2019-20 HBU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Graduate Assistant of Media Relations & WBB Contact: Taylor Franzman Office: 281.649.3324 Cell: 714.222.1080 E-mail: [email protected] #DawgsUp HBUHuskies HBU.Athletics HBUHuskies @HBUHuskies @HBUWBB SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time GAME Nov. 5 LSU-SHREVEPORT 67-44 W Nov.12 PAUL QUINN 63-34 W HBU Huskies (7-20) Nov.14 at Baylor 112-42 L vs Incarnate Word (14-13) Nov. 17 at Houston 82-60 L Wednesday • March 4 • 7:00 p.m. • Sharp Gym Nov. 23 at Oral Roberts 74-73 W Nov. 25 at Wichita State 59-42 L Live Stats and Audio: HBUHuskies.com Dec. 1 NORTHERN ARIZONA 79-62 L Dec. 7 at ULM 72-65 W Dec. 15 at Texas Tech 59-51 L PREGAME REPORT Dec. 18 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN* 59-42 L HOUSTON – The HBU Huskies (7-20, 3-15 SLC) host the Incarnate Word Cardinals Dec. 21 *SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA* 69-59 L (14-13, 10-8) for the final home game of the 2019-2020 campaign for the Huskies. Jan. 1 at *Central Arkansas* 63-39 L Husky Fans can tune into Husky Sports Network broadcast with live play-by-by with Jan. 5 at *Northwestern State* 69-60 L Bill Cousins.

Jan. 11 at *Lamar* 60-53 L The Huskies are coming off a 56-54 buzzer beater win over the McNeese Cowgirls Jan. 18 *SAM HOUSTON* 97-69 L at home. The Huskies are led by junior Megan Valdez-Crader who leads the team in Jan. 22 *NICHOLLS* 84-78 L scoring with an average of 11.1 points per game and leads the team in assists with Jan. 25 at *McNeese* 88-72 L 63 and also is ranked fifth in steals amongst the . Freshman Jan. 29 at *UIW* 60-55 W Timia Jefferson ranks second amongst the Huskies in scoring with an average of 10.5 ppg while shooting for an average of 35.8 percent from the field. Feb. 1 *TEXAS A&M-CC* 75-65 L Feb. 5 at *New Orleans* 88-84 L The Cardinals are sixth in the conference and are coming off a loss at Texas A&M- Feb. 8 *NORTHWESTERN STATE* 54-46 L Corpus Christi 56-50. The Cardinals are led by Imani Robinson who leads the team Feb. 12 at *Abilene Christian* 71-54 L and ranks fourth in scoring in the conference with an average of 14.4 ppg while Feb. 15 *LAMAR* 72-59 W collecting 5.4 rebounds per game behind teammate Kara Speer who averages 7.1 rebounds per game. Speer averages 7.7 points per game and is ranked second Feb. 19 *ABILENE CHRISTIAN* 84-79 L amongst the Cardinals, she is shooting for 36.8 percent from the field. Feb. 22 at *Sam Houston* 75-60 L Feb. 26 at *Nicholls* 57-53 L Husky Fans, we would like everyone to stay in their seats after the game as the HBU Feb. 29 *MCNEESE* 56-54 W Athletics would like to celebrate our beloved seniors as they play in Sharp Gym for Mar. 4 *UIW* 7:00 P.M. the last time of their careers.

Mar. 7 at *Texas A&M-CC* 1:00 P.M. The Huskies head to Texas A&M Corpus Christi this Saturday at 1 p.m. for the final March 12-15 at SLC Tournament TBA matchup of the 2019-2020 season. *Southland Conference game All Times Central. Home games in CAPS at Sharp Gym.

We are PROBABLE STARTERS Projected Starters PTS REB FG% "HBU" G 10 Timia Jefferson 10.5 3.0 35.8 F 15 Julija Vujakovic 5.7 1.9 34.7 While the school is Houston Baptist University, the G 5 Kennedy Wilson 6.1 2.0 35.3 athletic department prefers to simply be called F 33 Marilyn Nzoiwu 3.8 5.2 40.0 “HBU” on all references. “Houston Baptist Universi- ty” is acceptable on the first reference, but we ask G 25 Abbey Sutherland 3.6 3.8 32.6 that “HBU” or “Huskies” be used on all subsequent references. HBUHuskies.com COACHES CORNER

HEAD COACH DONNA FINNIE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF

Assistant Coach BECCA ALLISON Record at HBU (7th Year): 66-108 Overall Record: Same Alma Mater: Heriot Watt, 1998 5th Year Twitter: @HBUCoachDonna Alma Mater: Old Dominion, 2014 Twitter: @hbucoachbecca

