C 2016-17 LADY BEARS WOMEN S BASKETBALL NOTES Women s Basketball SID: Kevin C. Paige Phone: (443) 885-3009 Email: Ravenspr26@aol.com / Kevin.Paige@morgan.edu 1700 East Cold Spring Lane Hill Field House, Room 123 Baltimore, MD 21215 2016-17 Schedule/Results Overall: 1-1 MEAC: 0-0 NOVEMBER 15 at Mount St. Mary s L 50-65 17 WASHINGTON ADVENTIST W 79-28 23 at Saint Louis 2 pm CST 25 vs. Eastern Kentucky # 3:30 pm CST 26 at Missouri-Kansas City # 3:30 pm CST 30 at Marshall 4 pm DECEMBER 2 at University of Dayton 7 pm 7 Maryland Baltimore County 7 pm 18 ROBERT MORRIS 2 pm 20 at Puerto Rico Classic TBA 21 at Puerto Rico Classic TBA 27 at University of Richmond 6 pm 31 BROWN Noon JANUARY 2 NORFOLK STATE * 5:30 pm 7 at Bethune-Cookman * 2 pm 9 at Florida A&M * 6 pm 16 NORTH CAROLINA A&T * 5:30 pm 21 at Savannah State * 4 pm 23 at South Carolina State * 5:30 pm 28 at Coppin State * 2 pm 30 FLORIDA A&M * 5:30 pm FEBRUARY 4 N.C. CENTRAL * 2 pm 11 DELAWARE STATE * 2 pm 13 at Howard * 5 pm 18 SAVANNAH STATE * 2 pm 20 Delaware State * 5:30 pm 25 HAMPTON * 2 pm 27 COPPIN STATE *% 5:30 pm MARCH 2 at Maryland Eastern Shore * 5:30 pm 6-11 at MEAC Tournament TBA Home games are in bold and all CAPS * MEAC Contest; % Senior Night # Plaza Lights Classic (Kansas City, Mo.)! Puerto Rico Classic (San Juan, Puerto Rico) $ MEAC Tournament (Norfolk, Va.) Game 3 (Non-Conference Contest) Morgan State Lady Bears (1-1, 0-0 MEAC) at Saint Louis Billikens (4-0, 0-0 Atlantic 10) Date: November 23, 2016 2 p.m. CST Place: Saint Louis, Mo. Chaifetz Arena Series: Saint Louis leads, 1-0 Live Video: slubillikins.com TV: N/A Live Stats: slubillikins.com Audio: N/A Lady Bears Head To Show Me State For Three Non-Conference Contests The Morgan State Lady Bears will travel to Missouri to this week to compete in three games over the Thanksgiving break. Morgan State will first visit Saint Louis on Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 2 p.m., it will be the second meeting between the two teams. While in the Show Me State, the Lady Bears will travel to Kansas City, Mo., to compete in the Plaza Lights Classic (Nov. 25-26) hosted by the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Morgan State will first take on Eastern Kentucky on Friday, Nov. 25 at 3:30 p.m. CST. It will be the first meeting between the two programs. Morgan State will then close out the tournament with a 3:30 p.m. contest on Saturday against host UMKC. BEAR CLAWS: Morgan State (1-1) earned its first win of the 2016-17 campaign and Ed Davis era, following a 79-28 home opening win over Washington Adventist (11/17). Junior Tykyrah Williams scored a game-high 22 points and added nine rebounds, falling just shy of a doubledouble. Fellow junior Lexus Spears, who was making her season debut, finished with 15 points, while Braennan Farrar scored 15 and 14 points, respectively. The win was Morgan State s third straight over the Shock in as many meetings. Spears leads the Lady Bears in scoring with 15 points per game, while Williams and Farrar are averaging 14 points per game. Williams is adding a team-best 10 rebounds per contest to average a double-double through two games. THE BILLIKENS: Saint Louis (4-0) enters Wednesday s contest against Morgan State coming off a 68-58 road victory at Bradley on Nov. 20. Jackie Kemph scored a game-high 21 points and had a game-high six assists, while Olivia Jakubicek collected her first career double-double, with 11 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Sadie Stipanovich added 10 points in the win. Kemph, who for the second consecutive week was named Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Week by College Sports Madness on Monday, is averaging 19.8 points per game to pace four Billiken players in double figures scoring. Jordyn Frantz is