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NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS Lady Rattlers roll Lady Bulldogs 67-55
February 02, 2010
 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Jan. 30) – The Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team ended a two-game slide Saturday evening with a 67-55 non-conference home win over Winston-Salem State University at the Alfred Lawson Center. FAMU (11-7) was led by junior Christian Rateree, who finished with a game high 20 points, cashing in a trio of three-pointers. Senior LaShonda Gaines added eight points, while senior Deidra Jones and sophomore Antonia Bennett each added seven points. Freshman Simone Durden led FAMU with nine rebounds. For WSSU (2-18), their woeful season continued as they dropped their 16th game in a row Saturday. The visiting Lady Rams were paced by Rene Rector with 14 points, highlighted by a trio of three-pointers. Talnesha Kee added 11 points, including three goals from distance, while Vontisha Woods turned in a double-double with 11 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. FAMU led 34-30 at the half, as both clubs shot right at 40 percent from the floor – 41.2 percent for FAMU and 40.9 percent for WSSU. The Lady Rattlers came out of the gate and went on a 6-0 run to build a 10-point lead, 40-30 on a jumper by Durden with 17:07 left. FAMU used a 16-8 run midway through the half to build an 18-point lead, 56-38 on a layup by Bennett with 10:37 left. WSSU never got the FAMU lead under double digits the rest of the way, although they did close to 12 points twice in the final three minutes. WHAT’S NEXT: FAMU returns to Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play Monday evening as they host the Lady Bulldogs of South Carolina State University at 6 p.m. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS Lady Rattlers roll past WSSU 67-55
January 31, 2010
 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Jan. 30) – The Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team ended a two-game slide Saturday evening with a 67-55 non-conference home win over Winston-Salem State University at the Alfred Lawson Center. FAMU (11-7) was led by junior Christian Rateree, who finished with a game high 20 points, cashing in a trio of three-pointers. Senior LaShonda Gaines added eight points, while senior Deidra Jones and sophomore Antonia Bennett each added seven points. Freshman Simone Durden led FAMU with nine rebounds. For WSSU (2-18), their woeful season continued as they dropped their 16th game in a row Saturday. The visiting Lady Rams were paced by Rene Rector with 14 points, highlighted by a trio of three-pointers. Talnesha Kee added 11 points, including three goals from distance, while Vontisha Woods turned in a double-double with 11 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. FAMU led 34-30 at the half, as both clubs shot right at 40 percent from the floor – 41.2 percent for FAMU and 40.9 percent for WSSU. The Lady Rattlers came out of the gate and went on a 6-0 run to build a 10-point lead, 40-30 on a jumper by Durden with 17:07 left. FAMU used a 16-8 run midway through the half to build an 18-point lead, 56-38 on a layup by Bennett with 10:37 left. WSSU never got the FAMU lead under double digits the rest of the way, although they did close to 12 points twice in the final three minutes. WHAT’S NEXT: FAMU returns to Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play Monday evening as they host the Lady Bulldogs of South Carolina State University at 6 p.m. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS Hampton downs Lady Rattlers 67-54
January 26, 2010
HAMPTON, Va.(Jan 25)- Hampton University defeated the Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team 67-54, here Monday evening at the HU Convocation Center. FAMU (10-7, 3-4) had two Lady Rattlers to score in double figures as Tameka McKelton score 20 points from off the bench, while LaShonda Gaines dropped in 11. HU (8-10, 4-3 MEAC) was led by Quannseisha Perry as she finished with a double-double with 19 points and 19 rebounds. Jericka Jenkins rounded out the cast of Lady Pirates in double figures as she finished the game with 12 points. The Lady Pirates took a 14-3 lead on a Perry field goal with 15:13 to go. Hamptonwas able to push their lead to 17 points on Choicetta McMillan three pointer with 10:57 left in the half, capping a 13-8 run. A Tameka McKelton jumper with 1:07 left would cut HU’s lead to 38-29 at the half. FAMU finished the first half shooting 41.7 percent (10-of-24), while HU shot 43.2 percent (16-of-37). In the second half, the Lady Pirates would outscore the Lady Rattlers 29-25 as FAMU only made four field goals and was 17-of-21 from the free throw line. Up next for FAMU will be Winston-SalemStateUniversityon Saturday, Jan. 30 at the AlfredLawsonMultipurposeCenterin a 5:30 p.m. start. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS HOWARD EDGES LADY RATTERS IN OVERTIME, 69-68
January 24, 2010
FAMU (10-6, 3-3 MEAC) had a trio of Lady Rattlers to score in double-figures as Tameka McKelton led all scorers with a game high 32 points. Qiana Donald picked her fourth double-double of the season in 12 points and 14 rebounds. Antonia Bennett rounded out the cast of Lady Rattlers in double figures with 11 points. Deidra Jones led FAMU in assists with six. Howard (8-9, 4-2 MEAC) also had three Lady Bison to score in double figures as Saadia Doyle finished with a double-double with a team high 23 points and 12 rebounds. Kara Smith finished with 14, while Cheyenne Curley-Payne added 13. Jalisa Pullins finished with a team high five assists. Kara Smith gave the Lady Bison a 10-3 lead with 13:49 to go in the first half on a jumper. A three pointer by McKelton would tie the game at 13-13 for the Lady Rattlers at the 9:12 mark. A layup by Donald at the 5:59 mark would tie the game for the fourth time in the half at 19-19. Howard would outscore FAMU 15-11 to a take 34-30 lead at the half. The Lady Rattlers finished the first half shooting 34.6 percent (9-of-26) from the field, while the Lady Bison shot 48.4 percent (15-of-31). Howard opened up the second half with an 11-5 run to take a 45-35, capped of by a Portia Deterville layup with 13:04 left. FAMU would return the favor as they tied the game at 59-59 as McKelton connected on a free throw with 16 seconds left to send the game into overtime. In the overtime period, the Lady Rattlers would score the first four points to take on a63-59 lead on a pair of LaShonda Gaines free throws and a jumper by McKelton, with 4:234 left in the period. But back-to-baskets by Smith and Pullins of Howard would knot the score at 63-63at the 3:35 mark. FAMU reclaimed the lead on McKelton layup to make the score 65-63 in favor of the Lady Rattlers at the 3:19 mark. Doyle nailed a jumper with 2:38 remaining in the extra stanza to tie the score at 65-65. Simone Durden connected on a free throw with 50 seconds left in over time to give FAMU a 66-65 lead. Doyle gave the lead back to Howard to make the score 67-66 with 34 seconds left. McKelton would knock down a pair of three throws with 15 seconds left to give FAMU a 68-67 lead. But Curley-Payne would hit a jumper with five second left to give the Lady Bison a 69-68 win. The Lady Rattlers will return to action on Monday, Jan. 25 as they will take on << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS Lady Rattlers surge past Delaware State
January 19, 2010
