CSUSPORTS.COM // @CSUSPORTS 1 2 2019 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS INTRO Quick Facts, Schedule, Social Media ..............................1 The Last Time It Happened .............................................31 THE BASICS Athletic Communications/Media Guidelines ...............2 Individual Game Records ................................................32 Location (Founded) .....................................Charleston, S.C. (1964) General Information ............................................................3 Individual Season Records ............................................ 33 Address ........................................................................P.O. Box 118087 Team Notes .........................................................................4-7 Individual Career Records ............................................. 34 .................................................................Charleston, SC 29423-8087 Head Coach Fred Applin .................................................8-9 Team Game Records ..........................................................35 Conference ..............................................................................Big South Assistant Coaches/Athletic Training ......................10-11 Team Season Records ..................................................... 36 Affiliation ...........................................................NCAA Division I (FCS) Carmella Walker/Ahlea Myers ................................... 12-13 Enrollment ........................................................................................3,477 Asia Smith/Sha’Mya Leigh ......................................... 14-15 Colors ...................................Blue (PMS 295) and Gold (PMS 7503) STAFF Kelsie Ruff-Mills/Anna Webster ................................16-17 Nickname ............................................................................ Buccaneers Sharita Godfrey/Tyra Wright .....................................18-19 Mascot.............................................................................................Bucky Alyssia Faye/Tori Gittens ...........................................20-21 Band ..............................................................Pride of the Lowcountry Cailah Hicklin/Tierra Steede .....................................22-23 President ................................................................Dr. Dondi E. Costin Maya Richards/Jasmine Blackmon ........................ 24-25 2018-19 Statistics ......................................................26-30 Faculty Representative ........................................Dr. Todd Heldreth Athletic Director .................................................................Jeff Barber Associate A.D.(Compliance)/SWA ................................Lisa Gilmore PLAYERS 2019-2020 SCHEDULE Associate A.D. (Communications) ................... Seth Montgomery Associate A.D. (Development/Tickets) .............................................. Day Date Opponent Site Series Associate A.D. (Facilities) ......................................... James Bradley Tuesday Nov. 5 at Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. FSU leads 1-0 Associate A.D. (Business and Admin.) .................... Courtney Hall Saturday Nov. 9 South Carolina State Charleston, S.C. SCSU leads 16-6 Associate A.D. (Academics) ........................................Betty Palmer Friday Nov. 15 at North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. UNC leads 10-0 Assistant A.D. (Medical Services) .................................Brad Drake Tuesday Nov. 26 Bethune-Cookman Charleston, S.C. CSU leads 5-1 Assistant A.D. (Marketing) .................................................................... Saturday Nov. 30 North Dakota Charleston, S.C. First Meeting REVIEW Wednesday Dec. 4 at Western Carolina Cullowhee, N.C. WCU leads 6-1 Saturday Dec. 7 Virginia Lynchburg Charleston, S.C. First Meeting Athletic Department Phone ......................................843-863-7678 Monday Dec. 16 Columbia (S.C.) Charleston, S.C. CSU leads 4-2 Athletic Department Fax ...........................................843-863-7695 Friday Dec. 20 College of Charleston Charleston, S.C. CofC leads 45-11 Ticket Office Phone .....................................................843-863-7670 Saturday Dec. 28 at USC Upstate* Spartanburg, S.C. UPST leads 8-5 Tuesday Dec. 31 Gardner-Webb* Charleston, S.C. GWU leads 14-6 FACILITY INFORMATION Saturday Jan. 4 at Radford* Radford, Va. RAD leads 54-18 Facility ............................Buccaneer Field House (The Buc Dome) Thursday Jan. 9 at Longwood* Farmville, Va. CSU leads 11-8 Capacity .............................................................................................. 