OVERALL SLC W L PCT W L PCT Assistant Coach 2014-15 HBU 15 18 .455 6 12 .333 AMBER MOORE 2015-16 HBU 14 15 .483 9 9 .500 2016-17 HBU 6 22 .214 4 14 .222 1st Year 2017-18 HBU 10 17 .370 6 11 .353 Alma Mater: University of Illinois, 2018-19 HBU 9 19 .321 4 14 .222 Twitter: @hbucoachbecca TOTAL 66 108 .379 37 70 .346

Finnie At A Glance Assistant Coach ANNA STRICKLAND Record at HBU (7th Year): 66-108 Career Record: Same 1st Year Experience Alma Mater: HBU

Head Coach HBU...... 2013-present U18 Scottish National Team ...... 2003-2010

Assistant Coach HBU...... 2010-2013

Highlights 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Finalist

Education Heriott Watt, 1998 St. Augustine’s High School, 1994 (Edinburgh, Scotland)

2019-20 HBU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER - No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl.-Exp. Hometown(High School/Previous School) 0 Takara Wade G 5-4 SR-1L Goodyear, Arizona (Desert Vista /Mesa CC) 3 Shannon Jones G 5-10 SR-3L Crosby, Texas (Crosby) 5 Kennedy Wilson G 5-6 FR-HS Mansfield, Texas (Timberview) 10 Timia Jefferson G 5-9 FR-HS Mansfield, Texas (Timberview) 11 Patience Idoko F 5-11 JR-TR Makurdi Benue State, Nigeria (Kilgore) 13 Megan Valdez-Crader G 5-5 JR-2L , Texas (Johnson) 14 N’Denasija Collins F 6-0 FR-HS Mansfield, Texas (Timberview) 15 Julija Vujakovic G 5-11 SO-1L Bereldange, Luxembourg (Lycee Des Garcons) 21 Asta Julia Grimsdottir F 6-1 FR-HS Reykjavik, Iceland (Menntaskolinn) 22 Sydney Carr G 5-8 SR-3L Crosby, Texas (Crosby) 23 Lauren Calver F 6-1 SR-3L Helensburgh, Australia (Heathcote) 24 Taylor Kollmorgen F 6-0 SR-3L Houston, Texas (Second Baptist) 25 Abbey Sutherland C 6-4 FR-HS Hamilton Victoria, Australia (Monivae College) 33 Marilyn Nzoiwu C 6-3 SO-1L Round Rock, Texas (Cedar Ridge)

Pronunciation Guide N'DENASIJA Collins N-De-Nay-sha Megan Valdez-CRADER CRAY-der JULIJA VUJAKOVIC jewl-ee-uh Vu-YACK-ovic Marilyn NZOIWU N-ZOY-wu

By Class Seniors - 4 Juniors - 2 Sophomores - 2 Freshman -5 Takara Wade Patience Idoko Marilyn Nzoiwu Kennedy Wilson Sydney Carr Megan Valdez-Crader Julija Vujakovic Timia Jefferson Lauren Calver N'Denasija Collins Taylor Kollmorgen Asta Julia Grimsdottir Abbey Sutherland

By Position Guards – 6 Forwards – 5 Centers –2 Syndey Carr Lauren Calver Marilyn Nzoiwu Takara Wade Taylor Kollmorgen Abbey Sutherland Timia Jefferson Patience Idoko Kennedy Wilson Asta Julia Grimsdottir Shannon Jones N'Denasija Collins Megan Valdez-Crader Julija Vujakovic

By State By Country Texas (9) Arizona (1) Australia (2) Syndey Carr - Crosby Takara Wade - Goodyear Lauren Calver - Helensburgh Shannon Jones - Crosby Abbey Sutherland - Hamilton Victoria Taylor Kollmorgen - Houston Megan Valdez-Crader - San Antonio Luxembourg Marilyn Nzoiwu - Round Rock Julija Vujakovic - Bereldange Timia Jefferson - Mansfield Kennedy Wilson - Mansfield Iceland N'Denasija Collins - Mansfield Asta Julia Grimsdottir - Reykjavik

Nigeria Patience Idoko - Makurdi Benue State RADIO/TV ROSTER

0 3 5 10 Takara Wade Shannon Jones Kennedy Wilson Timia Jefferson G • 5-4 • Sr • Goodyear, AZ G • 5-10 • Sr • Crosby, TX G • 5-6 • Fr • Mansfield, TX G • 5-9 • Fr • Mansfield, TX

