West Texas A&M (13-5, 7-4) at #2 Texas Woman's (17-1, 10-1 LSC)
Date & Time	Thursday, Janaary 23rd at 6:00 p.m.'
Location	Denton, Texas | Kitty Magee Arena
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Live Video (Pay Per View)	FloCollege
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CANYON, Texas – The Lady Buffs hit the road for a big weekend of Lone Star Conference action as they start their road trip in Denton against the defending South Central Regional Champion #2 Pioneers of Texas Woman's with tipoff set for 6:00 p.m. at Kitty Magee Arena.
 
SUL ROSS STATE RECAP
The Lady Buffs picked up a third consecutive victory on Saturday afternoon as they held the Sul Ross State Lobos to just 21 second half points on the way to a 78-51 win. Randi Harding led the way for the Lady Buffs as the Mustang, Oklahoma product went 6-of-8 from the floor including 3-of-5 from dee for a team-best 16 points to go along with two rebounds, one assist and a steal.
 
A LOOK AT THE PIONEERS
Texas Woman's enters Thursday night on an 11-game win streak as they are 17-1 overall with a 10-1 mark in Lone Star Conference action. The Pioneers picked up road wins at Texas A&M-Kingsville (66-48) and Texas A&M International (68-48) last weekend.
 
Saturday's contest in Laredo saw the Pioneers shoot 47.1% from the floor including 94.4% from the charity stripe in a 68-48 victory. Ashley Ingram led the way for TWU, going 5-of-9 from the floor for a team-best 17 points to go along with five boards, three assists, one block and two steals.
 
The Pioneers, picked atop of the LSC preseason poll, finished the 2023-24 campaign with an overall record of 34-5 with a 20-2 mark in league action. TWU won the LSC Championship and the South Central Regional Title on the way to the program's first Elite Eight appearance. They topped Daemen and Ferris State before falling to Minnesota State Mankato in the National Title Game, 89-73 .
 
Ingram, the LSC Preseason Player of the Year, was a First Team All-American a year ago as the senior from Bridgeport averages 14.6 points and 8.3 rebounds per contest this season to rank fifth in the LSC in scoring. Ingram has gone 100-of-210 (47.6%) from the field this season with 158 rebounds, 69 assists, 12 blocks and 29 steals. She became TWU's all-time leading scorer back on January 16th (1,817).
 
TWU HEAD COACH BETH JILLSON
Beth Jillson is now in her 18th season at the helm of the Texas Woman's basketball program as she holds an overall record of 289-209 during her time in Denton. She has led the Pioneers to five South Central Regional Tournaments (2011, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024) as well as a South Central Regional Title in 2024. Jillson was hired in Denton on August 17, 2007 following assistant coaching stops at Charleston Southern, New Mexico Junior College and Oklahoma State.
 
THE SERIES
Thursday night marks the 72nd all-time meeting on the hardwood between West Texas A&M and Texas Woman's as WT holds the 62-9 advantage in the series. The Lady Buffs are 27-6 all-time in Denton as they have dropped their last two trips to Kitty Magee Arena.
 
Last year's meeting saw Nyalam Thabach go 7-of-18 from the floor for a team-best 17 points to go along with nine rebounds, two blocks and a steal. Karley Motschenbacher (13) and Azia Himeur (11) also finished in double-figures in a 69-58 victory by the Pioneers.
 
WT HEAD COACH JOSH PROCK
Josh Prock is now in his fourth 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 Lone Star Conference 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 288-45 inside of the FUBC during that time for a winning clip of 86.6%. WT has averaged 1,035 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.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The contest will be broadcasted on FloCollege. The LSC and FloSports reached a historic agreement in August for the largest streaming rights deal in NCAA Division II history.
 
HOME OF CHAMPIONS
West Texas A&M is home to one of the most successful athletic programs in all of NCAA Division II. The Buffs and Lady Buffs finished third in the 2023-24 Division II LEARFIELD Director's Cup standings. It marked the sixth straight and eighth overall time that WT finished inside of the Top-10 including the fifth straight inside of the Top-5.
 
LSC NEWS & NOTES (JAN.20)
Lone Star Conference women's basketball teams take a break from their division opponents and play a pair of cross division games on Thursday and Saturday (Jan. 23, 25). The division schedule resumes with the January-to-February turn of the calendar January 30-February 2.
 
The season standings as of January 18 and based on the overall LSC record – games vs. all conference opponents – have three teams tied for the top spot, all with 10-1 (.909) marks: Lubbock Christian, Texas Woman's and UT Tyler. Seeding for the eight-team LSC Tournament is based on overall standings (22 games). The East and West Division winners automatically qualify for the LSC Tournament but are not guaranteed a top two seed.
 
A bit of breathing room was created after the recent three-week stretch of intra-division play. LCU remains undefeated atop the West (7-0 LSC West) distancing itself from ASU (5-2 LSC West) with wins at UT Permian Basin and ASU. East leader UT Tyler (7-0 LSC East) and Texas Woman's (6-1 LSC East) each posted a road sweep vs. Texas A&M International and Texas A&M-Kingsville, adding a bit of separation from TAMUK (5-2 LSC East). St. Edward's. St. Mary's and West Texas A&M posted 2-0 records the past week. SEU and StMU collected road wins against Oklahoma Christian and Cameron while WT upended Western New Mexico and Sul Ross State.