Women's Basketball
2011-12 Highlights

through March 26, 2012

26-9 overall, 12-2 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference

•  The only school to win a first-round game against a higher-ranked opponent at the NAIA Division I National Championship in 2011 and 2012
•  Reached 20 victories for the 11th consecutive time — that extends a school record — and the 19th time in 20 seasons
•  Extended a school record with its 11th consecutive winning season
•  Won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season championship for the second time in three years and the 13th time overall
•  Won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament for the third consecutive year — 58-50 against Talladega in the championship round — and the 13th time overall
•  Qualified for the NAIA Division I National Championship for the third consecutive year and the 16th time in 18 seasons
•  Ranked in every NAIA Division I Coaches' Top 25 this season, with a high of 15th on Jan. 23 and a fina; rank of 16th on March 26 after the national tournament . . . current poll streak of 31 top-25s since January 2010
•  No. 18 ranking on March 7 was the Gold Nuggets' highest entering the national tournament since 2005
•  No. 16 ranking on March 26 was the Gold Nuggets' highest in the final poll of a season since 2005
•  Won 64-54 at home against Spring Hill on Nov. 8 to give Bo Browder his 300th victory as head coach of the Gold Nuggets
•  Won 10 straight and 121 of its last 139 games at The Barn
•  Only opponent to win at Georgetown (Ky.) this season . . . 79-76 on Nov. 12 after trailing by 16 points . . . Georgetown was unranked at the time but was No. 11 in the postseason poll after reaching the national semifinals
•  2-0 against No. 20 Shorter, another first-round winner at nationals
•  Won the home opener for the 20th consecutive time
•  Won 52-46 at home against Tougaloo on Feb. 13 in the final XU women's game at The Barn, which opened in 1937
•  19-0 when allowing 57 or fewer points
•  Keldra Hall grabbed 17 rebounds Jan. 4 in 60-59 victory at nationally ranked Shorter — since the start of the 2003-04 season, no Gold Nugget has grabbed as many rebounds in a game
•  Jazmoné Kelly became the sixth Gold Nugget to reach 700 points, 600 rebounds and 200 steals in a career
•  First XU team in seven seasons with two players making 30 or more 3-pointers — Jasmine Grant 80, Dalila Robinson 34
•  Three current players among XU's top 20 in career steals — Jazmoné Kelly is ninth with 243 steals, Jasmine Grant is 18th with 204, and Brandi Young is tied for 19th with 202
•  Team statistical rankings in NAIA Division I include No. 6 in steals per game (12.3), No. 7 in field-goal percentage defense (.342), No. 7 in scoring defense (54.1) and No. 10 in 3-point field-goal percentage defense (.261)
•  Individual statistical rankings in NAIA Division I include Jasmine Grant No. 5 in 3-point field goals made (80) and No. 17 in 3-point field goals made per game (2.3)
•  Junior guard SiMon Franklin was selected GCAC Tournament Most Valuable Player
•  Keldra Hall received honorable mention on the 2011-12 NAIA Division I All-America team.
•  Bo Browder was named GCAC Coach of the Year for a conference-record fifth time and a conference-record-tying third season in a row