2020-21 Women's Basketball GAME NOTES
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2020-21 Women’s Basketball GAME NOTES Athletic Media Relations | 111 Playforth Place, AAC Room 156 |Contact 4Ryan Frye ([email protected]) GAME 1 MOREHEAD STATE Eagles (0-0/0-0 OVC) VS. Dayton Flyers (0-0/0-0 A-10) Morehead State Dayton Head Coach4Greg Todd Head Coach4Shauna Green Record at Morehead State498-90 (seventh season) Record at Dayton487-39 (fifth seasaon) Career Record4255-154 (15th season) Career Record4116-39 (seventh season) Record vs. Dayton40-1 Record vs. Morehead State41-0 2020-21 SCHEDULE Opening Tip ◊ Head coach Greg Todd enters his seventh season at Morehead State in 2020-21 seeking two DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET)|RESULT victories to join former Eagle head coaches Mickey Wells (156) and Loretta Marlow (110) as Nov. 25 Dayton 6:00 PM the only coaches in program history with 100 or more victories at MSU. Dec. 2 at Missouri 8:00 PM Dec. 5 at Eastern Kentucky [!] 2:00 PM ◊ Reigning Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year Ariel Kirkwood returns for her Dec. 7 Transylvania 5:00 PM sophomore season after leading the OVC and ranking second in the league in blocks per Dec. 11 Eastern Kentucky [!] 6:00 PM game (2.73 per game) and total blocks (82). Dec. 17 at Marshall 1:00 PM Dec. 19 Bowling Green 12:00 PM ◊ In garnering OVC Defensive Player of the Year honors last season, Kirkwood became the Dec. 30 SIUE [!] 6:00 PM program’s first Defensive Player of the Year recipient while also being the program’s first Jan. 2 at Murray State [!] 2:00 PM major conference postseason award honoree since Chynna Bozeman brought home OVC Player of the Year honors in 2010-11. Jan. 7 Tennessee Tech [!] 4:00 PM Jan. 9 Jacksonville State [!] 1:00 PM ◊ Recording 82 total blocks last season, Kirkwood led all guards in the NCAA in blocks and Jan. 14 at Eastern Illinois [!] 5:30 PM ranked fourth amongst the nation’s freshmen. Her 82 blocks were also more than 128 of the Jan. 16 at SIUE [!] 2:00 PM 351 NCAA Division I programs last season. Jan. 21 Southeast Missouri [!] 4:00 PM Jan. 23 UT Martin [!] 1:00 PM ◊ Following OVC Defensive Player of the Year, Second Team All-OVC, and All-OVC Newcomer Jan. 28 at Jacksonville State [!] 5:30 PM Team honors last season, sophomore Ariel Kirkwood earned selection to the 2020-21 Jan. 30 at Tennessee Tech [!] 6:00 PM Preseason All-OVC squad. Her selection marks the first Preseason All-OVC selection for Feb. 4 Murray State [!] 4:00 PM Morehead State since Miranda Crockett was honored prior to the 2018-19 season. Feb. 6 Austin Peay [!] 1:00 PM Feb. 11 at Tennessee State [!] 6:00 PM ◊ In the previous six seasons under Todd, Morehead State has been the top blocking team in the OVC, finishing lower than the league’s leader in both total blocks and blocks per game Feb. 13 at Belmont [!] 2:00 PM once apiece, in 2014-15 and 2017-18, respectively. Feb. 18 at UT Martin [!] 6:00 PM Feb. 20 at Southeast Missouri [!] 6:00 PM ◊ Also in the same span, Morehead State is the only OVC program to exceed 100 total blocks Feb. 25 Tennessee State [!] 4:00 PM each season. Under Todd, the Eagles have rejected 1,053 shots in 187 games, averaging 5.6 Feb. 27 Belmont [!] 1:00 PM blocks per game during the Greg Todd-era. March 3-6 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament ◊ During the last five seasons, Morehead State has consistently found themselves among the Bold indicates home game top-25 programs in the NCAA in total blocks and blocks per game. Last season, the Eagles [!] = Ohio Valley Conference Game ranked seventh in the country in both categories, marking the third time in the last five *Schedule Subject to Change seasons the team has achieved a top-10 national ranking in both categories. Returnees # Name PPG RPG MPG Game/BROADCAST Information F 2 Ellie Jo Johnson (6-1, Jr., South Webster, Ohio) 7.2 5.1 26.0 G 4 Tomiyah Alford (5-10, So., Barnesville, Ga.) 8.4 3.8 22.8 Date: November 25, 2020 G 11 Ariel Kirkwood (6-0, So., Milwaukee, Wis.) 10.4 8.5 32.3 Location: Johnson Arena | Morehead, Ky. G 24 Jazzmyn Elston (5-9, Sr., Rossville, Ga.) 11.7 2.5 24.7 Tipoff: 6:00 P.M. Newcomers Watch: ESPN+ Play-By-Play: Jack Kizer # Name PPG RPG MPG Color Analyst: To Be Announced G 0 Lai’Janique Perry-Ellis (5-9, So., Milwaukee, Wis.) -- -- -- Listen: Eagle Sports Network (96.3 FM WIVY) G 1 Morgan DeFoor (5-5, Fr., Georgetown, Ky.) -- -- -- Play-By-Play: Tom Lewis G 3 Darryn Zeigler (5-10, R-So., Cleveland, Ohio) -- -- -- Stats: MSUEagles.com G 10 Fredrionna Adams (5-5, Jr., Evansville, Ind.) -- -- -- Social Media: @MSUEagles; @MSUEaglesWBB G/F 12 Lauren Carter (6-0, R-So., High Point, N.C.) -- -- -- Hashtags: #EaglesAlwaysSoar; #Purge F 22 Gabby Crawford (6-2, R-So., Munford, Tenn.) -- -- -- G/F 32 Laurie Thomas (5-11, Jr., Athens, Ga.) -- -- -- G 42 Tyler Moore (5-10, R-Sr., Portsmouth, Va.) -- -- -- 2020-21 Women’s Basketball GAME NOTES Athletic Media Relations | 111 Playforth Place, AAC Room 156 |Contact 4Ryan Frye ([email protected]) QUICK FACTS ◊ It was more than just blocks on the defensive end for Morehead State last season as a pair of Eagles ranked top-12 in the OVC in total steals. Sophomore guards Tomiyah Alford (52 steals) Location ....................................................Morehead, Ky. and Ariel Kirkwood (48 steals) ranked ninth and 12th in the league, respectively in total steals, Founded ................................................................. 