FRIENDS UNIVERSITY FALCONS McPHERSON COLLEGE BULLDOGS VS JAN. 6, 2021 (4-7, 2-6 KCAC) (7-3, 4-3 KCAC) LAST TIME OUT: Kira Ward, Khadijah Miller, and Bridget Busbee each scored 12 points to lift the Falcons over the Avila University Eagles, 66-53. The win snapped a three-game losing streak. FRIENDS UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER 1 Gracie Sammons SO G 5-6 Aubrey, Texas 2 Khadijah Miller SR G 5-4 Arlington, Texas 3 Kayna Simoneau JR G 5-8 Rose Hill, Kan. 4 Jayla Dennis SO G 5-2 Wichita, Kan. “It’s exciting to get back to 5 Daijane’ Adams FR F 5-8 Wichita, Kan. playing basketball again. Our 10 Jailen Johnson SO G 5-6 Grand Prairie, Texas break came at a good time, 11 Aaliyah Myles FR G 5-3 Grand Prairie, Texas but our team is eager to play. 12 Kira Ward SR F 5-9 Hartford, S.D. Should be a fun game!” 13 Bridget Busbee SO G 5-7 Grand Prairie, Texas -Head Coach, Dean Jaderston 14 McKenzie Shippy SO F 5-10 Woodbine, Kan. 15 Taylar Watkins SR F 5-11 Mansfield, Texas 20 Kassie Kinniburgh FR C 6-0 Valley Center, Kan. 22 Maddie Jessepe SR F 5-11 Ada, Okla. 23 Lydia Marshall FR G 5-8 Colorado Springs, Colo. 32 Satori Roberson SR C 6-3 Wichita, Kan. FALCONS BULLDOGS 33 Scarlett Gregory FR F 5-10 McKinney, Texas KCAC RK TOTAL ‘20-’21 STATS TOTAL KCAC RK 40 Tiffany Hurd SR C 6-2 Gilbert, Ariz. 11th 61.0 OFFENSE 80.0 2nd Head Coach: Dean Jaderston, (Crown College 2nd Season) 5th 64.0 DEFENSE 73.3 7th Assistant Coaches: Vincent DeLisio, Holly Smith, Bela Raimondi 8th -3.0 SCORING MARGIN +6.7 3rd A FALCON WIN WOULD... 3rd +4.2 RB MARGIN +3.2 4th » ...improve them to 5-7 overall this season. 8th 11.8 ASSISTS/GM 14.6 4th 5th 3.3 BLOCKS/GM 2.5 8th » ...make them 30-8 all-time against McPherson College. 3rd 9.4 STEALS/GM 14.3 1st A FALCON LOSS WOULD... 8th -0.27 TO MARGIN +7.3 1st » ...drop them to 4-8 overall this season. 9th 0.65 A:TO RATIO 0.79 5th 9th 36.9 FG% 41.7 4th » ...make them 29-9 all-time against McPherson College. 5th 39.3 FG% DEFENSE 42.0 10th » ...be less good than a Falcon win. 10th 4.4 3-POINT FG/GM 3.3 13th 10th 22.9 3-POINT % 21.9 11th 4th 28.7 3-POINT DEF. 33.8 11th 11th 62.8 FT% 66.7 8th www.friendsathletics.com Twitter: @FriendsFalcons Instagram: @FriendsFalcons McPHERSON COLLEGE BULLDOGS ROSTER BY THE NUMBERS 1 Ja'Kia Wells G 5-9 JR Mesquite, Texas The Falcons are... 2 Laheerah Joseph C 6-4 JR Palm Beach, Fla. » 4-7 overall this season 3 Dy'mond McElrath G 5-2 JR Wichita, Kan. » 2-2 at home this season » 2-5 on the road this season 5 Maya Austin G 5-4 JR Pueblo, Colo. » 0-0 in overtime 10 Kalli Olivar G 5-4 SO Keller, Texas » 3-2 when leading after 1st Qtr. 11 Victoria Ates G 5-7 JR Dallas, Texas » 1-4 when trailing after 1st Qtr. 12 Molly Schultehenrich G 5-9 SR St. Charles, Mo. » 0-1 when tied after 1st Qtr. 13 Tatum Griffin G 5-6 SO Edmond, Okla. » 4-0 when leading at halftime » 0-6 when trailing at halftime 20 Kenajah Upchurch G 5-7 SO Houston, Texas » 0-1 when tied at halftime 23 Brittany Roberts F 5-9 SR Mansfield, Texas » 4-0 when leading after 3rd Qtr. 24 Brianna Shaw G 5-2 SO Tulsa, Okla. » 0-7 when trailing after 3rd Qtr 25 Erika Diaz G 5-8 SO Houston, Texas » 29-8 vs. McPherson since 2003-04 33 Maison Moseley G 5-5 JR Woodward, Okla. 34 Kyrstin Branscum F 5-10 JR Gravette, Ark. KCAC Standings 40 Kassidy Weaver F 5-10 SO Katy, Texas Team KCAC Overall 41 Lasheicka Joseph C 6-5 JR Palm Beach, Fla. 42 Kristin Potter F 5-11 SR Katy, Texas Sterling 12-0 16-0 Head Coach: Josh Nichols St. Mary 1-0 1-1 Assistant Coaches: Angelina Froese, Kenny Romero, Whitney Jefferson Bethany 8-4 10-4 SERIES: The teams have split the season series each of the last two Kansas Wesleyan 7-4 8-6 years. The Falcons won 20-straight games from between 2010 and Bethel 5-3 5-5 