MARSHALL, Texas - Finishing second in the American Southwest Conference East Division, the East Texas Baptist University women's basketball team is set to compete in the ASC Championship Tournament in Richardson, Texas, this weekend. ETBU starts their postseason run against Howard Payne University for the third straight season in the first round.
Â
ETBU is currently 19-6 overall and ranked 8
th in the South Region. They won the 2018 ASC Tournament Championship over UMHB in Richardson, Texas, and advanced to the Elite 8 in the NCAA Tournament. They enter this year's tournament as the #2 seed from the East Division and are playing the #3 team from the West Division.
Â
Under
Rusty Rainbolt, ETBU is 4-1 in the ASC Tournament and 7-2 in the post season. Last year, ETBU fell in the semi-final match to UMHB, 64-62, in Belton, Texas.
Â
Below is the information about the game. Â
Â
ETBU vs. Howard Payne University | Richardson, TX | Thursday, Feb. 27thÂ
Arena: UTD Activity Center
Time: 12:00 PM
All-Time Series: HPU 16-11
* Last ETBU Win: Jan. 16, 2020 (63-49)
* Last HPU Win: Dec. 10, 2016 (90-72)
ETBU
- Enters the tournament as the second seed from the ASC East Division with a 19-6 overall record
- This is the third straight tournament for ETBU and their fourth in the last five seasons.Â
- 11th tournament appearance
- Defeated Belhaven University, 72-68, last Thursday. Kim Childress recorded her ninth career double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead ETBU.Â
- Defeated Louisiana College, 69-37, on Saturday. Kendrick Clark and Paige Royal led ETBU with 14 and 12 points respectively.Â
- Won seven of their last nine meetings with HPU.
- Defeated HPU 63-49 on Jan. 16th. Childress finished with a double-double scoring 20 points and grabbing 13 rebounds.Â
- Third straight season ETBU meets HPU in the first round of the ASC Tournament following wins in 2018 (50-36) and 2019 (45-43).Â
- If ETBU beats HPU, they will face the winner of Mary Hardin-Baylor or Belhaven University in the second round.Â
- Last won the ASC Championship in 2018, when the University of Texas Dallas hosted the tournament.Â
- Averaging 67.5 points per game.
- Surrender the fewest points in the ASC at 54.8 ppg.Â
- First in the ASC in field goal percentage (42.5%) and field goal percentage defense (33.0%)
- Third in the ASC in rebounds per game (43.4 per game).Â
- Clark leads ETBU with 12.7 ppg.
- Amanda Wilson leads the ASC with 57.4% made field goals while she is tied for sixth with 25 blocks.Â
- Childress is third in defensive rebounds per game (5.7) and eighth in rebounds (7.2 per game).Â
HPU
- Enters the tournament as the third seed from the ASC West Division with an 11-14 overall record.Â
- 18th tournament appearance
- Defeated Concordia University, 80-73, in their final regular season game.Â
- In the 63-49 loss to ETBU, Chelsey Harris led the Yellow Jackets with 18 points while Anastasia Willis scored 10 points.Â
- 22-12 all-time in the conference tournament (64.7 winning percentage). 22 wins in the conference tournament is the most of all ASC schools.Â
- Scored 68.7 ppg while giving up 76.5 ppg.Â
- Harris leads HPU with 14.0 ppg
- Willis is in the ASC Top 10 in rebounding (4th; 7.9 rpg) and offensive rebounds
- Ali Salina is tied for eighth in the conference in assists (3.2 per game).Â
- Lily Janek is second in the ASC with 43.3% three-point percentage and seventh with 45 made three-pointers.Â
- Delaney Ingram is tied for fourth in block shots with 26.Â
