ABILENE, Texas – When it comes to giving up points, McMurry University's women's basketball team has been downright stingy of late, having given up less than 50 points in a game six times this season, including the last four-straight outings. That has also translated into four-consecutive wins for McM head coach Veronica Snow's crew.
Snow and company will be looking to extend that win skein to five on Saturday afternoon when they welcome Texas Lutheran University to Kimbrell Arena. Tip-off is slated for 1 p.m. on the Ron Holmes Court.
McMurry (12-5, 10-3 ASC) remains in third place in the American Southwest Conference West Division standings, one game behind co-leaders Howard Payne and Concordia-Texas in the loss column. After Thursday's results, some distinct separation could be seen in the ASC West as Hardin-Simmons, which is in fourth, trails the War Hawks by four games.
TLU is in sixth place in the ASAC West. The Bulldogs are 4-14 overall and 3-11 in the ASC.
Texas Lutheran came out on the wrong end of a 78-67 score at Hardin-Simmons on Thursday. In that game, Kimberly Hagan came off the Bulldog bench to lead all scorers with 23 points, hitting 8-of-11 from the field. Teammate Katy Scott, starting at forward, added 16 points.
On the year, Scott leads the team in scoring at 11.3 points per game. TLU has a total of seven players averaging 5.5 points per game or better.
McMurry's convincing win over Schreiner was led by 16 points from sophomore forward
Keshia Collins. It was Collins' 16th double-figure scoring game – and fourth straight – in her team's 17 outings this season. On the year, Collins scores at a clip of 15.5 p.p.g. and also leads the team at 6.6 rebounds per game.
Collins' balanced game also has her atop the War Hawks in assists per game (2.9 a.p.g.) and steals (2.8 s.p.g.). She averages nearly one blocked shot per game, as well.
Rikeita Thomas averages 9.4 p.p.g. as McM's second leading scorer.
M.J. Vickers and
Celeste Belizario both average 8.2 p.p.g. Belizaro leads the team in field goal percentage, hitting nearly 43 percent from the floor.