2016-17 Northwestern State Women's Basketball Media Guide by Northwestern State Sports Information

Table of CONTENTS 11.11 11.19 11.21 11.25 12.4 12.11

LETOURNEAU 12:30 LSU-ALEXANDRIA 11 a.m. CENTRAL BAPTIST COLLEGE 6:30 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 6:30 UL MONROE 1:00 JACKSON STATE 2:00

1 Know Your Ws 2 Table of Contents 3 Quick Facts 4 Roster 5 Roster Breakdown 6 Preview MEET THE TEAM 8 #12 Shahd Abboud 10 #30 Beatrice Attura 12 #32 Cheyenne Brown 14 #22 Libba Gilliam 16 #23 Gabby Jackson 18 #5 Sami Thomas 20 #44 Tia Youngblood 22 #1 Gabby Bell 23 #15 Jasmyn Johnson 24 #13 Victoria Miller 25 #2 Nia Randall 26 #21 Jocelyn Scott 27 Players by classification MEET THE COACHES AND STAFF 28 Head Coach Jordan Dupuy 30 Associate Head Coach Deneen Parker 31 Assistant Coach Erin Crane 32 Assistant Coach Olivia Grayson 32 Athletic Trainer Jerica Coleman 33 Radio/TV Roster THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE 34 Southland Conference 35 Opponents 2015-16 IN REVIEW 41 2015-16 in Review 43 2015-16 Stats 45 2015-16 Boxes 53 2015-16 Superlatives PROGRAM HISTORY 54 History of the Program 56 All-Time Letterwinners 57 Letterwinner Jersey 58 All-Time Series 59 Year-By-Year Results 66 NSU in the Postseason 67 All-Time Coaches Records 78 Records 70 Year-By-Year Leaders

2016-17 HOME SCHEDULE 12.20 12.31 1.12 1.14 2.4 2.9

LOUISIANA COLLEGE *MCNEESE (DH) *NICHOLLS (DH) *SAM HOUSTON STATE (DH) *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (DH) *HOUSTON BAPITST (DH)

Point/Rebound Clubs Prather Coliseum NORTHWESTERN STATE 74 Athletic Success 76 Dr. Jim Henderson, President 77 Jerry Pierce, Vice President 78 Greg Burke, Director of Athletics 79 Athletic Administration 81 Sports Information 82 Northwestern State 83 City of Natchitoches 84 Academics 85 Campus Life 86 CHAMPS/Life Skills 88 Social Media

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DEMON SPORTS NETWORK

Natchitoches radio station KZBL-FM 100.7, owned by Baldridge-Dumas Communications, is the flagship station for all Lady Demon broadcasts. The Demon Sports Network also consists of KSYR 92.1 FM (Shreveport) and KWLA-FM 103.1 (Many/ Leesville). You can also hear games via the internet at www.nsudemons.com/ watch. Tony Taglavore is in his ninth year as the “Voice of the Lady Demons.” Taglavore is also the sideline reporter for Northwestern State football broadcasts, and calls the play-byplay of select baseball and softball games. He also owns Sweet Lou Media, an advertising agency/video production company based in Shreveport.

DATE 11.11 11.19 11.21 11.23 11.25 11.30 12.4 12.11 12.18 12.20 12.28 12.31 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.12 1.14 1.21 1.25 1.28 2.4 2.9 2.11 2.16 2.18 2.23 2.25 3.2 3.4 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12

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*SOUTHEASTERN LA. (DH) *ABILENE CHRISTIAN *NEW ORLEANS (DH) *CENTRAL ARKANSAS (DH)

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2016-17 SCHEDULE

OPPONENT TIME LeTourneau University 12:30 p.m. LSU-Alexandria 11 a.m. Central Baptist 6:30 p.m. at Texas 7 p.m. Mississippi Valley State 6:30 p.m. at Memphis 5:30 p.m. UL Monroe 1 p.m. Jackson State 2 p.m. at Arkansas 2 p.m. Louisiana College 6:30 p.m. at Mississippi State 7 p.m. *McNeese (DH) 1 p.m. *at Central Arkansas 6 p.m. *at Incarnate Word (DH) 5:30 p.m. *at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (DH) 4:30 p.m. *Nicholls (DH) 5:30 p.m. *Sam Houston State (DH) 1 p.m. *at McNeese (DH) 1 p.m. *at Southeastern Louisiana (DH) 5:30 p.m. *at Lamar (DH) 2 p.m. *Stephen F. Austin (DH) 1 p.m. *Houston Baptist (DH) 5:30 p.m. *at Abilene Christian (DH) 2 p.m. *Southeastern Louisiana (DH) 5:15 p.m. *Abilene Christian 1 p.m. *at Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. *New Orleans (DH) 1 p.m. *at Stephen F. Austin (DH) 5:30 p.m. *Central Arkansas (DH) 1 p.m. Southland Conference Tournament TBA Southland Conference Tournament TBA Southland Conference Tournament TBA Southland Conference Tournament Finals Noon

CREDITS

The 2016-17 Northwestern State women’s basketball media guide is a production of the Northwestern State University Sports Information Department. It was edited and designed by Assistant Sports Information Director Jason Pugh with editorial assistance provided by Sports Information Director Doug Ireland, NSU Assistant Director of Communication Matt Vines, sports information graduate assistants Drew Bartlett and Lloyd Courtney and administrative assistant Ronnette Pellegrin. Photographs provided by Gary Hardamon of Northwestern State Photographic Services.

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION

BEATRICE ATTURA

Location Natchitoches, La. School Founded 1884 Enrollment 9,819 Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Southland Nickname Lady Demons Mascot Victory “Vic” The Demon Colors Purple (492f92), White and Orange (f78426) trim President Dr. Jim Henderson Vice President Jerry Pierce Director of Athletics Greg Burke Faculty Representative Jody Biscoe Senior Woman Administrator Dr. Haley Blount Taitano

ARENA INFORMATION

Stadium Name Prather Coliseum Capacity 3,400 Record 389-119 Year Opened 1964 Press Row Phone 318-357-4544

COACHING STAFF/ SUPPORT STAFF SHAHD ABBOUD

Head Coach Alma Mater Record at NSU Overall Record Associate Head Coach Alma Mater Assistant Coach Alma Mater Assistant Coach Alma Mater

Jordan Dupuy Southern Miss, 2002 0-0 0-0 Deneen Parker Stephen F. Austin, 1994 Erin Crane Dubuque, 2012 Olivia Grayson Tulane, 2013

2015-16 REVIEW 19-12 13-5 (3rd) 14-1 5-9 0-2

CHEYENNE BROWN

LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (7) YR. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. So. So.

LETTERWINNERS LOST (6)

POS. NAME G Janelle Perez G Keisha Lee F Meghan Cross G Jackie Perez F Ndey Sonko F Emerald Mayfield

Kelsey Martin Jerica Coleman Dustin Chadwick

PROGRAM HISTORY

2015-16 Overall Record Conference Record (Finish) Home Record Road Record Neutral Site Record

POS. NAME G Beatrice Attura G Shahd Abboud G Sami Thomas F Tia Youngblood P Cheyenne Brown F Libba Gilliam P Gabby Jackson

Administrative Assistant Athletic Trainer Strength Coach

YR. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. So. Fr.

First Year of Women’s Basketball at NSU 1974-75 First Year in the Southland Conference 1987-88 All-Time Record 754-489 Conference Titles 6 (1985, 1986,1987, 1995, 1999, 2004) Conference Tournament Titles 3 (2004, 2014, 2015) NCAA Postseason Appearances 4 (1989, 2004, 2014, 2015) WNIT Appearances 4 (1986, 1993, 1995, 1999) WBI Appearances 1 (2016)

PERCENTAGE RETURNING

GP-GS 98-30 31-28 53-1 65-51 28-20 20-0 24-0

PPG 8.4 7.1 2.0 3.9 8.2 0.6 1.0

CATEGORY Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Personal Fouls Field Goals Made 3-Pointers Made

RETURNING/TOTAL PCT. 1,113/1,965 57% 608/1,069 57% 207/412 50% 114/207 55% 39/55 71% 313/466 67% 389/694 56% 99/212 47%

GP-GS 129-129 118-95 33-1 34-0 44-6 24-6

PPG 12.8 11.4 1.1 0.4 1.3 Denotes Starters in 2015-16 5.1 Starters Returning (4)/Starters Lost (1) Career statistics shown

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2016-17 ROSTERS

NUMERICAL NO. NAME 1 Gabby Bell 2 Nia Randall 5 Sami Thomas 12 Shahd Abboud 13 Victoria Miller 15 Jasmyn Johnson 21 Jocelyn Scott 22 Libba Gilliam 23 Gabby Jackson 30 Beatrice Attura 32 Cheyenne Brown 44 Tia Youngblood

POS. G G G G F/C F F F P G P F

HT. 5-4 5-7 5-5 5-11 6-0 5-8 5-11 6-1 6-1 5-7 6-2 5-10

CLASS-EXP. Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Jr.-2L Sr.-1L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Fr.-HS So.-1L So.-1L Sr.-3L So.-1L Jr.-2L

Head Coach: Jordan Dupuy (Southern Miss, 2002), First Season Associate Head Coach: Deneen Parker (Stephen F. Austin, 1994), First Season Assistant Coach: Erin Crane (Dubuque, 2012), First Season Assistant Coach: Olivia Grayson (Tulane, 2013), First Season Athletic Trainer: Jerica Coleman

ALPHABETICAL NO. NAME 12 Shahd Abboud 30 Beatrice Attura 1 Gabby Bell 32 Cheyenne Brown 22 Libba Gilliam 23 Gabby Jackson 15 Jasmyn Johnson 13 Victoria Miller 2 Nia Randall 21 Jocelyn Scott 5 Sami Thomas 44 Tia Youngblood

POS. G G G P F P F F/C G F G F

HT. 5-11 5-7 5-4 6-2 6-1 6-1 5-8 6-0 5-7 5-11 5-5 5-10

CLASS-EXP. Sr.-1L Sr.-3L Fr.-HS So.-1L So.-1L So.-1L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Jr.-2L Jr.-2L

HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Arlington, Texas/Martin HS Garland, Texas/Garland HS Leesville, La./Pickering HS Nazareth, Israel/Jacksonville College Carrollton, Texas/Hebron HS West Monroe, La./West Monroe HS McKinney, Texas/McKinney North HS Huntsville, Ala./Madison Academy Benton, La./Benton HS Frisco, Texas/Frisco Liberty HS Ben Wheeler, Texas/Martin’s Mill HS DeRidder, La./DeRidder HS

LIBBA GILLIAM

HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Nazareth, Israel/Jacksonville College Frisco, Texas/Frisco Liberty HS Arlington, Texas/Martin HS Ben Wheeler, Texas/Martin’s Mill HS Huntsville, Ala./Madison Academy Benton, La./Benton HS West Monroe, La./West Monroe HS SAMI THOMAS Carrollton, Texas/Hebron HS Garland, Texas/Garland HS McKinney, Texas/McKinney North HS Leesville, La./Pickering HS TIA YOUNGBLOOD DeRidder, La./DeRidder HS

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Roster Breakdown

ISRAEL UNITED STATES STATE/COUNTRY

Alabama (1) Libba GIlliam

Louisiana (4) Gabby Jackson Jasmyn Johnson Sami Thomas Tia Youngblood Texas (6) Beatrice Attura Gabby Bell Cheyenne Brown Victoria Miller Nia Randall Jocelyn Scott Israel (1) Shahd Abboud

POSITION

Huntsville Benton West Monroe Leesville DeRidder Frisco Arlington Ben Wheeler Carrollton Garland McKinney Nazareth

CLASS

Guards (5) Shahd Abboud Beatrice Attura Gabby Bell Nia Randall Sami Thomas

Senior Senior Freshman Freshman Junior

Forwards (5) Libba Gilliam Jasmyn Johnson Jocelyn Scott Tia Youngblood

Sophomore Freshman Freshman Junior

Forward/Center (1) Victoria Miller Posts (2) Cheyenne Brown Gabby Jackson

Freshman Sophomore Sophomore

Senior (2) Shahd Abboud Beatrice Attura

Forward Guard

Junior (2) Sami Thomas Tia Youngblood

Guard Forward

Sophomore (3) Cheyenne Brown Libba Gilliam Gabby Jackson

Post Forward Post

Freshman (5) Gabby Bell Jasmyn Johnson Victoria Miller Nia Randall Jocelyn Scott

Guard Forward Forward/Center Guard Forward

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

2016-17 PREVIEW Jordan Dupuy may be in his first season as a head college basketball coach, but the new Northwestern State women’s basketball leader is well versed in how a season’s timetable works. “November 11 will be here before we know it,” Dupuy said. “The good thing is I have 30 practices with the team leading up to it. What we already have done in what I consider to be about four full practices, I can’t imagine how good we can be by the end of this first month, and I’m looking forward to it.” As Dupuy prepares for his first season with the Lady Demons, he has a pair of seniors he can rely on to impart his message to his first NSU squad. Beatrice Attura, the 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player as a sophomore, took advantage of a step up in the offensive pecking order during her junior season, averaging a career-best 13.7 points per game. Attura, a preseason second-team All-Southland Conference selection, enters the season needing 173 points to become the 27th Lady Demon to reach 1,000 career points, joining former teammates Janelle Perez and Keisha Lee. In addition to her offensive potential, Attura has impressed Dupuy in other ways. “She’s been that leader,” said Dupuy, who was hired in May after nearly a decade at his alma mater, Southern Miss. “She’s done a great job of getting them to the floor for extra work, free play, things like that. She’s done so well

Sophomore post Cheyenne Brown enjoyed a strong freshman season in 2015-16.

from communication to understanding the new scheme to just making sure things off the court are done the right way. ”I told them in our early team meeting, the more this team is teamled, the further we’re going to go. She’s taking care of a lot of things on and off the floor.” Attura’s fellow senior, Shahd Abboud, enjoyed a solid first season after transferring from Jacksonville (Texas) College. Abboud ranked third on the team in 3-pointers with 36 and fifth in scoring (7.2 points per game). With Dupuy’s plans to employ a more uptempo approach, he said to expect more offense from both Attura and Abboud. “She has the ability to create offense,” Dupuy said. “Once she grasps the offensive system, it will be a lot like Bea. She’ll have a lot of opportunities to score on the perimeter, in the mid-range and to get all the way to the rim. She’ll be able to do that in the open floor and in our half-court concepts.” Replacing Janelle Perez, a two-time first-team AllSouthland Conference and All-Louisiana selection and 1,649-point career scorer, at the point guard position is one of the key challenges for Dupuy and his staff, which includes associate head coach Deneen Parker and assistants Erin Crane and Olivia Grayson. Junior Sami Thomas, who spent the past two seasons in the backcourt rotation, seems poised to take a larger on- and off-court role with the new-look Lady Demons. “Sami has never given herself enough credit for her skill set, what she knows and her ability on the floor,” Dupuy said. “It had nothing to do with us improving her or the scheme. She just had to have to some confidence and believe in herself again. She’s one who can lead this team, especially once she gets the system down. It will take a lot, but slowly she’s getting that conifdence back and not worrying about if she makes a mistake, she’s coming off the floor. She’s ready and willing, and we’re going to need her.” Up front, Dupuy inherits a group highlighted by two-year starter Tia Youngblood and Cheyenne Brown, who led NSU

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IN THE FRONTCOURT

RETURNERS

44 Tia Youngblood 32 Cheyenne Brown 22 Libba Gilliam 23 Gabby Jackson

NEWCOMERS

CLASS NOTES Jr.-1L increased shooting touch, remained tenacious rebounder as a sophomore So.-1L showcased various offensive skills while leading team in rebounding So.-1L shook off early-season injury to gain valuable minutes later in season So.-1L emerged as key frontcourt rotation piece late in freshman year

CLASS NOTES 13 Victoria Miller Fr.-HS hard-working player who has been solid in presseason workouts 15 Jasmyn Johnson Fr.-HS strong low-post presence who can step outside and knock down the 3. 21 Jocelyn Scott Fr.-HS brings good size for a wing player

IN THE BACKCOURT

RETURNERS

CLASS NOTES Sr.-3L most experienced Lady Demon knocking on door of 1,000 career points Sr.-1L flashed long-range shooting prowess, solid playmaking ability Jr.-2L aiming for consistency but has the ability to pile up quick points

NEWCOMERS

CLASS NOTES Fr.-HS will push Sami Thomas for playing time at the point. Fr.-HS high-energy, versatile player who can play multiple positions

30 Beatrice Attura 12 Shahd Abboud 5 Sami Thomas

1 Gabby Bell 2 Nia Randall

in rebounding as a freshman. While Dupuy and his staff are new to Northwestern State, the sched Gabby Jackson worked her way into the front-court rotation late in ule they face is a familiar one to the Lady Demons. 2015-16 and Libba Gilliam showed promise after working her way back NSU will play 16 home games in 2016-17, marking the second from an early-season injury. straight season the Lady Demons play the majority of their games in “They’re all going to have to contribute for us,” Dupuy said. “With Prather Coliseum. how we’re going to play, we have to have a 10-man rotation. Having six In addition to the 18-game Southland Conference schedule, Northguards and six posts is a good balance. Combination-wise, we haven’t western State travels to power-conference foes Texas, Arkansas and figured out the best combinations, but it’s still early. Mississippi State along with a non-conference visit to Memphis. “Those girls have done a good job improving their skill The Lady Demons also revive an in-state rivalry, hosting UL sets. In our scheme, they’re going to have to play on the Monroe on Dec. 4, marking the first meeting between the former perimeter. We’re going to be running our posts off flares, conference rivals since 2011. possibly off staggers. In order to do that and diversity our “I’m very exited about the non-conference schedule we have scheme, they have to diversify their skill set, and they’ve put together,” Dupuy said. “It provides a good balance done that.” and also gives us a chance to find out what we Along with seven returners, Dupuy will fold in are truly made of. Playing at the likes five newcomers to the Lady Demons program, of Texas, Memphis, Arkansas including guards Gabby Bell and Nia Randall, and Mississippi State prewho signed with NSU in the summer. pares you for the tough Joining that pair as first-year challenges of playing Lady Demons are Jasmyn on the road in conferJohnson, Jocelyn Scott ence.” and Victoria Miller. “Gabby’s done a great job of running her team and understanding our concepts,” Dupuy said. “She’ll push Sami every single day. Nia brings that energy, and Junior guard Sami Thomas she’s done a great job of playing mulshould see her playing time tiple positions. We’re looking at Jocelyn expand in her third season at more on the wing for us. She’s got good Northwestern State. size for a wing. “Jasmyn runs the floor extremely well, can shoot the 3 and is very physical down low. Victoria’s solid in all she does. She’s learning. We put a lot of information on her early, but she’s been a workhorse on the court, a workhorse in the weight room and a workhorse in the classroom. You can’t ask for much more than that.” 2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

shahd ABBOUD

ABBOUD’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O STL. BLK. PTS. AVG. 15-16 31-28 708 22.8 78-218 .358 36-117 .308 28-38 .737 20 85 105 3.4 58 50 1.6 58 27 4 220 7.1 Tot. 31-28 708 22.8 78-218 .358 36-117 .308 28-38 .737 20 85 105 3.4 58 50 1.6 58 27 4 220 7.1

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HONORS AND AWARDS • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL

12 Shahd Abboud 5-11 • Guard • Senior-1L Nazareth, Israel (Jacksonville College)

CAREER HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

26, vs. Central Baptist (11/23/15) 10, vs. Long Beach State (11/28/15) 8, vs. Central Baptist (11/23/15) 16, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/25/16) 5, vs. Central Baptist (11/23/15) 5, 2x, last at Baylor (12/4/15) 5, vs. Central Baptist (11/23/15) 10, 2x, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (3/3/16) 1, 4x, last at Southeastern La. (2/25/16) 7, vs. Central Baptist (11/23/15) 3, 2x, last at Baylor (12/4/15) 36, vs. Sam Houston State (3/12/16)

MISCELLANEOUS 10+ Points: 6 2+ 3-Pointers: 8 3+ Assists: 8 2+ Steals: 8 Led NSU in Points: 4 Led NSU in Rebounds: 7 Led NSU in Assists: 4

2015-16 Season: • Appeared in all 31 games, starting 28 in her first season at the Division I level. • finished third on the team in 3-pointers made (36) and attempted (117). • buried four 3-pointers and led the way with 18 points as NSU tied a school record with 14 3s in a win at Southeastern Louisiana. • hit her first four shots and scored NSU’s first nine points en route to a 19-point performance in a win against McNeese. • grabbed nine rebounds, her most in a conference game, in a victory against Southeastern Louisiana. • knocked down 3 of 5 3-pointers, scoring 13 points, and handed out a team-best four assists in a win against Sam Houston State. • dropped in an efficient 12 points on 5-for-6 shooting in a win against Xavier (La.). • led NSU with 10 points, four rebounds and three steals in a loss at No. 4 Baylor. • notched NSU’s first double-figure rebounding game of the season, grabbing 10 boards in a loss to Long Beach State. • connected on five 3-pointers, including all four of her second-half tries, and poured in a career-high 26 points in an win against Central Baptist. Also handed out a career-high seven assists and recorded her first career block against the Mustangs. • enjoyed a solid debut, filling the stat sheet with six points, nine rebounds, four assists and three steals in a win against LeTourneau. Prior to NSU: • Played two seasons at Jacksonville College in Jacksonville, Texas. • averaged 7.7 points per game while starting all 29 games as a sophomore. • shot 37 percent from 3-point range and hit 85 percent of her free throws. • NJCAA Academic All-American. • named to the NJCAA Region 14 All-Academic Team. • member of the Israeli U20 national team. Personal: • Born April 4, 1995. • daughter of Muna and Hany Abboud, both of whom are teachers and basketball coaches. • one brother, Monem. • majoring in pre-med/biology. • plans to play overseas and attend physical therapy school after graduation. • life’s ambition is to “be happy and successful in everything I do.”

TOP SCORING GAMES 1. 26, vs. Central Baptist (11/23/15) 2. 19, vs. McNeese (2/13/16) 3. 18, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/25/16) 4. 13, vs. Sam Houston State (1/4/16) 5. 12, vs. Xavier (La.) (12/29/15)

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beatrice ATTURA

ATTURA’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O 15-16 31-29 1028 33.2 137-353 .388 53-145 .366 98-116 .845 7 14-15 33-1 663 20.1 93-251 .371 23-104 .221 64-82 .780 5 13-14 34-0 473 13.9 46-145 .317 19-66 .288 18-28 .643 4 Tot. 98-30 2164 17.0 276-749 .369 95-315 .302 180-226 .796 16

D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O STL. BLK. 84 91 2.9 58 87 2.8 72 42 5 71 76 2.3 29 41 1.2 40 30 3 37 41 1.2 25 31 0.9 29 10 1 192 208 2.1 112 159 1.6 141 82 9

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PTS. AVG. 425 13.7 273 8.3 129 3.8 827 8.4

30 Beatrice Attura 5-6 • Guard • Senior-3L McKinney, Texas (Frisco Liberty HS)

CAREER HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

27, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 6, 2x, last vs. Grambling (12/12/15) 10, vs. Lamar (3/14/15) 17, vs. Lamar (3/14/15) 11, at New Orleans (2/21/15) 12, at New Orleans (2/21/15) 4, 6x, last vs. Sam Houston State (3/12/16) 10, at McNeese (1/23/16) 1, 9x, last at Southeastern La. (2/25/16) 6, 2x, last vs. Southeastern La. (1/30/16) 4, 2x, last vs. Central Baptist (11/23/15) 41, at McNeese (1/23/16)

MISCELLANEOUS 10+ Points: 39 2+ 3-Pointers: 27 3+ Assists: 24 2+ Steals: 21 Led NSU in Points: 14 Led NSU in Rebounds: 1 Led NSU in Assists: 12

TOP SCORING GAMES 1. 27, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 2. 26, vs. Lamar (3/14/15) 3. 21, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1/30/16) 21, vs. Long Beach State (11/28/15) 21, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (2/26/15) 21, at New Orleans (2/21/15)

HONORS AND AWARDS • 2016-17 PRESEASON SECOND-TEAM ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE • LOUISIANA SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION’S WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CO-PLAYER OF THE MONTH, NOVEMBER 2015 • 2015-16 HONORABLE MENTION ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE • 2015 NSU SOPHOMORE ACADEMIC AWARD WINNER, 4.0 GPA • 2015 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM • 2015 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AND ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM SELECTION • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • 2015 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • 2014 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL Entering 2016-17 Season: freshmen who did. • struck for double-figures in the NCAA Tournament • Needs 173 points to reach 1,000 for her career. loss to Tennessee. dropping in 11 points. • turned in her best play at power-conference schools 2015-16 Season: with 13 points at Baylor and eight points at Texas. • Appeared in 31 games, starting 29. • came up with seven points versus SEC opponent • tied for the team lead with 26 double-figure scorArkansas. ing games and topped 20 points three times. • was big in the in the SLC Tournament semifinal • ranked fourth in the Southland Conference and 37th nationally in free-throw shoting (84.5 percent). against Lamar with nine points and two assists. • closed the season on a run of eight straight double- • season-high three assists versus Texas-San Antonio. • was crucial off of the bench versus Jackson State figure scoring games. with six points, two assists, and a steal.  • did not miss a free throw in a three-game stretch • season-high two steals, along with seven points, from Nov. 21-27 and connected on 22 straight against Arkansas-Monticello. freebies. • in a four-game stretch from Jan. 30-Feb. 13, posted • spark versus Stephen F. Austin (Jan. 16) quickly scoring four of her six points to start a run.  20 assists against just three turnovers. • hit double figures for the second time at home • set and tied a career high with six assists twice in a against Incarnate Word (10). three-game stretch from Jan. 23-30. • eight points two times: at Texas and at Texas A&M• averaged 11.5 points per game against Big 12 foes Corpus Christi.  Texas and Baylor. • knocked down all 10 free throws en route to a caHigh School: reer-best 27 points in a win against LSU-Alexandria. • Named District 9-4A offensive most valuable player. • opened the season with seven straight double• voted to the Texas Girls Coaches Association Allfigure scoring games. State team and played in the TGCA all-star game as a senior. 2014-15 Season: • two-time all-district first team, senior and junior • Appeared in 33 games, starting one (at Stephen F. seasons. Austin, March 5). • Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-Region• scored in double figures in 10 games, including al team both junior and senior year. seven of eight from Feb. 21-March 15. • District 9-4A honorable mention as a sophomore. • capped her run to the Southland Conference Tour• advanced to the playoffs every season she was on nament MVP award by pouring in a team-leading 19 the varsity squad. points against Houston Baptist in the tournament • made it to the regional finals senior season with a championship game. 36-5 record. • enjoyed a career-best game, scoring 26 points and • lettered three years in basketball and track for one set a career high with four 3-pointers, in an overtime season. victory against Lamar in the SLC Tournament • coached by Mari Harrison. semifinals. • graduated with a 3.5 grade point average.    • had her second straight 21-point outing while Personal: grabbing a career-high 6 rebounds against South• Born Nov. 5, 1994. eastern Louisiana. • daughter of Monica Attura, who is an interior • returned to the lineup after missing the Nicholls game because of injury and poured in a game-high designer, and Alessandro Attura, an engineer. 21 points to spark a 75-63 win at New Orleans. • one brother, Sandro. • scored all 12 of her points in the second half at No. • business administration major who has been a 3 Texas. President’s List member five straight semesters. • hopes to play basketball overseas. 2013-14 Season: • nickname is “Bea.” • Made an appearance in every contest, one of two

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cheyenne BROWN

BROWN’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O STL. BLK. PTS. AVG. 15-16 28-20 673 24.0 86-165 .521 0-1 .00 58-73 .795 68 95 163 5.8 61 17 0.6 33 11 16 230 8.2 Tot. 28-20 673 24.0 86-165 .521 0-1 .000 58-73 .795 68 95 163 5.8 61 17 0.6 33 11 16 230 8.2

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32 Cheyenne Brown 6-2 • Post • Sophomore-1L Ben Wheeler, Texas (Martin’s Mill HS)

CAREER HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

19, vs. Grambling (12/12/15) 12, at McNeese (1/23/16) 7, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1/30/16) 14, at Central Arkansas (2/10/16) 9, vs. Grambling (12/12/15) 11, vs. Grambling (12/12/15) -1, at Central Arkansas (2/10/16) 4, vs. Xavier (La.) (12/29/15) 3, vs. Central Arkansas (1/27/16) 2, at UL Lafayette (3/16/16) 34, at Central Arkansas (2/10/16)

MISCELLANEOUS 10+ Points: 10 2+ 3-Pointers: -3+ Assists: 1 2+ Steals: 1 Led NSU in Points: 1 Led NSU in Rebounds: 13 Led NSU in Assists: 1

TOP SCORING GAMES 1. 19, vs. Grambling (12/12/15) 2. 16, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1/30/16) 3. 13, vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 13, vs. Xavier (La.) (12/29/15) 13, vs. LeTourneau (11/13/15)

HONORS AND AWARDS • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL 2015-16 Season: • Appeared in 28 games, starting 20 as a freshman. • led the Lady Demons in rebounding (5.8 per game), shooting percentage (.821), blocks (16) and ranked third in free-throw shooting (.795). • also paced NSU’s freshman class in total points (230) and scoring average (8.2). • tallied 13 points in NSU’s Women’s Basketball Invitational loss at UL Lafayette, her 10th double-figure scoring effort of the season. • dropped in 12 points and grabbed a game-high 8 rebounds in a win at Central Arkansas. • posted the first double-double of her career, scoring 10 points and grabbing 12 rebounds at McNeese State on Jan. 23. Forced overtime in the game by hitting a putback with 5.6 seconds to play. • scored nine of her 11 points in the second half, helping NSU rally for a victory at Incarnate Word. • collected the first double-figure rebounding game of her career, snagging 10 boards in a win against Sam Houston State. • in her first start, snapped an 8-0 Houston Baptist fourth-quarter run with a jumper and finished with eight points and five rebounds while playing a then-career-high 31 minutes in a win against the Huskies. • established a career high with 19 points and tied a career high with 8 rebounds in a 71-62 win against Grambling (Dec. 12). • hit 6 of 8 shots to tally 13 points and blocked two shots in her collegiate debut, a win against LeTourneau.  High School: • Lettered four seasons in basketball for coaches Doug Barncastle and Laura Jenkins. • helped lead Martin’s Mill to the 2012-13 Class A state championship as a sophomore and the 2014-15 Class 2A state title as a senior. • helped Martin’s Mill post a 134-20 record in her four years. • named Class 2A state Most Valuable Player as a senior. • two-time UIL State All-Tournament Team selection. • Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Class 2A Player of the Year as a senior. • four-time TABC All-Region selection, two-time all-district Offensive MVP, two-time overall district MVP. • named All-East Texas Player of the Year in her junior and senior season by the Tyler Morning Telegraph/ETFinalScore.com -- the first player to receive the award in back-to-back seasons. • averaged a double-double in three of her four seasons. • played in the TABC All-Star Game and the Azalea All-Star Game, where she was named MVP. • three-year team captain. • finished her career having scored 2,954 points. • three-time regional qualifier in the shot put and once in the discus. • member of National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Future Farmers of America and the Texas Association of Future Educators. • graduated cum laude with a 4.5558 GPA and was a TABC Academic All-State selection. • earned several UIL academic awards. Personal: • Born April 30, 1997. • daughter of Rebecca Williams. • double majoring in secondary education and mathematcis with a minor in accounting. • member of NSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council. • life’s ambition is to “live life through Christ and touch people’s lives and hearts every day.”

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

libba GILLIAM

GILLIAM’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O STL. BLK. PTS. AVG. 15-16 20-0 121 6.1 2-17 .118 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000 8 7 15 0.8 18 1 0.1 7 4 2 11 0.6 Tot. 20-0 121 6.1 2-17 .118 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000 8 7 15 0.8 18 1 0.1 7 4 2 11 0.6

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22 LIbba Gilliam 6-1 • Forward • Sophomore-1L Huntsville, Ala. (Madison Academy)

CAREER HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

5, vs. McNeese (2/13/16) 5, vs. Nicholls (2/17/16) 1, 2x, last vs. Nicholls (2/17/16) 3, vs. Nicholls (2/17/16) 3, vs. McNeese (2/13/16) 3, vs. McNeese (2/13/16) -1, at New Orleans (3/5/16) 1, 2x, last vs. Sam Houston State (1/4/16) 1, vs. Sam Houston State (1/4/16) 1, 4x, last at New Orleans (3/5/16) 13, 2x, last vs. Jackson State (12/19/15)

MISCELLANEOUS 10+ Points: -2+ 3-Pointers: -3+ Assists: -2+ Steals: -Led NSU in Points: -Led NSU in Rebounds: -Led NSU in Assists: --

HONORS AND AWARDS • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL 2015-16 Season: • Appeared in 20 games off the bench after missing the start of the season because of an injury. • snagged a season-best five rebounds in seven minutes in a win against Nicholls on Feb. 17. • connected on the first field goal of her career and hit all three of her free throws, finishing with five points in a victory against McNeese. • scored the first two points of her career, hitting two free throws in a victory against Xavier (La.). • made her collegiate debut at No. 4 Baylor (Dec. 4), playing 13 minutes and taking one shot. High School: • Lettered four years in basketball for coach Brian Privett. • all-state honoree as a senior after averaging 16.1 points and 11.1 rebounds per game while hitting 83 percent of her free throws. • four-time all-area and three-time all-region selection. • named to the All-Tennessee Valley Team and DOC All-Tournament Team as a senior. • helped lead Madison Academy to four regional and area titles. • team never finished ranked lower than third in Alabama during her career. • led team in blocks as a freshman and shot better than 80 percent from the free-throw line in all four seasons. • scored more than 1,100 points in her career. • played five seasons for the Alabama Southern Starz AAU team, which won the 2013 AAU national championship. • member of the Alabama All-Star team. • also lettered in cross country, softball and volleyball. • honor graduate (3.87 GPA) who earned an advanced diploma and was a member of the President’s List. • member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Personal: • Born Dec. 2, 1996. • daughter of Lynda and Fred Gilliam. • Lynda played basketball and coached at Furman University and coached an Athletes in Action team in Central America. Fred was a McDonald’s All-American basketball player who played at Clemson before being drafted by the Utah Jazz in 1983. • two brothers, Bo and Daniel. • psychology major whose post-graduate plans include attending medical school.

TOP SCORING GAMES 1. 5, vs. McNeese (2/13/16) 2. 2, vs. Nicholls (2/17/16) 2, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1/30/16) 2, vs. Xavier (La.) (12/29/15)

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gabby JACKSON

JACKSON’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O STL. BLK. PTS. AVG. 15-16 24-0 194 8.1 5-25 .200 0-0 .000 14-15 .933 24 21 45 1.9 18 2 0.1 13 3 1 24 1.0 Tot. 24-0 194 8.1 5-25 .200 0-0 .000 14-15 .933 24 21 45 1.9 18 2 0.1 13 3 1 24 1.0

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23 Gabby Jackson 6-1 • Post • Sophomore-1L Benton, La. (Benton HS)

CAREER HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

6, at New Orleans (3/5/16) 6, 3x, last at UL Lafayette (3/16/16) 1, 5x, last at New Orleans (3/5/16) 4, at SMU (11/15/15) 4, at New Orleans (3/5/16) 4, 2x, last at New Orleans (3/5/16) --1, at UL Lafayette (3/16/16) 1, 2x, last at New Orleans (3/5/16) 1, 3x, last at New Orleans (3/5/16) 25, at New Orleans (3/5/16)

2015-16 Season: • Appeared in 24 games off the bench in her first collegiate season, finding greater playing time toward the end of the season, working her way into the frontcourt rotation. • grabbed six rebounds in each of her final two games, doing so in a combined 32 minutes. • scored a season-best six points and grabbed four rebounds in a season-high 25 minutes in a win at New Orleans. • grabbed a career-best six rebounds and added three points and a steal in a 72-51 win against Stephen F. Austin on March 3. • logged a then-season-high 13 minutes, scoring on her lone field goal attempt in a win against New Orleans. • connected on her first field goal of conference play and grabbed three rebounds in five minutes of a win against Nicholls. • scored the first points of her Northwestern State career on a jumper in the lane at SMU. High School: • Lettered four seasons in basketball for coaches Mary Ward and Lyndzee McConathy, a former Northwestern State standout. • named All-City by The (Shreveport) Times and honorable mention all-state as a junior. • named first-team all-district and Bossier Parish MVP by the Bossier Press-Tribune as a junior. • second-team all-district selection as a senior. • four-year academic all-district awardee. • as a freshman helped Benton go 32-6 and reach the state quarterfinals. • graduated with a 3.56 GPA. • member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Spanish Club and Archery Club. Personal: • Born March 8, 1997. • daughter of Michelle Jackson, a registered nurse and a Northwestern State alumna, and Chuck Denson. • two sisters, Alisha and Sa’Trina Anderson. • majoring in business with hopes of becoming a Division I basketball coach. • life’s ambition is “to put God first in all my decisions.”

MISCELLANEOUS 10+ Points: -2+ 3-Pointers: -3+ Assists: -2+ Steals: -Led NSU in Points: -Led NSU in Rebounds: Led NSU in Assists: --

TOP SCORING GAMES 1. 6, at New Orleans (3/5/16) 2. 3, vs. Stephen F. Austin (3/3/16) 3, vs. Central Arkansas (1/27/16) 4. 2, at UL Lafayette (3/16/16) 2, vs. New Orleans (2/20/16) 2, vs. Nicholls (2/17/16) 2, at Lamar (1/16/16) 2, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 2, at SMU (11/15/15)

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

sami THOMAS

THOMAS’ CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O STL. BLK. PTS. AVG. 15-16 25-1 366 14.6 21-63 .333 10-38 .263 5-7 .714 2 28 30 1.2 22 23 0.9 26 6 1 57 2.3 14-15 28-0 198 7.1 16-58 .276 4-21 .190 12-14 .857 2 18 20 0.7 9 4 0.1 14 5 0 48 1.7 Tot. 49-1 464 9.5 37-121 .306 14-59 .237 17-21 .810 4 46 50 1.0 31 27 0.6 40 11 1 105 2.1

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5 Sami Thomas 5-5 • Guard • Junior-2L Leesville, La. (Pickering HS)

CAREER HIGHS Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

12, vs. LeTourneau (11/13/15) 3, 4x, last vs. Grambling (12/12/15) 5, vs. LeTourneau (11/13/15) 7, vs. LeTourneau (11/13/15) 4, at Arkansas (11/23/14) 4, 2x, last at Arkansas (11/23/14) 3, vs. Jackson State (12/19/15) 7, vs. Jackson State (12/19/15) 1, vs. Central Baptist (11/23/15) 4, vs. LeTourneau (11/13/15) 2, 2x, last at Abilene Christian (1/7/16) 32, at SMU (11/15/15)

MISCELLANEOUS 10+ Points: 1 2+ 3-Pointers: 3+ Assists: 2+ Steals: 2 Led NSU in Points: Led NSU in Rebounds: 1 Led NSU in Assists: -

TOP SCORING GAMES 1. 12, vs. LeTourneau (11/13/15) 2. 9,, vs. Jackson State (12/19/15) 3. 7, vs. Grambling (12/12/15) 7, vs. McNeese (1/24/15) 7, vs. LeTourneau (11/14/14)

HONORS AND AWARDS • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • 2015 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL 2015-16 Season: • Appeared in 25 games, making her first career start at Texas. • scored nine points, including a key 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter, in a win against Jackson State. • hit a key 3-pointer with time winding down in the first half to spark a comeback win against Grambling. • beat the shot clock with a corner 3 and added another jumper to tally five points at No. 4 Baylor. • hit her first two 3-pointers of the season, making both of her long-range attempts in a loss at New Mexico State. • tied a career high with four assists in a victory against LSU-Alexandria. • notched a career-high 12 points on 5-for-7 shooting in a season-opening win against LeTourneau. 2014-15 Season: • Appeared in 28 games in her freshman season. • hit a clutch 3-pointer late in the second half of a Southland Conference Tournament victory against Central Arkansas. • connected on her third 3-pointer of Southland Conference play and finished with six points in a loss at Nicholls. • matched a career high with seven points, including the first 3-pointer of her career, in a win against McNeese State. • played a season-high 18 minutes, scoring two points against No. 5 Texas A&M. • recorded the first two steals of her career in a Nov. 25 win against LSU-Alexandria. • scored seven points and grabbed three rebounds in her collegiate debut, a season-opening win against LeTourneau.  High School: • Four-time first-team all-district and All-Vernon Parish selection by the Leesville Daily Leader, and was district MVP three times and parish MVP four times. • first-team and All-Cenla MVP (Alexandria Daily Town Talk) along with first-team All-Southwest by the Lake Charles American Press. • first-team all-state selection twice, and all-state honoree four times. • six-year varsity letterwinner, and started on the varsity squad in the eighth grade. • advanced to the Top 28 all four years of high school, including undefeated district championships in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons. • averaged 17 points, five assists and five rebounds per game senior season. • coached by Vickie Sketoe. • finished with a staggering 113-28 record during her final four years of high school and was a state semifinalist in each season. • three-year letterwinner in cross country. • member of the Student Government Association, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, 4H, FFA, Fitness Club, Beta Club and Kiwanis. • named as the valedictorian of her class, graduating with a 4.0 grade point average. Personal: • Born July 30, 1995. • daughter of Eddie and Mary Thomas • one brother, Gett. • father is a successful high school basketball coach. • both parents and her brother have earned their master’s degrees. • majoring in business. • member of the NSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. • member of the FCA Leadership team. • wants to be a successful college coach or basketball trainer. • life’s ambition is “to impact as many lives as pobbile through my love of basketball.”

