UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA BASKETBALL Contact Fred Huff Office (813) 974-4087 Home (813) 914-0784 www.gousfbulls.com SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result N13 Sat Okla.Flyers AAU (exh.) W, 73-70 N19 Fri at Central Florida W, 62-60 N22 Mon Florida State W, 84-74 N28 Sun Florida Atlantic W, 85-64 D3 Fri Cal Poly SLO! W, 86-75 D4 Sat Delaware! W, 65-61 D11 Sat Bethune-Cookman # W, 75-52 D15 Wed at Jacksonville W, 61-44 D17 Fri Texas Tech 7 p.m. D20 Mon at UALR 7 p.m. CST D29 Wed IUPUI 4:15 p.m. J2 Sun at Houston 2 p.m. CST J5 Wed UW-Green Bay 4:15 p.m. J7 Fri UNC Charlotte 7 p.m. J9 Sun Saint Louis 2 p.m. J13 Thur at Memphis 7 p.m. CST J15 Sat at UAB 1 p.m. CST J21 Fri Southern Miss 7 p.m. J23 Sun Tulane 2 p.m. J28 Fri at Marquette 7 p.m CST J30 Sun at DePaul 2 p.m. CST F4 Fri Memphis 7 p.m. F6 Sun UAB 2 p.m. F10 Thur at Southern Miss 7 p.m. CST F12 Sat at Tulane 5 p.m. CST F18 Fri Louisville 7 p.m. F20 Sun at Cincinnati 4 p.m. F27 Sun Houston (@ the Corral) 2 p.m. M3-6 F-M at C-USA Championship TBA at Cincinnati, Ohio All times Eastern Standard Time unless otherwise noted Conference USA game! USF Classic, Tampa, Fla. # Dodge Shootout, Tampa, Fla. Home games at the USF Sun Dome USF QUICK FACTS Head Coach... Jerry Ann Winters Career Record... 249-183 (.576)/16th Record at USF...41-48 (.461)/Fourth Assistant coach... Ron Gathright Assistant coach... Wanda Guyton Assistant coach... Tara Gibson Undergrad. asst. coach... Sonya Swick 1998-99 Overall Record... 14-13 1998-99 C-USA Record... 8-8 1998-99 C-USA Finish... Sixth (tie) Conference... Conference USA C-USA Division... National Basketball Office... (813) 974-3756 USF SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa 33620-8600 Fax... (813) 974-5328 Sports Information Director. John Gerdes Office... (813) 974-4086 Associate SID (wbb contact)... Fred Huff Office... (813) 974-4087 Assistant SID... Mike Hogan Office... (813) 974-4092 Assistant SID... Paul Dodson Office... (813) 974-4029 Game Information Opponent Texas Tech Tipoff Dec. 17, 7 p.m. EST Site USF Sun Dome (10,411), Tampa, Fla. South Florida Record 7-0 Texas Tech Record 7-0 (No. 7 Associated Press, No. 8 USA Today/ESPN) 66666 USF Probable Lineup F 22 Charmain Leslie, 5-10, Senior, Pensacola, Fla. (5.5 ppg, 1.3 rpg) F 31 Monica Echeverria, 5-10, Sr., Armenia, Colombia (15.9 ppg, 11.3 rpg. 4.6 apg) C 10 Denetrice Stinson, 6-0, Sophomore, Miami, Fla. (10.9 ppg, 5.9 rpg) G 21 Dione Smith, 5-5, Junior, Tallahassee, Fla. (7.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 3.6 apg) G 14 Shannon Layne, 5-8, Junior, Muncie, Ind. (11.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg) Tonight s tip: USF and Texas Tech, both 7-0, are two of just 10 unbeaten teams remaining among 315 schools playing Division I women s basketball. The others are Arkansas, Arkansas State, Arizona, Connecticut, Mississippi State, North Carolina State, Santa Clara and Tulane. USF hosts No. 7 Texas Tech tonight in perhaps the most anticipated game of the Jerry Ann Winters era. The Lady Raiders (7-0) jumped from No. 12 to No. 7 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll Monday. One of the nation s most prominent programs, Texas Tech has a current streak of 10 consecutive NCAA Tournament bids as well as five Sweet Sixteen appearances in the last eight seasons. Texas Tech may be the most high-profile team to play at the Sun Dome since the 1980s when Old Dominion would make an every-other year appearance when both the Bulls and the Monarchs were Sun Belt Conference members. South Florida is attempting to open a season 8-0 for the first time in 23 years. The Bulls only previous 8-0 start was in the 1976-77 season. The Bulls won 10 of their first 11 on the way to a 15-4 record. The streak is the third-longest in history. USF won 10 straight when it took the final two games of the 1975-76 season and the first eight on the 1976-77 season. The Bulls won nine consecutive in its inaugural season, 1972-73. USF has been bolstered by the addition of five newcomers senior forward Monica Echeverria, sophomore guard Melissa Fairley, freshman guard Aiya Shepard, freshman forward Lindsey Smith and freshman center Ashley Teets. Echeverria, a two-time junior college All-American at Central Florida Community College, leads the Bulls in scoring with 15.9 points per game, in rebounding with 11.3 per game and in assists with 4.6 per game. She recorded Conference USA s first-ever triple-double two weeks ago against Cal Poly SLO. Fairley scored 22 points and grabbed six rebounds in back-to-back games against Cal Poly SLO and Delaware. She brings current averages of 4.3 ppg and 2.2 rpg into the Jacksonville game. Shepard may be the most pleasant early-season surprise. The back-up point guard scored a career-high 15 points in 26 minutes against Bethune-Cookman Saturday and followed that with 10 points and six steals at Jacksonville Wednesday. Her averages include 6.4 ppg. The inside game, already stronger with Echeverria s presence, is solid with Smith and the just-eligible Teets. Smith is averaging 7.5 ppg and 3.3 rpg over the last four games. Her season averages include 5.1 ppg and 3.4 rpg. Teets made her debut against Bethune-Cookman Saturday and picked up three points and a rebound in four minutes.
