#15 LADY HORNETS LOOK TO BOUNCE BACK AT NEB.-KEARNEY

Women's Basketball | 1/17/2020 12:23:00 PM

Game #16
#15 Emporia State Lady Hornets (12-3, 5-1 MIAA)
at Neb.-Kearney Lopers (16-2, 5-2 MIAA)
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020 • 2:00 p.m. • Kearney, Neb. • Health & Sports Center
Series Record: ESU leads 34-12 Last Meeting: at ESU 70, UNK 49 (12/5/2019)
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Up Next: Newman • Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 • 5:30 p.m.
Emporia, Kan. • WL White Auditorium

BOUNCE BACK     
The #15 Lady Hornets take on Neb.-Kearney looking to bounce back from their first conference loss of the season.

LAST TIMEOUT
Fort Hays State hit 12 of 14 shots in a 13 minute span at the end of the first half to take control as the #13 Tigers defeated the #15 Lady Hornets 87-55 on Wednesday night. Emporia State led 6-4 with 6:27 left in the first when Fort Hays State went on an 8-0 run to take a 12-6 lead. The Tigers connected on their final three shots of the quarter to lead 18-11 after the first ten minutes. Fort Hays State would go eight of ten from the field in the second quarter, including a four of five performance from beyond the arc, to take a 38-21 lead into the locker room.  Emporia State would cut the lead to 13 points with 8:22 left in the third but Fort Hays State used a 15-1 run to go up 59-30 with 3:42 left in the quarter. The Lady Hornets would shoot just four of 22 (.182) in the fourth quarter as the Tigers lead reached 87-50 with 1:00 left before settling for the 87-55 victory. Mollie Mounsey led Emporia State with a career high 23 points with seven three-pointers. She was joined in double figures by Fredricka Sheats with 11 points.
 
THE COACHES
Toby Wynn is 34-12 in his second year as the head coach of the Lady Hornets. He is the second coach to win at least 20 games and go to the NCAA Tournament in his first year at Emporia State. He went 349-84 in 13 years as the head coach at Seward CC with four Jayhawk Conference regular season championships and two Region VI Tournament titles. He is 2-1 against Neb.-Kearney.
Carrie Eighmey is 80-53 in her fifth season at Neb.-Kearney and 148-84 in her eighth season overall. She is 2-6 against Emporia State.

ABOUT THE LADY HORNETS
Emporia State is 12-3, 5-1 in the MIAA and ranked #15 in the nation. They lead the league in steals, turnover margin and three-point field goals made, and are second in free throw percentage. Tre'Zure Jobe is third in the MIAA in scoring and leads the league in steals now that Jessica Wayne does not have enough games played to qualify. Mollie Mounsey leads the MIAA in three-point percentage and is second in made threes. They have played the toughest schedule in the nation.

ABOUT THE LOPERS
Neb.-Kearney is 16-2 on the season, 5-2 in the MIAA. They are leading the MIAA in scoring, scoring margin, overall and three-point field goal percentage and defense, rebounds, rebound margin and assists despite not having a player in the top six of any statistical category.   

SERIES HISTORY
The Lady Hornets lead the overall series 34-12 and have won 11 of the last 13 meetings.

LAST TIME VS. NEB.-KEARNEY
The Lady Hornets forced 31 turnovers on the way to handing Neb.-Kearney their first loss 70-49. The Lady Hornets used a 12-0 run capped by a Kali Martin three-pointer with 4:15 left to take their biggest lead of the night at 62-41.  Tre'Zure Jobe led Emporia State with 18 points and five steals.  Jessica Wayne had 14 points and six steals while Morgan Laudan added 12 points and three steals. The Lady Hornets forced 31 turnovers and had 23 steals.

UP NEXT
The #15 Lady Hornets return to White Auditorium to take on Newman for the first time as conference foes on January 22. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m.

ROAD WARRIORS
Emporia State is 281-111 (.717) away from home, 100-30 (.769) in neutral site games and 60-15 (.800) against non-MIAA teams at neutral sites since 1997-98 with five of the losses in the Elite Eight. The Lady Hornets have gone on the road to defeat the #1 ranked team in the nation twice in regional tournaments and have eliminated the host team in six regionals. Emporia State is 52-42 (.553) away from White Auditorium against Top 25 teams. The Lady Hornets are 144-61 (.702) on the road in MIAA league play since 1997-98. Emporia State is 37-16 (.698) in NCAA Tournament games away from White Auditorium.

WYNNING
Toby Wynn was formally introduced as the seventh head coach in Lady Hornet history on April 9, 2018 and became just the second Emporia State coach to reach the NCAA Tournament in his first season. The Booker, Texas native went 349-84 in 13 seasons at Seward CC and is 383-95 in his 14th season as a head coach. He is 34-12 with a 5-3 record against nationally ranked teams as the head coach at Emporia State. His 22 regular season wins were the second most by a first year coach in Lady Hornet history. He has won at least 20 games in each of his 14 seasons as a head coach, including four 30 win seasons and at least 25 wins in each of his last five years in Liberal.  

