2006-07 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Marneshia Richard
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School/Previous School:
- Ashland HS
- Hometown:
- Lamar, MS
SENIOR SEASON (2008-09):
Sat out the season with a medical redshirt.
JUNIOR SEASON (2007-08):
Ranks seventh on the career assists list with 335 and is eighth on the career steals list with 174 ... Set class record for assists in back-to-back seasons as a sophomore (125) and junior (138) ...Scored a season-high 20 points and had a season-high six steals at South Carolina ... Added five assists in the win ... Leading scorer against Georgia with 15 points...Dished out 10 assists against Tennessee ... Scored 10 points and shot 8-of-9 from the charity stripe against Alabama ... Leading scorer against Arkansas with 12 ... Leading scorer against Mississippi with 14...Dished out a game-high eight assists and had nine points against Mississippi Valley State ...Totaled 16 points at UAB ... Dished the ball out five times and added 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting against Louisiana-Lafayette ... Scored 14 points with seven assists against McNeese State ... Dished out eight assists to tie Angela Harris at fourth on the single game list for juniors...Led team in assists with six against Memphis, while also adding 10 points...Tallied 14 points against Oklahoma...Scored nine points against Iowa...Tallied eight points, six rebounds and six assists against Centenary ... Posted 18 points, six rebounds and five assists against Southeastern Louisiana.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006-07):
Scored 10 points and became the sophomore single season assists leader with five dishes against Western Kentucky...Leading scorer against Florida in the SEC Tournament with 18 points...Recorded 15 points and tied a career high with seven rebounds against South Carolina...Tallied 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field against the Crimson Tide ... Top assist leader with six against Ole Miss ... Added 15 points in the loss ... Led team with 15 points and five assists against Vanderbilt ... Scored a career-high 24 points and tied a career high with seven rebounds against Florida...Posted fifth straight double-digit scoring outing with 19 points in the win against Arkansas...Scored game-winning basket with one second on the clock against Ole Miss ... Finished the game with 15 against the Lady Rebels...Scored in double figures with 10 against Kentucky...Recorded her first career double-double with 13 points and 11 assists against South Carolina... Led MSU in scoring with 14 points against Tennessee, shooting 6-of-9 from the field to record her third straight double-digit outing ... Had 13 points against Georgia ...Recorded 23 points, eight field goals made, 10 field goals attempted and six free throws made in the win over Arkansas...Recorded a career-high seven takeaways to tie for first on the sophomore single game records list for most steals in a game...Scored 11 points and brought down a career-high seven rebounds...One of four Lady Bulldogs to tally double digits against SE Louisiana with 10 points ... Led team with three steals versus Troy.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2005-06):
Saw competition in all 28 games while starting 17 of those and averaged 23.8 minutes per game ... Averaged 4.6 points per game, shooting 52.9 percent from behind the arc and 54.3 percent from the charity stripe... Notched season highs in points (14) versus Florida (3/2/06) and assists (7) versus Morehead State (12/19/05) ... Led team in steals versus Florida State (12/02/05) ... Tied for team lead with 23 assists in SEC competition ... Tied for ninth on all-time freshman steals list with 40 on the season ... Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll ... Awarded Most Assists Award (68, 2.4 apg), Field Goal Percent Award (45.2) and Coaches Award.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Missed her senior season at Ashland (Miss.) High School due to an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear suffered at the beginning of her senior season ... Named the 2003-04 District 2-2A Best Offensive Player of the Year after averaging 19.7 points per game, 11.0 rebounds per game and 6.0 assists per game her junior year ... Led the Blue Devils to a 21-8 record junior season... Advanced to North State semifinals ... As a junior, named all-District and all-North State ... Averaged 15.0 points, 7.0 assists and 6.0 rebounds per game ... Earned MVP honors, was named all-District and Best Offensive player while leading the Blue Devils to the first round of North State as a sophomore ... Played two years with an AAU team that won the 16U Girls' State Championship and advanced to the 2004 Nationals ... Also participated in track and field ... A District 2-2A state champion in the long jump as a sophomore year ... A three-time Scholastic Award winner.
PERSONAL:
Born Marneshia Vashontae Richard on April 26 in New Albany, Miss. ... Majoring in civil engineering ... The daughter of Martha and Kervin Richard ... Has two sisters, Martarmara and Kertese ... Received the Robert H. Wood Engineering Scholarship at MSU ... Father, uncle (Leo) and aunt (Jaquator) all graduated from MSU.
