Game Day Book -- East Miss1

2011-12 Basketball Game Day Guide vs. East Mississippi #52 Tyrie Berry Sophomore, Forward Ripley

#11 Tiffany Martin Sophomore, Guard Olive Branch

Thursday, February 9, 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

Height 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

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 15 21 22 24 25 30 33 35 40 42

Northeast Lady Tigers Asia Bragg Brianna May Valescia Dixon Alvida Clemons Chadisty Hickman Joy Grimsley Rachel Adams Raishawnda Brantley Dajah McCarty Meaghen Green Jasmine Little

11 12 14 15 20 21 22 30 34 35 42

Forward

Forward

Forward

Forward

Guard

Forward

Guard

Guard

Forward

Guard

Forward

Position

Assistant Coach: Edwond Eddings

Head Coach: Sharon Thompson

Player

No.

6-0

5-11

5-10

5-10

5-6

5-10

5-6

5-4

5-9

5-4

5-11

Height

Fresh.

Soph.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Soph.

Soph.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Soph.

Class

Hometown

Shuqualak

Birmingham, Ala.

Quitman

Eupora

Meridian

Petal

Preston

Philadelphia, Penn.

Columbia

Pelahatchie

Birmingham, Ala.

East Mississippi Lady Lions

Northeast East Mississippi Mississippi vs.

Community College Community College

East Mississippi Lions

Bonner Arnold Coliseum Booneville, Miss.

February 9, 2012 Northeast Tigers Hometown

Hometown

Class

Class

Height

Tradarrius McPhearson

Ht. Wt.

Position 1

Position

Player Ripley

No. Player

No. Fresh.

Edwards

6-2

Deon Bedford

Soph.

Guard 3

6-1 185

Acie Vance Corinth

Guard

11 Fresh.

Maben

5-11

Soph.

Guard

6-5 180

Deonta Herman

Guard/Forward

12

Lakin Ford

West Point

4

Soph.

New Albany

6-5 190

Fresh.

Forward

5-8

Phoenix, Ariz.

Guard

Soph.

Kareem Brown

6-8 225

14

Forward

Memphis, Tenn.

Colin Borchert

Soph.

5

6-4

Meridian

Guard

Fresh.

Jermaine Hollimon

6-2 155

23

Guard

New Albany

A.J. Wade

Fresh.

10

6-6

Meridian

Forward

Fresh.

Tadarious Coburn

6-1 185

24

Guard

West Lowndes

Brandon Moss

Fresh.

11

6-2

Fresh. Jonesboro, Ark.

Guard

6-5 190

Demetrius Malone

Forward

30

Micah Walker

Baldwyn

14

Fresh.

Fresh. Tuscaloosa, Ala.

6-3

6-1 175

Forward

Guard

Marcell Lucas

Jalen Houston

33

15

Bruce

Yazoo City

Fresh.

Soph.

6-3

6-0 205

Forward

Guard

Devin Tillman

Dione Milsap

40

21

Calhoun City

Gunnison

Fresh.

Soph.

6-2

6-6 215

Guard

Center

J.R. Jennings

Millaun Brown

42

23

Dyer County, Tenn.

Starkville

Soph.

Fresh.

6-6

6-7 210

Forward

Forward

Cedric Janes

James Evans

50

24

Ripley

West Point

Soph.

Soph.

6-6

6-2 185

Forward

Forward

Macon

Tyrie Berry

Curtis Hall

Fresh.

Brandon

52

25

6-7 200

Soph.

Atlanta, Ga.

Center

5-9 160

Soph.

Earnest Hunter

Guard

6-4

32

D.J. Evans Head Coach: Mark White

33

Forward

Lavon Hooks

54 Head Coach: David Robbins Assistant Coach: Maurice Stafford Videographer: Nicholas McAlister

Assistant Coach: Bill Begley

Managers: Jonathan Taylor, Quentin Carroll 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: Tiffany Martin & Tyrie Berry When one comes to college, there are different sights and sounds to distract one from their ultimate goal at the post-high school level and it is the job of sophomores to help guide those along the way and shine a light on the path ahead.

