2020-21 ELON PHOENIX WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS & SCHEDULE | ELON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2020-21 PHOENIX SCHEDULE Table of Contents & Schedule 1 Information & Quick Facts 2 DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Media Information & Policies 3 Roster & Photo Roster 4 Wednesday, Nov. 25 @ Gardner Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. 4:00 Schar Center 5 Saturday, Dec. 5 @ Western Carolina Cullowhee, N.C. 2:00 MEET THE PHOENIX Wednesday, Dec. 9 @ NC State Raleigh, N.C. 7:15 Brie Perpignan 6 Sunday, Dec. 13 Furman Schar Center 1:00 Peyton Carter 7 Kayla Liles 8 Friday, Dec. 18 UNC Greensboro Schar Center 7:00 Duru Tasman 9 Saadia Munford 10 Sunday, Dec. 20 @ North Carolina A&T Greensboro, N.C. 2:00 Jaylin Powell 11 Saturday, Jan. 2 Northeastern* Schar Center 1:00 Ariel Colón 12 Vanessa Taylor 13 Sunday, Jan. 3 Northeastern* Schar Center 1:00 Ariana Nance 14 Maya Johnson 15 Saturday, Jan. 9 @ Towson* Towson, Md. 1:00 Teylah Saunders 16 Sunday, Jan. 10 @ Towson* Towson, Md. 1:00 Tyja Traore 17 Micaela Ryan 18 Saturday, Jan. 16 James Madison* Schar Center 1:00 Evonna McGill 19 Sunday, Jan. 17 James Madison* Schar Center 1:00 COACHING STAFF Saturday, Jan. 23 @ Drexel* Philadelphia, Pa. 1:00 Head Coach Charlotte Smith 20-23 Josh Wick 24 Sunday, Jan. 24 @ Drexel* Philadelphia, Pa. 1:00 Edgar Farmer, Jr. 25 Saturday, Jan. 30 Delaware* Schar Center 1:00 Tasha Taylor 26 Stephen Fishler & Support Staff 27 Sunday, Jan. 31 Delaware* Schar Center 1:00 Saturday, Feb. 6 @ UNC Wilmington* Wilmington, N.C. 1:00 2020-21 YEAR AHEAD Opponents-Series History 28 Sunday, Feb. 7 @ UNC Wilmington* Wilmington, N.C. 1:00 Saturday, Feb. 13 College of Charleston* Schar Center 1:00 2019-20 IN REVIEW 2019-20 Results 29- Sunday, Feb. 14 College of Charleston* Schar Center 1:00 Results Friday, Feb. 19 @ William & Mary* Williamsburg, Va. 1:00 Season Statistics 29 Game Highs 30-31 Sunday, Feb. 21 William & Mary* Schar Center 1:00 Team & Individual Superlatives 32 Colonial Athletic Association 33 Saturday, Feb. 27 @ Hofstra* Hempstead, N.Y. 1:00 Game-by-Game Statistics 34 Sunday, Feb. 28 @ Hofstra* Hempstead, N.Y. 1:00 Game-by-Game Box Scores 35-39 Elon in the Final CAA Statistics 40 TBD CAA First Round Schar Center TBD TBD CAA Quarterfinals Schar Center TBD RECORD BOOK Game-by-Game vs. Opponent 41-48 TBD CAA Semifinals Schar Center TBD Year-by-Year vs. Opponent 49-55 TBD CAA Finals Schar Center TBD Division I Postseason History 56 Conference Tournament History 57 Program Records 58-65 Home games in BOLD Individual Single-Game Highs 58 * - Colonial Athletic Association game All dates and times subject to change Team Single-Game Highs (D-I) 59 Individual Season Highs 60-61 Team Season Highs (D-I) 62 Individual Career Highs 63-64 Miscellaneous Statistics 65 1,000-Point Club 66-67 Honors & Awards 68-69 Letterwinners 70 Coaching Records 71 Attendance Records 72 INFORMATION & QUICK FACTS | ELON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2 2020-21 PHOENIX INFORMATION & QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION Name of School Elon University 2019-20 Overall Record 14-16 City (Zip) Elon, N.C. (27244) 2019-20 CAA Record (Finish) 8-10 (6th) Founded 1889 2019-20 Postseason CAA Tournament First Round Enrollment 6,291 Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 Nickname Phoenix Players Returning/Lost 13/1 School Colors Maroon and Gold Newcomers 1 Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) PROGRAM HISTORY President (after March 1, 2018) Dr. Connie Ledoux Book First Year of Basketball 1971-72 Athletic Director Dave Blank All-Time Record 695-655 (.515) Athletic Department Phone (336) 278-6800 Division I Record 318-324 (.495) Athletic Communications Office Fax (336) 278-6768 All-Time CAA Record 64-44 (.593) Ticket Office Phone (336) 278-6750 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2 Press Row Phone (336) 278-6747 Last NCAA Tournament App. 2018 NCAA Tournament Record 0-2 COACHING STAFF WNIT Tournament Appearances 2 Head Coach (Year) Charlotte Smith (10th) Last WNIT Appearance 2016 Alma Mater North Carolina, 1999 WNIT Record 0-2 Overall Record (Pct.) 148-106 (.582) WBI Appearances 2 Record at Elon Same Last WBI Appearance 2013 Best Time to Reach Through SID WBI Record 2-2 Assistant Coach Edgar Farmer, Jr. Year at Elon 3rd ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Alma Mater North Carolina, 1994 Asst. Dir. of Athletics Communications/WBB Contact Abbey Lipcsik Assistant Coach Josh Wick Lipcsik Office Phone (336) 278-6634 Year at Elon 10th Lipcsik Email [email protected] Alma Mater North Carolina, 2001 Lipcsik Cell Phone (440) 382-1794 Assistant Coach Tasha Taylor Interim Director of Communications Don Scott Year at Elon 7th Assistant Director of Athletics Communications Pierce