Chicago State University 2020-21 Women's Basketball
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CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY 2020-21 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Game #1 // Chicago State (0-0) vs. North Dakota (0-0) // Nov. 25, 2020 // 12pm CT // Chicago, IL // Jones Convocation Center (7,000) // Stream: WAC Digital Network // Broadcaster: Julio Rausseo PROBABLE STARTERS (2019-20 Statistics) 2020-21 Cougars Schedule 2020-21 Roster Information (2019-20 Statistics) (0-0 overall) Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG BPG SPG Date Opponent Time G 5 Xavier Johnson 5-11 160 Sr. 15.4 2.7 2.8 0.0 1.4 G 1 Andrew Lewis 6-3 180 Sr. 12.2 4.0 1.6 0.2 1.0 11/25 vs. NORTH DAKOTA 12pm STARTERS RETURNING G 0 Rajeir Jones 6-3 190 So. 6.1 2.7 1.4 0.1 0.6 11/28 vs. LOYOLA-CHICAGO 5pm HT YR POS PPG RPG APG BPG SPG C 35 Solomon Hunt 6-9 272 Sr. 6.0 4.4 1.3 0.6 0.4 11/30 at DePaul 2pm 21 Aja Phoumiphat 5-5 So. G 6.2 3.4 3.6 0.1 1.4 12/2 at UIC 7:30pm 23 Kourtney Crane 5-7 Jr. G 11.6 3.7 1.9 0.3 1.8 OFF THE BENCH 12/4 at Oakland TBA Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG BPG SPG 12/14 vs. INDIANA STATE TBA LETTERWINNERS RETURNING G 3 Isaiah Lewis 6-1 155 R-FR 9.3 1.8 2.0 0.0 0.5 12/21 at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 1pm HT YR POS PPG RPG APG BPG SPG F 4 Ke’Sean Davis 6-7 210 Sr. 7.2 4.7 1.0 0.7 0.2 12/30 at Western Illinois 2pm 14 Precious Adediran 5-10 So. G 0.9 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 F 10 Carlo Marble 6-5 200 Sr. 3.1 2.3 0.9 0.3 0.3 1/8 at UT Rio Grande Valley* 6pm 21 Aja Phoumiphat 5-5 So. G 6.2 3.4 3.6 0.1 1.4 F 11 Kalil Whitehead 6-5 195 So. 1.9 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 1/9 at UT Rio Grande Valley* 3pm 23 Kourtney Crane 5-7 Jr. G 11.6 3.7 1.9 0.3 1.8 1/15 vs. GRAND CANYON* 2pm G 2 Levelle Zeigler 6-1 175 Jr. Oakland, CA/East L.A. College 1/16 vs. GRAND CANYON* 1pm NEWCOMERS C 12 Isaiah Simpson 6-9 240 Jr. Richmond, VA/Santa Monica College 1/22 at California Baptist* 4pm HT YR POS HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL F 13 Aaris-Monte Bonds 6-6 215 Jr. Denver, CO/Southeastern CC 1/23 at California Baptist* 4pm 10 Wynter Webb 5-10 Jr. G Atlanta, GA / Harcum College F 15 Coreyoun Rushin 6-6 200 Jr. Chicago, IL/Idaho State 1/29 vs. SEATTLE U* 3pm 11 Laura Segues 5-10 Fr. G/F Castelloli, Spain / Institut Pere Vives Vich C 20 Lou Demuth 7-0 235 Fr. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 1/30 vs. SEATTLE U* 3pm 12 Ana Haklicka 5-6 Fr. G Dubrovnik, Croatia / Touristic and Catering School G/F 23 Jordan Polynice 6-6 175 Jr. San Clarita, CA/East L.A. College 2/5 at Utah Valley* 6:30pm 15 Ifunaya Okoye 5-11 Jr. F Lagos, Nigeria / Virginia Union 2/6 at Utah Valley* 4pm 20 Nadia Thorman-McKey 5-10 Jr. F Evanston, IL / State Fair Community College 2/12 vs. TARLETON* 2pm 22 Ra’Shamani Webb 5-8 Fr. G Bloomington, IL / Normal West High School 2/13 vs. TARLETON* 2pm 24 Leilani Moncrease 6-0 Sr. F Oakland, CA / Northwestern State 2/26 at Dixie State* 8pm 31 Christina Britter 6-1 Jr. F Dunlap, IL / Northern Illinois 2/27 at Dixie State* 8pm 3/5 vs. NEW MEXICO STATE* 2pm 3/6 vs. NEW MEXICO STATE* 2pm Quick Facts 3/10 WAC Tournament* TBA General Information Basketball Information 3/11 WAC Tournament* TBA Location ......................................... Chicago, Ill. Head Coach ................................Tiffany Sardin 3/12 WAC Tournament* TBA Founded ...................................................1867 Alma Mater .................................... Virginia, ’06 3/13 WAC Tournament* TBA Enrollment ...............................................4,767 Record at CSU .......................0-0 (1st season) All times CENTRAL time Nickname .............................................Cougars Career Record .........................................Same *Western Athletic Conference game Colors ....................................Green and White Associate Head Coach ...................Curtis Loyd Dates and Times are subject to change Affiliation ..................................NCAA Division I Assistant Coach ....................Nanyamka Moore Conference ..........Western Athletic Conference Assistant Coach ...........................Brittany Batts President .....................................Z. Scott, Esq. Graduate Assistant .............Kristina Antonenko Series History Director of Athletics .....................Elliott Charles Athletic Trainer .............................Jose Alcantar Record vs. North Dakota...........................3-4 Faculty Athletic Rep. ....Dr. June Price-Shingles Sports Performance ....................... Jacob Ross at Chicago State.........................................1-2 Streak...........................................................L2 Team History Team Information Last................Feb. 9, 2012 (UND 80, CSU 46) First Year of Basketball ........................1966-67 2019-20 Record .........................................1-27 Last Win....March 12, 2011 (CSU 74, UND 66) First Year of Division I Basketball ........1984-85 WAC Record ..............................................1-13 All-Time Division I Record ...................238-754 Home .........................................................0-12 Note: The Cougars’ last win over North Dako- Postseason Appearances ............... WBI (2011) Away ..........................................................1-13 ta, on March 12, 2011, came in the Great West Neutral .........................................................0-2 Tournament Championship Game, in which Media Information Returning/Lost .............................................3/9 Chicago State clinched its first conference title. Athletic Comms Coord. ..................... Sam Brief Starters Returning/Lost ................................2/3 Cell .............................................847-494-6726 Newcomers .....................................................8 With the victory, their third of the season against Email [email protected] North Dakota, the Cougars also earned a berth Assoc. AD for Comms ............... Jim Christman Emil & Patricia Jones Convocation Center to the Women’s Basketball Invitational Tourna- Cell .............................................847-560-1300 Capacity ...................................................7,000 ment and reached the semifinals of the WBI. Email .................................... [email protected] Opened .....................................................2007 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.