2019. McPherson 4-3 7-3 Tabor 5-4 6-5 11/20/2019 - The Falcons led wire-to-wire at the Garvey Center to Okla. Wesleyan 5-6 6-7 knock off the Bulldogs, 80-63. Ottawa 3-5 3-7 1/20/2020 - In the return game, the Falcons jumped out to an 11-point FRIENDS 2-6 4-7 lead in the opening quarter, but trailed by the same number in the York 2-7 4-7 second half. The Falcons managed to grab the lead again late, but a Avila 1-8 2-9 pair of free throws at the end gave the Bulldogs the 70-69 win. Southwestern 0-5 0-7 *As of 1/6/2021 FALCONS 2020-21 SCHEDULE 11/2 Central Christian W 68-57 1/9 Bethel 1:00 PM 11/4 @ Bethany L 41-61 1/11 Southwestern 6:00 PM 11/10 @ McPherson PPD 1/13 Bethany 6:00 PM 11/21 @ Southwestern Christian L 52-86 1/16 @ Southwestern 3:00 PM 11/24 Oklahoma Wesleyan L 48-65 1/20 McPherson 6:00 PM 11/28 @ Tabor L 47-62 1/23 @ Bethel 5:00 PM 12/2 York W 65-62 1/27 @ St. Mary 6:00 PM 12/4 @ Randall W 93-45 1/30 Avila 5:00 PM 12/9 @ Ottawa L 65-68 2/1 @ Oklahoma Wesleyan 6:00 PM 12/12 @ Kansas Wesleyan L 50-58 2/4 Tabor 6:00 PM 12/14 RVSterling L 77-86 2/6 @ York 5:00 PM 12/17 @ Avila W 66-53 2/13 Ottawa 3:00 PM 1/2 Barclay PPD 2/17 Kansas Wesleyan 6:00 PM 1/6 McPherson 6:00 PM 2/20 @ Sterling 3:00 PM 1/8 @ Benedictine Canceled » Kayna Simoneau recorded 11 assists in the loss » The Falcons rank second in the conference with to Sterling College, a mark that is the most by 16.0 offensive rebounds per game, a mark that a Falcon since accurate records began in the puts them 19th in the NAIA. 2003-04 season and the most in the KCAC this season. Simoneau leads the team with 3.2 as- SCORING: The Falcons are 4-2 when scoring 60+ sists per game and ranks seventh in the confer- points this season. Conversely, the team is 0-5 when ence. scoring less than 60. The Falcons hold their oppo- nents to 64.0 points per contest, allowing over 70 » Kira Ward is averaging 3.6 offensive rebounds points just twice. per game which leads the team and ranks third in the KCAC. Ward is averaging 8.5 total UP NEXT: The Falcons will play a trio of make-up rebounds per game, including 16 in the loss to games, all at home, starting with McPherson Col- Kansas Wesleyan. lege on Jan. 6, followed by Bethel on Jan. 9 and Southwestern on Jan. 11. » Khadijah Miller scored 20 points in the loss to Sterling College which is the most by any Falcon this season. » The Falcons rank third in the conference in to- tal blocks with 36. Satori Roberson and Maddie Jessepe have done most of the damage with 10 and 7 blocks respectively. » Kassie Kinniburgh is shooting a team-best 86.4 (19-22) percent from the free-throw line. LAST GAME STATS FRIENDS UNIVERSITY No. Player FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST TO BLK STL PF PTS 13 B. Busbee 6 - 8 0 - 1 0 - 0 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 12 20 K. Kinniburgh 3 - 4 0 - 1 1 - 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 5 7 14 M. Shippy 1 - 8 1 - 8 0 - 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 3 K. Simoneau 2 - 7 0 - 3 1 - 2 1 4 5 3 4 0 2 1 5 12 K. Ward 5 - 9 0 - 0 2 - 3 3 4 7 0 0 0 0 3 12 5 D. Adams 1 - 3 0 - 2 0 - 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 4 J. Dennis 1 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 40 T. Hurd 0 - 2 0 - 0 0 - 0 4 4 8 1 0 2 0 1 0 22 M. Jessepe 2 - 8 0 - 2 5 - 6 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 4 9 11 A. Miles 0 - 3 0 - 2 0 - 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 K. Miller 6 - 13 0 - 2 0 - 1 0 3 3 5 2 1 2 2 12 32 S. Roberson 1 - 3 0 - 0 0 - 0 3 2 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 G. Sammons 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Team Totals 28-69 1-21 9-13 20 29 49 11 18 4 12 24 66 40.6% 4.8% 69.2% AVILA UNIVERSITY No.