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

tia YOUNGBLOOD

YOUNGBLOOD’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR G-GS MIN. AVG. FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT. O D TOT AVG. PF A AVG. T/O STL. BLK. PTS. AVG. 15-16 31-29 776 25.0 60-129 .465 0-1 .000 26-60 .433 70 89 159 5.1 78 27 0.9 74 21 10 146 4.7 14-15 34-22 578 17.0 38-89 .427 0-1 .000 31-60 .517 58 70 128 3.8 80 19 0.6 43 16 14 107 3.0 Tot. 65-51 1354 20.8 98-218 .450 0-2 .000 57-120 .475 128 159 287 4.4 158 46 0.7 117 37 24 253 3.9

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44 Tia Youngblood 5-10 • Forward • Junior-2L DeRidder, La. (DeRidder HS)

CAREER HIGHS

Points: Rebounds: Field Goals: Field Goal Attempts: Free Throws: Free Throw Attempts: 3-Pointers: 3-Point Attempts: Blocks: Assists: Steals: Minutes:

18, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 10, at Abilene Christian (1/7/16) 6, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 9, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 6, 2x, last vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 8, vs. LeTourneau (11/13/15) N/A 1, 2x, last at McNeese (1/23/16) 3, vs. Lamar (3/14/15) 5, vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1/13/16) 4, at Abilene Christian (1/7/16) 34, 3x, last at NIcholls (1/20/16)

MISCELLANEOUS

10+ Points: 5 2+ 3-Pointers: 3+ Assists: 2+ Steals: 8 Led NSU in Points: Led NSU in Rebounds: 14 Led NSU in Assists: 2

TOP SCORING GAMES 1. 18, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 2. 12, vs. Abilene Christian (1/7/15) 3. 11, at Incarnate Word (1/9/16) 4. 10, vs. Houston Baptist (3/15/15) 10, at New Orleans (2/21/15)

HONORS AND AWARDS • 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL • 2015 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S SPRING HONOR ROLL 2015-16 Season: • Appeared in all 31 games, starting 29. • second-leading rebounder on the team, grabbing 5.1 per game, and hauled down a team-best 70 offensive boards. • handed out a career-best five assists and added eight points in a victory against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. • missed her first career double-double by one rebound, scoring 11 points on 5-for-5 shooting in a win at Incarnate Word. • set career highs in rebounds (10) and steals (four) in a loss at Abilene Christian. • delivered a career-high 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting in a win against LSU-Alexandria on Nov. 21. Had 15 points in the first half against the Generals, which surpassed her previous career high of 12. 2014-15 Season: • Emerged as a starter just before conference play and was the only freshman to appear in all 34 games. • hit all four of her field-goal attempts against Houston Baptist in the SLC Tournament championship game, scoring 10 points for her third double-figure scoring game of the year. • grabbed five offensive rebounds and scored nine points for the second straight game in an overtime victory against Lamar in the SLC Tournament semifinals • scored NSU’s first five points of the game and provided a key spark in an SLC Tournament quarterfinal win against Nicholls. • notched her second career double-figure scoring game, tallying 10 points in a win at New Orleans on Feb. 21. • set career highs in points (12), free throws made and attempted (6 each), field goals (3) and field goal attempts (7) in a win against Abilene Christian on Jan. 7. • her three-point play with 25 seconds left against ACU put the Lady Demons ahead to stay. • earned her first career start on Dec. 29 at No. 18 Oklahoma State and grabbed three rebounds. • grabbed two offensive rebounds and scored on her lone field-goal attempt at No. 5 Texas A&M on Dec. 3. • connected on her only field-goal attempt against Arkansas to collect the first points of her college career on Nov. 23. • made an immediate impact in her first collegiate game, grabbing seven rebounds and blocking a shot in a win against LeTourneau on Nov. 14. High School: • lettered in basketball and track. • averaged 12 rebounds, four blocks, three steals and 16 points per game. • all-district her junior season. • named the Beauregard Daily News Most Valuable Player. • member of Team USA in the Las Vegas World Cup Basketball Elite Camp. • Wendy’s High School Heisman Award winner. • honor graduate with a 3.96 grade point average. • coached by Tammie Gibson in basketball and Edwin Kelly in track. • vice president of the Interact Club. • member of the Beta Club, National Honor Society and Mayor’s Youth Council. Personal: • daughter of Krisshunn Youngblood. • one brother, Everett. • born July 29, 1996. • majoring in industrial engineering technology. • wants to be an autocad drafter after completing her NSU degree. • life’s ambition is “to live life and be happy.”

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High School: • Four-year starter at point guard for coach Brooke Brittain. • helped lead Martin to four straight playoff appearances. • led the Warriors to a 19-7 record, including a program-best third-round showing as a junior. • back-to-back defensive player of the year in UIL District 4-6A. • earned two all-tournament team honors. • selected as the team Newcomer of the Year as a freshman. • graduated with a 3.5 GPA. • member of Geography Club and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. • earned the Distinguished Achievement Award and the Principal’s Award.

1 Gabby Bell 5-4 • Guard • Freshman-HS Arlington, Texas (Martin HS)

Personal: • Born Sept. 24, 1998. • daughter of Veronica and Don Bell. • has one brother, Donuald Bell, and one sister, Kiea Bell. • business major who plans to become a director of a fashion company.

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

15 Jasmyn Johnson 5-8 • Forward • Freshman-HS West Monroe, La. (West Monroe HS)

High School: • prepped at West Monroe High in Louisiana for coach John Green. • helped West Monroe to four straight playoff appearances, including three semifinal showings. • tabbed second-team all-district after averaging 15 points and six rebounds as a senior. • named the 2016 Ouachita Citizen’s Girls Basketball Player of the Year. • graduated with a 3.5 GPA. Personal: • Born Sept. 19, 1997. • daughter of Trina Johnson and Derek Sharp. • has one brother, Arthur Johnson. • health and exercise science major who hopes to play basketball overseas.

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High School: • Four-year varsity starter for Hebron High School in Carrolton, Texas. • led the team in rebounding as a freshman while garnering all-district honors. • helped guide the Lady Hawks to their first playoff appearance in eight years. • selected first-team all-district as a junior, averaging 12 points and eight rebounds. • voted Hebron’s team MVP, offensive and defensive player of the year. • voted most athletic at Hebron High. • member of the National Honor Society and Student Council. • graduated with a 4.6026 GPA.

13 Victoria Miller 6-0 • Forward/Center • Freshman-HS Carrollton, Texas (Hebron HS)

Personal: • Born July 21, 1998. • daughter of Georgia and Frank Miller. • has two brothers Victor and Vinson Miller. • business administration major who plans to graduate in 2020.

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

2 Nia Randall 5-8 • Forward • Freshman-HS Garland, Texas (Garland HS)

High School: • Four-year letterwinner at Garland High School. • voted “Newcomer of the Year” as a freshman. • earned first-team All-District 11-5A honors as a sophomore and was named her team’s Offensive Player of the Year. • as a junior was 11-6A all-district honorable mention and the team’s Defensive Player of the Year. • as a senior was the Lady Owls’ athlete of the year and MVP of the basketball team. • per-game averages of 14.2 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.5 steals her senior year. • member of Dallas’ 76th ISD Coca-Cola All-Tournament Team. • GISD 21st century scholar. • NAACP Scholar Athlete. Personal: • Born July 19, 1998. • daughter of Beverly and Terence Randall. • has one brother, Douglas. • human performance major and minoring in business. • wants to obtain her master’s degree in sports administration. • plans to become an athletic equipment manager.

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

21 Jocelyn Scott 5-11 • Forward • Freshman-HS McKinney, Texas (McKinney North HS)

High School: • Four-year letter winner at McKinney North. • nominated for the illustrious McDonald’s All-American team and broke five team records in her last year with the Lady Bulldogs. • broke multiple records as a senior, averaging 17 points, 9.5 rebounds, three assists and three steals per game, helping her team capture its fourth straight district title and earn a No. 10 state ranking. • led McKinney North to a 29-7 record and a third district championship as a junior while averaging 11.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.2 steals. • averaged 8.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists per gamea as a sophomore helping McKinney North repeat as district champs and reach the state championship game. • helped lead the Lady Bulldogs to a 30-4 record and a district title by averaging 6.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.8 steals as a freshman. Personal: • Born April 4, 1998. • daughter of Renee and Michael Scott. • has one sister, Jaelen. • majoring in secondary education and math. • plans to teach and coach at the high school level.

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

SENIORS

JUNIORS

Tia Youngblood, Sami Thomas Shahd Abboud, Beatrice Attura

SOPHOMORES

FRESHMEN

Gabby Bell, Jocelyn Scott, Jasmyn Johnson, Victoria Miller, Nia Randall

Cheyenne Brown, Gabby Jackson, Libba Gilliam 2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

Jordan Dupuy Head Coach First season at NSU Southern Mississippi, 2002 In almost a decade as an assistant coach, Jordan Dupuy earned quite a reputation as a tireless recruiter and talent developer. Dupuy added a new title to his name May 9, 2016, becoming the eighth head coach in Northwestern State women’s basketball history. “The consensus was that Jordan Dupuy would be an excellent fit for our athletic program, university and community,” NSU Director of Athletics Greg Burke said. “He will be a quality leader for the young women in our basketball program.” Dupuy came to NSU after eight seasons at Southern Miss, the final three of which were spent as the associate head coach on coach Joye Lee-McNelis’ staff. During his time on the Lady Eagles staff, Dupuy helped lead Southern Miss to back-to-back Women’s NIT appearances (2014, 2015). With Dupuy on staff, the Lady Eagles reached the 2015 WNIT Elite Eight. One season earlier, Dupuy aided the Lady Eagles in a school record-tying 27-win season that culminated in Southern Miss’ first national postseason appearance since 2007-08. Dupuy spent the first five seasons of his second tenure at Southern Miss as the first assistant on Lee-McNelis’ staff. In Dupuy’s first season with the Lady Eagles, Southern Miss won 20 games and reached the Conference USA Tournament championship game. Dupuy is a two-time graduate of Southern Miss, earning a bachelor’s degree in coaching in administration in 2002 and earning his master’s degree in sports administration a year later. Dupuy began his coaching career as a graduate assistant with the Southern Miss men’s program in 2002. He was the director of basketball operations during the 2003-04 season and helped the program transition from the James Green era to Larry Eustachy’s tenure. After spending the next four years coaching boys basketball, girls basketball and softball at three Mississippi high schools, Dupuy returned to the college ranks, joining the women’s staff at his alma mater. Dupuy threw himself into various facets of college coaching, establishing a stellar reputation as a recruiter. He helped Southern Miss land a pair of top-70 recruiting classes, including the nation’s 42nd-ranked group in 2013. With Dupuy on staff, Southern Miss landed a pair of top-100 national recruits. In eight seasons, Dupuy tutored 11 All-Conference USA selections, four All-Conference USA Freshman Team picks, three All-Conference USA Defensive Team selections and two C-USA Newcomers of the Year. Included among those players was Jamierra Faulkner, who became the No. 34 overall selection in the 2014 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky. In 2015, Kenny Kallina Scouting named Dupuy the top assistant coach in Conference USA, citing in part his recruiting prowess. Dupuy’s attention to student-athletes’ classroom participation dovetails nicely with Burke’s pillar of classroom performance. With Dupuy on staff, Southern Miss women’s basketball student-athletes produced a 100 percent graduation rate for those who stayed four years in the program.

COACHING EXPERIENCE Year School Position Record 2016-17 Northwestern State Head Coach 2015-16 Southern Mississippi Associate Head Coach 14-16 2014-15 Southern Mississippi Associate Head Coach 25-11 2013-14 Southern Mississippi Associate Head Coach 27-7 2012-13 Southern Mississippi Assistant Coach 15-16 2011-12 Southern Mississippi Assistant Coach 13-18 2010-11 Southern Mississippi Assistant Coach 10-22 2009-10 Southern Mississippi Assistant Coach 9-21 2008-09 Southern Mississippi Assistant Coach 20-12 PERSONAL INFORMATION EDUCATION • Bachelor of Science, Coaching and Sport Administration, Southern Mississippi (2002) • Master of Science, Sport Administration, Southern Mississippi (2003) FAMILY WIFE: Elizabeth CHILDREN: Son, Alex (11) Daughter, Madison (9)

The Dupuy family (from left): Jordan, Elizabeth, Alex and Madison Dupuy was the Lady Eagles’ program liaison with the academic department, monitoring both student-athlete academic progress and the program’s Academic Progress Rate (APR) performance. Dupuy is married to the former Elizabeth Goodson of Shreveport. The couple has two children - a son, Alex (11), and a daughter, Madison (9).

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Dupuy and his family pose with NSU Director of Athletics Greg Burke, NSU First Lady Tonia Henderson and NSU President Dr. Jim Henderson at Dupuy’s introductory news conference in the Stroud Room in May.

What they say about Jordan Dupuy “Jordan is someone who is very understanding of a journey. What I mean by that is it takes time. You have to smell the roses along the way. You have to keep your eyes on the ultimate goal. There’s going to be hills and valleys. Through it all if you keep your nose to the grindstone and stick to your program, great things will come. That truly is the reason I have no doubt that Jordan Dupuy and his family will be an asset to the Natchitoches community and to Northwestern State University.” Joye Lee-McNelis, Head Coach, Southern Miss “Being coached by Coach D was an honor. He’s extremely passionate about the game and gives off great energy to his players. Outside of basketball, he’s a great father to his children and an overall great guy. He continues to coach me on the court and in life, and I couldn’t have made it here without him.” Jamierra Faulkner, Chicago Sky guard, former Southern Miss star “He’s loyal, hard-working and a fierce recruiter. He will build you a competitive program, leading to championships.” Sonya Varnell, Senior Woman Administrator, Southern Miss

“Jordan is one of the bright young coaches in women’s basketball, and this is a tremendous fit for both Jordan and Northwestern State. Jordan’s ties to the state will establish a smooth transition into the Natchitoches community and his knowledge, work ethic and passion will allow him to continue to lead Northwestern State to a high level of success on the court.” Brian Stanchak, President, The BDS Agency “A true family man, very passionate about his love of basketball on and off the court. Just an all-around great guy. I know he will continue to build the traditions at Northwestern and create a new, exciting atmosphere. He comes from a very respectable and successful program at the University of Southern Mississippi.” Brenda Welch-Nichols, Head Coach, Sam Houston State University “Northwestern State has made a fantastic hire in Jordan Dupuy. He is a relentless worker, outstanding recruiter and a great Xs and Os guy. He has outstanding character and will be a great leader to the student-athletes at Northwestern State.” Sharon Baldwin-Tener, Head Coach, Georgia State

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

Deneen Parker Associate Head Coach First season at NSU Stephen F. Austin, 1994 After spending more than two decades at SMU, Deneen Parker enters her first season as the associate head coach at Northwestern State. Parker and head coach Jordan Dupuy’s relationship dates to their time as Conference USA rivals at SMU and Southern Miss, respectively. “Deneen and I go way back from our Conference USA days,” Dupuy said. “The thing that always stuck out to me was her personality and her aura to attract people to her and to the SMU program. She was always a great recruiter, especially in the state of Texas. I think she’s going to be a great fit for our staff, for our girls and especially for me with her being the associate head coach. “I’ll be able to bounce ideas off her, and she will be able to help me in my first head coaching endeavor, which is a plus.” Parker was part of five NCAA Tournament teams while on Rhonda Rompola’s staff at SMU, helping the Mustangs reach the Big Dance in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008. With Parker on staff, SMU captured regular-season championships in the Western Athletic Conference (2000) and Conference USA (2009, 2013). SMU’s 1999 WAC Tournament championship was the program’s first as was the Mustangs’ 2000 regular-season title. During her 21 seasons with the Mustangs, Parker burnished her reputation as a standout recruiter, eventually taking over as SMU’s recruiting coordinator. Parker’s college roots began in the Southland Conference when she played four years at Stephen F. Austin, during which time she dueled with some of Northwestern State’s all-time greats including Joskeen Garner and Pam Hudson. She was a two-time Southland Conference Player of the Year and a twotime District VI Kodak All-American while helping lead the Ladyjacks to four straight SLC titles and NCAA Tournament appearances. Parker was part of the gold-medal winning team at the 1991 U.S. Olympic Sports Festival and played professionally for six months in Luxembourg and Germany. Parker was inducted into Stephen F. Austin’s Hall of Fame in 2010. She is a 1994 graduate of SFA in communications with a minor in marketing.

COACHING EXPERIENCE Year School 2016-17 Northwestern State 2015-16 SMU 2014-15 SMU 2013-14 SMU 2012-13 SMU 2011-12 SMU 2010-11 SMU 2009-10 SMU 2008-09 SMU 2007-08 SMU 2006-07 SMU 2005-06 SMU 2004-05 SMU 2003-04 SMU 2002-03 SMU 2001-02 SMU 2000-01 SMU 1999-2000 SMU 1998-99 SMU 1997-98 SMU 1996-97 SMU 1995-96 SMU 1994-95 SMU PERSONAL INFORMATION EDUCATION • Bachelor of Arts, Communications, Stephen F. Austin, 1994

Position Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

Erin Crane Assistant Coach First season at NSU Dubuque, 2012 Erin Crane enters her first season on the Northwestern State women’s basketball staff after spending this past season at Saint Mary’s (Minnesota). Crane, a former point guard at the University of Dubuque, makes her third stop in as many seasons after spending 2015-16 at Saint Mary’s and ending a three-year run at Northern State in South Dakota in the 2014-15 season. In her lone season at Saint Mary’s, Crane helped lead the Cardinals to a 21-6 record and a second-place finish in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Crane, a Baraboo, Wisconsin, native, spent three seasons at Northern State, a Division II program in South Dakota, before heading to Saint Mary’s. While at Northern State, Crane coached under Curt Fredrickson, the active victories leader among Division II women’s basketball coaches. Crane helped guide the Wolves to a pair of Division II national tournament appearances and the 2015 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Tournament championship. After spending the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons as a graduate assistant, Crane was Northern State’s volunteer assistant in 2014-15. She comes from a family of coaches, having played for her father in high school. Her brother Andy, currently an assistant coach at Youngstown State, was an assistant at Dubuque during Crane’s playing career. “Erin comes from a coaching family and knows how it works,” head coach Jordan Dupuy said. “Having been an assistant at both the D2 and D3 level, you have to wear many hats, and she has done a great job of assisting in all areas of the program. Here, her main focus will be the organization of recruiting and heading up our community service program. Having a more concentrated set of duties will allow her to be even more successful as a coach.” Crane played two seasons at Dubuque after playing two seasons at Madison College. She is a 2012 Dubuque graduate in speech communication and earned her master’s degree in sport performance and leadership from Northern State in 2014. Crane began her coaching career at the AAU level, coaching the U-14 Team Wisconsin in 2012.

COACHING EXPERIENCE Year School Position 2016-17 Northwestern State Assistant Coach 2015-16 St. Mary’s (Minnesota) Assistant Coach 2014-15 Northern State Volunteer Assistant Coach 2013-14 Northern State Graduate Assistant 2012-13 Northern State Graduate Assistant PERSONAL INFORMATION EDUCATION • Bachelor of Arts, Speech Communication, Dubuque, 2012 • Master of Science, Sport Performance and Leadership, Northern State, 2014

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

Olivia Grayson Assistant Coach First season at NSU Tulane, 2013 Former Tulane standout Olivia Grayson enters her first season as a member of the Northwestern State women’s basketball coaching staff. Grayson came to Natchitoches after spending three seasons as a graduate assistant at her alma mater, earning her master’s degree in social work in December 2015. A four-year letter winner with the Green Wave, Grayson was a Conference USA All-Freshman Team selection in 2010 and earned first-team All-Conference USA honors in 2012 as a junior. As a senior, Grayson was a second-team All-Conference USA pick. Grayson became the 24th member of the Tulane 1,000-point club after enjoying a standout prep career at Archbishop Chapelle High School. During her time as a graduate assistant at Tulane, Grayson worked with the coaching staff while also assisting Tulane’s marketing, alumni and video departments. Her versatility, along with a recruiting relationship, drew head coach Jordan Dupuy’s eye to Grayson. Grayson, who earned her undergraduate degree in psychology while playing at Tulane, will handle various facets of the Northwestern State program, including video and social media. “She understands the impact social media can have on a program, both positively and negatively,” Dupuy said. “She’s going to take a huge role in educating the girls on how to use it. She’s very good with technology, creating graphics for recruiting services. Video-wise, she’s way ahead of the game in how she uses Synergy and how she breaks down film. She’ll wear a lot of different hats, but she’ll be good at them and embrace every single one of them.” Grayson is a Metairie native and the daughter of Allean Grayson and Alonzo Joseph. COACHING EXPERIENCE Year School 2016-17 Northwestern State 2015-16 Tulane 2014-15 Tulane 2013-14 Tulane PERSONAL INFORMATION EDUCATION • Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Tulane, 2013 • Master of Science, Social Work, Tulane, 2015

Jerica Coleman Athletic Trainer First season at NSU Texas A&M-Commerce, 2010 Jerica Coleman is in her first year as a full-time member of the Northwestern State Athletic training staff. She’s serving as the head athletic trainer for women’s basketball. Coleman came to NSU after completing an athletic training residency at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital in Sugar Land, Texas. Along with rehabilitating and treating sports injuries, she participated in community outreach and case studies. She has spent time in a university setting as an assistant athletic trainer at Austin College, an intern at Yale and Sam Houston State. Coleman obtained her masters of education in curriculum and instruction with a minor in exercise science from Sam Houston State in 2012. She graduated cum laude from Texas A&M Commerce in 2010 with a bachelor of science in athletic training. Coleman obtained her masters of education in curriculum and instruction with a minor in exercise science from Sam Houston State in 2012. The Denton, Texas, native has worked with football, track and field, squash, women’s gymnastics, women’s soccer, volleyball, softball, and women’s basketball. Her duties included game and practice coverage, injury rehabilitation, record maintenance and student trainer coordination. Coleman holds certifications from Louisiana, Texas, the American Heart Association and NATABOC.

Position Associate Head Coach Graduate Assistant Graduate Assistant Graduate Assistant

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

Gabby Bell Guard • 5-4 • Fr.-HS

Nia Randall Guard • 5-7 • Fr.-HS

Victoria Miller Forward/Center• 6-0 • Fr.-HS

Gabby Jackson Post • 6-1 • So.-1L

Jordan Dupuy Head Coach

Jasmyn Johnson Forward • 5-8 • Fr-HS

Beatrice Attura Guard • 5-7 • Sr.-3L

Deneen Parker Associate Head Coach

12 Sami Thomas Guard • 5-5 • Jr.-2L

Shahd Abboud Guard • 5-11 • Sr.-1L

Jocelyn Scott Forward • 5-11 • Fr.-HS

Cheyenne Brown Post • 6-2 • So.-1L

Libba Gilliam Forward • 6-1 • So.-1L

Tia Youngblood Forward • 5-10 • Jr.-2L

Erin Crane Assistant Coach

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Olivia Grayson Assistant Coach

Well into its sixth decade of service, the Southland Conference continues to be a model of innovation, stability and consistent achievement as it celebrates the academic and athletic accomplishments of its member institutions and approximately 4,200 studentathletes. Having commemorated its 50th anniversary in 2013, the Southland Conference has transformed itself into a dynamic and respected consortium of 13 member universities in three states. Beginning with a historic meeting of five institutions in Dallas on March 15, 1963, the Southland Conference set on an extraordinary course that has proven successful well into the 21st Century. The successful transformation continues, as the Southland Conference welcomed four additional members in 2013: Abilene Christian University, Houston Baptist University, the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio, and the University of New Orleans. In addition to its newest members, the Southland also consists of the University of Central Arkansas, Lamar University, McNeese State University, Nicholls State University, Northwestern State University, Sam Houston State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, Stephen F. Austin State University and Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi. An original Southland member from 1963-73, Abilene Christian rejoined the league as one of the most decorated athletic programs in NCAA history, and the addition of Houston Baptist, UIW and New Orleans gives the Southland a regular competitive presence in the key metropolitan areas of Houston, San Antonio and New Orleans. Southland cities encompass approximately 14 million people, and six of its television markets rank among the top 100 in the U.S. All told, the membership of the Southland encompasses nearly 140,000 current students and an alumni base of nearly 800,000. Famous alums from current Southland Conference schools include former CBS news anchor Dan Rather (Sam Houston State), NBA executive Joe Dumars (McNeese State), ABC news anchor Robin Roberts (Southeastern Louisiana), Major League Baseball star Wade Miley (Southeastern Louisiana), NBA legend Scottie Pippen (Central Arkansas), and track and field Olympians Kenta Bell (Northwestern State), and Bobby Morrow and Billy Olson (both Abilene Christian). Other notable alums from current members include Grammy Award-winning musicians Frank Ocean (New Orleans), Don Hen-

2016-17 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM Name Class Pos. School Hometown Alexis Mason Sr. G Abilene Christian McKinney, Texas Maggie Proffitt Sr. G Central Arkansas Columbus, Miss. Taylor Ross Sr. G Stephen F. Austin Pflugerville, Texas Suzzy Dimba Sr. F Abilene Christian Lubbock, Texas Randi Brown Jr. G New Orleans Houma, La. SECOND TEAM Name Class Pos. School Hometown Brianna Mullins Sr. G Central Arkansas Rosston, Ark. Sydney Shelstead Sr. F Abilene Christian Mineral Wells, Texas Beatrice Attura Sr. G Northwestern State McKinney, Texas Chastadie Barrs So. G Lamar DeSoto, Texas Lizzy Dimba Sr. F Abilene Christian Lubbock, Texas

ley and Rodney Crowell (both Stephen F. Austin), and Ronnie Dunn (Abilene Christian), television personality and actress Ellen DeGeneres (New Orleans), current NFL standouts Lardarius Webb (Nicholls State), Terrence McGee (Northwestern State), and Daniel Manning (Abilene Christian), professional golfers Shawn Stefani and Chris Stroud (both Lamar) and Colin Montgomerie (HBU), award-winning filmmaker Richard Linklater (Sam Houston State), American Idol winner Kris Allen (Central Arkansas), NFL Hall of Famer Jackie Harris (Northwestern State), former NFL standouts Bobby Hebert (Northwestern State), Gary Barbaro (Nicholls State), Wilbert Montgomery (Abilene Christian) and Gary Reasons (Northwestern State), former MLB stars Darryl Hamilton (Nicholls State) and Kevin Millar (Lamar), NCAA football coach Charlie Strong (Central Arkansas), actors John Larroquette (New Orleans), Ricardo Chavira (UIW) and Jesse Borrego (UIW), and the late NFL coaching legend O.A. “Bum” Phillips (Lamar and Stephen F. Austin). The Southland sponsors 17 full championship sports, all at the NCAA Division I level. The eight men’s sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. The women compete for nine championships in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball. The conference earns automatic qualification to NCAA championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s golf, women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and volleyball. The Southland Bowling League, an affiliated Conference sport, originated in 2015, and four of its members filled out half of the eight-team bracket, with Stephen F. Austin advancing to the national title match.

2016-17 PRESEASON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL POLLS

Coaches PLACE TEAM (FIRST PLACE VOTES) 1. Abilene Christian (10) 2. Central Arkansas (3) 3. Stephen F. Austin 4. Lamar 5. McNeese 6. Northwestern State 7. Nicholls 8. Houston Baptist 9. Sam Houston State 10. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 11. New Orleans 12. Southeastern Louisiana 13. Incarnate Word SID PLACE TEAM (FIRST PLACE VOTES) 1. Abilene Christian (11) 2. Central Arkansas (2) 3. Stephen F. Austin 4. McNeese T5. Lamar T5. Northwestern State 7. Nicholls 8. Houston Baptist 9. Abilene Christian 10. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 11. New Orleans 12. Southeastern Louisiana 13. Incarnate Word

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TOTAL 142 135 117 100 86 79 76 68 66 60 34 28 23 TOTAL 143 133 119 94 92 92 75 73 69 57 34 23 19

LETOURNEAU

GAME 1 • NOV. 11 • 12:30 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location.................................................................................. Longview, Texas Enrollment.............................................................................................. 2,796 Colors...................................................................................... Blue and Yellow President.................................................................................Dale A. Lunsford Athletics Director.............................................................................Terri Deike Conference.................................................... American Southwest (NCAA DIII) Arena........................................................................................ Solheim Arena Website................................................................................. letuathletics.com HEAD COACH Leslie Reinecker (Southwestern University) Record at LeTourneau/Overall..................................25-27 (3rd Season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 17-10/11-4 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................13/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Northwestern State 11.16 at Texas A&M-Commerce 11.20 at Trinity 11.22 at Texas Lutheran 11.26 Centenary 12.1 at Howard Payne 12.3 at Sul Ross State 12.10 McMurry 12.12 Hardin-Simmons 12.16 Millsaps 12.19 Texas-Tyler 12.29 Schreiner 12.30 Texas Lutheran 1.2 at Texas-Tyler 1.5 Concordia 1.7 Mary Hardin-Baylor 1.12 Ozarks 1.14 UT Dallas 1.19 at Belhaven 1.26 East Texas Baptist 1.28 Louisiana College 2.2 at Louisiana College 2.4 at East Texas Baptist 2.11 Belhaven 2.16 at UT Dallas 2.18 at Ozarks

MEDIA RELATIONS James Wallace Office.........................................................................................903-233-3735 Email..........................................................................JamesWallace@letu.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 2-0

LSU-ALEXANDRIA

GAME 2 • NOV. 19 • 11 A.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.......................................................................................... Alexandria Enrollment.............................................................................................. 3,227 Colors...................................................................................... Purple and Gold Interim Chancellor.........................................................Dr. Haywood B. Joiner Athletics Director........................................................................ Adam Jonson Conference................................................................ Red River Athletic (NAIA) Arena.................................................................................................. The Fort Website.................................................................................lsuagenerals.com HEAD COACH Bob Austin (Alaska-Anchorage, 2004) Record at LSUA/Overall............................................ 24-22 (3rd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 10-11/8-10 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................7/9 Starters R/L.................................................................................................0/5

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.7 at UL Lafayette 11.10 Louisiana College 11.15 Dillard 11.19 at Northwestern State 11.22 at UL Monroe 11.26 at Louisiana Tech 11.27 at McNeese 12.3 at Dillard 12.8 at Langston 12.10 at University of the Southwest 12.14 LSU-Shreveport 12.16 at Paul Quinn 12.21 at Incarnate Word 1.6 Wiley College 1.7 Jarvis Christian 1.12 at St. Thomas-Houston 1.14 at Texas College 1.20 Huston-Tillotson 1.21 Our Lady of the Lake 1.26 Langston 1.28 University of the Southwest 2.1 at LSU-Shreveport 2.3 Paul Quinn 2.10 at Wiley College 2.11 at Jarvis Christian 2.16 St. Thomas-Houston 2.18 Texas College 2.24 at Huston-Tillotson 2.25 at Our Lady of the Lake

MEDIA RELATIONS Richard Thiberville Jr. Office.........................................................................................318-473-6597 Cell.............................................................................................504-430-2801 SERIES INFORMATION Email................................................................................rhiberville@lsua.edu Overall.................................................... 2-0

CENTRAL BAPTIST

GAME 3 • NOV. 18 • 11 A.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.......................................................................................Conway, Ark. Enrollment................................................................................................. 850 Colors..........................................................................................Blue and Gray President................................................................................... Terry Kimbrow Athletics Director......................................................................Lyle Middleton Conference............................. Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (NAIA) Arena........................................................................... A.R. Reddin Fieldhouse Website................................................................................cbcmustangs.com HEAD COACH Lyle Middleton (Lyon College) Record........................................................................................................ N/A TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 9-21/5-19 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................4/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.3 Carroll College 11.4 at Montana State-Northern 11.5 at Montana State-Northern 11.8 at Crowley’s Ridge College 11.10 Williams Baptist College 11.17 Columbia College 11.19 William Woods 11.21 at Northwestern State 11.29 Crowley’s Ridge College 12.1 at Park University 12.3 at Stephens College 12.12 at Central Arkansas 12.15 at St. Louis College of Pharmacy 12.17 at Missouri Baptist 12.27 at Ouachita Baptist 12.31 Freed-Hardman 1.3 Lyon College 1.7 Hannibal-LaGrange 1.12 at Harris-Stowe State 1.14 at Lindenwood University-Belleville 1.19 at Columbia College 1.21 at William Woods 1.26 Park University 1.28 Stephens College 2.2 St. Louis College of Pharmacy 2.4 Missouri Baptist 2.9 at Lyon College 2.11 at Freed-Hardman 2.14 at Williams Baptist College 2.18 at Hannibal-LaGrange 2.23 Harris-Stowe State 2.25 Lindenwood University-Belleville

MEDIA RELATIONS Darryl McPhate Office.........................................................................................501-328-3728 Email................................................................................. dmcphate@cbc.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 2-0

TEXAS

GAME 4 • NOV. 23 • 7 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location....................................................................................... Austin, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 50,950 Colors......................................................................... Burnt Orange and White President...............................................................................Gregory L. Fenves Athletics Director.........................................................................Chris Plonsky Conference............................................................................................. Big 12 Arena..................................................................................Frank Erwin Center Website.................................................................................. TexasSports.com HEAD COACH Karen Aston (Little Rock, 1987) Record at Texas/Overall................. 89-46 (5th season)/190-109 (10th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 31-5/15-3 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.14 at Stanford 11.16 Houston Baptist 11.20 at Mississippi State 11.23 Northwestern State 12.1 South Carolina 12.4 at UConn 12.11 Tennessee 12.15 UT Rio Grande Valley 12.17 UT San Antonio 12.20 New Orleans 12.29 Texas Tech 1.1 at Iowa State 1.4 at Kansas 1.7 TCU 1.10 Oklahoma State 1.14 at West Virginia 1.17 Oklahoma 1.21 at Texas Tech 1.25 at TCU 1.29 West Virginia 2.1 at Oklahoma State 2.4 Kansas State 2.6 at Baylor 2.11 Kansas 2.18 at Oklahoma 2.20 Baylor 2.24 Iowa State 2.27 at Kansas State

MEDIA RELATIONS Sean Cartell Office.........................................................................................512-471-6036 Cell.............................................................................................352-278-5422 SERIES INFORMATION Email........................................................... sean.cartell@athletics.utexas.edu Overall.................................................... 0-4

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE

GAME 5 • NOV. 25 • 6:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location................................................................................... Itta Bena, Miss. Enrollment.............................................................................................. 2,502 Colors...........................................................................Forest Green and White President.............................................................................. William B. Bynum Athletics Director.................................................................Dianthia Ford-Kee Conference................................................... Southwestern Athletic (NCAA DI) Arena............................................................................R.W. Harrison Complex Website...................................................................................mvsusports.com HEAD COACH Jessica Kern (Penn State, 2002) Record at MVSU/Overall................................................0-0 (1st season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 3-26/1-17 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................2/10 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.9 Talladega College 11.14 at Alabama 11.17 Tougaloo College 11.20 at Baylor 11.25 at Northwestern State 11.28 at UAB 12.1 at Southern Miss 12.8 at Wisconsin 12.12 Blue Mountain College 12.17 Colorado 12.21 Murray State 12.28 at Ole Miss 1.2 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1.7 Alabama A&M 1.9 Alabama State 1.14 at Alcorn State 1.16 at Southern 1.21 Prairie View 1.23 Texas Southern 1.28 at Jackson State 1.30 at Grambling 2.4 at Alabama A&M 2.6 at Alabama State 2.11 Alcorn State 2.13 Southern 2.18 at Prairie View 2.20 at Texas Southern 2.25 Jackson State 2.27 Grambling 3.4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff

MEDIA RELATIONS LaMonica Scott Office.........................................................................................662-254-8378 Email.......................................................................lamonica.scott@mvsu.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 2-1

AT MEMPHIS

GAME 6 • NOV. 30 • 5:30 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location.................................................................................. Memhpis, Tenn. Enrollment............................................................................................ 21,059 Colors................................................................................Royal Blue and Gray President.............................................................................. Dr. M. David Rudd Athletics Director...........................................................................Tom Bowen Conference........................................................................American (NCAA DI) Arena...........................................................................Elma Roane Fieldhouse Website................................................................................... GoTigersGo.com HEAD COACH Melissa McFerrin (Missouri, 1983) Record at Memphis/Career........ 140-126 (9th season)/190-186 (13th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 18-13/12-6 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................1/4

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 Missouri State 11.13 at Samford 11.17 at Illinois 11.20 Kansas 11.25 vs. Arkansas (Reno, Nevada) 11.26 vs. Navy or Nevada (Reno, Nevada) 11.30 Northwestern State 12.4 Little Rock 12.11 at Southern Illinois 12.16 Southeast Missouri State 12.19 Louisiana Tech 12.21 Nicholls 12.28 Vanderbilt 1.1 Temple 1.4 at Tulsa 1.7 at UCF 1.14 Cincinnati 1.17 at USF 1.21 at Temple 1.25 Houston 1.28 UCF 1.31 at SMU 2.5 USF 2.9 at Tulane 2.15 East Carolina 2.18 at Cincinnati 2.22 SMU 2.25 at UConn 2.27 Tulane

MEDIA RELATIONS Jen Lawson Office.........................................................................................901-678-2397 Cell.............................................................................................217-369-4402 SERIES INFORMATION Email.......................................................................... j.lawson@memphis.edu Overall.................................................... 1-0

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

VS. UL MONROE

GAME 7 • DEC. 4 • 2 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................................... Monroe Enrollment.............................................................................................. 8,854 Colors.................................................................................... Maroon and Gold Chancellor.................................................................................. Dr. Nick Bruno Athletics Director................................................................... Brian WIckstrom Conference..........................................................................Sun Belt (NCAA DI) Arena.............................................................................. Fant-Ewing Coliseum Website.............................................................................ULMWarhawks.com HEAD COACH Jeff Dow (Oregon, 1988, 1991) Record at ULM/Overall...................24-34 (3rd season)/245-140 (12th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 12-17/6-14 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................5/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................1/4

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 Centenary 11.13 at Arkansas 11.15 Grambling 11.191 at Nicholls 11.22 LSU-Alexandria 11.29 Louisiana Tech 12.4 at Northwestern State 12.10 at Ole Miss 12.13 McNeese 12.18 Rice 12.21 at Houston Baptist 12.29 at Arkansas State 12.31 at Little Rock 1.7 at UL Lafayette 1.12 Georgia Southern 1.14 Georgia State 1.19 Texas State 1.21 at UT Arlington 1.26 Little Rock 1.28 Arkansas State 2.2 at Georgia State 2.4 at Georgia Southern 2.9 Troy 2.11 South Alabama 2.18 UL Lafayette 2.23 at Coastal Carolina 2.25 at Appalachian State 3.2 UT Arlington 3.4 Texas State

MEDIA RELATIONS Katie Green Office.........................................................................................318-342-5462 Cell.............................................................................................618-571-1932 SERIES INFORMATION Email.......................................................................................green@ulm.edu Overall................................................ 49-38

JACKSON STATE

GAME 8 • DEC. 11 • 2 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..................................................................................... Jackson, Miss. Enrollment.............................................................................................9 ,802 Colors....................................................................................... Blue and White President............................................................................. Dr. Carolyn Meyers Athletics Director.....................................................................Wheeler Brown Conference.....................................................Southwestern Athetic (NCAA DI) Arena........................................Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center Website................................................................................... gojsutigers.com HEAD COACH Surina Dixon (Mississippi Valley State) Record at JSU/Overall...................... 55-64 (5th season)/96-178 (10th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 14-16/8-10 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................6/13 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 Blue Mountain 11.15 Lane 11.18 LeMoyne-Owen 11.22 at Nicholls 12.1 at Ole Miss 12.11 at Northwestern State 12.13 Southeastern Louisiana 12.16 at FAU Pre-Christimas Tournament 12.17 at FAU Pre-Christimas Tournament 12.29 Norfolk State 12.30 Fisk 1.2 at Alabama A&M 1.4 at Alabama State 1.7 Alcorn State 1.9 Southern 1.14 at Prairie View 1.16 at Texas Southern 1.21 at Grambling 1.28 Mississippi Valley State 1.30 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2.4 at Alcorn State 2.6 at Southern 2.11 Prairie View 2.13 Texas Southern 2.18 Grambling 2.25 at Mississippi Valley State 2.27 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff 3.2 Alabama A&M 3.4 Alabama State

MEDIA RELATIONS Jenae Jones Office.........................................................................................601-979-0657 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email......................................................................... emily.j.jones@jsums.edu Overall.................................................... 8-4

AT ARKANSAS

GAME 9 • DEC. 18 • 2 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location................................................................................. Fayetteville, Ark. Enrollment............................................................................................ 26,754 Colors................................................................................. Cardinal and White President (Arkansas System)........................................... Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt Athletics Director............................................................................... Jeff Long Conference..................................................................Southeastern (NCAA DI) Arena...................................................................................Bud Walton Arena Website.....................................................................ArkansasRazorbacks.com HEAD COACH Jimmy Dykes (Arkansas, 1985) Record at Arkansas/Overall...................................... 30-32 (3rd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2016-17 Record/Conference Record................................................. 12-18/7-9 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................9/3 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 Sam Houston State 11.13 ULM 11.17 South Dakota 11.21 Stetson 11.25 vs. Memphis (Reno, Nevada) 11.26 vs. Nevada/Navy (Reno, Nevada) 11.30 at Tulsa 12.3 Texas Tech 12.7 Butler 12.11 at Missouri State 12.18 Northwestern State 12.21 Oral Roberts 12.28 Houston Baptist 1.1 at Ole Miss 1.5 Mississippi State 1.8 LSU 1.12 at Texas A&M 1.15 at Alabama 1.19 Vanderbilt 1.23 Missouri 1.29 at LSU 2.2 Georgia 2.5 South Carolina 2.9 at Florida 2.12 at Missouri 2.16 Kentucky 2.19 at Tennessee 2.23 at Vanderbilt 2.26 Auburn

MEDIA RELATIONS Jeri Thorpe Office.........................................................................................479-575-5037 Cell.............................................................................................479-283-3344 SERIES INFORMATION Email....................................................................................jthorpe@uark.edu Overall.................................................. 3-11

LOUISIANA COLLEGE

GAME 10 • DEC. 20 • 6:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..............................................................................................Pineville Enrollment.............................................................................................. 1,126 Colors..................................................................................... Orange and Blue President...................................................................................Dr. Rick Brewer Athletics Director......................................................................... Dennis Dunn Conference..................................American Southwest Conference (NCAA DIII) Arena...............................................................................H.O. West Fieldhouse Website..................................................................................... LCWildcats.net HEAD COACH Patrece S. Carter (Louisiana College, 2004) Record at LC/Overall................................................. 25-23 (3rd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 8-15/7-11 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.17 at McNeese 11.22 at Birmingham-Southern 11.28 at LSU-Shreveport 12.1 at McMurry 12.3 at Hardin-Simmons 12.9 vs. Whitman College (Walla Walla, Wash.) 12.10 vs. Whitworth (Walla Walla, Wash.) 12.17 at Mary Hardin-Baylor 12.19 at Concordia 12.20 at Northwestern State 12.22 at Lamar 1.3 Howard Payne 1.5 Sul Ross State 1.7 at East Texas Baptist 1.10 Concordia 1.12 Belhaven 1.19 at Ozarks 1.21 at UT Dallas 1.26 at UT Tyler 1.28 at LeTourneau 2.2 LeTourneau 2.4 UT Tyler 2.6 East Texas Baptist 2.9 UT Dallas 2.11 Ozarks 2.18 at Belhaven

