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2017-18 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES • PAGE 1 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION HENDERSON STATE (1-1) vs. LOCATION: ........................................ Arkadelphia, Ark. FOUNDED: ............................................................. 1890 NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA ENROLLMENT: ......................................................... 3,500 PRESIDENT: ............................................ Dr. Glen Jones Alma Mater: ................... Henderson State (1992) NOV. 16, 2017 • PERCEFULL FIELDHOUSE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: ........................... Shawn Jones Alma Mater: ..................... Central Missouri (1997) HSU TRAVELS TO OKLAHOMA TO BEGIN GAC PLAY FACILITY: ........................................ Duke Wells Center Henderson State will knock out its furthest conference road trip of the season CAPACITY: ............................................................ 3,000 early this year, when the Reddies head to Alva and Weatherford, Oklahoma this weekend to face the Northwestern Oklahoma (NWOSU) Lady Rangers and the HISTORY Lady Bulldogs of Southwestern Oklahoma (SWOSU). FIRST YEAR OF BASKETBALL: .................................... 1971 ALL-TIME RECORD: ....................................... 563-579-3 ALL-TIME GAC RECORD: ..................................... 51-67 REDDIE REPORT YEARS IN NCAA TOUR./LAST .......................... 4 / 2006 The Reddies opened the 2017-18 campaign last weekend at the Southwest LAST TOURNAMENT OPPO: ............................. Chico State Baptist Classic where they fell to the host Bearcats late, 83-71, but rebounded NCAA ELITE 8 RESULT: ............................... Lost, 67-66 on Saturday to take down Northwest Missouri State, 75-63. Henderson led for more than 22 minutes in the loss to Southwest Baptist, but SBU went on a big COACHING STAFF 15-2 run late in the game, with 13 of those points coming from All-MIAA guard HEAD COACH: .............................................. Jill Thomas Megan Rosenbahm. Against NWMSU, HSU used a big second quarter where ALMA MATER: ..................... Black Hills State (2006) they outscored the Bearcats 22-13 to jump in front and they never relinquished RECORD AT HENDERSON/YEARS: .......... 45-66 (Fifth Year) CAREER RECORD/YEARS: .................. 110-114 (9th Year) the lead again in the second half. ASSISTANT COACH: ..................................... Blake Huber Pink Jones, the reigning GAC Freshman of the Year, had a strong opening GRADUATE A SSISTANT: ........................... Dulincia Keener weekend scoring 14 points in just 21 minutes in the win over NWMSU, and put up 18 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals in the loss to SBU. Through TEAM INFORMATION two games, Jones is shooting 54.5 percent from the field and is 8-for-9 at the 2016-2017 RECORD: .......................... 8-20, 8-14 GAC free throw line. Another stand out from the SBU Classic was Torrie Thompson, STARTERS RETURNING/LOST:. ........................................ 5/0 who had 15 points against SBU and followed that up with a team-high 19 points LETTERMEN RETURNING/LOST: .................................... 10/2 on 8-for-10 shooting and seven rebounds in the win over Northwest Missouri. Thompson is shooting 61.9 percent from the field and is 5-of-7 from 3-point SPORTS INFORMATION range so far this year. Haleigh Henson was in double figures against SBU, DIRECTOR: ................................................ Troy Mitchell finishing with 13 points, and scored nine more against NWMSU. Henson hit ASST.SID.............................................. David Salley three 3-pointers in both contests. Blu Jones had 11 points and four steals against E-Mail: ........ [email protected] or [email protected] SBU, while Bree Bossier had 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting and five rebounds in WEB SITE: ............................... www.hsusports.com the win against Northwest. 2017-18 REDDIE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER PROBABLE STARTERS POS HT CL EXP. HOMETOWN PPG RBG FG% FT% AST STL 2 Pink Jones G 5-9 So. 1L Fayetteville, Ark. 16.0 6.0 .545 .889 3.0 3.0 3 Hailey Estes G 5-8 So. 1L Conway, Ark. 6.0 5.0 .278 .500 1.0 0.5 10 Haleigh Henson G 5-6 Sr. 3L Greenwood, Ark. 11.0 1.0 .292 .500 2.0 0.5 11 Torrie Thompson G 5-7 Jr. 2L Houston, Texas 17.0 5.0 .619 1.000 2.5 1.0 33 Bree Bossier F 6-0 Sr. 3L Fairfield, Texas 8.5 5.5 .462 1.000 1.5 1.0 OFF THE BENCH POS HT CL EXP. HOMETOWN PPG RBG FG% FT% AST STL 1 Karrington Whaley F 6-2 Fr. HS Springdale, Ark. 