MARSHALL, Texas – With six seniors about to play their final home games in Ornelas Gym, the East Texas Baptist University women's basketball team will end their regular season with Belhaven University on Thursday and Louisiana College on Saturday. ETBU has already qualified for the American Southwest Conference championship tournament next week.
Below are the information about the games.
ETBU vs. Belhaven | Marshall, TX | Thursday, Feb. 20th
Arena: Ornelas Gymnasium
Time: 5:30 PM
All-Time Series: ETBU, 8-2
* Last ETBU Win: Jan. 25, 2020 (79-61)
* Last BU Win: Feb. 16, 2017 (77-68)
ETBU at Louisiana College | Marshall, TX | Saturday, Feb. 22nd
Arena: Ornelas Gymnasium
Time: 7:30 PM
All-Time Series: LC, 23-16
* Last ETBU Win: Jan. 23, 2020 (81-43)
* Last LC Win: Feb. 10, 2018 (58-57)
ETBU
- Honoring Bianca Bowring, Kim Childress, Kendrick Clark, Tatyana Lacey, April Matthews, and Amanda Wilson this weekend for senior day
- 17-6 overall and 11-3 in the American Southwest Conference East Division after a 70-65 loss to Mary Hardin-Baylor and a 57-52 win over the Concordia University (TX)
- Clark averaged 16.5 ppg in the previous week scoring 14 in the loss to UMHB and 19 in the win over CTX.
- In the loss to UMHB, Wilson scored 21 points to lead ETBU
- Missie Kilo scored nine points, including the game-winning three-pointer against CTX.
- Won last five meetings against BU.
- Defeated BU, 79-61, on Jan. 25th. Childress recorded a double-double with 29 points and 13 rebounds to lead ETBU.
- Defeated LC, 81-43, on Jan. 23rd. Clark and Matthews both recorded 13 points while Wilson tallied 10 points in the win.
- Average 67.2 ppg while giving up a conference low 55.0 ppg.
- First in the ASC in field goal percentage (42.9%) and field goal percentage defense (33.3%)
- Fourth in the ASC in assists with 16.0 per game.
- Second in the ASC in defensive rebounds (28.7 per game)
- Clark leads ETBU with 12.9 ppg while is seventh in field goal percentage (44.5%)
- Childress is eighth in the ASC in rebounds per game (7.1)
- Wilson leads the ASC with a 59.4 field goal percentage.
BU
- Has a 14-9 overall record and is 7-7 in the ASC East Division after an 84-69 win over the University of Ozarks.
- In the win over UO, Peyton Papenburg recorded a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
- In the loss to ETBU on Jan. 25, Mariah Collins scored a team-high 20 points while Keke Lyles added 15 points.
- Last defeated ETBU in 2017.
- Leads the ASC in scoring (79.1 ppg)
- Fourth in the ASC in free throw percentage (71.0%)
- Second in the ASC in block shots (3.4 per game)
- Papenburg (19.2 ppg) and Lyles (17.8 ppg) are second and third in the ASC in scoring respectively.
- Lyles (3.8) and Papenburg are first and third respectively in the ASC in steals.
- Collins leads the ASC in assists (5.3 per game) and fourth in steals (2.8 per game)
- Lyles leads the ASC in made three-pointers with 62.
- Destiny Johnson is third in the ASC with 1.3 blocks per game.
LC
- 5-17 overall and 3-11 in the ASC East Division after a 71-40 loss to the University of Texas Dallas.
- In the loss to ETBU, ZyUnn Cormier tallied 21 points to lead all scorers.
- Last defeated ETBU, 58-57, in 2018.
- Average 61.6 ppg while giving up a conference worst 78.2 ppg.
- Fifth in the ASC in steals with 11.0 per game
- Cormier is fourth in the ASC with 16.7 ppg and three-point field goals made (2.1 per game) while she is second with an 82.5% free throw percentage.
- Kayla Kinney is fifth in the ASC with 2.7 per game.