MEDIA RELATIONS Brad Welborn Office.........................................................................................318-487-7987 Cell.............................................................................................318-393-0936 SERIES INFORMATION Email...................................................................brad.welborn@lacollege.edu Overall.................................................. 12-5

AT MISSISSIPPI STATE

GAME 11 • DEC. 28 • 7 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location...................................................................................Starkville, Miss. Enrollment............................................................................................ 20,873 Colors.................................................................................. Maroon and White President............................................................................... Dr. Mark Keenum Athletics Director........................................................................Scott Stricklin Conference..................................................................Southeastern (NCAA DI) Arena................................................................................Humphrey Coliseum Website...................................................................................... HailState.com HEAD COACH Vic Schaefer (Texas A&M, 1994) Record at MSU/Overall.................. 90-46 (5th season)/170-156 (12th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 28-8/11-5 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................9/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................5/0

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 vs. Purdue (Orono, Maine) 11.12 vs. Maine/Villanova (Orono, Maine) 11.16 vs. Tulane (Biloxi, Miss.) 11.20 Texas 11.25 vs. Oregon (Honolulu, Hawaii) 11.26 vs. San Jose State (Honolulu, Hawaii) 11.27 at Hawaii 12.3 at Ames 12.10 at Southern Miss 12.13 at Little Rock 12.16 vs. SMU (Los Angeles) 12.17 vs. Grambling/USC (Los Angeles) 12.20 Alabama State 12.28 Northwestern State 1.1 LSU 1.5 at Arkansas 1.8 at Tennessee 1.12 Florida 1.16 Ole Miss 1.19 at Alabama 1.23 at South Carolina 1.29 Texas A&M 2.2 at Auburn 2.5 Missouri 2.9 Vanderbilt 2.12 at Ole Miss 2.16 Georgia 2.19 at Texas A&M 2.23 at Kentucky 2.26 Tennessee

MEDIA RELATIONS Brock Turnipseed Office.........................................................................................662-325-7556 Cell.............................................................................................662-418-7409 SERIES INFORMATION Email.........................................................bturnipseed@athletics.msstate.edu Overall.................................................... 0-3

MCNEESE

(H) GAME 12 • DEC. 31 • 1 P.M. (A) GAME 18 • JAN. 21 • 1 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location........................................................................................Lake Charles Enrollment.............................................................................................. 7,252 Colors.............................................................................Royal Blue and Yellow President.............................................................................Dr. Phillip Williams Athletics Director..................................................................... Bruce Hemphill Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena..................................................................................... Burton Coliseum Website.............................................................................mcneesesports.com HEAD COACH Kaci Cryer (LSU-Shreveport, 2008) Record at McNeese/Overall...........................................0-0 (1st season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 20-13/11-7 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................10/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.12 at UL Lafayette 11.14 Southern 11.17 Louisiana College 11.22 Wiley College 11.27 LSU-Alexandria 11.30 at Tulane 12.4 Louisiana Tech 12.11 at TCU 12.13 at ULM 12.19 vs. Alabama (at Niceville, Florida) 12.20 vs. Pittsburgh (at Niceville, Florida) 12.31 at Northwestern State 1.2 Stephen F. Austin 1.5 Sam Houston State 1.7 Houston Baptist 1.15 at Southeastern Louisiana 1.18 at Central Arkansas 1.21 Northwestern State 1.26 New Orleans 1.28 at Abilene Christian 1.31 Central Arkansas 2.4 at Lamar 2.11 Incarnate Word 2.16 at New Orleans 2.18 Nicholls 2.22 at Houston Baptist 2.25 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 3.2 at Sam Houston State 3.4 Lamar

MEDIA RELATIONS Pam LaFosse Office.........................................................................................337-475-5926 Cell.............................................................................................337-274-9981 SERIES INFORMATION Email............................................................................plafosse@mcneese.edu Overall................................................ 56-25

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

CENTRAL ARKANSAS

(A) GAME 13 • JAN. 2 • 6 P.M. (H) GAME 29 • MARCH 4 • 1 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location...................................................................................... Conway, Ark. Enrollment............................................................................................ 11,900 Colors...................................................................................... Purple and Gray President....................................................................................Tom Courtway Athletics Director.....................................................................Dr. Brad Teague Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena............................................................................................Farris Center Website..................................................................................... ucasports.com HEAD COACH Sandra Rushing (Alabama, 1986) Record at UCA/Overall................... 78-45 (4th season)/481-300 (27th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 28-4/16-2 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 Hendrix 11.13 at Texas A&M 11.17 at Alcorn State 11.22 Williams Baptist 11.29 Alcorn State 12.2 Crowley’s Ridge 12.12 Central Baptist 12.14 at Texas Tech 12.19 vs. Liberty (at San Antonio) 12.20 vs. Houston (at San Antonio) 12.31 Lamar 1.2 Northwestern State 1.7 at Abilene Christian 1.11 at Houston Baptist 1.14 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.18 McNeese 1.21 at New Orleans 1.25 at Stephen F. Austin 1.28 Incarnate Word 1.31 at McNeese 2.4 Southeastern Louisiana 2.8 Abilene Christian 2.11 at Nicholls 2.15 Sam Houston State 2.18 Houston Baptist 2.22 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.25 Stephen F. Austin 3.4 at Northwestern State

MEDIA RELATIONS Josh Goff Office.........................................................................................501-450-5695 Cell.............................................................................................501-650-6886 SERIES INFORMATION Email..........................................................................................jgoff@uca.edu Overall................................................ 12-11

AT INCARNATE WORD

GAME 14 • JAN. 5 • 7 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.............................................................................. San Antonio, Texas Enrollment.............................................................................................. 9,940 Colors.............................................................................. Red, Black and White President......................................................................... Dr. Louis J. Agnese Jr. Athletics Director........................................................................John Williams Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena.............................................................. McDermott Convocation Center Website.................................................................................uiwcardinals.com HEAD COACH Christy Smith (Arkansas, 1998) Record at UIW/Overall...................................................0-0 (1st season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 6-23/3-15 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................6/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at TCU 11.15 at Texas State 11.23 at Montana 11.25 vs. Utah State (at Missoula, Montana) 11.29 Eastern Michigan 12.3 Rice 12.10 at North Texas 12.16 vs. Murray State (at Wichita) 12.17 at Wichita State 12.21 LSU-Alexandria 12.28 Texas A&M-Kingsville 12.31 at Nicholls 1.2 at Southeastern Louisiana 1.5 Northwestern State 1.7 New Orleans 1.12 at Lamar 1.14 at Houston Baptist 1.19 Southeastern Louisiana 1.21 Stephen F. Austin 1.26 Abilene Christian 1.28 at Central Arkansas 2.2 Houston Baptist 2.9 at New Orleans 2.11 at McNeese 2.15 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.18 Sam Houston State 2.22 Nicholls 3.1 at Abilene Christian 3.4 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

MEDIA RELATIONS Zack Carlton Office.........................................................................................210-805-3071 Cell.............................................................................................210-896-8694 SERIES INFORMATION Email.................................................................................zcarlton@uiwtx.edu Overall.................................................... 3-0

AT A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI

GAME 15 • JAN. 7 • 4:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................Corpus Christi, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 11,661 Colors...................................................................Royal Blue, White and Green President.......................................................................Dr. Flavius C. Killebrew Athletics Director........................................................................Scott Lazenby Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena.............................................................................American Bank Center Website.................................................................................. GoIslanders.com HEAD COACH Royce Chadwick (Southwestern Oklahoma State, 1980) Record at AMCC/Overall.................47-71 (4th season)/608-373 (33rd season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 9-20/6-12 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................6/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 Toledo 11.16 Texas Southern 11.18 at Texas State 11.23 Montana Tech 11.30 Panhandle State 12.3 UT Rio Grande Valley 12.6 Schreiner 12.10 at Texas A&M 12.15 at Rice 12.19 vs. UC Santa Barbara (Edinburg, Texas) 12.20 at UT Rio Grande Valley 12.31 at New Orleans 1.2 at Nicholls 1.5 at Stephen F. Austin 1.7 Northwestern State 1.11 Southeastern Louisiana 1.14 Central Arkansas 1.21 at Sam Houston State 1.25 at Lamar 1.28 Nicholls 2.1 Abilene Christian 2.4 at Houston Baptist 2.8 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.15 at Incarnate Word 2.18 Lamar 2.22 at Abilene Christian 2.25 McNeese 3.1 Houston Baptist 3.4 Incarnate Word

MEDIA RELATIONS Ian MacDougall Office.........................................................................................361-825-3411 Cell.............................................................................................317-313-7486 SERIES INFORMATION Email.................................................................. ian.macdougall@tamucc.edu Overall.................................................... 5-7

NICHOLLS

GAME 16 • JAN. 12 • 5:30 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location...........................................................................................Thibodaux Enrollment.............................................................................................. 6,300 Colors...........................................................................................Red and Gray President............................................................................... Dr. Bruce Murphy Athletics Director.............................................................................Matt Roan Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena...........................................................................................Stopher Gym Website.............................................................................. geauxcolonels.com HEAD COACH DoBee Plaisance (Southern Miss, 1986) Record at Nicholls/Overall...........92-143 (9th season)/248-367 (22nd season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 10-19/8-10 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.12 at Gonzaga 11.15 at Prairie View 11.19 UL Monroe 11.22 Jackson State 11.25 at Jacksonville 11.26 vs. North Florida (at Jacksonville) 11.29 at Grambling 12.10 at Louisiana Tech 12.14 Troy 12.18 at Jacksonville State 12.21 at Memphis 12.31 Incarnate Word 1.2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.7 at Sam Houston State 1.12 at Northwestern State 1.14 at Stephen F. Austin 1.18 Abilene Christian 1.21 Lamar 1.25 Houston Baptist 1.28 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.1 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.4 New Orleans 2.8 Stephen F. Austin 2.11 Central Arkansas 2.18 at McNeese 2.22 at Incarnate Word 2.25 Southeastern Louisiana 3.1 at Lamar 3.4 New Orleans

MEDIA RELATIONS Jamie Bustos Office.........................................................................................985-448-4281 Cell.............................................................................................419-786-0415 SERIES INFORMATION Email...................................................................... jamie.bustos@nicholls.edu Overall................................................ 65-10

SAM HOUSTON STATE

(H) GAME 17 • JAN. 14 • 1 P.M. (A) GAME 24 • FEB. 23 • 6:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location................................................................................. Huntsville, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 20,725 Colors...................................................................................Orange and White President.................................................................................Dr. Dana G. Hoyt Athletics Director.....................................................................Bobby Williams Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena..................................................................Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum Website................................................................................... gobearkats.com HEAD COACH Brenda Welch-Nichols (Sam Houston, 1989) Record at SHSU/Overall............111-189 (10th season)/243-334 (21st season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 14-18/7-11 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................5/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................1/4

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Arkansas 11.15 at TCU 11.18 Wiley College 11.21 UT-Rio Grande Valley 11.25 vs. Marshall (Edinburg, Texas) 11.26 at UT-Rio Grande Valley 11.29 at Rice 12.3 vs. Prairie View (Houston) 12.14 at LSU 12.19 at Texas State 1.2 at Houston Baptist 1.5 at McNeese 1.7 Nicholls 1.12 at New Orleans 1.14 at Northwestern State 1.18 Lamar 1.21 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.28 Southeastern Louisiana 2.2 Stephen F. Austin 2.4 at Abilene Christian 2.9 at Lamar 2.11 Houston Baptist 2.15 at Central Arkansas 2.18 at Incarnate Word 2.23 Northwestern State 2.25 Abilene Christian 3.2 McNeese 3.4 at Stephen F. Austin

MEDIA RELATIONS Andrew Pate Office.........................................................................................936-294-2962 Cell.............................................................................................936-294-1472 SERIES INFORMATION Email...................................................................................... apate@shsu.edu Overall................................................ 39-18

SOUTHEASTERN LA.

(A) GAME 18 • JAN. 25 • 5:30 P.M. (H) GAME 23 • FEB. 16 • 5:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location...........................................................................................Hammond Enrollment............................................................................................ 15,000 Colors....................................................................................... Green and Gold President................................................................................. Dr. John L. Crain Athletics Director.......................................................................... Jay Artigues Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena.....................................................................................University Center Website...................................................................................... lionsports.net HEAD COACH Errol Gauff (Alabama) Record at Southeastern La./Overall...............................0-0 (1st season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 4-23/3-15 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................6/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................1/4

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Ole Miss 11.13 at Houston 11.16 Mobile 11.22 at Baylor 11.25 Bethune-Cookman 11.30 at Colorado 12.2 at Colorado State 12.13 at Jackson State 12.19 at UL Lafayette 12.21 Grambling 12.28 at Florida 12.31 Abilene Christian 1.2 Incarnate Word 1.5 at Houston Baptist 1.7 at Lamar 1.11 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.15 McNeese 1.19 at Incarnate Word 1.25 Northwestern State 1.28 at Huntsville 2.1 Nicholls 2.4 at Central Arkansas 2.8 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.11 New Orleans 2.16 at Northwestern State 2.18 Stephen F. Austin 2.22 Central Arkansas 2.25 at Nicholls 3.2 at New Orleans

MEDIA RELATIONS Kemmler Chapple Office.........................................................................................985-549-3221 Cell.............................................................................................985-974-5466 SERIES INFORMATION Email...................................................................... jamie.bustos@nicholls.edu Overall................................................ 46-18

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

AT LAMAR

GAME 19 • JAN. 28 • 2 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location.................................................................................Beaumont, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 15,022 Colors........................................................................................ Red and White President.............................................................................. Dr. Kenneth Evans Athletics Director...................................................................Jason Henderson Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena....................................................................................Montagne Center Website............................................................................. lamarcardinals.com HEAD COACH Robin Harmony (Miami, 1984) Record at Lamar/Overall.................. 47-45 (4th season)/180-93 (10th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 12-19/7-11 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................7/3 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/2

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Oregon State 11.13 at Oregon 11.16 St. Thomas 11.20 at Kansas State 11.23 Northern Arizona 11.26 at Canisius 12.4 Southwestern University 12.20 Loyola-Chicago 12.22 Louisiana College 12.29 Howard Payne 12.31 at Central Arkansas 1.5 New Orleans 1.7 Southeastern Louisiana 1.12 Incarnate Word 1.14 at Abilene Christian 1.18 at Sam Houston State 1.21 at Nicholls 1.25 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.28 Northwestern State 2.2 at New Orleans 2.4 McNeese 2.9 Sam Houston State 2.11 at Stephen F. Austin 2.15 at Houston Baptist 2.18 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.25 Houston Baptist 3.1 Nicholls 3.4 at McNeese

MEDIA RELATIONS Pat Murray Office.........................................................................................409-880-2323 Cell.............................................................................................409-651-0521 SERIES INFORMATION Email............................................................................pat.murray@lamar.edu Overall................................................ 33-17

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

(H) GAME 20 • FEB. 4 • 1 P.M. (A) GAME 28 • MARCH 2 • 5:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................ Nacogdoches, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 12,950 Colors.................................................................................... Purple and White President................................................................................ Dr. Baker Pattillo Athletics Director.............................................................................Robert Hill Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena.................................................................. William R. Johnson Coliseum Website........................................................................................ sfajacks.com HEAD COACH Mark Kellogg (Austin College, 1988) Record at SFA/Overall......................18-12 (2nd season)/268-77 (11th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record............................................... 18-12/12-6 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/5 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.13 at South Dakota 11.16 Oklahoma Panhandle state 11.20 at Texas A&M 11.23 at George Mason 11.25 at Coppin State 11.30 LSU-Shreveport 12.3 at UT-Arlington 12.7 at Louisiana Tech 12.10 Montana 12.17 UT-Permian Basin 12.20 Prairie View 12.31 Houston Baptist 1.2 at McNeese 1.5 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.12 at Abilene Christian 1.14 Nicholls 1.21 at Incarnate Word 1.25 Central Arkansas 1.28 New Orleans 2.2 at Sam Houston State 2.4 at Northwestern State 2.8 at Nicholls 2.11 Lamar 2.16 Abilene Christian 2.18 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.23 at New Orleans 2.25 at Central Arkansas 3.2 Northwestern State 3.4 Sam Houston State

MEDIA RELATIONS Keri Burns Office.........................................................................................936-468-5801 Cell.............................................................................................281-796-8998 SERIES INFORMATION Email................................................................................... burnsk@sfasu.edu Overall................................................ 21-56

HOUSTON BAPTIST

GAME 21 • FEB. 9 • 5:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.............................................................................................. Houston Enrollment.............................................................................................. 3,160 Colors............................................................................Royal Blue and Orange President.........................................................................Dr. Robert B. Sloan Jr. Athletics Director....................................................................... Steve Moniaci Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena.............................................................................................. Sharp Gym Website...................................................................................hbuhuskies.com HEAD COACH Donna Finnie (Heriot Watt, 1998) Record at HBU/Overall.............................................. 41-50 (4th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 14-15/9-9 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................8/5 Starters R/L.................................................................................................2/3

ABILENE CHRISTIAN

(A) GAME 21 • FEB. 11 • 2 P.M. (H) GAME 23 • FEB. 18 • 1 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..................................................................................... Abilene, Texas Enrollment.............................................................................................. 4,500 Colors.................................................................................... Purple and White President................................................................................Dr. Phil Schubert Athletics Director.......................................................................... Lee De Leon Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena..................................................................................... Moody Coliseum Website..................................................................................... acusports.com HEAD COACH Julie Goodenough (UT-Arlington, 1991) Record at ACU/Overall...................82-35 (5th season)/371-255 (22nd season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Record/Conference Record................................................. 26-4/17-1 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................7/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Missouri 11.13 vs. TBD (Preseason WNIT) 11.15 Howard Payne 11.17 vs. TBD (Preseason WNIT) 11.20 vs. TBD (Preseason WNIT) 11.26 at Texas A&M 11.29 at UT-San Antonio 12.1 at Baylor 12.3 UMKC 12.10 Harding 12.16 at Wichita State 12.17 vs. Murray State (at Wichita) 12.28 Sul Ross State 12.31 at Southeastern Louisiana 1.3 New Orleans 1.7 Central Arkansas 1.12 Stephen F. Austin 1.14 Lamar 1.18 at Nicholls 1.26 at Incarnate Word 1.28 McNeese 2.1 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.4 Sam Houston State 2.8 at Central Arkansas 2.11 Northwestern State 2.16 at Stephen F. Austin 2.18 at Northwestern State 2.22 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.25 at Sam Houston State 3.1 Incarnate Word 3.4 at Houston Baptist

MEDIA RELATIONS Chris Macaluso Office.........................................................................................325-674-6171 Cell.............................................................................................765-490-6988 SERIES INFORMATION Email..................................................................................... cjm11a@acu.edu Overall.................................................... 2-1

NEW ORLEANS

GAME 27 • FEB. 25 • 1 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location....................................................................................... New Orleans Enrollment.............................................................................................. 9,234 Colors.....................................................................Royal Blue, Navy and Silver President....................................................................................Dr. Peter J. Fos Athletics Director.......................................................................... Derek Morel Conference.......................................................................Southland (NCAA DI) Arena...................................................................................... Lakefront Arena Website...............................................................................unoprivateers.com HEAD COACH Keeshawn Davenport (New Orleans, 2002) Record at UNO/Overall............................................. 11-97 (5th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2014-15 Record/Conference Record................................................. 8-19/6-12 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................13/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/1

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Alabama 11.13 at Southern Miss 11.15 Blue Mountain College 11.19 South Alabama 11.22 at Jacksonville State 11.30 Texas Southern 12.4 at Iowa State 12.12 Trinity Baptist 12.20 at Texas 12.29 Crowley’s Ridge 12.31 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.3 at Abilene Christian 1.5 at Lamar 1.7 at Incarnate Word 1.12 Sam Houston State 1.19 at Houston Baptist 1.21 Central Arkansas 1.26 at McNeese 1.28 at Stephen F. Austin 2.2 Lamar 2.4 Nicholls 2.9 Incarnate Word 2.11 at Southeastern Louisiana 2.16 McNeese 2.23 Stephen F. Austin 2.25 at Northwestern State 3.2 Southeastern Louisiana 3.4 at Nicholls

MEDIA RELATIONS Ro Brown Office.........................................................................................504-280-6459 Cell.............................................................................................504-722-5139 SERIES INFORMATION Email....................................................................................rjbrown@uno.edu Overall.................................................. 11-5

2016-17 SCHEDULE 11.11 at Baylor 11.16 at Texas 11.19 Rice 11.23 Southwestern Assembiles of God 11.26 Oral Roberts 11.30 at UTEP 12.4 Texas Southern 12.9 Arlington Baptist 12.21 ULM 12.28 at Arkansas 12.31 at Stephen F. Austin 1.2 Sam Houston State 1.5 Southeastern Louisiana 1.7 at McNeese 1.11 Central Arkansas 1.14 Incarnate Word 1.19 New Orleans 1.25 at Nicholls 2.2 at Incarnate Word 2.4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.9 at Northwestern State 2.11 at Sam Houston State 2.15 Lamar 2.18 at Central Arkansas 2.22 McNeese 2.25 at Lamar 3.1 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 3.4 Abilene Christian

MEDIA RELATIONS Russ Reneau Office.........................................................................................281-469-3098 Cell.............................................................................................281-923-0813 SERIES INFORMATION Email....................................................................................rreneau@hbu.edu Overall.................................................... 3-1

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SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

Friday, Nov. 11 Sam Houston State at Arkansas 10:30 a.m. LeTourneau at Northwestern State 12:30 p.m. SE Louisiana at Ole Miss 2 p.m. Lamar at Oregon State 4 p.m. New Orleans at Alabama 5 p.m. Hendrix at Central Arkansas 6 p.m. Abilene Christian at Missouri 7 p.m. Incarnate Word at TCU 8:30 p.m. Houston Baptist at Baylor TBA Saturday, Nov. 12 Toledo at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12 p.m. Nicholls at Gonzaga 1 p.m. McNeese at UL Lafayette 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13 Stephen F. Austin at South Dakota Central Arkansas at Texas A&M New Orleans at Southern Miss Lamar at Oregon SE Louisiana at Houston Abilene Christian vs. TBD

1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. TBD

Monday, Nov. 14 Southern-New Orleans at McNeese

6 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 15 Nicholls at Prairie View 6 p.m. Howard Payne at Abilene Christian 7 p.m. Incarnate Word at Texas State 7 p.m. Blue Mountain College at New Orleans 7 p.m. Sam Houston State at TCU TBA Wednesday, Nov. 16 Houston Baptist at Texas 11 a.m. Mobile at SE Louisiana 5:30 p.m. St. Thomas at Lamar 7 p.m. Okla. Panhandle at Stephen F. Austin 7 p.m. Texas Southern at Texas A&M-CC 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 Central Arkansas at Alcorn State Louisiana College at McNeese Abilene Christian vs. TBD

5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. TBD

Friday, Nov. 18 Wiley College at Sam Houston State 11 a.m. Texas A&M-CC at Texas State 7 p.m.

Stephen F. Austin at Texas A&M Abilene Christian vs. TBD

4 p.m. TBD

Monday, Nov. 21 UTRGV at Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. Central Baptist at Northwestern State 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22 Wiley College at McNeese Williams Baptist at Central Arkansas Jackson State at Nicholls SE Louisiana at Baylor

2 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 23 Montana Tech at Texas A&M-CC 5:30 p.m. New Orleans at Jacksonville St. 5:30 p.m. SW Assembiles of God at Houston Baptist 7 p.m. Northern Arizona at Lamar 7 p.m. Northwestern State at Texas 7 p.m. Incarnate Word at Montana 7 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at George Mason TBA Friday, Nov. 25 Nicholls at Jacksonville 1 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at SE Louisiana 1 p.m. Incarnate Word vs. Utah State 2 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Coppin State 3 p.m. Sam Houston State vs. Marshall 4:30 pm. Miss. Valley St. at Northwestern St. 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 Nicholls vs. North Florida Lamar at Canisius Oral Roberts at Houston Baptist Abilene Christian at Texas A&M Sam Houston State at UTRGV Sunday, Nov. 27 LSU-Alexandria at McNeese

11 a.m. 12 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m.

2 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 29 Alcorn State at Central Arkansas 5 p.m. E. Michigan at Incarnate Word 5:30 p.m. Nicholls at Grambling 6 p.m. Abilene Christian at UT-San Antonio 7 p.m. Sam Houston State at Rice TBA

Saturday, Nov. 19 LSU-Alexandria at Northwestern State 11 a.m. ULM at Nicholls 1 p.m. Rice at Houston Baptist 2 p.m. South Alabama at New Orleans 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 30 Texas Southern at New Orleans 5:30 p.m. McNeese at Tulane 7 p.m. Northwestern State at Memphis 7 p.m. LSU-Shreveport at Stephen F. Austin 7 p.m. Okla. Panhandle St. at Texas A&M-CC 7 p.m. Houston Baptist at UTEP 7:05 p.m. SE Louisiana at Colorado 8 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 20 Lamar at Kansas State

Thursday, Dec. 1 Abilene Christian at Baylor

1 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 2 SE Louisiana at Colorado State Crowley’s Ridge at Central Arkansas

3 p.m. 6 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 3 Rice at Incarnate Word UMKC at Abilene Christian Stephen F. Austin at UT-Arlington UTRGV at Texas A&M-CC Sam Houston State vs. Prairie View

1 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. TBA

Sunday, Dec. 4 Southwestern University at Lamar ULM at Northwestern State Louisiana Tech at McNeese New Orleans at Iowa State Texas Southern at Houston Baptist

12 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m.

Tusday, Dec. 6 Schriener at Texas A&M-CC Wednesday, Dec. 7 Stephen F. Austin at Louisiana Tech

7 p.m.

TBA

Friday, Dec. 9 Arlington Baptist at Houston Baptist 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 Nicholls at Louisiana Tech Harding at Abilene Christian Incarnate Word at North Texas Montana at Stephen F. Austin Texas A&M-CC at Texas A&M

1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 5 p.m. TBA

Sunday, Dec. 11 McNeese at TCU 2 p.m. Jackson State at Northwestern State 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12 Trinity Baptist at New Orleans Central Baptist at Central Arkansas Tuesday, Dec. 13 McNeese at ULM SE Louisiana at Jackson State Wednesday, Dec. 14 Sam Houston State at LSU Troy at Nicholls Central Arkansas at Texas Tech Thursday, Dec. 15 Texas A&M-CC at Rice

11 a.m. 2 p.m.

6 p.m. 7 p.m.

11 a.m. 6 p.m. TBA

Saturday, Dec. 17 Abilene Christian vs. Murray State 11 a.m. Incarnate Word at Wichita State 2 p.m. UT-Permian Basin at Stephen F. Austin 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 Nicholls at Jacksonville State Northwestern State at Arkansas

1:30 p.m. 2 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 19 Central Arkansas vs. Liberty 4 p.m. Texas A&M-CC vs. UC Santa Barbara 4:30 p.m. SE Louisiana at UL Lafayette 5 p.m. Sam Houston State at Texas State 7 p.m. McNeese vs. Alabama 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20 Central Arkansas vs. Houston 4 p.m. McNeese vs. Pittsburgh 5 p.m. La. College at Northwestern State 6:30 p.m. Loyola-Chicago at Lamar 7 p.m. Prairie View at Stephen F. Austin 7 p.m. Texas A&M-CC at UTRGV 7 p.m. New Orleans at Texas 7p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21 Nicholls at Memphis Grambling at SE Louisiana LSU-Alexandria at Incarnate Word ULM at Houston Baptist

2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 22 Louisiana College at Lamar

7 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 28 Sul Ross State at Abilene Christian

2 p.m.

Texas A&M-Kingsville at Incarnate Word 5:30 p.m.

Houston Baptist at Arkansas 6 p.m. SE Louisiana at Florida 6 p.m. Northwestern State at Mississippi State 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29 Howard Payne at Lamar Crowley’s Ridge at New Orleans

5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 31 Abilene Christian at Southeastern La. 12 p.m. McNeese at Northwestern State 1 p.m. Incarnate Word at Nicholls 1 p.m. Houston Baptist at Stephen F. Austin 1:30 p.m. Lamar at Central Arkansas 2 p.m. Texas A&M-CC at New Orleans 4 p.m.

TBA

Friday, Dec. 16 Incarnate Word vs. Murray State 4 p.m. Abillene Christian at Wichita State 7:05 p.m.

7 p.m.

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Monday, Jan. 2 Incarnate Word at SE Louisiana 12 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at McNeese 5:30 p.m. Northwestern State at Central Arkansas 6 p.m. Texas A&M-CC at Nicholls 6 p.m. Sam Houston St. at Houston Baptist 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3 New Orleans at Abilene Christian

7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 5 Southeastern La. at Houston Baptist 5 p.m. New Orleans at Lamar 5:30 p.m. Sam Houston State at McNeese 5:30 p.m. Northwestern St. at Incarnate Word 5:30 p.m. Texas A&M-CC at Stephen F. Austin 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 Houston Baptist at McNeese 1 p.m. New Orleans at Incarnate Wortd 1 p.m. Central Arkansas at Abilene Christian 2 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana at Lamar 2 p.m. Nicholls at Sam Houston State 4 p.m. Northwestern St. at Texas A&M-CC 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 Central Arkansas at Houston Baptist SE Louisiana at Texas A&M-CC

1 p.m. 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 12 Stephen F. Austin at Abilene Christian 5:30 p.m. Nicholls at Northwestern State 5:30 p.m. Incarnate Word at Lamar 7 p.m. Sam Houston State at New Orleans 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 Incarnate Word at Houston Baptist 1 p.m. Sam Houston St. at Northwestern State 1 p.m. Lamar at Abiene Christian 2 p.m. Nicholls at Stephen F. Austin 3:30 p.m. Central Arkansas at A&M-CC 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15 Southeastern Louisiana at McNeese

1 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 18 Abilene Christian at Nicholls Lamar at Sam Houston State McNeese at Central Arkansas

6 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 19 New Orleans at Houston Baptist SE Louisiana at Incarnate Word

7 p.m. 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 21 Lamar at Nicholls Northwestern State at McNeese Stephen F. Austin at Incarnate Word A&M-CC at Sam Houston State Central Arkansas at New Orleans

1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 25 A&M-Corpus Christi at Lamar 5:15 p.m. Central Arkansas at Stephen F. Austin 5:30 p.m. Northwestern State at SE Louisiana 5:30 p.m. Houston Baptist at Nicholls 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 New Orleans at McNeese 5 p.m. Abilene Christian at Incarnate Word 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 McNeese at Abilene Christian 2 p.m. Incarnate Word at Central Arkansas 2 p.m. Northwestern State at Lamar 2 p.m. New Orleans at Stephen F. Austin 3:30 p.m. SE Louisiana at Sam Houston State 4 p.m. Nicholls at Texas A&M-CC 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31 Central Arkansas at McNeese

5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 1 Abilene Christian at A&M-CC 5:30 p.m. Nicholls at Southeastern Louisiana 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 Stephen F. Austin at Sam Houston St. 5:15 p.m. Lamar at New Orleans 7 p.m. Houston Baptist at Incarnate Word 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 Stephen F. Austin at Norhtwestern St. 1 p.m. Sam Houston St. at Abilene Christian 2 p.m. Southeastern La. at Central Arkansas 2 p.m. McNeese at Lamar 2 p.m. A&M-CC at Houston Baptist 3:30 p.m. Nicholls at New Orleans 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 Nicholls at Stephen F. Austin 1 p.m. Abilene Christian at Central Arkansas 7 p.m. Texas A&M-CC at Southeastern La. 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 Houston Baptist at Northwestern State 5:30 p.m. Sam Houston State at Lamar 5:30 p.m. Incarnate Word at New Orleans 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 16 SE Louisiana at Northwestern State 5:15 p.m. Abilene Christian at Stephen F. Austin 5:30 p.m. McNeese at New Orleans 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18 Abilene Christian at Northwestern State 1 p.m. Nicholls at McNeese 1 p.m. Sam Houston State at Incarnate Word 1 p.m. Houston Baptist at Central Arkansas 2 p.m. Lamar at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Southeastern La. 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22 Central Arkansas at Southeastern La. 5 p.m. A&M-CC at Abilene Christian 5:30 p.m. Nicholls at Incarnate Word 5:30 p.m. McNeese at Houston Baptist 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 Stephen F. Austin at New Orleans 5:30 p.m. Northwestern St. at Sam Houston St. 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25 McNeese at Texas A&M-CC 11:30 a.m. Southeastern Louisiana at Nicholls 1 p.m. New Orleans at Northwestern State 1 p.m. Abilene Christian at Sam Houston St. 2 p.m. Houston Baptist at Lamar 2 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Central Arkansas 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 1 Incarnate Word at Abilene Christian 5:30 p.m. Houston Baptist at Texas A&M-CC 7 p.m. Nicholls at Lamar 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2 McNeese at Sam Houston State 5:15 p.m. Northwestern St. at Stephen F. Austin 5:30 p.m. Southeastern La. at New Orleans 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4 Incarnate Word at Texas A&M-CC 11:30 a.m. Central Arkansas at Northwestern State 1 p.m. Lamar at McNeese 1 p.m. New Orleans at Nicholls 1 p.m. Abilene Christian at Houston Baptist 3:30 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Sam Houston St. 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 11 Central Arkansas at Nicholls 1 p.m. Incarnate Word at McNeese 1 p.m. Northwestern State at Abilene Christian 2 p.m. Houston Baptist at Sam Houston State 2 p.m. Lamar at Stephen F. Ausitn 2 p.m. New Orleans at Southeastern La. 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15 Texas A&M-CC at Incnarnate Word 5:30 p.m. Sam Houston St. at Cenral Arkansas 7 p.m. Lamar at Houston Baptist 7 p.m.

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2015-16 IN REVIEW There wasn’t a Southland Conference Tournament banner to be raised as there had been in the previous two seasons, but that did not mean there weren’t reasons for the Northwestern State women’s basketball team to celebrate in the 2015-16 season. From individual successes to setting a program record, the Lady Demons continued to climb in positive directions in the final season of the Brooke and Scott Stoehr era. After consecutive runs to SLC Tournament titles and the NCAA Tournament, the Lady Demons once again advanced to the national postseason, making their Women’s Basketball Invitational debut. Northwestern State was predicted to finish second in the Southland Conference by the league coaches and third by the conference’s sports information directors. The Lady Demons lived up to both of those predictions in a sense. Northwestern State finished third in the league standings behind Abilene Christian and Central Arkansas. With Abilene Christian ineligible for the conference tournament, NSU slid into the No. 2 seed, making its fourth consecutive tournament appeareance and reaching the tournament semifinals for the third straight season. Prior to the season, senior guard Keisha Lee, a three-year starter, suffered a knee injury and was lost for the first 10 games of the season. Lee’s injury paved the way for Beatrice Attura to wedge her way into the starting lineup. Attura built on the momentum she created in the 2015 postseason when she was named the Southland Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player, starting the season with seven straight double-figure games, including a career-high 27 points in a win against LSU-Alexandria. Attura finished the season averaging a career-best 13.7 points per game, putting her within reach of becoming Northwestern State’s 27th career 1,000-point scorer. Her fast start helped Attura earn the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s Co-Player of the Month honor for November. Lee’s absence meant fellow senior Janelle Perez was without her running mate for the first time since they stepped on the court together in 2012-13. For the second straight season, Perez was patient in the early going, looking to get the rest of her teammates involved. By the time Northwestern State entered conference play, Perez was back in her familiar role of scorer, distributor and all-around team leader. Perez paced the Lady Demons by averaging a career-best 15.3 points per game, saving one of her most quintessential games for the Southland Conference Tournament semfinal matchup against Sam Houston State. Against the Bearkats, Perez dropped 30 points on Sam Houston State, setting NSU’s single-game high during the season and marking her third career 30-point game. Perez connected on 6 of 13 3-pointers, helping the Lady Demons fashion a furious fourth-quarter rally that fell short. The six 3s lifted Perez to the top of the Northwestern State record book in a pair of categories - single-season 3-pointers made (84) and career 3-pointers (223). Perez’ stellar season in which she also set a career high by averaging 4.0 assists per game helped her earn her second straight first-team All-Southland Conference selection and her second consecutive All-Louisiana first-team nod from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. While Perez and Attura gave the Lady Demons strong production from the backcourt, Lee’s return bolstered NSU’s depth, which became a strength with the

2015-16 RESULTS 11.13 LETOURNEAU 11.15 at SMU 11.18 at No. 11 Texas 11.21 LSU-ALEXANDRIA 11.23 CENTRAL BAPTIST 11.27 at New Mexico State 11.28 vs. Long Beach State 12.4 at No. 4 Baylor 12.12 GRAMBLING 12.19 JACKSON STATE 12.29 XAVIER (LA.) 1.2 *HOUSTON BAPTIST 1.4 *SAM HOUSTON STATE 1.7 *at Abilene Christian 1.9 *at Incarnate Word 1.13 *TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 1,16 *at Lamar 1.20 *at Nicholls 1.23 *at McNeese 1.27 *CENTRAL ARKANSAS 1.30 *SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 2.4 *at Stephen F. Austin 2.10 *at Central Arkansas 2.13 *MCNEESE 2.17 *NICHOLLS 2.20 *NEW ORLEANS 2.25 *at Southeastern Louisiana 3.3 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 3.4 *at New Orleans 3.12 ^Sam Houston State 3.16 $at UL Lafayette

W, 73-44 L, 74-36 L, 86-33 W, 94-65 W, 86-56 L, 65-54 L, 60-59 L, 86-44 W, 71-62 W, 59-54 W, 73-57 W, 55-44 W, 69-49 L, 67-46 W, 53-48 W, 60-43 W, 73-51 L, 70-61 L, 78-74 (OT) L, 74-49 W, 82-62 L, 68-52 W, 60-56 W, 85-64 W, 66-62 W, 70-53 W, 73-58 W, 72-51 W, 58-46 L, 78-71 L, 69-54

* Southland Conference Game ^Southland Conference Tournament (Katy, Texas) $ Women’s Basketball Invitational BOLD - Home Game

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emergence of freshman Cheyenne Brown in the frontcourt. Brown shook off an early-season injury that caused her to miss both of Northwestern State’s games in the New Mexico State Thanksgiving tournament to lead the Lady Demons in both rebounds per game (5.8) and total rebounds (163). Brown was solid in the non-conference schedule and futher established herself in conference play, averaging 8.5 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. Throughout the program’s history, Prather Coliseum has been an imposing venue for visiting teams, and the 2015-16 season reinforced that line of thinking. With a schedule that leaned slightly on the home-heavy side, the Lady Demons took advantage. Northwestern State won its first nine home games before falling to eventual SLC Tournament champion Central Arkansas in late January. The Lady Demons rebounded and finished the season by winning their final five home games of the season, posting a 14-1 mark inside Prather. The . 933 winning percentage was NSU’s best since 2008-09 when it also went 14-1. Thanks to the homecourt success, Northwestern State was able to survive an uneven start to conference play. NSU won its first two Southland games, defeating Houston Baptist in a rematch of the 2015 SLC Tournament title game and thumping Sam Houston State by 20 at home. NSU’s early success at home carried over to the road when conference play started as the Lady Demons grabbed back-to-back wins at Incarnate Word and at Lamar. The 73-51 victory at Lamar on Jan. 16 improved NSU to 5-1 in the conference for the second straight season and had the Lady Demons looking like one of the top teams in the conference. A loss at Nicholls set in motion a three-game losing streak that included the home defeat against Central Arkansas and dropped the Lady Demons near the middle of the Southland Conference pack as the middle of conference play arrived. The back half of the home-and-home season series with Central Arkansas offered a springboard and the Lady Demons jumped at the chance. After leading by as many as 13 points, NSU allowed the Sugar Bears to tie the game with 1:40 to play before Perez knocked down a straightaway 3-pointer to

snap the tie and put the Lady Demons ahead for good. Becoming just the second team to win inside the Farris Center during the 2015-16 sparked a closing run last season during the 2013-14 season when NSU won seven straight games, including a 3-0 sweep of the SLC Tournament, to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a decade. This time, the Lady Demons ripped off a seven-game win streak, the longest regular-season win streak for the program since 2003-04. Included in the run was a 73-58 victory at Southeastern Louisiana, which featured a school-record-tying 14 3-pointers. Against the Lady Lions, NSU’s hot 3-point shooting included seven 3s in each half. The Lady Demons connected on 7 of 12 second-half 3s, a sharp 58.3 percent clip. NSU seemed to be peaking at the right time, pushing its way to a third-place Southland finish behind league champion Abilene Christian and runner-up Central Arkansas. With ACU ineligible for the conference tournament as it completes its transition phase to full Division I membership, the Lady Demons notched the No. 2 seed and a double bye into the tournament semifinals. Inside the Merrell Center, NSU ran into a Sam Houston State team that looked much different than the one the Lady Demons saw in Natchitoches in January. The Bearkats won the rematch, 78-71, ending NSU’s run at three straight SLC Tournament titles. Still, the Lady Demons managed to record a program first when they earned a berth in the Women’s Basketball Invitational, facing defending champion UL Lafayette. Despite a combined 27 points from Attura and Brown, the Lady Demons fell to the Ragin’ Cajuns, 69-54, finishing the season 19-12. The WBI matchup marked the third straight season NSU reached the national postseason, a program first.

