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CANYON, Texas – The #12 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M wrap-up their Colorado road trip on Saturday night as they take on the Regis Rangers with tipoff set for 7:00 p.m. CT at the Regis Fieldhouse in Denver.
 
REGIS
Molly Marrin is now in her fifth at the helm of the Regis Rangers. Marrin officially began her duties on April 20, 2015 and has since complied an overall record of 76-44 for a .633 winning percentage as coach of the Rangers, which is tops in the program's history.
 
Regis opened the 2019-20 campaign on Friday afternoon with a 65-48 victory over UT Permian Basin in Denver as RU took a 37-9 lead into the locker room for halftime and never looked back. The Rangers concluded the 2018-19 season with an overall record of 17-12, including a 12-10 record in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC). They were picked seventh in the league's preseason 2019-20 poll.
 
Sophomore Whitney Jacob led the way for the Rangers last season as she went 121-of-337 (35.9%) from the field including 28-of-111 (25.2%) from deep and 53-of-68 (77.9%) from the free throw line to average 11.1 points per game and 7.5 rebounds.
 
WT HEAD COACH KRISTEN MATTIO
Kristen Mattio has continued the storied tradition of Lady Buff Basketball as she enters her fifth season at the helm of the West Texas A&M in 2019-20. Mattio has registering an overall record of 114-25 during her time in Canyon for a winning percentage of 82% as the Nashville native is the second fastest head coach in program history to reach the 100-win plateau with a 95-78 decision at Cameron on February 2, 2019.
 
WINNING TRADITION
The 2018-19 season marked the seventh-straight year of 20 or more wins for the Lady Buffs. WT won 30 or more games in 2013-14 and 2014-15 and have 30 wins in six seasons since 1980-81. The Lady Buffs have not had a losing season since 1980-81 and have won 20 or more games in 28 seasons during that span with a string of nine-straight from 1983-1992.
 
WBCA DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (OCT. 31)
The Drury Lady Panthers begin the 2019-20 campaign atop of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II Top-25 poll as they picked up eight of the possible 23 first place votes for a total of 550 points. Lubbock Christian claimed 14 first place votes (538) to sit second followed by Grand Valley State (458), Azusa Pacific (436), Virginia Union (404), UC San Diego (394), Fort Hays State (368), Ashland (333), Indiana, Pa. (330) and Saint Anselm (328) to round out the top ten.
 
The South Central Region was represented by Lubbock Christian (2nd), West Texas A&M (12th), Angelo State (24th), Colorado Mesa (RV) and Westminster (RV).
 
HOME SWEET HOME
West Texas A&M is home to one of the finest multi-purpose facilities in the country as the First United Bank Center has served as the home of the Lady Buffs since January 26, 2002. The Lady Buffs are a staggering 217-32 inside of the FUBC during that time for a winning clip of 87.1%. WT has averaged 1,077 fans per contest since the facility opened its doors with the largest crowd coming on Opening Night with 4,941 members of Buff Nation seeing the Lady Buffs take on rival Abilene Christian.
 
NEW LOOK LSC
The Lone Star Conference welcomes seven new women's basketball members for the 2019-20 campaign with Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma Christian, St. Edward's, St. Mary's, Texas A&M International, Arkansas-Fort Smith and UT Tyler. The league will now be comprised of three six-team divisions as each institution will play a home/away contest against each of the other teams within their division, and a single game versus the other 12 conference opponents.
 
Divisional champions and seeding for the LSC Championship will be determined by winning percentage within each division and by using overall league winning percentage and head-to-head matchups as tie-breakers. The LSC Championship returns to Frisco, Texas and the Comerica Center on March 5-8.
 
LSC BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL
The defending LSC Champion Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M have been picked second in the 2019-20 LSC Women's Basketball Preseason Poll while senior guard Lexy Hightower earned Preseason Player of the Year honors.
 
Defending National Champion Lubbock Christian picked up 33 of the possible 54 first place votes for a total of 813 points to sit atop of the poll followed by West Texas A&M (14 first place, 787), Angelo State (one first place, 733), Texas A&M-Commerce (two first place, 667) and Tarleton (two first place, 645) to round out the top five. 
 
Eastern New Mexico (one first place, 617) ranked sixth followed by St. Mary's (550), Midwestern State (456), St. Edward's (448), Texas Woman's (407), Arkansas-Fort Smith (one first place, 339), Oklahoma Christian (301), Texas A&M-Kingsville (288), Cameron (284), Western New Mexico (222), UT Permian Basin (172), UT Tyler (171) and Texas A&M International (76).
 
PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Hightower cemented herself as one of the top all-around players in Division II Basketball during her junior campaign in 2018-19 as the Lone Star Conference Player of the Year went 205-of-400 (51.3%) from the floor including 83-of-179 (46.4%) from behind the arc and 42-of-56 (75%) from the free throw line to lead the Lady Buffs in scoring with 16.2 points per contest to go along with 62 assists, three blocks and 36 steals while averaging 30.5 minutes per game. 
 
The former Amarillo High Lady Sandie became the 22nd member of the 1,000 Career Point Club back on January 26th as she enters her senior campaign as the 15th leading scorer in program history (1,278), Hightower picked up D2CCA Honorable Mention All-American accolades while being named a Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-American for the second straight season.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The #12 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M came out firing on Friday night in Colorado Springs as they scored 30 points in the opening quarter and never looked back on their way to a 75-50 victory over the UC-Colorado Springs Mountain Lions at Gallogly Events Center.
 
The Lady Buffs were led offensively by Abby Spurgin who went 8-of-12 from the field including 4-of-5 from the free throw line to lead all players with 20 points to go along with six rebounds, one assists and four blocks in the win while Delaney Nix (15) and Braylyn Dollar (13) finished in double-digits.
 
The Mountain Lions were led offensively by Madi Gaibler as she finished the night going 5-of-8 from the floor and 1-of-2 from the free throw line for 11 points to go along with two assists, two blocks and two steals followed by Eliza de Vera dnd Ellie Moore with nine points each.
 
WT finished the game going 29-of-57 (50.9%) from the floor including 5-of-13 (38.5%) from behind the arc and 12-of-20 (60%) from the free throw line with 47 rebounds (18 offensive, 29 defensive), 19 assists, 20 turnovers, six blocks and six steals.
 
The Mountain Lions finished the night going 20-of-55 (36.4%) from the field including 7-of-15 (46.7%) from deep and 3-of-4 (75%) from the charity stripe with 19 rebounds (six offensive, 13 defensive), 14 assists, 20 turnovers, five blocks and nine steals in the loss.