adding 14.8 points, while Stipanovich is scoring 14 points and adding a team-leading 9.3 rebounds per contest. Maddison Gits is contributing 10 points per outing. As a team, Saint Louis is scoring 81.8 points per game, while holding its opponents to 63 points. MSU VS. SAINT LOUIS SERIES NOTES: This will be the second meeting between the two teams with Saint Louis holding a 1-0 series lead. The Billikens claimed the first meeting, 64-51 on Nov. 14, 2010 at Chaifetz Arena. NEXT UP: The Lady Bears will visit Marshall on Wednesday, Nov. 30 for a non-conference game at 4 p.m. in Huntington, W.Va. FOLLOW THE LADY BEARS ON TWITTER: Morgan State women s basketball fans can follow the Lady Bears on Twitter. Check out regular updates on the team which will feature live tweets from games and on road trips. To follow the Morgan State Athletics Twitter page visit Twitter.com/MorganStBears. GETTING DEFENSIVE: Morgan has forced 54 opponent turnovers in two games, with 31 of them coming by way of steals. In the win against Washington Adventist, the Lady Bears forced 31 turnovers, 21 of them were steals. Morgan State converted those turnovers into 33 points.
DAVIS BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN: It took interim head coach Edward Davis just two games to earn his first victory as the coach of Morgan State, when the Lady Bears defeated Washington Adventist (11/17). The win marked the first for Davis since he recorded a 55-53 victory over South Carolina State in the season finale on March 1, 2012, in his final season as the head coach at Delaware State. SHOW ME STATE HOMECOMING: This week s Missouri trip will mark the homecoming of two Lady Bear junior guards and St. Louis natives, Braennan Farrar (Clyde C. Miller Career Academy) and Tayler Williams (Metro Academic & Classical Academy). It will also mark the return to the Show Me State for two of Morgan State s coaching staff. Associate head coach Wanika Owsley played collegiately for Southeast Missouri State, while assistant coach, Brittany Dodson, who is a native of St. Louis and played at Metro Academic & Classical Academy. BACK ON THE SIDELINE: Morgan State interim head coach Edward Davis, returns to the sideline for the 2016-17 campaign as the head man, after spending the last four seasons as an assistant coach with the Lady Bears. Davis, who last served as a head coach in 2012 to conclude 12 season s at the helm of Delaware State, enters this season with a career record of 349-236 in 20 seasons. PUTTING THE CLAMPS DOWN: The Lady Bears defense held the visiting Shock of Washington Adventist to just three points in the second quarter and nine for the entire first half. The three points scored by WAU were the lowest points output in a quarter by a Morgan State opponent since the NCAA went to the quarter system in the women s game. The nine total points in the first half, were the lowest since Morgan State held rival Coppin State to 13 first half points on Dec. 14, 2010. STILL UNBEATEN: The Lady Bears entered the season with a perfect record against just one of this season's opponents in Washington Adventist. Morgan State remained unbeaten against the Shock, improving to 3-0, following a 79-28 victory in its home opener (Nov. 17). Last season the Lady Bears defeated WAU, 74-36 in the home and season opener on Nov. 15, 2015 in Baltimore. MORGAN PICKED FIFTH IN MEAC: Morgan State was picked to finish fifth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) preseason poll, as voted by the league s head coaches and sports information directors. Last year, the Lady Bears were picked to finish ninth, but put together an 13-17 overall mark and finished 10-6 in the MEAC to finish fifth. FARRAR NAMED TO PRESEASON MEAC SECOND TEAM: MSU junior guard Braennan Farrar was named to the