HOME COOKIN'
The Lady Hornets have won 298 of the last 328 (.909) games in White Auditorium. They are undefeated in postseason games in White Auditorium with a 14-0 record in MIAA Tournament play and a 6-0 record in the NCAA Tournament. The Lady Hornets have not lost a non-conference home game since a 58-51 defeat by Harris-Stowe on Dec, 8, 2007.  Emporia State has only lost 14 games to unranked NCAA teams in White Auditorium since 1997. The Lady Hornets are 445-98 (.820) overall since 1979 at home and hold the MIAA record for consecutive home wins with 62 set from 1997-2001. Emporia State is 13-7 (.650) against top ten teams in White Auditorium since 1995.

TOUGH ENOUGH    
According to the latest NCAA stats, the Lady Hornets have played the toughest schedule in the nation to this point.  Their past opponents have a combined winning percentage of .717 on the year.  Stone Hill is ranked second with an opponents winning percentage of .688 while going 10-4 on the year.

TAKING ON THE BEST
With the win over Central Missouri last season, the Lady Hornets have won three contests against teams that were defending national champions at the time.  Emporia State defeated the 2018 national champion Jennies 65-62 on Feb. 9, 2019; they defeated the 2016 national champions Lubbock Christian 60-50 on Dec. 3, 2016 in the first ever regular season matchup between a #1 ranked team and a defending national champion in White Auditorium history; and they ended then #1 ranked and 2005 national champion Washburn's 51 game winning streak with a 61-59 win in overtime of the regional championship game on March 13, 2006 in Topeka.

MARCH MADNESS RECAP
The Lady Hornets took part in their 20th NCAA Tournament since first becoming eligible for it in 1992. They rank eighth all-time in NCAA Division II tournament appearances and their 17 trips in the 21st century are second to Bentley's 18 berths.  Emporia State has won 40 NCAA Tournament games to rank fifth all-time and fourth among active Division II schools. Since their first win in 1997 they have won more NCAA Tournament games than any school in the country.

MARCH MEANS SOMETHING
The Lady Hornets are 40-12 (.769) in their last 52 March post season games. Emporia State has made it to the championship game in 15 of the last 19 post season tournaments they have played in, appearing in seven MIAA Tournament, seven NCAA Regional Tournament Championship games and the 2010 National Championship game, while making the semifinals at the Elite Eight in 2015. Emporia State is 84-34 (.712) all-time in MIAA and NCAA Tournament games with a 40-19 (.678) record in the NCAA Tourney.
 
NOT SUCH A HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
The host team for the NCAA Regional the Lady Hornets compete in has won the tournament only three times in the last 15 years. The first eight years of the streak were in the South Central Region. Last year was just the seventh time the host team has advanced to the regional final in the last 14 years with Washburn falling to Emporia State in 2006 in Lee Arena, West Texas A&M defeating Central Oklahoma in 2009 in Canyon, Texas, Ft. Hays State falling to Emporia State in 2014 in Hays, Pittsburg State defeating Emporia State in 2017 in Pittsburg, Central Missouri defeating Augustana in 2018 in Sioux Falls, S.D., and Ft. Hays State losing to Southwestern Oklahoma in Hays last season.

GAME OF RUNS
The Lady Hornets had five 10-0 or better runs against Bethel and three at Washburn to give them 17 such runs on the year.  They had 27 such runs last year after having only nine during the entire 2017-18 season.

LOCK DOWN
The Lady Hornets have not allowed a team to score 100 points against them since a 106-75 loss to West Texas A&M on Nov. 29, 1991 a streak of 877 games.

BY THE NUMBERS
The Lady Hornets have topped the 100-point barrier 73 times and have eclipsed the 110 point mark 30 times in their history. Since 1997-98, the Lady Hornets are 298-4 (.987) when scoring at least 80 points. The first loss was to North Dakota, 87-81 in the 1999 Final Four, the second came at West Texas A&M, 86-83 in the 2009 NCAA South Central Regional Semifinals the third was at Central Oklahoma 87-86 in the final regular season game of 2017-18 and the most recent was 96-88 in double overtime to Washburn on January 5, 2019. Emporia State was 167-22 (.884) in the previous 23 seasons when scoring at least 80 points. Conversely Emporia State is 164-2 (.988) all-time when holding opponents to 50 points or less.

BRING IT ON    
The Lady Hornets are 87-54 (.617) against WBCA Top 25 teams since 1997-98 with a 5-3 (.625) record under Coach Wynn.  Emporia State is 35-16 (.686) in neutral site games with top 25 foes since 1997. The Lady Hornets are 31-12 (.721) in White Auditorium against Top 25 teams since 1997. Emporia State has 36 wins against Top 10 teams, including four victories against #1 ranked teams in the last seven seasons.

