Game Day Book -- Coahoma

2012-13 Basketball Game Day Guide vs. Coahoma #20 LaTonya Gadison Freshman, Forward Rosedale

#33 Ladarius Waits Freshman, Guard Olive Branch

Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:30 & 7:30 p.m.

Bonner Arnold Coliseum

2012-13 Lady Tiger & Tiger Basketball Teams

2012-13 Lady Tigers

No. Player

Position

Class

Height

10

Katie Garvin

Guard

Sophomore

5-7

11

Kiki Gwyn

Guard

Freshman

12

Antionette Riddle Guard

Freshman

Hometown

2012-13 Tigers

No. Player

Position

Class

Corinth

11

Acie Vance

Guard

Sophomore

6-2

Ripley

5-2

Corinth

12

Darius Leach

Guard

Freshman

5-9

Booneville

5-9

Tupelo

14

Markeevius Brown

Guard

Freshman

5-9

Mound Bayou

22

Ian Burress

Guard

Freshman

5-9

Baldwyn

23

Keldrick Lesley

Guard

Freshman

6-1

Booneville

24

Tadarious Coburn

Forward

Sophomore

6-6

New Albany

30

Billy Jackson

Guard

Freshman

6-0

Tunica

33

Ladarius Waits

Guard

Freshman

5-10

Olive Branch

34

Romeo Johnson

Forward

Freshman

6-5

Oxford

40

Malcolm Hamilton

Guard

Sophomore

6-2

Atlanta, Ga.

42

Johnnie McGhee

Guard

Freshman

6-3

Olive Branch

44

KeDorian Sullivan

Forward

Sophomore

6-7

Memphis, Tenn.

50

Tyler Brunson

Forward

Sophomore

6-8

Atlanta, Ga.

52

Marcell Lucas

Forward

Sophomore

6-3

Baldwyn

54

Cameron Shorty

Forward

Freshman

6-5

Senatobia

14

Bri Hobson

Guard

Freshman

5-4

Brandon

15

Kierra Erby

Guard

Freshman

5-9

Columbus

20

LaTonya Gadison Guard/Forward

Freshman

5-10

Rosedale

21

Shrita Dixon

Guard

Freshman

5-7

Mantachie

24

Von Hall

Guard

Freshman

5-7

Nettleton

25

Angelia Allen

Guard/Forward

Freshman

5-9

Belmont

32

Kay K Tate

Guard

Freshman

5-8 Dyersburg, Tenn.

33

Aushina Ivy

Guard/Forward

Freshman

5-10

40

Talisa Boyd

Guard/Forward

Sophomore

5-10 Natchioches, La

Tupelo

Head Coach: Brian Alexander, Ph.D. (Mississippi State, 1998), 2nd Year Assistant Coach: Maurice Stafford, (North Alabama), 9th Year Student Assistants: Samone Armstead, 1st Year

Head Coach: David Robbins

Athletic Trainer: Hope Barnes, (University of Southern Mississippi, 2012), 1st Year

Assistant Coach: Nick Coln

President: Dr. Johnny L. Allen, Ed.D.

Student Assistants: Ben Hurt

Height

Hometown

Northeast

Basketball

No. 10 Katie Garvin 5-7 Guard Sophomore Corinth

No. 11 Kiki Gwyn 5-2 Guard Freshman Corinth

No. 12 Antionette Riddle 5-9 Guard Freshman Tupelo

No. 14 Bri Hobson 5-4 Guard Freshman Brandon

No. 20 LaTonya Gadison 5-10 Guard/Forward Freshman Rosedale

No. 21 Shrita Dixon 5-7 Guard Freshman Mantachie

No. 24 Von Hall 5-7 Guard Freshman Nettleton

No. 25 Angelia Allen 5-9 Guard/Forward Freshman Belmont

No. 32 Kay K Tate 5-8 Guard Freshman Dyersburg, Tenn.

No. 33 Aushina Ivy 5-10 Guard/Forward Freshman Tupelo

No. 40 Talisa Boyd 5-10 Guard/Forward Sophomore Natchitoches, La

Northeast Mississippi Community College

3

Antoinette Riddle

Bri Hobson

Kierra Erby

LaTonya Gadison Guard/Forward

Shrita Dixon

Von Hall

Angelia Allen

Kay K Tate

Aushina Ivy

Talisa Boyd

12

14

15

20

21

24

25

32

33

40

Sophomore

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Sophomore

Class

5-10

5-10

5-8

5-9

5-7

5-7

5-10

5-9

5-4

5-9

5-2

5-7

Height

Natchioches, La

Tupelo

President: Dr. Johnny L. Allen, Ed.D.

