2019-20 Tusculum Women's Basketball News
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School-record 204 Pioneers named to SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll
June 15, 2020ROCK HILL, S.C. --- A school record 204 Tusculum University student-athletes have been named to the 2019-2020 South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll, which was announced on Monday. The conference had 2,175 student-athletes from the league’s 12 member institutions honored for their achievements in the classroom. -
Tusculum Rewind Series continues in June
June 05, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University Pioneer Rewind Series continues in June as the weekly on-line program will feature games from the past highlighting some of the most exciting moments and accomplishments by TU Athletics.
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Boehner named assistant women's basketball coach
June 02, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University has named Camden Boehner as assistant women's basketball coach, announced head coach Meagan Price.
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School-record 398 named to Athletic Director's Spring Honor Roll
May 22, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- A school-record 398 student-athletes have been named to the 2020 Tusculum University Athletic Director’s Spring Honor Roll announced Doug Jones, vice president of athletics and university initiatives.
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Tusculum student-athletes honored at virtual awards show
May 15, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Dee Alford and Nicole McMillen were named the 2019-2020 Tusculum University Athletes of the Year during the athletic department’s virtual awards show Friday night. The event, which is held annually at the department’s end of the year athletic banquet, was done virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Price named Tusculum women's basketball coach
May 06, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University has named Meagan Price as the 16th head women's basketball coach in program history announced Doug Jones, vice president of athletics and university initiatives.
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Tusculum to name new women's basketball coach at Wednesday press conference
May 05, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University will be introducing its 16th women’s basketball coach at a press conference this Wednesday (May 6) afternoon at 1:30 p.m. (ET) on the Greeneville campus. Due to the social distancing guidelines, the press conference will be closed to the public and limited to media representatives only.
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Carter steps down as head women's basketball coach
April 02, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University head women's basketball coach Devan Carter has been hired as head women's basketball coach at fellow South Atlantic Conference member Lincoln Memorial University.
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A message to student-athletes from VP of Athletics Doug Jones
March 16, 2020A message to student-athletes from VP of Athletics Doug Jones
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Trammell, Long named Applebee's Student-Athletes of the Month for March
March 16, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University outfielder Brandon Trammell and guard Mia Long have been named the Applebee’s Student-Athletes of the Month for February.
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Five Pioneer seniors named to All-Southeast Regional team
March 16, 2020GREENWOOD, S.C. --- Five members of the Tusculum University women's basketball team were selected to the NCAA Southeast Region All-Tournament team, following the cancellation of the tournament by the NCAA.
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NCAA cancels women's basketball, indoor track & field championships
March 12, 2020INDIANAPOLIS --- Today, NCAA President Mark Emmert and the Board of Governors canceled all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships including the Division II Women’s Basketball and Indoor Track & Field Championships which Tusculum University student-athletes were competing in.
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Tusculum, SAC statement pertaining to cancellation of all athletic events for remainder of spring season
March 12, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University and the South Atlantic Conference continue to assess the impact of COVID-19 in consultation with public health and medical professionals, as such the SAC Presidents Council has made the decision to cancel all spring athletics competition and practice for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year. This includes all SAC spring sports championships.
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Long named second-team All-Region by D2CCA
March 12, 2020HICKORY, N.C. --- Tusculum University senior guard Mia Long has been named second-team All-Southeast Region in women's basketball by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA).
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Pioneers ready to face Belmont Abbey in NCAA tourney opener
March 11, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University will make its first appearance in the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament since 2012 when the Pioneers take on Belmont Abbey College in the quarterfinal round of the Southeast Regional Friday night in Greenwood, South Carolina.
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Limited attendance policy in effect for NCAA Southeast Regional
March 11, 2020GREENWOOD, S.C. --- In accordance with Wednesday’s decision by the NCAA Board of Governors, there will be a limited attendance policy for the 2020 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Southeast Regional, scheduled for March 13-16 at Finis Horne Arena on the campus of Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina.
