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NOVEMBER1 HILLSDALE ^ BTN+ 7 p.m.6 BOWLING GREEN BTN+ 7 p.m.11 EAST TENNESSEE ST. + BTN+ 1 p.m.18 WRIGHT STATE + BTN+ 1 p.m.22 vs. N.C. State % 6:30 p.m.23 vs. Kennesaw State % 9 p.m.28 VIRGINIA# BTN 7 p.m.DECEMBER5 at Oakland BTN+ 7 p.m.9 OREGON ESPN2 3 p.m.16 at Hartford 2 p.m.20 Florida Atlantic BTN+ 7 p.m.30 IOWA * ESPN2 1 p.m.JANUARY5 at Oakland BTN+ 7 p.m.3 at Northwestern * BTN+ 8 p.m.6 at Indiana * BTN+ 2 p.m.9 Minnesota * BTN+ 7 p.m.14 at Ohio State * BTN 7 p.m.17 Maryland * BTN 6 p.m.20 at Rutgers * BTN+ 2 p.m.24 ILLINOIS * BTN 7 p.m.27 at Michigan * BTN 2 p.m.31 PENN STATE * BTN+ 7 p.m.FEBRUARY3 Purdue * BTN 2 p.m.7 at Iowa * BTN 9 p.m.11 INDIANA * BTN 7 p.m.14 at Wisconsin * BTN+ 8 p.m. 17 at Nebraska * BTN 4 p.m.21 OHIO STATE * BTN 6 p.m.24 MICHIGAN * ESPN2 2 p.m.MARCH3 at Minnesota * BTN+ TBA6-10 B1G Tournament Indianapolis, Ind.22-25 NCAA First & Second Round 29-1 NCAA Regionals APRIL5-7 NCAA Final Four Tampa, Fla.

^ = Exhibition+ = Doubleheader with the MSU men’s team% = Cancun Challenge# = ACC/Big Ten Challenge* = Big Ten GameDates and times subject to change Home games in bold & played at the Breslin Center

2018-19 SPARTAN SCHEDULE

MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANSVS.

HILLSDALE CHARGERS

Thursday, Nov. 1 • 7 pm • Breslin CenterEXHIBITION

Live stats: MSUSpartans.com

MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS2018-19 Record ........................... 0-0 (0-0 Big Ten)Head Coach ................ Suzy Merchant (CMU, ‘91) Career Record ................ 445-242/24th Season MSU Record .....................244-122/12th SeasonMedia Relations Contact: .................. Kara Fisher 517-896-0724/[email protected] Website .......................www.msuspartans.com

HILLSDALE CHARGERS2018-19 Record ............................0-0 (0-0 G-MAC)Head Coach .........Matt Fritsche (UN-Kearney, ‘99) Career Record ....................... 19-11/2nd Season HC Record ................................................ SameMedia Relations Contact: ..........Brad Monastiere 517-607-3172/[email protected] Website .......................... hillsdalechargers.com

THE OPENING TIP THE STARTING FIVE

• Michigan State opens up the 2018-19 campaign with its only exhibition against Hillsdale, a Divi-sion II team out of Hillsdale, Michigan. This will bethefirsttimeinoveradecadethattheChar-gers faced a Big Ten team in an exhibition.

The Spartans return four of their top five scor-ers from last season in redshirt-junior Shay Colley (12.4 ppg), junior Taryn McCutcheon (10.2 ppg), se-nior Jenna Allen (9.9 ppg) and sophomore Sidney Cooks (9.5 ppg). MSU does say goodbye to All-Conference honorees Branndais Agee and Taya Reimer who are both playing overseas. Michigan Statefinishedlastseason19-14overalland7-9inthe Big Ten, advancing to the third round of the WNIT.

•TheSpartansreturnfouroftheirtopfivescor-ers from last season in redshirt-junior Shay Colley (12.4 ppg), junior Taryn McCutcheon (10.2 ppg), senior Jenna Allen (9.9 ppg) and sophomore Sidney Cooks (9.5 ppg). MSU does say good-bye to All-Conference honorees Branndais Agee and Taya Reimer who are both playing overseas. MichiganStatefinishedlastseason19-14overalland 7-9 in the Big Ten, advancing to the third round of the WNIT.

• In Merchant’s 11 seasons, Michigan State has now earned 39 All-Big Ten selections, as Taryn McCutcheon, Branndais Agee, Shay Colley and Jenna Allen earned honors. In every season un-der Coach Merchant, MSU has had at least two players earn All-Big Ten honors. Coach Merchant has also coached the only Big Ten Player of the Year honoree as Kalisha Keane collected the ac-colade in 2010-11.

• Junior guard Taryn McCutcheon ended the season averaging 5.2 assists per game. Her 173 assists were fourth on the single-season Spartan list.

• New to Michigan State are three freshmen in guard Nia Clouden from Owning Mills, Maryland, Tory Ozment from Buford, Georgia and Kayla Belles from Ithaca, Michigan. After tearing her ACLinthefirstpracticeoftheseasonlastyear,Claire Hendrickson is back as a redshirt-fresh-man.

2018-19 SPARTAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Last School Pronunciation0 Shay Colley G 5-8 R-Jr. Brampton, Ontario, Canada/South Carolina CALL-ee1 Tory Ozment F 6-1 Fr. Buford, Ga./Buford 2 Mardrekia Cook F 6-0 R-So. Muskegon, Mich./Muskegon Mar-DREEK-uh4 Taryn McCutcheon G 5-5 Jr. East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing Taren like Karen5 Claire Hendrickson G 5-11 R-Fr. Wyoming, Mich./Wyoming 1 Sidney Cooks F 6-4 So. Kenosha, Wis./St. Joseph 11 Nathy Dambo F 6-3 R-Jr. Fort-de-France, Martinique/Junipero Serra Not-ee12 Nia Hollie F 6-0 Jr. Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins Knee-uh15 Victoria Gaines F 6-1 R-Jr. Merrillville, Ind./Merrillville24 Nia Clouden G 5-8 Fr. Owing Mills, Md./St. Frances 33 Jenna Allen F 6-3 Sr. Bedford, Ind./North Lawrence42 Kayla Belles F 6-3 Fr. Ithaca, Mich./Ithaca Bell-LESS

