Women’s Basketball 2015-16 SEASON e WEEKLY NOTEBOOK e Feb. 5, 2016 Contact: Tim McNamara e [email protected] CHARLOTTEeFIUeFLORIDA ATLANTICeLOUISIANA TECHeMARSHALLeMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASeOLD DOMINIONeRICEeSOUTHERN MISSeUABeUTEPeUTSAeWKU WHO WE ARE: SIX NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, 19 FINAL FOURS, 112 NCAA SELECTIONS

STANDINGS

Team c-USA Pct. h A Overall Pct. h A N l-10 Streak (RV) UTEP 9-1 .900 5-0 4-1 18-2 .900 71.3 5-2 1-0 9-1 L 1 (RV) WKU 9-1 .900 6-0 3-1 18-3 .857 71.1 7-3 1-0 9-1 W 1 Middle Tennessee 8-2 .800 4-1 4-1 14-7 .667 68.9 7-3 0-1 8-2 W 5 Louisiana Tech 6-3 .667 4-0 2-3 11-9 .550 68.4 3-5 1-1 6-4 W 1 Charlotte 5-4 .556 4-1 1-3 12-8 .600 74.7 3-6 1-0 5-5 W 2 Old Dominion 5-4 .556 3-1 2-3 9-12 .429 60.4 4-6 0-3 5-5 W 2 Marshall 5-5 .500 3-2 2-3 15-6 .714 72.5 4-3 0-1 5-5 W 2 Southern Miss 4-5 .444 4-0 0-5 11-9 .550 61.2 1-8 0-1 5-5 W 1 North Texas 3-6 .333 2-3 1-3 8-11 .421 60.4 4-5 0-0 4-6 L 2 Rice 3-6 .333 2-3 1-3 4-16 .200 56.5 2-8 0-0 3-7 L 1 Florida Atlantic 3-7 .300 3-3 0-4 11-10 .524 70.3 1-6 1-0 3-7 L 3 UAB 3-7 .300 2-2 1-5 10-11 .476 61.4 2-8 1-1 3-7 L 4 UTSA 3-7 .300 2-2 1-5 7-13 .350 61.8 1-9 0-0 3-7 L 1 FIU 1-9 .100 1-4 0-5 3-18 .143 62.5 0-9 0-0 1-9 W 1

Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee (MT10) 5 p.m. Schedule (CST) Hoops Headlines eLive stream/TV coverage in parenthesis Sun., February 14 eUTEP in both polls Thu., February 4 WKU at Marshall (ASN) 12 p.m. eMiddle Tennessee’s Brea at Marshall 79, UTEP 64 Edwards Named National Player of Middle Tennessee 83 at Florida Atlantic 73 Thu., February 18 the Week Marshall at Charlotte (C-USA DN) 6 p.m. at Southern Miss 57, North Texas 38 eUTEP at WKU to be televised on North Texas at FIU (C-USA DN) 6 p.m. at FIU 72, UAB 61 FOX College Sports at Louisiana Tech 63, Rice 61 Rice at Florida Atlantic (C-USA DN) 6 p.m. at WKU 72, UTSA 65 UTEP at Southern Miss (C-USA DN) 6 p.m. Follow us, like us, WKU at Old Dominion (C-USA DN) 6 p.m. Snap us! Sat., February 6 UTSA at Louisiana Tech (C-USA DN) 6:30 p.m. UTSA at Marshall (C-USA DN) 12 p.m. Twitter @CUSAWBK Middle Tennessee at FIU (C-USA DN) 1 p.m. Sat., February 20 (#CUSAWBK, UTEP at WKU (FOX College Sports) 2 p.m. Rice at FIU (FOX Sports) 11 a.m. Marshall at Old Dominion (C-USA DN) 3 p.m. #CUSATakeOver, Charlotte at Old Dominion (C-USA DN) 3 p.m. #BeTheNext) North Texas at Florida Atlantic (C-USA DN) 4 p.m. Rice at Southern Miss (C-USA DN) 4 p.m. Facebook UAB at Florida Atlantic (C-USA DN) 4 p.m. UTSA at Southern Miss (C-USA DN) 4 p.m. ConferenceUSA North Texas at Louisiana Tech (C-USA DN) 6 p.m. UTEP at Louisiana Tech (C-USA DN) 6 p.m. Instagram WKU at Charlotte (TWC22) 6 p.m. ConferenceUSA Thu., February 11 Snapchat Louisiana Tech at Middle Tennessee (C-USA DN) 6:30 p.m. Sun., February 21 ConferenceUSA Charlotte at Rice (C-USA DN) 7 p.m. Middle Tennessee at UAB (ASN) 12 p.m. Florida Atlantic at UTSA (C-USA DN) 7 p.m. 2015-16 C-USA Media Old Dominion at North Texas (C-USA DN) 7 p.m. Thu., February 25 Guide UAB at Marshall 10:30 a.m. Southern Miss at UAB (C-USA DN) 7 p.m. For a complete guide including Charlotte at UTSA 7 p.m. FIU at UTEP (C-USA DN) 8:05 p.m. league & team records as well as Louisiana Tech at North Texas 7 p.m. historical information, please utilize Southern Miss at Rice 7 p.m. Sat., February 13 our media guide by clicking the link Middle Tennessee at WKU (FOX Sports) 8 p.m. FIU at UTSA (C-USA DN) 1 p.m. below! Charlotte at North Texas (C-USA DN) 2 p.m. Old Dominion at UTEP 8:05 p.m. Louisiana Tech at UAB (C-USA DN) 2 p.m. C-USA Women’s Basketball Media Old Dominion at Rice (C-USA DN) 2 p.m. Guide Florida Atlantic at UTEP (C-USA DN) 3:05 p.m.

