MARSHALL, Texas – Only days removed from the upset win over NCAA Division I McNeese State, the East Texas Baptist University women's basketball team is back on the road for three games as part of the Dardeen Memorial Classic against in Birmingham, Ala. They will face Belhaven University, Covenant College, and Piedmont College.
Below is the information about the games.
▶️G4 #ETBU🐯🆚 Belhaven 🧥
🗓️Wednesday, December 9 |🕰️4:00 PM
🔢All-Time Series: ETBU 9-2
*Last ETBU Win: Feb. 20, 2020 (72-68)
*Last BU Win: Feb. 16, 2017 (77-68)
▶️G5 #ETBU🐯🆚 Covenant College 🏴
🗓️Thursday, December 10 |🕰️4:00 PM
🔢All-Time Series: First Meeting
▶️G6 #ETBU🐯🆚 Piedmont 🦁
🗓️Friday, December 11 |🕰️1:00 PM
🔢All-Time Series: ETBU 1-0
*Last ETBU Win: Nov. 8, 2020 (71-65)
ETBU
* 3-0 after 83-59 win over Sul Ross State University.
Bridget Upton (13 points),
Taylor Singleton (12 points), and
Hanna Hudson (11 points) led ETBU with double-figures scoring.
Haley Fieseler recorded nine points and eight rebounds.
* Recently upset DI McNeese State,68-67, in an exhibition game. Upton scored 20 points while Singleton added 15. Averaging 71.7 points per game while allowing 56.7 ppg.
* Averaging 45.0 rebounds per game.
* Upton leads ETBU in scoring with 13.0 ppg. Hudson (12,3 ppg), Singleton (12.0 ppg), and
Mallory Stephens (10.0 ppg) also average double-digit points per game.
* Fieseler leads ETBU in rebounding with 6.0 per game.
* Hudson has hit 56.3% of threes (nine-of-16).
* Winners of eight straight against the Blazers, including two wins (79-61, 72-68) last season.
* Singleton recorded 14 points in ETBU's 72-68 win over BU in Marshall while Stephens had eight.
* Will be taking on CC for the first time in program history.
BU
* Will be playing their first game of the season this week.
* Finished 14-12 last season and 7-9 in the conference.
* Finished 6th in the ASC with 83.5 ppg and 4th in three-point shooting 36.3%.
* Return five players from last season's squad.
* Mariah Collins led BU in assists with 136 and was third in points per game (11.6). She would be named 2019-20 ASC East Newcomer of the Year, ASC East Division All-Defensive Team and 2019-20 ASC East Honorable Mention.
* Destiny Johnson led BU in field goal percentage (44.4%), and blocks (30) while finishing second in rebounds (152).
* Janae Collier was fourth in rebounds (4.5 per game) and free throw percentage (65.5%)
* Collins averaged 19.0 ppg in the two games with ETBU last season. She scored 20 points in the 79-61 loss and would score 14 points and pick up eight steals in the 72-68 loss to ETBU.
* Lost eight straight games to the Tigers since winning 77-68 on Feb. 16, 2017.
Covenant
* Will begin their season this week.
* First meeting all-time against ETBU.
* 10-16 overall last season.
* Averaged 58.8 ppg while allowing 66.8 ppg
* Returning six members from last season's team.
* Hannah Monday led the Scots with 12.8 ppg
Piedmont
* 1-1 after falling to ETBU 71-65.
* Hope Franklin led the Lions with a double-double 15 points and 12 rebounds while Livia Skinner added 12 points and seven steals.
* Averaging 68.0 ppg while allowing 70.0 ppg.
* Franklin (14.5 ppg), Skinner (13.5 ppg), and Nakiyah Washington (14.5 ppg) are averaging double-figures.
* Frankin also leads PC in rebounds (9.5 per game).