 Lady Rattlers outslug DSU, 39-14 in torrid second half rally TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Jan. 18) – The Florida A&M Women’s Basketball team played an inspired second half on both ends of the floor to overtake Delaware State, 53-40 in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference contest at the Al Lawson Center Monday night. FAMU (10-5, 3-2 in MEAC) outscored the visiting Lady Hornets (3-14, 1-3 in MEAC), 39-14 in the second half, after trailing 26-14 at the break. The Lady Rattlers shot 54.2 percent from the field (13 of 24) and went 6-of-10 from three-point range in the final 20 minutes, while holding DSU to 17.2 percent (5 of 29) floor shooting, which included an 0-for-6 showing from long range. Sophomore Antonia Bennett led FAMU with 18 points, going 4-for-8 from distance, while classmate Tameka McKelton added 16 points, hitting 3-of-7 from long range. FAMU forward Qiana Donald pulled down 11 rebounds, while freshman center Danielle Anderson hauled down a game-high 12 boards, helping FAMU to its’ 48-31 edge on the boards. DelState was led by Selena Galloway with 10 points, followed by Stephanie Brush and Cortney Crockett with seven points each. Alex Stewart led DSU with five rebounds. In the first half, turnovers (13) and cold shooting (20 percent to 32.1 percent) kept FAMU behind, as Delaware State used an 8-0 surge to pull ahead, 14-6 on a jumper by Alex Stewart with 13:18 left in the stanza. Danielle Anderson’s put back wth 9:55 to play, made the count, 14-8, ending the FAMU drought, which continued as the Lady Hornets would extend their lead to 20-8 on a Stephanie Brush foul shot with 5:06 left. The two teams matched points over the final five minutes, 6-6, with the Lady Rattlers getting a spark from Antonia Bennett, who nailed a three-pointer with 3:22 remaining to cut the DSU cushion to 20-11. Delaware State would go on to out score FAMU, 6-3 to close out the half with a 26-14 advantage. In the second half, a Deidra Jones jumper with 19:48 to play sparked a 9-2 FAMU run which was capped by a three-pointer from Tameka McKelton cutting the DSU lead to 28-23 with 16:35 left. FAMU took control of the game with an 18-3 surge led by McKelton, who cashed in a pair of three-pointers, scoring eight points and Bennett, who scored eight points, including a three-pointer, to build a 41-31 lead with 9:14 left. DelState would not fold, cutting the FAMU lead to 41-38 with a 7-0 run, capped by a Crystal Pitt layup with 4:14 left, before Bennett knocked down a three-pointer to extend the lead to 44-38 with 3:53 to go. McKelton’s driving layup off a feed from Gaines pushed the FAMU lead to 46-38 with 2:36 to go, sparking a 9-2 closing flurry for the 53-40 final. WHAT’S NEXT: FAMU will travel north to the Mid Atlantic region for a two-game conference swing, facing Howard University Saturday and Hampton University next Monday. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS UMES Hawks hold off depleted Lady Rattlers
January 17, 2010
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Jan. 16) – April McBride’s jumper and a pair of free throws by Casey Morton in the final 33 seconds lifted the Maryland-Eastern Shore Lady Hawks past the FAMU Lady Rattlers, 47-43 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference basketball action in the Al Lawson Center Saturday night. FAMU (9-5, 2-2 in MEAC) and UMES (5-7, 3-0 in MEAC) struggled to score most of the game, as the two clubs played to a 14-14 halftime deadlock thanks to ice cold shooting in the first 20 minutes of play. The Lady Rattlers shot 20.8 percent (5 of 24) and went 2 of 8 (25 percent) from long range, while the Lady Hawks managed to hit 20 percent from the floor (6 of 30) and cashed in just one of nine three-point tries in the opening half. UMES outscored FAMU, 33-29 in the second half, thanks to the final four points scored by McBride and Morton. Antonia Bennett led FAMU with 12 points, while LaShonda Gaines finished with 10 points. Deidra Jones added nine points and Qiana Donald pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds. UMES had three players score in double figures, led by McBride with 14 points and nine rebounds, Chena Parker with 13 points while Morton added 12 points. Amber Cook also pulled down nine boards for UMES. The Lady Hawks shot 44.8 percent from the field (13 of 29) to 33 percent (9 of 27) for FAMU, which hit a trio of three-pointers to stay within striking distance. FAMU which trailed by as much as eight points, rallied to tie the game six times in the second half, three times grabbing one-point leads, the last time at 31-30 on a pair of Tameka McKelton foul shots with 8:34 left in the game. UMES would re-take the lead and build it to eight points, 40-32 on a jumper by Chelsea Sanders with 5:19 left, but FAMU’s Antonia Bennett knocked down a three-pointer with 5:02 left to spark an 11-3 run which resulted in a 43-43 tie on a Deidra Jones jumper with 51 seconds left. McBride’s jumper with 33 seconds to play, put UMES ahead for good at 45-43, then after two missed shots by FAMU, Morton sank two charity tosses with 12 seconds left to seal the deal. WHAT’S NEXT: FAMU will close their four-game conference homestand Monday evening against Delaware State. Tipoff at the Lawson Center will be 5:30 p.m. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS Lady Rattlers strike Lady Spartans 58-47
January 11, 2010
 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Jan. 11) – The FAMU Lady Rattler Basketball team rebounded from a tough Saturday loss to breeze past Norfolk State University, 58-47 in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women’s game at the Lawson Center Monday evening. FAMU (9-4, 2-1 in MEAC) was led by sophomore Antonia Bennett with 15 points and nine rebounds, and junior Christian Rateree with 13 points. Sophomore Qiana Donald had a team-high 12 rebounds. Norfolk State (3-8, 0-3 in MEAC) was led by Batavia Owens who turned in a double-double wth 10 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. Whitney Long added nine points and Tyisha Bridges chipped in eight points. The Lady Rattlers finished the night shooting 37.7 percent from the floor (23 of 61) and hit just 21.7 percent (5 of 23) from three point range, while Norfolk State shot a paltry 24.2 percent (16 of 66) from the floor and just 14.3 percent (1 of 7) from beyond the arc. Norfolk did outrebound FAMU Monday, 51-42. FAMU led 29-22 at the break thanks to cashing in four three-pointers and outshooting NSU, 36.4 percent (12 of 33) to 25 percent (9 of 36). The Lady Rattlers broke open the game in the first half, putting together a 19-6 surge to build a 13-point lead, 29-16 on a Antonia Bennett jumper with 2:46 left in the half. In the second half, FAMU retained control of the game, building several double digit leads, twice getting up to 15 points, 46-51 on a Bennett jumper with 8:17 left and again at 48-33 on a jumper by LaShonda Gaines with 6:37 to play. WHAT’S NEXT: The Lady Rattlers continue their current homestand Saturday as they host the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore at the Lawson Center. Tipoff will be 5:30 p.m. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS FAMU WOMEN EDGE PAST SAVANNAH STATE, 60-53
January 06, 2010
 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Jan. 6) – The Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team won its’ third straight game after outlasting a determined Savannah State University squad, 60-53 in non-conference play Wednesday evening in the Alfred Lawson Center. FAMU (8-3), was led by sophomore Tameka McKelton with 18 points, senior LaShonda Gaines with 16 points and sophomore Antonia Bennett with 14 points. Sophomore Qiana Donald added eight points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Savannah State (8-11) was sparked by Crissa Jackson with 10 points and Kymberli Stamps with eight points. Alisha Nelson added seven points and eight rebounds. Cold shooting and turnovers kept the game low-scoring, as FAMU shot 36.8 percent from the floor (21 of 57) and 33 percent (7 of 21) from three-point range, against 43.2 percent (19 of 44) from the floor for Savannah State, which hit 31.3 percent (5 of 16) from three-point range, while the two teams combined for 51 turnovers (27 by Savannah State and 24 by FAMU). In the first half, the Lady Rattlers built a quick 8-2 lead thanks to three-pointers by Tameka McKelton and Christian Rateree, but a seven-minute scoring drought by FAMU allowed Savannah State to hang close. Gabrielle Bennett’s jumper with 10:20 left cut the FAMU lead to 8-6, but Antonia Bennett and