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 GAMES 18-19: OLD DOMINION AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE Friday (2/26/21) 6:00 PM || Saturday (2/27/21) 4 PM || Murfreesboro, Tenn. OVERALL: 12-5 C-USA: 10-2 GAME INFORMATION THE TREND HOME: 6-3 AWAY: 6-2 NEUTRAL: 0-0 Venue: Murphy Center (11,520) Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. NOVEMBER Tip-Off Time: 6 PM (2/26); 4 PM (2/27) 25 No. 5 Louisville Cancelled Radio: WGNS 100.5 FM, 101.9 FM; 1450-AM 29 Vanderbilt Cancelled Talent: Dick Palmer (pxp) Duane Hickey (analyst) Television: ESPN+ DECEMBER Talent: Jake Rose (pxp) 6 Belmont L, 64-70 Alex Myers (analyst) ANASTASIA HAYES leads the nation in scoring with 9 Tulane L, 78-81 Twitter Updates: @MT_WBB 28.2 ppg. 13 at TCU L, 77-83 17 Troy W, 92-76 THE BREAKDOWN 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 (12-5, 10-2) OLD DOMINION (7-9, 4-8) 15 Southern Miss* W, 78-58 Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. Location: Norfolk, Va. 16 Southern Miss* L, 61-69 Enrollment: 21,720 Enrollment: 24,670 22 at WKU* (ESPN+) W, 75-65 President: Dr. Sidney A. McPhee President: Dr. John R. Broderick 23 at WKU* (ESPN+) W, 77-60 Director of Athletics: Chris Massaro Director of Athletics: Dr. Wood Selig 28 at UAB* (ESPN+) W, 81-78 (OT) SWA: Diane Turnham SWA: Carolyn Crutchfield Head Coach: Rick Insell Head Coach: DeLisha Milton-Jones 30 UAB* (ESPN+) W, 95-68 16th Season at MT: 373-135 (.734) 1st Season at ODU: 7-9 (.437) 16th Season Overall: Same 9th Season Overall: 39-41 (.487) FEBRUARY 5 at Charlotte* W, 77-70 QUICK HITTERS 6 at Charlotte* (ESPN+) L, 72-82 • Anastasia Hayes ranks in the Top 3 of nine different statistical categories in Conference USA. She leads C-USA in scoring, assists 20 at Louisiana Tech* (ESPN+) Cancelled and steals. 21 at Louisiana Tech* Cancelled • The Lady Raiders have won 12 of their last 14. • Sophomore Anastasia Hayes was named C-USA Preseason Co-Player of the Year. 26 Old Dominion* (ESPN+) 6:00 PM • Aislynn Hayes became just the second Lady Raider ever to be named Freshman All-American when she was so honored by Her 27 Old Dominion* (ESPN+) 4:00 PM Hoops Stats in 2019-20. She was named to the Preseason All C-USA team. • Rick Insell is Middle Tennessee’s all-time winningest basketball coach with 373 wins. • The Lady Raiders have three international players on the roster - the most ever for a single season at Middle Tennessee: Jada MARCH Grannum (Canada), Kseniia “Ksyusha” Kozlova (Russia) and Anabel Latorre (Spain). 4 Marshall* (ESPN+) 6:00 PM • 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 5 Marshall* (ESPN+) 6:00 PM junior twins Alexis and Amanda Whittington, and Aislynn and Anastasia Hayes. 10 C-USA Championship^ TBA PROJECTED STARTERS 11 C-USA Championship^ TBA 12 C-USA Championship^ TBA MIDDLE TENNESSEE Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG FG% 3FG% FT% G 1 Anastasia HAYES 5-7 r-Jr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 28.2 5.5 .467 .260 .634 13 C-USA Championship^ TBA G 11 Aislynn HAYES 5-6 So. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 15.5 6.9 .351 .299 .646 F 23 Alexis WHITTINGTON 5-11 Jr. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 8.1 6.4 .361 .329 .806 Home games in bold, all times Central G 31 Deja CAGE 5-8 r-Sr.-TR Chicago, Ill. 12.8 5.4 .418 .358 .600 F 33 Courtney WHITSON 6-0 So. Kingsport, Tenn. 10.6 8.8 .399 .333 .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. 2.6 3.9 .238 .091 .700 FOLLOW THE RAIDERS F 12 Jada GRANNUM 6-3 Fr. Mississauga, Ontario 1.2 1.4 .143 .000 .667 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. 