Chicago State University 2020-21 Women's Basketball
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CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY 2020-21 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 Cougars Schedule QUICK FACTS General Information Basketball Information Date Opponent Time Location ......................................... Chicago, Ill. Head Coach ................................Tiffany Sardin 11/25 vs. NORTH DAKOTA 12pm Founded ...................................................1867 Alma Mater .................................... Virginia, ’06 11/28 vs. LOYOLA-CHICAGO TBA Enrollment ...............................................4,767 Record at CSU .......................0-0 (1st season) 11/30 at DePaul TBA Nickname .............................................Cougars Career Record .........................................Same 12/2 at UIC 7:30pm Colors ....................................Green and White Associate Head Coach ...................Curtis Loyd 12/4 at Oakland TBA Affiliation ..................................NCAA Division I Assistant Coach ....................Nanyamka Moore 12/14 vs. INDIANA STATE TBA Conference ..........Western Athletic Conference Assistant Coach ...........................Brittany Batts 12/21 at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville TBA President .....................................Z. Scott, Esq. Graduate Assistant .............Kristina Antonenko 12/30 at Western Illinois TBA Director of Athletics .....................Elliott Charles Athletic Trainer .............................Jose Alcantar 1/8 at UT Rio Grande Valley* 6pm Faculty Athletic Rep. ....Dr. June Price-Shingles Sports Performance ....................... Jacob Ross 1/9 at UT Rio Grande Valley* 3pm 1/15 vs. GRAND CANYON* 2pm Team History Team Information 1/16 vs. GRAND CANYON* 1pm First Year of Basketball ........................1966-67 2019-20 Record .........................................1-27 1/22 at California Baptist* 4pm First Year of Division I Basketball ........1984-85 WAC Record ..............................................1-13 1/23 at California Baptist* 4pm All-Time Division I Record ...................238-754 Home .........................................................0-12 1/29 vs. SEATTLE U* 3pm Postseason Appearances ............... WBI (2011) Away ..........................................................1-13 1/30 vs. SEATTLE U* 3pm Neutral .........................................................0-2 2/5 at Utah Valley* 6:30pm Returning/Lost .............................................3/9 2/6 at Utah Valley* 4pm Media Information Starters Returning/Lost ................................2/3 2/12 vs. TARLETON* 2pm Athletic Comms Coord. ..................... Sam Brief Newcomers .....................................................8 2/13 vs. TARLETON* 2pm Cell .............................................847-494-6726 2/26 at Dixie State* 8pm Email [email protected] Emil & Patricia Jones Convocation Center 2/27 at Dixie State* 8pm Assoc. AD for Comms ............... Jim Christman Capacity ...................................................7,000 3/5 vs. NEW MEXICO STATE* 2pm Cell .............................................847-560-1300 Opened .....................................................2007 3/6 vs. NEW MEXICO STATE* 2pm Email .................................... [email protected] 3/10 WAC Tournament* TBA 3/11 WAC Tournament* TBA 3/12 WAC Tournament* TBA 3/13 WAC Tournament* TBA 2020-21 Roster Information (2019-20 Statistics) All times CENTRAL time *Western Athletic Conference game Dates and Times are subject to change STARTERS RETURNING HT YR POS PPG RPG APG BPG SPG 21 Aja Phoumiphat 5-5 So. G 6.2 3.4 3.6 0.1 1.4 2019-20 WAC Standings 23 Kourtney Crane 5-7 Jr. G 11.6 3.7 1.9 0.3 1.8 Conference Overall UM Kansas City ..........13-3 .813 21-10 .677 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING Grand Canyon ............10-6 .625 15-12 .556 HT YR POS PPG RPG APG BPG SPG Utah Valley ...................9-6 .600 12-16 .429 14 Precious Adediran 5-10 So. G 0.9 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 CSU Bakersfield ...........8-8 .500 16-13 .552 21 Aja Phoumiphat 5-5 So. G 6.2 3.4 3.6 0.1 1.4 UT Rio Grande Valley ...8-8 .500 13-17 .433 23 Kourtney Crane 5-7 Jr. G 11.6 3.7 1.9 0.3 1.8 New Mexico State .........8-8 .500 12-18 .400 California Baptist ..........7-9 .438 16-15 .516 NEWCOMERS Seattle U .......................6-9 .400 13-16 .448 HT YR POS HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Chicago State .............1-13 .071 1-27 .036 10 Wynter Webb 5-10 Jr. G Atlanta, GA / Harcum College 11 Laura Segues 5-10 Fr. G/F Castelloli, Spain / Institut Pere Vives Vich 12 Ana Haklicka 5-6 Fr. G Dubrovnik, Croatia / Touristic and Catering School 15 Ifunaya Okoye 5-11 Jr. F Lagos, Nigeria / Virginia Union 20 Nadia Thorman-McKey 5-10 Jr. F Evanston, IL / State Fair Community