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2015-16 OVERALL STATISTICS

Player GP-GS MIN-A FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-DQ A-AVG TO BLK STL PTS AVG. Perez, Janelle 31-31 1058-34.1 153-362 .423 84-201 .418 83-92 .902 20 91 111 3.6 34-0 124-4.0 53 3 37 473 15.3 Attura, Beatrice 31-29 1028-33.2 137-353 .388 53-145 .366 98-116 .845 7 84 91 2.9 58-1 87-2.8 72 5 42 425 13.7 Lee, Keisha 21-4 574-27.3 77-187 .412 24-57 .421 21-31 .677 22 55 77 3.7 47-1 53-2.5 47 1 39 199 9.5 Brown, Cheyenne 28-20 673-24.0 85-165 .521 0-1 .000 58-73 .795 68 95 163 5.8 61-0 17-0.6 33 16 11 230 8.2 Abboud, Shahd 31-28 708-22.8 78-218 .358 36-117 .308 28-38 .737 20 85 105 3.4 58-2 50-1.6 58 4 27 220 7.1 Mayfield, Emerald 24-6 370-15.4 52-117 .444 2-3 .667 16-32 .500 29 50 79 3.3 42-1 13-0.5 22 6 5 122 5.1 Youngblood, Tia 31-29 776-25.0 60-129 .465 0-1 .000 26-60 .433 70 89 159 5.1 78-2 27-0.9 74 10 21 146 4.7 Thomas, Sami 25-1 366-14.6 21-63 .333 10-38 .263 5-7 .714 2 28 30 1.2 22-0 23-0.9 26 1 6 57 2.3 Sonko, Ndey 23-6 208-9.0 15-31 .484 0-0 .000 7-18 .389 10 33 43 1.9 20-0 6-0.3 8 6 3 37 1.6 Jackson, Gabby 24-0 194-8.1 5-25 .200 0-0 .000 14-15 .933 24 21 45 1.9 18-0 2-0.1 13 1 3 24 1.0 Perez, Jackie 23-0 112-4.9 5-16 .313 3-11 .273 2-4 .500 4 11 15 0.7 7-0 9-0.4 5 0 7 15 0.7 Gilliam, Libba 20-0 121-6.1 2-17 .118 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000 8 7 15 0.8 18-0 1-0.1 7 2 4 11 0.6 Cross, Meghan 12-1 37-3.1 3-6 .500 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0 2 2 0.2 3-0 0-0.0 1 0 2 6 0.5 Total 31 6225 694-1689 .411 212-577 .367 365-495 .737 347 722 1069 34.5 466 412 428 55 207 1965 63.4 Opponents 31 6225 710-1732 .410 194-609 .319 286-429 .667 374 714 1088 35.1 523 431 438 100 195 1900 61.3

2015-16 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE STATISTICS

Player GP-GS MIN-A FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-DQ A-AVG TO BLK STL PTS AVG. Perez, Janelle 18-18 640-35.6 98-228 .430 57-137 .416 52-58 .897 15 64 79 4.4 21-0 70-3.9 30 2 20 305 16.9 Attura, Beatrice 18-16 586-32.6 72-176 .409 29-82 .354 40-47 .851 4 43 47 2.6 36-1 63-3.5 35 2 26 213 11.8 Lee, Keisha 18-4 504-28.0 69-160 .431 21-50 .420 19-23 .826 16 48 64 3.6 41-1 44-2.4 36 1 33 178 9.9 Brown, Cheyenne 18-18 476-26.4 58-121 .479 0-1 .000 37-46 .804 51 65 116 6.4 37-0 14-0.8 23 9 7 153 8.5 Abboud, Shahd 18-16 361-20.1 45-129 .349 22-71 .310 11-14 .786 11 35 46 2.6 34-2 23-1.3 24 3 12 123 6.8 Youngblood, Tia 18-17 462-25.7 38-78 .487 0-1 .000 8-20 .400 46 47 93 52. 42-1 20-1.1 43 7 14 84 4.7 Mayfield, Emerald 12-0 165-13.8 21-47 .447 1-1 1.000 8-17 .471 13 21 34 2.8 20-1 8-0.7 13 3 3 51 4.3 Jackson, Gabby 16-0 115-7.2 4-12 .333 0-0 .000 10-11 .909 10 13 23 1.4 8-0 1-0.1 7 0 2 18 1.1 Perez, Jackie 15-0 59-3.9 4-9 .444 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 4 2 6 0.4 6-0 4-0.3 1 0 3 11 0.7 Thomas, Sami 13-0 129-9.9 4-14 .286 1-8 .125 0-0 .000 2 13 15 1.2 10-0 6-0.5 7 0 3 9 0.7 Gilliam, Libba 15-0 76-5.1 2-12 .167 0-0 .000 5-5 1.000 6 5 11 0.7 12-0 1-0.1 6 1 3 9 0.6 Cross, Meghan 5-1 12-2.4 1-4 .250 0-2 .000 0-2 .000 0 1 1 0.2 1-0 0 1 0 0 2 0.4 Sonko, Ndey 11-0 40-3.6 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 2 6 8 0.7 5-0 0 3 2 2 2 0.2 Total 18 3625 417-993 .420 134-361 .371 190-245 .776 218 407 625 34.7 273 254 235 30 128 1158 64.3 Opponents 18 3625 385-949 .406 116-347 .334 158-234 .675 197 389 586 32.6 281 239 262 58 105 1044 58.0

2015-16 POSTSEASON STATISTICS

Player GP-GS MIN-A FG-A PCT. 3FG-A PCT. FT-A PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-DQ A-AVG TO BLK STL PTS AVG. Attura, Beatrice 2-2 75-37.5 12-26 .462 6-13 .462 3-3 1.000 0 7 7 3.5 5-0 3-1.5 4 0 2 33 16.5 Perez, Janelle 2-2 70-35.0 11-34 .324 6-16 .375 2-2 1.000 1 3 4 2.0 3-0 8-4.0 5 0 5 30 15.0 Brown, Cheyenne 2-2 43-21.5 8-11 .727 0-0 .000 5-6 .833 5 4 9 4.5 5-0 2-1.0 4 1 2 21 10.5 Lee, Keisha 2-0 44-22.0 7-19 .368 3-6 .500 2-6 .333 3 5 8 4.0 4-0 6-3.0 7 0 2 19 9.5 Abboud, Shahd 2-2 49-24.5 4-15 .267 3-10 .300 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1.0 3-0 1-0.5 5 0 3 11 5.5 Youngblood, Tia 2-2 51-25.5 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 2-5 .400 6 7 13 6.5 3-0 1-0.5 0 1 1 6 3.0 Thomas, Sami 1-0 12-12.0 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0-0 0-0.0 1 0 1 3 3.0 Jackson, Gabby 2-0 32-16.0 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 7 5 12 6.0 3-0 0-0.0 2 1 0 2 1.0 Gilliam, Libba 1-0 10-10.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2-0 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Perez, Jackie 1-0 12-12.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1-0 1-1.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Cross, Meghan 1-0 0-0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Mayfield, Emerald 1-0 1-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Sonko, Ndey 1-0 1-1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 2 400 45-118 .381 19-47 .404 16-24 .667 28 38 66 33.0 29 22 30 3 16 125 62.6 Opponents 2 400 54-98 .551 9-28 .321 30-38 .789 12 49 61 30.5 30 29 27 5 20 147 73.5

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2015-16 COMPARISON STATISTICS

OPPONENTS SCORE MAR FG/A PCT. 3FG/A PCT. FTM/A PCT. REB MAR AS TO BLK STL PF NORTHWESTERN STATE 73 29 28-54 .519 1-5 .200 16-31 .516 45 8 16 14 3 10 13 LeTourneau 44 16-61 .262 6-29 .207 6-12 .500 37 10 17 1 5 24 NORTHWESTERN STATE 36 -38 11-60 .183 0-13 .000 14-22 .636 37 -26 2 17 0 5 17 SMU 74 28-73 .384 8-20 .400 10-12 .833 63 21 15 6 6 21 NORTHWESTERN STATE 86 -53 12-45 .267 4-16 .250 5-8 .625 18 -29 7 21 0 2 17 Texas 33 35-67 .522 7-21 .333 9-16 .563 47 13 9 4 13 15 NORTHWESTERN STATE 94 29 31-61 .508 6-9 .667 26-34 .765 50 24 21 18 3 10 16 LSU-Alexandria 65 24-66 .364 9-28 .321 8-12 .667 26 17 19 3 3 28 NORTHWESTERN STATE 86 30 32-73 .438 9-24 .375 13-19 .684 47 4 19 8 4 7 17 Central Baptist College 56 18-60 .300 7-28 .250 13-20 .650 43 9 15 6 5 13 NORTHWESTERN STATE 54 -11 18-41 .439 9-17 .529 9-13 .691 24 -14 11 15 1 2 14 New Mexico State 65 25-58 .431 6-20 .300 9-14 .643 38 13 11 4 5 13 NORTHWESTERN STATE 59 -1 20-48 .417 8-18 .444 11-14 .786 34 2 7 13 1 3 19 Long Beach State 60 22-56 .393 6-26 .231 10-13 .769 32 13 11 4 5 20 NORTHWESTERN STATE 44 -42 18-48 .375 4-18 .222 4-5 .800 15 -23 15 17 0 6 16 Baylor 86 35-56 .625 2-6 .333 14-21 .667 38 30 12 5 10 10 NORTHWESTERN STATE 71 9 20-55 .364 7-20 .350 24-30 .800 41 1 12 14 1 6 14 Grambling 62 23-61 .377 5-19 .263 11-20 .550 40 10 15 2 8 25 NORTHWESTERN STATE 59 5 19-49 .388 9-24 .375 12-16 .750 30 -16 13 13 3 5 13 Jackson State 54 22-61 .361 5-13 .385 5-13 .385 46 14 15 1 5 22 NORTHWESTERN STATE 73 16 23-44 .523 2-5 .400 25-34 .735 37 6 13 13 6 7 8 Xavier (La.) 57 23-66 .348 8-24 .333 3-4 .750 31 13 11 3 5 22 NORTHWESTERN STATE 55 11 22-56 .393 3-8 .375 8-11 .727 41 11 10 18 2 5 12 Houston Baptist 44 16-51 .314 4-15 .267 8-10 .800 30 9 13 4 8 17 NORTHWESTERN STATE 69 20 28-55 .509 11-22 .500 2-4 .500 40 14 20 18 2 4 11 Sam Houston State 49 19-56 .339 5-22 .227 6-8 .750 26 15 12 4 8 14 NORTHWESTERN STATE 46 -21 15-49 .306 7-18 .389 9-14 .643 20 -28 8 13 0 14 24 Abilene Christian 67 22-50 .440 9-25 .360 14-23 .609 48 13 20 4 6 15 NORTHWESTERN STATE 53 5 18-52 .346 1-14 .071 16-17 .941 33 6 9 13 0 10 15 Incarnate Word 48 18-43 .419 6-18 .333 6-9 .667 27 11 19 2 7 17 NORTHWESTERN STATE 60 17 23-55 .418 9-15 .529 5-8 .625 33 4 17 9 3 8 13 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 43 15-41 .361 7-23 .304 6-11 .545 29 11 18 6 5 11 NORTHWESTERN STATE 73 22 25-50 .500 10-19 .526 13-15 .867 41 14 19 19 4 6 24 Lamar 51 13-48 .271 6-17 .353 19-30 .633 27 8 31 2 10 14 NORTHWESTERN STATE 61 -9 25-55 .455 5-14 .357 6-8 .750 36 4 11 13 2 5 17 Nicholls 70 24-59 .407 14-32 .438 8-14 .571 32 17 9 3 6 13 NORTHWESTERN STATE 74 -4 26-71 .366 9-30 .300 13-16 .816 41 -5 18 11 0 9 21 McNeese State 78 27-66 .409 10-22 .455 14-16 .875 46 14 13 4 6 12 NORTHWESTERN STATE 49 -25 16-40 .400 4-11 .364 13-23 .565 23 -10 8 17 2 2 13 Central Arkansas 74 30-53 .566 6-8 .750 8-10 .800 33 16 11 4 7 23 NORTHWESTERN STATE 82 20 32-64 .500 7-26 .269 11-15 .733 33 0 26 12 2 8 17 Southeastern Louisiana 62 23-52 .442 7-20 .350 9-15 .600 33 16 20 4 4 14 NORTHWESTERN STATE 56 -12 17-46 .370 5-19 .263 13-18 .722 32 1 10 13 4 4 11 Stephen F. Austin 68 27-56 .482 8-18 .444 6-11 .545 31 17 9 3 8 16 NORTHWESTERN STATE 60 4 21-46 .457 7-11 .636 11-12 .917 25 -1 10 10 3 7 21 Central Arkansas 56 20-41 .488 2-13 .154 14-22 .636 26 13 14 4 3 17 NORTHWESTERN STATE 85 21 29-59 .492 9-23 .391 18-20 .900 33 0 16 10 0 7 10 McNeese State 64 25-60 .417 9-24 .375 5-7 .571 33 14 18 0 5 18 NORTHWESTERN STATE 66 4 23-63 .365 8-25 .320 12-14 .857 47 9 13 9 2 4 17 Nicholls 62 24-63 .381 8-19 .421 6-11 .545 38 12 8 2 7 17 NORTHWESTERN STATE 70 17 24-59 .407 9-23 .391 13-16 .813 30 -4 16 11 1 8 16 New Orleans 53 20-47 .426 2-7 .286 11-14 .786 34 9 22 3 3 21 NORTHWESTERN STATE 73 15 26-63 .413 14-30 .467 7-8 .875 42 6 16 16 3 11 11 Southeastern Louisiana 58 25-63 .397 7-26 .269 1-3 .333 36 19 19 3 2 14 NORTHWESTERN STATE 72 21 28-63 .444 11-32 .344 5-9 .556 40 5 17 9 1 6 15 Stephen F. Austin 51 18-53 .340 2-22 .111 13-15 .867 35 9 11 1 6 13 NORTHWESTERN STATE 58 12 19-47 .404 5-19 .269 15-17 .882 35 13 10 14 0 10 11 New Orleans 46 19-47 .404 4-16 .250 4-5 .800 22 15 13 5 5 17 NORTHWESTERN STATE 71 -7 25-71 .352 11-27 .407 10-12 .833 39 2 12 9 2 8 15 Sam Houston State 78 28-54 .528 7-20 .350 15-20 .750 37 15 14 1 6 15 NORTHWESTERN STATE 54 -15 20-47 .426 8-20 .400 6-12 .500 27 3 10 21 1 8 14 UL Lafayette 69 26-45 .578 2-8 .250 15-18 833 24 14 13 4 14 15

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                   

     

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 

          

             

     

    

  



 

         

           

                                               

  

 

        

            

  

 



 



 

            

 

         

           

     

  

   

         

         

         







  

  

  



                                              

   



         

         

         

         

         



 



 

        

         

  

 

           

         



             

        

    

           

           

           







        



                                                      

           

   

           



           

           

           

 



  

        

           

  

     



 



   



  



          

                                                   

  

           

   

          

             



          

          



 

        

          

  

 

        

         



            

          

          





    

        



          

                                                   

        

          

   

          



          

          

          

  



 

        

          

  

   



 

 



 



 



 



          



          

  

 

 

  



          



  

  



         



     



                                                                                                

        







     





 



 



 



 

  

  

   

   

       

 



            

         



              

        

            

            

            







    

        



                                                          

            

   

            



            

            

            

  



 

        

            

  

 

         

         



           

        

    

         

         







         

                                               

        

         

   

         

         

  

         

         



         

  

        

  

     

  



 



 



 



 



 

  

   

  

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

   

       

  

 

  

  

 

      

          



        

     

      

      





    

  

  

  



      

                                   

  

   



      

      

      

      

      



 



 

        

      

  

 

         

         



           

         

         





    

        



         

                                               

        

         

   



         

         

         

         

 





 

        

         

  

     



 



 



 



 



 

  

   

  

   



        

          

     

  

  

 

        

        

        







    

        



           

             

22 13 23 31 01 02 03 11 20 30

Kim, Anna Montgomery, Madison Sawyer, Jewelyn Wilson, Cecily Dooley, Chantel Gertz, Jessica Webster, Katie Jackson, Chanterria McCowan, Martina Benton, Raven Hascheff, Gigi Team Totals

1st - FG %: 5-12 3FG %: 1-5 FT %: 0-0

41.7% 20.0% 0.0%

0-2 7-10 4-7 1-3 2-7 1-8 0-0 0-1 0-0 3-8 4-10

0-0 0-0 2-4 0-2 0-1 1-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-5 1-6

22-56

6-26

f f g g g

16.7% 14.3% 75.0%

3rd: 8-14 3-6 6-8

0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-1 5-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-5 0-0

0 0 0 1 2 4 6 2 2 8 10 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 4 3 4 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 2 3 5 1 1 0 1 10-13 11 21 32 20 57.1% 50.0% 75.0%

4th: 7-18 1-8 1-1

0 14 11 2 4 8 0 0 0 12 9

38.9% 12.5% 100.0%

A TO Blk Stl

2 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3

Min

1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

60 13 10

5 200

Game: 22-56 6-26 10-13

24 44 12 13 30 00 05 32

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player

Sonko, Ndey Youngblood, Tia Abboud, Shahd Perez, Janelle Attura, Beatrice Mayfield, Emerald Thomas, Sami Brown, Cheyenne Team Totals

1st - FG %: 7-11 3FG %: 2-4 FT %: 0-0

63.6% 50.0% 0.0%

f f g g g

1-3 1-1 2-7 4-10 8-16 3-5 0-2 1-4

20-48 2nd: 4-12 1-5 7-10

16 31 34 12 18 22 1 9 5 25 27

Deadball Rebounds 0

39.3% 23.1% 76.9%

33.3% 20.0% 70.0%

0-0 0-0 1-5 4-7 3-5 0-0 0-1 0-0

2-2 0-0 1-2 4-5 2-3 0-0 0-0 2-2

8-18

11-14

3rd: 6-14 3-5 0-0

42.9% 60.0% 0.0%

1 4 5 2 1 0 1 5 1 9 10 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 1 3 5 8 2 1 2 3 8 26 34 19

4th: 3-11 2-4 4-4

27.3% 50.0% 100.0%

A TO Blk Stl

4 2 6 16 21 6 0 4

1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0

7 13

Game: 20-48 8-18 11-14

0 4 4 2 2 0 1 0

Min

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0

3 200

41.7% 44.4% 78.6%

24 8 35 38 38 25 9 23

Deadball Rebounds 2

Officials: Brian Woods, Rigoberto Vasquez, Nathan Acosta Technical fouls: Long Beach State-None. Northwestern State-None. Attendance: 110 Score by periods Long Beach State Northwestern State

1st

11 16

2nd

8 16

3rd

25 15

4th

16 12

Total

60 59

Last FG - LBSU 4th-00:11, NWST 4th-04:20. Largest lead - LBSU by 2 1st-03:55, NWST by 18 3rd-08:19. LBSU led for 02:44. NWST led for 34:16. Game was tied for 03:00.

    

           

           

           

        



    







        



                                                      

           

   

           



           

           

           

  



 

        



 



 





 



 

  

           

  

   

   

       

  

 

Points LBSU NWST

In Paint 12 14

Off T/O 9 12

2nd Fast Chance Break 6 0 5 0

Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 7 times.

Bench 29 10



           

         



             

        

    

           

   

           

           





  

  



                                                      

           

   

           



           

           

           

  



 

        

           

  

 

          

         



            

        

    

          

          







          

                                                   

        

   

                     

          

  

          

          



          

  

        

  

     



 



 



 



 



 

  

   

  

        

  

Northwestern State 59 • 3-4 ##



        

 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

2nd: 2-12 1-7 3-4

        

     

Long Beach State 60 • 4-2

   

            

         



 Long Beach State vs Northwestern State 11/28/15 01:00 PM at Pan American Center

Player

        

        

  



                                          



        

       

         



2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

   

       

 

  

  

  



 

         

         



           

         

         





    

        



         

                                               

        

         

   

         



         

         

         



  



 



        

  

 

        

         



          

        

        





    

        



        

                                           

        

        

   

        



        

        

        

  



 

        

        

  

     



 



 



 



 



 



         

           

               

     

  

   

  

   

       

  





             

             





   

        



                                                              

             

   

             



             

             

             

  



 

        

             

  

       

         



          

    

        

        

        







        



                                          

        

   

        



        

        

        

  



 

        

        

  

     

 

             





           

         





 



 



 



 



 

  

   

  

   

       

  

 

    

           

         



             

     

  

           

           

           







    

        



                                                      

           

   

           



           

           

           

  



 

        

           

  

 

         

         



           

        

    

         

         

         







        

                                   



   

         



         

         

         

         

         



  



 

        

         

  

     



 



 



 



 



 

  

  

   

   

       

  

 

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

    

            

         



              

            

    

            

            

  

        

        



                                                          

            

   

            

                



            

            



 

        

            

  

 

       

         



         

     

    

  

       

       

       







        



                                      

   

       

       

       



 

       

       



       

  

        

  

      





 

 



 



 



  

 

   

  

   

       

  

 

  

  



 

          

         



            

        

    

          

          







          

                                                   

        

  

  

  

          

   

          

              



          

          



 

        

          

  

 

        

          

        

    

        

        



        

                                             

        

  

  

  

        

   

        



        

        

        

  



 

        

        

  

     



 



 



 



 



 

  

           

             

        





 

  

    

           

           

           







        



                                                      

           

   

           



           

           

           

  



 

        

           

  

          

   

   

       

 

  

         



             

     



         





         





  

    

           

   

           

           





  

  



                                                      

   



           

           

           

           

           



 



 

        

           

  

     



 



 



 



 



 

  

  

   

       

  

 

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

   

  

  



 

          

         



            

     

  

    

   

          

          

          







   

  

  



                                                      

          

  

   

          



          

          

          

  



 

   

          

  

  

          

         



            

     

  

    

   

          

          





  

   



          

   

                                                   

          

  

   

   

  

          



          

          

          

          

  



    

  

     





 

 

          

         



            

  

  

  

    

          

    

  

          

    







 

  

 

 

   

  

                                                      

   

   

       

  

 





        

          

         

     

  

    

        

    

  

       

          

     

  

    

        



   

  

        

        

        

        







  

  



                                          

   

        

   

        

        

  

  

   

         

         



           

     

  

    

         

    

  





   

  

   



 



 



 

         

         





   

  



 



 

  



          

          

          



    

  

                 



 

  



 



 



 



 



 

  



                                              



  

         

   

             

  

         

  

   



         

         



 

  

  

   

   

       

        

 



   

   

  

  

   

        



        

        



 

  

        

  

  



        



        

  

         

  

     

          

  

                                          

 

   

          

   

         



 

          

  

  





          



 



  

 

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

   

       

 

  

    

            

         



              

  

  

  

    

            



   

  

             

   



            

                                                              

   

  

   

            

            

            



 

   



            

            

            



    

  

 

        

         



          

     

  

    

        

    

  

        

    



        

                                              

   

        

   

        

        

  

  

   



        

        

        



    

  

     





 

 



 



 



 

   

  

  

        

         

          

     

  

    

        

        

        

     

  



   

  



                                              

   

                 

        

  

  

   

        

        



        

     

  

 

         

           

     

  

    

   

         

         

         







   

  

  



                                                  

         

  

   

         



         

         

         

  



 

   

  

         

  

     



 



 



 



 

 



 

  

  



          

         



            

     

  

    

          



   

  

          

          





   

  



                                                  

   

  

   

          

          

          



 

   



          

          

          



    

  



         



  



 

       

  

  



   

   

   

       

 

  



           

         



             

     

  

    

           

           

           

     

  

   

   



                                                          

           

   

           

 

  

   

             



           

           

           



    

  

     



 



 



 



 



 

  

   

  

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

   

       

  

 

  

  

 

        

          

     



         



        

        





    

  



     



        

                                           

   

  

   

        

   

            

  

        

   

        

        



        

             

               

     

  

    

             



   

  

  

  

             

             





   

  



                                                              

   

             

   

             

             

  

  

   



             

             



 

  

             

  

     



 

       

         



          

     

  

    

        



   

  

        

        





   

  



  



 



 



 



 



      

        

     

  

    

   

      

      

      

  

  

  

    

   

   

  

  

   

   

       

           

              

        

    

   

   

      



 

  

   

  

  



 



 



 



 



 

  

   

  

   

             

                                                                            

  

   

                                                                                                          



  

  



 



 



 



 

  

        

        



    

  

  

   

            

  

                                                   

  

  

   

            

     

  

   

   

       

      

      

 





      

      



 

  

      

  

   

  

      



        

   

  

 

                                                                                                              



      

 

        

  

                                     



            

   

        

   

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2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

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2015-16 SUPERLATIVES Team

Points: Field Goals Made: Field Goal Attempts: Field Goal Percentage: 3-Pointers Made: 3-Pointers Attempted: 3-Point Percentage: Free Throws Made: Free Throws Attempted: Free Throw Percentage: Rebounds: Assists: Steals: Blocked Shots: Turnovers: Fouls:

94, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 32, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1/30/16) 32, vs. Central Baptist (11/23/15) 73, vs. Central Baptist (11/23/15) .523 (23-44), vs. Xavier (La.) (12/29/15) 14, at Southeastern Louisiana (2/25/16) 32 vs. Stephen F. Austin (3/3/16) .667 (6-9), vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 26, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 34, vs. Xavier (La.) (12/29/15) 34, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) .941 (16-17), at Incarnate Word (1/9/16) 50, vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 26, vs. Southeastern Louisiana (1/30/16) 14, at Abilene Christian (1/7/16) 6, vs. Xavier (La.) (12/29/15) 21, at UL Lafayette (3/16/16) 21, at Texas (11/18/15) 24, at Lamar (1/16/16) 24, at Abilene Christian (1/7/16)

30, Janelle Perez vs. Sam Houston State (3/12/16) 11, Janelle Perez vs. Sam Houston State (3/12/16) 30, Janelle Perez vs. Sam Houston State (3/12/16) 1.000 (5-5), Tia Youngblood at Incarnate Word (1/9/16) 7, Janelle Perez at McNeese (1/23/16) 7, Janelle Perez vs. Sam Houston State (1/4/16) 14, Janelle Perez at McNeese (1/23/16) 1.000 (2-2), Sami Thomas at New Mexico St. (11/27/15) 1.000 (7-8), Janelle Perez vs. Sam Houston St. (1/4/16) 10, Janelle Perez at Incarnate Word (1/9/16) 10, Beatrice Attura vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 11, Cheyenne Brown vs. Grambling (12/12/15) 1.000 (10-10), Janelle Perez at Incarnate Word (1/19/16) 1.000 (10-10), Beatrice Attura vs. LSU-Alexandria (11/21/15) 1.000 (7-7), Janelle Perez vs. Xavier (La.) (12/29/15) 1.000 (6-6), Cheyenne Brown vs. McNeese (2/13/16) 1.000 (6-6), Cheyenne Brown at McNeese (2/13/16) 1.000 (6-6), Beatrice Attura vs. Houston Baptist (1/2/16) 1.000 (6-6), Janelle Perez vs. Jackson State (12/19/15) 12, Cheyenne Brown at McNeese (1/23/16) 10, Janelle Perez at Southeastern Louisiana (2/25/16) 5, Keisha Lee vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1/13/16) 4, Cheyenne Brown vs. Xavier (La.) (12/29/15)

Individual

Janelle Perez delivered a 30-point game against Sam Houston State in the Southland Conference Tournament.

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

NORTHWESTERN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY

Since the first team took the court in 1908, the women’s basketball program at Northwestern State has always scored a lot of points and won a lot of games. Dating to the early 1970s, when little attention was given to women’s athletics in college, the Lady Demons were already drawing attention with winning records and postseason success. In fact, while women’s sports were not yet funded by the university budget, the Lady Demons earned a trip to the National Women’s Invitational Tournament in 1973, led by volunteer coach Lou Lewis Baxter, a physical education professor. Recognized officially (and funded) by the university for the 1974-75 season, the Lady Demons hit the court running, posting an 18-9 record under head coach Mary Jane Mayfield. In April 1975, Northwestern became the first university in Louisiana to issue full athletic scholarships to women, when NSU athletes Pat Nolen, Diane Pittman, Emma Ellerman, Louise “Do” Bonin, Sherrill Landry, Terri McDonnell, Inez Brew, Mona Davidson, Janie Wallace and Margaret Langford were the recipients. Tammy Primeaux and Lisa Brewer were high school seniors who accepted scholarships to play basketball for the Lady Demons. In 1974-75, the Lady Demons advanced to the Louisiana Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women basketball tournament, splitting four games with Southwestern Louisiana before moving onto the AIAW Region IV tournament. The Lady Demons repeated the accomplishment for the next three years under Charlotte Corley, posting a 14-13 record in state tournaments and an 8-8 mark in regional tournaments. While the Lady Demons were a powerful force in state women’s basketball under their first three coaches, it was under the leadership of Pat Nolen Pierson that the Lady Demons tasted their first bit of national recognition. After finishing her playing career with the Lady Demons and graduating with honors, she came within one game of claiming a state championship in her only year of high school coaching at her alma mater, Pitkin High School. She took over the Northwestern State program following that season, just 23 years old. During her nine years as head coach, the Lady Demons became a force on the national level as women’s basketball moved into

the NCAA Division I mainstream around the country after playing in the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women in the 1970s. A formidable partnership was created when Pierson hired James Smith as assistant coach in 1980. He was responsible for installing the Lady Demons’ trademark fast-break offense. The Pierson-Smith tandem won 71 percent of their games (135-56) in their seven years together. During those years, Northwestern State became a fixture in the national top 10 scoring rankings. That attack appealed to top athletes like Lonnie Banks, Teressa Thomas, Annie Harris, Linda Grayson and Sandy Pugh, highly recruited prep stars who became Lady Demon greats. The Lady Demons won three straight Gulf Star Conference championships (1984-86), receiving votes for the AP Top 20 each year. The 1985-86 squad made the biggest breakthrough, setting a single season record for victories and becoming the first Northwestern State team to participate in postseason play at the NCAA Division I level. That team, led by Thomas, Banks and Harris, stunned 1985 NCAA Final Four entry Northeast Louisiana (ranked No. 4 in USA Today Top 25) 86-83 on Jan. 30, 1986. Northwestern State had a 20-point halftime lead and held off a rally as Harris ripped in 37 points and Thomas pumped in 25 more to go along with eight assists and Banks, at 5-foot-5, snagged 14 rebounds. A pair of late-season road losses at Southeastern Louisiana and Sam Houston probably kept the Lady Demons out of the 32-team NCAA Tournament. However, the NWIT issued an invitation to Northwestern State and it was well received on both ends. By the end of the NWIT in Amarillo, Texas, the Lady Demons had won over the local crowd and nearly won the tournament title. Seeded sixth, Northwestern State topped Tennessee Tech, 77-71, and squeaked by Duke, 89-88, on a last-second jumper by Harris to reach the championship contest. As a crowd of 2,600 Texans cheered wildly “on another night in Lady Demon Land,” as the local newspaper put it, Northwestern battled to the last minute before falling 100-91 to Idaho. Thomas and Harris were All-Tournament picks. Thomas had a national record 19 assists in an 88-77 win over Mississippi College earlier in her senior year. The Lady Demons won a fourth straight conference

FIRST SIGNEES - In April 1975, Northwestern State became the first university in Louisiana to issue fall athletic scholarships to women. SIgning basketball and volleyball scholarships were (left to right) Diane Pittman, Pat Nolen, Emma Ellerman, “Do” Bonin, and Sherrill Landry

NSU’s all-time leading rebounder, Joskeen Garner

title in 1986-87 with a win over Southwest Texas, sharing the title with Stephen F. Austin. Sandy Pugh was named conference MVP, the first time a Lady Demon picked up that honor. At the end of the 1987 campaign, Pierson made a difficult decision and left Northwestern to rejuvenate the women’s basketball program at East Carolina. It was an easy decision, however, to elevate Smith to the head coaching position. In 17 years, he took the program to even greater heights while surpassing Pierson as the alltime winningest coach in Lady Demon history during the 1995-96 season. Senior Linda Grayson combined with junior college transfer Pam Hudson to lead another landmark year for the Lady Demons in 1988-89. Smith’s second team knocked off No. 11 Stephen F. Austin, 78-76, and earned an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament. In 1989-90, the program took another huge step forward when Hudson won the Division I rebounding title (15.2 rpg), finished second in the scoring race (28.4 ppg) and rewrote school and Southland Conference records on the way to becoming the first major college All-American in Northwestern State basketball history. She was a second-team pick on the Basketball Writers of America team and a honorable mention Kodak All-American. In 1993, the Lady Demons posted another winning campaign (24-8) with a freshman nucleus led by Joskeen Garner, the Southland Conference Freshman of the Year and a first team All-SLC pick. Northwestern State accepted a bid to the NWIT and claimed the consolation championship (third place). The 1993-94 Lady Demons posted their 15th consecutive winning season with a 20-8 record as Garner was the nation’s second leading rebounder (13.8 rpg) and named Louisiana’s Co-Player of the Year with Pam Thomas of Louisiana Tech. Northwestern State posted its fourth consecutive 20-win season en route to a record-tying 25-7 record in 1994-95. The Lady Demons captured their first Southland Conference championship, finishing league play with a 16-2 record. Northwestern State lost to SFA in the tour-

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

nament championship game, but accepted a bid to the NWIT for the second time in three years. The seventh-seeded Lady Demons were the surprise team in Amarillo, Texas. Northwestern State opened with an 80-64 win over Clemson. They followed with a 103-93 win over Notre Dame in a semifinal shootout before losing a hard-fought battle against Texas A&M in the finals, 85-81. Joskeen Garner became the first Lady Demon since Pam Hudson to earn All-American honors, being named to the Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American team. The Lady Demons again posted impressive numbers in 1995-96 while posting their 17th straight winning season, one win shy of a fifth straight 20-win season. Northwestern State went through a rebuilding process in 1996-97 but found a star in Judy Clark, named Southland Conference Freshman of the Year. The 1998-99 squad put their stamp on the the Lady Demons record books. The team reeled off 13 straight wins from Dec. 20, 1998 to Feb. 6, 1999, a new Lady Demons record and finished the year with a 22-7 overall record. Clark added another piece of hardware to her trophy case, as she was selected Southland Conference Player of the Year. The Southland Conference regular season champions lost to Stephen F. Austin in the tournament finals, but once again were invited to the WNIT, the third time in six years for NSU. In a new format, the Lady Demons lost in the first round on the road against Arkansas. In 1999-00, the Lady Demons (24-6) notched an .800 winning percentage, the best in school history. The Lady Demons also had the third-most wins in school history. The 1999-00 season did end in disappointment, however, as the Lady Demons failed to earn a bid to the NCAA tournament despite a higher RPI ranking than several teams that were offered bids. The 2000-01 team led by Kia Converse rolled off a school-record 15 straight wins from Jan. 1 to March 8, finishing the season with a mark of 23-7. The Lady Demons

Linda Grayson is NSU’s all-time leading scorer and the only Lady Demon with at least 2,000 points scored.

advanced to the tournament finals, only to lose to SFA. Converse became the SLC’s all-time best 3-point shooter with 218 career 3s. The 2003-04 team looked loaded in what turned out to be coach Smith’s final season, and the pieces fell into place. The Lady Demons rolled through the SLC season with a 14-2 mark, including an 11-0 start. The team finished 24-7, tying for the second-most wins in a season while winning the SLC regular-season and tournament crowns, advancing to the second NCAA Tournament in school history. Cooda Dobin became NSU’s career assist leader with 921. She also became the first player in NCAA history, men or women, to lead the nation in assists per game for three straight seasons. She was featured in the NCAA Final Four official program. Dobin later returned to the Lady Demon program as an assistant coach for the 2011-12 season. On Sept. 1, 2004, the torch was passed. Smith stepped down as head coach and Lady Demon player and assistant coach Jennifer Graf, after being groomed by her mentor for the last two seasons, took over as head coach. Graf stepped down at NSU after accumulating more than 100 wins for the Lady Demons at the conclusion of the 2011-12 season, and on Apr. 4, 2012, the first set of co-head coaches in program history was hired. Brooke Stoehr, who started at point guard for rival Louisiana Tech from 2000-02, was hired from Texas Tech with her husband, Scott. The two immediately saw success after doubling the program’s win total in just a year and taking NSU to its third NCAA tournament after an SLC Tourney championship in 2014. The 2013-14 season was much like the days of old with a 20-win season, its first since 2004, and one team standing between NSU and the big dance, Stephen F. Austin. The Lady Demons downed the Ladyjacks 62-44 on March 16 to claim the second league tournament title in school history which led to Brooke and Scott Stoehr capturing the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Coaches of the Year Award. The Stoehrs added to their legacy in March 2015, leading Northwestern State to a second straight Southland Conference Tournament championship and a return trip to the NCAA Tournament. NSU’s appearance against Baylor marked the first time in program history it had reached consecutive NCAA Tournaments. Behind two-time All-Louisiana first-teamer Janelle Perez, who ended her stellar Lady Demons career in the top 10 in numerous career categories, NSU made its Women’s Basketball Invitational debut in 2016. The first three-year run of postseason play capped the Stoehrs’ time in Natchitoches, leaving for Louisiana Tech after the 2015-16 season. Jordan Dupuy, the newest Lady Demons coach, begins his run in 2016-16 promising to re-establish a high-tempo offense that long was a NSU staple. Four Lady Demons have had their jerseys retired after great careers. Hanging in the rafters of Prather Coliseum, alongside the many championship banners, are Pam Hudson’s No. 45, Linda Grayson’s No. 33, Lonnie Banks’ No. 10, and Teressa Thomas’ No. 25. It’s a safe bet, looking at the fast track record of success for Lady Demons hoops, that more banners will be raised. soon.

ALL-AMERICANS

1985 - Gussie Leonard Freshman Second Team Women’s Basketball News 1986 - Teressa Thomas Freshman Second Team Women’s Basketball News 1988 - Linda Grayson Women’s Basketball News 1990- Pam Hudson Second Team, USBWA ALL-CONFERENCE 1985- 1986- 1987- 1988- 1989- 1990- 1991- 1992- 1993- 1994- 1995- 1996- 1999- 2000- 2001- 2002- 2003- 2004- 2005- 2008- 2015- 1984- 1985- 1988- 1989- 1990- 1992- 1994- 1995- 1996- 1999- 2000- 2002- 2003- 2004- 2014- 2015-

(First-team selections) ALL-GULF STAR Lonnie Banks; Linda Grayson; Gussie Leonard; Teressa Thomas Lonnie Banks; Teressa Thomas Annie Harris; Sandy Pugh ALL-SOUTHLAND Linda Grayson Pam Hudson Pam Hudson Leola Shaw Kim Hill Joskeen Garner Joskeen Garner; Angela Simpson Joskeen Garner Joskeen Garner; Angela Simpson Judy Clark Judy Clark; Kia Converse Kia Converse Cooda Dobin; Angela Davidson Cooda Dobin; Angela Davidson Cooda Dobin; Amanda Bennett Diamond Cosby Tena Matthews Janelle Perez ALL-LOUISIANA Tracy Taylor Linda Grayson Linda Grayson Pam Hudson Pam Hudson Kim Hill Joskeen Garner Joskeen Garner Joskeen Garner Judy Clark Judy Clark; Kia Converse Cooda Dobin Cooda Dobin Cooda Dobin Trudy Armstead Janelle Perez

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

All-Time Roster (Alphabetical) -AAbboud, Shahd (2015-present), Nazareth, Israel Armstead, Trudy (2009-14), Dallas, Texas Attura, Beatrice (2013-present), Frisco, Texas Ausmer, Arianne (2011-15), Pass Christian, Miss. -BBanks, Lonnie (1982-86), St.Bernard, La. Barnum, Ashli (2006-08), Irving, Texas Barr, Candy (1975-76), Ferriday, La. Baster, Susan (1991-995), Marthaville, La. Bearden, Sonya (1995-99), Atlanta, La. Bell, Sheronda (2002-05), Bienville, La. Bendo, Carlin (1978-80), Pitkin, La. Bennett, Amanda (2001-05), Simpson, La. Blankenship, Tammy (1988-92), Pleasant Hill, La. Bonin, Louise (1974-76), New Iberia, La. Bradley, Jasmine (2010-14) Pass Christian, Miss. Brewer, Lisa (1975-78), DeRidder, La. Broocks, Sherrie (1980-82), DeRidder, La. Brown, Cheyenne (2015-present), Ben Wheeler, Texas Brown, Cynthia (1992-96), Natchitoches, La. Brown, Sharon (1978-81), Sibley, La. Brown, Yolanda (1988-90), Sibley, La. Bufford, Lindsey (2000-02), Hackberry, La. -CCarpenter, Debbie (1974-75), Calvin, La. Carson, Kimberly (2003-05), Chino, Calif. Carter, Andrea (1987-89), Houston, Texas Carter, Lisa (1981-82), Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. Cary, Dianna (1975-79), Lacassine, La. Callais, Jami (1999-2002), Patterson, La. Cassell, Julie (1980-82), Shreveport, La. Cathey, Missy (1986-89), Shreveport, La. Clark, Kayla (2004-05), Lecompte, La. Chase, Louise (1996-2000), Ringgold, La. Clark, Judy (1996-2000), Singer, La. Converse, Kia, (1997-2001), Napoleonville, La. Cook, Mia (1996-98), Huntsville, Texas Cooper, Amanda (1994-98), Jena, La. Cosby, Diamond (2001-05), Doyline, La. Cox, Sonia (1987-89), Dry Prong, La. Craig, Ginger (1984-85), Converse, La. Cross, Meghan (2014-16), Lynnwood, Wash. -DDarbonne, Joan (1977-81), Dry Creek, La. Datcher, Crystal (1988-90), Shreveport, La. Davidson, Angela (2000-2003), Leesville, La. Davis, Clara Jean (1985-87), Ferriday, La. Davis, Ella (1975-76), Alexandria, La. Davis, Katie (1997-98), Raleigh, N.C. Davis, Kristen (2002-05), Sulphur, La. Dixon, Iris (1987-91), Natchitoches, La. Dobin, La’Terrica, (2001-04), Bossier City, La. Drake, Ronikka (2010-12) Marion, Ind. Dupree, Erica (1979-81), Natchitoches, La. -EEdwards, Renotta (2007-08), Ville Platte, La. Efferson, Michelle (1985-89), Baton Rouge, La. Ellerman, Emma (1974-75), Winnsboro, La. Evans, Tweety (1997-2001), Little Rock, Ark. -FFarriel, Daneille (2003-05), Houston, Texas Favors, Dee Dee (2003-05), Daingerfield, Texas Fitzgerald, Maegan (2005-06), Denton, Texas Fletcher, Lori (2010), Navarre, Texas Fuller, Breanna (2012-14), Huntsville, Texas -GGarner, Joskeen (1992-96), Florien, La. Gates, Marilyn (1978-82), Benton, La. Gertonson, Brette (2005-08), Leesville, La. Gilliam, Libba (2015-present), Huntsville, Ala.