University of South Florida Basketball Game Notes... Page 2 A long-time USF weakness -- shooting -- has turned into a strength. Generally one of C-USA s poorest shooting teams, USF has finished seventh, 10th and sixth among C-USA s 12 teams over the last three seasons, respectively. The Bulls, though, are currently second in the league, connecting on 45.3 percent of its field goal attempts, just behind Tulane s 48.2 percent. The statistics took a jolt Wednesday at Jacksonville, though. The Bulls took a 48.4 percent statistic into the game but shot a season-low 31.1 percent (23-of-74). That figure includes a 5-of-21 night from the three-point line. USF s field goal percentage leaders include Dione Smith (57.1 percent), Monica Echeverria (55.7 percent), Aiya Shepard (48.7 percent) and Denetrice Stinson (58.1 percent). Echeverria, the only Bull to record the necessary number of attempts to rank among C-USA leaders, is second behind Marquette s Lisa Oldenburg. USF can be found near the top of other C-USA statistical categories, as well. The Bulls rank No. 3 in scoring with 74.0 ppg, a figure that, if maintained, would be the third highest ever at USF. The offense has averaged 85.0 ppg in three consecutive games with Florida State, Florida Atlantic and Cal Poly SLO but has struggled at times, too. The Bulls were heled to 65 against Delaware, 62 in the season-opener at Central Florida and a season-low 61 at Jacksonville Wednesday. Scoring could be another challenge against Texas Tech. The Lady Raiders are holding opponents to just 50.7 ppg. Texas Tech is ranked No. 3 in this week s NCAA statistical rankings at 52.3 ppg, a figure that does not include Wednesday s 85-41 win over Lamar. The Bulls are also No. 2 in field goal percentage defense (38.3 percent), No. 2 in turnover margin (+5.71) No. 3 in scoring defense (61.4 percent), No. 3 in scoring margin (+12.6), No. 3 in steals (12.43) and No. 5 in three-point field goal percentage (32.1 percent) USF and Texas Tech are meeting for the first time. The Bulls are winless in three games against teams from the Big 12 after Baylor stopped USF s season-opening five-game win streak with a 74-72 victory a year ago in the finals of the USF Thanksgiving Classic. The Bulls are also 0-1 against Iowa State (93-70 in 1990-91) and Nebraska (91-50, 1983-84) USF coach Jerry Ann Winters is 0-1 against Texas Tech and is 5-13 against the Big 12. Winters took her 1994-95 Arkansas State club to Lubbock and lost 79-51. Texas Tech went on to post a 33-4 record while ASU finished 20-10. That season was Winters last at ASU as she moved on to South Alabama the following year. Against the rest of the Big 12 Winters is 5-12: 0-1 vs. Kansas, 1-0 vs. Kansas State, 0-1 vs. Missouri, 2-2 vs. Nebraska, 1-2 vs. Oklahoma, 0-3 vs. Oklahoma State, 0-1 vs. Texas and 1-0 vs. Texas A&M. Jerry Ann Winters next victory will be No. 250 since she began coaching at Arkansas State in 1984-85. She is 249-183 in 16 seasons coaching at the Division I level. She was 96-105 in eight seasons at Southern Baptist, then a two-year school, in Walnut Ridge, Ark. Over 24 career seasons she is 345-288. USF s seven three-pointers against Cal Poly two weeks ago rank No. 2 on the school s all-time single-game list, just behind the eight hit against Missouri- Kansas City in the 1996-97 season. Two Bulls sophomore guard Meagan Leggett-Smith and freshman guard Aiya Shepard are Texas natives. Leggett-Smith was a two-time Class 5A all-state selection at Longview High School while Shepard was a two-time allstate pick at Palestine High School. USF s season-opening win over Central Florida has added significance considering the Golden Knights are one of seven teams on the schedule that advanced to the NCAA Tournament a year ago. UCF won the Trans America Athletic Conference regular-season and postseason championships before losing to Louisiana Tech in the first round of the NCAA Championship. USF has 10 games against teams that participated in the post-season a year ago and eight games against teams that were in the NCAA Tournament field. USF opponents in the NCAA Tournament a year ago include Conference USA schools Cincinnati, Louisville, Marquette and Tulane and non-conference opponents Central Florida, Texas Tech and Wisconsin-Green Bay. Memphis participated in the Women s NIT. Wanda Guyton, rookie USF assistant coach and veteran professional player, is one of the Top 100 Tampa-area athletes of the 20th century according to The Tampa Tribune. Guyton, who starred at USF from 1985 through 1989, was a product of Tampa s Hillsborough High School. After playing professionally overseas, the Houston Comets made her the fifth overall pick in the WNBA Elite Draft in 1997. Guyton played two seasons with Houston and played last season with the Detroit Shock. She was No. 64 on the list of the top 100 athletes of an 11-county Tampa Tribune coverage area. Her bio can be found on page18 of the USF Media Guide. Last Saturday s game with Bethune- Cookman was the first of three doubleheaders with the USF men. USF s games with IUPUI, Wednesday, Dec. 29, and Wisconsin-Green Bay, Wednesday, Jan. 5, are the other doubleheader dates. Tip off is at 4:15 both afternoons. The men host Harvard, Dec. 29, and UAB, Jan. 5. Those games each tip off at 7 p.m. Nine Bulls have made starts thus far, due in part to Charmain Leslie s sprained ankle suffered in practice Dec. 1. Leslie, a senior forward, is not yet 100 percent but did return to the starting lineup at Jacksonville Wednesday. She was held scoreless in 20 minutes. She did not play against Cal Poly SLO two weeks ago, played just three minutes against Delaware the next night and five minutes against Bethune-Cookman last Saturday.
