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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2018-19 TENNESSEE STATE GAME NOTES LADY TIGERS @TSULADYTIGERS OVC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 1994, 1995, 2015| NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES: 1994, 1995, 2015 Overall: 1-0 | Ohio Valley Conference: 0-0 TENNESSEE STATE GAME DETAILS Home: 1-0 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0 LADY TIGERS Date: Nov. 14, 2019 Nov.8 WILBERFORCE 83-65 Time: 6:00 p.m. CT Record: 1-0 Nov.14 at Tennessee 6:00 p.m. Location: Knoxville, Tenn. Last Game:Wilberforce University Arena: Thompson Boling Arena Nov.18 NORTH ALABAMA 5:30 p.m. Location: Nashville, Tenn. Nov.21 ALCORN STATE 6:00 p.m. Result: W, 83-65 Video: SECN+ Streak: W1 Live Stats: sidearm stats Nov.25 VANDERBILT 6:00 p.m. Radio: 102.1 FM Nov.30 at South Alabama 3:00 p.m. TENNESSEE Dec.8 LIPSCOMB 2:00 p.m. TMLADY VOLS SERIES INFORMATION Dec.12 at Arizona 8:30 p.m. Record: 3-0 6th Meeting Dec.15 FISK 2:00 p.m. Last Game: Notre Dame UT Leads, 5-0 Dec.30 COLUMBIA 2:00 p.m. Location: Notre Dame, Ind. Last Meeting: 11/30/16 UT W 86-36 Result: W, 74-63 Last TSU Win: N/A Jan.2 EASTERN ILLINOIS* 5:30 p.m. Streak: W3 Jan.4 SIU EDWARDSVILLE* 2:00 p.m. GAMEDAY Jan.9 UT Martin* 5:30 p.m. The Tennessee State University women’s basketball team will hit the road to face the Jan.11 at Southeast Missouri* 2:00 p.m. Tennessee Lady Vols for the second game of the season on Thursday. Game time is set Jan.16 MOREHEAD STATE* 5:30 p.m. for 6 p.m. CT in Thompson Boling Arena. Jan.18 EASTERN KENTUCKY* 2:00 p.m. Jan.23 at Austin Peay* 5:30 p.m. THE LADY TIGERS AT A GLANCE Tennessee State is coming off an 83-65 win over Wilberforce University in the season Jan.25 at Murray State* 5:00 p.m. opener last week. With the victory, TSU started the season with a 1-0 record for the first Jan.30 at Jacksonville State* 5:15 p.m. time since 2012-13. Feb.1 at Tennessee Tech* 5:30 p.m. Feb.6 AUSTIN PEAY* 11 a.m. TSU returned eight letterwinners from last season while six newcomers joined the team. Feb.8 MURRAY STATE* 5:30 p.m. Feb.13 at Belmont* 5:00 p.m. After one game, Taylor Roberts, who is TSU’s top returning scorer from last season, leads the team in scoring. Jazmine Young scored 11 points against Wilberforce while Jaden Feb.15 TENNESSEE TECH 5:30 p.m. Wrightsell pulled down 14 rebounds in the opener. Feb.20 at Eastern Kentucky* 4:00 p.m. Feb.22 at Morehead State* 1:00 p.m. Tennessee State is led by third-year head coach Jessica Kern. Feb.27 JACKSONVILLE STATE* 5:30 p.m. Feb.29 BELMONT* 5:30 p.m. Mar. 4-7 OVC Tournament ALL TIMES CENTRAL STADARD TIME HOME GAMES BOLD AND ALL CAPS POSSIBLE STARTERS * OVC Game; 00 01 02 03 12 TSU GENERAL INFORMATION Location: ........................................................ Nashville, Tenn. Founded: .........................................................................1912 Enrollment: .....................................................................7,774 Nickname: ............................................................ Lady Tigers Colors: .................................................Reflex Blue and White Home Court : ....................................................Gentry Center Capacity: .........................................................................9,100 Affiliation: .......................................................NCAA Division I Conference: .......................................................... Ohio Valley Jazmine Young Andreana Wrister President: ................................................... Dr. Glenda Glover Taylor Roberts Jaden Wrightsell Breannah McCullah Athletics Director:......................................... Teresa L. Phillips 5-11 | Jr. | G/F 5-8 | So. | G 5-7 | Jr. | G 5-10 | Jr. | F 5-10 | Jr. | G Ticket Office Phone: ......................................... 615-963-5841 PROGRAM HISTORY Oklahoma, City, Okla. Milwaukee, Wisc. Memphis, Tenn. Omaha, Neb. Edwards, Miss. Joined the OVC: ...............................................................1987 Overall All-time Record: ............................................ 410-676 PPG 19.0 PPG 11.0 PPG 8.0 PPG 6.0 PPG 8.0 Overall OVC Record ................................................... 189-318 RPG 2.0 Conference Regular Season Titles: ........................................2 RPG 5.0 RPG 5.0 RPG 14.0 RPG 4.0 Last OVC Regular Season Title: .................................. 1994-95 Conference Tournament Titles: .............................................3 Last OVC Tournament Title: ....................................... 2014-15 NCAA Tournament Appearances ...........................................3 TENNESSEE STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER BREAKDOWN } BY CLASS 2019-20 NUMERICAL ROSTER Redshirt Seniors (1) No. Name Pos Ht Cl Hometown (Previous School) #22 Keniece Purvis 0 Taylor Roberts G/F 5-11 Jr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Classen HS) 1 Jazmine Young G 5-8 So. Milwaukee, Wisc. (Dominican HS) Juniors (6) #00 Taylor Roberts 2 Andreana Wrister G 5-7 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Cordova HS) #02 Andreana Wrister 3 Jaden Wrightsell F 5-10 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Omaha Northwest HS) #03 Jaden Wrightsell 4 Terrysha Banner G 5-6 So. Surprise, Ariz. (Valley Vista HS) #10 Amber Appiah-Kubi #12 Breannah McCullah 5 Deaja Richardson G 5-9 Fr. Kernersville, N.C. (Westridge Academy) #23 Takya Bennett 10 Amber Appiah-Kubi G 5-7 Jr. Nashville, Tenn. (Roane State CC) 12 Breannah McCullah G 5-10 Jr. Edwards, Miss. (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC) Redshirt Sophmores (1) #24 Akiya Harris 14 Ashley Primas F 6-1 So. Detroit, Mich. (Edison HS) 20 Megan Kent F 6-0 Fr. Rome, Ga. (Model HS) Sophmores (4) 22 Keniece Purvis G 5-7 R-Sr. Greensboro, N.C. (Clemson) #01 Jazmine Young #04 Terrysha Banner 23 Takya Bennett F 5-11 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Southwest Tennessee CC) #14 Ashley Primas 24 Akiya Harris G 5-7 R-So. Nashville, Tenn. (Ensworth HS) #32 Jasmine Broner 32 Jasmine Broner F 5-9 So. Centerville, Ohio (Centerville HS) Freshmen (2) #05 Deaja Richardson 2019-20 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER #20 Megan Kent No. Name Pos Ht Cl Hometown (Previous School) 10 Amber Appiah-Kubi G 5-7 Jr. Nashville, Tenn. (Roane State CC) }BY POSITION 4 Terrysha Banner G 5-6 So. Surprise, Ariz. (Valley Vista HS) Guards 23 Takya Bennett F 5-11 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Southwest Tennessee CC) Amber Appiah-Kubi Terrysha Banner Forwards 32 Jasmine Broner F 5-9 So. Centerville, Ohio (Centerville HS) Akiya Harris Takya Bennett 24 Akiya Harris G 5-7 R-So. Nashville, Tenn. (Ensworth HS) Breannah McCullah Jasmine Broner 20 Megan Kent F 6-0 Fr. Rome, Ga. (Model HS) Keniece Purvis Megan Kent Deaja Richardson Ashley Primas 12 Breannah McCullah G 5-10 