LaShonda Gaines led a 7-0 Lady Rattler surge, boosting their lead to 15-6. Savannah State went on a 9-3 run late in the second half, to cut the FAMU lead to 18-15, but the Lady Rattlers regained control of the game with a 7-2 closing flurry, led by Gaines, who scored five points in the stretch run, leading to a 25-17 halftime edge. In the second half, things heated up as FAMU quickly built a 12-point lead thanks to a pair of baskets by McKelton, which staked them to a 29-17 lead with 19:22 left. Savannah State, which outgunned FAMU, 60 percent to 37.9 percent from the floor in the final stanza, went on a 10-0 surge led by Treasure Monroe and Mattisha Mangum, to pull within two points, 29-27 with 16:33 left. Qiana Donald scored on back-to-back layups to push FAMU out to a six-point advantage, 33-27 with 15:38 left, then Antonia Bennett scored five straight points to extend the Lady Rattler edge to 38-28 with 12:33 to play. Bennett added a three-pointer as FAMU went on a 13-2 run to surge ahead, 46-30 with 9:52 to go. The visiting Lady Tigers would not fold though, putting together a 23-11 run in the next eight minutes, capped by a three-pointer from Stamps (1:17) to cut the lead to 57-51, before a Courtney Long layup (1:03) brought the lead down to 57-53. But FAMU’s LaShonda Gaines cashed in three foul shots in the final 22 seconds to provide the final margin, 60-53. WHAT’S NEXT: FAMU will open Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play at home Saturday evening, as they host defending league champion North Carolina A&T at 5:30 p.m. in the Al Lawson Center. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS Lady hoopsters edge ASU 61-59
December 31, 2009
FAMU (7-3) had three Lady Rattlers to score in double-figures with Rateree leading all scorers with 20 points. Qiana Donald finished with 15 points, while Danielle Anderson added 12. Donald led FAMU on the boards with nine rebounds, while The Lady Rattlers took an early 10-5 lead on a Christian Rateree basket with 14:01 remaining in the first half. A basket by ASU’s Quortni Fambro cut FAMU’s lead to 14-13 with 9:10 to go. The Lady Rattlers finished the first half shooting (14-of-31) 45.2 percent, while ASU shot (7-of-34) 20.6 percent. In the second half, FAMU would extend their lead to much as 17 points on two occasions on a Donald free throw with 17:55 to go and again on an A Nikel White layup with 3:24 left in the game cut FAMU’s lead to 52-47 capping an 11-3 run. The Lady Hornets tied the game at 59-59 on a Tandria Milton three pointer with 24 seconds to go. A Rateree jumper with six second left in the game gave FAMU the 61-59 win.
ASU (3-6) had a quartet of Lady Hornets to score in double figures with both Tanika Jackson and Qourtni Fambro both finishing with 11 points each, while Nikel White pumped in 10. Both Jackson and Jasmine Quinn finished with six rebounds apiece. FAMU returns to the comforts of the Al Lawson Center as they will host
<< Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS LADY RATTLERS RALLY PAST ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, 61-52
December 16, 2009
 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Dec. 16) – The Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team scored their second victory against a Southeastern Conference opponent this season, rallying past the University of Alabama Crimson Tide, 61-52 in the Alfred Lawson Center Wednesday night.FAMU (6-3) had already beaten the University of Florida, 72-71 in Gaineville on Dec. 1, while suffering losses to Auburn and Kentucky. The homestanding Lady Rattlers were led by sophomore Tameka McKelton with a game-high 20 points, including four three-pointers. Junior Christian Rateree had 11 points, cashing in a pair of triples, while sophomore Qiana Donald turned in a double double with 10 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. Alabama (6-5) was led by Dedrea Magee with 10 points, followed by Tamara Williams with eight points and seven points apiece by Varisia Raffington and LaToya King. Williams led the Crimson Tide Wednesday with nine rebounds. FAMU finished the night shooting slightly better than the visiting Tide (18 of 50 for 36 percent to 21 of 69 for 30.4 percent) from the floor overall, but hit 42 percent of their long range shots (8 of 19) to 26.1 (6 of 23) for Alabama. FAMU also shot 70.8 percent from the foul line (17 of 24), cashing in on 14 of 18 charity tosses in the second half, including 12 of 14 in the final eight mintues, to 4 of 10 on the night for Alabama. Cold shooting and turnovers in the early going, allowed the visiting Crimson Tide to build a 14-1 lead over FAMU. Led by Tameka McKelton, Christian Rateree and Qiana Donald, the FAMU Women put together a 24-8 surge over the final 13 minutes of the half to overcome a 14-1 lead by visiting Alabama. Tameka McKelton’s three-pointer with 48 seconds left tied the score at 22-22, then after an Alabama turnover, FAMU worked the clock, taking their first lead of the game on Christian Rateree’s three-pointer with 3.2 seconds left, 25-22. In the second half, Alabama staged an early rally sparked by a Latoya King three-pointer to tie the game at 29-29 with 16:34, before baskets by Varisia Raffington and Tamara Williams pushed the Crimson Tide in front, 34-31 with 14:08 left. LaToya King’s jumper with with 13:04 left pushed the Alabama lead to 36-31, but the Lady Rattlers made their final run to seize control of the game. Christian Rateree’s driving layup with with 12:10 left, cut the Tide lead to 36-33, then Tameka McKelton followed with a layup at 11:32 to pull FAMU within one, 36-35. Alabama tried their best to hold off the Lady Rattlers, building their lead back to five points, 40-35 with 9:42 left on back-to-back baskets by Dedrea Magee and Williams. McKelton’s three-pointer, cut the UA lead to 40-38 with 9:14 left, but Alyson Butler’s jumper extended Alabama’s cushion to 42-38 with 8:04 to go. LaShonda Gaines cashed in two charity tosses to make the count 42-40, then she sank a three-pointer to give FAMU a 43-42 lead with 6:12 to play. A Tamara Williams jumper gave the Tide their last lead at 44-43 with 5:42 left, before FAMU went on a 9-0 run keyed by three-pointers from McKelton and Rateree, which pushed the Lady Rattlers ahead, 52-44 with 1:55 left. FAMU held off the Crimson Tide in the final two minutes, outscoring UA, 9-8 for the 61-52 final. WHAT’S NEXT: The Lady Rattlers will break for Christmas, then return to action on Wednesday, December 30 when they travel to Montgomery, Alabama to face Alabama State (7:00 p.m. CST)… Their next home game will be Wednesday, January 6 against Savannah (Ga.) State at 6:00 p.m. in the Al Lawson Center. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS LADY RATTLERS FALL TO KENTUCKY, 91-39
December 13, 2009
LEXINGTON, Ky (Dec. 13) – The Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team went cold in the second half here Sunday, scoring just 10 points in a 91-39 loss to the University of Kentucky at Memorial Coliseum. FAMU (5-5) had a two-game winning streak snapped as they committed 28 turnovers and shot just 24.2 percent (15 of 62) from the floor, while Kentucky (9-0) remained unbeaten after shooting 50 percent (30 of 60) from the floor overall and 45 percent (9 of 20) from three-point range. Sophomore Antonia Bennett led FAMU with 12 points and 10 rebounds, while sophomore Tameka McKelton added 11 points and six rebounds. UK had four players score in double figures, led by Rebecca Gray’s 19 points and Keyla Snowden with 15 points. Carly Morrow had 14 points and Aidia Mathies put in 11 points for the Wildcats. Kentucky shot 50 percent (16 of 32) from the floor and 55 percent (5 of 9) from beyond the arc in the opening half to forge a 47-29 advantage at the break. FAMU hit 37.5 percent of its’ floor shots (12 of 32), and were playing without senior guard Deidra Jones, sidelined with a knee injury. But in the second half, FAMU couldn’t find the range at all, hitting just 10 percent (3 of 30) shots from the floor, while UK outscored them, 44-10. WHAT’S NEXT: The Lady Rattlers return home to host the University of Alabama at the Lawson Center on Wednesday at 6 p.m. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS FAMU WOMEN HOLD OFF BETHUNE, 65-62
