2018-19 Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Friday, November 16, 2018 Contact: Keith Nunez | Email: [email protected] Mercedes-Benz Superdome 1500 Sugar Bowl Drive New Orleans, LA 70112 | SunBeltSports.org | @SunBelt | #SunBeltWBB - Appalachian State - Little Rock - Arkansas State - Coastal Carolina - Georgia Southern - Georgia State - Louisiana - ULM - South Alabama - UTA - Texas State - Troy - 2018-19 SUN BELT CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS Conference Overall W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Away Neutral Last 10 Streak Georgia State 0-0 0.000 0.0 0.0 3-0 1.000 70.7 61.0 1-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 W 3 South Alabama 0-0 0.000 0.0 0.0 2-0 1.000 76.0 62.5 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 W 2 Coastal Carolina 0-0 0.000 0.0 0.0 2-0 1.000 67.0 51.5 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 W 2 Little Rock 0-0 0.000 0.0 0.0 2-0 1.000 65.0 48.0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 W 2 UTA 0-0 0.000 0.0 0.0 1-1 0.500 82.0 64.5 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 L 1 Troy 0-0 0.000 0.0 0.0 1-1 0.500 69.5 77.5 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 W 1 Arkansas State 0-0 0.000 0.0 0.0 1-1 0.500 68.5 64.0 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 W 1 Louisiana 0-0 0.000 0.0 0.0 1-2 0.333 72.0 70.0 0-2 1-0 0-0 1-2 L 1 Appalachian State 0-0 0.000 0.0 0.0 1-2 0.333 60.7 72.0 1-0 0-2 0-0 1-2 W 1 ULM 0-0 0.000 0.0 0.0 1-2 0.333 57.7 65.7 1-0 0-2 0-0 1-2 W 1 Georgia Southern 0-0 0.000 0.0 0.0 1-3 0.250 67.0 77.2 0-2 1-1 0-0 1-3 W 1 Texas State 0-0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0-1 0.000 51.0 82.0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 L 1 * - clinched regular season title | & - clinched tournament title | $ - clinched first-round tournament bye UPCOMING SCHEDULE AROUND #SUNBELTWBB November 16 (Friday) Sun Belt and ESPN Reach Long-Term Agreement Tennessee State at Troy Troy, Ala. 12:00 PM This past March, the league announced a continuation of its relationship with ESPN that is the most significant and extensive multimedia rights agreement in November 17 (Saturday) conference history. This new agreement includes enhancements in the current Arkansas State at UT Martin Martin, Tenn. 1:00 PM agreement, which runs through 2019-20, most notably an increase of men’s and Rice at Little Rock Little Rock, Ark. 2:00 PM women’s basketball games on ESPN platforms. The number of men’s basketball South Alabama at Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. 2:00 PM contests available will jump to a minimum of 100 games in 2018-19 and 150 Appalachian State at Davidson Davidson, N.C. 6:00 PM games in the 2019-20 season. Beginning with 2020-21, the Sun Belt’s agreement includes the following on an ESPN platform: A minimum of 500 events per year, November 18 (Sunday) all football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball games, a minimum of 10 McNeese State at ULM Monroe, La. 2:00 PM football games per year on a combination of ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, all Coastal Carolina at UC Riverside Riverside, Calif. 4:00 PM live coverage of regular-season competition across all sports each year, all live coverage of conference championship events each year. November 19 (Monday) Troy at East Tennessee State Johnson City, Tenn. 11:00 AM The 2019 Sun Belt Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships (March 11-17) South Alabama at Southern Baton Rouge, La. 5:30 PM are set for live coverage on ESPN2 and ESPN+ as well. The first round, second Jackson State at Louisiana Lafayette, La. 6:30 PM round, quarterfinals and semifinals of the men’s tournament will be live on ESPN+ with the championship game on ESPN2. All nine games of the women’s November 20 (Tuesday) tournament will be live on ESPN+. Elon at Appalachian State Boone, N.C. 5:30 PM Texas A&M at Little Rock Little Rock, Ark. 6:30 PM Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Opens 37th Season Louisiana Tech at Arkansas State Jonesboro, Ark. 7:00 PM Sun Belt women’s basketball tips off its 37th season with four teams in action on Grambling at UTA Arlington, Texas 7:00 PM the opening day of the regular season on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Georgia Southern at Stony Brook Stony Brook, N.Y. 7:00 PM Texas State at UTSA San Antonio, Texas 7:00 PM Record Setting Performances Troy head coach Chanda Rigby won her 100th game at Troy with a 72-52 win over November 23 (Friday) Samford on Monday, Nov. 12. Rigby becomes the second-fastest Troy women’s (2) Bowling Green at Coastal Carolina Conway, S.C. 1:00 PM basketball head coach to reach 100 wins. Georgia State at Rice Houston, Texas 2:00 PM Arkansas State at Texas A&M College Station, Texas 4:00 PM Louisiana sophomore Ty’Reona Doucet set a new Ragin’ Cajun record on Sunday (3) Troy at Sam Houston State Hattiesburg, Miss. 4:00 PM with 22 rebounds in a single game. She added 29 points in the win to give her two UTA at Fresno State Fresno, Calif. 