Givens, Akilah (2005-08), Monroe, La. Goodson, Keke (2008-10), Desoto, Texas Goodwin, Angie (1987-88), Natchitoches, La. Graf, Jennifer (1996-2000), Loranger, La. Graf, Meredith (2009-14), Natchitoches, La. Grayson, Linda (1983-85, 1986-89), Natchitoches, La. Green, Debbie (1975-76), Elizabeth, La. Greene, Lyndzee (2006-09), Dry Creek, La. Grieder, Katherine (2000-03), Shreveport, La. Guidry, Becky (1975-78), Midland, La. -HHall, Tiffany (2000-02), Shreveport, La. Hardy, Missi (1994-96), Coushatta, La. Harris, Annie (1983-87), Clarence, La. Harris, Kristy (1983-87), Natchitoches, La. Hawthorne, Darlene (1977-78), Orange, Texas Hayes, Becca (1990-92), Natchitoches, La. Heard, Johnny Kay (1981-82), Orange, Texas Hebert, Nancy (1990-94), Crowley, La. Hill, Kim (1991-93), Waskom, Texas Holden, Tee (1986-90), Natchitoches, La. Houston, Brittiany (2007-11), Shreveport, La. Hudson, Pam (1988-90), Quitman, La. Huey, Emily (1998-2002), Alice, Texas Humphrey, Mary (1978-81), Kilbourne, La. -IIsom, Brittaney (2004-07), Houston, Texas Isom, Natasha (2005-07), Houston , Texas -JJackson, Gabby (2015-present), Benton, La. James, Jordi (2010-12), McPherson, Kan. Jennie, Laneisha (2009-11), Indianola, Miss. Johnson, Markeshia (2013), Mansura, La. Jones, Chassidy (2003-07), Crowley, La. Jones, Linda (1977-81), Ft. Walton Beach Fla. Junior, Kiki (1999-01), Harrell, Ark. -KKahl, Kim (1994-96), Redlands, Calif. Kennedy, Shonte (2005-07), Leesville, La. Kinlaw, Britany (2008-10), Port Arthur, Texas Knotts, Tami (1989-90), Haynesville, La. Knox, Dorothy (2005-08), Temple, Texas -LLacy, Nicole (1993-97), Houston, Tex. Lambright, Debbie (1978-79), Pitkin, La. Landreneau, Missy (1984-86), Mamou, La. Lee, Keisha (2012-16), Denham Springs, La. Lee, Monica (1984-88), Ringgold, La. LeFevre, Helen (1978-82), Lake Charles, La. Leonard, Gussie (1984-85), Kenner, La. Lewis, Tandra (1982-83), Zachary, La. Long, Theresa (1976-80), Olla, La. Lucius, Angela (1991-95), Florien, La. -MMartin, Lori (1985-89), Anacoco, La. Matthews, Kay (1975-76), Hall Summit, La. Matthews, Tena (2004-08), Lake Charles, La. Mayfield, Emerald (2015-16), Arlington, Texas McCaleb, Judy (1974-75), Winnsboro, La. McCullough, MaryAnn (1974-75), Fairview Alpha, La. McPhail, Jessica (2007-11), South Australia, Australia Means, Anna (1998-2002), Gloster, La. Milliner, Shenise (2002-05), Pineville, La. Moore, Anika (1990-93), Baton Rouge, La. Moore, TaSheena (2014-15), Lubbock, Texas Morse, Belinda (1976-78), Ponchatoula, La. -NNewman, Jamila (1997-2001), Fayetteville, Ark. Nolen, Pat (1974-77), Pitkin, La. Norman, Alison (1993-97), Coushatta, La.

-OO’Conner, Breonna (2013-14), Ville Platte, La. Ortega, Angela (1987-89), Tyler, Tex. Owens, Presley (2013-15), Vancleave, Miss. -PPaulk, Kim (1980-84), DeVille, La. Pearrie, Mona (1989-92), Atlanta, La. Penny, Rachal (1988-92), Coushatta, La. Pennywell, Kourtney (2013-14), Shreveport , La. Perez, Jackie (2014-16), El Paso, Texas Perez, Janelle (2012-16), El Paso, Texas Perry, LaTonya (2002-05), Sulphur, La. Peoples, Leslie (1989-90), Mansfield, La. Pittman, Diana (1974-76), Hammond, La. Price, Jennifer (1996-2000), Paw Paw, Mich. Primeaux, Tammy (1975-77), Gueydan, La. Pugh, Sandy (1983-87), Saline, La. -RReed, Susan (1974-75), Ferriday, La. Richardson, Robin (2013-14), Independence, La. Roberts, Demetria (1998-2000), Baytown, Texas Rogers, Chelsea (2013-15), Ruston, La. Ryan, Janet (1983-84), Libuse, La. -SScott, Lillie (1976-77), Hammond, La. Scott, Kim (1988-90), Austin, Texas Shaw, Leola (1989-91), Sterlington, La. Shaw, Stephanie (1992-96), Mansfield, La. Shead, Courtney (2005-08), Moore Station, Texas Shelby, Christy (2010), Hammond, La. Shepherd, Brooke (2007-10), Argyle, Texas Simpson, Angela (1992-96), Shreveport, La. Smith, Sebrena (1992-93), Mansfield, La. Sonko, Ndey (2014-16), Edmonds, Wash. Sparkman, Ashley (2001-05), Longview, Texas Spector, Emily (2013-14), Keller, Texas Spencer, Rachel (1977-79), Morrison, Ill. Staha, Amy (2013-15), Pflugerville, Texas Swanigan, Katrina (2001-04), Hot Springs, Ark. Symes, Stacie (1990-92), Nevada, Mo. -TTallant, Beth (2001-05), Denton, Texas Taylor, Tracy (1980-84), Downville, La. Thibodeaux, Kellye (1990-92), Lake Charles, La. Thomas, Karia (1978-79), Kelly, La. Thomas, Sami (2014-present), Leesville, La. Thomas, Sherrion (2008-09), Byram, Miss. Thomas, Teressa (1982-86), Shreveport, La. Triplett, Tashana (2011-13), Winnfield, La. -UUpchurch, Jasmine (2009-13), Vidalia, La. -VVernon, Nikki (1997-2001), Lewisville, Texas -WWasher, Darla (1990-92), Keithville, La. Washington, Stephanie (1979-83), Montgomery, La. Westerfield, Danielle (2013), Frisco, Texas White, Demetria (2008), Calvin, La. White, Kottia (2010), Jackson, Miss Williams, Anna Cate (2007-09), Many, La. Williams, Bridgete (1993-95), Los Angeles, Calif. Williams, Shirlynda (1992-96), Florien, La. Williams, Stephanie (1994-98), Florien, La. Williams, Tiandra (2010-12), Sachse, Texas Williams, Tweet (2006-07), Spring, Texas Williams, Val (1982-86), Colfax, La. Willis, Traci (1979-82), DeRidder, La. Wilson, Alyson (1996-97), Bossier City, La. -YYoungblood, Tia (2014-present), DeRidder, La.

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All-Time Roster (Numerical) Emerald Nayfield

Andrea Miller Tiandra Williams Emily Spector

Louise Chase Sheronda Bell Brooke Shepard Ronikka Drake Keisha Lee

Kellye Thibodeaux Nicole Lacy Kiki Junior Kristen Davis Renotta Edwards TaSheena Moore

Iris Dixon Jennifer Price Shonte’ Kennedy Jessica McPhail Tashana Triplett Sami Thomas

Lonnie Banks

Kristy Harris Shahd Abboud Angie Goodwin Kim Scott Becca Hayes Nikki Vernon Beth Tallant Courtney Shead Lori Fletcher Shea Collins Chelsea Rogers

Joan Darbonne Cooda Dobin Christy Shelby Janelle Perez

Helen LeFevre Monica Lee Rachel Perry Bridgete Williams Sonya Bearden Ashlee Thomas Meredith Graf Jackie Perez

Traci Willis Presley Owens Ginger Craig Michelle Efferson Kelli Thibodeaux Angela Simpson Maegan Fitzgerald Lyndzee Green Ebony Ford

Belinda Morse Lori Martin Crystal Datcher Angela Lucius Jennifer Graf Katherine Grieder Tweet Williams Arianne Ausmer

Sherri Broocks Annie Harris Angela Ortega Nancy Hebert Amanda Cooper Anna Means Danielle Farriel Akilah Givens Jasmine Upchruch

Rachel Spencer Demetria White Julie Cassell Libba Gilliam Darla Washer Sebrena Smith Kim Kahl Mia Cook Dee Dee Favors Brette Gertonson

Karla Thomas Tammy Blakenship Joskeen Garner Kayla Clark Carmen Wallace Jordi James Markeshia Johnson Gabby Jackson

Mary Humphrey Val Williams Tee Holder Cynthia Brown LaTonya Perry Anna Cate Williams Jasmine Bradley Ndey Sonko

Tracy Willis Lisa Carter Teressa Thomas

Lori Martin Stephanie Shaw Kia Converse Shenise Millineer Brittany Kinlaw Danielle Westerfield Beatrice Attura

Carlin Bendo Marilyn Gates Stephanie Washington Sandy Pugh Yolanda Brown Anika Moore Alison Norman Emily Huey Brittaney Isom Trudy Armstead

Gussie Leonard Missy Cathey Mona Pearrie Stacie Symes Kim Kahl Tweety Evans Chassidy Jones Keke Goodson Breonna O’Conner Cheyenne Brown

Julie Cassell Leslie Peoples Linda Grayson

Shirlynda Williams Judy Clark Lindsey Bufford Tena Matthews Sherion Thomas Kourtney Pennywell

Linda Jones Jami Callais Laneisha Jennie

Mary Humphrey Alyson Wilson Diamond Cosby Ashli Barnum

Becky Guidry Mary Humphery Andrea Carter Stephanie Williams Tiffany Hall Deasia Johnson

Mona Pearrie Jamila Newman Ashely Sparkman Shalanda Carter

Theresa Long Kim Paulk Clara Jean Davies

Katie Davies Angela Davidson Kimberly Carson Natasha Isom Tia Youngblood

Marilyn Gates Janette Ryan Pam Hudson

Robin Richardson

Sharon Brown

Susan Baxter Demetria Roberts Katrina Swanigan

Tracy Taylor Leola Shaw

Sonia Cox

Brittiany Houston Keisha Lee Amy Staha

Lisa Brewer Debbie Lambright Erica Dupree Johnnie Heard Tami Knotts Kim Hill Missi Hardy Dorthy Knox Kottia White Breanna Fuller

Meghan Cross

Dianna Cary Darlene Hawthorne Missy Landreneau Amanda Bennett

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Series Records OPPONENT Abilene Christian Alabama Alabama-Birmingham Alcorn State Arkansas Arkansas Baptist Ark.-Little Rock Arkansas-Monticello Arkansas-Pine Bluff Army Auburn Austin Peay Ball State Baylor Belhaven Boise State Butler Cal-Santa Barbara Cal. State Fullerton Cal. State Northridge Centenary Central Arkansas Central Baptist College Central Florida Central State (Okla.) Cheyney State Clemson Colorado Colorado State Creighton Delta State DePaul Drake Duke East Carolina East Central Oklahoma East Tennessee St. East Texas Baptist East Texas State Eastern Washington Florida A&M Florida State Fordham Fresno State George Washington Georgia Gonzaga Grambling Harding Hawaii Pacific Henderson State Houston Houston Baptist Idaho Idaho State Illinois State Incarnate Word Iowa Jackson State James Madison Kansas Kent State Lamar LaSalle LeTourneau Long Beach State Louisiana College Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Lafayette LSU LSU-Alexandria LSU-Shreveport Louisiana Tech Louisville Loyola (N.O.) Lynn University Maine Marquette McNeese State Memphis Mercer Miami (Fla.) Mississippi College

W-L H A 2-1 2-0 0-1 0-7 0-2 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-0 8-4 5-0 1-3 3-11 3-0 0-9 2-0 2-0 0-0 11-0 7-0 4-0 8-1 8-0 0-0 8-0 4-0 4-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-5 0-0 1-5 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 18-1 11-0 7-1 12-11 7-4 4-7 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-2 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-4 0-2 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-2 0-1 0-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 12-7 7-2 4-5 2-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 5-3 1-0 1-2 3-1 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 3-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 8-4 4-2 3-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 33-17 16-7 13-9 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-1 12-5 7-2 5-3 49-38 22-14 14-18 25-5 15-1 14-4 5-11 1-3 0-6 2-0 2-0 0-0 8-0 8-0 0-0 6-22 4-8 2-11 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 56-25 30-9 21-14 0-1 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 6-4 3-1 3-3

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OPPONENT Mississippi State Mississippi Valley State Missouri Missouri-Kansas City Morgan State Nebraska Nevada New Mexico New Mexico State New Orleans Nicholls Norfolk State North Carolina North Carolina State North Dakota State North Texas Notre Dame Oklahoma Oklahoma State Ole Miss Oral Roberts Ouachita Baptist Pacific Pepperdine Prairie View A&M Rice Rutgers St. Louis St. Mary’s (CA) Sam Houston State San Diego State San Francisco San Jose State Savannah State Seton Hall SMU South Alabama South Carolina State South Florida Southeastern Louisiana Southeastern Oklahoma Southern Southern, N.O. Southern Arkansas Southern Mississippi Southern Utah Southwest Missouri St. Stanford Stephen F. Austin TCU Tennessee Tennessee-Chattanooga Tennessee-Martin Tennessee State Tennessee Tech Texas Texas A&M Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Texas A&M-Kingsville Texas-Arlington Texas-Pan American Texas-San Antonio Texas Southern Texas State Texas Tech Texas Wesleyan Texas Women’s U. Troy State Tulane UCLA Utah UTEP U.S. International Vermont Virginia Tech Washington State Wayland Baptist Wichita State Wiley College Wyoming Xavier (LA) BOLD DENOTES 2016-17 OPPONENT

W-L H A 0-3 0-0 0-3 2-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 3-3 0-0 3-3 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 11-5 5-3 6-2 65-10 36-2 27-8 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 18-3 9-1 9-2 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 1-4 0-0 0-3 1-4 0-0 0-4 4-2 2-0 0-2 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 6-0 5-0 1-0 2-2 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 39-18 22-6 17-11 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 1-3 0-1 1-2 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 46-18 26-2 18-13 0-1 0-0 0-1 9-10 8-1 1-9 2-0 2-0 0-0 6-0 6-0 0-0 5-5 4-1 1-4 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 21-56 14-19 6-30 2-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-4 0-0 0-4 2-5 1-0 1-3 3-0 3-0 0-0 5-7 2-3 3-3 1-0 1-0 0-0 36-17 19-6 13-10 1-0 0-0 0-0 27-14 12-6 11-6 3-0 2-0 1-0 29-21 17-5 9-15 0-3 0-0 0-2 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 4-2 2-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-4 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-2 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 6-2 4-2 2-0

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N 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-6 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 2-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 4-1 1-0 0-3 0-0 3-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0

1974-75 first intercollegiate Lady Demon Basketball Team Mary Jane Mayfield (18-9, 1 year) Mary Jane Mayfield became the first women’s basketball coach in 1974 leading the Lady Demons to the AIAW Region IV Tournament and offering the first athletic scholarship to a woman in Louisiana, future Lady Demon coach Pat Nolen Pierson. 1974-75 Coach: Mary Jane Mayfield Record: 18-9 (.667) NSU 88 Southwestern Louisiana 60 LSU 61 Northeast Louisiana 81 Southwestern Louisiana 68 McNeese State 76 Louisiana Tech 81 Mississippi College 68 LSU 87 Louisiana Tech 68 Southwestern Louisiana 79 Texas Womens University 78 Texas Womens University 77 Louisiana Tech 65 Tulane 57 %McNeese State 51 %Southeastern Louisiana 53 %McNeese State 58 %Southeastern Louisiana 87 #Arkansas Monticello 108 #Houston 65 #Oklahoma State 1991 TOTALS %-LAIAW Tournament #-AIAW Region Four Tournament

OPP 72 59 56 71 47 56 112 63 86 92 67 72 78 40 56 68 52 81 90 69 79 1915

Charlotte Corley (53-48, 3 years) Charlotte Corley continued building the Lady Demons, leading them to the AIAW Region IV Tournament in 1976 and 1977.

1975-76 Coach: Charlotte Corley Record: 18-17 (.514) NSU 93 Ouachita Baptist 69 Stephen F. Austin 65 Stephen F. Austin 76 Nicholls State 81 Southeastern Louisiana 60 Delta State 90 Miss. College 76 Louisiana Tech 60 Wayland Baptist

OPP 68 84 67 60 83 96 123 70 105

65 Delta State 2 New Orleans (forfeit) 103 Southwestern Louisiana 72 Mississippi College 97 Northeast Louisiana 109 Tulane 91 Mississippi College 74 Belhaven College 68 Northeast Louisiana 71 Louisiana Tech 87 Northeast Louisiana 84 Louisiana Tech 57 Southern 67 Southern 80 Northeast Louisiana 97 Southwestern Louisiana 76 Louisiana Tech 70 Wayland Baptist 61 %McNeese State 83 %Louisiana Tech 75 %Southeastern Louisiana 90 %LSU 91 #Southern Methodist 89 #Central State (Okla.) 75 #Wayland Baptist 103 #Texas-Arlington 2707 TOTALS %-LAIAW Tournament #-AIAW Region Four Tournament 1976-77 Coach: Charlotte Corley Record: 17-14 (.548) NSU 77 McNeese State 70 at Louisiana Tech 68 at Lamar (OT) 98 Louisiana College 75 Nicholls 58 at McNeese State 86 Southwestern Louisiana 64 LSU 84 Lamar 83 Louisiana Tech 63 at Southwestern Louisiana 59 Stephen F. Austin 84 at Ouachita Baptist 72 at Stephen F. Austin 62 at LSU 71 at Northeast Louisiana 91 at Houston 87 #Baylor 59 #Louisiana Tech 81 at Louisiana College 80 Northeast Louisiana 95 %Southwestern Louisiana 74 at Louisiana Tech 81 %Northeast Louisiana 92 %Southern 87 %LSU 72 %Louisiana Tech 80 $Houston (OT) 61 $Wayland Baptist

89 0 66 88 65 62 110 66 63 83 77 73 61 65 83 50 85 92 59 88 90 93 53 80 86 83 2658

OPP 69 88 61 75 64 64 66 73 76 101 69 78 34 83 83 70 79 107 67 58 69 67 93 76 79 82 80 74 94

86 $East Central Oklahoma 81 $Louisiana Tech 2381 TOTALS #-Houston Tournament %-LAIAW Tournament in Ruston, La. $-AIAW Region Four Tournament 1977-78 Coach: Charlotte Corley Record: 18-17 (.514) NSU 57 LSU 103 Southwestern Louisiana 93 at Nicholls State 83 at Northeast Louisiana 63 Louisiana College 90 McNeese State 76 at McNeese State 75 Louisiana Tech 86 New Orleans 99 at Southwestern Louisiana 77 at Xavier 100 at New Orleans 69 at Louisiana Tech 83 Nicholls State 91 Northeast Louisiana 67 #Lamar 78 #Baylor 68 at LSU 79 Xavier 58 at Louisiana College 105 %Northeast Louisiana 61 %LSU 80 %Southern 81 $Houston 80 $Lamar 69 $Texas Tech 2071 TOTALS #-Houston Tournament %-LAIAW Tournament in Baton Rouge, La. $-AIAW Region Four Tournament

61 89 2329

OPP 87 56 67 78 69 100 84 97 49 62 64 73 92 57 70 53 83 92 66 71 99 90 83 92 73 85 1922

Pat Nolen Pierson (166-88, 9 years) NSU graduate Pat Pierson led the Lady Demons into the national spotlight, winning three straight Gulf Star conference titles and into postseason play at the NCAA Division I level for the first time in school history.

1978-79 Coach: Pat Nolen Pierson Record: 12-15 (.444) NSU 59 at Tulane 96 at New Orleans 62 at McNeese State 66 Northeast Louisiana 53 Louisiana College 61 Louisiana Tech

OPP 66 55 77 77 59 104

64 Grambling 89 Nicholls State 80 at Nicholls State 69 at Arkansas-Little Rock 69 McNeese State 68 at Northeast Louisiana 74 Southeastern Louisiana 74 at Southwestern Louisiana 69 Southwestern Louisiana 63 at Southeastern Louisiana 74 at Grambling 74 @Louisiana College 75 @Northeast Louisiana 78 Arkansas-Little Rock 75 at Xavier 66 at Louisiana Tech 61 at Louisiana College 70 Xavier 49 %LSU 66 %Tulane 46 %McNeese State 1850 TOTALS @-Jena Kiwanis Club Tournament %-LAIAW Tournament in Monroe, La. 1979-80 Coach: Pat Nolen Pierson Record: 19-17 (.528) NSU 74 Xavier 90 at Texas Wesleyan 85 @Texas Christian 60 @Southeastern Okla. (OT) 72 #Texas-Arlington 80 #Lamar 74 #Northeast Louisiana 59 at Southwestern Louisiana 60 at Tulane 76 Xavier 70 at Nicholls State 63 Louisiana Tech 68 at Southeastern Louisiana 47 at Louisiana Tech 56 Southwestern Louisiana 70 Tulane 55 Northeast Louisiana 77 Southeastern Louisiana 74 McNeese State 59 at Texas-Arlington 66 at Southern Methodist 82 Grambling 72 Louisiana College 75 Nicholls State 69 at Northeast Louisiana 78 at Southern Alabama 81 at Florida State 83 $Oklahoma State 62 at Houston 72 $Baylor 57 at Louisiana College 74 McNeese State 60 at Grambling 75 %Nicholls State 71 %Louisiana Tech 2509 TOTALS @-Texas Wesleyan Tournament #-Lady Demon Christmas Classic $-Houston Tournament %-LAIAW Tournament in Ruston, La. 1980-81 Coach: Pat Nolen Pierson Record: 22-8 (.733) NSU 57 at LSU 95 New Orleans 87 at South Florida 65 Southwestern Louisiana 99 at New Orleans 102 Lamar 73 Arkansas 61 at Louisiana College 68 McNeese State 74 Southern Mississippi 72 at McNeese State (OT) 54 at Southern

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70 75 64 52 74 82 70 63 59 100 75 67 88 58 61 89 71 61 74 61 51 1903

OPP 69 70 76 61 70 83 58 67 63 83 75 111 80 93 66 58 44 60 77 62 63 76 55 66 51 74 85 64 81 63 49 76 57 60 90 2518

OPP 82 82 79 57 107 91 62 67 74 72 73 68

91 Nicholls State 101 Texas Christian 73 at Southern Mississippi 88 Northeast Louisiana 75 at Texas-Arlington 87 at North Texas State 78 Louisiana College 82 at Southwestern Louisiana 86 Texas-Arlington 67 at Louisiana Tech 73 at Northeast Louisiana 86 Southern 88 at Nicholls State 68 %Grambling (OT) 36 %Louisiana Tech 74 %Southeastern Louisiana 65 $Houston 73 $Stephen F. Austin 2298 TOTALS %-LAIAW Tournament in Hammond,La $-AIAW Region Four Tournament 1981-82 Coach: Pat Nolen Pierson Record: 18-7 (.720) NSU 70 at Louisiana College 64 at Arkansas 86 at Southwestern Louisiana 73 Southeastern Louisiana 75 LSU 85 at Lamar 84 Louisiana College 77 Southern 87 Nicholls State 87 Southwestern Louisiana 65 at Delta State 76 Centenary 86 at Southern 77 Mercer (2OT) 81 at McNeese State 82 Lamar 68 Alcorn State 76 at Northeast Louisiana 75 at Nicholls State 64 McNeese State 75 Northeast Louisiana 73 at Southeastern Louisiana 65 at Centenary 85 %Northeast Louisiana 71 %New Orleans 1911 TOTALS %-LAIAW Tournament in Natchitoches 1982-83 Coach: Pat Nolen Pierson Record: 16-9 (.640) NSU 78 McNeese State 86 at Northeast Louisiana 48 #Cheyney State 78 #Illinois State 67 #Alabama 76 at Alcorn State 82 Nicholls State 69 Alcorn State 62 Arkansas 75 at Mercer 78 at Nicholls State 75 Centenary 69 at Stephen F. Austin 68 Lamar 66 Southeastern Louisiana 69 at Nevada-Reno 84 at Nevada-Reno 85 at McNeese State 71 at LSU 99 Texas A&I 71 Stephen F. Austin 90 Northeast Louisiana 79 at Southeastern Louisiana 72 at Centenary 76 at Arkansas 1873 TOTALS #-Lady Techster Dial Classic

74 60 82 70 74 73 71 70 63 115 69 76 76 67 90 67 64 93 2259

OPP 40 78 75 68 61 65 45 64 57 70 69 60 90 79 91 80 61 64 58 63 67 85 53 83 80 1706

OPP 77 91 57 67 74 78 53 57 58 76 64 55 82 62 57 64 72 56 108 60 72 78 72 71 86 1747

1983-84 Coach: Pat Nolen Pierson Record: 15-11 (.577) NSU 68 @North Carolina 73 at Kansas 80 LSU 86 McNeese State 87 at Southern Mississippi 81 $Tennessee Tech 46 Louisiana Tech 91 Northeast Louisiana 63 at Central Arkansas 73 at Arkansas 87 %Missouri-Kansas City 70 at Nevada-Reno 79 at Texas-Southern 81 at Lamar 93 at Centenary 82 Grambling 79 at McNeese State 86 Arkansas-Little Rock 85 Southern (OT) 91 at Nicholls State 83 at Northeast Louisiana 79 Centenary 82 at Grambling (OT) 86 Nicholls State 62 at Southern 101 Texas Southern 2074 TOTALS @-Kansas Classic #-Hattiesburg, MS %-Lady Pack Classic in Reno, NV 1984-85 Coach: Pat Nolen Pierson Record: 20-6 (.528) *GSC: 10-0, 1st GULF STAR CHAMPIONS NSU 98 Southwestern Louisiana 87 Southern Mississippi 86 McNeese State 99 at Alcorn State 95 Lamar 89 Northeast Louisiana 86 at Nevada Reno 97 #US International 80 at McNeese State 72 at Southwestern Louisiana 72 at Northeast Louisiana 84 *at Nicholls State 77 *at Southeastern Louisiana 97 Grambling 97 *Sam Houston State 109 *Southwest Texas 95 Alcorn State 83 at Grambling 87 Delta State 90 *Nicholls State 69 *Southeastern Louisiana 87 at Delta State

OPP 69 74 84 76 88 76 82 93 67 75 81 55 69 63 43 76 70 68 90 73 100 37 77 67 73 83 1912

OPP 81 77 74 101 80 108 84 85 66 64 106 74 71 71 56 61 65 84 91 70 59 100

73 *at Sam Houston State 80 *at Southwest Texas 95 *at Stephen F. Austin 106 *Stephen F. Austin 2287 TOTAL #-Lady Pack Classic in Reno, NV *-Gulf Star Conference games 1985-86 Coach: Pat Nolen Pierson Record: 25-7 (.781) *GSC: 8-2, 1st GULF STAR CHAMPIONS NSU 117 Southern Arkansas 79 Kansas 108 #Pan American 88 #Mississippi College 56 at Northeast Louisiana 83 at Mississippi College 88 Florida 82 @ Pacific 77 @ Boise State 77 at Nevada Reno 99 at Lamar 108 at Arkansas-Little Rock 83 at Grambling 72 *at Stephen F. Austin 94 *Sam Houston State 90 *Southwest Texas 86 Northeast Louisiana 83 *at Nicholls State 88 *at Southeastern Louisiana 92 Grambling 74 *Stephen F. Austin 100 Creighton 81 *Nicholls State 67 *Southeastern Louisiana 90 at LSU 67 *at Sam Houston State 84 *at Southwest Texas 95 at Hawaii Pacific 134 at Hawaii Pacific 77 %Tennessee Tech 89 %Duke 91 %Idaho 2799 TOTALS #-Lady Demon Christmas Classic @-Lady Pack Classic in Reno, NV %-NWIT in Amarillo, Texas *-Gufl Star Conference games 1986-87 Coach: Pat Nolen Pierson Record: 19-8 (.704) *GSC: 9-1, 1st GULF STAR CHAMPIONS NSU 79 @North Carolina 60 @Drake 93 Lamar 98 Arkansas Baptist 81 Southern Mississippi 94 Georgia (OT) 82 at Florida

57 67 79 85 2016

OPP 53 63 61 77 75 81 67 87 66 85 81 57 70 68 66 52 83 72 93 86 68 85 69 59 118 77 76 62 51 71 88 100 2367

OPP 96 53 53 63 71 95 92

92 #Alabama 84 #Wyoming 122 Arkansas Baptist 60 at Northeast Louisiana 65 *at Stephen F. Austin 75 Grambling 74 *Sam Houston State 95 *Southwest Texas 87 Texas Southern 75 *at Nicholls State 56 *at Southeastern La. 87 Arkansas-Little Rock 78 *Stephen F. Austin 73 Northeast Louisiana (OT) 90 at Grambling 83 *Nicholls State 96 *Southeastern Louisiana 72 *at Sam Houston State 94 *at Southwest Texas 88 at Lamar 2243 TOTALS #-LSU Tournament @-Lady Pack Classic in Reno, NV *-Gulf Star Conference game

94 76 59 81 82 70 67 77 60 66 50 55 69 77 93 70 67 62 70 75 1943

James Smith (340-155, 17 years) The Dean of Lady Demon basketball, James Smith led the Lady Demons to 340 wins, the most by a Lady Demon coach. He also led the Lady Demons to the postseason 13 times, winning the SLC three times and into the NCAA Tournament in 1989 and 2004. 1987-88 Coach: James Smith Record: 16-12 (.571) *SLC: 7-7, T-3rd NSU 72 at Louisiana College 81 at Arkansas-Little Rock 96 @U.S.International (OT) 63 @ Nevada Reno 77 @Pepperdine 90 Mississippi College 91 East Texas State 88 Nicholls State 75 at Lamar 81 *Northeast Louisiana 85 *North Texas State 81 *Texas-Arlington 65 at Nicholls State 64 *at McNeese State 75 *at Stephen F. Austin 79 at Mississippi College 70 *at Southwest Texas 71 *at Sam Houston State 81 *Southwest Texas 67 *Sam Houston State 68 Arkansas-Little Rock 90 *Stephen F. Austin 70 *McNeese State

1984-85 Gulf Star Conference Champions

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OPP 68 72 92 74 84 82 63 68 77 64 73 68 66 73 94 74 85 69 80 78 67 96 66

75 *at Texas-Arlington 96 *at North Texas 87 *McNeese State 66 #Southwest Texas 58 # at Stephen F. Austin 2211 TOTALS @-Wolfpack Thanksgiving Tourn. in Reno, NV *-Southland Conference games #-Southland Conference Tournament

1994-95 Southland Conference Champions and WNIT runners-up 76 *at Texas-Arlington 74 67 *at North Texas 75 81 Lamar 76 65 *at Northeast Louisiana 70 77 #Northeast Louisiana 98 2146 TOTALS 2126 @-Lady Pack Classic in Reno, NV #-Southland Conference Tournament *-Southland Conference games 1988-89 Coach: James Smith Record: 22-8 (.733) *SLC: 11-3, T-2nd NSU OPP 92 at Mississippi College 80 53 @Cal. State Fullerton 66 89 @Miami 92 95 Mississippi College 72 87 Texas A&M 83 91 Southern Mississippi 73 89 at U.S. International 76 86 at Missouri 83 92 at Southeastern Louisiana 76 86 at Southwestern Louisiana 64 75 *Northeast Louisiana 73 80 *North Texas 70 79 *Texas-Arlington 54 88 *at McNeese State 81 74 *at Stephen F Austin 81 90 *at Southwest Texas 91 70 *at Sam Houston State 60 81 *Southwest Texas 76 91 *Sam Houston State 83 93 Southeastern Louisiana 72 78 *Stephen F Austin 76 93 *McNeese State 72 98 Southwestern Louisiana 75 82 *at Texas-Arlington 76 97 *at North Texas 79 87 *at Northeast Louisiana 90 79 at Southern Mississippi 95 76 #Northeast Louisiana. 71 73 # at Stephen F. Austin 82 79 % at Illinois State 100 2523 TOTALS 2322 @-University of Houston Tournament *-Southland Conference games #-Southland Conference Tournament %-NCAA Tournament

1989-90 Coach: James Smith Record: 17-12 (.586) *SLC: 9-5, T-2nd NSU OPP 77 @Drake 70 85 at Texas A&M 87 102 #Mercer 76 73 at Ole Miss 74 99 at Grambling 107 66 at Long Beach State 89 82 $Ole Miss 69 87 Grambling 94 81 at Southwestern Louisiana 86 73 *at Stephen F. Austin 98 79 *McNeese State 49 104 Southeastern Louisiana 99 87 *Texas-Arlington 55 93 *North Texas 89 94 *at Northeast La. (OT) 86 92 *at Sam Houston 73 71 *at Southwest Texas 80 88 *Northeast Louisiana (OT) 91 96 *Sam Houston 83 102 *at McNeese State 85 106 Southwestern Louisiana 45 68 *at Texas-Arlington 74 81 *at North Texas 78 80 *Stephen F. Austin 93 85 *Southwest Texas 77 108 Mississippi Valley 56 85 at Southeastern Louisiana 63 85 %Northeast Louisiana (OT) 81 83 % at Stephen F. Austin 93 2511 TOTAL 2294 @-Texas A&M Tournament #-Ole Miss Tournament $-Long Beach State Dial Classic *-Southland Conference games %-Southland Conference Tournament 1990-91 Coach: James Smith Record: 16-11 (.593) *SLC: 6-8, 5th NSU 65 @South Carolina State 69 at East Carolina 81 at Prairie View 71 East Carolina 70 at Southeastern Louisiana 85 at Southwestern Louisiana 93 *Sam Houston State

OPP 45 81 63 67 80 70 74

81 *at McNeese State 74 Southeastern Louisiana 70 *at Texas-Arlington 74 *at North Texas 61 *Stephen F. Austin 65 *Southwest Texas 104 Prairie View A&M 64 at Miss. Valley State 63 *at Northeast Louisiana 102 Nicholls State 64 *at Stephen F. Austin 88 *McNeese State 92 Southwestern Louisiana 66 *Texas-Arlington 75 *North Texas 65 *at Sam Houston State 78 *at Southwest Texas 49 at Nicholls State 71 *Northeast Louisiana 75 at Rice 2008 TOTALS #-East Carolina Tournament *-Southland Conference games 1991-92 Coach: James Smith Record: 21-8 (.724) *SLC: 14-4, 2nd NSU 66 Southwestern Louisiana 71 @UC-Santa Barbara 66 @Fresno State 104 @Cal State-Northridge 61 *at Nicholls State 82 *at McNeese State 86 Rice 100 East Texas State 96 Southern 84 *at Northeast Louisiana 97 *Southeastern Louisiana 95 *Southwest Texas 81 *Texas-San Antonio 58 *at Sam Houston State 50 *at Stephen F. Austin 96 *North Texas (OT) 70 *Texas-Arlington 55 at Southern 79 *Northeast Louisiana 79 *Nicholls State 64 *at Texas-San Antonio 66 *at Southwest Texas 56 *Stephen F. Austin 67 *Sam Houston State

64 66 83 62 75 79 70 72 81 57 99 61 67 67 64 75 67 45 74 70 1877

OPP 55 74 82 51 51 72 77 72 80 71 59 63 69 57 65 93 62 71 57 71 60 79 74 73

68 72 82 60 77 1997

1992-93 Coach: James Smith Record: 24-8 (.750) *SLC: 14-4, 3rd NSU 94 @Oral Roberts 67 at Texas Tech 119 Prairie View 76 at San Francisco 84 at San Jose Sate. 94 *at North Texas (OT) 71 *at Texas-Arlington 111 Central Arkansas 105 *Nicholls State 76 *McNeese State 74 *at Stephen F. Austin 80 *Texas-San Antonio 77 *Southwest Texas 72 *at Southeastern Louisiana 67 *Northeast Louisiana 73 *at McNeese State 98 *at Nicholls State 75 *Stephen F. Austin 101 *Sam Houston State 77 Arkansas 71 *at Southwest Texas 93 *at Texas-San Antonio 74 *at Sam Houston State 84 *at Northeast Louisiana 76 *Texas-Arlington 102 North Texas 65 #Texas-Arlington 78 #Southwest Texas 75 # at Stephen F. Austin 74 %Marquette 93 %George Washington 89 %Butler 2659 TOTALS @-Lady Raider Classic in Lubbock, TX #-Southland Conference Tournament %-NWIT in Amarillo, Texas

OPP 61 91 42 80 62 87 58 91 79 54 77 52 84 62 64 60 66 80 51 62 88 65 64 82 66 60 47 58 77 77 77 85 2209

1993-94 Coach: James Smith Record: 20-8 (.714) *SLC: 14-4, 2nd NSU 102 East Texas Baptist 71 @Army 77 at Maine 90 #Mississippi Valley State 74 at Arkansas 80 Texas-San Antonio (OT) 71 Southwest Texas 81 Central Florida 78 at Stephen F. Austin (OT) 74 at Sam Houston State 83 Nicholls State 66 McNeese State 75 at Texas-Arlington 79 at North Texas 61 Northeast Louisiana 80 Sam Houston State 96 Stephen F. Austin (OT) 71 at McNeese State 87 at Nicholls State 98 North Texas 68 Texas-Arlington 55 Southern Mississippi 59 at Northeast Louisiana 71 at Texas-San Antonio 83 at Southwest Texas 72 Southern Mississippi 75 %McNeese State 67 %Northeast Louisiana 2144 TOTALS @-University of Maine Tournament #-Arkansas Dial Classic %-Southland Conference Tournament

OPP 74 60 54 81 85 74 50 65 83 62 41 62 70 65 72 65 95 59 68 86 63 81 77 56 84 87 65 77 1961

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

1994-95 Coach: James Smith Record: 25-7 (.781) *SLC: 16-2, 1st SLC CHAMPIONS NSU 57 at Nebraska 94 @Oral Roberts 63 at Ole Miss 73 Louisiana College 54 #Iowa 62 at Stanford 73 Northeast Louisiana 60 at Texas-Arlington 81 at North Texas 96 Harding 75 McNeese State 110 Nicholls State 59 at Sam Houston State 87 at Stephen F. Austin 87 Texas-San Antonio 66 Southwest Texas 89 North Texas 76 Texas-Arlington 72 at Nicholls State 76 at McNeese State 77 Sam Houston State 70 Stephen F. Austin 74 at Southwest Texas 76 at Texas-San Antonio 92 Prairie View A&M 93 at Northeast Louisiana 92 $Northeast Louisiana 68 $McNeese State 60 $Stephen F. Austin 80 %Clemson 103 %Notre Dame 81 %Texas A&M 2476 TOTALS @-Ole Miss Tournament #-Stanfordd Fry’s/Cardinal Classic $-Century Cellunet SLC Classic %-NWIT in Amarillo, Texas 1995-96 Coach: James Smith Record: 19-10 (.655) *SLC: 13-5, 3rd NSU 83 #at Arkansas 104 East Texas Baptist 77 @vs. LaSalle 72 @vs. Colorado State 111 Louisiana College 80 at Saint Louis 62 %vs. Colorado 81 %at Louisville 84 *at McNeese State 87 *at Nicholls State 97 *at Northeast Louisiana 69 Alabama 81 *Texas-San Antonio 85 *Southwest Texas 67 *Stephen F. Austin 96 *at North Texas 90 *at Texas-Arlington 77 *Sam Houston State 90 *Nicholls State 83 *McNeese State 96 *Northeast Louisiana 64 *Southwest Texas 93 *at Texas-San Antonio 63 *Texas-Arlington 92 *North Texas 75 *at Stephen F. Austin 82 *at Sam Houston Sate. 74 $vs. Texas-Arlington 70 $vs. Southwest Texas 2476 TOTALS @-Nevada Wolfpack Classic #-Preseason Womens NIT $-Century Cellunet SLC Classic in Shreveport, La. *-denotes Southland Conference Games

OPP 70 69 86 54 53 102 52 51 70 80 54 63 71 82 67 57 70 74 60 74 66 75 73 57 63 69 83 61 68 64 93 85 2216

OPP 84 92 60 82 75 61 71 74 46 69 63 74 73 72 77 80 74 79 56 52 63 69 74 65 61 77 73 66 80 2216

1998-99 Southland Conference Champions 1996-97 Coach: James Smith Record: 11-15 (.423) *SLC: 5-11, 7th NSU 70 at Southern 91 Louisiana College 70 @vs. Lynn University 66 @vs. Jackson State 88 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff 84 #vs. UNC-Charlotte 57 #vs. Auburn 81 #vs. Central Florida 68 *at Stephen F. Austin 64 *Texas San Antonio 58 *Southwest Texas 85 *at Nicholls State 66 *at McNeese State 68 *Texas Arlington 76 *Northeast Louisiana 53 *at Southwest Texas 64 *at Texas San Antonio 67 *Sam Houston State 77 *Stephen F. Austin 76 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 85 *Nicholls State 75 *McNeese State 79 *at Sam Houston State 58 *at Northeast Louisiana 76 Southern 68 *at Texas Arlington 1870 TOTALS @-Sheraton Capstone Inn Classic (Alabama) #-Gooding’s Holiday Classic (Central Florida) *-Southland Conference Games 1997-98 Coach: James Smith Record: 17-11 (.607) *SLC: 9-7, T3rd NSU 90 Norfolk State 61 at Southwestern Louisiana 78 Louisiana College 104 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 63 @vs. Washington St. 76 @vs. Vermont 58 #vs. Wichita State 88 #vs. Alcorn State 76 *Texas San Antonio 70 *at Stephen F. Austin 68 *McNeese State 59 *Sam Houston State

