Game Day Book -- Coahoma

2011-12 Basketball Game Day Guide vs. Coahoma #24 Bree Harris Sophomore, Guard New Site

#14 Kareem Brown Freshman, Guard New Albany

Thursday, January 19, 2012 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.

Bonner Arnold Coliseum

2011-12 Lady Tiger & Tiger Basketball Teams

2011-12 Lady Tigers

No. 11 12 14 15 21 22 24 25 30 33 35 40 42

Player Height Tiffany Martin 5-5 Breanna Howard 5-7 Nikki McChristian 5-7 Amber Jackson 5-9 Krystal Jackson 5-9 Kebrina Lucas 5-6 Bree Harris 5-7 Anna Brooke Page 6-0 Shunquest Howell 5-4 Suzzette Suggs 5-10 India Howard 5-8 Erin Strowder 5-10 Micha Washington 6-2

Position Guard Guard Guard/Forward Guard/Forward Guard/Forward Guard/Forward Guard Guard/Forward Guard Guard/Forward Guard/Forward Guard/Forward Forward

Class Soph.

Soph.

Fresh.

Soph.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Soph.

Soph.

Fresh.

R Fresh.

Fresh.

Soph.

Fresh.

Hometown Olive Branch Jackson Abbeville Tupleo Marietta New Albany Marietta Iuka Ripley Oakland Ripley Memphis, Tenn.

New Albany

Head Coach: Brian Alexander, Ph.D. (Mississippi State, 1998) 1st Year Assistant Coach: Maurice Stafford (North Alabama, 1986) 8th Year Strength & Conditioning Coach: Cody Grisham (Tennessee, 2010) 1st Year Team Chaplain: Dr. Matt Wilburn (Mississippi College, 1999) 1st Year Student Assistants: Tony Pams, Samantha McAlister, Audreyuna Gipson.

No. 11 12 14 23 24 30 33 40 42 50 52 54

2011-12 Tigers

Player Acie Vance Deonta Herman Kareem Brown Jermaine Hollimon Tadarious Coburn Demetrius Malone Marcell Lucas Devin Tillman J.R. Jennings Cedric Janes Tyrie Berry Lavon Hooks

Position Guard Guard Guard Guard Forward Guard Forward Forward Guard Forward Forward Forward

Head Coach: David Robbins

Assistant Coach: Maurice Stafford Managers: Jonathan Taylor, Quentin Carroll Videographer: Nicholas McAlister Statistician: Zack Smith

Height 6-2 5-11 5-8 6-4 6-6 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-2 6-6 6-6 6-4

Class Hometown Fresh.

Ripley Fresh.

Corinth Fresh.

New Albany Soph.

Memphis, Tenn.

Fresh.

New Albany Fresh.

West Lowndes Fresh.

Baldwyn Fresh.

Bruce Fresh.

Calhoun City Soph. Dyer County, Tenn.

Soph.

Ripley Soph.

Atlanta, Ga.

Northeast No. 11 Tiffany Martin 5-5 Guard Sophomore Olive Branch

Basketball No. 12 Breanna Howard 5-7 Guard Sophomore Jackson

No. 14 Nikki McChristian 5-7 Guard/Forward Freshman Abbeville

No. 15 Amber Jackson 5-9 Guard/Forward Sophomore Tupelo

No. 21 Krystal Jackson 5-9 Guard/Forward Freshman Marietta

No. 22 Kebrina Lucas 5-6 Guard/Forward Freshman New Albany

No. 24 Bree Harris 5-7 Guard Sophomore Marietta

No. 25 Anna Brooke Page 6-0 Guard/Forward Sophomore Iuka

No. 30 Shunquest Howell 5-7 Guard Freshman Ripley

No. 33 Suzzette Suggs 5-10 Guard/Forward R. Freshman Oakland

No. 35 India Howard 5-8 Guard/Forward Freshman Ripley

No. 40 Erin Strowder 5-10 Guard/Forward Sophomore Memphis, Tenn.

No. 42 Micha Washington 6-2 Forward Freshman New Albany

Northeast Mississippi Community College

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Player Tiffany Martin Breanna Howard Nikki McChristian Amber Jackson Krystal Jackson Kebrina Lucas Bree Harris Anna Brooke Page Shunquest Howell Suzzette Suggs India Howard Erin Strowder Micha Washington

Class 5-5 5-7 5-7 5-9 5-9 5-6 5-7 6-0 5-4 5-10 5-8 5-10 6-2

Height Position Guard Soph.

