NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME BOXESPANTHERSGame1<strong>Georgia</strong> <strong>State</strong> 48Louisiana Tech 84Thomas Assembly Center • 3/17/01GSU (24-7) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A R A F Pts. Min.McElrath 6-18 3-7 2-2 6 0 5 17 32Coates 1-5 0-0 1-2 2 0 2 3 14Rogers 0-2 0-0 0-2 5 0 2 0 22Maddox 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 27Miller 0-2 0-0 3-4 2 0 0 3 19Edwards 5-9 1-3 2-2 2 0 2 13 20Tisdale 3-5 0-0 2-3 5 1 2 8 24Hines 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 2 3 2 21Doherty 0-2 0-1 2-2 1 1 0 2 21Team 8Totals 16-47 4-12 12-17 35 4 18 48 200LT (29-4) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A R A F Pts. Min.Walker 1-6 0-0 0-0 4 2 2 2 29Ford 4-4 0-0 2-4 3 0 3 10 16T. Lewis 7-10 0-0 3-3 12 1 3 17 31Lassiter 4-8 3-4 2-2 0 5 3 13 26Perry 1-5 1-4 3-4 3 1 1 6 36O. Lewis 2-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 5 4McClain 1-5 0-2 2-2 2 2 2 4 12Moore 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 4Obaze 4-9 0-1 2-4 7 5 3 10 17Bibbs 8-17 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 17 25Team 4Totals 32-67 4-11 16-23 38 17 17 84 200Halftime: GSU 25, LT 41. Blocked shots: GSU 3(Tisdale 2), LT 3 (Walker 2). Steals: GSU 4 (Hines,McElrath 2), LT 12 (Perry 4).Game RecapRUSTON, La. - On Saturday in front of 6,239fans, the <strong>Georgia</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> women’s basketballteam’s first NCAA Tournament appearance was shortlivedas the Lady Panthers dropped an 84-48 decisionin the opening round on No. 6-ranked Louisiana Tech’shome floor.<strong>State</strong> (24-7) had a 5-4 lead four minutes into thegame but the Lady Techsters (29-4) scored 16 of thenext 18 points to take a 20-7 advantage with 9:46 leftin the opening half. The hosts increased the lead to41-25 by the intermission.In the second half, GSU could get no closer than14 points.“We felt like we could have played better and hada better showing but this is the first time for us hereand I think our players undertsand what the level ofcompetition is about when you get to this point, andhopefully we’ll be back and better prepared,” <strong>Georgia</strong><strong>State</strong> head coach Lea Henry said.Tech shot 47.8 percent from the field in the contest,compared to 34.0 percent for its guests. The home teamhad a slim 38-35 rebound edge and forced the LadyPanthers into a season-high 30 turnovers. <strong>State</strong> alsofinished with a season-low four assists.In her final game at GSU, Leslie McElrath led theattack with 17 points and six rebounds while KaraEdwards proved to be a spark off the bench with 13points on 5-of-9 shooting from the floor.Takeisha Lewis tallied 17 points and 12 boards topace the winners while Kenya Bibbs also scored 17points off the bench.Game2<strong>Georgia</strong> <strong>State</strong> 68Tennessee 98Thompson-Boling Arena • 3/15/02Reynolds Coliseum • 3/23/03GSU (21-10) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A R F Pts. A Min. GSU (20-11) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A R F Pts. A Min.Edwards* 2-5 1-3 0-0 6 2 5 0 30 Thomas* 3-9 1-4 0-0 2 4 7 3 29Coates* 2-5 0-0 1-2 4 4 5 2 27 Coates* 0-2 0-0 0-0 8 3 0 2 27Rogers* 0-5 0-2 6-6 2 5 6 0 36 Rogers* 5-13 1-3 0-1 7 3 11 2 40Miller* 4-10 1-2 4-6 3 3 13 1 33 Miller* 5-9 1-1 1-2 3 2 12 0 40Maddox* 8-13 5-8 0-0 3 2 21 1 40 Merriweather* 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 3Hartman 7-16 2-5 2-2 4 1 18 3 33 Edwards 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 7Neely 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 Hartman 6-11 3-3 1-1 2 4 16 4 37Team 6Tisdale 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 17Totals 23-54 9-20 13-16 28 17 68 7 200 Team 5Totals 20-46 6-11 2-4 28 19 48 12 200UT (26-4) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A R F Pts. A Min.G. Jackson* 9-14 0-1 10-11 