2012-13 NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS
Northern Kentucky
Thursday, November 29, 7:05 p.m. Springfield, Missouri JQH Arena
Saturday, December 1, 1:05 p.m. Springfield, Missouri JQH Arena
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LADY BEARS
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/ ADMINISTRATION / COACHING STAFF /
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REVIEW /
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RECORDS /
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OPPONENTS
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/ MISSOURI STATE / OUTLOOK
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Oral Roberts
Kevi Luper
Misti Cussen
Senior Guard
Head Coach
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa, Okla. Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,259 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Mark Rutland Athletics Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Carter Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Golden Eagles Colors . . . . . . . . . Navy Blue, Vegas Gold and White Home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mabee Center Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,575 Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southland Conference Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . southland.org
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Misti Cussen Alma Mater (Year) . . . . . Southern Nazarene (‘93) Record at School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1st season) Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1st season) Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bojan Jankovic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Royce Samuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Krista Binam
SPORTS INFORMATION
WBB SID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rob Walden Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (918) 495-7094 Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (864) 200-0690 Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (918) 495-7142 E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rwalden@oru.edu Press Row Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (918) 495-7800 Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . orugoldeneagles.com
TEAM INFORMATION
2011-12 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-11 Conference Record (Finish) . . . . . . . . 14-4 (2nd) Postseason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First round, WNIT Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . 8/7 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/3
SERIES HISTORY VS. ORAL ROBERTS
MSU Series Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 At Tulsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3 At Springfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 At Neutral Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Milleson vs. ORU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Cussen vs. MSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Current MSU Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1 MSU’s Longest Win Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ORU’s Longest Win Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Last Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MSU, 85-79, at Tulsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (11/26/11) Last 10 Meetings (6-4) Date Result Location 1/8/83 . . . . . . L, 64-83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa 1/30/96 . . . . . W, 71-46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Springfield 12/12/03 . . . W, 90-37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Springfield 12/20/05 . . . W, 90-85 . . Playa del Carmen, Mexico 12/15/07 . . . L, 79-96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa 11/26/08 . . . L, 51-56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Springfield 12/19/09 . . . W, 99-81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa 3/21/10 . . . . . W, 75-53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Springfield 11/30/10 . . . L, 66-75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Springfield 11/26/11 . . . W, 85-79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa
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2012-13 ROSTER
No. Name 1 Emma Gade 3 Taylor Cooper 4 Krisztina Velkey 12 Christian Key 13 Savanna Buck 15 Kevi Luper 21 Elisabeth Daniels 22 Jaci Bigham 23 Bernadett Balla 24 Jenni Bryan 25 Felecia Achilefu 42 Sarah Shelton
P Ht. F 6-0 F 6-0 G 5-9 G 5-10 F 5-10 G 5-10 G 5-6 G 5-6 F 6-2 G 5-9 F 5-11 C 6-3
Yr. Hometown Fr. Stillwater, Okla. Fr. Shawnee, Okla. Fr. Nagykoros, Hungary Jr. Tulsa, Okla. Sr. Tomball, Texas Sr. Adair, Okla. So. Tuttle, Okla. Sr. McAlester, Okla. So. Pecs, Hungary Jr. Coweta, Okla. Fr. Tulsa, Okla. Jr. Fort Worth, Texas
TOP RETURNERS
Name PPG RPG Kevi Luper* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.8 . . . . . . . . 3.8 Jaci Bigham* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 . . . . . . . . 3.5 Bernadett Balla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5 . . . . . . . . 3.8 *11-12 starter
2012-13 schedule
Date Opponent N9 Tulsa N17 at UT-Arlington N19 Arkansas N21 at Arkansas-Little Rock N29 at Missouri State D5 Evangel D12 at Baylor D14 at Louisiana Tech D20 at Nebraska D28 at DePaul J3 at Southeastern Louisiana * J5 at Nicholls State * J10 Northwestern State * J12 Stephen F. Austin * J17 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi * J19 at Sam Houston State * J24 Lamar * J26 McNeese State * J31 Nicholls State * F2 Southeastern Louisiana * F7 at Northwestern State * F9 at Stephen F. Austin * F14 Sam Houston State * F16 Texas A&M Corpus-Christie F19 Central Arkansas * F28 at McNeese State * M2 at Lamar * M9 at Central Arkansas * M12-16 Southland Conference Tournament%
Senior Center
Head Coach
GENERAL INFORMATION
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Highland Heights, Ky. Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,723 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geoffrey Mearns Athletics Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Scott Eaton Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Norse Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black, Gold and White Home Court . . . . . . . The Bank of Kentucky Center Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,400 Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlantic Sun Conference Website . . . . . . . . . . . . atlanticsun.org
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dawn Plitzuweit Alma Mater (Year) . . . . . . . . . . Michigan Tech (’95) Record at School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1st season) Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1st season) Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn Plett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karmen Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Boylan
SPORTS INFORMATION
WBB SID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Owen Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (859) 572-5470 Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (859) 240-5497 E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . owend@nku.edu Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nkunorse.com
TEAM INFORMATION
2011-12 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-7 Conference Record (Finish) . . . 14-4 (2nd-East) Postseason . . . First round, NCAA II Tournament Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/4 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/3
SERIES HISTORY VS. NORTHERN KENTUCKY
MSU Series Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 At Highland Heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 At Springfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 At Neutral Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Milleson vs. NKU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Plitzuweit vs. MSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Current MSU Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NA MSU’s Longest Win Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NA NKU’s Longest Win Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NA Last Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First meeting
* Southland games % Sioux Falls, S.D.
2012-13 Women’s Basketball Guide
Ellen Holton
Dawn Plitzuweit
www.missouristatebears.com
2012-13 ROSTER
No. 5 10 12 15 23 24 30 31 32 33 35
Name Rianna Gayheart Christine Roush Courtney Roush Kelsey Simpson Jaimie Hamlet Kayla Thacker Tiara Hopper Melody Doss Kaitlyn Gerrety Ellen Holton Liz Reeves
P G G F F G G F F C C F
Ht. 5-7 5-11 6-0 6-2 5-8 5-10 5-10 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-1
Yr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Fr.
Hometown Owenton, Ky. Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky. Russell, Ky. Cincinnati, Ohio Mt. Washington, Ky. Louisville, Ky. Greenwood, Ind. Cincinnati, Ohio Elgin, Ill. Macedonia, Ohio
TOP RETURNERS
Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PPG . . . . . . RPG Ellen Holton* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 . . . . . . . . 4.6 Jaimie Hamlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 . . . . . . . . 1.4 Kelsey Simpson* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 . . . . . . . . 2.7 Tiara Hopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 . . . . . . . . 3.5 *11-12 starter
2012-13 schedule
Date Opponent N9 at Cincinnati N12 at Miami (Ohio) N17 at Western Kentucky N21 at Loyola (Ill.) N27 Youngstown State D1 at Missouri State D8 at Ball State D16 Butler D20 UNC-Wilmington D31 at Jacksonville * J2 at North Florida * J5 South Carolina Upstate * J7 East Tennessee State * J12 Lipscomb * J19 at Florida Gulf Coast * J21 at Stetson * J26 Kennesaw State * J28 Mercer * F2 at South Carolina Upstate * F4 at East Tennessee State * F9 at Lipscomb * F16 Stetson * F18 Florida Gulf Coast * F23 at Mercer * F25 at Kennesaw State * F28 North Florida * M2 Jacksonville* * Atlantic Sun games