Head Coach: Suzy Merchant (MURR-chant)Associate Head Coach: Amaka Agugua-Hamilton (uh-MAH-kuh uh-GOO-gwa)Assistant Coach: Maria Fantanarosa (Fan-TAN-uh-rosa)Assistant Coach: Alysiah Bond (A-LYE-sha)

2018-19 MICHIGAN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

AP Women’s Top 25 Poll (Preseason Poll)Rank School (Votes) Points Pre.1. Notre Dame (31) 775 52 UConn 728 13 Oregon 712 64 Baylor 679 25 Louisville 664 36 Mississippi State 563 47 Stanford 559 158 Oregon State 517 139 Maryland 500 1610 South Carolina 479 7T-11 Tennessee 448 12T-11 Texas 448 813 Iowa 383 NR14 Georgia 374 1815 DePaul 306 NR16 Missouri 294 1717 North Carolina State 288 2118 Syracuse 238 NR19 Marquette 231 NR20 Texas A&M 149 1421 Duke 131 2022 South Florida 123 1923 Arizona State 122 NR24 California 103 NR25 Miami (FL) 84 NR

Others receiving votes: Minnesota 38, West Vir-ginia 35, UCLA 29, Central Michigan 24, Nebraska 13, Florida State 12, Michigan 9, Boise State 4, Buf-falo 3, Virginia Tech 2, Belmont 2, Virginia 2, TCU 1, Drake 1, Green Bay 1, Duquesne 1.

Bold = 18-19 MSU Opponent

USA Today Coaches Poll (Final 2017-18)Rank School (Votes) Record Pts. 1 Notre Dame (32) 35-3 8002 Mississippi State 37-2 7643 UConn 36-1 7384 Louisville 36-3 7065 Oregon 33-5 6666 South Carolina 29-7 6047 UCLA 27-8 5908 Oregon State 26-8 5679 Baylor 33-2 55510 Texas 28-7 47011 Texas A&M 26-10 45112 Duke 24-9 38913 Stanford 24-11 36314 Florida State 26-7 33715 Ohio State 28-7 32316 NC State 26-9 31817 Tennessee 25-8 29818 Maryland 26-8 23819 Georgia 26-7 21320 Central Michigan 30-5 20121 Buffalo 29-6 16622 Missouri 24-8 15923 DePaul 27-8 13824 South Florida 26-8 7425 Florida Gulf Coast 31-5 63

Others receiving votes: Green Bay 45, Oklahoma State 27, Indiana 25, Mercer 23, Quinnipiac 12, Marquette 11, Michigan 11, Belmont University 10, Minnesota 9, Miami 8, Syracuse 7, Virginia 6, Virginia Tech 5, Villanova 4, LSU 3, Nicholls 2, Little Rock 1

Bold = 17-18 MSU Opponent

MSU’s Week-by-Week 2018-19 Ranking AP WBCAPre-season — —

NATIONAL POLLS

University InformationName .......................................... Michigan State UniversityLocation ...............................East Lansing, Michigan 48824Founded .........................................................................1855Enrollment ................................................................ 50,019Nickname ............................................................... SpartansColors ........................................................ Green and WhiteConference ............................................................... Big TenDivision ........................................................NCAA Division IInterim President.............................................. John EnglerAthletics Director ............................................Bill BeekmanSenior Women’s Administrator ................... Jennifer SmithFaculty Representatives........................ Michael Kaplowitz Bonnie KnutsonHome Arena ....................................Breslin Center (14,797)All-Time Record at Breslin (since 1989) ...................307-103TicketOfficePhone ........... 517.355.1610 or 800.GO.STATEBreslin Center Press Row .................................517-353-1626

Coaching StaffHead Coach ............Suzy Merchant (Central Michigan, 91) Overall Record (years) ................................. 445-242 (23) MSU Record (years) ....................................... 244-122 (11)Associate Head Coach ..........Amaka Agugua; Sixth SeasonAssistant Coach ..........Maria Fantanarosa; Second SeasonAssistant Coach ....................... Alysiah Bond; Third Season

Director of Basketball Operations ............ Julie DombroskiVideo Coordinator ........................................... Jared RoaneAthletic Trainer ......................................LouAnneJeffersonStrength & Conditioning Coach ........................ E.J. HibblerEquipment Manager ................................ Malinda HudkinsBasketball Secretary ............................... Margaret SelaskyOfficePhone .................................................... 517-353-8613OfficeE-mail ........................msuwbbhoops@ath.msu.eduBasketballOfficeFax .......................................517-432-4598BasketballOfficeMailingAddress ................ 110 Berkowitz 1 Birch Road, East Lansing, MI 48824

Team Information2017-18 Overall Record ................................................. 19-142017-18 Big Ten Record (Finish) .......................... 7-9 (t-9th)2017-18 Postseason ................................ WNIT Third RoundLetterwinners Returning/Lost ........................................8/4Starters Returning/Lost ...................................................4/1Newcomers ........................................................................ 4

Spartan Program HistoryFirst Year ................................................................... 1972-73All-Time Record ............................................784-505 (.609)NCAA Tournament Appearances ......................................16 (1991, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)NCAA Final Four Appearances ................................ 1 (2005)All-Time NCAA Tournament Record ............................ 18-16WNIT Appearances..........4 (1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2018)WNIT Record .................................................................. 13-5Big Ten Championships .....................1997, 2005, 2011, 2014Big Ten Tournament Championships ........................... 2005

Athletic CommunicationsAsst Director/WBB Contact ................................Kara FisherE-mail.................................................kfisher@ath.msu.eduCell Phone ....................................................... 517-896-0724Secondary Contact .................................. Austin OvermannE-mail............................................overman1@ath.msu.eduFax .................................................................517-353-9636Web Site ........................................ www.msuspartans.comMailing Address .............. 1855 Place, 550 S. Harrison Road East Lansing, MI 48823

Radio Network .............................Spartan Sports NetworkPhone .............................................................. 517-699-2200Contact Person ..................................................Will TiemanTalent ....................................Keaton Gillogly, Mo Gerhardt

SPARTANS AT A GLANCE

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HILLSDALEHead Coach:

Matt Fritsche (2nd season)

2017-18 Hillsdale College BasketballHillsdale College Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 09, 2018)