December 05, 2009
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 5) – The FAMU Lady Rattler Basketball team held off a late charge by Bethune-Cookman to escape with a 65-62 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference victory here at the Oceanfront Center Saturday afternoon. FAMU (5-2, 1-0) was playing without senior Deidra Jones, who was sidelined with an injured knee, but the quartet of Christian Rateree, LaShonda Gaines, Tameka McKelton and Qiana Donald more than carried the day. Rateree finished with a game-high 19 points, knocking down four three-pointers. Gaines went three-for-three from long distance, finishing with 17 points, to go with four assists and four steals, while McKelton added 13 points, and Donald hauled down a game-high 19 rebounds. Bethune-Cookman (2-6, 0-1) also had three players score in double figures, led by Euneshia Proctor with 15 points, followed by Demetria Frank, who had 13 points and 14 rebounds, and Sarah Bolden, who added 11 points and 15 boards. FAMU actually trailed at the break, 33-29, but held the Lady ‘Cats to 22 perecent shooting in the second half as they overtook B-CU with a 36-29 surge in the final 20 minutes. The Lady Rattlers went on a 10-4 in the first four minutes of the second half to take a 39-37 lead on a Rateree three-pointer with 16:41 left. That ignited a 21-8 FAMU run which staked them to a 15-point cushion, 60-45 on a Simone Durden jumper with 6:58 left. But the Lady ‘Cats would not go away, as they mounted a comeback of their own, outscoring FAMU, 17-5 down the stretch for the three-point final. In fact, B-CU trimmed the FAMU edge to one point, 63-62 with six seconds left on a pair of charity tosses by Euneshia Proctor, before McKelton cashed in a pair of foul shots with five seconds left to the final margin. Still, B-CU had one last shot to tie, as Jasmine Daniels’ three-point try rimmed off with one second left. WHAT’S NEXT: FAMU will break for finals before hitting the road next Sunday for a non-conference clash at the University of Kentucky (1:00), before returning home for a showdown with another SEC club, the University of Alabama, which comes to the Al Lawson Center on Wednesday, December 16 at 6:00 p.m. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS LADY RATTLERS HOLD OFF FLORIDA GATORS, 72-71
December 01, 2009
 GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 1) – The Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team rallied from an early deficit, took the lead, then held on for a thrilling 72-71 victory over the University of Florida at the Stephen O’Connell Center Tuesday evening.The Lady Rattlers overcame an early 12-0 game-opening run by Florida (3-4) with a torrid 25-11 surge led by Antonia Bennett’s trio of three-pointers, plus two triples from Tameka McKelton, vaulting them in front, 25-23 with 8:55 left in the half. Florida rallied themselves, staging a 14-9 run to close the half to forge a narrow 37-34 lead at the break. FAMU came out of the gate on fire in the second half, shooting a blistering 62.5 percent (15 of 24), while knocking down three of four long distance shots to outscore the Gators, 38-34. After Florida scored the first basket of the half to extend their lead to 39-34, FAMU rallied to tie the game at 39-39 on a three-pointer by Bennett with 18:08 left. That ignited a 13-3 FAMU run that vaulted them to a 52-42 lead with 13:15 left on a triple by Christian Rateree. Florida made several charges at FAMU, which the Lady Rattlers withstood, twice rebuilding their leads back to double digits. A 14-5 run by the Lady Rattlers turned a 58-55 edge into a 72-60 advantage with just 48 seconds left, when the Gators made one last stab at FAMU, mounting an 11-0 run capped by a Jordan Jones three-pointer with two seconds left for the final count. BY THE NUMBERS: Tameka McKelton led FAMU with 27 points, downing a trio of triples, followed by fellow second-year performer Antonia Bennett, who finished with 22 points and six rebounds, knocking down five three-pointers. Sophomore Qiana Donald pulled down 10 rebounds for FAMU. UF was sparked by Azania Stewart with 17 points, Jordan Jones with 13 points and Sharielle Smith with 10 points. Steffi Sorenson led all rebounders with 12 for the Gators. FAMU finished the game shooting 52.7 percent from the floor (29 of 55) and 52.9 percent from three-point range (9 of 17), while the Gators went 36.9 percent from the field (24 of 65) and hit just 24 percent (7 of 29) of their three-point tries. The Lady Rattlers outrebounded UF, 36-35, but it was the Gators’ near perfect 16 of 17 showing from the charity stripe that kept them in the game, especially their 8-for-8 effort in the second half, four of those in the final 14 seconds of the game. GAME NOTES: For FAMU (4-2), it was their first win over the Gators since a 76-57 victory in Gaither Gym on February 10, 1986 under then-coach Mickey Clayton. Tuesday’s victory marked the fifth (5th) win by FAMU over Florida in the 12-game series, ending a four-game series win streak for the Gators, which won last year’s game here in the O’Connell Center, 77-55. WHAT’S NEXT: The Lady Rattlers will open Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play this Saturday in Daytona Beach against Bethune-Cookman. Tipoff will be at 2 p.m. in Moore Gymnasium. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS AUBURN CLAWS LADY RATTLERS 69-45
November 28, 2009
 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ( Nov. 28) - Auburn University downed the Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team, 69-45 in their final game of the Seminole Classic, here Saturday afternoon at the Donald L.Tucker Center. FAMU (3-2) had only one player to score double figures in Deidra Jones with 16. Qiana Donald led FAMU on the boards with 12 rebounds. The Tigers opened the game with a 10-0 run, capped on a three point play by Allison Smalley with 17:52 remaining. A layup by Tameka McKelton at the 17:24 mark put the Lady Rattlers on the board at 10-2. The Lady Rattlers would then return the favor as they cut the Tigers lead to 25-20 on a Jones layup with 6:55 remaining, capping a 10-1 run. Another McKelton layup with 53 seconds remaining in the half would cut AU’s lead to 29-27, but a Pascal West layup with 25 seconds left in the half, gave the Tigers a 31-27 lead at the break. In the second half, Auburn opened with a 10-2 run, capped by a Thomas free throw with 15:18 remaining for a 41-29 lead. The Tigers would extend their lead to 63-38 thanks to a 20-5 surge, capped by a Thomas three pointer with 4:00 remaining in the game. Christian Rateree would score the Lady Rattlers' final basket of the game with nine seconds left in the game for the 69-45 final. The Lady Rattlers finished the game shooting a dismal 26.9 percent (18-of-67), while the Tigers shot 36.1 percent (22-of-61). AU held the rebounding margin over FAMU 56-42. Auburn (4-3) had a trio of players to score in double figures. Keke Carrier finished with a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Allison Smalley garnered 17, while Nicole Thomas pumped in 10. WHAT'S NEXT: FAMU will return to action on Tuesday, Dec. 1 as they will travel to Gainesville, Fla., to take on the University of Florida in a 4:30 p.m. start. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS MISSOURI EASES PAST FAMU IN SEMINOLE CLASSIC OPENER
November 27, 2009
