GAME 8: MURRAY STATE • ELAM CENTER (JAN. 16, 2021) 4-3 OVERALL • 3-1 OVC UT MARTIN SKYHAWKS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME NOTES SIX OVC CHAMPIONSHIPS • FOUR OVC TOURNAMENT TITLES • FOUR NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • FIVE WOMENS NIT QUALIFIERS THE MATCHUP SERIES HISTORY PPG............. 68.6 UT Martin leads series 56-35 UT MARTIN SKYHAWKS | (4-3, 3-1 OVC) Opp. PPG .... 67.1 Last Meeting ......................................March 4, 2020 Margin ........ +1.5 Head Coach: Kevin McMillan (Rhodes College, 1989) FG% ............ 44.3 Game Result .............................................. W, 88-33 Career Record: 222-139 (12th season) 3PT FG% ..... 36.1 Streak .........................................................UTM W4 Record at UTM: Same FT% ............ 72.0 First Meeting ....................................................1970 RPG ............ 35.4 UTM vs. MUR in Martin ................................... 31-14 Points: Chelsey Perry (28.3) Steals: Chelsey Perry (1.4) APG............. 14.7 .................................. 21-19 Rebounds: Chelsey Perry (8.6) Blocks: Chelsey Perry (1.1) TPG ............. 16.1 UTM vs. MUR in Murray Assists: Seygan Robins (3.6) SPG ............... 6.3 McMillan vs. Murray State ............................... 22-4 BPG .............. 2.7 VS 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS PPG............. 71.8 Opp. PPG .... 69.8 OVERALL RECORD: 4-3 MURRAY STATE RACERS | (5-5, 2-3 OVC) Margin ........ +2.0 Head Coach: Rechelle Turner FG% ............ 42.3 OVC 3-1 Career Record: 38-52 (Fourth season) 3PT FG% ..... 28.3 NON-CONFERENCE 1-2 Record at MUR: Same FT% ............ 72.9 HOME 1-0 RPG ............ 40.3 AWAY 3-3 Points: Katelyn Young (15.5) Steals: Katelyn Young (1.6) APG............. 12.4 NEUTRAL 0-0 Rebounds: Katelyn Young (9.1) Blocks: Laci Hawthorne (0.5) TPG ............. 17.5 BREAKDOWN Assists: Macey Turley (3.2) SPG ............... 6.9 BPG .............. 2.3 DECEMBER Date Day Opponent TV Time (CT) PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 6 Sun. at #5 Louisville ACCN L, 85-67 8 Tues. at Samford ESPN+ W, 75-67 G G F F F 18 Fri. at Southeast Missouri* ESPN+ W, 61-58 30 Wed. at Jacksonville State* ESPN+ L, 72-67 5 35 11 20 21 JANUARY SEYGAN ROBINS PAIGE PIPKIN DASIA YOUNG CHELSEY PERRY MADDIE WALDROP Date Day Opponent TV Time (CT) 8.6 PPG • 1.9 RPG 5.0 PPG • 2.0 RPG 6.3 PPG • 5.7 RPG 28.3 PPG • 8.6 RPG 6.3 PPG • 5.6 RPG 5 Tues. at #2 Louisville ACCN L, 96-61 3.6 APG • 1.0 SPG 3.0 APG • 1.4 SPG 2.4 APG • 0.6 SPG 1.1 APG • 1.4 SPG 2.0 APG • 0.6 SPG 7 Thur. at Tennessee State* ESPN+ W, 80-39 14 Thur. AUSTIN PEAY* ESPN+ W, 69-53 FULL COURT PRESS 16 Sat. MURRAY STATE* ESPN+ 1 p.m. • After enduring nearly a year long wait to play in front of the home fans of the Kathleen and Tom 21 Thur. at Eastern Kentucky* ESPN+ 4 p.m. Elam Center, the University of Tennessee at Martin women’s basketball team will now have the privilege of playing on its home court for the second time in less than 48 hours when playing host 23 Sat. at Morehead State* ESPN+ Noon to Ohio Valley Conference foe Murray State on Saturday, Jan. 16. 26 Tues. BELMONT* ESPN+ 7 p.m. • The Skyhawks (4-3, 3-1 OVC) played its first home game in the Elam Center of the 2020-21 28 Thur. EASTERN ILLINOIS* ESPN+ 5 p.m. season on Thursday night when hosting Austin Peay and put on a show for the home supporters 30 Sat. SIUE* ESPN+ 1 p.m. – coasting to a 69-53 victory. With the victory, UT Martin improved to 117-25 (82.3 percent) on Pat Summitt Court since the 2010-11 campaign while boasting an 83-11 (88.3 percent) mark against FEBRUARY OVC opponents during the span. Date Day Opponent TV Time (CT) • UT Martin’s All-OVC duo of Chelsey Perry and Maddie Waldrop combined for 53 of the team’s 69 1 Mon. SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* ESPN+ 6 p.m. points in its last contest. The combination marked the first time in over a calendar year that the Skyhawks had two players score over 20 points in the same game. 4 Thur. JACKSONVILLE STATE* ESPN+ 5 p.m. • Chelsey Perry – fresh off picking up her 11th career OVC Player of the Week honor – posted her 6 Sat. TENNESSEE TECH* ESPN+ 1 p.m. fourth double-double of the season with 32 points and 11 rebounds. Her big night included tying 11 Thur. at Austin Peay* ESPN+ 4:30 p.m. the program’s career block record of 203 while moving into fifth place on the program’s career 13 Sat. at Murray State* ESPN+ 4:30 p.m. scoring list at 1,703 points. The game also continued a streak of seven straight games with 20 points or more for Perry, joining an exclusive club which includes just three players in the NCAA 16 Tues. at Belmont* ESPN+ 5 p.m. PLAYER TO WATCH that have scored at least 20 points in every game this season. 