University of South Florida Basketball Game Notes... Page 3 Veterans Sarah Wilson and Meagan Leggett-Smith have made their first career starts in the last two weeks and rookies Melissa Fairley and Lindsey Smith have also earned starts. Monica Echeverria became the first woman in South Florida and Conference USA history to record a triple-double two weeks ago and then became just the third Bull to earn league Player of the Week honors. The senior from Armenia, Colombia, had 21 rebounds, 13 points and 10 assists while leading the Bulls to an 86-75 win over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Echeverria, who also had six steals that night, followed her history-making performance with 11 points, nine rebounds and three steals in a win over Delaware. What can I say about Monica that her game doesn t say for itself, said USF coach Jerry Ann Winters. She says it all by the way she plays and her work ethic and the way she makes everyone around her better. The fun thing is she is liable to do it again. Her two-game averages that week included 15 rebounds, 12 points, 7.5 assists and 4.5 steals. Echeverria leads USF with 15.8 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. Every time I play I concentrate and want to improve more and more, said Echeverria. Cal Poly s defense was the toughest I ve had on me this season. Every time I took the ball they were on me and my teammates did a very good job of getting open and I was able to find an open teammate. Sonya Swick and LaTonya Greer are the only previous Bulls to earn C-USA Player of the Week honors. Swick picked up the award last February when she averaged 29.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in wins at UNC Charlotte and at Houston. Greer became USF s first Player of the Week winner in February, 1997, when she averaged 19.5 points and 12.5 rebounds in wins against Southern Miss and No. 24 Tulane. Quoting Coach Jerry Ann Winters From Her Thursday Press Luncheon On Texas Tech... The biggest concern is their freshman post player who s phenomenal. We really thought this was a great time to get Texas Tech. They had graduated a lot of their key players from last year and we thought we d get them in a rebuilding year but even in their rebuilding years they re still pretty good. They have the kind of program we are striving to get, the kind of program you don t rebuild, you just reload. That is definitely what they ve done this year especially with Plenette Pierson and certainly she s not the only weapon they have which makes it extremely difficult for us. They will be without a doubt, the most athletic team we will face to date and possibly the most athletic team we ll face all year. On Texas Tech coach Marsha Sharp... Marsha Sharp just does a great job. Her whole staff. She has two assistant coaches who have been with her forever and they are just great people. They do a tremendous job recruiting. They get the best players in the state of Texas. They re always going to be tough, no matter what. On what a win would do for the USF program... The most exciting part if we win is that we would be on Sportsticker on the bottom of ESPN. I hope that being 7-0 is important to the Tampa Bay area. If we were able to do what most people think right now is the impossible, then I think it would be important on a much larger scale. I think at least momentarily it would give us some nation-wide attention. I think it would send a message to not only our conference, but to some other people who watch our scores and are monitoring our progress. It s an opportunity. It s an opportunity. On senior forward Monica Echeverria... I chewed her out at halftime last night. I gave her the erasable pen and said would you pleasee come up here and draw e the offense you re running? I had no clue. I don t even look at the stats at halftime most of the time because I m too busy running my mouth. She had a double-double at the end of the half and I m chewing her out. But I was unhappy with her performance. We ve just come to expect so much from her, when she lets her girl catch the basketball we re disappointed, when she doesn t block out, we re disappointed. She wasn t playing well (at Jacksonville). She was letting her girl catch the basketball in the post and we had worked on denying that pass to the post. She wasn t blocking out anybody. I don t care if she did have 12 rebounds (at halftime). My goodness, when you miss as many shots as we did they all should have had 12. There were a lot of opportunities for them to increase their rebounding average. The toughest adjustment I think that she s had to make (since coming from Colombia) is for her to realize that she has to operate within a system. She s just so good in the open court and she s so good freelancing. On the team reaching its potential... I told them all a while ago in the middle of the court that none of them have reached their potential and if they think they have they need to find another program to play in. We re just doing things that we ought not to be doing and unless they finally get it through their heads that we aren t going to accept anything less than what we want out of them we are going to continue to be unhappy with them. We didn t play very well last night. On USF s future... We are very excited about the future of our program with these young ladies. When we look out there and see two or three freshman out there on the floor at one time holding their own, and they re doing really well, we think maybe we are making some progress. On freshman guard Aiya Shepard against Jacksonville... Aiya Shepard came in twice last night and had a really good game. She comes in and creates the biggest spark on both ends of the floor. She creates some problems for the opponents. Her only drawback is her size, she s so little, but she gets it done.
