Game Day Book -- Holmes

2012-13 Basketball Game Day Guide vs. Holmes #44 KeDorian Sullivan Sophomore, Forward Memphis, Tenn.

#25 Angelia Allen Freshman, Forward Belmont

Thursday, January 24, 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

10

Katie Garvin

Guard

Sophomore

5-7

11

Kiki Gwyn

Guard

Freshman

5-2

12

Antionette Riddle Guard

Freshman

14

Bri Hobson

Freshman

20

LaTonya Gadison Guard/Forward

21

Shrita Dixon

22 24

Hometown

2012-13 Tigers

No. Player

Position

Class

Corinth

11

Acie Vance

Guard

Sophomore

6-2

Ripley

Corinth

12

Darius Leach

Guard

Freshman

5-9

Booneville

5-9

Tupelo

14

Markeevius Brown

Guard

Freshman

5-9

Mound Bayou

5-4

Brandon

22

Ian Burress

Guard

Freshman

5-9

Baldwyn

Freshman

5-10

Rosedale

23

Keldrick Lesley

Guard

Freshman

6-1

Booneville

Guard

Freshman

5-7

Mantachie

24

Tadarious Coburn

Forward

Sophomore

6-6

New Albany

Kebrina Lucas

Guard/Forward

Sophomore

5-6

New Albany

30

Billy Jackson

Guard

Freshman

6-0

Tunica

Von Hall

Guard

Freshman

5-7

Nettleton

33

Ladarius Waits

Guard

Freshman

5-10

Olive Branch

25

Angelia Allen

Guard/Forward

Freshman

5-9

Belmont

34

Romeo Johnson

Forward

Freshman

6-5

Oxford

32

Kay K Tate

Guard

Freshman

5-8 Dyersburg, Tenn.

40

Malcolm Hamilton

Guard

Sophomore

6-2

Atlanta, Ga.

33

Aushina Ivy

Guard/Forward

Freshman

5-10

Tupelo

42

Johnnie McGhee

Guard

Freshman

6-3

Olive Branch

35

India Howard

Guard/Forward

Sophomore

5-8

Ripley

44

KeDorian Sullivan

Forward

Sophomore

6-7

Memphis, Tenn.

40

Talisa Boyd

Guard/Forward

Sophomore

5-10 Natchioches, La

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

Guard

Height

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

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

No. 10 Katie Garvin 5-7 Guard Sophomore Corinth

No. 11 Kiki Gwyn 5-2 Guard Freshman Corinth

Basketball

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

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

Position Guard Guard Guard Guard Guard/Forward Guard Guard/Forward Guard Guard/Forward Guard Guard/Forward Guard/Forward Guard/Forward

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

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

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

Northeast Lady Tigers Jasmine Edwards Tamia Grady Dasha Adams Denesha Dillard Kalra Levy Jessica Miles Krystal Baker Jasmaine Harris

2 3 5 10 12 15 30 44

5-8

5-10

5-11

5-10

5-7

5-5

5-4

5-7

Position

Fresh.

Fresh.

Soph.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Fresh.

Class

Forward

Forward

Forward

Forward

Guard

Guard

Guard

Guard

Ht.

Koscusko

Jackson

Koscusko

Pickens

Horn Lake

Vacherie, La.

Little Rock, Ark.

Horn Lake

Hometown

Assistant Coach: LaTaryl Williams

Head Coach: Jamilah Andrews

Player

No.

Holmes Lady Bulldogs

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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 24

23

22

21

20

12

11

10

5

4

3

1

Cody James

Kenitric Gillum

DeAndre Scott

Donnell Nicholas

Travis Johnson

Demarcus Lewis

Enitial Rucker

Wade Lee

Patrick Banks

Kelvin Smith

Tamarico Wilson

Daveon Slaughter

Daniel Francis

Guard

Forward

Guard

Guard

Guard

Guard

Forward

Guard

Guard

Forward

Center

Guard

Forward

Guard

Position

Freshman

Freshman

Sophomore

Sophomore

Sophomore

Freshman

Sophomore

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Sophomore

Freshman

Sophomore

Sophomore

Class.

