2017-18 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES • PAGE 1 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION HENDERSON STATE (8-4, 4-2) vs. LOCATION: ........................................ Arkadelphia, Ark. FOUNDED: ............................................................. 1890 ARKANSAS TECH (9-1, 5-1) ENROLLMENT: ......................................................... 3,500 PRESIDENT: ............................................ Dr. Glen Jones Alma Mater: ................... Henderson State (1992) JAN. 11, 2018 • DUKE WELLS CENTER DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: ........................... Shawn Jones Alma Mater:..................... Central Missouri (1997) HENDERSON LOOKS FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT GAC VICTORY FACILITY: ........................................ Duke Wells Center Just days removed from notching two big road victories in Oklahoma, the CAPACITY: ............................................................ 3,000 Henderson State women’s basketball team returns to Arkadelphia to face pe- rennial Great American Conference power Arkansas Tech on Thursday night at HISTORY 5:30 p.m. in the Duke Wells Center. FIRST YEAR OF B ASKETBALL: .................................... 1971 ALL-TIME RECORD: ....................................... 569-582-3 REDDIE REPORT ALL-TIME GAC RECORD: ..................................... 55-69 Sophomore Pink Jones was fabulous for the Reddies against East Central, YEARS IN NCAA TOUR./LAST .......................... 4 / 2006 pouring in a career-high 25 points in the win, and then followed it up with 12 LAST TOURNAMENT OPPO: ............................. Chico State NCAA ELITE 8 RESULT: ............................... Lost, 67-66 against the Savage Storm. Jones’ 14.9 points per game ranks eighth in the GAC. Senior Haleigh Henson is 11th in the league in scoring with an average of 13.6 COACHING STAFF points per game, eighth in assists per game (3.0) and her 34 3-pointers made HEAD COACH: .............................................. Jill Thomas is second-most in the league. Henson hit a massive 3-pointer late against ECU ALMA MATER: ..................... Black Hills State (2006) to tie the game up for the Reddies and then another on Saturday against SOSU RECORD AT H ENDERSON/YEARS: .......... 53-70 (Fifth Year) to help HSU maintain momentum. CAREER RECORD/YEARS: .................. 118-118 (9th Year) Sophomore Hailey Estes put together two huge games for the Reddies this ASSISTANT C OACH: ..................................... Blake Huber past weekend. Against ECU, Estes racked up 16 points, 14 rebounds and five GRADUATE A SSISTANT: ........................... Dulincia Keener assists, then followed that showing up with a 10-point, 15-rebound performance against Southeastern. After her work on the boards this weekend, Estes is the TEAM INFORMATION GAC-leader in rebounds per game against league opponents (10.5) and aver- 2016-2017 RECORD: .......................... 8-20, 8-14 GAC ages 8.7 defensive rebounds per contest, the best mark in the conference. STARTERS RETURNING/LOST:. ........................................ 5/0 Bree Bossier ranks third in the GAC in field goal percentage (51.3 percent) and LETTERMEN RETURNING/LOST: .................................... 10/2 is 40-for-78 from the floor so far this season. The senior from Fairfield, Texas, shot 60 percent from the field during the Oklahoma road trip after shooting 6-of- SPORTS INFORMATION 10 from the floor and scoring 10 points against ECU and six against SEOSU. DIRECTOR: ................................................ Troy Mitchell Torrie Thompson had one of her best games of the season on Saturday against ASST.SID.............................................. David Salley E-Mail: ........ [email protected] or [email protected] SOSU, scoring 20 points, 12 of which came in the first half, to help jumpstart the WEB SITE: ............................... www.hsusports.com Reddies’ offense in the win. Thompson, who hails from Houston, Texas, aver- ages double figures in scoring for HSU with 11 points per game. 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. 14.9 4.6 .444 .732 3.0 2.0 3 Hailey Estes G 5-8 So. 1L Conway, Ark. 11.3 8.7 .355 .750 1.8 1.1 10 Haleigh Henson G 5-6 Sr. 3L Greenwood, Ark. 13.6 1.8 .361 .652 3.0 1.7 11 Torrie Thompson G 5-7 Jr. 2L Houston, Texas 11.0 4.4 .439 .667 1.5 0.6 33 Bree Bossier F 6-0 Sr. 3L Fairfield, Texas 8.1 5.6 .513 .625 0.6 0.9 OFF THE BENCH POS HT CL EXP. HOMETOWN PPG RBG FG% FT% AST STL 1 Karrington Whaley F 6-2 Fr. HS Springdale, Ark. 2.9 2.6 .563 .667 0.3 0.0 5 Blu Jones G 5-9 So. 1L Fayetteville, Ark. 5.1 1.7 .386 .632 0.7 1.4 12 Madi Nichols G 5-6 So. 1L Ward, Ark. 1.3 1.0 .364 .429 0.2 0.3 14 Lexis Weber G 5-9 Jr. 2L Arlington, Texas 1.7 2.7 .000 .833 0.3 0.3 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. 