Lady Hornet Basketball Media Notes Game #7 Emporia State Ticket Info #25 Emporia State Lady Hornets (5-1, 0-0 MIAA) vs. Newman vs. Newman Jets (6-2, 0-0 Heartland) Reserved .................................................. $15 Series Record: ESU leads 15-2 Last Meeting: at Newman 74, ESU 66 (11/20/2017) Adult General Admission.......................... $10 Saturday, Dec. 1 • 5:30 p.m. • Emporia, Kan. • White Aud. (5,000) Youth/Senior General Admission ............... $8 Radio: KFFX 104.9FM (5:10 p.m.) Internet Audio: kvoe.com For ESU ticket info call toll free Television: None Internet Video: themiaanetwork.com/esuhornets 1-877-341-NEST or tickets.emporia.edu Up Next: at Neb.-Kearney • Thur., Dec. 6 • 5:30 p.m. • Kearney, Neb. • Health & Sport Center (5,100) 2018-19 Schedule & Results Newman “Jets” DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Pos. Hgt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown Nov. 5 $Bethel College (KS) W 89-36 3 Bria DeGrate G 5-10 Sr. 15.6 5.3 Grand Prairie, Texas MIAA-GAC Challenge 12 Dede Johnson G 5-7 Sr. 7.6 3.4 Dallas, Texas Nov. 9 vs. #20 Southwestern Okla. W 68-60 25 Braxytn Stewart G 5-9 So. 6.9 3.4 Emporia, Kan. Nov. 10 at Oklahoma Baptist W 88-61 21 Abbey George F 6-1 So. 5.4 3.3 Goulburn, Australia Nov. 15 at Northwestern Okla. W 93-47 24 Faith Mason-Vestal F 6-0 Fr. 4.3 3.6 Rockwall, Texas Nov. 19 at Cameron L 72-86 Coach: Darin Spence (Marymount '85) 91-82 at NU, 7th Year; 229-225 overall, 16th Year ESU Thanksgiving Classic #25 Emporia State “Lady Hornets” Nov. 23 Ark.-Fort Smith W 66-60 Pos. Hgt. Cl. PPG RPG Hometown Nov. 24 Northern State W 72-60 10 Kali Martin G 5-9 So. 9.3 1.3 El Dorado, Kan. Dec. 1 Newman 5:30 PM 24 Addie Lackey G 5-9 Sr. 10.8 2.5 Hillsboro, Kan. Dec. 6 at *Neb.-Kearney 5:30 PM 44 Emily Miller G 5-10 Sr. 11.3 6.0 Columbia, Mo. Dec. 8 at #12 *Fort Hays State 1:30 PM 20 Tiana Moala C 6-3 Sr. 6.2 4.5 Paola, Kan. Puerto Rico Classic 35 Tyra Jones F 6-0 Sr. 12.3 7.8 Detroit, Mich. Dec. 17 at PR-Mayaguez 5:00 PM Coach: Toby Wynn (Oklahoma State '99) 5-1 at ESU, First Year Dec. 18 at PR-Bayamon 3:00 PM Dec. 30 Baker 5:30 PM WINTER IS COMING ABOUT THE LADY HORNETS Jan. 5 *Washburn 5:30 PM The #25 Lady Hornets open December against Emporia State is 5-1 to open the season and are Jan. 9 at *Northwest Missouri 5:30 PM Newman in White Auditorium. It will be the last ranked #25 in the WBCA Top 25. Jessica Wayne Jan. 12 at *Missouri Western 1:30 PM non-conference meeting with the Jets before is averaging 15.3 points per game to rank sixth in Jan. 16 #12 *Fort Hays State 5:30 PM they join the MIAA as an affiliate member next the MIAA, is eighth in the league in rebounding Jan. 20 *Neb.-Kearney 1:30 PM season. at 7.2 boards per game and averages 3.3 Jan. 23 at *Pittsburg State 5:30 PM steals per game to lead the league. Tyra Jones Jan. 26 at *Missouri Southern 1:30 PM LAST TIME OUT is seventh in the league in rebounding at 7.7 Jan. 31 *Lindenwood 5:30 PM The #24 Lady Hornets held Northern State boards per game. Tiana Moala is leading the Feb. 2 *Lincoln 1:30 PM to just .386 shooting from the field in a 72-60 MIAA with 2.8 blocked shots per game. Feb. 7 at *Southwest Baptist 5:30 PM Emporia State win in White Auditorium. The Feb. 9 at #1 *Central Missouri 1:30 PM Wolves jumped out to a 9-2 lead at the midway ABOUT THE JETS Feb. 14 *Central Oklahoma 5:30 PM point of the first quarter and led 14-7 with 3:05 Newman is 6-2 on the season and have split two Feb. 16 *Northeastern State 1:30 PM left in the period. The Lady Hornets closed the games with MIAA opponents so far. They are Feb. 21 *Pittsburg State 5:30 PM quarter on a 9-2 run and tied the score on a forcing 17.9 turnovers per game. Bria DeGrate is Feb. 23 *Missouri Southern 5:00 PM Morgan Laudan three-pointer as time expired. averaging 15.