RANKINGS
The Lady Hornets moved up to #15 in the latest WBCA Division II Coaches Poll. This is the 23rd consecutive season the Lady Hornets have been in ranked in the Top 25 of the WBCA Division II Coaches Poll at least twice during a season. The Lady Hornets have been in the Coaches Top 25 a total of 283 weeks since first appearing in the 1997-98 preseason poll and have been in the top ten for a WBCA Division II record 190 weeks.

SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE
Emporia State first earned a #1 national ranking by the WBCA in 2004-05, next in 2006-07, again after winning the 2009-10 national championship, they opened 2015-16 and held onto the spot through their first seven games and they were in the top spot for four games last season. The Lady Hornets are 20-6 all-time when playing as the #1 team in the nation. The Lady Hornets have won 20 games in 21 of the last 23 seasons and their current streak of 23 straight winning seasons is the longest active streak in the MIAA. Emporia State has made the NCAA Tournament 20 times in the last 23 years and their 40-19 record in the tourney is ranked fourth among active Division II schools in total tournament wins. Emporia State has made six Elite Eight trips, the most of any team since 1997. The Lady Hornets won their first national championship in 2010, 12 years after making their first appearance in the national title game and they have advanced to four Final Fours since 1998.
The Lady Hornets have won seven MIAA regular season championships and nine MIAA Tournament titles. Emporia State has appeared in 14 of the last 22 MIAA Tournament Championship games and have made it to the semifinals in 20 of the last 23 seasons.

LADY HORNETS NCAA HISTORY
The Lady Hornets have made the NCAA Tournament 20 times in the last 23 years and their 40-19 record in the tourney is ranked fourth all-time among active Division II schools in total tourney wins. Emporia State won the 2010 National Championship, were national runners-up in 1998, advanced to the Final Four in 1999 and 2015, and were also in the Elite Eight in 2000 and 2006. They have been to the regional final 14 times.

HERE THEY COME
Emporia State played in front of at least 1,000 fans in White Auditorium in 296 straight home game from January 2, 1999 until it was snapped on December 16, 2019. The Lady Hornets drew an average of 1,492 fans to their 13 home games on Slaymaker Court in White Auditorium during the 2018-19 season to rank sixth nationally. Emporia State averaged more than 20 teams that made the NCAA Division I Tournament. They outdrew 210 NCAA Division I schools, including eight from the "Power 5" conferences - five from the ACC, two from the Pac 12, and one from the Big 10. The Lady Hornets national championship game drew a standing room only crowd of 3,405 to the St. Joseph Civic Arena in 2010. The Lady Hornets averaged a school record 2,684 fans over 13 home dates in 2005-06 to finish third in the nation and led the nation with an average attendance of 2,348 fans for their 15 home dates in 2004-05. Emporia State has been in the top six of the nation in attendance in each of the last 22 years.

ON THE AIR
The Lady Hornets have been on national television five times in the last 20 years. They are 3-2 after their loss in the Final Four to eventual national champion California (PA) on the CBS Sports Network in 2015. They defeated Ft. Lewis 65-53 in the national championship game on ESPN2 in 2010. Emporia State's 97-94 overtime victory over then #1 Gannon was shown on ESPNU. The Lady Hornets 74-67 victory over Washburn in 2007 was televised nation wide on CSTV. It was the first time a basketball game was televised nationally from White Auditorium and the first time an MIAA regular season basketball game, men or women, had been telecast nationwide. The Lady Hornets national championship game against North Dakota in 1998 was seen on ESPN. The Turnpike Tussle game against Washburn in White Auditorium on Jan. 15, 2011 was available across Mid-America on the MIAA Broadcasting Network while the Lady Hornets have made seven straight appearances on the MIAA Network as part of the conference championship game.

LET'S HANG SOME MORE
Aneta Kausaite, Jurgita Kausaite, Tara Holloway-Churchill, Emily Bloss-Carpenter, Michelle Stueve-Corpening, Cassondra Boston and Alli Volkens have had their jerseys retired in White Auditorium for earning first or second team All-American honors at Emporia State, graduating and playing at least two years for the Lady Hornets.

TRIFECTA
Emporia State is the first program in NCAA Division II history to lead the nation in attendance (2005), win a national championship (2010), and be honored with the top GPA in the nation (2017) in the WBCA Academic Top 25 list.

