ETSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL2020-21 GAME NOTES Tuesday December 1 7:00 PM THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA KNOXVILLE, TENN. EAST TENNESSEE STATE TENNESSEE SCHEDULE (r: 1-0, H: 0-0; A: 1-0) 2020-21 Record 1-0 | 0-0 SoCon 2020-21 Record 1-0 | 0-0 SEC 9-21 | 4-10 SoCon 21-10 | 10-6 SEC) Date Opponent Time/Result 2019-20 Record 2019-20 Record Last Game W, 62-56 at Longwood Last Game W, 87-47 vs. Western Kentucky NOVEMBER (1-0) Head Coach Brittney Ezell (102-115 at ETSU) Head Coach Kellie Harper (22-10 at Tennessee) Sat 28 at Longwood W, 62-56 ETSU Stat Leaders Tennessee Stat Leaders Scoring Jakhyia Davis (13.0 ppg) Scoring Rae Burrell (18.0 ppg) DECEMBER (0-0) Rebounding Kaia Upton (8.0 rpg) Rebounding Rennia Davis (11.0 rpg) Tue 1 at Tennessee 7 pm Assists Kaia Upton (3.0 apg) Assists Rae Burrell (7.0 apg) Tue 8 at Vanderbilt TBD Blocks 3 Tied (1 block) Blocks Tamari Key (4 blocks) Sun 13 PRESBYTERIAN TBD SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE Fri 18 at Davidson TBD FOLLOW THE BUCS Coverage ESPN+ Sun 20 APPALACHIAN STATE TBD PxP Roger Hoover Thu 31 NEWBERRY TBD Y ETSU_WBB Color Andraya Carter JANUARY (0-0) P ETSU_WBB Sat 9 at Chattanooga ^ TBD Radio WXSM 680 Mike Gallagher Thu 14 MERCER ^ TBD X ETSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PxP Sat 16 SAMFORD ^ TBD Thu 21 at Furman ^ 7 pm Sat 23 at Wofford ^ 2 pm Thu 28 UNCG ^ TBD THE Matchup PROJECTED STARTERS Sat 30 WESTERN CAROLINA ^ TBD OVERALL: 1-23 (25TH MEETING) AT ETSU: 1-8 SHYNIA JACKSON FEBRUARY (0-0) AT TENNESSEE: 0-13 JR • FORWARD Sat 6 CHATTANOOGA ^ TBD 13 NEURTAL GAMES: 0-2 WARNER ROBINS, GA. Thu 11 at Samford ^ 7:30 pm CURRENT STREAK: L22 EZELL VS. TENNESSEE: 0-5 Sat 13 at Mercer ^ TBD 9.5 0.0 2.0 1.0 Thu 18 WOFFORD ^ TBD Minutes PPG RPG apg Sat 20 FURMAN ^ TBD THE SHOOTAROUND Thu 25 at Western Carolina ^ TBD KAIA UPTON •Head Coach Brittney Ezell had some questions answered in the Sat 27 at UNCG ^ TBD season opener against Longwood, including what to make of the 14 JR • GUARD MARCH (0-0) nine fresh faces on the Buccaneer sidelines. In their debuts, Jakhyia NASHVILLE, TENN. Thu 4 SoCon Quarterfinals TBD Davis and Mykia Dowdell scored 13 and 12 points respectively to Fri 5 SoCon Semifinals TBD pace the Bucs to a 62-56 victory over the Lancers in Farmville, 35.2 8.0 8.0 5.0 Va. Now a leader for the Bucs, Kaia Upton continued to do a little Minutes PPG rPG spg Sun 7 SoCon Championship TBD of everything, scoring eight points, grabbing a career-best eight Home games in BOLD CAPS ^ - SoCon game rebounds, collecting three dimes and recording five steals. JASMINE SANDERS JR • GUARD/FORWARD •The Bucs look to knock off the Lady Vols of Tennessee when 23 WE ARE “ETSU” they travel to Thompson Boling Arena on Tuesday, something CHARLOTTE, N.C. The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics the Bucs haven’t done in nearly 50 years. The in-state SEC pow- would like to ask both the print and broadcast media erhouse own a 23-1 record against the Bucs, including a thriller 14.8 7.0 1.0 33.3 to honor our request to be called “ETSU” ... East Minutes PPG APG FG% Tennessee State University in first reference is accept- last time out, where 5,881 fans watched a 72-68 showdown that able, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... fell in favor to the women in orange. On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is MYKIA DOWDELL the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable. •Tennessee comes into Kellie Harper’s second season in charge 34 SO • FORWARD of the squad. In her debut season, the Lady Vols went 21-10 while OAK RIDGE, TENN. ETSU QUICK FACTS recording a 10-6 record in conference play. Tennesse started off the season with a strong 87-47 performance over Western Kentucky. UT 33.3 12.0 4.0 2.0 PRESIDENT: DR. BRIAN NOLAND returns five of its top six scorers and rebounders from last season, Minutes PPG RPG sPG DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: SCOTT CARTER including two-time All-Conference and All-American honorable NICKNAME (COLORS): BUCS (NAVY & GOLD) mention Rennia Davis. E’LEASE STAFFORD CONFERENCE: SOUTHERN •An ETSU win would: JR • FORWARD HOME ARENA (CAPACITY): BROOKS GYM (3,500) 44 - put the Bucs at 2-0 for the first time since the 2014-15 season. LAWRENCE, KAN. COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT: MIKE GALLAGHER - give Ezell her first win over Tennessee in her career. - make it consecutive years that the Bucs topped a Power Five CELL PHONE: (612-865-7052) 19.2 6.0 4.0 2.0 Minutes PPG RPG apg EMAIL: [email protected] opponent. 