/16 * at ULM 01/14/ APPALACHIAN STATE 1/19/17 * COASTAL CAROLINA 1/21/17 * at South Alabama 1/26/17 * at Troy 1/28/17 * UL MONROE 2/2/2017 * LOUISIANA 2/4/17 * at Coastal Carolina 2/9/17 * at Appalachian State 2/11/17 * TEXAS STATE 2/16/17 * UT ARLINGTON 2/18/17 * at Arkansas State 2/23/17 * at Little Rock 2/25/17 * GEORGIA SOUTHERN 3/4/ vs South Alabama 3/7/17 * Totals Games played: 24 Minutes/game: 17.3 Points/game: 6.5 FG Pct: FG Pct: 28.0 FT Pct: 64.4 Rebounds/game: 3.1 Assists/game: 1.2 Turnovers/game: 2.0 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.6 Steals/game: 1.1 Blocks/game: 0.1

9 GSU Individual Game-by-Game (as of Nov 10, 2017) #30 Miller-McCray, Shaq Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date gs min fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg ALLEN UNIVERSITY 11/16/ vs Penn State 11/24/ at Alabama 12/15/ ELON 12/22/ at Georgia Southern 12/31/ TROY 1/5/ at Louisiana 01/12/ at ULM 01/14/ COASTAL CAROLINA 1/21/ at Troy 1/28/ UL MONROE 2/2/ at Coastal Carolina 2/9/ at Arkansas State 2/23/ Totals Games played: 13 Minutes/game: 5.5 Points/game: 0.9 FG Pct: 28.6 FT Pct: 66.7 Rebounds/game: 1.6 Turnovers/game: 0.4 Steals/game: 0.2 Blocks/game: 0.8

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