Athletic Trainer: Hope Barnes, (University of Southern Mississippi, 2012), 1st Year

Student Assistants: Samone Armstead, 1st Year

Assistant Coaches: Maurice Stafford, (North Alabama), 9th Year

Belmont

Nettleton

Mantachie

Rosedale

Columbus

Brandon

Tupelo

Corinth

Corinth

Hometown

Dyersburg, Tenn.

Head Coach: Brian Alexander, Ph.D. (Mississippi State, 1998), 2nd Year

Guard/Forward

Guard/Forward

Guard

Guard/Forward

Guard

Guard

Guard

Guard

Guard

Guard

Kiki Gwyn

11

Guard

Katie Garvin

Position

10

No. Player

Northeast Lady Tigers

Bridgette Griffin Tamora Shelton Raven Whipps Antionette Mayfield

24 32 33 53

6’0

5’10

6’2

5’7

5’8

6’3

5’3

5’9

5’3

5’3

5’8

5’7

Ht.

Assistant Coach: Cedric Tenner

Head Coach: Lacole Brooks

Shyvuna Johnson

21

Shani Brooks

10 Nekeia Evans

Krystal Pearson

5

15

Jasmine Brown

4

Azande Collier

Breanna Wiley

3

11

Fredricka Holmes

Name

2

No.

Forward

Forward

Forward

Forward

Forward

Forward

Guard

Forward

Guard

Guard

Forward

Guard

Position

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Sophomore

Sophomore

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Sophomore

Freshman

Class

Coahoma Lady Tigers

Northeast Coahoma Mississippi vs.

Community College Community College

Vicksburg

Jackson

Jackson

MS Palmer

Clarksdale

Paynesville

Jackson

Canton

Cleveland

Jackson

West Memphis

Coahoma County

High School

No. 11 12 14 22 23 24 30 33 34 40 42 44 50 52 54

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

Class Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman Sophomore Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Freshman

32 Adam Morris

30 Kaeoka Cager

25 Alex Thompson

24 Lil Roy Maxie

15 Stanley Haywood

12 Patrick Brown

10 Rigueson Desorvil

5

3

Johnathan Ankston

Stacy Regular

6’4

6’0

6’2

6’2

23 LaTravious Thompson 6’5

20 Telvin Askew

6’7

6’8

6’1

6’2

6’2

5’9

5’8

Ht.

215 Forward Sophomore

215 Forward Sophomore

220 Forward Sophomore

215 Forward

195 Forward Sophomore

198 Forward

205 Forward

215 Forward

Freshman

195 Forward Sophomore

Wt. Position

Freshman

195 Forward Sophomore

160

Freshman

Freshman

Sophomore

Class

Indianola

Clarksdale

Carthage

Jackson

Indianola

Coahoma Aggie

Memphis

195 Forward Sophomore Mound Bayou JFK

185 Forward

Freshman

Memphis

Shaw

Fort Worth, FL

Tunica

Greenwood

High School

Coahoma Tigers

33 Charles Nash

6’7

Guard

40 Alan Morris

Bassfield

Freshman

225 Forward

6’8

Head Coach: Ira Peterson

Assistant Coaches: Cedric Tenner

42 Xavier Graves

No. Name

Bonner Arnold Coliseum Booneville, Miss.

February 14, 2013

Height Hometown 6-2 Ripley 5-9 Booneville 5-9 Mound Bayou 5-9 Baldwyn 6-1 Booneville 6-6 New Albany 6-0 Tunica 5-10 Olive Branch 6-5 Oxford 6-2 Atlanta, Ga. 6-3 Olive Branch 6-7 Memphis, Tenn.

6-8 Atlanta, Ga. 6-3 Baldwyn 6-5 Senatobia

Northeast Tigers Player Acie Vance Darius Leach Markeevius Brown Ian Burress Keldrick Lesley Tadarious Coburn Billy Jackson Ladarius Waits Romeo Johnson Malcolm Hamilton Johnnie McGhee KeDorian Sullivan Tyler Brunson Marcell Lucas Cameron Shorty

Head Coach: David Robbins Assistant Coaches: Nick Coln Student Assistants: Ben Hurt Athletic Trainer: Hope Barnes, President: Dr. Johnny L. Allen, Ed.D.