@CUSAWBK | #CUSAWBK ConferenceUSA C- .ws ConferenceUSA Women’s Basketball 2015-16 SEASON e WEEKLY NOTEBOOK e Feb. 5, 2016 Contact: Tim McNamara e [email protected] CHARLOTTEeFIUeFLORIDA ATLANTICeLOUISIANA TECHeMARSHALLeMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASeOLD DOMINIONeRICEeSOUTHERN MISSeUABeUTEPeUTSAeWKU WHAT’S UP? eWKU at UTEP on FOX College eNational Marks (NCAA Minimums) eDouble-Double Chart Sports Stat Player (School) Mark Rank Player (Team) career Season A battle for first place will occur on Saturday, Trip-Db Kendall Noble (WKU) 1 T-1st Caitlin Jenkins (USM) 11 11 Feb. 6, when 18-2 (9-1, C-USA) UTEP will hit the FT% Lefty Webster (CHA) .905 4th Brittany Winborne (UAB) 13 10 road to play 18-3 (9-1, C-USA) WKU on national 3PT/G Brea Edwards (MT) 3.29 6th Ivy Brown (WKU) 7 7 television. The league’s two top teams will duke 3PT/G Kat Wright (FAU) 32.9 16th Acheil Tac (NT) 13 6 it out on FOX College Sports with tipoff set for Steals/G Starr Breedlove (UTEP) 3.05 12th 2 p.m. CST. Reb/G Caitlin Jenkins (USM) 10.6 18th Tesha Smith (UTSA) 13 6 Dub-Db Caitlin Jenkins (USM) 11 23rd Kendall Noble (WKU) 14 6 eEdwards Named USBWA National FG% Alexis Alexander (CHA) .556 24th Alexis Alexander (CHA) 8 5 Player of the Week Reb/G Brittany Winborne (UAB) 10.2 25th Destinee Young (ODU) 8 5 The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has Brandi Wingate (LT) 6 5 selected Middle Tennessee guard Brea Edwards eSuperlatives Ali Gorrell (FAU) 9 4 as the Drysdale Women’s National Brea Edwards (MT) 8 4 Player of the Week for games ending the 30-Point Scoring Games Grace Hunter (CHA) 4 4 week of Sunday, Jan. 31. Edwards, a 5-10 senior Player (Team) Opponent (Date) guard from Rockford, Ill., averaged 23 points Jennie Simms (ODU) 35 at William & Mary (12/29) Shani Rainey (RICE) 3 3 and 9.5 rebounds in wins over Marshall and Kelsey Criner (NT) 34 at Rice (1/10) Ty Petty (MT) 3 3 WKU, the latter of which saw the senior score Kat Wright (FAU) 33 at Charlotte (1/30) Kira Gordon (CHA) 9 2 29 points and grab 12 rebounds to help snap Kendall Noble (WKU) 31 vs. North Texas (1/16) Leah Scott (MAR) 10 3 the Hilltoppers’ 14-game win streak. She also Chelsee Black (UAB) 31 vs. Troy (12/18) Lefty Webster (CHA) 4 2 connected on 8-of-11 three point attempts and Brea Edwards (MT) 30 vs. Virginia (11/13) Destini Feagin (FIU) 2 2 shot 60 percent from the field in completing 12- Alexis Alexander (CHA) 30 vs. RMU (11/15) of-20 attempts in the two games combined. Keri Jewett-Giles (USM) 2 2 Ije Ajemba (ODU) 2 2 e eBringing the Rain WKU’s Noble Knight Akunna Elonu (UTSA) 6 1 WKU’s Kendall Noble has been on a tear unlike Middle Tennessee’s Brea Edwards and Florida Cameasha Turner (UTEP) 5 1 any in recent history. The junior recorded the Atlantic’s Kat Wright rank among the top 15 10th triple-double in league history and first Jasmine Goodwine (RICE) 2 1 in multiple three-point categories. Edwards is in program history against Charlotte with 17 Laia Raventos (CHA) 1 1 knocking down 3.29 treys per game and has points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. She also Janka Hegedus (FIU) 1 1 made 69 on the season, good for sixth and recently cataloged a season-high 31 points seventh in the nation, respectively. Wright is in Kristian Hudson (FIU) 1 1 against North Texas, and in doing so, joined the same ballpark as the junior from California Reauna Cleaver (LT) 1 1 the 1,000 point club in the WKU record books. has paced the top three-point team in C-USA Noble’s 31-point onslaught is the second- Tiara Davenport (LT) 1 1 with just under three 3-pointers per game (16th highest total in league play (Kelsey Criner, Ashley Santos (LT) 1 1 nationally) and has nailed 61 on the year (17th North Texas - 34 at Rice). Talenquia Hamilton (MAR) 1 1 nationally). On top of that, Edwards and Wright have been deadly accurate, connecting at clips Norrisha Victrum (MAR) 1 1 of 46.3 and 42.4 percent, respectively. eReturn of the Queen Kelsey Criner (NT) 1 1 In what was a storybook ending, Charlotte Keonna Farmer (UAB) 1 1 eInside the Numbers conquered Marshall in exhilarating fashion Kara Rawls (UAB) 1 1 behind a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from 14 – The amount of games in a row that WKU Jayla King (USM 1 1 had won before being defeated by Middle sophomore guard and Huntington, West Virginia, native Griffin Dempsey. The three Agata Dobrowolska (LT) 1 1 Tennessee on Jan. 30. The Blue Raiders cooled Kiana Evans (MAR) 1 1 off the previously red-hot Lady Toppers that came with 1.5 seconds remaining, and they Lexie Ducat (RICE) 1 1 had not lost a game since Dec. 2 behind the were Dempsey’s only points in the game. It heroic efforts of senior guard Brea Edwards, was the second buzzer-beater in C-USA in two Jenzel Nash (UTEP) 1 1 who earned C-USA Player of the Week honors weeks after Old Dominion’s Makayla Timmons after drilling five 3-pointers on seven attempts ended Middle Tennessee with less than a to push her season total up to 65. second left on the clock on Jan. 16.

52.9 – The percent that Middle Tennessee shot from the field in its win over Florida Atlantic on Feb. 4. It was the sixth-best shooting game in program history. The Blue Raiders were even deadlier from three, hitting 64.3 percent.

