Abby Buckner

14 Abby Buckner
Abby Buckner
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Hometown:
    Murfreesboro, Tenn.
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Previous School:
    Middle Tennessee Christian School
  • gp
    28
  • pts/g
    3.7
  • fg %
    29.7
  • 3pt %
    23.7
  • ft %
    69.0
  • reb/g
    4.6
  • a/g
    1.8
Bio

2018-19 (Sophomore): Appeared in and started all 33 games while averaging 29.0 minutes… averaged 6.3 points per game while shooting 34.5 percent from the field, 32.6 percent from three, and 82.9 percent from the line…scored double-figures in seven games… reached a career-high of 18 points and a career-high of five made 3-pointers against Belmont (Jan. 5)… average 4.7 rebounds per game, setting a new career-high of nine rebounds multiple times… played a career-high 40 minutes against Eastern Illinois (Mar. 2).

2017-18 (Freshman): Started six of 24 games in her debut season at Tech, averaging 17.9 minutes… broke out toward the end of the year, where she started each of Tech’s four games from Feb. 3-15 and played 30+ minutes in each game… scored a total of 35 points in that time frame, including a career-high of 14 in Tech’s 60-57 win at Eastern Illinois (Feb. 3)… also had a career-high eight rebounds in that game to come two shy of her first double-double… played a career-high 37 minutes versus Belmont (Feb. 10)… also tallied 23 assists and 12 steals throughout the season.

High School: Buckner was a four-year forward on the Middle Tennessee Christian School basketball team, coached by Lynn Burkey... joined the Cougars' 1,000-point club in her sophomore season... named to the All-District and All-Tournament teams three times and was also a three-time Team MVP honoree... played AAU ball for the Tennessee Flight... also competed in volleyball at MTCS for one year as a right-side hitter.

Academic: Majoring in exercise science, physical education, and wellness with a concentration in pre-occupational therapy.

Honors & Awards:

