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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 Evansville Aces Head Coach Chancellor Dugan (9th) Tuesday, December 29 • 4 PM (ET) • Meeks Family Fieldhouse • Evansville, IN Bellarmine Record 143-88 Overall Record 463-378 Assistant Coach Shannon Litton (9th) MOST RECENT STARTERS Assistant Coach Crystal Kelly (1st) Bellarmine (0-3, 0-0 ASUN) Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Assistant Coach Abby Owings (1st) F 14 Lucy Robertson 6-3 Fr. 2.0 4.0 Crandall, IN All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 11-17 (16 Appearances, 1 Final Four, 4 Elite Eights) F 23 Lauren Deel 5-11 Sr. 10.7 2.7 Louisville, KY Important Phone Numbers G 00 Bailee Harney 5-7 Jr. 7.5 2.0 Covington, KY Athletics Office 502-272-8381 G 03 Breia Torrens 5-5 Sr. 19.0 4.0 Louisville, KY Sports Information Office 502-272-8079 G 22 Kathleen Scott 5-8 Jr. 3.3 3.0 Mt. Washington, KY WBB SID - Adam Pruiett, cell 502-889-0466 Head Coach: Chancellor Dugan, 9th year at Bellarmine (143-88 record at Bellarmine, 463-378 career) Twitter/Instagram @BUKnightsWBB/buwbbteam Evansville (3-1, 0-0 MVC) Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown F 05 Jada Poland 6-0 Sr. 7.3 4.0 St. Louis, MO 2020-21 SCHEDULE F 22 Jossie Hudson 6-1 So. 5.5 4.3 Evansville, IN G 01 Anna Newman 5-4 Jr. 8.3 4.0 Evansville, IN Date Opponent Time December G 14 Abby Feit 6-1 So. 20.5 9.5 Normal, IL Mon. 14 BALL STATE L 42-98 G 21 A’Niah Griffin 6-1 Jr. 14.8 6.3 Louisville, KY Wed. 16 at Western Kentucky L 49-82 Head Coach: Matt Ruffing, 5th year at Evansville (27-97 record at Evansville, 27-97 career) Sat. 19 WESTERN ILLINOIS L 57-79 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: Meeks Family Fieldhouse; Evansville, IN • Bellarmine and Evansville do have a brief Sat. 16 FLORIDA GULF COAST* 2 PM Series: BU leads 2-0 (last meeting: BU 74, UE history together, playing twice in the ’70s. The Sun. 17 FLORIDA GULF COAST* 2 PM 42 at UE; 1/19/77) Knights won both meetings, posting a 57-45 Sat. 23 at Stetson* 1 PM Watch: ESPN3 home victory in 1974-75 and triumphing 74-42 Sun. 24 at Stetson* 1 PM on the road in 1976-77. Sat. 30 KENNESAW STATE* 2 PM Radio: WXVW 1450 AM/96.1 FM; Jack Kizer, Sun. 31 KENNESAW STATE* 2 PM play-by-play • As a city, Evansville is far from foreign territory February Next BU Game: Jan. 4 vs. Morehead State; for Bellarmine, and not just because of its close Sat. 6 at Jacksonville* 1 PM Freedom Hall; Louisville, KY proximity to Louisville. Before transitioning to Sun. 7 at Jacksonville* 1 PM Division I, Bellarmine and Evansville-based Sat. 13 NORTH FLORIDA* 2 PM Southern Indiana were archrivals in DII’s Great Sun. 14 NORTH FLORIDA* 2 PM WARM-UPS Sat. 20 at North Alabama* 3 PM Lakes Valley Conference, where they were founding members and met 80 times, with the Sun. 21 at North Alabama* 3 PM The Bellarmine University women’s basketball Sat. 27 LIBERTY* 2 PM Knights holding a 52-28 advantage. team returns to action for the final time in the Sun. 28 LIBERTY* 2 PM • Playing the Aces in Evansville is something of 2020 portion of its schedule with Tuesday’s March a homecoming for Knights Coach Chancellor 9-14 ASUN Championship matchup at Evansville. The contest represents Dugan, who was the head coach at aforemen- the last nonconference road game of the tioned Southern Indiana for eight seasons from * - ASUN game season for the Knights, who entered Division I All Times ET 1991-99. She went 159-73 with the Screaming this year. Eagles and led them to the NCAA II national title game in 1997 along with compiling three GLVC Falling in line with the utterly unpredictable year championships, four NCAA II Tournament berths that’s been 2020, Bellarmine is coming off a 10- and two GLVC Coach of the Year awards. day layoff from competition after having played • After missing the team’s first two games, three games in six days. That packed stretch of Breia Torrens made her season debut against contests followed a lengthy delay of the Knights’ Western Illinois and scored a game-high 19 season opener, which had to be pushed back points. The senior guard was among 10 selected nearly three weeks due to pandemic-related to the ASUN’s Preseason All-Conference Team. issues. Torrens was a first-team All-GLVC selection last season after leading Bellarmine in scoring (13.2) Assuming there’s not another pause to play, and 3-pointers made (61). after the contest with the Aces, Bellarmine will • In Bellarmine’s second game, against Western host Morehead State on Jan. 4 and then dive Kentucky, junior guard Bailee Harney made her into its first season in the ASUN Conference, season debut and drained a career-best three which begins on the road at Lipscomb. 