@CUSAWBK | #CUSAWBK ConferenceUSA C- .ws ConferenceUSA Women’s Basketball 2015-16 SEASON e WEEKLY NOTEBOOK e Feb. 5, 2016 Contact: Tim McNamara e [email protected] CHARLOTTEeFIUeFLORIDA ATLANTICeLOUISIANA TECHeMARSHALLeMIDDLE TENNESSEE NORTH TEXASeOLD DOMINIONeRICEeSOUTHERN MISSeUABeUTEPeUTSAeWKU Polling place ASSOCIATED PRESS USA TODAY Coaches poll NCAA RPI VS. Conference W-L (Feb. 1) (Feb. 2) (Feb. 5) America East 1-0 American 1-2 ACC 1-11 # School # School # School Atlantic Sun 4-2 1 Connecticut (32) 1 Connecticut (32) 34 UTEP Atlantic 10 4-3 2 South Carolina 2 South Carolina 54 WKU Big East 1-1 3 Notre Dame 3 Notre Dame 74 Middle Tennessee Big Sky 2-2 4 Baylor 4 Baylor 85 Charlotte Big South 1-0 5 Maryland 5 Maryland 134 Southern Miss Big Ten 0-1 6 Texas 6 Texas 135 Marshall Big 12 1-7 7 Ohio State 7 Ohio State 145 Florida Atlantic Big West 1-0 8 Arizona State 8 Oregon State 165 Old Dominion Colonial 1-2 9 Oregon State 9 Florida State 166 LA Tech Horizon 1-2 10 Florida State 10 Arizona State 183 UAB Ivy 1-1 11 Mississippi State 11 Texas A&M 196 North Texas MAAC 0-1 Mid-American 3-3 12 Texas A&M 12 Mississippi State 231 UTSA MEAC 8-0 13 Louisville 13 Louisville 238 Rice Missouri Valley 3-2 14 UCLA 14 Michigan State 310 FIU Mountain West 3-0 15 Stanford 15 Stanford Northeast 3-0 16 Miami (FL) 16 UCLA Ohio Valley 8-1 17 Michigan State 17 South Florida Pac-12 0-3 18 Kentucky 18 Kentucky Patriot 1-0 19 South Florida 19 Oklahoma SEC 2-8 20 Oklahoma 20 Miami (FL) Southern 3-2 21 Missouri 21 Missouri Southland 6-5 22 Florida 22 Florida SWAC 5-3 Summit 2-2 23 Tennessee 23 Syracuse Sun Belt 5-3 24 Washington 24 DePaul West Coast 0-1 25 Oklahoma State 25 Tennessee WAC 1-0 Non-Division I 9-0 RV - uTEP RV - uTEP, WKU TOTAL 84-68

Team-by-Team Nonconference RecordS Poll Tracker Marshall 10-1 Follow the progress of C-USA teams in the national polls (Associated Press/USA Today Sports Coaches) UTEP 9-1 PRE N16 N23 N30 D7 D14 D21 D28 J4 J11 WKU 9-2 Florida Atlantic 8-3 MT --/RV --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- Charlotte 7-4 UTEP --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- RV/-- RV/-- RV/-- RV/-- RV/-- UAB 7-4 WKU RV/-- RV/-- RV/RV RV/RV --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- Southern Miss 7-4 Middle Tennessee 6-5 North Texas 5-5 J18 J25 F1 F8 F15 F22 F29 M7 POST FINAL Louisiana Tech 5-6 MT --/-- --/-- --/-- UTSA 4-6 UTEP RV/-- RV/RV RV/RV Old Dominion 4-8 FIU 2-9 WKU --/RV --/RV --/RV Rice 1-10 TotaL 84-68

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2015-16 Conference USA Women’s Basketball TV Schedule

Date Matchup (TV Network) *Regional Telecast Only Time (EST)/TV Friday, November 13 at No. 18 Kentucky 72, Rice 39 (SEC Network+) Friday, November 13 *(RV) Virginia 70 at Middle Tennessee 66 (MT10 - Murfreesboro) Saturday, November 14 at No. 12 Texas 90, UTSA 53 (Longhorn Network) Sunday, November 15 *at Charlotte 72, Robert Morris 66 (Time Warner Cable ch. 22 - Charlotte) Monday, November 16 North Texas 61 at No. 17 Oklahoma 57 (FOX College Sports) Saturday, November 21 at WKU 71, No. 16 Louisville 69 (FOX College Sports) Sunday, November 22 at Middle Tennessee 84, Ole Miss 75 (FOX Sports) Monday, November 23 *(RV) Miami 77 at Charlotte 70 (Time Warner Cable ch. 22 - Charlotte) Wednesday, December 2 at Baylor 89, Rice 38 (FSSW+) Wednesday, December 2 at Ole Miss 59, WKU 53 (SEC Network+) Tuesday, December 8 *at Charlotte 89, College of Charleston 61 (Time Warner Cable ch. 22 - Charlotte) ASN is an initiative of the Sunday, December 13 at No. 17 Oklahoma 80, UTSA 41 (FOX College Sports, FSSW+) Sinclair Networks Group, LLC, Wednesday, December 16 at No. 9 Mississippi St. 78, Southern Miss 65 (SEC Network+) which owns and operates, programs and provides sales Thursday, December 17 at Middle Tennessee 70, Missouri St. 54 (ASN) services to 164 Tuesday, December 29 at No. 23 Missouri 88, Charlotte 71 (SEC Network+) television stations in 78 markets, Tuesday, December 29 at WKU 80, Belmont 65 (FOX College Sports) reaching approximately 40 Sunday, January 3 Old Dominion 71 at Charlotte 59 (FOX Sports) percent of U.S. television house- Thursday, January 7 Louisiana Tech 69 at Old Dominion 51 (FOX Sports) holds. It includes FOX, ABC, CBS, MyTV, CW, NBC, Univision Thursday, January 7 *at Charlotte 80, Southern Miss 59 (Time Warner Cable ch. 22 - Charlotte) and Azteca affiliates. Saturday, January 9 *at Charlotte 63, Louisiana Tech 58 (Time Warner Cable ch. 22 - Charlotte) Sunday, January 10 at Rice 100, North Texas 97 (3OT) (ASN) Sunday, January 10 at UTEP 62, UAB 54 (FOX Sports) Thursday, January 14 at Southern Miss 89, Florida Atlantic 80 (FOX Sports) Saturday, January 16 *Old Dominion 61 at Middle Tennessee 58 (MT10 - Murfreesboro) Sunday, January 17 at UTEP 62, UTSA 55 (ASN) Thursday, January 21 at WKU 68, Old Dominion 51 (FOX College Sports) Sunday, January 24 at Louisiana Tech 72, Southern Miss 37 (ASN) Saturday, January 30 at Middle Tennesse 83, WKU 75 (FOX Sports) Saturday, February 6 UTEP at WKU (FOX College Sports) 3 p.m. Friday, February 11 *Louisiana Tech at Middle Tennessee (MT10 - Murfreesboro) 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 13 *Southern Miss at Middle Tennessee (MT10 - Murfreesboro) 6 p.m. Sunday, February 14 WKU at Marshall (ASN) 1 p.m. Saturday, February 20 Rice at FIU (FOX Sports) 12 p.m. Saturday, February 20 *WKU at Charlotte (Time Warner Cable ch. 22 - Charlotte) 7 p.m. Sunday, February 21 Middle Tennessee at UAB (ASN) 1 p.m. Thursday, February 25 Middle Tennessee at WKU (FOX Sports) 9 p.m. Saturday, February 27 UAB at WKU (FOX College Sports) 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 8 C-USA Championship First Round (ASN) 12/2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 9 C-USA Championship Second Round (ASN) 12/2:30/6/8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10 C-USA Championship Quarterfinals (ASN) 12/2:30/6/8:30 p.m. Friday, March 11 C-USA Championship Semifinals( CBS Sports) 11 a.m./1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12 C-USA Championship Game (CBS Sports) 8 p.m.