881 HISTORY Saturday Jan. 11 High Point* Charleston, S.C. HPU leads 30-14 Tuesday Jan. 14 at UNC Asheville* Asheville, N.C. AVL leads 38-29 HISTORY Saturday Jan. 18 Hampton* Charleston, S.C. CSU leads 2-1 First Year of Women’s Basketball ........................................1976-77 Tuesday Jan. 21 at Campbell* Buies Creek, N.C. CAM leads 35-5 All-Time Record ........................................................................368-768 Saturday Jan. 25 Winthrop* Charleston, S.C. WIN leads 45-34 All-Time Big South Record ..................................................... 146-312 Tuesday Jan. 28 Presbyterian* Charleston, S.C. Series tied 13-13 All-Time Big South Tournament Record ..................................12-31 Saturday Feb. 1 at Gardner-Webb* Boiling Springs, N.C. GWU leads 14-6 Conference Championships ........................................................None RECORDS Tuesday Feb. 4 at Winthrop* Rock Hill, S.C. WIN leads 45-34 Saturday Feb. 8 Radford* Charleston, S.C. RAD leads 54-18 WBI Appearances...3 (Last vs. L, 45-37 UNC Greensboro, 2017) Tuesday Feb. 11 USC Upstate* Charleston, S.C. UPST leads 8-5 Saturday Feb. 15 at Presbyterian* Clinton, S.C. Series tied 13-13 TEAM INFORMATION Tuesday Feb. 18 UNC Asheville* Asheville, N.C. AVL leads 38-29 2018-19 Overall Record: .............................................................. 14-18 Tuesday Feb. 25 Campbell* Charleston, S.C. CAM leads 35-5 Home/Away/Neutral ..........................................................9-7/5-10/0-1 Saturday Feb. 29 at Hampton* Hampton, Va. CSU leads 2-1 Big South Conference/Finish .................................................9-9/3rd Wednesday Mar. 4 at High Point* High Point, N.C. HPU leads 30-14 Home/Away .....................................................................................2-1/1-1 Saturday Mar. 7 Longwood* Charleston, S.C. CSU leads 11-8 * - indicates Big South Conference Game COACHING STAFF Head Coach ..........................................................................Fred Applin Assistant Coach ............................................................ Brad Childers FOLLOW THE BUCS ONLINE Assistant Coach ................................................................ Deion Craig Assistant Coach ........................................................Lauren Johnson SOCIAL MEDIA KEY TEAM INFORMATION @CSUBucsWBB Lettermen Returning ............................................................................7 @CSUSports Lettermen Lost ......................................................................................6 @CSUGameDay Starters Returning ...............................................................................0 Starters Lost ..........................................................................................5 Newcomers ..............................................................................................7 Facebook.com/ CSUSports CREDITS The 2019-20 Buccaneer Women’s Basketball Media @CSUBucs Guide was created and @CSUBucsWBB designed by Seth Montgomery. Editorial assistance was provided by Derrick YouTube.com/ Bennington, Harrison Huntley, CSUSports Hannah Allison, and Nakira Hall. Photography provided by Jim Visit the all-new CSUSports.com for all of your game day, in-game, postgame coverage, as well as Killian and Regan Budig. feature stories, videos, photo galleries and more. Stay updates with all the latest Bucs coverage as the women’s basketball team heads into the 2019-20 season. CSUSPORTS.COM // @CSUSPORTS 1 The Charleston Southern Athletics Communications department’s mission is to strategically provide communication between the athletics department and its internal and external constituents, increase awareness of and interest in Buccaneer Athletics and to publicize the activities and achievements of the Athletics Communications student-athletes, teams and the athletics department. Charleston Southern University We understand the importance of assisting the media in providing coverage of the university, its 9200 University Blvd athletics programs, administrators, coaches and student-athletes. Our goal is to disseminate Charleston, SC 29406 information as widely, uniformly and fairly as possible using accepted media standards. To this end, Phone: 843-863-7853 the best attempt will be made to fill reasonable requests by recognized media outlets. Members of the media are encouraged to work with our staff to assist in that endeavor. Seth Montgomery Derrick Bennington Harrison Huntley Associate AD/Communications Associate Director/Comm. Assistant Director/Comm. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Office: 843-863-7853 Cell: 540-448-4167 Cell: 919-802-0238 Cell: 843-259-4434 Office: 843-863-7433 Office: 843-863-7289 Football, Women’s Basketball,