11 13 14 15 Patience Idoko Megan Valdez-Crader N'Denasija Collins Juljia Vujakovic F • 5-11 • Jr • Makurdi Benue State, G • 5-5 • Jr • San Antonio, TX F • 6-0 • Fr • Mansfield, TX G • 5-11 • So • Bereldange, Luxem- Nigeria bourg

21 22 2325 24 Asta Julia Grimsdottir Sydney Carr Lauren Calver Taylor Kollmorgen F • 6-1 • Fr • Reykjavik, Iceland G• 5-8 • Sr • Crosby, TX F • 6-1 • Sr • Helensburgh, Aus- F • 6-0 • Sr • Houston, TX tralia

25 33 Abbey Sutherland Marilyn Nzoiwu C • 6-4 • Fr • Hamilton Victoria, C • 6-3 • So • Round Rock, TX Australia

DONNA FINNIE BECCA ALLISON AMBER MOORE ANNA STRICKLAND Head Coach (7th Season) Assistant Coach (5th Season) Assistant Coach (1st Season) Assistant Coach (1st Season) SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE

STANDINGS SCHEDULE SLC Overall Wednesday, March 4 W L PCT W L PCT Nicholls at McNeese Texas A&M Corpus Christi 15 3 .833 21 7 .750 A&M Corpus Christi at Sam Houston Abilene Christian 15 4 .789 23 5 .821 Stephen F. Austin 15 4 .789 22 6 .786 Southeastern La. at Central Arkansas Sam Houston State 14 4 .778 19 8 .704 Northwestern at New Orleans New Orleans 11 7 .611 15 12 .556 UIW at HBU Incarnate Word 10 8 .556 14 13 .519 Southeastern La. 9 9 .500 12 15 .444 Saturday, March 7 Nicholls 9 10 .474 12 16 .429 Northwestern State at Central Arkansas Central Arkansas 7 11 .389 11 16 .407 HBU at A&M Corpus Christi Lamar 5 14 .263 9 19 .321 McNeese at Lamar Northwestern State 4 14 .222 7 20 .259 HBU 3 15 .167 7 20 .259 Abilene Christian at UIW McNeese 2 16 .111 5 22 .185 Sam Houston State at Stephen F. Austin Southeastern La. at New Orleans

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Southland Conference Players of the Week Jennifer Oramas Sam Houston Rehema Franklin New Orleans Dalesia Booth Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Lexie Ducat Abilene Christian Dominique Golightly Abilene Christian Amber Leggett Sam Houston Aiyana Johnson Stephen F. Austin Rehema Franklin Sam Houston Dominique Golightly Abilene Christian Loan- Anh Johnson Nicholls Aiyana Johnson Stephen F. Austin We are “HBU” While the school is Houston Baptist University, the athletic department prefers to simply be called “HBU” on all references. “Houston Baptist University” is acceptable on the first reference, but we ask that “HBU” or “Huskies” be used on all subsequent refer- ences. 2019-20 OVERALL STATISTICS

2019-2020 Houston Baptist University Women's Basketball Overall Statistics (as of Feb 29, 2020)

Overall Record: 7-20 Conf: 3-15 Home: 4-8 Away: 3-12 Neutral: 0-0

FG 3PT FT Rebounds # Player GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 13 Valdez-Crader, Megan 25-19 757 30.3 92-265 .347 18-64 .281 76-118 .644 15 55 70 2.8 59 1 63 84 3 52 278 11.1 10 Jefferson, Timia 24-20 654 27.3 92-257 .358 18-63 .286 50-68 .735 19 52 71 3.0 50 0 32 76 3 32 252 10.5 14 Collins, N'Denasija 24-9 423 17.6 63-133 .474 11-32 .344 19-29 .655 32 67 99 4.1 24 0 19 41 9 18 156 6.5 05 Wilson, Kennedy 21-10 415 19.8 41-116 .353 11-32 .344 36-49 .735 11 30 41 2.0 27 0 29 26 3 28 129 6.1 15 Vujakovic, Julija 27-18 584 21.6 60-173 .347 20-87 .230 14-24 .583 12 40 52 1.9 45 2 25 42 4 25 154 5.7 23 Calver, Lauren 25-12 432 17.3 48-122 .393 2-14 .143 24-41 .585 27 42 69 2.8 45 0 27 43 11 15 122 4.9 11 Idoko, Patience 19-5 235 12.4 36-80 .450 0-3 .000 17-35 .486 25 31 56 2.9 29 0 5 30 1 9 89 4.7 24 Kollmorgen, Taylor 25-4 365 14.6 45-110 .409 9-25 .360 18-25 .720 23 63 86 3.4 73 4 14 31 9 24 117 4.7 33 Nzoiwu, Marilyn 26-14 469 18.0 42-105 .400 3-8 .375 13-22 .591 45 90 135 5.2 57 1 11 44 34 11 100 3.8 03 Jones, Shannon 24-6 351 14.6 34-87 .391 2-7 .286 20-38 .526 22 23 45 1.9 28 1 6 26 4 11 90 3.8 25 Sutherland, Abbey 23-15 473 20.6 31-95 .326 2-19 .105 19-23 .826 26 61 87 3.8 57 1 14 16 24 17 83 3.6 22 Carr, Sydney 16-2 157 9.8 16-52 .308 0-3 .000 15-22 .682 11 11 22 1.4 20 0 4 16 1 7 47 2.9 21 Grimsdottir, Asta Julia 9-0 75 8.3 4-10 .400 0-0 .000 9-14 .643 9 13 22 2.4 12 0 3 6 5 3 17 1.9 00 Wade, Takara 3-1 35 11.7 0-7 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 1.0 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 0.0 Total 27 5425 200.9 604-1612 .375 96-360 .267 330-508 .650 339 639 978 36.2 530 10 255 495 112 253 1634 60.52 Opponents 5425 200.9 670-1588 .422 143-406 .352 385-538 .716 331 733 1064 39.4 496 5 345 498 93 261 1868 69.19