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C-USA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK eC-USA Championship N16 Ali Gorrell, Florida Atlantic The 2016 Conference USA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships return to Birmingham, N23 Kendall Noble, WKU Alabama, March 8-12. Host UAB will welcome teams from the other C-USA member institutions for N30 Brandi Wingate, LA Tech five full days of competitive basketball action. D7 Brea Edwards, Middle Tennessee D14 Brandi Wingate, LA Tech Birmingham will host its third C-USA men’s tournament, holding that role last season and in 1999. D21 Brea Edwards, Middle Tennessee All 14 C-USA women’s basketball teams will qualify for the tournament with the first two games D28 Ivy Brown, WKU on Tuesday, March 8, at Bartow Arena. The second round and quarterfinals will be also be played at Bartow Arena on Wednesday, March 9, and Thursday, March 10. Each game in the first three J4 Jennie Simms, Old Dominion rounds will be televised nationally on the American Sports Network. The four teams with J11 Kelsey Criner, North Texas J18 Brandi Wingate, LA Tech the best regular-season records in conference J25 Kendall Noble, WKU play will be seeded 1-4 and will earn a bye to Preseason C-USA Poll advance directly to Thursday’s quarterfinals. 1. Middle Tennessee (5) F1 Brea Edwards, Middle Tennessee 2. Old Dominion (4) F8 Semifinal action for the tournament will move 3. WKU (4) F15 over to the Birmingham Jefferson Convention 4. Southern Miss F22 Complext (BJCC), where the final four squads will 5. UTEP F29 duke it out on the CBS Sports Network on Friday, 6. Charlotte M7 March 11. The championship will then be played 7. UTSA (1) on Saturday, March 12, at 7 p.m. CST on CBS 8. UAB Sports Network. C-USA FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK 9. Louisiana Tech 10. Marshall N16 Shayna Gore, Marshall 11. Florida Atlantic N23 Reauna Cleaver, LA Tech eTweetest Fan Competition 12. Rice N30 Alex Johnson, Middle Tennessee The Conference USA Tweetest Fan contest tips 13. FIU D7 Alex Johnson, Middle Tennessee off its eighth season to win fantastic prizes in 14. North Texas D14 Caitlin Jenkins, Southern Miss conjunction with C-USA men’s and women’s (#) - designates first-place votes D21 Kierra Anthony, LA Tech basketball conference play. Once again, C-USA D28 Deanna Kuzmanic, UAB will seek out its Tweetest Fans, using Twitter to Preseason All-C-USA Team J4 Caitlin Jenkins, Southern Miss spread all the exciting news coming from the Lefty Webster, Charlotte, Jr., Guard conference and its members. J11 Grace Hunter, Charlotte Brandi Wingate, LA Tech, Sr., Guard/Forward Leah Scott, Marshall, Sr., Guard/Forward & Alex Johnson, Middle Tennessee Prizes will be awarded throughout the conference Olivia Jones, Middle Tennessee, Jr., Guard/Forward J18 Caitlin Jenkins, Southern Miss basketball season to fans who follow and engage Jennie Simms, Old Dominion, Jr., Guard with C-USA on Twitter (@Conference_USA). J25 Alex Johnson, Middle Tennessee Jerontay Clemons, Southern Miss, Sr., Guard F1 Grace Hunter, Charlotte Clues will range from answering trivia questions, posting photos and retweeting, to meeting up Cameasha Turner, UTEP, Sr., Guard F8 with school contacts at remote locations for Kendall Noble, WKU, Jr., Guard F15 various prizes and select regular-season game tickets in C-USA communities. F22 F29 By participating, fans are also registering to win the grand prize: a trip for two to the 2016 M7 Conference USA Basketball Championships, March 8-12 in Birmingham, Alabama. Multiple entries are accepted -- and encouraged -- increasing your chance to win the grand prize package, which includes 2016 C-USA Basketball Championship tickets, air fare and hotel accommodations. The contest runs through Feb. 22, and a winner will be selected through a blind draw on Feb. 23.

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2016 C-USA Women’s #CUSAWBK #BeTheNext Basketball Bracket Event Info March 8-12 Birmingham, Alabama All Times Central

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Tuesday, March 8 Wednesday, March 9 Thursday, March 10 Friday, March 11 Saturday, March 12

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(8) Game 7 - 11 a.m. (ASN)

Game 3 - 11 a.m. (ASN) Game 11 - 10 a.m. (CBS Sports Network) (9) (4)

(5) Game 8 - 1:30 p.m. (ASN)

(12) Game 4 - 1:30 p.m. (ASN) Game 13 - 7 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) Champion Game 1 - 11 a.m. (ASN) (2)

(13) (7) Game 9 - 5 p.m. (ASN)

Game 5 - 5 p.m. (ASN) Game 12 - 12:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Network) (10) (3)

(6) Game 10 - 7:30 p.m. (ASN)

(11) Game 6 - 7:30 p.m. (ASN)

Game 2 - 1:30 p.m. (ASN)

