MARSHALL, Texas – After completing a four-game sweep at Ornelas Gym, the East Texas Baptist University women's basketball team hits the road for three straight games starting with two this weekend in Louisiana and Mississippi. ETBU faces Louisiana College and Belhaven University trying to stay on top of the American Southwest Conference East Division.
Below are the information of the games.
ETBU at Louisiana College | Pineville, LA | Thursday, Jan. 23rd
Arena: H.O. West Fieldhouse
Time: 5:30 PM
All-Time Series: LC 23-15
* Last ETBU Win: Feb. 9, 2019 (86-53)
* Last LC Win: Feb. 10, 2018 (58-57)
ETBU vs. Belhaven | Jackson, MS | Saturday, Jan. 25th
Arena: Rugg Arena
Time: 1:00 PM
All-Time Series: ETBU 7-2
* Last ETBU Win: Feb. 7, 2019 (66-56)
* Last BU Win: Jan. 2, 2009 (66-35)
ETBU
- 11-4 overall and 5-1 following two wins against Howard Payne University and Sul Ross State
- Kim Childress recorded her fifth career double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds against HPU
- In ETBU's 88-45 win over SRSU, Amanda Wilson had a team-high 15 points while Anna Moss scored a career-high 11 points
- ETBU's 88 points against SRSU is the second highest point total for ETBU this season following 90 points vs. Blackburn College on Dec. 28th
- Tied for fifth in the ASC in scoring by averaging 69.1 points per game
- First in the ASC in scoring defense by allowing 54.7 points per game
- ETBU's +14.3 margin of victory is the second highest in the conference
- Lead the ASC in assists with 17.3 assists per game
- Fourth in the ASC with 42.7 rebound per game
- Defeated LC, 86-53, last season in Pineville, La. Kendrick Clark and Paige Royal each scored 11 points
- Defeated BU, 66-56, last season in Jackson, Miss. Childress finished with a team high 22 points while Clark tallied 12 points
- Clark and Childress are tied for the team lead in scoring with 12.6 ppg. This puts them 12th and 13th respectively in the ASC. Childress also leads in rebounding (6.3 per game) and assists (45)
- Wilson leads the conference with 61.0% made field goals. She is also 10th in the ASC with 13 blocks
LC
- 3-11 overall and 1-5 the ASC East after winning, 75-67, against Ozarks
- Averaging 60.9 ppg, which is 11th in the ASC, while giving up 76.3 ppg, 12th in the ASC
- Seventh in the ASC in free throw percentage (65.6%)
- Gives up 30.2% three-pointers from the opposition, which is eighth in ASC
- ZyUnn Cormier is fourth in the ASC in scoring with 17.4 ppg, which includes a 31-point game against Huntingdon College. She also is third in the ASC with 82.9% made free throws
- Maya Washington is ninth in the ASC with a 74.5% free throw percentage
- Kayla Kinney is seventh in the ASC with 31 steals (2.2 per game)
BU
- 10-5 overall and 3-3 in the ASC East after a, 67-60, loss to the University of Texas Dallas.
- Leads the ASC and is 14th in the nation in scoring with 78.7 ppg
- Leads the ASC and 11th in the nation in three-point field goals made with 9.6 per game
- Leads the ASC in steals with 17.8 per game
- Third in the ASC in team assists (16.9 per game)
- Second in the ASC in free throw percentage (72.0%) and blocked shots (3.5 per game)
- Peyton Papenburg (20.4 ppg) and Keke Lyles (17.5 ppg) are second and third respectively in the ASC in scoring
- Lyles (4.2), Papenburg (3.3), Mariah Collins (3.0), Sydney Martin (2.7), and Janae Collier (2.3) are in the top 10 in steals per game taking 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th
- Collins leads the ASC in assists by averaging 6.1 per game
