Fulton, Miss. – Itawamba Community College women's basketball program will tip-off the 2019-20 schedule Nov. 4, and it will be a new era with first-year head coach Robin Porter leading the Lady Indians.
The 2019-20 schedule features 11 home games with 10 being played on Monday nights, including the only two home dates in November, on Nov. 4 against Volunteer State and the Nov. 11 game against Gadsden State.
In December, the Lady Indians will host Lawson State, Dec. 2, and North Division opponent Northwest, Dec. 9.
The second half of the schedule will be division-heavy with key rivalry games Jan. 9 at Northeast and Feb. 3 when ICC hosts Northeast. The lone Tuesday home game for the Tribe is Jan. 21 against Coahoma.
Coach Porter will return some key players from last year's Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) North Division champion squad, which finished 21-5 overall.
Tabreea Gandy, a point guard from Starkville, returns after an impressive freshman season during which she earned MACJC All-State honors, averaged 9.2 points per game and started all 26 games.
Also returning at guard is Kealy Wilson (Olive Branch), who averaged 7.8 points per game and played in all 26 games with five starts. Timoya Brownlee (Houlka), Shimia Williams (Booneville) and Whitney Watkins (Decatur, Ala.) saw substantial playing time coming off the bench last season and look to be a big part of the Lady Indians success this season.
Sara Friloux (Tupelo) and Elizabeth Ingram (Corinth) are also returning for their sophomore seasons.
The Lady Indians sophomore class is joined by six freshmen, all of which are guards with the exception of Lymyia Fifer a 6'0 center from Louisville.
Zuri Dunlap (Hernando), Scarlett Guess (Blue Mountain), Tatyana Norment (Forrest City, Ark) and Mariah Holland (Oxford) are listed as true guards, while Shomaria Overton (Leland) could split time at point guard with Gandy, and Xhiir Burgess (Oxford) is listed as a hybrid guard/forward.
Joining Coach Porter in her first season is assistant coach Andureay Adams.
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