1.1 0.3 .286 .286 .000 Instagram: @MT_WBB F 30 Rellah BOOTHE 6-3 r-Jr. Ocala, Fla. 4.3 3.0 .375 .308 .600 Facebook: MTSU Women’s Basketball F 32 Kseniia “Ksyusha” KOZLOVA 6-4 Fr. Moscow, Russia 2.2 2.5 .441 .000 .625 Website: GoBlueRaiders.com * - projections based on previous game’s lineup OLD DOMINION AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE • FEB. 26 & 27, 2021 • MURFREESBORO, TENN. Like Father, Like Son (Or Daughter) EAST DIVISION WEST DIVISION Blue Raider History • Middle Tennessee women’s basketball is one of five Charlotte LA Tech Years of Basketball 46th season Division I programs nationally where a son or daughter FIU North Texas First Intercollegiate Season 1975-76 works as an assistant to their father/mother. Florida Atlantic Rice All-Time Head Coaches 7 Marshall Southern Miss All-Time Record 938-434 (.684) School Head Coach Assistant Middle Tennessee UAB Winning Seasons 42 Baylor Kim Mulkey MaKenzie Fuller Old Dominion UTEP .500 Seasons 1 DePaul Doug Bruno Bradley Bruno WKU UTSA Losing Seasons 2 Iowa St. Bill Fennelly Billy Fennelly 20+ Win Seasons 27 MT Rick Insell Matt Insell Senior Day Set For Saturday Oklahoma Sherri Coale Colton Coale • The Lady Raiders will honor three members of the Conference History program during Senior Day festivities Saturday. Win-Loss Record 505-147 (.775) • Billy Fennelly, Matt Insell and Colton Coale are full-time • Manager Rachael Dorris, guard Deja Cage and Rellah Regular-Season Titles 19 assistant coaches; MaKenzie Fuller is associate director of Boothe will be recognized. Tournament Titles 15 operations and Bradley Bruno is director of operations. • Dorris and Cage are seniors. Boothe is a junior; however, Winning Seasons in League Play 41 • Rick and Matt Insell made history when MT and Ole she is graduating in May and will not return for the 2021- .500 Seasons 1 Miss played Nov. 23, 2014, while Matt was serving as 22 season. head coach of the Rebels. It marked the first time in Losing Seasons 1 NCAA Divsion I WBB history that a father and son faced Play4Kay Game Saturday one another as head coaches. MT won the game, 71-65. • Middle Tennessee will have its annual Play4Kay pink NCAA Tournament game Saturday vs. Old Dominion. Appearances 18 Insell All-Time Winningest Hoops Coach At MT • The game is a movement honoring female cancer Most Recent Appearance 2015-16 • Lady Raider HC Rick Insell is the all-time winningest survivors and is named in honor of former NC State coach (1983-86, 2004-07, 2009-14) basketball coach in MT history with 373 wins. Kay Yow. Won-Loss Record 5-18 • Insell earned his 350th win in just his 476th game when Sweet 16s 0 MT defeated Marshall, 75-55, Jan. 9, 2020. High-Octane Offense Elite Eights 0 • Insell surpassed former men’s basketball coach Kermit • MT leads C-USA and is No. 23 nationally for scoring Final Fours 0 Davis, who won 332 games in his 16 years. offense with 78.2 ppg. Championships 0 • All of Insell’s wins are against Division I foes as he • The Lady Raiders have scored 75-plus in 12 of 16 games, has never scheduled a non-Division I regular-season including six games with 80-plus. They have topped the WNIT Tournament opponent in his 15 seasons leading MT. 90-point mark three times. Appearances 7 • Insell became the winningest coach in MT women’s Most Recent Appearance 2019 history on Jan. 5, 2013 with a 60-39 win against South Anastasia Hayes Nation’s Leading Scorer Consecutive Appearances 3 Ala., which was win No. 183, surpassing Lewis Bivens. • Anastasia Hayes enters this weekend’s series at Won-Loss Record 7-7 Charlotte as the nation’s leading scorer with 28.6 ppg. Series History Vs. Old Dominion She has scored 20-plus points in every game this season. • MT and Old Dominion meet for the 11th time. National Rankings • MT leads the series, 6-4, including a 5-3 mark as C-USA Highest Regular-Season Ranking #16 Player School Avg. members. 1. Anastasia Hayes Middle Tennessee 28.2 (AP & Coaches - 2006-07) • HC Rick Insell is 6-4 against Old Dominion. 2. Caitlin Clark Iowa 27.3 Highest Preseason Ranking #24 • MT is 3-2 against the Lady Monarchs at Murphy Center. 3. Naz Hillmon Michigan 25.9 (AP - 2009-10) 4. Cierra Hooks Ohio 25.7 Ranked in final AP Top 25 1, #17, 2007 Scouting Old Dominion 5. Kierstan Bell Florida Gulf Coast 25.2 Ranked in final Coaches Top 25 1, #23, 2007 • Old Dominion is 7-9 overall and 4-6 in C-USA under Total Weeks in the AP Poll 21 first-year HC Delisha Milton-Jones. Tale of the Tape Total Weeks in the Coaches Poll 28 • ODU had four consecutive C-USA games cancelled due Stat MT ODU to COVID-19. Once returning to the court they are 2-4; Overall Record 12-5 7-9 National Honors however, they have had several near misses, dropping Conf. Record 10-2 4-6 All-Americans 4 three contests in OT. FGs Made 459 435 Freshman All-Americans 2 • ODU returns three starters from last year’s team that posted a 24-6 record.