FALCONS THRESHERS

VS JAN. 9, 2021

(4-8, 2-7 KCAC) (6-5, 6-3 KCAC) LAST TIME OUT: The McPherson College Bulldogs pulled away in the third quarter to take down the Friends University Falcons, 78-60 at the Garvey Center.

FRIENDS UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER 1 Gracie Sammons SO G 5-6 Aubrey, Texas 2 Khadijah Miller SR G 5-4 Arlington, Texas “One of the great things about 3 Kayna Simoneau JR G 5-8 Rose Hill, Kan. basketball in the KCAC is that you can’t dwell on any game because 4 Jayla Dennis SO G 5-2 Wichita, Kan. there is another one coming in a 5 Daijane’ Adams FR F 5-8 Wichita, Kan. couple of days. Bethel is a strong 10 Jailen Johnson SO G 5-6 Grand Prairie, Texas team with one of the best bigs in the conference. It will be a great 11 Aaliyah Myles FR G 5-3 Grand Prairie, Texas matchup. We have to shoot the 12 Kira Ward SR F 5-9 Hartford, S.D. ball better than we did last game, 13 Bridget Busbee SO G 5-7 Grand Prairie, Texas but I feel were on the verge of a 14 McKenzie Shippy SO F 5-10 Woodbine, Kan. breakthrough with our perimeter shooting. Should be a fun one!” 15 Taylar Watkins SR F 5-11 Mansfield, Texas -Head Coach, Dean Jaderston 20 Kassie Kinniburgh FR C 6-0 Valley Center, Kan. 22 Maddie Jessepe SR F 5-11 Ada, Okla. 23 Lydia Marshall FR G 5-8 Colorado Springs, Colo. FALCONS THRESHERS 32 Satori Roberson SR C 6-3 Wichita, Kan. RANK* TOTAL ‘20-’21 STATS TOTAL RANK* 33 Scarlett Gregory FR F 5-10 McKinney, Texas 11th 60.9 OFFENSE 62.7 7th 40 Tiffany Hurd SR C 6-2 Gilbert, Ariz. 6th 65.2 DEFENSE 61.9 3rd Head Coach: Dean Jaderston, (Crown College 2nd Season) 8th -4.3 SCORING MARGIN +0.8 7th Assistant Coaches: Vincent DeLisio, Holly Smith, Bela Raimondi 3rd +4.6 RB MARGIN 7.7 2nd A FALCON WIN WOULD... 8th 12.0 ASSISTS/GM 12.9 5th » ...improve them to 5-8 overall this season. 5th 3.3 BLOCKS/GM 3.6 4th » ...make them 30-9 against Bethel College since 2003-04. 4th 9.3 STEALS/GM 5.0 13th 8th -0.8 TO MARGIN -4.1 12th » ...make them 316-227 since 2003-04. 10th 0.65 A:TO RATIO 0.67 9th A FALCON LOSS WOULD... 10th 36.4 FG% 37.9 9th » ...drop them to 4-9 overall this season. 5th 39.6 FG% DEFENSE 37.3 3rd 10th 4.1 3-POINT FG/GM 5.7 4th » ...make them 29-10 against Bethel College since 2003-04. 11th 21.0 3-POINT % 25.8 9th » ...drop them to 315-228 since 2003-04. 4th 28.3 3-POINT DEF. 30.3 5th » ...be less good than a Falcon win. 12th 60.8 FT% 66.5 T-8th *Out of 13 KCAC Teams www.friendsathletics.com Twitter: @FriendsFalcons Instagram: @FriendsFalcons BETHEL COLLEGE THRESHERS ROSTER BY THE NUMBERS 1 Tierra Powell G 5-4 SR Wichita, Kan. The Falcons are... 4 Zayda Perez G 5-6 SO Wichita, Kan. » 4-8 overall this season 5 Josie Calzonetti G 5-10 JR Garden City, Kan. » 2-3 at home this season 10 Macie Price G 5-7 SO Scott City, Kan. » 2-5 on the road this season » 0-0 in overtime 11 Jasmina Jones G 5-10 JR Lahti, Finland » 3-2 when leading after 1st Qtr. 13 Daryn Batts G 5-7 FR Dallas, Texas » 1-5 when trailing after 1st Qtr. 14 Kendall Michalski G 5-6 JR Topeka, Kan. » 0-1 when tied after 1st Qtr. 15 Ashtyn Brown F 5-10 JR Andover, Kan. » 4-0 when leading at halftime 22 Jaycee Freshour F 6-0 FR Mustang, Okla. » 0-7 when trailing at halftime » 0-1 when tied at halftime 23 Kayla Newman F 5-10 JR Halstead, Kan. » 4-0 when leading after 3rd Qtr. 24 Alex Bearup G 5-10 JR Wichita, Kan. » 0-8 when trailing after 3rd Qtr. 25 Abby Schmidt C 6-3 SR Newton, Kan. » 29-9 vs. Bethel since 2003-04 31 Melinda Vargas G 5-6 SO El Paso, Texas 32 Wynter Rentas F 5-10 SR Wichita, Kan. KCAC Standings 33 Sydney Tenant F 5-11 JR Peoria, Ariz. Head Coach: Drew Johnson (4th Season) Team KCAC Overall Associate Head Coach: Nicole Ohlde Johnson Sterling 12-0 16-0 Assistant Coaches: Josh Burt, Kelsey Potter, Emily Ostermann Bethany 8-4 10-4 SERIES: The teams split the season series last year with each team Bethel 6-3 6-5 winning on their home courts. The Falcons hold a 29-9 advantage Wesleyan 7-4 8-6 since 2003-04, and have won eight of the last 10 meetings. McPherson 5-3 8-3 12/14/2019 - HaLee Roland swatted away a potential game-winning Tabor 6-4 7-5 three in the final seconds by the Bethel College Threshers to allow the St. Mary 1-1 1-2 Friends University Falcons to hang on for a 54-52 victory at the Garvey Okla. Wesleyan 5-6 6-7 Center. Ottawa 3-6 3-8 York 2-7 4-7 2/12/2020 - The Falcons twice held a lead of seven points in the sec- FRIENDS 2-7 4-8 ond stanza and were still up four when consecutive scores by Nar- ia Hall snapped a 54-54 gridlock with 4:20 remaining. But that’s the Avila 1-8 2-9 point the Threshers gained control, getting a pair of baskets inside and Southwestern 0-5 0-7 making crucial free throws to give the Threshers the 65-63 win. *As of 1/7/2021 FALCONS 2020-21 SCHEDULE 11/2 Central Christian W 68-57 1/9 Bethel 1:00 PM 11/4 @ Bethany L 41-61 1/11 Southwestern 6:00 PM 11/10 @ McPherson PPD 1/13 Bethany 6:00 PM 11/21 @ Southwestern Christian L 52-86 1/16 @ Southwestern 3:00 PM 11/24 Wesleyan L 48-65 1/20 McPherson 6:00 PM 11/28 @ Tabor L 47-62 1/23 @ Bethel 5:00 PM 12/2 York W 65-62 1/27 @ St. Mary 6:00 PM 12/4 @ Randall W 93-45 1/30 Avila 5:00 PM 12/9 @ Ottawa L 65-68 2/1 @ Oklahoma Wesleyan 6:00 PM 12/12 @ Kansas Wesleyan L 50-58 2/4 Tabor 6:00 PM 12/14 RVSterling L 77-86 2/6 @ York 5:00 PM 12/17 @ Avila W 66-53 2/13 Ottawa 3:00 PM 1/2 Barclay PPD 2/17 Kansas Wesleyan 6:00 PM 1/6 McPherson L 60-78 2/20 @ Sterling 3:00 PM 1/8 @ Benedictine Canceled » Kayna Simoneau recorded 11 assists in the loss » Defense has been a strong point for the Falcons to Sterling College (Dec. 14), a mark that is the this season as they force 17.8 turnovers per most by a Falcon since accurate records began game. The Falcons average 9.3 steals per game. in the 2003-04 season and the most by any » player in the KCAC this season. Simoneau leads The Falcons lead the conference with 16.5 the team with 3.4 assists per game and ranks offensive rebounds per game, a mark that puts seventh in the conference. them 16th in the NAIA. » Freshman forward Kassie Kinniburgh played SCORING: The Falcons are 4-3 when scoring 60+ her most complete game this season scoring points this season. Conversely, the team is 0-5 13 points and grabbing 11 rebounds, including when scoring less than 60. The Falcons hold their 6 offensive rebounds, in the loss to McPherson opponents to 65.2 points per contest, allowing over (Jan. 6). The game marks her first career double- 70 points just three times. double and the first by a Falcon this season. UP NEXT: The Falcons remain at home for the next » The Falcons corralled 22 offensive rebounds three contests as they take on Bethel College (Jan. in the loss to McPherson, the second most of 9) and Southwestern College (Jan. 11) before closing the season and most since recording 23 in the out the homestand with Bethany (Jan. 13). season-opener against Central Christian. » Senior guard Khadijah Miller has scored in double figures in each of the last four games. This marks the second longest streak of her career.