  • Two-time Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (spring 2018, fall 2017)
Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 28 16
Games started 13 4
Minutes 733 412
Minutes per game 26.2 25.8
FG 33-111 20-61
FG Pct 29.7 32.8
3PT 18-76 13-44
3PT Pct 23.7 29.5
FT 20-29 8-13
FT Pct 69.0 61.5
Off rebounds 27 17
Def rebounds 103 53
Total rebounds 130 70
Rebounds per game 4.6 4.4
Personal fouls 49 26
Disqualifications 1 -
Assists 50 29
Turnovers 34 15
Assist to turnover ratio 1.5 1.9
Steals 16 7
Blocks 3 0
Points 104 61
Points per game 3.7 3.8
Points per 40 min 5.7 5.9
Recent results
Recent Games
Date Opponent Result
Feb 15 at Tennessee State W, 81-69
Feb 20 UT Martin L, 86-65
Feb 22 Southeast Missouri L, 72-59
Feb 27 at Belmont L, 68-52
Feb 29 at Jacksonville State L, 64-61
Mar 5 at Southeast Missouri L, 82-81
Game Log - Shooting
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Oct 29 Cumberlands (Ky.) W, 85-59 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Cumberland W, 88-51 1 19 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Nov 12 ULM W, 75-68 1 26 1-6 16.7 1-4 25.0 3-4 75.0 6
Nov 16 at Southern Illinois L, 76-65 1 23 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 4
Nov 21 at Middle Tennessee L, 64-58 1 33 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 0-0 - 2
Nov 24 at Samford W, 72-57 1 23 2-5 40.0 0-3 0.0 0-0 - 4
Nov 29 vs. Northern Illinois L, 82-74 1 25 0-5 0.0 0-3 0.0 2-2 100.0 2
Nov 30 vs. Detroit Mercy W, 69-47 1 30 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-2 50.0 1
Dec 5 at Vanderbilt L, 75-61 1 30 2-6 33.3 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 5
Dec 17 at Western Carolina W, 62-58 1 30 1-4 25.0 0-2 0.0 2-2 100.0 4
Dec 21 Lipscomb W, 78-58 - 28 2-4 50.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 - 6
Dec 29 Tennessee Wesleyan W, 94-45 - 20 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 5
Jan 2 at Eastern Kentucky W, 60-42 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 4 at Morehead State W, 75-55 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 9 Austin Peay W, 58-49 - 22 0-0 - 0-0 - 1-2 50.0 1
Jan 11 Murray State W, 77-72 - 14 2-5 40.0 0-2 0.0 2-3 66.7 6
Jan 16 at SIUE W, 65-50 - 16 0-2 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 - 0
Jan 18 at Eastern Illinois W, 75-62 - 21 2-2 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 - 5
Jan 23 Morehead State W, 82-75 1 28 1-5 20.0 1-5 20.0 0-0 - 3
Jan 25 Eastern Kentucky W, 87-82 1 44 2-5 40.0 1-4 25.0 0-0 - 5
Jan 30 Belmont L, 59-47 1 27 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Feb 1 Tennessee State W, 88-47 - 20 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 6 at UT Martin L, 71-62 - 25 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-0 - 3
Feb 8 at Southeast Missouri L, 87-72 - 18 1-7 14.3 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 2
Feb 13 Jacksonville State L, 66-50 - 28 3-6 50.0 3-5 60.0 2-2 100.0 11
Feb 15 at Tennessee State W, 81-69 - 23 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Feb 20 UT Martin L, 86-65 - 33 3-6 50.0 2-3 66.7 3-6 50.0 11
Feb 22 Southeast Missouri L, 72-59 - 33 2-7 28.6 1-6 16.7 0-0 - 5
Feb 27 at Belmont L, 68-52 - 28 0-6 0.0 0-4 0.0 0-0 - 0
Feb 29 at Jacksonville State L, 64-61 1 32 2-6 33.3 2-5 40.0 0-0 - 6
Mar 5 at Southeast Missouri L, 82-81 - 34 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 3-4 75.0 3
Game Log - Ball control
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs min off def reb ast to stl blk
Oct 29 Cumberlands (Ky.) W, 85-59 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 Cumberland W, 88-51 1 19 1 4 5 3 0 0 0
Nov 12 ULM W, 75-68 1 26 0 6 6 1 1 0 0
Nov 16 at Southern Illinois L, 76-65 1 23 0 4 4 2 3 0 0
Nov 21 at Middle Tennessee L, 64-58 1 33 0 3 3 5 2 0 0
Nov 24 at Samford W, 72-57 1 23 0 2 2 3 3 1 0
Nov 29 vs. Northern Illinois L, 82-74 1 25 0 4 4 1 2 0 0
Nov 30 vs. Detroit Mercy W, 69-47 1 30 1 3 4 1 2 2 0
Dec 5 at Vanderbilt L, 75-61 1 30 0 8 8 0 0 1 0
Dec 17 at Western Carolina W, 62-58 1 30 1 3 4 0 2 0 0
Dec 21 Lipscomb W, 78-58 - 28 1 3 4 0 0 0 0
Dec 29 Tennessee Wesleyan W, 94-45 - 20 2 7 9 3 3 2 3
Jan 2 at Eastern Kentucky W, 60-42 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 4 at Morehead State W, 75-55 - - - - - - - - -
Jan 9 Austin Peay W, 58-49 - 22 1 1 2 1 1 1 0
Jan 11 Murray State W, 77-72 - 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 16 at SIUE W, 65-50 - 16 0 6 6 0 1 0 0
Jan 18 at Eastern Illinois W, 75-62 - 21 2 2 4 1 3 0 0
Jan 23 Morehead State W, 82-75 1 28 1 1 2 4 0 1 0
Jan 25 Eastern Kentucky W, 87-82 1 44 2 5 7 7 0 0 0
Jan 30 Belmont L, 59-47 1 27 3 2 5 0 1 0 0
Feb 1 Tennessee State W, 88-47 - 20 0 3 3 3 0 1 0