Preseason All-MEAC second team. A native of St. Louis, Mo., Farrar was second on the team in scoring (13.7), while leading the Lady Bears in assists (98), steals (63), three-pointers made (46), while shooting a team-best.794 (104-131) from the free throw line. This is the second consecutive preseason second-team All-MEAC honor for Farrar, who last season was named to the 2015-16 All-MEAC second team at the conclusion of the season. OWSLEY NAMED ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Wanika Owsley was promoted to associate head coach this October by interim head coach Ed Davis. Owsley, who is in her second stint at Morgan State, enters her sixth season overall with the Lady Bears program. Owsley had previously spent the 2009-10 season at Morgan State, where she helped the Lady Bears to a 17-13 and then school-best third-place regular season finish in the MEAC. She returned to Morgan State. during the 2012-13 campaign after spending two seasons as an assistant coach on the Mississippi State women s staff. A native of Indianapolis, Ind., Owsley earned a degree in computer science from Southeast Missouri State, where she helped the Redhawks to a 46-16 overall record and their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance during her senior season. MORGAN IN SEASON OPENERS: The Lady Bears fell to 11-29 alltime in season openers dating back to 1977, following its 65-50 road loss to Mount St. Mary s (11/15/16). Morgan State at one point had lost 23 straight season openers, prior to winning three straight from 2006-08. Last season the Lady Bears opened up the season at home and defeated Washington Adventist by a score of 74-36 (11/15/15). GRAHAM RETURNS AS ASSISTANT COACH: Morgan State interim head coach Ed Davis completed his coaching staff with the hiring of Donchez Graham as an assistant coach. Graham is no stranger to Morgan State, as this will be his second stint with the Lady Bears and fifth season overall. Graham returns to Morgan after spending the past two year (2014-16) as the head basketball trainer at Project Rising and the head coach of Team Adidas Shooting Stars. He also had stints as assistant coach at both West Virginia University and the University of Charleston. During his first stint at Morgan State (2005-09), Graham helped the Lady Bears to 53 victories in four seasons, while reaching the 2007 MEAC title game in his second season and the 2008 WNIT, the program s first postseason invitation on the Division I level, in his third season. REMATCH: The Lady Bears have four rematch games this season against non-conference opponents from the 2015-16 schedule. Those opponents are Washington Adventist, Missouri-Kansas City, University of Maryland Baltimore County and Brown. Last season Morgan State went 1-3 against those opponents with its lone win coming over Washington Adventist. TOURNAMENT EXPOSURE: Six of Morgan s 2016-17 opponents reached postseason play last season. Two opponents reached the 2016 Women s NCAA Tournament (Robert Morris and defending MEAC Tournament champion, North Carolina A&T). Three competed in the 2016 Women s National Invitational Tournament (Saint Louis, Marshall and MEAC foe Bethune-Cookman), while one (UMBC) took part in the Women s Basketball Invitational. 2016-17 Morgan State Lady Bears Roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 2 Jihayah Chavis G 5-8 Fr.-HS Newark, N.J. (University HS) 3 Tykyrah Williams F 5-10 Jr.-2L Durham, N.C. (Hillside High School) 4 Tayler Williams G 5-9 Jr.-TR St. Louis, Mo. (College of Central Florida) 5 Braennan Farrar G 5-6 Jr.-2L St. Louis, Mo. (Clyde C. Miller Career Academy) 10 D Jhai Patterson-Ricks G 5-5 Fr.-HS Fayetteville, N.Y. (Fayetteville-Manlius High) 11 Zuri White G 5-8 Jr.-2L Durham, N.C. (Hillside High School) 14 Jayde Duncan F 6-0 Gr.