Ut Martin Skyhawks Women’S Basketball 2020-21 Game Notes
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GAME 22: EASTERN ILLINOIS • LANTZ ARENA (FEB. 27, 2021) 17-4 OVERALL • 16-2 OVC UT MARTIN SKYHAWKS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME NOTES SEVEN OVC CHAMPIONSHIPS • FOUR OVC TOURNAMENT TITLES • FOUR NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • FIVE WOMENS NIT QUALIFIERS THE MATCHUP SERIES HISTORY PPG............. 70.5 UT Martin leads series 37-20 UT MARTIN SKYHAWKS | (17-4, 16-2 OVC) Opp. PPG .... 60.1 Last Meeting ....................................... Jan. 28, 2021 Margin ...... +10.3 Head Coach: Kevin McMillan (Rhodes College, 1989) FG% ............ 46.2 Game Result .............................................. W, 70-50 Career Record: 235-140 (12th season) 3PT FG% ..... 36.0 Streak .........................................................UTM W3 Record at UTM: Same FT% ............ 74.4 First Meeting ...................................... Jan. 31, 1975 RPG ............ 35.3 UTM vs. EIU in Martin ....................................... 23-5 Points: Chelsey Perry (23.8) Steals: Seygan Robins (1.4) APG............. 16.5 ............................. 11-14 Rebounds: Chelsey Perry (7.4) Blocks: Chelsey Perry (1.8) TPG ............. 14.2 UTM vs. EIU in Charleston Assists: Seygan Robins (3.6) SPG ............... 7.5 McMillan vs. Eastern Illinois ........................... 19-8 BPG .............. 4.0 VS 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS PPG............. 65.3 Opp. PPG .... 66.8 OVERALL RECORD: 17-4 EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHERS | (11-13, 9-10 OVC) Margin .........-1.5 Head Coach: Matt Bollant (Winona State, 1994) FG% ............ 42.5 OVC 16-2 Career Record: 387-218 (18th season) 3PT FG% ..... 30.9 NON-CONFERENCE 1-2 Record at EIU: 44-69 (4th season) FT% ............ 76.2 HOME 9-1 RPG ............ 32.0 AWAY 8-3 Points: Abby Wahl (14.6) Steals: Kira Arthofer (1.9) APG............. 14.7 NEUTRAL 0-0 Rebounds: Abby Wahl (7.4) Blocks: Abby Wahl (0.5) TPG ............. 15.3 BREAKDOWN Assists: Kira Arthofer (4.7) SPG ............... 8.8 BPG .............. 2.0 DECEMBER Date Day Opponent TV Time (CT) PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 6 Sun. at #5 Louisville ACCN L, 85-67 8 Tues. at Samford ESPN+ W, 75-67 G G G F F 18 Fri. at Southeast Missouri* ESPN+ W, 61-58 30 Wed. at Jacksonville State* ESPN+ L, 72-67 5 2 35 11 21 JANUARY SEYGAN ROBINS SADE’ HUDSON PAIGE PIPKIN DASIA YOUNG MADDIE WALDRO Date Day Opponent TV Time (CT) 7.7 PPG • 2.2 RPG 3.2 PPG • 1.7 RPG 6.4 PPG • 2.8 RPG 11.3 PPG • 5.9 RPG 9.3 PPG • 6.4 RPG 5 Tues. at #2 Louisville ACCN L, 96-61 3.6 APG • 1.4 SPG 1.0 APG • 0.5 SPG 2.5 APG • 1.0 SPG 2.0 APG • 1.1 SPG 2.4 APG • 1.0 BPG 7 Thur. at Tennessee State* ESPN+ W, 80-39 14 Thur. AUSTIN PEAY* ESPN+ W, 69-53 FULL COURT PRESS 16 Sat. MURRAY STATE* ESPN+ W, 78-71 • The University of Tennessee at Martin women’s basketball team will face one 21 Thur. at Eastern Kentucky* ESPN+ W, 65-39 final test prior to next week’s Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championship 23 Sat. at Morehead State* ESPN+ W, 80-63 with the squad’s regular season finale against Eastern Illinois on Saturday, Feb. 27. Tipoff from Lantz Arena is scheduled for 1 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN+. 26 Tues. BELMONT* ESPN+ W, 66-63 • The Skyhawks (17-4, 16-2 OVC) clinched the program’s seventh league title 28 Thur. EASTERN ILLINOIS* ESPN+ W, 70-50 and sixth under head coach Kevin McMillan. This title joins other championship 30 Sat. SIUE* ESPN+ W, 79-45 campaigns in 1998-99, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2019-20. With the team’s sixth regular season title since 2011-12, UT Martin is the most decorated FEBRUARY program in the OVC this decade. Date Day Opponent TV Time (CT) • UT Martin has tied their program record for most OVC wins in a season with 1 Mon. SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* ESPNU W, 80-70 16 – matching its 2014-15 (16-0) and 2019-20 (16-2) squads. The team also 4 Thur. JACKSONVILLE STATE* ESPN+ W, 60-46 enters Saturday’s contest riding a six-game road winning streak which ranks as 6 Sat. TENNESSEE TECH* ESPN+ L, 77-73 the longest since the 2014-15 season when the Skyhawks strung together seven straight games from Jan. 3 - Feb. 25, 2015. 12 Fri. at Austin Peay* ESPN+ W, 56-51 • With 6:54 to play in the third quarter against SIUE, senior forward Maddie Waldrop 13 Sat. at Murray State* ESPN+ W, 67-65 scored her 1,000th career point becoming just the 17th player in program history 16 Tues. at Belmont* ESPN+ PPD PLAYER TO WATCH to join the decorated list. Currently with 1,006 career points, Waldrop finished with 18 Thur. MOREHEAD STATE* ESPN+ W, 77-39 #21 • MADDIE WALDROP 19 points and 10 rebounds to record her 14th career double-double. 