Mesa Community College Women s Basketball Game Notes

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Record: 10-3, 6-2 in ACCAC Day Date Opponent Time/Score Fri Nov 8 Odessa (Texas) W 67-56 Sat Nov 9 Snow (Utah) W 60-49 Wed Nov 13 at Tohono O'odham* W 89-49 Sat Nov 16 Cochise* W 58-57 Wed Nov 20 at

South Plains (Texas) W 62-55 Wed Jan 1 Howard (Texas) W 63-47 Fri Jan 3 Hutchinson (Kan) 5:00 Sat Jan 4 at Scottsdale* 6:00 Wed Jan 8 Arizona Western* 5:30 Sat Jan 11 at Chandler-Gilbert* 2:00 Wed

1 Record: 10-3, 6-2 in ACCAC Day Date Opponent Time/Score Fri Nov 8 Odessa (Texas) W Sat Nov 9 Snow (Utah) W Wed Nov 13 at Tohono O'odham* W Sat Nov 16 Cochise* W Wed Nov 20 at Phoenix* L Sat Nov 23 Glendale* W Wed Dec 4 at Central Arizona* L OT Sat Dec 7 Pima* W OT Sat Dec. 14 at South Mountain* W Sun Dec 29 vs. South Plains (Texas) W Wed Jan 1 Howard (Texas) W Fri Jan 3 Hutchinson (Kan) 5:00 Sat Jan 4 at Scottsdale* 6:00 Wed Jan 8 Arizona Western* 5:30 Sat Jan 11 at Chandler-Gilbert* 2:00 Wed Jan 15 Eastern Arizona* 5:30 Sat Jan 18 Tohono O'odham* 5:30 Wed Jan 22 at Cochise* 5:30 Sat Jan 25 Phoenix* 2:00 Wed Jan 29 at Glendale* 5:30 Sat Feb 1 South Mountain* 2:00 Wed Feb 5 Central Arizona* 5:30 Sat Feb 8 at Pima* 2:00 Wed Feb 12 Scottsdale 5:30 Sat Feb 15 at Arizona Western* 2:00 Tue Feb 18 Chandler-Gilbert* 5:30 Fri Feb 21 at Eastern Arizona* 5:30 Tue March 4 DII Regional Tourn.semi-finalsTBA Thu March 6 DII Region Tourn. finals TBA Tue-Sat March DII NJCAA Nationals Mesa Community College Women s Basketball TBA Game Notes Here Comes Conference Play: The T-Birds completed non-conference play against thirdranked, Division I, Hutchinson and posted a 4-1 record overall, all against NJCAA Division I foes. Now they head into ACCAC action exclusively. Currently they are in a three-way tie for second place overall with today s opponent, Arizona Western as well as Eastern Arizona. In Division II, Mesa has a one-game lead over Pima. Last Time Out - Visiting Scottsdale, MCC won as Mariah Willadsen led the way with 18 points. Peace Amukamara added 15 and Leslie Tademy scored a career-high 13. Now No. 9: The first NJCAA regular season Division II poll saw the T-Birds slip from their No. 1 pre-season ranking largely due to Mesa s loss at Phoenix in November. The latest poll was due out today, too late to include in this program. Vs. Arizona Western: The two teams split a pair of games last year with MCC winning at home, and losing in Yuma, *ACCAC game Home games bold Mesa Roster No. Name Pronunciation Class Pos. Ht. Hometown High School 