LADY HORNET SUCCESS ON THE COURT...
The Lady Hornets have the best record in MIAA play in the 21st century. Emporia State is 292-91 (.762) in MIAA play since the 2000 season and 510-139 (.786) overall in that time. The Lady Hornets are even better if you add two more years to the equation. Since the 1997-98 season, Emporia State is 325-92 (.779) in MIAA play and 573-143 (.800) overall. The Lady Hornets have been ranked in the top ten of the ESPN/USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll 190 times, the most of any NCAA Division II school.  Emporia State has been to 20 NCAA Tournaments, made the Regional Championship or "Sweet 16" 14 times, has made six trips to the Elite Eight, four to the Final Four, two national title game appearances and won the 2010 NCAA Division II National Championship. The Lady Hornets have won seven MIAA Regular season and nine Tournament Championships and are the only team to win four straight undisputed (untied regular season and tournament) MIAA Championships pulling the trick from 1998-2001. They went to seven straight MIAA Tournament Championships games from 2011-17, have been in 14 of the last 21 MIAA Tournament championship games, made it to the semifinals in 20 of the last 22 MIAA Tournaments and won nine tourney titles.

...AND IN THE CLASSROOM
Emporia State sat atop the 2016-17 Women's Basketball Coaches Association NCAA Division II Academic Top 25 list. The Lady Hornets had a school record 3.744 team GPA during the 2016-17 academic year. Emily Miller and Addie Lackey were named CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District VII last year. Lady Hornets have been honored as Academic All-Americans four times since joining the NCAA. Michelle Stueve was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America second-team in 2007-08 and was a three-time Academic All-District VII performer. Emily Bloss was a three-time Academic All-American and was named the Academic All-American of the Year in 2001. As a team the Lady Hornets had a 3.23 team GPA in the fall of 2019.

MIAA TOURNEY EXCELLENCE
Emporia State won an unprecedented five straight MIAA Tournament Championships and an MIAA record 16 straight games in tournament play from 2013-2018. They are the first team to have two different streaks of at least four straight tournament championships. The Lady Hornets won four straight championships from 1998-2001 and were in seven straight title games between 2011 and 2017 with championships in the final five tournaments of that run. They are the first team to be in seven straight championship games since Missouri Western appeared in seven straight from 1997-2003. Emporia State is 44-15 all-time in MIAA Tournament play with a 14-0 record in White Auditorium.

NEWBIES
Kelly Moten became just the fourth freshman to earn All-Tournament honors at the 2014 MIAA Tournament.  All four freshmen were Lady Hornets and Moten is the first to earn the honors coming off the bench.  She joins Merissa Quick as the only two sophomores to earn Most Outstanding Player honors at the MIAA Tournament. A total of six different Lady Hornets have been named MIAA Freshman of the Year.

ALL-TIME ALL-MIAA TOURNAMENT TEAM
Lady Hornets Emily Bloss, Tara Holloway and Jurgita Kausaite were named to the ten person All-Time All-MIAA Tournament Team by a panel of past and current sports information directors and media members prior to the 2007 Tournament. Bloss averaged 17 points in her twelve tournament games, including a tournament record 76 points as a senior. Holloway scored 151 points in her career. Kausaite scored 120 points in six tournament games.

TIP-INS
• The Lady Hornets have won 20 games 21 times in the last 23 years and 26 times in the program's 42 year history.
• The Lady Hornets have won 25 games 13 times in school history.
• The Lady Hornets have won 30 games four times in school history.
• The Lady Hornets are 935-404 (.698) overall in their 46th year of action and were the eighth NCAA Division II program to reach 900 wins.
• The Lady Hornets are the only team to appear in the NCAA top twenty season records for scoring offense (17th - 90.0 in 1998; 8th - 91.3 in 1999; 18th - 89.9 in 2000) and scoring defense (20th - 50.6 in 2001).
• The Lady Hornets have had ten of the last 21 MIAA MVPs, six of the last 17 Freshmen of the Year and have won three MIAA Defensive Player of the Year awards since 2011-12.

STREAKS AND SUCH
• The Lady Hornets have held their last 877 opponents to under 100 points dating back to a 106-75 loss to West Texas A&M in Hays, Kan. on Nov. 29, 1991.
• The Lady Hornets have won 46 straight non-conference games in White Auditorium dating back to a 58-51 loss to Harris-Stowe on December 8, 2007.
• The Lady Hornets have won at least ten home games in 23 straight seasons.
• The Lady Hornets 62 game winning streak from Feb. 27, 1997 through Jan. 13, 2001 is an MIAA record and the fifth longest in NCAA Division II history.
• The Lady Hornets ended the longest winning streak (at the time) in NCAA Division II history (51 games) with their 61-59 overtime victory over Washburn on March 13, 2006 in the South Central Regional final and the longest single season winning streak (37 games) with their 97-94 overtime victory over Gannon on March 24, 2010 in the national semifinals.
• The Lady Hornets have defeated the host team in their regional six times in the last 14 years (at Ft. Hays State 66-61 in 2015; at Washburn 65-58 in 2013; at Washburn 71-65 in 2012; at West Texas A&M 76-69 in 2010; at Washburn in 2006; and at Drury in 2005).
• The Lady Hornets have two six game winning streaks against nationally ranked teams in the last five seasons. They are the longest streaks since winning seven straight over the 1999-2000 through 2000-01 seasons and the longest single season streak since winning seven straight on the way to the 1998 national championship game.
• Emporia State is 2-1 against teams on a 30 game winning streak in the NCAA Tournament. They snapped Gannon's 37 game winning streak in the 2010 national semifinals and Washburn's 32 game in-season streak in the 2006 South Central Regional finals. ESU lost to eventual national runner-up Southwestern Oklahoma 71-65 in the first round of the 2019 Central Regional

