EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY ZIAS 2013-2014 Weekly Press Release Eastern N.M. University at Midwestern State/Kingsville January 11, 2014 • January 15, 2014 Wichita Falls, Texas/ D.L. Ligon Coliseum • Kingsville, Texas/ Hampton Inn Court Zias Hit the Road in LSC Play Athletic Communications Contact Information To Face Mustangs and Javelinas Adam Pitterman (575) 562-4309 [email protected] Phillip Pongratz (575) 562-4308 [email protected] On the Road Again Goeasternathletics.com The Zias are looking for their first road win of the Facebook.com/enmusports season and have been outscored by an 81.6-62 points per Twitter.com/enmusports game margin in road contests. Tori Tucker is leading the way in those games, with 12.2 points and 4.4 rebounds, 2013-2014 Zias Schedule while Jordyn Cooper and Nelsha Peterson are close Date Opponent Location Time (MST) Nov. 8, 2013 Adams State Alamosa, Colo. L, 46-58 behind, with 11.8 and 10 points per game, respectively. Nov. 9, 2013 CSU-Pueblo Alamosa, Colo. L, 64-73 Nov. 12, 2013 Lubbock Christian Lubbock, Texas L, 66-101 Easterns last road victory was an 80-70 overtime deci- Nov. 18, 2013 Texas A&M-International Laredo, Texas L, 59-69 Nov. 21, 2013 New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. L, 56-88 sion against Texas Woman’s, on February 16, 2013. Nov. 25, 2013 Western New Mexico Portales, N.M. POSTPONED Nov. 30, 2013 Oklahoma Panhandle Portales, N.M. W, 73-66 Dec. 3, 2013 Univ of the Southwest Portales, N.M. W, 75-36 Dec. 13, 2013 Wayland Baptist Plainview, Texas L, 83-92 Jan. 6, 2014 Lubbock Christian Portales, N.M. L, 54-82 Jan. 8, 2014 *Cameron Portales, N.M. W, 70-61 Inside the Series Jan. 11, 2014 *Midwestern State Wichita Falls, Texas 3 p.m. Jan. 15, 2014 *Texas A&M-Kingsville Kingsville, Texas 9 a.m. Jan. 18, 2014 *Angelo State Portales, N.M. 2 p.m. Jan. 22, 2014 *Texas A&M-Commerce Portales, N.M. 5:30 p.m. Last season, the Zias split with eventual confer- Jan. 23, 2014 *Texas Woman’s Portales, N.M. 6 p.m. ence champions, Midwestern State, before falling to Jan. 25, 2014 *Tarleton State Stephenville, Texas 4 p.m. Feb. 1, 2014 *West Texas A&M Canyon, Texas 1 p.m. the Mustangs in the opening round of the tournament. Feb. 5, 2014 *Texas A&M-Kingsville Portales, N.M. 5:30 p.m. Feb. 8, 2014 *Angelo State San Angelo, Texas 1 p.m. Eastern’s last road win in the series came on February Feb. 12, 2014 *Cameron Lawton, Okla. 5 p.m. Feb. 15, 2014 *Midwestern State Portales, N.M. 4 p.m. 13, 2010, by a 51-49 score. Til-Lois Fifer hit a pair of Feb. 19, 2014 *Texas A&M-Commerce Commerce, Texas 4:30 p.m. Feb. 20, 2014 *Texas Woman’s Denton, Texas 6 p.m. free throws with 50 seconds left, to snap a 49-all tie. Feb. 22, 2014 *Tarleton State Portales, N.M. 5 p.m. Feb. 27, 2014 Western New Mexico Portales, N.M. 6 p.m. Mar. 1, 2014 *West Texas A&M Portales, N.M. 5:30 p.m. Eastern swept the season series from the Javeli- Mar. 5-8, 2014 LSC Championships Allen, Texas TBA nas last year. In Kingsville, Tara Johnson scored 15 ENMU vs MSU and TAMUK Date Opponent Result points, while Nelsha Peterson had 12 points and Mar. 6, 2013 vs Midwestern State (Allen) L, 70-85 eight rebounds, to lead ENMU to a 65-58 win. Feb. 21, 2013 Texas A&M-Kingsville W, 76-60 Feb. 9, 2013 @Midwestern State L, 52-67 Jan. 10, 2013 @Texas A&M-Kingsville W, 65-58 Dec. 31, 2012 Midwestern State W, 70-62 Feb. 25, 2012 @Midwestern State L, 55-64 Looking Ahead Jan. 26, 2012 Texas A&M-Kingsville L, 66-72 Dec. 1, 2011 @Texas A&M-Kingsville W, 79-71 Feb. 23, 2011 @Texas A&M-Kingsville W, 75-61 The Zias will open the spring semester at home, Feb. 09, 2011 Midwestern State L, 67-68 against Lubbock Christian and Cameron, before going Jan. 19, 2011 @Midwestern State L, 62-74 on a road trip to Midwestern State and Texas A&M- Jan. 14, 2011 Midwestern State L, 67-70 OT Jan. 12, 2011 Texas A&M-Kingsville W, 69-64 Kingsville. Feb. 27, 2010 Texas A&M-Kingsville W, 75-61 Feb. 13, 2010 @Midwestern State W, 51-49 Jan. 23, 2010 Midwestern State W, 70-56 Jan. 16, 2010 @Texas A&M-Kingsville L, 61-77 Feb. 18, 2009 @Texas A&M-Kingsville L, 66-82 Feb. 14, 2009 Midwestern State L, 59-64 Recaps The Zias outscored Cameron 15-5 over the final 3:57 of play to ..........................................................ENMU .............MSU....... TAMUK post a 70-61 win on Wednesday. Record .....................................................3-7 ................ 9-5................. 6-6 Tori Tucker provided all 15 points Conference Record ..................................1-0 ................ 1-2................. 1-1 during that run and finished with 20 points for the game. Last season, ENMU posted a Team Statistics 7-22 record, with a 4-7 mark at Points Per Game ................................... 