Game 26
No. 2 Transylvania (25-0, 18-0 HCAC) vs Franklin (17-9, 11-7 HCAC)
Friday, February 23rd, 2024 | 5:00 PM | Lexington, Kentucky | Clive M. Beck Center
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THE LONGEST ACTIVE WIN STREAK IN THE NCAA
The Pioneers defeated Earlham College 103-35 to extend the NCAA's longest active win streak to 58 games. With the win, Transylvania ties DePauw University's 58 game win streak that was set in between 2012-2014, which is tied for 6th longest in NCAA DIII Women's Basketball history.
1 - Washington University of St. Louis - 81
2 - Amherst - 68
3 - Thomas More - 61
3 - Hope - 61
5 - Capital - 60Â
6 - DePauw - 58
6 - Transy - 58
All divisions for women's basketball
1 - UConn - 111
2 - UConn - 90
3 - Washington University of St. Louis - 81
4 - Ashland - 73
5 - UConn - 70
6 - Amherst - 68
7 - Thomas More - 61
7 - Hope - 61
9 - Capital - 60
10 - DePauw - 58
10Â - Transy - 58
All divisions for men and women
1 - UConn - 101
2 - UConn - 90
3 - UCLA Men's - 81
4 - Washington University of St. Louis - 81
5 - Ashland - 73
6 - UConn - 70
7 - Amherst - 68
8 - Thomas More - 61
8 - Hope - 61
10 - San Francisco Men's - 60Â
10 - SUNY Potsham Men's - 60
12Â - Capital - 60
13 - DePauw - 58
13 - Transy - 58
15-Â Winona State Men's - 57
REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS
The Pioneers won the HCAC Regular Season Championship for the 3rd consecutive season, which also was the third straight season that the Pioneers have finished their regular season schedule undefeated. It is the sixth time under Juli Fulks that Transy has won the HCAC Regular Season title. Transy earned the 1 seed for the tournament and the bracket for the tournament can be seen below.The Pioneers can make it a 3peat if they win the tournament this year.Â
ATOP OF THE NCAA
Transy is first in the NCAA in scoring defense, giving up just 41.6 ppg. Transy is one of four teams that remain undefeated this season.Â
NEWEST NCAA RANKINGS (announced 2/15/24 by NCAA DIII)
HEATING UP
Transylvania has outscored their last four opponents 347-154, and scored a season high 103 points in the 68 point thumping of Earlham College in the regular season finale. The Pioneers held the Quakers to just 1 point in the 3rd quarter. In the win over Manchester (83-22), Transy led the game 44-2 at one point, scoring 36 unanswered in the first half after being up 6-2.Â
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LAST TIME OUT
Transylvania scored a season best 103 points while continuing to dominate on defense. Kennedi Stacy led the team with 21 points to finish the week with 41 points scored which earned her HCAC Player of the Week in the final week of the regular season.  Juli Fulks earned her 394th career coaching win.
BOX SCOREÂ |Â RECAP
Transy is now 15-0 all time vs. Earlham SERIES HISTORY
BEHIND ENEMY LINES
Franklin finished the 2023-24 regular season at 17-9 overall and 11-7 in conference play. The 4 seeded Grizzlies defeated Rose-Hulman 73-69 to advance to the HCAC Semifinal vs Transy.Â
Franklin lost both games this season vs. Transy, and haven't defeated the Pioneers since 2016.Â
THE SERIES
Transylvania leads the all time series against Franklin 29-9 . SERIES HISTORY
PAT DEACON CLASSIC CHAMPS
Transylvania Women's Basketball won the Pat Deacon Classic last month after beating Maryville College (72-42), and Wisconsin Lutheran College (54-48). The Pat Deacon Classic saw a dominating first game from the Pioneers as Kennedi Stacy would have 23 points in 19 minutes after going 6-9 on three point shots against Maryville. In the second game against Wisconsin Lutheran, the Pioneers found themselves trailing 10-15 after the first quarter, then led a strong comeback thanks to the efforts of Dasia Thornton with a 25 point and 13 rebound game. Thornton would earn Pat Deacon Classic MVP while Stacy would earn Pat Deacon Classic All-Tournament Team Honors.  Â
GAME 1Â FULL RECAPÂ |Â BOX SCOREÂ GAME 2Â FULL RECAPÂ |Â BOX SCORE
GRATZ PARK PRIVATE WEALTH HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
Transylvania continued to dominate at home as they defeated Edgewood College 62-46 and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 71-59 to win the Holiday Tournament. Dasia Thornton finished with a game high 22 points in the championship while earning her fourth double-double of the season after grabbing 10 rebounds. Laken Ball was named to the All-Tournament Team and Sadie Wurth was named tournament MVP.
