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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 Game 26 (11-14, 4-9 MAC) NOVEMBER Miami RedHawks (11-14, 4-9 MAC) at Kent State Golden Flashes (14-10, 7-6 MAC) 8 at No. 18 DePaul @ ............................L, 79-98 Saturday, Feb. 22 • 1 p.m. ET 14 vs. Prairie View A&M ....................... W, 65-52 Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center • Kent, Ohio 15 at South Alabama ........................... W, 76-73 20 at Eastern Kentucky ........................ W, 75-57 TV: ESPN3 23 at Bradley ..............................................L, 68-79 Radio: The Miami Sports Network from Van Wagner - Tim Bray (PxP) 26 UIC ........................................... W, 85-35 29 vs. Liberty $ ..........................................L, 53-65 30 at No. 19 Miami (FL) $.......................L, 62-80 2019-20 ROSTER DECEMBER Potential Starters (based on previous game) 8 at Cincinnati ........................................L, 68-98 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG 17 at Pittsburgh ...................................... W, 80-71 13 Lauren Dickerson G 5-3 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. 25/24 16.7 3.1 4.6 22 EVANSVILLE ............................ W, 72-64 23 Kenzie Schmitz G 5-10 Jr. Germantown, Wis. 25/15 3.2 3.0 1.2 31 TIFFIN ...................................... W, 83-51 25 Peyton Scott G 5-8 Fr. Lynchburg, Ohio 24/24 12.6 4.8 2.3 32 Savannah Kluesner F 6-2 Sr. St. Charles, Mo. 25/25 15.5 8.6 1.6 JANUARY 35 Abbey Hoff G/F 6-0 R-Jr. St. Peters, Mo. 25/17 7.5 3.3 1.8 4 BUFFALO * ................................ L, 72-86 8 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * ............ W, 66-64 Off The Bench 11 at Central Michigan * .......................L, 70-76 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG 15 at Eastern Michigan * .......................L, 53-80 0 Monique Esbrand G 5-9 Jr. London, England 25/5 4.5 2.4 1.1 18 KENT STATE * ............................ L, 75-78 1 Alexis Straw G 5-9 So. Lebanon, Ohio 19/0 2.3 1.8 0.7 22 at Akron *..............................................L, 62-70 4 Vannessa Garrelts G 5-4 So. Spring Grove, Ill. 21/1 1.5 1.0 0.7 25 at Ball State * .......................................L, 63-80 22 Taylor Boruff G 5-11 Fr. Kokomo, Ind. 0/0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29 WESTERN MICHIGAN * ....... postponed 24 Bree Paulson G/F 6-0 Gr. Broomfield, Colo. 24/7 1.6 1.5 0.2 34 Amani Freeman F 6-2 Fr. Avon, Ind. 14/0 1.8 1.40 0.0 FEBRUARY 45 Tihanna Fulton F 6-0 R-Fr. Mason, Ohio 13/0 0.8 1.2 0.2 1 at Bowling Green * .......................... W, 80-59 54 Kelly McLaughlin F 6-3 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. 24/7 6.0 3.6 0.7 3 WESTERN MICHIGAN * ........... W, 70-67 5 TOLEDO * ................................. W, 92-83 STORYLINES 8 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * ............. L, 87-99 KENZIE CREATES OFFENSE: Junior guard Kenzie Schmitz posted career-highs in four cat- 12 at Northern Illinois * ............... L, 84-86 (OT) egories in Saturday’s game against Ohio. Schmitz reached double figures for the first time in 15 OHIO * ....................................... L, 70-84 her career, scoring 13 points. She also had career-highs in field goals (5), three-pointers made 22 at Kent State * ........................................ 1 p.m. (3) and minutes played (31). Schmitz’s trio of three-pointers tied for the team lead and her 13 26 at Buffalo * .............................................. 7 p.m. points and five field goals were both second among RedHawk players. 29 AKRON * .......................................1 p.m. KLUESNER’S CAREER DAY AND CAREER YEAR: Senior forward Savannah Kluesner had a career-high seven steals on Feb. 12 at Northern Illinois, a mark that had not been reached since MARCH December 2012. Kluesner recorded her seventh 20-point game of the season with a game-high 28 points at NIU (2/12). She scored a career-high 35 points against Central Michigan on Feb. 8, 4 BOWLING GREEN * .......................7 p.m. a mark that ties for sixth in Millett Hall history and surpasses her previous career-high by seven 7 at Ohio * ................................................... 