2014-15 TEXAS STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
GAME 20 // TEXAS STATE (12-7, 7-3 SUN BELT CONFERENCE) VS. UL LAFAYETTE (13-6, 5-5 SUN BELT CONFERENCE) JANUARY 31, 2015 // 2 P.M. CT // SAN MARCOS, TEXAS // STRAHAN COLISEUM
DATE OPPONENT TIME 11/15/14 vs. Texas A&M-Int’l W, 83-65 11/18/14 at Texas Tech L, 77-81 (OT) 11/22/14 vs. Houston Baptist L, 56-61 11/25/14 vs. Lamar W, 79-72 11/29/14 at Oklahoma State L, 37-64 12/4/14 at UTSA W, 57-53 12/14/14 vs. Texas A&M-Commerce W, 74-69 12/19/14 vs. Bethune-Cookman W, 51-40 12/20/14 vs. Stetson L, 57-75 12/30/14 at Troy* W, 74-72 1/3/15 at Georgia Southern* W, 79-65 1/5/15 at Georgia State* L, 69-74 1/8/15 vs. UALR* L, 45-65 1/10/15 vs. UL Monroe* W, 70-64 1/15/15 vs. South Alabama* W, 63-42 1/17/15 at Arkansas State* L, 48-68 1/19/15 at UT Arlington* W, 60-53 1/22/15 vs. Georgia Southern* W, 67-57 1/24/15 vs. Appalachian State* W, 67-58 1/31/15 vs. UL Lafayette* 2 p.m. 2/4/15 at South Alabama* 5:05 p.m. 2/7/15 at UALR* 3 p.m. 2/12/15 vs. UT Arlington* 5:30 p.m. 2/14/15 vs. Georgia State* 2 p.m. 2/19/15 at UL Lafayette* 5 p.m. 2/26/15 vs. Troy* 5:30 p.m. 2/28/15 vs. Arkansas State* 2 p.m. 3/5/15 at Appalachian State* 4 p.m. 3/7/15 at UL Monroe* 2 p.m. 3/11-14/15 SBC Tournament TBA All times listed are Central Time Bold denotes home game * denotes Sun Belt Conference Game All home games are played at Strahan Coliseum TEXAS STATE SPORTS INFORMATION
Address: 601 University Dr., San Marcos, Texas 78666 Women’s Basketball Contact: Jen Lawson Office: 512-245-2988 // Cell: 217-369-4402 Email: jlawson@txstate.edu Assistant AD of Communications: Rick Poulter Email: rpoulter@txstate.edu Assistant SID: Rob Beuerlein Email: rb60@txstate.edu Assistant SID: Joshua Flanagan Email: jcf65@txstate.edu
Texas State BOBCATS
AT A GLANCE Date...............................January 31, 2015 Time................................................ 2 p.m. Location........................ San Marcos, Texas Arena.............................Strahan Coliseum Capacity........................................... 7,200 Live Stats.................... txstatebobcats.com Live Streaming........... txstatebobcats.com Radio.......................... txstatebobcats.com Series Record...................... TXST leads 3-2 Last Meeting........ TXST won 70-64, 2/8/14
UL Lafayette RAGIN’ CAJUNS
TEXAS STATE PROJECTED STARTERS
Erin Peoples
G // 6-0 // Jr. PPG......................... 13.8 RPG.......................... 6.9 APG........................... 1.8 FG%........................ 45.4 3FG%...................... 21.1 FT%........................ 62.0
Ayriel Anderson
G // 5-3 // Jr. PPG......................... 10.9 RPG.......................... 3.1 APG........................... 4.3 FG%........................ 33.5 3FG%...................... 35.1 FT%........................ 79.7
Kileah Mays
C // 6-2 // Jr. PPG........................... 6.4 RPG.......................... 8.7 APG........................... 0.9 FG%........................ 28.9 3FG%........................ 0.0 FT%........................ 46.8
A LOOK AT THE COMPETITION • UL Lafayette enters Saturday’s contest with a 13-6 overall record and 5-5 mark in Sun Belt Conference play. The Ragin’ Cajuns got off to a fast start in 2014-15 as they went 8-1 in the non-conference season. • On Thursday afternoon, the Ragin’ Cajuns suffered a 57-47 setback against South Alabama. The win against UL Lafayette was South Alabama’s first conference victory of the 2014-15 season. • Jaylyn Gordon, Kia Wilridge, and Keke Veal lead the Ragin’ Cajuns offensively, scoring a combined 38.6 points per game for UL Lafayette. Wilridge and Simone Fields snag a team-high 5.1 boards per contest. • Prior to Thursday’s contest against the Jaguars, UL Lafayette had been riding a two-game winning streak, picking up a 63-56 victory over Georgia State and a 69-57 victory over preseason favorite Arkansas State. • Other conference wins for the Ragin’ Cajuns include a victory in the first meeting over South Alabama and Georgia State, and a win against Georgia Southern. • In the preseason poll, the Ragin’ Cajuns were picked to finish sixth in the 11 team conference. Veal and Wilridge were named to the All-SBC Preseason Second-Team and Third-Team,
Meghan Braeuer
G // 5-7 // Sr. PPG......................... 11.2 RPG.......................... 2.0 APG........................... 2.0 FG%........................ 41.7 3FG%...................... 42.6 FT%........................ 77.1
Jacqueline Jeffcoat
F // 6-2 // Sr. PPG........................... 5.6 RPG.......................... 7.0 APG........................... 0.6 FG%........................ 33.6 3FG%...................... 20.6 FT%........................ 73.1
respectively. • The Ragin’ Cajuns are led by Garry Brodhead who is currently in his third season at the helm of the UL Lafayette women’s basketball team. In the 2013-14 season, Brodhead helped the Ragin’ Cajuns to a 14-16 record, their best record since the 2006-07 season. LAST TIME OUT • In the all-time series between the squads, Texas State owns a 3-2 advantage. Most recently, the Bobcats defeated the Ragin’ Cajuns by a score of 70-64 at Strahan Coliseum in 2014. ABOUT THE BOBCATS • The Texas State Bobcats enter the 2014-15 season with eight returners and four newcomers. • Last season, the Bobcats earned an invitation to the WBI Tournament which marked the first postseason appearance for Texas State since the 2008 season. • Last year’s Bobcats finished with a 16-16 overall record and 12-6 conference mark. • Texas State’s conference record was good enough to put them in a tie for third place overall in the Sun Belt Conference after originally being picked ninth by the league coaches.