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LEADING THE NATIONALLY RANKED PIONEERS
Juli Fulks enters her tenth season for the 2023-24 season and has created a dynasty as one of the NCAA DIII's best. Fulks has dominated competition since becoming the head coach of Transylvania, winning 211 games in her previous nine seasons. Fulks' teams has won the HCAC regular season championship five times, and the HCAC tournament championship five seasons in a row.
In her first season, Transy earned an at large bid to the NCAA DIII tournament and became the first undefeated team in HCAC regular season history (18-0). They finished the season ranked 13th nationally, the highest in program history to that point.
The Pioneers won their first NCAA tournament game under Fulks in the 2018-2019 season when they defeated Piedmont 77-67.
In the 2021-2022 season, Fulks' squad finished the regular season perfect at 16-0, and then won the HCAC Tournament against Anderson 81-51. The Pioneers hosted the NCAA Regional for the first time ever and reached the elite eight for the first time in program history before losing to Trine University 47-54 to end the season 22-1, a then program best.
Fulks led Transy to a perfect 33-0 last season, winning the first national championship in school history.Â
Awards the Pioneers accrued throughout the 2022-23 season is as follows:Â
-Madison Kellione - NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner, NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Tournament MVP, Women's Basketball Coaches Association First Team All-American, D3Hoops Second Team All-American, Women's Basketball Coaches Association Region 8 First Team, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team & Co-Player of the Year, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year from a Female Sport.
-Kennedi Stacy - NCAA DIII Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team, Women's Basketball Coaches Association Region 8 Third Team, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team & Defensive Player of the Year.
-Daisa Thornton - NCAA DIII Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team, Women's Basketball Coaches Association Region 8 Third Team, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference First Team.
-Laken Ball - Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Second & Sportsmanship Team.
-Coach Juli Fulks - Women's Basketball Coaches Association Region 8 Coach of the Year, D3Hoops Co-DIII Coach of the Year, Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.
-Tom Bolson Academic Team Award: Madison Kellione, McLain Murphy, Emilie Teall.
-RAFY Coaching Staff of the Year.
Juli Fulks' all time record sits at 388-142.
HCAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
Dasia Thornton - December 4th, 2023
Kennedi Stacy - February 19th, 2024
TRANSY STATS 'N STREAKS
- Transy has the longest winning streak in NCAAÂ at 58Â games
- Transy has outscored opponents 73.3-41.6Â this season
- Transy has finished the regular season unbeaten for the 3rd consecutive seasonÂ
- Transy has won 20 or more games 8 different times in the last 10 seasons
- Juli Fulks is now 6 wins away from 400
 NCAA DIII TOP 25 (WBCA)
|
Rank
|
School (Record)
|
Total
Points
|
First-Place
Votes
|
Last Week's
Rank
|
|
1
|
NYU (22-0)
|
248
|
8
|
1
|
|
2
|
Transylvania (23-0)
|
242
|
2
|
2
|
|
3
|
Rhode Island College (23-0)
|
230
|
0
|
3
|
|
4
|
Hope (22-1)
|
216
|
0
|
4
|
|
5t
|
Christopher Newport (22-1)
|
190
|
0
|
6
|
|
5t
|
Scranton (21-2)
|
190
|
0
|
7
|
|
7
|
Wartburg (22-2)
|
183
|
0
|
8
|
|
8
|
Gustavus Adolphus (20-2)
|
181
|
0
|
5
|
|
9
|
Catholic (22-1)
|
169
|
0
|
9
|
|
10
|
Hardin-Simmons (20-3)
|
151
|
0
|
10
|
|
11
|
Washington and Lee (21-2)
|
149
|
0
|
11
|
|
12
|
UW-Whitewater (20-3)
|
139
|
0
|
12
|
|
13
|
Johns Hopkins (21-2)
|
130
|
0
|
13
|
|
14
|
DeSales (21-2)
|
112
|
0
|
15
|
|
15
|
Smith (20-3)
|
105
|
0
|
14
|
|
16
|
Loras (20-3)
|
91
|
0
|
17
|
|
17
|
Illinois Wesleyan (19-4)
|
80
|
0
|
19
|
|
18
|
Bowdoin (22-2)
|
78
|
0
|
18
|
|
19
|
Millikin (19-4)
|
75
|
0
|
21
|
|
20
|
Vassar (22-1)
|
54
|
0
|
22
|
|
21
|
UMass-Dartmouth (20-3)
|
51
|
0
|
23
|
|
22
|
Webster (23-0)
|
39
|
0
|
25
|
|
23
|
Bates (20-4)
|
29
|
0
|
24
|
|
24
|
Emory (17-5)
|
28
|
0
|
20
|
|
25
|
Gettysburg (20-3)
|
26
|
0
|
RV
|
Dropped out:Â No. 16 Mary Hardin-Baylor (19-4).
