KINGSVILLE, Texas – Coming off two of their best performances of the season, the Texas A&M-Kingsville women's basketball team (0-13, 0-3 LSC) will be looking to seal the deal Wednesday night at Eastern New Mexico (4-8, 0-2 LSC). Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. CT inside Greyhound Arena.
Entering the game, the Zias hold a 33-29 lead in the all-time series. Last season the road team won both meetings with the Javelinas coming out on top 72-56 on Feb. 5, 2014.
Micah Weaver is still the lone player to be averaging double-digits in points at 11.2 a game while leading the team with a 46.0 field goal percentage. She is recording 4.9 rpg, 1.4 apg and 1.0 spg as well.
Last week,
Lauren Jay led the Blue and Gold with a 12.0 ppg mark and made 58.3 percent of her shots. She also had an outstanding performance on the defensive end of the court as she recorded two blocks in all three contests and at least two steals as well. She capped off the week with a career-high tying four-steal performance at Tarleton State.
Tessa Ramirez comes into the game with a team best 2.2 apg and 1.1 spg.
For the season, TAMUK is scoring 53.1 ppg and make 34.3 percent of their shots but only 25.9 percent from three-point land. They are grabbing 38.7 rpg and are credited with 6.6 spg and 3.4 bpg.
ENMU has lost 13 straight Lone Star Conference games after they began the 2013-14 conference slate at 4-1. Their last LSC victory came on Jan. 22, 2014 at home against Texas A&M-Commerce, 90-76.
Scoring a team-high 12.1 ppg with a team best 18 treys is Tori Tucker. She is adding 5.6 rpg and 1.8 apg as well. Sarah Stinnett contributes 11.4 ppg following her career-high performance of 20 points against LSC leader Midwestern State Sunday afternoon. Dishing out a team-high 2.8 apg while playing only 14.4 minutes a contest off the bench is Cassidy Doherty.
Jasmine Johnson's 7.3 rpg is the most on the team but she has come off the bench the past six contests after starting the first six. Replacing her in the start lineup has been Brittany Gutierrez (5.8 ppg and 4.3 rpg).
The Cooper twins present a threat from beyond the arc, having made a combined 30 threes. Jaylyn has nailed 17 long-distance shots while 13 have gone in for Jordyn.
As a team, the Zias have been outscored by an average of 7.3 ppg while putting up 60.8 a contest. They make 39.4 percent of the shots they take with a 31.3 three-point field goal percentage. Opponents commit just 13.2 turnovers with 5.6 being the result of steals. ENMU also has the fewest blocked shots this season in the conference with seven.
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