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2020-21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKTBALL GAME NOTES CENTRAL MICHIGAN vs. No.25 MICHIGAN WEDNEDAY, NOVEMBER 25 | 12:30 PM | CRISLER CENTER (13,751) | ANN ARBOR, MICH. 2020-21 SCHEDULE CENTRAL MICHIGAN No.25 MICHIGAN Nov. 25 No.25 MichiganMichgan 12:3012:30 p.m.p.m. CHIPPEWAS WOLVERINES Dec. 6 Dayton 2 p.m. Dec. 9 WESTERN MICHIGAN* 2 p.m. 2019-20 Record 23-7 (16-2 MAC) 2019-20 Record 21-11 (10-8 BIG TEN) Dec. 12 CINCINNATI 12 p.m. H: 13-1/A: 10-1/N: 0-1 H: 12-4/A: 6-5/N: 3-2 Dec. 15 MIAMI (OH)* TBD Head Coach Heather Oesterle Head Coach Kim Arico (Michigan, 2002) (Stoney Brook, 1989) Dec. 18 Michigan State TBD Career Record 23-7 (2nd season) Career Record 447-302 (24th season) Jan. 2 Ohio* TBD Record at CMU 23-7 (2nd season) Record at Michigan 177-96 (9th season) Jan. 6 AKRON* TBD Jan. 9 Buffalo* TBD COVERAGE Jan. 13 Northern Illinois* TBD CHIPPEWA SPORTS NETWORK Jan. 16 OHIO* TBD 91.5 WHMW-FM CMU Athletics mobile app Jan. 20 EASTERN MICHIGAN* TBD TV RADIO Jan. 23 Akron* TBD PxP: Matt Kearney Jan. 27 Toledo* TBD Jan. 30 BUFFALO* TBD FOLLOW AND STAY CONNECTED #FireUpChips Feb. 3 BALL STATE* TBD Link at CMUChippewas.com Twitter: @CMUWBBall Feb. 6 Western Michigan* TBD CMU Athletics mobile app STATS SOCIAL Facebook: Facebook.com/CMUWBBall Feb. 10 Miami (OH)* TBD Instagram: @cmuwbball Feb. 13 KENT STATE* TBD PROJECTED STARTERS Feb. 17 Bowling Green* TBD Feb. 24 TOLEDO* TBD No. Name *2019-20 stats Pos. GP-GS PPG RPG FG% Notes Feb. 27 Eastern Michigan* TBD 1 Micaela Kelly (5-6, Sr.) G 30-30 21.5 6.5 .428 MAC POTY (2019-20) 4 Maddy Watters (5-9, Sr.) G 30-30 7.6 4.8 .541 55 three-pointers (2019-20) March 3 Ball State* TBD 14 Molly Davis (5-7, So.) G 30-30 14.3 4.3 .489 Second Team All-MAC (2019-20) March 10 MAC Tournament% TBA 50 Kyra Bussell (6-1, Sr.) F 30-30 14.2 7.0 .499 Third Team All-MAC (2019-20) March 12 MAC Tournament% TBA 21 Jahari Smith (6-0, Jr.) C 30-30 4.6 4.8 .541 Led the team in FG% (2019-20) March 13 MAC Tournament% TBA TOP RESERVES * Mid-American Conference games 11 Sophia Karasinski (5-8, Jr.) G 23-0 1.5 0.4 .364 % at Rocket Mortgage Field House, Cleveland, Ohio 22 Kalle Martinez (5-8, Jr.) G 23-0 0.9 0.6 .269 Home games in BOLD CAPS All times Eastern 2020-21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN -1- CHIPPEWAS BASKETBALL GAME 1• CENTRAL MICHIGAN vs. N0.25 MICHIGAN • NOVEMBER 25, 2020 • CRISLER CENTER • ANN ARBOR, MICH. MEDIA INFORMATION WE BACK NEW FACES Players and coaches are generally available following • With all the doubt, questions and general • Oesterle will bring along a quartet of freshmen practice on Monday’s/Thursday’s via Webex. Please apprehension that have hung over the world for in 6-2 Maryama Turkstra, 6-1 Rachel Loobie, 5-10 coordinate all coach and player interview requests the past eight months, here’s something to rely Carlee Crabtree, and 6-1 Sydney Graber. through Assistant Director of Athletic Marketing upon: Central Michigan women’s basketball. • They join a program that is a combined 123-40 and Communications Cullen Maksimowski. He can be reached in at (616) 635-1321 or by email at • The Chippewas return all five starters as they since the beginning of the 2015-16 season, [email protected]. Please allow 24 hours of chase their fifth-consecutive Mid-American including 77-13 in MAC play, and has established advanced notice in scheduling an interview. Conference championship and a fourth-straight itself as a mid-major power over the past decade. NCAA Tournament berth under second-year coach WEBSITE Heather Oesterle. CMU PICKED PICKED NO.1 IN PRESEASON POLL Media members are reminded that the official • They open the season on Wednesday (12:30 p.m.) • The Central Michigan women’s basketball team athletics website, CMUChippewas.com, contains at 25th-ranked Michigan. was picked to win the Mid-American Conference updated player stats and bios each week. Also regular-season championship and the league- available on the site are video interviews, postgame LEADER OF LEADERS tournament title in a poll of league coaches highlights and press conferences. • The leader of leaders, so to speak, is senior guard • The Chippewas received 10 first-place votes VISITING RADIO Micaela “Twin” Kelly, the reigning MAC Player of and 142 points from the 12 league coaches in One ISDN line and one telephone line are available the Year who is on the Nancy Lieberman Award the regular-season poll. They were picked by for use by the official radio network of the visiting (top point guard) Watch List and is 23rd on ESPN’s six coaches to win the league tournament. The team. Visiting networks that wish to have additional list of the nation’s top 25 players. Chippewas are vying for their fifth-consecutive lines installed at their