2019-20 Miami Women's Basketball Game Notes Game 1 | Pre-Season
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2019-20 Miami Women’s Basketball Game Notes Women’s Basketball Contact: Maria Slovikovski Follow Us on Twitter! Athletic Communications Assistant Main Athletics Account: @MiamiRedHawks Email: [email protected] Women’s Basketball Account: @MiamiOH_WBB Phone: 513-529-0901 (office) | (216)-925-3898 (cell) 2019-20 Schedule (0-0, 0-0 MAC) Game 1 | Pre-Season WNIT First Round NOVEMBER Miami RedHawks (0-0) at No. 18 DePaul Blue Demons (0-0) 8 at No. 18 DePaul @ ......................... 5:30 p.m. 15 WNIT @ ..........................................................TBA Friday, Nov. 8 • 5:30 p.m. ET 16 WNIT @ ..........................................................TBA Wintrust Arena • Chicago, Ill. 20 at Eastern Kentucky ............................. 7 p.m. 23 at Bradley ................................................. 2 p.m. Radio: The Miami Sports Network from Van Wagner - Tim Bray (PxP) 26 UIC ............................................. 12 p.m. 29 vs. Liberty $ ....................................... 4:30 p.m. 30 at No. 18 Miami (FL) ...................... 4:30 p.m. 2019-20 ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG DECEMBER 0 Monique Esbrand G 5-9 Jr. London, Englad -/- -/- -/- -/- 8 at Cincinnati ........................................... 2 p.m. 17 at Pittsburgh ..................................... 6:30 p.m. 1 Alexis Straw G 5-9 So. Lebanon, Ohio -/- -/- -/- -/- 22 EVANSVILLE .................................2 p.m. 4 Vannessa Garrelts G 5-4 So. Spring Grove, Ill. -/- -/- -/- -/- 31 TIFFIN ...........................................2 p.m. 11 Kennedy Taylor G 5-9 So. Columbus, Ohio -/- -/- -/- -/- 13 Lauren Dickerson G 5-3 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. -/- -/- -/- -/- JANUARY 22 Taylor Boruff G 5-11 Fr. Kokomo, Ind. -/- -/- -/- -/- 4 BUFFALO * ....................................2 p.m. 23 Kenzie Schmitz G 5-10 Jr. Germantown, Wis. -/- -/- -/- -/- 8 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * .................7 p.m. 24 Bree Paulson G/F 6-0 Gr. Broomfield, Colo. -/- -/- -/- -/- 11 at Central Michigan * .......................... 1 p.m. 25 Peyton Scott G 5-8 Fr. Lynchburg, Ohio -/- -/- -/- -/- 15 at Eastern Michigan * .......................... 7 p.m. 32 Savannah Kluesner F 6-2 Sr. St. Charles, Mo. -/- -/- -/- -/- 18 KENT STATE * ................................2 p.m. 34 Amani Freeman F 6-2 Fr. Avon, Ind. -/- -/- -/- -/- 22 at Akron *................................................. 7 p.m. 35 Abbey Hoff G/F 6-0 R-Jr. St. Peters, Mo. -/- -/- -/- -/- 25 at Ball State * .......................................... 1 p.m. 29 WESTERN MICHIGAN * ................7 p.m. 45 Tihanna Fulton F 6-0 R-Fr. Mason, Ohio -/- -/- -/- -/- 54 Kelly McLaughlin F 6-3 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. -/- -/- -/- -/- FEBRUARY 1 at Bowling Green * ............................... 2 p.m. 5 TOLEDO * ......................................7 p.m. 8 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * .................2 p.m. STORYLINES 12 at Northern Illinois * ............................ 7 p.m. NEW STAFF LEADS REDHAWKS: During the offseason, former High Point head coach DeUnna Hendrix 15 OHIO * ...........................................1 p.m. assumed the reins of the Miami Women’s Basketball program. Hendrix added Hailey Yohn, Tiffany Swoffard 22 at Kent State * ........................................ 1 p.m. and Sahar Nusseibeh as assistant coaches and brought Lindsay Puckett onto staff as the director of video 26 at Buffalo * .............................................. 7 p.m. operations. Connor Leppink now serves as director of operations. Hendrix amassed a 125-83 overall record 29 AKRON * .......................................1 p.m. and 89-43 conference record during her seven years as head coach of High Point women’s basketball. HENDRIX RECRUITS FIVE NEWCOMERS: DeUnna Hendrix and staff adds five newcomers to the RedHawks MARCH roster for the 2019-20 season, including three freshman and two transfers. Two of the freshman (Taylor 4 BOWLING GREEN * .......................7 p.m. Boruff and Amani Freeman) hail from Indiana while the third (Peyton Scott) is an in-state product. Bree 7 at Ohio * ................................................... 