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• April 18, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Inside a sold-out, jam-packed and lavishly decorated banquet hall at Cookeville’s Quality Inn, family members, ardent supporters and Tennessee Tech Athletics staff joined the Golden Eagle women’s basketball team to celebrate the its exciting, revitalizing 2018-19 season, and reflect on the numerous accomplishments therein. Following a high-energy, wedding-style introduction of each team member, an invocation from senior forward Lacy Cantrell and a season recap from head coach Kim Rosamond, the event moved to its highly-anticipated awards presentation segment.

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• March 25, 2019

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Despite a gritty effort over 40 minutes of back-and-forth action, the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team was unable to come away with a victory in its Women’s Basketball Invitational quarterfinal matchup with Campbell Monday night, bringing to an end its resurgent 2018-19 season. Tech wraps its campaign with a 22-11 record, an increase of 15 wins from 2017-18, which equates to the second-biggest turnaround in NCAA Division I this season. In the process, the Golden Eagles amassed 12 home wins and 12 wins in Ohio Valley Conference play, which are the program’s best marks since the 2004-05 and 2012-13 seasons, respectively. They also racked up nine wins on the road, the best since 2010-11.

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• March 21, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – After a slow first quarter, Tennessee Tech found its groove on both ends of the floor and overpowered Akron in its first-round matchup of the Women’s Basketball Invitational Thursday night, using strong bench play and a dominant rebounding advantage to secure a 73-59 victory, and a berth in the tournament quarterfinals. While playing in its first national postseason tournament since the 2011-12 season, the victory was Tech’s first in such setting since it took down Belmont in the 2006 Women’s National Invitation Tournament. With the win, Tech advances to play Campbell in its on Monday, March 25. That game will tip at 6 p.m. CT from CU’s Gilbert Craig Gore Arena in Buies Creek N.C.

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• March 20, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Now that they’re in, it’s time to get down to business Tennessee Tech’s Thursday night matchup with Akron in the Women’s Basketball Invitational, which will tip at 6:00 p.m. CT inside the friendly confines of the Eblen Center, represents an opportunity to record the program’s first win in a national postseason tournament since 2006. That occurrence came against Belmont, which was not yet a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, on March 15, 2006 in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. Tech prevailed in a thriller, 56-55.

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• March 08, 2019

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Despite holding Belmont to 62 points, which equaled its second-lowest total of the season, the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team simply could not get enough shots to fall in their Ohio Valley Conference Tournament semifinal game on Friday afternoon, as the fourth-seeded Golden Eagles fell to the No. 1 Bruins, 62-48, at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. Tech moves to 21-10 for the year, and will now await a potential bid for a national postseason tournament. The 21 wins are the second-most in school history since the 2005-06 season, making Kim Rosamond just the second Tech coach to record a 20-win campaign since the Bill Worrell era.

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• March 06, 2019

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – By this point, the story of Tennessee Tech women’s basketball’s renaissance season is well documented. The Golden Eagles have been markedly better in virtually every aspect of the game this year, from nearly a 10-point-per-game increase in scoring offense, to a reduction of almost 20 percent in turnovers committed. On Thursday afternoon, Tech will get yet another chance to measure its growth from a season ago when it enters Ohio Valley Conference Tournament play against Austin Peay at 1 p.m. CT. The No. 4 seed Golden Eagles and fifth-seeded Governors will battle in the first game of the day at The Ford Center in Evansville, Ind., which can be viewed on ESPN+ and heard on 106.1 The Eagle.

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• February 26, 2019

EDWARDVILLE, Ill. – It’s the final week of Ohio Valley Conference regular-season action, and despite already having a spot locked up for next week’s conference tournament in Evansville, Ind., there’s still plenty for the Tennessee Tech women to play for. The Golden Eagles (19-8, 11-5 OVC) will head first to SIUE on Thursday night. The Cougars enter the game with a 12-15 record, 7-9 in league play. SIUE has split its last four games and lost seven of its last 10. The Cougars defeated Tennessee State 66-55 and fell to Belmont 87-54 in road action last weekend. On the other side of the coin, Tech is 5-5 in its last 10 games, following a nine-game winning streak that included the Golden Eagles’ home contest against the Cougars back on January 10. Tech knocked off Eastern Kentucky 77-57 on Thursday, then fell 73-70 to Morehead State on Saturday to complete last week’s slate.