10 0 28 0 32 DU (32-1) FG-A 3FG-A FT-A R F Pts. A Min.B. Jackson* 0-2 0-1 2-2 3 2 2 2 15 Tillis* 5-14 2-6 0-0 6 0 12 1 33Ely* 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 3 2 0 13 Matyasovsky* 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 18McDivitt* 4-10 2-5 2-2 0 1 12 4 23 Harding* 2-5 0-1 3-3 5 1 7 4 33Lawson* 6-13 2-3 0-0 4 1 14 2 29 Krapohl* 1-6 1-6 0-0 1 0 3 1 24Butts 1-3 0-0 2-2 3 2 4 2 9 Beard* 6-11 1-3 6-8 8 3 19 3 36Davis 1-4 0-0 2-2 1 0 4 0 4 Bass 0-4 0-0 0-0 5 2 0 1 10Munoz 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 15 Mosch 2-7 1-1 3-4 4 2 8 2 20Moore 5-8 0-0 0-0 2 2 10 7 26 Smith 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 4Robinson 4-7 0-0 0-1 8 2 8 2 22 Foley 2-6 1-1 5-6 5 1 10 1 16McDaniel 4-7 0-0 2-2 5 1 10 1 8 Whitley 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 1 3 0 6Pillow 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 4 Team 4Team 3Totals 21-61 6-18 18-23 41 13 66 13 200Totals 37-73 4-10 20-23 43 16 98 20 200Halftime: DU, 31-27. Turnovers: GSU 16 (Hartman6), DU 8 (three w/2). Blocked shots: GSU 1 (Tisdale1), DU 4 (Beard 4). Steals: GSU 5 (Coates 2), DU9 (Harding 4).Halftime: UT, 38-30. Turnovers: GSU 18 (three w/4),UT 9 (G. Jackson 3). Blocked shots: GSU 4 (Edwards2), UT 6 (Robinson 2). Steals: GSU 4 (Rogers 3), UT10 (Moore 4).Game RecapKNOXVILLE, Tenn. - In the first round of theNCAA Tournament on Friday, the <strong>Georgia</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>women’s basketball team, seeded 15th in theMidwest Region, had its season-best eight-game winningstreak end in falling to the No. 2 seed <strong>University</strong>of Tennessee, 98-68. Tennessee, ranked sixth nationally,hosted the game at Thompson-Boling Arena.<strong>Georgia</strong> <strong>State</strong> (21-10) took its first and only leadof the contest, 12-11, with 13:42 left in the first halfbefore the Lady Volunteers (26-4) went on a 9-0 runand led, 20-12, matching their biggest advantage ofthe half. The Lady Panthers cut the deficit to a singlepoint twice after that, but the hosts had an 11-2 spurtdown the stretch and led, 38-30, at the intermission.In the second half, UT shot 61.0 percent from thefield and stormed out to a 35-point lead, 92-57, withjust under three minutes to go.“I thought we did a nice job of competing in the firsthalf,” <strong>State</strong> head coach Lea Henry said. “We came out,we played hard and executed the things we had talkedabout.”GSU shot 42.6 percent from the floor in the contestwhile the Lady Vols finished at 50.7 percent. UT alsocontrolled the boards by a 43-28 margin.Marica Maddox led <strong>Georgia</strong> <strong>State</strong> in her finalcollegiate game with 21 points while Patechia Hartmancame off the bench to score 18. Angelina Miller added13 points.Gwen Jackson had game highs of 28 points and 10rebounds to pace Tennessee.Game3<strong>Georgia</strong> <strong>State</strong> 48Duke 66Game RecapRALEIGH, N.C. - In the opening round of theNCAA Tournament on Sunday, the <strong>Georgia</strong> <strong>State</strong><strong>University</strong> women’s basketball team fell to Duke<strong>University</strong>—ranked No. 1 nationally in the USAToday/ESPN/WBCA Coaches Poll and second by theAssociated Press—by the score of 66-48. The MidwestRegional first and second rounds are being hosted byNorth Carolina <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> at Reynolds Coliseum.After three early lead changes, top-seed Duke (32-1)took a 24-14 lead with eight minutes left in the firsthalf. From there, <strong>Georgia</strong> <strong>State</strong> (20-11), the No. 16seed, went on a 13-5 run to get to within 29-27 withjust under two minutes remaining. The Blue Devilsled, 31-27, at halftime.The Lady Panthers pulled back to within two points,33-31, at the 17:58 mark of the second half and trailed,41-37, with less than 12 minutes to go before Dukestarted to take control. The Blue Devils’ biggest leadcame at 66-45 with 1:12 showing on the clock.