KINGSVILLE, Texas (Women's Basketball) – The Javelinas look to put an end to the six-game win streak of St. Mary's University (8-1) Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. when Texas A&M University-Kingsville (5-2) hosts the Rattlers at the Gil E. Steinke Physical Education Center-Kingsville Hampton Inn Court.
Texas A&M-Kingsville handed StMU its lone loss of the season, 63-54, Nov. 14 in San Antonio, Texas. In the game, the Javelina defense limited the Rattlers to 28.8 percent shooting and
Kaylin Roher and
Jaiton Walls scored 13 and 10, respectively, in the first win versus St. Mary's since 2007. Since then, the Rattlers have won six consecutive games, including a 78-73 upset win at No. 22 University of West Florida Dec. 3 (last game).
Live stats and video will be available.
Kevin Piel will be on the call on the Javelina Sports Network, beginning with the pregame show at 5 p.m.
THE GAME
TIP OFF
In the victory at St. Mary's,
Kaylee Kana pulled down 13 rebounds and
Meesha Wade and
Angelica Wilson recorded seven apiece.
Roher moved to No. 10 on the all-time three-pointers made list with 78 following her 5-of-7 performance at Texas A&M International. The League City, Texas native tied her career-high in the victory and is 8-of-14 from long distance in the last two games.
Playing a season-high 18 minutes,
Madison Crawford provided most of the offense off the bench with 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting, including draining her first two three-pointers in a Javelina uniform in the W. Walls was 5-of-6 from the field for a season-high 13 points in 14 minutes of action, reaching double figures for the second time in 2016-17. The first time was in the win at St. Mary's (Nov. 14).
Head coach
Wade Scott has used the same starting lineup in all seven regular season contests, compiling a 5-2 record.
As a unit, the Javelinas are shooting 33.9 percent from three-point range. Roher leads A&M-Kingsville with 12.6 points per game, ninth most in the LSC, 3.6 assists and 2.3 steals.
Tee Moore follows with 9.0 points, 3.3 assists, 1.7 assists and 1.6 steals. Kana is averaging 7.7 points and 9.3 rebounds.
A WIN WOULD…
- Give A&M-Kingsville the season sweep for the first time since 2000-01 (NOTE: at least one game in San Antonio and one in Kingsville).
- Give the Hogs their best start to a season since 2009-10 when the Javelinas went 10-2
- Improve the nonconference record to 5-1
- Improve the home record to 4-1
LAST TIME OUT
Madison Crawford finished 5-of-7 with 13 points off the bench and Texas A&M University-Kingsville (5-2) dominated its way to a 85-55 victory over Texas A&M International University (0-9) Saturday evening at the TAMIU Kinesiology and Convocation Building.
Roher finished with a season and team-high 18 points on 6-of-8 shooting (5-of-7 from three-point range) and Walls was 5-of-6 with 13 points.
With the win, the Javelinas match last season's start of 5-2. The 85 total points were the most since Feb. 12, 2014 when the Hogs battled Texas Woman's University in a three overtime game, 107-102.
A&M-Kingsville went 12-of-19 from three-point range and shot 53.7 percent from the floor in the victory.
ABOUT THE RATTLERS
Tuesday will be their first contest since Dec. 3's upset win at No. 22 West Florida and the final nonconference game before beginning Heartland Conference play. Kiara Etheridge is averaging 14.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.4 steals. Also averaging double figures are LaBraile Fields (11.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.9 steals and 2.8 assists) and Arysia Porter (10.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.1 steals).
StMU is 5-0 away from the Bill Greehey Arena and its last loss in Kingsville was on Nov. 23, 2007 when the Javelinas defeated the Rattlers 77-70.
NEXT UP
Following the midweek tilt, the Javelinas resume Lone Star Conference play at Cameron University (Saturday) and Midwestern State University (Monday).
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