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Eagle Women's Hoops to Travel to the Music City to Take On #8 Vanderbilt Monday

11/8/2026 12:00:00 PM

By: Dean Hardin, Athletic Media Relations
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Morehead, Ky. -- Morehead State women's basketball team gets back to action Monday night when they take on eighth-ranked Vanderbilt in Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville.

Morehead State wrapped up the opening week of the season with a 63-58 loss to Eastern Kentucky Thursday in Johnson Arena. Morehead State got in an early hole in the game and trailed by 20 midway through the second quarter then rallied and got to within a single point last in the game but the comeback came up just short.  Redshirt sophomore Heidi Smith posted her first career double double with career highs of 18 points and ten rebounds. Redshirt junior Kensley Feltner led all scorers, posting a career-high 22 points.
 
Vanderbilt rolled in its first two games of the season, beating Lipscomb 112.53 in the opener last Monday and thumping Queens (N.C.) 100-42 Wednesday night in Memorial Gymnasium. The Commodores come into the game with the Eagles averaging 106 points per game, which, incredibly, ranks just 12th in the country. 
 
Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET. The game can be heard on the Eagle Sports Network (flagship WIVY 96.3) with Tom Lewis and Wes Holland on the call. The game is also scheduled to be streamed on the SEC+ Network.

RECORD/STREAK

Morehead State                 0-2/L 3
Vanderbilt                            2-0/W 2
 
SERIES
 
Record vs. Vandy:             0-2
Last Meeting:                     Vandy won 92-46 (12/16/89) in Nashville
First Meeting:                     Vandy won 69-68 (12/4/82) in Morehead
Streak:                                 Vandy W 2
Record in Morehead:          0-1
Record in Nashville:           1-0
Record at Neutral Sites:     0-0
 
NOTABLES
  • Redshirt junior Kensley Feltner is Morehead State's most experienced player with appearances in 70 games over three seasons at Belmont. Last season, injury limited Feltner to just five games; in the 2024-25 season, Feltner appeared in 39 games, making two starts.
  • Feltner posted a career-high 22 points in Thursday's game against Eastern Kentucky. She shot 6-13 from the floor, including 3-7 from three-point range and hit 7-8 from the free throw line in 38 minutes of play
  • Feltner had a storied career at Lawrence County High School, scoring 4,189 points in her career, becoming just the fourth player in Kentucky to score over 4,000 career points. She led the state in her senior season scoring 28.9 points per game and was a finalist for Kentucky Miss Basketball and a First Team All-State selection. She also led the state in scoring in her junior season averaging 26.9 points per game and was named a First Team All-State selection.
  • Feltner's brother Jackson was a standout baseball player at Morehead State from 2021 to 2023. He posted a .376 career batting average, tied for fourth in the Morehead State record book. His .471 on-base percentage is second highest in MSU Baseball history.
  • Heidi Smith had a big game against Eastern Kentucky Friday; the redshirt sophomore notched her first career double-double, posting career highs with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
  • Heidi Smith appeared in seven games last season before injury cut her season short. Averaging 17.1 minutes per game, she posted 5.1 points and 1.0 rebounds per game averages.
  • Twins Courtney and Heidi Smith have stayed together through their college journey: they both redshirted in their freshman season (2024-25) at Toledo. The pair transferred to Montana State last season and re-joined Jackie Alexander at Morehead State last Spring.
  • Courtney Smith appeared in 27 contests for the Bobcats last season.  She posted her career high of nine points on January 24 at Weber State. She matched that total five days later against Sacramento State.
  • Grad Student Lanae Riley comes to Morehead State after two seasons battling injuries at Akron. She appeared in six games in 2024-25 after appearing in 29 games and making 13 starts the previous season. She averaged 8.3 points and 3.8 rebounds per game for the Zips while averaging 21.6 minutes per outing. She shot 47% from the floor, 43% from three-point range and 75% from the free throw line. She posted 11 points and five boards last Monday at Kentucky.
  • Riley was a two-time First Team All-Ohio selection at Archbishop Hoban High School, and was finalist for Ohio Ms. Basketball her senior season (2021-22) averaging 21 points and nine rebounds per game, leading Hoban to an undefeated regular season.
  • Allie Sykes appeared in 26 games, making four starts at Presbyterian last season. In an average of 12.4 minutes per outing, she averaged 4.2 points per game. She led the Blue Hose with 30 made three points, hit treys at a 31.3% clip.
  • Sykes scored 1,746 career points, posting a career average of 15.5 points per game at Western Alamance High School in Burlington, N.C. She averaged 18.1 points per game in her senior season, shooting 42% from three-point range. Over her career, she shot 41% from the floor and 38% from beyond the arc.
  • JUCO transfer Breayah Jefferson was a NJCAA Div. I Honorable Mention All-America last season at Monroe University (N.Y.). She appeared in 17 games, making 16 starts and averaged 18 points per game while shooting 45% from the floor.
  • Jefferson set the Monroe program record, scoring 50 points against Lackawanna College on February 19. She hit 19 of 53 attempts from the floor, including 7-29 from three-point range.
  • In her freshman season at St. Clair CC (Mich.), Jefferson posted averages of 22.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game in 34 appearances. She shot 49.1% from the floor.
  • Samaria Taylor appeared in 27 games, making one start at Furman last season. She posted season highs of 12 points and six steals against Bob Jones January 3. She posted 11 points against East Tennessee on February 7, hitting all three of her field goal attempts, including on three-ball, and went four of five from the charity stripe.
  • Kamora Morgan spent her first two collegiate years at Northern Kentucky. She was named Horizon League Freshman of the Week twice in the 2024-25 season, when she appeared in 32 games, making eight starts, posting 7.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.
  • As a freshman, Morgan had a breakout game with 21 vs. Southern Indiana; she backed that up a month later, setting career highs with 23 points and seven rebounds. Last season as a sophomore, she averaged 3.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game in 32 games averaging 12.9 minutes per game.
  • Millie Pearson is the lone returner from last season's Eagle squad. She played in 26 games, making six starts, averaging 8.3 minutes per game. She set season highs of eight points and three blocks against Tennessee Tech on February 12. She grabbed a season-high five rebounds at Ohio last November 13.
 
SCOUTNG THE COMMODORES
  • Vanderbilt Head Coach Shea Ralph is in her 6th season at the helm of the Commodore program; she has a record of 102-63 at Vandy. She was named the Southeastern Conference coach of the Year after guiding the Commodores to a 29-5 record and a school-record 13 wins in the SEC last season.
  • Ralph was a celebrated student-athlete at perennial power UCONN, where she was part of the 2000 national championship team and was named an All-American and Big East Player of the Year. She ranks eighth in the UCONN record book with 1,5678 career points. She also ranks among the program's all-time top 10 in career assists, steals and field goal percentage (57.9%).
  • Junior guard Mikayla Blades leads the Commodores' high-powered offense, averaging 25.5 points per game through Vandy's first week of the season, hitting 57% of her field goal attempts. She set the NCAA Sophomore season scoring record after dropping 918 points on the year. She led the nation averaging 27 points per game.
  • Blades set the NCAA Freshman single-game scoring record with a 55-point outburst at Auburn on February 16, 2025.
  • Georgia transfer Mia Woolfork is averaging 15.5 points per game for the Commodores through the first two contests while shooting at a 68% clip from the field. Last season as a sophomore at Georgia, she made 29 starts for the Bulldogs averaging 13.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, leading Georgia in rebounds and ranking second on the team in points per game.
 
 
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