2020-21 UNCG WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 SCHEDULE Games 13 & 14 Date Opponent Time/Result 11/28 at North Carolina L, 96-35 Jan. 22/24, 2021 12/1 CAMPBELL L, 42-38 at Johnson City, Tenn. 12/4 BELMONT ABBEY L, 63-60 12/7 NC WESLEYAN L, 52-37 (2-10, 0-3) (2-8, 0-3) Brooks Gymnasium 12/11 at UNCW L, 60-55 BROADCAST RADIO LIVE STATS 12/14 NORTH CAROLINA A&T W, 49-46 ESPN+ 640 WXSM Live Stats link at 12/18 at Elon L, 58-40 www.uncgspartans.com Follow @uncgwbb 12/20 at Tennessee L, 66-40 1/3 CONVERSE W, 69-37 1/10 WESTERN CAROLINA L, 49-42 UNCG women’s basketball (2-10, 0-3) faces its 1/14 MERCER L, 53-43 first road challenge of the SoCon season, pre- UNCG Please paring for a pair of contests at ETSU (2-8, 0-3) 1/16 MERCER L, 73-58 this coming Friday and Sunday. Both teams Please refer to UNCG as simply UNCG 1/22 at ETSU 7 p.m. will be looking for their first win of the SoCon (preferred), the Spartans or UNC 1/24 at ETSU 2 p.m. season, while the Spartans hope to expand the Greensboro. Please do not refer to 1/28 WOFFORD 7 p.m. current three-game winning streak they have UNCG as North Carolina-Greensboro, over the Bucs. 1/30 WOFFORD 2 p.m. North Carolina at Greensboro, or 2/4 at Samford 7 p.m. HOW’S THEIR FORM? UNC-Greensboro in print or any other 2/6 at Samford 3 p.m. -- Both sides are on a three-game skid to open media channel. Thank you 2/11 FURMAN 7 p.m. the Southern Conference season with UNCG falling to Western Carolina and dropping a 2/13 FURMAN 2 p.m. pair of decisions to Mercer. ETSU meanwhile 2/19 at Chattanooga 7 p.m. opened conference play with a loss to Chattanooga and was most recently swept in a two-game series 2/21 at Chattanooga 1 p.m. with Wofford 2/25 at Western Carolina 6 p.m. -- This is going to be the Spartans’ first road test of the SoCon season, inversely this will be the first time ETSU has hosted since the start of conference play. The Buccaneers are just 1-2 when playing 3/4 SoCon Quarterfinals^ TBA at home in Brooks Gym 3/6 SoCon Semifinals^ TBA SCOUTING THE SPARTANS 3/7 SoCon Finals^ TBA -- UNCG has a candidate for SoCon Freshman of the Year with forward Khalis Cain ranking fourth in the conference in blocked shots per game (1.1) and sixth in rebounds per game (6.8), leading all SoCon * - Southern Conference game freshmen and sophomores in those categories. Those numbers go up even higher when you consider ^ - SoCon Championship Tournament that Cain did not become a regular starter until after four games into the season. She’s averaging 7.3 (Ashville, N.C. - Harrah’s Cherokee Center) points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in her eight starts since -- The Spartans have one of the top-ranked defenses in the conference this year, with their 57.9 points All home games played at allowed per game trailing only Mercer (57.8) for the top spot in the SoCon. UNCG’s scoring defense Fleming Gymnasium currently ranks 44th in the country, and recently held the top offense in the conference, Mercer, to an average of 63 points per game this past weekend Media Information -- Senior guard Tori Powell currently ranks fifth in the SoCon with 19 three-pointers on the year. She tied a personal season-high with four threes in game one of last weekend’s Mercer series, matching the four that she hit against Tennessee back in December Assistant Director of Communications SCOUTING ETSU Mark Pinkerton (primary contact) -- The Buccaneers are the top team in the SoCon when it comes to steals, averaging 9.8 per contest. email: [email protected] They rank second in the conference with a +1.9 turnover margin -- ETSU’s offense runs through forward Mykia Dowell. The redshirt sophomore leads the Bucs with 10.4 points, 5.8 boards and a .433 shooting percentage from beyond the arc Associate AD for Communications SERIES HISTORY Robert Knox -- UNCG is 17-19 against ETSU all-time, but is currently on a three-game winning streak against the email: [email protected] Bucs -- That three-game winning streak can be attributed to the trio of victories the Spartans had over their phone: 336-334-5615 SoCon rival in the 2019/20 season. The Bucs did not reach 50 points in any of those games. Social Media Coordinator UNCG’s Projected Starters Off The Bench Contributors Michael Ream #0 Jayla Johnson, So., G #10 Rhianna Council, R-Sr., G email: [email protected] #1 Tori Powell, R-Sr., G #11 Excellanxt Greer, So., G #12 CeCe Crudup, Sr., G #21 Chatori Tyler, Jr., G Creative Content Producer #15 Khalis Cain, Fr., F/C #22 Lilian Izundu, R-Jr., C Darian Phillips #20 Amber Redmond, So., G #24 Jaylynn Brown, Jr., G email: [email protected] 2020-21 UNCG WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 SOCON STANDINGS Overall Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct HEAD COACH Wofford 3 0 1.000 7 3 .700 Samford 3 0 1.000 6 6 .500 Mercer 2 1 .667 8 4 .667 TRINA Chattanooga 2 1 .667 7 5 .583 Furman 1 2 .333 5 7 .417 Western Carolina 1 2 .333 3 9 .250 PATTERSON ETSU 0 3 .000 2 8 .200 UNCG 0 3 .000 2 10 .167 (As of January 20) (5TH YEAR ) SCHOOL INFORMATION School....................................................... UNCG Location ................................... Greensboro, N.C. Trina Patterson enters her fifth year at UNCG this 2020-21 season. Founded .....................................................1891 Enrollment ................ 