CENTRAL MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES CENTRAL MICHIGAN at BALL STATE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3 | 7:00 PM | WORTHEN ARENA (11,500) | MUNCIE, IND
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2020-21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES CENTRAL MICHIGAN at BALL STATE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3 | 7:00 PM | WORTHEN ARENA (11,500) | MUNCIE, IND. 2020-21 SCHEDULE CENTRAL MICHIGAN BALL STATE Nov. 25 No.25 Michigan L, 93-75 CHIPPEWAS CARDINALS Dec. 9 WESTERN MICHIGAN* W, 82-71 Dec. 12 CINCINNATI W, 79-62 2020-21 Record 13-8 (11-6 MAC) 2020-21 Record 13-9 (11-7 MAC) Dec. 15 MIAMI (OH)* W, 69-51 H: 6-4/A: 7-4/N: 0-0 H: 2-7/A: 11-2/N: 0-0 Dec. 18 Michigan State L, 79-70 Head Coach Heather Oesterle Head Coach Brady Sallee (Michigan, 2002) (Thomas More, 1993) Dec. 21 Loyola W, 73-64 Career Record 36-15 (2nd season) Career Record 298-227 (18th season) Jan. 2 Ohio* W, 90-87 Record at CMU 36-15 (2nd season) Record at BSU 162-117 (9th season) Jan. 6 AKRON* W, 83-58 Jan.9 Buffalo* W, 79-63 COVERAGE Jan. 16 Northern Illinois* L, 104-73 CHIPPEWA SPORTS NETWORK Jan. 16 OHIO* L, 93-84 91.5 WHMW-FM Jan. 20 EASTERN MICHIGAN* L, 70-67 RADIO CMU Athletics mobile app TV PxP: Matt Kearney Jan. 23 Akron* W, 92-69 Jan. 27 Toledo* W, 83-74 Jan. 30 BUFFALO* W, 66-62 FOLLOW AND STAY CONNECTED #FireUpChips Feb. 3 BALL STATE* L, 69-66 Link at CMUChippewas.com Twitter: @CMUWBBall Feb. 6 Western Michigan* W, 74-71 STATS CMU Athletics mobile app SOCIAL Facebook: Facebook.com/CMUWBBall Feb. 10 Miami (OH)* W, 81-78 Instagram: @cmuwbball Feb. 13 KENT STATE* W, 84-71 PROJECTED STARTERS Feb. 17 Bowling Green* L,76-67 Feb. 24 TOLEDO* L, 72-67 No. Name Pos. GP-GS PPG RPG FG% Notes 1 Micaela Kelly (5-6, Sr.) G 21-21 23.2 4.9 .477 Reached 2K career pts vs UT (2/24) Feb. 27 Eastern Michigan* Canceled 4 Maddy Watters (5-9, Sr.) G 20-20 9.5 2.5 .460 Season-high 21 pts at Buffalo (1/9) March 3 3 Ball State* State* 77 P.M.P.M. 14 Molly Davis (5-7, So.) G 21-21 20.4 5.0 .502 Career-high 32 pts vs KSU (2/13) March 6 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* 1 P.M. 50 Kyra Bussell (6-1, Jr.) F 18-18 9.6 4.7 .341 Career-high 4 blocks at BGSU (2/17) March 10 MAC Tournament% TBA 21 Jahari Smith (6-0, Jr.) C 21-21 7.0 7.1 .530 Career-high 14 rbs vs Toledo (2/24) March 12 MAC Tournament% TBA March 13 MAC Tournament% TBA TOP RESERVES 5 Anika Weekes (5-10, So.) F 20-4 5.2 5.8 .458 Career-high 13pts/15rbs at Miami * Mid-American Conference games 22 Kalle Martinez (5-6, Jr.) G 20-0 1.2 0.6 .233 % at Rocket Mortgage Field House, Cleveland, Ohio 10 Rachel Loobie (6-1, Fr.) F 16-0 1.6 1.9 .423 Home games in BOLD CAPS. All times Eastern 2020-21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN -1- CHIPPEWAS BASKETBALL GAME 22 • CENTRAL MICHIGAN vs. EASTERN MICHIGAN • FEBRUARY 27, 2021 • CONVOCATION CENTER • YPSILANTI, MICH. MEDIA INFORMATION GAME PREVIEW Players and coaches are generally available following • The Central Michigan women’s basketball team ELITE COMPANY practice on Monday’s/Thursday’s via Webex. Please will look to snap a two-game losing streak • Central Michigan senior guard Micaela Kelly coordinate all coach and player interview requests and gain some momentum heading into the became the program’s second-leading scorer on through Assistant Director of Athletic Marketing postseason on Wednesday (7 p.m.) when the Wednesday in the Chippewas’ 72-67 loss to Toledo and Communications Cullen Maksimowski. He can be reached in at (616) 635-1321 or by email at Chippewas go to Ball State for a Mid-American at McGuirk Arena. Kelly scored 21 points, giving [email protected]. Please allow 24 hours of Conference game at the Cardinals’ Worthen Arena. her 2,016 for her career. She trails Presley Hudson, advanced notice in scheduling an interview. • The Chippewas are 13-8 and are in third place who scored 3,309 points from 2015-19. in the MAC at 11-6 after back-to-back losses • Kelly, the reigning MAC Player of the Year, is just WEBSITE to first-place Bowling Green and to Toledo. The the third player in program history to have scored Media members are reminded that the official Chippewas’ game at Eastern Michigan on Saturday 2,000 points. Crystal Bradford, who played at CMU athletics website, CMUChippewas.com, contains was cancelled. from 2011-15, is third with 2,006. updated player stats and bios each week. Also • CMU has clinched a spot in the league tournament available on the site are video interviews, postgame in Cleveland. Bowling Green has