MARSHALL, Texas - After completing their non-conference schedule undefeated, the East Texas Baptist University women's basketball team starts American Southwest Conference play hosting McMurry University and Hardin-Simmons University. This will be the first home games for ETBU after traveling the first semester playing eight games.
Below are the information on the games.
▶️G9 #ETBU🐯🆚 McMurry 🦅
🗓️ Thursday, January 7 |🕰️5:00 PM
🔢All-Time Series: McM 14-11
*Last ETBU Win: Dec. 17, 2020 (76-59)
*Last McM Win: Dec. 3, 2016 (63-51)
▶️G10 #ETBU🐯🆚 Hardin-Simmons 🤠
🗓️Saturday, January 9 |🕰️1:00 PM
🔢All-Time Series: HSU 22-9
*Last ETBU Win: Dec. 19, 2020 (64-50)
*Last HSU Win: Jan. 2, 2020 (53-51 (OT))
ETBU
* Is 8-0 after non-conference play.
* Won their last six meetings with McM, including a 76-59 win over the War Hawks on Dec. 17, 2020.
* In the 76-59 win,
Hanna Hudson (11 points) and
Mollie Dittmar (10 points) both scored in double-figures.
* Won three of their last four meetings with HSU, including a 64-50 win on Dec. 19, 2020.
* In the 64-50 win, Hudson tallied 11 points while
Taylor Singleton grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds.
* First time since 2017-18 season that ETBU started 8-0.
* ETBU is second in the American Southwest Conference in scoring (77.4 ppg) and points allowed (56.8 ppg)
* ETBU is third in free throw percentage (70.4%)
* ETBU is first in field goal percentage (43.7%)
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Bridget Upton is 10th in scoring with 12.0 ppg in the ASC.
* Singleton is 8th in the ASC in assists (3.5 per game) and steals (3.0 per game)
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Mallory Stephens is fifth in the ASC in free throw percentage with 81.6%
* Hudson is third in three-point percentage with 50% made in the ASC.
McM
* 0-3 after loss to ETBU
* Defense held ETBU to 76 points in the last game, which broke ETBU's four-game streak of 80 or more points.
* Destiny Mathews (16 points), Taya Bridges (15 points), Trinity Meador (12 points) scored in double-figures in the loss to ETBU.
* Last defeated ETBU in 2016.
* Averaging 56.0 ppg while conceding 69.3 ppg
* Mathews is third in the ASC in scoring with 15.7 ppg and eight in rebounding with 8.7 per game
* Taya Bridges is fourth in the ASC with 83.3% and seventh in steals with 2.7 per game
HSU
* 5-1 after loss to ETBU
* Brittany Schnabel (13 points), Samantha Tatum (12 points), and Hallie Edmondson (10 points scored in double-figures in the loss to ETBU. Keilee Burke recorded a hame-high 13 rebounds.
* Last defeated ETBU 53-51 in overtime on Jan. 2, 2020
* Lead the ASC in rebounding (50.8 rpg) and blocked shots (5.8 per game)
* Third in the ASC in scoring with 75.7 ppg.
* Second in the ASC in field goal percentage (41.0%) and free-throw percentage (70.8%).
* Schnabel (13.7 ppg; 6th), Tatum (13.5 ppg; 7th), and Parris Parmer (12.6 ppg; 9th) are in the ASC top ten in scoring.
* Burke is second in the ASC in rebounding (11.2 rpg)
