Marshall University Athletics
Tuesday, November 5
Huntington, W.Va.
6:00 PM
Marshall University
vs
Kentucky Christian
Photo by: Mark Webb
Women’s Basketball Tips Off the 2019-20 Season versus Kentucky Christian
11/4/2019 4:43:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Game scheduled to begin Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Cam Henderson Center
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall women's basketball team begins the 2019-20 season in the Cam Henderson Center against the Kentucky Christian Knights. Tipoff is scheduled for Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Game Details
Live Stats: SIDEARM
Live Video: HERDVISION on CUSAtv with Jake Griffith on the call
Marshall Radio: 88.1 WMUL-FM and streamed online at www.marshall.edu/wmul.
Series History: 2nd all-time meeting – Marshall leads 1-0.
Last Meeting: December 18, 2017 in Huntington – Marshall won 111-38.
Marshall comes into the season with a good mix of returners and young talent with eight returners and seven newcomers as the Herd looks to replace the production lost from departed seniors Shayna Gore and Taylor Porter. Head coach Tony Kemper enters his third season at the helm and directed an eight-win turnaround from the 2017-18 season. Marshall finished 2018-19 with a 17-15 record and a trip to the Women's Basketball Invitational.
Redshirt senior Khadaijia Brooks is back and has produced well since coming back from her knee injury. In 2018-19, Brooks was third on the team in scoring with 8.8 points per game and led in rebounding at 6.1 boards per contest. She also tallied 30 steals and led the team with 29 blocks.
Senior Ashley Saintigene looks to get back into the lineup after playing in just nine games last season due to a knee injury. During her nine games she averaged nearly eight points per game, four rebounds and had 17 swats. Fellow senior Princess Clemons comes in to the season building off of her first year in Division I basketball after transferring to Marshall from San Jacinto College. Last season she played in 31 contests and averaged 3.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
Junior guard Kristen Mayo continued to improve throughout the year with more time on the floor. Mayo was second on the team with 96 assists and was tied for second with 41 steals. She also averaged 7.3 points per game. Fellow junior Taylor Pearson was another player who got better and better as the year rolled on. Pearson, along with Brooks, helped defend the paint with Saintigene out of the lineup and was consistently matched up against bigger players. However, the 5-7 Pearson held her own defensively and came up with some clutch plays down the stretch. Pearson averaged nearly six points a game and 5.6 boards per contest. Junior Brianna Toney returns after appearing in 16 contests as a sophomore and grabbed 13 boards and had two blocked shots.
The freshman tandem from last season of Kia Sivils and Lorelei Roper return after playing in 32 and 28 games, respectively. Sivils from her guard position came through with 28 steals last season. Roper averaged 3.2 rebounds per game and totaled 17 blocks.
New to the squad this year is junior college transfer Dazha Congleton, sophomore transfer from Ole Miss Mahogany Matthews and freshmen Christiana McLean, Savannah Wheeler, Alexis Johnson, Sky Thomas and Paige Shy.
Opponent
The Kentucky Christian Knights have already started the season and are 2-1 with wins over the University of Cincinnati-Clermont and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College. The Knights fell to Indiana University Northwest by ten in its last contest. KCU will play against Brescia University at 7:30 p.m. on Monday before heading to Huntington on Tuesday.
Senior guard Sydney Foster, who was the returning leader in almost every category, leads the team with 75 points through three games. She is second on the team in rebounds with 20 (6.7 per game), has 17 assists and 11 steals. Senior center Savannah Anderson leads in rebounds with 32 (10.7 per game) and is second in scoring at 12.0 points per game.
The team is shooting 40.6 percent from the field and 30.1 percent from three. The defense is allowing 40.2 percent from the floor and 30.4 percent from three. The Knights are plus-14 in turnover differential so far to start the season.
Up Next
Marshall will have another home contest on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 1 p.m., as Norfolk State travels to Huntington. The Herd's first road game is at Ohio on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall women's basketball team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdWBB, Facebook at Marshall University Basketball and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
Game Details
Live Stats: SIDEARM
Live Video: HERDVISION on CUSAtv with Jake Griffith on the call
Marshall Radio: 88.1 WMUL-FM and streamed online at www.marshall.edu/wmul.
Series History: 2nd all-time meeting – Marshall leads 1-0.
Last Meeting: December 18, 2017 in Huntington – Marshall won 111-38.
Marshall comes into the season with a good mix of returners and young talent with eight returners and seven newcomers as the Herd looks to replace the production lost from departed seniors Shayna Gore and Taylor Porter. Head coach Tony Kemper enters his third season at the helm and directed an eight-win turnaround from the 2017-18 season. Marshall finished 2018-19 with a 17-15 record and a trip to the Women's Basketball Invitational.
Redshirt senior Khadaijia Brooks is back and has produced well since coming back from her knee injury. In 2018-19, Brooks was third on the team in scoring with 8.8 points per game and led in rebounding at 6.1 boards per contest. She also tallied 30 steals and led the team with 29 blocks.
Senior Ashley Saintigene looks to get back into the lineup after playing in just nine games last season due to a knee injury. During her nine games she averaged nearly eight points per game, four rebounds and had 17 swats. Fellow senior Princess Clemons comes in to the season building off of her first year in Division I basketball after transferring to Marshall from San Jacinto College. Last season she played in 31 contests and averaged 3.5 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.
Junior guard Kristen Mayo continued to improve throughout the year with more time on the floor. Mayo was second on the team with 96 assists and was tied for second with 41 steals. She also averaged 7.3 points per game. Fellow junior Taylor Pearson was another player who got better and better as the year rolled on. Pearson, along with Brooks, helped defend the paint with Saintigene out of the lineup and was consistently matched up against bigger players. However, the 5-7 Pearson held her own defensively and came up with some clutch plays down the stretch. Pearson averaged nearly six points a game and 5.6 boards per contest. Junior Brianna Toney returns after appearing in 16 contests as a sophomore and grabbed 13 boards and had two blocked shots.
The freshman tandem from last season of Kia Sivils and Lorelei Roper return after playing in 32 and 28 games, respectively. Sivils from her guard position came through with 28 steals last season. Roper averaged 3.2 rebounds per game and totaled 17 blocks.
New to the squad this year is junior college transfer Dazha Congleton, sophomore transfer from Ole Miss Mahogany Matthews and freshmen Christiana McLean, Savannah Wheeler, Alexis Johnson, Sky Thomas and Paige Shy.
Opponent
The Kentucky Christian Knights have already started the season and are 2-1 with wins over the University of Cincinnati-Clermont and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College. The Knights fell to Indiana University Northwest by ten in its last contest. KCU will play against Brescia University at 7:30 p.m. on Monday before heading to Huntington on Tuesday.
Senior guard Sydney Foster, who was the returning leader in almost every category, leads the team with 75 points through three games. She is second on the team in rebounds with 20 (6.7 per game), has 17 assists and 11 steals. Senior center Savannah Anderson leads in rebounds with 32 (10.7 per game) and is second in scoring at 12.0 points per game.
The team is shooting 40.6 percent from the field and 30.1 percent from three. The defense is allowing 40.2 percent from the floor and 30.4 percent from three. The Knights are plus-14 in turnover differential so far to start the season.
Up Next
Marshall will have another home contest on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 1 p.m., as Norfolk State travels to Huntington. The Herd's first road game is at Ohio on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall women's basketball team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdWBB, Facebook at Marshall University Basketball and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
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