OPP 74 73 73 63 59 72 80 86 101 66 82 72 77 76 67 77 74 69 87 57 56 65 76 67 67 80 1896

OPP 67 58 63 57 90 60 89 47 88 101 65 61

64 *Northeast Louisiana 68 *at Texas Arlington 68 Alabama 69 *at Northeast Louisiana 66 *at Southeastern Louisiana 83 *at Nicholls State 59 *Texas Arlington 67 *Stephen F. Austin 84 *at McNeese State 69 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff 54 *at Texas San Antonio 75 *at Southwest Texas 73 *Southeastern Louisiana 76 Nicholls State (OT) 55 $vs. Texas Arlington 69 $vs. Northeast Louisiana (OT) 1990 TOTALS @-Washington State Dial Classic #-Wichita St. Pizza Hut Shocker Shootout $-Century Cellunet SLC Classic in Shreveport, La *-denotes SLC Games 1998-99 Coach: James Smith Record: 22-7 (.759) *SLC: 16-2, 1st SLC CHAMPIONS NSU 65 at Alabama 78 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff 65 @at Oklahoma State 66 @vs. New Mexico 63 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 81 Southwestern Louisiana 76 #at Mississippi State 105 #vs. Troy State 66 *Sam Houston State 76 *at McNeese State 68 *Lamar 56 *at Texas-Arlington 85 *at Stephen F. Austin 76 *Nicholls State 67 *Northeast Louisiana 78 *at Southwest Texas 65 *at Texas-San Antonio 64 *Southeastern Louisiana 72 *Southwest Texas 86 *Texas-San Antonio 76 *at Sam Houston State 65 at Northeast Louisiana 64 *Texas-Arlington 66 *Stephen F. Austin

68 55 74 70 58 59 57 75 62 55 51 69 64 80 52 71 1866

OPP 93 43 88 59 90 59 99 60 63 58 53 51 84 63 46 58 51 53 45 65 79 57 60 74

58 *at Southeastern Louisiana 66 *at Lamar 67 $vs. Northeast Louisiana 77 $vs. Stephen F. Austin 60 %at Arkansas 2094 TOTALS @-Jackson Diamond Jewelers’ Cowgirl Classic #-Mississippi State Classic $-Century Cellunet SLC Classic in Shreveport, La. % - Women’s National Invitational Tourn. *-denotes SLC Games 1999-2000 Coach: James Smith Record: 24-6 (.800) *SLC: 15-3, 2nd NSU 57 at Southwest Missouri 66 Jackson State 91 @James Madison 60 @Seton Hall 94 Southern Arkansas 87 at Centenary 55 #Utah 80 #Southern Utah 69 *at Lamar 73 *at McNeese State 60 *Texas-Arlington 77 *Sam Houston State 67 *at Stephen F. Austin 87 Centenary 62 *at Louisiana-Monroe 62 *Texas-San Antonio 67 *Southeastern Louisiana 69 *at Nicholls State 77 *McNeese State 65 *Lamar 77 *at Texas-Arlington 61 *at Sam Houston State 95 *Nicholls State 59 *at Southwest Texas 64 *at Texas-San Antonio 58 *Stephen F. Austin 59 *Louisiana-Monroe 93 $McNeese State 66 $Southwest Texas 68 $Stephen F. Austin 2125 TOTALS @-DePaul University Moran Realty Classic #-Boise State Christmas Classic $-Century Cellunet SLC Classic in Shreveport, La *-Southland Conference Games

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40 57 65 90 78 1847

OPP 71 53 83 50 65 41 86 72 50 58 46 59 76 41 61 46 48 54 47 62 67 49 67 78 61 79 56 82 64 79 1851

2000-01 Coach: James Smith Record: 23-7 (.767) *SLC: 16-4, 3rd NSU 78 Southern Arkansas 64 @Texas A&M 75 @East Tennessee State 92 Centenary 64 Maine 49 at Colorado State 59 *at Southeastern Louisiana 89 *at Nicholls State 43 *Lamar 61 *Sam Houston State 82 *McNeese State 59 *at Texas-Arlington 63 *at Stephen F. Austin 65 *at Louisiana-Monroe 71 *Southwest Texas 45 *Texas-San Antonio 102 at Centenary 71 *Louisiana-Monroe 65 *at Lamar 73 *at Sam Houston State 80 *Nicholls State 70 *Southeastern Louisiana 63 *at Texas-San Antonio 78 *at Southwest Texas 83 *at McNeese State 58 *Stephen F. Austin 73 *Texas-Arlington 82 $Southeastern Louisiana 63 $Louisina-Monroe 73 $Stephen F. Austin 2093 TOTALS @-Memphis Lady Tiger Classic $-Century Cellunet SLC Classic in Shreveport, La *-Southland Conference Games 2001-02 Coach: James Smith Record: 22-7 (.759) *SLC: 17-3, 2nd NSU 46 #Virginia Tech 59 #Tennessee-Martin 67 %Rutgers (OT) 51 %Fordham 56 Jackson State 74 *at Sam Houston State 70 *at Lamar 83 at Jackson State 64 *at McNeese State 54 *at Texas-Arlington 67 *Stephen F. Austin 67 *at Southeastern Louisiana 71 *at Nicholls State 56 *Texas-San Antonio 67 *Texas State

OPP 71 73 71 49 62 81 50 77 55 54 43 64 80 82 63 43 62 62 54 57 59 64 61 67 66 55 62 60 56 82 1885

OPP 71 58 68 62 55 61 52 82 52 59 42 63 50 44 52

84 *Sam Houston State 66 73 *Lamar 58 91 *Louisiana-Monroe 76 57 *at Texas-San Antonio 51 74 *at Texas State 76 82 Centenary 48 74 *Southeastern Louisiana (OT) 72 73 *Nicholls State 64 72 *Texas-Arlington 71 68 *at Stephen F. Austin 88 72 *McNeese State 58 81 *at Louisiana Monroe 67 66 ^Texas-Arlington 59 52 ^at Stephen F. Austin 76 1971 TOTALS 1801 # - LSU Tournament % - Arizona State Tournament * - denotes SLC games ^ - Southland Conference Tournament 2002-03 Coach: James Smith Record: 17-11 (.607) *SLC: 14-6, T3rd NSU OPP 65 at Texas A&M 59 74 # vs UCLA 82 73 # vs UTEP 84 68 Henderson State 73 60 % vs Arkansas 79 97 % vs Idaho State 84 81 Prairie View A&M 55 75 *at SE Louisiana 50 60 *Texas-San Antonio 69 85 *Texas State 68 65 *at McNeese State 53 65 *Southeastern Louisiana 44 81 *Nicholls State 55 85 *at Lamar 65 69 *at Sam Houston State (ot) 77 63 *Texas-Arlington 59 94 *Stephen F. Austin 74 54 *at Texas-San Antonio 68 64 *at Texas State 59 74 *McNeese State 77 71 *Louisiana-Monroe 80 75 *at Nicholls State 52 75 *at Louisiana-Monroe 71 79 *Lamar 43 82 *Sam Houston State 62 70 *at Texas-Arlington 53 73 *at Stephen F. Austin 80 62 ^Louisiana-Monroe 71 2039 TOTALS 1846 # - UNLV Tournament % - Rice Tournament * - denotes SLC game ^ - Southland Conference Tournament

2003-04 Coach: James Smith Record: 24-7 (.774) *SLC: 14-2, 1st SLC CHAMPIONS SLC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS NSU OPP 82 #vs. Ball State 80 73 #at DePaul 109 84 Texas A&M-Commerce 58 76 at Centenary 70 84 Harding 48 88 Belhaven College 43 62 at Arkansas 78 53 !Duke 105 78 ^vs. Kent State 74 52 ^at Auburn 103 79 *Louisiana-Monroe 63 84 *Stephen F. Austin 54 65 *at McNeese State 51 75 *Nicholls State 60 83 *Lamar 49 81 *at Sam Houston State 61 71 *at Texas-San Antonio 64 63 *Texas State 62 78 *McNeese State 62 81 *at Lamar 71 70 *at Southeastern La. 66 65 *Sam Houston State 84 77 *Texas-Arlington 69 (ot) 62 *Texas-San Antonio 56 75 *at Stephen F. Austin 72 63 *at Louisiana-Monroe 74 69 $Sam Houston State 61 82 $Texas-San Antonio 71 78 $Texas-Arlington 71 51 %Duke 103 2267 TOTALS 2139 # - DePaul Tournament ! - Played at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City ^ - Auburn Holiday Classic * - denotes SLC game $ - Southland Conference Tournament % - NCAA Tournament, Durham, N.C.

Jennifer Graf (106-131, 8 years) After a successful playing and assistant career with the Lady Demons, Jennifer Graf was named NSU’s fifth head coach on Sept. 1, 2004, becoming the nation’s youngest Division I head coach at 26 years, two months and 21 days old. 2004-05 Coach: Jennifer Graf Record: 17-12 (.586) *SLC: 11-5, T-3rd NSU OPP 74 Southern 68 78 Texas A&M-Commerce 62 59 !Tennessee-Chattanooga 83 72 !at St. Mary’s (CA) 74 86 LSU-Shreveport 51 102 Arkansas-Monticello 79 61 at Texas A&M 70 79 Centenary 55 64 # Jackson State 77 54 # at South Alabama 77 41 at Louisiana-Monroe 56 55 *at Stephen F. Austin 58 54 *Texas-San Antonio 49 60 *at Texas-Arlington 75 80 *Southeastern Louisiana 63 76 *at Texas State 81 82 *at Texas-San Antonio 68 83 *at Sam Houston State 67 88 *Lamar 69 85 *at McNeese State 80 ot 82 *Nicholls State 65 64 *Louisiana-Monroe 70 74 *at Lamar 71 62 *at Nicholls State 50 72 *Stephen F. Austin 71 77 *Sam Houston State 53 72 *McNeese State 77 51 % Texas-San Antonio 48 45 % at Texas-Arlington 74 2032 TOTALS 1941 ! - St. Mary’s (CA) Classic # - South Alabama Coca-Cola Classic * - Southland Conference games % -SLC Tournament 2005-06 Coach: Jennifer Graf Record: 11-16 (.407) *SLC: 4-12, 9th Score Opponent Date L 67-56 at Southern Nov. 19 W 84-74 A&M-Commerce Nov. 21 W 72-64 !vs. Alcorn State Nov. 25 W 85-75 !at Southern Miss. Nov. 26 W 78-56 at Centenary Nov. 29 L 92-68 #vs. Gonzaga Dec. 2 L 79-59 #at Nevada Dec. 3 W 72-70 Southern Arkansas Dec. 7 W 91-57 LSU-Shreveport Dec. 14 W 72-61 Eastern Wash. Dec. 20 L 72-59 at North Texas Dec. 31 L 71-49 *Texas-Arlington Jan. 5 W 58-54 *UL-Monroe Jan. 7 W 67-53 *at Southeastern La. Jan. 12 W 78-60 *Sam Houston Jan. 14 L 73-65 *at UT-San Antonio Jan. 26 L 76-71 *at Texas State Jan. 28 L 75-69 *at Sam Houston Feb. 2 L 85-69 *Stephen F. Austin Feb. 4 L 83-43 *at Texas-Arlington Feb. 9 L 64-51 *at UL-Monroe Feb. 11 W 83-66 *Nicholls State Feb. 16 L 46-45 *Southeastern La. Feb. 18 L 66-62 *at Lamar Feb. 23 L 72-51 *at McNeese State Feb. 25 L 88-79 *Texas State Feb. 28 L 69-58 *UT-San Antonio Mar. 3 ! - Southern Miss Thanksgiving Classic # - Nevada Wolfpack Classic * - Southland Conference games

2003-04 Southland Conference Champions

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L 76-57 *at Texas State Feb. 27 L 82-66 *at Sam Houston Mar. 3 W 84-59 *Southeastern La. Mar. 6 W 96-82 $Stephen F. Austin Mar. 9 L 74-66 $A&M-Corpus Christi Mar. 11 ! - Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Classic (Nashville, Tenn.) * - Southland Conference game $ - SLC Tournament (The Merrell Center • Katy, Texas)

Chassidy Jones (2003-07) ranks 13th on the NSU career scoring list. 2006-07 Coach: Jennifer Graf Record: 10-20 (.375) *SLC: 6-10, 8th Score Opponent Date L 65-60 Jackson State Nov. 10 L 79-43 at Oklahoma State Nov. 18 L 69-55 at UNO Nov. 22 W 89-80 Ar.-Monticello Nov. 25 W 71-61 Centenary Nov. 28 L 83-39 at UL-Monroe Dec. 2 W 66-61 Southern Dec. 5 W 79-57 LSU-Shreveport Dec. 9 L 71-67 at Eastern Wash. Dec. 15 L 72-70 ot at Washington St. Dec. 17 L 77-66 North Texas Dec. 21 L 84-77 #Ala.-Birmingham Dec. 28 L 79-63 #Maine Dec. 29 L 73-69 *Texas State Jan. 4 L 65-48 *Texas-Arlington Jan. 6 L 67-61 *at A&M-Cor. Christi Jan. 11 L 55-38 *at UT-San Antonio Jan. 13 W 82-58 *at McNeese State Jan. 18 W 68-61 *Lamar Jan. 20 W 70-59 *Nicholls State Jan. 25 L 77-59 *at Southeastern La. Jan. 27 W 73-71 *at Central Arkansas Feb. 3 L 77-66 *at Sam Houston Feb. 8 L 62-59 *Stephen F. Austin Feb. 10 W 72-68 *McNeese State Feb. 15 L 69-58 *at Lamar Feb. 17 L 85-76 ot *at Nicholls State Feb. 22 W 55-53 *Southeastern La. Feb. 24 L 74-60 *Central Arkansas Mar. 3 L 62-53 $Texas-Arlington Mar. 7 # - Cavalier Classic (Charlottesville, Va.) * - Southland Conference game $ - SLC Tournament (Houston) 2007-08 Coach: Jennifer Graf Record: 15-15 (.500) *SLC: 8-8, 5th Score Opponent Date W 79-65 Ark.-Monticello Nov. 10 W 78-70 at Southern Nov. 13 L 54-53 Xavier (LA) Nov. 16 L 77-62 New Orleans Nov. 19 L 92-57 #vs. Louisiana Tech Nov. 23 W 68-57 #vs. Tenn. State Nov. 24 L 62-61 at Centenary Nov. 27

W 101-39 Southern-N.O. Dec. 4 L 84-62 Louisiana-Monroe Dec. 8 L 59-43 at Arkansas Dec. 13 W 58-49 at Alcorn State Dec. 18 W 80-57 at Jackson State Dec. 20 W 71-46 LSU-Shreveport Dec. 29 L 87-58 *at Texas State Jan. 10 L 79-62 *at Texas-Arlington Jan. 12 L 73-65 *A&M-Corpus Christi Jan. 17 L 68-62 *Texas-San Antonio Jan. 19 W 90-62 *McNeese State Jan. 24 L 56-47 *at Lamar Jan. 26 L 78-64 *at Nicholls Jan. 31 W 75-65 *Southeastern La. Feb. 2 W 85-71 *Central Arkansas Feb. 9 W 94-57 *Sam Houston Feb. 14 L 64-57 *at Stephen F. Austin Feb. 16 W 69-54 *at McNeese State Feb. 21 W 64-50 *Lamar Feb. 23 W 74-69 *Nicholls Feb. 28 L 70-49 *at Southeastern La. Mar. 1 W 74-68 *at Central Arkansas Mar. 8 L 80-56 $vs. UT-San Antonio Mar. 12 # - Memphis Thanksgiving Classic (Memphis, Tenn.) * - Southland Conference game $ - SLC Tournament (The Merrell Center • Katy, Texas) 2008-09 Coach: Jennifer Graf Record: 18-13 (.581) *SLC: 9-7, 6th Score Opponent Date L 67-47 at San Diego State Nov. 14 W 66-53 Southern Nov. 18 L 99-75 at Mississippi State Nov. 23 W 76-65 Southern Arkansas Nov. 29 W 57-50 Centenary Dec. 1 W 68-50 at Grambling Dec. 4 L 62-57 at UL-Monroe Dec. 9 W 57-56 Alcorn State Dec. 17 W 68-32 LSU-Shreveport Dec. 20 L 92-64 !at Ole Miss Dec. 29 L 59-53 !vs. Tenn.-Martin Dec. 30 W 86-69 Ark.-Monticello Jan. 2 W 83-70 at Ark.-Pine Bluff Jan. 5 W 73-58 *Nicholls Jan. 10 W 66-43 *Southeastern La. Jan. 14 L 61-52 *at A&M-Cor. Christi Jan. 17 W 81-68 *at Nicholls Jan. 24

W 76-69 *Stephen F. Austin W 57-54 *at Central Arkansas W 77-64 ot *McNeese State L 74-68 *at Texas-Arlington L 82-64 *at Stephen F. Austin W 72-61 *Central Arkansas L 75-66 *at McNeese State L 80-77 ot *Lamar L 74-69 *at UT-San Antonio W 80-72 *Texas State W 85-82 *Sam Houston L 69-64 *at Southeastern La. W 51-45 $vs. Southeastern La. L 58-47 $vs. UT-San Antonio ! - Ole Miss Holiday Classic (Oxford, Miss.) * - Southland Conference game $ - SLC Tournament (The Merrell Center • Katy, Texas)

Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 14 Feb. 18 Feb. 21 Feb. 25 Feb. 28 Mar. 4 Mar. 7 Mar. 11 Mar. 13

2009-10 Coach: Jennifer Graf Record: 15-16 (.484) *SLC: 7-9, 7th Score Opponent Date W 85-61 Ark.-Monticello Nov. 13 L 71-52 at Southern Nov. 17 L 68-57 Louisiana-Monroe Nov. 20 W 73-58 LSU-Shreveport Nov. 24 L 76-67 !vs. N.C. State Nov. 27 W 86-84 ot !vs. Austin Peay Nov. 28 W 65-49 at Centenary Dec. 1 L 61-56 at Alabama Dec. 6 W 76-74 Ark.-Pine Bluff Dec. 12 W 93-62 Grambling Dec. 16 L 73-58 at Memphis Dec. 20 L 57-48 at Rice Dec. 28 W 79-48 Southern-N.O. Jan. 4 W 97-67 *at Nicholls Jan. 9 W 79-74 *at Southeastern La. Jan. 13 L 75-66 *A&M-Corpus Christi Jan. 16 W 69-63 *Nicholls Jan. 23 W 68-64 *at Stephen F. Austin Jan. 27 L 53-48 *Central Arkansas Jan. 30 W 65-52 *at McNeese State Feb. 3 L 86-82 *Texas-Arlington Feb. 6 L 81-63 *Stephen F. Austin Feb. 10 L 77-71 *at Central Arkansas Feb. 13 W 69-52 *McNeese State Feb. 17 L 84-67 *at Lamar Feb. 20 L 50-48 *UT-San Antonio Feb. 24

2010-11 Coach: Jennifer Graf Record: 14-16 (.467) *SLC: 9-7, 7th Score Opponent Date W 86-81 Ouachita Baptist Nov. 12 L 112-53 at Texas Nov. 16 L 81-68 at Louisiana-Monroe Nov. 19 W 84-71 Arkansas-Monticello Nov. 23 L 93-56 !vs. DePaul Nov. 26 L 53-48 % vs. Morgan State Nov. 27 W 98-56 Centenary Nov. 30 L 66-64 at Alcorn State Dec. 4 L 91-60 at Texas Tech Dec. 7 W 53-41 at Jackson State Dec. 16 L 69-61 South Alabama Dec. 19 L 80-44 Rice Dec. 28 W 79-59 LSUS Jan. 4 W 81-66 *Texas State Jan. 8 W 70-67 *at Nicholls Jan. 12 L 70-52 *Central Arkansas Jan. 15 L 80-68 *at Texas-San Antonio Jan.19 L 68-49 *McNeese Jan. 22 L 61-90 *Lamar Jan. 26 W 92-75 *Southeastern La. Jan. 29 W 76-72 *at Central Arkansas Feb. 2 W 78-59 * A&M Corpus Christi Feb. 5 L 73-57 *at Lamar Feb. 9 W 54-53 *at Southeastern La Feb. 12 L 73-63 *at McNeese Feb. 19 W 71-68 *Sam Houston Feb. 23 W 66-58 * Texas-Arlington Feb. 26 W 74-57 * Nicholls Mar. 2 L 71-62 *Stephen F. Austin Mar. 5 L 81-77 $ Lamar Mar. 8 ! - Maggie Dixon Classic %- DePaul Thanks Giving Classic * - Southland Conference game $ - SLC Tournament (The Merrell Center • Katy, Tex.) 2011-12 Coach: Jennifer Graf Record: 6-23 (.261) *SLC: 2-14, 12th Score Opponent Date L 77-49 at Wichita State Nov. 21 W 109-72 Centenary College Nov. 15 L 78-52 at Alabama Nov. 18 L 64-51 at South Alabama Nov. 21 L 84-80 Loyola Nov. 25 W 79-69 Prairie View A&M Nov. 29 L 67-41 at Southern Methodist Dec. 5 W 95-69 Wiley College Dec. 10 L 77-53 !Florida A&M Dec. 16 L 70-60 !Alcorn State Dec. 17 L 84-68 Louisiana-Monroe Dec. 21 L 79-73 Jackson State Dec. 30 W 63-40 LSU-Shreveport Jan. 1 L 70-68 *at Texas State Jan. 7 L 83-69 *Nicholls State Jan. 11 L 84-43 *at Central Arkansas Jan. 14 W 61-57 *Texas-San Antonio Jan. 18 L 64-57 *at McNeese State Jan. 21 L 58-56 *at Lamar Jan. 25 L 73-66 *at Southeastern La. Jan. 28 L 67-61 *Central Arkansas Feb. 1 L 88-86 *at A&M-Corpus Christi Feb. 4 L 82-61 *Lamar Feb. 8 L 79-70 *Southeastern La. Feb. 11 L 80-62 *McNeese State Feb. 18 L 80-64 *at Sam Houston Feb. 22 W 86-70 *Texas-Arlington Feb. 25 L 86-78 *at Nicholls State Feb. 29 L 70-68 *Stephen F. Austin Mar. 3 ! - Southeastern La Classic (Hammond, La.) * - Southland Conference game

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

Brooke Stoehr (52-46, 4 years) Hired on April 4, 2012, Brooke and her husband, Scott, brought the Lady Demons back to the SLC Tournament as co-head coaches and led them to the first back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in program history.

Scott Stoehr (52-46, 4 years)

Hired on April 4, 2012, Scott and his wife, Brooke, brought the Lady Demons back to the SLC Tournament as co-head coaches and led them to the first back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in program history. 2012-13 Coach: Brooke and Scott Stoehr Record: 12-18 (.400) *SLC: 7-11, 8th Score Opponent Date W 53-52 at New Orleans Nov. 9 W 55-50 Alcorn State Nov. 12 L 67-51 at Ole Miss Nov. 16 W 65-57 Wiley College Nov. 20 W 63-53 !Texas-Pan American Nov. 23 L 67-51 !Houston Nov. 24 L 96-35 at #12 Oklahoma Nov. 29 L 63-31 Prairie View A&M Dec. 4 L 80-41 at Arkansas Dec. 21 L 65-49 at Mississippi State Dec. 28 W 64-62 *McNeese Jan. 3 L 71-68 *Lamar Jan. 5 L 72-61 *at Sam Houston Jan. 7 L 66-55 *at Oral Roberts Jan. 10 L 60-44 *at Central Arkansas Jan. 12 W 64-55 *Nicholls Jan. 17 W 64-55 *Southeastern La. Jan. 19 L 57-50 *Stephen F. Austin Jan. 16 L 53-34 *at Lamar Jan. 31 L 80-54 *at McNeese Feb. 3 W 67-63 *Oral Roberts Feb. 7 W 52-47 *Central Arkansas Feb. 9 L 66-60 *at Southeastern La. Feb. 14 L 67-50 *at Nicholls Feb. 16 W 68-58 *at A&M Corpus Christi Feb. 19 W 63-50 New Orleans Feb. 23 L 48-44 *at Stephen F. Austin Mar. 2 L 51-49 *A&M Corpus Christi Mar. 7 W 59-50 *Sam Houston Mar. 9 L 63-45 $McNeese Mar. 13 ! - David Jones Classic (University of Houston) * - Southland Conference game $ - SLC Tournament (The Merrell Center • Katy, Texas) 2013-14 Coach: Brooke and Scott Stoehr Record: 21-13 (.618) *SLC: 11-7, 4th SLC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Score Opponent Date W 77-53 Southern Arkansas Nov. 8 W 74-70 Houston Nov. 13 L 62-49 ^Texas-San Antonio Nov. 21 L 88-54 ^#9 Baylor Nov. 22 W 77-56 ^ Savannah State Nov. 23 W 71-52 Jackson State Dec. 2 L 74-53 at Arkansas Dec. 7 L 74-40 at Louisiana Tech Dec. 11 W 63-60 Arkansas-Monticello Dec. 17 L 90-60 at Texas Dec. 20 W 73-63 &New Mexico State Dec. 28 W 57-50 &North Dakota State Dec. 29 W 78-59 *Sam Houston State Jan. 2 L 84-79 *Lamar Jan. 4 W 65-59 *at A&M-Corpus Christi Jan. 9 L 67-56 *at Houston Baptist Jan. 11 W 66-54 *Stephen F. Austin Jan. 16 L 73-61 *at Central Arkansas Jan. 23 L 62-51 *at Oral Roberts Jan. 25 W 72-66 *Incarnate Word Jan. 30

2014 Southland Conference Tournament Champions W 76-72 *Abilene Christian Feb. 1 L 59-57 *McNeese State Feb. 6 W 76-70 *Nicholls Feb. 8 L 57-53 *at Sam Houston State Feb.13 W 67-60 *at Lamar Feb. 15 L 68-51 *at Stephen F. Austin Feb. 22 W 73-58 *at Southeastern Louisiana Feb. 27 W 51-48 *at New Orleans Mar. 1 W 77-45 *Central Arkansas Mar. 6 W 71-49 *Oral Roberts Mar. 8 W 69-65 $Nicholls Mar. 14 W 61-60 $Lamar Mar. 15 W 62-44 $Stephen F. Austin Mar. 16 L 70-46 % at Tennessee Mar. 22 ^ - Athlete’s in Action Classic (Waco, Texas/Baylor) & - UTSA Holiday Classic (San Antoino, Texas) * - denotes SLC game $ - Southland Conference Tournament (Katy, Texas) % - NCAA Tournament, Knoxville, Tennessee 2014-15 Coach: Brooke and Scott Stoehr Record: 19-15 (.559) *SLC: 10-8, 6th SLC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Score Opponent Date W 78-35 LeTourneau Nov. 14 W 69-57 Louisiana Tech Nov. 18 L 78-30 at Arkansas Nov. 23 W 86-58 LSU-Alexandria Nov. 25 W 71-43 Central Baptist College Dec. 1 L 75-42 at No. 5 Texas A&M Dec. 3 L 44-41 at Grambling Dec. 6 L 74-34 at No. 3 Texas Dec. 14 W 61-56 Arkansas-Monticello Dec. 17 L 62-61 (OT) at Jackson State Dec. 20 L 89-44 at Oklahoma State Dec. 29 W 78-68 *at Houston Baptist Jan. 2 W 66-57 *at Sam Houston State Jan. 5 W 61-56 *Abilene Christian Jan. 7 W 73-51 *Incarnate Word Jan. 10 W 66-59 *at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Jan. 14 L 82-72 *Lamar Jan. 17 W 74-71 *Nicholls Jan. 21 W 75-54 *McNeese State Jan. 24 L 63-46 *at Central Arkansas Jan. 28 L 58-52 *at Southeastern Louisiana Jan. 31 L 69-61 *Stephen F. Austin Feb. 5 W 54-52 *Central Arkansas Feb. 12 L 68-57 (OT) *at McNeese State Feb. 14 L 59-40 *at Nicholls Feb. 18 W 75-63 *at New Orleans Feb. 21 W 71-60 *Southeastern Louisiana Feb. 26 L 56-45 *at Stephen F. Austin March 5 L 72-70 *New Orleans March 7

W 63-49 $Central Arkansas March 12 W 84-67 $Nicholls March 13 W 70-64 (OT) $Lamar March 14 W 58-50 $Houston Baptist March 15 L 77-36 %at Baylor March 20 * - denotes SLC game $ - Southland Conference Tournament (Katy, Texas) % - NCAA Tournament, Waco, Texas

Jordan Dupuy (0-0, 1st year) After spending nine years at Southern Miss, including three as associate head coach, Jordan Dupuy was named Northwestern State’s head coach on May 10, 2016.

2015-16 Coach: Brooke and Scott Stoehr Record: 19-12 (.613) *SLC: 13-5, 2nd Score Opponent Date W 73-44 LeTourneau Nov. 13 L 74-36 at SMU Nov. 15 L 86-33 at No. 11 Texas Nov. 18 W 94-65 LSU-Alexandria Nov. 21 W 86-56 Central Baptist College Nov. 23 L 56-45 !at New Mexico State Nov. 27 L 60-59 !at Long Beach State Nov. 28 L 86-44 at No. 4 Baylor Dec. 4 W 71-62 Grambling Dec. 12 W 59-54 Jackson State Dec. 19 W 73-57 Xavier (La.) Dec. 29 W 55-4 *Houston Baptist Jan. 2 W 69-49 *Sam Houston State Jan. 4 L 67-46 *at Abilene Christian Jan. 7 W 53-48 *at Incarnate Word Jan. 9 W 60-43 *Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Jan. 13 W 73-53 *at Lamar Jan. 16 L 70-61 *at Nicholls Jan. 20 L 78-74 (OT) *at McNeese State Jan. 23 L 74-49 *Central Arkansas Jan. 27 W 82-62 *Southeastern Louisiana Jan. 30 L 68-52 *at Stephen F. Austin Feb. 4 W 60-56 *at Central Arkansas Feb. 10 W 85-64 *McNeese State Feb. 13 W 66-62 *Nicholls Feb. 17 W 70-53 *New Orleans Feb. 20 W 73-58 *at Southeastern Louisiana Feb. 25 W 72-51 *Stephen F. Austin March 3 W 58-46 *at New Orleans March 5 L 78-71 $Sam Houston State March 12 L 69-54 %at UL Lafayette March 16 * - denotes SLC game ! - Aggie Thanksgiving Classic (Las Cruces, N.M.) $ - Southland Conference Tournament (Katy, Texas) % - Women’s Basketball Invitational

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

NORTHWESTERN STATE IN THE POSTSEASON 1974-75 LAIAW State Tournament Northwestern State 57, McNeese State 56 Southeastern La. 68, Northwestern State 51 Northwestern State 53, McNeese State 52 Southeastern La. 81, Northwestern State 58 AIAW Region Four Tournament Ark.-Monticello 90, Northwestern State 87 Northwestern State 108, Houston 69 Oklahoma State 79, Northwestern State 65 1975-76 LAIAW State Tournament Northwestern State 61, McNeese State 59 Lousiana Tech 80, Northwestern State 63 Southeastern La. 90, Northwestern State 75 LSU 93, Northwestern State 90 AIAW Region Four Tournament Northwestern State 91, SMU 53 Northwestern State 89, Central State (OK) 80 Wayland Baptist 86, Northwestern State 75 Northwestern State 103, Texas-Arlington 83 1976-77 LAIAW State Tournament Northwestern State 95, La.-Lafayette. 67 Louisiana Tech 93, Northwestern State 74 Northwestern State 81, Louisiana-Monroe 76 Northwestern State 92, Southern 79 Northwestern State 87, LSU 82 Louisiana Tech 80, Northwestern State 72 AIAW Region Four Tournament Northwestern State 80, Houston 74 (OT) Wayland Baptist 94, Northwestern State 61 1981-82 LAIAW State Tournament Northwestern State 85, Louisiana-Monroe 83 New Orleans 80, Northwestern State 71 1985-86 Women’s NIT Northwestern State 77, Tennessee Tech 71 Northwestern State 89, Duke 88 Idaho 100, Northwestern State 91 1987-88 Southland Conference Tournament Louisiana-Monroe 98, Northwestern State 77

1993-94 Southland Conference Tournament Northwestern State 75, McNeese State 65 Louisiana-Monroe 77, Northwestern State 67 1994-95 Southland Conference Tournament Northwestern State 92, Louisiana-Monroe 83 Northwestern State 68, McNeese State 61 Stephen F. Austin 68, Northwestern State 60 Women’s NIT Northwestern State 80, Clemson 64 Northwestern State 103, Notre Dame 93 Texas A&M 85, Northwestern State 81 1995-96 Southland Conference Tournament Northwestern State 74, Texas-Arlington 66 Southwest Texas 80, Northwestern State 70 1997-98 Southland Conference Tournament Northwestern State 55, Texas-Arlington 52 Louisiana-Monroe 71, Northwestern State 69 1998-99 Southland Conference Tournament Northwestern State 67, Louisiana-Monroe 65 Stephen F. Austin 90, Northwestern State 77 Women’s NIT Arkansas 78, Northwestern State 60 1999-00 Southland Conference Tournament Northwestern State 93, McNeese State 82 Northwestern State 66, Texas State 64 Stephen F. Austin 79, Northwestern State 68 2000-01 Southland Conference Tournament (Campus Sites) Northwestern State 82, Southeastern La. 60 Northwestern State 63, Louisiana-Monroe 56 Stephen F. Austin 82, Northwestern State 73

1988-89 Southland Conference Tournament Northwestern State 76, Louisiana-Monroe 71 Stephen F. Austin 82, Northwestern State 73 NCAA Tournament Illinois State 100, Northwestern State 79

2001-02 Southland Conference Tournament Northwestern State 82, Texas-Arlington 59 Stephen F. Austin 76, Northwestern State 52

1989-90 Southland Conference Tournament Northwestern State 85, Louisiana-Monroe 81 Stephen F. Austin 93, Northwestern State 83

2002-03 Southland Conference Tournament (Campus Sites) Louisiana-Monroe 71, at Northwestern State 62

1991-92 Southland Conference Tournament Northwestern State 66, Texas State 60 Stephen F. Austin 77, Northwestern State 58 1992-93 Southland Conference Tournament Northwestern State 65, Texas-Arlington 47 Northwestern State 78, Texas State 58 Stephen F. Austin 77, Northwestern State 75 Women’s NIT Marquette 77, Northwestern State 74 Northwestern State 93, George Washington 77 Northwestern State 89, Butler 85

2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament (Campus Sites) at Northwestern St. 69, Sam Houston State 61 at Northwestern St. 82, Texas-San Antonio 71 at Northwestern St. 78, Texas-Arlington 71 NCAA Tournament at Duke 103, Northwestern State 51

2004-05 Southland Conference Tournament (Campus Sites) at Northwestern St. 51, Texas-San Antonio 48 at Texas-Arlington 74, Northwestern State 45 2006-07 Southland Conference Tournament (Campbell Center • Houston, Texas) Texas-Arlington 62, Northwestern State 53 2007-08 Southland Conference Tournament (The Merrell Center • Katy, Texas) Texas-San Antonio 80, Northwestern State 56 2008-09 Southland Conference Tournament (The Merrell Center • Katy, Texas) Northwestern State 51, Southeastern La. 45 Texas-San Antonio 58, Northwestern State 47 2009-10 Southland Conference Tournament (The Merrell Center • Katy, Texas) Northwestern State 96, Stephen F. Austin 82 A&M-Corpus Christi 74, Northwestern State 66 2010-11 Southland Conference Tournament (The Merrell Center • Katy, Texas) Lamar 81, Northwestern State 77 2012-13 Southland Conference Tournament (The Merrell Center • Katy, Texas) McNeese 63, Northwestern State 45 2013-14 Southland Conference Tournament (The Merrell Center • Katy, Texas) Northwestern State 69, Nicholls 65 Northwestern State 61, Lamar 60 Northwestern State 62, Stephen F. Austin 44 NCAA Tournament (Knoxville , Tenn.) at Tennessee 70, Northwestern State 46 2014-15 Southland Conference Tournament (The Merrell Center • Katy, Texas) Northwestern State 63, Central Arkansas 49 Northwestern State 84, Nicholls 67 Northwestern State 70, Lamar 64, OT Northwestern State 58, Houston Baptist 50 NCAA Tournament (Waco, Texas) at Baylor 77, Northwestern State 36 2015-16 Southland Conference Tournament (The Merrell Center • Katy, Texas) Sam Houston State 78, Northwestern State 71 Women’s Basketball Invitational (Lafayette, La.) UL Lafayette 69, Northwestern State 54

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

NORTHWESTERN STATE COACHES

Year 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

Years 1974-75 1975-78 1978-87 1987-04 2004-12 2012-16

Coach(es) Mary Jane Mayfield Charlotte Corley Charlotte Corley Charlotte Corley Pat Nolen Pierson Pat Nolen Pierson Pat Nolen Pierson Pat Nolen Pierson Pat Nolen Pierson Pat Nolen Pierson Pat Nolen Pierson Pat Nolen Pierson Pat Nolen Pierson James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith James Smith Jennifer Graf Jennifer Graf Jennifer Graf Jennifer Graf Jennifer Graf Jennifer Graf Jennifer Graf Jennifer Graf Brooke and Scott Stoehr Brooke and Scott Stoehr Brooke and Scott Stoehr Brooke and Scott Stoehr

Record SLC Tournament Postseason 18-9 AIAW Region Four 18-17 AIAW Region Four 17-14 AIAW Region Four 18-17 AIAW Region Four 12-15 LAIAW Tournament 19-17 LAIAW Tournament 22-8 AIAW Region Four 18-7 LAIAW Tournament 16-9 15-11 20-6 25-7 WNIT Finalist 19-8 16-12 Semifinals 22-8 Semifinals NCAA First Round 17-12 Finals 16-11 21-8 Semifinals 24-8 Finals WNIT Fifth-Place Game 20-8 Semifinals 25-7 Finals WNIT Finalist 19-10 Semifinals 11-15 17-11 Semifinals 22-7 Finals WNIT First Round 24-6 Finals 23-7 Finals 22-7 Finals 17-11 First Round 24-7 Championship NCAA First Round 17-12 Semifinals 11-16 10-20 15-15 First Round 18-13 Semifinals 15-16 Semifinals 14-16 First Round 6-23 12-18 First Round 21-13 Championship NCAA First Round 19-15 Championship NCAA First Round 19-12 Semifinals WBI First Round

James Smith is NSU’s all-time coaching leader in years, total wins and winning percentage. He led NSU to five of its nine postseason appearances as a Division I program.

NORTHWESTERN STATE ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS Coach Won Lost Pct. Years Mary Jane Mayfield 18 9 .667 1 Charlotte Corley 53 48 .525 3 Pat Nolen Pierson 166 88 .654 9 James Smith 340 155 .687 17 Jennifer Graf 106 131 .447 8 Brooke and Scott Stoehr 71 58 .550 4

LONGEST NSU COACHING CAREER James Smith 17 Pat Nolen Pierson 9 MOST NSU CAREER WINS James Smith Pat Nolen Pierson

340 166

Pat Nolen Pierson led the Lady Demons into NCAA Divion I play and built the foundation for the program, including its first postseason appearance with the WNIT in 1986

BEST NSU WIN PERCENTAGE (MIN. 3 YEARS COACHING) James Smith .687 Pat Nolen Pierson .654

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

POINTS SCORED Game: 48, Pam Hudson vs. McNeese (1989-90) Season: 829, Pam Hudson (1989-90) Career: 2,028, Linda Grayson (1983-89)

HIGHEST FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Season: .919, Tammy Blankenship (34-of-37, 1990-91) Career: .832, Janelle Perez (342-of-411, 2012-16) FREE THROWS MADE Game: 16, Linda Grayson vs. UTA (made 10, 1/29/89) Season: 168, Pam Hudson (att. 214, 1989-90) Career: 504, Angela Simpson (att. 716, 1992-96)

HIGHEST SCORING AVERAGE Season: 28.6 (29 games) Pam Hudson (1989-90) Career: 24.8 (55 games) Pam Hudson (1988-90) HIGHEST FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Season: .616, Pam Hudson (229-of-372, 1988-89) Career: .608, Pam Hudson (559-of-919, 1988-90)

FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Game: 20, Linda Grayson vs. U.S. Int. (made 10, 1/29/89) Season: 223, Linda Grayson (made 157, 1987-88) Career: 716, Angela Simpson (made 504, 1992-96)

FIELD GOALS MADE Game: 20, Pam Hudson vs McNeese (att. 23, 1989-90) 20, Lonnie Banks vs Lamar (att. 41, 1986-87) Season: 330, Pam Hudson (att. 547, 1989-90) Career: 854, Lisa Brewer (att. 1,852, 1975-78)

REBOUNDS Game: 26, Joskeen Garner vs. UTA (1/5/95) Season: 438, Pam Hudson (1989-90) Career: 1,388, Joskeen Garner (1992-96)

FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Game: 41, Lonnie Banks vs. Lamar (made 20, 1/8/87) Season: 627, Lisa Brewer (made 295, 1977-78) Career: 1,852, Lisa Brewer (made 854, 1975-78)

HIGHEST REBOUND AVERAGE Season: 15.1, Pam Hudson (438/29 games, 1989-90) Career: 12.6, Pam Hudson (695/55 games, 1988-90) ASSISTS Game: Season: Career:

HIGHEST FIELD 3-PT FG PERCENTAGE Game: .875, Anna Cate Williams (7-of-8, 1/9/10) Season: .514, Brooke Shepherd (36-of-70, 2009-10) 3-POINTERS MADE Game: 9, Yolanda Brown vs. USL (att. 17, 1/8/90) Season: 84, Janelle Perez (att. 201, 2015-16) Career: 223, Janelle Perez (2012-16)

LaTerrica “Cooda” Dobin owns every assist record at NSU, including 20 assists in a game, 298 in a season and 921 in a career.