7:00 PM consecutive double-doubles to open the season. 2 - Coastal Carolina Tournament (Conway, S.C.) 3 - Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1 2018-19 SUN BELT CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS PLAYER OF THE WEEK - NOV. 13 Sun Belt Conference - Keith Nunez Office ...........................................................504-556-0884 Cell ..............................................................504-256-8937 Email [email protected] Appalachian State - Chase Colliton Office ...........................................................828-262-7602 Cell ..............................................................740-279-5081 Email ...........................................collitoncj@appstate.edu Little Rock - Sterling Randle Cell ..............................................................501-519-4482 Email ................................................. [email protected] Arkansas State - Chris Graddy Office ...........................................................870-972-2707 Cell ..............................................................870-340-7836 Email .................................................cgraddy@astate.edu TY’REONA DOUCET Coastal Carolina - Chris Henry LOUISIANA | SOPHOMORE | CENTER Office ...........................................................843-349-5069 Over the first week of the season, Louisiana sophomore center Ty’Reona Doucet recorded two double-doubles Cell ..............................................................412-555-5069 in Louisiana’s first two games of the season ... Doucet grabbed 22 rebounds, a single-game school record for Email .................................................chenry@coastal.edu rebounds (breaking a record that was set in 1988) and she added 29 points in the Ragin’ Cajuns 70-59 win over McNeese State on Sunday, Nov. 11 ... The 22 rebounds are the most in the Sun Belt over the first week of the Georgia Southern - Chad Jackson season and thus far is the best performance in the country ... In Louisiana’s season-opener Doucet finished with Office ...........................................................912-478-1233 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds on Tuesday, Nov. 6 ... Overall she averaged 18.5 rebounds per game and 23.5 Cell ..............................................................912-713-7399 points per game over the first week of the season. Email [email protected] Georgia State - Will Owens 2018-19 SUN BELT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON TEAMS Office ...........................................................404-413-4031 PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR Cell ..............................................................502-718-2525 Ronjanae DeGray Little Rock Forward Sr. Email ...................................................jowens33@gsu.edu FIRST TEAM SCHOOL POSITION CLASS Louisiana - David Collins Ronjanae DeGray Little Rock Forward Sr. Office ...........................................................337-482-6329 Akasha Westbrook Arkansas State Guard RS-Sr. Cell ..............................................................908-334-5547 Savannah Jones South Alabama Guard RS-So. Email [email protected] Toshua Leavitt Texas State Guard Sr. Kayla Robinson Troy Guard Jr. ULM - Jessica Roberson Office ...........................................................318-342-7017 SECOND TEAM SCHOOL POSITION CLASS Cell ..............................................................318-614-3044 Bayley Plummer Appalachian State Center Jr. Email ...................................................... [email protected] Madi Story Appalachian State Guard RS-Sr. Naheria Hamilton Coastal Carolina Center Jr. South Alabama - TBA Sky’Lynn Holmes Troy Forward Sr. Office .................................................................................. Amber Rivers Troy Forward Jr. Cell ..................................................................................... Email .................................................................................. THIRD TEAM SCHOOL POSITION CLASS Arsula Clark ULM Guard So. UTA - Michael Eldridge Lapresha Stanley Appalachian State Guard So. Tori Lasker Little Rock Guard So. Office ...........................................................817-272-7168 Skyler Goodwin Louisiana Guard/Forward So. Cell ..............................................................817-201-6389 Brooke Holle Texas State Guard Jr. Email [email protected] 2018-19 SUN BELT WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACHES’ PRESEASON POLL Texas State - Charlie Duffy 1. Little Rock - 133 pts (8) Office ...........................................................512-245-2988 2. Troy - 131 pts (4) Cell ..............................................................317-490-3262 3. Texas State - 97 pts Email .............................................csduffy32@txstate.edu 3. UTA - 97 pts 5. Arkansas