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OVC Portal News Mar 27, 2023 7:40:44 GMT -6 eagle87 likes this

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Southern Indiana:

In - Junior Madison Webb - Transfer from SIUE.

Little Rock:

Out - Sali Kourouma - 16.8 ppg, 7 rpg in 20 games (11 starts) for the OVC Player of the Year (was also 2nd team All Sun-Belt for 2021-22)

Out - Hailey Hohenecker - Redshirt Sophomore - Appeared in 7 games.

Lindenwood:

Out - Sophomore Alana Striverson (Already committed to Evansville) - Averaged 7 ppg, 2 apg in 14 games played (started 5)

Out - Sophomore Sophia Horton - Scored 13 points with 20 rebounds and 6 assists in 15 games played.

SEMO:

Out - Sophomore Kennedi Watkins - Averaged 9 ppg, 4.8 rpg in 31 games (started 20)

Out- Sophomore Haley Smith - Appeared in 31 games, starting 16. Averaged 4.5 ppg, 2.9 rebounds. Transferred to SIUE.

In - Junior Megan Barton - Appeared in 14 games for Bradley scoring 17 total points.

SIUE:

Out - Freshman Sophie Sullivan - Scored 2 points in 10 games played.

Out - Senior Ajulu Thatha - Averaged 13.7 ppg, 9.1 rpg in 31 games (started 24)

Out - Junior Madison Webb - Transfer to USI! Played in 30 games, starting 16. Averaged 4.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg.

In - Sophomore Haley Smith from SEMO.

Tenn State:

Out - Sophomore Gia Adams - Averaged 14.1 ppg, 2 rpg, 1 apg in 26 games (Started 25)

Tenn Tech:

Out - Senior Jada Guinn - Averaged 10.7 ppg, 4.4 rpg, and 3.9 asg in 33 starts.

In - Yaubryon Chambers - Grad Transfer from Vandy - 31 games with 24 starts - 4.5 points/game, 4.6 rebounds/game.

I'm sure there are more, I've heard over 600 Division 1 women in the portal, and this site (wbbblog.com) only shows around 270 confirmations.

I believe USI will take 2 or 3 portal transfers, and I'd expect them to be current freshman, so sophomores next year.

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OVC Portal News Mar 27, 2023 15:57:31 GMT -6

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Thanks for the update. Honestly USI needs a few to move along that didn’t play this year so we can get some better transfers or freshman. Depth was a huge issue last year and cost USI a handful of games where the ladies ran out of gas due to too many minutes.

aujarhead Senior Member Posts: 448	OVC Portal News Mar 30, 2023 15:03:09 GMT -6 eagle87 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by aujarhead on Mar 30, 2023 15:03:09 GMT -6 Junior Madison Webb from SIUE just committed to USI.

shorthaircut God Posts: 4,238	OVC Portal News Mar 30, 2023 15:19:22 GMT -6 via mobile eagle87 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by shorthaircut on Mar 30, 2023 15:19:22 GMT -6 Mar 30, 2023 15:03:09 GMT -6 aujarhead said: Junior Madison Webb from SIUE just committed to USI. She put up solid numbers against us in the 2 games we played them.

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OVC Portal News Mar 30, 2023 16:24:21 GMT -6

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Post by eagle87 on Mar 30, 2023 16:24:21 GMT -6

This is great news. The more D1 experience we can get will help us get over the hump. I think we will be better next year than we were this year. We have our true point back which is huge. We have 2 of our best shooters back and we have 3 high level recruits. And now, a D1 transfer with experience. The women might be the team to watch next year, but I still have faith Stan will get us a few studs. Already have one that looks very promising.

aujarhead Senior Member Posts: 448	OVC Portal News Apr 3, 2023 7:22:48 GMT -6 eagle87 and shorthaircut like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by aujarhead on Apr 3, 2023 7:22:48 GMT -6 Updated with Kourouma, the 2023 OVC player of the year, entering the portal from UALR.

shorthaircut God Posts: 4,238	OVC Portal News Apr 3, 2023 9:27:06 GMT -6 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by shorthaircut on Apr 3, 2023 9:27:06 GMT -6 Apr 3, 2023 7:22:48 GMT -6 aujarhead said: Updated with Kourouma, the 2023 OVC player of the year, entering the portal from UALR. She is a load trying to stop….

eagle87 God Posts: 5,201	OVC Portal News Apr 3, 2023 9:53:13 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by eagle87 on Apr 3, 2023 9:53:13 GMT -6 Hope she goes to a p5/6 school. It gives us a better chance to compete for top spots in the OVC.

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OVC Portal News Apr 4, 2023 21:09:50 GMT -6 EagleScreamin and eagle87 like this

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Post by aujarhead on Apr 4, 2023 21:09:50 GMT -6

Had a discussion tonight with a Women's JUCO coach this evening about the portal.

