Jan. 22, 2008
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▪ - The Lady Broncs will look to end their five-game skid when they face Summit League foe-IPFW on tonight at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, IN with game time slated for 7 p.m.
▪ - UTPA dropped a 63-48 decision against Chicago State on Saturday (Jan. 19) and fell to 8-11 on the season.
▪ - The Lady Broncs last win game at the Battle at the Border Tournament on Dec. 29, where they captured a 66-62 victory against St. Louis and the tournament title.
▪ - This will be the 11th all-time meeting between the Lady Broncs and the Mastodons with UTPA leading the series 7-3. The Lady Broncs captured a 68-47 victory last season over IPFW on February 24.
▪ - In that game, three Lady Broncs finished in double-figures including Teshay Winfrey who collected a career-high 20 points, four assists, and three steals.
▪ - UTPA out-rebounded IPFW by a 50-28 margin and limited the Mastodons to just 32.7 percent shooting from the field.
▪ - Faithful of the Lady Broncs basketball can find results for the game shortly after its conclusion by visiting www.utpabroncs.com.
Scouting the Opponent - IPFW
▪ - The Mastodons enter Tuesday's game with a 6-11 overall and a 6-3 record in their home floor.
▪ - IPFW is coming off a 75-70 win over Oakland University, where Johnna Lewis-Carlisle collected a game-high 22 points 22 points and three assists in 38 minutes.
▪ - Oakland hit 50.9 percent of their shots from the floor and out-rebounded IPFW, 41-25, but couldn't overcome IPFW's nine 3-pointers. The loss was only Oakland's second in Summit League play.
▪ - Carlisle leads the Mastodon's averaging 18.2 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game.
Leader of the Lady Broncs
▪ - DeAnn Craft is in her fifth season at the helm of the UTPA women's basketball program with a 45-68 record.
▪ - In her first season as head coach, Craft led the Lady Broncs to their highest win total in program history, with 13. That historic season was followed by a 14-win campaign in 2004-05, breaking the win-record set in 2003-04.
▪ - The Lady Broncs made tremendous strides during the 2006-07 season despite finishing with an 11-18 overall record as UTPA had seven players earn post-season United Basketball League and Independent laurels.
▪ - Craft helped guide the Lady Broncs to some tremendous victories during the past season as the Valley's women's basketball program defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas State, Centenary, McNeese State and New Jersey Insitute of Technology.
▪ - The Lady Broncs finished with a 7-5 record on their home court and have finished with a .500 or higher home winning percentage in each of Craft's first four seasons with the program.
▪ - In the last four seasons, Craft has won more games than the previous coaches in the past six seasons.
Gray and Wilson Rank In Top-Five of NCAA Women's Basketball
▪ - Senior LeKeisha Gray is currently ranked fifth among Division I women's basketball programs in three-point field goals per game with 3.1 percent.
▪ - Gray has hit 22 of her 53 three-point attempts this season. The 5'4 guard recorded a career-high 24 points, inlcuding six three-pointers in a 62-56 victory over Tennessee-Martin on Dec. 3.
▪ - Tiona Wilson ranks second in three-point field goal percentage with 56 percent, banking 14 of her 25 attempts from behind the arc.
▪ - Wilson recorded a career-high 22 points and seven three-pointers in a triumph over Huston-Tillotson on Nov. 17.
Floor General Earns MVP Accolades at Battle at the Border
▪ - LeKeisha Gray earned her second piece of hardware of the season after collecting the MVP trophy at the Third Annual Battle at the Border Tournament hosted by UTPA on Dec. 28-29.
▪ - The Lady Broncs captured the tournament title after battling to a 66-62 victory over St. Louis in the championship game.
▪ - In the two-game series, Gray finished with 25 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists for the Lady Broncs.
Trio of Lady Broncs Earn All-Tournament Team Honors
▪ - LeKeisha Gray was selected to the five-man all-tournament team at the Flint Hills Islander Classic on (Dec. 16)where she collected 22 points and nine rebounds in her efforts in two-games.