 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Nov. 27) - The Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team (3-1) dropped a hard-fought 69-65 decision to the University of Missouri in the first game of the Seminole Classic, here Friday night at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center.FAMU’s Deidra Jones led all scorers with a career high 33 points, with 15 of her points coming from the free throw line, as she went 15-of-17 on the evening. Antonia Bennett was the only other Lady Rattler to score in double figures, finishing with 13. Jones also led the Lady Rattlers on the boards with nine. Jones gave the Lady Rattlers an early 4-0 lead as she connected on a pair of free throws with 17:53 to go in the first. Jessra Johnson’s free throw at the 15:57 mark would tie the game at 6-6 for Mizzou. Bennett would tie the game at 11-11 for FAMU, as she made a three pointer with 12:30 left to go in the half. She would then give the Lady Rattlers a 14-13 lead, as nailed another three-pointer at the 12:00 mark. Missouri would go on a 9-2 run thanks to back-to-back baskets by Jessra Johnson and back-to-back layups by Breana Brock, to take a 24-16 lead with 9:08 in the half. In her first game in a Lady Rattler uniform, Christian Rateree would score six points off the bench in less than two minutes to cut the Missouri lead to 24-20 with 7:34 left in the half. She would finish the game with nine points. Jones would be FAMU’s only offense in the next six and and-a-half minutes, as she went six-for-six from the free throw line as the Lady Rattlers would hit a scoring drought. Tameka McKelton would score the Lady Rattlers’ last field goal of the first half on a jumper with 38 seconds left in the half. FAMU would go into the break trailing Missouri, 39-30. In the second half, the Lady Rattlers would go on a 9-2 run to tie the game for the fourth time at 53-53, when Jones sank a pair of free throws with 10:42 remaining in the game Jones would tie the game for FAMU at 55-55 on jumper at the 9:24 mark of the second. A jumper by Jones would cut Missouri’s lead to 66-63 with 3:36 left in the game, but that would be as close as the Lady Rattlers would get as the Lady Tigers were able to make free throws down the stretch for the 69-65 final. FAMU finished the game shooting 33.3 percent (21-of-63), while Missouri shot 39.3 percent (24-of-61). Mizzou out rebounded the Lady Rattlers by a margin of 46-39. Missouri (4-1) had three players to score in double digits led by Shakara Johnson with 17 points, followed by Raeshara Brown with 16 and Amanda Hanneman with 13. WHAT’S NEXT: FAMU will close the Seminole Classic against Auburn University on Saturday, Nov. 28 against Auburn University in the Tucker Center at 2 p.m. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS LADY RATTLERS REMAIN UNBEATEN WITH 64-42 WIN MONDAY
November 24, 2009
FAMU (3-0), had three Lady Rattlers to score in double figures led by Tameka McKelton with 19 points. Antonia Bennett pumped in 17, while Deidra Jones finished with 14. Bennett led FAMU on the boards with eight rebounds, while both LaShonda Gaines and Jones finished with five assists each. Albany State would close the cap with a 7-4 run to cut FAMU’s lead to 25-13 on a pair of Callie Hamilton free throws with 3:51 remaining. The Lady Rattlers would go into the break with a 28-13 lead. ASU opened the second half with a 10-5 run as they cut FAMU’s lead to 32-23 on a Fields layup at the 16:16 mark of the second. FAMU would answer with a 14-5 run of their own to take a 46-27 lead on a McKelton jumper with 11:15 remaining in the game. The Lady Rattlers would extend their lead to 27 points, 55-28, on a Bennett three pointer at the 7:24 mark. ASU would cut FAMU’s lead to 55-35 on a Hamilton put back with 4:10 left to go in the game, but the Lady Rattlers would hold for a 64-42 win. FAMU finished the first half shooting 42.9 percent, while the Lady Rattler defense held ASU to 19.0 percent shooting. FAMU finished the game shooting 50.0 percent from the field, while ASU shot just 27.1 percent. The Lady Rattlers held the rebounding edge over the Lady Rams 38-37. Albany State (0-2) had two Lady Rams to score in double figures, with Nafeesha Frost finishing with a team high 16 points, while Callie Hamilton added 12. Breanna Fields led ASU on the boards with five. The Lady Rattlers will participate in the Seminole Classic as they will take on Missouri at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 27 and then will take on Auburn University on Saturday, Nov. 28 at 2 p.m., at the Tallahassee Civic Center .
<< Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS LADY RATTLERS ESCAPE WITH WIN AT SAVANNAH STAT
November 20, 2009
SAVANNAH, Ga. (Nov. 19) – Simone Durden’s layup with seven seconds left and Deidra Jones’ foul shot with two seconds to go lifted the FAMU Lady Rattlers past the Savannah State Lady Tigers, 41-38 in a non-conference women’s basketball contest at Tiger Arena Thursday evening. FAMU (2-0) led by two points, 19-17 at the break and never led by more than four points at any stage of the game. In fact, the tightly-played game was tied six times, the last instance with 44 seconds to play, when Jones cashed in two foul shots to knot the score at 38-38. Savannah State’s Raven James missed two foul shots with 19 seconds left, leaving the game tied at 38-38, setting the stage for the Lady Rattlers’ last gasp dramatics. Deidra Jones led FAMU with 16 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals, knocking down a trio of three-pointers. Tameka McKelton added eight points and Lashonda Gaines scored seven points, while on the rebounding front, Qiana Donald had a team-high 11 boards, followed by Antonia Bennett with eight caroms. Savannah State (2-2) was paced by Darice Fountain with 12 points and Crissa Jackson with 11 points.Alisha Nelson (7) and Raven James (6) led the Lady Tigers in rebounding. WHAT’S NEXT: FAMU returns to the Lawson Center for a Monday evening home game against Albany State. Tipoff will be 7:30 p.m. in Tallahassee. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS FAMU WOMEN TO FACE ALBANY IN LAWSON CENTER
November 19, 2009
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Nov. 19) - The Florida A&M University Women's Basketball team will play the Lady Rams of Albany (Ga.) State University this coming Monday, November 23 as originally scheduled in the Alfred Lawson Multipurpose Center. Tipoff will be 7:30 p.m. it had been announced earlier this week that the game would be moved to Gaither Athletic Center due to the ongoing installation of a new scoreboard and video display in the Lawson Center. However, it has been determined that sufficient progress has been made to allow Monday's women's basketball game to be played in the Lawson Center after. Coach LeDawn Gibson's crew is 1-0 after an overtime victory over the University of South Florida last Friday. They are on the road tonight at Savannah State, playing the Lady Tigers at 7 p.m. in Tiger Arena. WHAT'S ON TAP: The Lady Rattlers will take on Albany State Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. in the Lawson Center, then compete in the Lady Seminole Invitational Friday and Saturday at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center..... Friday, FAMU faces the University of Missouri at 5:00 p.m., then will tangle with Auburn University at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS FAMU WOMEN'S HOME GAMES MOVED
November 18, 2009
The two upcoming home basketball games for the FAMU Women’s team have been shifted from the Alfred Lawson Multipurpose Center, due to the installation of a new scoreboard. • Thursday’s game with Savannah (Ga.) State University, has been moved to Savannah, with start time at Tiger Arena on campus set for 7:00 p.m. The two schools will play the return game in the Lawson Center on Wednesday, January 6 at 6:00 p.m. • Next Monday’s FAMU-Albany State women’s game will be played as scheduled in Tallahassee, but will be moved to Gaither Gymnasium at 7:00 p.m. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS FAMU LADY CAGERS BEST USF FRIDAY IN OVERTIME
November 13, 2009