All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 19-11 8-3 9-8 2-0CONFERENCE 14-8 8-3 6-5 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 5-3 0-0 3-3 2-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg20 Makenna Ott 30-30 984 32.8 172-365 . 4 7 1 43-128 . 3 3 6 35-60 . 5 8 3 33 137 170 5.7 38 0 96 90 32 35 422 14.152 Allie Dittmer 30-30 819 27.3 183-303 . 6 0 4 3-7 . 4 2 9 52-73 . 7 1 2 118 148 266 8.9 74 0 52 44 30 24 421 14.011 Allie Dewire 29-26 753 26.0 129-286 . 4 5 1 7-26 . 2 6 9 92-118 . 7 8 0 36 108 144 5.0 87 5 87 92 4 32 357 12.310 Brittany Gray 27-25 784 29.0 127-312 . 4 0 7 72-183 . 3 9 3 17-27 . 6 3 0 31 131 162 6.0 43 0 57 52 18 30 343 12.734 Maddy Reed 30-30 711 23.7 71-156 . 4 5 5 27-82 . 3 2 9 37-45 . 8 2 2 66 83 149 5.0 50 0 50 33 2 27 206 6.903 Jaycie Burger 30-7 667 22.2 50-184 . 2 7 2 33-125 . 2 6 4 25-35 . 7 1 4 5 78 83 2.8 59 0 64 58 2 15 158 5.315 Bree Porter 20-0 357 17.9 26-76 . 3 4 2 10-42 . 2 3 8 17-22 . 7 7 3 14 35 49 2.5 45 1 28 26 13 8 79 4.030 Julia Wacker 30-0 277 9.2 27-64 . 4 2 2 0-4 . 0 0 0 25-30 . 8 3 3 33 53 86 2.9 40 0 5 13 17 1 79 2.625 Sydney Anderson 27-0 184 6.8 23-65 . 3 5 4 19-55 . 3 4 5 7-9 . 7 7 8 11 16 27 1.0 13 0 11 16 1 5 72 2.733 Jessica De Gree 21-1 161 7.7 31-59 . 5 2 5 3-17 . 1 7 6 7-12 . 5 8 3 8 32 40 1.9 16 0 4 12 1 7 72 3.412 Amaka Chikwe 24-0 156 6.5 10-28 . 3 5 7 3-8 . 3 7 5 15-19 . 7 8 9 12 20 32 1.3 28 0 10 9 3 11 38 1.621 Michele Boykin 13-1 137 10.5 8-34 . 2 3 5 5-17 . 2 9 4 12-16 . 7 5 0 11 12 23 1.8 4 0 16 12 1 5 33 2.504 Hunter Stevens 10-0 35 3.5 7-14 . 5 0 0 4-5 . 8 0 0 2-5 . 4 0 0 1 6 7 0.7 4 0 4 4 0 2 20 2.0

Team 66 69 135 32Total.......... 30 6025 864-1946 . 4 4 4 229-699 . 3 2 8 343-471 . 7 2 8 445 928 1373 45.8 501 6 484 493 124 202 2300 76.7Opponents...... 30 6024 749-1907 . 3 9 3 185-605 . 3 0 6 396-537 . 7 3 7 307 706 1013 33.8 495 - 360 348 67 234 2079 69.3

TEAM STATISTICS HC OPPSCORING 2300 2079 Points per game 76.7 69.3 Scoring margin +7.4 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 864-1946 749-1907 Field goal pct . 4 4 4 . 3 9 33 POINT FG-ATT 229-699 185-605 3-point FG pct . 3 2 8 . 3 0 6 3-pt FG made per game 7.6 6.2FREE THROWS-ATT 343-471 396-537 Free throw pct . 7 2 8 . 7 3 7 F-Throws made per game 11.4 13.2REBOUNDS 1373 1013 Rebounds per game 45.8 33.8 Rebounding margin +12.0 -ASSISTS 484 360 Assists per game 16.1 12.0TURNOVERS 493 348 Turnovers per game 16.4 11.6 Turnover margin -4.8 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.0 1.0STEALS 202 234 Steals per game 6.7 7.8BLOCKS 124 67 Blocks per game 4.1 2.2ATTENDANCE 4685 7037 Home games-Avg/Game 11-426 17-386 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 2-236

Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th O T TotalsHillsdale College 554 516 615 609 6 2300Opponents 481 472 538 578 10 2079

Date Opponent Score Att.11/10/17 at Lewis L 80-94 30111/12/17 at Indianapolis W 76-70 12011/16/17 at Saginaw Valley W 69-58 14411/19/17 at Ferris State L o t 78-82 875

* 11/30/17 at Trevecca Nazarene Univ L 57-68 304* 12/02/17 at KWC W 64-56 699* 12/7/17 MALW W 77-51 467* 12/9/17 WALSH W 87-74 356* 12/13/17 #22 CEDARVILLE L 68-83 267* 12/16/17 OHIO DOMINICAN L 75-82 384* 12/19/17 DAVIS & ELKINS W 74-72 289* 12/30/17 at Alderson Broaddus W 89-53 46* 1/4/18 at Lake Erie College L 64-71 111* 1/6/18 at Ursuline W 84-68 200* 1/13/18 FINDLAY W 75-67 488* 1/15/18 at #22 Cedarville L 75-80 371* 1/18/18 at OHIO VALLEY W 79-61 100* 1/25/18 KWC W 83-58 468* 1/27/18 TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIV W 69-65 513* 2/1/18 at Walsh L 60-68 235* 2/3/18 at Malone W 66-62 165* 2/8/18 URSULINE L 84-85 452* 2/10/18 LAKE ERIE COLLEGE W 103-50 479* 2/13/18 at Ohio Dominican W 80-76 257* 2/17/18 OHIO VALLEY W 103-37 522* 2/24/18 at Findlay L 55-81 256

3/1/18 vs Ursuline W 81-69 1653/2/18 at #22 Cedarville W 82-64 6093/3/18 vs Findlay W 81-70 30603/09/18 at Ashland L 82-104 1773

* - G-MAC game

2017-18 TALE OF THE TAPE - MICHIGAN STATE VS. HILLSDALE

Michigan State ...........................TALE OF THE TAPE .......................................... Hillsdale19-14, 7--9 B1G.......................................... Record ..................................... 19-11, 14-8 G-MAC 75.1 ................................................. Points Scored/gm ...................................................76.7 68.3 ............................................... Points Allowed/gm ................................................. 69.3 40.4 ................................................... Rebounds/gm ..................................................... 45.8 +5.5 ..................................................Rebound Margin ................................................. +12.0.433 ....................................................FG Percentage ..................................................... .444 .410 ............................................ FG Percentage Defense.............................................. .393 5.9 ......................................................3-pt FG Made ........................................................ 7.6.319 ................................................ 3-pt FG Percentage ................................................. .328.342 ...............................................3-pt. FG Pct. Defense ............................................... .306.738 ............................................ Free Throw Percentage.............................................. .72817.9 ....................................................... Assists/gm ......................................................... 16.115.5 .................................................... Turnovers/gm ..................................................... 16.417.4 ................................................. Turnovers Forced ....................................................11.64.4 ..................................................Blocked Shots/gm .................................................... 4.18.5 ............................................................ Steals .............................................................. 6.7


THE SCHEDULEForthefirsttimesincethe2015-16season,theBigTen will have an 18-game schedule after two sea-sons of a 16-game docket. The conference played an 18-game league schedule in both 2015-16 and 2014-15. It is the sixth time in the last 12 years the conference has played an 18-game schedule.

