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ETSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL2019-20 GAME NOTES BUCCANEERS 11-5 2-0 6-11 1-1 Overall SoCon -vs- Overall SoCon Jackie Carson 155-143 (10th) Brittney Ezell 98-106 (7th) PALADINS Head Coach Record at Furman Head Coach Record at ETSU WE ARE “ETSU” FURMAN vs. EAST TENNESSEE STATE The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would (r: 6-11, H:3-5; A: 3-6) GAME DETAILS MEDIA INFO SCHEDULE GAME like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our Date Opponent Time/Result request to be called “ETSU” ... East Tennessee State Univer- Date - January 16th sity in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references NOVEMBER (2-6) Time - 7pm Video - ESPN+ should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our 18 Location - Johnson City, Tenn. Radio - 640 WXSM nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable. Tue 5 TENNESSEE L, 72-68 Arena - Brooks Gym Stats - etsubucs.com Fri 8 at Liberty W, 63-62 Thu 14 at High Point L, 80-62 Mon 18 at North Carolina A&T L, 80-69 THE SERIES Thu 21 RADFORD L, 67-43 OVERALL 23-40 (64TH MEETING) Sat 23 UNC-ASHEVILLE L, 72-54 AT ETSU 13-17 Mon 25 at Appalachian State W, 67-61 AT FURMAN 8-17 67.3 POINTS 59.2 Sat 30 DAVIDSON L, 75-60 NEURTAL GAMES 1-5 PER GAME CURRENT STREAK ETSU 1-1 in contests without home L1 DECEMBER (3-3) SCORING EZELL VS. FURMAN desgination in record book 8-3 64.7 67.2 Thu 5 WAKE FOREST W, 67-60 DEFENSE Sun 8 CLEVELAND STATE L, 62-54 44.1 FG% 36.7 Wed 11 at Troy L, 79-61 THE SHOOTAROUND •The Bucs split the series in the opening SoCon weekend FG% Sun 15 at Georgia Tech L, 87-48 39.9 DEFENSE 40.1 Fri 20 SOUTH ALABAMA W, 65-60 last week on the road, losing to UNCG on Thursday before Tue 31 CONVERSE COLLEGE W, 73-35 rallying for a win against Western Carolina in Cullowhee, 33.2 3FG% 26.3 N.C. ETSU now enters their first home weekend of the JANUARY (1-2) season in conference play, taking on the Paladins and the 3FG% Sat 4 at Cornell L, 71-43 Terriers of Wofford. 27.2 DEFENSE 28.4 Thu 9 at UNCG ^ L, 63-47 67.6 FT% 68.5 Sat 11 at Western Carolina ^ W, 62-57 •The Bucs and Paladins split their two meetings last sea- Thu 16 FURMAN ^ 7pm son, the home team winning both matchups. ETSU’s 75-70 37.6 REBOUNDS 34.2 Sat 18 WOFFORD ^ 2pm victory at Brooks Gym featured 18 points off the bench from PER GAME Thu 23 at Mercer ^ 7pm Micah Scheetz, the Buc bench outscoring Furman’s 47-19. ASSISTS Sat 25 at Samford ^ 5:30pm 14.3 PER GAME 9.2 •Amongst the series highlights over the years, the Bucs and FEBRUARY Paladins combined for 203 points February 28, 1987, the BLOCKS Sat 1 CHATTANOOGA ^ 1pm most in ETSU history for a game that did not go to overtime. 2.5 PER GAME 3.9 Thu 6 WESTERN CAROLINA ^ 7pm The Blue and Gold scored a program record 114 that game, STEALS Sat 8 UNCG ^ 2pm beating Furman by 25. 5.9 7.8 PER GAME Thu 13 at Wofford ^ 7pm Sat 15 at Furman ^ 2pm •The Thursday matchup between Furman and ETSU marks REBOUND the 64th time the two teams have come together, the Pala- 1.0 -7.8 Thu 20 SAMFORD ^ 7pm MARGIN Sat 22 MERCER ^ 2pm dins winning 40 of the contests. Sat 29 at Chattanooga ^ 2pm 0.7 AST-TO 0.6 MARCH RATIO Thu 5 SoCon Quarterfinals TBD Fri 6 SoCon Semifinals TBD Sun 8 SoCon Championship TBD LAST GAME STARTERS Home games in BOLD CAPS ^ - SoCon game FOLLOW THE BUCS Y ETSU_WBB P ETSU_WBB X ETSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ETSU QUICK FACTS SCHEETZ UPTON JACKSON STAFFORD KIMBRO 2 R-JR • GUARD 14SO • GUARD 13SO • FORWARD 44SO • FORWARD 4 SO • CENTER President: Dr. brian noland Director of athletics: scott carter MIN 35.2 MIN 35.6 MIN 17.8 MIN 25.2 MIN 22.9 Nickname (colors): buCS (nAVY & goLD) PPG 155 PPG 6.9 PPG 7.2 PPG 8.9 PPG 6.3 conference: southern Home arena (capacity): bROOKS GYM (3,500) FG% 35.7 FG% 30.9 FG% 41.8 FG% 36.5 FG% 42.4 communications contact: mike gallagher AST 1.5 AST 4.0 REB 4.6 REB 4.2 REB 7.0 Cell phone: (612-865-7052) EMAIL: [email protected] REB 3.4 REB 3.8 STL 0.6 AST 0.6 BLK 2.1 1 ETSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL2019-20 GAME NOTES NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown/Previous School 2 Micah Scheetz G 5’8” R-JR Knoxville, Tenn./UAB 3 Arielle Harvey G 6’0” SR Atlanta, Ga./St. Bonaventure 4 Ti Kimbro C 6’4” JR Memphis, Tenn./Hutchinson CC 10 Jada Craig G 5’4” SR Winston-Salem, N.C./Winston-Salem Prep 11 Taisha Murphy G 5’10” SR Clayton, N.C./University of Richmond 12 Gabby Brown G 5’8” JR Fort Walton Beach, Fla./Pearl River CC 13 Shynia Jackson F 6’1” SO Warner Robins, Ga./Warner Robins HS 14 Kaia Upton G 5’6” SO Nashville, Tenn./East Nashville Magnet HS 21 Amaya Adams G 5’10” SO Kansas City, Mo./Notre Dame de Sion HS 22 Cierrah Perdue F 6’1” JR Atlanta, Ga./Georgia Highlands College 23 Jasmine Sanders G 6’0” JR Charlotte, N.C./Troy 24 Anajae Stephney G 6’2” SR Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden HS 34 Mykia Dowdell F 5’9” SO