Northeast

Basketball

No. 11 Acie Vance Guard 6-2 Sophomore Ripley

No. 12 Darius Leach Guard 5-9 Freshman Booneville

No. 14 Markeevius Brown Guard 5-9 Freshman Mound Bayou

No. 22 Ian Burress Guard 5-9 Freshman Baldwyn

No. 23 Keldrick Lesley Guard 6-1 Freshman Booneville

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

No. 30 Billy Jackson Guard 6-0 Freshman Tunica

No. 33 Ladarius Waits Guard 5-10 Freshman Olive Branch

No. 34 Romeo Johnson Forward 6-5 Freshman Oxford

No. 40 Malcolm Hamilton Guard 6-2 Sophomore Atlanta, Ga.

No. 42 Johnnie McGhee Guard 6-3 Freshman Olive Branch

No. 44 KeDorian Sullivan Forward 6-7 Sophomore Memphis, Tenn.

No. 50 Tyler Brunson Forward 6-8 Sophomore Atlanta, Ga.

No. 52 Marcell Lucas Forward 6-3 Sophomore Baldwyn

No. 54 Cameron Shorty Forward 6-5 Freshman Senatobia

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Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast

Basketball

Player Feature: LaTonya Gadison & Ladarius Waits Love can come in many different forms.

Whether it’s from family, a significant other or the love for a hobby, the feelings can fluctuate through the spectrum of emotions.

For Rosedale’s LaTonya Gadison and Olive Branch’s Ladarius Waits, the love of the game is what continues to drive each one.

Waits found his love of the game young at the age of six while Gadison waited until she was a little older to enjoy her fascination with the sports.

While each had their own beginnings in the game, it’s that deep lovehate relationship that keep both coming back for more.

Waits grew up idolizing former Philadelphia 76er Allen Iverson while Gadison has patterned her game after former New Orleans Hornet and current Los Angeles Clipper standout Chris Paul.

However, growing up, love can also cause a lot of heartbreak and pain and Gadison and Waits both suffered through the heartache and pain that the game of basketball enjoys inflicting on its most loving players.

“I played with older people because it would make me better,” Waits said.

“They would knock me down…lots of bumps and bruises.”

While Waits was feeling the physical pain of playing with older players in Olive Branch and the Memphis, Tennessee metro area, Gadison was feeling the heartache that many that have played the have felt.

LaTonya Gadison sport“When I was in high school, we played New Site with a chance to go to the state tournament and we lost by two points,” Gadison said. “It crushed me. I really wanted a ring before I got out of high school.”

Heartache can often lead to other things – and one of the main things that Gadison got out of her broken heart was motivation.

“It made me want to strive more,” Gadison said.

However, while heartache and pain may be the negative aspects of love; there are also many positive aspects and Gadison and Waits strive for the positive side of life and have found motivation from a variety of sources.

“My brother was so hard on me all the time because he wanted to see me succeed,” Waits said.

While Waits was drawing motivation from his brother and sister, the Olive Branch native realizes that there are more things to life and that the love of the game has already been passed down a generation.

“My nephew tries to watch what I do,” Waits said. “I’m a role model to him.”

As Waits tries to watch out for his nephew, Gadison draws her support from her fans.

Gadison’s fans are what motivate the Bolivar County native.

“I had a lot of fans,” Gaidson said. “They always motivated me to be the best. They toughened me up and kept me going and keep telling me to keep my head up.”

Keeping one’s head up is hard when the competition is tougher than a player and just like Waits, Gadison learned tough love on the courts outside of a gymnasium.

“I ended up playing against mostly guys,” Gadison said. “There were like three girls. Not many in my town liked to play ball.”

Gadison had to find something to pass the time and Beulah native knew that sitting at home was not going to accomplish her goals. For those that do not know, Beulah sits in the Mississippi delta just south of Rosedale on a bend in the Mississippi River.

“I’ve played street ball a lot and my sister she was playing before me,” said Gadison. “I didn’t like being at home by myself so I thought I would try it and I liked it.”

However, while other options tried to influence Gadison and Waits growing up, it was the love of the game that kept them coming back.

Waits headed to William Penn University to play for the Statesmen out of high school but found the love of the game drawing him back to the Magnolia State.

