Dec. 29, 2008

GAME No. 12:
Jackson State (1-10, 0-0)
at
No. 21 Baylor (11-1, 0-0)
Dec. 31, 2008 * Waco, TX * 4:00 p.m. CT
Radio: JSU Network (WOAD - 1300 AM) - with Rob Jay and Tegre Taylor
Television: FSN Southwest
Inernet: Yahoo!Sports

JSU Probable Starters,
No Pos Name HT WT CL Hometown PPG RPG
3 G Rod Melvin 6-1 180 Fr., Brandon, Miss. 5.2 2.3
12 G Darrion Griffin 6-3 185 Sr., Toledo, Oh. 13.3 5.0
33 F Garrison Johnson 6-6 185 Jr., Smyrna, Ga. 6.7 2.5
32 F Grant Maxey 6-7 180 Jr., Toledo, Oh.. 15.0 7.4
44 C Jeremy Caldwell 6-8 251 Sr., Jackson, Miss. 10.5 5.5

Off The Bench
No. Pos Name HT WT CL Hometown PPG, RPG
21 G Phillip Williams 6-1 280 Fr. Chicago, IL 2.0 1.2
4 G Kenny Russell 6-4 195 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. 2.0 1.0
10 G Daniel Huggins 6-2 200 Jr. Meridian, MS 2.3 1.1
13 G/F Kay Martinez 6-6 190 R-Sr. Limon, Costa Rica 2.0 1.6
20 G Jerome Davis 6-2 160 So. Opelika, Ala. 0.0 0.0
23 G De'Suan Dixon 6-3 175 So. Leland, MS 5.3 2.7
24 F Oliver Jefferson 6-9 235 Fr. Terry, MS 0.0 0.5
45 G Chris Hyche 6-5 204 So. Brandon, MS 3.1 1.0
1 G Cason Burk 6-4 175 Jr. Jackson, MS 1.6 2.0

Pronunciation Guide
Players
#1 Cason Burk (Kay-son)
#5 Kay Martinez (Ki - sounds like Sky)
#12 Darrion Griffin (Dare - e - on)
#23 De'Suan Dixon (Day - swan)
#34 Dashawn Ford (Day - shawn)
Coaches
Tevester Anderson (Tuh - vester)
Wright Busching (Bush - ing)

Next Up: The Jackson State Tigers return to action for their 12th straight and final non-conference road game this season when they travel to WACO, TX to face the Baylor Bears. JSU comes into Wednesday's game on a five game losing streak. The Tigers are led by junior forward Grant Maxey, who leads the team in scoring with 15.0 ppg and 7.4 rpg. Darrion Griffin is second on the team in scoring wi. 13.3 ppg. Curtis Jerrells leads the Bears wi. 17.1 ppg. LaceDarius Dunn is second averaging 16.4 ppg and henry Dugat is third averaging 13.1 ppg.

Last Game: JSU fell 70-51 to SE Louisiana. Shooting from behind the three point line proved to be a huge factor. JSU hit only one three-point shot, while the Lions made 7.

Series: Saturday's meeting will be the 2nd meeting between JSU and Baylor. In the first meeting Baylor beat JSU 100-76 in '07.

Next Game: JSU will travel to Montgomery, AL to face Alabama State on Jan. 3 for the first conference game of the season.

Other Tidbits: *JSU will play its first home game of the 08-09 season on Jan. 10 when the Tigers face rival Alcorn State. *Jeremy Caldwell is 8th on JSU's All-Time blocked shots list with 87 for his career. He is one away from tying Lindsey Hunter with 88. *JSU is 0-2 against ranked teams this season and has allowed an avg. 83.5 points.

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