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CHARLOTTE 49ERS FIU PANTHERS (12-8, 5-4 C-USA) (3-18, 1-9 C-USA) Head Coach: Cara Consuegra Head Coach: Marlin Chinn Twitter: @CharlotteWBB, @CConsuegra Twitter: @FIUWBasketball, @CoachChinn Facebook: Charlotte 49ers Women’s Basketball Facebook: FIUWBasketball Arena: Halton Arena (9,105) Arena: FIU Arena (5,000) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N13 Ball State W, 72-66 N13 Florida A&M W, 81-65 N15 Robert Morris W, 94-73 N17 at UCF L, 89-72 N19 at Elon L, 90-83 N23 Florida Gulf Coast L, 81-53 N23 (RV) Miami (Fla.) L, 77-70 FIU Thanksgiving Classic (Miami, Fla.) GSU Thanksgiving Classic (Atlanta, Ga.) N27 Marquette L, 95-83 N28 vs. Mercer# W, 72-62 N29 Wichita St. L, 76-62 N29 at Georgia State# W, 83-71 D4 uMASS Lowell W, 71-68 D2 North Carolina Central W, 67-52 D6 at Jacksonville L, 80-44 D6 at North Carolina State L, 72-65 D15 at Cleveland State L, 64-57 D8 college of Charleston W, 89-61 D22 at No. 23 Miami (Fla.) L, 83-55 D20 at Davidson W, 99-88 FIU Fun & Sun Classic (Miami, Fla.) D29 at No. 23 Missouri L, 88-71 D28 Rhode Island L, 68-50 J3 Old Dominion L, 71-59 D29 Wake Forest L, 57-53 J7 Southern Miss W, 80-59 J3 at Florida Atlantic L, 87-82 J9 Louisiana Tech W, 63-58 J7 WKU L, 71-69 J14 at Middle Tennessee L, 72-67 J9 Marshall L, 65-58 J16 at UAB L, 75-57 J14 at LA Tech L, 82-63 J21 at Marshall W, 64-61 J16 at Southern Miss. L, 82-55 J23 at WKU L, 77-66 J21 UTSA L, 63-52 J28 FIU W, 87-74 J23 UTEP L, 69-57 J30 Florida Atlantic W, 85-79 J28 at Charlotte L, 87-74 F6 at Old Dominion 4 p.m. J30 at Old Dominion L, 84-49 F11 at Rice 8 p.m. F4 UAB W, 72-61 F13 at North Texas 3 p.m. F6 Middle Tennessee 2 p.m. F18 Marshall 7 p.m. F11 at UTEP 9:05 p.m. F20 WKU 7 p.m. F13 at UTSA 2 p.m. F25 at UTSA 8 p.m. F18 North Texas 7 p.m. F27 at UTEP 4:05 p.m. F20 Rice 12 p.m. M3 Rice 7 p.m. F27 Florida Atlantic 2 p.m. M5 North Texas 7 p.m. M3 at UAB 8 p.m. M8-12 Conference USA Championships, Birmingham, Ala. M5 at Middle Tennessee TBA M8-12 Conference USA Championships, Birmingham, Ala. eC-USA Game All times Eastern eC-USA Game All times Eastern Charlotte Team Notes Charlotte freshman Grace Hunter turned in her fourth career FIU Team Notes double-double of 22 points and 15 rebounds to go along with three FIU outscored UAB 31-11 in points off turnovers and earned its first blocked shots as Charlotte weathered a three-point barrage by conference win of 2016 in a 72-61 victory over the Blazers. The Florida Atlantic’s Kat Wright in an 85-79 victory. Hunter’s career- league win was the first for new FIU head coach Marlin Chinn and high 15 boards made her the first Niner in nearly three years to the first for the program since February 22, 2014. grab at least that many.

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FLORIDA ATLANTIC OWLS LOUISIANA TECH LADY TECHSTERS (11-10, 3-7 C-USA) (11-9, 6-3 C-USA) Head Coach: Kellie Lewis-Jay Head Coach: Tyler Summitt Twitter: @FAU_WBB, @FAUCoachJay Twitter: @LATechWBB, @TylerSummitt Facebook: FAUWomensBasketball Facebook: LATechWBB Arena: FAU Arena (2,980) Arena: Thomas Assembly (8,000) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N13 Akron W, 91-77 N14 at Wisconsin L, 79-65 N17 at (RV) FGCU W, 62-55 N18 loyola-NO W, 76-40 N24 Wisconsin-Milwaukee W, 71-67 N21 SFA W, 76-44 Thanksgiving Tournament (Boca Raton, Fla.) Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Bahamas) N27 delaware State W, 83-55 N27 vs. (RV) UCLA L, 68-57 N28 South Dakota L, 76-53 N28 vs. Denver W, 58-53 D6 Keiser W, 74-52 D13 at Kansas State L, 102-53 D2 Prairie View A&M L, 77-68 Lady Griz Classic (Missoula, Mont.) D5 at Nicholls State W, 58-55 D19 at Montana L, 83-69 D10 at Arizona L, 77-67 D20 Tennessee St. W, 69-64 D13 No. 9 Mississippi State L, 93-63 Holiday Tournament (Boca Raton, Fla.) D19 ul-Lafayette W, 79-62 D29 Bethune-Cookman W, 82-60 D22 McNeese State L, 74-71 D30 Miami (Ohio) W, 72-49 J3 eat Southern Miss L, 69-59 J3 eFIU W, 87-82 J7 eat Old Dominion W, 69-51 J7 eMarshall W, 84-73 J9 eat Charlotte L, 63-58 e J9 WKU L, 81-62 J14 eFIU W, 82-63 J14 eat Southern Miss L, 89-80 e J16 eat Louisiana Tech L, 65-62 J16 Florida Atlantic W, 65-62 J21 eUTEP L, 78-66 J23 eSouthern Miss W, 72-37 J23 eUTSA W, 64-51 J28 eat UTSA W, 82-72 (OT) J28 eat Old Dominion L, 85-45 J30 eat UTEP L, 86-80 J30 eat Charlotte L, 85-79 F4 eRice W, 63-61 F4 eMiddle Tennessee L, 83-73 F6 eNorth Texas 6 p.m. F6 eUAB 5 p.m. F11 eat Middle Tennessee 6:30 p.m. F11 eat UTSA 8 p.m. F13 eat UAB 2 p.m. F13 eat UTEP 4:05 p.m. F18 eUTSA 6:30 p.m. F18 eRice 7 p.m. F20 eUTEP 6 p.m. e F20 North Texas 5 p.m. F25 eat North Texas 7 p.m. F27 eat FIU 2 p.m. e M3 eat Middle Tennessee TBA F27 at Rice 2 p.m. M5 eat UAB 2 p.m. M3 eMarshall 6:30 p.m. M8-12 Conference USA Championships (Birmingham, Ala.) M5 eWKU 7 p.m. M8-12 Conference USA Championships, Birmingham, Ala. eC-USA Game All times Eastern eC-USA Game All times Central Florida Atlantic Team Notes Florida Atlantic saw a career night by Kat Wright at Charlotte LA Tech Team Notes Jan. 30 after she drilled 11 3-pointers to break the Florida Atlantic Louisiana Tech held off Rice in a wild one by a final score of 63-61. record and tie the C-USA single-game mark (KeKe Stewart, The fourth quarter alone saw six ties and seven lead changes. LA Middle Tennessee vs. North Texas - 1/8/14). Florida Atlantic is Tech buckled down on defense, forcing Rice misses on its last tops in C-USA from beyond the arc in league action. The Owls are seven field goals of the game. shooting at a clip of .361 (96-of-266) from range.