20 Sat. EASTERN KENTUCKY* ESPN+ W, 81-62 6-2 • MURRAY, KY. • SR. • Eastern Illinois (11-13, 9-10 OVC) clinched the eighth seed in next week’s 25 Thur. at SIUE* ESPN+ W, 68-52 Senior Maddie Waldrop OVC Basketball Championship on Thursday with a 65-57 victory over Southeast became the 17th member of 27 Sat. at Eastern Illinois* ESPN+ 1 p.m. the program’s 1,000 Point Club Missouri. The Panthers feature three All-OVC caliber performers in Abby Wahl in Thursday’s matchup at SIUE (14.6 ppg, 7.4 rpg), Lariah Washington (14.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg) and Karle Pace (12.8 ppg) MARCH after scoring a game-high and while Kira Arthofer leads the league with 4.7 assists per game. tallying her 14th career double- Date Day Opponent TV Time (CT) • Saturday’s matchup marks the 58th meeting between the two programs in double with 19 points and 10 3 Wed. OVC Championship ESPN+ 1 p.m. rebounds. a series dating to 1975. UT Martin holds a 37-20 advantage in the series while Waldrop has tallied double- winning 16 of the last 19 meetings. Eastern Illinois has done a nice job protecting 5 Fri. OVC Championship ESPN+ 1 p.m. doubles in back-to-back its home court however, winning three of the last four matchups in Charleston. 6 Sat. OVC Championship ESPN+ 2 p.m. contests while averaging 9.3 points and 6.4 rebounds on the year. Home games in BOLD CAPS in Elam Center * Ohio Valley Conference game GAME 22: EASTERN ILLINOIS • LANTZ ARENA (FEB. 27, 2021) 17-4 OVERALL • 16-2 OVC UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location Martin, Tenn. Founded 1900; Senior College, 1951 MEET THE SKYHAWKS Enrollment 7,117 Nickname Skyhawks Colors Navy Blue & Orange Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Ohio Valley Chancellor Dr. Keith Carver Athletics Director Kurt McGuffin Athletics Office 731-881-7660 Assistant AD/SWA Danelle Fabianich Ticket Office Phone 731-881-7207 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Kevin McMillan (12th year) Alma Mater Rhodes, 1989 Career Record 235-140 Record at UT Martin Same E-mail [email protected] Office Phone 731-881-7681 FRONT ROW: MACY RIPPY, PAIGE PIPKIN, KYANNAH GRANT, SADE’ HUDSON, ZAIRE HICKS, SEYGAN ROBINS AND HAYLEY HARRISON. TEAM INFORMATION SECOND ROW: RAEGAN JOHNSON, HALEY NICHOLS, DEMI BURDICK, CHELSEY PERRY, MADDIE WALDROP, DASIA YOUNG, EMMA DAVIS AND DAMIAH GRIFFIN. 2019-20 Overall Record 22-10 2019-20 OVC Record/Finish 16-2 (1st) Home 13-1 NUMERICAL ROSTER Away 7-8 Neutral 2-1 No. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown (Previous School) Letter Winners Returning/Lost 13/4 0 *Emma Davis G 5-10 Jr. Harrodsburg, Ky. (Mercer County HS) Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 2 Sade’ Hudson (Shaw-day) G 5-8 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Trezevant HS) Newcomers 2 5 Seygan Robins (Say-ghen) G 5-8 R-So. Harrodsburg, Ky. (Louisville) 10 Raegan Johnson (Ray-ghen) F 6-2 So. Martin, Tenn. (Westview HS) PROGRAM HISTORY 11 Dasia Young (Day-shuh) F 5-11 So. Jonesboro, Ark. (Nettleton HS) First Year of Basketball 1969 13 Demi Burdick F 6-2 Sr. Marshall, Ill. (Marshall HS) All-Time Basketball Record 670-734 14 Zaire Hicks (Zi-air) G 5-7 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (White Station HS) Record at Home 331-205 20 Chelsey Perry F 6-2 Sr. Middleton, Tenn. (Middleton HS) All-Time OVC Record 272-226 21 Maddie Waldrop F 6-2 Sr. Murray, Ky. (Murray HS) SPORTS INFORMATION 22 Damiah Griffin (Duh-my-uh) F 6-0 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (White Station HS) WBB Contact Alex Boggis 23 Hayley Harrison F 5-10 R-Fr. Winchester, Ky. (George Rogers Clark HS) Email [email protected] 31 Kyannah Grant (Key-on-uh) G 5-7 Jr. Choctaw, Miss. (Choctaw Central HS) Office Phone 731-881-7964 35 Paige Pipkin G 5-10 R-Jr. Henderson, Tenn. (Chester County HS) Cell Phone 618-357-1536 44 Haley Nichols F 6-0 Fr. Avon, Ind. (Avon HS) Press Row Phone 731-881-7694 *expected to miss the rest of 2020-21 season due to injury Mailing Address 1022 Elam Center Martin, Tenn. 38238 Website www.UTMSports.com COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF Position Name Experience Alma Mater Head Coach Kevin McMillan 12th season Rhodes College, 1989 Assistant Coach Willie Trevathan First season Union, 2000 Jasmine Newsome Sixth season UT Martin, 2014 David Hart 10th season UT Martin, 1991 Graduate Assistant Kelsey Johnson Second season Bridgewater State, 2016 Darby Maggard First season Belmont, 2019 Director of Operations Stacie Evans 11th season UT Martin, 2004 SKYHAWKS IN PRINT The name of our institution is the ROSTER BREAKDOWN University of Tennessee at Martin and if abbreviated, should be referred to as BY CLASS BY HOME STATE BY POSITION UT Martin.