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 4.5 assists Feb. 28 at *Northeastern State 5:30 PM Tiana Moala scored the first six points of the and 1.9 steals to lead the Jets while Haley Albers March 2 at *Central Oklahoma 1:30 PM second quarter for Emporia State and Addie averages 6.5 rebounds. MIAA Tournament (Kansas City) Lackey added the final four in a 10-4 run that March 6 Opening Round (Seeds 7-10) gave the Lady Hornets a 26-20 lead with 7:02 SERIES HISTORY March 7 Quarterfinals (Seeds 1-2 Winners) left in the half. Addie Lackey scored 23 points The Lady Hornets lead the all-time series 15-2 March 8 Quarterfinals (Seeds 3-6) on nine of 11 shooting with a three of five effort with both losses coming in Wichita. March 9 Semifinals from beyond the arc to lead four Lady Hornets in March 10 Championship Game 3:15 PM double figures. Jessica Wayne had 14 points, LAST TIME VS. NEWMAN NCAA Central Regional (TBA) eight rebounds and three steals off the bench. The #11 Lady Hornets went just 12 of 25 from March 15-16, 18 They were joined in double figures by Kali Martin the free throw line in a 74-66 loss at Newman. NCAA Elite Eight (Columbus, Ohio) with 13 points and Tiana Moala with ten points. Emporia State turned the ball over on five of March 26-27, 29 Tyra Jones had a team high ten rebounds for their first six possessions, but were tied at 16 *MIAA Game $Exhibition Game Emporia State. after one quarter. The Lady Hornets used a 7-0 run to go up 27-21 and took a 32-26 lead into Media Contacts THE COACHES the half. The Jets used a 6-0 run to tie the game ESU: Don Weast, Assoc. AD Toby Wynn is 5-1 in his first year as the head at 41 with 2:34 left in the third and took the lead (620) 344-6190 (Cell) coach of the Lady Hornets. He went 349-84 with :31 left. Tyra Jones forced the 13th tie of the [email protected] in 13 years as the head coach at Seward CC game with 7:24 left before the Jets went on a NU: Brandon Smith, SID with four Jayhawk Conference regular season 7-0 run to take a 60-53 lead with 5:12 remaining. 316-573-1907 ex.2435 (Office) championships and two Region VI Tournament Jacee Kramer cut the lead to 66-64 on a three- [email protected] titles. He took the Lady Saints to the NJCAA pointer with 2:04 left but that would be as close POSTGAME INTERVIEW POLICY: Selected Lady National Quarterfinals the last two seasons. This as the Lady Hornets would get. Tyra Jones had Hornet players and Coach Wynn will be available af- is his first meeting with Newman. 18 points and 12 rebounds for Lady Hornets. ter the game following a brief cooling off period. Darin Spence is 91-82 in his seventh season WEBSITE: esuhornets.com at Newman. He is 229-225 in his 16th year as UP NEXT TWITTER: @ESUSports FACEBOOK: facebook/ESUAthletics a head coach at four year schools. He is 1-4 The #25 Lady Hornets begin MIAA play on against Emporia State, 1-3 at Newman. December 6 at Neb.-Kearney. #25 Emporia State Lady Hornets vs. Newman Jets Page 2 2010 NCAA Division II National Champions • 19 NCAA Tournaments • 6 Elite Eights • 16 MIAA Championships ESU in 2018-19 When TRANSITION Leading at Half ............................................5-0 Toby Wynn was formally introduced as the seventh head coach in Lady Hornet history to a near Trailing at Half ..................................................0-1 overflow crowd at the Sauder Alumni Center on April 9, 2018. The Booker, Texas native led Seward Tied at Half ......................................................0-0 CC to at least 20 wins in each of his 13 seasons in Liberal, including four 30 win seasons and at Leading with 5:00 left in Regulation ...........5-0 least 25 wins in each of the last five years. Seward County finished this past season 31-4 and Trailing or tied w/ 5:00 left in Regulation ........0-1 advanced to the national quarterfinals of the NJCAA National Tournament for the second straight In Overtime ......................................................0-0 season. His 2006-07 team went 36-2 falling in the national semifinals before rebounding to take in Double Overtime .........................................0-0 third in the NJCAA Division I. ESU Outrebounds Opponents (or even) .......3-1 Wynn served as the Assistant Coach for the Lady Saints in 2004-2005 under former Seward ESU is Outrebounded .....................................2-0 County and current Oklahoma State head coach, Jim Littell. In his one season as assistant, the ESU Commits More Turnovers (or even) ......1-1 Lady Saints finished 5th at the NJCAA National Tournament and were Region VI Tournament and ESU Commits Fewer Turnovers ....................4-0 Jayhawk West Conference champions with a 35-3 overall record and a 14-2 conference record.