University of South Florida Basketball Game Notes... Page 11 Times Led USF in Scoring * 3 Monica Echeverria 2 Denetrice Stinson 1 Shannon Layne 1 Dione Smith Times Led USF in Rebounding * 6 Monica Echeverria 1 Denetrice Stinson Times Led USF in Assists * 5 Monica Echeverria 2 Dione Smith * includes times tied for team lead Double-Figure Scoring Games 6 Monica Echeverria 4 Shannon Layne 3 Dione Smith 3 Denetrice Stinson 2 Charmain Leslie 2 Aiya Shepard 1 Melissa Fairley 1 Meagan Leggett-Smith 20-Point Games 2 Monica Echeverria 1 Shannon Layne Double-Figure Rebounding Games 4 Monica Echeverria Double-Doubles 4 Monica Echeverria Triple-Doubles 1 Monica Echeverria Consecutive Games Scoring in Double Figures 6 Monica Echeverria (current) 2 Shannon Layne 2 Charmain Leslie 2 Aiya Shepard (current) 2 Denetrice Stinson Bench Scoring Opponent South Florida 148 (21.1 average) 153 (21.9 average) Point Distribution Freshmen 85 (16.4 percent) Sophomores 126 (24.3 percent) Juniors 139 (26.8 percent) Seniors 168 (32.4 percent) Scored USF s First Points 3 Denetrice Stinson 2 Monica Echeverria 1 Shannon Layne 1 Charmain Leslie Final 3:00 (2d half) From Line 4-6 (.667) Monica Echeverria 0-1 (.000) Melissa Fairley 9-11 (.818) Shannon Layne 1-2 (.500) Ivana Lukic 1-2 (.500) Aiya Shepard 4-6 (.667) Dione Smith 1-3 (.333) Lindsey Smith 3-3 (1.000) Ashley Teets 5-8 (.625) Denetrice Stinson 0-2 (.000) Sarah Wilson 28-44 (.636) Consecutive Games Without Fouling Out (all current) 7 Monica Echeverria 7 Shannon Layne 7 Aiya Shepard 7 Lindsey Smith 7 Denetrice Stinson 7 Sarah Wilson 6 Melissa Fairley 6 Meagan Leggett-Smith 6 Charmain Leslie 6 Ivana Lukic 6 Abbi Wilson 2 Ashley Teets 1 Dione Smith Starting Combinations 4-0 D. Smith, Layne, Leslie, Echeverria, Stinson 1-0 D. Smith, Layne, Wilson, Echeverria, Stinson 1-0 D. Smith, Layne, Fairley, Echeverria, L. Smith 1-0 D. Smith, Layne, Leggett-Smith, Echeverria, Stinson USF Against Other Conference 1-0 America East Conference 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference 1-0 Big West Conference 1-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 3-0 Trans America Athletic Conference
University of South Florida Basketball Game Notes... Page 12 South Florida s Record When... Controlling the tip... 1-0 Scoring first... 5-0 Leading at half... 6-0 Trailing at half... 1-0 Tied at half... 0-0 Leading with 5:00 left... 7-0 Trailing with 5:00 left... 0-0 In overtime... 0-0 When USF outrebounds opponent... 4-0 When USF is outrebounded... 3-0 When rebounds are the same... 0-0 When USF commits more turnovers... 3-0 When USF forces more turnovers... 4-0 When turnovers are the same... 0-0 When USF has more free throw attempts... 5-0 When opponent has more free throw attempts... 2-0 When free throw attempts are the same... 0-0 When USF shoots 50% or better from the field... 3-0 When USF shoots less than 50% from the field... 4-0 When opponent shoots 50% or better from the field... 0-0 When opponent shoots less than 50 percent from the field... 7-0 When USF shoots better than opponent from the field... 5-0 When opponent shoots better than USF from the field... 2-0 When USF and opponent have same shooting percentage... 0-0 When USF shoots 40% or better from three-point range... 2-0 When USF shoots less than 40% from three-point range... 5-0 When USF shoots better than opponents from three-point range... 4-0 When opponent shoots better than USF from three-point range... 3-0 When USF shoots better than 80% or better from the line... 0-0 When USF shoots less than 80% from the line... 7-0 When USF bench outscores opponent bench... 3-0 When opponent bench outscores USF... 4-0 When bench scoring is the same... 0-0 Following a USF win... 6-0 Following a USF loss... 0-0 When three or more players score in double figures... 6-0 When four or more players score in double figures... 3-0 In November... 3-0 In December... 4-0 In January... 0-0 In February... 0-0 In March... 0-0 On Sunday... 1-0 On Monday... 1-0 On Tuesday... 0-0 On Wednesday... 0-0 On Thursday... 1-0 On Friday... 2-0 On Saturday... 2-0 Margin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20+ Avg. Wins 1 1 1 1 1 2 +12.6 Losses Largest lead 24 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28 Largest deficit to overcome 5 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3 Largest deficit 5 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3 Largest lead lost 11 at Central Florida, Nov. 19
University of South Florida Basketball Game Notes... Page 4 31 Monica Echeverria Forward, 5-10, Senior, Exp.-JC Armenia-Quindlo, Colombia Central Florida CC 11 Melissa Fairley Guard, 6-3, Sophomore, Exp.-HS Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia St. Ursula s College n Put together the first triple-double in Conference USA and in USF history against Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3; had 21 rebounds, 13 points and 10 assists. n Her 21 rebounds against Cal Poly rank No. 4 on USF s alltime single-game list and her 16 on the defensive boards that night are No. 1; only Wanda Guyton (25 and 23) and Catrice Lee (22) have had more total rebounds and it was the most in a game since Stefanie Preston had 21 against Florida Southern in the 1989-90 season. n Leads USF in scoring with 15.9 ppg, in rebounding with 11.3 rpg and in assists with 4.6; her rebound average is the most at USF since Wanda Guyton averaged 13.96 in 1988-89 and her assists are the most since Martha Monk dished 6.6 in 1982-83. n Has led USF in rebounding in six of the seven games and had 18 at Jacksonville Wednesday; has reached double-figures in rebounding fopur times and had at least eight in six games. n Season-opening game at Central Florida was sub-par with just eight points and a rebound; season averages with that game excluded include 17.2 points and 13 rebounds. n Could make a bid to be just the third player in USF history to average in double figures in