10 Lacey Viselli vi-sell-ee Fr. G 5-8 Surprise, AZ Valley Vista 11 Leslie Tademy TAD-um-me So. G 5-4 Phoenix, AZ. South Mountain 12 Aika Miyazato i-eek-uh me-u-zat-oh Fr. G 5-3 Okinawa, Japan Chubu Shogyo 14 Haley Thomson So G 5-7 Gold Coast, Queens. Australia All-Saints 20 Didi Moloi dee-dee muh-loy Fr. G/F 5-10 Gilbert, AZ Campo Verde 21 Mariah Willadsen WILL-uhd-sen So. G 5-8 Mesa, AZ Red Mountain 22 Erica Vasquez VAS-kez Fr. G 5-6 Mesa, AZ Red Mountain 23 Darla Woody So. G 5-6 Kirtland, N.M. Kirtland Central 24 Peace Amukamara ah-moo-kuh-mar-uh So. G 5-7 Goodyear, AZ. Millenium 25 Megan Gillespie Fr. G 5-11 Phoenix, AZ Arcadia 30 Madi Austin So. F 6-0 Saginaw, Mich. Horizon (AZ) 32 Kylie Herd Fr. F 6-0 Phoenix, AZ Arcadia 33 Yasmine Woodard So. G 5-7 Mesa, AZ Westwood Head Coach: Kori Stephenson (8th year) Assistant Coaches: Sam Stevens, Ben Nelson Arizona Western Roster No. Name POS HT YR Hometown/High School 3 Chantal Thomas PG 5 6 FR Philadelphia, PA/Freire Charter 4 Samantha Wallace F/C 6 3 SO Sangre Grande, Trinidad & Tobago/Toco Secondary 5 Jazzmyn Oliver G/F 5 11 FR Rancho Cucamonga, CA/Etiwanda 10 Jacy Pagala PG 5 3 SO Kea au, HI/Kea au 11 Ashley Doering G 5 5 SO Yuma, AZ/Cibola 12 Teresa Velasco F 5 10 FR San Luis, AZ/San Luis 15 Stephanie Schmid G 5 9 FR Chicago, IL/Lake Zurich 21 Sefulu Faavae G 5 8 FR Hilo, HI/Waiakea 23 Jameela McCarthy F 6 3 FR D abadie, Trinidad & Tobago/San Juan North Secondary 24 Jazmin Strane G 6 0 SO Stockton, CA/Weston Ranch 50 Tania Uluheua C 6 4 FR South Auckland, New Zealand/Manurewa Head Coach: Patrick Cunningham Assistants: Regina Schlichter, Stephanie Jauregui Mesa (10-3, 6-2) vs. Arizona Western (10-6, 6-2) Wednesday, Jan. 8, Theo Heap Gym - 5:30 p.m Internet streaming & Live Stats: Mesa Athletic website: athletics.mesacc.edu Facebook: Mesa Community College Athletics Twitter: Mesa CC Athletics Since 2004 AZW has an 11-6 lead in the series. Up Next: The T-Birds will visit Chandler-Gilbert Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. 20 Wins, Again: The T-Birds have won 20 games for the fifth consecutive season. Coach Kori Stephenson s teams had previously won at least that many in each of the past four years. Two years ago they were 27-8, won the Regional Division II championship and finished fifth in the NJCAA national tournament. Mesa s records for the past five years: ACCAC Standings thru games of Jan. 7 Team Conf All Central Arizona Eastern Arizona Mesa Arizona Western Cochise Pima Chandler-Gilbert Phoenix Glendale South Mountain Tohono O odham Scottsdale