3-pointers in scoring a team-high 11 points, one shy of her career high. Bellarmine is coming off a 79-57 home loss to • Hannah Farrell had an encouraging start to her Western Illinois on Dec. 19. The Knights had an career in Bellarmine’s season opener against encouraging start, trailing only 16-12 after the Ball State. In her first-ever college game, the first quarter and by three with less than three freshman guard hauled in 10 rebounds, becom- minutes left in the second period, before a 12-2 ing the first Knight at the Division I level to crack WIU run leading into halftime swung the game double-digit boards. for good in the Leathernecks’ favor. Evansville • Bellarmine is the newest member of the ASUN also last played on Dec. 19, defeating Miami Conference and officially gained entrance to the (Ohio) 66-60 at home, where it’s 3-0. league on July 1. 2020-21 BELLARMINE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 Evansville Aces Women’s Basketball Roster NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Anna Newman G 5-4 Jr. Evansville, Ind. / North HS 2 NaTaya Partee F 6-2 Jr. Grandview, Mo. / Grandview HS 3 Lola Reed G 5-7 Sr. St. Louis, Mo. / Kirkwood HS 4 Erin Dumas G 5-5 Fr. Chicago, Ill. / Montverde Academy 5 Jada Poland F 6-0 Sr. St. Louis, Mo. / North Texas 14 Abby Feit G/F 6-1 So. Normal, Ill. / Normal Community HS 21 A’Niah Griffin G 6-1 Jr. Louisville, Ky. / Louisville Manual HS 22 Jossie Hudson F 6-1 So. Evansville, Ind. / Mater Dei HS 23 Sydney Thurwalker G/F 5-11 So. Belleville, Ill. / Dodge City CC (Kan.) 30 Rylie Stephens G 5-11 Fr. Fairland, Ind. / Triton Central 32 Kayla Casteel G 5-9 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. / Plainfield HS Head Coach: Matt Ruffing | Assistant Coaches: Doug Rogers, Kaitlynn Pacholke, Tyra Buss 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 ABOUT EVANSVILLE the summer of 2019 as one of the first major • Sophomore Abby Feit was named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week on initiatives in the university’s strategic plan. Stakeholder studies revealed the university Dec. 21. Against Oakland City on Dec. 16, Feit produced 28 points (a career high), 14 re- and its student-athletes were well-poised for DI bounds, six steals and four blocks, tallying her second double-double of the season in the competition. Transitioning to DI extends the uni- 84-52 win. On Dec. 19 in a 66-60 win over Miami (Ohio), Feit again reached the 20-point versity’s geographic reach, supports enrollment mark, scoring a game-high 24 points, while adding eight rebounds and four steals. The growth, improves diversity and achieves better Player of the Week honor was the first of Feit’s career and the second weekly honor for gender balance. Increased exposure enhances the Normal, Illinois, native after earning MVC Newcomer of the Week following her col- institutional awareness and expands partnership opportunities. legiate debut last season. • Abby Feit has picked up where she left off last season. In 2019-20, she was honored as Bellarmine teams in the following 17 sports will Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year. In addition, Feit earned honorable-men- compete in the ASUN, beginning in the 2020-21 tion All-MVC plaudits and was selected to the MVC’s All-Freshman Team. Last season, academic year: baseball, men’s and women’s Feit led the Aces in points, rebounds, blocks, minutes played and three-pointers made basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, becoming the first Evansville freshman to lead the team in scoring since Sara Dickey in men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, 2013-14.