This Week in Lady Raider History (1/15-1/21)

[MT Glenn]

10 Years Ago This Week
1-18-07: In Murfreesboro, the 20th ranked Lady Raiders (16-3, 8-0) beat Arkansas State, led by 27 points from Chrissy Givens.

1-20-07: In Little Rock, AR, the Lady Raiders (17-3, 9-0) beat Arkansas-Little Rock 75-62. Chrissy Givens led MT with 33 points and would be named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week. After the game, UALR coach Joe Foley asked Givens to speak to his players. She entered their locker room to a standing ovation.

20 Years Ago this Week
1-15-97: In Furman, SC, in the first triple-overtime game in Lady Raider history, MT (5-10) fell 95-86 to Furman. MT was forced to finish the game with only four players on the court because 4 had fouled out and 2 were injured. Jonelda Buck had 22 points and 15 rebounds.

1-18-97: In Murfreesboro, the Lady Raiders (5-11, 3-3) lost 74-73 in overtime to Southeast Missouri State. Jonelda Buck let MT with 18 points and 10 rebounds.

1-19-97: In Murfreesboro, Jessica Beaty had 22 points and a career high 6 three-pointers, but the Lady Raiders (5-12, 3-4) still lost 69-59 to Eastern Illinois.

30 Years Ago This Week
1-17-87: In Murfreesboro, the Lady Raiders (6-7, 2-2) had five players score in double figures and beat Morehead State 90-73. Needing 24 points, Kim Webb scored 26 to break the Lady Raider career scoring record that was previously held by Jennifer McFalls, who played from 1981 until 1985.

1-19-87: In Murfreesboro, reserve Lianne Beck played all five positions and scored 16 points for the Lady Raiders (7-7, 3-2), in an 84-62 victory over Eastern Kentucky. Kim Webb led MT scoring with 24 points.

40 Years Ago This Week
1-15-77: Also in Murfreesboro, Karen Carter scored 34 points, as the Lady Raiders (5-2) beat Union 91-88.

1-17-77: In Murfreesboro, Jan Zitney scored 32 points, leading the Lady Raiders (6-2) to a 91-80 win over Morehead State.

Photo of Jan Zitney

1-20-77: It was reported that the Lady Raiders were awarded a forfeit victory, when Maryville refused to reschedule a game postponed from December 18. MT had won 116-46, at Maryville on December 6.

70 Years Ago This Week
1-17-47: In Murfreesboro, the Raiderettes (7-1) beat Martin College 30-17.

1-21-47: In Murfreesboro, the Raiderettes lost to Parisi 13-9.

 

[BlueRaider95]

10 Years Ago This Week
1-18-07: In Murfreesboro, the 20th ranked Lady Raiders (16-3, 8-0) beat Arkansas State, led by 27 points from Chrissy Givens.

1-20-07: In Little Rock, AR, the Lady Raiders (17-3, 9-0) beat Arkansas-Little Rock 75-62. Chrissy Givens led MT with 33 points and would be named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week. After the game, UALR coach Joe Foley asked Givens to speak to his players. She entered their locker room to a standing ovation.

Never knew the story about Givens. Having been in the boro since 04 that 06-07 team was by far my favorite. My memory of them probably isn't as good as it should be but it seemed like there were 5-6 players who could/would score double digits on any given night. I was crushed when the stars finally aligned for our sweet 16 run only to get blown out by Marist.

Did a quick search on UALR, was surprised to see Foley is still their coach. His name was always popping up with the lower tier openings of "G5" teams back when we were in the SBC.