Angelo State and Eastern New Mexico are undefeated in LSC play to lead the women's basketball standings. Jasmine Prophet of Angelo State had 17 points and 12 rebounds in a win over Cameron to earn Offensive Player of the Week honors, while Lexi Murphy of Angelo State had 10 rebounds including six defensive to earn Defensive Player of the Week. Midwestern State, Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Texas Woman's, UT Permian Basin, West Texas A&M, and Western New Mexico did not play games last week.

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Angelo State and Eastern New Mexico are unbeaten in Lone Star Conference action to lead the standings. ASU
is also one of six NCAA Division II teams undefeated on the year at 10-0 overall.
LSC play is in full swing this week with one league contest Tuesday and five on both Thursday and Saturday.
The LSC women are 69-49 overall. The women’s squads are currently 14-9 combined against the Heartland,
and 9-9 versus RMAC teams, which are the other conferences in the NCAA South Central Region.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSIVE
Jasmine Prophet, Angelo State University, SR, Forward, Jackson, Mississippi, Hightower HS
Prophet helped the No. 4/5 Belle basketball team to its 10th straight win with her first double-double
of the season against Cameron. The senior scored 17 points and grabbed a season high 12 rebounds. The
Jackson, Mississippi native grabbed eight defensive rebounds and four offensive rebounds while also shooting
45.5-percent from the field to help ASU overcome an early 13-point deficit. She also sank 7-of-8 free throws.
DEFENSIVE
Lexi Murphy, Angelo State University, SR, Forward, Papillion, Nebraska, Papillion-Lavista HS
Murphy grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds including six on the defensive end to help the No. 4/5 Belles win
on the road against Cameron. The senior was one of two ASU players with double-digit rebounds. Murphy’s
rebounds and defense limited Cameron to just a .372 clip from the field. She also recorded two assists and a
steal while also chipping in six points in the victory.
OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
Kristin Rydell, Midwestern State University, tied a Midwestern State record with seven three-pointers en
route to a career-best 26 points in a win over Texas Wesleyan on New Year’s Eve. The Hutto native became
just the fourth Mustang in program history to connect on seven triples and the first in eight years, helping
Midwestern State tie a school record with 14 three-pointers against TWU. Rydell knocked down a trio of three-
pointers while converting a three-point play to total 12 points in the fourth quarter to help MSU distance itself
from the Lady Rams. Rydell recorded the first 20-point game of her career, going 9-of-16 from the floor and
7-of-11 from long range. She also added three rebounds, three steals and a pair of assists to her stat line.
Lexy Hightower, West Texas A&M University, had a career-high game against University of the Southwest on
Friday going a career-best 8 of 13 from the field, including 4 of 7 from beyond the arc, along with a team-high
four assists, three steals and no turnovers. She played a career-best 33 minutes in the 97-33 win. Hightower
earned her first collegiate start in the game as well. It was her eighth game of scoring in double figures and
second game this season leading the team in scoring.
Mikaehla Connor, Eastern New Mexico University, continued her strong play for the Eastern New Mexico
University women’s basketball team as they closed the calendar year with an 82-46 win over Sul Ross State. The
junior guard registered the first double-double of her career with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while she added
six assists to challenge for the program’s first triple double. Connor shot .500 from the floor in the game and
had six rebounds over the game’s first 10- minutes.
Lilley Vander Zee, West Texas A&M University, started her first game since the opening weekend of the
season going 5 of 9 from the field and 3 of 5 from the line, while pulling down nine rebounds against University
of the Southwest Friday. The nine rebounds tied her season-high set in the season-opener against University of
Mary. Vander Zee had two assists, and led the team with one block in the contest as she helped lead the Lady
Buffs to hold USW to 33 points and 30 percent shooting from the field. Vander Zee’s five made field goals is a
season-high for her and her 13 points tied her season-high.
Johna McClelland, Eastern New Mexico University, registered a strong defensive effort in the Greyhounds’
82-46 win over Sul Ross State. The junior forward rejected a career-best five shots to help limit the Lobos to
a .246 shooting percentage. She also had six defensive rebounds to hold SRSU to 10 second-chance points.
Eastern was a season-best +16 on the boards in the game and held a 37-17 edge in combined second-chance
points and points off turnovers.
LSC NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s)
Angelo State
The No. 4/5 Angelo State women’s basketball team improved to 10-0 and 4-0 in the LSC with a win over
Cameron on the road last week ... It is the fifth time in school history that the Belles have won at least 10
consecutive games in a season ... Taylor Dorsey scored at least 20 points for the seventh time this season and
Jasmine Prophet recorded her first double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds ... ASU will
host Tarleton State on Thursday and Texas A&M-Commerce on Saturday.
Cameron
0-1 last week.
