ETSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL2020-21 GAME NOTES SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 3:00 PM WILLETT HALL FARMVILLE, VA. EAST TENNESSEE STATE LONGWOOD SCHEDULE (r: 0-0, H: 0-0; A: 0-0) 2020-21 Record 0-0 | 0-0 SoCon 2020-21 Record 0-0 | 0-0 SoCon 9-21 | 4-10 SoCon 12-18 | 8-12 Big South) Date Opponent Time/Result 2019-20 Record 2019-20 Record Last Game -- Last Game -- NOVEMBER (0-0) Head Coach Brittney Ezell (101-115 at ETSU) Head Coach Rebecca Tillett (15-45 at Longwood) Sat 28 at Longwood 3 pm ETSU Stat Leaders Longwood Stat Leaders Scoring E’Lease Stafford (12.7 ppg) Scoring Kyla McMakin (12.7 ppg) DECEMBER (0-0) Rebounding Shynia Jackson (5.4 rpg) Rebounding Akila Smith (6.6 rpg) Tue 1 at Tennessee TBD Assists Kaia Upton (3.3 apg) Assists Tra’dayja Smith (6.5 apg) Tue 8 at Vanderbilt TBD Blocks Shynia Jackson (21 blocks) Blocks Akila Smith (73 blocks) Sun 13 PRESBYTERIAN TBD SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE Fri 18 at Davidson TBD FOLLOW THE BUCS Coverage ESPN+ Sun 20 APPALACHIAN STATE TBD PxP Brian Rushing Thu 31 NEWBERRY TBD Y ETSU_WBB Color Katherine Pate JANUARY (0-0) P ETSU_WBB Sat 9 at Chattanooga ^ TBD Radio WXSM 680 Mike Gallagher Thu 14 MERCER ^ TBD X ETSU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PxP Sat 16 SAMFORD ^ TBD Thu 21 at Furman ^ 7 pm Sat 23 at Wofford ^ 2 pm Thu 28 UNCG ^ TBD THE Matchup PROJECTED STARTERS Sat 30 WESTERN CAROLINA ^ TBD OVERALL: 0-1 (2ND MEETING) AT ETSU: N/A SHYNIA JACKSON FEBRUARY (0-0) AT LONGWOOD: N/A JR • FORWARD Sat 6 CHATTANOOGA ^ TBD 13 NEURTAL GAMES: N/A WARNER ROBINS, GA. Thu 11 at Samford ^ 7:30 pm CURRENT STREAK: L1 EZELL VS. LONGWOOD: 0-0 Sat 13 at Mercer ^ TBD 20.1 8.5 5.4 44.2 Thu 18 WOFFORD ^ TBD Minutes PPG RPG FG% Sat 20 FURMAN ^ TBD THE SHOOTAROUND Thu 25 at Western Carolina ^ TBD KAIA UPTON •In a season unheralded from any other, the Bucs finally make their Sat 27 at UNCG ^ TBD JR • GUARD way back on the hardwood when they meet Big South foe Longwood 14 MARCH (0-0) on Saturday. ETSU brings back a core trio, E’Lease Stafford, Kaia NASHVILLE, TENN. Thu 4 SoCon Quarterfinals TBD Upton and Shynia Jackson looking to build on their impressive soph- omore campaigns. The Buccaneer lineup this season comes with an 35.7 6.8 3.7 2.20 Fri 5 SoCon Semifinals TBD Minutes PPG aPG spg Sun 7 SoCon Championship TBD assortment of fresh faces, five freshman and two transfers joining the squad after the 2019-20 squad saw no rookies on the bench. Home games in BOLD CAPS ^ - SoCon game AMAYA ADAMS •For the first time since 1977, the Bucs and Lancers face head- 21 JR • GUARD WE ARE “ETSU” to-head when ETSU heads to Farmville, Va. The 43 year hiatus KANSAS CITY, MO. The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics between the two sides marks the longest break between games would like to ask both the print and broadcast media of foes in the 2020-21 season. ETSU looks to avenge a 63-82 loss 21.3 3.8 2.5 41.8 to honor our request to be called “ETSU” ... East in the series opener. Minutes PPG APG FG% Tennessee State University in first reference is accept- able, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics please use ETSU ... Our nickname is •Longwood comes off a season in which the Lancers finished 12-18, MYKIA DOWDELL the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable. a nine game improvement from the first year under Rebecca Tillett. 34 SO • FORWARD Tillett brings back four starters from her squad in 19-20, including OAK RIDGE, TENN. ETSU QUICK FACTS the Big South Freshman of the Year Kyla McMakin. The Lancers return their leaders in points, assists, rebounds and steals and two -- -- -- -- PRESIDENT: DR. BRIAN NOLAND Big South All-Freshman Team selections. Minutes PPG RPG BPG DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: SCOTT CARTER NICKNAME (COLORS): BUCS (NAVY & GOLD) •An ETSU win would: E’LEASE STAFFORD CONFERENCE: SOUTHERN - put the Bucs at 1-0 for the first time since the 2017-18 season. JR • FORWARD - move Ezell’s ETSU record in season-openers to 5-3. 44 HOME ARENA (CAPACITY): BROOKS GYM (3,500) LAWRENCE, KAN. COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT: MIKE GALLAGHER - give the Bucs a 4-4 mark in the first road game of the campaign under the Ezell Era. CELL PHONE: (612-865-7052) 28.6 10.7 4.2 36.2 Minutes PPG RPG 3FG% EMAIL: [email protected] 58.7 68.3 37.0 41.6 28.3 30.1 69.6 33.9 -6.5 9.8 0.6 7.2 3.3 Points Scoring FG% FG% 3FG% 3FG% FT% REbounds Rebound Assists AST-TO Steals Blocks Per Game Defense Defense Defense Per GAme Margin Per Game Ratio Per Game Per Game 67.8 69.1 41.0 39.0 32.7 32.5 75.2 37.3 -3.4 14.0 0.8 8.8 6..0 1 ETSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL2020-21 GAME NOTES NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown/Previous School 1 Carly Hooks G 5’8” FR Atlanta, Ga./Westlake HS 2 Imani Williams G/F 5’11” FR Kankakee, Ill./Kankakee HS 3 Ashawntae Brown F 6’2” JR San Antonio, Texas/Weatherford College 5 Abby Carrington G/F 5’10” FR