Akron Set for Season Opener Against Slippery Rock

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AKRON, Ohio- The wait is over, college basketball is back! The Akron women's basketball team will get its 2021-22 season underway Tuesday, Nov.9 when it hosts Slippery Rock inside the James A. Rhodes Arena. Tipoff is slated for 5:30 p.m.

THE GAME
Akron (0-0, 0-0 MAC) vs. Slippery Rock (0-0, )
Tuesday, Nov. 9 | James A. Rhodes Arena| 530 PM

BROADCAST
Radio: Mark "Munch" Bishop (pbp), Clayton Bishop (color), 99.7 FM Canton's New Country
Live Stats: https://bit.ly/3bP365o

COVID-19 Guidelines for James A. Rhodes Arena and the Stile Athletics Field House
• No requirement to be vaccinated to enter James A. Rhodes Arena and/or the Stile Athletics Field House.
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SLIPPERY ROCK HEAD COACH
Bobby McGraw
Record at Slippery Rock: 65-102 (8^th season)

AKRON HEAD COACH
Melissa Jackson
Record at Akron: 38-44 (4th season)

ALL-TIME SERIES
Tuesday's game marks the fourth meeting in series history between Akron and Slippery, and the first meeting for a Jackson coached UA squad. Akron leads the all-time series is tied 3-0

Akron and Slippery Rock last met on Nov. 8, 2008, in Akron with the Zips coming away with a 90-60 victory.

THE 2020-21 CAMPAIGN
Head coach Melissa Jackson has many familiar faces on the roster for her fourth season at the helm. Jackson has gone on to capture 38 victories including owning the second-most wins by a head coach through three seasons in program history.

Senior Jordyn Dawson (Huntington, W.Va.), who averaged a team-high 15.9 points and 6.9 rebounds per contest a year ago en route to third-team All-Mid-American Conference accolades leads the returners. Akron will also be bolstered by the return of nearly its entire 2020-21 roster, including seniors Gabrielle Brown-Mitchell (Solon, Ohio)(4.2 ppg), Kendall Miller (Akron, Ohio)(5.5 ppg, 2.33 apg) and Colleen Neitzel (Rocky River, Ohio)(5.2 ppg, 3.9 rpg), junior Lonasia Brewer (Akron, Ohio) (10.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg) and redshirt sophomore Emma Tecca (Tallmadge, Ohio) (5.4 ppg), who all started in double-figure contests for the Zips.

Juniors Rachel Martindale (Pittsburgh, Pa.)(5.8 ppg) and Molly Neitzel (Rocky River, Ohio)(6.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg), redshirt sophomore Layne Ferrell (Franklin, Ohio)(5.5 ppg) and sophomore Alexis Stewart (Hamilton, Ontario) (2.9 ppg) added valuable contributions for Akron appearing in double-digit games last season.

Redshirt freshmen Alanna Carter (Mason, Ohio) and Sabhbh Edwards Murphy (County Clare, Ireland) each return after being sidelined for part or all of the campaign a season ago. Newcomers Reagan Bass(Strongsville, Ohio), Abby Carter (Geneva, Ohio), Annika Corcoran (Painesville, Ohio) and Zakia Rasheed(Avon, Ind.) round out the Akron women's basketball roster.

SCOUTING SLIPPERY ROCK
Under the guidance of eighth-year head coach Bobby McGraw, a new-look for Slippery Rock women's basketball team features 11 new players from the last time SRU took the floor during the 2019-20 campaign. Slippery Rock enters Tuesday's game coming off a 96-48 exhibition game loss at No. 17 Ohio State. The Rock's Isabellah Middleton and Deleah Gibson introduced themselves to the SRU program in fine fashion in their Green and White debuts against Ohio State as the pair combined to go 6-for-12 (.500) from 3-point range. Jamiyah Johnson tallied a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

UP NEXT
Akron hits the road later in the week as the Zips take on Robert Morris on Saturday, Nov. 13 at the UPMC Events Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m.

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