16 BIG 5 HALL OF FAMERS | 39 ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS | 10 MAJOR CONFERENCE AWARD WINNERS 2020-21 LA SALLE EXPLORERS WOMEN’S GAME NOTES Ed LeFurge III Assistant Director of Athletic Communications BASKETBALL Phone: 732-600-6552 | [email protected] | @LeFurgeIII 2020-21 SCHEDULE SAINT JOSEPH’S AT LA SALLE | SUN., JAN. 10 AT 2 P.M. | TOM GOLA ARENA RECORD: 3-6, 0-3 A-10, 0-2 BIG 5 LA SALLE EXPLORERS SAINT JOSEPH’S HAWKS HOME: 1-4 | AWAY: 2-2 | NEUTRAL: 0-0 Head Coach: Mountain MacGillivray Head Coach: Cindy Griffin WED., NOV. 25 HOWARD PPD Career Record: 22-48 (3rd year) Career Record: 381-300 (22nd year) Sat., Nov. 28 at Coppin State PPD Record at School: same Record at School: 333-267 (19th year) MON., NOV. 30 TOWSON L, 66-95 Wed., Dec. 2 at Monmouth W, 64-46 SAT., DEC. 5 SAINT FRANCIS (PA.) W, 76-68 NEWS & NOTES Wed., Dec. 9 at Villanova^ L, 52-78 - La Salle will host Saint Joseph’s for the second straight game. This time, it’ll FRI., DEC. 11 HOWARD L, 72-75 take place inside Tom Gola Arena and stream nationally on CBS Sports Sat., Dec. 12 at Mount St. Mary’s CANCELED Network. WED., DEC. 16 DREXEL PPD Sat., Dec. 19 at Saint Joseph’s^* PPD - In game one of the series, the Hawks claimed a convincing 65-36 victory over Mon., Dec 28 at Coppin State W, 75-49 the Blue & Gold. La Salle shot just 20.3% from the floor, including 5.3% from FRI., JAN. 1 RHODE ISLAND* L, 69-72 deep. Freshman Michelle Kozicki had a career day in points (6) and SUN., JAN. 3 MASSACHUSETTS* L, 61-78 rebounds (5), while making her first career start. Fri., Jan. 8 at Saint Joseph’s^* L, 36-65 SUN., JAN. 10 SAINT JOSEPH’S* 2 P.M. - Sophomore Claire Jacobs is fresh off of a Big 5 Player of the Week award for WED., JAN. 13 DREXEL 6 P.M. her performances last week. On the season, the Perth, Australia native is Fri., Jan. 15 at St. Bonaventure* 6 p.m. pacing the squad with 14.8 ppg on 38.6% shooting. She also sits atop the Sun., Jan. 17 at Duquesne* TBA team in steals (2.0 spg) and second in rebounds (4.4 rpg). Jacobs notched FRI., JAN. 22 GEORGE WASHINGTON* 6 P.M. her 500th career point against Coppin State to become the fastest player in SUN., JAN. 24 GEORGE MASON* 2 P.M. program history to accomplish that feat (35 games), topping Micahya Owen’s Fri., Jan. 29 at Rhode Island* TBA 42 games. Sun., Jan. 31 at Massachusetts* TBA FRI., FEB. 5 SAINT LOUIS* 6 P.M. - Junior Molly Masciantonio is second in scoring with 8.9 ppg on 33.7% from SUN., FEB. 7 DAYTON* 2 P.M. the floor. She has scored at least seven points in all but one game this Fri., Feb. 12 at Davidson* TBA season and 10+ in four after transferring from DII Holy Family. Sun., Feb. 14 at Fordham* 2 p.m. Fri., Feb. 18 at VCU* TBA - Junior Kayla Spruill sits third in scoring (8.5 ppg) and first in rebounding Sun., Feb. 20 at Richmond* 2 p.m. (5.3 rpg) but has missed the past three games. FRI., FEB. 26 DUQUESNE* 6 P.M. SUN., FEB. 28 ST. BONAVENTURE* 2 P.M. - Sophomore Jordon Lewis rounds out the top four scorers with 6.9 ppg and is shooting 40.8% from the field. ^ Philadelphia Big 5 game | * Atlantic 10 game Home games in BOLD | All times EST - Senior Kate Hill boasts 3.9 assists per game with an assist to turnover ratio FOLLOW ALONG of 2.33. She adds 5.6 ppg to her stat line. PBP: JOHN SADAK - In total, 72.9% of La Salle’s scoring this season is coming from student- ANALYST: JULIANNE VIANI-BRAEN athletes with two years or less of DI experience. - La Salle is second in the A-10 in three-point field goals attempted (245) and SIDEARMSTATS.COM/LASALLE/WBBALL three-point field goals made (70). THINGS TO LOOK FOR... PROJECTED STARTERS - Claire Jacobs has scored 15+ in all but three games this season, including 10+ in 16 of her last 18 - Molly Masciantonio has scored at least seven points in all but one game this season - La Salle is looking to snap a three-game losing streak KATE AMY MOLLY CLAIRE MICHELLE FOLLOW US! #4 HILL #24 JACOBS #12 MASCIANTONIO #10 JACOBS #20 KOZICKI PPG: 5.6 PPG: 4.4 PPG: 8.9 PPG: 14.8 PPG: 2.3 @LaSalle_WBB RPG: 1.1 RPG: 2.8 RPG: 2.2 RPG: 4.4 RPG: 1.7 APG: 3.9 FG%: 28.0 FG%: 33.7 FG%: 38.6 FG% 38.9 #Limitless | #LaSalleWBB FG%: 39.0 3FG%: 20.0 3FG%: 26.1 3FG%: 30.8 3FG%: 0.0 LA SALLE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 LA SALLE EXPLORERS # Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown / High School (Previous School) 1 Jete Nulle G 5-6 Fr. Garkalne, Latvia / Rige French Lycee 2 Kayla Richardson F 5-11 Fr. Red Bank, N.J. / Middletown South 3 Kayla Braxton-Young G 5-7 So. Newark, Del. / Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical 4 Kate Hill G 5-7 Sr. Toronto, Ontario, Canada / The Peddie School (Rutgers) 5 Christina Kline G 5-10 So. Winter Garden, Fla. / West Orange 10 Claire Jacobs G 6-0 So. Perth, Australia / Kennedy Baptist College 11 Deja King G 5-7 Sr. Trenton, N.J. / Life Center Academy 12 Molly Masciantonio G 5-10 Jr. Morton, Pa. / Archbishop Carroll (Holy Family) 13 Morgan Adams C 6-1 Fr. New Oxford, Pa. / New Oxford 14 Haleigh Hill F 6-0 Sr. Allen, Texas / Allen (Dodge City CC/South Plains) 15 Kayla Spruill G/F 6-0 Jr. Baltimore, Md. / Western School of Technology and Environmental Science 20 Michelle Kozicki C 6-0 Fr. Wilmington, Del. / Padua Academy 21 Jaye Haynes G 5-8 Fr. Fort Washington, Pa. / Germantown Academy 22 Jordon Lewis F 5-10 So. Houston, Texas / Westside 24 Amy Jacobs G 6-0 So. Perth, Australia / Kennedy Baptist College Head Coach: Mountain MacGillivray – Third Season (Temple ‘96) Associate Head Coach: Chris Day – Third Season (West Chester ‘97) Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Boo Abshire – Third Season (Quinnipiac ‘15) Assistant Coach: Ali Sanders – First Season (Southeastern ‘16) Director of Operations: Kim Brady – Second Season (UMass ‘10) PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHUNS: ALPHABETICAL ROSTER ROSTER BY CLASS 1 - Yet-TAY Nola Morgan Adams Fr. C 6-1 Senior (3): Haleigh Hill, Kate Hill, Deja 11 – Day-juh Kayla Braxton-Young So. G 5-7 King 12 – Mass-in-tone-ee-oh Jaye Haynes Fr. G 5-8 Haleigh Hill Sr. F 6-0 15 – Sprool Junior (2): Molly Masciantonio, Kayla 20 - Kuh-zicki Kate Hill Sr. G 5-7 Amy Jacobs So. G 6-0 Spruill Claire Jacobs So. G 6-0 HC – Muh-gill-vree Deja King Sr. G 5-7 Sophomore (5): Kayla Braxton-Young, Christina Kline So. G 5-10 Amy Jacobs, Claire Jacobs, Christina Michelle Kozicki Fr. C 6-1 Kline, Jordon Lewis Jordon Lewis So. F 5-10 Molly Masciantonio Jr. G 5-10 Jete Nulle Fr. G 5-6 Freshman (5): Morgan Adams, Jaye Kayla Richardson Fr. F 5-11 Haynes, Michelle Kozicki, Jete Nulle, Kayla Spruill Jr. G/F 6-0 Kayla Richardson PAGE 2 #LIMITLESS LA SALLE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GIVE US SOME SPACE! QUICK FACTS The correct spelling of our University is “La Salle,” with a space in the middle. Please do not use “LaSalle.” ALL-TIME First Year of Competition.......... 1972-73 ONE OF A KIND Record ..................................712-634 (.529) With over 1,100 schools across three divisions in the NCAA, the La Salle Atlantic 10 Record ..........138-235 (.370) Explorers are the only institution with the nickname ‘Explorers.’ A-10 Championship Record (app.) ....13-21 (21) NCAA Tournament Record ...................1-4 FAKE NEWS? NCAA Appearances .....‘83, ‘86, ‘88, ‘89 La Salle University’s nickname – the Explorers – was announced by The WNIT Record .............................................0-3 Collegian in March 1932 as the winning entry to a student contest. How- WNIT Appearances ................................ ‘92 ever, in the fall of 1931, a Baltimore sportswriter covering the La Salle/St. John’s (Md.) football game erroneously alluded to La Salle as being named TEAM INFORMATION for the French explorer La Salle, not St. John Baptist de La Salle. Were the Head Coach ......Mountain MacGillivray two events related? We’ll never know for sure. Alma Mater (Year) ................Temple (‘96) Career Record .................................... 22-48 OH, WHAT A YEAR! Atlantic 10 Record .............................10-25 The 2020-21 season will be unlike any other due to the COVID-19 pandem- Record at La Salle/Years ............................ ic. La Salle has already had 11 schedule changes. Due to the pandemic, ................................. Same/Second Season this is the latest the Explorers have started a season since 1994-95 (Dec. Associate Head Coach .........Chris Day 1). Assistant Coach ................ Boo Abshire Assistant Coach ..................Ali Sanders ROBBING THE CRADLE Director of Operations ....... Kim Brady Collectively, the Explorers enter the 2020-21 season with 13 of 15 stu- dent-athletes with two years or less of DI experience and an average age THE EXPLORERS of 19.3. La Salle is tied with Oral Roberts, Incarnate Wood, and Montana Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........10/4 State for the youngest average team age in the nation. Starters Returning/Lost ...................... 4/1 Newcomers .................................................... 5 UNITED AS ONE 2019-20 Overall Record ................... 13-17 During the 2020-21 season, the Explorers will be wearing 2019-20 A-10 Record ...........................