CANYON, Texas – Fresh off its first victory of the season, the No. 1 West Texas A&M Lady Buff women's basketball team continues on the road Saturday at 6 p.m. CT at Adams State.  The Lady Buffs are 1-1 on the year, while Adams State is 0-3.  Links to live stats and streaming information can be found at www.gobuffsgo.com.
 
WT is coming off of a hard-fought 84-73 victory Wednesday at New Mexico Highlands.  The Lady Buffs dug deep in the second half after leading 42-40 at intermission as they outscored the Cowgirls 42-33 in the final stanza.  Senior Chontiquah White tallied her second straight double-double with a season-high 26 points and 11 rebounds in the win leading three players in double figures.  Senior Ariel Robertson had 16 points (with 14 in the second half), while junior Michaela Neuhaus added 11 points.
 
White moved into 13^th all-time in school history in scoring with 1,196 career points surpassing Pat McDonald (1990-92) who had 1,179 points.  White now has 668 career rebounds ranking her just outside the top six in school history.  She needs just 18 rebounds to tie Von Tucher (1984-88) for sixth all-time at 686.  White needs just 206 rebounds to tie Brandi Green (1997-01) for the school-record of 874.  She also is ninth all-time in career free throw shooting at a .745 clip.
 
With seven new players this season and losing six players from last season, the Lady Buffs have had some growing pains in the first two games of the season.  White has been consistent leading the team averaging 23.0 points per game and 10.5 rebounds per contest.  She is shooting .619 from the field on 13 of 21 and 20 of 25 from the line (.800).  Junior Danielle Logan recorded her first double-double in the season-opener and is second in scoring at 11 points per game.  Logan leads the team with five made triples (5-14).  Sophomore Sasha Watson is third in scoring at 10 points per game.  She is 6 of 9 from the field and is tied for second in assists with seven.
 
As a team, the Lady Buffs have struggled a bit shooting as they are 52 of 114 for a .456 clip from the field, but have especially struggled from beyond the arc going just 9 of 38 (.237) and just .677 from the line on 44 of 65.  Last season, the Lady Buffs led the nation in 3-point shooting and shot free throws at a .751 clip in 35 games. 
 
The Lady Buffs are averaging 39 rebounds per game and holding teams to 29.5 per contest.  WT has 39 assists on the year (19.5 pg) and 30 turnovers (15.0 pg).  WT is averaging 78.5 points per game and allowing 75.0. 
 
The Adams State Grizzlies are off to a 0-3 start under first year head coach Larry Joe Hunt.  The Grizzlies are 0-2 thus far against Lone Star Conference teams, falling to Midwestern State and Texas Woman's Nov. 14-16 at the Midwestern State Classic.  ASU dropped a 62-58 overtime home loss to McMurry Wednesday. 
 
ASU is led by Mariah Gonzales who leads the team averaging 15.0 points per game.  She is 16 of 41 from the field with four triples and is 9 of 10 from the line.  Gonzales leads the team with nine steals.  Desiree Anderson is second in scoring at 13.3 points per game.  She is 14 of 49 from the field and has a team-high eight triples and is second in rebounding at 4.3 per game.  As a team, the Grizzlies are shooting 28.6 percent from the field on 57 of 199.  They are 22 of 78 from range (.282) and 31 of 49 from the line (.633).  ASU is averaging 32.3 rebounds per game and allowing 43.3.  The Grizzlies are averaging 55.7 points per game and allowing 72.7 points per contest. 
 
The Grizzlies were picked 11th in the preseason RMAC Poll.  ASU finished 5-17 last season in conference play and 9-18 overall.  It has 10 freshmen on the team in 2014-15 with just three seniors in Gonzales, Anderson and Brittney Whiteman, along with one junior and three sophomores.
 
Following Saturday's game, the Lady Buffs return home to host the PAK-A-SAK Thanksgiving Classic next Friday and Saturday at the First United Bank Center.  There will be four women's games and four men's games over the two days.  The Lady Buffs battle Truman State on Friday, Nov. 28 at 5 p.m. and No. 15 Harding on Saturday, Nov. 29 at 5 p.m.