wrapped the THE CHIPPEWAS highlights and press conferences. regular-season MAC championship and the No. • CMU has long been known as one of the MAC’s VISITING RADIO 1 seed in the tournament. Where the Chippewas most-explosive offensive teams and it enters One ISDN line and one telephone line are available will be seeded will depend on how they fare in the Saturday’s game averaging 76.4 points per game, for use by the official radio network of the visiting final week of the regular season. CMU is scheduled good for second in the MAC. But in their last two team. Visiting networks that wish to have additional to close at home on Saturday (1 p.m.) against games, both losses, the Chippewas have been lines installed at their own expense may do so by Northern Illinois. held to 67 points. Their season low is 66. contacting CMU Telecommunications at • CMU lost at home to Ball State, 69-66, on Feb. 3. • Kelly and sophomore Molly Davis continue to (989) 774-1474. The Cardinals are 13-9, 11-7 and have won four of entrench themselves as the MAC’s top backcourt. their last five games. Kelly is third in the conference – and 10th VIDEO The Athletic Communications Department maintains a nationally – in scoring with 23.2 points per game; vast library of video clips for distribution to requesting LAST TIME OUT Davis ranks sixth in the league in scoring at 20.4. electronic media. In addition, postgame highlights and • The Central Michigan women’s basketball team • Davis ranks second and Kelly is seventh in the press conference cut-ups are available for download fell to Toledo 72-67 inside McGuirk Arena on conference in field goal percentage; Davis is using the department’s FTP server. Please contact Wednesday evening. making 50.2 percent of her field goal attempts, Zack Howard ([email protected]) for detailed • It was the second-consecutive loss for CMU, while Kelly is making 47.7 percent. instructions and requests. which is 13-8, 11-6. It was the first win in Mount • Davis (62), Kelly (56) and CMU senior Maddy Pleasant for the Rockets since 2016. They are Watters (51) rank first, second and third, MEDIA ROOM 10-11, 6-11. respectively, in 3-pointers in the MAC. Watters During our COVID-19 adjusted season, the Media Room will be not be available for members of the • CMU fought its way back from a 22-7 first-quarter is the second-most efficient long-range threat working media. Media must remain in designated deficit to take a one-point lead in the fourth in the league, having made 45.5 percent of her work areas at the west end of the arena. Coaches and quarter before faltering down the stretch. triple tries on the season. Davis (.411) is seventh. selected players will hold a virtual press conference via webex. CENTRAL MICHIGAN VS. BALL STATE CREDENTIAL REQUESTS Requests for media credentials should be made 13-8 (11-6 MAC) 2020-21 Record 13-9 (11-7 MAC) through email at [email protected]. Please note 76.4 Points 73.1 that media credentails may be limted to ensure 73.2 Opponent Points 73.3 COVID-19 saftey protocals are maintained within 36.3 Rebounds 37.8 McGuirk Arena. +1.5 Rebounding Margin -0.2 10.3 Offensive Rebounds 11.1 PHOTOGRAPHERS/VIDEOGRAPHERS 10.3 Opponent Offensive Rebounds 12.2 During our COVID-19 adjusted season, photographers .455 Field Goal Pct. .446 and videographers are limited to shooting from the second-level mezzanine. .437 Opponent Field Goal Pct. .413 .360 3-Point FG Pct. .304 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT .337 Opponent 3-Point FG Pct. .341 Assistant Director/WBB Contact: Cullen Maksimowski 13.7/13.7 Assists / Turnovers 13.0/16.9 Cell: (616) 635-1321 -0.4 Turnover Margin -1.7 Email: [email protected] 13.3 Opponent Turnovers 16.9 2.4 Blocked Shots 3.0 7.2 Steals 6.9 CHIPPEWAS CARDINALS 2020-21 CENTRAL MICHIGAN -2- CHIPPEWAS BASKETBALL GAME 22 • CENTRAL MICHIGAN vs. BALL STATE • MARCH 3, 2021 • WORTHEN ARENA • MUNCIE, IND. QUICK FACTS Davis ranks third in the conference in free throw Tuesday after her 28-point performance in the GENERAL INFORMATION efficiency, having made 86.5 percent of her Chippewas’ 90-87 win at Ohio on Saturday. The Location ..................................Mount Pleasant, Mich. attempts from the line. Chippewas, who are 5-2, 3-0 MAC, are scheduled Enrollment ......................................................19,431 • Chippewa junior Jahari Smith ranks sixth in the to play host to Akron, 3-3, 0-3, today, Wednesday, Founded .............................................................1892 MAC with 7.5 rebounds per game. She grabbed a at 2 p.m. at McGuirk Arena.