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MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS (15-6, 5-5 C-USA) (14-7, 8-2 C-USA) Head Coach: Matt Daniel Head Coach: Twitter: @HerdWBB, @CoachMattDaniel Twitter: @MT_WBB, @CoachInsell Facebook: MarshallAthletics Facebook: MTSU Women’s Basketball Arena: Cam Henderson Center (9,043) Arena: Murphy Center (11,520) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result Morehead State Classic (Morehead, Ky.) N13 (RV) Virginia L, 70-66 N13 at Morehead State W, 104-101 N19 at Central Michigan L, 81-59 N15 Brescia W, 92-40 N22 Ole Miss W, 84-75 N18 Rhode Island W, 72-62 Nugget Classic (Reno, Nev.) N22 NJIT W, 63-50 N27 vs. Alabama L, 64-46 N27 cornell W, 73-47 N28 vs. Nevada W, 90-46 D5 Alabama A&M W, 81-45 N30 at Austin Peay W, 86-55 D13 vs. West Virginia (Charleston, W. Va.) L, 66-60 D6 at Xavier W, 62-53 D17 St. Francis (PA) W, 81-73 D13 No. 8 Kentucky L, 68-52 D20 Norfolk State W, 81-67 D17 Missouri State W, 70-54 D22 West Virginia Tech W, 83-59 D20 Tennessee Tech W, 69-53 D28 at Southern Illinois W, 61-55 D29 at Ohio L, 72-49 J2 at WKU L, 81-52 J3 UAB W, 68-40 J7 at Florida Atlantic L, 84-73 J7 at UTEP L, 84-73 J9 at FIU W, 65-58 J9 at UTSA W, 74-63 J14 North Texas L, 71-63 J14 Charlotte W, 72-67 J16 Rice W, 81-52 J16 Old Dominion L, 61-58 J21 Charlotte L, 64-61 J21 at North Texas W, 76-52 J23 Old Dominion W, 80-62 J23 at Rice W, 61-60 J28 at Middle Tennessee L, 65-54 J28 Marshall W, 65-54 J30 at UAB W, 64-61 J30 WKU W, 83-75 F4 UTEP W, 79-64 F4 at Florida Atlantic W, 83-73 F6 UTSA 1 p.m. F6 at FIU 1 p.m. F13 WKU 1 p.m. F11 Louisiana Tech 6:30 p.m. F18 at Charlotte 7 p.m. F13 Southern Miss 5 p.m. F20 at Old Dominion 4 p.m. F21 at UAB 12 p.m. F25 UAB 11:30 a.m. F25 at WKU (FOX Sports) 8 p.m. F27 Middle Tennessee 1 p.m. F27 at Marshall 12 p.m. M3 at Louisiana Tech 7:30 p.m. M3 FIU 6:30 p.m. M5 at Southern Miss 5 p.m. M5 Florida Atlantic TBA M8-12 Conference USA Championships, Birmingham, Ala. M8-12 Conference USA Championships, Birmingham, Ala.

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Marshall Team Notes Middle Tennessee Team Notes Senior Leah Scott tied a career-high with 26 points in a double- Middle Tennessee shot 59.2 percent (29-for-49) from the field, double effort that included 11 rebounds to lead the Thundering which goes down as the sixth-best shooting game in program Herd to a convincing 79-64 win over C-USA leader UTEP, snapping history, in its 83-73 win over Florida Atlantic. The Blue Raiders were the Miners’ 10-game win streak. The Thundering Herd’s Talequia even hotter from beyond the arc as they blistered the nets to the Hamilton made six of her eight attempts in a 15-point tune of 64.3 percent after knocking down nine of their 14 3-point effort with three blocked shots. Marshall outrebounded UTEP 50- attempts. They also continued their strong free-throw shooting 42 and held a commanding 48-30 edge for points in the paint. as they connected on 16-of-20 for 80 percent. Middle Tennessee rising star Brea Edwards posted 23 points in 39 minutes of action.

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NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN OLD DOMINION MONARCHS (8-11, 3-6 C-USA) (9-12, 5-4 C-USA) Head Coach: Jalie Mitchell Head Coach: Karen Barefoot Twitter: @MeanGreenWBB, @NT_CoachJ Twitter: @ODUWBB, @BarefootODU Facebook: MeanGreenWBB Facebook: LadyMonarchsWBB Arena: The Super Pit (10,500) Arena: Ted Constant Convocation Center (8,472) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N13 San Francisco L, 69-61 N13 at Richmond L, 62-57 N16 at No. 17 Oklahoma W, 61-57 N15 Wagner W, 71-57 N21 at Texas State L, 64-62 N17 (RV) Miami L, 61-55 N27 Arizona L, 51-44 N23 east Tennessee State L, 56-52 D1 SMU W, 60-57 Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) Hospitality Hill Tournament (Denton, Texas) N26 vs. Maryland L, 95-49 D4 Weber State L, 45-38 N27 vs. Pittsburgh L, 67-58 D5 IUPUI W, 68-67 N28 vs. South Dakota State L, 71-39 D13 at Iona L, 62-51 D2 loyola (Md.) W, 64-41 D16 at La Salle W, 69-63 D15 at Howard W, 83-64 D21 at Incarnate Word W, 62-55 D19 at VCU L, 74-54 D29 Oklahoma Pandhandle State Canceled D22 at Maryland Eastern Shore W, 69-52 J1 UTSA W, 68-58 D29 at William & Mary L, 75-64 J3 UTEP L, 75-67 J3 at Charlotte W, 71-59 J9 at Rice L, 100-97 (3OT) J7 Louisiana Tech L, 69-51 J14 at Marshall W, 71-63 J9 Southern Miss W, 53-45 J16 at WKU L, 65-63 J14 at UAB L, 58-55 J21 Middle Tennessee W, 53-51 J16 at Middle Tennessee W, 61-58 J23 UAB W, 53-51 J21 at WKU L, 68-51 J30 Rice L, 79-73 (2OT) J23 at Marshall L, 80-62 F4 at Southern Miss L, 57-38 J28 Florida Atlantic W, 85-45 F6 at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m. J30 FIU W, 84-49 F11 Old Dominion 7 p.m. F6 Charlotte 4 p.m. F13 Charlotte 2 p.m. F11 at North Texas 8 p.m. F18 at FIU 6 p.m. F13 at Rice 3 p.m. F20 at Florida Atlantic 4 p.m. F18 WKU 7 p.m. F25 Louisiana Tech 7 p.m. F20 Marshall 4 p.m. F27 Southern Miss 2 p.m. F25 at UTEP 9:05 p.m. M3 at Old Dominion 7 p.m. F27 at UTSA 3 p.m. M5 at Charlotte 6 p.m. M3 North Texas 7 p.m. M8-12 conference USA Championships, Birmingham, Ala. M5 Rice 1 p.m. M8-12 Conference USA Championships, Birmingham, Ala. eC-USA Game All times Central eC-USA Game All times Eastern North Texas Team Notes North Texas is third in league games in field goal percentage (.433) Old Dominion Team Notes behind only Charlotte and Middle Tennessesee. C-USA Preseason All-Conference selection Jennie Simms made history in Old Dominion’s win over FIU, becoming just the sixth ODU player to score 1,000 points in two years. Simms scored her 1,000th point in the third quarter on a jumper with 2:11 on the clock. She joined , Shae Kelley, , Clarisse Machanguana and Inge Nissen as the only Monarchs to reach 1,000 points in two seasons at ODU.