1887 forming one of four pairs of teammates to rank in the top-12 in the conference. Enrollment ........................................................... 10,351 Nickname ............................................................. Eagles ◊ Senior Jazzmyn Elston returns after leading Morehead State in scoring during the 2019-20 Colors ............................................Blue (286), Gold (116) season, averaging 11.7 points per contest last season. Of the players scoring 10-plus points Affiliation .................................................NCAA Division I per game in the OVC last year, Elston is the only player to do so while not starting a majority Conference .......................................... Ohio Valley (OVC) of her team’s games. Arena (Capacity) ........................... Johnson Arena (6,500) President ..................................................Dr. Jay Morgan ◊ Morehead State made a habit of finding a way to reach the free throw stripe last season, Director of Athletics .................................... Jaime Gordon ranking second in the OVC and 42nd in the country in free-throw attempts (601). While at the Senior Women’s Administrator ........................Sara Hacker line, the Eagles made 439 free throws, again ranking second in the OVC and ranking 26th in Faculty Athletics Representative ............ Dr. Darrin DeMoss the NCAA. Team Information ◊ After sitting out last season following transfers from Campbell and Ole Miss, respectively, the 2020-21 season marks the Eagle debuts for redshirt sophomores Lauren Carter and Gabby Crawford. The pair are two of 16 Division I transfers in the OVC and two of seven who took a 2019-20 Record .....................................................10-20 redshirt last season. The pair will be joined by fellow Division I transfer Tyler Moore—a gradu- Home ....................................................................7-8 ate transfer from UMBC—in an Eagle uniform this season. Away ...................................................................3-12 Neutral ..................................................................0-0 Ohio Valley Conference Record ..................................6-12 ◊ Crawford is the fifth former HoopGurlz espnW Top-100 player to join the Morehead State Home ....................................................................3-6 program under head coach Greg Todd. A four-star recruit, Crawford ranked as the 80th-best Away .....................................................................3-6 player and 14th-best forward in the 2018 recruiting class. Finish .................................................................Ninth Tournament ............................................................. -- Starters Returning/Lost ...............................................3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ......................................4/6 Newcomers ...................................................................8 QUICK FACTS First Season of Basketball ................................... 1970-71 All-Time Record (OVC) ........................................ 639-695 All-Time OVC Record .......................................... 301-352 OVC Regular Season Titles ............................................ -- OVC Tournament Titles .................................. 1 (1978-79) OVC Tournament Record ......................................... 11-25 NCAA Appearances ....................................................... -- NCAA Tournament Record ............................................. -- WNIT Appearances ..........................2 (2016-17; 2018-19) WNIT Record .............................................................1-2 WBI Appearances .......................................... 1 (2009-10) 2020 roster WBI Record ...............................................................0-1 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Coaching/Support staff 0 Lai’Janique Perry-Ellis G 5-9 So. Milwaukee, Wis. (Bryant & Stratton [Wis.]) 1 Morgan DeFoor G 5-5 Fr. Georgetown, Ky. (Scott County HS) Head Coach ................................. Greg Todd (7th season) 2 Ellie Jo Johnson F 6-1 Jr. South Webster, Ohio (South Webster HS)