Basketball | 1/11/2023 12:27:00 PM

KINGSVILLE, Texas (Jan. 11, 2023)—Following a 2-0 week in Kitty Magee Arena, the Texas Woman's basketball team goes on the road for more Lone Star Conference action.

TWU (13-1, 8-0) travels to Texas A&M – Kingsville (7-7, 4-4) for their first road trip game of the week on Thursday, January 12 at 5:30 p.m.

Last week, the Pioneers defeated St. Mary's 83-53 and St. Edward's 64-53. The Javelinas played at home last week. They beat Arkansas - Fort Smith 68-41 on Thursday, Jan. 5 and fell to Oklahoma Christian 67-60 on Saturday, Jan. 7.

At .500 in the conference and on their season, TAMUK has conference losses against St. Edward's, 67-65, Lubbock Christian, 76-61, Angelo State, 72-61, and Oklahoma Christian.

Most notably, they defeated West Texas A&M at home on Thursday, Dec. 8 by eleven points, 71-60.

The Pioneers enter this south Texas road trip 8-0 in conference action and will look to continue to add to the winning column this weekend.

ROAD TRIP

• Do not miss a second of Pioneer action. You can watch the game here and follow along with live stats here.
• If you are making the trip to Kingsville, tickets can be purchased here.
• Follow @TWU_Basketball on Twitter to catch in-game highlights and score updates.

 
SCOUTING THE JAVELINAS

• TOP SCORING THREATS: Senior Brianna Pena, who wears No. 3, currently leads TAMUK in points per game with 12. Pena shoots .472 from the field, .350 from three and .769 from the free throw line. The other Javelinas' player who averages double-digits points is sophomore Mia Rivers, No. 10. A guard, Rivers averages 10.5 points per game, shooting .364 per game from the field, .313 from the three and .731 from the charity stripe. Rivers also ranks 13th in the nation in assists per game at 5.3. In their last game, Pena and Rivers led the scoring for TAMUK in the loss to Oklahoma Christian, scoring 13 and 10 respectively. In their win against UAFS, the Javelinas were led by sophomore guard Jayde Tschritter, who scored a career-high 27 points. Tschritter averages 9.7 ppg on the season.
• GUARD THE THREE: The Javelinas rank No. 1 in the LSC in team three point percentage, shooting .335 per game. Additionally, they rank number one in defending the three, holding their opponents to an average of .245 per game. When TAMUK is on fire from deep, they are a strong opponent. However, in their last two losses, they shot 23.8% from the three and against Oklahoma Christian 18.2% per game. Look for the Pioneers defense to be a strong, deciding factor in Thursday night's game.
• CRASH THE BOARDS: TAMUK ranks at the bottom of the LSC in combined team rebounds (15th) and team offensive rebounds (16th). On the other side, the Pioneers rank No. 9 in team rebounds with 38.6 boards per game and No. 8 in team offensive rebounds with 11.5 per game. The Pioneers strength in rebounding will be key on Thursday. Ngozi Obineke leads the team in total rebounds with 6.5 per game and total offensive rebounds with 34 on the season.