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• February 16, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Despite a solid first quarter, Tennessee Tech women’s basketball was unable to keep up with Belmont’s red-hot offense Saturday night, as the Golden Eagles took their fourth Ohio Valley Conference loss, and fell inside the Eblen Center for the second time this year. With the loss, Tech (18-7, 10-4 OVC) settles for a split in its two matchups with Belmont (20-5, 13-1 OVC) this season, and moves into a three-way tie for second place with Morehead State and UT Martin.

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• February 15, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – It’s been almost exactly four years since an Ohio Valley Conference team had an opportunity to record a regular-season sweep of Belmont women’s basketball, but on Saturday night in the Hooper Eblen Center, Tennessee Tech will get its chance when the Golden Eagles and Bruins tip it up at 5:30 p.m.

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• February 14, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Good teams have to be able to win games in different ways, and on Thursday night, Tennessee Tech women’s basketball showed that capability, using tough defense, poise under pressure, and plenty of grit to come away with a 62-59 victory over Jacksonville State in the Eblen Center. “Not the prettiest – definitely not the best that we’ve played all year, but a really big win,” said head coach Kim Rosamond. “To look and see 18 overall wins and 10 conference wins is really, really big.” Tech improves to 18-6 on the year, and 10-3 in the Ohio Valley Conference, which gives Rosamond’s club sole possession of second place by way of Morehead State’s loss to Austin Peay.

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• February 13, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team regained its early-season moxie in Saturday’s thrilling road win over Ohio Valley Conference power UT Martin, and will now welcome four consecutive league opponents to the Eblen Center over the next two weeks, starting with Jacksonville State on Thursday night at 5:30 p.m.

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• February 09, 2019

MARTIN, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team broke out of its recent slump with what might have been its best showing of the season on Saturday against UT Martin, outlasting the Skyhawks 80-76 behind career days from Mackenzie Coleman and Kesha Brady, and an exceptional game from Kentoria Alexander. Tech improved to a 17-6 record with the victory, and separated itself from UTM in the Ohio Valley Conference standings, taking sole possession of third place with a 9-3 ledger. The 17 overall wins are the most the program has seen since it recorded 19 in 2012-13, and the nine league wins ties the mark put up by the 2013-14 squad.

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• February 07, 2019

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The recent offensive struggles for the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team surfaced again on Thursday night at Southeast Missouri, as the Golden Eagles were plagued by a lack of consistent execution in a 62-53 loss in SEMO’s Show Me Center. The loss moves to TTU to a 16-6 record on the season, and an 8-3 mark in the Ohio Valley Conference.

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• February 06, 2019

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Another huge road trip awaits the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team this week, as they will square off with two teams in the top half of the Ohio Valley Conference standings, beginning with Southeast Missouri on Thursday evening at 5:30 p.m. in the Redhawks’ Show Me Center.

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• February 02, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Kesha Brady and Mackenzie Coleman led Tennessee Tech’s 45-point bench effort, and Kentoria Alexander scored a career-high 16 points as the Golden Eagles broke out of a first half slump to fly past Murray State 74-65 in front of 4,087 guests in the Eblen Center Saturday evening. TTU moves to 16-5 on the year with the victory, and 8-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference. With eight league contests remaining, Tech has already posted eight wins, which is the highest total over the program’s last five seasons.

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• February 01, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The ‘R’ in Tennessee Tech women’s basketball’s S.O.A.R. mentality stands for ‘respond positively’; after suffering their first home loss of the season on Thursday, a positive response will be exactly what Kim Rosamond’s Golden Eagles are looking for when they take on Murray State on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. in the Eblen Center.

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• January 30, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – After winning two of three games on their road trip, the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team will return to the Eblen Center, where they have not lost all season, to take on Austin Peay in an Ohio Valley Conference matchup Thursday night at 8 p.m. CT.

