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Bellarmine Basketball Quick Facts Location Louisville, KY 40205 BELLARMINE BASKETBALL Founded / Enrollment 1950 / 3,293 Nickname / Colors Knights / Scarlet & Silver 16 NCAA II Tournament Appearances • 4 NCAA II Elite Eights • 1 NCAA II Final Four Conference ASUN Home Court Freedom Hall President Dr. Susan M. Donovan Bellarmine Knights Director of Athletics Scott Wiegandt Deputy Director of Athletics/SWA Pam Stackhouse at Western Kentucky Lady Toppers Head Coach Chancellor Dugan (9th) Wednesday, December 16 • 7 PM (ET) • E.A. Diddle Arena • Bowling Green, KY Bellarmine Record 143-86 Overall Record 463-376 Assistant Coach Shannon Litton (9th) MOST RECENT STARTERS Assistant Coach Crystal Kelly (1st) Bellarmine (0-1, 0-0 ASUN) Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Assistant Coach Abby Owings (1st) F 14 Lucy Robertson 6-3 Fr. 0.0 0.0 Crandall, IN All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 11-17 (16 Appearances, 1 Final Four, 4 Elite Eights) F 23 Lauren Deel 5-11 Sr. 14.0 4.0 Louisville, KY Important Phone Numbers G 05 Ashlee Harris 5-6 So. 2.0 0.0 Louisville, KY Athletics Office 502-272-8381 G 13 Presley Brown 5-11 Jr. 5.0 3.0 Hodgenville, KY Sports Information Office 502-272-8079 G 22 Kathleen Scott 5-8 Jr. 2.0 3.0 Mt. Washington, KY WBB SID - Adam Pruiett, cell 502-889-0466 Twitter/Instagram @BUKnightsWBB/buwbbteam Western KY (0-3, 0-0 C-USA) Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown F 12 Fatou Pouye 6-0 Sr. 8.7 4.3 Kaolack, Senegal 2020-21 SCHEDULE F 30 Selma Kulo 6-4 Fr. 3.3 3.3 Lawrenceville, GA G 00 Myriah Haywood 5-11 R-So. 7.0 4.0 Edwardsville, IL Date Opponent Time December G 03 Ally Collett 5-7 Fr. 11.0 2.7 London, KY Mon. 14 BALL STATE L 42-98 G 40 Meral Abdelgawad 5-11 Jr. 11.3 9.0 Cairo, Egypt Wed. 16 at Western Kentucky 7 PM Head Coach: Greg Collins, 3rd year at WKU (42-25 record at WKU, 42-25 career) Sat. 19 WESTERN ILLINOIS Noon Tues. 29 at Evansville 4 PM January KNIGHT INSIGHTS Mon. 4 MOREHEAD STATE 6:30 PM QUICK SHOTS Sat. 9 at Lipscomb* TBA Sun. 10 at Lipscomb* TBA Site: E.A. Diddle Arena (7,523); Bowling Green, • Even though Bellarmine had been a Division Sat. 16 FLORIDA GULF COAST* 2 PM KY II team before this season, the Knights and Sun. 17 FLORIDA GULF COAST* 2 PM Series: WKU leads 7-2 (last meeting: WKU 76, Western Kentucky have met officially on nine Sat. 23 at Stetson* 1 PM BU 44; Jan. 6, 1979 at WKU) previous occasions. Those contests took place Sun. 24 at Stetson* 1 PM from 1973-79. Bellarmine won the first two, but Sat. 30 KENNESAW STATE* 2 PM Watch: ESPN+ Sun. 31 KENNESAW STATE* 2 PM Radio: WXVW 1450 AM/96.1 FM; Jack Kizer, WKU was victorious in the last seven meetings. February play-by-play; Pam Stackhouse, analyst The most recent game unfolded Jan. 6 of 1979. Sat. 6 at Jacksonville* 1 PM Next BU Game: Dec. 19 vs. Western Illinois; • While the most recent official meeting took Sun. 7 at Jacksonville* 1 PM Freedom Hall; Louisville, KY place in the aforementioned 1979 contest, Bel- Sat. 13 NORTH FLORIDA* 2 PM larmine and Western Kentucky competed in an Sun. 14 NORTH FLORIDA* 2 PM Sat. 20 at North Alabama* 3 PM exhibition game as recently as Dec. 8 of 2018, Sun. 21 at North Alabama* 3 PM WARM-UPS with the Hilltoppers scoring a 95-57 win in E.A. Sat. 27 LIBERTY* 2 PM Diddle Arena. Sun. 28 LIBERTY* 2 PM • Bellarmine assistant coach Crystal Kelly was Wednesday’s game against Western Kentucky in March one of the accomplished players in WKU history, 9-14 ASUN Championship E.A. Diddle Arena represents the first-ever Divi- having her number 42 retired by the program. sion I road game for the Bellarmine University She was a three-time All-American and the * - ASUN game women’s basketball team. All Times ET 2008 Sun Belt Player of the Year. She finished her career with a school-record 2,803 points On Monday, the Knights participated in their Di- and 1,258 rebounds. vision I debut, falling 98-42 to Ball State in their • In Bellarmine’s season opener Monday hosting new home of Freedom Hall. As a result of the Ball State, freshman forward Lucy Robertson pandemic, Bellarmine’s season opener was de- made the first start of her career. Fellow fresh- layed nearly three weeks. The Knights weren’t men Claire Knies, Hannah Farrell and Lydia out of the clear Monday, as multiple members Reimbold all made their collegiate debuts. — including their top two returning scorers and • Bellarmine is one of four schools who transi- team captains Breia Torrens and Tasia Jeffries — tioned to Division I in 2020-21, a list that also were not available. includes Tarleton State, UC San Diego and Dixie State. Tonight’s game is something of a rekindling of • Before moving up to Division I, Bellarmine was the series between Bellarmine and WKU. In the a founding member of Division II’s Great Lakes mid- to late-70s, the Knights and Lady Toppers Valley Conference, where women’s basketball met on nine occasions, with WKU leading the had participated since 1982. series 7-2. The programs have met in exhibition • Bellarmine is the newest member of the ASUN games since then, most recently in 2018. Conference and officially gained entrance to the league on July 1. Senior forward Lauren Deel had a standout • Bellarmine’s entrance to the ASUN is actually a performance for Bellarmine against Ball State, return for Coach Chancellor Dugan. She was the posting a team-high 14 points on 3-of-4 shooting head coach at former league member Florida from the field and 8-for-12 from the free-throw Atlantic for 13 seasons before taking over the line. The 12 attempts from the charity stripe tied Knights, leading the team to the 2006 ASUN a career high. Freshman guard Hannah Farrell Tournament championship and a berth in the had a promising collegiate debut after grabbing NCAA Tournament. Dugan guided Bellarmine to 10 rebounds. the 2016 GLVC Tournament title. 2020-21 BELLARMINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 Western Kentucky Lady Toppers Women’s Basketball Roster NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL 00 Myriah Haywood G 5-11 R-So. Edwardsville, Ill. / Edwardsville HS 1 Hope Sivori G 5-5 Fr. Louisville, Ky. / Mercy Academy 2 Jenna Kallenberg G 5-10 Fr. Maryville, Tenn. / William Blount HS 3 Ally Collett G 5-7 Fr. London, Ky. / South Laurel HS 5 Megan Landsiedel G 6-0 Fr. Stamford, Conn. / Stamford HS 12 Fatou Pouye F 6-0 Sr. Kaolack, Senegal / South Georgia Tech 15 Raneem Elgedawy F 6-4 Sr. Alexandria, Egypt 21 Tori Hunter F 6-4 R-Fr. Hoover, Ala. / Spain Park HS 22 Sherry Porter G 5-7 Sr. Baton Rouge, La. / Madison Prep Academy 25 Jordan Smith G 5-10 Fr. Philadelphia, Penn. / Abington Friends School 30 Selma Kulo F 6-4 Fr. Lawrenceville, Ga. / Brookwood HS 40 Meral Abdelgawad G 5-11 Jr. Cairo, Egypt Head Coach: Greg Collins | Assistant Coaches: Jocelyn (Wyatt) Brown, Tiffany Porter-Talbert, Jhasmin Bowen BELLARMINE JOINS DIVISION I On July 1, 2020, Bellarmine University celebrat- ed the elevation of its athletics program from NCAA Division II to NCAA Division I, making Bellarmine the only private DI university in Ken- tucky and one of only a handful of DI Catholic universities in the South. All 22 of the Knights’ varsity sports programs now compete in Division I, including 17 in the ASUN Conference. Bellarmine’s move to DI was announced in the summer of 2019 as one of the first major ABOUT WESTERN KENTUCKY initiatives in the university’s strategic plan. • Western Kentucky dropped to 0-3 after falling 63-47 on the road Sunday to Little Rock. Stakeholder studies revealed the university Ally Collett led the Lady Toppers in scoring with 11 points, Fatou Pouye added nine points and its student-athletes were well-poised for DI and five rebounds and Meral Abdelgawad had six points, eight rebounds and two steals. competition. Transitioning to DI extends the uni- WKU trailed 12-11 after one quarter, but Little Rock outscored the Lady Toppers 17-7 in the versity’s geographic reach, supports enrollment growth, improves diversity and achieves better second period to take a 29-18 lead at halftime. Little Rock took a 15-point advantage into gender balance. Increased exposure enhances the fourth quarter after leading by as many as 21 in the third. WKU got no closer than nine institutional awareness and expands partnership in the final stanza. opportunities. • Crystal Kelly, who rejoined the Bellarmine University women’s basketball staff as an assistant coach this season, had an illustrious playing career at Western Kentucky. Her Bellarmine teams in the following 17 sports will retired No. 42 hangs in the rafters of E.A. Diddle arena. Kelly rewrote the record books compete in the ASUN, beginning in the 2020-21 during her Lady Topper basketball career, finishing with a school-record 2,803 points academic year: baseball, men’s and women’s and 1,258 rebounds. Her scoring total also stood as a Sun Belt Conference record, and basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s made her the 12th leading scorer in NCAA Division I history at the time.