2 NJCAA Division II National Rankings Top 20 National Poll Dec. 11, 2013 RK COLLEGE REC, PTS 1ST PREV. 1 North Iowa Area Kirkwood Highland - Kansas Owens Johnson County Illinois Central Kishwaukee Cape Fear Mesa Kansas City Kansas Pima Community Chesapeake Guilford Tech Iowa Central Louisburg NR 16 Lackawanna Cincinnati State Tech Dean Lake Michigan NR 20 Kankakee Other schools receiving votes COLLEGE REC PTS PREV. Des Moines Area RV Lincoln Land RV Niagara County RV Monroe NR Catawba Valley Head Coach Kori Stephenson After a run of outstanding seasons with the Mesa women's basketball team, head coach Kori Stephenson directed the best yet in , guiding her team all the way to the NJCAA Division II national championship game. The T-Birds, featuring a very young lineup with four freshman starters, finished the season with a 27-7 record and No. 2 national ranking. After capturing their second straight Region I title they then won their first three games at the NJCAA finals before finally falling. Stephenson is the face of MCC Women s basketball, having served the program as an assistant since She just completed her seventh season as head coach of the T-Birds. She has compiled a record in her seven years and her teams have won at least 20 games for the last five years in a row. Originally from Forsyth, Montana, she graduated from South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City, SD in 1998, earning a BA in Interdisciplinary Sciences. As a member of the Hardrocker s women s basketball team, she played for longtime head coach Barb Felderman, earning first-team NAIA All-American honors, three NAIA national tournament appearances and holding the all-time scoring record from with 1,934 points. She had been the top assistant at Mesa since 1999 during which time the Lady Thunderbirds finished seventh in the nation in at Hagerstown, MD and fifth in in Phoenix, fifth in and second this past season. During Stephenson s tenure at Mesa more than 30 players have gone to play at NCAA Division I, II and NAIA schools throughout the country. With extensive recruiting efforts throughout the Valley she has established a range of upcoming talent. Coach Stephenson will look to take her Lady Thunderbirds to the playoffs for the eighth consecutive time this season. Coach Kori lives in Mesa with her husband Brian and their two sons. Kori Stephenson vs. all opponents Opponent W L Anoka-Ramsey 1 0 Arizona Western 4 11 Central Arizona 0 16 Central Wyoming 1 0 Chandler-Gilbert 12 3 Cochise 13 4 CSI All-stars 1 0 Eastern Arizona 13 2 Eastern Utah 1 0 Garrett 0 1 Glendale 14 3 Howard 2 1 Hutchinson 0 1 Illinois Central 1 1 John A. Logan 0 1 Johnson Co. 1 0 Joliet 1 0 Kirkwood 1 0 Kishwaukee 1 0 Lake Region 1 0 Little Big Horn 1 0 Louisburg 0 1 Luke AFB 4 0 Madison 3 0 Muskegon 1 0 Monroe 1 1 New Mexico J.C. 0 1 North Idaho 1 0 North Iowa Area 1 0 North Platte 1 0 Northwest 2 0 Odessa 1 1 Owens 1 0 Phoenix 17 2 Pima 14 7 St. Clair Co. 1 0 Salt Lake 2 5 Scottsdale 19 1 Seward Co. 1 1 Snow 1 0 South Mountain 13 4 South Plains 4 4 Southern Idaho 2 2 Tohono O odham 3 0 Tucson Sol 0 1 Western Texas 0 2 Williston St. 2 0 Yavapai 6 6 Year-by-Year With Kori Stephenson at Mesa Year Overall Pct. ACCAC Pct. Conf. Playoffs st Region I DII Runner-up rd Region I DII Champions st nd Region I DII Runner-up nd Region I DII Runner-up st Region I DII Champions - 5th place NJCAA st Region I DII Champions - 2nd place NJCAA Career

