PERRY AND ROBERTSON NAMED PRESEASON ALL-OVC WHILE SKYHAWKS PICKED TO FINISH SECOND AT OVC MEDIA DAY
10/23/2018 9:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In a preseason poll of the league's head coaches and sports information directors, the University of Tennessee at Martin women's basketball team has been predicted to finish second in the Ohio Valley Conference standings as announced at the conference's annual media day. Senior Emanye Robertson and sophomore Chelsey Perry were also recognized as Preseason All-OVC selections.
The voting panel picked Belmont as the preseason favorite while Bruin senior Darby Maggard was named the league's Preseason Player of the Year. The Skyhawk duo was joined on the Preseason All-OVC team by Maggard, Tia Wooten (Tennessee State), Miranda Crockett (Morehead State), Tesia Thompson (Southeast Missouri), Jenny Roy (Belmont), Grace Lennox (Eastern Illinois), Mackenzie Coleman (Tennessee Tech) and Taylor Robertson (Tennessee State).
The Skyhawks are coming off yet another successful campaign in which the squad notched their seventh postseason appearance in the past eight years with a 19-15 campaign while posting a 13-6 mark in league play to finish second and earn the league's automatic berth into the Postseason WNIT. While the team found success down the stretch, the Skyhawks must replace 56 percent of the team's scoring from a season ago. As a whole, UT Martin boasts five returners from last season while anticipating 10 others to make their Skyhawk debuts during the 2018-19 season.
A native of Memphis, Tenn., Robertson serves as the team's lone senior, starting 87 games while playing in 97 since making her Skyhawks debut. She tallied 10.9 points per game last season while notching 3.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game. For her career she has scored 844 points while ranking sixth in program history with 356 assists. As a junior, she scored in double figures 19 times while ranking in the OVC top-10 in steals (2.1, fourth), minutes played (34.7, fifth), assists (4.4, sixth), assist/turnover ratio (1.4, sixth) and field goal percentage (45.7, eighth).
Hailing from Middleton, Tenn., Perry burst onto the scene last season by averaging 11.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.3 steals, 1.2 assists and 1.1 blocks in 26.4 minutes per game. She was rewarded for her strong play by being named to the OVC All-Newcomer squad along with the OVC All-Tournament team while notching three OVC Freshman of the Week honors. She ranked second in the nation amongst true-freshmen with an 86.7 percent free throw percentage while notching 20 games in double-figures – including four games with at least 20 points. Along with her scoring ability, she notched 38 blocks which ranked fourth on the program's single-season leaderboard.
The 2018-19 campaign tips off on Tuesday, Nov. 6 when the Skyhawks play host to Samford in the friendly confines of the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. For information on single-game and season tickets, contact ticket manager Fran Spears at the Skyhawk Ticket Office, located in Room 1091 in the Skyhawk Fieldhouse or call (731) 881-7207.
2018-19 OVC Women's Basketball Predicted Order of Finish
The voting panel picked Belmont as the preseason favorite while Bruin senior Darby Maggard was named the league's Preseason Player of the Year. The Skyhawk duo was joined on the Preseason All-OVC team by Maggard, Tia Wooten (Tennessee State), Miranda Crockett (Morehead State), Tesia Thompson (Southeast Missouri), Jenny Roy (Belmont), Grace Lennox (Eastern Illinois), Mackenzie Coleman (Tennessee Tech) and Taylor Robertson (Tennessee State).
The Skyhawks are coming off yet another successful campaign in which the squad notched their seventh postseason appearance in the past eight years with a 19-15 campaign while posting a 13-6 mark in league play to finish second and earn the league's automatic berth into the Postseason WNIT. While the team found success down the stretch, the Skyhawks must replace 56 percent of the team's scoring from a season ago. As a whole, UT Martin boasts five returners from last season while anticipating 10 others to make their Skyhawk debuts during the 2018-19 season.
A native of Memphis, Tenn., Robertson serves as the team's lone senior, starting 87 games while playing in 97 since making her Skyhawks debut. She tallied 10.9 points per game last season while notching 3.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game. For her career she has scored 844 points while ranking sixth in program history with 356 assists. As a junior, she scored in double figures 19 times while ranking in the OVC top-10 in steals (2.1, fourth), minutes played (34.7, fifth), assists (4.4, sixth), assist/turnover ratio (1.4, sixth) and field goal percentage (45.7, eighth).
Hailing from Middleton, Tenn., Perry burst onto the scene last season by averaging 11.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.3 steals, 1.2 assists and 1.1 blocks in 26.4 minutes per game. She was rewarded for her strong play by being named to the OVC All-Newcomer squad along with the OVC All-Tournament team while notching three OVC Freshman of the Week honors. She ranked second in the nation amongst true-freshmen with an 86.7 percent free throw percentage while notching 20 games in double-figures – including four games with at least 20 points. Along with her scoring ability, she notched 38 blocks which ranked fourth on the program's single-season leaderboard.
The 2018-19 campaign tips off on Tuesday, Nov. 6 when the Skyhawks play host to Samford in the friendly confines of the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center. For information on single-game and season tickets, contact ticket manager Fran Spears at the Skyhawk Ticket Office, located in Room 1091 in the Skyhawk Fieldhouse or call (731) 881-7207.
2018-19 OVC Women's Basketball Predicted Order of Finish
- Belmont (20 first-place votes) - 240 points
- UT Martin (three first-place votes) - 204 points
- Jacksonville State - 180 points
- Morehead State -179 points
- Southeast Missouri - 154 points
- SIUE (One first-place votes) - 149 points
- Tennessee Tech - 112 points
- Tennessee State - 93 points
- Austin Peay - 86 points
- Eastern Kentucky - 62 points
- Eastern Illinois - 60 points
- Murray State - 58 points
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