Date	Time	Opponent	Location	Venue	Live Links
Thursday, February 15	5:30 p.m.	Eastern New Mexico	Canyon, Texas	First United Bank Center	Stats | LSC Digital Network | Game Notes

CANYON, Texas – The Lady Buffs return to the First United Bank Center on Thursday night as they welcome the rival Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico for Lone Star Conference divisional action with tipoff set for 5:30 p.m. in Canyon.
 
ANGELO STATE RECAP
The Lady Buffs trailed by as many as 12 early in the game before a big second half propelled WT to a dominant 68-55 Lone Star Conference divisional victory over the Angelo State Rambelles on Saturday afternoon at Stephens Arena inside of the Junell Center.
 
Karley Motschenbacher put on a show as the junior guard from Moorhead, Minnesota went 8-of-14 from the floor including 3-of-6 from behind the arc and 3-of-3 from the free throw line for a game-high 22 points to go along with seven boards, three assists and five steals. Nyalam Thabach and Kyla Kane added 13 points each while Thabach grabbed 12 rebounds for her 11th career double-double.
 
A LOOK AT THE GREYHOUNDS
The Greyhounds enter the weekend with an overall record of 8-13 with a 4-11 mark in Lone Star Conference action following a 68-64 loss to the Cameron Aggies on Saturday afternoon in Lawton, Oklahoma.
 
Eastern New Mexico finished the 2022-23 campaign with an overall mark of 12-15 with a 9-13 record in league action to miss out on the Lone Star Conference Championships at the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas. ENMU finished the campaign with a 7-7 record inside of Greyhound Arena with five of those victories coming during LSC play.
 
Deja Adrian leads the way offensively for the Hounds as the senior from Houston, Texas has gone 89-of-200 (44.5%) from the floor including 10-of-39 (25.6%) from behind the arc and 92-of-117 (78.6%) from the free throw line to average 13.3 points per game to go along with 111 rebounds (34 offensive, 77 defensive), 40 assists, 40 steals and five blocks.
 
ENMU HEAD COACH BLAKE HUBER
Blake Huber is in his first season at the helm of the Eastern New Mexico women's basketball program, being named the head coach in June of 2023. Huber spent the 2022-23 season as the head coach at Texas A&M-Texarkana where he took the Eagles to a 29-2 record, being named the Red River Conference Coach of the Year. He led the team to their first ever tournament appearance and victory, advancing to the second round of the NAIA National Tournament.
 
THE SERIES
Saturday afternoon marks the 93rd all-time meeting on the hardwood between the Lady Buffs and Greyhounds as WT holds the 78-14 advantage in the series that dates back to 1980. The Greyhounds are 5-45 all-time in Canyon as they have dropped their last six trips to the Texas Panhandle. 
 
The last meeting saw Karley Motschenbacher gp 11-of-13 from the floor for a game-high 25 points to go along with five rebounds, three assists and two steals as WT battled back from a 21-point deficit before falling to the Greyhounds, 71-70 in Portales.
 
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.
 
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