3 Peace Amukamara #24 Season 25 vs. Central Arizona 12/4/13 Career 25 vs. Central Arizona 12/4/13 Season 10 vs. South Plains 12/29/13 Career 10 vs. South Plains 12/29/13 Season 11 vs. Pima 12/7/13 Career 9 twice Season 2 vs. Hutchinson 1/3/14 Career 2 vs. Hutchinson 1/314 Season 5 vs. Scottsdale 1/4/14 Career 6 vs. Pima, 1/9/13 Madi Austin #30 Season 26 vs. Pima 12/7/13 Career 26 vs. Pima 12/7/13 Season 11 vs. Pima 12/7/13 Career 14 vs. Chandler-Gilbert, 1/2/13 Season 3 four times Career 3 four times Season 3 twice Career 5 vs. Scottsdale, 1/12/13 Season 3 vs. Cochise 11/16/13 Career 4 vs. Lake Region, 11/28/12 Megan Gillespie #25 10 vs. Howard 1/1/113 8 vs. Howard 1/1/113 2 twice 1 vs. Scottsdale 1/4/14 2 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 Kylie Herd #32 19 vs. Odessa 11/8/13 12 vs. South Mountain 12/14/13 3 vs. South Mountain 12/14/ vs. South Plains 12/29/13 Aika Miyazato #12 6 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 2 vs. Glendale 11/23/13 1 vs. Phoenix 11/20/13 1 vs. Phoenix 11/20/13 4 vs. Phoenix 11/20/13 Season/Career Highs Didi Moloi #20 9 vs. Scottsdale 1/4/14 7 vs. Scottsdale 1/4/14 3 vs. Scottsdale 1/4/14 1 vs. Scottsdale 1/4/14 1 five times Leslie Tademy #11 Season 13 vs. Scottsdale 1/4/14 Career 13 vs. Scottsdale 1/4/14 Season 9 vs. Glendale 11/23/13 Career 9 vs. Glendale 11/23/13 Season 8 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 Career 10 vs. St. Claire, 3/22/13 Season 1 twice Career 1 three Season 11 vs. Phoenix 11/20/13 Career 11 vs. Phoenix 11/20/13 Haley Thomson #14 Season 4 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 Career 4 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 Season 2 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 Career 2 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 Season 2 vs. Scottsdale 1/4/14 Career 2 vs. Scottsdale 1/4/14 Season 0 Career 0 Season 0 Career 1 twice Erica Vasquez #22 6 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 2 three times 5 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/ three times Leslie Viselli #10 10 vs. Hutchinson 1/4/14 3 vs. Scottsdale 1/4/14 3 vs. Snow 11/9/13 1 vs. Hutchinson 1/4/14 2 twice Mariah Willadsen #21 Season 23 vs. South Plains 12/29/13 Career 26 vs. Arizona Western, 1/16/13 Season 7 twice Career 11 vs. Phoenix, 3/5/13 Season 6 vs. Pima 12/7/13 Career 6 vs. Pima 12/7/13 Season 1 vs. Howard 1/1/113 Career 1 nine times Season 3 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 Career 5 vs. Chandler-Gilbert, 1/19/13 Yasmine Woodward #22 Season 7 vs. Glendale 11/23/13 Career 7 vs. Glendale 11/23/13 Season 4 vs. Glendale 11/23/13 Career 4 vs. Glendale 11/23/13 Season 2 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 Career 2 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 Season 1 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 Career 1 twice Season 2 twice Career 2 twice Darla Woody #23 Season 7 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 Career10 vs. Glendale, 12/8 Season 4 vs. Howard 1/1/113 Career 10 vs. Glendale, 12/8/12 Season 2 vs. Scottsdale 1/4/14 Career 4 vs. Phoenix, 3/5 Season 1 vs. Howard 1/1/113 Career 1 four times Season 1 vs. Tohono O odham 11/13/13 Career 3 vs. Tohono O odham, 11/28

4 - - Game Amukamara Austin Gillespie Herd Miyazato Moloi Tademy Thomson Vasquez Viselli Willadsen Woody Woodard Odessa Snow Tohono INJ Cochise Phoenix INJ Glendale INJ Central INJ Pima INJ South Mntn South Plains Howard INJ INJ Mesa vs. Arizona Western in the Kori Stephenson Era Arizona Western A L Arizona Western H L Arizona Western H L Arizona Western A L Arizona Western A W Arizona Western H W Arizona Western H L Arizona Western A W Arizona Western A L Arizona Western H L Arizona Western H L Arizona Western A Arizona Western A L Arizona Western H W Won 4, Lost 9

5 Mesa Season Statistics

6 Arizona Western Season Statistics

Mesa Community College Women s Basketball Game Notes

Mesa Community College Women s Basketball Game Notes Record: 23-5, 18-4 in ACCAC Day Date Opponent Time/Score Fri Nov 8 Odessa (Texas) W 67-56 Sat Nov 9 Snow (Utah) W 60-49 Wed Nov 13 at Tohono O'odham* W 89-49 Sat Nov 16 Cochise* W 58-57 Wed Nov 20 at Phoenix*