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ULM ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS • 308 WARHAWK WAY • MALONE STADIUM • MONROE, LA. 71209 OFFICE PHONE: (318) 342-3569 • WEBSITE: ULMWARHAWKS.COM • TWITTER: @ULMWARHAWKS • YOUTUBE: ULM WARHAWKS VIDEO 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 1 • 2 P.M. SUNDAY, NOV. 10 • THE PAVILION AT OLE MISS (9,500) • OXFORD, MISS. Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 4 Millsaps (Exh.) W 64-56 Nov. 10 at Ole Miss 2 p.m. ULM WARHAWKS (10-19, 4-14 Sun Belt 2018-19) Nov. 12 at Tennessee Tech 5:30 p.m. Head Coach: Brooks Donald Williams • Mississippi State, 2000 Nov. 16 Southern Miss Noon Career Record: 161-130 (10th season) • ULM Record: 0-0 (1st season) Nov. 18 Northwestern State 6 p.m. Nov. 24 Southeastern Louisiana 2 p.m. AT Dec. 1 at McNeese State 2 p.m. OLE MISS REBELS (1-0, 0-0 SEC) Dec. 7 Houston Baptist Noon Head Coach: Yolett McPhee-McCuin • Rhode Island, 2004 Dec. 10 at Nicholls State 6 p.m. Career Record: 104-85 (7th season) • Ole Miss Record: 10-22 (2nd season) Dec. 17 Louisiana College (Exh.) 6 p.m. Dec. 20 at North Texas 7 p.m. Dec. 22 at Texas Tech 1 p.m. ULM 2018-19 STATISTICS OLE MISS STATISTICS Dec. 29 Mississippi Valley State 2 p.m. Points Per Game .............................................................. 55.8 Points Per Game .............................................................. 72.0 Jan. 2 at Georgia Southern* 5:30 p.m. Rebounds Per Game ........................................................ 35.0 Rebounds Per Game ........................................................ 42.0 Jan. 4 at Georgia State* 11 a.m. Assists Per Game .............................................................. 9.8 Assists Per Game ............................................................ 20.0 Steals Per Game................................................................ 6.6 Steals Per Game................................................................ 8.0 Jan. 8 Troy* 6 p.m. Blocks Per Game ............................................................... 3.6 Blocks Per Game ............................................................... 3.0 Jan. 11 at South Alabama* 3 p.m. Field Goal Percentage ..................................................... 36.3 Field Goal Percentage ..................................................... 44.8 3-Point Field Goal Percentage......................................... 26.9 3-Point Field Goal Percentage......................................... 27.8 Jan. 16 at Texas State* 7 p.m. Free Throw Percentage ................................................... 66.8 Free Throw Percentage ................................................... 50.0 Jan. 18 at UT Arlington* 2 p.m. Jan. 23 Little Rock* 6 p.m. All-Time Series Last Meeting Current Streak Jan. 25 at Ragin’ Cajuns* 2 p.m. Ole Miss leads 14-2 Ole Miss 97, ULM 40 (Dec. 10, 2016) 14 by Ole Miss (1986-) Feb. 1 Arkansas State* Noon Feb. 5 at Troy* 6 p.m. Feb. 8 South Alabama* Noon PROJECTED STARTERS (Based off previous game) Feb. 13 Georgia Southern* 6 p.m. Feb. 15 Georgia State* Noon Feb. 22 Ragin’ Cajuns* Noon Feb. 27 at Coastal Carolina* 5 p.m. Feb. 29 at Appalachian State* 1 p.m. March 5 Texas State* 6 p.m. March 7 UT Arlington* Noon March 10-15 Sun Belt Championship TBA #2 Gara Beth Self #10 Maddi Gatte #11 Whitney Goins #13 Destini Lunsford #24 Diamond Brooks BOLD - Home games played inside Fant-Ewing 5-8 Freshman 5-9 Sophomore 6-0 Junior 5-7 Senior 6-2 Junior PPG ......................N/A PPG ......................N/A PPG ........................6.1 PPG ........................4.4 PPG ........................3.1 Coliseum RPG ......................N/A RPG ......................N/A RPG ........................3.6 RPG ........................1.7 RPG ........................3.6 * - Sun Belt Conference game APG......................N/A APG......................N/A APG........................2.1 APG........................1.1 SPG ........................0.6 FG% .....................N/A FG% .....................N/A FG% .....................30.8 FG% .....................33.1 BPG........................0.5 3FG% ...................N/A 3FG% ...................N/A 3FG% ...................28.5 3FG% ...................31.1 FG% .....................43.3 MEDIA COVERAGE FT% ......................N/A FT% ......................N/A FT% ......................61.5 FT% ......................69.7 FT% ......................47.6 TV/Web: SEC Network+ Radio: 105.3 FM KLIP THE STARTING FIVE Play-by-play: Mike Hammett • ULM offically opens theBrooks Donald Williams era Sunday afternoon as the Warhawks visit Ole Miss for the first regular season game of the 2019-20 season. Williams was named head coach in April, taking over a Warhawk Live Stats: ULMWarhawks.com club that finished 10-19 last season. Williams spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at Alabama. Prior to Tuscaloosa, Williams was the head coach at McNeese State for nine seasons, and is the winningest head ULM ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS coach in Cowgirl history, leading the team to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. Sr. Assoc. AD for Communications and Marketing ...John Lewandowski • The Warhawks played their first of two exhibition games on the season Monday morning, defeating Millsaps 64-56 at Fant-Ewing Coliseum. ULM trailed by as many as five points in the second half before rallying for the victory down Office Phone .......................................................