 TAMPA, Fla. (Nov. 13) - LaShonda Gaines connected on four free throws down the stretch in overtime to give the Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team a 73-68 overtime win over the University of South Florida, in their season opener here Friday night at the Sun Dome.FAMU (1-0) had a quartet of Lady Rattlers to finish in double figures with Antonia Bennett leading the way with a game high 19 points to lead all scorers. Tameka McKelton finished with 15, while Gaines dropped in 14, followed by Qiana Donald, who turned in a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Deidra Jones led the team in assists with five. USF started the game with a 9-0 run, capped off by a Janae Stokes three pointer with 16:33 remaining in the first, but the Lady Rattlers would answer with a run of their own, as they took a 15-11 lead on a Donald layup at the 12:34 mark of the first capping a 15-2 run. USF would take a 16-15 lead on a Stokes three pointer with 10:40 remaining in the first half, but FAMU would tie the game at 16-16 on a Donald free throw with a 9:59 left to go in the half. The Lady Rattlers took a 22-16 lead on a pair of Bennett field goals and a Gaines layup by the 6:59 mark. Bennett would give the Lady Rattlers a 27-23 half time lead on a three-pointer with one second left in the half. FAMU finished the first half shooting 28.6 percent from the floor, while USF shot 23.7 percent. In the second half, the Golden Bulls would tie the game at 34-34 at the 13:11 mark on a Melissa Dalembart field goal, followed by a Stokes three pointer to giving USF a 37-35 lead with 12:36 to go in regulation. The Golden Bulls would then extend their lead to seven points, 51-44, on a KeNeisha Saunders three-pointer at the 6:21 mark. Deidra Jones would tie the game at 61-61 on a three-pointer with seven seconds left in regulation, sending the game to overtime. In the overtime, Donald gave the Lady Rattlers a 62-61 on a made free throw with 4:40 to play. Lawson gave the Golden Bulls a 66-65 lead on a made field goal with 3:06 left, but Gaines gave FAMU a 67-66 lead on a pair of free throws at the 1:22 mark. Dalembert gave the Golden Bulls their last lead, 68-67 on a layup with 1:13 remaining in the game, before a bucket by Donald would give the Lady Rattlers the lead for good at 69-68. Gaines then sealed the win for FAMU, making four straight free throws for the 73-68 win. USF (0-1) also featured a quartet of players scoring in double-digits, led by Melissa Dalembert’s double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds. Both Jessica Lawson and KeNeisha Saunders finished with 14 points each, while Janae Stokes added 13 points and six assists. Lawson finished with a game-high 17 boards. WHAT’S NEXT: The Lady Rattlers will return to action Thursday, as they will travel to Savannah, Ga., to take on Savannah State at 7 p.m. in Tiger Arena. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS 2009-10 LADY RATTLER BASKETBALL PREVIEW
October 29, 2009
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The 2009-10 Florida A&M University Women’s basketball team is looking to pick up where they left off last season, and compete for the 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship. Last year under first year head coach LeDawn Gibson, the Lady Rattlers finished 14-17 overall and 7-9 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, making a surprising run to the semifinals of the 2009 MEAC Basketball Tournament. The 2009-10 Florida A&M Women’s Basketball Roster will display a number of new faces as the Lady Rattlers will have only four letter winners returning from last year’s team. Fifth-year senior Deidra Jones will be looked at to lead the Lady Rattler attack. Jones, a 5-10 guard from Powder Springs, Ga., started in all 31 of the FAMU games last season averaging 13.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. She scored a season high 24 points against UCF (11-21-08) and dropped in 21 points against Coppin State (3-11-09) in the quarterfinal round of the MEAC tourney. Also returning will be Antonia Bennett, a 6-1 sophomore guard / forward from Lakeland, Fla., who is a versatile athlete that will see action at the shooting guard, small forward and power forward positions. She finished last season averaging 9.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. Another deep scoring threat for the Lady Rattlers is Tameka McKelton, a 5-8 sophomore guard from West Palm Beach, Fla., who averaged 6.2 points, and 2.6 rebounds per game. She scored a season high 21 points against Hampton (1-12-09) and dropped in a team high 17 points against No. 16 ranked Pittsburgh (12-19-08). Rounding out the cast of Lady Rattler returnees is Qiana Donald, a 5-9 sophomore from Jacksonville, Fla., another multi talented performer, who will see action at the shooting guard, small forward and power forward position. She finished last season averaging 4.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. In the Lady Rattler backcourt, FAMU will have the services of Bianca Cordero, a 5-7 freshman guard from Miami, Fla.; LaShonda Gaines, a 5-7 senior guard from Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Jasmine Grice, a 5-9 freshman guard from Quincy, Fla.; Cameo Kent, a 5-10 junior guard transfer from Indian River State College from Stuart, Fla.; and Christian Rateree, a junior guard transfer from Northwest Florida State college from Decatur, Ga. In the Lady Rattler front court, Coach Gibson has added depth with the addition of Danielle Anderson, a 6-0 junior forward transfer from Georgia State, who will not be able to play until the spring semester due to the NCAA one-year residency rule. Other additions up front include Crystal Chaney, a 6-2 forward / center from Lawrenceville, Ga.; Eliza Bryant, a 6-4 center freshman from Vienna, Ga.; and Simone Durden, a 6-0 freshman forward from Gainesville, Fla. The Lady Rattlers will open the 2009-10 campaign with an exhibition game against Tuskegee University in the new Alfred Lawson Center on Friday, November 6, tipping off at 5:30 p.m. FAMU will then open the regular season in Tampa on Friday, November 13 in the Sun Dome against USF at 7:00 p.m., followed by back-to-back home games against Savannah State on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 6:00 p.m, followed by a Monday, Nov. 23 clash against Albany State at 7:00 p.m. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS FAMU ANNOUNCES 2009-10 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SLATE
September 19, 2009
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Sept. 19) - Florida A&M University announced the 2009-10 Women's Basketball schedule, a slate which will open on Friday, November 6, in an exhibition doubleheader with the men's team against Tusxkegee University in the first game in the New University Center. Tipoff for that exhibition opener will be 5:30 p.m. The regular season opener will be a week later in Tampa against the University of South Florida on Friday, November 13 , followed by the regular season home opener on Thursday, November 19 at 6 p.m. FAMU's non-conference home schedule also features Albany (Ga.) State on Monday, November 23; a two-game appearance in the Florida State Invitational against Missouri (Friday, November 27) and Auburn (Saturday, November 28), plus the Alabama Crimson Tide in the University Center on Wednesday, December 16. FAMU will also play a rugged non-conference road schedule, featuring December bouts at Florida (Tuesday, December 1), Bethune-Cookman (Saturday, December 5), Kentucky (Sunday, December 13), Alabama State (Wednesday, December 30) and Savannah State (Wednesday, January 6). The Lady Rattlers open their Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference schedule on the road against Bethune-Cookman on Saturday, December 5, then open their conference home schedule on Saturday, January 9 against defending champion North Carolina A&T. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS HAMPTON SINKS LADY RATTLERS AT MEAC, 70-58
