2010-11 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Report Austin Peay - Eastern Illinois - Eastern Kentucky - Jacksonville State - Morehead State - Murray State - Southeast Missouri - SIU Edwardsville - Tennessee Tech - Tennessee State December 6, 2010 Ohio Valley Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 215 Centerview Drive, Ste. 115 Contact: Heather Brown Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 Ph: (615) 371-1698 www.ovcsports.com OVC STANDINGS (through Dec. 5) CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT. Home Away Streak W L PCT. Home Away Neutral Streak Morehead State 2 0 1.000 2-0 0-0 W2 6 3 .667 5-0 0-3 1-0 W3 Eastern Illinois 2 0 1.000 2-0 0-0 W2 4 4 .500 3-1 0-2 1-1 W3 Tennessee Tech 1 0 1.000 0-0 1-0 W1 5 1 .833 2-1 3-0 0-0 W1 UT Martin 1 1 .500 0-0 1-1 W1 4 3 .571 0-0 4-3 0-0 W1 Eastern Kentucky 1 1 .500 1-1 0-0 L1 3 4 .429 3-2 0-2 0-0 L1 Southeast Missouri 1 1 .500 1-1 0-0 W1 3 5 .375 2-2 0-2 1-1 W1 Austin Peay 1 1 .500 0-0 1-0 W1 2 7 .222 0-1 1-5 1-1 L1 Jacksonville State 0 1 .000 0-1 0-0 L1 2 5 .286 1-2 1-3 0-0 L5 Tennessee State 0 2 .000 0-0 0-2 L2 3 5 .375 1-1 2-4 0-0 L2 Murray State 0 2 .000 0-0 0-2 L2 2 6 .250 2-0 0-4 0-2 L6 SIU Edwardsville* - - --- --- --- -- 2 6 .250 2-4 0-2 0-0 L2 *-reclassifying not eligible for OVC play UPCOMING SCHEDULE RECENT RESULTS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Tennessee State at Belmont - 5 p.m. @Stetson 70, Jacksonville State 52 West Virginia State at Eastern Kentucky - 6 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) Tennessee Tech at Kentucky - 6 p.m. (ESPN3) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 UT Martin at Missouri - 7 p.m. Middle Tennessee 71, @Tennessee Tech 58 Western Michigan at Southeast Missouri - 7 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 @Morehead State 103, UT Martin 82* Eastern Illinois at Indiana State - 4:30 p.m. @Eastern Illinois 77, Tennessee State 58* Lipscomb at Austin Peay - 7 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) @Eastern Kentucky 83, Murray State 73* Austin Peay 66, @Southeast Missouri 57* THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9 UT Martin at Vanderbilt - 7 p.m. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 SIU Edwardsville at Missouri State - 7:05 p.m. DePaul 76, @SIU Edwardsville 40 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4 Southeast Missouri at Green Bay - 7 p.m. UT Martin 61, @Eastern Kentucky 46* @Eastern Illinois 79, Austin Peay 58* SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11 @Morehead State 74, Murray State 65* UT Martin at Evansville - 2 p.m. @Southeast Missouri 51, Tennessee State 46* Eastern Kentucky at Central Arkansas - 2 p.m. Tennessee Tech 79, @Jacksonville State 63* Tennessee Tech at Drake - 2:05 p.m. Southern Miss at Tennessee State - 3 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5 Illinois-Chicago at Eastern Illinois - 4 p.m. (OVCsports.TV) Ball State 66, @SIU Edwardsville 60 Bowling Green at Austin Peay - 5:15 p.m. (OVCSports.TV) * - OVC Contest SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12 Jacksonville State at Florida State - 1 p.m. Morehead State at SIU Edwardsville - 1 p.m. Murray State at Purdue - 2 p.m. * - OVC Contest ALL TIMES CENTRAL THIS WEEK'S OVC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OVC MEDIA INFORMATION Heather Brown PLAYER Director of Media Relatioins Tacarra Hayes, G • Jr., 5'7 • Lebanon, Ky. • Tennessee Tech Phone: (615) 690-6687 Hayes led Tennessee Tech in points (50), rebounds (18), assists (9), and steals (6) E-mail: [email protected] during the Golden Eagles' two games last week. She led all players with 19 points WEB SITE: For updated stats, standings, news and against Middle Tennessee while recording eight rebounds. Against Jacksonville notes, log on to the offi cial OVC site: www.OVCSports. State, Hayes recorded her fi rst double-double of the year with 31 points and 10 com. rebounds while dishing out seven assists. She shot 53.3 percent from the fi eld and 81.8 percent from the free throw line, including a 13-of-15 (.867) performance at the WEEKLY NOTES: The OVC will release its Players line against JSU. of the Week each Monday afternoon throughout the season. The full weekly notes report will be released each Monday throughout the season by 5 p.m. CT. Others Nominated: Meghan Bussabarger, Austin Peay; Mariah King, Eastern Il- The report is available via e-mail, and is posted on the linois; Alex Jones, Eastern Kentucky; Danielle Vaughn, Jacksonville State; Chynna league's Web site in text and PDF versions. Statistics Bozeman, Morehead State; Kayla Lowe, Murray State; Brittany Harriel, Southeast