5.1 3.1 .435 .900 1.0 0.8 31 Brittany Branum F 5-10 Jr. 2L Greenwood, Ark. 3.1 2.8 .500 .652 0.3 0.6 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 1.0 1.0 1.000 .000 0.0 0.0 2017-18 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES • PAGE 2 TEAM NUMBERS 2017-18 SCHEDULE Henderson as a team ranks third in the GAC in scoring defense, allowing just 67.7 points per game to opponents, and is fifth in scoring offense (74.2 points DATE OPPONENT Time/Score per game). That scoring margin of plus 6.5 is the third-best mark in the GAC. Nov. 10 at Southwest Baptist L, 82-73 The Reddies are shooting 41.1 percent from the floor this season (fifth in the Nov. 11 vs. Northwest Missouri W, 75-63 GAC) and 35.1 percent from the 3-point line (third in the GAC). HSU is the best Nov. 16 *at Northwestern Okla. L, 72-71 team in the league in defending the 3-point line and is holding its opponents to Nov. 18 *at Southwestern Okla. L, 80-72 25.6 percent shooting from beyond the arc in conference games this year. Nov. 28 Paul Quinn W, 75-64 Nov. 30 *Southern Nazarene W, 79-66 SCOUTING ARKANSAS TECH Dec. 2 *Oklahoma Baptist W, 85-61 The Golden Suns are 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the GAC so far this season. They are Dec. 5 Arkansas-Fort Smith L, 76-60 led by head coach Dave Wilbers, who has directed them to a 143-46 record Dec. 9 Bacone W, 74-47 during his 10 years in Russellville. They are 5-0 on the road this season and Dec. 16 Rogers State W, 55-52 have won the last eight meetings between the two schools. Henderson has Jan. 4 *East Central W, 82-78 defeated the Golden Suns just twice since 2007, with the last victory coming in Jan. 6 *Southeastern Okla. W, 56-49 January of 2014. Jan. 11 *Arkansas Tech 5:30 p.m. Tech is led by freshman Jayana Sanders, who averages 16.4 points per game Jan. 13 *at Arkansas-Monticello 1 p.m. (fifth in the GAC) and is the leading freshman scorer in the league, and junior Jan. 15 *at Ouachita Baptist 5:30 p.m. forward Lyrik Williams, who averages 13 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. Jan. 18 *Harding 5:30 p.m. Freshman Ke’Vonshaye Stackhouse and senior Cheyenne North round out Jan. 20 *Southern Arkansas 1 p.m. the double figure scorers for the Golden Suns. Stackhouse averages 12.3 points Jan. 25 *Southwestern Okla. 5:30 p.m. per game, while North chips in 10.3 points and 8.1 rebounds per contest. Jan. 27 *Northwestern Okla. 1 p.m. The Golden Suns bolster the best scoring offense in the GAC are and fifth-best in Feb. 1 *at Oklahoma Baptist 5:30 p.m. all of NCAA DII in scoring with an average of 85 points per game. Tech is also Feb. 3 *at Southern Nazarene 1 p.m. tops in the conference and fourth in the country in rebounds per game (47.9), Feb. 8 *Southeastern Okla. 5:30 p.m. which spikes up to 48.8 per game in GAC play, and has a scoring margin of plus Feb. 10 *East Central 1 p.m. 10.3 in league games. Feb. 15 *Arkansas-Monticello 5:30 p.m. Feb. 17 *at Arkansas Tech 1 p.m. LAST SEASON VS. ARKANSAS TECH Feb. 20 *Ouachita Baptist 5:30 p.m. The Reddies dropped both contests last season with the Golden Suns, but both Feb. 22 *at Southern Arkansas 5:30 p.m. were close games. Henderson fell 68-62 in the first meeting in Russellville, Feb. 24 *at Harding 5:30 p.m. Arkansas, and 82-73 later in the season at home in Arkadelphia. Mar. 1-4 at GAC Tournament In the first meeting, HSU had a 31-28 halftime advantage but Tech out-scored the Reddies 27-16 in the third quarter before holding on late for the win. Henson, Bold denotes home game Estes and Torrie Thompson all chipped in 13 points on the night. * denotes Great American Conference game After Tech built a 17-point lead entering the fourth period of the second meeting, HSU came back to bring the score within two points with three minutes to go, but ultimately fell despite the valiant late rally. The Golden Suns shot 52.9 percent HOW THEY MATCH UP from the floor in the game, while Thompson led Henderson with 17 points. CATEGORY HSU ATU SCORING 857 850 LAST TIME OUT POINTS PER G AME 71.4 85.0 Henderson picked up two of its biggest wins of the season last weekend in SCORING M ARGIN +5.6 +20.5 Oklahoma by defeating East Central 82-78 and Southeastern Oklahoma State 56-49.