Jr. Edwards, Miss. (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC) Andreana Wrister Taylor Roberts 5 Deaja Richardson G 5-9 Fr. Kernersville, N.C. (Westridge Academy) Jazmine Young Jaden Wrightsell 14 Ashley Primas F 6-1 So. Detroit, Mich. (Edison HS) }BY STATE 22 Keniece Purvis G 5-7 R-Sr. Greensboro, N.C. (Clemson) Arizona -Terrysha Banner Georgia - Megan Kent 0 Taylor Roberts G/F 5-11 Jr. Oklahoma City, Okla. (Classen HS) Michigan - Ashley Primas 3 Jaden Wrightsell F 5-10 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Omaha Northwest HS) Mississippi - Breannah McCullah Nebraska - Jaden Wrightsell 2 Andreana Wrister G 5-7 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Cordova HS) North Carolina- Deaja Richardson, Keniece Purvis 1 Jazmine Young G 5-8 So. Milwaukee, Wisc. (Dominican HS) Ohio - Jasmine Broner Oklahoma - Taylor Roberts Tennessee - Andreana Wrister, Akiya Harris 2019-20 STAFF Amber Appiah-Kubi, Takya Bennett Wisconsin - Jazmine Young Head Coach: Jessica Kern (Penn State, 2002), 3rd season ABOUT TSU Assistant Coach: Deont’a McChester (Keuka College, 2007), 3rd season }TSU is one of two NCAA Division I HBCUs Assistant Coach: Sarah Jones (Villanova, 2011), 1st Season that competes outside of the MEAC or SWAC Assistant Coach: Chelsea Hudson (Tennessee State, 2015), 1st Season }Of the four D-1 schools in Nashville (TSU, Belmont, Lipscomb and Vanderbilt), TSU is the Director of Operations: Dee Davis (Vanderbilt, 2007), 1st Season only public university PRONUNCIATION GUIDE }Notable alumni include: Oprah Winfrey, Andreana Wrister - AUN-Dray-ANNA Breannah McCullah - Bree-AUN-nuh Anthony Mason (NBA), Robert Covington (NBA), Dick Barnett (NBA), Richard Dent Deont’a McChester - De-ON-Tay Ashley Primas - PREE-mus (NFL), Dominique Rodgers-Comartie (NFL) Terrysha Banner - Teh-REE-Sha Takya Bennett – Tuh-KEY-uh , Wilma Rudolph (Olympian), Anthony Levine Deaja Richardson - De-AYE-juh Akiya Harris – uh-KEY-Yuh (NFL), Amber Appiah-Kubi - Uh-PEE-uh Jasmine Broner - BRO-ner 2019-20 TSU BASKETBALL INFORMATION } } ABOUT THE COACH } } ABOUT THE TEAM } Tennessee State, a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, is an NCAA Division I institution located in Nashville, Tenn. JESSICA } The Lady Tigers have eight returners and six newcomers, in- cluding two freshmen, three junior college additions and one D1 KERN transfer. HEAD COACH } Of the returners, Junior Taylor Roberts is the top returning 3RD SEASON scorer for TSU with an average of 12.5 ppg as a sophomore. PENN STATE ‘02 Sophomore Terrysha Banner (6.4 ppg) is the second leading scorer returning from last year. She made a team second-best 27 three-pointers and dished out 45 assists. Jaden Wrightsell was second on the team in rebounding with 6.3 rpg and turned } Named the 11th head women’s basketball coach in program in 6.1 ppg. history at Tennessee State in April 2017. } } Served as the head coach at Mississippi Valley State (2016-17) TSU went 5-25 last season and posted a 5-13 mark in OVC play. The Lady Tigers did not qualify for the OVC Tournament for the and Lincoln (PA) from 2011-15. third consecutive year. } MVSU was ranked in the Top 25 of most improved Division I women’s basketball programs } Assistant coach Chelsea Hudson was a member of the 2014-15 } Held assistant coaching positions at Furman University, Univ. of TSU team that won OVC Tournament Championship and earned Milwaukee Wisc., and Arkansas Pine-Bluff. an NCAA berth for the first time in 20 years.