Category: Women’s Basketball

For the third time this season the UTM women’s basketball team held its opponent to fewer than 40 points as the Skyhawks opened their final homestand of the season with a 77-39 win over Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) foe Morehead State on Thursday evening. The Skyhawks (15-4, 14-2 OVC) posted a dominating defensive effort from… Continue reading Defense reigns supreme as UTM women’s hoops soars past Morehead State 77-39

The UTM women’s basketball team got its All-American forward Chelsey Perry back on Saturday afternoon and she made an immediate impact, scoring the game-winning layup with 1.1 seconds left on the clock to lift the Skyhawks to a 67-65 victory over Murray State. Playing their second game in as many days, the Skyhawks (14-4, 13-2 OVC) overcame… Continue reading Perry’s game-winner lifts Skyhawk women’s hoops to 67-65 win at Murray State in second game of back-to-back

The UTM women’s basketball team opened a grueling Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) road swing which will feature three games in five days with a 56-51 victory at Austin Peay on Friday afternoon. The Skyhawks (13-4, 12-2 OVC) saw their schedule condensed after weather forced the postponement of Thursday’s contest against the Govs and pushed back… Continue reading UTM women’s basketball opens road swing with 56-51 win at Austin Peay

UTM women’s basketball sophomore forward Dasia Young has been named Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Player of the Week after a week of impressive performances against Southeast Missouri, Jacksonville State and Tennessee Tech. A native of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Young scored 53 points while tallying 28 rebounds last week while shooting 55.6 percent from the field and 76.5 percent… Continue reading Skyhawk forward Dasia Young named OVC Player of the Week

UTM women’s basketball star Chelsey Perry has been named one of the Top 10 candidates for the 2021 Katrina McClain Award as announced by The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. Named after the two-time All-American and 1987 National Player of the Year, the annual award in its fourth year recognizes… Continue reading Basketball Hall of Fame, WBCA names Chelsey Perry to 2021 Katrina McClain Award Top 10 Watchlist for nation’s best power forward

The UTM men’s basketball squad canned 13 three-pointers on a 50 percent shooting night from beyond the three-point arc but the visiting Jacksonville State Gamecocks came away with an 82-70 win at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center.           The Skyhawks’ 13 trifectas were the most since Feb. 15, 2020 against Eastern Illinois as Jaron Williams (five) and Kenton Eskridge (four)… Continue reading Season-best effort from downtown not enough as UTM men’s basketball falls 82-70 to Jacksonville State

The Skyhawk women’s hoops squad picked up their seventh consecutive conference win with a home win against the Eastern Illinois Panthers (7-9, 5-6 OVC) 70-50. Unsurprisingly, senior forward Chelsey Perry led the offense with 19 points while also tying the team lead in rebounds with six. Sophomore forward Dasia Young followed closely behind Perry with… Continue reading Four Skyhawk starters score into double-digits in 70-50 rout over Eastern Illinois

The Skyhawks (8-3, 7-1 OVC) and Belmont Bruins (6-4, 3-2 OVC) fought until the bitter end in a game that featured 12 lead changes and six ties, but ultimately, UTM came out on top and now sit on top of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) with a 66-63 win over Belmont. As usual, the Skyhawks… Continue reading Skyhawks rise to the top of the OVC after 66-63 victory over Belmont

After heading into halftime with a 23-25 deficit, the Skyhawk women’s hoops squad rode a second half momentum swing to claim their fifth conference win in a 65-39 rout of the Eastern Kentucky Colonels (6-7, 5-4 OVC) on Jan. 21 in Richmond, Kentucky. Senior forward Chelsey Perry didn’t look like her usual self in the… Continue reading Second half surge pushes Skyhawks past Colonels in 65-39 blowout

Unlike most performances so far in the 2020-21 campaign, the Skyhawk women’s hoops squad (5-3, 4-1 OVC) featured a balanced offense that edged out Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) opponent Murray State (6-6, 3-4 OVC) in a down-to-the-wire matchup. While senior forward Chelsey Perry excelled offensively as usual, she had help in the form of three… Continue reading Women’s hoops edge out Murray State Racers in 78-71 victory