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- 1. Angelo State | Cameron | Eastern New Mexico | Midwestern State | Tarleton State | Texas A&M-Commerce Texas A&M-Kingsville | Texas Woman’s | UT Permian Basin | West Texas A&M | Western New Mexico www.lonestarconference.org | 1221 W. Campbell Rd. Suite 171, Richardson, Texas 75080 | Phone: 972-234-0033 | Fax: 972-234-4110 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 05, 2018 Contact: Melanie Robotham, (972) 234‐0033 Ext. 103 LONE STAR CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE February 5, 2018 LSC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Angelo State and Texas A&M‐Commerce are tied atop the Lone Star Conference standings at 11‐3 in league games. The Rambelles and Lions play Thursday in San Angelo, Texas. League play continues this week with one game Tuesday, five Thursday and five Saturday. The LSC women are 117‐118 overall. The women’s squads are currently 19‐17 combined against the Heartland, and 10‐12 versus RMAC teams, which are the other conferences in the NCAA South Central Region. LSC schedule and results available here: http://www.lonestarconference.org/calendar.aspx?path=wbball&& PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE Marquita Daniels, Angelo State University, SR, Guard, Atlanta, Georgia, Southwest Atlanta Christian Daniels had one of the best weeks of her career with a 28.0 points per game average. The senior led ASU by setting a career high in scoring in back‐to‐back games in two road victories. She scored 27 points in Lawton against Cameron and bested it with 29 points at Midwestern State. She made 60 percent of her shots including 58.8 percent from the 3‐point line. Against Midwestern State, Daniels went 6‐for‐8 from behind the arc in the win. The Atlanta native also recorded nine steals and 10 assists. DEFENSIVE De'Anira Moore, Angelo State University, SO, Forward, Allen, Texas, Allen Moore made history against Midwestern State recording the first triple‐double in Angelo State history. The sophomore recorded 15 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks in the victory. The 10 blocks ties an ASU single game record and is the third most in a single game in Division II this season. She was close to a triple‐double for the week with 15.5 points per game and 12.0 rebounds per contest and 8.5 blocks. She grabbed 17 defensive rebounds and finished with a double‐ double against Cameron with 16 points and 10 rebounds in the road win. WEEKLY AWARDS Offensive N‐15 Desiree Phipps, Texas Woman's N‐21 Brianna Wise, Texas A&M‐Commerce N‐27 Madison Parker, West Texas A&M D‐4 Brianna Wise, Texas A&M‐Commerce (2) D‐11 Whitney Taylor, Midwestern State
- 2. D‐20 Lexy Hightower, West Texas A&M J‐8 McKinley Bostad, Tarleton State J‐15 Keanna Kelly, Angelo State J‐22 Brianna Wise, Texas A&M‐Commerce (3) J‐29 Katie Webster, Tarleton State F‐5 Marquita Daniels, Angelo State Defensive N‐15 Deleyah Harris, West Texas A&M N‐21 Artaejah Gay, Texas A&M‐Commerce N‐27 De'Anira Moore, Angelo State D‐4 Lejha Smith, Cameron D‐11 Marquita Daniels, Angelo State D‐20 De'Anira Moore, Angelo State (2) J‐8 Mackenzie Hailey, Tarleton State J‐15 Marquita Daniels, Angelo State (2) J‐22 Mackenzie Hailey, Tarleton State (2) J‐29 Daeshi McCants, Eastern New Mexico F‐5 De'Anira Moore, Angelo State (3) OTHER TOP PERFORMERS Ciara Fields, Western New Mexico, led the team with 43 points, 15 rebounds and added three steals and four assists in playing 66 minutes. Fields opened the week tallying a season‐high 29 points, tied for the fourth most in a conference game this year, against the Lady Lions. She went 7‐14 from the field, 3‐5 from three and a perfect 12‐12 from the foul line. Fields nearly had a double‐double with eight rebounds. If that wasn't enough, she turned around and added 14 points and seven rebounds against Tarleton State. She made 6‐15 from the field and also dished out four assists and came away with three steals. For the week she made 13‐29 from the field, 4‐11 from three and 13‐13 from the foul line. Of her 15 rebounds, 11 came on the defensive end. Jamie Bonnarens, Cameron University, led the Aggies to a 1‐1 split this past week as the sophomore averaged 19.5 points. Against Angelo State, she had 19 points on 7‐16 shooting while also having six assists and eight rebounds. Bonnarens then went for 20 in the 3OT thriller against Texas A&M‐Kingsville, making all nine of her free throw attempts and grabbing eight boards with two assists, two blocks, and two steals in the 92‐91 win. She leads the LSC with 18.1 points per game, and ranks in the top‐10 in assists and rebounds. Brianna Wise, Texas A&M University‐Commerce, averaged 17.0 points for the Lions last week. She had 13 points in the Lions' 69‐67 win over Western New Mexico, hitting the go‐ahead free throw with 30 seconds left in the game to give the Lions the win. She then had 21 points in the Lions' four‐point loss to Eastern New