“I am really proud of the way we competed,” <strong>State</strong>head coach Lea Henry said.Duke shot only 34.4 percent from the field but hada 41-28 rebounding advantage. GSU was 2-of-4 fromthe free throw line while the winners hit 18-of-23.Leading <strong>Georgia</strong> <strong>State</strong> was Patechia Hartman,who came off the bench to contribute 16 points anda game-high four assists. Angelina Miller and EvitaRogers added 12 and 11 points, respectively, in theirfinal game as Lady Panthers.For the Blue Devils, All-American Alana Beard ledthe way with a game-best 19 points.138 2010-11 GEORGIA STATE BASKETBALL
CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT RESULTSPANTHERSCONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ACTION (27-27)CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTSGAIAW Tournament (3-5)Year Site W-L Opponent Score1977 Valdosta, Ga. L Albany <strong>State</strong> 69-781978 Valdosta, Ga. L <strong>Georgia</strong> Southern 57-611979 Albany, Ga. L Albany <strong>State</strong> 81-871980 Valdosta, Ga. W Valdosta <strong>State</strong> 79-63L <strong>Georgia</strong> Southern 53-67W Albany <strong>State</strong> 59-561981 Atlanta, Ga. W Albany <strong>State</strong> 86-70L <strong>Georgia</strong> Southern 72-74AIAW Tournament (3-1)Year Site W-L Opponent Score1981 Region III W Jackson <strong>State</strong> 90-79W Ala-Birmingham 85-68W Mississippi Coll. 71-68New South Women’s Athletic Conference Tournament (1-6)Year Site W-L Opponent Score1986 Tallahassee, Fla. L <strong>Georgia</strong> Southern 84-851987 <strong>State</strong>sboro, Ga. W Mercer 71-46L <strong>Georgia</strong> Southern 60-641988 DeLand, Fla. L Stetson 80-931989 Atlanta, Ga. L Stetson 76-911990 Miami, Fla. L Stetson 55-631991 DeLand, Fla. L Florida A&M 80-90TAAC Tournament (10-9) became A-SunYear Site W-L Opponent Score1992 <strong>State</strong>sboro, Ga. W SE Louisiana 58-55L FL International 86-1041993 Miami, Fla. W Central Florida 81-61L Mercer 60-641994 Hammond, La. L Central Florida 51-721995 Charleston, S.C. L Campbell 65-851996 Orlando, Fla. L FL International 62-681997 Deland, Fla. L Stetson 49-781998 Miami, Fla. W Troy <strong>State</strong> 83-78W Central Florida 92-76L FL International 50-861999 Atlanta, Ga. W Troy <strong>State</strong> 82-77L Central Florida 80-652000 Pelham, Ala. W Jacksonville St. 81-69W Florida Atlantic 72-70L Campbell 49-662001 Orlando, Fla. W Mercer 63-52W Stetson 76-70W Campbell 64-62Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament (9-2) was TAACYear Site W-L Opponent Score2002 Troy, Ala. W Troy <strong>State</strong> 74-56W Stetson 63-53W Florida Atlantic 64-632003 Orlando, Fla. W Mercer 63-50W Jacksonville St. 54-47W Central Florida 80-632004 Dothan, Ala. W Florida Atlantic 58-46L Lipscomb 64-712005 Dothan, Ala. W Lipscomb 63-52W Troy 80-56L Stetson 62-88CAA Tournament (1-4)Year Site W-L Opponent Score2006 Fairfax, Va. W William & Mary 81-66L Hofstra 77-862007 Newark, Del. L Drexel 62-732008 Newark, Del. L William & Mary 60-822009 Harrisonburg, Va. L Northeastern 45-682010 Harrisonburg, Va. L Northeastern 42-46NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS (0-4)AIAW Tournament, prior to NCAA forming (0-1)NCAA Tournament (0-3)Year Site W-L Opponent Score1981 Raleigh, N.C. L N.C. <strong>State</strong> 66-852001 Ruston, La. L Louisiana Tech 48-842002 Knoxville, Tenn. L Tennessee 68-982003 Raleigh, N.C. L Duke 48-66Conference Tourney Record By Seed:No. 1 8-1 (3) 2003, 2002, 2000No. 2 4-2 (3) 2001, 1993, 1986No. 3 5-3 (3) 2005, 2004, 1998No. 4 3-3 (3) 1999, 1992, 1987No. 5 0-4 (4) 1995, 1991, 1990, 1988No. 6 0-2 (2) 1984, 1989No. 7No. 8 0-3 (3) 2007, 1997, 1996No. 9 0-1 (1) 2010No. 10 0-1 (1) 2008No. 11 0-1 (1) 2009No. 12 1-1 (1) 20062010-11 GEORGIA STATE BASKETBALL139
Change language