2015-16 Liberty Game No. 18 - January 23, 2016 Women’s Basketball Schedule/Results Liberty LADY FLAMES Overall: 9-8 (9-8, 6-2 Big South) Big South: 6-2 11/13 at Appalachian State W, 74-68 11/16 ELON W, 72-63 at 11/20 NC STATE L, 53-61 11/23 at James Madison L, 56-72 South Point Thanksgiving Shootout Longwood LANCERS (Las Vegas, Nev.) 11/27 vs. No. 11/14 Ohio St. L, 65-75 (5-13, 2-7 Big South) 11/28 vs. No. 16/15 Cal L, 72-77 12/2 at Gardner-Webb * L, 57-61 Farmville, Va. - Willett Hall - 2 p.m. 12/5 CHARLESTON SO. * W, 51-40 12/12 SETON HALL L, 56-92 12/17 at No. 13/11 Duke L, 41-79 Today’s Game 12/19 SHEPHERD W, 69-57 Liberty (9-8, 6-2 Big South) will close out its two-game road swing at Longwood (5-13, 12/29 at Campbell * W, 62-52 2-7 Big South), Saturday at 2 p.m. inside Willett Hall. The contest will be the 36th all-time 1/2 at Radford * W, 49-43 meeting between the Route 460 foes. 1/4 UNC ASHEVILLE * W, 71-53 1/9 at Presbyterian * L, 42-60 1/16 WINTHROP * W, 77-61 The “Starting Five” - Liberty’s Top Storylines 1/19 at Coastal Carolina * W, 65-63 1) Liberty has moved into a fi ve-way tie for fi rst place in the Big South standings, thanks 1/23 at Longwood * 2 p.m. to six wins in its last seven games. Conversely, Longwood has lost four games in a row, 1/26 GARDNER-WEBB * 7 p.m. 1/30 HIGH POINT * 2 p.m. sliding to 10th place in the conference standings. 2/1 at Charleston So. * 7 p.m. 2/7 RADFORD * 2 p.m. 2) Liberty has won 13 consecutive meetings with Longwood since the Lancers’ last win 2/9 CAMPBELL * 7 p.m. over the Lady Flames on Feb. 12, 1988. The Lady Flames have been victorious in fi ve 2/13 at UNC Asheville * 2 p.m. 2/20 COASTAL CAROLINA * 4 p.m. straight visits to Willett Hall and are 11-1 in their last 12 matchups with in-state opponents. 2/23 at High Point * 7 p.m. Meanwhile, Longwood has lost eight consecutive Big South home games, including all 2/27 LONGWOOD * 3 p.m. four of its conference tilts in Farmville this season. 3/1 at Winthrop * 7 p.m. 3/5 PRESBYTERIAN * 2 p.m. 3) Liberty has outrebounded Longwood by an average of 26.6 boards per game during the Big South WBB Championship teams’ last seven meetings. This season, the Lady Flames’ rebound margin is +7.2, while (Asheville, N.C.) the Lancers’ rebound margin is -9.1. 3/10 First Round 2/4:30/7 p.m. 3/11 Quarterfi nals 12/2/6/8 p.m. 3/12 Semifi nals 2/4 p.m. 4) Catherine Kearney is coming off of a double-double (16 points, 11 rebounds) at Coastal 3/13 Championship Game 2 p.m. Carolina on Tuesday. She is averaging 14.9 ppg and 9.0 rpg in seven games since Ashley NCAA Division I WBB Championship Rininger’s injury. Kearney has only played against Longwood twice in her career. 3/18 First Round TBA 3/19 First Round TBA 3/20 Second Round TBA 5) Jaymee Fisher-Davis is shooting 55 percent (11-of-20) from three-point range in the 3/21 Second Round TBA last four games. For her career, the senior is 54.2 percent (13-of-24) from beyond the arc Home Games in BOLD CAPS when facing Longwood. All times are Eastern Standard Time * - Big South Conference Game Liberty’s Possible Starters (Based Upon Previous Game’s Starters) Media Information No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. PPG RPG Stats/Notes Radio 3 Sadalia Ellis G 5-6 Sr. 10.7 2.9 3.1 apg Station ....... WQLU “The Light” (90.9 FM) Play-By-Play ........................... Jamie Hall 23 Brooke Alexander G 6-0 Fr. 2.6 1.5 1.4 apg Color .................................................. N/A 1 Mickayla Sanders F 6-0 Jr. 11.6 5.1 1.6 3FG/game Television 44 Catherine Kearney F 6-6 R-Sr. 8.7 6.9 1.1 bpg Station ............................................ None 34 Katelyn Adams C 6-5 R-Sr. 6.2 8.5 77.8 FT% Play-By-Play ...................................... N/A Available Reserves Color .................................................. N/A Sidelines ............................................ N/A 2 Candice Leatherwood G 5-6 So. 4.1 1.5 1.8 apg 4 Tatyana Crowder G 5-6 Fr. 0.2 0.1 0.2 apg Video Streaming Big South Network 5 Stephanie Patton G 5-8 Fr. 0.4 0.5 0.3 spg 10 Jaymee Fisher-Davis G 5-7 Sr. 6.6 1.4 1.7 3FG/game Social Media @LibertyFlames (Twitter/Instagram) 20 Sheana Vega G 5-8 So. 1.5 1.2 33.3 3FG% @LUGameday (Twitter) 21 Mikal Johnson G 5-8 R-Jr. 2.9 2.5 1.1 apg @LibertyWBB (Twitter) 30 KK Barbour F 6-1 Fr. 1.2 1.6 0.2 spg Facebook.com/LibertyFlamesAthletics Facebook.com/LibertyWBB 32 Jordan Woods F/C 6-2 R-So. 1.8 1.1 0.3 bpg 40 Molly Reagan F/C 6-2 Fr. 1.4 1.3 9-10 FT 22015-16015-16 LibertyLiberty 2015-16 Liberty University Women’s Basketball Roster WWomen’somen’s BBasketballasketball No. Name Year Pos. Ht. Hometown/Previous School QQuickuick FFactsacts 00 Kaila Ballard Fr. G/F 5-10 Gatesville, N.C./Gates County HS 1 Mickayla Sanders Jr. F 6-0 Clayton, N.C./Cary Academy GGeneraleneral IInformationnformation 2 Candice Leatherwood So. G 5-6 Detroit, Mich./Farmington Hills Mercy HS NNameame ooff SSchoolchool ...................... LLibertyiberty UUniversityniversity 3 Sadalia Ellis Sr. G 5-6 Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls HS CCity/Zipity/Zip .................................. LLynchburg,ynchburg, VVa.a. 2451524515 4 Tatyana Crowder Fr. G 5-6 Roanoke, Va./Liberty Christian Academy FFoundedounded ....................................................................................11971971 EEnrollmentnrollment ........................................................................114,5004,500 5 Stephanie Patton Fr. G 5-8 Hiawassee, Ga./Hayesville HS NNicknameickname........................................................ LLadyady FFlameslames 10 Jaymee Fisher-Davis Sr. G 5-7 Charlotte, N.C./Butler HS SSchoolchool ColorsColors ........................ RRed,ed, WWhitehite & BBluelue HHomeome AArenarena................................................ VVinesines CCenterenter 12 Audrey Rettstatt Jr. F 5-11 Galena, Ohio/Worthington Christian HS CCapacityapacity....................................................................................99,443,443 13 Kaitlyn Stovall Fr. F/C 6-3 Hopewell, Va./Home Schooled AAfffi lliationiation ................................................ NNCAACAA DDivisionivision I CConferenceonference ............................................................ BBigig SSouthouth 20 Sheana Vega So. G 5-8 Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial HS FFounderounder .................................................. DDr.r. JJerryerry FFalwellalwell 21 Mikal Johnson R-Jr. G 5-8 Manassas, Va./Rider PPresidentresident ................................................JJerryerry FFalwellalwell JJr.r. 23 Brooke Alexander Fr. G/F 6-0 Frisco, Texas/Prestonwood Christian Acad. DDirectorirector ooff AAthleticsthletics................................ JJeffeff BBarberarber AAthleticsthletics DDept.ept. PPhonehone .......... ((434)434) 5582-210082-2100 30 KK Barbour Fr. F 6-1 Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle HS 32 Jordan Woods R-So. F/C 6-2 Mount Holly, N.J./Burlington Cty. College WWomen’somen’s BBasketballasketball IInformationnformation HHeadead CCoachoach................................................ CCareyarey GreenGreen 34 Katelyn Adams R-Sr. F/C 6-5 Burnsville, Minn./Minnehaha Academy AAlmalma MMaterater ........................ CCoastaloastal CCarolina,arolina, ‘79‘79 40 Molly Reagan Fr. F/C 6-2 Braintree, Mass./Braintree HS RRecordecord aatt SSchoolchool .......... 3392-13692-136 ((17th17th Year)Year) CCareerareer RRecordecord .............................................................. SSameame 44 Catherine Kearney R-Sr. F/C 6-6 Monroeville, N.J./Gloucester Cty. Christ. AAssistantssistant CCoachesoaches 55 Ashley Rininger R-Sr. F/C 6-4 Canton, Ohio/GlenOak HS ......................AAlexislexis SherardSherard (St.(St. MMichael’s,ichael’s, ‘93)‘93) .................................. AAndyndy BBloodworthloodworth (Calvin,(Calvin, ‘98)‘98) ................................................BBrittanyrittany HHoytoyt ((Liberty,Liberty, ‘‘11)11) Coaching and Support Staff CCertiertifi eedd AthleticAthletic TTrainerrainer Head Coach: Carey Green, 17th Year (Coastal Carolina, ‘79) ......................................................BBenen GGalleyalley (Liberty,(Liberty, ‘09)‘09) Assistant Coach: Alexis Sherard, Ninth Year (St. Michael’s, ‘93) HHistoryistory Assistant Coach: Andy Bloodworth, Ninth Year (Calvin, ‘98) FFirstirst SSeasoneason ooff BBasketballasketball ....................11975-76975-76 AAll-Timell-Time RRecordecord ....................................................6663-46463-464 Assistant Coach: Brittany Hoyt, Third Year (Liberty, ‘11) NNCAACAA TTournamentournament AppearancesAppearances ..................1166 Director of Operations: Sarah Boruta, Fifth Year (Ferris State, ’08) LLastast NNCAACAA AAppearanceppearance ......................................22015015 Graduate Assistant: Joyous Tharrington, Second Year (George Mason, ‘13) OOpponentpponent ....................................................NNorthorth CCarolinaarolina RResultesult ........................................LL/65-71/65-71 ((FirstFirst RRound)ound) Certifi ed Athletic Trainer: Ben Galley, Fourth Year (Liberty, ’09) FFinal/Highestinal/Highest RankingRanking .............................................. NN/A/A FFinalinal 22014-15014-15 RecordRecord ..............................................226-76-7 CConferenceonference Record/FinishRecord/Finish ....................119-1/1st9-1/1st Pronunciation Guide SStarterstarters RReturning/Losteturning/Lost..............................................33/2/2 Kaila Ballard ........................................................................ Kay-luh Ballard LLetterwinnersetterwinners Returning/LostReturning/Lost............................99/5/5