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RICE OWLS SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES (4-16, 3-6 C-USA) (11-9, 4-5 C-USA) Head Coach: Tina Langley Head Coach: Joye Lee-McNelis Twitter: @RiceWBasketball, @CoachLangley Twitter: @SouthernMissWBB, @CoachMcNelis Facebook: RiceWBasketball Facebook: Southern Miss Lady Eagle Basketball Arena: Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208) Arena: Reed Green Coliseum (8,095) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N13 at No. 18 Kentucky L, 72-39 Preseason WNIT N18 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi L, 60-55 N13 Alabama State W, 65-44 N21 No. 11 Texas L, 70-47 N16 at No. 5 Baylor L, 97-42 N25 at McNeese State L, 61-53 N20 (RV) Chattanooga L, 53-48 N28 harvard L, 67-61 Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Tournament (Hattiesburg, Miss.) D2 at No. 4 Baylor L, 89-38 N27 Mississippi Valley State W, 71-55 D5 houston L, 62-59 N28 Samford W, 56-48 D17 at Sam Houston St. W, 58-46 D2 at Tennessee Tech W, 69-57 D19 at Stephen F. Austin L, 59-45 D6 South Alabama W, 71-51 D21 Texas Southern L, 69-66 (OT) D12 Ole Miss W, 57-38 D28 loyola L, 57-50 D16 at No. 9 Mississippi State L, 78-65 J1 UTEP L, 60-54 D20 vs. UNC (Myrtle Beach) L, 69-62 J3 UTSA W, 49-48 (OT) D28 William Carey W, 75-34 J9 North Texas W, 100-97 (3OT) J2 Louisiana Tech W, 69-59 J14 at WKU L, 52-49 J7 at Charlotte L, 80-59 J16 at Marshall L, 81-52 J9 at Old Dominion L, 53-45 J21 UAB L, 64-55 J14 Florida Atlantic L, 89-80 J23 Middle Tennessee L, 61-60 J16 FIU W, 82-55 J30 at North Texas W, 79-73 (2OT) J24 at Louisiana Tech L, 72-37 F4 at Louisiana Tech L, 63-61 J28 at UTEP L, 72-64 F6 at Southern Miss 4 p.m. J30 at UTSA L, 47-41 F11 Charlotte 6 p.m. J4 North Texas W, 57-38 F13 Old Dominion 2 p.m. J6 Rice 4 p.m. F18 at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. J11 at UAB 7 p.m. F20 at FIU 11 a.m. J13 at Middle Tennessee 5 p.m. F25 Southern Miss 7 p.m. J18 UTEP 6 p.m. F27 Louisiana Tech 2 p.m. J20 UTSA 4 p.m. M3 at Charlotte 6 p.m. J25 at Rice 7 p.m. M5 at Old Dominion 12 p.m. J27 at North Texas 2 p.m. M8-12 Conference USA Championships, Birmingham, Ala. M3 WKU 6 p.m. M5 Marshall 4 p.m. eC-USA Game All times Central M8-12 Conference USA Championship (Birmingham, Ala.)

Rice Team Notes eC-USA Game All times Central For the third time in as many meetings, Rice went the extra mile and then some to defeat North Texas, capturing a 79-73 double Southern Miss Team Notes overtime victory. Just 20 days after besting North Texas in triple The Golden Eagles used a balanced scoring attack to snap a three- overtime back in Jan. 30 in Houston, Rice swept the season series game losing streak with a 57-38 win over North Texas. Keri Jewett- from the Mean Green on Saturday thanks in part to four players Giles and Caitlin Jenkins finished with 12 points apiece, Brittanny scoring in double-figures. Junior forward Jasmine Goodwine Dinkins had 11 and Tajanay Veiga added 10. Southern Miss sits fourth notched her first double-double of the season and the second of in C-USA play in rebounding margin (+3.3) and third in assists (14.0 her career with a career-best tying 25 points and 11 rebounds, both per game). of which were game highs.