20,196 (16,581 undergrad) Nickname ............................................. Spartans UNCG has won at least 20 games in two of the last four years, including a Division I program best Colors ....................................Navy, Gold & White 23 victories in the 2019-20 season, which was the third best Division I turnaround in women’s bas- Arena ....................................Fleming Gymnasium ketball nationally. Capacity ....................................................2,320 Affiliation ................................... NCAA Division I Overall during her decorated head coaching career, Patterson has guided numerous players to Conference ...........................................Southern Chancellor .......................... Franklin D. Gilliam Jr. America East, Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), Pac 12, Conference USA and Southern conference Director of Athletics ........................ Kim Record honors, among those a conference player of the year rookie of the year, and members of all-con- Alma Mater....................................Virginia, 1984 ference, all-rookie, all-defensive, all-academic and all-tournament teams. Athletics Dept. Phone ...................336-334-5952 Ticket Office Phone ......................336-334-3250 Named the 2019-20 SoCon Coach of the Year for the second time in four years, Patterson guided the Spartans to one of their finest seasons in program history. In leading UNCG to its first Regular TEAM INFORMATION Season conference title since 2002, the Spartans advanced to the conference tournament champi- 2019-20 Overall Record ............................ 23-9 onship contest. 2019-20 SoCon Record ............................. 10-4 SoCon Finish ..............................................T-1st The Spartans went 23-9 with a 10-4 conference record, the most overall wins the team has had Letterwinners Returning/Lost .................... 7/4 since that title run in 2002. Starters Returning/Lost .............................. 2/3 Newcomers ..................................................... 4 TALE OF THE TAPE (2020-21) COACHING STAFF UNCG/National Rank ETSU/National Rank Head Coach ................................. Trina Patterson Scoring Defense 57.9/44th 68.6/221st Alma Mater....................................Virginia, 1987 Scoring Offense 47.2/332nd 58.8/274th Career Record ................... 250-361 (21 seasons) Scoring Margin -10.8/289th -9.8/280th Record at UNCG ......................67-61 (4 seasons) Assistant Coach ................. Cetera DeGraffenried Alma Mater..........................North Carolina, 2011 Free Throw % .662 (98-of-148)/234th .604 (93-of-154)/313th Assistant Coach ................................. Ido Singer Field Goal % .310 (204-of-658)/333rd .348 (218-of-626)/300th Alma Mater..............................................Capella Assistant Coach ................................. Alex Miller Field Goal Defense .401 (271-of-676)/176th .405 (244-of-603)/190th Alma Mater..........................North Carolina, 2009 Three-Point FG % .243 (60-of-247)/308th .284 (59-of-208)/232nd Director of Operations .................. Ariel Caraway Three-Point FG Defense .266 (59-of-222)/50th .338 (79-of-234)/265th Alma Mater..................................McNeese, 2010 Three-Point FG Per Game 5.0/241st 5.9/168th MEDIA INFORMATION Total Rebounds/Game 34.3/282nd 39.0/133rd Rebounding Margin -5.3/284th -4.1/263rd Associate AD for Comm. ................. Robert Knox Email [email protected] Offensive Rebounds/Game N/A N/A Asst. Director of Comm .............. Mark Pinkerton Defensive Rebounds/Game N/A N/A Email ................................... [email protected] Cell Phone .....................................757-555-5555 Asst. Director of Marketing ...........James Nance Blocked Shots Per Game 1.9/287th 2.5/235th Media Relations Office .................336-334-5615 Assists Per Game 7.8/331st 11.0/262nd Website .......................... www.uncgspartans.com Steals Per Game 6.8/241st 9.8/52nd Mailing Address .......................... UNCG Athletics ...................................................... PO Box 26168 Turnover Margin -1.0/213th +1.9/103rd ..................................Greensboro, NC 27402-6168 Turnovers Forced Per Game 15.5/209th 21.9/14th Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.5/314th 0.6/298th 2020-21 UNCG WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UNCG’s 13 home wins were just a single victory record. UNCG outlasted Furman in a double shy of tying a program record, as the Spartans overtime victory just two days later. Coaching Career led the conference in field goal percentage 2016-present: UNCG (Head Coach) 2013-16: Old Dominion (Assistant Coach) (42.9), field goal percentage defense (36.8), The one senior, Ajemba, made her mark 2012-14: Stanford (Assistant Coach) free throw percentage (77.1), scoring defense on the UNCG program in her lone season.