SAN ANGELO, Texas (Dec. 2, 2016) – Texas Woman's University basketball seeks its first Lone Star Conference victory by taking on No. 6 Angelo State Saturday 6 p.m. at Stephens Arena in the Junell Center.
 
TEXAS WOMAN'S (5-2, 0-1 Lone Star) at ANGELO STATE (5-0, 1-0 Lone Star)
Saturday, Dec. 3 at 6 p.m.
San Angelo, Texas (Stephens Arena / Junell Center)

About the Pioneers
TWU dropped its LSC opener at Texas A&M-Kingsville Thursday, 67-55, which snapped a seven-game win streak against the Javelinas. The Pioneers are outscoring their opponents by 3.0 ppg, with a 64.9 average compared to 61.9 from their foes. Andrea Mapua ranks third in the LSC in three-point percentage (.410), while Emily Spector sits sixth (.400).
 
About the Belles
ASU is currently ranked sixth in the WBCA poll with a 5-0 overall mark and opened LSC play with an 84-59 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville Tuesday. The Belles are tops in the conference in scoring at 82.6 points per game, led by Taylor Dorsey's league-leading 24.4 average.
 
History between Texas Woman's and Angelo State
The Belles lead the all-time series over the Pioneers, 34-22, dating to the 1987-88 season.  The teams have split 10 matchups over the past five seasons, with each squad earning one win each year.
 
Last meeting of TWU and ASU
ALLEN, Texas (Mar. 4, 2016) – The TWU basketball team rallied from a 15-point deficit in the third quarter and had two opportunities to take the lead in the final two minutes of the game but the shots didn't fall as they suffered a 70-63 loss to Angelo State in the LSC Championship semifinals.
 
Junior Kenesha Saygo, who scored a career-high 31 points against ASU in the previous meeting, once again knocked down big shots and scored a game-high 22 points.  She was 4-for-8 from the three-point range and 4-for-4 from the free throw line.  Junior Erin Maxwell and freshman Kara Mitchell added seven points each while junior Emily Spector came off the bench and cleared a team-high 11 rebounds.
 
Basketball loses LSC opener to Javelinas
KINGSVILLE, Texas (Dec. 1, 2016) – A 30-25 halftime lead for Texas Woman's University was erased by Texas A&M-Kingsville as the Pioneers were outscored 25-9 in the third quarter leading to a 67-55 loss to open Lone Star Conference play Thursday night inside the Gil E. Steinke Physical Education Center.
 
Alexis Nezianya scored a team-high 15 points, while Cienna Rodriguez and Grace Mitchell each tallied 10. The Pioneers (5-2, 0-1 Lone Star) were unable to produce another torrid shooting night from the field as they did on Saturday in the win at Oklahoma Christian, as TWU connected on only 36-percent of their tries and hit just 4-of-20 from deep, their lowest output of the season. The loss snapped a seven-game Pioneer win streak over the Javelinas (4-2, 1-1 Lone Star) dating to the 2012-13 season.
 
TAMUK opened the scoring with a three-pointer less than a minute into the contest, and pushed the lead to 11-6 on a layup midway through the first quarter. Nezianya and Kara Mitchell each posted a score in the paint to bring the Pioneers within one, and KJ Stastny drained a three to hand TWU its first lead of the contest at the three-minute mark of the first quarter.
 
In the second, Rodriguez hit another Pioneer triple for an 18-13 advantage, but the Javelinas put up six straight points to reclaim the lead. TAMUK held a 25-23 edge with three minutes remaining until the half, but TWU closed the second quarter on five points from Kara Mitchell and a pair from Grace Mitchell for a 30-25 Pioneer lead.
 
Andrea Mapua hit a layup to begin the second half that preceded a five-minute TWU scoring drought, and it was a total of seven minutes before the Pioneers secured another field goal to allow the Javelinas to surge ahead, 40-36. TWU closed the third quarter trailing 50-39.
 
A three-point play by Grace Mitchell midway through the final period closed the Pioneers to within 54-47, but TAMUK responded with a layup and three-pointer to increase the lead to 59-47 with just over four minutes to play.  A bucket by Nezianya cut the margin to 10 with 3:48 on the clock, but the Javelinas were able to finish off TWU for the conference victory.