END GAME
The Lady Hornets are 377-10 (.974) when leading at the 5:00 mark since the start of the 2004-05 season and are 543-16 (.971) since 1997 with a lead at the 5:00 mark. 

#3 TRE'ZURE JOBE
5-7 • Freshman • Guard • Wichita, Kan. • Wichita South HS
As a Red-Shirt Freshman in 2019-20
She leads the MIAA in steals, is ranked third in scoring, sixth in free throw percentage, seventh in assists, eighth in assist to turnover ratio, 12th in field goal percentage and 20th in made three-pointers. She was just one of 16 for two points at Fort Hays State but dished seven assists. She is a three-time MIAA Player of the Week. She scored 22 points against Missouri Western and had 26 points on ten of 14 shooting against Northwest Missouri for her second straight weekly honor. She was the MIAA Player of the Week after scoring 16 points at Washburn following a career high 30 points with eight steals and eight assists against Missouri Valley. She scored 25 points with four steals against Fort Hays State. She had 18 points and five steals against Neb.-Kearney. She had 19 points with three three-pointers at Northern State. She scored 16 points with four assists and three steals against Northwestern Okla. She had 23 points against Harding. She scored 13 points with five assists and three steals against Kansas. She had 13 points, three assists and two steals against Oklahoma State.
As a Freshman in 2018-19
She scored six points in three quarters against Southwestern Oklahoma before injuring her knee.
High School
Jobe was a First-Team KBCA All-State Class 6A performer for Wichita South HS and a top 20 pick in all classes. She averaged 12.3 points per game as the Titans were ranked as high at #25 in the nation during her senior season.

#10 KALI MARTIN
5-8 • Sophomore • Guard • El Dorado, Kan. • Circle HS
As a Junior in 2019-20
She is 17th in the MIAA in made three-pointers. She is averaging 11.0 points and shooting .519 from the three-point line over her last four games. She was three of four from the field and had eight points at Fort Hays State. She scored 12 points against Missouri Western. She had ten points against Northwest Missouri. She scored 16 points against Missouri Valley. She was seven of eight from the free throw line at Sioux Falls. She scored 11 points with five steals against Northwestern Oklahoma.
As a Sophomore in 2018-19
She scored 17 points with a career high five three-pointers at Central Oklahoma. She was perfect from the field and scored ten points against Pittsburg State. She scored 12 points and was three of four from the field against Central Oklahoma. She scored eight points against both Baker and UPR-Bayamon. She tied her career high with five rebounds against Newman. She had 13 points on five of six shooting against Northern State. She had a career high 18 points against Ark.-Ft. Smith. She scored ten points with seven assists in a start against Okla. Baptist.  
As A Freshmen in 2017-18
She scored seven points against Northeastern State in the first round of the MIAA Tournament. She had six points with two assists, two blocks and a steal at Central Oklahoma. She had six points on two made three-pointers at Pittsburg State. She scored a then career high 13 points going eight of ten from the free throw line with three steals at Lindenwood. She scored nine points with three rebounds and two steals at Newman. She had two assists at Kansas State.
High School
Martin averaged 14.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game for Circle HS and earned second-team All-State honors as a senior.

