EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY ZIAS 2012-2013 Weekly Press Release Eastern N.M. University at Wayland Baptist University November 24, 2012 • Home Opener Portales, N.M. • Greyhound Arena Zias Return to Greyhound Arena Athletic Communications Contact Information For Home Opener Adam Pitterman (575) 562-4309 [email protected] Home Sweet Home Rachel Johnson (575) 562-2971 [email protected] The Zias won six home games last season and posted a Goeasternathletics.com 6-5 record at Greyhound Arena. In Portales, the Zias held Facebook.com/enmusports a .437-.373 edge in shooting from the floor, and matched Twitter.com/enmusports the opposition at 72.9 points per contest. Eastern emerged 2012-2013 Zias Schedule victorious from five of its last six home games, including a Date Opponent Location Time (MST) 71-68 come-from-behind win over West Texas A&M and Nov. 9, 2012 Oklahoma Panhandle State Goodwell, Okla. L, 49-55 Nov. 16, 2012 #13 Grand Canyon Phoenix, Ariz. L, 35-73 a 72-64 overtime win over Cameron. Hannah Altheide Nov. 17, 2012 Southern Nazarene Phoenix, Ariz. L, 41-71 Nov. 24, 2012 Wayland Baptist Greyhound Arena 2:00 p.m. paces the returning players with 11 points per game, last Nov. 28, 2012 *Angelo State Greyhound Arena 5:30 p.m. season, while Tara Johnson averaged 6.8 points and 4.9 Dec. 1, 2012 *Abilene Christian Abilene, Texas 1:00 p.m. Dec. 12, 2012 *Cameron Lawton, Okla. 5:00 p.m. rebounds. Dec. 17, 2012 Cal State-Los Angeles Anchorage, Alaska 3:00 p.m. Dec. 18, 2012 Univ. Alaska-Anchorange Anchorage, Alaska 5:00 p.m. Dec. 19, 2012 Brigham Young-Hawaii Anchorage, Alaska 3:00 p.m. Dec. 31, 2012 *Midwestern State Greyhound Arena 2:00 p.m. Jan. 5, 2013 *Texas Woman’s Greyhound Arena 2:00 p.m. Inside the Series Jan. 10, 2013 *Texas A&M-Kingsville Kingsville, Texas 5:00 p.m. Jan. 12, 2013 *Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas 1:00 p.m. Jan. 16, 2013 *Tarleton State Greyhound Arena 5:30 p.m. The Flying Queens hold a 5-1 edge in the series Jan. 19, 2013 *Texas A&M-Commerce Commerce, Texas 5:00 p.m. Jan. 23, 2013 *West Texas A&M Greyhound Arena 5:30 p.m. against Eastern, with the last meeting coming in Pla- Jan. 26, 2013 *West Texas A&M Canyon, Texas 3:00 p.m. Jan. 30, 2013 *Angelo State San Angelo, Texas 4:30 p.m. inview, Texas, on November 21, 2000. WBU won that Feb. 2, 2013 *Abilene Christian Greyhound Arena 2:00 p.m. Feb. 6, 2013 *Cameron Greyhound Arena 5:30 p.m. game, by a 53-52 score. Statistics for all of the meetings Feb. 9, 2013 *Midwestern State Wichita Falls, Texas 3:00 p.m. between the teams are not readily available. Feb. 16, 2013 *Texas Woman’s Denton, Texas 1:00 p.m. Feb. 21, 2013 *Texas A&M-Kingsville Greyhound Arena 5:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 2013 *Incarnate Word Greyhound Arena 2:00 p.m. Feb. 27, 2013 *Tarleton State Stephenville, Texas 5:00 p.m. Eastern’s last win over Wayland Baptist came by Mar. 2, 2013 *Texas A&M-Commerce Greyhound Arena 2:00 p.m. a 78-70 score at Greyhound Arena, on December 30, 1999. Jody Avent paced ENMU with 16 points, while Missy Frazier added 12 points. Brandi Bates contrib- ENMU vs Wayland Baptist (1-5) uted 11 points and six rebounds. Reserve guard Ginger Armacost chipped in nine points, while Amanda Hewitt Date Location Result Nov. 21, 2000 Plainview, Texas L, 52-63 led all players with eight rebounds. (Information from Dec. 30, 1999 Portales, N.M. W, 78-70 Jan. 7, 1992 Portales, N.M. L, 67-76 previous press release) Nov. 17, 1990 Plainview, Texas L, 64-89 Feb. 24, 1976 Unknown L, 53-78 Jan. 31, 1976 Unknown L, 50-69 Coming Up The Zias will continue their home stand on Wednes- day, with their Lone Star Conference opener against Angelo State. A six-game road trip will follow, including a trip to Alaska, before the Eastern closes the calendar year at home against Midwestern State. Recaps The Zias finally open their home schedule after playing their first .................................................................ENMU ................... WBU three contests on the road. Eastern Record ............................................................0-3 ......................4-3* is returning from a tough road trip Conference Record .........................................0-0 ........................0-0 *Statistics are not current to Phoenix, Ariz., which saw them take on 13th-ranked Grand Can- Team Statistics yon and Southern Nazarene. Points Per Game ......................................... 41.7 .......................64.8 Eastern has been especially Field Goal Percentage ................................ .321 ..................... .395 strong in the post, with a 19.3 3-Point Field Goal Percentage ................... .205 ...................... .357 points per game average in the Free Throw Percentage .............................. .406 ...................... .650 painted area. The bench has also Rebounding Margin .....................................