Date	Time	Opponent	Location	Venue	Live Links
Thursday, January 11	5:30 p.m.	Angelo State	Canyon, Texas	First United Bank Center	Stats | LSC Digital Network | Game Notes

CANYON, Texas – The Lady Buffs return to the friendly confines of the First United Bank Center on Thursday night as they host the rival Belles of Angelo State in Lone Star Conference action with tipoff set for 5:30 p.m. in Canyon.
 
GAME PROMOTIONS
- Game Sponsor – Texas Farm Bureau Insurance
- Toot'n Totum Thursday - Kids in Free & Adults are ½ Off
- Buzzer Beater Contest - A fun and unique contest during halftime. Each fan gets a numbered basketball and throw their ball towards the various targets laid out on the court. If your ball lands on one of the targets you win a prize.
 
CAMERON RECAP
The Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M rebounded on Saturday afternoon as they closed out their Lone Star Conference road trip with a 69-63 victory over the Cameron Aggies at Aggie Gymnasium in Lawton, Oklahoma.
 
Nyalam Thabach led the way for the Lady Buffs as the senior from Boise, Idaho went 6-of-9 from the floor and a perfect 3-of-3 from the stripe for a team-high 15 points to go along with 10 rebounds and a block for her fifth double-double of the season. Hollie Stalder also reached double-digits as the sophomore scored 12 points to go along with three boards, one steal, one assist and a block.
 
A LOOK AT THE BELLES
Angelo State enters the weekend with an overall record of 10-4 with a 4-1 mark in Lone Star Conference action following a 66-55 win over the Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico last Saturday at the Junell Center in San Angelo.
 
The Belles finished the 2022-23 campaign with an overall mark of 26-7 with a 17-5 mark in league action on their way to a Lone Star Conference Tournament Title and the hosting duties for the South Central Regional Tournament where they topped the Lady Buffs (70-65) in the quarterfinal round before falling to eventual Regional Champion UT Tyler, 71-61.
 
Tayjanna McGhee-Pleasant leads the way offensively for the Belles as the senior from nearby Tascosa High School has gone 92-of-213 (43.2%) from the floor including 15-of-56 (26.8%) from deep and 55-of-69 (79.7%) from the free throw line to average 16.9 points per game to go along with 132 rebounds (29 offensive, 103 defensive), 20 assists, 13 blocks and 10 steals.
 
ASU HEAD COACH ALESHA ELLIS
Alesha Ellis is now in her third season at the helm of the Angelo State women's basketball program after spending eight seasons at Wayland Baptist where she led the Flying Queens to an overall mark of 189-52 with eight NAIA Tournament appearances. Ellis was a standout prep-player at nearby Plainview High School where she claimed three 3A State Championships with the Bulldogs followed by a collegiate career at Texas Tech.
 
THE SERIES
Thursday night marks the 82nd all-time meeting on the hardwood between the Lady Buffs and Belles as WT holds a 59-22 advantage in the series that dates back to 1987. The Belles are 7-34 all-time in Canyon as they have dropped their last four trips to the First United Bank Center.
 
The last meeting saw Lauren Taylor score 21 points in her final collegiate contest followed by Karley Motschenbacher (20) and Hollie Stalder (10) in double-figures as the Belles outlasted WT 70-65 in the South Central Regional Quarterfinals at the Junell Center in San Angelo.
 
WT HEAD COACH JOSH PROCK
Josh Prock is now in his third season at the helm of the Lady Buff Basketball program. The Lady Buffs made the program's 28th appearance in the NCAA Division II Postseason during the 2022-23 campaign as they went 21-11 overall including a 14-8 mark in LSC action. 
 
Prock was introduced as West Texas A&M's head women's basketball coach on June 2, 2021. Prock is no stranger to the Lone Star Conference as he spent eight seasons as the head coach at Eastern New Mexico leading the Greyhounds to their only three NCAA Tournament appearances in program history.
 
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 272-37 inside of the FUBC during that time for a winning clip of 87.7%. WT has averaged 1,025 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.
 
LSC BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL
Defending LSC Tournament Champion Angelo State picked up 15 of the possible 44 first place votes for a total of 652 points to sit atop of the poll followed by Texas Woman's (17 first place, 633), UT Tyler (nine first place, 627), Lubbock Christian (three first place, 606) and West Texas A&M (524) to round out the top five.
 
Texas A&M-Kingsville was tabbed sixth with 492 points followed by St. Edward's (379), Cameron (311), Oklahoma Christian (270), UT Permian Basin (270), Eastern New Mexico (248), Western New Mexico (233), Texas A&M International (225), UAFS (202), Midwestern State (172) and St. Mary's (140).
 
Grace Foster of Lubbock Christian and Sawyer Lloyd of Angelo State were named the 2023-24 Co-Preseason Players of the Year. Foster and Lloyd headline a list of 16 LSC Players to Watch in the 2023-24 season.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The contest will be broadcast on the Lone Star Conference Digital Network. For more information, visit the Women's Basketball Schedule page at GoBuffsGo.com.
 
THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1915 - Jacob Ruppert and Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchase the New York Yankees for $460,000
1967 - San Diego is granted an NBA franchise to be called the Rockets, they would move to Houston for the 1971-72 season
1981 - The Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Dallas Cowboys, 20-7 in the NFC Championship game in Philly
1984 - The Denver Nuggets defeat the San Antonio Spurs, 163-155 in the highest scoring NBA game in history
1990 - Bob Knight becomes the winningest head coach in Big 10 history with his 229th victory
2016 - The Alabama Crimson Tide defeats the Clemson Tigers, 45-40 in the College Football National Championship game in Phoenix