scoring and rebounding. n Ranks among C-USA leaders in rebounding (second), field goal percentage (second), assists (third), steals (sixth), assist/turnover ratio (eighth) and scoring (ninth). Season/ Points 29 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Rebounds 21 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Field Goals 9 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Field Goal Attempts 14 at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Free Throws 9 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Free Throw Attempts 13 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Assists 10 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Steals 6 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Blocks 1 at Central Florida, Nov. 19, and vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Minutes 40 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, n Has played just five minutes in each of the last two games after averaging 11 points and three rebounds in back-to-back games against Cal Poly SLO and Delaware Dec. 3 and 4. n Scored career-high 13 points against Cal Poly SLO on 6-of-9 shooting from the field. n Had been averaging 6.5 ppg after scoring nine in her only start of the season against Delaware but average has dipped to 4.3 n Has played in six games. Season/ Points 13 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Rebounds 7 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Field Goals 6 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Field Goal Attempts 9 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, 3-Point Field Goals 1 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, and vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 2 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, and vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Free Throws 0 Free Throw Attempts 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Assists 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28,, vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, and at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Steals 0 Blocks 1 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Minutes 17 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, and vs. Dela ware, Dec. 4,
University of South Florida Basketball Game Notes... Page 5 14 Shannon Layne Guard, 5-8, Junior, Exp.-2L Muncie, Ind. Yorktown HS 22 Meagan Leggett-Smith Guard, 5-9, Sophomore, Exp.-1L Longview, Texas Longview HS n Second on the team in scoring with 11.3 ppg after scoring 12 at Jacksonville Wednesday; ranks No. 19 among C-USA leaders. n Hit a season-high four three-pointers at Jacksonville although she was just 4-of-19 from the floor including 4-of-12 from long-range; her 19 attempts were a career-high n Was just shy of her career scoring high (22) when she had 20 against Florida State, Nov. 22; enjoyed her best shooting night of the year against the Seminoles, connecting on 3-of-5 from three-point range and 7-of-12 from the floor. n Finished last season No. 10 among the nation s top threepoint field goal shooting percentage leaders at 44.0 percent (48-of-109); is currently fifth among C-USA leaders at 37.9 percent (17-of-45). n Third on USF s career three-point field goals made list with 95, her 239 attempts are No. 4 and her 39.7 career percentage (95-of-239) is No. 2. Season Highs Points 20 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, Rebounds 8 vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, and vs. Bethune- Cookman, Dec. 11, Field Goals 7 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, Field Goal Attempts 19 at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, 3-Point Field Goals 3 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, and vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 12 at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Free Throws 5 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Free Throw Attempts 6 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Assists 5 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Steals 1, 4 times, last at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Minutes 40 at Central Florida, Nov. 19, Points 22 at Southern Miss, Feb. 12, Rebounds 11 vs. Saint Louis, Feb. 27, 1998 Field Goals 8 at Southern Miss, Feb. 12, Field Goal Attempts 19 at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, 3-Point Field Goals 4, 5 times, last vs. Memphis, Feb. 21, 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 12 at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Free Throws 7 at Houston, Dec. 4, 1997 Free Throw Attempts 9 at Houston, Dec. 4, 1997 Assists 6 vs. Marquette, Jan. 23, Steals 4 vs. Notre Dame, Dec. 19, 1998 Blocks 1 at Florida Atlantic, Nov. 16, 1998, vs. Chattanooga, Dec. 4, 1998 and at Houston, Feb. 5, Minutes 45 at UAB, Feb. 22, 1998 n Made the first start of her career Saturday against Bethune- Cookman; did not score and had one rebound in eight minutes. n A three-point threat who is 5-of-15 from beyond the arc; the sophomore s career three-point numbers are 12-of-31 (38.7 percent). n Tied her career scoring high with 11 against Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28; followed that effort with eight points against Cal Poly SLO. n Played a career-high 16 minutes Wednesday at Jacksonville and tied her career rebounding-high with three. Season Highs Points 11 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Rebounds 3 at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Field Goals 4 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Field Goal Attempts 7 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, and at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, 3-Point Field Goals 2 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, and vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 6 at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Free