-3L Baltimore, Md. (Western Tech High School/Cecil College) 15 Chelsea Mitchell G 5-7 So.-1L Laurel, Md. (Atholton High School) 21 Ivy Harrington G 5-9 Sr.-3L Neptune, N.J. (Neptune High School) 22 Kaylin Ellis G 5-7 Fr.-HS Long Beach, Calif. (Millikan High School) 24 Britashia Burns F/C 6-0 Sr.-3L Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Dillard High School) 30 Janessa Fauntroy F 6-1 Jr.-TR Gaithersburg, Md. (Gaithersburg High/Harford CC) 32 Lexus Spears F 6-2 Jr.-2L Jacksonville, Fla. (Sandalwood High School) Interim Head Coach: Edward Davis (West Virginia State 70; 5th Season) Associate Head Coach: Wanika Owsley (Southeast Missouri State 06; 6th Season) Assistant Coach: Donchez Graham (Morgan State 91; 5th Season) Assistant Coach: Brittany Dodson (Morgan State 11; 5th Season) MSU QUICK FACTS Location: Baltimore, Md. Founded: 1867 Enrollment: 7,643 President: Dr. David Wilson Nickname: Lady Bears Colors: Orange & Blue Arena: Hill Field House Conference: MEAC Athletic Dir.: Ed Scott Head Coach: Edward Davis Record at MSU: First Season Career Record: 350-237/21st Season Assistants: Wanika Owsley Donchez Graham Brittany Dodson WBK Contact: Kevin Paige Email: Ravenspr26@aol.com Phone: 443-885-3009 Fax: 443-885-8307
CAREER LEADERS SCORING Points 1. Corin Adams (07-10) 2,058 2. June Walton (78-81) 1,574 3. Tracey Carrington (11-15) 1,536 4. Shakira Smith (97-01) 1,464 5. Monique Liddell (96-00) 1,420 6. Kaira Warfield (93-97) 1,409 7. Whitney Johnson (04-07) 1,287 8. Debbie Grey (85-90) 1,215 9. Adrienne Bond (82-86) 1,190 10. Carla Thomas (84-87) 1,117 11. Sherie Cornish (98-02) 1,070 12. Vinstel Watson (87-89) 1,064 13. Tracy Lewis (89-93) 1,039 REBOUNDING Total 1. June Walton (78-81) 1,021 2. Carla Thomas (84-87) 874 3. Theresa Brown (89-93) 827 4. Monique Liddell (96-00) 790 5. Britney Griffin (04-08) 679 6. Cheryl Jackson (87-91) 668 7. Latricia Jones (04-07) 624 8. Theresa Davis (07-11) 622 9. Shakira Smith (97-01) 602 10. Tracey Carrington (11-15) 567 11. Corin Adams (07-10) 564 ASSISTS Assists 1. Corin Adams (07-10) 455 2. Mary Frazier (78-83) 340 3. Debbie Grey (85-90) 336 4. Tracy Lewis (89-93) 285 5. Kaira Warfield (93-97) 286 6. Lisa Mickens (97-01) 271 7. Shakira Smith (97-01) 265 8. Terri Alexander (77-80) 249 9. Whitney Johnson (04-07) 232 ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF: Morgan State will face two first-time opponents this season in Eastern Kentucky and the University of Dayton. The Lady Bears will first square off against Eastern Kentucky on Nov. 25 in Kansas City, Mo., in the opener of the Plaza Lights Classic, hosted by the University of Missouri-Kansas City. A week later Morgan State will travel to Ohio to face Dayton in a first-ever meeting against the Flyers (Dec. 2). WELCOME TO THE DEN: Morgan State will welcome the addition of five newcomers to the 2016-17 squad with junior transfers, Tayler Williams (College of Central Florida) and Janessa Fauntroy (Harford CC) and three freshmen, Jihayah Chavis (Newark, N.J.), D Jhai Patterson-Ricks (Fayetteville, N.Y.) and Kaylin Ellis (Long Beach, Calif.). SAYING GOODBYE: Morgan State will say goodbye to its two four-year seniors in Britashia Burns and Ivy Harrington when the Lady Bears host Coppin State on Feb. 27, 2017 for Senior Night. The Lady Bears will also say goodbye to grad student Jayde Duncan, who will also be playing in her final season as a Lady Bear. Duncan, who was honored last season, transferred into Morgan State as a sophomore during the 2013-14 season. THE PURGE: Whether it s was a big scoring run, or huge scoring outputs in a quarter, Morgan State opponents had their way with the Lady Bears last season under the new quarter system. While predicting which quarter it would be was unknown, knowing it was going to