Get To Know....

So this is a little something that I thought would help all of you get to know us players a little more on a personal level. I asked my teammates 20 random questions as well as 5 either/or questions. I think you all will be surprised about how unique my teammates are with the answers they give you. I hope you enjoy!


Marie Malone #35
Senior


Marie Malone is definitely one of the greatest people to every wear a Hofstra uniform, as well as one of the greatest teammates that I have had the chance of playing with. Definitely a person that you can learn a lot of things from and someone we all love very much.

1. What is your full name?
     - Marie Lashawn Malone

2. Where were you born?
     - Portsmouth, Virginia

3. How tall are you?/ How old are you? 
     - 6'2/ 23

4. What position do you play?
     - Center

5. What is your favorite food?
     - Spaghetti

6. Who is your favorite athlete?
     - Candice Parker

7. What is your favorite kind of cereal?
      - Cinnamon Toast Crunch

8. What state/country would you like to visit?
      - Brazil

9. What is your favorite thing to do?
      - Spend time with family and friends

10. What is your least favorite thing to do?
      - Homework

11. What is your most embarrassing moment?
      - Falling down the stairs

12. What is your biggest fear?
       - Not achieving my goals

13. If you could meet anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?
       - Martin Luther King Jr.

14. Who is your favorite Disney movie/character?
       - Finding Nemo/Dori

15. What is the best give your ever given/received?
       - Received: scrapbook made for my teammates given: not sure

16. What three adjectives best describe you?
       - Passionate, optimistic, ambitious

17. Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?
       - My own business designing clothes for tall girls and having a family

18. What is your greatest memory growing up? 
       - My brother and sister being born

19. What do you plan to do after your leave Hofstra?
       - Starting a career in basketball overseas

20. Why did you choose Hofstra?
       - I knew that being on this team I would not have just teammates but sisters who I know will be a
         part of my life forever. No matter if I was really close with them or not.

Your the best and thank you for everything

Tournament Time

It is finally time. The CAA Conference Tournament is right around the corner for us. After our upsetting loss on Wednesday to Northeastern we finished overall as the 4th seed. That means we still have a first round bye and will play the winner of UNCW (University of North Carolina-Wilmington) and Georgia State. Unfortunately for Georgia State they are last in the CAA standings with a overall conference record of 2-16. Most likely we will play UNCW who we just beat last week, but than again it is March as you can never be too sure. What should one expect at this tournament? A LOT OF GIRLS. When you put 12 teams together, with at least 12 players on each roster you get a lot of female athleticism surrounding you. The CAA tournament will be held at the Showplace Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland where the tournament was held last year as well. It is a great place to play in and hopefully we will come out victorious and be holding the CAA tournament trophy on Saturday night. We have never won a CAA title at Hofstra and we would love to change that this year. We have been told all season that we have the talent to do it, we just all have to believe. Every person on our team is so valuable and I feel as though that is what seperates us from the others. We are all talented and I would go to battle with any of my teammates because I know for a fact that they are that good. I have never been around so much talent in all my years of playing which is now, 13. If we all believed in ourself as much as others believed in us, we as a team would be unstoppable and no team could beat us. These next few days of practice are quintessential to how we will perform down in Maryland. We have to come our with heart, confidence, and a fire that no one has ever seen before. If I could tell my team one thing, it would be that I will give all I have next week for you guys. I will not back down to any challenge that is thrown my way, and I will support you all as much as I can. I do not want to let any of you down, and I want to get that championship. We still have time to prove ourselves, and just when everyone else has turned on us, we know who are. We know how good we are, and how talented we are as players. We do not have anything to prove to anyone, but ourselves. It is about us and only us.