SAMFORD UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2020-21 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON & TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1 2020-2021 SAMFORD UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL OFFICIAL GAME NOTES NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES: 2011, 2012, 2020 | SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2011, 2012, 2020 BULLDOGS BUCS SCHEDULE & RESULTS 12-8 9-2 3-11 1-6 OVERALL RECORD: 12-8 OVERALL SOCON OVERALL SOCON SoCON: 9-2 NON-CONFERENCE: 3-6 NR NR HOME: 8-1 USA TODAY COACHES’ POLL USA TODAY COACHES’ POLL AWAY: 4-7 at NEUTRAL: 0-0 CARLEY KUHNS BRITTNEY EZELL HEAD COACH HEAD COACH NOVEMBER 96-51 30-22 224-240 104-127 25 at Alabama L, 68-83 OVERALL SAMFORD OVERALL ETSU 28 at Auburn L, 64-66 DECEMBER 3 at #13 Indiana L, 26-71 8 UT Martin L, 67-75. OPENING TIP: SAMFORD VS. ETSU 11 North Alabama W, 79-66 13 at #9 Kentucky L, 54-88 • BULLDOGS TO HOST ETSU SATURDAY: The Samford women’s basketball 16 at Jacksonville State L, 46-63 team will return home to play host to the ETSU Bucs Saturday at 12 p.m. at the Pete Hanna 31 UAH W, 76-51 Center. Samford enters the game with a record of 12-8 overall and 9-2 in SoCon play. The Bulldogs split two games at Wofford last week. ETSU has a record of 3-11 overall and 1-6 in JANUARY 4 Birmingham-Southern W, 135-60 SoCon play. The Bucs last played on Feb. 7 in a 55-46 loss at Furman. 9 Mercer* W, 78-69 14 at Western Carolina* W, 84-49 • THE SERIES: Samford and ETSU have met 14 previous times, with Samford holding an 16 at Western Carolina* W, 64-47 8-6 advantage in the series. The teams met twice last season, with Samford winning both 21 at Chattanooga* W, 71-60 23 at Chattanooga* L, 57-70 contests. The Bulldogs won the first game in Birmingham by a score of 68-34. Samford 28 Furman* W, 78-72 then won in Johnson City, Tenn., 76-60. 30 Furman* W, 82-55 • BROADCAST INFO: FEBRUARY 4 UNC Greensboro* W, 46-42 TV: ESPN+ 6 UNC Greensboro* W, 70-44 PBP: Curt Bloom 11 at Wofford* L, 62-70 Color: Emily Swaim 13 at Wofford* W, 80-55 18 ETSU* Canceled 20 ETSU* 12 p.m. 25 at Mercer* 6 p.m. MARCH 3-7 SoCon Tournament ! TBD * SoCon | ! - SoCon Tournament (Asheville, N.C.) PROBABLE STARTING FIVE (based on last game) All times are Central and subject to change 11 12 14 22 45 ANDREA MALLORY ANNIE RAVEN NATALIE COURNOYER HAMPTON RAMIL OMAR ARMSTRONG G • 5-4 • Jr. G • 5-4 • Fr. F • 6-0 • Jr. G • 5-3 • Sr. C • 6-2 • Sr. @SAMFORDWBB | @COACHKUHNS | @SAMFORD_SPORTS #ALLFORSAMFORD SAMFORD UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2020-21 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON & TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2 QUICK FACTS INFORMATION Location: Birmingham, Ala. Year Founded: 1841 Enrollment: 5,624 3 4 11 12 14 Nickname: Bulldogs School Colors: Red and Blue SHAUNTAI AUDRA LEIPOLD ANDREA MALLORY ANNIE RAMIL Arena (Capacity): Pete Hanna Center (5,000) BATTLE G • 5-8 • R-So. COURNOYER HAMPTON F • 6-0 • Jr. Affiliation: NCAA Division I G • 5-9 • Sr. Seffner, Fla. G • 5-4 • Jr. G • 5-4 • Fr. Binghamton, N.Y. Mobile, Ala. Merryville, La. Evensville, Tenn. Conference: Southern President: Dr. Andrew Westmoreland Director of Athletics: Martin Newton COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Carley Kuhns 21 Alma Mater/Yr Valdosta State/2008 15 22 23 25 Record at Samford/Yrs. 30--22/2nd JADEN KATIE ALLEN RAVEN OMAR KATHLEEN KATIE JONES Career Record/Yrs. 96-51/5th LANGFORD G • 5-11 • R-Sr. G • 5-3 • Sr. WHEELER G • 5-10 • Fr. Assistant Coaches/Yrs.: Jon Bollier/3rd G • 5-8 • Fr. Albertville, Ala. Pinson, Ala. F • 5-10 • R-Fr. Decatur Ala. Chandler Merkerson/2nd Madison, Ala. Priceville, Ala. Sally Higgins/5th TEAM INFORMATION 2019-20 Overall Record: 18-14 2019-20 SoCon Record/Finish: 10-4/T-1st Starters R/L: 2/3 32 33 45 Letterwinners R/L: 6/7 KIERSTEN MAKAILA NATALIE NELSON WOOLARD ARMSTRONG BASKETBALL HISTORY F • 6-1 • Fr. F • 6-0 • Sr. C • 6-2 • Sr. First Year of Basketball: 1997-98 New Orleans, La. Dandridge, Tenn. Norcross, Ga. All-Time Record: 350-357 (24th year) All-Time Division I Record: 350-357 (24th year) Years in NCAA Tourn/Last: 3/2020 Last Postseason Opponent: vs, Duke, NCAA Tournament, L, 47-82, Nashville, Tenn., Mar. 18, 2012 HC AC AC AC SA EXTERNAL RELATIONS CARLEY KUHNS JON BOLLIER CHANDLER SALLY HIGGINS SARAH MYERS Samford University’s Office of External Relations Head Coach Assistant Coach MERKERSON Assistant Coach Student Assistant provides a full service public relations shop to members Assistant Coach of the media. Game day services include credentials, statistics, photography, video clips (where available), and post-game access to coaches and student-athletes. 