Team Statistics HBU OPP Conf Date Opponent W/L Score Att. SCORING 1634 1868 11/05/19 LSU-SHREVEPORT W 67-44 184 Points Per Game 60.5 69.2 11/12/19 PAUL QUINN W 63-34 118 Scoring Margin -8.7 – 11/14/19 at Baylor L 42-112 7539 FIELD GOALS-ATT 604-1612 670-1588 11/17/19 at Houston L 60-82 667 Field Goal Pct .375 .422 11/23/19 at Oral Roberts W 74-73 1339 3 POINT FG-ATT 96-360 143-406 11/25/19 at Wichita St. L 42-59 1406 3PT FG Pct .267 .352 12/01/19 NORTHERN ARIZ. L 62-79 94 3PT Made Per Game 3.6 5.3 12/07/19 at La.-Monroe W 72-65 681 FREE THROWS-ATT 330-508 385-538 12/15/19 at Texas Tech L 51-59 3557 FT Pct .650 .716 * 12/18/19 SFA L 42-59 113 FT Made Per Game 12.2 14.3 * 12/21/19 SOUTHEASTERN LA. L 59-69 87 REBOUNDS 978 1064 * 01/01/20 at Central Ark. L 39-63 102 Rebounds Per Game 36.2 39.4 * 01/05/20 at Northwestern St. L 60-69 545 Rebounds Margin -3.2 – * 01/11/20 at L 53-60 912 ASSISTS 255 345 * 01/18/20 SAM HOUSTON ST. L 69-97 434 Assists Per Game 9.4 12.8 * 01/22/20 NICHOLLS ST. L 78-84 119 TURNOVERS 495 498 * 01/25/20 at McNeese L 72-88 3041 Turnovers Per Game 18.3 18.4 * 01/29/20 at Incarnate Word W 60-55 337 Turnovers Margin 0.1 – * 02/01/20 A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI L 65-75 205 Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.5 0.7 * 02/05/20 at New Orleans L 84-88 352 STEALS 253 261 * 02/08/20 NORTHWESTERN ST. L 46-54 374 Steals Per Game 9.4 9.7 * 02/12/20 at Abilene Christian L 54-71 649 BLOCKS 112 93 * 02/15/20 LAMAR UNIVERSITY W 72-59 412 Blocks Per Game 4.1 3.4 * 02/19/20 ABILENE CHRISTIAN L 79-84 159 ATTENDANCE 2,882 21,933 * 02/22/20 at Sam Houston St. L 60-75 694 Dates/Avg Per Date 12-240 15-1,462 * 02/26/20 at Nicholls St. L 53-57 112 Neutral Site #/Avg – 0-0 * 02/29/20 MCNEESE W 56-54 583

* = Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Houston Baptist 389 369 413 450 13 1634 Opponents 458 446 472 475 17 1868 2019-20 CONFERENCE ONLY STATISTICS 2019-2020 Houston Baptist University Women's Basketball Overall Statistics (as of Feb 29, 2020)