own expense may do so by • She enters the season with 1,529 career points MAC regular-season championship. contacting CMU Telecommunications at and, barring injury, could become just the • CMU’s Micaela Kelly was selected to the All-MAC (989) 774-1474. third player in program history to surpass the Preseason First Team, while teammates Kyra 2,000-point mark. Bussell and Molly Davis each were named to the VIDEO The Athletic Communications Department maintains a second team. vast library of video clips for distribution to requesting SUPPORTING CAST • Kelly, a senior guard from Detroit, is the reigning electronic media. In addition, postgame highlights and • Guard Maddy Watters and 6-foot center Jahari MAC Player of the Year and has been named to press conference cut-ups are available for download Smith are each entering their third year as the 2020-21 Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List. using the department’s FTP server. Please contact starters, while forward Kyra Bussell and guard The award goes annually to the top point guard in Zack Howard ([email protected]) for detailed Molly Davis are each entering their second. college basketball. instructions and requests. • Davis and Bussell each averaged 14-plus points • Kelly ranked second in the MAC and fifth per game last season, and Bussell was the nationally in scoring at 21.5 points per game in MEDIA ROOM Chippewas’ top rebounder (7.0 rpg). Davis earned 2019-20, earning First Team All-MAC and All-MAC During our COVID-19 adjusted season, the Media Room will be not be available for members of the Second Team All-MAC honors, while Bussell was Defensive Team honors. working media. Media must remain in designated named to the third team. • Bussell, a senior from Grand Rapids, averaged 13.2 work areas at the west end of the arena. Coaches and points and 7.0 rebounds per game last season, selected players will hold a virtual press conference via webex. CENTRAL MICHIGAN VS. NO.25 MICHIGAN CREDENTIAL REQUESTS Requests for media credentials should be made 23-7 (16-2 MAC) 2019-20 Record 21-11 (10-8 BIG 10) through email at [email protected]. Please note 76.4 Points 70.8 that media credentails may be limted to ensure 70.9 Opponent Points 63.4 COVID-19 saftey protocals are maintained within 38.7 Rebounds 38.9 McGuirk Arena. +1.1 Rebounding Margin +7.8 9.9 Offensive Rebounds 13.5 PHOTOGRAPHERS/VIDEOGRAPHERS 12.1 Opponent Offensive Rebounds 9.8 During our COVID-19 adjusted season, photographers .450 Field Goal Pct. .447 and videographers are limited to shooting from the second-level mezzanine. .409 Opponent Field Goal Pct. .407 .356 3-Point FG Pct. .328 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT .301 Opponent 3-Point FG Pct. .319 Assistant Director/WBB Contact: Cullen Maksimowski 14.4/15.6 Assists / Turnovers 14.6/15.9 Cell: (616) 635-1321 -2.4 Turnover Margin -0.4 Email: [email protected] 13.2 Opponent Turnovers 15.5 3.0 Blocked Shots 3.5 6.3 Steals 6.9 CHIPPEWAS WOLVERINES 2020-21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN -2- CHIPPEWAS BASKETBALL GAME 1• CENTRAL MICHIGAN vs. N0.25 MICHIGAN • NOVEMBER 25, 2020 • CRISLER CENTER • ANN ARBOR, MICH. QUICK FACTS earning All-MAC Third Team honors. She was the including coaches meetings and team practices, GENERAL INFORMATION Chippewas’ top rebounder and ranked 10th in the and will be on the bench during games, both Location ..................................Mount Pleasant, Mich. league in that category. home and away. She will also handle duties that Enrollment ......................................................19,431 • Davis, a sophomore from Midland, made a splash fall under the director of basketball operations job Founded .............................................................1892 in her freshman campaign, ranking second on description. Nickname ..................................................Chippewas the team and 12th in the league in scoring at • Frost, who earned a bachelor’s degree in Colors ..............................................Maroon and Gold 14.3 points per game. She averaged 4.4 assists mathematics from CMU, is one of the most- Conference ...........................................Mid-American per game, which was fifth in the conference, and decorated players in program history. She is the President .........................................Dr. Robert Davies Director of Athletics................................... Amy Folan made 39.5 percent of her 3-point attempts, which MAC’s all-time leading rebounder and ranks 12th Website ......................................CMUChippewas.com was third. She was named to the All-MAC Second in NCAA history with 1,526 career rebounds, was Facebook ........................ Facebook.com/ CMUWBBall Team and the MAC All-Freshman Team.