Others receiving votes:Â Â Carroll, WI (19-4) 20; Mary Hardin-Baylor (19-4) 20; UW-Oshkosh (19-4) 15; Baldwin-Wallace (19-4) 6; Millsaps (21-4) 3.
The WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches Poll Committee is composed of one head coach from each of the 10 NCAA Division III regions. The committee for the 2023-24 season: Samantha Crough, Regis (MA); Drew Gaeng, Hendrix; Karin Harvey, Montclair State; Melissa Kolbe, Wittenberg; Casey Kushiyama, Puget Sound; Jen McCormick, Illinois College; Bobbi Morgan, Ursinus; Mia Smith, Illinois Wesleyan; Daphne Thompson, SUNY Oneonta; Kelly Thompson, Roger Williams.
2023-24 HCAC Women's Basketball Standings
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2023-24 Women's Basketball Standings
| SCHOOL |
CONF |
CPCT. |
OVERALL |
PCT. |
STREAK |
| Transylvania Regular Season Champs (Will host Semis/Finals) |
18-0 |
1.000 |
25-0 |
1.000 |
W25 |
| Hanover #2 Seed |
16-2 |
.889 |
18-7 |
.720 |
W5 |
| Mount St. Joseph #3 Seed |
14-4 |
.778 |
20-5 |
.800 |
L1 |
| Franklin #4 Seed |
11-7 |
.611 |
17-9 |
.654 |
W2 |
| Rose-Hulman #5 seed |
9-9 |
.500 |
12-14 |
.462 |
L2 |
| Anderson #6 Seed |
8-10 |
.444 |
12-13 |
.480 |
W1 |
| Bluffton x |
7-11 |
.389 |
9-16 |
.360 |
W1 |
| Manchester x |
4-14 |
.222 |
7-18 |
.280 |
L1 |
| Earlham x |
3-15 |
.167 |
5-18 |
.217 |
L5 |
| Defiance x |
0-18 |
.000 |
0-25 |
.000 |
L25 |
|
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Returning 2022-23 All-Conference Basketball Athletes to Watch in 2023-24:
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STATS AS OF 2/19/2024
Overall Individual Statistics
| # |
Player |
GP |
GS |
MINUTES |
FG |
3PT |
FT |
SCORING |
REBOUNDS |
PF |
AST |
TO |
STL |
BLK |
| TOT |
AVG |
FGM |
FGA |
FG% |
3PT |
3PTA |
3PT% |
FTM |
FTA |
FT% |
PTS |
AVG |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
AVG |
| 35 |
Thornton, Dasia |
25 |
25 |
651 |
26.0 |
143 |
242 |
.591 |
7 |
22 |
.318 |
77 |
127 |
.606 |
370 |
14.8 |
60 |
149 |
209 |
8.4 |
39 |
46 |
46 |
38 |
38 |
| 24 |
Stacy, Kennedi |
25 |
25 |
626 |
25.0 |
105 |
244 |
.430 |
42 |
129 |
.326 |
33 |
46 |
.717 |
285 |
11.4 |
32 |
81 |
113 |
4.5 |
26 |
74 |
61 |
44 |
4 |
| 23 |
Wright, Sydney |
25 |
25 |
579 |
23.2 |
77 |
146 |
.527 |
26 |
71 |
.366 |
33 |
42 |
.786 |
213 |
8.5 |
46 |
65 |
111 |
4.4 |
21 |
33 |
24 |
29 |
20 |
| 15 |
Wurth, Sadie |
25 |
24 |
635 |
25.4 |
73 |
163 |
.448 |
41 |
103 |
.398 |
24 |
33 |
.727 |
211 |
8.4 |
24 |
50 |
74 |
3.0 |
21 |
116 |
29 |
43 |
2 |
| 32 |
Ball, Laken |
25 |
25 |
542 |
21.7 |
72 |
169 |
.426 |
24 |
85 |
.282 |
24 |
33 |
.727 |
192 |
7.7 |
19 |
69 |
88 |
3.5 |
37 |
47 |
20 |
22 |
19 |
| 04 |
Flinn, Riley |
