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Shawnee State Game Notes Game #4 -- Fri., Nov. 2, 2018 -- 2:00 p.m. East Kentucky Expo Center -- Pikeville, Kentucky 2018-19 BEARS SCHEDULE Oct. 26 Kentucky Christian University W, 110-37 vs. Oct. 27 University of Northwestern Ohio W, 72-40 Oct. 29 Morehead State University (Ky.)^ L, 70-82 Nov. 2 Bluefield College (Va.)# 2:00pm Nov. 3 Point Park University (Pa.)# 10:00am Nov. 10 West Virginia Tech 6:00pm #2 Shawnee State Bluefield (Va.) Nov. 16 Asbury University (Ky.)% 6:00pm 2-0 (0-0 MSC) 0-1 (0-0 AAC) Nov. 17 Oakland City University (Ind.)% 12:00pm Nov. 23 (12) MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)& 2:00pm Nov. 24 (5) Freed-Hardeman Univ. (Tenn.)& 6:00pm Head Coach Head Coach Nov. 29 Wilberforce University (Ohio) 6:00pm Jeff Nickel Corey Mullins Dec. 7 Talladega College (Ala.)@ 6:00pm (6th yr., 143-37) (4th yr., 65-89) Dec. 8 University of the Virgin Islands@ 2:00pm Dec. 16 Interamericana University (P.R.) TBA Last Game Last Game Dec. 17 University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez TBA L at Morehead State 82-70 L at West Virginia Tech 48-44 Dec. 29 West Virginia Tech 2:00pm Mon., Oct. 29, 2018 - Exhibition Tues., Oct. 30, 2018 Dec. 30 University of Saint Francis (Ind.) 2:00pm Jan. 5 University of Pikeville (Ky.)* 2:00pm Streak Streak Jan. 10 Univ. of the Cumberlands (Ky.)* 6:00pm Won 2 Lost 4 Jan. 12 Life University (Ga.)* 2:00pm Jan. 17 Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)* 7:00pm Jan. 24 Georgetown College (Ky.)* 6:00pm Jan. 26 Campbellsville University (Ky.)* 2:00pm Live Coverage Jan. 31 Life University (Ga.)* 6:00pm Audio - Shawnee SportsNet - ssubears.com/sportsnet Feb. 2 Univ. of the Cumberlands (Ky.)* 2:00pm Feb. 7 Cumberland University (Tenn.)* 6:00pm Last Game Feb. 9 Lindsey Wilson College (Ky.)* 2:00pm L at Morehead State 82-70 - 10/29/18 - Exhibition Feb. 14 University of Pikeville (Ky.)* 6:00pm Feb. 16 Cumberland University (Tenn.)* 3:00pm Previous Meeting Feb. 21 Campbellsville University (Ky.)* 6:00pm Shawnee State 104, Bluefield 59 - Sat., Feb. 22, 2014 Feb. 23 Georgetown College (Ky.)* 2:00pm Feb. 28-Mar. 3 Mid-South Conference Tournament (Pikeville, Ky.) All-Time Series Mar. 13-19 NAIA National Tournament (Billings, Mont.) Shawnee State leads 3-1 # - Appalachian Wireless Classic (Pikeville, Ky.) % - Zweifel-Pritchett Classic (Wilmore, Ky.) Next & - NAIA Invitational (Jackson, Tenn.) vs. Point Park (Pa.), Sat., Nov. 3, 2018, 10:00am @ - Penn Station Classic (Portsmouth, Ohio) $ - Puerto Rico Classic (Rincon, Puerto Rico) * - Mid-South Conference Game ^ - Exhibition Game FOLLOW THE BEARS Website: ssubears.com Facebook: facebook.com/SSUBears Twitter: @SSUBears Shawnee State Bears Basketball 2018-19 Game Notes Bears Open Appalachian Wireless Classic Against Bluefield Shawnee State women’s basketball play Bluefield (Va.) in the first game of the Appalachian Wireless Classic on Friday at 2:00pm. The Bears have begun 2018-19 2-0 after wins over Kentucky Chris- 2017-18 tian and Northwestern Ohio for opening weekend. Shawnee State STANDINGS last played an exhibition game on Monday, October 29, playing Team Conf. Overall hard but falling to Morehead State (Ky.) 82-70. SHAWNEE STATE (OHIO) 