March 15, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (March 13) - A second half surge by the Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team was not enough as they bowed out in the 2009 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament to the Hampton University Lady Pirates, 70-58 in the semifinals here Friday afternoon at the Lawrence Joel Veteran Memorial Coliseum. FAMU (14-17) had three players to score in double figures with freshman Antonia Bennett leading the way, scoring 18 points, 15 in the second half. Senior Stephanie Foster added 16 points, followed by junior Deidra Jones scoring 13. Freshman Qiana Donald led the Lady Rattlers on the boards with nine rebounds. The Lady Pirates opened up the first half with a 10-0 run, taking a 17-7 lead with 11:52 to go on a Chinyere Ukoh layup. Hampton, would then extend their lead to 19 points on a Quanneisha Perry jumper with 43 second left in the half, giving the Lady Pirates a 38-19 at the half. In the second half, the Lady Rattlers would take an advantage of a Hampton eight-minute scoring drought going on 12-0 run to cut the Lady Pirates lead to four points, 55-51, on a Deidra Jones layup at the 4:14 mark. Hampton then would close out the second half outscoring FAMU, 15-7 for the 70-58 final. Hampton (15-15) was led by Bernadette Fourtune with 19 points, followed by Melanie Warner with 11. Both Sharella Leslie and Ashlee Finley finished with six rebounds each. The Lady Pirates advances to Saturday’s championship game against top-seeded North Carolina A&T here at 12 noon. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS LADY RATTLERS OUST S.C. STATE, 54-50
March 11, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (March 10) - The Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team held on for a 54-50 win over South Carolina State in the opening round of the 2009 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament, here Tuesday morning at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Tuesday’s victory sends FAMU to the quarterfinals Wednesday against second-seeded Coppin State (14-13) at 10 a.m. FAMU (13-16) was led by Deidra Jones with 15 points, while Antonia Bennett had a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds, with Stephanie Foster adding 11 points off the bench. “We told her we need quality minutes from her,” FAMU coach LeDawn Gibson said of Foster, who had started every game in the regular season. “She stepped up her game, she hit some big jump shots and had some big rebounds for us in the first half.” SCSU (6-23) was led by Marie Reid with a game high 17 points, followed by Brijan Turner with 10 points. Janell Moore led the Lady Bulldogs on the boards with nine. The Lady Bulldogs jumped out to a 4-0 lead on back-to-back field goals by Marie Reid, then FAMU took the lead, 6-4, thanks to a 6-0 run led by Jarquella Woods and Antonia Bennett. A free throw by SCSU’s Sophilia Hipps tied the score at 10-10 at the 12:31 mark, but FAMU would then go on a 7-2 run to take a 17-12 lead on a Deidra Jones three-pointer with 9:16 left in the half. SCSU would then go on a 7-3 run, capped off by a Brijan Turner three-pointer, cutting FAMU’s lead to 20-19 with 6:51 left. The Lady Bulldogs would then take the lead on a LaTeia Bailey free-throw with 4:05 left, capping a 5-0 run, for a 25-24 lead. A Deidra Jones free-throw with 2:30 to go in the half, would break a Lady Rattler a three minute scoring drought, giving FAMU a 26-25 lead. The Lady Rattlers would then close out the half with a 7-0 run, to take a 33-25 lead at the half. In the second half, the Lady Rattlers would take a nine-point lead, 39-30, on a Foster layup with 14:07 left, and would even extend their lead to much as 13 points, 49-36, on a Tameka McKelton layup with 9:44. A Kristin Johnson layup at the 4:46 mark would cap a 10-2 SCSU run, cutting FAMU’s lead to 51-46. “We got a little complacent, when we went up 13. We relaxed a little bit. Hipps hadn’t hit any shots early on in the game and she stepped up, we got a little relaxed on defense,” said Gibson. A Bennett free throw at the 3:42 mark would give FAMU a 52-46 lead, but buckets by Reid with 3:28 left and at the 1:40 mark would cut the Lady Rattlers lead to 52-50. “We told our players, we needed to match a run with a run,” said S.C. State head coach Doug Robertson. “We did that in the second half and we gave ourselves opportunity to win the ball game.” A pair of Foster free throws would end a three-minute Lady Rattler scoring drought to give FAMU a 54-50 win. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS FAMU UPSETS #2 COPPIN, 64-43, IN MEAC TOURNEY
March 11, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (March 11) - The Florida A&M Women’s Basketball lived to fight another day as they upset No. 2 seed Coppin State, 64-43 in the quarterfinal round of the 2009 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tourney, here Wednesday morning at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Wednesday’s win vaults the Lady Rattlers into the semifinal round of the MEAC Tournament against the winner of Thursday’s Delaware State-Hampton game, at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. FAMU (14-16) had a quartet of players to score in double figures as Deidra Jones scored a game high 21 points. From off the bench, Qiana Donald added 12 points, while Stephanie Foster dropped in 11 and Antonia Bennett poured in 10. Jones and Bennett led the Lady Rattlers on the boards with seven each. The Lady Eagles opened the first half with a 10-0 run capped off by an Anders layup at the 15:33 mark. Jones would end FAMU’s scoring drought with a three ball at the 15:20 mark, cutting CSU’s lead to 10-3. The Lady Rattlers would cut the Lady Eagles’ lead to four on four different occasions in the first half, staying within striking distance. A Bennett layup at the 1:01 mark left the score, 24-20 Coppin State at intermission. Then, the Lady Rattlers began the second half with a 10-3 run to take the lead for the first time, 30-27, on Jones three-pointer at the 15:25 mark. Coppin would tie the game at 30-30 on a Whitney Cunningham free throw at the 14:14 mark, before FAMU went on a 7-0 run, capped by a Jones field goal at the 12:58 mark to take the lead for good at 37-30. The Lady Rattlers would later extend their lead to 12 points, 49-37 on a Bennett jumper with 6:56 left, then would push their edge to the final 21 points for the 64-43 win. CSU (14-14) was led by Danielle Anders with 17 points, while Sesalie Johnson pumped in 10. Tanezia Harden finished a team high five rebounds. FAMU finished the game shooting 38.9 percent (21-of-54) from the field, whereas CSU shot 34.5 percent (19-of-55). << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS LADY RATTLERS FALL TO MIAMI, 83-69
December 01, 2008
LADY RATTLERS FALL TO MIAMI, 83-69Lady Rattlers drop second road decision of season Monday nightCORAL GABLES, Fla. (Dec. 1) - The Florida A&M Women's Basketball team dropped a hard-fought 83-69 decision to the University of Miami here Monday night at the BankUnited Center on the UM campus. Florida A&M (3-2) shot 60 percent from three-point range (6 of 10) to stay within six points, 40-34 at the half, before homestanding Miami (5-2) pulled away with a 43-35 surge in the second half. The Lady Rattlers long range shooting kept them in contention in the first, getting them twice within two points of the Hurricanes. A three-pointer by freshman Antonia Bennett slice the 'Canes lead to one point, 23-22 with 5:38 left in the half, but a three-pointer by UM's Vitalija Vasciunaite pushed her club ahead by four points, 26-22 with 5:25 left. FAMU twice more cut the lead to two points, but the 'Canes closed out the half with a 9-5 run in the last two minutes to lead 40-34 at the break. Miami came out of the break outscoring FAMU, 21-16 in the first nine minutes of the half, to pull away to a double-digit lead, 61-50 with 11:35 left. The Lady Rattlers could get no closer as UM extended their lead to as much as 19 points down the stretch. Florida A&M was led by senior Deidra Jones with 20 points, followed by freshman Antonia Bennett with 18 and senior Stephanie Foster with 14 points, while freshman Qiana Donald (12) and senior Denise Tate (11) led FAMU in rebounding Monday. Vitalija Vasciunaite led UM with 18 points, followed by Diane Barnes and Latoya Cunningham with 15 points apiece. WHAT'S NEXT: The Lady Rattlers will host Bethune-Cookman, Saturday, December 6 in Gaither Gym, beginning at 5:00 p.m. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS STRONG FIRST HALF VAULTS GATORS PAST FAMU, 77-55
