Austin Peay Governors women's basketball

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Austin Peay Governors women's basketball
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University Austin Peay State University
Head coachBrittany Young (4th season)
Conference ASUN
Location Clarksville, Tennessee
Arena F&M Bank Arena
(capacity: 5,500)
Nickname Governors
ColorsRed and white [1]
   
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NCAA tournament appearances
1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010
Conference tournament champions
1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010

The Austin Peay Governors women's basketball team represents Austin Peay State University (aka Peay) in Clarksville, Tennessee. The Governors currently compete in the ASUN Conference.

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The 2022–23 season was not only Peay's first in the ASUN Conference, but also was its last at the Winfield Dunn Center. After that season, the Governors moved to the new F&M Bank Arena in downtown Clarksville. The new arena was originally intended to open for the 2022–23 season, but was delayed to July 2023. [2] [3]

History

Historically, Peay's women's teams had been known as "Lady Govs", but the university began using "Governors" for women's teams in 2015–16.

As of the end of the 2015–16 season, the Governors have an all-time record of 459–669 since records were kept in 1976. They had played from 1929 to 1936 and had started play again in 1970, but those records are lost. The Govs have made the NCAA Tournament seven times, losing in the First Round each time. [4]

NCAA tournament results

The Governors have made the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament seven times. They have a combined record of 0–7.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
1996 #14First Round#3 ClemsonL 52–79
2001 #16First Round#1 TennesseeL 38–90
2002 #15First Round#1 PurdueL 49–80
2003 #14First Round#3 North CarolinaL 70–72
2004 #13First Round#4 LSUL 66–83
2009 #16First Round#1 DukeL 42–83
2010 #16First Round#1 TennesseeL 42–75

Players

Retired numbers

The Governors have retired two women's basketball numbers in their history.

Austin Peay Governors retired numbers
No.PlayerPositionCareer
10 Brooke Armistead G 1999–2003
52 Gerlonda Hardin F 2000–2004

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References

  1. "APSU Governors Brand Identity" (PDF). May 30, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. Smith, Chris (July 29, 2021). "Downtown Clarksville event center name announced: F&M Bank Arena". Clarksville, TN: WNZE. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  3. Miller, Kaitlin (May 13, 2022). "New F&M Bank Arena in Montgomery Co. expected to bring a lot of economic growth to area". Nashville, TN: WZTV. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  4. "Austin Peay Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Austin Peay University. 2021. p. 16. Retrieved April 30, 2022.