OPENING TIP
Davis & Elkins has a chance to face two opponents from the PSAC as the Senators open the 2019-20 campaign with the PSAC/MEC Challenge, hosted by IUP this weekend. D&E begins the season against the ninth-ranked IUP Crimson Hawks on Saturday before capping the weekend against Mansfield on Sunday evening. 
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION

• Game One: Davis & Elkins at #9/9 IUP 
• When: Saturday, November 9 (3:00 PM)
• Where: Memorial Field House — Indiana, Pa. 
• Records: Davis & Elkins (0-0); IUP (0-0)
• Live Video: IUP-TV | Live Audio: WIUP-FM 
• Live Stats: Click Here
• Twitter Updates: @Senator_WBB  

 
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• Game Two: Davis & Elkins vs. Mansfield 
• When: Sunday, November 10 (6:00 PM)
• Where: Memorial Field House — Indiana, Pa. 
• Live Stats: Click Here 
• Twitter Updates: @Senator_WBB

 
AROUND THE LEAGUE

• MEC Composite Schedule: Click Here
• MEC Stats: Click Here
• MEC Standings: Click Here
• MEC Basketball Media Day: Click Here 

 
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

• IUP vs. Davis & Elkins | Saturday | 3 PM
• Mansfield vs. WV Wesleyan | Saturday | 5 PM
• IUP vs. WV Wesleyan | Sunday | 4 PM
• Mansfield vs. Davis & Elkins | Sunday | 6 PM

 
DAVIS & ELKINS NOTES

• D&E begins its first season as a member of the Mountain East Conference in 2019-20 and will have to replace about 60% of its offense from last season.
• Head coach Jason Asbell is set for his 12th season at the helm of the Senators. He is the longest tenured coach in the Senators athletic department.
• The Senators had their lone tune-up of the preseason with an exhibition against NCAA DI Northern Kentucky on October 31.
• D&E welcomes back starters Jamiyah Johnson (8.9 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 55.1 FG% in 2018-19) and Jay Kilpatrick (7.9 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 35.5 FG% in 2018-19) from last season and will rely on the upperclassmen duo this season. Johnson ranked second in the G-MAC in rebounding last season, averaging 7.9 rebounds/game and first in offensive rebounding with 3.4 rebounds/game.
• Jessica Eadsforth-Yates, a transfer from Georgia Highlands College, impressed in her D&E debut against Northern Kentucky with 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc.
• Courtney Roth, Sydney Nestor and Tailyn Silver are also returning for another year with the Senators basketball program.
• Davis & Elkins was tabbed ninth in the 2019-20 MEC Preseason Poll released in late October.

 
SCOUTING IUP 

• IUP enters the 2019-20 season picked ninth in the WBCA Top 25 Poll following a 30-4 season and trip to the Final Four in 2018-19. The Crimson Hawks have been ranked in the preseason coaches' poll for three consecutive seasons and were also tabbed as the favorites to win the PSAC West in 2019-20.
• Head coach Tom McConnell is in his seventh season at the helm of the Crimson Hawks women's basketball program, and has notched an impressive 148-38 (.796) record over that span.
• IUP welcomes back two starters from last year's NCAA Final Four squad in Lexi Griggs (10.9 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 57.5 FG% in 2018-19) and Natalie Myers (7.2 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 40.5 FG% in 2018-19).
• The Crimson Hawks will need to replace several key players from last year's team, including seniors Carolyn Appleby, Brittany Robinson, Lauren Wolosik and Kendall Hunter.

 
SCOUTING MANSFIELD 

• Mansfield is looking to bounce back from a 3-23 season in 2018-19, which included just one conference win.
• Head coach Michael Whitling is in his fourth season after guiding the Mounties to the playoffs in just his second season at the helm.
• The junior tandem of Paige Whitfield and Kira Merritt are captains for the 2019-20 season after combining for 51 games last season. Whitfield averaged nearly 30 minutes per contest last season and had nine double figure scoring games.
• The Mounties were voted last in the PSAC East Preseason Poll.

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