are updated after each gameday on the OVC Web site. Missouri; Heather Butler, UT Martin OVC SID DIRECTORY NEWCOMER AUSTIN PEAY Reese Bass, G • Sr., 5'6 • Detroit, Mich. • Eastern Kentucky Cody Bush (931) 221-7561 Cell Phone (931) 980-494- Bass recorded career-highs of fi ve three-pointers made, 23 points and seven as- Email [email protected] sists in the win over Murray State. For the week, she averaged 13.0 points and 5.0 Web site APSUGovernors.com assists over the two games while also making all her attempts from the free throw Press Row Number (931) 221-7155 line. EASTERN ILLINOIS Rich Moser (217) 581-7480 Cell Phone (217) 348-6775 Others Nominated: Brittany Manning, Jacksonville State Email [email protected] Web site EIUpanthers.com FRESHMAN Press Row Number (217) 581-7770 Jasmine Newsome, G • Fr., 5'2 • Millington, Tenn. • Tennessee Tech EASTERN KENTUCKY Kevin Britton (859) 622-2006 Newsome scored 20 points and brought down eight rebounds in the win over Eastern Cell Phone (859) 358-8359 Kentucky. Against Morehead State, Newsome netted 18 points. For the week, she Email [email protected] averaged 19.0 points and 6.0 rebounds. Web site EKUSports.com Press Row Number (859) 622-2226 Others Nominated: Nicole Olszewski, Austin Peay; Jordyne Crunk, Eastern Illinois; JACKSONVILLE STATE Tony Schmidt (256) 782-5377 Jessica Winfrey, Murray State. Cell Phone (256) 689-8524 Email [email protected] Web site JSUGamecockSports.com Press Row Number (256) 782-5583 MOREHEAD STATE Matt Schabert (606) 783-2556 Cell Phone (606) 207-5116 Email [email protected] Web site www.MSUEagles.com Press Row Number (606) 783-2500 MURRAY STATE Teri LaJeunesse (270) 809-3352 Cell Phone (270) 293-0595 Email [email protected] 2010-11 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Web site GoRacers.com Press Row Number (270) 809-5551 PLAYER Nov. 14 - Chantelle Pressley, Eastern Illinois Jan. 10 - SIU Edwardsville Nov. 22 - Ashar Harris, Morehead State Jan. 17 - Eric Hess (618) 650-3608 Cell Phone (618) 558-4112 Nov. 29 - Ashar Harris, Morehead State Jan. 24 - Email [email protected] Dec. 6 - Tacarra Hayes, Tennessee Tech Jan. 31 - Web site siuecougars.com Dec. 13 - Feb. 7 - Press Row Number (618) 558-4112 Dec. 20 - Feb. 14 - SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Dec. 27 - Feb. 21 - Patrick Clark (573) 651-2937 Jan. 3 - Feb. 28 - Cell Phone (618) 593-7281 Email [email protected] Web site GoSoutheast.com NEWCOMER Press Row Number (573) 651-5014 Nov. 14 - Reese Bass, Eastern Kentucky TENNESSEE STATE Nov. 22 - Channing Hillman, Morehead State Jan. 10 - Jan. 17 - Zekeya Anderson (615) 963-1867 Nov. 29 - Reese Bass, E. Kentucky; Karley Evans, SE Missouri Cell Phone (615) 828-3603 Dec. 6 - Reese Bass, Eastern Kentucky Jan. 24 - Email [email protected] Jan. 31 - Web site TSUTigers.com Dec. 13 - Press Row Number (615) 565-7616 Dec. 20 - Feb. 7 - Dec. 27 - Feb. 14 - TENNESSEE TECH Feb. 21 - Nick Burns (931) 372-6193 Jan. 3 - Cell Phone (952) 380-8056 Feb. 28 - Email [email protected] FRESHMAN Web site TTUSports.com Nov. 14 - Beth Hawn, UT Martin Jan. 10 - Press Row Number (931) 372-6077 Nov. 22 - Heather Butler, UT Martin Jan. 17 - UT MARTIN Nov. 29 - Marie Carpenter, Eastern Kentucky Jan. 24 - Joe Lofaro (731) 881-7632 Dec. 6 - Jasmine Newsome, UT Martin Jan. 31 - Cell Phone (731) 514-2905 Dec. 13 - Email [email protected] Feb. 7 - Web site UTMSports.com Dec. 20 - Feb. 14 - Press Row Number (731) 881-7694 Dec. 27 - Feb. 21 - Jan. 3 - Feb. 28 - NOTES FROM AROUND THE LEAGUE COACHES TELECONFERENCE During the regular season there will be three tele- New Tournament Format: Starting with the 2011 Championships, all eight men's and conferences featuring the league's 10 head coaches. all eight women's teams that qualify for the tournament fi eld will gather at a single site The teleconferences will take place on Jan. 12 and Feb. 8 at 10:00 a.m. CT. A schedule of what time the for the entire tournament. Previously fi rst round games were played on campus sites coaches will appear is below.For information on how with the semifi nals and fi nals being held in Nashville. The bracket will also shift from to access the call, please contact Kyle Schwartz or a traditional 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, etc. format to a merit-based format that rewards the top Heather Brown in the OVC Offi ce (615-371-1698 or [email protected]/[email protected]). Following teams during the regular season with byes into the quarterfi nals and semifi nals. Start- each teleconference, the audio will be cut-up and ing in 2011, the fi rst round of each the men's and women's tournament will feature the posted at OVCSports.com.