ROSTER
No. Player Ht. Pos. Yr.
1 Jasmine Wynne 5-7 G So.
2L. Doomes-Stephens5-10 G/F Jr.
3 Kaneisha Saunders 5-7 G/F Fr.
4 Tiffany Conner 5-9 G Fr.
5 Dominique English 5-6 G Jr.
10 Sequoyah Griffin 5-9 G Jr.
11 Porche Grant 6-2 F Sr.
12 Jessica Monroe 6-3 F/C Fr.
No. Player Ht. Pos. Yr.
13 Tahira Johnson 6-1 F Fr.
15 Allyson Speed 5-9 G Sr.
21 Janae Stokes 5-7 G Sr.
22 Aleshia Flowers 6-1 F Fr.
23 Jessica Lawson 6-3 C Sr.
33 Daleisha Carn 6-0 G Jr.*
42 Melissa Dalembert 6-3 F Sr.
* sitting out after transferring from Alabama
SCHEDULE
Friday Florida A&M, 7
Nov. 16 St. Peter's, 5
Nov. 18 at Wake Forest, 5
Nov. 21 North Florida, 7
Nov. 27 Montana*, 6
Nov. 28 Loyola Mt./Saint Louis*, 4/6
Nov. 30 at UC Irvine, 8
Dec. 4 Washington, 7
Dec. 13 Jacksonville, 4:30
Dec. 17 Tulane, 7
Dec. 19 N.C. Central^, 4
Dec. 20 East Carolina Houston Baptist^, noon/2
Dec. 31 St. Francis (Pa.), 2
Jan. 4 at Connecticut, 7
Jan. 9 Georgetown, 7
Jan. 12 at Notre Dame, 7
Jan. 16 Syracuse, 4:30
Jan. 20 Pittsburgh, 7
Jan. 23 at St. John's, 2:30
Jan. 30 at Cincinnati, noon
Feb. 2 Villanova, 7
Feb. 6 Rutgers, 2
Feb. 9 at Marquette, 9
Feb. 13 at Seton Hall, 2
Feb. 17 at Georgetown, 8
Feb. 20 West Virginia, 4:30
Feb. 23 Providence, 7
Feb. 27 at Louisville, 2
March 1 DePaul, 7
* L.A. Thanksgiving Classic ^USF Shootout, Sun Dome
Coach: Jose Fernandez (143-133, ninth season at USF)
Last season: 27-10, 8-8 (eighth in Big East). WNIT champion.
Notable: Six postseason appearances are great, but the past three have been the WNIT. It will probably take a top-eight finish in the Big East to get to the NCAA Tournament. Fernandez has three experienced frontcourt players, led by C Jessica Lawson, who was granted a sixth year of eligibility and averaged 10.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game last season. G Janae Stokes led the NCAA with 116 3-pointers, and sophomore Jasmine Wynne, who played well in the postseason, takes over as the starting point guard. Fernandez has eight newcomers, with junior college transfers Leondra Doomes-Stephens and Sequoyah Griffin likely to make the biggest impact. The NCAA selection committee cited a weak nonconference schedule in passing over the Bulls last spring, so USF needs to beat Wake Forest and Montana, the only non-conference foes that were in last season's top 100 in the RPI ratings.
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