#12 MORGAN LAUDAN
5-10 • Junior • Forward • Paola, Kan. • Paola HS
As a Senior in 2019-20
She is ranked fourth in the MIAA in steals, 22nd in assists and 23rd in rebounding. She had a double-double with 13 points and ten rebounds against Missouri Western. She had 15 points, six rebounds and five steals against Northwest Missouri. She scored nine points with five boards and three steals at Washburn. She had nine points, six rebounds, six assists and six steals against Missouri Valley. She scored 13 points with four rebounds, three steals and three assists against Bethany. She had five rebounds and a team high four assists against Fort Hays State. She scored 12 points with four rebounds and three steals against Neb.-Kearney. She had six points and five rebounds against Washburn. She had 15 points and hit three of six treys at Sioux Falls. She scored ten points at Northern State. She had 13 points and six rebounds against Henderson State. She scored 11 points with three made three-pointers at both Kansas and Oklahoma State in exhibition play.
As a Junior in 2018-19
She had nine points and eight rebounds at Central Oklahoma. She scored 11 points and pulled five rebounds against Missouri Southern. She had eight points with four rebounds and four assists against Pittsburg State. She scored nine points with four steals against Northeastern State. She had four steals at Central Missouri. She scored seven points, all in a 2:14 span of the fourth quarter, at Pittsburg State. She scored ten points at Missouri Western. She had 11 rebounds and eight points at Northwest Missouri. She scored nine points on four of five shooting against Washburn. She scored 14 points against Baker. She had ten points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals at Northwestern Oklahoma. She pulled eight rebounds against Southwestern Oklahoma.
As a Sophomore in 2017-18  
She scored nine points and made two three-pointers at Central Okla. She had 11 points and six rebounds against Mo. Western. She had 13 points and 11 rebounds at Neb.-Kearney. She scored ten points with six rebounds at Ft. Hays State. She had eight points, five rebounds and five assists against Southwest Baptist. She scored 12 points with nine rebounds at Pittsburg State. She had 12 points and seven rebounds against Central Oklahoma. She scored 13 points with six rebounds and three assists at Washburn. She grabbed 12 rebounds against Pittsburg State. She had 11 points at Lindenwood. She had career highs of 20 points and 14 rebounds while tying her career high with seven assists against Oklahoma Christian. She scored 11 points with five rebounds and four assists at Ark.-Ft. Smith. She scored five points with six rebounds at Kansas State.
As a Freshman in 2016-17
She scored six points with six rebounds against Central Oklahoma in the MIAA Title game. She had seven rebounds against Central Missouri in the MIAA semifinals. She scored ten points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished five assists against Northeastern State. She had nine points and seven boards at Northwest Missouri. She scored 11 points on four of six shooting at Southwest Baptist. She had nine points and six rebounds against Ark.-Ft. Smith. She had a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds while dishing seven assists against Kansas Christian. She had ten points and four steals against Tabor. She scored seven points with eight rebounds against Southwestern Oklahoma. She scored four points with two rebounds at Baylor.
High School
She was a third-team All-Kansas pick for Paola HS  and a first-team All-Class 4A-I selection as a senior.  She averaged 12.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game as she was named the Tri-County Spotlight Player of the Year and second-team All-Class 4A as a junior. She led the Panthers to the state tournament all four years scoring 23 points in the state championships game as a senior.

#13 FREDRICKA SHEATS
5-9 • Junior • Wing • Athens, Ga. • Clark Central HS/Central Ga. Tech
As a Junior in 2019-20
She scored 11 points at Fort Hays State with five rebounds. She had five points and four rebounds against Missouri Valley. She scored 11 points against Bethany. She was three of four from the field against Fort Hays State. She scored 14 points with seven rebounds, six steals and four assists against Bethel. She had ten points at Northern State. She scored 13 points off the bench against Northwestern Oklahoma. She had five rebounds at Harding.
At Central Georgia Tech in 2017-2019
She was named Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year, First-Team All-Region and Second-Team NJCAA Division I All-American after averaging 17.4 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.2 steals on the season. She averaged 15.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per game and was named the GCAA Freshman of the Year, First-Team All-Region, a NJCAA All-Star and an NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American.

#20 LAURA GARCIA LAFFITTE
6-4 • Freshman • Center • Madrid, Spain • TorrelodonesA
At ESU
She blocked four shots at Fort Hays State. She had six rebounds, two blocks and four points against Missouri Valley. She scored five points with seven rebounds in 17 minutes against Bethany. She had five points, four rebounds and two blocks against Fort Hays State. She pulled six rebounds and had three blocked shots in 20 minutes against Washburn. She missed the first five games with a back injury.
High School
Garcia-Laffitte averaged eight points, eight rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game for Torrelodones A playing in both the Spanish junior and senior leagues.