(318) 342-5378 the stretch. E-mail ...................................................lewandowski@ulm.edu Assoc. Dir. of Athletic Comm. (primary) .....Mike Hammett • The Warhawks return eight players from last season, and started three returning players in Monday’s exhibition Office Phone ...................................................(318) 342-7925 game vs. Millsaps. Junior Whitney Goins started 27 of 29 games last season, senior Destini Lunsford started 11 Cell Phone ......................................................(785) 713-2048 contests, and junior Diamond Brooks earned the starting nod in seven games. E-mail ..................................................mhammett@ulm.edu • Seniors Lauren Fitch and Amber Thompson are the top two returning scorers for ULM. Fitch averaged 9.2 points, Website .............................................................ulmwarhawks.com 3.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game last season. Thompson averaged 7.8 points and 4.0 rebounds per game last Twitter .........................................@ULM_WBB/@ULMWarhawks season, while finishing third on the team with 32 steals. Facebook ...............................................................ULM Warhawks • Four newcomers join the ULM roster for the 2019-20 season, and two started Monday’s game vs. Millsaps. YouTube .......................................................ULM Warhawks Video Freshman Gara Beth Self comes to ULM from Ingomar High School in Mississippi, while sophomore Maddi Gatte played last season at Southwest (Mississippi) Community College. Junior Kierra Crockett and freshman Linda van Schaik also join the Warhawks this season. ULMWARHAWKS.COM @ULM_WBB • #DEFENDTHENEST 1 ULM QUICK FACTS 2019-20 ULM WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER Location: Monroe, Louisiana No. Player Year Pos. Ht. Hometown (Previous School) Founded: 1931 1 Amber Thompson Sr. G 5-9 Dyersburg, Tenn. (Walters State CC) Enrollment: 9,060 2 Gara Beth Self Fr. G 5-8 New Albany, Miss. (Ingomar HS) Nickname: Warhawks 3 Linda van Schaik Fr. G 5-10 South Holland, Netherlands (Orange Angels Acad.) Colors: 4 Kierra Crockett Jr. F 6-0 Farmington Hills, Mich. (Independence CC) Warhawk - Pantone 202C 10 Maddi Gatte So. G 5-9 Egan, La. (Southwest CC) Heritage Gold - Pantone 124C 11 Whitney Goins Jr. G/F 6-0 Anacoco, La. (Anacoco HS) Affliation: NCAA Division I 13 Destini Lunsford Sr. G 5-7 Corsicana, Texas (Corsicana HS) Conference: Sun Belt 22 Lauren Fitch Sr. G 5-6 Decatur, Ala. (Itawamba CC) Facility (Capacity): Fant-Ewing Coliseum (7,000) 23 Sheniqua Coatney So. C 6-2 Shreveport, La. (Southwood HS) Chancellor: Dr. Nick Bruno 24 Diamond Brooks Jr. C 6-2 Kentwood, La. (Jewel M. Sumner HS) Director of Athletics: Scott McDonald 32 Breauna DeLon So. F 6-0 Helotes, Texas (Brandeis HS) Senior Woman Admin.: Ashleigh Simmons 35 Jamie Means So. F 6-1 Little Elm, Texas (Denton HS) Athletic Department Phone: (318) 342-5360 Athletic Department Fax: (318) 342-5367 Head Coach: Brooks Donald Williams (Mississippi State, 2000) Athletic Ticket Office: (318) 342-3856 Assistant Coach: Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech) Assistant Coach: Jessica Barber (Mobile, 2006) Assistant Coach: Kendra “Kitty” Wells (McNeese State, 2012) Director of Operations: Amber Donnes (McNeese State, 2017; Louisiana-Lafayette 2019) Graduate Assistant: Hailey Kuhns (LSU 2017, 2019) Graduate Assistant: Jewel Triggs (George Mason, 2019) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE LAST TIME OUT (Exhibition vs. Millsaps, Nov. 4, 2019) Gara Beth Self ...............................GARE-uh MONROE, La. – A 9-1 run to open the fourth quarter handed the ULM women’s basketball team a lead they Linda van Schaik ................................SHY-k would not relinquish, as the Warhawks bested Millsaps 64-56 on Monday afternoon at Fant-Ewing Coliseum. Kierra Crockett .......................... Key-AIR-uh Maddi Gatte ......................................... GOT “I’m proud of them,” first-year head coachBrooks Donald Williams said. “Millsaps is a tough team. (Mill- saps coach) Justin (LeBlanc) does a great job. We knew it would be a really competitive game.” Whitney Goins.................................. GO-ins Sheniqua Coatney ...........Shuh-KNEE-kwah In the end, the