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• January 26, 2019

GEORGETOWN, Ky. – Tennessee Tech women’s basketball got back to its winning ways Saturday afternoon, overcoming poor 3-point shooting and a first-half offensive storm from Eastern Kentucky to prevail 81-68 inside Georgetown College’s Davis-Reid Alumni Gym. “This was another great team win tonight,” said head coach Kim Rosamond. “We needed a positive response after what happened Thursday night, and I thought we accomplished that.” “You have to credit (Eastern Kentucky) and Coach (Chrissy) Roberts. For a team that hasn’t won a conference game yet and has dealt with some adversity throughout the season, I thought they played extremely well, shot the ball well, and gave us a really tough game, especially in the first half.”

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• January 23, 2019

MOREHEAD, Ky. – Tennessee Tech had to grind out a road win against one of the best defensive teams in the Ohio Valley Conference last Saturday in Jacksonville State, and will now go behind enemy lines once again – to face the league’s best offensive team this time – when it visits Morehead State on Thursday afternoon at 4:05 CT.

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• January 19, 2019

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Two Saturdays. Two conference wins. Two very different paths to success. Last weekend, Tech (14-3, 6-0 OVC) shot 60 percent from the field and 54 percent from 3-point range in dropping 99 points on Eastern Illinois in an old-fashioned shootout. On this night, defense would take center stage, as TTU frustrated Jacksonville State (8-9, 2-4 OVC) for nearly the entire contest, holding the Gamecocks to just 49 points and 33.3 percent from the floor.

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• January 18, 2019

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Tennessee Tech women’s basketball’s ‘process’ just keeps churning out wins. After three straight home games grew its winning streak to eight in a row, Tech will now look to keep the positive juices flowing at Jacksonville State, the first of three consecutive road tilts for TTU. Tip time from JSU’s Pete Mathews Coliseum is scheduled for 5 p.m. CT.

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• January 16, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Anacia Wilkinson was a dominant force in Tennessee Tech’s 76-65 win over Tennessee State on Wednesday night, finishing just one block short of a triple-double to help Tech complete the season sweep of TSU, and move to 8-0 inside the Hooper Eblen Center. Wilkinson picked up her second double-double in the last three games, leading TTU in scoring and rebounding with 12 and 10, respectively. She also tallied a career-high nine blocks, which tied the school record, and moved her into the top 10 on Tech’s all-time career list.

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• January 15, 2019

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Jordan Brock was named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week on Tuesday after lighting up the Hooper Eblen Center with 53 total points in Tennessee Tech’s two victories last week.con Brock averaged 26.5 points, 2.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds over the two contests, with striking shooting percentages from the floor (56.7 percent), from 3-point range (53.8%) and from the free-throw line (100%). She also logged a team-high 31.5 minutes per game.

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• January 15, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team will finish its string of three straight home games when it squares off with Tennessee State at 6 p.m. Wednesday night in the Eblen Center. The matchup represents Tech’s first chance to record a season sweep of a league opponent this year after winning the first meeting in Nashville on January 3.

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• January 12, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Three-pointers rained from all over the floor on Saturday night as Tennessee Tech prevailed over Eastern Illinois, 99-88, in a 40-minute shootout in the Hooper Eblen Center. Jordan Brock had a huge hand in the victory with a career-high 33 points, and TTU moved to 4-0 in Ohio Valley Conference play, retaining its title as the league’s only unbeaten. The victory improves Tech’s overall record to 12-3 and its home ledger to 7-0, and keeps its seven-game winning streak intact.

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• January 11, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Another game, another step in the process. The Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team has enjoyed the program’s best start of the 21st century, winning 11 of its first 14 games and its first three in OVC play, a feat that not many people outside the Hooper Eblen Center saw coming. Picked to finish seventh in the preseason poll, Tech has a chance to write another chapter of the league’s most intriguing story on Saturday evening when it takes on Eastern Illinois at 5:30 p.m. in the Eblen Center.