LAST GAME STATS FRIENDS UNIVERSITY No. Player P FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST TO BLK STL PF PTS 20 K. Kinniburgh 5 - 9 0 - 1 3 - 3 6 5 11 1 1 1 1 1 13 2 K. Miller * 5 - 17 0 - 1 1 - 4 1 7 8 3 8 0 4 1 11 14 M. Shippy 4 - 17 1 - 9 2 - 4 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 11 3 K. Simoneau 3 - 5 0 - 2 1 - 2 0 2 2 6 3 0 1 2 7 12 K. Ward * 1 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 2 5 7 3 4 0 0 3 2 4 J. Dennis 0 - 2 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 40 T. Hurd 3 - 5 0 - 0 1 - 6 6 7 13 0 0 0 0 2 7 22 M. Jessepe 1 - 7 0 - 1 0 - 0 4 5 9 0 0 2 1 0 2 10 J. Johnson 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 L. Marshall 1 - 2 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 A. Miles 0 - 2 0 - 2 2 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 G. Sammons 1 - 6 0 - 4 1 - 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 3 Team Totals 24-75 1-23 11-23 22 36 58 14 24 3 8 13 60 32.0% 4.3% 47.8% McPHERSON COLLEGE No. Player FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST TO BLK STL PF PTS 11 V. Ates 3 - 7 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 3 1 7 34 K. Branscum 0 - 7 0 - 4 2 - 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 D. McElrath 5 - 11 0 - 1 1 - 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 4 11 33 M. Moseley 9 - 16 0 - 3 1 - 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 19 23 B. Roberts 9 - 17 0 - 0 3 - 4 5 20 25 1 6 1 4 4 21 5 M. Austin 2 - 4 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 25 E. Diaz 2 - 3 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 2 3 3 3 0 2 3 4 13 T. Griffin 1 - 2 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 42 K. Potter 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 20 K. Upchurch 1 - 5 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 3 3 1 J. Wells 2 - 8 0 - 1 0 - 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 4 Team Totals 34-81 3-14 7-10 13 36 49 8 17 3 15 24 78 42.0% 21.4% 70.0%