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2018-19 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2018-19 SCHEDULE NOVEMBER Overall: 4-2 H: 1-1 A: 3-1 BELMONT #10 TENNESSEE Wednesday 7 at [17/16] NC State L, 77-62 Bruins Lady Vols Monday 12 ^Tulsa W, 78-53 Head Coach: Bart Brooks Head Coach: Holly Warlick Thursday 15 at Wright State W, 79-63 2nd season 7th season GAME #11 Monday 19 at Middle Tennessee W, 45-38 Record at Belmont: 38-7 Record at UT: 163-55 Overall Record: Same Overall Record: Same Wednesday 21 at Northern Kentucky W, 71-53 7-3, 0-0 OVC 10-1, 0-0 SEC Thursday 29 ^Toledo L, 78-69 DECEMBER Overall: 3-1 H: 2-0 A: 1-1 Sunday, Dec. 30 // 1 p.m. (CT) Sunday 2 at Clemson L, 65-62 Thompson-Boling Arena // Knoxville, Tenn. Tuesday 4 ^Lipscomb W, 83-43 SECN+ Monday 17 at Chattanooga W, 67-51 Friday 21 ^Arkansas State W, 74-55 FOLLOWING BELMONT Fans can get up-to-the-minute statistics from the games by visiting Belmont’s women’s basketball schedule page Sunday 30 at [10/10] Tennessee 1 p.m. at belmontbruins.com and clicking on the live stats link correlated with the game. Fans can also follow the Belmont JANUARY Overall: 0-0 H: 0-0 A: 0-0 women’s basketball twitter account (@BelmontWBB) for additional updates. Free live audio streams for all Belmont Thursday 3 ^*Jacksonville State 5 p.m. games are available on the Bruin Sports Network through belmontbruins.com. Belmont’s game at Tennessee is available Saturday 5 ^*Tennessee Tech 3 p.m. to stream online through SEC Network+. Thursday 10 ^*Morehead State 4 p.m. Saturday 12 ^*Eastern Kentucky 3 p.m. FAST BREAK Thursday 17 ^*at Jacksonville State 5 p.m. • Belmont picked up its third straight victory with a 74-55 win vs. Arkansas State before the holiday break. All three Saturday 19 ^*Tennessee State 3 p.m. victories (and six of Belmont’s seven overall) have come by 16 points or more. Thursday 24 ^*at Murray State 5 p.m. • Belmont is coming off its most successful season in its 20-plus years at the NCAA Division I level. The 2017-18 Saturday 26 ^*at Austin Peay 2 p.m. Bruins rolled to a 31-4 record and their third straight Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship and appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Thursday 31 ^*Southeast Missouri 5 p.m. • Head coach Bart Brooks (Wyoming) is now in his second season with the program. His 31 wins a year ago FEBRUARY Overall: 0-0 H: 0-0 A: 0-0 tied him for fourth in NCAA history for a first-year head coach. He is assisted by coaches Jamey Givens (Florida Saturday 2 ^*UT Martin 3 p.m. State), Amy Malo (Vanderbilt) and Christine Clark (Harvard). Thursday 7 ^*at Eastern Kentucky 4 p.m. Saturday 9 ^*at Morehead State 1:05 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS Wednesday 13 ^*at Tennessee State 11 a.m. Saturday 16 ^*at Tennessee Tech 5:30 p.m. 24 JENNY ROY SR • G • 5-11 • Brentwood, Tenn. • Brentwood HS Thursday 21 ^*Eastern Illinois 5 p.m. HIGHLIGHTS: Matched career high with 17 points vs. Arkansas Saturday 23 ^*SIU Edwardsville 3 p.m. PPG RPG APG SPG State and added seven rebounds and four assists ... Notched her 10.5 7.3 4.8 2.4 Thursday 28 ^*at UT Martin 5:30 p.m. fourth game with six assists this season at Chattanooga ... Scored MARCH Overall: 0-0 H: 0-0 A: 0-0 17 points and set a career-high with five 3-pointers at Clemson. Saturday 2 ^*at Southeast Missouri 4 p.m. Wednesday 6 ^OVC First Round TBA 30 ELLIE HARMEYER JR • F • 6-0 • Kenosha, Wis. • Shoreland Lutheran HS Thursday 7 ^OVC Quarterfinals TBA PPG RPG FG% FT% HIGHLIGHTS: Scored 17 points to go with 10 rebounds vs. Friday 8 ^OVC Semifinals TBA Arkansas State ... Scored career-high 26 points vs. Toledo ... 13.7 7.6 .444 .733 Saturday 9 ^OVC Championship TBA Grabbed career-high 12 rebounds at MTSU for team’s first double-double of the season. * Denotes Ohio Valley Conference game ^ Coverage on ESPN family of networks 31 MAURA MUENSTERMAN JR • G • 6-0 • Evansville, Ind. • Indiana Home Games in bold All games listed in Central Time PPG RPG FG% 3FG% HIGHLIGHTS: Made five 3-pointers and netted 17 points at Clemson ... Scored season-high 18 points at Wright State ... 7.4 2.5 .342 .313 TUNE IN Notched 12 points with four made 3-pointers vs Tulsa. SECN+ 33 DARBY MAGGARD SR • G • 5-5 • Larwill, Ind. • Fort Wayne Canterbury Bruin Sports Network PPG APG 3FG% FT% HIGHLIGHTS: Made five 3-pointers to score 17 points and added seven assists vs. Arkansas State ... Went 10-for-10 on free 14.0 3.9 .376 1.000 belmontbruins.com throws at MTSU ... Scored season-high 24 points at Wright State, shooting 6-of-8 on 3-pointers. CONTACT INFO 55 MADDIE WRIGHT JR • F • 6-1 • Chattanooga, Tenn. • Boyd-Buchanan HS Women’s Basketball Contact AJ Mazzolini Mazzolini’s Email [email protected] PPG RPG FG% MIN HIGHLIGHTS: Scored 11 points to go with eight rebounds vs. Mazzolini’s Cell Phone (406)-781-3919 Arkansas State ... Netted season-high 14 points vs. Lipscomb ... 