MERCER University BEARS 2009-10 ROSTER No. Name
5 Sharmesia Smith 10 Amber Coleman 11 Kara Powell 12 Neicey Lewis 14 Alex Phillips 15 Eryka Menzies 20 Lindsey Lowrie 21 Kendra Grant 22 LaToya Jackson 23 Lorin Hammer 24 Keema Blakney 25 Samoana Ingram 30 Kourtney Carter 31 Courtney Ford 33 Amber Chatmon 34 Lacy Ramon
Pos
Ht
F F G G F G G G G G G F C G G F
6-0 6-2 6-1 5-6 6-3 5-9 5-9 5-11 5-6 5-5 5-8 5-11 6-0 5-8 5-8 6-1
Cl.
Hometown/Previous School
Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So.
Jonesboro, Ga./Jonesboro Undeclared Travelers Rest, S.C./Southside Undeclared Hot Springs, S.D./Hot Springs Educaton Riverdale, Ga./Heritage Communications Duluth, Ga./Duluth Undeclared Chatsworth, Calif./Chatsworth Communications Bay Village, Ohio/Bay Village Sports Management Macon, Ga./Rutland Undeclared Oklahoma City, Okla./Millwood Communications Peavine, Okla./Sequoyah Biology Simpsonville, S.C./Southside Undeclared Stafford,Va./North Stafford Undeclared Fullerton, Calif./Fullerton Union Business Orange, Calif./Villa Park Communications Albany, Ga./Albany Undeclared Norman, Okla./Norman Broadcasting
HEAD COACH
RETURNING STAT LEADERS Points Rebounds Assists FG% 3FG% FT% Steals Blocks Minutes
BEARS IN THE WNIT
1975 (Amarillo, Texas) Mar 13 John F. Kennedy W, 60-59 Mar 14 UCLA L, 50-62 Mar 15 Belmont L, 74-83
BEARS IN THE NCAA None
Janell Jones
13.2 LaToya Jackson 5.8 Courtney Ford 2.9 LaToya Jackson 47.5 Kourtney Carter 36.4 Courtney Ford 84.8 LaToya Jackson 1.7 Courtney Ford .3 Lacy Ramon 34.4 LaToya Jackson
POSTSEASON
Academic Major
Alma Mater: Oklahoma Christian (1983) Office: 478-301-2739 Record at Mercer: 21-40 Overall Record: 246-64
QUICK FACTS School Facts Location..........................................Nashville, Tenn. Ga. Location..............................................................Macon, Founded...........................................1951 Founded.........................................................................1833 Enrollment......................................5017 Enrollment.....................................................................7500 Member Since...........................1978 Since................................2001 Member (Charter Member) Nickname........................................Bruins Nickname..................................................................... Bears Colors..............................................Navy Blue, Red, White Colors. ........................................................Orange Black President.........................................Dr. Robert C. & Fisher President...........................................William Underwood Athletics Director.........................Mike Strickland Athletics Director. ..........................................Bobby Pope Faculty Athletics Rep.. ...................Rich Tiner Faculty AthleticsAdministrator....Betty Rep.......................... Dr.Wiseman Jeffery Hugdahl Senior Woman Senior Woman Administrator.....................Sybil Blalock Facility Information Home Court.........................................University Court..................................Curb Event Center Home Center Year YearOpened..................................2003 Opened..............................................................2004 ..........................................5000 Capacity. Capacity......................................................................3200 Home Record............................................................. Record................................ Home 35-30
Year
School
2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
Oklahoma City U. 35-2 Oklahoma City U. 36-2 Oklahoma City U. 34-1 Oklahoma City U. 38-2 Oklahoma City U. 32-7 UC San Diego 23-5 UC San Diego 27-5 Mercer 4-26 Mercer 17-14
Overall Pct.
.946 .947 .971 .950 .821 .821 .844 .133 .548
A-Sun
Pct.
1-15 12-8
.063 .600
Career Record 246-64 A-Sun Record 13-23
Team Facts Head Coach...................................................... Coach...................................Rick Byrd Janell Jones AssociateCoach. Head .Coach................Casey Alexander Assistant ................................... Kenneth Cooper Assistant Coach. Coach............................................... ...........................Brian Ayers Assistant Fred Castro Assistant Coach. Coach...........................................Herman ...........................Roger Idstrom Burge Assistant 2008-09 Record. Record........................................................... ...........................25-9 2008-09 17-14 A-Sun Record/Finish.....................14-2/1st A-Sun Record/Finish..........................................12-8/T-4th Starters R/L....................................3/2 Starters R/L......................................................................3/2 Letterwinners R/L.........................9/3 Letterwinners R/L.........................................................10/7 Team History Regular Season Season Titles. Titles.......................................................... ..................2 Regular 2 Title. ............2008 Last LastRegular RegularSeason Season Title........................................1992 Tournament Titles...................................................... Titles.........................3 Tournament None Tournament Title. ..................2008 Last Last Tournament Title...............................................N/A Last Tournament Appearance.....2009 Last Tournament Appearance.................................2009 Tournament Record.....................11-4 (7 AppearTournament Record....................8-22 (22 appearances) ances)
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MEDIA INFORMATION Basketball Contact........................... Andy Stabell Office............................................... 478-301-5218 Fax................................................. 478-301-5350 e-mail........................... stabell_al@mercer.edu Press Row....................................... 478-301-5161 Web site.........................www.MercerBears.com
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