“I went to Olive Branch High School…was coached by Nick Coln,” Waits said. “It was one of the big reasons I came to Northeast. I felt comfortable here so I decided to bring my talents here.”

While Waits was bringing his talents back to Mississippi, Gadison was expressing her talents in more than one way.

At West Bolivar High School, Gadison was busy running track and being a member of the band when she was not busy on the court.

Ladarius Waits After high school, Gadison had to break-up with her other loves in order to focus on the sport that she loved.

However, the separation was not easy. Gadison had been in the band since the sixth grade and played the trombone after switching from an auxiliary member following her first year in band.

“I had an offer for band,” Gadison said. “But basketball was where my heart was…band I did not love as much as basketball and you have to go where your heart is at.”

Gadison and Waits also share an admiration for a higher being prior to each game.

“I always pray before each game and talk to God,” Gadison said.

Nonetheless, Gadison and Waits know that their love for the game will help each of them accomplish their goals in life.

Both want to go to a division one school and Waits wants to focus on physical education and health and looks toward going into coaching so he can share his love for the game with others while Gadison also has a physical education emphasis but wants to be an athletic trainer.

Northeast Mississippi Community College

7

Northeast

Basketball

2012-13 2010-11 Schedule

OCTOBER Date

18 Monday, November 1 18 Thursday, November 4 25 Tuesday, November 9 27 NOVEMBER 5 Saturday, November 13 8 Monday, November 15 12 Thursday, November 18 15 Monday, November 29 19 Thursday, December 2 26 29 Monday, December 6 DECEMBER Tuesday, December 14 3 Thursday, December 16 11 Thursday, January 6

13 Saturday, January 8 JANUARY Monday, January 10 7 Thursday, January 13 14 Monday, January 17 17 Thursday, January 20 22 24 Thursday, January 27 28 Monday, January 31 31 Thursday, February 3 FEBRUARY Monday, February 7 4 Thursday, February 10 7 Monday, February 14 11 February 21 – 24 14 February 28 – March 3 18 21

Opponent

at Blue Mountain^$ Northwest Shoals (Ala.)

Location

Away

Mid-South^% Booneville UNA^$ Jackson StateSt.-Hanceville^% (Tenn.)

Booneville at Wallace Motlow State (Tenn.)

West Plains (Mo.)

Booneville

EastCentral Central East

Booneville

Time

6 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

5 p.m. Women Only TBA

at Wallace St.-Hanceville Away Jones County at Jones Co. at East Central Meridian Gadsden St. Northwest* Meridian at Itawamba* Holmes*

Wallace State (Ala.)

Away Away Booneville Away

Northwest Shoals (Ala.)

Booneville

East Miss.*

Booneville

Coahoma*

Away

5 p.m.

5:30 & 7:30 p.m.

5&7 p.m.

7 p.m. Men Only

5:30 1&3 p.m. p.m.

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

5 p.m.

7 p.m. Men Only 6 p.m.

6&8 p.m. p.m.

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

5:30 6 p.m.

6&8 p.m.

5&7 p.m.

Northwest* Motlow State Away Jackson St.$ (Tenn.)

Jones County Wallace St.-Hanceville% Booneville at Gadsden St. Meridian Booneville at Meridian Jones Co. Itawamba* East Mississippi* Miss.

Delta* at Coahoma* Holmes* Northwest* at Mississippi Delta* Holmes* Itawamba*

5:30 p.m.

6&8 p.m. p.m.

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

7:30 5:30 2&4 p.m. p.m.

5&7 p.m.

Away Booneville Away Booneville

East Miss.*

Away

Coahoma* at Northwest*

Booneville

5:30 & 7:30 p.m.

Itawamba* Wallace St.-Hanceville$ Booneville

Missouri St.-West Plains% Away Miss.

Delta* at East Mississippi* State Tournament Coahoma* at Holmes* Mississippi Delta*

Regional Tournament

Miss. College

*-North Division, ^-Scrimmage,%-Men Only, $-Women Only * Denotes North Division Contest

Northeast Mississippi Community College

6 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

6&8 p.m. p.m.

5:30 5&7 p.m.

6 p.m.

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

6 p.m.

5&7 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

6&8 p.m.

5&7 p.m.

5 p.m.

5&7 p.m. p.m.

5:30 7 p.m.

6&8 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

6 p.m.

5:30 p.m.