2020-21 Miami Women's Basketball Game Notes
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2020-21 Miami Women’s Basketball Game Notes Women’s Basketball Contact: Dave Meyer Follow Us on Twitter! Assistant AD for Communications Main Athletics Account: @MiamiRedHawks Email: [email protected] Women’s Basketball Account: @MiamiOH_WBB Phone: (419)-265-0284 (cell) 2020-21 Schedule Miami RedHawks (0-0, 0-0 MAC) (0-0, 0-0 MAC) vs. #22 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (0-1, 0-0 ACC) NOVEMBER Game 1: Sunday, Nov. 29 • 4 p.m. 25 at Wisconsin ...................................Postponed Kohl Center (17,230) • Madison, Wisc. 29 at Notre Dame ....................................... 4 p.m. TV: ACC Network DECEMBER Radio: Miami Sports Network/TuneIn App • Tim Bray (Play-by-Play) 3 at Purdue ................................................. 6 p.m. 8 VALPARAISIO ...............................4 p.m. 15 at Central Michigan * .......................... 2 p.m. 2020-21 ROSTER 19 at Evansville ............................................ 2 p.m. Potential Starters (based on last year) 22 at Bowling Green * ....................................TBA No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG 23 Kenzie Schmitz G 5-10 Sr. Germantown, Wis. 31/21 3.2 2.9 1.1 JANUARY 24 Peyton Scott G 5-8 So. Lynchburg, Ohio 30/30 12.5 4.7 2.2 2 BUFFALO * ....................................... TBA 0 Monique Esbrand G 5-9 Sr. London, England 31/5 3.8 2.1 0.9 6 OHIO * .............................................. TBA 35 Abbey Hoff G/F 6-0 R-Sr. St. Peters, Mo. 31/22 6.7 3.1 1.5 9 at Akron *......................................................TBA 54 Kelly McLaughlin F 6-3 Sr. St. Louis, Mo. 30/7 5.5 3.5 0.6 13 EASTERN MICHIGAN * .................... TBA 16 NORTHERN ILLINOIS * .................... TBA Off The Bench 20 at Western Michigan * ..............................TBA No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG 23 BOWLING GREEN * .......................... TBA 3 Tajah Foster-Walker * F 6-2 So. St. Louis, Mo. -/- -/- -/- -/- 27 at Ball State * ...............................................TBA 4 Vannessa Garrelts G 5-4 Jr. Spring Grove, Ill. 27/1 2.3 1.4 0.6 30 at Northern Illinois * .................................TBA 10 Edyn Battle G 5-7 Fr. Gahanna, Ohio -/- -/- -/- -/- FEBRUARY 11 Sydney Watkins + G 5-8 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. -/- -/- -/- -/- 3 WESTERN MICHIGAN * ................... TBA 12 Katie Davidson G/F 5-10 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. -/- -/- -/- -/- 6 at Kent State * .............................................TBA 21 Jordan Tuff * G 5-8 So. Kernersville, N.C. -/- -/- -/- -/- 10 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * .................... TBA 22 Taylor Boruff G 5-11 R-Fr. Kokomo, Ind. -/- -/- -/- -/- 13 BALL STATE * ................................... TBA 25 Jada Duckett C 6-2 Fr. Chicago, Ill. -/- -/- -/- -/- 17 at Toledo * ....................................................TBA 34 Amani Freeman F 6-2 So. Avon, Ind. 17/0 1.7 1.2 0.0 24 AKRON * .......................................... TBA 45 Tihanna Fulton F 6-0 R-So. Mason, Ohio 18/0 1.0 1.4 0.1 27 KENT STATE * ................................... TBA * Opted out of 20-21 season MARCH + Will miss entire season with injury 3 AT BUFFALO ..................................... TBA 6 at Ohio ...........................................................TBA MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT TBA * Denotes Mid-American Conference Game STORYLINES All game times listed as Eastern Time and subject to change HOME GAMES IN BOLD & CAPS REPLACING DICKERSON AND KLUESNER: As the 2020-21 season gets underway All home games air live on ESPN3 or ESPN+ the RedHawks will need to find a way to replacing its top two scorers from a year ago. Lauren Dickerson averaged 17.4 points, while Savannah Kluesner averaged 16.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. Dickerson finished her Miami career with 2,143 points, the most in school history. HENDRIX BEGINS YEAR TWO: Head Coach DeUnna Hendrix begins her second year at the helm of the Miami women’s basketball team. TAKE TWO: Miami’s season opener at Wisconsin was postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. Both teams are looking at rescheduling the event. 2020-21 WOMEN’S B A S K E T B A L L 2020-21 WOMEN’S B A S K E T B A L L 2 3 TALE OF THE TAPE (2019) Miami Women’s Basketball Quick Facts MIAMI NOTRE DAME Location .......................................................Oxford, Ohio 2020-21 ROSTER 11-20 ........................................................................... Overall Record ...................................................................13-18 Founded ......................................................................1809 4-14 .........................................................................Conference Record ..................................................................8-10 Enrollment .............................................................. 