Conference Games Only

Conf: 3-15 Home: 2-7 Away: 1-8 Neutral: 0-0

FG 3PT FT Rebounds # Player GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 13 Valdez-Crader, Megan 16-11 519 32.4 64-190 .337 13-46 .283 50-81 .617 9 30 39 2.4 40 1 45 54 3 35 191 11.9 10 Jefferson, Timia 18-16 504 28.0 72-200 .360 14-44 .318 40-50 .800 17 44 61 3.4 32 0 22 56 2 28 198 11.0 14 Collins, N'Denasija 15-7 275 18.3 40-86 .465 8-23 .348 10-19 .526 18 41 59 3.9 13 0 13 26 6 9 98 6.5 05 Wilson, Kennedy 14-7 252 18.0 25-63 .397 7-20 .350 24-32 .750 4 14 18 1.3 18 0 18 16 3 13 81 5.8 11 Idoko, Patience 11-4 150 13.6 26-52 .500 0-1 .000 12-24 .500 13 16 29 2.6 15 0 1 10 1 3 64 5.8 15 Vujakovic, Julija 18-10 364 20.2 35-100 .350 10-47 .213 10-16 .625 8 27 35 1.9 30 2 19 24 2 14 90 5.0 23 Calver, Lauren 16-6 280 17.5 32-81 .395 2-9 .222 9-20 .450 18 30 48 3.0 31 0 22 24 7 7 75 4.7 24 Kollmorgen, Taylor 17-2 276 16.2 29-75 .387 6-17 .353 16-21 .762 17 51 68 4.0 48 3 12 22 7 16 80 4.7 03 Jones, Shannon 15-5 228 15.2 25-56 .446 2-3 .667 11-19 .579 12 14 26 1.7 15 0 4 20 4 9 63 4.2 25 Sutherland, Abbey 17-11 361 21.2 23-69 .333 2-14 .143 19-23 .826 21 46 67 3.9 46 1 8 12 22 13 67 3.9 33 Nzoiwu, Marilyn 17-10 311 18.3 26-72 .361 2-4 .500 13-22 .591 29 61 90 5.3 35 0 7 27 28 8 67 3.9 22 Carr, Sydney 8-1 88 11.0 9-27 .333 0-2 .000 7-11 .636 6 5 11 1.4 11 0 1 9 1 4 25 3.1 21 Grimsdottir, Asta Julia 4-0 17 4.3 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 0 2 2 0.5 3 0 1 1 1 2 2 0.5 Total 18 3625 201.4 406-1071 .379 66-230 .287 223-342 .652 219 425 644 35.8 337 7 173 310 87 161 1101 61.17 Opponents 3625 201.4 456-1060 .430 96-263 .365 253-344 .735 212 498 710 39.4 338 4 223 316 59 163 1261 70.06

Team Statistics HBU OPP Date Opponent W/L Score Att. SCORING 1101 1261 12/18/19 SFA L 42-59 113 Points Per Game 61.2 70.1 12/21/19 SOUTHEASTERN LA. L 59-69 87 Scoring Margin -8.9 – 01/01/20 at Central Ark. L 39-63 102 FIELD GOALS-ATT 406-1071 456-1060 01/05/20 at Northwestern St. L 60-69 545 Field Goal Pct .379 .430 01/11/20 at Lamar University L 53-60 912 3 POINT FG-ATT 66-230 96-263 01/18/20 SAM HOUSTON ST. L 69-97 434 3PT FG Pct .287 .365 01/22/20 NICHOLLS ST. L 78-84 119 3PT Made Per Game 3.7 5.3 01/25/20 at McNeese L 72-88 3041 FREE THROWS-ATT 223-342 253-344 01/29/20 at Incarnate Word W 60-55 337 FT Pct .652 .735 02/01/20 A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI L 65-75 205 FT Made Per Game 12.4 14.1 02/05/20 at New Orleans L 84-88 352 REBOUNDS 644 710 02/08/20 NORTHWESTERN ST. L 46-54 374 Rebounds Per Game 35.8 39.4 02/12/20 at Abilene Christian L 54-71 649 Rebounds Margin -3.6 – 02/15/20 LAMAR UNIVERSITY W 72-59 412 ASSISTS 173 223 02/19/20 ABILENE CHRISTIAN L 79-84 159 Assists Per Game 9.6 12.4 02/22/20 at Sam Houston St. L 60-75 694 TURNOVERS 310 316 02/26/20 at Nicholls St. L 53-57 112 Turnovers Per Game 17.2 17.6 02/29/20 MCNEESE W 56-54 583 Turnovers Margin 0.4 – Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.6 0.7 STEALS 161 163 Steals Per Game 8.9 9.1 BLOCKS 87 59 Blocks Per Game 4.8 3.3 ATTENDANCE 2,486 6,744 Dates-Avg Per Date 9-276 9-749 Neutral Site #-Avg – 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Houston Baptist 262 254 272 300 13 1101 Opponents 297 310 309 328 17 1261