The Basics
The West Virginia Wesleyan women's basketball team is scheduled to battle nearby Davis & Elkins away from home on Wednesday (Feb. 10) at 5 p.m. before returning to the Rockefeller Center to play host to Charleston on Saturday (Feb. 13) at 2 p.m.
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Quick Hits
• Junior forward
Malaika Kimmons recorded a double-double of 17 points, and 10 rebounds in a 74-54 victory over Wheeling on Wednesday (Feb. 3).Â
• Senior guard
Brittany Stawovy scored 17 points, grabbed nine rebounds and snagged three steals against Wheeling on Wednesday (Feb. 3).Â
• Freshman
Symphonie Bryant-Brown provided 16 points off of the bench to help propel WVWC past Wheeling on Wednesday (Feb. 3).Â
• Stawovy recorded her second double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds at Notre Dame (Ohio) in a 76-66 loss on Monday, Feb. 1.Â
• Stawovy scored a season-high 27 points and finished 10-for-10 at the free throw line in an 86-73 victory over Alderson Broaddus on Saturday (Jan. 30).Â
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Cierra Tolbert has compiled back-to-back double-double performances (16 points & 13 rebounds vs. AB on Jan. 30 and 10 points & 12 rebounds at NDC on Feb. 1).Â
• Senior forward
Abi Gabauer bested her previous career-high of 24 points that was set her freshman year with 26 points against West Virginia State on Wednesday (Jan. 20).Â
• Sophomore guard
Courtney Wilfong has distributed six assists in three games this season, the latest occurrence was on Monday, Feb. 1 at Notre Dame (Ohio).Â
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Vicky Bullett enters her fifth season as the West Virginia Wesleyan head coach. The former All-American at Maryland and former WNBA No. 1 draft pick played six seasons in the WNBA. Bullett is a member of the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She helped Team USA to a gold medal in 1988.Â
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Scouting Davis & Elkins
Davis & Elkins is 2-8 overall this season coming off a 66-56 win at Wheeling on Saturday (Feb. 6).Â
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Senior guard Jessica Eadsforth-Yates is averaging 8.6 points per game and has collected 12 steals so far this season. She scored 16 points and distributed six assists in the victory over Wheeling.Â
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Freshman forward Marissa Berlin is averaging 8.0 points per game as well as 7.2 rebounds per game. Berlin put together a double-double of 17 points and 19 rebounds to help the Senators defeat Wheeling on Saturday, Feb. 6.Â
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Rachel Swartz is in her first season as the head coach of the Davis & Elkins women's basketball program. Prior to D&E, Swartz was an assistant coach at Everett Community College (Wash.).
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Scouting Charleston
Charleston is currently ranked third in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Division-II poll and first in the Atlantic Region poll. The Golden Eagles are 10-0 after rolling past Wheeling, 82-53 on Monday (Feb. 8).Â
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Erykah Russell is averaging a double-double of 20.6 points and 12.0 rebounds a game. Brooklyn Pannell currently sits at a team-best 25.1 points per game and 5.0 boards per game after a 41-point performance versus Wheeling.Â
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Tianni Kelly enters her first season as the head coach of the Charleston women's basketball program.Â
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Up Next
West Virginia Wesleyan women's basketball is scheduled to continue its MEC slate at Glenville State on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 5 p.m. before traveling to West Virginia State on Saturday, Feb. 20 for a 2 p.m. tip-off.
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