Westlake, Ohio/Westlake HS 10 Courtney Moore G 5’7” FR Gainesville, Fla./PK Yonge 13 Shynia Jackson F 6’1” JR Warner Robins, Ga./Warner Robins HS 14 Kaia Upton G 5’6” JR Nashville, Tenn./East Nashville Magnet HS 20 Kelly Post G 5’6” GR Fayetteville, N.C./University of Mount Olive 21 Amaya Adams G 5’10” JR Kansas City, Mo./Notre Dame de Sion HS 23 Jasmine Sanders G 6’0” JR Charlotte, N.C./Troy 24 Jakhyia Davis C 6’3” FR Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden HS 34 Mykia Dowdell F 5’9” SO Oak Ridge, Tenn./MTSU 44 E’Lease Stafford G/F 6’0” JR Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence HS Head Coach: Brittney Ezell (8th Season) Assistant Coach: Liberty Del Rosario (1st Season) Assistant Coach: Britney Snowden (1st Season) Director of Basketball Operations: Dakota Love Assistant Director of Basketball Sport Performance: Autumn Lockwood ALPHABETICAL ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN 21 Amaya Adams G 5’10” SO Kansas City, Mo./Notre Dame de Sion HS 3 Ashawntae Brown F 6’2” JR San Antonio, Tex./Weatherford College BUCS BY CLASS 5 Abby Carrington G/F 5’10” FR Westlake, Ohio/Westlake High School GRADUATES...............................................................1 24 Jakhyia Davis C 6’3” FR Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden High School SENIORS ...................................................................0 34 Mykia Dowdell F 5’9” SO Oak Ridge, Tenn./MTSU JUNIORS ................................................................... 6 1 Carly Hooks G 5’8” FR Atlanta, Ga./Westlake High School SOPHOMORES ..........................................................1 13 Shynia Jackson F 6’1” SO Warner Robins, Ga./Warner Robins HS FRESHMEN ............................................................... 5 10 Courtney Moore G 5’7” FR Gainesville, Fla./PK Yonge Developmental School 20 Kelly Post G 5’6” GR Fayetteville, N.C./University of Mount Olive 23 Jasmine Sanders G 6’0” JR Charlotte, N.C./Troy BUCS BY POSITION 44 E’Lease Stafford G/F 6’0” SO Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence HS GUARDS .................................................................... 6 14 Kaia Upton G 5’6” SO Nashville, Tenn./East Nashville Magnet HS COMBO ..................................................................... 3 2 Imani Williams G/F 5’11” FR Kankakee, Ill./Kankakee High School FORWARDS .............................................................. 3 CENTERS ....................................................................1 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE BUCS BY STATE TENNESSEE .............................................................. 3 3 Ashawntae Brown ..............................................................Uh-shawn-tae GEORGIA ................................................................... 2 13 Shynia Jackson .......................................................................Shuh-ny-uh 14 Kaia Upton ........................................................................................Ky-uh NORTH CAROLINA ................................................... 2 21 Amaya Adams ............................................................................Uh-my-uh FLORIDA .....................................................................1 24 Jakhyia Davis .............................................................................Juh-ky-uh ILLINOIS .....................................................................1 34 Mykia Dowdell ......................................................................... Muh-ky-uh KANSAS......................................................................1 44 E’Lease Stafford ...........................................................................Uh-lease OHIO ..........................................................................1 MISSOURI ..................................................................1 TEXAS.........................................................................1 2 ETSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL2020-21 GAME NOTES GENERAL INFORMATION Saving Their Best: ability to pull out games that were in question entering the Location .......................................................Johnson City, Tenn. • ETSU has been extremely consistent in their league success deciding minutes, as ETSU went 7-2 in contests separated by Founded ................................................................................. 1911 since rejoining the Southern Conference. The Blue & Gold seven points or less. Enrollment ........................................................................ 13,800 have concluded their league regular season above .500 in five Nickname .......................................................Buccaneers (Bucs) of their six seasons since coming back to the SoCon, finishing We Have The Power: Colors ....................................................... Navy Blue & Old Gold in the top half of the league the same amount of times. •ETSU’s 67-60 win over