1 p.m. Paulson is a graduate transfer from St. Bonaventure, having received her undergraduate degree in sports studies. Monique Esbrand transfers to Miami after playing two seasons at State Fair Community College. MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ALL-MAC SENIOR DUO RETURNS FOR FINAL LAP: Senior guard Lauren Dickerson and senior forward 9 First Round (Campus Sites) Savannah Kluesner were both selected to All-MAC teams following the conclusion of the 2018-19 regular 11 Quarterfinals season. Dickerson led the squad in points per game (16.4), minutes per game (34.4), field-goals made (198), 13 Semifinals three-pointers made (70), assists (162) and steals (69) last season while Kluesner led in rebounds per game 14 Finals (8.1), free-throws made (82) and blocks (24) and was second in points per game (13.4), field-goals made (174) and steals (26). * Denotes Mid-American Conference Game @ - Pre-season WNIT DICKERSON RE-WRITES THE RECORD BOOK: Senior guard Lauren Dickerson ranks in the top four in $ - Miami (FL) Thanksgiving Tournament program history in seven career categories after three seasons in a RedHawk uniform. Dickerson is fourth # Games Played at Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland) in points (1,670), second in 20-point games (39), second in three-pointers attempted (702), third in three- All game times listed as Eastern Time and subject to change pointers made (232), third in field goals made (607), third in field goals attempted (1,575) and fourth in HOME GAMES IN BOLD & CAPS assists (452). Dickerson was named Preseason All-MAC and was named to the Nancy Liebermann Award All home games air live on ESPN3 or ESPN+ preseason watch list. 2019-20 WOMEN’S B A S K E T B A L L 2 TALE OF THE TAPE Miami Women’s Basketball Quick Facts MIAMI DEPAUL Location .......................................................Oxford, Ohio ....................................................................................... Overall Record ............................................................................... Founded ......................................................................1809 ...................................................................................Conference Record ........................................................................... Enrollment .............................................................. 18,788 ................................................................................ Field Goal Percentage ........................................................................ Nickname .........................................................RedHawks ....................................................................Three-Point Field Goal Percentage ............................................................ Colors ........................................................ Red and White ...............................................................Three-Point Field Goals Made Per Game ...................................................... Arena .................................................................Millett Hall ............................................................................... Free Throw Percentage ....................................................................... Capacity ......................................................................6,400 ..................................................................... Opponent Field Goal Percentage ............................................................. Affiliation ............................................... NCAA Division I ......................................................... Opponent Three-Point Field Goal Percentage ................................................. Conference...............................................Mid-American ....................................................................................Rebound Average ............................................................................ President .............Dr. Greg Crawford (Kent State ‘87) ..................................................................................... Rebound Margin ............................................................................. Athletic Director ...... David Sayler (Ohio Wesleyan ‘91) .................................................................................Assist/Turnover Ratio ......................................................................... Head Coach ........................................DeUnna Hendrix ......................................................................................Points per Game ............................................................................. Alma Mater ............................................... Richmond ‘07 .............................................................................Points Allowed per Game ..................................................................... Record at Miami ...................0-0 (0-0 MAC) (1st Year) Career Record .......(125-83) (89-43 conf.) (8th Year) ON TAP: Miami (0-0) travels to DePaul to open the 2019-20 season with the Asst. Coaches: ...........Hailey Yohn (Coker College ‘15) first round of the pre-season WNIT. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. inside ................Tiffany Swoffard (Austin Peay ‘02, Rowan ‘07) Wintrust Arena. Fans can listen to the game on The Miami Sports Network ............ Sahar Nusseibeh (American ‘09, Cincinnati ‘11)