2012-13 Basketball Game Day Guide vs. Northwest #10 Katie Garvin Sophomore, Forward Kossuth
#11 Acie Vance Sophomore, Guard Ripley
Monday, December 3, 2012 5:30 & 7:30 p.m. Bonner Arnold Coliseum
2012-13 Lady Tiger & Tiger Basketball Teams
2012-13 Lady Tigers
No. 10 11 12 14 20 21 22 24 25 32 33 35 40 45
Player Katie Garvin Kiki Gwyn Antionette Riddle Bri Hobson LaTonya Gadison Shrita Dixon Kebrina Lucas Von Hall Angelia Allen Kay K Tate Aushina Ivy India Howard Talisa Boyd Jermerica Moore
Position Guard Guard Guard Guard Guard/Forward Guard Guard/Forward Guard Guard/Forward Guard Guard/Forward Guard/Forward Guard/Forward Forward/Center
Class Height Hometown Sophomore 5-7 Corinth Freshman 5-2 Corinth Freshman 5-9 Tupelo Freshman 5-4 Brandon Freshman 5-10 Rosedale Freshman 5-7 Mantachie Sophomore 5-6 New Albany Freshman 5-7 Nettleton Freshman 5-9 Belmont Freshman 5-8 Dyersburg, Tenn. Freshman 5-10 Tupelo Sophomore 5-8 Ripley Sophomore 5-10 Natchioches, La Freshman 6-2 Chicago, Ill.
Head Coach: Brian Alexander, Ph.D. (Mississippi State, 1998), 2nd Year Assistant Coach: Maurice Stafford, (North Alabama), 9th Year Student Assistants: Kierra Erby, 1st Year; Samone Armstead, 1st Year Athletic Trainer: Hope Barnes, (University of Southern Mississippi, 2012), 1st Year President: Dr. Johnny L. Allen, Ed.D.
2012-13 Tigers
No. Player
Position
Class
11
Acie Vance
Guard
Sophomore
6-2
Ripley
12
Darius Leach
Guard
Freshman
5-9
Booneville
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
Head Coach: David Robbins Assistant Coach: Nick Coln 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. 22 Kebrina Lucas 5-6 Guard/Forward Sophomore New Albany
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. 35 India Howard 5-8 Guard/Forward Sophomore Ripley
No. 40 Talisa Boyd 5-10 Guard/Forward Sophomore Natchitoches, La
No. 45 Jermerica Moore 6-2 Forward/Center Freshman Chicago, Ill.
Northeast Mississippi Community College
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Player Katie Garvin Kiki Gwyn Antoinette Riddle Bri Hobson LaTonya Gadison Shrita Dixon Kebrina Lucas Von Hall Angelia Allen Kay K Tate Aushina Ivy India Howard Talisa Boyd Jermerica Moore
Position Guard Guard Guard Guard Guard/Forward Guard Guard/Forward Guard Guard/Forward Guard Guard/Forward Guard/Forward Guard/Forward Forward/Center
Class Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Freshman
Height Hometown 5-7 Corinth 5-2 Corinth 5-9 Tupelo 5-4 Brandon 5-10 Rosedale 5-7 Mantachie 5-6 New Albany 5-7 Nettleton 5-9 Belmont 5-8 Dyersburg, Tenn. 5-10 Tupelo 5-8 Ripley 5-10 Natchioches, La 6-2 Chicago, Ill.
Head Coach: Brian Alexander, Ph.D. (Mississippi State, 1998), 2nd Year Assistant Coaches: Maurice Stafford, (North Alabama), 9th Year Student Assistants: Kierra Erby, 1st Year; Samone Armstead, 1st Year Athletic Trainer: Hope Barnes, (University of Southern Mississippi, 2012), 1st Year President: Dr. Johnny L. Allen, Ed.D.
No. 10 11 12 14 20 21 22 24 25 32 33 35 40 45
Northeast Lady Tigers Player Position Erica Strickland F Catonya Newsom G Leah Lytle G Halle Knowles G Tiesha Tunstall G Monique Biggins F Nikki McChristian F Brittani Biggins F Shequana Sledge F Sawyer Ewing G Bethany Lytle G Shaquilla Isom G Jearica McBride C Carshava Sutton F
Height 5-8 5-5 5-7 5-5 5-5 5-8 5-6 6-0 5-8 5-6 5-9 5-8 5-11 5-10
Class Fresh. Soph. Fresh. Fresh. Soph. Soph. Soph. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Soph. Soph. Fresh.