62.0 56.0 37.5 30.6 25.0 16.7 62.5 52.0 10.0 11.0 0.3 12.0 3.0 Points Scoring FG% FG% 3FG% 3FG% FT% REbounds Rebound Assists AST-TO Steals Blocks Per Game Defense Defense Defense Per GAme Margin Per Game Ratio Per Game Per Game 87.0 47.0 44.0 25.5 27.3 27.6 62.5 56.0 24.0 22.0 1.7 13.0 4.0 1 ETSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL2020-21 GAME NOTES NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown/Previous School 1 Carly Hooks G 5’8” FR Atlanta, Ga./Westlake HS 2 Imani Williams G/F 5’11” FR Kankakee, Ill./Kankakee HS 3 Ashawntae Brown F 6’2” JR San Antonio, Texas/Weatherford College 5 Abby Carrington G/F 5’10” FR Westlake, Ohio/Westlake HS 10 Courtney Moore G 5’7” FR Gainesville, Fla./PK Yonge 13 Shynia Jackson F 6’1” JR Warner Robins, Ga./Warner Robins HS 14 Kaia Upton G 5’6” JR Nashville, Tenn./East Nashville Magnet HS 20 Kelly Post G 5’6” GR Fayetteville, N.C./University of Mount Olive 21 Amaya Adams G 5’10” JR Kansas City, Mo./Notre Dame de Sion HS 23 Jasmine Sanders G 6’0” JR Charlotte, N.C./Troy 24 Jakhyia Davis C 6’3” FR Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden HS 34 Mykia Dowdell F 5’9” SO Oak Ridge, Tenn./MTSU 44 E’Lease Stafford G/F 6’0” JR Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence HS Head Coach: Brittney Ezell (8th Season) Assistant Coach: Liberty Del Rosario (1st Season) Assistant Coach: Britney Snowden (1st Season) Director of Basketball Operations: Dakota Love Assistant Director of Basketball Sport Performance: Autumn Lockwood ALPHABETICAL ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN 21 Amaya Adams G 5’10” SO Kansas City, Mo./Notre Dame de Sion HS 3 Ashawntae Brown F 6’2” JR San Antonio, Tex./Weatherford College BUCS BY CLASS 5 Abby Carrington G/F 5’10” FR Westlake, Ohio/Westlake High School GRADUATES...............................................................1 24 Jakhyia Davis C 6’3” FR Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden High School SENIORS ...................................................................0 34 Mykia Dowdell F 5’9” SO Oak Ridge, Tenn./MTSU JUNIORS ................................................................... 6 1 Carly Hooks G 5’8” FR Atlanta, Ga./Westlake High School SOPHOMORES ..........................................................1 13 Shynia Jackson F 6’1” SO Warner Robins, Ga./Warner Robins HS FRESHMEN ............................................................... 5 10 Courtney Moore G 5’7” FR Gainesville, Fla./PK Yonge Developmental School 20 Kelly Post G 5’6” GR Fayetteville, N.C./University of Mount Olive 23 Jasmine Sanders G 6’0” JR Charlotte, N.C./Troy BUCS BY POSITION 44 E’Lease Stafford G/F 6’0” SO Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence HS GUARDS .................................................................... 6 14 Kaia Upton G 5’6” SO Nashville, Tenn./East Nashville Magnet HS COMBO ..................................................................... 3 2 Imani Williams G/F 5’11” FR Kankakee, Ill./Kankakee High School FORWARDS .............................................................. 3 CENTERS ....................................................................1 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE BUCS BY STATE TENNESSEE .............................................................. 3 3 Ashawntae Brown ..............................................................Uh-shawn-tae GEORGIA ................................................................... 2 13 Shynia Jackson .......................................................................Shuh-ny-uh 14 Kaia Upton ........................................................................................Ky-uh NORTH CAROLINA ................................................... 2 21 Amaya Adams ............................................................................Uh-my-uh FLORIDA .....................................................................1 24 Jakhyia Davis .............................................................................Juh-ky-uh ILLINOIS .....................................................................1 34 Mykia Dowdell ......................................................................... Muh-ky-uh KANSAS......................................................................1 44 E’Lease Stafford ...........................................................................Uh-lease OHIO ..........................................................................1 MISSOURI ..................................................................1 TEXAS.........................................................................1 2 ETSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL2020-21 GAME NOTES GENERAL INFORMATION Saving Their Best: Kentucky, a 59-50 final 13 years ago December 12th. Location .......................................................Johnson City, Tenn. • ETSU has been extremely consistent in their league success Founded ................................................................................. 1911 since rejoining the Southern Conference. The Blue & Gold Shut Down D: Enrollment ........................................................................ 13,800 have concluded their league regular season above .500 in five •The 35 points allowed against Converse College on the Nickname .......................................................Buccaneers (Bucs) of their six seasons since coming back to the SoCon, finishing