CANYON, Texas – The Lady Buffs finish off their Lone Star Conference road trip on Saturday afternoon as they head to Lawton, Oklahoma to take on the Cameron Aggies with tipoff set for 1:00 p.m. at Aggie Gymnasium.
MIDWESTERN STATE RECAP
The Lady Buffs started Thursday night's Lone Star Conference matchup with just four field goals in the first quarter as WT couldn't overcome a slow start in a 75-55 defeat at the hands of the Midwestern State Mustangs at D.L. Ligon Coliseum in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Hollie Stalder led the way for the Lady Buffs as the sophomore guard from Hooker, Oklahoma went 6-of-16 from the floor including a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line for a team-high 16 points to go along with five rebounds and two assists.
Karley Motschenbacher also finished in double-figures with 11 points followed by
Zoey McBroom with nine.
A LOOK AT THE AGGIES
Cameron enters the weekend with an overall record of 3-9 with a 1-5 mark in Lone Star Conference action following a 63-49 loss to the Lady Chaps of Lubbock Christian on Thursday night in Lawton. The Aggies are 2-3 so far this season inside of Aggie Gym with those wins coming against UC Colorado Springs (74-64) and Central Oklahoma (63-60).
The Aggies finished the 2022-23 campaign with an overall record of 13-16 with a 10-12 mark in Lone Star Conference action as they advanced to the opening round of the LSC Championships in Frisco before falling to eventual champion Angelo State, 70-62 at the Comerica Center. Cameron finished the season 9-3 overall inside of Aggie Gym with eight of those victories coming during league action.
Katie King leads the way offensively for the Aggies as the junior guard from Harrah, Oklahoma has gone 60-of-162 (37%) from the floor including 10-of-45 (22.2%) from deep and 30-of-36 (83.3%) from the charity stripe to average 13.3 points per game to go along with 52 rebounds (15 offensive, 37 defensive), 19 assists, 29 steals and six blocks.
CU HEAD COACH JEFF MAHONEY
Jeff Mahoney is in his first season at the helm of the Cameron women's basketball program after being promoted in May of 2022 following three seasons as the program's top assistant. He helped the Aggies make three trips to the LSC Championships as well as a spot in the 2021 NCAA South Central Regional Tournament.
Mahoney spent part of the 2021-22 campaign as the interim head coach for the Cameron men's program. The Roosevelt, Oklahoma product is a 1986 graduate of Cameron as he played baseball for the Aggies for two seasons.
THE SERIES
Saturday afternoon will mark the 56th all-time meeting on the hardwood between the Lady Buffs and Aggies as WT holds a 49-6 advantage in the series that dates back to 1982. The Lady Buffs are 20-5 all-time inside of Aggie Gym as they have dropped their last three trips to Lawton.
The last meeting saw Zamorye Roberts lead the way for the Lady Buffs, going 7-of-16 from the floor including 3-of-7 from behind the arc for a team-high 17 points followed by
Azia Himeur with 10 in a 68-64 victory by the Aggies in LSC divisional action.
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
1951 - The Indianapolis Olympians beat the Rochester Royals, 75-73 in six overtimes in the longest game in NBA history
1976 - Ted Turner purchases the Atlanta Braves for $12 million
1995 - Lenny Wilkens of the Atlanta Hawks passes legendary head coach Red Auerbach to become the NBA's all-time winningest coach with 939 victories
2014 - The Florida State Seminoles defeat the Auburn Tigers, 34-31 in the 16th BCS National Championship game at the Rose Bowl
2015 - Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