3-POINTERS ATTEMPTED Game: 17, Yolanda Brown vs. USL (made 9, 1/8/90) Season: 208, Kia Converse (made 81, 1999-00) Career: 608, Kia Converse (made 218, 1997-01)

TEAM RECORDS

3-POINTERS ATTEMPTED Game: 33, at Baylor (made 6, 3/20/15) Season: 671, (made 200, 2014-15)

FIELD GOALS MADE Game: 60, vs. Hawaii Pacific (Won 134-51, 3/1/86) Season: 1,154, (att. 2,483, 1985-86)

REBOUNDS Game: 79, vs. UNO (1/21/78) Season: 1,566, (1975-76)

FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Game: 105, vs. Hawaii Pacific (made 60, 3/1/86) Season: 2,788, (made 1,138, 1975-76)

ASSISTS Game: Season:

FREE THROWS MADE Game: 35, vs. North Texas (att. 45, 3/3/93) Season: 557 (att. 821, 1992-93)

BLOCKED SHOTS Game: 15, at Louisiana-Monroe (3/5/04) Season: 141, (1992-93)

FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED Game: 51, vs. Southern (made 34, 1/6/82) Season: 821, (made 557, 1992-93)

STEALS Game: Season:

3-POINTERS MADE Game: 14, at Southeastern Louisiana (att. 30, 2/25/16) 14, Grambling (att. 19, 12/16/09) 14, at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (att. 22, 1/5/09) 14, at Jackson State (att. 21, 12/20/07) 14, Southern Arkansas, (att 25, 12/3/99) Season: 212, (att 577, 2015-16)

BEST WON-LOSS PERCENTAGE 80.0 (24-6) in 1999-2000

BLOCKED SHOTS Game: 9, Ashley Sparkman vs. Sam Houston St. (3/9/04) Season: 110, Ashley Sparkman (2003-04) Career: 217, Tracy Taylor (1980-84) STEALS Game: Season: Career:

POINTS SCORED Game: 134, vs. Hawaii Pacific (Won 134-51, 3/1/86) Season: 2,799, in 1985-86 (87.5 ppg/32 games)

20, Cooda Dobin vs. Idaho State (12/7/02) 298, Cooda Dobin (2002-03) 921, Cooda Dobin (2001-04)

13, Kimberly Hill vs. UL Monroe (1/11/92) 126, Kimberly Hill (1990-91) 353, Joskeen Garner (1992-96)

MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES WON 15 in 2000-01 POINTS IN A QUARTER MOST: 34, vs. Central Baptist (3rd quarter), 11/23/15 FEWEST: 1, at Texas (2nd quarter), 11/18/15

43, vs. Arkansas Baptist (1/190/87) 608, (1985-86)

31, vs. Southern Arkansas (11/30/85) 436, (1991-92)

MOST GAMES WON 25 in 1985-86 and 1994-95 MOST GAMES LOST 23 in 2011-12

2016-17 Northwestern State Women’s Basketball Media Guide Southland Conference Champions: 1994-95 • 1998-99 • 2003-04 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 2004 • 2014 • 2015

RECORD LISTS

Linda Grayson

Joan Darbonne

CAREER RECORDS Scoring 1. Linda Grayson (1983-89) 2. Joskeen Garner (1992-96) 3. Angela Simpson (1992-96) 4. Joan Darbonne (1977-81) 5. Lisa Brewer (1975-78) 6. Tracy Taylor (1980-84) 7. Janelle Perez (2015-16) 8. Judy Clark (1996-2000) 9. Trudy Armstead (2009-14) 10. Kia Converse (1997-2001) Rebounding 1. Joskeen Garner (1992-96) 2. Linda Grayson (1983-89) 3. Tracy Taylor (1980-84) 4. Marilyn Gates (1978-82) 5. Tena Matthews (2004-08) 6. Trudy Armstead (2009-14) 7. Chassidy Jones (2003-07) 8. Theresa Long (1976-80) 9. Louise Chase (1996-2000) 10. Diana Cary (1975-79) Field Goal Percentage G 1. Pam Hudson (1988-90) 55 2. Lisa Carter (1981-84) 57 3. Clara Jean Davis (1985-87) 59 4. Linda Grayson (1983-89) 116 5. Tracy Taylor (1980-84) 106 6. Leola Shaw (1989-91) 56 7. Joskeen Garner (1992-96) 119 8. Emma Ellerman (1974-76) 39 9. Stephanie Washington (1979-83) 101 10. Courtney Shead (2005-08) 79 Tammy Primeaux (1975-77) 39 Free Throw Percentage G 1. Janelle Perez (2012-16) 129 2. Diamond Cosby (2001-05) 99 3. Brooke Shepherd (2007-10) 82 4. Teressa Thomas (1982-86) 109 5. Lisa Brewer (1975-78) 91 6. Sonya Bearden (1995-99) 104 7. Tammy Blankenship (1988-92) 103 8. Pam Hudson (1988-90) 55 9. Kellye Thibodeaux (1990-93) 57 10. Belinda Morse (1976-78) 35 3-Point FG 1. Janelle Perez (2012-16) 2. Kia Converse (1997-20010 3. Sonya Bearden (1995-99) 4. Diamond Cosby (2001-05) 5. Amanda Bennett (2001-05) 6. Judy Clark (1996-2000) 7. Brittiany Houston (2007-11) 9. Brooke Shepherd (2007-10) 9. Keisha Lee (2012-16) 10. Chelsea Rogers (2013-15) Assists 1. Cooda Dobin (2001-04) 2. Teressa Thomas (1982-86) 3. Judy Clark (1996-2000) 4. Stephanie Shaw (1992-96) 5. Michelle Efferson (1985-89) Steals 1. Joskeen Garner (1992-96) 2. Lonnie Banks (1982-86) 3. Joan Darbonne (1977-81)

G 110 119 113 119 91 106 129 112 122 115 G 119 116 106 112 113 122 108 117 112 116 FG 559 230 220 806 710 333 829 137 452 162 137 FT 342 191 156 348 196 138 91 244 101 27

Tracy Taylor Pts. 2,028 1,985 1,960 1,949 1,906 1,664 1,649 1,616 1,505 1,464 Reb. 1,388 1,122 869 861 806 787 776 772 716 752 FGA 919 430 414 1563 1397 664 1671 286 926 338 286 FTA 411 232 191 428 246 175 116 320 134 36

G Asst. 113 921 109 697 112 609 119 578 97 564 G Steals 119 353 109 330 119 310

Avg. 17.5 16.6 17.3 16.4 20.6 15.7 12.8 14.4 12.3 12.7 Avg. 11.6 9.7 8.2 7.7 7.1 6.5 7.2 6.6 6.8 6.5 Pct. .608 .535 .531 .514 .508 .502 .496 .495 .488 .479 .479 Pct. .832 .823 .817 .813 .805 .789 .784 .762 .754 .750 Made 223 218 213 204 198 188 140 136 127 118 Avg. 8.2 6.4 5.4 4.8 5.8 Avg. 2.9 3.0 2.6

Joskeen Garner

Marilyn Gates

4. Cooda Dobin (2001-04) 113 283 2.5 5. Angela Simpson (1992-96) 113 262 2.3 Blocked Shots G Blocks Avg. 1. Ashley Sparkman (2001-05) 93 277 2.9 2. Tracy Taylor (1981-84) 106 217 2.1 3. Joskeen Garner (1993-96) 119 211 1.8 SINGLE SEASON RECORDS Scoring G 1. Pam Hudson (1989-90) 29 2. Linda Grayson (1987-88) 28 3. Lisa Brewer (1977-78) 26 4. Lisa Brewer (1976-77) 31 5. Angela Simpson (1995-96) 29 6. Sandy Pugh (1986-87) 27 7. Annie Harris (1986-87) 27 8. Joskeen Garner (1993-94) 28 9. Angela Simpson (1994-95) 32 10. Pam Hudson (1988-89) 26

Pts. Avg. 829 28.6 779 27.8 656 25.2 641 20.7 579 19.9 570 21.1 560 20.7 558 19.9 540 16.9 534 20.5

Ashley Spakrman

3-Point FG Attempted 1. Kia Converse (2000-01) 2. Kia Converse (1999-2000) 3. Amanda Bennett (2003-04) 4. Janelle Perez (2015-16) 5. Chelsea Rogers (2014-15) 6. Diamond Cosby (2004-05) 7. Yolanda Brown (1989-90) 8. Diamond Cosby (2003-04) 9. Amanda Bennett (2004-05) 10. Sheronda Brown (2005-06)

Assists 1. Cooda Dobin (2002-03) 2. Cooda Dobin (2001-02) 3. Cooda Dobin (2003-04) 4. Michelle Efferson (1988-89) 5. Teressa Thomas (1985-86) 6. Michelle Efferson (1987-88) 7. Linda Jones (1979-80) Rebounding G Reb. Avg. 8. Teressa Thomas (1984-85) 1. Pam Hudson (1989-90) 29 438 15.1 9. Kristy Harris (1986-87) 2. Tammy Primeaux (1975-76) 33 421 12.8 10. Josken Garner (1995-96) 3. Joskeen Garner (1993-94) 28 387 13.8 4. Linda Grayson (1987-88) 28 377 13.5 Steals 5. Joskeen Garner (1994-95) 30 376 12.5 1. Kimberly Hill (1991-92) 6. Joskeen Garner (1992-93) 32 322 10.1 2. Kimberly Hill (1992-93) Lonnie Banks (1985-86) 7. Lillie Scott (1976-77) 31 319 10.3 8. Joskeen Garner (1995-96) 29 303 10.4 4. Joan Darbonne (1979-80) 9. Tena Matthews (2007-08) 29 276 9.5 5. Joskeen Garner (1994-95) Tracy Taylor (1983-84) 26 276 10.6 6. Joskeen Garner (1992-93) 7. Linda Grayson (1988-89) Field Goal Percentage G FG FGA Pct. 8. Pam Hudson (1989-90) Shonte Kennedy (2005-06) 1. Pam Hudson (1988-89) 26 229 372 .616 2. Pam Hudson (1989-90) 29 330 547 .603 10. Lonnie Banks (1984-85) 3. Gussie Leonard (1984-85) 26 231 396 .583 4. Sebrena Smith (1992-93) 29 198 360 .550 Blocked Shots 5. Clara Jean Davis (1986-87) 26 131 239 .548 1. Ashley Sparkman (2004-05) 6. Joskeen Garner (1995-96) 29 210 385 .545 2. Ashley Sparkman (2003-04) 7. Stephanie Washington (1980-81) 28 86 158 .544 3. Lisa Brewer (1977-78) 8. Leola Shaw (1990-91) 27 190 350 .543 4. Tracy Taylor (1982-83) 9. Lisa Carter (1983-84) 26 138 254 .543 5. Joskeen Garner (1993-94) 10. Linda Grayson (1984-85) 25 173 327 .529 6. Courtney Shead (2007-08) 7. Trudy Armstead (2011-12) Free Throw Percentage G FT FTA Pct. 8. Joskeen Garner (1994-95) 1. Tammy Blankenship (1990-91) 26 34 37 .919 9. Ashli Barnum (2006-07) 2. Janelle Perez (2015-16) 31 83 92 .902 10. Courtney Shead (2008-09) 3. Brooke Shepherd (2008-09) 31 64 72 .889 4. Jami Callais (2001-02) 28 31 35 .886 5. Anna Cate Williams (2009-10) 31 46 54 .852 6. Janelle Perez (2014-15) 34 118 139 .849 7. Jennifer Graf (1999-2000) 30 83 98 .847 8. Diamond Cosby (2003-04) 30 81 97 .835 9. Teressa Thomas (1985-86) 32 131 157 .834 10. Lisa Brewer (1976-77) 31 79 96 .823 3-Point FG Made 1. Janelle Perez (2015-16) 2. Kia Converse (1999-2000) 3. Sonya Bearden (1997-98) 4. Yolanda Brown (1989-90) 5. Amanda Bennett (2003-04) Kia Converse (2000-01) 7. Sonya Bearden (1998-99) 8. Janelle Perez (2014-15) 9. Diamond Cosby (2004-05) Diamond Cosby (2003-04)

Janelle Perez Attempts 215 208 202 201 195 173 173 162 157 135 G 28 29 26 30 32 28 36 26 27 29

Ast. 298 250 249 247 237 229 220 190 190 168

Avg 10.3 8.6 9.6 8.2 7.4 8.2 6.1 7.3 7.0 5.8

G Steals 29 126 32 112 32 112 36 110 30 103 32 89 26 90 29 87 27 87 26 82

Avg 4.3 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.4 2.8 3.5 3.0 3.2 3.2

G Blocks 27 132 31 110 26 75 25 68 28 64 30 64 29 60 30 54 30 48 23 46

Avg 4.9 3.5 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.6 2.0

Made 84 81 76 75 70 70 67 61 60 60

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YEAR-BY-YEAR LEADERS

Year 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16

Points Lisa Brewer - 609 Lisa Brewer - 641 Lisa Brewer - 656 Joan Darbonne - 570 Joan Darbonne - 599 Joan Darbonne - 509 Steph. Washington - 464 Steph.Washington - 476 Tracy Taylor - 499 Gussie Leonard - 511 Annie Harris - 522 Sandy Pugh - 570 Linda Grayson - 779 Pam Hudson - 534 Pam Hudson - 829 Leola Shaw - 448 Kim Hill - 470 Joskeen Garner - 508 Joskeen Garner - 558 Angela Simpson - 540 Angela Simpson - 579 Judy Clark - 255 Sonya Bearden - 396 Judy Clark - 466 Kia Converse-467 Kia Converse - 457 Angela Davidson - 467 Angela Davidson - 383 Diamond Cosby - 485 Diamond Cosby - 416 Sheronda Bell - 390 Chasity Jones - 430 Tena Matthews - 441 Demetria White - 365 Brittiany Houston - 380 Jordi James - 367 Jordi James- 457 Keisha Lee- 361 Trudy Armstead - 487 Janelle Perez - 513 Janelle Perez - 473

FRESHMAN RECORDS

Points Lisa Brewer - 609 (75-76) Joskeen Garner - 508 (92-93) Sharon Brown - 416 (79-80) Angela Simpson - 385 (92-93) Demetria White - 365 (08-09) Keisha Lee- 363 (12-13) Judy Clark - 353 (96-97) Marilyn Gates - 330 (78-79) Janelle Perez - 323 (12-13) Trudy Armstead - 306 (09-10) Tracy Taylor - 303 (80-81) Theresa Thomas - 286 (82-83) Jasmine Bradley - 274 (10-11) Cooda Dobin - 272 (00-01) Chassidy Jones - 266 (03-04) Kourtney Pennywell - 263 (13-14) Louise Chase - 255 (96-97) Lonnie Banks - 252 (82-83) Linda Grayson - 241 (83-84) Brooke Shepherd - 234 (07-08) Cheyenne Brown - 230 (15-16) Jessica McPhail - 228 (07-08) Stephanie Shaw - 222 (92-93) Jennifer Graf - 219 (96-97)

Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Tammy Primeaux - 421 Lillie Scott - 319 Lisa Brewer - 122 Theresa Long - 271 Lisa Brewer - 135 Lisa Brewer - 75 Marilyn Gates - 238 Linda Jones - 136 Marilyn Gates - 45 Joan Darbonne - 72 Sharon Brown - 256 Linda Jones - 220 Marilyn Gates - 56 Joan Darbonne - 110 Marilyn Gates - 215 Linda Jones - 105 Tracy Taylor - 226 Kim Paulk - 121 Tracy Taylor - 57 Steph.Washington - 63 Tracy Taylor - 189 Theresa Thomas - 118 Tracy Taylor - 68 Lonnie Banks - 57 Tracy Taylor - 276 Teressa Thomas - 152 Tracy Taylor - 53 Lonnie Banks - 79 Linda Grayson - 238 Teressa Thomas - 190 LindaGrayson - 26 Lonnie Banks - 82 Clara Jean Davis - 227 Teressa Thomas - 237 Clara Jean Davis - 27 Lonnie Banks - 112 Clara Jean Davis - 258 Kristy Harris - 190 Clara Jean Davis - 27 Linda Davis - 62 Linda Grayson - 377 Michelle Efferson - 229 Linda Grayson - 36 Linda Grayson - 63 Linda Grayson - 299 Michelle Efferson - 247 Linda Grayson - 30 Linda Grayson - 90 Pam Hudson - 438 Kim Scott - 140 Hudson/Shaw -14 Pam Hudson - 87 Leola Shaw - 223 Rachel Penny - 100 Leola Shaw - 21 Rachel Penny - 58 Anika Moore - 246 Rachel Penny - 135 Anika Moore - 16 Kim Hill - 126 Joskeen Garner - 213 Stephanie Shaw - 122 Joskeen Garner - 54 Joskeen Garner - 89 Joskeen Garner - 387 Stephanie Shaw - 141 Joskeen Garner - 64 Joskeen Garner - 75 Joskeen Garner - 376 Stephanie Shaw - 163 Joskeen Garner - 54 Joskeen Garner - 103 Joskeen Garner - 303 Joskeen Garner - 168 Joskeen Garner - 39 Joskeen Garner - 86 Nicole Lacy - 122 Judy Clark - 79 Nicole Lacy - 20 Judy Clark - 34 Louise Chase - 192 Judy Clark - 177 Tweety Evans - 22 Judy Clark - 68 Kia Converse - 210 Judy Clark - 167 Jamila Newman - 23 Judy Clark - 52 Louise Chase-213 Judy Clark- 167 Tweety Evans- 16 Judy Clark- 68 Kia Converse - 219 Cooda Dobin - 124 Katrina Swanigan - 23 Kia Converse - 74 Tiffany Hall - 206 Cooda Dobin - 250 Katrina Swanigan - 33 Cooda Dobin - 76 Katrina Swanigan - 157 Cooda Dobin - 298 Katrina Swanigan - 31 Cooda Dobin - 76 Amanda Bennett - 245 Cooda Dobin - 249 Ashley Sparkman - 110 Cooda Dobin - 66 Ashley Sparkman - 230 Sheronda Bell - 153 Ashley Sparkman - 132 Chassidy Jones - 52 Shenise Milliner - 225 Shonte Kennedy - 87 Shenise Milliner - 43 Shonte Kennedy - 58 Tena Matthews - 266 Tweet Williams - 92 Ashlee Barnum - 48 Tena Matthews - 76 Tena Matthews - 276 Tweet Williams - 90 Courtney Shead - 64 Tena Matthews - 65 Courtney Shead - 164 Demetria White - 140 Courtney Shead - 46 Demetria White - 51 Sherrion Thomas - 238 Brittany Houston - 109 Trudy Armstead - 28 Lyndzee Greene - 51 Jasmine Bradley - 206 Brittany Houston - 112 Trudy Armstead - 36 Jasmine Bradley - 62 Trudy Armstead- 246 Ronika Drake- 108 Trudy Armstead- 60 Ronikka Drake- 49 Jasmine Bradley -192 Janelle Perez- 100 Jasmine Upchurch-30 K. Lee/ J. Bradley - 37 Trudy Armstead - 221 Janelle Perez - 142 Trudy Armstead - 32 Keisha Lee - 50 Chelsea Rogers - 208 Janelle Perez - 120 Presley Owens - 34 Janelle Perez - 56 Cheyenne Brown - 163 Janelle Perez - 124 Cheyenne Brown - 16 Beatrice Attura - 42

Rebounds Tammy Primeaux - 421 (75-76) Marilyn Gates - 238 (78-79) Joskeen Garner - 213 (92-93) Jasmine Bradley - 206 (10-11) Kourtney Pennywell - 179 (13-14) Tracy Taylor - 178 (80-81) Linda Grayson - 177 (83-84) Chassidy Jones - 173 (03-04) Louise Chase - 167 (96-97) Trudy Armstead - 164 (09-10) Cheyenne Brown - 163 (15-16) Katrina Swanigan - 148 (00-01) Angela Simpson - 147 (92-93) Tia Youngblood - 128 (14-15)

Assists Demetria White - 140 (08-09) Cooda Dobin - 124 (00-01) Stephanie Shaw - 122 (92-93) Theresa Thomas - 118 (82-83) Joskeen Garner - 109 (92-93) Janelle Perez - 100 (12-13) Judy Clark - 98 (96-97) Tweet Williams - 92 (06-07) Shonte Kennedy - 87 (05-06) Brittiany Houston - 76 (07-08) Lonnie Banks - 70 (82-83) Kourtney Pennywell - 52 (13-14) Jessica McPhail - 51 (07-08) Jasmine Bradley - 50 (10-11) Sharon Brown - 50 (79-80) Brooke Shepherd - 49 (07-08) Louise Chase - 46 (96-97) Kellye Thibodeaux - 46 (90-91) Joan Darbonne - 46 (77-78) Kim Paulk - 45 (80-81) Linda Jones - 43 (78-79) Jennifer Graf - 40 (96-97) Keisha Lee- 40 (12-13)

Steals Joskeen Garner - 89 (92-93) Sharon Brown - 83 (79-80) Cooda Dobin - 65 (00-01) Jasmine Bradley - 62 (10-11) Brooke Shepherd - 59 (07-08) Shonte Kennedy - 58 (05-06) Stephanie Shaw - 58 (92-93) Lonnie Banks - 57 (82-83) Angela Simpson - 53 (92-93) Theresa Thomas - 52 (82-83) Judy Clark - 50 (96-97) Joan Darbonne - 48 (77-78) Demetria White - 51 (08-09) Marilyn Gates - 42 (78-79)

Blocks Joskeen Garner - 54 (92-93) Tracy Taylor - 39 (80-81) Courtney Shead - 29 (05-06) Trudy Armstead - 28 (09-10) Katrina Swanigan - 23 (00-01) Tweety Evans - 22 (97-98) Jasmine Bradley - 20 (10-11) Emily Huey - 19 (98-99) Brittany Kinlaw - 18 (08-09) Krissy Woodard - 17 (95-96) Cheyene Brown - 16 (15-16) Tia Youngblood - 14 (14-15) Beth Tallant - 13 (01-02) Linda Grayson - 13 (83-84) Kourtney Pennywell - 13 (13-14) Jessica McPhial - 12 (07-08) Chassidy Jones - 11 (03-04) Ashley Sparkman - 10 (01-02) Amanda Cooper - 9 (94-95) Demetria White - 7 (08-09) Kat Grieder - 7 (00-01) Sonia Cox - 7 (87-88)

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NORTHWESTERN STATE CLUBS

40-Point Club

48, Pam Hudson vs McNeese, 2/10/90 47, Linda Grayson vs Texas State, 2/11/88 45, Angela Simpson vs Texas St., 3/7/96 42, Lonnie Banks vs Lamar, 1/8/96 41, Pam Hudson vs Texas A&M, 11/25/89 41, Diane Pittman vs La. Tech, 1975 40, Linda Grayson vs Texas St., 2/4/88 40, Annie Harris vs Wyoming, 1/3/87 40, Stephanie Washington vs Southern, 1/21/82

30-Point Club

39, Annie Harris vs Nicholls, 2/14/87 39, Annie Harris vs Grambling, 4/11/87 39, Lisa Brewer vs La. Tech, 2/14/76 39, Lisa Brewer vs UL-Monroe, 2/13/76 38, Angela Simpson vs Mississippi Valley, 12/17/93 38, Pam Hudson vs Sam Houston, 1/25/90 38, Sandy Pugh vs North Carolina, 11/28/86 38, Joan Darbonne vs La. Tech, 2/12/79 38, Lisa Brewer vs UL-Monroe, 2/23/78 37, Angela Simpson vs Notre Dame, 3/24/95 37, Annie Harris vs UL-Monroe, 1/30/86 36, Diamond Cosby vs. UL-Monroe, 1/3/04 36, Linda Grayson vs UTA, 2/25/88 36, Linda Grayson vs US International, 12/17/87 36, Lisa Brewer vs Southern, 2/25/78 36, Lisa Brewer vs LSU, 2/26/77 35, Judy Clark vs Stephen F. Austin, 1/13/00 35, Bridgette Williams vs UL-Monroe, 3/6/95 35, Pam Hudson vs Mississippi Valley, 10/10/90 35, Pam Hudson vs UL-Monroe, 1/22/90 35, Pam Hudson vs SE Louisiana, 1/15/90 35, Yolanda Brown vs UL-Lafayette, 1/8/90 35, Pam Hudson vs Grambling, 1/4/90 35, Annie Harris vs LSU, 2/19/86 35, Linda Grayson vs Alcorn St., 12/8/84 34, Tena Matthews at McNeese State, 2/21/08 34, Diamond Cosby at UTSA, 1/22/05 34, Joskeen Garner vs SFA, 2/5/94 34, Pam Hudson vs Southern Miss., 3/4/89 34, Pam Hudson vs North Texas, 2/25/89 34, Gussie Leonard vs Nevada-Reno, 1/3/85 34, Stephanie Washington vs UL-Monroe, 1/6/82 34, Lisa Brewer vs Baylor 2/10/78 34, Joan Darbonne vs Nicholls, 12/20/78 34, Lisa Brewer vs La. Tech, 2/24/77 34, Lisa Brewer vs La. Tech, 1/17/77 33, Angela Simpson vs Central Florida, 1/3/94 33, Leola Shaw vs Texas State, 2/22/91 33, Linda Grayson vs Sam Houston, 2/6/89 33, Annie Harris vs Lamar, 12/2/86 33, Marilyn Gates vs UNO, 2/25/82 33, Stephanie Washington vs McNeese, 1/25/82 33, Lisa Brewer vs UL-Lafayette, 1/24/78 32, Jordi James vs. Southeastern La., 2/11/12 32, Chassidy Jones vs. North Texas, 12/21/06 32, Diamond Cosby vs. Ball State, 11/21/03 32, Angela Simpson vs La. College, 12/6/95 32, Joskeen Garner vs Texas State, 3/2/94 32, Joskeen Garner vs UTSA, 2/28/94 32, Linda Grayson vs Lamar, 3/2/89 32, Linda Grayson vs North Texas, 2/27/89 32, Linda Grayson vs Nicholls St., 1/25/89

32, Sandy Pugh vs Georgia, 12/15/86 32, Annie Harris vs Grambling, 2/6/86 32, Gussie Leonard vs Delta St., 2/8/85 32, Tracy Taylor vs UL-Monroe, 2/13/84 32, Tracy Taylor vs SFA, 1/20/83 32, Jean Darbonne vs McNeese, 1/15/79 31, Janelle Perez vs. New Orleans, 3/7/15 31, Jordi James vs. Stephen F. Austin, 3/3/12 31, Chassidy Jones vs. Central Arkansas, 3/3/07 31, Kia Converse vs James Madison, 11/26/99 31, Judy Clark vs SFA, 2/20/99 31, Judy Clark vs UL-Monroe, 1/23/99 31, Judy Clark vs SFA, 1/16/99 31, Pam Hudson vs North Texas, 1/20/90 31, Pam Hudson vs Ole Miss, 12/2/89 31, Linda Grayson vs Nicholls, 1/7/88 31, Linda Grayson vs La. College, 12/1/87 31, Linda Grayson vs SFA, 2/23/85 31, Lisa Brewer vs La. Tech, March 1977 31, Lisa Brewer vs Southern, 2/24/77 31, Joan Darbonne vs UL-Lafayette, 2/20/79 31, Lisa Brewer vs UL-Monroe, 2/7/77 31, Sheronda Bell at Texas-San Antonio, 1/26/06 30, Janelle Perez, vs. Sam Houston State, 3/12/16 30, Janelle Perez at Houston Baptist, 1/2/15 30, Trudy Armstead vs. Texas-Arlington, 2/25/12 30, Chassidy Jones at Washington State, 12/17/06 30, Katrina Swanigan vs Nicholls, 2/20/03 30, Louise Chase vs Nicholls, 2/14/00 30, Joskeen Garner vs UL-Monroe, 2/9/96 30, Angela Simpson vs Arkansas, 11/15/95 30, Angela Simpson vs Nicholls, 2/12/94 30, Leola Shaw vs Prairie View, 1/28/91 30, Pam Hudson vs SFA, 3/3/90 30, Pam Hudson vs Sam Houston, 2/8/90 30, Pam Hudson vs SE Louisiana, 2/13/89 30, Linda Grayson vs North Texas, 1/21/88 30, Linda Grayson vs Pepperdine, 12/19/87 30, Linda Grayson vs UA-Little Rock, 12/14/87 30, Tracy Taylor vs Tennessee Tech, 12/9/83 30, Tracy Taylor vs LSU, 11/28/83 30, Stephanie Washington vs LSU, 2/3/83 30, Joan Darbonne vs La. Tech, 2/7/81 30, Lisa Brewer vs UNO, 1/28/78 30, Jasmine Upchurch vs. Wiley College, 11/20/12

20, Pam Hudson vs Ole Miss, 12/2/89 20, Linda Grayson vs Mississippi College, 2/1/88 20, Linda Grayson vs Nicholls St., 1/7/88 20, Lillie Scott vs UL-Monroe, 2/7/77 20, Tammy Primeaux vs McNeese, 3/2/76 20, Tammy Primeaux vs UL-Lafayette, 2/23/76

1,000 Career points

1. 2,028 Linda Grayson (1983-85, 87-89) 2. 1,985 Joskeen Garner (1992-96) 3. 1,960 Angela Simpson (1992-96) 4. 1,949 Joan Darbonne (1977-81) 5. 1,906 Lisa Brewer (1975-78) 6. 1,664 Tracy Taylor (1980-84) 7. 1,649 Janelle Perez (2012-16) 8. 1,616 Judy Clark (1996-2000) 9. 1,505 Trudy Armstead (2009-14) 10. 1,464 Kia Converse (1997-2001) 11. 1,454 Annie Harris (1983-87) 12. 1,441 Marilyn Gates (1978-82) 13. 1,378 Teressa Thomas (1982-86) 14. 1,363 Pam Hudson (1988-90) 15. 1,352 Chassidy Jones (2003-07) 16. 1,351 La’Terrica Dobin (2000-03) 17. 1,147 Keisha Lee (2012-16) 18. 1,340 Lonnie Banks (1982-86) 19. 1,309 Stephanie Shaw (1992-96) 20. 1,290 Sandy Pugh (1983-87) 21. 1,248 Diane Pittman (1974-77) 22. 1,231 Diamond Cosby (2001-05) 23. 1,222 Stephanie Washington (1979-83) 24. 1,189 Tena Matthews (2004-08) 25. 1,163 Amanda Bennett (2001-05) 26. 1,151 Angela Davidson (2000-03)

1,000 Pt. • 700 Reb. club

1. Linda Grayson (1983-89) 2. Joskeen Garner (1992-96) 3. Tracy Taylor (1980-84) 4. Marilyn Gates (1978-82) 5. Chassidy Jones (2003-07) 6. Tena Matthews (2004-08) 7. Trudy Armstead (2009-14)

2,028 / 1,122 1,985 / 1,388 1,664 / 869 1,441 / 861 1,352 / 776 1,189 / 806 1,505 / 787

20-Rebound Club

26, Joskeen Garner vs UTA, 1/5/95 25, Tammy Primeaux vs La. Tech, 3/3/76 23, Pam Hudson vs McNeese, 2/10/90 23, Linda Grayson vs UTA, 2/25/88 22, Joskeen Garner vs UTA, 3/1/93 22, Pam Hudson vs Texas State, 2/24/90 22, Pam Hudson vs SE Louisiana, 1/15/90 22, Clara Jean Davis vs North Carolina, 11/28/86 21, Tiffany Hall vs SFA, 2/25/02 21, Joskeen Garner vs UTA, 1/27/96 21, Joskeen Garner vs Texas St., 2/23/95 21, Joskeen Garner vs McNeese, 1/12/95 21, Joskeen Garner vs La. College, 12/7/94 21, Joskeen Garner vs McNeese, 2/10/94 21, Linda Grayson vs McNeese, 2/20/88 21, Linda Grayson vs Pepperdine, 12/19/87 20, Kia Converse vs UL-Monroe, 1/23/99 20, Joskeen Garner vs SFA, 2/5/94

Angela Simpson (1993-96) ranks third on the NSU all-time scoring list with 1,960 points. She also ranks 10th in rebounding with 608 career boards.

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PRATHER COLISEUM Perhaps the toughest arena to play in the Southland Conference, Prather Coliseum is now in its sixth decade of hosting Northwestern State basketball and is named after H. Lee Prather, the all-time winningest coach in Demon Basketball history. The 3,400-seat multi-purpose facility was constructed in 1963 and sits on the banks of Chaplin’s Lake, just south of Turpin Stadium. The coliseum houses offices for men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, soccer, the NSU news bureau, sports information, compliance, athletic facilities and vice president of external affairs offices. The arena was given a major facelift before the 2012-13 season with the addition of a permanent wood floor that fits three basketball courts, attractive new courtside purple seating that includes end-zone bleachers and new interior signage and banners.

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PRATHER COLISEUM RECORDS SCORING 48 Keiva Council (Loyola) 47 Lusia Harris (Delta State) 45 Linday Grayson (NSU) vs. Texas St. 39 Annie Harris (NSU) vs. Nicholls 37 Annie Harris (NSU) vs. ULM 36 Diamond Cosby (NSU) vs. ULM 36 Latisha Small (LC) 35 Trenia Tillis (Stephen F. Austin) 35 Delinda Samuel (Delta State) 34 Joskeen Garner (NSU) vs. SFA 34 Lisa Brewer (NSU) vs. La. Tech 33 Angela Simpson (NSU) vs. SFA 33 Angela Simpson (NSU) vs. SHSU 33 Nikki Ryan (North Texas) 33 Annie Harris (NSU) vs. Lamar 32 Chassidy Jones (NSU) vs. NT 32 Jordi James (NSU) vs. SE La. 32 Linda Grayson (NSU) vs. Lamar 32 Kim Gordon (Southeastern La.) 32 Sandy Pugh (NSU) vs. Nicholls 32 Sandy Pugh (NSU) vs. Georgia 31 Janelle Perez (NSU) vs. New Orleans 31 Jordi James (NSU) vs. SFA 31 Chassidy Jones (NSU) vs. UCA 31 Judy Clark (NSU) vs. SFA 31 Judy Clark (NSU) vs. ULM 31 Linda Grayson (NSU) vs. Nicholls 31 Antoinette Norris (SFA) 31 Janice Saulsberry (ULM)

Nov. 25, 2011 Jan. 17, 1976 Feb. 11, 1988 Feb. 14, 1987 Jan. 30, 1986 Jan. 3, 2004 Dec. 7, 1994 Feb. 5, 1994 Feb. 8, 1985 Feb. 5, 1994 Jan. 17, 1977 Feb. 5, 1994 Jan. 3, 1994 Feb. 17, 1994 Dec. 2, 1986 Dec. 21, 2006 Feb. 11, 2012 March 2, 1988 Feb. 26, 1998 Feb. 14, 1987 Dec. 15, 1986 March 7, 2015 March 3, 2012 March 3, 2007 Feb. 20, 1999 Jan. 23, 1999 Jan. 7, 1988 Feb. 18, 1988 Jan. 14, 1987

PRATHER COLISEUM CROWDS Top 15 Crowds 1. 2.. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

3,385 vs. SFA, 1/22/96 2,875 vs. ULM, 1/29/94 2,775 vs. SFA, 2/5/94, 2,713 vs. UTA, 3/13/04 2,642 vs. McNeese, 3/2/05 2,570 vs. SFA, 2/18/95 2,250 vs. SFA, 2/24/00 2,235 vs. TXST, 1/31/04 2,150 vs. ULM, 2/3/90 2,121 vs. SFA, 2/7/98 1,961 vs. ULM, 2/10/93 1,945 vs. UTA, 2/26/04 1,913 vs. Stephen F. Austin, 3/3/16 1,912 vs. McNeese, 1/24/15 1,875 vs. ULM, 1/30/93

ASSISTS 19 Teressa Thomas (NSU) vs. Texas St. 19 Teressa Thomas (NSU) vs. Miss. Coll. 17 Cooda Dobin (NSU) vs. ULM 16 Cooda Dobin (NSU) vs. ULM 16 Missy Hardy (NSU) vs. Prairie View 15 Cooda Dobin (NSU) vs. S.F. Austin 15 Cooda Dobin (NSU) vs. Nicholls 15 Cooda Dobin (NSU) vs. SHSU REBOUNDS 22 Joskeen Garner (NSU) vs. UTA 21 Joskeen Garner (NSU) vs. McN 21 Gretchen Thedford (McN) 21 Joskeen Garner (NSU) vs. La. Coll. 21 Linda Grayson (NSU) vs. McN 20 Kia Converse (NSU) vs. ULM 20 Joskeen Garner (NSU) vs. SFA 20 Linda Grayson (NSU) vs. Nicholl 20 Antoinette Norris (SFA) 19 Trudy Armstead (NSU) vs. LSUS 19 Tena Matthews (McNeese State) 19 Lisa Washington (SLU) 19 Katrina McClain (Georgia) 19 Delinda Samuel (Delta State) 18 Trudy Armstead (NSU) vs. UCA 18 Ashli Barnum (Ark.-Monticello) 18 Courtney Shead (NSU) vs. LSUS 18 Cassandra Barker (UL-Monroe) 18 Joskeen Garner (NSU) vs. TXST 18 Linda Grayson (NSU) vs. N. Texas 18 Realia Davis (Nicholls State)

Jan. 28, 1985 Dec. 6, 1985 Jan. 3, 2004 Feb. 6, 2002 Feb. 28, 1995 Jan. 8, 2004 Feb. 18, 2002 Jan. 26, 2002 March 1, 1993 Jan. 12, 1995 Jan. 15, 1994 Dec. 7, 1994 Feb. 29, 1988 Jan. 23, 1999 Feb. 5, 1994 Jan. 7, 1988 Feb. 8, 1986 Jan. 2, 2012 Feb. 15, 2007 Feb. 13, 1989 Dec. 15, 1986 Feb. 8, 1985 Feb. 1, 2012 Nov. 25, 2006 Dec. 14, 2005 Jan. 30, 1993 Dec. 30, 1993 Jan. 21, 1988 Feb. 15, 1986

BLOCKED SHOTS 13 Ashley Sparkman vs. McN 9 Ashley Sparkman vs. NICH 9 Ashley Sparkman vs. SHSU 8 Ashley Sparkman vs. UTSA 7 Ashley Sparkman vs. UTA 7 Ashley Sparkman vs. SHSU

March 4, 2005 Feb. 10, 2005 March 9, 2004 Feb. 28, 2004 March 13, 2004 Feb. 21, 2004

STEALS 10 Yolanda Oatis (Texas State) 10 Sumar Leslie (Nicholls) 9 Stephanie Shaw vs. UTSA 8 Keisha Lee vs. LSU-Alexandria 8 Shonté Kennedy vs. TAMUCC 8 Kia Converse vs. S. Ark. 8 Sonya Bearden vs. ULL 7 Brooke Shepherd vs. SUNO 7 Alissa Thompson (Xavier, N.O.) 7 Angela Davidson vs. ULM 7 Jennifer Price vs. Centenary 7 Lakeita Richardson (SHSU) 7 Tee Holden vs. TXST 7 Stephanie Washington vs. La. Coll.

Jan. 23, 1993 Jan. 11, 2012 Jan. 26, 1995 Nov. 25, 2014 Nov. 21, 2005 Dec. 3, 1999 Dec. 14, 1998 Dec. 4, 2007 Nov. 16, 2007 Feb. 6, 2002 Jan. 15, 2000 Feb. 16, 1995 Feb. 9, 1989 Jan. 2, 1982

All-Time Home Court Winning Percentage Northwestern State is one of the most successful teams in L 77-67 L 72-61 W 96-95 W 78-71 L 77-72 L 75-70 L 79-58 W 63-62 L 91-88 L 75-67 L 80-75 W 77-69 W, 72-51 W, 75-54 W 67-64

1. Tennessee 539-49 (91.67) 2. Louisiana Tech 511-64 (88.87) 3. Montana 501-71 (87.59) 14. Northwestern State 403-120 (77.06)

Active Arena Winning Percentage (min. 100 games) 1. Thompson-Boling (Tennessee, 1987-pres.) 387-25 (93.93) 2. Gampel Arena (UConn, 1989-present) 277-18 (92.86) 3. XL Center (UConn, 1990-present) 126-12 (91.30) 4. Thomas Assembly (La. Tech, 1982-present) 417-50 (89.29) 17. Prather Coliseum (NSU, 1975-pres.) 403-120 (77.06)

the nation when it comes to playing at home. During its history, the Lady Demons have won 389 games at home and compiled a .7657 all-time winning percentage in Prather Coliseum. That number ranks NSU and Prather in the top 30 all-time winningest arenas. The 76.57 percent also ranks as the 17th best percentage in active arenas. NSU’s home court record of 389-119 is tops in the Southland Conference and is ranked 14th all-time in the NCAA.

All-Time Arena Winning Percentage 1. Thompson-Boling (Tennessee, 1987-present) 387-25 (93.93) 2. Thomas Assembly (La. Tech, 1982-present) 417-50 (89.29) 3. Memorial Gym (La. Tech, 1974-1981) 84-6 (93.33) 17. Prather Coliseum (NSU, 1975-present) 403-120 (77.06)

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Dr. Jim Henderson Northwestern State President

He opened his introductory press conference in September 2014 playfully asking why the student newspaper -- that he edited two decades ago -played the story covering his selection as presidentelect on Page 3. Then Dr. Jim Henderson held up the Current Sauce, with a full front page photo and headline commemorating the previous weekend’s landmark Demon football victory over old rival Louisiana Tech, and deadpanned: “they got it right.” The proud alumnus has shown tremendous passion for every aspect of Northwestern State University. He officially assumed the office of university U N I V E R S I T Y A D M I N I S T R AT I O N president Jan. 1, 2015, upon the President: retirement of Dr. Randall J. Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Jim Henderson Chief Academic Officer, Dean of Graduate School who led NSU since the summer of 1996. and Dean of Gallaspy College of Education and Human Development: The son of a college football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Vickie Gentry and basketball competitor and Vice President for External Affairs: state championship-winning bas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Pierce ketball coach, NSU’s president is Vice President for Student Experience: an avid sports fan who was a state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Maggio meet-qualifying sprinter as a prep Vice President for Business Affairs: athlete in northwest Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Jones He places high Vice President for University Affairs: value on the role of athletics in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcus Jones higher education, and specifiVice President for Technology, Innovation and Economic Development: cally, at Northwestern. Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Darlene Williams includes “athletic prominence” as one of the key planks in the strategic vision for the university’s advancement to become “the nation’s premiere regional institution of higher education.” That bold goal illustrates the dynamic, collaborative leadership style he’s used since his selection as president. He’s already overseen a dramatic burst of enrollment and expansion in his previous campus leadership role, over six years at Bossier Parish Community College. His inclusive, transparent management style blends with a seemingly ever-present persona across the Natchitoches campus and anywhere Demons, or prospective Demons, may be. Henderson spent a significant part of his first year as NSU’s leader establishing new bonds within the region, on the path to grow Northwestern State into the area’s leading university. He immediately made reaching out to students and student-athletes a priority, gaining valuable feedback that helps Henderson redefine the NSU brand. Quickly the university presented the slogan “Dedicated to one goal: yours.” Broad student-oriented initiatives implemented have even included launching “Café DeMon” coffee shop, serving Starbucks products, next to the enhanced Student Success Center in Watson Library. His dynamic leadership has steered NSU through the statewide threats of serious budget cuts, with Henderson’s active lobbying contributing to the successful and remarkable preservation of current budget levels for each of the first two fiscal years of his presidency. Henderson was honored at the spring 2016 commencement ceremony with a resolution from Northwestern State’s Faculty Senate for his “multiple creative and innovative efforts to revitalize the life of the university.” In his first full year as president, the university increased overall enrollment and improved its retention rate by nearly three percent, bucking regional and national trends. Northwestern State is strategically developing new programs that give students access to high demand skills and give employers in the region a competitive advantage. NSU has developed a cooperative endeavor agreement with the Louisiana Department of Economic Development to develop a trained workforce for CSC, a global leader of next-generation technology services and solutions at the Cyber Research Park in Bossier City. Through this partnership, NSU will triple the size of the renowned computer information systems program. The university has signed several new 2 + 2 agreements with community and technical colleges throughout Louisiana to make it easier for students with an associate degree to ob-

tain a bachelor’s degree. Northwestern State reached an Articulation of Credit agreement with the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts that will allow LSMSA students to earn an associate degree from NSU along with their diploma. Northwestern State continued to be a leader in online education as the RN to BSN program, along with bachelor’s programs in computer information systems, criminal justice and psychology were ranked first in the country by a higher education website. The online bachelor’s in accounting was rated as the number two program in the nation. Prior to NSU, Henderson served as chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College since 2009. In that time, BPCC expanded enrollment by more than 84 percent and increased annual certificate and degree completions by 90 percent. From 2011-13, BPCC was among the five fastest growing community colleges in the nation with enrollments of between 5,000 and 9,999. Under Henderson’s leadership, the college created market responsive programs in nursing, oil and gas technology, construction management, industrial technology and engineering. Henderson was senior vice president, workforce and economic development/career & technical education for the Louisiana Community & Technical College System from 2005 to 2009. He served as appointing authority and chief executive officer of the LCTCS comprised of eight regional technical colleges serving more than 26,000 students. Under his leadership, the statewide technical college system with 42 individually accredited campuses was transitioned into eight regionally accredited technical colleges. During Henderson’s tenure, LCTCS enrollment grew by 98 percent and helped obtain more than $65 million in grants, appropriations and private funding to enhance workforce development. In partnership with Louisiana Economic Development, Henderson helped create Louisiana FastStart, the nation’s top-ranked state workforce training program. From 2001 to 2005, he was director of administration and director of workforce development for the Louisiana Department of Labor. After graduating from NSU with a journalism degree in 1994, Henderson was in the private sector for 10 years in hotel management. He worked for Mississippi Management, Inc., Kemmons Wilson Companies and Ryco Management, playing a leadership role as each company achieved record growth in profitability. A native of Shreveport, Henderson met his wife Tonia at NSU and they married before both graduated. His mother, Martha, is a former administrator at NSU. His late father, Clem, was a World War II veteran and a revered high school coach and principal in Shreveport. NSU’s president earned a Master of Science in Administration from the University of West Florida and a Doctor of Management from the University of Maryland – University College. The Hendersons have three children, Reagan, a college student in Dallas; high school senior Nicholas, a football lineman at Shreveport’s Loyola Prep; and local schoolboy Alexander, a skilled pianist and budding basketballer.

