2021-22 Tennessee Tech Women's Basketball News
Every student-athlete has a story, details about themselves and their background that extend beyond just the playing field and athletics. Throughout the summer, we will take a look at the members of the Tennessee Tech women's basketball team and get to know more about them, the student-athletes who are representing not just their home communities, but also the University, Cookeville and the Upper Cumberland as they don the purple and gold. We asked the team to provide 10 facts about themselves that they want you, the fans, to know about them.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Fresh off a 21-win season, an appearance in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship game, and the first WNIT win in 16 years, the momentum continues to build for Tennessee Tech women’s basketball as head coach Kim Rosamond announced the signing of junior college All-American Kiera Hill on Monday. Hill, a transfer from Walters State, made her mark in the paint for Coach Jasmin Coleman and the Lady Senators. The 5-10 post player earned NJCAA second-team All-America honors this past season and the numbers speak for themselves – Hill played and started in all 26 games for Walters State, averaging 18.9 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. Her scoring average was the 13th best rated in the country on the JUCO level.
DALLAS, Texas to HOUSTON, Texas – As the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team studied their scouting reports during the voyage from Dallas to Houston for Sunday’s second-round matchup in the WNIT against the Houston Cougars, head coach Kim Rosamond and her staff weren’t relaxing on the nearly four-hour trip. They studied film, took notes, created game plans, figured out travel, food and lodging – and that’s just scratching the surface.
HOUSTON, Texas – Tennessee Tech wasn’t going down without a fight. After all, throughout the course of the 2021-22 season, the Golden Eagle women had never backed down against tough odds, even against opponents from the upper echelon of the sport. The Golden Eagles had an opportunity. If you look at the final score, it’s misleading. The eight-point margin that Houston held on the final tally was from only its third lead of the game, boosted by a 3:17 scoring drought for Tech and nine unanswered points to take a 63-55 victory over the Golden Eagles in the second round of the WNIT.
HOUSTON, Texas – With their first win in the WNIT under their belts, the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team has loaded up the bus and made the transition from Dallas to Houston. The Golden Eagles (21-14) will go from one American Athletic Conference opponent in SMU to another in Houston facing the sorority chapter of Phi Slama Jama in the postseason tournament’s second round. Tipoff on Sunday is scheduled for 2 p.m. There will be no video broadcast from Houston, but Dylan Vazzano will be live on the call on 106.1 The Eagle and on TTUsports.com.
DALLAS, Texas – If there were still any bad memories from the Ohio Valley Conference championship game lingering around, the Tennessee Tech women certainly did their best to exorcise those demons on Thursday night. The Golden Eagles came out on a mission and put together a strong effort on both sides of the ball to claim a 73-62 victory over SMU in the opening round of the WNIT. Tech (21-10) advances to the second round and will load up the bus and cruise up the Texas highways to Houston on Sunday with the game slated for a 2 p.m. start.
DALLAS, Texas – The Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team has landed in Dallas and now it’s back to work for the Golden Eagle squad as they prepare for the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. This time of year, it’s all about survive and advance and that’s the mission Thursday night as the Golden Eagles enter Moody Coliseum to take on the SMU Mustangs. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. The game will be streamed live on SMU’s athletics website.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team now knows its next destination as the WNIT announced its bracket on Monday afternoon. The Golden Eagles will be heading to Dallas to take on SMU in the opening round of the tournament. The game is scheduled for Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Moody Coliseum.
FORT COLLINS, CO – The 24th Postseason WNIT has selected its 64-team field for the 2022 event, pulling in a potent mix of Power 5 notables and ascending mid-majors, all hungry for this national platform to show their strengths and the overall quality of depth within women’s D-I basketball. The 2022 field features 30 automatic qualifiers, which are teams that are the next-highest finishers in their conference’s regular season that were not tabbed for the NCAA Tournament. The other 34 teams are at-large selections, chosen after consideration of a mix of criteria by WNIT officials.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The graduate and senior players came back for another campaign with the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team with the goal of hanging a banner in the Hooper Eblen Center rafters. Even after the loss in the Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship game, the Golden Eagles still have something to fight for -- the season is not done yet. With Belmont claiming the Ohio Valley Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the Tech women has claimed the league’s automatic bid to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, held March 16 through April 2.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – When you have as tough of a game as the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team had in the Ohio Valley Conference championship game on Saturday at the Ford Center, sometimes you just have to shrug it off, look forward and work toward tomorrow. In a game that started as a defensive slugfest with points at a premium, Belmont pulled away in the second half as the Golden Eagles went cold, hitting just one of 11 shot attempts in the fourth quarter – a 3-pointer by Maaliya Owens with 12 seconds left standing as the only successful try in the period.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Murray State led for the majority of the game. Tennessee Tech led when it mattered. A furious effort in the fourth quarter – outscoring the Racers 24-11 in the final 10 minutes – proved to be the push the Golden Eagles needed to send Murray State to the OVC exit, claiming a 68-62 victory over the Racers on Friday in the Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championship semifinals. The Golden Eagles, winning their 20th game of the season to give the program its 29th 20-plus-win season in its 52 seasons, will take on Belmont on Saturday. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. from the Ford Center. Dylan Vazzano and Frank Harrell will have the call on 106.1 The Eagle, while Connor Onion and Helen Williams will broadcast the game on ESPN+ (subscription required).
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Tennessee Tech women rang in the New Year with a thrilling victory over Murray State at the CFSB Center. A week later, the Racers claimed the upper hand early and never looked back in a lopsided win at the Eblen Center. On Friday, it’ll be a showdown at the Ford Center as Murray State and the Tennessee Tech women will square off for the third time, the victor earning a spot in the championship game of the Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championships in Evansville, Ind.
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – With the regular-season chase in the rearview mirror and the Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championships presented by TicketSmarter ahead, the Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team claimed three spots on the league’s all-conference teams. Graduate guard/forward Anna Jones was named to the first team, graduate forward Mackenzie Coleman was named to the second team and sophomore transfer forward Anna Walker was named to the All-Newcomer team. The teams were voted on by the league’s coaches and sports information contacts.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – For fans attending the Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championships presented by TicketSmarter this week in Evansville, please be aware that there is a Clear Bag Policy in effect at the Ford Center. • Each fan may carry one bag that is clear plastic, vinyl, or PVC no larger than 12" x 6" x 12" or a one-gallon clear plastic freezer bag (Ziploc bag or similar).
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Senior Night was a good one for the Tennessee Tech women on Saturday night as the Golden Eagles were able to hold off UT Martin, claiming a 61-51 victory to close out the regular season. With the win, Tech improves to 19-9, 14-4 in the Ohio Valley Conference. The 14 league wins is the most since the Golden Eagles won 15 in 2010-11 and the team’s highest regular-season finish since Tech tied for the regular-season championship in 2012-13. It is the first time the team had four straight winning seasons since 2005-06 and the first time the team has had double-digit OVC wins for four straight seasons since 2001-02.