#21 JESSICA WAYNE
5-9 • Senior • Guard • Kansas City, Kan. • Piper HS
As a Senior in 2019-20
She has missed the last six games and is day to day after suffering a knee injury in the first game against Ft. Hays State. She is still leading the MIAA and ranked ninth in the nation in total steals despite missing six games. She had seven points and seven boards before injuring her knee against Fort Hays State. She scored 14 points with six steals and five rebounds against Neb.-Kearney. She earned MIAA Player of the Week honors with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 11 steals against Washburn for the first Lady Hornet triple double since Jamie Blakely in 2001 against Northwest Missouri. Her 11 steals broke Emily Bloss school record of 10 set against Fort Hays State in 1999. She had eight steals against Bethel. She had 13 points and four steals at Sioux Falls She scored 18 points with seven rebounds and four steals at Northern State. She had eight steals and scored 11 points against Northwestern Oklahoma. She scored 18 points with four steals against Henderson State. She scored 15 points at Harding. She had 16 points and seven rebounds at Oklahoma State.
As a Junior in 2018-19
She was named the MIAA Defensive Player of the Year and second-team All-MIAA. She led the MIAA and ranked fourth in the nation in steals. She had 12 points and ten rebounds against Washburn in the MIAA tournament. She had 12 points and seven rebounds against Missouri Southern. She scored 19 points with nine rebounds and six steals against Pittsburg State. She had 12 points, seven rebounds, seven steals, five assists and two blocks against Central Okla. She was named MIAA Player of the Week after scoring 17 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals at Central Missouri and 20 points at Southwest Baptist. She had a career high nine steals against Lincoln. She scored a career high 23 points with eight steals against Lindenwood. She had 16 points, eight rebounds, and five assists at Mo. Southern. She scored 12 points with eight steals at Pitt State. She had ten boards and four steals against Ft. Hays State. She scored 19 points with eight boards at Mo. Western. She had 13 points and 12 boards at Northwest Mo. She scored 17 points against Washburn. She had a career high 14 rebounds against Baker. She had 20 points, ten boards and five steals at Ft. Hays State. She had 12 points, 11 rebounds, and six assists against UA-Ft. Smith. She had 21 points and ten rebounds at Northwestern Okla. She had 19 points against Southwestern Okla.
As a Sophomore in 2017-18
She was named to the MIAA All-Defensive team. She was ranked fifth in the MIAA in steals and tenth in blocks. She had 12 rebounds and added 11 points against Ft. Hays State in the MIAA Quarterfinals. She had 17 points, seven rebounds and three steals at Northeastern State. She had 23 points with seven rebounds, five assists and four steals against Southwest Baptist. She scored 16 points with six steals against Central Okla. She had four steals to go with seven points and four rebounds at K-State.
As a Freshman in 2016-17
She had five steals in the regional quarterfinals against Northern State. She had nine assists against Kansas Christian. She had six points on two of two shooting from behind the arc at Baylor.
At ESU
She is the single season record holder with 112 steals and is fourth in career steals with 254 in her 102 games as a Lady Hornet. She has scored 962 points and needs just 38 to become the 31st Lady Hornet to score 1,000 points in her career.
High School
She is the Piper HS record holder in career scoring with 1,386 points while scoring a school record 533 points as a senior.  She earned first-team All-Class 4A-I honors after averaging 24.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, 6.9 steals and 3.2 assists for the Pirates as a senior.

#22 MOLLIE MOUNSEY
5-10 • Senior • Wing • Follett, Texas • Follett HS/Seward CC/Colorado St
As a Senior in 2019-20
She is leading the MIAA in three-point percentage, ranks second in made three-pointers, is 15th in scoring, and 20th in steals. She scored and ESU career high 23 points with seven three-pointers at Fort Hays State. She scored ten points with four rebounds, three assists and two steals against Missouri Western. She had 15 points and six rebounds against Northwest Missouri. She scored 19 points at Washburn. She had 18 points on six of 11 shooting from behind the arc against Missouri Valley. She hit nine straight three-pointers over two games. She was perfect from the field and scored 14 points against Bethany, going four of four from behind the three-point line and two of two from the free throw line. She scored 12 points against Fort Hays State. She had nine points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals against Neb.-Kearney. She scored ten points with five rebounds against Washburn. She was six of 12 from the field, all behind the arc, and hit one free throw for 19 points against Bethel. She had 15 points and seven rebounds at Sioux Falls. She hit six of 11 three-pointers for 18 points against Northwestern Oklahoma. She scored 11 points at Harding. She had a double-double with 12 points on four made three-pointers and ten rebounds at Kansas after being held without a field goal against Oklahoma State.
At Colorado State in 2018-19
She was the second leading scorer and rebounder for Colorado State at 10.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. She made 67 three-pointers to rank third in the Mountain West. She started all 30 games for the Rams and averaged 38.1 minutes per game to rank sixth in D-I.
At Seward County from 2016-18
Mounsey was a two-time NJCAA First-Team All-American for Coach Wynn at Seward CC. She averaged 18.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game as a sophomore with 113 made three-pointers in 2017-18. Her 143 three-point field goals made as a freshman were the most of any women's basketball player in the nation - NCAA, NAIA or NJCAA - that year. She averaged 19.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game for the 2016-17 season.
High School
She was a four-time district MVP and an all-state athlete in basketball at Follett HS. She was a two-time state champion in throwing events and was a four-time all-district athlete in softball.

