2020-21 MIDDLE TENNESSEE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Tony Stinnett • Associate Athletic Communciations Director • 1500 Greenland Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37132 • O: (615) 898-5270 • C: (615) 631-9521 • [email protected] 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 22: MIDDLE TENNESSEE VS. LA TECH/MARSHALL Thursday, March 11 , 2021 // 2:00 PM // Frisco, Texas OVERALL: 14-7 C-USA: 12-4 GAME INFORMATION THE TREND HOME: 8-5 AWAY: 6-2 NEUTRAL: 0-0 Venue: Ford Center at The Star (12,000) Location: Frisco, Texas NOVEMBER Tip-Off Time: 2:00 PM 25 No. 5 Louisville Cancelled Radio: WGNS 100.5 FM, 101.9 FM; 1450-AM Talent: Dick Palmer (pxp) 29 Vanderbilt Cancelled Television: Stadium Talent: Chris Vosters (pxp) DECEMBER John Giannini (analyst) 6 Belmont L, 64-70 Live Stats: GoBlueRaiders.com ANASTASIA HAYES is the Conference USA Player of the 9 Tulane L, 78-81 Twitter Updates: @MT_WBB Year. 13 at TCU L, 77-83 THE BREAKDOWN 17 Troy W, 92-76 20 Lipscomb W, 84-64 JANUARY 1 Florida Atlantic* W, 84-64 2 Florida Atlantic* W, 66-64 8 at FIU* W, 69-65 9 at FIU* W, 99-89 LADY RAIDERS (14-7) C-USA CHAMPIONSHIP 15 Southern Miss* W, 78-58 Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. Location: Frisco, Texas 16 Southern Miss* L, 61-69 Enrollment: 21,720 Venue: Ford Center at The Star 22 at WKU* (ESPN+) W, 75-65 President: Dr. Sidney A. McPhee C-USA Championship Record: 10-4 Director of Athletics: Chris Massaro All-Time Conf. Tourn. Record: 61-23 23 at WKU* (ESPN+) W, 77-60 SWA: Diane Turnham Tourn. Record Under Insell: 29-7 (.806) 28 at UAB* (ESPN+) W, 81-78 (OT) Head Coach: Rick Insell Semifinal Appearances: 33 30 UAB* (ESPN+) W, 95-68 16th Season at MT: 375-137 (.732) Championship Game Appearances: 23 16th Season Overall: Same Conference Tourn. Championships: 15 FEBRUARY QUICK HITTERS 5 at Charlotte* W, 77-70 6 at Charlotte* (ESPN+) L, 72-82 • Middle Tennessee has cliched a first-round bye for the Conference USA Championship. • Anastasia Hayes leads C-USA in scoring, assists and steals. 20 at Louisiana Tech* (ESPN+) Cancelled • Anastasia Hayes is on the Midseason Watch List for the Naismith Award and the Wade Trophy. She’s on the Late Season Watch List 21 at Louisiana Tech* Cancelled for the Dawn Staley Award and a semifinalist for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year. • Aislynn Hayes became just the second Lady Raider ever to be named Freshman All-American when she was so honored by Her 26 Old Dominion* (ESPN3) L, 57-74 Hoops Stats in 2019-20. She was named to the Preseason All C-USA team. 27 Old Dominion* (ESPN+) W, 74-70 • Rick Insell is Middle Tennessee’s all-time winningest basketball coach with 375 wins. • The Lady Raiders have three international players on the roster - the most ever for a single season at Middle Tennessee: Jada Grannum (Canada), Kseniia “Ksyusha” Kozlova (Russia) and Anabel Latorre (Spain). MARCH • The Lady Raiders feature a pair of sisters on the roster and all four of them played at Riverdale HS in Murfreesboro, Tenn. They are 4 Marshall* (ESPN+) 6:00 PM junior twins Alexis and Amanda Whittington, and Aislynn and Anastasia Hayes. 5 Marshall* (ESPN+) 6:00 PM PROJECTED STARTERS 11 LA Tech/Marshall^ (Stadium) 2:00 PM 12 C-USA Championship^ (Stadium) 8:30 PM MIDDLE TENNESSEE Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG FG% 3FG% FT% G 1 Anastasia HAYES 5-7 r-Jr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 26.8 5.7 .453 .227 .635 13 C-USA Championship^ (CBSSN) 5:00 PM G 11 Aislynn HAYES 5-6 So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 14.3 6.5 .335 .273 .667 F 23 Alexis WHITTINGTON 5-11 Jr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 7.5 6.2 .340 .320 .788 Home games in bold, all times Central G 31 Deja CAGE 5-8 r-Sr.