▪ - Rose Esther Jean has finished with 35 points and 13 rebounds at the Flint Hills Islander Classic on (Dec. 16) en route to earning all-tournament team honors in the two-day tournament.
▪ - Sohpomore Aleeya Grigsby collected her first piece of hardware of the season as she was selected to the five-player all-tournament team as she finished with a combined 21 points and 13 rebounds at the Florida Gulf Coast Classic on Dec. 30.
Senior Leadership Key To Victory
▪ - The Lady Broncs return four seniors to the 2007-08 campaign in LeKeisha Gray, Tamara Vaughn, Cinthia Ramirez and Tiona Wilson.
▪ - Senior Gray emerged for the Lady Broncs last season as the floor general, playing in 29 games and starting in 28 contests. Gray averaged 10.6 points 4.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game in her first season in a Lady Bronc uniform.
▪ - Vaughn made an immediate impact in her first season with the Lady Broncs as she was selected to both the All-Independent Newcomer Team and All-United Basketball League Newcomer Team. She was the first player in UTPA history to earn Independent Player of the Week honors when she achieved the milestone following a 22-point, four rebounds, three-steal and two assist performance.
▪ - Shooting gurad, Ramirez appeared in 24 games during her junior season where she started in 14 occiasions for the Broncs. Scored a career-high six points on 2-of-2 shooting, including 2-of-2 shooting from behind the three-point line, on the road at Sun Belt Conference-opponent Lafayette.
▪ - Senior Wilson averaged 2.5 points, 0.8 rebounds, 0.4 assists and 0.4 steals per game. Scored a career-high 11 points on the road at Utah Valley State where she finished 4-of-4 from the field, including 3-of-3 from behind the three-point line, to go along with two steals.
Last Game - Inside Chicago Statebr> ▪ - The University of Texas-Pan American women's basketball program suffered a 63-48 setback over Chicago State on Saturday (Jan. 19) at the Jones Convocation Center in Chicago, IL.
▪ - The Lady Broncs dropped their fifth straight game and fell to 8-11 on the season while Chicago State improve to 8-9 overall.
▪ - Two Lady Broncs finished in double-digit scoring including, senior LeKeisha Gray who collected 15 points on 6-of-18 shooting, 2-of-11 from three-point range, 1-of-4 from the charity stripe to go along with three rebounds and four assists.
▪ - Three lead changes in the opening minutes of the first half set the tone for the game, as Chicago State jump out to an seven point lead at the 9:49 mark following a three-pointer by Alyssa Waldon.
▪ - In the next several minutes the Cougars forced four turnovers for the Lady Broncs and headed into the locker rooms with a 26-21 advantage.
▪ - The Lady Broncs shot just 34.6 percent (9-of-26) from the field compared to 41.7 percent (10-of-24) from the floor in the first half.
▪ - Cinthia Ramirez opened the second half with a three-pointer which put the Lady Broncs within two points but the Cougars continued to add to their lead as they connected on several buckets to make the score 46-36 with 8:41 remaining in the game.
▪ - The Cougars went on a 9-1 run where the Lady Broncs were unable to answer back and fell in a 18 point deficit, to make the score 57-39 with 4:48 left in the game.
▪ - Tamara Vaughn connected on a trey from behind the arc that put the Lady Broncs within 11 points at the 1:55 mark but it was a little to late as the CSU rolled to a 63-48 win and captured its eight victory of the season.
▪ - For the game, the Lady Broncs shot 39.6 percent connecting on 19-of-48 of their attempts to the Cougars 47.1 percent 24-of-51 of their shots.
▪ - Robin Garrett finished with 14 points and a career-high 10 rebounds in 29 minutes of action.
▪ - Three Cougars finished in double-figures, including Jasmin Dixon who posted a game-high 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting, 1-of-2 from three-point range, 2-of-2 from the charity stripe to go along with seven rebounds, three assists, and five steals.
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