1 p.m. points. Kluesner has a career-high 44 blocks this season, which ties for sixth in program history and ranks second in the MAC. Kluesner’s career-high 8.6 rebounds per game leads Miami’s ros- MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ter and ranks third in the MAC. She also has a career-high in points per game (15.5), assists per 9 First Round (Campus Sites) game (1.6) and minutes per game (27.8). Her 11 double-doubles this season is tied for fourth in 11 Quarterfinals program history. Kluesner has increased her production to 17.9 points per game in MAC play. 13 Semifinals DICKERSON RECORD WATCH: Senior guard Lauren Dickerson became the second player in 14 Finals program history to score 2,000 points, passing the mark in Miami’s 70-67 win against West- ern Michigan (2/3). Her 2,088 career points sits behind only Courtney Osborn on the all-time * Denotes Mid-American Conference Game scoring list (2,166 points). Dickerson has set three school records so far this season as she is @ - Pre-season WNIT the program leader in career field goals (766), field goals attempted (2,001) and three-pointers $ - Miami (FL) Thanksgiving Tournament # Games Played at Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland) attempted (931). She also ranks second in 20-point games (47), second in three-pointers made (297, record is 299), third in assists (567) and is sixth in steals (242). Dickerson recorded a career- All game times listed as Eastern Time and subject to change high 12 assists against Central Michigan on Feb. 8 and earned the second double-double of her HOME GAMES IN BOLD & CAPS career. All home games air live on ESPN3 or ESPN+ 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 KENT STATE Location .......................................................Oxford, Ohio 11-14 ........................................................................... Overall Record ...................................................................14-10 Founded ......................................................................1809 4-9 ...........................................................................Conference Record ....................................................................7-6 Enrollment .............................................................. 18,788 .403 ...................................................................... Field Goal Percentage .............................................................. .399 Nickname .........................................................RedHawks .290 ..........................................................Three-Point Field Goal Percentage .................................................. .311 Colors ........................................................ Red and White 6.96 .....................................................Three-Point Field Goals Made Per Game ............................................ 6.33 Arena .................................................................Millett Hall .694 ...................................................................... Free Throw Percentage ............................................................. .724 Capacity ......................................................................6,400 .452 ........................................................... Opponent Field Goal Percentage ................................................... .411 Affiliation ............................................... NCAA Division I .342 ............................................... Opponent Three-Point Field Goal Percentage ....................................... .349 Conference...............................................Mid-American 38.1 ..........................................................................Rebound Average .................................................................. 35.6 President .............Dr. Greg Crawford (Kent State ‘87) -2.0 ............................................................................. Rebound Margin .................................................................... -1.8 Athletic Director ...... David Sayler (Ohio Wesleyan ‘91) 376/376 ................................................................Assist/Turnover Ratio ....................................................... 275/325 Head Coach ........................................DeUnna Hendrix 72.4 .............................................................................Points per Game ................................................................... 69.0 Alma Mater ............................................... Richmond ‘07 73.4 ....................................................................Points Allowed per Game ........................................................... 66.5 Record at Miami .............. 11-14 (4-9 MAC) (1st Year) Career Record .....(136-107) (93-52 conf.) (8th Year) ON TAP: Miami (11-14, 4-9 Mid-American Conference) travels to Kent State Asst. Coaches: ...........Hailey Yohn (Coker College ‘15) (14-10, 7-6 MAC) on Saturday for the second matchup this season against the ................Tiffany Swoffard (Austin Peay ‘02, Rowan ‘07) Golden Flashes. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. Fans can listen to the game on ............ Sahar Nusseibeh (American ‘09, Cincinnati ‘11)