The Spartans will spend the Thanksgiving holiday in Mexico at the Cancun Challenge, November 22-23. Michigan State will take on N.C. State on Thurs-day Nov. 22, before facing Kennesaw State on Fri-day, Nov. 23. The Spartans will close out the month of November hosting Virginia on Wednesday, Nov. 28 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

During the 2018-19 season at least 12 Michigan State women’s basketball games will be televised on either the ESPN2 or the Big Ten Network. MSU will also have seven regular-season home contests aired on BTN Plus.

The Big Ten will have at least 67 women’s basket-ball broadcasts on BTN during the 2018-19 season. ESPN2 will carry at least nine Big Ten women’s basketball contests this year. BTN will televise the first12gamesofthe2019BigTenWomen’sBasket-ballTournament,coveringthefirstroundthroughthesemifinalsfromMarch6-9,withESPN2settobroadcast the tournament championship game on March 10.

FREQUENT FLIERRedshirt-junior guard Shay Colley spent time over-seas this summer playing for the Canadian Na-tional Team. Playing in Europe, Colley helped guide CanadatothequarterfinalsoftheFIBAWomen’sWorld Cup.

CHARGERS RETURN TO BRESLINHillsdale has several players who are familiar with the Breslin Center. Makenna Ott, Brittany Gray and Jaycie Burger all played in Michigan high school state championship games on that court, with Gray (2014, 2015) and Burger (2016, 2017) both win-ning championships there. Hillsdale returns three starters and seven of its top nine players from last year’s conference championship team.

FANS CONTINUE TO PACK THE BRESLIN Michigan State women’s basketball continues to packtheBreslinCenter,finishingthe2017-18sea-son 10th in the nation and second in the Big Ten home attendance. The Spartans averaged 5,689 fans in 16 home games this season. MSU had a total of 91,026 fans pass through the gates. This is the 14th-straight season that the Spartans have been ranked in the top 15 nationally in attendance. MSU has had a total attendance of at least 80,000 since 2005-06.

COLLEY EARNS PRESEASON HONORTokickoffthebeginningofBigTenWomen’sBas-ketball Media Week, the conference released the Preseason Coaches and Media Polls, in addition to the preseason All-Big Ten teams on Monday. Michigan State redshirt-junior guard Shay Colley was earned Preseason All-Big Ten honors by the coaches.

Maryland was voted to finish first in both thecoaches and the media polls, while Iowa was picked second in both. In the coaches poll, Michi-gan was voted third, while Minnesota earned the third spot in the media poll. Reigning Big Ten Play-er of the Year Megan Gustafson of Iowa was voted Preseason Player of the Year by both the coaches and the media.

Last season, Colley led the Spartans in scoring and was 23rd in the Big Ten, averaging 12.4 points per game. Colley was also tied for eighth in assists with 4.3apg.InherfirstseasonwiththeSpartans,theguardalsoendedtheseasontiedforfifthinstealswith 1.9 spg.

TheSpartansfinishedthe2017-18seasonwitha19-14 record, advancing to the Sweet 16 of the WNIT. Michigan State will return four of its top scorers last season led by All-Big Ten honorees Colley, Taryn McCutcheon and Jenna Allen.

UP NEXTMichigan State will begin the regular season with three-straight home games. MSU opens the sea-son hosting Bowling Green on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. On Sunday, Nov. 11, the Spartans will take on East Tennessee State at 1 p.m., as part of a double-header with the MSU men’s team. Michigan State will close out the homestand against Wright State on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 1 p.m.

TEAM NOTES


In games decided by...1-5 ................................................................... 0-06-10 ................................................................. 0-011-15 ................................................................ 0-016-20 ............................................................... 0-021+ .................................................................. 0-0

Points scored...40-49 .............................................................. 0-050-59 .............................................................. 0-060-69 .............................................................. 0-070-79 .............................................................. 0-080-89 .............................................................. 0-090-99 .............................................................. 0-0100+ ................................................................ 0-0

Points allowed...20-29............................................................... 0-030-39 .............................................................. 0-040-49 .............................................................. 0-050-59 .............................................................. 0-060-69 .............................................................. 0-070-79 .............................................................. 0-080-89 .............................................................. 0-0

Field goals made...less than 21 ..................................................... 0-021-25................................................................ 0-026-30 .............................................................. 0-031-35 ............................................................... 0-036-40 .............................................................. 0-041+ .................................................................. 0-0Field goals attempted...41-45 ............................................................... 0-046-50 .............................................................. 0-051-55 ............................................................... 0-056-60 .............................................................. 0-061-65 ............................................................... 0-066-70 .............................................................. 0-071+ .................................................................. 0-0

3-point field goals made...0-5 .................................................................. 0-06-10 ................................................................. 0-011+ ................................................................... 0-0

3-point field goals attempted...0-10 ................................................................. 0-011-15 ................................................................ 0-016-20 ............................................................... 0-021-25................................................................ 0-026+.................................................................. 0-0

Free throws made...0-5 .................................................................. 0-06-10 ................................................................. 0-011-15 ................................................................ 0-016-20 ............................................................... 0-021-25................................................................ 0-026+.................................................................. 0-0

Free throws attempted...0-5 .................................................................. 0-06-10 ................................................................. 0-011-15 ................................................................ 0-016-20 ............................................................... 0-021-25................................................................ 0-026-30 .............................................................. 0-031+ .................................................................. 0-0

