2020-21 Middle Tennessee Women's Basketball
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2020-21 MIDDLE TENNESSEE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Tony Stinnett • Associate Athletic Communciations Director • 1500 Greenland Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37132 • O: (615) 898-5270 • C: (615) 631-9521 • [email protected] 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 25: MIDDLE TENNESSEE VS. TENNESSEE OVERALL: 17-7 Sunday, March 21 , 2021 // 1:00 PM // Austin, Texas C-USA: 12-4 GAME INFORMATION THE TREND HOME: 8-5 AWAY: 6-2 NEUTRAL: 3-0 Venue: University of Texas Location: Austin, Texas NOVEMBER Tip-Off Time: 1:00 PM 25 No. 5 Louisville Canceled Radio: WGNS 100.5 FM, 101.9 FM; 1450-AM 29 Vanderbilt Canceled Talent: Dick Palmer (pxp) Television: ABC DECEMBER Talent: Ryan Ruocco (pxp) Rebecca Lobo (analyst) 6 Belmont L, 64-70 Holly Rowe (reporter) 9 Tulane L, 78-81 ANASTASIA HAYES is the C-USA Player of the Year and Twitter Updates: @MT_WBB was named MVP of the C-USA Championships. 13 at TCU L, 77-83 17 Troy W, 92-76 THE BREAKDOWN 20 Lipscomb W, 84-64 JANUARY 1 Florida Atlantic* W, 84-64 2 Florida Atlantic* W, 66-64 8 at FIU* W, 69-65 9 at FIU* W, 99-89 15 Southern Miss* W, 78-58 LADY RAIDERS (17-7) 2021 NCAA TOURNAMENT 16 Southern Miss* L, 61-69 Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. Appearances: 19 22 at WKU* (ESPN+) W, 75-65 Enrollment: 21,720 Overall Record: 5-18 23 at WKU* (ESPN+) W, 77-60 President: Dr. Sidney A. McPhee Automatic Bids/At-Large Berths: 16/3 Director of Athletics: Chris Massaro Highest Seed: No. 5 (2007) 28 at UAB* (ESPN+) W, 81-78 (OT) SWA: Diane Turnham Record In First-Round Games: 5-13 30 UAB* (ESPN+) W, 95-68 Head Coach: Rick Insell Furthest Advanced: 2nd Round (5 times) 16th Season at MT: 378-137 (.734) Last Appearance: 3/23/16 vs. Florida St. (L, 72-55) FEBRUARY 16th Season Overall: Same Last Win: 3/17/07 vs. Gonzaga (W, 85-46) 5 at Charlotte* W, 77-70 6 at Charlotte* (ESPN+) L, 72-82 QUICK HITTERS 20 at Louisiana Tech* (ESPN+) Canceled • This is the 19th NCAA Tournament appearance for Middle Tennesseee, and the 10th under HC Rick Insell. 21 at Louisiana Tech* Canceled • Anastasia Hayes leads C-USA in scoring, assists and steals. • Anastasia Hayes is on the Midseason Watch List for the Naismith Award and the Wade Trophy. She’s on the Late Season Watch List 26 Old Dominion* (ESPN3) L, 57-74 for the Dawn Staley Award and a semifinalist for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year. 27 Old Dominion* (ESPN+) W, 74-70 • Aislynn Hayes became just the second Lady Raider ever to be named Freshman All-American when she was so honored by Her Hoops Stats in 2019-20. She was named to the Preseason All C-USA team. • Rick Insell is Middle Tennessee’s all-time winningest basketball coach with 378 wins. MARCH • The Lady Raiders have three international players on the roster - the most ever for a single season at Middle Tennessee: Jada 4 Marshall* (ESPN+) L, 49-72 Grannum (Canada), Kseniia “Ksyusha” Kozlova (Russia) and Anabel Latorre (Spain). 5 Marshall* (ESPN+) W, 61-54 • The Lady Raiders feature a pair of sisters on the roster and all four of them played at Riverdale HS in Murfreesboro, Tenn. They are junior twins Alexis and Amanda Whittington, and Aislynn and Anastasia Hayes. 11 LA Tech^ (Stadium) W, 77-71 12 UTEP^ (Stadium) W, 74-58 PROJECTED STARTERS 13 Rice^ (CBSSN) W, 68-65 21 13/15 Tennessee# (ABC) 1:00 PM MIDDLE TENNESSEE Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG FG% 3FG% FT% G 1 Anastasia HAYES 5-7 r-Jr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 26.5 5.6 .469 .235 .632 G 11 Aislynn HAYES 5-6 So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 14.0 6.4 .342 .300 .676 Home games in bold, all times Central F 23 Alexis WHITTINGTON 5-11 Jr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 8.0 6.0 .337 .309 .767 G 31 Deja CAGE 5-8 r-Sr.-TR Chicago, Ill. 10.8 5.1 .386 .320 .571 * - C-USA game; F 33 Courtney WHITSON 6-0 So. Kingsport, Tenn. 10.8 7.8 .410 .365 .870 ^ - C-USA Championship, Frisco, Texas # - NCAA Tournament, First Round RESERVES Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG FG% 3FG% FT% G 3 Taylor LEWIS 5-10 Fr. Columbia, S.C. 1.8 2.7 .238 .091 .700 FOLLOW THE RAIDERS F 12 Jada GRANNUM 6-3 Fr. Mississauga, Ontario 1.2 2.0 .111 .000 .625 F 15 Anabel LATORRE 6-3 Fr. Zaragoza, Spain 0.0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 Twitter: @MT_WBB F 24 Amanda WHITTINGTON 5-10 So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 0.9 0.2 .250 .250 .000 Instagram: @MT_WBB F 30 Rellah BOOTHE 6-3 