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UAB BLAZERS (RV/RV) UTEP MINERS (10-11, 3-7 C-USA) (18-2, 9-1 C-USA) Head Coach: Randy Norton Head Coach: Keitha Adams Twitter: @UAB_WBB, @CoachNorton1 Twitter: @UTEPWBB, @UTEPKeithaAdams Facebook: UABWBB Facebook: UTEPWomensBasketball Arena: Bartow Arena (8,500) Arena: Don Haskins Center (12,000) Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N13 at Auburn L, 85-71 N15 houston Baptist W, 98-63 N15 at Belmont L, 63-62 N17 Northern Arizona W, 77-66 N20 South Carolina State W, 71-38 N22 hampton W, 78-54 N22 at No. 6 Florida State L, 84-44 Fifth-annual UTEP Thanksgiving Classic (El Paso, Texas) 2015 Cancun Challenge (Cancun, Mexico) N27 uc Riverside W, 68-57 N26 vs. High Point W, 56-46 N28 Idaho State W, 67-54 N27 vs. NC State L, 67-56 D2 New Mexico W, 70-62 D3 Arkansas Pine Bluff W, 82-32 D5 at New Mexico State W, 71-65 D5 Mississippi Valley State W, 80-33 D14 uTPB W, 86-32 D13 at South Alabama W, 53-39 2016 Beach Classic (Long Beach, Calif.) D18 Troy W, 89-67 D18 at Long Beach State L, 47-40 D21 Samford W, 61-41 D19 vs. UNLV W, 60-52 J3 at Middle Tennessee L, 68-40 D28 eastern New Mexico Canceled J7 at UTSA L, 54-52 J1 at Rice W, 60-54 J10 at UTEP L, 62-54 J3 at North Texas W, 75-67 J14 Old Dominion W, 58-55 J7 Middle Tennessee W, 84-73 J16 Charlotte W, 75-57 J10 UAB W, 62-54 J21 at Rice W, 64-55 J17 UTSA W, 62-55 J23 at North Texas L, 53-51 J21 at Florida Atlantic W, 78-66 J28 WKU L, 63-49 J23 at FIU W, 69-57 J30 Marshall L, 64-61 J28 Southern Miss W, 72-64 F4 at FIU L, 72-61 J30 Louisiana Tech W, 86-80 F6 at Florida Atlantic 4 p.m. F4 at Marshall L, 79-64 F11 Southern Miss 7 p.m. F6 at WKU 1 p.m. F13 Louisiana Tech 2 p.m. F11 FIU 7:05 p.m. F21 Middle Tennessee 12 p.m. F13 Florida Atlantic 2:05 p.m. F25 at Marshall 10:30 a.m. F18 at Southern Miss 5 p.m. F27 at WKU 2 p.m. F20 at Louisiana Tech 5 p.m. M3 FIU 7 p.m. F25 Old Dominion 7:05 p.m. M5 Florida Atlantic 2 p.m. F27 Charlotte 2:05 p.m. M8-12 Conference USA Championships, Birmingham, Ala. M3 at UTSA 6 p.m. M8-12 Conference USA Championships, Birmingham, Ala. eC-USA Game All times Central eC-USA Game All times Mountain UAB Team Notes UAB has been effective on both sides of the ball around the arc UTEP Team Notes since league play began. The Blazers are third in three-point UTEP dropped its first conference game of the season on the percentage offensively (.339) and defensively (.270). road at Marshall, a venue that has stifled the Miners since 2008. Despite trailing by 24 at one point, UTEP cut the deficit down to four following a third-quarter 22-4 run. However it was not enough as the Miner surge ran out of gas, eventually losing by 15 to the upstart Thundering Herd.

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UTSA ROADRUNNERS (--/RV) WKU LADY TOPPERS (7-13, 3-7 C-USA) (18-3, 9-1 C-USA) Head Coach: Lubomyr Lichonczak Head Coach: Michelle Clark-Heard Twitter: @UTSAWBB, @LubyUTSA Twitter: @LadyTopperHoops, @CoachHeard Facebook: UTSAWBB Facebook: WKUWomensBasketball Arena: UTSA Convocation Center (2,650) Arena: E.A. Diddle Arena Date Opponent Time/Result Date Opponent Time/Result N14 at No. 12 Texas L, 90-53 N19 at Ball State L, 74-60 N21 at Abilene Christian L, 79-60 N21 No. 16 Louisville W, 71-69 N27 Illinois State W, 77-51 GCI Great Alaska Shootout (Anchorage, Alaska) N29 houston Baptist W, 79-50 N24 vs. George Mason W, 84-58 D3 at Texas State L, 72-64 N25 at Alaska Anchorage W, 62-58 D13 at No. 17 Oklahoma L, 80-41 D2 at Ole Miss L, 59-53 D15 howard Payne W, 106-65 D5 Austin Peay W, 88-69 D19 Texas A&M-Kingsville W, 88-51 D13 at UT Arlington W, 73-64 D21 uTA L, 51-47 D16 eastern Kentucky W, 76-60 D28 Texas Southern L, 59-4 D18 at College of Charleston W, 78-44 D30 Bowling Green Canceled D21 at Lipscomb W, 64-56 J1 at North Texas L, 68-58 D29 Belmont W, 80-65 J3 at Rice L, 49-48 (OT) J2 Marshall W, 81-52 J7 UAB W, 54-52 J7 at FIU W, 71-69 J9 Middle Tennessee L, 63-74 J9 at Florida Atlantic W, 81-62 J16 at UTEP L, 62-55 J14 Rice W, 52-49 J21 at FIU W, 63-52 J16 North Texas W, 65-53 J23 at Florida Atlantic L, 64-51 J21 Old Dominion W, 68-51 J28 Louisiana Tech L, 82-72 (OT) J23 Charlotte W, 77-66 J30 Southern Miss W, 47-41 J28 at UAB W, 63-49 F4 at WKU L, 72-65 J30 at Middle Tennessee L, 83-75 F6 at Marshall 12 p.m. F4 UTSA W, 72-65 F11 Florida Atlantic 7 p.m. F6 UTEP 2 p.m. F13 FIU 1 p.m. F13 at Marshall 12 p.m. F18 at Louisiana Tech 6:30 p.m. F18 at Old Dominion 11 a.m. F20 at Southern Miss 4 p.m. F20 at Charlotte 6 p.m. F25 Charlotte 7 p.m. F25 Middle Tennessee 8 p.m. F27 Old Dominion 2 p.m. F27 UAB 2 p.m. M3 UTEP 7 p.m. M3 at Southern Miss 6 p.m. M8-12 Conference USA Championships, Birmingham, Ala. M5 at LA Tech 7 p.m. M8-12 Conference USA Championships, Birmingham, Ala. eC-USA Game All times Central eC-USA Game All times Central UTSA Team Notes UTSA’s Kasia Kiejdrowska scored a season-best 23 points and WKU Team Notes brought the Roadrunners to within three points of defending WKU’s Kendall Noble knocked down a critical three-pointer with champ WKU in the final ticks, but the Lady Toppers showed their 21 seconds remaining as WKU fended off UTSA’s fourth-quarter acumen at home and made a last second basket to pull away from rally for a 72-65 victory. The Lady Toppers extended their home the Roadrunners and seal the contest. Kiejdrowska reached double winning streak to 15 games and have not lost inside Diddle Arena in digits for the first time this season with her 23 points and went more than a calendar year. Tashia Brown led four players in double 8-of-18 from the field, including 4-of-9 from three-point range. figures with 17 points. Noble tinkered with another triple-double on the evening as she pulled down a team-high 11 rebounds and added six assists for the Lady Toppers.

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