One of the top players here in the St Louis metro east last year went to Central Michigan, and had a great season as a freshman. She was MAC freshman of the year, averaging almost 18 points per game. Entered the portal this evening. It's like she used CMU as a JUCO.

I'd say what are we teaching our kids (Get mad you aren't getting playing time? Leave! Coach benches you and rides your butt? Leave!)? Part of me still wants to believe that working hard means something. If I relate to my job, and I don't get the raise or bonus I feel I earned, I go and talk to my boss and see what I could do better so that I get what I feel I deserve. I don't go and start throwing my resume to every headhunter out there. But in this girls case, I understand if I relate it to work. If I hire you out of college for 50k/year, and a year later, another company wants to hire you away for 80k/year, you're taking the job.

I wonder if I'm naive to think of things like loyalty and commitment?

And I haven't even thought what NIL money can do to the equation, either.

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OVC Portal News Apr 4, 2023 23:29:27 GMT -6 EagleScreamin and aujarhead like this

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Post by eagle87 on Apr 4, 2023 23:29:27 GMT -6

I just think many younger kids today want their reward ——NOW. Not next week, next month or next year, but NOW. Not all of course, but many don’t want to work hard to move up the chain, they just switch to an easier chain instead. I still believe in hard work, putting in your dues and loyalty- but I’m over 50 and that’s what I was taught. It worked for me. Yes, I switched jobs a few times, but only after I put in years at each stop and honed my skills and worked up to where I am today. Hard work and patience works most of the time.

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OVC Portal News Apr 13, 2023 15:38:04 GMT -6

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Found another website listing the known players in the portal: heatcheckcbb.com/womens-basketball-transfer-portal-comprehensive-transfer-list-for-2023-24/#missouri-valley

Eastern Illinois
Haley Cameron, 6-0, F, Jr. (1.6 ppg)

Lindenwood
Christyan Reid, 6-4, C, Jr. (2.2 ppg – 5 games)
Alana Striverson, 5-10, G, Soph. (6.3 ppg) → Evansville
Mya Davidson, 6-2, F, Fr. (2.2 ppg)
Paige Craft, 5-8, G, Soph. (5.1 ppg)
Sophia Horton, 5-8, G, Soph. (1.6 ppg)
Brooke Woodyard, 6-0, F, Fr. (3.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg)

Little Rock
Sali Kourouma, 5-11, F, Jr. (16.8 ppg, 7 rpg) → Arizona
Britney Mapang, 5-9, G, Sr. (DNP)
Hailey Hohenecker, 5-3, G, Soph. (0.6 ppg – 7 games)
Toyosi Abiola, 5-7, G, Sr. (2.8 ppg)
Dariel Johnson, 6-1, F, Sr. (7.5 ppg. 7.7 rpg)

Morehead State
Aina Subirats Teruel, 5-7, G, Fr. (2.4 ppg)
Isabel Gonzalez, 6-3, C, Sr. (3.8 ppg)
Sophie Baydanov

SEMO
Kennedi Watkins, 5-10, F, Soph. (9.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg) → Ohio
Tyra Brown, 5-6, G, Sr. (0.0 ppg – 1 game)
Tykara Harrison, 5-9, G, Fr. (1.0 ppg)
Rahmena Henderson, 5-8, G, Jr. (9.4 ppg)
Halle Smith, 6-0, F, Soph. (4.5 ppg) → SIUE
Kori Tomlin, 5-3, G, Sr. (3.7 ppg)

SIUE
Tyler Butler, 6-0, F, Soph. (0.3 ppg – 8 games)
Madison Webb, 6-2, F, Jr. (4.5 ppg) → Southern Indiana
Taylor Goss, 5-10, G, Fr. (1.6 ppg – 5 games)
Anna Blank, 5-11, G, Fr. (1.4 ppg)
Destine Duckworth, 6-0, F, Fr. (3.4 ppg)
Jaida Hampton, 5-10, G, Sr. (2.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg)
Sophie Sullivan, 5-10, G, Fr. (0.2 ppg)
Ajulu Thatha, 6-2, F, Sr. (13.7 ppg, 9.1 rpg)

Tennessee State
Sierra McCullough, 6-2, F, Sr. (5.9 ppg, 6.9 rpg)
Gia Adams, 5-7, G, Soph. (14.1 ppg)
Dream Muhammad, 5-8, G, Fr. (2 ppg – 6 games)
Ashley Malone, 5-7, G, Jr. (5.3 ppg)
Kianni Westbrook, 6-3, F, Sr. (5.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg)
Ever Walker, 5-6, G, Jr. (0.9 ppg)

Tennessee Tech
DJ McFarlane, 6-3, C, Sr. (1.2 ppg)
Jadakiss Guinn, 5-8, G, Sr. (10.7 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 3.9 apg)
Ansley Hall, 5-7, G, Jr. (2.3 ppg)

UT Martin
Ella Thompson, 5-11, F, Soph. (1.3 ppg – 3 games)
Diamond Cannon, 5-10, G, Jr. (2.5 ppg)

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