TABLE OF CONTENTS/ROSTER 2011-12 Roster 2 Lykendra Johnson 4-7 Taylor Alton 8-10 Porsche Poole 11-13 Courtney Schiffauer 14-16 Tracy Nogle 17 Jasmine Thomas 18-20 Kelsey Smith 21-22 Klarissa Bell 23-24 Bryonna Davis 25 Annalise Pickrel 26-27 Madison Williams/Jasmine Hines 28 Kiana Johnson/Becca Mills 29 Anna Morrissey/Akyah Taylor 30 Suzy Merchant 32-33 Shane Clipfell 34 Tempie Brown/NcKell Copeland 35 Julie Dombroski/David De La Pena 36 Sports Medicine/Strength & Conditioning 37 Support Staff 38 2010-11 Year in Review 40 2010-11 Statistics 41 2010-11 Results 42 2010-11 Game-by-Game Results 42-50 Big Ten Awards & Honors 52-53 Kisha (Kelley) Simpson 54
All-Americans 54-55 Awards & Honors 56 Team Awards 57 All-Time Letterwinners 58-59 All-Time Numerical Roster 60-61 WNBA/International Experience 62 Big Ten Tournament History 63 NCAA Tournament History 64-65 WNIT History 64 NCAA Tournament Records 66-67 NCAA Tournament Box Scores 68-74 Career Records 76-78 1,000-Point Scorers 79-81 Single-Season Records 82-83 Freshman Records 84 Single-Game Records 85-86 Year-by-Year Records 87-89 Team Records 90 Opponent Records 91 Breslin Center Records 92 Attendance Records 93 Against Ranked Opponents 94-95 Overtime Games/National Rankings 96 All-Time Coaching Records 97 All-Time Series Records 98 All-Time Series Results 99-107
Year-by-Year Results 108-114 Michigan State University 115 President Simon/Board of Trustees 116 Mark Hollis 117 Spartan Tradition 118 Hall of Fame 119 Breslin Center 120 Smith Center/SASS 121 Media Information 122-23 Quick Facts 123 2011-12 Opponents 124 TV/Radio Roster IBC CREDITS: The 2011-12 Michigan State women’s basketball media guide was written, produced, designed and edited by assistant athletic communications director Jim Donatelli. Editorial assistance provided by Matt Larson, Ben Phlegar and Vince Baker. Special thanks to the women’s basketball staff. Photography by Matthew Mitchell, Rey Del Rio, Marc Browning, Brian Tirpak, Erin Groom, Don Feria, John Gwillim, Harley Seeley, David Olds, Dale Young, NBA Entertainment, USA Basketball, Jerry Lai and Jerry Margolis. Printing by BRD Printing, Lansing, Mich.
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Name Kiana Johnson Jasmine Thomas Porschè Poole Jasmine Hines Annalise Pickrel Tracy Nogle Anna Morrissey Klarissa Bell Bryonna Davis Courtney Schiffauer Akyah Taylor Lykendra Johnson Taylor Alton Madison Williams Becca Mills Kelsey Smith
Ht. 5-7 5-7 5-8 6-3 6-3 5-11 5-10 5-11 5-7 6-1 5-11 6-1 5-11 6-7 6-4 6-4
Pos. G G G C F G G G G F F F G C F C
Yr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. So. So. R-Jr. Fr. R-Sr. Sr. R-Fr. Fr. R-So.
Hometown/High School Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young Flint, Mich./Flint Hamady Canton, Ohio/McKinley Central Lake, Mich./Central Lake Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Catholic Central Okemos, Mich./Okemos Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville Boardman, Ohio/Boardman Elkhart, Ind./Elkhart Memorial Chicago, Ill./Trinity Highlands Ranch, Colo./Highlands Ranch Berkley, Mich./Detroit Country Day Midland, Mich./Midland Dow St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North
Head Coach - Suzy Merchant (Central Michigan ‘91; fifth season) Associate Head Coach - Shane Clipfell (Eastern Michigan ‘06; fifth season) Assistant Coach - Tempie Brown (Michigan ‘90; third season) Assistant Coach - NcKell Copeland (Jacksonville State ‘03; first season) Director of Basketball Operations and Technology - Julie Dombroski Assistant to the Head Coach - David De La Pena PRONUNCIATION GUIDE NcKell Copeland nah-KELL Annalise Pickrel ANNA-lease PICK-rel Bryonna Davis bri-ON-ah Courtney Schiffauer SHIFF-hour Kiana Johnson key-ON-ah Akyah Taylor ah-KY-ah Lykendra Johnson LUH-kendra
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