MARSHALL, Texas – Ready to start the third season in the
Rusty Rainbolt era, the East Texas Baptist University women's basketball team will head out to San Antonio for their first two games of the season. They will open up against #9 University of St. Thomas (MN) on Saturday and finish against #8 George Fox University on Sunday. ETBU is 3-5 against ranked opponents in the last two seasons.
Below is the information for the games.
ETBU vs. #9 St. Thomas (MN) | San Antonio, Texas | Saturday, November 9, 2019
Field: Sams Gymnasium
Time: 4:00 PM
All-Time Series: ETBU 1-0
- Last ETBU Win: Mar. 9, 2018 (61-58)
ETBU vs. #8 George Fox | San Antonio, Texas | Sunday, November 10, 2019
Field: Sams Gymnasium
Time: 3:00 PM
All-Time Series: First Meeting
ETBU
- Finished 23-4 overall and 14-3 last season. Reached the American Southwest Conference Tournament semifinals
- Return 11 players from last season's team in Bianca Bowring, Kim Childress, Kendrick Clark, Hanna Hudson, Tatyana Lacey, April Matthews, Anna Moss, Paige Royal, Taylor Singleton, Mallory Stephens, and Amanda Wilson
- Add 10 newcomers to the team in Mollie Daniel, Haley Fieseler, Sydni Johnson, Alena Johnston, Missie Kilo, Cynthia Leib, Grace Stephens, Alex Stone, Maegan Thomas, and Kaia Williams.
- Last defeated #4 St. Thomas, 61-58, in overtime in the 2018 NCAA DIII Sweet Sixteen
- Clark led ETBU in scoring with 14.1 points per game and three-pointers with 2.3 made per game last year
- Singleton was second in assists with 84 and first in steals with 73.
- Wilson was the leader in rebounds with 119 (4.8 per game) and blocks with 29.
#9 ST. THOMAS (MN)
- 30-2 last season
- Ranked #9 entering this year
- Reached the Final Four before losing to Bowdoin College last year
- Return 11 players from last season's team while adding nine newcomers
- Scored 74.8 ppg last season, dished out 16.3 apg and grabbed 38.2 rpg.
- Kaia Porter was second for the Tommies in scoring with 417 points (13.0 ppg) and rebounding with 157 (4.9 per game) while finishing third in assists with 76 (2.4 per game)
#8 GEORGE FOX
- 25-4 last season
- Reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament before losing to Washington-St. Louis
- Averaged 74.5 ppg, 35.2 rpg, and 13.7 apg last season
- Emily Spencer was second on the team in scoring with 284 points and first in steals (105) and assists (97)
- Hailey Hartney second for the Bruins in rebounds with 115
- First meeting all-time against ETBU