14-0 31-4 Campbellsville (Ky.) 12-2 29-6 Bluefield have opened 2018-19 0-1. The Rams fell to West Virginia Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 10-4 26-8 Tech 48-44 in Beckley on Tuesday, October 30. Courtney Kendrick Cumberland (Tenn.) 8-6 20-12 had 10 points in the loss. Pikeville (Ky.) 5-9 14-17 Cumberlands (Ky.) 4-10 16-13 Shawnee State are 3-1 all-time against Bluefield, with the first Georgetown (Ky.) 2-12 8-22 Life (Ga.) 1-13 11-20 meeting coming in Bluefield’s first season in the Mid-South Con- ference in 2013. Shawnee State won the last meeting, a 104-59 drubbing in Portsmouth on February 22, 2014. Priscila Santos had 28 points and 10 rebounds in the win. MSC SCHEDULE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Friday’s game will feature the current Mid-South Conference Cumberlands (Ky.) 82, West Virginia Tech 68 Player of the Week in Ashton Lovely. Lovely scored 24 points Murray State (Ky.) 72, Lindsey Wilson 51^ against Kentucky Christian on Friday, and had 10 points and eight FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 rebounds against Northwestern Ohio on Saturday. Bluefield (Va.) vs. Shawnee State, 2pm Lindsey Wilson at Indiana East, 2pm SSU plays Point Park (Pa.) on day two of the Appalachian Wireless Point Park (Pa.) at Pikeville, 4pm Classic on Saturday. PPU and hosts Pikeville play at 4:00pm on Georgetown at Austin Peay (Tenn.), 7pm^ Friday. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Point Park (Pa.) vs. Shawnee State, 10am Last Meeting Cumberlands (Ky.) at Montreat (N.C.), 12pm Shawnee State 104, Bluefield 59 Bluefield at Pikeville, 12pm Lindsey Wilson at Indiana Wesleyan, 2pm Priscila Santos - 28 points, 10 rebounds Catrice Mitchell - 23 points, 11 rebounds SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Pikeville at Northern Kentucky, 2pm^ Wright State-Lake (Ohio) at Georgetown, 4pm 2018-19 Stat Leaders Shawnee State ^ - Exhibition Game Points- #3 Ashton Lovely, 17.0 ppg Rebounds- #21 Laken Smith, 10.0 rpg Assists- #34 Bailey Cummins, 5.5 apg 2018-19 FG%- #34 Bailey Cummins, 65.0% PRESEASON POLL 3’s%- #25 Hagen Schaefer, 45.5% Team Points ‘16-17 FT%- #14 Shania Massie, 100% (6-6) SHAWNEE STATE (OHIO) 47 (5) 31-4, 14-0 Campbellsville (Ky.) 45 (3) 29-6, 12-2 Bluefield (Va.) Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 37 26-8, 10-4 Points- #20 Courtney Kendrick, 10.0 ppg Pikeville (Ky.) 24 14-17, 5-9 Rebounds - #20 Courtney Kendrick, 12.0 rpg Georgetown (Ky.) 23 8-22, 2-12 Assists - #00 Danae Cox, 4.0 apg Cumberland (Tenn.) 19 20-12, 8-6 FG% - #21 Kierra Bell-Linn, 44.4% Cumberlands (Ky.) 18 16-13, 4-10 3’s% - #22 Jamie Vest, 50.0% Life (Ga.) 11 11-20, 1-13 FT% - #20 Courtney Kendrick, 66.7% Shawnee State Bears Basketball 2018-19 Game Notes Head Coach - Jeff Nickel QUICK Jeff Nickel is in his sixth season as head coach of the Shawnee State women’s FACTS basketball program. In his time at the helm for the Bears, Nickel has guided the pro- gram to a 141-37 record over four seasons. SHAWNEE STATE INFORMATION Nickel’s teams have won three consecu- Location: Portsmouth, Ohio Founded: 1986 tive Mid-South Conference regular season Enrollment: 3,800 championships and four straight MSC Nickname: Bears Tournament Championships entering