Feb 6 at UT Martin L, 71-62 - 25 1 2 3 1 0 0 0
Feb 8 at Southeast Missouri L, 87-72 - 18 0 2 2 1 3 0 0
Feb 13 Jacksonville State L, 66-50 - 28 0 6 6 0 1 3 0
Feb 15 at Tennessee State W, 81-69 - 23 0 2 2 2 2 0 0
Feb 20 UT Martin L, 86-65 - 33 2 3 5 1 0 0 0
Feb 22 Southeast Missouri L, 72-59 - 33 2 6 8 4 0 1 0
Feb 27 at Belmont L, 68-52 - 28 1 3 4 2 2 0 0
Feb 29 at Jacksonville State L, 64-61 1 32 2 9 11 2 1 0 0
Mar 5 at Southeast Missouri L, 82-81 - 34 4 3 7 2 1 3 0
Game Log - Ball control extended
Game Log - Ball control extended
Date Opponent Score gs pf dq a/to
Oct 29 Cumberlands (Ky.) W, 85-59 - - - -
Nov 5 Cumberland W, 88-51 1 0 - -
Nov 12 ULM W, 75-68 1 1 - 1.0
Nov 16 at Southern Illinois L, 76-65 1 5 1 0.7
Nov 21 at Middle Tennessee L, 64-58 1 4 - 2.5
Nov 24 at Samford W, 72-57 1 0 - 1.0
Nov 29 vs. Northern Illinois L, 82-74 1 2 - 0.5
Nov 30 vs. Detroit Mercy W, 69-47 1 0 - 0.5
Dec 5 at Vanderbilt L, 75-61 1 4 - -
Dec 17 at Western Carolina W, 62-58 1 2 - 0.0
Dec 21 Lipscomb W, 78-58 - 0 - -
Dec 29 Tennessee Wesleyan W, 94-45 - 2 - 1.0
Jan 2 at Eastern Kentucky W, 60-42 - - - -
Jan 4 at Morehead State W, 75-55 - - - -
Jan 9 Austin Peay W, 58-49 - 4 - 1.0
Jan 11 Murray State W, 77-72 - 0 - -
Jan 16 at SIUE W, 65-50 - 1 - 0.0
Jan 18 at Eastern Illinois W, 75-62 - 1 - 0.3
Jan 23 Morehead State W, 82-75 1 0 - -
Jan 25 Eastern Kentucky W, 87-82 1 2 - -
Jan 30 Belmont L, 59-47 1 1 - 0.0
Feb 1 Tennessee State W, 88-47 - 1 - -
Feb 6 at UT Martin L, 71-62 - 2 - -
Feb 8 at Southeast Missouri L, 87-72 - 0 - 0.3
Feb 13 Jacksonville State L, 66-50 - 4 - 0.0
Feb 15 at Tennessee State W, 81-69 - 2 - 1.0
Feb 20 UT Martin L, 86-65 - 3 - -
Feb 22 Southeast Missouri L, 72-59 - 0 - -
Feb 27 at Belmont L, 68-52 - 3 - 1.0
Feb 29 at Jacksonville State L, 64-61 1 2 - 2.0
Mar 5 at Southeast Missouri L, 82-81 - 3 - 2.0
Career Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
2017-18 24 17.9 0.9-3.9 0.6-2.5 0.5-0.7 2.8
2018-19 33 29.0 2.1-6.0 1.3-4.0 0.9-1.1 6.3
2019-20 28 26.2 1.2-4.0 0.6-2.7 0.7-1.0 3.7
2020-21 - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Total 85 24.9 1.4-4.7 0.9-3.2 0.7-0.9 4.5
Career Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
2017-18 24 6 430 21-93 22.6 14-60 23.3 11-16 68.8 67
2018-19 33 33 956 68-197 34.5 43-132 32.6 29-35 82.9 208
2019-20 28 13 733 33-111 29.7 18-76 23.7 20-29 69.0 104
2020-21 - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Total 85 52 2119 122-401 30.4 75-268 28.0 60-80 75.0 379
Career Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
2017-18 24 430 17.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 23.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
2018-19 33 956 29.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 32.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
2019-20 28 733 26.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 23.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
2020-21 - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Total 85 2119 24.9 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 28.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Career Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
2017-18 24 0.8 1.5 2.3 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0
2018-19 33 0.8 3.8 4.7 1.5 0.9 1.1 0.0
2019-20 28 1.0 3.7 4.6 1.8 1.2 0.6 0.1
2020-21 - - - - - - - -
Total 85 0.9 3.1 4.0 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.0
Career Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
2017-18 24 6 18 36 54 23 24 12 0
2018-19 33 33 28 126 154 49 31 36 0
2019-20 28 13 27 103 130 50 34 16 3
2020-21 - - - - - - - - -
Total 85 52 73 265 338 122 89 64 3
Career Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
2017-18 24 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018-19 33 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019-20 28 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2020-21 - - - - - - - -
Total 85 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Split Stats - Shooting per game
Statistic gp min/g fg/g 3pt/g ft/g ppg
Event
Total 28 26.2 1.2-4.0 0.6-2.7 0.7-1.0 3.7
Conference 16 25.8 1.2-3.8 0.8-2.8 0.5-0.8 3.8
Exhibition - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 13 26.3 1.5-4.1 1.0-2.9 0.9-1.5 4.8
Away 13 25.8 1.1-3.8 0.4-2.5 0.4-0.5 2.9
Neutral 2 27.5 0.0-4.0 0.0-2.5 1.5-2.0 1.5
Result
Wins 15 24.3 1.0-3.2 0.5-2.1 0.7-1.0 3.1
Losses 13 28.4 1.4-4.8 0.8-3.5 0.8-1.1 4.4
Month
November 7 25.6 0.9-4.1 0.1-2.4 1.0-1.4 2.9
December 4 27.0 1.8-4.5 1.0-3.0 0.5-0.5 5.0
January 7 24.6 1.1-3.0 0.6-2.1 0.4-0.7 3.3
February 9 26.7 1.3-4.4 1.0-3.2 0.6-0.9 4.2
March 1 34.0 0.0-3.0 0.0-3.0 3.0-4.0 3.0
Split Stats - Shooting totals