20 |
0 |
170 |
8.5 |
22 |
58 |
.379 |
11 |
31 |
.355 |
17 |
27 |
.630 |
72 |
3.6 |
19 |
30 |
49 |
2.5 |
6 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
| 44 |
Teall, Emilie |
25 |
0 |
326 |
13.0 |
35 |
97 |
.361 |
11 |
40 |
.275 |
4 |
15 |
.267 |
85 |
3.4 |
19 |
30 |
49 |
2.0 |
27 |
27 |
21 |
11 |
26 |
| 33 |
Harris, Kennedy |
25 |
1 |
316 |
12.6 |
27 |
81 |
.333 |
23 |
70 |
.329 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
77 |
3.1 |
16 |
14 |
30 |
1.2 |
8 |
27 |
12 |
9 |
0 |
| 12 |
Kemelgor, Sierra |
22 |
0 |
243 |
11.0 |
24 |
65 |
.369 |
9 |
30 |
.300 |
9 |
15 |
.600 |
66 |
3.0 |
16 |
16 |
32 |
1.5 |
11 |
23 |
15 |
19 |
1 |
| 22 |
Cornelison, Samantha |
24 |
0 |
176 |
7.3 |
20 |
57 |
.351 |
13 |
40 |
.325 |
8 |
13 |
.615 |
61 |
2.5 |
9 |
17 |
26 |
1.1 |
11 |
18 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
| 11 |
Bruner, Grace |
19 |
0 |
116 |
6.1 |
15 |
43 |
.349 |
4 |
19 |
.211 |
8 |
15 |
.533 |
42 |
2.2 |
17 |
15 |
32 |
1.7 |
12 |
11 |
10 |
6 |
1 |
| 14 |
Littlejohn, Aubree |
24 |
0 |
134 |
5.6 |
15 |
30 |
.500 |
8 |
15 |
.533 |
7 |
8 |
.875 |
45 |
1.9 |
11 |
18 |
29 |
1.2 |
8 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
2 |
| 30 |
Barrett, Raegan |
21 |
0 |
125 |
6.0 |
13 |
35 |
.371 |
3 |
11 |
.273 |
8 |
9 |
.889 |
37 |
1.8 |
13 |
12 |
25 |
1.2 |
13 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
| 21 |
Murphy, McLain |
20 |
0 |
109 |
5.5 |
12 |
27 |
.444 |
8 |
21 |
.381 |
3 |
6 |
.500 |
35 |
1.8 |
1 |
13 |
14 |
0.7 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
| 10 |
Hall, Keaton |
18 |
0 |
130 |
7.2 |
8 |
24 |
.333 |
3 |
12 |
.250 |
3 |
8 |
.375 |
22 |
1.2 |
8 |
19 |
27 |
1.5 |
10 |
4 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
| 41 |
Hurdle, Micayla |
16 |
0 |
53 |
3.3 |
5 |
8 |
.625 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
2 |
5 |
.400 |
12 |
0.8 |
6 |
14 |
20 |
1.3 |
15 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
1 |
| 02 |
Flores, Amara |
18 |
0 |
69 |
3.8 |
0 |
17 |
.000 |
0 |
7 |
.000 |
8 |
10 |
.800 |
8 |
0.4 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
0.6 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
| TM |
Team |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
0 |
0.0 |
28 |
47 |
75 |
3.0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
25 |
|
5000 |
200.0 |
666 |
1506 |
.442 |
233 |
706 |
.330 |
268 |
413 |
.649 |
1833 |
73.32 |
349 |
664 |
1013 |
40.5 |
271 |
463 |
322 |
260 |
123 |
|
Opponents |
25 |
|
5000 |
200.0 |
401 |
1329 |
.302 |
90 |
386 |
.233 |
148 |
217 |
.682 |
1040 |
41.60 |
262 |
543 |
805 |
32.2 |
386 |
286 |
504 |
151 |
66 |
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