DENTON, Texas (Jan. 6, 2016) – Texas Woman's University basketball hosts Lone Star Conference co-leader Eastern New Mexico Saturday at 2 p.m. inside Kitty Magee Arena.
TEXAS WOMAN'S (10-3, 3-2 Lone Star) vs. EASTERN NEW MEXICO (9-3, 5-0 Lone Star)
Saturday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m.
Denton, Texas (Kitty Magee Arena)
Game Promotions
TWU Athletics is offering free admission to the contest along with a free youth clinic for eighth graders and below following the contest.
About the Pioneers
TWU pushed their win streak to five following Thursday's 75-46 win over Western New Mexico Thursday.
Kenesha Saygo, who recently eclipsed the 1,000-point mark in her TWU career, ranks second in the LSC with a 17.4 scoring average, sits fourth in free throw attempts (60) and fifth in free throws made (43) and field goal percentage (.450).
About the Greyhounds
ENMU shares the top spot in the Lone Star alongside Angelo State at 5-0 and is riding a two-game win streak. The Greyhounds have a well balanced offensive attack with eight players averaging at least five points per game and are led by 11.1 ppg from Kassandra Harris.
History amongst Texas Woman's and Eastern New Mexico
The Pioneers and Greyhounds have quite an extensive history that dates to the 1989-90 season and includes 51 total contests. ENMU holds a 29-22 edge over TWU, but the Pioneers have taken the last six matchups.
Last meeting between TWU and ENMU
DENTON, Texas (Feb. 9, 2016) – TWU freshman
Kara Mitchell scored a game-high 16 points to lead the Pioneers to a 66-48 win over visiting Eastern New Mexico Tuesday night in Kitty Magee Arena. With the win TWU improved to 18-6 on overall and 8-4 in the Lone Star Conference.
The Pioneers led 46-42 after three quarters before outscoring ENMU, 20-6, in the final quarter. TWU shot 72.7 percent in the fourth quarter going 8-for-11 from the floor.
Mitchell scored 11 of her 16 points in the second half. Junior
Emily Spector came off the bench and added 12 points while junior
Erin Maxwell finished with eight points. Senior
Danielle Westerfield, junior
Kenesha Saygo and sophomore
Alexis Nezianya all scored seven points each. Nezianya led the game with seven rebounds.
Pioneers drill WNMU for fifth straight win
DENTON, Texas (Jan. 5, 2016) – Texas Woman's University produced its largest margin of victory on the season with a 75-46 victory over Western New Mexico in a game controlled early on where the Pioneers jumped out to a 17-2 lead within the first four minutes of the contest Thursday night inside Kitty Magee Arena to give TWU its fifth win in a row.
Kenesha Saygo scored a team-high 16 points and moved up to become TWU's sixth all-time leading scorer with 1,019 points.
Grace Mitchell chipped in with 10 points, six rebounds and five steals. Thirteen of the 14 Pioneers scored in the game, and the team outrebounded the Mustangs by a season-best 14 and accumulated a season-high 18 steals.
The Pioneers (10-3, 3-2 LSC) applied backcourt pressure to force several WNMU turnovers and turned them into quick buckets for a 10-0 lead less than three minutes into the contest. A three-pointer by
Cienna Rodriguez from the left baseline upped the margin to 21-6 with 2:17 left in the first quarter.
Two free throws by WNMU (4-9, 0-6 LSC) cut the lead to 31-18 midway through the second period before Rodriguez and Saygo each drilled a three on the way to 14 straight Pioneer points to run the score up to 45-18 with less than a minute to play before the half.
WNMU struck first after the break with a score in the paint, but TWU gradually extended the gap to 56-26 on a pair of free throws by
Alexis Nezianya at the 4:46 mark of the third. Saygo knocked down four straight from the line to increase the gap to 65-30 heading into the final stanza.
A three from the wing by
Andrea Mapua handed the Pioneers their largest lead of the night at 70-34 two minutes into the fourth.
Ashley Bonugli added a point from the line to keep the lead over 30, while
Hailee Ashworth and Stastny each scored in the paint within the final minute.