Statistic gp gs min fg pct 3pt pct ft pct pts
Event
Total 28 13 733 33-111 29.7 18-76 23.7 20-29 69.0 104
Conference 16 4 412 20-61 32.8 13-44 29.5 8-13 61.5 61
Exhibition - - - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 - 0
Location
Home 13 5 342 19-53 35.8 13-38 34.2 12-19 63.2 63
Away 13 6 336 14-50 28.0 5-33 15.2 5-6 83.3 38
Neutral 2 2 55 0-8 0.0 0-5 0.0 3-4 75.0 3
Result
Wins 15 7 364 15-48 31.3 7-31 22.6 10-15 66.7 47
Losses 13 6 369 18-63 28.6 11-45 24.4 10-14 71.4 57
Month
November 7 7 179 6-29 20.7 1-17 5.9 7-10 70.0 20
December 4 2 108 7-18 38.9 4-12 33.3 2-2 100.0 20
January 7 3 172 8-21 38.1 4-15 26.7 3-5 60.0 23
February 9 1 240 12-40 30.0 9-29 31.0 5-8 62.5 38
March 1 - 34 0-3 0.0 0-3 0.0 3-4 75.0 3
Split Stats - Shooting per 40 min
Statistic gp min min/g fg/40 3pt/40 pct ft/40 pts/40
Event
Total 28 733 26.2 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 23.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
Conference 16 412 25.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 29.5 0.0-0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 - 0.0-0.0 -
Location
Home 13 342 26.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 34.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
Away 13 336 25.8 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 15.2 0.0-0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 55 27.5 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 15 364 24.3 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 22.6 0.0-0.0 0.0
Losses 13 369 28.4 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 24.4 0.0-0.0 0.0
Month
November 7 179 25.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 5.9 0.0-0.0 0.0
December 4 108 27.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 33.3 0.0-0.0 0.0
January 7 172 24.6 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 26.7 0.0-0.0 0.0
February 9 240 26.7 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 31.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
March 1 34 34.0 0.0-0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0-0.0 0.0
Split Stats - Ball control per game
Statistic gp off/g def/g reb/g ast/g to/g stl/g blk/g
Event
Total 28 1.0 3.7 4.6 1.8 1.2 0.6 0.1
Conference 16 1.1 3.3 4.4 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 13 1.2 3.6 4.8 2.1 0.5 0.7 0.2
Away 13 0.8 3.8 4.6 1.6 1.8 0.4 0.0
Neutral 2 0.5 3.5 4.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0
Result
Wins 15 0.8 3.2 4.0 1.9 1.2 0.5 0.2
Losses 13 1.2 4.2 5.4 1.6 1.2 0.6 0.0
Month
November 7 0.3 3.7 4.0 2.3 1.9 0.4 0.0
December 4 1.0 5.3 6.3 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.8
January 7 1.3 2.4 3.7 1.9 0.9 0.3 0.0
February 9 0.9 4.0 4.9 1.8 1.0 0.6 0.0
March 1 4.0 3.0 7.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 0.0
Split Stats - Ball control totals
Statistic gp gs off def reb ast to stl blk
Event
Total 28 13 27 103 130 50 34 16 3
Conference 16 4 17 53 70 29 15 7 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 13 5 15 47 62 27 7 9 3
Away 13 6 11 49 60 21 23 5 0
Neutral 2 2 1 7 8 2 4 2 0
Result
Wins 15 7 12 48 60 29 18 8 3
Losses 13 6 15 55 70 21 16 8 0
Month
November 7 7 2 26 28 16 13 3 0
December 4 2 4 21 25 3 5 3 3
January 7 3 9 17 26 13 6 2 0
February 9 1 8 36 44 16 9 5 0
March 1 - 4 3 7 2 1 3 0
Split Stats - Ball control per 40 min
Statistic gp off/40 def/40 reb/40 ast/40 to/40 stl/40 blk/40
Event
Total 28 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Conference 16 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 13 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Away 13 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Result
Wins 15 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Losses 13 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Month
November 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
December 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
January 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
February 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
March 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
News mentions
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Golden Eagles fall on Education Day to Jacksonville State 66-50
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Women's basketball comes up short in hard-fought battle against UT Martin
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Golden Eagles suffer first conference loss of the season in 59-47 battle with Belmont
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Tech's fourth-quarter rally falls short against Middle Tennessee
Tech's fourth-quarter rally falls short against Middle Tennessee