Eastern New Mexico
The Eastern New Mexico women’s basketball team closed out the 2016 calendar year with a dominant
performance against Sul Ross State. Eastern held a season-best 16-rebound advantage, while it limited the
WOMEN’S STANDINGS
School LSC Overall Streak
Angelo State 4-0 10-0 W10
Eastern New Mexico 4-0 8-3 W1
Texas A&M-Commerce 3-1 8-3 W2
Tarleton State 3-1 4-6 L2
Texas Woman’s 2-2 9-3 W4
Texas A&M-Kingsville 2-2 7-3 W1
West Texas A&M 2-2 9-4 W1
UT Permian Basin 1-3 4-6 L2
Cameron 1-3 3-7 L1
Western New Mexico 0-4 4-7 L6
Midwestern State 0-4 3-7 W1
WOMEN’S SCHEDULE
Tuesday, January 03, 2017
*Eastern New Mexico at Western New Mexico, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 05, 2017
*Texas A&M-Commerce at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 5:15 p.m.
*UT Permian Basin at Cameron, 5:30 p.m.
*West Texas A&M at Midwestern State, 5:30 p.m.
*Tarleton State at Angelo State, 5:30 p.m.
*Western New Mexico at Texas Woman’s, 7 p.m.
Saturday, January 07, 2017
*Texas A&M-Commerce at Angelo State, 2 p.m.
*UT Permian Basin at Midwestern State, 2 p.m.
*West Texas A&M at Cameron, 2 p.m.
*Eastern New Mexico at Texas Woman’s, 2 p.m.
*Tarleton State at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 4 p.m.
All mes are CST; *LSC game
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Complete results at lonestarconference.org.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Date Women’s Offensive
N-16 Jordan Gutierrez, Western New Mexico
N-22 Taylor Dorsey, Angelo State
N-29 Taylor Dorsey, Angelo State (2)
D-5 Mikaehla Connor, Eastern New Mexico
D-14 Kenesha Saygo, Texas Woman’s
D-20 Savanna James, Cameron
J-3 Jasmine Prophet, Angelo State
Date Women’s Defensive
N-16 Alexis Nezianya, Texas Woman’s
N-22 Madison Parker, West Texas A&M
N-29 Kaylin Roher, Texas A&M-Kingsville
D-5 Daeshi McCants, Eastern New Mexico
D-14 Mikaehla Connor, Eastern New Mexico
D-20 Maddison Wild, West Texas A&M
J-3 Lexi Murphy, Angelo State
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Lobos to just .246 from the floor. The victory was ENMU’s seventh in its last eight games. The Greyhounds will
return to Lone Star Conference action this week, with games at Western New Mexico and Texas Woman’s.
Midwestern State
Midwestern State was victorious in its lone contest over the holiday break with an 81-59 win over Texas
Wesleyan to move to 3-7 on the season. The Mustangs converted on 14 three-pointers to match an 18-year-old
school record while recording the most ever made inside D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Junior guard Kristin Rydell went
7-of-11 from behind the arc with a career-best 26 points while junior guard Whitney Taylor finished 5-of-9 from
three-point range with 15 points. Freshman point guard Leanna James drained the remaining two triples on the
afternoon while dishing out a career-best 11 assists to tie for the fifth most in school history. Midwestern State
shot a season-best 50 percent (29-of-58) from the field and 51.9 percent (14-of-27) from three-point range,
assisting on 27 of 29 made baskets. The Mustangs continue their homestand this week at Ligon Coliseum with
Lone Star Conference matchups against West Texas A&M and UT Permian Basin. MSU first faces off against the
Lady Buffs on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. before taking on the Falcons in a 2 p.m. tipoff Saturday.
Tarleton State
Did not play last week.
Texas A&M-Commerce
No games for the Lions last week. They return to action on Thursday against A&M-Kingsville for the fourth game
of a six-game road trip.
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Did not play last week.
Texas Woman’s
Did not play last week.
UT Permian Basin
Did not play last week.
West Texas A&M
The Lady Buffs downed visiting University of the Southwest 97-33 on Friday in their first game back from the
Christmas break...The Lady Buffs dominated from the getgo as WT outscored USW 25-5 in the first quarter and
52-11 for the half...WT led by as many as 65 in the game marking a season-high and settled for the 64-point
win for a 9-4 record through 13 games and finished with a 7-2 record in non-conference play...The Lady Buffs
had four players in double figures for the game as freshman Lexy Hightower led the way with a career-best 20
points on 8 of 13 from the field and 4 of 7 from range...She had a team-high four assists and three steals with no
turnovers...WT turned it over just 12 times in the game an forced 25 miscues leading to a 34-4 lead in points off
turnovers...Senior Sasha Watson chipped in 16 points and a career-best four triples on five attempts and senior
Lilley Vander Zee made her first start since the opening weekend of the season going 5 of 9 from the field and
3 of 5 from the line with a team-high nine rebounds...All 11 players who played scored with the bench seeing
significant minutes...The 11 points allowed in the first half tied for the third-fewest in program history, while 33
points tied for eighth-fewest...Head coach Kristen Mattio won her 37th game at WT as she now is 37-9 in her
second season...WT returns to league play at Midwestern State on Jan. 5 and at Cameron on Jan. 7...WT opens
2017 at home against rival Angelo State on Jan. 12.
Western New Mexico
The Lady Mustangs haven’t played a regular season game since facing Fort Lewis on Dec. 19. They return to
conference action against Eastern New Mexico and Texas Woman’s this week.
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