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Furr, Long named Zaxby's Athletes of the Week
March 09, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University outfielder Fuzzy Furr and guard Mia Long have been named the Zaxby’s Athletes of the Week.
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Pioneers win SAC Championship with 61-49 victory over Anderson
March 08, 2020GREENVILLE, S.C. --- Tusculum University went on a 19-0 fourth-quarter run and captured the Pilot/Flying J South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Championship with a 61-49 victory over Anderson University Sunday afternoon at Timmons Arena.
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Pioneers receive four seed, to play Belmont Abbey Friday at Lander
March 08, 2020INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. --- Tusculum University has earned the fourth seed for the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament Southeast Regional, the NCAA announced Sunday night.
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Pioneers rally again to beat Carson-Newman, advance to SAC finals
March 07, 2020GREENVILLE, S.C. --- Kasey Johnson sank a career-high six three-pointers and scored a game-high 24 points as Tusculum University rallied for an 81-73 victory over Carson-Newman University in the semifinal round of the Pilot/Flying J South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Championship Saturday afternoon at Timmons Arena.
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Pioneers face Carson-Newman in Saturday's SAC semifinals
March 06, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- For the first time since 2013, the Tusculum University women's basketball team has advanced to the semifinals of the Pilot/Flying J South Atlantic Conference Championship tournament. The Pioneers will face Carson-Newman in Saturday's semifinal round at 2:30 p.m. from Timmons Arena in Greenville, South Carolina.
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Long named first-team All-SAC, Johnson selected honorable mention
March 05, 2020ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum University senior guard Mia Long was named first-team All-South Atlantic Conference in women's basketball for the 2019-20 season, the conference office announced Thursday.
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Pioneers drop one spot to seventh in NCAA Southeast Region rankings
March 05, 2020INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. --- The Tusculum University women's basketball team is seventh in the latest NCAA Division II Southeast Region rankings, through games of Sunday, March 1.
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Pioneers set SAC tourney record with 14 threes, rout Wingate 82-40
March 04, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University set a Pilot/Flying J South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Championship tournament record with 14 three-pointers and placed five players in double figures in an 82-40 rout of Wingate University in quarterfinal action Wednesday night at Pioneer Arena.
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Pioneers to host Wingate in SAC Championship quarterfinals
March 01, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- For the second straight season, Tusculum University will face off with Wingate University in the quarterfinal round of the Pilot/Flying J South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Championship.
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Pioneers nearly rally from 15-point deficit, fall 51-47 at Wingate
February 29, 2020WINGATE, N.C. --- Tusculum University shot a season-low 22.5 percent from the field, yet nearly erased all of a 15-point second-half deficit before Wingate University held on for a 51-47 victory in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball action Saturday afternoon at Cuddy Arena.
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Pioneers up to sixth in NCAA Southeast Region rankings
February 27, 2020INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. --- The Tusculum University women's basketball team moved up one position to sixth in the second edition of the 2019-20 NCAA Division II Southeast Region rankings, through games of Sunday, Feb. 23.
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Johnson hits career-high five threes, scores 21 in 67-48 win at LMU
February 26, 2020HARROGATE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University outscored Lincoln Memorial University by 20 points over a 13-minute span of the second half as the Pioneers earned a 67-48 victory over the Railsplitters Wednesday night in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball action at Tex Turner Arena.
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Pioneers hit the road to close regular season at LMU, Wingate
February 24, 2020GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- With a second consecutive 20-win season and a top-four position in the South Atlantic Conference secured, the Tusculum University women's basketball team will look to improve its chances of qualifying for the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in eight years as the Pioneers wrap up the regular season this week.
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Long honored as SAC Player of the Week
February 24, 2020ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum University senior guard Mia Long has been honored as the AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week in women's basketball for the week ending Feb. 23, after leading the Pioneers to two conference wins and scoring her 1,000th career point last week.