r-Jr. Ocala, Fla. 4.9 3.3 .423 .294 .600 Facebook: MTSU Women’s Basketball F 32 Kseniia “Ksyusha” KOZLOVA 6-4 Fr. Moscow, Russia 2.1 2.4 .447 .000 .600 Website: GoBlueRaiders.com * - projections based on previous game’s lineup 2021 MIDDLE TENNESSEE NCAA TOURNAMENT GUIDE • MARCH 14-17, 2021 • SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Like Father, Like Son (Or Daughter) Tennessee’s Finest Blue Raider History • Middle Tennessee women’s basketball is one of five • Among teams in the field of 64, the Volunteer State Years of Basketball 46th season Division I programs nationally where a son or daughter boasts three of the 13 winningest all-time. First Intercollegiate Season 1975-76 works as an assistant to their father/mother. • Tennessee (1,400), Belmont (1,010) and Middle All-Time Head Coaches 7 Tennessee (943) have combined for 3,353 wins. All-Time Record 943-436 (.684) School Head Coach Assistant • Tennessee and Middle Tennessee have been Tennessee’s Winning Seasons 43 Baylor Kim Mulkey MaKenzie Fuller top two winningest Division I programs since Rick Insell .500 Seasons 1 DePaul Doug Bruno Bradley Bruno was hired in 2005. Since that time, Tennessee sports 425 Losing Seasons 2 Iowa St. Bill Fennelly Billy Fennelly wins, while the Lady Raiders have won 378. 20+ Win Seasons 27 MT Rick Insell Matt Insell • Overall, Middle Tennessee is tied for 28th on the all- Oklahoma Sherri Coale Colton Coale time wins list in Division I women’s basketball. Conference History Win-Loss Record 507-149 (.775) • Billy Fennelly, Matt Insell and Colton Coale are full-time Most Wins Among Teams in Field Regular-Season Titles 19 assistant coaches; MaKenzie Fuller is associate director of 1. Tennessee 1400 9. Belmont 1010 Tournament Titles 16 operations and Bradley Bruno is director of operations. 2. UConn 1206 10. North Carolina 998 Winning Seasons in League Play 42 • Rick and Matt Insell made history when MT and Ole 3. Stanford 1143 11. Rutgers 976 .500 Seasons 1 Miss played Nov. 23, 2014, while Matt was serving as 4. Texas 1125 12. NC State 964 head coach of the Rebels. It marked the first time in Losing Seasons 1 5. Maryland 1053 13. Middle TN 943 NCAA Divsion I WBB history that a father and son faced 6. S.D. State 1039 14. Louisville 929 one another as head coaches. MT won the game, 71-65. 7. Baylor 1023 15. Missouri State 923 NCAA Tournament 8. Georgia 1017 Appearances 19 Insell All-Time Winningest Hoops Coach At MT Most Recent Appearance 2015-16 • Lady Raider HC Rick Insell is the all-time winningest Series History (1983-86, 2004-07, 2009-14) basketball coach in MT history with 378 wins. • Middle Tennessee and Tennessee meet for the 15th Won-Loss Record 5-18 • Insell earned his 350th win in just his 476th game when time. Sweet 16s 0 MT defeated Marshall, 75-55, Jan. 9, 2020. • The Lady Raiders are 0-14 all-time against Tennessee. Elite Eights 0 • Insell surpassed former men’s basketball coach Kermit • This is the second meeting between the teams in Final Fours 0 Davis, who won 332 games in his 16 years. the NCAA Tournament. Tennessee defeated Middle Championships 0 • All of Insell’s wins are against Division I foes as he Tennessee, 70-52, in the first round of the 1984 NCAA has never scheduled a non-Division I regular-season Tournament. WNIT Tournament opponent in his 15 seasons leading MT. • The Lady Raiders are 0-7 against Tennessee under HC Appearances 7 • Insell became the winningest coach in MT women’s Rick Insell. Most Recent Appearance 2019 history on Jan. 5, 2013 with a 60-39 win against South • The two teams met seven times between 1976 and Consecutive Appearances 3 Ala., which was win No. 183, surpassing Lewis Bivens. 1984; however, they did not play for the next 22 seasons Won-Loss Record 7-7 until Rick Insell was hired in 2005. No Stranger To The Big Dance • The teams would play seven times between 2006 and • Middle Tennessee makes its 19th NCAA Tournament 2013 when Pat Summitt was still leading the charge on National Rankings appearance. Rocky Top. Highest Regular-Season Ranking #16 • MT’s 19 appearances are tied for 11th most among • Despite attempts by Middle Tennessee, the programs (AP & Coaches - 2006-07) teams in this year’s field of 64. have been unable to renew the rivalry since the contract Highest Preseason Ranking #24 • The Lady Raiders are in the postseason for the 17th expired following the 2013 season opener at MTSU’s (AP - 2009-10) consecutive year. They have been in the NCAA Murphy Center. Ranked in final AP Top 25 1, #17, 2007 Tournament in 12 of those seasons, along with five WNIT Ranked in final Coaches Top 25 1, #23, 2007 appearances.