the Colors: Navy Blue and Gray 2018-19 season. Interim President: Dr. Jeff Bauer National Affiliation: NAIA-I Conference: Mid-South Conference Prior to being head coach at SSU, Nickel served as an assistant Director of Athletics: Jeff Hamilton coach for four seasons under previous women’s basketball Website: www.ssubears.com coach and NAIA Hall of Famer Robin Hagen-Smith. Nickel University website: www.shawnee.edu served briefly as interim head coach in 2012-13, going 5-1 be- Arena: Frank and Janis Waller Gymnasium fore Hagen-Smith returned to the sidelines. Prior to that, Nickel Opened: 1986 Capacity: 1,700 served as head boys’ basketball coach at his alma mater, Gree- Sports Information: Jonathon Loughridge nup County High School, in 2008-09, and was also head coach phone: (740) 351-3313 of the Portsmouth High School girls’ basketball team for two seasons from 2006-2008. TEAM INFORMATION Current record: 2-0 MSC record: 0-0 NAIA Top 25 Preseason Coaches’ Poll - October 23 2017-18 record: 31-4 Rank Prev. School Name (1st Place Votes) Record Points MSC record: 14-0 (1st) 1 7 Vanguard (Calif.) [5] 24-6 184 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 2 1 Shawnee State (Ohio) [1] 31-4 182 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 8/2 3 3 Campbellsville (Ky.) 29-6 176 Preseason Ranking: #5 4 6 Columbia (Mo.) 28-6 169 Head Coach: Jeff Nickel (6th year) 5 2 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) [2] 34-4 168 Alma Mater: Shawnee State ‘05 6 15 Wayland Baptist (Texas) 27-7 153 Record: 143-37 (.794) 7 9 Carroll (Mont.) 25-8 150 8 4 Westmont (Calif.) 26-7 144 Assistant Coach: Jack Branon 9 14 Montana Western 27-9 140 Alma Mater: Cedarville ‘66 10 5 Oklahoma City 28-6 133 Assistant Coach: Abby Feuchter 11 8 Central Methodist (Mo.) 28-8 132 Alma Mater: Shawnee State ‘16 12 12 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 27-7 124 Assistant Coach: Doran Martin 13 11 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 26-8 111 Alma Mater: Shawnee State ‘11 14 RV The Master’s (Calif.) 19-11 110 First Year of Basketball: 1988-89 15 16 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 23-10 102 All-Time Record: 781-197 (.799) 16 23 Menlo (Calif.) 20-9 99 Record in MSC (2010-11): 98-30 (.766) 17 20 Loyola (La.) 26-6 89 18 10 LSU Shreveport 31-2 77 MSC Championships: 4 - 2012, 2016, 2017, 18 RV Providence (Mont.) 20-12 77 2018 20 18 Lyon (Ark.) 22-9 74 MSC Tournament Championships: 4 - 2015, 21 RV Bethel (Tenn.) 20-11 67 2016, 2017, 2018 22 25 Arizona Christian 20-9 58 NAIA-II Tournaments: 15 22 RV Benedictine (Kan.) 24-9 58 NAIA-I Tournaments: 8 24 17 Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 23-9 53 Last Appearance: 2018 (2nd round) 25 21 Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 22-9 46 National Championships: 1 1999 (NAIA-II) Others receiving votes: Dillard (La.) 42; Mid-America Christian (Okla.) 38; Science & Arts (Okla.) 30; William Penn (Iowa) 19; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 14; Martin Method- ist (Tenn.) 5; Grand View (Iowa) 3. Shawnee State Bears Basketball 2018-19 Game Notes Shawnee State Bears 2018-19 Active Roster # NAME POS HT YR HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL 3 Ashton Lovely G 5-9 Sr.