#25 KARSEN SCHULTZ
5-10 • Sophomore • Guard • Alma, Kan. • Alma-Wabaunsee HS
As a Sophomore in 2019-20
She is shooting .417 from the three-point line over her last five games. She scored eight points against Missouri Western. She had six points at Washburn on two of three shooting from the field with two made free throws. She  scored ten points with five rebounds against Missouri Valley. She had seven points and six rebounds against Bethany. She scored seven points on three of four shooting against Washburn. She had a career high 16 points on five of seven shooting with three treys, seven rebounds and three assists against Bethel. She had three rebounds against Henderson State. She scored five points at Kansas. She had a three-pointer, three rebounds and two steals at Oklahoma State.
As a Freshman in 2018-19
She made two free throws at Central Okla. She scored five points against Lincoln. She had three rebounds against Baker. She scored two points and pulled two rebounds at Northwestern Oklahoma.
High School
Schultz was a First-Team Kansas Basketball Coaches Association All-State Class 2A performer for former Lady Hornet Shanna (Spann) Perine at Wabaunsee HS and a top 30 pick in all classes by Sports in Kansas. She scored 1,384 points in her career for the Chargers.

#30 DALEY HANDY
6-0 • Junior • Forward • Wichita, Kan. • Wyoming/Maize HS
As a Junior in 2019-20
She is averaging 8.5 rebounds and shooting .500 from the field and .444 from the three-point line in her last four games. She had a career high 12 rebounds and scored seven points against Missouri Western. She scored a career high nine points and pulled five rebounds with two steals against Northwest Missouri. She tied her career high with six rebounds for the second straight game and added seven points at Washburn. She scored five points with six rebounds against Missouri Valley. She had four points, four rebounds, two assists and a steal against Bethany. She scored eight points and was perfect from the field against Bethel. She had four points against Northwestern Okla.. She had three steals at Kansas. She scored five points with three rebounds and three steals at Oklahoma State.
As a Sophomore in 2018-19
She pulled five rebounds against Lincoln. She had seven points, all in the first half, at Northwest Missouri. She scored six points with four rebounds against UPR-Bayamon. She scored five points with three rebounds in ten minutes against UA-Ft. Smith. She pulled five rebounds at Northwestern Okla. She hit five of six free throws at Okla. Baptist. She had seven points against Southwestern Okla. She sat out her first season at Emporia State with a knee injury.
At Wyoming in 2016-17
She played in ten games for Wyoming after sitting out her freshman season with a knee injury.
High School
She was a three-time All-League selection, while being named First Team All-State and Honorable Mention All-State, All-Metro, Co-League MVP and played in the KBCA All-Star Game. She helped her team to a 24-1 overall record and a State Runner-Up finish as a senior along with four league and Sub-State championships. She was an All-League and All-State selection in track and field and was a USATF All-American in the heptathlon.

31 JALYN HARRIS
6-3 • Freshman • Center • Downers Grove, Ill. • Downers Grove North HS
As a Freshman in 2019-20
She has missed the last five games with an ankle injury and is out for the next few weeks. She scored six points with three rebounds against Fort Hays State. She had four points and four rebounds against Neb.-Kearney after missing two games with an injury. She pulled seven rebounds against Northwestern Oklahoma. She had 10 points and 13 rebounds in her first start against Henderson State. She had six points and six rebounds off the bench against both Kansas and Oklahoma State.
High School
She averaged seven points, seven rebounds and two blocks a game as a senior and was selected as an All Conference performer in both her junior and senior seasons. Also as a senior she was selected to the All Area Tournament team. She averaged 8.6 points, 7.7 boards and 2.1 blocks as a junior.

#33 GRACE GORDON
5-6 • Freshman • Guard • Melbourne, Australia • Box Hill Senior Secondary
As a Freshman in 2019-20
She is in her first full season with the Lady Hornets after enrolling at Emporia State in the spring of 2019. She had eight points with four rebounds, two assists and two steals against Bethany. She erupted for a career high 19 points on six of eight shooting from the field and a five for five effort behind the three-point line against Bethel. She also dished three assists and hadtwo steals against the Threshers. She hit two free throws at Oklahoma State.
High School
As a senior she averaged 13 points per game, 6 assists and 4 rebounds for Box Hill Senior Secondary School. Gordon was a part of 3 Victorian School Basketball Championship teams and one Runner-up team.

#44 SIDNEY TINNER
6-0 • Sophomore • Wing • Amarillo, Texas • Amarillo HS/Seward CC
At ESU
She is in her first season with the Lady Hornets and will likely redshirt while rehabilitating from last year's injury.
At Seward County in 2017-19
She started 32 of 42 games at Seward CC before a season ending injury early last season. She shot .375 from the three-point line with 27 makes in 35 games as a freshman. She also averaged 1.3 steals per game as the Saints went 31-4 in 2017-18. She averaged 7.9 points and 2.7 rebounds per game in seven games before getting injured as a sophomore. She had a season high 15 points against South Plains College as a sophomore. She recorded career highs of 16 points against Cowley CC and ten rebounds against Colby as a freshman.
High School
She was the District MVP for Amarillo HS as a senior and earned All-State honors. She led the Lady Sandies to the 2017 Bi-Regional and District Championship.