December 12, 2008
STRONG FIRST HALF VAULTS GATORS PAST FAMU, 77-55UF wins 10th straight after shooting 60 percent in opening stanza Friday nightGAINESVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 12) – The University of Florida rode a torrid first half shooting performance to a 77-55 victory over Florida A&M in a women’s college basketball game at the Stephen O’Connell Center Friday night. The win was the 10th straight for homestanding Florida (10-1), while FAMU (4-3) dropped their third straight road game. The Gators shot 60 percent (18 of 30) from the floor and went five of 10 from three-point range in the opening stanza, while FAMU hit just 29.6 percent (8 of 27) from the floor, breaking open what was a relatively tight contest near the midpoint of the period. Florida led 16-11 with 11:30 left in the half, then closed out the period with a 30-12 run led by the trio of Marshae Dotson, Jennifer Mossor and Lonnika Thompson who each had seven points in the first 20 minutes. UF’s Sha Brooks got the Gators rolling with a pair of three pointers in the first half, which helped push their lead to double digits. In the second half, both clubs shot in the 30 percent range, as FAMU outscored the Gators, 32-31. Stephanie Foster led FAMU’s second half charge with 16 points, followed by fellow senior Deidra Jones, who added 10 points in the final period. Foster led all scorers with 21 points, followed by Jones with 15 points. Jones also led FAMU with seven rebounds Friday. Florida had 12 players score on Friday, led by Sha Brooks with 12 points and Sharielle Smith with 11 points. Smith shared team high rebounding honors with Steffi Sorensen as each player pulled down seven boards. WHAT’S NEXT: FAMU will return to action next Wednesday, Dec. 17, when they take on the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in an 11:30 a.m. Central time game, before returning home for a Gaither Gym bout against the University of Pittsburgh next Friday, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS ALABAMA EDGES LADY RATTLERS, 70-68 IN OT
December 17, 2008
ALABAMA EDGES LADY RATTLERS, 70-68 IN OTSenior trio of Foster, Jones and Daniels leads FAMU WednesdayTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (Dec. 17) - In a game, that saw 13 ties and 21 lead changes, the Florida A&M Women's Basketball team dropped a hard fought 70-68 overtime decision to the University of Alabama, here Wednesday afternoon at Coleman Coliseum. FAMU (4-4) had a trio of players to score in double figures with Stephanie Foster leading the way with 17 points. Deidra Jones dropped in 16 points, while Melissa Daniels finished with 10 points. Freshman Qiana Donald led the Lady Rattlers on the boards with 11 rebounds, while Jones finished with a game high seven assists. In the first half, FAMU tied the game on three times, while Alabama tied the game four times, before the Crimson Tide took a 27-26 lead at the half. The Lady Rattlers finished the first half shooting 35.5 percent (11-of-31) from the floor, while the Crimson Tide shot 36.7 percent (11-of-30). Alabama would push their lead out to five points to begin the second half on a Varisia Raffington field goal with 16:09 remaining gave the Crimson Tide a 33-28 lead. Later, UA would push their lead to seven points on a Ericka Russell field goal with 12:12 remaining making the score, 39-32. FAMU's Stephanie Foster broke a three-minute scoring drought for both teams as she hit a pair of free throws with 6:07 remaining, cutting Alabama lead to 41-39. Then a Melissa Daniels lay-up would tie the game at 41-41 with 5:48 left to go, followed by a Foster three-pointer, which gave the Lady Rattlers a 44-43 lead with 5:36 remaining in regulation. A Raffington field goal at the 3:22 mark would give the Crimson Tide a 51-46 leading capping a 7-3 run. FAMU would then go on a 7-2 run to send the game into overtime, capping the surge on a Qiana Donald free throw with 1:13 left. In the overtime, the Lady Rattlers would score the first two baskets to take a 61-57 lead with 4:31 to play. A Courtney Strauthers free throw with 3:36 remaining tied the game at 64-64, followed by a Daleisha Corn field goal with three minutes left giving the Crimson Tide a 66-64 lead. FAMU would tie the game at 66-66 on a pair of Foster free throws at the 2:37 mark of the overtime period. The Tide would then regain the lead 68-66 at the 2:08 mark on a Magee layup. Alabama would then extend their lead to 69-66 on a Magee free throw at the 1:35 mark of the extra period. A pair of free throws by Deidra Jones would cut Alabama's lead to 69-68 with 1:27 left, but another Magee free throw with one second left would seal a 70-68 win for the Crimson Tide. FAMU finished the game shooting 34.7 percent (25-of-72) from the field, while UA shot 32.5 percent (26-of-80). Both the Lady Rattlers and the Crimson Tide finished with 57 rebounds each. Alabama (7-3) was paced by Tierney Jenkins, who finished with a double-double in 17 points and 10 reounds, while Varisia Raffington added 10 points to round out the Crimson Tide double figure players. Dedrea Magee led the team in assists with six. The Lady Rattlers will close out the calendar year at home against the University Pittsburgh on Friday, December 19, at 7 p.m. in Gaither Gymnasium. << Back to News Headlines NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS PITTSBURGH ROLLS PAST LADY RATTLERS, 89-59
December 19, 2008
PITTSBURGH ROLLS PAST LADY RATTLERS, 89-59 Freshman Tameka McKelton leads FAMU with 17 points Friday TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Dec. 19) – The Florida A&M Lady Rattlers dropped an 89-59 decision to the 16th-ranked Pittsburgh Panthers in a women’s college basketball game Friday evening in Gaither Gymnasium. FAMU (4-5) dropped their third straight game as the nationally-ranked Panthers (9-1) raced off to a big lead early and remained in control throughout. Pitt opened the game with an 8-0 run over the first two minutes, quickly building their advantage to double digits, 16-2 on a pair of free throws by Shavonte Zellous with 14:43. The Panthers shot 47.2 percent from the floor and hit 13 of 15 from the foul line to forge a 51-26 lead at the half. Florida A&M played things a lot closer in the second half, as Pitt just managed to outscore the Lady Rattlers, 38-33. Pitt, which finished the night with a 52-35 edge in rebounding, was led by Xenia Stewart with 27 points, followed by Zellous with 21 points and seven rebounds and Sophronia Sallard with 11 points. Freshman Tameka McKelton led FAMU with 17 points, as she knocked down a trio of three-pointers. Antonia Bennett added nine points, while Ashley Hampton tossed in eight points. Senior Melissa Daniels led FAMU with seven rebounds, followed by Denise Tate with six boards. WHAT’S NEXT: Florida A&M returns to the court on Tuesday, December 30, when they travel to Atlanta to take on Georgia Tech. Tipoff will be 6:00 p.m. at Alexander Coliseum…. FAMU’s next home game will be Saturday, January 3 against Savannah State, which will tip off at 7 p.m. in Gaither Gymnasium. << Back to News Headlines ROSTER
HEAD COACH: LeDawn Gibson, 2nd year, (Warner Southern '00) ASSISTANTS: Stephen Joyner, 2nd Year ( Johnson C. Smith, 2001) Latasha Shipman, 2nd Year, (Shaw University, 2004) Andrea Johnson, 2nd Year (Tusculum College, 2007) SCHEDULE
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 23)- Cheyenne Curley-Payne of Howard University scored a layup with five seconds left in overtime to defeat the Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team 69-68, here Saturday afternoon at Burr Gymnasium.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Nov. 23) - The Florida A&M University Women’s Basketball team won their third straight game Monday night with a 64-42 decision over Albany State, at the Alfred Lawson Center.