2014-15 Middle Tennessee Women's Basketball
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2014-15 MIDDLE TENNESSEE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Tony Stinnett • Assistant Athletic Communciations Director • 1500 Greenland Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37132 • O: (615) 898-5270 • C: (615) 631-9521 • [email protected] 2014-15 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 28: FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERALL: 19-8 Saturday, March 7, 2015 // 10:30 a.m. // Murphy Center // Murfreesboro, Tenn. C-USA: 13-4 HOME: 10-3 AWAY: 9-5 NEUTRAL: 0-0 GAME INFORMATION THE TREND Venue: Murphy Center (11,520) NOVEMBER Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. 6 Martin Methodist (ex) W, 93-44 Tip-Off Time: 10:30 AM 10 UAH (ex) W, 75-50 Radio: WMOT 89.5 FM/WGNS 1450 AM 14 at Arizona State L, 67-81 Talent: Dick Palmer (pxp) Duane Hickey (analyst) 17 Miami (ASN) W, 53-48 Live Audio: GoBlueRaiders.com 20 Arkansas L, 51-58 Live Stream: GoBlueRaiders.com 23 at Ole Miss (SECN) W, 71-65 Live Stats: GoBlueRaiders.com MT SR guard Shanice Cason is first in C-USA Twitter Updates: @MT_WBB for assist-turnover ratio. DECEMBER GAME BREAKDOWN 3 Clemson W, 69-28 7 Xavier W, 90-68 12 at No,. 8Kentucky (SECN) L, 62-78 15 at S. Dakota State L, 61-65 20 UCF W, 79-57 28 at Tennessee Tech W, 98-76 JANUARY BLUE RAIDERS (19-8, 13-4) OWLS (13-15, 7-10) 4 at UAB* W, 76-68 Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. Location: Boca Raton, Fla. 8 at FIU* W, 74-60 Enrollment: 23,881 Enrollment: 30,000 10 at Florida Atlantic* W, 101-69 President: Dr. Sidney A. McPhee President: John Kelley 15 Southern Miss* L, 75-77 (OT) Director of Athletics: Chris Massaro Athletic Director: Pat Chun SWA: Diane Turnham SWA: Melissa Dawson 17 Louisiana Tech* (ASN) W, 82-59 Head Coach: Rick Insell Head Coach: Kellie Lewis-Jay 22 at Old Dominion* W, 65-48 10th Season at MT: 247-75 (.767) 3rd Season at FAU: 41-46 (.471) 24 at Charlotte* (FSN) W, 84-54 10th Season Overall: Same 3rd Season Overall: Same 29 UTSA* W, 73-53 MT vs. FAU: MT leads 6-4 FAU vs. MT: FAU trails 1-16 Last Meeting: MT 101, FAU 69 (1/10/15) Last Meeting: MT 101, FAU 69 (1/10/15) 31 UTEP* (FSN) W, 74-53 Insell vs. FAU: 15-1 Lewis-Jay vs. MT: 0-4 FEBRUARY Senior Game For Blue Raiders 5 at Southern MIss* L, 65-70 (OT) Middle Tennessee will recognize its seniors prior to Saturday’s game. Four-year starter Shanice 7 at Louisiana Tech* W, 68-44 Cason is the only senior player; however, manager Ashlynn Trotter and junior guard MacKenzie Sells also will be recognized. Sells will be graduating in August and will bypass her final season. 12 Rice* W, 79-61 14 North Texas* W, 85-59 MT Seeking 20th Win 19 at Marshall* W, 74-48 Middle Tennessee will be seeking its 20th win of the season vs. Florida Atlantic. It would be the program’s 12th consecutive 20-win campaign. The Blue Raiders have had 22 seasons with 20 or 21 at WKU* L, 60-63 more wins. They have secured 20 wins or more in each of Rick Insell’s previous nine seasons. 28 UAB* L, 57-62 QUICK HITTERS MARCH 5 FIU* W, 79-30 • Middle Tennessee celebrates its 40th season of women’s basketball in 2014-15. • MT Head Coach Rick Insell is tied for fourth amongst active NCAA Division I coaches by winning 7 Florida Atlantic* 10:30 a.m. percentage (.769). 11-14 C-USA Championships (Birmingham, AL) • MT became the 31st NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball team with 800 all-time wins with a 76-68 victory at UAB (1/4/14). * - game • MT was the preseason favorite of league coaches to win C-USA despite losing six seniors from the 2013-14 championship squad. All times Central and subject to change Games in bold played at Murphy Center PROJECTED STARTERS FOLLOW THE RAIDERS MIDDLE TENNESSEE Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG FG% 3FG% FT% Twitter: @MT_WBB G 5 Shanice CASON 5-6 Sr. Murfreesboro, TN 4.2 3.1 .278 .262 .600 F 12 Brea EDWARDS 5-10 Jr. Rockford, IL 6.0 3.1 .360 .319 .552 Instagram: @MT_WBB G 20 Ty PETTY 5-7 So. Murfreesboro, TN 10.0 2.8 .412 .330 .600 Facebook: MTSU Women’s Basketball F 22 Rebecca REUTER 6-2 Fr. Cleveland, TN 2.2 2.2 .316 .417 .714 Website: GoBlueRaiders.com G 34 Olivia JONES 5-10 So. Murfreesboro, TN 20.1 8.5 .422 .312 .592 GAME 28: FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE • MARCH 7, 2015 Blue Raider History Father Wins Historic Showdown Insell Amongst the Best • Middle Tennessee defeated Ole Miss, • MT Head Coach Rick Insell is one of the Years of Basketball 40th season 71-65, in Oxford Nov. 23, in a historic nation’s winningest women’s coaches. First Intercollegiate Season 1975-76 game. • Insell is tied for fourth among winningest All-Time Head Coaches 7 • It marked the first time a father (MT’s active coaches in Division I by winning All-Time Record 812-374 (.685) Rick Insell) and son (Ole Miss’ Matt Insell) percentage with a .769 clip. Winning Seasons 37 have squared off against one another • Insell’s current record is 247-75. .500 Seasons 1 as head coaches in a NCAA Division I Losing Seasons 2 Women’s Basketball game. NCAA Division I Winningest Active Coaches 20+ Win Seasons 22 (By Winning Percentage) MT Joins 800-Win Club Coach School % Conference History • MT joined exclusive company by 1 Geno Auriemma UConn .871 Win-Loss Record 430-123 (.778) securing its 800th all-time win with a 2 Kim Mulkey Baylor .830 Regular-Season Titles 19 76-68 victory at UAB (1/4/14). Its .685 3 Tara VanDerveer Stanford .816 Tournament Titles 14 winning percentage is 18th-best all time. 4 Rick Insell MT .769 • The Blue Raiders have turned their Winning Seasons in League Play 36 4 Brian Giorgia Marist .769 winning ways up a notch in the last five 4 Mike McLaughlin Penn .769 .500 Seasons 1 years under Rick Insell. Entering 2014- 7 Joe Foley UALR .767 Losing Seasons 1 15, MT’s .790 winning percentage (128- 8 Wes Moore NC State .750 34) during that span was 12th nationally 8 David Six Hampton .750 NCAA Tournament and the 128 wins were 15th best. 10 Matt Bollant Illinois .738 Appearances 17 Most Recent Appearance 2014 Series with Florida Atlantic Keeping Up With Jones Consecutive Appearances 6 • Middle Tennessee and Florida Atlantic • MT sophomore Olivia Jones leads C-USA in three categories and ranks in the top (1983-86, 2004-07, 2009-14) meet for the 18th time. • MT leads 16-1. five of six. She leads in scoring (20.1), 3-pt. Won-Loss Record 5-17 • MT won first meeting of season 101-69. field goals per game (2.4), and minutes Sweet 16s 0 • MT Head Coach Rick Insell is 15-1 against played (38.4). She is second in steals (2.9), Elite Eights 0 Florida Atlantic. and third in double-doubles (9), fifth in Final Fours 0 • MT is undefeated against Florida Atlantic rebounding (8.6) and sixth in defensive Championships 0 in Murfreesboro, winning the previous rebounds (5.7). eight meetings. • Jones is ranked among the nation’s Top WNIT Tournament 100 in four statistical categories: scoring Appearances 3 Scouting Florida Atlantic (29th), steals (23rd), 3-pt. FGs per game (71st), and rebounds (93rd). Most Recent Appearance 2008 • FAU is 13-15 overall, 7-10 in C-USA. • FAU is led by Shaneese Bailey’s 16.5 • Jones has scored double figures in 24 of Consecutive Appearances 1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game; Ali 25 games and has double figure rebounds Won-Loss Record 1-3 Gorrell averages 13 points per game. in 10. • FAU is averaging 68.5 points per game, • Jones has scored 20-plus in 14 games. National Rankings but allos 72.2 an outing. • Jones earned her second C-USA Player Highest Regular-Season Ranking #16 • FAU is 9-6 at home but 4-8 away from of the Week, Dec. 29, after registering her (AP & Coaches - 2006-07) Boca Raton, Fla. fifth double double (30/12) against Tenn. Highest Preseason Ranking #24 • FAU has lost six of its last eight entering Tech. Jones connected on a career-high (AP - 2009-10) Saturday’s game vs. MT. five 3-pointers. She was 11-of-17 from the Ranked in final AP Top 25 1, #17, 2007 field, including 5-of-9 from 3-point range. Ranked in final Coaches Top 25 1, #23, MT Boasts Strong RPI She was also earned the honor Dec. 8. • MT enters Saturday’s game No. 67 in 2007 the official NCAA Division I women’s Total Weeks in the AP Poll 21 basketball RPI rankings. Tale of the Tape Total Weeks in the Coaches Poll 28 Stat MT FAU C-USA Play Overall Record 19-8 13-15 National Honors • MT is in its second season as a C-USA Conf. Record 13-4 7-10 All-Americans 4 member. Field Goals Made 702 695 Freshman All-Americans 1 • MT was 15-1 in its first season as a C-USA Field Goals Att. 1667 1698 Academic First-Team All-Americans 3 member in 2013-14, winning the regular Field Goal % .421 .409 season and tournament titles. Academic Second-Team All-Americans 1 3-Point FG Made 205 188 • MT has won 89 percent of its regular 3-Point FG Att.