College 22 Ra’Shamani Webb 5-8 Fr. G Bloomington, IL / Normal West High School 24 Leilani Moncrease 6-0 Sr. F Oakland, CA / Northwestern State 31 Christina Britter 6-1 Jr. F Dunlap, IL / Northern Illinois CHICAGO STATE COUGARS BASKETBALL PAGE 2 DID YOU KNOW? HEAD COACH TIFFANY SARDIN Chicago State University Athletics is comprised Tiffany Sardin, former University of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 of Virginia standout, Chicago Public student-athletes that compete in basketball, Schools Hall of Famer and City of cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and Harvey Hall of Famer, was named outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held mem- the new head women’s basketball berships in the National Association of Intercol- coach at Chicago State on May 15, legiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II 2020. before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student athlete Sardin, a Chicago native, returns to to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as her hometown after spending two a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black years at Longwood University serv- swimmer ever to win a national championship in ing as assistant coach before being 1975. The Chicago State University ice hockey promoted to associate head coach team produced two NCAA Division II All-Amer- and recruiting coordinator prior to icans (George Hansen and Bob Janecyk) in the 2019-20 season. the 1975–76 season. In 1984, the CSU men’s basketball team captured third place at the NAIA Upon arriving at Longwood, Sardin National Championships. oversaw a Longwood offense that improved its scoring average by Chicago State University Athletic Achieve- nearly 5.0 points per game, posting ments (2011-present)...Women’s Basketball... the highest scoring average since CSU’s women’s basketball team earned its only joining the Big South. Under the tu- postseason appearance in program history in telage of Sardin Longwood’s Dayna 2011, winning the regular season and confer- Rouse had a breakout season. Rouse averaged 14.4 points per game and shot .565 from the floor ence title, earning a spot in the 2011 Women’s on the way to All-Big South second team honors. Basketball Invitational...Men’s Basketball... CSU’s men’s basketball team won the 2013 Sardin also oversaw the development of Longwood forwards Mallory Odell and Akila Smith, both of Great West Conference Tournament title and an whom emerged as major contributors down the stretch. Odell finished as Longwood’s top rebounder appearance in the Collegeinsider.com Postsea- at 7.0 per game and averaged a career-high 6.7 points per game in 2018-19, while Smith ended her son Tourmament (CIT)...Men’s Outdoor Track inaugural campaign as a starter in Longwood’s final 10 games. & Field...2019 4x100-Meter Relay team (Mat- thew Brown, Olesson Cesalien, Ricordo McKen- Prior to arriving in Farmville, Sardin spent two years at Clemson University, where she served as po- zie, Carlton Sims) were 2019 Honorable Men- sition coach for the forwards and centers while also assisting in recruiting. She helped Clemson to tion All-Americans and WAC Champion. Their an 11-win improvement in her first season and followed that by helping the Tigers to the program’s feat marked the first time the Chicago State’s first ACC Tournament win in three seasons. men’s track & field program was represented at the national meet. Brown (100m) and McKenzie Sardin has also made assistant coaching stops at Illinois-Chicago and Boston University. (200m) established new CSU outdoor records in their respective events while the duo teamed Sardin honed her coaching skills learning under the legendary Debbie Ryan at the University of with Sims and Cesalien to establish new school Virginia, where she had a decorated playing career. From 2002-06, Sardin helped the Cavaliers to a records in both the 4x100m and 4x200m relays 71-53 overall record and back-to-back 20-win seasons as a junior and senior. A three-year captain, in 2019...2019 WAC 100-Meter Dash Champion she was named to the ACC All-Tournament team in 2005, and received the program’s Coaches’ Matthew Brown...Men’s Indoor Track & Field... Award of Excellence, Best Offensive Player and Leadership Awards in 2006. 2019 WAC 200-Meter Dash Champion Ricordo McKenzie, 2019 WAC 60-Meter Dash Champi- The Chicago Public Schools Hall of Famer, got her start in coaching at William Byrd High School on Matthew Brown...Women’s Outdoor Track outside of Roanoke, Va., before making the jump the collegiate level two seasons later in 2012 as & Field...2018 WAC Champion 400-Meter an assistant at Mount Olive College. She spent one season with the Trojans before making the jump Dash Jocindra Glee...Women’s Indoor Track to the Division I ranks at UIC. & Field...2017 and 2018 WAC Champion 400-Meter Dash Jocindra Glee...Women’s Sardin also spent time in the professional ranks in Portugal.