-TR Chicago, Ill. 11.8 4.9 .405 .338 .593 F 33 Courtney WHITSON 6-0 So. Kingsport, Tenn. 10.2 8.3 .391 .336 .824 * - C-USA game; ^ - C-USA Championship, Frisco, Texas RESERVES Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG FG% 3FG% FT% G 3 Taylor LEWIS 5-10 Fr. Columbia, S.C. 2.0 3.0 .238 .091 .700 FOLLOW THE RAIDERS F 12 Jada GRANNUM 6-3 Fr. Mississauga, Ontario 1.2 2.0 .111 .000 .625 F 15 Anabel LATORRE 6-3 Fr. Zaragoza, Spain 0.0 2.0 .000 .000 .000 Twitter: @MT_WBB F 24 Amanda WHITTINGTON 5-10 So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 0.9 0.2 .250 .250 .000 Instagram: @MT_WBB F 30 Rellah BOOTHE 6-3 r-Jr. Ocala, Fla. 4.8 2.9 .403 .313 .667 Facebook: MTSU Women’s Basketball F 32 Kseniia “Ksyusha” KOZLOVA 6-4 Fr. Moscow, Russia 2.2 2.5 .447 .000 .600 Website: GoBlueRaiders.com * - projections based on previous game’s lineup AIR FORCE RESERVE CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP • MARCH 9-13, 2021 • FRISCO, TEXAS Like Father, Like Son (Or Daughter) Conference Tournament Titles By Year Blue Raider History • Middle Tennessee women’s basketball is one of five Ohio Valley (6) Sun Belt (7) C-USA (2) Years of Basketball 46th season Division I programs nationally where a son or daughter 1982-83 2003-04 2013-14 First Intercollegiate Season 1975-76 works as an assistant to their father/mother. 1983-84 2004-05 2015-16 All-Time Head Coaches 7 1984-85 2005-06 All-Time Record 940-436 (.684) School Head Coach Assistant 1985-86 2006-07 Winning Seasons 43 Baylor Kim Mulkey MaKenzie Fuller 1987-88 2008-09 .500 Seasons 1 DePaul Doug Bruno Bradley Bruno 1997-98 2009-10 Losing Seasons 2 Iowa St. Bill Fennelly Billy Fennelly 2012-13 20+ Win Seasons 27 MT Rick Insell Matt Insell Oklahoma Sherri Coale Colton Coale Always Well Prepared Conference History • MT is 12-2 in quarterfinal action under HC Rick Insell. Win-Loss Record 507-149 (.775) • Billy Fennelly, Matt Insell and Colton Coale are full-time • The only losses in such games under Insell came in 2011 Regular-Season Titles 19 assistant coaches; MaKenzie Fuller is associate director of when the Lady Raiders lost to Arkansas State, 77-62, just Tournament Titles 15 operations and Bradley Bruno is director of operations. days after the death of senior captain Tina Stewart. Winning Seasons in League Play 42 • Rick and Matt Insell made history when MT and Ole • The other came at the hands of Rice in 2017-18. .500 Seasons 1 Miss played Nov. 23, 2014, while Matt was serving as head coach of the Rebels. It marked the first time in Losing Seasons 1 Quarterfinal Tournament Games NCAA Divsion I WBB history that a father and son faced (Under Insell) one another as head coaches. MT won the game, 71-65. Date Opponent Score Conference NCAA Tournament 03/04/06 Louisiana W, 84-58 Sun Belt Appearances 18 Insell All-Time Winningest Hoops Coach At MT 03/03/07 South Alabama W, 79-52 Sun Belt Most Recent Appearance 2015-16 • Lady Raider HC Rick Insell is the all-time winningest 03/07/08 Troy W, 74-51 Sun Belt (1983-86, 2004-07, 2009-14) basketball coach in MT history with 375 wins. 03/07/09 New Orleans W, 82-47 Sun Belt Won-Loss Record 5-18 • Insell earned his 350th win in just his 476th game when 03/07/10 North Texas W, 106-66 Sun Belt Sweet 16s 0 MT defeated Marshall, 75-55, Jan. 9, 2020. 03/06/11 Arkansas State L, 62-77 Sun Belt Elite Eights 0 • Insell surpassed former men’s basketball coach Kermit 03/04/12 WKU W, 65-57 Sun Belt Final Fours 0 Davis, who won 332 games in his 16 years. 03/09/13 UL-Monroe W, 59-56 Sun Belt Championships 0 • All of Insell’s wins are against Division I foes as he 03/13/14 UAB W, 69-59 USA has never scheduled a non-Division I regular-season 03/12/15 LA Tech W, 77-58 USA WNIT Tournament opponent in his 15 seasons leading MT. 03/10/16 Rice W, 74-54 USA Appearances 7 • Insell became the winningest coach in MT women’s 03/09/17 Rice W, 61-59 USA Most Recent Appearance 2019 history on Jan. 5, 2013 with a 60-39 win against South 03/08/18 Rice L, 53-61 USA Consecutive Appearances 3 Ala., which was win No. 183, surpassing Lewis Bivens. 03/14/19 UTEP W, 66-44 USA Won-Loss Record 7-7 2020 Tournament Canceled (COVID-19) Conference Tournament Tidbits • MT owns a 61-23 all-time mark in conference Vs. Conference USA National Rankings tournaments that spans the school’s tenure in three Highest Regular-Season Ranking #16 • MT is 105-31 vs. C-USA members since joining the different conferences: the Ohio Valley, Sun Belt and league in 2013-14, which are the most of any league (AP & Coaches - 2006-07) C-USA. member during this span. Highest Preseason Ranking #24 • MT owns a 29-7 all-time conference tournament • Overall, Rick Insell’s teams are 232-46 vs. league foes, (AP - 2009-10) record under HC Rick Insell, including seven conference having posted a 127-15 mark in the Sun Belt Conference. Ranked in final AP Top 25 1, #17, 2007 tournament titles in 14 seasons. Ranked in final Coaches Top 25 1, #23, 2007 • MT has appeared in the conference tournament Total Weeks in the AP Poll 21 championship game in 13 of the last 17 seasons.