Rebound total...less than 30 .................................................... 0-030-35 ............................................................... 0-036-40 .............................................................. 0-041-45 ............................................................... 0-046-50 .............................................................. 0-051-55 ............................................................... 0-056+ ................................................................. 0-0

Rebounding margin...+ 21+ ............................................................... 0-0+ 16-20 ............................................................ 0-0+ 11-15 .............................................................. 0-0+ 6-10 .............................................................. 0-0+ 1-5 ................................................................ 0-0even ............................................................... 0-0- 1-5 ................................................................. 0-0- 6-10 ............................................................... 0-0- 11-15 ............................................................... 0-0- 16-20 ............................................................. 0-0- 21+ ................................................................ 0-0

Assist total...0-10 ................................................................. 0-011-15 ................................................................ 0-016-20 ............................................................... 0-021-25................................................................ 0-0

Block total...0-5 .................................................................. 0-06-10 ................................................................. 0-011-15 ................................................................ 0-0

Turnover total...0-5 .................................................................. 0-05-10 ................................................................. 0-011-15 ................................................................ 0-016-20 ............................................................... 0-021-25................................................................ 0-026+.................................................................. 0-0

Turnovers forced...0-10 ................................................................. 0-011-15 ................................................................ 0-016-20 ............................................................... 0-020-25 ............................................................... 0-026-30 .............................................................. 0-031+ .................................................................. 0-0

Turnover margin...+ 16-20 ............................................................ 0-0+ 11-15 .............................................................. 0-0+ 6-10 .............................................................. 0-0+ 1-5 ................................................................ 0-0even ............................................................... 0-0- 1-5 ................................................................. 0-0- 6-10 ............................................................... 0-0- 11-15 ............................................................... 0-0- 16-20 ............................................................. 0-0

Field goal percentage...less than 25 .................................................... 0-025-29.9 ............................................................ 0-030-34.9 ........................................................... 0-035-39.9 ........................................................... 0-040-44.9 ........................................................... 0-045-49.9 ........................................................... 0-050-54.9 ........................................................... 0-055-59.9 ........................................................... 0-060+ ................................................................. 0-0

Opponent field goal percentage...less than 20 .................................................... 0-020-24.9 ........................................................... 0-025-29.9 ............................................................ 0-030-34.9 ........................................................... 0-035-39.9 ........................................................... 0-040-44.9 ........................................................... 0-045-49.9 ........................................................... 0-050-54.9 ........................................................... 0-055+ .................................................................. 0-0

3-point field goal percentage...less than 20 .................................................... 0-020-24.9 ........................................................... 0-025-29.9 ............................................................ 0-030-34.9 ........................................................... 0-035-39.9 ........................................................... 0-040-44.9 ........................................................... 0-045-49.9 ........................................................... 0-050+ ................................................................. 0-0

Opponent 3-point field goal percentage...less than 20 .................................................... 0-020-24.9 ........................................................... 0-025-29.9 ............................................................ 0-030-34.9 ........................................................... 0-035-39.9 ........................................................... 0-040-44.9 ........................................................... 0-045-49.9 ........................................................... 0-050+ ................................................................. 0-0

Free throw percentage...less than 50 .................................................... 0-050-54.9 ........................................................... 0-055-59.9 ........................................................... 0-060-64.9 ........................................................... 0-065-69.9 ........................................................... 0-070-74.9 ........................................................... 0-075-79.9............................................................ 0-080-84.9 ........................................................... 0-085-89.9 ........................................................... 0-090+ ................................................................. 0-0

MSU’S RECORD WHEN ...

Overall .............................................................0-0Home ..............................................................0-0Away ...............................................................0-0Neutral ............................................................0-0In Overtime .....................................................0-0

Big Ten ............................................................0-0Big Ten home ..................................................0-0Big Ten away ...................................................0-0

vs. ranked opponent ......................................0-0

lastfive ............................................................0-0last 10 ..............................................................0-0

on Monday ......................................................0-0on Tuesday ......................................................0-0on Wednesday ................................................0-0on Thursday ....................................................0-0on Friday .........................................................0-0on Saturday ....................................................0-0on Sunday .......................................................0-0

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2017-18 MICHIGAN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CUMULATIVE STATISTICSThe Automated ScoreBook

Michigan State Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 22, 2018)All games


Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg00 Shay Colley 26-22 743 28.6 111-273 . 4 0 7 12-51 . 2 3 5 89-117 . 7 6 1 36 90 126 4.8 74 1 113 80 6 50 323 12.404 Taryn McCutcheon 32-32 1093 34.2 108-284 . 3 8 0 72-191 . 3 7 7 38-50 . 7 6 0 9 63 72 2.3 50 0 173 82 9 53 326 10.210 Branndais Agee 31-23 790 25.5 117-291 . 4 0 2 26-94 . 2 7 7 54-66 . 8 1 8 55 132 187 6.0 76 1 36 51 15 43 314 10.133 Jenna Allen 33-25 674 20.4 126-263 . 4 7 9 17-55 . 3 0 9 57-73 . 7 8 1 52 105 157 4.8 86 3 27 44 13 19 326 9.901 Sidney Cooks 32-22 638 19.9 121-247 . 4 9 0 27-77 . 3 5 1 36-45 . 8 0 0 47 103 150 4.7 61 0 39 52 27 20 305 9.532 Taya Reimer 31-13 692 22.3 116-238 . 4 8 7 3-8 . 3 7 5 37-56 . 6 6 1 37 99 136 4.4 79 1 33 45 38 9 272 8.802 Mardrekia Cook 8-3 119 14.9 18-44 . 4 0 9 1-4 . 2 5 0 17-31 . 5 4 8 14 14 28 3.5 14 0 6 12 0 11 54 6.815 Victoria Gaines 33-5 699 21.2 69-163 . 4 2 3 16-50 . 3 2 0 44-62 . 7 1 0 63 97 160 4.8 67 3 58 49 19 29 198 6.024 Lexi Gussert 28-11 483 17.3 48-117 . 4 1 0 20-72 . 2 7 8 26-38 . 6 8 4 7 49 56 2.0 25 0 45 35 6 24 142 5.112 Nia Hollie 33-7 553 16.8 58-131 . 4 4 3 2-9 . 2 2 2 17-25 . 6 8 0 40 46 86 2.6 48 0 49 36 10 21 135 4.155 Kennedy Johnson 30-2 275 9.2 32-80 . 4 0 0 0-4 . 0 0 0 18-24 . 7 5 0 33 20 53 1.8 43 0 11 13 3 3 82 2.711 Nathy Dambo 7-0 16 2.3 0-3 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2 4 6 0.9 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0