6-5

6-6

6-0

6-1

5-9

6-1

6-4

6-5

6-7

6-2

6-4

6-3

Ht.

207

185

175

160

214

220

5-11 150

6-6

219

165

190

200

205

198

210

Wt.

Macon, Ga.

Durant

Canton

Yazoo City

Gulfport

Durant

Canton

Newport, Ark.

Amory

Jackson

Tchula

Tchula

Jackson

Jackson

Hometown

Holmes Bulldogs

30

Okoye Riley

Assistant Coach: Jason Harrison

Head Coach: Jason Flanigan

32

No. Player

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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: Angelia Allen & KeDorian Sullivan Whether it’s family encouragement or professional inspiration, athletes are influenced by their environments.

For Northeast’s sophomore forward KeDorian Sullivan and freshman forward Angelia Allen guidance has come from both places.

Sullivan and Allen both credit their mothers for their basketball prowess and look to the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Oklahoma City Thunder small forward Kevin Durant for inspiration.

However, Allen and Sullivan’s admiration of Durant is not limited what the NBA star does on the court. It is what the basketball veteran does when he is not playing that impresses the duo.

“I love his work ethic,” Sullivan said. “He is in the gym 24-hours a day, 7-days a week when he is not playing.”

“There was a quote from his coach on how he comes to practice each day and plays like he is a walk-on,” Allen said.

While Durant comes in at six feet, nine inches (6-9), Sullivan registers a respectable six feet, seven inches (6-7) and Allen measures five feet, nine inches (5-9) and both play the small forward position for the Tigers and Lady Tigers, respectively.

Nonetheless, while Durant may influence Allen and Sullivan’s games on the court it was the foundations that each of their mothers help build as Sullivan and Allen were growing up that helped each reach their potential to play on the collegiate level.

“My mother introduced me to the sport,” Allen said. “I grew up Angelia Allen playing (basketball) and just love it.”

Sullivan’s mother is a little tougher on her six-feet, seven-inch son.

“My mom…she is like my coach,” Sullivan said. “She tells me what I need to work on as far as going to the next level.”

Sullivan has already had success on the Division I level – transferring from Alcorn State University during the offseason.

Sullivan appeared in 32 games for the Alcorn State University Braves during the 2011-12 season clocking 20.1 minutes a game and scoring 175 points.

During his time with Alcorn State, Sullivan also pulled down 136 total rebounds and had 20 blocks on the season.

Under Luther Riley, Sullivan shot .486 from the floor and knocked

down over 60-percent of his free throw attempts.

Sullivan tallied over double digits seven times in his 32 games with the Braves including a double-double against the University of New Orleans where the Southwind (Tenn.) product had 10 points to go along with 11 rebounds.

As Sullivan was providing an offensive punch for Alcorn State, Allen was busy making her mark on the Belmont High School record books.

During her four-year varsity career, Allen scored 1,687 points in just 136 games – averaging 12.4 points per game.

In her last three years as a Lady Cardinal, Allen helped lead Belmont to a pair of Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 3A State Championships.

Allen and the Lady Cardinals captured the Class 3A State Championship her sophomore season and then turned the trick two years later during her senior campaign.

However, Allen and Sullivan both know that there is a topic that comes before athletics – academics and with their selected careers the Belmont native and the Memphis, Tenn., native have to dedicate all their time away from Bonner Arnold Coliseum to books.

Allen has expressed interest in becoming an x-Ray technician while Sullivan, who is currently undecided on what he wants to do has said a career in sports medicine could be his calling.

“It’s academics first and basketball second,” Sullivan said. “That’s how I was raised.”

Both Allen and Sullivan have KeDorian Sullivan said they would like to continue their playing careers on the fouryear level but know that their selected professions are tops for each.

Allen said she’d like to finish her basketball career on the four-year level then step into a job while Sullivan has aspirations of making it back to the Division I level and wants to play as long as he can.

Whether that means making it to the professional leagues – NBA, DNBA or even overseas, the Memphis native will be happy with the result.

However, both know that with a firm foundation in education and having their selected careers to fall back on when the playing days are over, the duo will be as successful off the court as they have been on it.

Public Information intern Jessie Perriman contributed to this report.

Northeast Mississippi Community College

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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.