DOWN GOES
#16
MISSOURI! WKU hangs on for the first big upset of the
@NCAAWBB
season and gets the 79-76 win behind a CLUTCH performance from Tashia Brown!
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#OurWhy
WE’RE DANCING AGAIN! Your Lady Toppers repeat as C-USA champions and win the tournament for the third time in four seasons and will make their 20th NCAA Tournament appearance after taking down UAB, 72-57 in the C-USA title game!
@NCAAWBB
#GoTops
#OurWhy
We are excited to announce that Greg Collins, who has been with the program for the last six seasons, has been promoted and named our 11th head coach in program history!
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#OurWhy
COMEBACK. COMPLETE.
WKU rallies from an 11-point hole early in the third quarter to pick up the HUGE road win in its
@WomensNIT
opener at Miami (Ohio)!
The best news? WE'RE COMING HOME! WKU will HOST Morehead State on Sunday afternoon at 2PM in Diddle!
#GoTops
𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘀
Our Lady Topper family is stronger because of Marcus. His enthusiasm and passion is contagious and we couldn't be happier to have him as part of our team.
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#TopsOnTop
FINAL: WKU comes from behind again to claim its seventh straight 20-win season with a 68-65 thriller over Morehead State!
Your Lady Toppers advance to the WNIT Round of 16 and will face Ohio on the road on Thursday evening at 6PM (CT)!
#GoTops
What a season for the Lady Toppers:
- 19 wins
- 2nd place finish in C-USA
- C-USA Tournament runner-up
- 4 school records broken
All with no seniors.
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We were able to get out in the community today with
@WKUBasketball
to lend a helping hand.
BG has a long road to recovery ahead, but this community has shown how strong it truly is.
#TopsTogether
BIG news out of the Big Apple! Tashia has inked a WNBA Training Camp deal with the
@NYLiberty
and will look to become the fourth Lady Topper to appear in the WNBA! HUGE congrats after all the hard work Tashia put in here at WKU!
#GoTops
On the same day that she received her USA Basketball honor, Coach Heard captured her 150th win in just her 195th game at the helm of the Lady Toppers! Wishing a HUGE congratulations to our leading lady on the milestone!
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#OurWhy
Fans, your Lady Toppers are set to arrive back at Diddle's Gate 4 at approximately 12:30PM this afternoon with our C-USA trophy in tow! Everyone is welcome out to show your support!
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#OurWhy
A program already rich in history gets just a little bit richer.
The Lady Toppers have become only the 11th
@NCAAWBB
program in Division I history with 1,000 program wins with today's 71-66 win at North Texas!
#GotTops
365 wins in 15 seasons as WKU's head coach. Three Final Four appearances. One national championship game appearance.
Already a legend who built
@LadyTopperHoops
, Coach Sanderford can add one more accolade to the list as he has been named a 2019 finalist for the
@WBHOF
!
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FINAL: WKU WINS! WKU WINS! The Lady Toppers rally from 12 points down behind 53 combined points from Raneem (27) and Dee (26) to win a 64-61 thriller on the road over UTEP!
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IT'S OFFICIAL! Your Lady Tops have earned an at-large bid to the
@WomensNIT
and will continue their season later this week!
Opponent, location and time for our first-round game will be unveiled at approximately 8:30PM tonight!
#GoTops
We promised you big news earlier...
HISTORY: Tashia Brown becomes the FIRST player in WKU and C-USA history to be named a finalist for the
@HoopHall
's Cheryl Miller Award, honoring the top Division I small forward in the nation!
#OurWhy
#MillerAward
For only the fourth time in modern history, your Lady Toppers have a perfect regular season at home, improving to 13-0 in Diddle Arena this season!
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@SoKyOralSurgery
The field of 6️⃣4️⃣ is set for the 25th edition of the Postseason
#WNIT
! This is sure to be an incredible tournament! Congrats to all the teams who made it this year! 🏀🏆
Release:
For the second straight year and third time in four seasons as a member of C-USA, your Lady Toppers are headed back to the title game after a 77-61 win over North Texas! WKU meets UAB at 4:30PM Saturday for all the marbles!
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#OurWhy
BYE SECURED! WKU gets revenge for its earlier loss in Murfreesboro and downs archrival Middle Tennessee, 67-56 on Senior Night in Diddle!
The Lady Tops will play next Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in the C-USA Quarterfinals in Frisco!
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For the third time in four seasons, your C-USA Player of the Year honored comes from WKU! Tashia has been named the seventh Player of the Year in program history!
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#OurWhy
BALLGAME! WKU comes up with a HUGE forced turnover on Marshall's final possession and will come out of Huntington with a 69-66 victory!
Dee joins the 1,000-point club in style with her second career double-double, finishing with 23 points and 13 rebounds!
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FINAL: WKU's season ends in the WNIT Round of 16 at Ohio but not before we continued our long tradition of success! WKU won 6 of its final 8 games down the stretch and secured its seventh straight 20-win season in
@CoachCollinsWKU
's first season at the helm!
#GoTops
Ivy's 21-point, 14-rebound performance (including her 1,000th career point) leads WKU past Mercer in a hard-fought 67-62 battle on Friday evening!
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#OurWhy
NOT. DONE. YET.
Your Lady Toppers will hit the road to face MAC opponent Miami (Ohio) on Thursday! Gametime will be announced by
@WomensNIT
officials tomorrow!
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🗣
@dLg_4
was a bucket tonight
☑️ Broke a 25-year-old Worthen Arena record
☑️ Second most points scored in a game by a Lady Topper ever
☑️ Third most points scored by a NCAA player this season
A FANTASTIC performance from your Lady Toppers in front of a ROCKING home crowd of 5,061! WKU hung right with
#6
/5 Notre Dame all game behind 25 points from Tashia! THANK YOU to all of our awesome students and fans!
#GoTops
#OurWhy
FINAL: WKU runs the home C-USA winning streak to 21 straight games and takes down Old Dominion, 75-60, to start 2-0 in conference play!
Meral (22), Raneem (14) and Dee (13) combine for 49 of WKU's 75 points!
#GoTops
For the third time in four years as a C-USA member, WKU has captured the C-USA Defensive Player of the Year award thanks to Ivy! She leads the league in rebounding and ranks second in both steals and blocks per game heading into the tournament.
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#OurWhy
🔴 7 assists in the 4th quarter
🔴 11 total assists in the game
🔴 Most assists in a game by a C-USA player this season
All in a day’s work for
@hope_sivori
FINAL: WKU knocks off Old Dominion in the C-USA Quarterfinals, 74-60, behind huge double-double performances from Raneem and Whitney!
Your Lady Tops will get another shot at top-seeded Rice in tomorrow's semifinals at 5:30PM here at The Star!
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"We always talk about leaving a place better than you found it." - Coach Heard
These two have left no doubt that they've done that and then some. Tashia and Ivy, we can't say thank you enough for everything that you've done for our program over the last 4 years.
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#OurWhy
WKU WINS! The Lady Tops win another thriller in Denton behind a season-best 16 points from Whitney and 24 points, 8 steals and 6 boards from Dee!
Lady Tops stay in position for a first-round bye in the upcoming C-USA Tournament!
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Back-to-back AA Miss Tennessee Basketball Awards.
Back-to-back State Tournament MVP honors.
Back-to-back state championships for Upperman HS.
Your current Lady Tops aren't the only ones doing work right now! Congratulations to future Lady Topper Akira Levy!
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Wishing the best of luck to our newest All-American and C-USA Player of the Year Tashia as she competes in the Pro Hoops Combine today looking for a spot in the WNBA!
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