Throws 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Free Throw Attempts 2 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Assists 1 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, and at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Steals 1 vs. Delaware, Dec. 4,, vs. Bethune- Cookman, Dec. 11, and at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Blocks 1 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, and vs. Bethune- Cookman, Dec. 11, Minutes 11 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Points 11 vs. Chattanooga, Dec. 4, 1998 and vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Rebounds 3 vs. Stetson, Nov. 21, 1998 and at Cincinnati, Jan. 8, Field Goals 4 vs. Chattanooga, Dec. 4, 1998 and vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Field Goal Attempts 7 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, and at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, 3-Point Field Goals 3 vs. Chattanooga, Dec. 4, 1998 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 6 at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Free Throws 3 vs. Marquette, Jan. 23, Free Throw Attempts 3 vs. Marquette, Jan. 23, Assists 1 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, and at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Steals 2 at Florida State, Dec. 14, 1998 Blocks 1 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, and vs. Bethune- Cookman, Dec. 11, Minutes 11 vs.chattanooga, Dec. 4, 1998 and vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3,
University of South Florida Basketball Game Notes... Page 6 5 Charmain Leslie Forward, 5-11, Senior, Exp.-1L Pensacola, Fla. Washington HS, Pensacola (Fla.) JC 23 Ivana Lukic Forward, 6-2, Junior, Exp.-2L Kragujevac, Yugoslavia Magnolia Heights (Miss.) HS n Returned to the starting lineup Wednesday at Jacksonville after missing three starts with a sprained ankle suffered in practice Dec. 1. n Averaging 5.5 ppg after scoring just a field goal at Jacksonville; was 0-for-6 against the Dolphins. n Was averaging 9.7 ppg after the first three games; scored a season-high 13 against Florida State and followed that with 10 against Florida Atlantic. Season Highs Points 13 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, Rebounds 3 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Field Goals 5 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, Field Goal Attempts 10 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, and vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, 3-Point Field Goals 1 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 1 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, and at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Free Throws 2, 4 times, last at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Free Throw Attempts 7 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Assists 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, and vs. Bethune- Cookman, Dec. 11, Steals 2 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Minutes 34 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, Points 24 vs. Houston, Nov. 25, 1998 Rebounds 9 vs. Memphis, Feb. 21, Field Goals 11 vs. Houston, Nov. 25, 1998 Field Goal Attempts 13 at Florida State, Dec. 14, 1998 3-Point Field Goals 1 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 1 vs. Southern Miss, Jan. 3,, vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, and at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Free Throws 10 vs. Tulane, Jan. 1, Free Throw Attempts 14 vs. Tulane, Jan. 1, Assists 6 vs. Tulane, Jan. 1, Steals 5 vs. Houston, Nov. 25, Blocks 1 at Florida Atlantic, Nov. 16, 1998 and at Houston, Feb. 5, Minutes 36 vs. Houston, Nov. 25, 1998 and vs. Baylor, Nov. 29, 1998 n Has played in six of the seven games. n Had four rebounds in three minutes against Bethune- Cookman Saturday. Season Highs Points 2 at Central Florida, Nov. 19, and vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Rebounds 4 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Field Goals 1 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Field Goal Attempts 2 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, and vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Free Throws 2 at Central Florida, Nov. 19, Free Throw Attempts 2 at Central Florida, Nov. 19, and vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Assists 0 Steals 0 Minutes 10 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Points 4 at Stetson, Nov. 23, 1997, vs. Denver, Nov. 25, 1997 and at Louisville, Jan. 10, Rebounds 7 vs. Stetson, Nov. 21, 1998 Field Goals 2 at Stetson, Nov. 23, 1997 Field Goal Attempts 3 at Stetson, Nov. 23, 1997 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 1 vs. Akron, Nov. 15, 1998 Free Throws 2 vs. Denver, Nov. 25, 1997 and at Central Florida, Nov. 19, Free Throw Attempts 2, 5 times, last vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Assists 2 vs. Houston, Nov. 25, 1998 Steals 2 vs. Stetson, Nov. 21, 1998 Minutes 22 vs. Denver, Nov. 25, 1997