The Henderson family (Left to Right): Nicholas, Reagan, Tonia, Jim and Alexander.

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Jerry Pierce

Vice President • External Affairs Only a handful of people have served Northwestern State as long as alumnus Jerry Pierce has, and nobody has done so in a more understated manner. In his 51st year on the university’s staff, Pierce’s impact on NSU and the city of Natchitoches is indelible. He’s never wanted or gotten top billing, but consistently, he gets results to benefit the university. He is in his 26th year as vice president of external affairs at Northwestern. A significant aspect of his job is oversight of intercollegiate athletics. Pierce works closely with athletic director Greg Burke and all NSU coaches and staff members to keep Northwestern athletics competing at a championship level week after week, month after month and year after year. Pierce, an avid tennis player, has been a member of USTA teams that have won more than a dozen state championships, five regional titles and one national championship. Well before moving into the executive position, Pierce had already served his alma mater, adopted hometown and state with distinction. In his role as vice president, he overNSU Athletic Council sees university operations in athletics, alumni and development, public and media relations and assists President Dr. Jim Henderson in governJody Biscoe (Chair) mental affairs activities. Many of those duties were his since the 1970s as Hall Adams Kwan Adkins (Student-Athlete) he worked under five previous presidents as Northwestern advanced from LaCarsha Babers NAIA to NCAA College Division to NCAA Division I athletic status in 1977. Brittany Blackwell A 1961 graduate of Northwestern, Pierce served as trainer/manager Angela Bolton for the Demon football team during his college years, working closely with Sid Hall legendary coach Jack Clayton. After earning his journalism degree, Pierce Natalie Jaeger (Student-Athlete) went to work for the New Orleans Times Picayune, serving as a reporter Aaron Johnson and editor. He was named executive sports editor at the age of 24. Lori LeBlanc In 1965, he chose to raise his two sons in Natchitoches and returned Chris Lyles to NSU as sports information director. He was promoted to news bureau Dr. Charles Pellegrin director two years later and assumed additional responsibilities in athletChristie Price ics, alumni affairs and other areas through the years. He founded, in 1972, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame facility in Ex-Officio Members Greg Burke Prather Coliseum on the NSU campus, providing a home for an entity creDustin Eubanks ated in 1958. He established annual induction activities that remain in Roxanne Freeman place nearly four decades later, and served as director of the Hall for 19 Betsy Nohavitza years until his promotion to vice president in April 1990 forced him to step Dr. Patrice Moulton aside from the volunteer post. Dr. Vicki Parrish He helped guide Northwestern into three athletic conferences (Trans Jerry Pierce America, 1979; Gulf Star, 1983; Southland, 1987) and NCAA Division I status in 1977. He is a past president of the Southland and has served the conference through other offices and committee positions. In 1994, he was named one of Louisiana’s 20 most influential sports figures by the Times-Picayune. Also on the list were New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, LSU athletic director Joe Dean and basketball coach Dale Brown, and Grambling football coaching legend Eddie Robinson. His salesmanship and managerial skills were instrumental in convincing Tri-Star Productions to film the 1989 smash hit movie “Steel Magnolias,” with an all-star cast including Julia Roberts, Sally Field and Dylan McDermott in Natchitoches and on the NSU campus. The movie’s impact on tourism in Natchitoches continues to resonate nearly three decades later. Pierce is regarded as one of the most effective legislative liaisons for Louisiana’s higher education system. He is also a sought-after dinner speaker and master of ceremonies who has spoken at hundreds of events since 1965. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Pierce is a tenured member of the Journalism Department faculty. He is the author of one book and editor of two others and has written thousands of editorials, columns, features and other articles for newspapers and magazines. Pierce and his wife Regina, a recently retired teacher, live on Cane River Lake in Natchitoches. He has two sons, Randy and Rick, both NSU graduates; and three grandchildren, twins Evan and Amanda, 27, and Miranda, 16, along with two adult stepchildren, Nicholas and Natalie. He’s a doting “Poppy” to Natalie’s preschool daughters.

DEMONS’ DELIGHTS

Highlights of NSU athletics under the leadership of Vice President Jerry Pierce and Director of Athletics Greg Burke 24 Southland Conference Championships (8 sports) Football (1997, 1998, 2004), basketball (2005, 2006), women’s basketball (1999, 2004), baseball (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005), women’s soccer (2000), softball (1998, 1999, 2000, 2015), women’s tennis (2010, 2014), men’s track and field (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002). All-Sports (1997-98). 18 Southland Conference Tournament Championships (5 sports) Basketball (2001, 2006, 2013), women’s soccer (1997, 2000, 2002, 2005), women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015), softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). 24 NCAA Postseason Appearances (7 sports) Football - FCS Division I playoffs (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004); basketball (2001, 2006, 2013); women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015); baseball (2005); softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014); women’s soccer (2000, 2002, 2005), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). Women’s basketball also played in the 1999 WNIT. Track and field qualifications are for individuals, not entire teams. 94 NCAA Postseason Individual Participants (5 sports) Men’s indoor track and field 14 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2014, 2015), men’s outdoor track and field 44 (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016), women’s indoor track and field 9 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004), women’s outdoor track and field 26 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), women’s tennis 1 (2010). 83 National Awards (7 sports) All-America awards - track and field (34), football (26), baseball (3). Academic All-America honors – softball (2), baseball (3), football (2), women’s track and field (1), women’s tennis (1). U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Women’s Field Evens Scholar-Athlete of the Year (1). National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete (2); AFCA Allstate Good Works Team (1), NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship (1). Basketball - 2006 Pontiac Game Changing Performance $100,000 Scholarship. NCAA Academic Progress Rates Public Recognition, top 10 percent nationally, (3, 2 by basketball, 1 by women’s soccer) 3 Olympic Competitors (2 sports) Track and field alumni LaMark Carter (2000) Kenta Bell (2004 and 2008) represented the USA in the Olympic Games in the triple jump. Former Demon basketball player Dr. Gayle Hatch was the USA’s head men’s weightlifting coach in the 2004 Athens Games.

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Greg Burke

Director of Athletics The Burke File

AGE: 60 (Born Oct. 22, 1956) • HOMETOWN: Alliance, Ohio • HIGH SCHOOL: Marlington ’74 • COLLEGE: Mt. Union ’78 (cum laude) POSTGRADUATE: Kent State ’86 • BEFORE HE WAS A.D.: Sports writer, Alliance (Ohio) Review, 1972-78; director of news and sports information, Hiram (Ohio) College, 1978-85; administrative intern, NSU athletics, 1985-86; director, NSU Athletic Association, 1986-92; director of athletic development, University of Akron, 1992-96; director of athletics, Northwestern State, 1996-present. BIG FAN OF: Cleveland Browns, Indians and Cavaliers • INTERESTS: Working out, watching ESPN and VH1 Classic, family outings.

In his 21st year as director of athletics at Northwestern State, Greg Burke is highly regarded due to the work he’s done in his adopted hometown. Burke, a native Ohioan still beaming about the Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA title, has been the Demons’ athletics director since Aug. 29, 1996, when his first day included speaking at the annual NSU/Independence Bowl Kickoff Luncheon. Burke is the longest serving AD at any Louisiana or Southland Conference institution. He has steered NSU athletics to many of its greatest accomplishments while overseeing a program that has fielded championship caliber teams in a dozen of the school’s 14 NCAA Division I sports. Highlights in Burke’s two decades as athletic director include 41 Southland Conference regular-season or tournament championships, 67 All-America and Academic All-America student athletes, and three U.S. Olympic competitors. Twenty-five NSU teams have taken part in NCAA or other postseason competition. All of the school’s athletic facilities have undergone over $7 million in improvements in the past few years. Burke spearheaded a $2 million series of sponsorships for new scoreboards installed for 2008-09 at all NSU athletic venues; the $700,000 Second Century Circle fencing project for athletic venues; a $500,000 softball grandstand project; and a $600,000 upgrade of chairback seating at Turpin Stadium for the 2016 football season. Fundraising initiatives reached new levels in 2015-16. Formalizing the endowed giving program, branded as “Perpetually Purple,” generated an influx of over $100,000, while overall revenue generated by donations and sponsorships cracked $2 million. Competitively, milestones continue. One of the biggest under Burke: NSU in 2004-05 became the first (and remains the only) Southland Conference member in the league’s five decades of history to sweep football, men’s basketball and baseball championships in the same athletic year. It’s been done only once in Southeastern Conference history, by Alabama in 1933-34, and only four times in Big Ten Conference history, the last time by Michigan State in 1979-80. Those accomplishments have come with one of the more modest athletic budgets in the state and conference. Burke’s management skill and fundraising ability have been pivotal. Burke has a remarkable ability to hire dynamic head coaches. Anchors of the department are current head coaches Mike McConathy, Louisiana’s all-time career basketball wins leader; softball coach Donald Pickett, and track and field coach Mike Heimerman, a trio with nearly 50 combined years on staff at NSU. Two former student-athletes in Burke’s tenure are now NSU head coaches: third-year tennis coach Olga Bazhanova, and first-year baseball coach Bobby Barbier. Numerous Burke hires had great success at Northwestern State that propelled them to national prominence in subsequent positions. Over 100 former NSU student-athletes, coaches and support staff members, most of them here with Burke as AD or assistant AD (1986-92), are working in college athletics at some level. Former Demons are head coaches in the SEC, Big XII, ACC, Mountain West Conference, Conference USA, SWAC, and Southland Conference. Five others hold Associate AD positions in the SEC, PAC 12, and American Athletic conferences. From his first day on the job, Burke has stressed the importance of having a balanced athletic program. Tremendous competitive strides have been made in women’s athletics under his guidance. Just in the past three years, Lady Demon basketball (2014, 2015), softball (2013, 2014), tennis (2013, 2015) and volleyball (2015) have reached NCAA Tournaments. Burke established a high standard for NSU Athletics in academic achievement and community service. The academic accomplishments are reflected annually in the NCAA’s APR and GSR studies. Community service by NSU student-athletes, coaches and staff more than doubled to over 5,000 hours in 2009-10 and has remained at that level. The Southland Conference created the “Southland Strong” Community Service award to recognize the member institution whose student-athletes compile the most service hours each year. NSU won the inaugural prize in 2014-15 and was second in 2015-16. Burke spearheaded the adoption of the slogan “Great Tradition, Brighter Future” for NSU Athletics, and the creation of NSU Athletics “Cornerstones” for student-athletes: “Academic Achievement, Personal Responsibility, Competitive Success … Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day!” During Feb. 2013, he was presented the “Outstanding Contributions to Amateur Football Award” by the North Louisiana chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. Six years ago, he was included among 29 winners of the Under Amour AD of the Year Award presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Burke was the 2010-11 president of the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association. He serves on the year-old NCAA Committee on Academics, a 20-person group replacing the Committee on Academic Performance, which included Burke. He also has served on the NCAA Championships/Sports Management Cabinet. Burke previously served a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Football Issues Committee (1999-2002) and concurrently served a term on the eight-member NCAA FCS Committee that administers the national playoffs. He has served as a site supervisor for Football Championship Subdivision playoff games across the nation, and he is regarded as one of the country’s premiere advocates of FCS football. In 2005, Burke was one of three recipients of the All-America Football Foundation’s Gen. Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award and that same year, was also tabbed as one of two Natchitoches Parish Cenla Newsmakers of 2005 by the Alexandria Town Talk newspaper’s editorial staff. He received the 2006 “Outstanding Alumni Award” from his alma mater, Marlington High School in Alliance, Ohio, recognizing his community service and professional achievements. At the time, Burke became one of only 21 alumni honored since the award was instituted in 1982. Burke serves on the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau board, and on the board of directors for the Central Louisiana Community Foundation. He is a past president of the Natchitoches Kiwanis Club and remains active in that civic group. He has also been part of the steering committee for the Natchitoches Christmas Festival and is a former member of the Natchitoches Area Jaycees. He is involved with the American Heart Association and was 2010 March of Dimes chairman locally. His wife, Susu, is a Natchitoches native, NSU graduate and an elementary teacher. Their 22-year-old daughter, Catherine, graduated from St. Mary’s High School in May of 2012 and is entering graduate school at UL Lafayette after earning her undergraduate degree from Louisiana Burke with his wife Susu and daughter Catherine Tech.

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Esi ATINKAH

ASSOCIATE HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER

Alabama, 2013 • Northwesten State, 2015 3rd season at NSU After earning her master’s degree from Northwestern State in May 2015, Esi Atinkah was promoted to associate head athletic trainer in July.. In her new role, Atinkah supervises two assistant athletic trainers and all graduate assistant athletic trainers. She also is responsible for the administrative duties of the NSU athletic training room. Atinkah spent her graduate school tenure as the athletic trainer for the Northwestern State baseball team and will continue that role in the spring. A 2013 University of Alabama graduate in athletic training, Atinkah worked with the Crimson Tide baseball, football, track, and tennis teams. She worked for six months at Central High School in Tuscaloosa along with the University Orthopedic Center. At Central, she evaluated upper and lower extremity injuries and assisted with practice and game coverage for basketball, softball, baseball, track and soccer. At University Orthopedic, she assisted in rehabilitation with patients and applied therapeutic modalities. While working with the Tide baseball team she aided in athlete rehabilitation, concussion testing, therapy and participation physicals. She has worked the Alabama Relays, Nick Saban football camps, tennis tournaments, and the BCS National Championship Game. The Fayetteville, Georgia, native is a Licensed Athletic Trainer by the State of Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners, a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and is first-aid certified.

Jody BISCOE

FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE

Joseph (Jody) Biscoe has served as Northwestern State University’s Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) since 2006, which includes the role as chairperson for the NSU Athletic Council. Currently, Jody serves as the chairperson for the Southland Conference Faculty Athlete Representatives and is a member of both the Compliance and Awards Committees. Additionally, Jody holds a tenured faculty position in the Psychology Department. Jody also is the Coordinator for the undergraduate Addiction Studies program and the Director for the Louisiana Addiction Technology Transfer Center. The Biscoes have lived in Natchitoches since 2002. Jody’s wife, Roni, is an avid runner and their daughter Roxy is a graduate of Northwestern’s Nursing program (BSN). You might often see Jody and Roni spending time with 2-year-old Jaxson, who already is training to be a future Demon multi-sport athlete whose favorite character is “Vic.”

ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR FOR STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT

Jasmine CHIEVOUS

Jasmine Chievous is in her first year as Northwestern State’s Assistant Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Development, joining the department in August. Chievous spent the previous two-plus years as Troy’s Life Skills and Academic Coordinator, where she served as the academic coordinator for women’s basketball, women’s soccer and men’s tennis and developed and supervised the life skills program. Chievous’ other duties included advising the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, conducting the athletic department’s first full awards ceremony, offering career counseling and was the department liaison for the regional and state Special Olympics. Chievous spent more than two years at the University of Missouri, where she earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology. Her work experience as an intern then a graduate assistant included serving as the academic coordinator for basketball, volleyball, track and field, cross country, wrestling and swimming and diving at different points in her tenure. Those duties included helping at-risk student-athletes with course selection, time management and study strategies. A Provost Scholar at Fisk University, Chievous earned a Spanish degree in 2010, also serving as an administrative assistant to the athletic director. Chievous was an adjunct instructor in psychology at Troy. She also has been a committee member for the National Association of Student-Athlete Development and a member of the National Association for Athletic Academic Advisors. DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS

Andrew CLAUSEN

Andrew Clausen returned to his graduate school alma mater in May as the director of marketing and promotions. After earning a master’s degree in sport administration from Northwestern State in May 2015, Clausen spent a year at Harvard University as a marketing and promotions

assistant. While at Harvard, Clausen directed in-game promotions for Crimson football games, coordinated social media efforts for the Harvard athletics marketing department, produced online graphics and printed materials, developed marketing and promotional plans for men’s and women’s basketball and helped lead group ticket sales for men’s and women’s basketball. Clausen’s first stint in the Northwestern State athletic department came as a marketing and promotions associate while he completed his master’s degree. For three semesters, Clausen was responsible for implementing a marketing plan for Northwestern State softball and implementing and executing promotional plans for soccer and volleyball. Clausen also coordinated tailgating activities and sales for NSU football. Clausen earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with a focus in sport management from Colorado Mesa University in 2013. He began his career as a marketing intern at Texas-San Antonio.

ASSISTANT NCAA COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR

Demetrus CALDWELL

Demetrus Caldwell enters his first full year in the Northwestern State athletic department, serving as the assistant director for NCAA compliance. Caldwell, a Bastrop native, joined the NSU staff in November 2015 spent the past eight years as a master coordination center officer with the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration in St. Rose. Caldwell earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management from the University of New Orleans and his master’s in sport management studies from California University of Pennsylvania. He is completing a dissertation toward a doctorate in athletic administration from Northcentral University. During his time as an undergraduate at New Orleans, Caldwell served as an academic and compliance intern with the school’s athletic department. HEAD STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH

Dustin CHADWICK

Cody CRUMP

DIRECTOR OF EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS

Cody Crump begins his first year as the Northwestern State Director of Equipment Operations. Crump spent the past year as an equipment intern at the University of Oregon where he assisted in day-to-day operations of the program’s three equipment rooms, helped oversee game day equipment operations for 19 sports, served as the point of contact for equipment during the Women’s NIT and was an active member of the NCAA track and field and softball postseason host committees. Additionally, Crump was the liaison for visiting football teams and managed practice and game laundry for all sports. Crump, an August 2015 graduate of Louisiana Tech in kinesiology, spent four seasons as a student equipment manager for the Bulldogs football team. During his time as an undergraduate, Crump was instrumental in fitting, issuing, repairing, inventorying and storing all football equipment. He was responsible for setting up the coaches’ communication headsets during game day. Crump, a Belcher native, is married to the former Lindsey Crook.

Pacific Lutheran, 2011 Second Season at Northwestern State

Dustin Chadwick is in his second year as assistant strength and conditioning coordinator for Northwestern State where he assists with strength and conditioning for football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s soccer, baseball and tennis. In his first year, Chadwick helped train the Southland Conference Tournament champion Northwestern State women’s basketball team. Prior to NSU, Chadwick interned with TCU where he worked with the strength and conditioning program including women’s basketball, baseball, swimming and diving and women’s golf. Chadwick was a competitor in the NANBF bodybuilding and AAPF power lifting competitions in 2012 and 2013. He received a bachelor’s in fine arts from Pacific Lutheran in 2011 where he was a three-sport athlete competing in football, rugby and lacrosse.

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HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER

Jason DRURY

Idaho State, 1999 • Northwestern State, 2001 9th season at NSU Now in his ninth season at Northwestern State, Jason Drury was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer in 2012 after the retirement of long-time trainer Ed Evans. Drury joined the sports medicine staff at Northwestern State University in the summer of 2005 after being the head athletic trainer at Natchitoches Central for five years. In the spring of 2009, Drury took over as the head football athletic trainer for the Demons, after working for three seasons with the women’s soccer team and one season with men’s basketball team. A 1999 graduate of Idaho State University in biology, Drury worked with numerous sports in Pocatello, Idaho, including football, men’s basketball and track and field. Drury earned his master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern State in 2001, during which time he worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the NSU softball team. Drury is a native of Paoli, Ind. He and his wife, Toni, have been married for nine years. They have two children, Maddox and Kenzie. ASSISTANT AD/NCAA COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR

Dustin EUBANKS

Dustin Eubanks is in his 20th year in the NSU athletic department and his 17th year at the helm of the compliance duties, keeping all athletic personnel current and in accordance with NCAA and Southland Conference guidelines. Eubanks was inducted into the N-Club Hall of Fame in October 2015, becoming just the fourth noncompetitor to do so. A 1996 education graduate of Northwestern, the 43-year-old avid fan of all teams that hail from Pittsburgh seized an opportunity to serve as a graduate assistant in the sports information department at Northwestern while beginning the pursuit of his master’s degree in health and physical education (concentration in sports administration), which he obtained in May of 2003, and was impressive enough to earn a promotion to full-time status in November 1998. Eubanks is married to the former Dawn Hornsby of Branch and the couple has two daughters, Emilie and Taylor Nicole. The sisters share the same birthdate. Dustin and Dawn, who is the Associate Director of Financial Aid at NSU, celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary this summer. ATHLETICS BUSINESS MANAGER

Roxanne FREEMAN

Roxanne Freeman began working at NSU in 1983 as an accounting clerk in business affairs. She transferred to the athletic department as football/baseball/track secretary and served under Sam Goodwin, Leon Johnson and several baseball coaches for eight seasons before graduating with a B.S. in accounting in May 1995. Freeman then became the compliance coordinator and academic advisor during a three-year span before leaving in 1998. She returned to NSU in the Fall of 2000 in her current position as Business Manager where she now serves as liaison between the athletic department and business affairs. She has one son, Aaron Pizani, who is also a NSU alum.

Mike JACKLICH

DIRECTOR OF TICKETING

Mike Jacklich made an immediate impact on the NSU athletic department after being named director of ticketing in October 2014, increasing basketball ticketing revenue by more than 60 percent from the 2013-14 season. Jacklich, beginning his third year on staff, spearheaded the re-seating project at Turpin Stadium, which saw the installation of 2,360 uniformly purple chairback seats that will debut during the 2016 season. Jacklich came to Natchitoches from suburban Chicago, where he was the director of ticketing for the Schaumburg Boomers of independent baseball’s Frontier League. While with the Boomers, Jacklich worked closely with the Boomers general manager to shape and enhance all aspects of fan services. He was responsible for creating and executing all ticketing and sales reports, while training a full-time sales staff and overseeing a group of 15 interns. Jacklich also wore a variety of hats outside of the Boomers ticket office, including serving as a tour guide at Boomers Stadium and filling in as “Coop,” the Boomers’ mascot. Jacklich earned his bachelor of arts degree in mass communication from the University of Tulsa in 2001. Following graduation, he returned to Chicago where he began a six-year run as the assistant audience services manager for the legendary Steppenwolf Theatre Company. While with Steppenwolf, Jacklich helped implement Tessitura, an innovative ticketing software system. Jacklich, a Lisle, Ill., native, is married to Krishni, whose family lives in nearby DeRidder and who can totally do better than him.

Dr. Steven KAUTZ

HEAD TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. Steven Kautz begins his second season as the head team physician for Northwestern State athletics. Kautz is board certified in orthopedic medicine and serves as medical director for Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Sports Medicine and PRISM Sports Medicine and outpatient comprehensive therapy services. He received his Bachelor of Science at the University of California-Irvine and attended the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at LAC and USC Medical Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Kautz has been in private practice since 2000 and has worked with athletes on the professional, collegiate and high school level. He is affiliated with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center, Sabine Medical Center, DeSoto Regional Medical Center and University Hospital (LSU) in Shreveport. Addtionally, Kautz serves as an adjunct professor at LSU School of Medicine and is a member of the medical team for NRMC Comprehensive Wound Care Center. He is the team doctor for Many High School and enjoys coaching local youth basketball and soccer teams. Kautz’s wife, Kathleen, is an internal medicine physician with the Natchitoches Medica Specialists Group. The couple has three children - Carissa, Andrew and Peter.

Dr. James KNECHT

TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. James Knecht has been a Northwestern State team physician since 1984. He finished his pre-med curriculum from LSU in 1975. While at LSU, he was an Academic All-SEC and Academic All-American football ASSISTANT ACADEMIC COORDINATOR player in 1974. He has been in private practice family medicine in Natchitoches since 1982. In addition to being Northwestern’s team physician, he has also been Natchitoches Central’s team physician since 1992. At the 2016 university commencement, Knecht was presented an honorary doctorate in recognition of his long service to Alexis Guess began her first year as Northwestern State’s assistant academic the university by NSU President Dr. Jim Henderson. coordinator in July. Dr. Knecht is actively involved in many professional organizations, including the Natchitoches Parish Medical Guess brings a varied background, having worked in numerous facets of studentSociety, Active Staff Physicians at Natchitoches Parish Hospital, and the Louisiana State Medical Society. He is also athlete development at both LSU and Duquesne. a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. As a student services graduate assistant at Duquesne, Guess conducted individual study sessions for His father, Gene, was an assistant football coach at Northwestern State and has been active in the Graduat-risk student-athletes, compiled mid-term grade reports for various coaching staffs, coordinated studentate N Club for three decades. His brother, Brett, is a three-year football letterman who served as Joe Delaney’s athlete tutoring in the spring and summer 2016 semesters, oversaw study hall for incoming and transfer fullback. student-athletes and helped create and execute the “Student-Athlete Career Seminar.” Knecht’s wife, Liz, is a CPA and an internal auditor at NSU. The couple has three chilrden - Ashley, Amanda As an undergraduate at LSU, Gross spent two years as a content tutor in the Cox Communications Center and Landon - and two grandchildren, Ryder and Ian. for Student-Athletes where she tutored student-athletes, composed tutor reports, met with athletic advisors and attended NCAA, SEC and LSU compliance and tutor training sessions. She also completed ethics training for public servants. As an intern at the Baton Rouge Community College athletic department, Gross oversaw the men’s basketball study table, verified student-athlete eligibility and observed student-athlete advising. Gross has been involved with the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League Summit on Sportsmanship and has taken part in the NCAA Emerging Leaders Seminar.

Alexis GUESS

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Ashley LEGGETT

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

Idaho State, 1999 • Northwestern State, 2001 9th season at NSU Ashley Leggett is in her first season with the Northwestern State athletic training staff. She is hired through NSU’s partnership with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center. Leggett spent the past year interning at Samford, where she served the softball and volleyball programs. She organized physical examinations, SCAT3 and ImPACT testing for softball and volleyball student-athletes along with the rehabilitation, management and treatment of injuries. In addition, she implemented postsurgical SLAP repair protocol and a return-to-play throwing program. After graduating from Alabama in 2013 with a bachelor’s of science in athletic training, she completed a master’s at Iowa in leisure and recreational sports management in 2015. As a graduate assistant trainer at Iowa, she worked with the softball program. Leggett managed all aspects of daily medical needs including prevention, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of studentathletes. As an athletic training student at Alabama, she aided the football, softball, swimming and diving programs as well as the rowing team. She traveled with the football team to the SEC and national championships and worked the Women’s College World Series. Leggett has also worked with the Alabama Patrick Murphy Softball School, the Nick Saban Football Camp, and the Big Ten Cross Country Championship among other events. Her professional memberships and certifications include the states of Louisiana, Iowa and Alabama athletic training boards, a, NATABOC Certified Athletic Trainer, a National Athletic Trainers’ Association member, a Southeastern Athletic Trainers’ Association member, and an American Heart Association CPR Health Care provider. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND GAME OPERATIONS

Luke MASHBURN

Luke Mashburn was named Northwestern State’s Director of Athletic Facilities and Game Operations in July. Mashburn spent 2015 at the University of Kentucky, serving as Assistant Director of Event Management and Championships. He was the point man for all home volleyball, women’s basketball and gymnastics contests, drawing crowds up to 6,000. His duties and events included facility maintenance and arena conversion, tournament manager for NCAA volleyball regional, overseeing the Joe Craft Welcome Center and managing guest services stations on football game days. He has previous Southland Conference experience with a stint at Sam Houston State from 2013-15 as the athletic facilities coordinator. On top of routine facility maintenance and set up, he oversaw a staff of 50 student workers and was a game administrator for home events such as FCS playoff games. Other duties included handling facility rentals, coordinating facility repair projects such as bleacher and scoreboard renovations and operating parking lots on game days. Mashburn served as the interim athletics event and facilities coordinator at Kennesaw State from 201113 after completing internships at Erskine and Shorter colleges. Building a foundation for many of his duties later in his career, Mashburn also coordinated renovation projects such as new basketball goal systems and other major equipment purchases. He pitched in as a game clock operator and as a fan fest coordinator for the 2011 Division I Women’s College Cup. A South Carolina graduate, Mashburn has a sport and entertainment management degree and is pursuing a master’s in sport management from Morehead State. ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH

Zack NIELSEN

Eastern Washington-Cheney, 2014 First Season at Northwestern State Zack Nielsen is in his first full season with the Northwestern State strength and conditioning staff after being hired as an assistant this past March. He is the lead trainer for men’s basketball and also develops comprehensive strength programs for women’s soccer and softball. Nielsen assists in designing the football strength program. Nielsen, who earned his bachelor’s degree at Eastern Washington-Cheney in 2014, spent nearly two years as a graduate assistant strength coach at his alma mater. At EWU-Cheney, he implemented comprehensive programs for cross country and jumpers and throwers on the track team. He served as an assistant to soccer, volleyball and basketball as well. Nielsen, a four-year letter winner in throws and won the 2014 Big Sky Conference hammer title, designed warm-up activities for a variety of sports at EWU-Cheney. He served as an assistant to soccer, volleyball and basketball. Nielsen assisted USA Weightlifting Coach Pat Corbet in instructional sessions. Nielsen is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is a Level 1 USA Weightlifting coach. Nielsen is enrolled in NSU’s graduate program for Health and Human Performance.

ASSISTANT ACADEMIC COORDINATOR DIRECTOR OF ENHANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Betsy NOHAVITZA

Betsy Nohavitza enters her second full academic year as part of the Northwestern State athletics academic services staff and her first leading NSU’s Enhanced Academic Program. Nohavitza arrived in Natchitoches in February 2015 after earning her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Texas A&M. She manages NCAA academic eligibility requirements for four Northwestern State athletic programs, provides assistance to student-athletes and tutors in NSU’s Johnnie Emmons Athletic Study Center and facilitates meetings and activities with NSU’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee. While at Texas A&M, Nohavitza was a graduate assistant instructor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology while pursuing her master’s in sport management. As an undergraduate, Nohavitza interned in the Aggies athletic department in the life skills department. There she assisted student-athletes with creating resumes and cover letters, planned informational business meetings for student-athletes and organized and hosted three student-athlete banquets in the Spring 2013 semester. Nohavitza was named Texas A&M College of Education and Human Development Distinguished Student in Spring 2012 and was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll in Fall 2012. ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR

Haley Blount TAITANO

Haley Blount Taitano, a school record-setting competitor as a Northwestern State track and field student-athlete, enters her third year as NSU’s assistant athletic director for development and marketing and her first as NSU’s Senior Woman Administrator. Taitano has overseen the rebranding and the revamping the N-Club, Northwestern State’s association of former athletic letterwinners, and helped coordinate the annual N-Club Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. Additionally, she increased funding to the Demons Unlimited Foundation Annual Fund by 16 percent, setting records for funding to the fund, which supports the Northwestern State athletic department. Taitano, a magna cum laude graduate of NSU in May 2006, was executive director of the NSU Alumni Association as well as the associate director of alumni affairs from July 2011-September 2014. She solicited funds for the Alumni Association and NSU Foundation, planned and coordinated all alumni events and events assigned by the office of NSU president Dr. Randy Webb, and managed the Alumni Association website, social media pages, the Purple Pulse e-newsletter and the Alumni Columns magazine. Previously, she worked as an assistant in student services for the Stephen F. Austin athletics department for 18 months from 2010-11. For nearly three years following her graduation from Northwestern, Blount was an assistant track and field coach and head cross country coach at NSU. Taitano is actively engaged in community service organizations, serving as a board member and officer in three prominent local organizations. She earned her master’s degree in sport administration from NSU in 2007 and is pursuing a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Louisiana Tech. Taitano was a four-year competitor as a pole vaulter for the Lady Demons and still holds the NSU women’s school record with an 11-6 ¼ clearance at the 2006 Southland Conference Outdoor Championships. She did an internship with USA Track & Field in 2007, serving as assistant producer of the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis, and she also assisted with operations at the 2008 USA Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. She was the women’s track and field team representative from 2004-06 on the NSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and was on the 2005 All-Louisiana Collegiate Track and Field Team based on posting one of the top three marks by any state competitor in her event. Blount was included on the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for academic achievement each season from 2002-06. Taitano is a past president of the women’s service organization Les Amies of Natchitoches and has been a board member since 2009. She has coordinated Les Amies community service activities and assisted with fundraising. She currently is the president of the Kiwanis Club of Natchitoches. Blount also has been the fundraising coordinator and a board member for the Natchitoches Hope for Paws organization. She’s also been a team captain for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Natchitoches, has assisted with the Natchitoches Parish Special Olympics and is the Chair of the Natchitoches Young Professionals group. As an undergraduate, Taitano won the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority highest grade point average award in 2005 and 2006, and earned the NSU Health and Human Performance Department’s Hall of Fame Award in 2006 for being the outstanding student-athlete of the year. Taitano and her husband Jesse, an assistant chief with the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office, were married in July, and the couple has one son, Jesse Jr. (13).

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DOUG IRELAND

Assistant AD/ Sports Information Director In charge of athletic media relations at his alma mater since January 1989, Doug Ireland coordinates publicity efforts for Northwestern’s 14 intercollegiate sports teams through local, regional and national media outlets in print, broadcast, television and the internet. He also serves in the volunteer role of chairman of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Ireland assumed that post in April 1990. He was chosen as the 2016 recipient of the Southland Conference’s Louis Bonnette Sports Media Award, named for the iconic retired McNeese SID. His 1992 Demon Football Media Guide won “Best in the Nation” in FCS Division from the College Sports Information Directors of America. A 1997 story on Joe Delaney, “The Guy We Called Joe D,” won a national second-place award in a CoSIDA writing contest. Ireland has won dozens of awards as SID from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association, including 27 this century. In 1981-82, while an undergraduate at Northwestern, Ireland worked as chief of the Shreveport Times Natchitoches Bureau, coordinating news coverage of an eight-parish region along the Red River. From 1982-85, he was assistant SID at Southwestern Louisiana (now UL Lafayette), working with a men’s basketball program that made three straight postseason tournament appearances. He won CoSIDA publications and writing awards while at USL. Ireland was the sports editor of the Natchitoches Times in 1985-86 and attended graduate school at Northeast Louisiana (now UL Monroe) before joining the Alexandria Town Talk sports staff in 1987. In 18 months at the Town Talk, he covered both NSU and LSU sports and won 15 writing awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers’ Association. In 2001, the LSWA presented its prestigious Mac Russo Award to Ireland for his contributions to the organization. In 1999, Ireland was awarded honorary membership in the Graduate N Club at NSU by the university’s group of athletic lettermen for his service to Northwestern and its athletic program, and in 2003 he was given full membership. He was appointed by President Dr. Randall Webb to serve a two-year term on the inaugural University Planning Council in 1997-99. In 2008, he was awarded the Northwest Louisiana’s National Football Foundation “Distinguished American” award and in 2012 he was honored by the Alexandria Town Talk by being named the “CENLA Sportsman of the Year” award for his work as an SID and toward the completion of the $23 million Hall of Fame Museum. Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne presented a special award to Ireland at the grand opening of the museum on June 28, 2013, for his “tireless work and dedication to the creation” of the museum. The Louisiana Association of Museums gave him its Lois Wyatt Bannon “Heart and Soul” Service Award in April 2014 for his work with the museum. A member of the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity and a student government senator while completing a journalism degree from Northwestern, Ireland was editor of the student newspaper “Current Sauce” as a sophomore before going to work for the Shreveport Times. He was an all-district baseball player and the student body president at Jonesboro-Hodge High School, where he was a wingback for the Tigers’ 1977 Class AA state football finalists coached by the late Don Shows.

JASON PUGH

Assistant Sports Information Director A 12-year veteran of The (Shreveport) Times newsroom, Jason Pugh is in his third year as the assistant sports information director at Northwestern State after joining the department in October 2014. During his Times tenure, Pugh was the Northwestern State football and men’s basketball beat writer from 2010-2013 and covered the 2012-13 NSU team that captured the program’s third NCAA Tournament berth. Prior to covering area college athletics, Pugh was the primary high school sports writer at The Times, during which he covered several athletes whose careers led them to Northwestern State, including All-Southland Conference men’s basketball performers Jalan West and Zeek Woodley and former All-Southland Conference third baseman Chase Daughdrill (baseball). At The Times, Pugh had the opportunity to cover all three World Series that have taken place in Texas, one College World Series, one NCAA Men’s Final Four and Super Bowl XLV. He has won first-place awards in Best Feature Story and Best Sports Story from the Louisiana Press Association and first place in Best Prep Feature from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. While a student at Louisiana-Lafayette, Pugh was the sports editor of the campus newspaper, The Vermilion, for two years and was a part of the sports information office for three years. In 2000-01, Pugh was the primary media contact for the inaugural season of Lady Cajuns soccer and for the nationally ranked Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team, which made its lone College World Series appearance the previous year. A 1997 graduate of Airline High School in Bossier City, Pugh was named the 2001 Louisiana-Lafayette Department of Communication Outstanding Graduate. He completed requirements for a master’s of science in sport management from the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at the University of Massachusetts in 2015.

Daily Newspapers -LaMar Gafford, Sports, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, P.O. Box, 7558, Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-487-6351, fax 487-6315) - Roy Lang III, Scott Ferrell, Sports, The Times, 222 Lake Street, Shreveport, LA 71101 (318459-3296, 800-462-6436, fax 459-3301) - Joe Schiefelbein, Sports, Baton Rouge Advocate, P.O. Box 588, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 (225-383-1111, fax 388-0371) - Russell Hedges, Sports, Bossier Press Tribune, 4250 Viking Dr., Bossier City, LA 71111 (318-352-3618, fax 747-5298) - Daniel Green, Leesville Daily Leader, P.O. Box 619, Leesville, LA 71446 (318-239-3444, fax 318-238-1552)

Non-Daily Newspapers - NSU Current Sauce, Kyser Hall, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5456, fax 357-6564) - Sports, Times-Picayune/NOLA.com, 3800 Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70140 (504-826-3405, fax 826-3401) -Natchitoches Times, 904 Hwy. 1 South, Natchitoches, LA 71457 (318-352-3618, fax 352-7842)

Television Stations - Luke Edwards, Mike Cianciolo, KALB-TV, 605 Washington St., Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-445-6397 exts. 516, 523; fax 442-7427) - Rashad Johnson, KSLA-TV, 1812 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104 (318-677-6709, fax 677-6705) - Tim Owens, Brad Cesak, KTAL-TV, 3150 N. Market St., Shreveport, LA 71107 (318-629-7134, 7133, fax 318-629-7171) - Tatum Everett, Alex Anderson, Daniel Brown, KTBS-TV, 312 E. Kings Hwy., Shreveport LA 71104 (318-861-5838, fax 318-862-9431) - David Antilley II, NSU-TV, 104A Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-4417) Campus Radio Station - KNWD, 109 Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5693) Wire Service - Bret Martel, Associated Press, 1001 Howard Ave. Suite 200A, New Orleans, LA 70113 (800-662-7717, 504-523-3931, fax 586-0531)

Conference/NCAA Offices - Southland Conference, 2600 Network Blvd., Suite 150, Frisco, TX 75034 (972-422-9500, fax 422-9225) - Jim Wright, NCAA Statistics, P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, IN 46206 (317-917-6222, fax 917-6888)

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Lloyd Courtney Graduate Assistant

MATT VINES

Assistant Director of Communication Former sports journalist Matt Vines is in his second year in the Northwestern State sports information office. Vines, a sports writer at The Jackson (Tennessee) Sun, The (Monroe) News-Star and The (Shreveport) Times, began his sports information career as a graduate assistant during the 2015-16 academic year before joining the university as its assistant director of communications. Vines, a 2008 LSU journalism graduate, serves as the primary media contact for the NSU soccer and softball teams and is the secondary contact for the men’s basketball team. Vines is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, and graduated from C.E. Byrd High School. He is pursuing a master’s degree in sport administration at NSU.

Stacy Morgan Statistician

Dr. Charles Pellegrin Statistician

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Ronnie Pellegrin SID Admin. Asst.

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