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• January 10, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Despite a slow start Thursday night, the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team found its stride in the second half to earn a 24-point victory over SIUE, 79-55, and move to 3-0 in Ohio Valley Conference play for the first time since 2012. Beating the Cougars ended Tech’s drought of almost five years to the day without a victory in the series, with the Golden Eagles’ last triumph coming on Jan. 11, 2014. It broke a streak of five straight for SIUE. As a result, Kim Rosamond’s team moves to an OVC-best 11-3 for the year, giving them their highest win total in any of the coach’s three seasons, and the program’s best start through 14 games since the 1989-90 team.

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• January 09, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Five days after recording the biggest win in recent program history, the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team will try to keep its perfect league record intact when it hosts SIUE at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Hooper Eblen Center.

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• January 05, 2019

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It’s been more than two years since the Belmont women’s basketball team has seen a loss in its Ohio Valley Conference ledger, but Tennessee Tech did the honors of ending the Bruins’ 47-game stretch of league dominance on Saturday, downing the Bruins 77-72 in BU’s Curb Event Center. It marks the first time Tech has beaten Belmont in 10 tries, and the program’s first win at Curb Event Center since Feb. 2, 2013. “I’m just so happy for our players,” said coach Kim Rosamond. “It’s huge for our team, but it’s also big for our program as we try to get back to an elite level.”

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• January 03, 2019

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech was definitively the best team on the court for three quarters against Tennessee State Thursday night, and overcame a malfunctioning shot clock and a late Tiger run to win its first Ohio Valley Conference game of the season, 69-59, in TSU’s Gentry Center. “Any time you can go into a tough environment and start the conference season with a road win, that’s huge,” said coach Kim Rosamond. “I thought we played well through the first three quarters and handled some challenging circumstances very well. We were disciplined, and we kept our composure.” Jordan Brock led the Golden Eagles with a game-high 14 points, and got started before the game even tipped. Due to the shot clock issue, TSU was charged with a technical foul, and Brock knocked down both attempts from the free throw line on her way to a seven-point first quarter. Aided by Abby Buckner and Anacia Wilkinson, Brock would help orchestrate a 7-0 run later in the period that provided TTU a 21-13 cushion after one.

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• January 02, 2019

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - After flexing its offensive muscles in its nonconference finale against Tennessee Wesleyan, Tennessee Tech women’s basketball will get its first taste of Ohio Valley Conference competition in the Music City, where it will take on Tennessee State and two-time defending champion Belmont. Tech will get Tennessee State on Thursday, a 5:30 p.m. tip from TSU’s Gentry Center. The Tech-Belmont game is set for 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon in the Bruins’ Curb Event Center. Tech comes into its league opener riding a three-game winning streak, and looking to build on a 4-1 mark from the month of December.

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• December 29, 2018

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A smothering defensive effort in the fourth quarter allowed the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team to pull away from Tennessee Wesleyan, and light up the scoreboard, as the Golden Eagles moved to 5-0 in the Hooper Eblen Center with a 100-58 victory Saturday night. While TTU maintained a double-digit lead for the majority of the first three quarters, it was its full-court man defense in the fourth stanza that blew the game open. The pressure produced nine Tech steals and forced the Bulldogs into 11 second-half turnovers, which were converted into 18 points. “I thought the difference was on the defensive end,” said head coach Kim Rosamond. “We really ramped up our energy and effort, and I think pressing them for three quarters really started to wear on them. They started to get tired, and our depth showed up as a big positive for us.”

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• December 28, 2018

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – With last Friday’s 15-point victory over Lipscomb in hand, the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team has an opportunity to accomplish a feat not seen in the last 26 seasons of the program’s history. Tech squares off with Tennessee Wesleyan at home on Saturday night at 6 p.m., and can pick up its eighth nonconference victory in the process. While there have been a handful of seasons over the past 20 years that have produced seven nonconference wins, TTU has not reached eight since the 1990-91 campaign, when Bill Worrell’s team went 9-6 in regular-season non-league play. A win would also cap a perfect 5-0 record at home during the nonconference slate, and keep Tech undefeated in its four matchups against teams from the state of Tennessee.