Guard Soph.

Guard/Forward Fresh.

Guard/Forward Soph.

Guard/Forward Fresh.

Guard/Forward Fresh.

Guard Soph.

Guard/Forward Soph.

Guard Fresh.

Guard/Forward R Fresh.

Guard/Forward Fresh.

Guard/Forward Soph.

Forward Fresh.

Hometown Olive Branch Jackson Abbeville Tupleo Marietta New Albany Marietta Iuka Ripley Oakland Ripley Memphis, Tenn.

New Albany

Head Coach: Brian Alexander, Ph.D. (Mississippi State, 1998) 1st Year Assistant Coach: Maurice Stafford (North Alabama, 1986) 8th Year Strength & Conditioning Coach: Cody Grisham (Tennessee, 2010) 1st Year Team Chaplain: Dr. Matt Wilburn (Mississippi College, 1999) 1st Year Student Assistants: Tony Pams, Samantha McAlister, Audreyuna Gipson.

No. 11 12 14 15 21 22 24 25 30 33 35 40 42

Northeast Lady Tigers Shakyla Jones Chandrika Pearson Ciara Morgan ShyVuna Johnson Jasmine Pittman Kayla Tillis Alexandria Williams Dayana McGee Erica Collins Sharhonda Vaughn

5 12 20 21 23 24 30 32 33 35

Assistant Coach: Cedric Tenner

Head Coach: Lacole Brooks

Player

No.

Guard

Forward

Forward

Forward

Guard

Guard

Forward

Guard

Guard

Guard

Position

Fresh.

Fresh.

Soph.

Soph.

Soph.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Soph.

Soph.

Fresh.

Class

Coahoma Lady Tigers

Northeast Coahoma Mississippi vs.

Community College Community College

Rosa Fort

Clarksdale

Aberdeen

Clarksdale

South Delta

Trezvant

Clarksdale

Lanpheir

Rosa Fort

West Tallahatchie

Hometown

42

40

33

30

24

23

14

12

11

No.

Cedric Janes

J.R. Jennings

Devin Tillman

Marcell Lucas

Demetrius Malone

Tadarious Coburn

Jermaine Hollimon

Kareem Brown

Deonta Herman

Acie Vance

Player

Forward

Forward

Guard

Forward

Forward

Guard

Forward

Guard

Guard

Guard

Guard

Height

6-6

6-6

6-2

6-3

6-3

6-2

6-6

6-4

5-8

5-11

6-2

Position

Soph.

Soph.

Soph.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Soph.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Class

Atlanta, Ga.

Ripley

Dyer County, Tenn.

Calhoun City

Bruce

Baldwyn

West Lowndes

New Albany

Memphis, Tenn.

New Albany

Corinth

Ripley

Hometown

33

32

30

25

23

21

20

15

10

5

3

No.

Stephen Johnson

Charles Nash

Morris Adams

Kenny Harris

Alex Thompson

Cortavious Vaughn

Patrick Hudson

Cordaryl Campbell

Rashard Harris

Rigueson Desorvil

Ramone Wesley

Stacey Regular

Player

6-8

6-7

6-4

6-4

6-2

6-4

6-4

6-3

6-2

6-4

6-0

5-8

Height

Soph.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Soph.

Fresh.

Soph.

Soph.

Fresh.

Soph.

Fresh.

Class

Memphis, Tenn.

Indianola

Clarksdale

Clarksdale

Jackson

Cleveland

Canton

Rosedale

Memphis, Tenn.

Palm Beach, Fla.

Cleveland

Greenwood

Hometown

Assistant Coach: Cedric Tenner

Head Coach: Ira Peterson

42

Coahoma Tigers

Bonner Arnold Coliseum Booneville, Miss.

January 19, 2012

50 Tyrie Berry 6-4

Northeast Tigers

52 Forward

Lavon Hooks

54 Head Coach: David Robbins Assistant Coach: Maurice Stafford Managers: Jonathan Taylor, Quentin Carroll Videographer: Nicholas McAlister Statistician: Zack Smith

Northeast No. 11 Acie Vance Guard 6-2 Freshman Ripley

No. 12 Deonta Herman Guard 5-11 Freshman Corinth

No. 14 Kareem Brown Guard 5-8 Freshman New Albany

No. 23 Jermaine Hollimon Guard 6-4 Sophomore Memphis, Tenn.