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech women’s basketball’s fourth-quarter comeback bid fell short as the Golden Eagles (2-2) fell 64-58 against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (3-1) on Thursday evening at the Murphy Center.

Golden Eagles host Cumberland (Tenn.) to tip off regular season on Tuesday
Golden Eagles host Cumberland (Tenn.) to tip off regular season on Tuesday

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team opens its 2019-20 season when it welcomes Cumberland University on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. to the Hooper Eblen Center for the second-straight season.

Golden Eagles host the University of Cumberlands (Ky.) for exhibition matchup as part of Purple Palooza
Golden Eagles host the University of Cumberlands (Ky.) for exhibition matchup as part of Purple Palooza

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee Tech women’s basketball will play its lone exhibition game on Tuesday against the University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) at 6 p.m. in the Hooper Eblen Center as part of Purple Palooza.

Rosamond and Brock met media at OVC Media Day, Brock earns Preseason All-OVC honors
Rosamond and Brock met media at OVC Media Day, Brock earns Preseason All-OVC honors

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The 2019-20 Ohio Valley Conference basketball season officially kicked off on Tuesday as the league office hosted its annual Media Day at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.

Tech women's basketball selected second in OVC preseason media poll
Tech women's basketball selected second in OVC preseason media poll

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - After a phenomenal 2018-19 campaign, Tennessee Tech women’s basketball was tabbed to finish second in the 2019-20 Ohio Valley Conference Media poll, announced by the league office on Friday. The Golden Eagles received a total of 156 points in the poll.

Tech women's basketball hosts Biscuits & Basketball Oct. 26
Tech women's basketball hosts Biscuits & Basketball Oct. 26

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team will host its annual Biscuits & Basketball on Saturday, Oct. 26, beginning at 9 a.m. CT in the Hooper Eblen Center.

Senior leadership and upperclassmen experience highlights first official practice
Senior leadership and upperclassmen experience highlights first official practice

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Tech women’s basketball came together on Wednesday for their first official day of practice of the 2019-20 season, focused and ready to get to work with only 41 days before their season opener on Nov. 5.