Team 64 52 116 1 12Total.......... 33 6775 924-2134 . 4 3 3 196-615 . 3 1 9 433-587 . 7 3 8 459 874 1333 40.4 629 9 590 513 146 282 2477 75.1Opponents...... 33 6775 797-1942 . 4 1 0 206-603 . 3 4 2 455-646 . 7 0 4 356 797 1153 34.9 560 10 463 574 108 271 2255 68.3

TEAM STATISTICS MSU OPPSCORING 2477 2255 Points per game 75.1 68.3 Scoring margin +6.7 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 924-2134 797-1942 Field goal pct . 4 3 3 . 4 1 03 POINT FG-ATT 196-615 206-603 3-point FG pct . 3 1 9 . 3 4 2 3-pt FG made per game 5.9 6.2FREE THROWS-ATT 433-587 455-646 Free throw pct . 7 3 8 . 7 0 4 F-Throws made per game 13.1 13.8REBOUNDS 1333 1153 Rebounds per game 40.4 34.9 Rebounding margin +5.5 -ASSISTS 590 463 Assists per game 17.9 14.0TURNOVERS 513 574 Turnovers per game 15.5 17.4 Turnover margin +1.8 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 0.8STEALS 282 271 Steals per game 8.5 8.2BLOCKS 146 108 Blocks per game 4.4 3.3ATTENDANCE 91026 54139 Home games-Avg/Game 16-5689 13-3642 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 4-1697

Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th O T OT2 OT3 OT4 TotalsMichigan State 613 573 613 616 33 11 8 10 2477Opponents 566 509 581 539 29 11 8 12 2255

Date Opponent Score Att.11/11/17 ROBERT MORRIS W 100-58 503811/13/17 OAKLAND W 95-63 436211/19/17 COLL. OF CHARLESTON W 107-43 442511/21/17 at Detroit Mercy W 97-60 81711/25/17 vs UConn L 62-96 603311/30/17 at Miami L 57-67 106212/03/17 WESTERN MICHIGAN W 65-62 631312/6/17 at Notre Dame L 59-90 809112/9/17 RHODE ISLAND W 82-38 574312/16/17 at ETSU Wot 83-74 110012/18/17 QUINNIPIAC W 74-55 422012/21/17 vs USF W 83-73 42012/22/17 vs Mississippi Valley St. W 83-64 335

* 12-28-17 at Indiana W 68-46 4303* 12/31/17 RUTGERS L 58-61 6251* 1/3/18 NORTHWESTERN W 81-51 6079* 01/07/18 at Minnesota L 77-83 3422* 01/11/18 at Maryland W 82-68 4052* 1/16/18 at Illinois W 67-55 1114* 01/20/18 INDIANA L 65-69 11950* 01/23/18 at Michigan L 48-74 3147* 01/27/18 at Ohio State L 62-78 6850* 2/1/18 IOWA L o t 68-71 5047* 02/04/18 at Penn State L 59-74 3521* 02/08/18 MARYLAND L 68-76 4988* 02/11/18 MICHIGAN W 66-61 12434* 02/14/18 NEBRASKA L 69-79 4972* 02/21/18 WISCONSIN W 69-61 5355* 02/24/18 at Purdue W 82-68 6800

03/01/18 vs Indiana L o 4 109-111 003/15/18 CINCINNATI W 81-75 170503/19/18 TOLEDO W 68-66 2144

! 03/22/18 at South Dakota L o t 83-85 3072

* = Conference game


The Automated ScoreBookMichigan State Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 24, 2018)

Conference games only


Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg00 Shay Colley 9-5 239 26.6 39-87 . 4 4 8 1-10 . 1 0 0 32-36 . 8 8 9 10 27 37 4.1 28 0 43 30 3 14 111 12.304 Taryn McCutcheon 15-15 538 35.9 55-151 . 3 6 4 40-107 . 3 7 4 15-19 . 7 8 9 5 25 30 2.0 26 0 79 41 2 28 165 11.010 Branndais Agee 16-14 425 26.6 61-170 . 3 5 9 15-53 . 2 8 3 29-33 . 8 7 9 32 75 107 6.7 40 0 18 28 3 24 166 10.433 Jenna Allen 16-11 335 20.9 57-128 . 4 4 5 6-26 . 2 3 1 29-36 . 8 0 6 22 45 67 4.2 40 2 12 16 2 9 149 9.301 Sidney Cooks 16-12 330 20.6 57-131 . 4 3 5 6-40 . 1 5 0 18-20 . 9 0 0 26 54 80 5.0 28 0 19 23 12 10 138 8.632 Taya Reimer 16-4 342 21.4 49-115 . 4 2 6 2-2 1.000 17-30 . 5 6 7 23 46 69 4.3 39 1 18 23 17 3 117 7.315 Victoria Gaines 16-4 358 22.4 36-79 . 4 5 6 9-26 . 3 4 6 13-21 . 6 1 9 28 42 70 4.4 35 1 30 20 8 13 94 5.924 Lexi Gussert 11-6 205 18.6 23-45 . 5 1 1 6-21 . 2 8 6 12-17 . 7 0 6 1 24 25 2.3 11 0 18 12 3 8 64 5.812 Nia Hollie 16-7 308 19.3 26-69 . 3 7 7 2-4 . 5 0 0 8-13 . 6 1 5 24 30 54 3.4 25 0 23 20 6 11 62 3.955 Kennedy Johnson 15-2 144 9.6 11-36 . 3 0 6 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 10 9 19 1.3 18 0 6 7 1 0 23 1.511 Nathy Dambo 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Team 35 18 53 1 8Total.......... 16 3225 414-1011 . 4 0 9 87-289 . 3 0 1 174-227 . 7 6 7 216 395 611 38.2 292 4 266 228 57 120 1089 68.1Opponents...... 16 3225 382-919 . 4 1 6 92-260 . 3 5 4 219-312 . 7 0 2 184 401 585 36.6 239 4 231 253 63 123 1075 67.2

