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2019-20 WILEY COLLEGE LADY WILDCAT GAME NOTES WILEY COLLEGE 20 ALL-RRAC PICKS | 4 NAIA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | 7 CONFERENCE TITLES | 2 ALL-AMERICANS GAME INFORMATION 2019-20 SCHEDULE OVERALL 0-4 LOST 9 RRAC 0-0 LOST 4 NON CONFERENCE 0-4 LOST 8 WILEY COLLEGE DALLAS CHRISTIAN DILLARD HOME 0-2 LOST 4 LADY WILDCATS CRUSADERS LADY BLEU DEVILS ROAD 0-2 LOST 4 Record 0-4 Record 1-5 Record 4-4 RRAC 0-0 Southwest Region 0-0 GCAC 0-0 Home 0-2 Home 1-3 Home 2-1 NOVEMBER (0-4, 0-0 RRAC) Road 0-2 Road 0-2 Road 1-2 Neutral 0-0 Neutral 0-0 Neutral 1-1 Sat. 2 Philander Smith L, 54-70 Sat. 9 at Philander Smith L, 52-71 Mon. 11 at Southern L, 55-78 Thurs. 14 Langston L 64-65 Tues. 26 at Dallas Christian College 1 p.m. WILDCAT STORYLINES Thurs. 28 Dillard Noon DECEMBER (0-0, 0-0 RRAC) MATCHUP NOTES Wed. 4 Oklahoma City 1 p.m. Sat. 7 Texas A&M-Texarkana* 2 p.m. The Lady Wildcats are searching for their first victory of the season, as they visit Dallas Thurs. 12 at LSU-Shreveport* 5:30 p.m. Christian College on Tuesday and host Dillard University on Thursday. Sat. 14 at LSU-Alexandria* 2 p.m. Brianna Tolliver is leading the Lady Wildcats in scoring with 15 points per game. She had JANUARY (0-0, 0-0 RRAC) her highest scoring output on November 14 against Langston with 24 points. Tolliver Thurs. 9 Paul Quinn College* 5:30 p.m. ranks second in the Red River Athletic Conference with a 46.2 three-point field goal Sat. 11 University of the Southwest* 2 p.m. percentage. Thurs. 16 Huston-Tillotson University* 5:30 p.m. Sat. 18 Our Lady of the Lake University* 2 p.m. The Lady Wildcats will play the Crusaders for the fourth time in program history and first Thurs. 23 at Texas College* 5:30 p.m. since the 2016-17 season. All three meetings went in favor of the Lady Wildcats, with the Sat. 25 at Jarvis Christian* 2 p.m. last two being decided by more than 40 points. FEBRUARY (0-0, 0-0 RRAC) Wiley College and Dillard will meet for the 12th time. Last season, the Lady Wildcats lost Sat. 1 at Texas A&M-Texarkana* 2 p.m. 79-73 on the road. They lead the overall series 6-5 and are 3-1 in New Orleans. Thursday Thurs. 6 LSU-Shreveport* 5:30 p.m. will be Dillard’s first visit to Alumni Gymnasium since November 1, 2014. Sat. 8 LSU-Alexandria* 2 p.m. Thurs. 13 at Paul Quinn College* 5:30 p.m. SCOUTING THE OPPONENT Sat. 15 at University of the Southwest* 2 p.m. Thurs. 20 at Huston-Tillotson* 5:30 p.m. Dallas Christian College is 1-5 and enters Tuesday’s game on a two-game losing streak. Sat. 22 at Our Lady of the Lake* 2 p.m. Thurs. 27 Texas College* 5:30 p.m. Shabaria Walters leads the Crusaders with 13.3 points per game. Sat. 29 Jarvis Christian* 2 p.m. The Crusaders are coming off an 8-14 campaign last season. They are in their fourth MARCH (0-0, 0-0 RRAC) season under Jessica Ritcher. Thurs.-Sat. 5-7 RRAC Tournament TBA Wed.-Tues. 18-24 NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship TBA Dillard University has won two of its last three games as it moves to 4-4. Jabria Pounds leads the Lady Bleu Devils with 17.7 points per game. Five players played in last season’s game. Jaiylan Brown scored 18 points off the bench. Dillard went 21-12 in 2018-19 and earned a NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament berth. WILEY COLLEGE PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 1 BRIANNA 25 JAIDA 11 PASSION 14 ARMONIE 44 RAKEEA TOLLIVER CARSON BURRELL LOMAX MABLES SENIOR | GUARD SENIOR | GUARD SENIOR | FORWARD SENIOR | FORWARD FRESHMAN | CENTER 15.0 3.0 3.8 12.5 4.5 POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS POINTS 5.8 3.3 6.5 4.5 4.8 REBOUNDS REBOUNDS REBOUNDS REBOUNDS REBOUNDS 3.5 2.5 1.8 2.0 0.5 ASSISTS ASSISTS ASSISTS ASSISTS ASSISTS WILEY COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS SEASON NOTES Location Marshall, Texas LADY WILDCATS LOOKING FORWARD TO FRESH START Founded 1873 Enrollment 742 With Lenise Stallings taking over as head coach, the Lady Wildcats Nickname Lady Wildcats Colors Purple, Black & White are looking put the last two seasons behind them and return the Conference Red River program to its winning ways. National Affiliation NAIA Division I Home Alumni Gymnasium (1,500) Wiley College is hoping to enter the rankings for the first time since President Dr. Herman J. Felton Jr. 2016-17 when it received votes. The Lady Wildcats are looking to Alma Mater Edward Waters return to the NAIA Tournament for the first time since 2015. Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Brandon K. Dumas Alma Mater Southern University-Baton Rouge RRAC COACHES PICK THE LADY WILDCATS TO FINISH SIXTH Faculty Athletic Representative Dr. Truby Clayton After barely qualifying for the conference tournament last season, the Red River Athletic Conference women’s basketball coaches SPORTS INFORMATION believe Wiley College will be on the bubble again. SID Andrew Glover Wiley College returns four players including three starters. They Office Phone 903-927-3399 contributed to 49.5 percent of the scoring production. The Lady Email [email protected] Wildcats return their top two scorers Brianna Tolliver (13.3 ppg) Web Address wileyc.edu and Armonie Lomax (11.3). Athletics Web Address wileyathletics.com Mailing Address 711 Wiley Avenue YOUNG CATS Marshall, TX 75670 The Lady Wildcats brought in five freshmen. It’s the most since 2010-11 when they had seven in Janet Eaton’s final season as HISTORY head coach. Overall All-Time Record 265-239 Rakeea Mables has started all four games for the Lady Wildcats. RRAC All-Time Record 164-148 Meleanna Williams started the first three. Years in the NAIA Tournament 4 All-Time NAIA Tournament Record 4-4 Kayja Jackson is playing an average of 20.3 minutes per game. Last Postseason Appearance 2014-15 Imari Gray has seen action in all three games. Kaitlyn Davis has Last NAIA Win Westminister College, W 75-58, 3/22/14 played in three games. Last NAIA Loss Benedictine College L 81-76, 3/18/15 UNBALANCED SCHEDULE AWAITS THE LADY WILDCATS Only five of the first 13 games will be at home for the Lady Wild- COACHING STAFF cats. They will begin the 2020 portion of their schedule with four of Head Coach Lenise Stallings the first six at home. The regular season will end with Wiley College Alma Mater Mississippi Valley State only playing four of their last nine at Alumni Gymnasium. Experience 1st Season Record at Wiley College 0-4 DIALING LONG DISTANCE Record against the RRAC 0-0 Assistant Coach Morgan Crawford The Lady Wildcats set program records last season for most three- Alma Mater Huntingdon College point attempts in a game (35) and season (647), and most three- Experience 1st Season pointers made in a season (150). They tied the program record for most three-pointers made in a game at 11. Through four games, Wiley College has made 29.9 percent of its 3- point field goal attempts. Armonie Lomax leads the team with 11. She ranks 21st in the NAIA in 3-pointers per game. She is shooting 30.6 percent from long distance. Brianna Tolliver leads the team and ranks second in the Red River Athletic Conference with a 46.2 three-point field goal percentage. CLEANING THE GLASS Wiley College is averaging 35.5 rebounds and 11.3 offensive re- bounds per game. Passion Burrell leads the team with 6.5 rebounds per game. Her season high is 11 at Philander Smith College on November 9. 2019-20 LADY WILDCAT GAME NOTES SEASON NOTES DALLAS CHRISTIAN ALL-TIME SERIES OVERALL WC leads 3-0 MAKING PROGRESS Home (Alumni Gymnasium) 1-0 Away 2-0 The Lady Wildcats held a second half lead for the first time this Neutral Sites 0-0 season against Langston University on November 19. It led by three with 2:29 left. Stallings vs. Dallas Christian (Home) 0-0 Stallings vs. Dallas Christian (Away) 0-0 The game was their smallest margin of defeat this season. Stallings vs. Dallas Christian (Neutral) 0-0 Current WC Streak W3 Wiley College also had its highest scoring output since February 9 Longest WC Winning Streak 3 (2010-present) with 64 points. Longest WC Losing Streak N/A RECORDS WATCH TO BEGIN THE YEAR Largest WC margin of victory 63 (11/1/2011, 100-37) Largest WC margin of defeat N/A Armonie Lomax ranks sixth with 61 made 3-pointers. She needs 59 to pass the all-time career leader Kayla Brown, who has 119. Lo- 12/11/10 Dallas, Texas W 57-49 max is 41 away from passing Lamaza “Ty” Colquitt for second. She 11/1/11 Alumni Gymnasium W 100-37 needs 335 to crack the Top 10 scoring leaders in program history. 12/12/16 Dallas, Texas W 83-43 Christina Kincade is 10th with 679. 2018-19 SEASON REVIEW DILLARD ALL-TIME SERIES OVERALL WC leads 6-5 The Lady Wildcats finished 8-19 and 6-12 in Red River Athletic Conference play. They tied for sixth and qualified for the tourna- Home (Alumni Gymnasium) 2-3 ment with a tiebreaker working in their favor.