18,788 72.2 .............................................................................Points per Game ....................................................................64.8 Nickname .........................................................RedHawks No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown/High School/Previous School 75.5 ....................................................................Points Allowed per Game ............................................................68.4 Colors ........................................................ Red and White 0 Monique Esbrand * Sr. G 5-9 London, England/Barking Abbey/State Fair CC .400 ...................................................................... Field Goal Percentage .............................................................. .402 Arena .................................................................Millett Hall 3 Tajah Foster-Walker^ So. F 6-2 St. Louis, Mo./Whitfield/Missouri-Kansas City .287 ..........................................................Three-Point Field Goal Percentage ................................................. ..271 Capacity ......................................................................6,400 4 Vannessa Garrelts ** Jr. G 5-4 Spring Grove, Ill/(Marian Central Catholic 6.77 .....................................................Three-Point Field Goals Made Per Game ................................................4.1 Affiliation ............................................... NCAA Division I 10 Edyn Battle Fr. G 5-7 Gahanna, Ohio/Gahanna .709 ...................................................................... Free Throw Percentage ............................................................. .687 Conference...............................................Mid-American .454 ........................................................... Opponent Field Goal Percentage ................................................... .388 President .............Dr. Greg Crawford (Kent State ‘87) 11 Sydney Watkins^ Fr. G 5-8 Indianapolid, Ind./Heritage Christian .344 ............................................... Opponent Three-Point Field Goal Percentage ....................................... .283 Athletic Director ...... David Sayler (Ohio Wesleyan ‘91) 12 Katie Davidson Fr. G/F 5-10 Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North 37.6 ..........................................................................Rebound Average ...................................................................37.4 Head Coach ........................................DeUnna Hendrix 21 Jordan Tuff^ So. G 5-8 Kernersville, N.C./Connections Academy/Cincinnati -3.4 ............................................................................. Rebound Margin .....................................................................-5.7 Alma Mater ............................................... Richmond ‘07 22 Taylor Boruff * R-Fr. G 5-11 Kokomo, Ind. /Taylor 441/465 ................................................................Assist/Turnover Ratio ........................................................459/545 Record at Miami ...11-20 (4-14 MAC) (Second Year) 23 Kenzie Schmitz *** Sr. G 5-10 Germantown, Wis./Germantown Career Record .....(136-113) (93-57 conf.) (9th Year) 24 Peyton Scott * So. G 5-8 Lynchburg, Ohio/Lynchburg-Clay ON TAP: Miami travels to Notre Dame following the postponement of its sea- Asst. Coaches: ...........Hailey Yohn (Coker College ‘15) 25 Jada Duckett Fr. C 6-2 Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park son opener at Wisconsin. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. Fans can listen to the ................Tiffany Swoffard (Austin Peay ‘02, Rowan ‘07) 34 Amani Freeman * So. F 6-2 Avon, Ind. /Avon game on The Miami Sports Network from Van Wagner and watch on the ACC ............ Sahar Nusseibeh (American ‘09, Cincinnati ‘11) Network. 35 Abbey Hoff *** R-Sr. G/F 6-1 St. Peters, Mo./Incarnate Word Academy DOVO: .................... Lindsay Puckett (High Point ‘15) 45 Tihanna Fulton * R-So. F 6-0 Mason, Ohio/Mason LAST YEAR’S REDHAWKS: Miami is coming off of an 11-20 season, which 54 Kelly McLaughlin *** Sr. F 6-3 St. Louis, Mo./St. Joseph’s Academy included a 4-14 conference record under then first year head coach De’Unna Hendrix. Miami returns three starters from last season’s squad that averaged MEDIA INFORMATION * Denotes letters earned at Miami 72.2 points per game and made 6.77 three pointers per game in 2019-20. ^ Will miss 2020-21 season WBB Contact ................................Dave Meyer ABOUT NOTRE DAME: Notre Dame went 13-18 in 2019-20 and 8-10 in ACC Cell Phone ...............................(419) 265-0284 Head Coach: DeUnna Hendrix play. They averaged 64.8 points per game and are led by senior Destinee Email:......................... [email protected] Assistant Coaches: Hailey Yohn, Tiffany Swoffard, Sahar