SUN BELT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Week 9 Release: January 6-12, 2014 Contact: Keith Nunez ([email protected]) Office: 504-556-0884 | Cell: 504-256-8937 2013-14 Sun Belt Conference Standings Conference Overall TEAM W L PCT L10 STREAK PF PA TP W L PCT L10 STREAK PF PA TP Arkansas State 2 0 1.000 - W2 76.5 66.5 2 8 6 0.571 5-5 W2 72.3 70.1 14 South Alabama 2 0 1.000 - W2 69.5 61.0 2 4 8 0.333 4-6 W2 60.2 68.2 12 UL-Lafayette 1 0 1.000 - W1 68.0 49.0 1 8 4 0.667 6-4 W4 65.9 60.2 12 Georgia State 1 1 0.500 - L1 71.0 71.0 2 5 9 0.357 5-5 L1 67.4 73.8 14 UALR 1 1 0.500 - W1 49.5 49.5 2 6 6 0.500 5-5 W1 56.8 55.8 12 Texas State 1 1 0.500 - L1 56.5 61.0 2 4 9 0.308 3-7 L1 62.7 67.3 13 WKU 1 1 0.500 - W1 75.5 71.5 2 9 4 0.692 7-3 W1 72.9 66.5 13 Troy 0 2 0.000 - L2 73.0 85.5 2 4 9 0.308 2-8 L5 83.2 90.2 13 UL-Monroe 0 1 0.000 - L1 49.0 68.0 1 4 9 0.308 2-8 L4 70.0 73.6 13 UT Arlington 0 2 0.000 - L2 59.5 65.0 2 1 12 0.077 1-9 L2 58.2 72.9 13 & - Regular Season Champions | * - Earned Tournament Berth | @ - Tournament Champions Player of the Week Upcoming Schedule Recent Results WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18 Tennessee Tech at Arkansas State W, 90-75 Georgia State at WKU 11:30 AM Texas State at Lamar L, 55-68 Troy at Arkansas State 5:15 PM UT Arlington at UTPA L, 63-75 Texas State at UL-Lafayette 7:00 PM Georgia State at San Jose State L, 81-95 UL-Monroe at UT Arlington 7:30 PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19 South Alabama at UALR TBA (6) UL-Monroe vs. Washington L, 77-81 Alcorn State at UL-Lafayette W, 63-50 SATURDAY, JANUARY 11 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 (7) WKU vs. Belmont W, 66-46 South Alabama at Arkansas State 3:05 PM (6) UL-Monroe vs. Pittsburgh L, 61-76 UT Arlington at UL-Lafayette 4:15 PM South Alabama at Wake Forest L, 66-92 UALR at Louisiana Tech L, 39-50 Troy at UALR TBA Troy at Alabama L, 105-113 (OT) Texas State at UL-Monroe TBA Georgia State at Santa Clara L, 68-87 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21 CHASTITY GOOCH, WKU (7) WKU vs. Georgetown W, 57-55 Junior • Forward Arkansas State at Central Arkansas W, 73-61 (6) UL-Monroe vs. DePaul L, 57-79 Franklin, Kentucky Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at UT Arlington W, 75-64 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22 WEEKLY STATS UTSA at Texas State L, 83-86 GP FG/PCT FT/PCT 3PT/PCT RPG ASTS TO BLK STL PPG 4 0.557 0.813 0.556 10.3 2 12 9 7 21.5 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 St. Thomas (FL) at Texas State W, 85-45 SEASON STATS S. Dakota St. at UALR W, 66-45 GP FG/PCT FT/PCT 3PT/PCT RPG ASTS TO BLK STL PPG Southeastern Louisiana at UL-Lafayette W, 66-53 13 0.533 0.636 0.421 10.5 15 29 19 18 17.0 Troy at Savannah State L, 85-93 MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 Junior All-America candidate Chastity Gooch has had one of the most dominant Arkansas State at Texas A&M L, 62-80 stretches of her career over WKU’s last four games, averaging 21.5 points and 10.3 rebounds over the stretch, including 28.0 points and 12.5 rebounds in two Sun WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 Belt Conference games to open the season. Gooch helped WKU post a 2-0 record in WKU 65, South Alabama 74 * 1:00 PM the 2013 Puerto Rico Classic, including an improbable 16-point comeback against Troy 77, Georgia State 85 * 2:00 PM Georgetown, as she scored nine points and nine rebounds while playing superb defense against a much large team from Georgetown. She had 21 points and seven THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 rebounds in the blowout of Belmont on the island. Gooch opened Sun Belt Conference play with a flurry, scoring 26 points and grabbing nine rebounds against South Arkansas State 66, UT Arlington 62 * 5:00 PM Alabama. She added three blocks and three steals in the game as well. She followed UALR 35, Texas State 42 * 5:00 PM up her best outing of the season with the best outing of her career against Troy. Gooch had 30 points and 16 rebounds, a new career best in points and a tie for the best mark SATURDAY, JANUARY 4 of her career on the boards, as WKU coasted to a 86-69 win, holding Troy to its third Arkansas State 87, Texas State 71 * 2:00 PM fewest points of the season. Gooch’s dominance has been seen all over the court as UL-Lafayette 68, UL-Monroe 49 * 2:00 PM she hit 5-of-8 from behind the three-point arc of WKU’s last four games, opening up Georgia State 57, South Alabama 65 * 2:05 PM opportunities around the floor for teammates. Gooch is the only Sun Belt Conference WKU 86, Troy 69 * 5:15 PM player in the league to score 25 points in both games during the opening week of UALR 64, UT Arlington 57 * 7:30 PM conference season and the first player in WKU history to score at least 25 points in each of the first two Sun Belt Conference games of the season. (6) - Duel in the Desert (Las Vegas, Nevada) (7) - 2013 Puerto Rico Challenge (San Juan, Puerto Rico) www.SunBeltSports.org | Facebook.com/SunBeltConference | Twitter.com/The_Sun_Belt SUN BELT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NEWS & NOTES Preseason All-Conference Preseason Poll vs. Non-Conference Opponents First Team As voted upon byt the league’s 10 head coaches ACC ...................................................................................................0-3 Taylor Ford Sr. G UALR America East ....................................................................................0-0 Taylor Gault Jr. G UALR Pl. Team (First-place votes) Points American..........................................................................................2-2 Jane Morrill Sr. F Arkansas State 1. UALR (6) .................................................................................... 95 Atlantic 10........................................................................................0-1 Chastity Gooch Jr. F WKU 2. WKU (4) ..................................................................................... 92 Atlantic Sun .....................................................................................2-2 *Alexis Govan Jr. G/F WKU 3. Arkansas State ........................................................................... 82 Big 12 ...............................................................................................0-6 4. Troy ........................................................................................... 52 Big East ............................................................................................1-1 Big Sky .............................................................................................0-1 Second Team 5. South Alabama .......................................................................... 46 Big South .........................................................................................0-0 Keke Veal So. G UL-Lafayette 5. UL-Monroe ................................................................................ 46 Big Ten .............................................................................................0-1 7. UL-Lafayette .............................................................................. 43 Ashleigh Simmons Sr. F UL-Monroe Big West ...........................................................................................0-0 Ronneka Robertson Sr. F South Alabama 8. Georgia State ............................................................................. 41 Colonial ............................................................................................0-0 Ashley Ezeh Sr. C Texas State 9. Texas State ................................................................................ 39 Conference USA ................................................................................1-9 Joanna Harden Sr. G Troy 10. UT Arlington .............................................................................. 14 Horizon ............................................................................................0-0 Independents ...................................................................................0-0 Third Team Ivy ....................................................................................................0-0 Jalen O’Bannon So. F Arkansas State MEAC ................................................................................................1-3 Alexar Tugler Sr. G UL-Monroe Metro Atlantic ..................................................................................0-0 Kendra Long Sr. G Georgia State Mid-American ..................................................................................2-1 Ashley Beverly-Kelley So. G Troy Missouri Valley .................................................................................2-3 Bianca McGee Sr. G WKU Mountain West .................................................................................0-1 * Preseason Player of the Year Northeast .........................................................................................0-0 Ohio Valley .....................................................................................10-3 Players of the Week Pac-12 ..............................................................................................0-3 Patriot ..............................................................................................0-0 November February SEC .................................................................................................0-10 12 ........................................... Aundrea Gamble, Arkansas State, Guard 3 ............................................................................................................ Southern ..........................................................................................0-2 19 ..........................................................Chastity Gooch, WKU, Forward 10 .........................................................................................................