DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 16, 2016) – Texas Woman's University basketball continues play in the Bahama House Classic against host team Embry-Riddle Saturday at 1 p.m. CST inside ICI Center.
 
TEXAS WOMAN'S (8-3, 2-2 Lone Star) at EMBRY-RIDDLE (8-2, 5-1 Sunshine State)
Saturday, Dec. 17 at 1 p.m. CST
Daytona Beach, Fla. (ICI Center)
 
About the Pioneers
TWU opened the Bahama House Classic with a 76-54 win over Barry University Friday. Last week, the Pioneers picked up their first LSC wins of the season over No. 17 West Texas A&M and UT Permian Basin.
 
About the Eagles
ERAU won their first matchup of the Bahama House Classic in a 79-48 rout of Converse. The Eagle offense is balanced with six players averaging over five points each, led by Sabrina Whiting's 12.7 ppg.
 
History between Texas Woman's and Embry-Riddle
This will be the first matchup of the two teams.
 
TWU grabs win at Bahama House Classic
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 16, 2015) – Emily Spector recorded her first double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds to pace Texas Woman's University in a 76-54 win over Barry University during day one of the Bahama House Classic hosted by Embry-Riddle Saturday afternoon inside the ICI Center.
 
Kenesha Saygo scored a game-high 19 points and Cienna Rodriguez reached double figures with 10. TWU (8-3, 2-2 Lone Star) shot 50-percent from the field and a season-best 93-percent from the free throw line while tying a season-low with 12 turnovers.
 
Barry (4-6, 2-3 Sunshine State) opened the contest with a jumper and three-pointer before the Pioneers countered with buckets by Andrea Mapua and Saygo along with a pair of free throws from Alexis Nezianya to take their first lead at 6-5. A field goal in the paint by Grace Mitchell TWU up 14-11 with 1:30 remaining in the first quarter before a layup by the Buccaneers at the buzzer knotted the score at 16-all.
 
A 20-20 tie midway through the second period turned in favor of TWU as six Pioneers combined for 13 points to jump ahead 33-20 before another Barry buzzer-beater sent the teams into the locker rooms with TWU up 11.
 
Back-to-back three-pointers by Saygo and Rodriguez increased the margin to 41-26, and a Spector jumper kept it a 15-point game with less than four minutes left in the third. A six-point run whittled the Pioneer lead to 48-39, but a layup by Mitchell and three by Spector concluded the quarter with TWU leading 53-39.
 
The Bucs nailed a trio of three-pointers less than a minute into the fourth to cut the advantage to 53-48. Rodriguez came through with a three of her own, Saygo connected on two from the line, and Spector and Mapua delivered layups to increase TWU's lead to 63-50 with less than five minutes left to play. Barry hit two free throws to pull within 11 with three minutes to go, but the Pioneer defense buckled down to render the Bucs scoreless the remainder of the contest.
 
Saygo secures LSC Offensive Player of the Week
RICHARDSON, Texas (Dec. 14, 2016) – Kenesha Saygo of Texas Woman's University was named the Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Week after averaging 23.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in wins over No. 17 West Texas A&M and UT Permian Basin, as announced Wednesday by the league office.
 
Against the Lady Buffs, the senior posted a season and game-high 28 points and delivered 19 versus the Falcons. Saygo delivered when it was needed most, as she tossed in 20 points after halftime in the WT contest, and tallied 17 in the second half and overtime versus UTPB, included 10 of TWU's 14 points in the extra period.
 
Saygo also scored very efficiently, as she connected on nearly 57-percent of her attempts, including a 6-of-8 performance from beyond the arc while getting to the rim almost at will, as documented by her 20 free throw attempts.
 
This such honor is Saygo's second of her career.