No. 24 Tadarious Coburn Forward 6-6 Freshman New Albany

No. 30 Demetrius Malone Guard 6-2 Freshman West Lowndes

No. 33 Marcell Lucas Forward 6-3 Freshman Baldwyn

No. 40 Devin Tillman Forward 6-3 Freshman Bruce

No. 42 J.R. Jennings Guard 6-2 Freshman Calhoun City

No. 52 Tyrie Berry Forward 6-6 Sophomore Ripley

No. 54 Lavon Hooks Forward 6-4 Sophomore Atlanta, Ga.

No. 50 Cedric Janes Forward 6-6 Sophomore Dyer County, Tenn.

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Basketball

Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast

Basketball

Player Feature: Bree Harris & Kareem Brown Basketball is all about a game of transitions.

Whether it is transitioning from an offensive mindset on one end of the floor to a defensive one on the other end, transitions are an integral part of the game.

Sophomore Lady Tiger guard Bree Harris of New Site and freshman Tiger guard Kareem Brown have found out that the transitions happen not only on the hardwood but off the court as well as each has had to get accustom to transitions in their roles as Northeast basketball players.

For Harris, the transition this year has been the one of transforming into a mentor for the younger players while Brown has had to change his cleats to running shoes as he transitions from the gridiron to the hardwood.

No matter what the transition might bee, Harris and Brown have found success in their given area of expertise.

Harris, who concentrates on biology while at Northeast, found her roles change from her freshman year to her sophomore campaign.

During her first year with the Lady Tigers, Harris was transitioning from a high school senior to one of a freshman in one of the most competitive leagues in America and while the transition might have been rough, Harris was more than able to meet the task at hand.

Bree Harris Harris, a 5-7 guard, was named the 2010 Cellular South Scholar Athlete for the Class 2A state championship game at the Mississippi High School Activities Association’s (MHSAA) state tournament in the spring of 2010 in Jackson.

“Every team, you play is good,” Harris said. “It’s different preparation. You can’t have a bad game…they will capitalize. In high school, you could play bad and still win.”

Harris, however, said academics kept her on track.

“I always put school first,” Harris said. “I was pretty much prepared. I took college classes my senior year.”

Harris finished her academic career at New Site with a 4.0 grade point average and was valedictorian of her class.

But as a sophomore on the Lady Tiger team, Harris now has the added responsibility of guiding the Lady Tiger freshmen on and off the court.

“You have more expectation as a sophomore,” Harris said. “You have to step up and fill your role.”

While many believe the role of a basketball player ends when they step off the hardwood, Harris knows that that is only half the role as a Lady Tigers.

First-year women’s head coach Brian Alexander not only expects his players to excel on the court but in the classroom as well.

“It’s on and off the court,” Harris said. “You have to be a leader to

the freshmen.”

For Brown, the Northeast freshmen is going through the same thing that Harris witnessed last year as the former New Albany standout moves from being a high school senior to a freshmen on the nation’s seventeenth-ranked team.

However, Brown has had one more transition in his nine months at Northeast. Not only is Brown having to learn how to deal with setting a schedule that includes practice and game times along with all his academic responsibilities but Brown is having to transition from one sport to another.

Brown helped lead the Tiger football team to one of its most successful seasons in school history as the Tiger football team advanced to the first round of the Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) state football playoffs.

Now, Brown has to make the move from running on grass or an artificial surface to running on the hardwood with his teammates.

“For football, I was heavy on my running,” Brown said. “For basketball, it’s short bursts – back and forth, back and fourth. It’s more of a physical thing.”

While Brown has had to make the transition from football to basketball, the Northeast freshman is not alone in his challenge.

Currently, there are two other members of the Northeast Tiger Kareem Brown football team that are sharing in Brown’s pain – quarterback J.R. Jennings of Calhoun City and defensive lineman Lavon Hooks of Atlanta, Georgia, have both had to make the transition from the gridiron to the hardwood.

However, Brown has found solace in the change and uses the challenge to get better.