Yarberry Alma Mater Clemson, 2008 Assistant Director of Athletic sCommunications Jamal Davis Dir. of Operations Stephen Fishler Assistant Director of Athletics Communications Troy Sayles Year at Elon 4th Director of Video Production for Athletics TBD Alma Mater Penn State, 2016 Website ElonPhoenix.com Twitter @ElonWBasketball / @ElonPhoenix Instagram @ElonWBasketball / @ElonPhoenix Facebook Elon Women’s Basketball / Elon Phoenix MEDIA INFORMATION & POLICIES | ELON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 3 TO THE MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHERS Media Operations and logistics will be adjusted in 2020-21 due to the Photographers from credentialed media outlers will be allowed to shoot Covid-19 pandemic. No media will be allowed on the event level (floor) of from the lower bowl starting at Row G, except for the sections behind each Schar Center as all media are considered Tier 3 by the NCAA Medical Working team’s bench area (Sections 102 & 104). A reminder that the media room is Group. These protocols are in place to protect the health of our community, closed for 2020-21 and any workstation duties must be done at your assigned coaches, student-athletes, staff and our working media friends. seat. Should you have any questions throughout the season, please do not hesitate to reach out to Assistant Director of Communications for Athletics, VIDEOGRAPHERS Abbey Lipcsik. Videographers from credentialed media outlers will be allowed to shoot Thank you for your coverage of Elon University women’s basketball. We from the lower bowl starting at Row G, except for the sections behind each look forward to serving you this season. team’s bench area (Sections 102 & 104). A reminder that the media room is closed for 2020-21 and any workstation duties must be done at your assigned seat. CREDENTIAL PROCESS Requests for media seating must be made by email to either Don Scott MEDIA GUIDE, GAME NOTES, IN-GAME STATS ([email protected]) or Abbey Lipcsik ([email protected]). Please fill out the Hard copies of game notes and stats will not be printed and distributed. Google form at https://bit.ly/ElonMedia. You will recieve an email confirmation These will be available at ElonPhoenix.com and emailed to the media. Live of your request and a further email approving or denying the request. Elon stats will be available at StatBroadcast.com Athletics has sole discretion on the approval of credential requests. PDFs of final stats and game books will be posted on ElonPhoenix.com Credentials will be approved and issued on a game-by-game basis. and also emailed to the media. Inform Don Scott ([email protected]) or Credentials may be picked up on gameday at the Gate B entrance starting two Abbey Lipcsik ([email protected]) if you wish to receive these stats. Note that hours before tipoff. No passes will be mailed in 2020-21. Elon has switched to NCAA LiveStats provided by Genius Sports for the 2020- Temperature checks will be done at the media gate. Once you have 21 season. passed a temperature check and picked up your credential, please report directly to the media seating on the concourse. You will have an assigned seat. FOOD AND BEVERAGES There will be approximately eight seats at four tables on the concourse Food and beverages will not be provided to the media in 2020-21 and for the media. There will be a small number of media who will have seats the working media room will be close for the season. assigned at each game and two seats for media that primarily cover the visting team and/or national media. POSTGAME INTERVIEWS Acceptance of a credential acknowledges and assumes risks associated All interviews with Elon Coach Charlotte Smith and student-athletes will with Covid-19 and the bearer agrees not to use the credential in the event the be conducted via Zoom in 2020-21. Media who are credentialed for a game holder is sick or symptomatic. and those media who did not receive a credential will have the same access Press row will close 20 minutes following the end of Elon’s press confer- to interviews. The Zoom link will be available via QR code on Press Row. If you ence due to Covid-19 protocols. are not credentialed, please contact Don Scott ([email protected]) or Abbey Credentials for away games must be made through either Don Scott Lipcsik ([email protected]) for the Zoom meeting ID. ([email protected]) or Abbey Lipcsik ([email protected]). Zoom press conferences will have Coach Smith and two (2) Elon student-athletes in attendance. Press conferences will be held in the NCAA Tournament format with an opening statement from Coach Smith, questions PARKING for our student-athletes, and finally questions for Coach Smith. Gameday media parking is located in the Hunt B lot behind Schar Center. The Press Conference will last a maximum of 15 minutes due to Covid-19 Parking is free.