8.8 6.0 .493 24.3 Mazzolini’s Office Phone (615) 460-8023 Scored 10 points and had nine rebounds at MTSU ... Scored nine Press Row Phone (615) 460-8554 points and grabbed career-high 11 rebounds vs. Tulsa. Game Notes • 1 QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE BRUINS Belmont is coming off its third straight NCAA Tournament appearance following its best season since joining the Division I ranks two decades ago. The Bruins posted a 31-4 overall record, one GENERAL INFORMATION off the program’s best all-time wins mark, and racked up a program-record 22 straight wins on School Belmont University Location Nashville, Tenn. their way to a program-high No. 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Belmont fell in the first round Founded 1892 to Duke, 72-58. Enrollment 8,318 Nickname Bruins Belmont’s Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship was the team’s third straight as Colors Navy Blue, Red, and White the Bruins extended their win streak over OVC teams to 46 games, the second longest active Affiliation NCAA Division I streak in the nation. Conference Ohio Valley President Dr. Robert C. Fisher SERIES HISTORY Athletics Director Scott Corley Belmont and Tennessee played nine times between 1970-1979 with Belmont going 6-3 in those Assistant AD/SWA Renee Schultz matchups. Tennessee is 3-2 in games played in Knoxville, the site of Sunday’s contest. The Home Facility Curb Event Center team’s last met on March 1, 1979, a 94-53 victory for the Lady Vols. Capacity 5,000 Athletic Department Phone 615-460-5547 THE LAST WIN Ticket Office Phone 615-460-8062 Belmont’s last win over UT came on Jan. 28, 1977, a 60-59 nail-biter in Nashville. Like this year’s Website www.belmontbruins.com meeting, Tennessee came into that game ranked 10th in the Associated Press poll but couldn’t Twitter @BelmontWBB overcome the 18 points apiece from Belmont’s Sandra Smallwood and Jan McRae. Instagram belmontwbb Facebook /belmontwmnbb WHAT A DEBUT Coach Bart Brooks had an all-time great head coaching debut last year in leading Belmont to its TEAM HISTORY 31-4 record. With 31 wins, Brooks tied for the fourth most wins ever by a first-year head coach 2018-19 Overall Record 7-3 in NCAA history. The all-time mark is 35 wins, shared by Jody Conradt of Texas (35-4) and Sonja 2017-18 Overall Record 31-4 Hogg Louisiana Tech (35-1), both set in 1982. He was honored with the Spalding Maggie Dixon 2017-18 OVC Record 18-0 (First) NCAA Division I Rookie Coach of the Year award. 2017-18 Postseason 3-1 First Year of Program 1968 BELMONT VS. RANKED OPPONENTS All-Time Record 949-515 (.648) Despite that win 40 years ago, Belmont is still searching for its first victory over a nationally ranked NCAA Division I Record 381-230 (.624) opponent since transitioning to the NCAA Division I level for the 1997-98 season. The Bruins are Last Postseason Result L, 72-58 0-19 all-time vs. teams ranked in the AP or USA Today Coaches Polls, including a 77-62 loss 2018 NCAA Tournament vs. Duke at [17/16] North Carolina State to start this season. Four of those meetings have come during Conference Regular Season Titles 5 NCAA Tournaments. Conference Tournament Titles 4 NCAA Tournament Appearances 4 FRIENDLY FACE Postseason WNIT Appearances 8 Former Belmont guard Madison Blevins will be on the call for the SEC Network during Sunday’s NAIA Tournament Appearances 4 game. Blevins, a Knoxville native who played for the Bruins from 2013-15, will handle color commentary duties during the broadcast. ROSTER INFORMATION Starters Returning/Lost 2/3 WATCH OUT FOR MAGGARD Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/3 Senior Darby Maggard is one of 35 players named to the watch list for the Wade Trophy given Newcomers 2 to the nation’s top college women’s basketball player by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. She was also on the preseason watch list for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as one of the top 20 shooting guards in the country. COACHING STAFF Head Coach Bart Brooks (Wyoming, 2004) RECORD REACHED FOR MAGGARD Record at Belmont Second Season With 16 points at Northern Kentucky on Nov.