Mexico. It is the 11th 20+ point game for Wise on the year. She was a perfect 12‐of‐12 from the free throw line in the game. Wise is second in the LSC in scoring and leads the LSC in scoring during conference games. Mackenzie Hailey, Tarleton State University, averaged 15.0 points per game while leading the TexAnns to a split of their annual New Mexico road trip. The sophomore from Burleson scored 17 in Thursday's game at Eastern New Mexico before going for 13 points and eight rebounds in a bounce‐back win at Western New Mexico on Saturday. She also led the team with 5.5 rebounds per game and shot .563 from the floor for the week. Lexy Hightower, West Texas A&M University, continued to impress for the No. 25 Lady Buffs this past week as they topped UT Permian Basin and Texas Woman's to move to 18‐4 overall with a 10‐4 mark in LSC play. The Amarillo product went 12‐of‐21 from the floor including 4‐of‐8 from behind the arc and 2‐of‐2 from the free throw line to average 15.0
- 3. points per contest. Hightower led the way for the Lady Buffs on Tuesday night against UTPB as the sophomore scored 20 points in a rout of the Falcons. Kristin Rydell, Midwestern State University, scored a season‐high 19 points in the Mustangs loss to Angelo State on Saturday, matching a season‐best with four three pointers. Additionally, the Hutto product came up with a trio of steals in the setback. Against Texas A&M‐Kingsville, Rydell added seven points and an assist in the win. Daeshi McCants, Eastern New Mexico University, registered her second 20‐point outing in three games and led the Greyhounds to a crucial 2‐0 record last week. Against first‐place Texas A&M‐Commerce, she poured in a career‐best 24 points, blocked three shots and grabbed eight rebounds. For the game, McCants shot .467 from the floor and scored 13 points in the second half. Lejha Smith, Cameron University, held down the Cameron post this week averaging 10.5 points and 10.5 rebounds during the 1‐1 split. The junior forward had nine points and eight boards in the loss to Angelo State, but bounced back with 12 points, 13 rebounds, and two blocks in the win over Texas A&M‐Kingsville. Smith recorded her eighth double‐ double of the season and helped the Aggies hold the Javelinas to under 36 percent shooting on the night. She leads the LSC with 10.3 rebounds and is second in the league with 2.0 blocks per contest. Alivia Lewis, Eastern New Mexico University, with eight blocked shots, led a Greyhound defense which limited Tarleton State and Texas A&M‐Commerce to a .306 shooting percentage and just .217 from three‐point range. She rejected a team‐best eight shots, with four in each contest. Against Texas A&M‐Commerce, Lewis also grabbed seven rebounds and scored five points. On Thursday, she scored seven points and pulled down 10 caroms against Tarleton State. Ciara Fields, Western New Mexico, opened the week tallying a season‐high 29 point, tied for the fourth most in a conference game this year, against the Lady Lions. She went 7‐14 from the field, 3‐5 from three and a perfect 12‐12 from the foul line. Fields nearly had a double‐double with eight rebounds. If that wasn't enough, she turned around and added 14 points and seven rebounds against Tarleton State. She made 6‐15 from the field and also dished out four assists and came away with three steals. For the week she made 13‐29 from the field, 4‐11 from three and 13‐13 from the foul line. Of her 15 rebounds, 11 came on the defensive end. Katie Webster, Tarleton State University, averaged 10.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game as Tarleton split its two‐ game road trip to New Mexico last week. She also dished out five assists, had one steal, and led the team with two blocks. Princess Davis, Texas A&M University‐Commerce, had a steal with four seconds left in the game to help the Lions' to a 69‐67 win over Western New Mexico, putting the game away for A&M‐Commerce. She had four steals in the game to go along with 16 points. Davis then played 35 minutes in the Lions' narrow loss to Eastern New Mexico, pulling in four rebounds and helping the Lions hold the Greyhounds to 35 percent shooting in the game. Davis is fourth in the LSC in assists and ninth in steals. Tiana Parker, West Texas A&M University, had a big week for the No. 25 Lady Buffs as they topped UT Permian Basin and Texas Woman's to move to 18‐4 overall with a 10‐4 mark in LSC play. The Tennessee State transfer went 10‐of‐16 from the floor including 5‐of‐8 from the free throw line to average 12.5 points per game while grabbing 6.0 rebounds per contest with three blocks and three steals. LSC NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s) Angelo State 2‐0 last week. Cameron The Aggies split their week, falling to Angelo State, 75‐60, and then beating Texas A&M‐Kingsville in a three overtime thriller, 92‐91. Jamie Bonnarens led the Aggies with 19.5 points over the two game span, while both Parfitt McNair and