2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team

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2009-10 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball
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Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament champions
Conference Southeastern Conference
2009-10 record 23-11 (9-7 SEC)
Head coach Melanie Balcomb
Assistant coach Tom Garrick
Assistant coach Vicky Picott
Assistant coach Kim Rosamond
Home arena Memorial Gymnasium
Seasons
« 2008-09 2010-11 »
2009–10 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 Tennessee 15 1   .938     32 3   .914
#19 Kentucky 11 5   .688     28 8   .778
Mississippi State 9 7   .563     21 13   .618
#21 LSU 9 7   .563     21 10   .677
Vanderbilt 9 7   .563     23 11   .676
#23 Georgia 9 7   .563     25 9   .735
Florida 7 9   .438     15 17   .469
South Carolina 7 9   .438     14 15   .483
Ole Miss 7 9   .438     17 15   .531
Auburn 5 11   .313     15 16   .484
Alabama 4 12   .250     12 18   .400
Arkansas 4 12   .250     12 18   .400
2010 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team will represent Vanderbilt University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Commodores are a member of the Southeastern Conference and will attempt to win the NCAA championship.

Offseason

  • April 23: The Commodores were honored with a joint resolution presented on the floor of the Tennessee House of Representatives which lauded the squad for its successful 2008-09 season. Representative Brenda Gilmore sponsored the resolution in the House after it was original entered by Senator Douglas Henry.[1]
  • May 18, 2009 : Former Vanderbilt women's basketball stars Christina Wirth and Jennifer Risper are adjusting to professional basketball. Wirth and Risper, now with the Indiana Fever and the Chicago Sky, helped one another move into their new respective homes this past week. After four years together with the Commodores, separating from each other and the rest of their teammates has been an adjustment. Should they make the final rosters, they will meet three times during the regular season.[2]
  • On May 28, Ripser and Wirth played against each other. The Sky lost the game 74-67. In the loss, Risper appeared in 9 minutes, had 3 Free Throws, 5 Rebounds, 1 Steal, and 3 points.[3] Christina Wirth played 10 minutes, had 2 free throws, 1 assist, 1 steal, and scored 2 points.[3]
  • June 17, 2009: The Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn. will host either the men's or women's SECtournament in each of next four seasons. Nashville was previously revealed as the host of the 2010 men's tournament, and has been awarded the 2011 and 2012 women's tournament and the 2013 men's tournament.[4]
  • June 25: Jence Rhoads traveled to Austria, Italy and the Czech Republic as part of Athletes International, a non-profit organization that gives American athletes in over a dozen different sports a chance to play around the world.[5]

Preseason

Date Location Opponent Score Record
Oct 30 Nashville Union (TN) 69-48 1-0
Nov 7 Nashville Drury 79-54 2-0

Regular season

  • February 21: Jence Rhoads had 19 points as the Commodores beat Mississippi by a score of 68-59. It was the Commodores first win in Oxford since 2003.[6]

Roster

Number Name Height Position Class
11 Ashlee Bridge 5-11 Guard/Forward Senior
30 Elan Brown 6-0 Guard Freshman
34 Tiffany Clarke 6-0 Forward Freshman
12 Jordan Coleman 5-11 Forward Sophomore
21 Stephanie Holzer 6-4 Center Freshman
5 Lauren Lueders 5-8 Guard Senior
23 Merideth Marsh 5-6 Guard Senior
20 Jessica Mooney 5-8 Guard Senior
4 Angela Puleo 5-9 Guard Junior
22 Jence Rhoads 5-11 Guard Junior
33 Rebecca Silinski 6-3 Forward Junior
32 Gabby Smith 5-10 Guard Freshman
15 Hannah Tuomi 6-1 Forward Junior

[7]

Schedule

The Commodores participated in the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament (held from November 27–28)

Date Location Opponent Score Record
Nov. 15 Nashville Lehigh 90-54 1-0
Nov. 18 Carbondale, Ill Southern Illinois 90-64 2-0
Nov. 20 Nashville UC Riverside 75-60 3-0
Nov. 24 Philadelphia St. Joseph's 59-46 4-0
Nov. 27 Nashville Austin Peay 95-51 5-0
Nov. 28 Nashville North Carolina State 77-71 6-0
Dec. 2 Dayton Wright State 63-46

Player stats

Player Games Played Minutes Field Goals Three Pointers Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points

Postseason

NCAA Basketball Tournament

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Awards and honors

  • Elan Brown, 2010 All-SEC Rookie Team
  • Tiffany Clarke, 2010 All-SEC Rookie Team
  • Merideth Marsh, 2010 Second Team All-SEC
  • Jence Rhodes, 2010 First Team All-SEC[8]

Team players drafted into the WNBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club

See also

References

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External links

  1. http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/042309aaa.html
  2. http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/051809aaa.html
  3. 3.0 3.1 http://www.wnba.com/games/20090528/CHIIND/boxscore.html
  4. http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/061709aaa.html
  5. http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/062509aab.html
  6. http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/022110aaa.html
  7. http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/vand-w-baskbl-mtt.html
  8. http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/030210aag.html