happen, was a given. In 30 games last season, the first, second and third quarters have been big for MSU opponents. Morgan State was outscored a combined 61 points (407-346) in the first, by 58 points (466-408) in the second quarter, by 76 points (491-415) in the third quarter. The Lady Bears were also outscored by 45 points (468-423) in the fourth quarter. In the loss to UMBC (12/12/15), it would be the third quarter, which the Lady Bears saw a 30-26 lead turn into a 52-30 deficit, as the Retrievers scored 26 straight points and held Morgan State scoreless during a seven minute span. UMBC would score 32 points in the third quarter, to surpass the previous opponent high for points in a quarter of 31 points the Lady Bears gave up to then 23rd-ranked Syracuse in the fourth quarter on Nov. 23, 2015. 11 STRAIGHT: Braennan Farrar s All-MEAC second team selection last season marked the 11th straight season a Morgan State Lady Bear has earned all-conference honors. FREE FALLING: In a matter of three games last season, the Lady Bears dropped from being in sole possession of first-place in the MEAC standings, to being in second, to entering the season finale in fourth-place, to heading into the MEAC Tournament as the No. 5-seed. The Lady Bears concluded the regular season with back-to-back-back losses to eventual MEAC Tournament champions, North Carolina A&T, rival Coppin State and Maryland Eastern Shore in the season finale. 2017 MEAC TOURNAMENT: The 2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men s and women s basketball tournament is scheduled for March 6-11 at the Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk, Va. Ticket books can be purchased at all 13 MEAC university ticket offices, the Norfolk Scope Arena, Ticketmaster outlets, the MEAC Administrative Office and online at Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also available by calling the MEAC at 757-951-2055 or Ticketmaster at (800)-745-3000. The annual MEAC Basketball Tournament moved to Norfolk in 2013 after spending the previous four years in Winston-Salem, N.C. from 2009 through 2012. STEALS Steals 1. Corin Adams (07-10) 404 2. Kaira Warfield (93-97) 355 3. Shakira Smith (97-01) 353 4. Monique Liddell (96-00) 208 5. Whitney Johnson (04-07) 201 6. Lisa Mickens (97-01) 174 7. Moneshia Davis (09-13) 166 8. Karla Warfield (93-96, 97) 150 9. Brittany Dodson (08-11) 142 10. Debbie Grey (85-90) 138 11. Tracey Carrington (11-15) 124
2016-17 Starting Lineups Date Opponent Result Starters N15 at Mount St. Mary s L 50-65 Williams Duncan Farrar White Mitchell N17 WASHINGTON ADVENTIST W 79-28 Williams Spears Farrar White Mitchell N23 at Saint Louis 2 p.m. CST N25 vs. Eastern Kentucky # 3:30 p.m. CST N26 at Missouri-Kansas City # 3:30 p.m. CST N30 at Marshall 4 p.m. D2 at Dayton 7 p.m. D7 at Maryland Baltimore County 7 p.m. D18 ROBERT MORRIS 2 p.m. D20 Puerto Rico Classic TBA D21 Puerto Rico Classic TBA D27 at Richmond 6 p.m. D31 BROWN Noon J2 NORFOLK STATE * 5:30 p.m. J7 at Bethune-Cookman * 2 p.m. J9 at Florida A&M * 6 p.m. J16 NORTH CAROLINA A&T * 5:30 p.m. J21 at Savannah State * 4 p.m. J23 at South Carolina State * 5:30 p.m. J28 at Coppin State * 2 p.m. J30 FLORIDA A&M * 5:30 p.m. F4 NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL * 2 p.m. F11 DELAWARE STATE * 2 p.m. F13 at Howard * 5 p.m. F18 SAVANNAH STATE * 2 p.m. F20 at Delaware State * 5:30 p.m. F25 HAMPTON * 2 p.m. F27 COPPIN STATE * 5:30 p.m. M2 at Maryland Eastern Shore * 5:30 p.m. M6-11 at MEAC Tournament $ TBA Home games are in BOLD; * MEAC Contest; # Plaza Lights Classic (Kansas City, Mo.);! Puerto Rico Classic (San Juan, Puerto Rico); % Senior Night; $ MEAC Tournament (Norfolk, Va.) Lineup Record Williams, Duncan, Farrar, White, Mitchell. 0-1 Williams, Spears, Farrar, White, Mitchell... 1-0