TEAM STATISTICS MSU OPPSCORING 1089 1075 Points per game 68.1 67.2 Scoring margin +0.9 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 414-1011 382-919 Field goal pct . 4 0 9 . 4 1 63 POINT FG-ATT 87-289 92-260 3-point FG pct . 3 0 1 . 3 5 4 3-pt FG made per game 5.4 5.8FREE THROWS-ATT 174-227 219-312 Free throw pct . 7 6 7 . 7 0 2 F-Throws made per game 10.9 13.7REBOUNDS 611 585 Rebounds per game 38.2 36.6 Rebounding margin +1.6 -ASSISTS 266 231 Assists per game 16.6 14.4TURNOVERS 228 253 Turnovers per game 14.3 15.8 Turnover margin +1.6 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 0.9STEALS 120 123 Steals per game 7.5 7.7BLOCKS 57 63 Blocks per game 3.6 3.9ATTENDANCE 57076 33209 Home games-Avg/Game 8-7134 8-4151 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th O T TotalsMichigan State 272 269 276 269 3 1089Opponents 294 223 295 257 6 1075

Date Opponent Score Att.* 12-28-17 at Indiana W 68-46 4303* 12/31/17 RUTGERS L 58-61 6251* 1/3/18 NORTHWESTERN W 81-51 6079* 01/07/18 at Minnesota L 77-83 3422* 01/11/18 at Maryland W 82-68 4052* 1/16/18 at Illinois W 67-55 1114* 01/20/18 INDIANA L 65-69 11950* 01/23/18 at Michigan L 48-74 3147* 01/27/18 at Ohio State L 62-78 6850* 2/1/18 IOWA L o t 68-71 5047* 02/04/18 at Penn State L 59-74 3521* 02/08/18 MARYLAND L 68-76 4988* 02/11/18 MICHIGAN W 66-61 12434* 02/14/18 NEBRASKA L 69-79 4972* 02/21/18 WISCONSIN W 69-61 5355* 02/24/18 at Purdue W 82-68 6800

* = Conference game

2017-18 MICHIGAN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BIG TEN STATISTICS


MICHIGAN STATE HEAD COACH SUZY MERCHANT

Beginning her second decade at the helm of the Michi-gan State women’s basketball team, Suzy Merchant’s success is undeniable. Entering her 12th season as head coach of the MSU women’s basketball program, Mer-chant has proven to be one of the best coaches in Michi-gan State history and a force in the Big Ten Conference. Throughherfirst11seasons,MerchanthasbroughttheSpartan program to the upper echelon at the Big Ten andnational level.TheSpartanshavefinishedthirdorbetter in the Big Ten in eight of the last 11 seasons, and her conference record of 118-68 (63.4%) is in the top-12 career winning percentage in the 34-year history of the Big Ten and is the fourth-highest percentage among ac-tive coaches. The Spartans have won at least 20 games in nine of her 11 seasons.

The Great Lakes State native was hired at MSU on April 30, 2007, after spending time as a head coach at Eastern Michigan (1998-07) and Saginaw Valley State (1995-98). In her 23 years as a head coach, she has won nearly 65 percent of her games, collecting a 445-242 (.648) career record, including 244-122 (.667) in 11 seasons in East Lansing. Merchant became the fastest Spartan coach to 100 wins. She is also the winningest coach in Eastern Michigan history, compiling a 147-91 record in her nine seasons.

Throughherfirst11seasonsatMSU,39Spartanshaveearned All-Big Ten recognition and 53 have been named Academic All-Big Ten. A pair of Spartans have earned

12th Season; Central Michigan ‘91Career Record: 445-242 (.648)Record at MSU: 244-122 (.667)

major Big Ten awards - Kalisha Keane was the Big Ten Player of the Year in 2010-11, following up the Sixth Player of the Year award as a junior, while Lykendra Johnson (2010-11) and Allyssa DeHaan (2009-10) were named Big Ten Defensive Players of the Year. DeHaan, whofinishedhercareersecondall-timeinNCAAhistoryin blocked shots, and Keane were also named All-Amer-icans following their senior seasons. In 2013-14, Aerial PowersbecamethefirstSpartanfreshmantoearnfirst-team All-Big Ten honors. Powers would go on to earn first-teamAll-BigTenhonors in2014-15and2015-16,aswell as being named an All-American both seasons. Dur-ing the 2016-17 season, Tori Jankoska became the Spar-tanall-timeleadingscoreraswellasearningfirst-teamAll-Big Ten and All-American honors.

Last season, the Spartans battled injuries throughout the season and still managed to make the Sweet 16 of the WNIT, ending the season with a 19-14 mark and a 7-9 BigTenrecord.MSUearneditsfirst-everwinoverMary-land on Jan. 11. Four Spartans earned All-Big Ten honors last season: Branndais Agee, Jenna Allen, Shay Colley and Taryn McCutcheon earned honorable mention hon-ors.Onceagain,MichiganStatecontinuedtofilltheBre-slinCenter,finishing10thinthenationandsecondintheBig Ten in attendance, averaging 5,689 fans per game.

During the 2016-17 season, Michigan State reached the NCAA Tournament with a 21-12 record, including go-ing9-7inBigTenaction.Theyearwasfilledwithmorerecord-breaking performances as Jankoska became the firstSpartantoscoreover2,000points.FourSpartanswere honored with All-Big Ten honors. Jankoska was namedfirst-teamAll-BigTen,whileAgee,TayaReimerand McCutcheon were named to the honorable men-tionsquad.MSUfinishedeighthinthenationandfirstin the Big Ten in attendance, averaging 6,011 fans per game.

The 2015-16 season was a return to form for the Spar-tans, as MSU ended the season with a 25-9 overall re-cord. Michigan State ended league play 13-5, which was good for third place in the ultra-competative Big Ten Conference. Powers was once again named to the first team,whileTori Jankoskawasnamedtothesec-ond team. Both Agee and Jasmine Hines earned hon-orable mention honors. Against Minnesota on Feb. 21, Merchant earned her 400th win as a head coach. The Spartanscontinuetopackthestands,finishingseventhin the NCAA in attendance with an average of 6,561 fans per game.