“When you come to junior college, you have to be more mentally prepared and come every day to work,” Brown said. “There is always someone just as good as you – if not better than you – and if they are always working as hard as you, you have just got to come in every day and compete.”

While competing against each other in practice is one thing, when game time comes Brown knows there is another transition that needs to happen.

“Basketball at Northeast is intense at every level,” Brown said.

“You have to come in focused and intense every day. It’s a big transition.”

While the transition from a high school senior to a collegiate freshman can be hard or the transition from a college freshman to a sophomore can be even more challenging, Brown and Harris know that it is with that experience that will help them to accomplish their goals that they setforth on and off the hardwood.

Brown summed it up as, “We are starting to bonding together and getting the chemistry and it is coming together better.”

Northeast Mississippi Community College

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Northeast

Basketball

2011-12 Schedule 2010-11

Date Date

Opponent Opponent

Location Location

Time Time

OCTOBER Monday, November 1 Northwest Away 5:30 & 7:306 p.m.

24 UNA^# Shoals (Ala.) Away p.m.

Thursday, November 4 Motlow State (Tenn.)

Booneville 5&7 25 Mid-South^@ Away 5:30 p.m. p.m.

Blue Mountain^@ Away 8:30Only p.m.

Tuesday, November 9 Jackson State (Tenn.)

Booneville 5 p.m. Women 27 Blue Mountain^# Home 5:30 p.m.

West Plains (Mo.) Booneville 7 p.m. Men Only NOVEMBER

Saturday, November 13 East Central Booneville 1&3 1 Wallace St. Home 5:30 p.m. p.m.

5 East Central Away p.m.

Monday, November 15 Jones County Away 5&71 p.m.

7 Ark. Baptist Home 5 p.m.

Thursday, November 18 Wallace State (Ala.) Away 7 p.m. Men Only 10 Wallace St. Away 5:30 p.m.

Monday, November 29 Meridian Away 6&8 14 Jones Co. Away 5 p.m. p.m.

28 Meridian Away p.m.

Thursday, December 2 Northwest* Booneville 5&76 p.m.

DECEMBER

Monday, December 6 Holmes* Away 6&8 p.m.

1 Northwest* Away 5 p.m.

Tuesday, December 14 Northwest Booneville 5&7 5 Holmes* Shoals (Ala.) Home 5:30 p.m. p.m.

13 Jackson St.# Away p.m.

Thursday, December 16 Motlow State (Tenn.)

Away 6&87 p.m.

JANUARY

Thursday, January 6 Jones County Booneville 5&7 p.m.

7 Meridian Home 1 p.m.

Saturday, January 8 Meridian Booneville 2&43 p.m.

9 Jones Co. Home p.m.

11 Columbia St. Home p.m.

Monday, January 10 East Miss.* Booneville 5&72 p.m.

17 East Miss.* Away 5:30 p.m. p.m.

Thursday, January 13 Coahoma* Away 6&8 19 Coahoma* Home 5:30 p.m.

Monday, January 17 Itawamba* Away 6&8 23 Itawamba* Home 5:30 p.m. p.m.

26 Miss. Delta* Delta* Away p.m.

Thursday, January 20 Miss.

Booneville 5&76 p.m.

30 Ark. Baptist Away p.m.

Thursday, January 27 Northwest* Away 5&75 p.m.

FEBRUARY

Monday, January 31 Holmes* Booneville 5&7 2 Northwest* Home 5:30 p.m. p.m.

6 Holmes* Away p.m.

Thursday, February 3 East Miss.* Away 5:30 & 7:306 p.m.

9 East Miss.* Home 5:30 p.m. p.m.

Monday, February 7 Coahoma* Booneville 5&7 13 Coahoma* Away 6 p.m.

Thursday, February 10 Itawamba* Booneville 5&7 16 Itawamba* Away 6 p.m. p.m.

Monday, February 14 Miss.

Away 6&8 20 Miss. Delta* Delta* Home 5:30 p.m. p.m.

23 West Plains (Mo.)@ Away 7 p.m.

February 21 – 24 State Tournament 27-March 1 MACJC Tourn.

February 28 – March 3 Regional Tournament Miss.

MARCH

College 7-10 NJCAA Region Tourn. *-North Division, ^-Scrimmage,@-Men #-Women Only * Denotes North Division Only, Contest

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