2020-21 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER The Office of Athletic Communications is located on # NAME P HGT CL HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL the first floor of the Pete Hanna Center. 3 Shauntai Battle G/F 5-9 Sr. Mobile, Ala./McGill-Toolen Catholic 4 Audra Leipold G 5-8 RS-So. Seffner, Fla./Seffner Christian HS Senior Associate AD/External Matt Jones 11 Andrea Cournoyer G 5-4 Jr. Merryville, La./Lousiana-Lafayette E-Mail: [email protected] 12 Mallory Hampton G 5-4 Fr. Evensville, Tenn./Rhea County HS Cell: (662) 719-9160 14 Annie Ramil F 6-0 Jr. Binghamton, N.Y./Binghampton Univ. Assistant AD/Communications (Contact) Joey Mullins 15 Jaden Langford G 5-8 Fr. Madison, Ala./Madison Academy E-Mail: [email protected] 21 Katie Allen G 5-11 RS-Sr. Albertville, Ala./Albertville HS Cell: (205) 532-3477 22 Raven Omar G 5-3 Sr. Pinson, Ala./Clay-Chalkville HS 23 Kathleen Wheeler F 5-10 RS-Fr. Priceville, Ala./Priceville HS PRONUNICATION GUIDE 25 Katie Jones G 5-10 Fr. Decatur, Ala./Decatur Heritage HS 3 Shauntai Battle: SHAWN-tay 32 Kiersten Nelson F 6-1 Fr. New Orleans, La./Ursuline Academy 4 Audra Leipold: AW-dra, LEE-a-pold 33 Makaila Woolard F 6-0 Sr. Dandridge, Tenn./Jefferson County HS 11 Andrea Cournoyer: core-NOY-er 45 Natalie Armstrong C 6-2 Sr. Norcross, Ga./Wesleyan HS 14 Annie Ramil: Rim-MEAL 15 Jaden Langford: JAY-den 23 Kathleen Wheeler: WEE-lur Head Coach: Carley Kuhns (2nd year) 32 Kiersten Nelson: KEER-stin Assistant Coaches: Jon Bollier (3rd year), Chandler Merkerson (2nd year), Sally Higgins (5th year) 33 Makaila Woolard: muh-KAY-luh Student Assistant: Sarah Myers (1st year) @SAMFORDWBB | @COACHKUHNS | @SAMFORD_SPORTS #ALLFORSAMFORD SAMFORD UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2020-21 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON & TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 3 COURNOYER NAMED SOCON PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Samford SAMFORD’S RECORD WHEN . junior guard Andrea Cournoyer was named the Southern Conference Player of Samford controls the tip 5-4 the Week when the league released its weekly women’s basketball awards Tues- Opponent controls the tip 7-4 day afternoon. Cournoyer had another strong week this week, averaging 24.5 Played at home 8-1 points, 4.0 steals, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game as the Bulldogs split two Played on the road 4-7 games at Wofford. In Thursday night’s game, she tallied 26 points, four rebounds, Played at a neutral site 0-0 four steals and two assists. In Saturday’s victory, she had 23 points, four assists, Played a team with a .500+ record 3-5 four steals and three rebounds. She shot 58.3 percent from the floor, making 21 of Played a team with a .500 record 1-2 her 36 shot attempts for the week. Played a team with a below .500 record 8-1 Samford leads at the half 11-2 RAMIL MAKES IMMEDIATE IMPACT: Samford junior forward Annie Ra- Opponent leads at the half 1-6 mil, a transfer from Binghamton University, has made an immediate impact on the Tied at the half 0-0 team this season. This season, Ramil has produced a team-high six double-dou- Samford leads with five minutes left 12-0 bles for the Bulldogs. She has had double-doubles against UT Martin, Birming- Opponent leads with five minutes left 0-8 ham-Southern, Mercer, Chattanooga, Furman and UNCG. She is averaging 11.6 Tied with five minutes left 0-0 points and a team-high 8.6 rebounds per game. Samford leads with one minute left 12-0 Opponent leads with one minute left 0-8 ARMSTRONG ACHIEVES SAMFORD FIRST: Samford senior cen- Tied with one minute left 0-0 ter Natalie Armstrong recently reached a never-before seen achievement for Samford outrebounds opponent 8-0 Samford women’s basketball. She became only the only player in program history Opponent outrebounds Samford 4-7 to produce at least 1,000 career points, 500 career rebounds and 100 career Rebounds are equal 0-1 blocks. Samford shoots 50% or better from field 4-1 Samford shoots less than 50% from the field 8-7 SAMFORD PLAYERS LEADING THE LEAGUE: Samford players Samford takes more shots 6-1 currently lead the Southern Conference in several statistical categories. Samford Opponent takes more shots 6-6 players lead the SoCon in scoring (Andrea Cournoyer), assists (Raven Omar), Shots are equal 0-1 free throw percentage (Cournoyer), steals (Cournoyer), 3-point percentage Samford blocks more shots 4-3 (Katie Allen), 3-pointers made per game (Cournoyer) and blocked shots (Natalie Opponent blocks more shots 7-4 Armstrong). Blocks are equal 1-1 Samford has more turnovers 4-7 AMONG SOCON LEADERS: Entering this game, Samford, as a team, leads Opponent has more turnovers 7-1 the Southern Conference in scoring (69.3 ppg.), field goal percentage (.443), Turnovers are equal 1-0 three-point field goal percentage (.356) and three-pointers made per game (7.2).