-6.3 ...................... +3.5 been a strong point for the Zias, Assists Per Game .......................................... 8.3 .........................9.8 chipping in 18.3 points per con- Turnovers margin .........................................-4.0 ....................... -2.3 Steals Per Game .......................................... 10.0 .......................12.2 test. Blocks Per Game ........................................... 1.0 .........................2.7 Hannah Altheide has led ENMU in scoring in all three ENMU WBU contests, a feat accomplished just Points Per Game once before in her career. Tara Hannah Altheide .................9.7 Angeleigh Davis ...........................13.8 Johnson paced the Zias in re- Amber Williford .............4.3 Rochelle Norris ...............................5.3 Jaylyn Cooper ................4.3 bounding against Oklahoma Pan- handle (9) and Grand Canyon (6), Field Goal Percentage while Amber Williford and Tay- Jaylyn Cooper ................ .400 LaTericka Anderson .................... .600 lor Collier each had four boards Hannah Altheide ........... .355 Angeleigh Davis .......................... .528 against Southern Nazarene. Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Hannah Altheide ........... .400 Angeleigh Davis ......................... .526 Shamprea Henderson 1.000 Laura Castillo ............................. .355 Free Throw Percentage About the Flying Queens Nelsha Peterson ......... 1.000 Stephanie Afunugo ..................... .875 Hannah Altheide ........... .333 CeCe Williams ........................... .750 Wayland Baptist enters the week Rebounding with a record of 4-3, but will host Tara Johnson ................... 5.3 Christie Mooney ............................5.2 Arlington Baptist, prior to coming to Amber Williford .............4.0 Angeleigh Davis ............................5.0 Portales. WBU is 1-0 against com- mon opponents to Eastern, with an Assists 80-52 home victory over Oklahoma Hannah Altheide .............1.3 Olivia Patterson ................................ 2.7 Panhandle. Tara Johnson ....................1.3 CeCe Williams .................................. 1.8 Last season, the Flying Queens finished with an 11-17 record and Steals a 9-13 mark in the NAIA’s Sooner Hannah Altheide ............ 2.0 Christie Mooney ............................ 2.0 Athletic Conference. Tara Johnson ....................1.7 Angeleigh Davis/ Olivia Patterson 1.6 Blocked Shots Nelsha Peterson ..............0.7 Stephanie Afunugo .........................0.8 Jasmine Johnson.............0.3 Angeleigh Davis .............................0.7 Around the Lone Star Conference All Times CST All Times CST Saturday, November 24, 2012 Saturday, December 1, 2012 New Mexico Highlands at Texas A&M-Kingsville 1:30 p.m. * Midwestern State at Texas A&M-Kingsville 1 p.m. Wayland Baptist at Eastern New Mexico 2 p.m. * Cameron at Incarnate Word 2 p.m. McMurry at Angelo State 2 p.m. * Tarleton State at Texas Woman’s 2 p.m. Southeastern Oklahoma at Texas A&M-Commerce 2 p.m. * Eastern New Mexico at Abilene Christian 2 p.m. Northwest Missouri State at Texas Woman’s 4 p.m. * West Texas A&M at Angelo State 5:30 p.m. Northeastern State at Tarleton State 5 p.m. Southwestern Oklahoma State at West Texas A&M 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 4, 2012 * Texas A&M-Commerce at Abilene Christian 5:30 p.m. Sunday, November 25, 2012 Midwestern State at Oklahoma Panhandle State 4 p.m. Wednesday, December 5, 2012 * West Texas A&M at Midwestern State 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 28, 2012 * Tarleton State at Angelo State 5:30 p.m. * Abilene Christian at West Texas A&M 6 p.m. St. Mary’s at Texas Woman’s 7 p.m. Tarleton State at St. Mary’s 6 p.m. Texas A&M-Kingsville at Texas A&M-International 7 p.m. * Cameron at Texas A&M-Kingsville 6 p.m. * Angelo State at Eastern New Mexico 6:30 p.m. Saturday, December 8, 2012 * Texas Woman’s at Texas A&M-Commerce 7 p.m. Texas Woman’s at Texas A&M-Kingsville 1 p.m. * Texas Woman’s at Texas A&M-Kingsville 1 p.m. Thursday, November 29, 2012 Texas A&M International at Incarnate Word 2 p.m. * Midwestern State at Incarnate Word 5:30 p.m. * Angelo State at Texas A&M-Commerce 2 p.m. * Cameron at West Texas A&M 4 p.m. Friday, November 30, 2012 * Abilene Christian at Tarleton State 5 p.m. Texas A&M-Commerce at Sam Houston State 12 p.m. Wednesday, December 12, 2012 * Eastern New Mexico at Cameron 6 p.m. 2012-13 Lone Star Conference Standings School Conf CPct. Overall Pct. Streak Home Away Neutral Tarleton State 0-0 0.000 1-0 1.000 W1 1-0 0-0 0-0 Texas Woman’s 0-0 0.000 2-0 1.000 W2 1-0 1-0 0-0 Texas A&M-Commerce 0-0 0.000 1-0 1.000 W1 1-0 0-0 0-0 Midwestern State 0-0 0.000 3-0 1.000 W3 3-0 0-0 0-0 Incarnate Word