University of South Florida Basketball Game Notes... Page 7 33 Aiya Shepard Guard, 5-7, Freshman, Exp.-HS Palestine, Texas Palestine HS 21 Dione Smith Guard, 5-5, Junior, Exp.-2L Tallahassee, Fla. Godby HS n Provided a spark off the bench at both ends of the court against Jacksonville Wednesday with 10 points and a careerhigh six steals. n Averaged 4.0 points after the first five games but has averaged 12.5 in the last two. n Normally runs the team at the point when starter Dione Smith is on the bench. n Has a nice shooting touch and is 19-of-39 (48.7 percent) from the field; almost shooting better from the field than from the free throw line (7-of-12, 58.3 percent). n Scored a career-high 15 points Saturday against Bethune-Cookman. Season/ Points 15 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Rebounds 1 at Central Florida, Nov. 19,, vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, and vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Field Goals 6 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Field Goal Attempts 12 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 2 at Central Florida, Nov. 19, Free Throws 3 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Free Throw Attempts 4 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, and vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Assists 3 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Steals 6 at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Minutes 26 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, n Displaying a scoring ability not seen previously; brought career scoring average of 3.6 ppg into the season but is contributing at a career-high 7.9 ppg clip currently. n Had scored in double figures just three times in her firsttwo seasons (and all three were as a freshman) but has been in double digits three times this season; her 11 at Central Florida in the season opener broke a string of 44 games in single digits. n Is just two assists from becoming the seventh player in USF history to record 200; has 198 and is averaging a career-high 3.57 this season. n Started the season No. 10 on the career assist list with 173 and has moved up to No. 7; needs 37 to surpass Ginger n Bennett (1985-87, 1989) at No. 6. Has 194 career steals and ranks No. 4 on that list; moved past Renee Bellamy (1991-94) with four at Jacksonville Wednes day. n Led the Bulls in scoring with 12 against Delaware, Dec. 4. n Her 4.43 steals per game lead C-USA and are a career-high. n Junior has started 54 of the 61 games she has played. Season Highs Points 12 vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Rebounds 5 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Field Goals 5 at Central Florida, Nov. 19, and at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Field Goal Attempts 9 at Central Florida, Nov. 19, Free Throws 6 vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Free Throw Attempts 11 vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Assists 7 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, Steals 7 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Minutes 37 at Central Florida, Nov. 19, Points 14 vs. UNLV, Dec. 20, 1997 and vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 30, 1997 Rebounds 11 vs. Louisville, Jan. 9, 1998 Field Goals 5 at Central Florida, Nov. 19, and at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Field Goal Attempts 9 at Central Florida, Nov. 19, 3-Point Field Goals 1 vs. UNLV, Dec. 20, 1997 and vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 30, 1997 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 2 vs. Murray State, Nov. 28, 1998 Free Throws 6 vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Free Throw Attempts 11 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 30, 1997 and vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Assists 9 vs. Louisville, Jan. 9, 1998, at Saint Louis, Feb. 1, 1998 and vs. Akron, Nov. 15, 1998 Steals 9 vs. Cleveland State, Dec. 18, 1997 and vs. UNC Charlotte, Jan. 30, 1998 Blocks 1 at Notre Dame, Dec. 13, 1997 and vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 30, 1997 Minutes 45 vs. Cleveland State, Dec. 18, 1997
University of South Florida Basketball Game Notes... Page 8 50 Lindsey Smith Forward, 6-0, Freshman, Exp.-HS Edmond, Okla. Memorial HS 10 Denetrice Stinson Center, 6-0, Sophomore, Exp.-1L Miami, Fla. Killian HS n Scored a career-high 14 points against Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, on 5-of-7 shooting from the field and 3-of-4 from the line; earned a start the next night against Delaware and had seven points. n Has at least five rebounds in four games including careerhigh six against Bethune-Cookman Saturday; fourth on the club in rebounding with 3.4 rpg. n Played season-low five minutes at Jacksonville Wednesday. Season/ Points 14 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Rebounds 21 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Field Goals 9 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Field Goal Attempts 13 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, 3-Point Field Goals 1 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 2 at Central Florida, Nov. 19,, vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, and vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, Free Throws 3 vs. vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3,, vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, and vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Free Throw Attempts 7 vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, and vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Assists 2 at Central Florida, Nov. 19, Steals 1 vs. Delaware, Dec. 4,, vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, and at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Minutes 25 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3, n Scored a career-high 17 points against Bethune-Cookman Saturday on 7-of-10 shooting from the field and 3-of-4 shooting from the free throw line. n One of three Bulls scoring in double figures with 10.9ppg; has scored in double figures in three of the seven games and has scored at least seven points in each game. n Led the Bulls in scoring twice at Central Florida, Nov. 19 and against Bethune-Cookman Saturday. n Paced the Bulls on the boards with six at Central Florida, Nov. 19. Season Highs Points 17 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Rebounds 9 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, Field Goals 7 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Field Goal Attempts 10 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, and vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Free Throws 5 