Hometown Olive Branch Como Memphis, Tenn. New Albany Olive Branch Horn Lake Abbeville Horn Lake Clarksdale Pontotoc Memphis Abbeville Carrollton Charleston Head Coach: Don Edwards (26th Season) Assistant Coach: Troy Howell (2nd Season) Managers: Brittany Patton, Ashley Smith, Jasmine Jefferies, Ashley Linzy Head Athletic Trainer: Lori Uretsky Sports Information Director: Kevin Maloney
No. 1 2 3 4 5 10 14 20 22 23 24 30 33 35
Northwest Lady Rangers
Northeast Northwest Mississippi vs. Mississippi Community College Community College
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
Wt. 220 150 175 180 190 185 220 175 180 175 180 190 215 170 155
Class Hometown Soph. Memphis, Tenn. Fresh. Tupelo Fresh. Senatobia Soph. Byhalia Soph. Tunica Soph. Olive Branch Soph. Southaven Fresh. Clarksdale Fresh. Tupelo Soph. Olive Branch Soph. Selma, Ala. Fresh. Aberdeen Soph. West Memphis, Ark. Soph. Hernando Fresh. Calhoun City
Northwest Rangers Player Position Ht. Jordan Hulsey C 6-8 Rashon Coleman G 5-8 Tristan Moore G 5-1 Kenyatta Jones G 6-2 La’Barron Collins F 6-4 Tevin Moore G/F 6-3 Domonique Harris F 6-5 Josh Windham G 6-0 Dajon Reno G 6-2 D.J. Biggs G 6-0 Charles Eaton G 6-3 Earnest Williams F 6-6 DeMarcus McVay F 6-8 Bernard Jones G 5-11 Tavion Primer G 5-11
Head Coach: Bubba Skelton (9th Season) Assistant Coach: Shane Oakley (8th Season) Team Managers: Leonardo Sanders, Carl Scoggins Head Athletic Trainer: Lori Uretsky Sports Information Director: Kevin Maloney
No. 0 1 2 3 4 11 12 22 23 24 30 33 35 41 44
Bonner Arnold Coliseum Booneville, Miss. December 3, 2012
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: Katie Garvin & Acie Vance An old adage says, “Hindsight is 20-20.” That statement could not be more correct for Tiger sophomore guard Acie Vance and Lady Tiger sophomore Katie Garvin. Vance decided to take a chance on coming to Northeast straight out of high school when the Ripley native had offers from four-year universities and colleges. Garvin decided to take a full year off away from basketball between her high school and college playing days. However, both agree the decisions have been one of the best that each could have made. “My first year here, I didn’t play,” Garvin said. “I signed and then I decided that it was not what I wanted to do – looking back at it I think it was the best decision for me.” “I came to Northeast because of my grades,” Vance said. “I could have gone to another school but I chose Northeast and this is where I want to be and where I need to be.” Both Garvin and Vance faced mature decisions when contemplating their basketball fates however, a family full of athletes made the Katie Garvin choice clear for Vance. “My dad played football at Northeast and my mother played basketball so I definitely get my competitive nature honest,” said Vance. Vance, like his father, played football at Ripley HighSchool and was a standout quarterback for the Tigers and was highly recruited to play football. “I liked playing football and had plenty of offers butI really love basketball more and decided to just stick to basketball instead of playing two sports in college,” Vance explained. Garvin decided to follow in her father’s footsteps of playing at Northeast after getting adjusted to college life. “My dad was a basketball player,” Garvin said of her father Russ. “He played at Northeast for a semester so I guess I was born with a ball in my hands…it was something that we all did well.” Whether it was the competitive nature of having parents that played sports or just enjoying the camaraderie that sports brings, both Garvin
and Vance know they would not be where each other is at today without basketball. Nonetheless, Vance and Garvin both enjoy a few minute aspects that Northeast offers over other schools. Garvin and Vance both hail from in-district schools -- Vance from Ripley High School in Tippah County and Garvin from Kossuth High School in Alcorn County. Garvin and Vance are close enough that each could go home in as little as 15-30 minutes and have the benefit of playing with other Tiger and Lady Tiger athletes that they have played with all their lives. “I get to go home to mom’s cooking pretty often so that is nice,” Garvin said. “I played with Kiki (Gwyn) for four years in high school – she was my point guard for all four years.” While Garvin took a year off, Vance jumped into the fray of the Mississippi Association of Community/Junior Colleges (MACJC) and did not miss a beat from his standout days for Ripley. In his final season for the Tippah County-based Tigers, Vance filled the stat-line up. Vance averaged over 30 points per game, fiveasAcie Vance sists, six rebounds and three steals per outing for Ripley and tallied 453 points before signing with David Robbins’ Tigers following his senior campaign. Vance did not let the transition from high school to college stop him and showed that Northeast was where he belonged during his first year in Booneville. As a starting guard for Northeast, Vance helped lead the Tigers to a 7-0 start his freshman season and a national ranking in the January 18, 2012 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Top 20 poll where the Tigers were ranked thirteenth in the nation. However, both Garvin and Vance know that being a teen-ager and having to make a life-changing, mature decision is a gut-wrencher but each chose their own path and are now being rewarded for making the right decision. “I think it was a good decision – I don’t know if it helped or hurt – but I think it was the best decision for me,” Garvin said.
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.