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• December 21, 2018

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team received major contributions from almost every player who stepped on the floor Friday night at Lipscomb, as the Golden Eagles notched their seventh win of the season by a score of 67-52. With that seventh victory, Tech has equaled its total from the 2017-18 campaign, and has matched the program’s best start in the nonconference slate since Bill Worrell’s team won seven non-league games in the 2004-05 regular season. If Tech can conclude its nonconference portion with an eighth win over Tennessee Wesleyan on December 29, it would be the best mark since Worrell’s club won nine in 1990-91.

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• December 20, 2018

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Head coach Kim Rosamond has used the words “growth” and “process” countless times to describe the journey of her Tennessee Tech women’s basketball program, and on Friday afternoon at Lipscomb, her team can reach a tangible checkpoint in its improvement. In what will be their 10th game of the season, the Golden Eagles can register their seventh victory, which will equal the total accumulated by the 2017-18 squad. With its young core now carrying a year of experience, Tech has also been noticeably better away from home this season. A win on Friday would be the team’s third in a true road environment this year, which would match the previous high in Rosamond’s tenure (three in 2016-17).

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• December 02, 2018

WICHITA, Kan. – The turnover counts were high, the shooting percentages were low, and the game play was physical from start to finish, but when the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team had to buckle down in the clutch, it did just that, and was rewarded with a 55-45 road victory over Wichita State. “For our team to go on the road and shoot 35 percent from the floor, 20 percent from (three-point range), 67 percent from the free throw line, and still find a way to win says a lot about the toughness and growth of this basketball team,” said coach Kim Rosamond. “I just thought it was a tough, gutsy effort.” The victory is Tech’s first over a team from the American Athletic Conference since the Golden Eagles took down the same Wichita State program, 54-48, back on December 22, 2015.

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• November 14, 2018

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Kentucky has certainly been a gold mine for the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team in recent years. One only has to look to Jordan Brock and Mackenzie Coleman on the current roster to see that. But the Golden Eagles are weaving another piece of bluegrass into the Purple and Gold tapestry, adding Scott County’s Maaliya Owens to its signing class on Wednesday. The 5-9 guard’s numbers are incredible – averaging 15.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, three steals and three assists per game. In her stellar career, she has scored 1,670 points and still has the 2018-19 campaign to go in her prep career.

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• November 05, 2018

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – After showcasing terrific offensive potential in a 105-57 exhibition win over Hiwassee College last Sunday, Tennessee Tech basketball opens its regular season schedule with a visit from nearby Cumberland College on Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. in the Hooper Eblen Center. As the youngest team in the OVC last season, the Golden Eagles appeared much-improved from a team that was 10th in the league in total offense, and looked confident in lighting up the scoreboard despite the absence of skilled forward Mackenzie Coleman.

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• October 30, 2018

When you exit the tunnel leading down into the arena of the Hooper Eblen Center, it’s hard not to be awestruck by the initial sight. Of all the things in the massive space that could catch one’s attention, it’s the purple and gold banners in the rafters that probably create some wonder, admiration, and, for the opponents coming in to play Tennessee Tech, a little bit of uneasiness. And it’s an impressive array – 17 Ohio Valley Conference championships, 19 postseason appearances in either the NCAA or the long-since-passed AIAW tournaments, seven retired jerseys.

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• October 27, 2018

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Members of the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team will compete against someone other than themselves for the first time in the 2018-19 season, when they welcome Hiwassee College for an exhibition date on Sunday, October 28 at 2 p.m. in the Hooper Eblen Center. Tech returns almost every significant contributor from last year’s squad, which was the youngest of any of the 12 teams in the Ohio Valley Conference.

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• October 23, 2018

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – With the month of November and a brand new basketball season on the horizon, Ohio Valley Conference coaches and select student-athletes convened with various media members in Evansville, Ind. on Tuesday morning for the league’s annual Basketball Media Day, hosted by DoubleTree by Hilton Evansville. The leader of the Tennessee Tech women’s program, Kim Rosamond, made the three-and-a-half-hour drive to Evansville – the location of the event for the second straight year – to share her thoughts on the approaching 2018-19 campaign.