MARSHALL, Texas - Finishing the regular season undefeated and as the American Southwest Conference East Division champions, the #2 East Texas Baptist University women's basketball team are setting their sights on the ASC Tournament. They will host the first round against Belhaven University on Wednesday night in Ornelas Gym.
▶️G24 #ETBU🐯🆚 Belhaven ⚔️
🗓️ Wednesday, March 10, 2021 |🕰️6:00 PM
🏟 Ornelas Gym
🔢All-Time Series: ETBU 12-2
*Last ETBU Win: Mar. 4, 2021 (79-65)
*Last BU Win: Feb. 16, 2017 (77-68)
ETBU
* 23-0 overall and 14-0 after wins over BU and Louisiana College.
* Have won all three meetings against BU this season.
* Defeated BU, 79-65, in their last meeting.
Hanna Hudson scored 14 points to lead ETBU.
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Bridget Upton tallied 13 points while
Grace Stephens scored 10 points.
Taylor Singleton was one-point shy of a double-double.
* Defeated LC, 77-45. Upton scored 14 points in the win while
Mycah McDonald added 10 points.
Kenidi White posted a season high 12 rebounds.
* Making their fourth straight appearance in the ASC Tournament and 12th tournament overall.
* 8-10 all-time in ASC Tournament games
* Reached the ASC semifinals last season.
* Won the ASC Tournament in 2018.
* Should ETBU win on Wednesday, they will take on either #2 West seed Howard Payne or #3 West seed Sul Ross State University at the site of the highest remaining West Division school on Sunday.
* Lead the ASC in scoring (74.3 ppg), defense (53.6 ppg), field goal percentages (42.0%), field goal defense (30.0%), and three-point field goal percentage (34.3%), and three-point field goals (170)
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Kaia Williams is ninth in the ASC in assists (2.7 per game)
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Mallory Stephens leads the ASC in free throws (81.0%)
* Singleton is eighth in the ASC in steals (2.2 per game)
* Hudson (1st; 40.4%), Williams (2nd; 40.4%), and White (4th; 38,7%) are in the top five in three-point percentages.
BU
* ASC East Division's #4 seed at 6-11 overall and 3-9 in the ASC East.
* Averaged 65.3 ppg against ETBU in three meetings this season.
* Shanda Pugh (15 points) and Janae Collier (10 points) combined for 25 points in the 79-65 loss to ETBU.
* Second all-time ASC tournament appearance.
* 0-1 all-time after a first-round loss in 2020.
* Third in the ASC in scoring (70.9 ppg) and three-point field goals (109, 6.4 per game)
* Fourth in the ASC in assists (14.2 apg)
* Lead the ASC in steals (11.6 spg)