The2014-15Spartanssufferedthroughaninjury-plaguedseason,finishing16-15overalland7-11inBigTenaction.MERCHANT YEAR-BY-YEAR

Year School Record Conference Record Postseason Highlights1995-96 Saginaw Valley State 15-11 9-9 (t-7th, GLIAC) - First year as head coach1996-97 Saginaw Valley State 19-11 10-8 (3rd, GLIAC North) NCAA Div. II First postseason appearance1997-98 Saginaw Valley State 20-7 12-6 (t-3rd, GLIAC North) - First career 20-win season for Merchant1998-99 EasternMichigan 14-13 8-8(3rd,MACWest) - EMU’sfirstwinningrecordin13years1999-00 EasternMichigan 16-14 8-8(t-3rd,MACWest) - AdvancedtoMACTournamentsemifinals2000-01 Eastern Michigan 16-12 9-7 (4th, MAC West) - Tied EMU record for most conference wins2001-02 EasternMichigan 18-11 10-6(t-4th,MACWest) - CoachedfirstAll-AmericanatEMU2002-03 Eastern Michigan 13-16 9-7 (4th, MAC West) - Two All-MAC selections2003-04 EasternMichigan 22-8 12-4(1st,MACWest) NCAA EMU’sfirstMACDivision&Tournamenttitle2004-05 Eastern Michigan 23-8 11-5 (2nd, MAC West) WNIT Most wins in school history (23)2005-06 Eastern Michigan 22-8 15-1 (1st, MAC West) WNIT Most conference wins in school history 2006-07 Eastern Michigan 3-1 - - Coached four games before maternity leave2007-08 MichiganState 23-14 10-8(t-5th,BigTen) WNIT TiedformostwinsbyafirstyearMSUcoach2008-09 MichiganState 22-11 13-5(t-2nd,BigTen) NCAASweet16 EarnedfirstNCAATournamentvictory2009-10 Michigan State 23-10 12-6 (2nd, Big Ten) NCAA 2nd Rd. Tied career high in wins2010-11 MichiganState 27-6 13-3(1st,BigTen) NCAA2ndRd. MSU’sfirstoutrightBigTenChampionship2011-12 Michigan State 20-12 11-5 (t-2nd, Big Ten) NCAA Fastest MSU coach to 100 wins 2012-13 Michigan State 25-9 10-6 (t-3rd, Big Ten) NCAA 2nd Rd. First Big Ten Tourney championship game2013-14 Michigan State 23-10 13-3 (t-1st, Big Ten) NCAA 2nd Rd. First coach to win two Big Ten titles2014-15 Michigan State 16-15 7-11 (9th, Big Ten) - Two All-Big Ten selections2015-16 Michigan State 25-9 13-5 (3rd, Big Ten) NCAA 2nd Rd. Won 400th career game2016-17 Michigan State 21-12 9-7 (t-6h, Big Ten) NCAA Ninth 20-win season at MSU2017-18 Michigan State 19-4 7-9 (t-9th, Big Ten) WNIT Four All-Big Ten selections23 Seasons 445-242 (.648)

Powers and Jankoska earned All-Big Ten honors with PowerbeingnamedtothefirstteamandJankoskatothesecond.TheSpartansfinished10thinthenationandsecond in the Big Ten in attendance, averaging 6,119 fans per game.

In 2013-14, MSU captured a share of the Big Ten title with a 23-10 overall record and a stellar 13-3 league re-cord. The Green and White have now had 11-straight 20-winseason.TheSpartansqualifiedforthe“BigDance”for a school-record sixth-straight season, advancing to the second round. Powers was also named to the All-Freshman team, while Annalise Pickrel was named to the second-team, Klarissa Bell, Jankoska and Bella Mills picked up honorable mention honors.

In 2012-13, Michigan State overcame adversity to go 25-9, the third-most wins in program history. MSU went 10-6 in Big Ten play to tie for third and won at least 10 conference games for the 11th-straight season. They made it to the Big Ten Tournament Championship game forthefirsttimeunderMerchantandfor justthesec-ond time in program history. Three Spartans earned All-Big Ten honors with junior Bell being named to the third team, and senior Jasmine Thomas and sophomore Kiana Johnson added as honorable mention selections. Also, the team had a program-record seven Academic All-Big Ten honors.

In 2011-12, the Spartans continued their string of 20-win seasons, going 20-12 and advancing to their fourth-con-secutive NCAA Tournament. MSU went 11-5 in confer-ence play to tie for second in the Big Ten. Seniors Lyk-endra Johnson and Porsche Poole earned second team All-Big Ten accolades. With the win over Oakland (Nov. 27) last season, Merchant became the fastest head coach to 100 wins as a Spartan, needing only 143 games.

Merchant put her stamp on the Spartan program dur-ingthe2010-11season,leadingtheSpartanstotheirfirstoutright Big Ten title in school history. MSU went 13-3, winning the conference by two games. The Spartans went 27-6, recording the second-most wins in program history, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round. Merchant was named Big Ten Coach of the Year by both the conference’s coaches and media, becoming the third Spartan coach to earn that honor.

During her tenure with the Eagles, Merchant guided Eastern Michigan to a record of 147-91 (.618), including three 20-win seasons, three postseason appearances and two Mid-American Conference West Division titles. Before coaching at Eastern Michigan, Merchant spent three seasons at Saginaw Valley State, posting a 54-29 (.651) record. Prior to becoming a head coach, Mer-chant was the top assistant for three years at Oakland University (1992-95).

A four-year starter and three-year captain at Central Michigan (1987-91), Merchant holds Chippewa records for assists with 463 and single-season assists with 156, and is tied for first in single-game assistswith 11. Shealsofinishedhercareerthird-bestinmade3-pointfieldgoals with 75.

A native of Traverse City, Mich., Merchant was a three-sport standout at Traverse City Central High School, let-tering in basketball, volleyball and softball. She earned honorable mention All-America honors by USA Today and was a two-time Class A all-state selection in bas-ketball. She also earned all-state honors in volleyball. During the summer of 2010, she was inducted into the Traverse City Central H.S. Hall of Fame.


Shay COLLEY5-8, R-JR, G

Tory OZMENT6-1, FR, F

Mardrekia COOK6-0, R-SO, F

Sidney COOKS6-4, SO, F

Nia CLOUDEN5-8, FR, G

Kayla BELLES6-3, FR, F

Taryn MCCUTCHEON5-5, JR, G

Claire HENDRICKSON5-11, R-FR, G

Nathy DAMBO6-3, R-JR, F

Nia HOLLIE6-0, JR, F

Victoria GAINES6-1, R-JR, F

Jenna ALLEN6-4, SR, C

Suzy MERCHANTHead Coach

Amaka AGUGUA- HAMILTONAssociate

Head Coach

Maria FANTANAROSAAssistant Coach

Alysiah BONDAssistant Coach

Julie DOMBROSKIDirector of Operations

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