64.4 ...............70.9................73.2 home. The Zias were 3-4 after post- Field Goal Percentage .......................... .367 .............. .434............... .401 ing a win, in 2012-13. 3-Point Field Goal Percentage ............. .261 .............. .310............... .267 Free Throw Percentage ........................ .755 ............. .683............... .623 Rebounding Margin ..............................+0.2 .............. +0.9................ -4.4 Assists Per Game .................................. 12.6 ...............14.8................12.1 Midwestern State Turnovers margin ...................................-3.4 .............. +3.2............... +3.3 Steals Per Game ...................................... 8.2 .................8.6................11.6 After winning eight of nine, the Blocks Per Game ..................................... 1.6 .................1.8..................1.0 Mustangs enter the weekend on a two-game skid, with road losses to ENMU Opponents Texas A&M-Commerce and West Points Per Game Texas A&M. Jasmine Johnson .............10.5 Andrea Carter (MSU) ...................15.0 Last season Midwestern State Tori Tucker ...................10.3 Lindsey Mahone (TAMUK) .........13.7 finished 26-6 and won the LSC with a record of 16-4. The Mus- Field Goal Percentage tangs defeated West Texas A&M in Jasmine Johnson ............ .447 Lynn Lumpkin-Boozer (MSU) .... .577 overtime to claim the LSC TOur- Nelsha Peterson ........... .438 Rosalie Cutri (TAMUK).............. .581 nament title and posted wins over Tarleton State and Metro State in Three-Point Field Goal Percentage the NCAA Championships, before Tori Tucker .................. .340 Kristi Degelia (MSU) ................. .347 falling to Colorado Mesa. Jordyn Cooper ............. .304 Ashley Viera (TAMUK) ............. .302 Free Throw Percentage Lakeeyscia Griffin ..... 1.000 Lisa Hampton (MSU) ................. .882 TAMU-Kingsville Tori Tucker .................. .938 Rita Banaszcak (TAMUK) ......... .815 The Javelinas snapped a three- Rebounding game skid on Wednesday, with a Tori Tucker .....................6.7 Andrea Carter (MSU) ....................9.1 win over Texas A&M-Commerce Nelsha Peterson ..............6.0 Lindsey Mahone (TAMUK) ..........6.4 and swept a home and home series with Texas A&M-International. Assists Lakeeyscia Griffin ..........4.3 Diana Jones (MSU) .......................... 4.4 Last season, Texas A&M-Kings- Cassidy Doherty .............2.5 Viera/Cutri (TAMUK) ...................... 3.0 ville finished 5-21 and placed 11th in LSC play, with a mark of 3-17. Steals Jordyn Cooper ............... 1.7 Andrea Carter (MSU) .................... 1.8 Jaylyn Cooper ................1.1 Lindsey Mahone (TAMUK) .......... 1.8 Blocked Shots Tucker/Williford.............0.3 Andrea Carter (MSU) .....................0.5 Jaylyn Cooper ................0.3 Lindsey Mahone (TAMUK) ...........0.3 Around the Lone Star Conference All Times CST All Times CST Saturday, January 11, 2014 Thursday, January 23, 2014 * Tarleton State at Texas A&M-Kingsville 1 p.m. * Texas Woman’s at Eastern New Mexico 7 p.m. * Texas Woman’s at Angelo State 2 p.m. * West Texas A&M at Cameron 2 p.m. Saturday, January 25, 2014 * Eastern New Mexico at Midwestern State 4 p.m. * West Texas A&M at Texas A&M-Commerce 2 p.m. * Angelo State at Cameron 2 p.m. Sunday, January 12, 2014 * Texas A&M-Kingsville at Midwestern State 4 p.m. * Texas A&M-Commerce at Angelo State 2 p.m. * Eastern New Mexico at Tarleton State 5 p.m. Wednesday, January 15, 2014 Sunday, January 26, 2014 * Eastern New Mexico at Texas A&M-Kingsville 10 a.m. * West Texas A&M at Texas Woman’s 2 p.m. * Tarleton State at Midwestern State 5:30 p.m. * Texas A&M-Commerce at Cameron 6 p.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2014 * West Texas A&M at Angelo State 6 p.m. * Texas Woman’s at Texas A&M-Commerce 7 p.m. Thursday, January 16, 2014 Saturday, February 1, 2014 * Texas Woman’s at Cameron 6 p.m. * Texas A&M-Kingsville at Angelo State 2 p.m. * Eastern New Mexico at West Texas A&M 2 p.m. Saturday, January 18, 2014 * Cameron at Midwestern State 4 p.m. * Texas A&M-Kingsville at West Texas A&M 2 p.m. * Texas A&M-Commerce at Tarleton State 5 p.m. * Angelo State at Eastern New Mexico 3 p.m. * Cameron at Tarleton State 5 p.m. Sunday, February 2, 2014 * Tarleton State at Texas Woman’s 2 p.m. Sunday, January 19, 2014 * Midwestern State at Texas Woman’s 6 p.m. Wednesday, February 5, 2014 * Cameron at Texas A&M-Commerce 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 22, 2014 * Angelo State at West Texas A&M 5:30 p.m. * Tarleton State at West Texas A&M 5:30 p.m. * Midwestern State at Tarleton State 6 p.m.