18 Thur. MOREHEAD STATE* ESPN+ 5 p.m. #20 • CHELSEY PERRY 20 Sat. EASTERN KENTUCKY* ESPN+ 1 p.m. 6-2 • MIDDLETON, TENN. • SR. • Maddie Waldrop posted her best game of the season with 21 points and six rebounds in the contest. The game served as the 35th double-figure outing for the Murray, Ky. native and eighth 25 Thur. at SIUE* ESPN+ 1 p.m. Senior forward Chelsey 20-point performance of her career. Perry put on a show in her 27 Sat. at Eastern Illinois* ESPN+ 1 p.m. home debut on Thursday • Murray State (5-5, 2-3 OVC) has alternated wins and losses over its past five contests while night, scoring 32 points dropping its most recent outing on the road at Southeast Missouri, 69-53, on Thursday night. The MARCH and 11 rebounds for her Racers struggled in the contest, shooting just 27.5 percent from the floor and 25.0 percent from fourth double-double of the beyond the arc. Date Day Opponent TV Time (CT) season. 3 Wed. OVC Championship ESPN+ TBA Perry enters the contest • The Racers are led offensively by a pair of players who have left their mark on the OVC landscape as one of three players in in four-time OVC Freshman of the Week Katelyn Young and All-OVC guard Macey Turley. Young 4 Thur. OVC Championship ESPN+ TBA the country to have scored ranks in the OVC’s top-10 in both points (fourth, 15.5 ppg) and rebounds (first, 9.1 rpg) while 5 Fri. OVC Championship ESPN+ TBA 20 points or more in every Turley sits eighth in points (14.0 ppg) and ninth in assists (3.2 apg). game played this season 6 Sat. OVC Championship ESPN+ TBA and ranks second nationally • Saturday’s contest marks the 92nd meeting between the two programs in a series which dates with 28.3 points per game. back to 1970 with UT Martin holding a sizable 56-35 advantage. The Skyhawks enter the game Home games in BOLD CAPS in Elam Center boasting a four-game winning streak against the Racers – including an 88-33 win in the OVC * Ohio Valley Conference game Basketball Championship quarterfinals last season – while winning nine of the last 10 meetings. GAME 8: MURRAY STATE • ELAM CENTER (JAN. 16, 2021) 4-3 OVERALL • 3-1 OVC UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location Martin, Tenn. Founded 1900; Senior College, 1951 MEET THE SKYHAWKS Enrollment 7,117 Nickname Skyhawks Colors Navy Blue & Orange Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Ohio Valley Chancellor Dr. Keith Carver Athletics Director Kurt McGuffin Athletics Office 731-881-7660 Assistant AD/SWA Danelle Fabianich Ticket Office Phone 731-881-7207 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Kevin McMillan (12th year) Alma Mater Rhodes, 1989 Career Record 222-139 Record at UT Martin Same E-mail [email protected] Office Phone 731-881-7681 FRONT ROW: MACY RIPPY, PAIGE PIPKIN, KYANNAH GRANT, SADE’ HUDSON, ZAIRE HICKS, SEYGAN ROBINS AND HAYLEY HARRISON. TEAM INFORMATION SECOND ROW: RAEGAN JOHNSON, HALEY NICHOLS, DEMI BURDICK, CHELSEY PERRY, MADDIE WALDROP, DASIA YOUNG, EMMA DAVIS AND DAMIAH GRIFFIN. 2019-20 Overall Record 22-10 2019-20 OVC Record/Finish 16-2 (1st) Home 13-1 NUMERICAL ROSTER Away 7-8 Neutral 2-1 No. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown (Previous School) Letter Winners Returning/Lost 13/4 0 *Emma Davis G 5-10 Jr. Harrodsburg, Ky. (Mercer County HS) Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 2 Sade’ Hudson (Shaw-day) G 5-8 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Trezevant HS) Newcomers 2 5 Seygan Robins (Say-ghen) G 5-10 R-So. Harrodsburg, Ky. (Louisville) 10 Raegan Johnson (Ray-ghen) F 6-2 So. Martin, Tenn. (Westview HS) PROGRAM HISTORY 11 Dasia Young (Day-shuh) F 5-11 So. Jonesboro, Ark. (Nettleton HS) First Year of Basketball 1969 13 Demi Burdick F 6-2 Sr. Marshall, Ill. (Marshall HS) All-Time Basketball Record 657-733 14 Zaire Hicks (Zi-air) G 5-7 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (White Station HS) Record at Home 323-204 20 Chelsey Perry F 6-2 Sr. Middleton, Tenn. (Middleton HS) All-Time OVC Record 259-225 21 Maddie Waldrop F 6-2 Sr. Murray, Ky. (Murray HS) SPORTS INFORMATION 22 Damiah Griffin (Duh-my-uh) F 6-0 R-Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (White Station HS) WBB Contact Alex Boggis 23 Hayley Harrison F 5-10 R-Fr. Winchester, Ky. (George Rogers Clark HS) Email [email protected] 31 Kyannah Grant (Key-on-uh) G 5-7 Jr. Choctaw, Miss. (Choctaw Central HS) Office Phone 731-881-7964 35 Paige Pipkin G 5-10 R-Jr.