Oak Ridge, Tenn./MTSU 44 E’Lease Stafford F/G 6’0” SO Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence HS Associate Head Coach: Keisha McClinic (4th Season, 1st in role) Assistant Coach: Kelly Mathis (2nd Season) Assistant Coach: Ashley Houts (1st Season) Director of Basketball Operations: Dakota Love 21 ALPHABETICALAmaya Adams GROSTER 5’10” SO Kansas City, Mo./Notre Dame de Sion HS ROSTER BREAKDOWN 12 Gabby Brown G 5’8” JR Fort Walton Beach, Fla./Pearl River CC BUCS BY CLASS 10 Jada Craig G 5’4” SR Winston-Salem, N.C./Winston-Salem Prep SENIORS ...........................................................4 34 Mykia Dowdell F 5’9” SO Oak Ridge, Tenn./MTSU JUNIORS ...........................................................5 3 Arielle Harvey G 6’0” SR Atlanta, Ga./St. Bonaventure 13 Shynia Jackson F 6’1” SO Warner Robins, Ga./Warner Robins HS SOPHOMORES ...................................................5 4 Ti Kimbro C 6’4” JR Memphis, Tenn./Hutchinson CC FRESHMEN .......................................................0 11 Taisha Murphy G 5’10” SR Clayton, N.C./University of Richmond 22 Cierrah Perdue F 6’1” JR Atlanta, Ga./Georgia Highlands College 23 Jasmine Sanders G 6’0” JR Charlotte, N.C./Troy BUCS BY POSITION 2 Micah Scheetz G 5’8” R-JR Knoxville, Tenn./UAB GUARDS ............................................................9 44 E’Lease Stafford F/G 6’0” SO Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence HS 24 Anajae Stephney G 6’2” SR Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden HS GUARDS/FORWARDS ........................................1 14 Kaia Upton G 5’6” SO Nashville, Tenn./East Nashville Magnet HS FORWARDS .......................................................3 CENTERS ...........................................................1 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE BUCS BY STATE 3 Arielle Harvey Air-E-L 4 Ti Kimbro Ty Kim-Bro TENNESSEE .......................................................5 11 Taisha Murphy Tay-zhuh GEORGIA ...........................................................3 13 Shynia Jackson Shuh-ny-uh NORTH CAROLINA .............................................3 14 Kaia Upton Ky-uh 21 Amaya Adams Uh-My-Uh FLORIDA ...........................................................1 22 Cierrah Perdue Sierra KANSAS ............................................................1 24 Anajae Stephney Uh-Nah-Zhay MISSOURI .........................................................1 34 Mykia Dowdell Muh-ky-uh 44 E’Lease Stafford Uh-lease 2 ETSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL2019-20 GAME NOTES GENERAL INFORMATION CONTROLLING THE CATAMOUNTS they took the ball 21 times from Winthrop Dec. 3, 2017 on Location ..................................... Johnson City, Tenn. ETSU’s 62-57 win over Western Carolina was the 54th in their way to a 74-63 win over the Eagles. program history over their Blue Ridge rivals. The 54 wins Founded ............................................................1911 are the most for the Bucs over any opponent throughout GETTING IN THE SPIRIT Enrollment ..................................................... 14,400 their 50-plus years in existence, well clear of the 36 they The holiday season brought junior transfer Gabby Brown Nickname ....................................Buccaneers (Bucs) have secured against Appalachian State, which marks the an increased workload, playing a career-high 24 minutes Colors .................................... Navy Blue & Old Gold second-most for the Blue and Gold. The triumph over West- against Converse College. Brown also set career highs Affiliation ..........................................NCAA Division I ern was also their 12th straight against the Catamounts, the in minutes, shots made, shots attempted, three-pointers longest active streak for ETSU across all foes. attempted and points, logging five in the Bucs blowout of Conference .................................................Southern the Valkyries. President ........................................Dr. Brian Noland SAVING THEIR BEST Athletic Director ..................................... Scott Carter Whether they’ve had a prosperous or difficult non-confer- SHUT DOWN D Sr. Women’s Admin .................Kay Lennon McGrew ence campaign, ETSU has been extremely consistent with The 35 points allowed against Converse College is the Arena .....................................................Brooks Gym their league success since rejoining the Southern Con- fewest a Buc team has allowed since the 2006-07 season ference. The Blue and Gold have concluded their league when the Blue and Gold allowed just 29 to Mercer in a Capacity ........................................................... 3,500 regular season above .500 in each of their five seasons 27-point victory. since coming back to the SoCon, finishing in the top half of The Bucs 73-35 win against Converse was their largest the SoCon in each of those five years.