Northeast Lady Tiger guard Tiffany Martin, of Olive Branch and Tiger forward Tyrie Berry, of Ripley have taken that guiding light to a new level with their chosen professions after basketball.

While both are concentrating on physical education at Northeast, Martin has a secondary track of wanting to be a mathematics teacher when her playing career is done while Berry is more of an animal lover, planning to become a veterinary technician following his basketball days.

“When I get to the Division I side, I just want to be a veterinary technician,” Berry said.

“I just love animals…dogs, and the environment. I am more of a people person but whatever comes my way, I will take it.”

However, as sophomores Martin and Berry know that there is one thing that needs to be taken care of before they leave the Northeast campus… the freshmen.

Martin is a true sophomore while Berry is back for his third year with the Tigers after suffering a lower extremity injury during the 2010-11 preseason Tiffany Martin and having to sit out for the entire year last year.

“It’s a leadership role,” Martin said. “We have to help (the freshmen) with getting to their classes and their homework. Being a sophomore is a big role.”

Berry echoed Martin’s statement and in his third year at Northeast, Berry has found time to appreciate the things he overlooked as a freshman.

“I have enjoyed everything…the teachers, students, the games and the overall environment,” Berry said. “Northeast has been great. The people are very nice. The games are very, very intense.

It has been quite a time.”

For both Berry and Martin, their time at Northeast came via their families. Both Martin’s mother and father are Northeast alumni while Berry was swayed with a personal visit from Northeast head men’s basketball coach David Robbins.

“It’s a family-oriented school,” Martin said. “Both my mom and dad went here and I’ve been playing AAU here most of my life.”

“I had really been thinking about coming to Northeast,” Berry said. “I had a visit by David Robbins and it was a surprising thought that I would be playing at Northeast.”

It’s those little moments in life that have helped both Martin and Berry enjoy their time at Northeast. While their first year(s) in Booneville were used to orientate themselves with the campus,

as the seasons changed so did the maturity level in each and both have seen things they did not notice as freshmen.

“I go and enjoy my time,” Martin said. “I like to hang with friends and go to events around school like the plays, dances… whatever the school offers and make new friends.”

“I try to get more rest and balance my time with school, work and basketball,” Berry said. “I’ve been trying to have more fun and stay healthier with the weather. It is actually more responsibility.”

While growing up is normal for any college student away from their parents, Berry and Martin have also had to grow up on the basketball court as well and are looked upon to lead the Tigers and Lady Tigers, respectively.

Martin and her teammates spend time together before games just trying to relax.

“We are dancing and cracking jokes,” Martin said. “We are just trying to get everyone out of their ‘Goosebump’ stage.”

Berry, a 6-6 forward, is trying to focus on one thing during his last season with the Tigers.

“Right now, we are taking it day-by-day and working on our faults to get better,” Berry said.

“That’s what is in front of us… we need to be prepared, stay mentally focused and not jump off track.”

Berry, a 5-5 point guard, Tyrie Berry knows that with her sophomore status comes more responsibility under first-year head coach Brian Alexander.

“It’s a lot of pressure to tell people where to go and to understand the plays,” Martin said. “I’ve been a point guard all of my life so I am used to it. People look up to you.”

As a point guard, Martin is the main person in charge of running the Lady Tigers offense.

“You have to be patient, see the floor and know when to give the ball to the right person at the right time,” Martin said.

Berry said that it is the Northeast culture that helps him and the Tiger basketball team succeed especially coming off an injury.

“Everyone here gave me courage,” Berry said. “The coaches, my teammates and former teammates. I enjoy my time here and am looking forward to my future.”

However, Martin and Berry know that to succeed each player has to do their own part.

“We are trying to stay in the top four and have a chance to play for a ring,” Martin said. “(Our team) wants a ring. We are trying to get better and in a spot to get that ring.”

Berry, who has been through the ups and downs of a college athlete’s career, summed it all up simply as...“We need to take it on game at a time. Put God first and we should be fine.”

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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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