at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Free Throw Attempts 8 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3,, vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, and at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Assists 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, and vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Steals 4 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Blocks 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, and vs. Bethune- Cookman, Dec. 11, Minutes 33 at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Points 17 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Rebounds 12 at UNC Charlotte, Feb. 1, Field Goals 7 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Field Goal Attempts 10 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, and vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Free Throws 5 vs. Saint Louis, Jan. 30, and at Jackson ville, Dec. 15, Free Throw Attempts 8, 4 times, last at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Assists 1, 7 times, last vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Steals 4 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Blocks 1, 4 times, last vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Minutes 36 at UNC Charlotte, Feb. 1,
University of South Florida Basketball Game Notes... Page 9 54 Ashley Teets Center, 6-2, Freshman, Exp.-HS Seymour, Tenn. Seymour HS 24 Abbi Wilson Forward, 6-3, Junior, Exp.-2L Roanoke, Ind. Huntington North High School n Became eligible last Saturday and played the final four min utes against Bethune-Cookman that day; played five minutes at Jacksonville Wednesday. n Had three points all from the free throw line and a rebound against Bethune-Cookman. Season/ Points 3 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Rebounds 1 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, and at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, Field Goals 0 Field Goal Attempts 1 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Free Throws 3 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Free Throw Attempts 3 vs. Bethune-Cookman, Dec. 11, Assists 0 Steals 0 Minutes 5 at Jacksonville, Dec. 15, n Played season-high five minutes against Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, and had a pair of assists and a rebound. n Has come off the bench in six of the seven games. Season Highs Points 0 Rebounds 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Field Goals 0 Field Goal Attempts 2 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Free Throws 0 Free Throw Attempts 0 Assists 2 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Steals 0 Minutes 5 vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Points 10 vs. Saint Louis, Feb. 27, 1998 and vs. Chattanooga, Dec. 4, 1998 Rebounds 4, 4 times, last vs. Notre Dame, Dec. 19, 1998 Field Goals 4 vs. Saint Louis, Feb. 27, 1998 Field Goal Attempts 8 vs. Chattanooga, Dec. 4, 1998 3-Point Field Goals 1 at Florida Atlantic, Nov. 16, 1998 and at Louisville, Jan. 10, 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 1 vs. Memphis, Feb. 28, 1998, at Florida Atlantic, Nov. 16, 1998 and at Louisville, Jan. 10, Free Throws 2 vs. Saint Louis, Feb. 27, 1998 and vs. Chattanooga, Dec. 4, 1998 Free Throw Attempts 2 vs. Saint Louis, Feb. 27, 1998 and vs. Chattanooga, Dec. 4, 1998 Assists 2 at DePaul, Jan. 25, 1998 Steals 1 vs. Denver, Nov. 25, 1997, vs. Minnesota, Dec. 16, 1998 and vs. Memphis, Feb. 28, 1998 Blocks 2 vs. Saint Louis, Feb. 27, 1998 Minutes 18 vs. Saint Louis, Feb. 27, 1998
University of South Florida Basketball Game Notes... Page 10 34 Sarah Wilson Forward, 6-0, Senior, Exp.-3L Noblesville, Ind. Noblesville HS n Made her first career start against Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 3; had two points and two rebounds in 10 minutes. n Has scored 24 points, just nine shy of eclipsing her threeyear career total of 32 points; scored just six points as a junior and has already scored a career-high six in two games (Florida State, Nov. 22, and Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28). n Averaging 11.3 minutes per game and has already played 29 more minutes than in her entire junior season. n Suffered a slight ankle sprain in practice Tuesday and did not play at Jacksonville Wednesday. Season Highs Points 6 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22 and vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Rebounds 4 vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, and vs. Bethune- Cookman, Dec. 11, Field Goals 2 at Central Florida, Nov. 19,, vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, and vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Field Goal Attempts 3 four times, last vs. Bethune- Cookman, Dec. 11, Free Throws 2 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22,, vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, and vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Free Throw Attempts 4 vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Assists 0 Steals 1 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, and vs. Bethune- Cookman, Dec. 11, Minutes 17 vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Points 6 vs. Florida State, Nov. 22 and vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Rebounds 6 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 30, 1997 Field Goals 2 at Central Florida, Nov. 19,, vs. Florida State, Nov. 22, and vs. Florida Atlantic, Nov. 28, Field Goal Attempts 4 vs. Saint Louis, Feb. 2, 1997 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 1, 4 times, last vs. Memphis, Feb. 28, 1998 Free Throws 2, 4 times, last vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Free Throw Attempts 4 vs. Cal Poly SLO, Dec. 30, 1997 and vs. Delaware, Dec. 4, Assists 4 at Stetson, Nov. 23, 1997 Steals 2 at Saint Louis, Feb. 1, 1998 Minutes 17 vs. Delaware, Dec. 4,