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 5 Blu Jones G 5-9 So. 1L Fayetteville, Ark. 8.5 1.0 .600 1.000 0.0 2.0 12 Madi Nichols G 5-6 So. 1L Ward, Ark. 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 14 Lexis Weber G 5-9 Jr. 2L Arlington, Texas 0.0 1.0 .000 .000 1.0 0.0 15 Rae’Shawn Jones G 5-8 Jr. Tr. Houston, Texas 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 24 Jasmine Cashaw F 5-11 Jr. RS Little Rock, Ark. 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 25 Lani Snowden G 5-8 Fr. HS Van Buren, Ark. 4.0 4.5 .600 1.000 0.0 0.0 31 Brittany Branum F 5-10 Jr. 2L Greenwood, Ark. 3.0 2.0 .500 .000 0.0 0.5 32 Lexi Tejcek F 5-11 Fr. HS Hot Springs, Ark. 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 35 Brooke Lewis F 6-2 So. 1L Sanger HS 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 2017-18 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES • PAGE 2 2017-18 SCHEDULE ABOUT NWOSU THE SERIES VS. NWOSU returns six lettermen and two NORTHWESTERN DATE OPPONENT Time/Score starters from their 2016-17 team that fin- HSU LEADS SERIES 6-4 Nov. 10 at Southwest Baptist L, 82-73 ished 9-19 overall and 8-14 in GAC play. HSU in Arkadelphia: 4-1 Nov. 11 vs. Northwest Missouri W, 75-63 NWOSU is led by head coach Tasha HSU in Alva, Okla.: 2-3 Nov. 16 *at Northwestern Okla. 5:30 p.m. Diesselhorst who enters her second sea- DATE SITE WON SCORE Nov. 18 *at Southwestern Okla. 1 p.m. son at the helm of the Lady Rangers pro- Feb. 23, 2017 A NWO 62-52 Nov. 28 Paul Quinn 6:30 p.m. gram after spending a very successful Jan. 7, 2017 H HSU 87-74 nine years at Oklahoma high school pow- Feb. 27, 2016 H HSU 76-65 Nov. 30 *Southern Nazarene 5:30 p.m. Jan. 9, 2016 A HSU 82-64 erhouse Pond Creek-Hunter, where she Dec. 2 *Oklahoma Baptist 1 p.m. Feb. 14, 2015 H HSU 87-59 Dec. 5 Arkansas-Fort Smith 6 p.m. won 170 games from 2010-16 and the Jan. 10, 2015 A NWO 67-61 Dec. 9 Bacone 1 p.m. 2014 Class A state title. Feb. 22, 2014 H NWO 99-97 Dec. 16 Rogers State 4 p.m. The Lady Rangers were picked 10th in Jan. 18, 2014 A NWO 70-63 Jan. 4 *East Central 5:30 p.m. the GAC preseason coaches poll. Feb. 23, 2013 A HSU 54-51 Jan. 6 *Southeastern Okla. 1 p.m. NWOSU is led by transfer guard Jade Jan. 19, 2013 H HSU 70-57 Jan. 11 *Arkansas Tech 5:30 p.m. Jones, who transferred to Alva from Southwestern Oklahoma and sat out the Jan. 13 *at Arkansas-Monticello 1 p.m. 2016-17 season. Jones played at Pond Creek-Hunter for Diesselhorst before Jan. 15 *at Ouachita Baptist 5:30 p.m. heading to SWOSU, where she started in 39 games for the Lady Bulldogs and Jan. 18 *Harding 5:30 p.m. averaged 11.6 points per game. Jan. 20 *Southern Arkansas 1 p.m. The Lady Rangers will also look to true freshman forward Kinsey Neiderer, who Jan. 25 *Southwestern Okla. 5:30 p.m. scored 14 and nine points in the Lady Rangers first two games of the season. Jan. 27 *Northwestern Okla. 1 p.m. Senior post Kori Berrios started 25 games for NWOSU last season and aver- Feb. 1 *at Oklahoma Baptist 5:30 p.m. aged 9.3 points and 4.4 rebounds per game while also stepping out and hitting Feb. 3 *at Southern Nazarene 1 p.m. 47 3-pointers. Feb. 8 *Southeastern Okla. 5:30 p.m. The Lady Rangers opened the season last weekend at the MIAA/GAC Challenge Feb. 10 *East Central 1 p.m. in Durant, Okla., where they fell 82-75 to Northeastern State and 88-50 to Central Feb. 15 *Arkansas-Monticello 5:30 p.m. Oklahoma. Feb. 17 *at Arkansas Tech 1 p.m. NWOSU led for the first three quarters against NSU but the Riverhawks came up Feb. 20 *Ouachita Baptist 5:30 p.m. with a big run in the fourth to win. UCO proved to be in a different league than the Feb. 22 *at Southern Arkansas 5:30 p.m. Lady Rangers and led 44-13 at the half after allowing NWOSU just two points in Feb. 24 *at Harding 5:30 p.m. the second quarter. Mar. 1-4 at GAC Tournament LAST YEAR VS. NWOSU Bold denotes home game In the first match-up last season in Arkadelphia, it was the Reddies that ran away * denotes Great American Conference game from NWOSU early and held on late for an 87-74 win. Henderson got a then- career high 31 points from Brittany Branum and led 54-23 at halftime, but the Lady Rangers fought back and out-scored HSU 51-33 in the second to make the HOW THEY MATCH UP game interesting late. CATEGORY HSU NWO SWO The second meeting came in Alva and this time, NWOSU got the better of SCORING 148 125 172 Henderson, 62-52. The Lady Rangers used big runs just before the half and just POINTS PER G AME 74.0 62.5 86.0 after the half to gap the Reddies, who cut the lead down to 54-48 with 3:25 SCORING MARGIN +1.5 -22.5 +13.0 remaining, but could not fight all the way back.