2014-15 TEXAS STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
GAME 28 // TEXAS STATE (16-11, 11-7 SUN BELT CONFERENCE) VS. APPALACHIAN STATE (13-14, 8-10 SUN BELT CONFERENCE) MARCH 5, 2015 // 4:00 P.M. CT // BOONE, N.C // HOLMES CENTER
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* L, 81-83 (2OT) 2/4/15 at South Alabama* W, 46-44 2/7/15 at UALR* L, 43-70 2/12/15 vs. UT Arlington* W, 65-58 (OT) 2/14/15 vs. Georgia State* W, 71-61 2/19/15 at UL Lafayette* L, 41-64 2/26/15 vs. Troy* L, 59-75 2/28/15 vs. Arkansas State* W, 83-74 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....................................March 5, 2015 Time........................................... 4:00 p.m. Location..................................Boone, N.C. Arena................................. Holmes Center Capacity........................................... 8,325 Live Stats.................... txstatebobcats.com Live Streaming........... txstatebobcats.com Radio.......................... txstatebobcats.com Series Record...................... TXST leads 1-0 Last Meeting...... TXST won 67-58, 1/24/15
Appalachian State MOUNTAINEERS
TEXAS STATE PROJECTED STARTERS
Erin Peoples
G // 6-0 // Jr. PPG......................... 14.2 RPG.......................... 7.0 APG........................... 1.7 FG%........................ 43.4 3FG%...................... 20.8 FT%........................ 69.2
Ayriel Anderson
G // 5-3 // Jr. PPG......................... 11.0 RPG.......................... 3.3 APG........................... 3.9 FG%........................ 34.3 3FG%...................... 35.5 FT%........................ 78.5
Kileah Mays
C // 6-2 // Jr. PPG........................... 5.4 RPG.......................... 7.9 APG........................... 0.7 FG%........................ 28.5 3FG%........................ 0.0 FT%........................ 44.0
Meghan Braeuer
G // 5-7 // Sr. PPG........................... 9.8 RPG.......................... 2.1 APG........................... 2.1 FG%........................ 40.1 3FG%...................... 40.5 FT%........................ 77.8
Ericka May
G // 5-10 // Fr. PPG........................... 4.3 RPG.......................... 5.0 APG........................... 0.6 FG%........................ 35.8 3FG%...................... 22.6 FT%........................ 58.3
A LOOK AT THE COMPETITION • Appalachian State is currently 13-14 overall and 8-10 in its inaugural season as a member of the Sun Belt Conference.
ABOUT THE BOBCATS • The Texas State Bobcats enter the 2014-15 season with eight returners and four newcomers.
• Maryah Sydnor leads the Mountaineers offensively and on the glass, averaging 17.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per contest. She has also tallied 10 blocks and 26 steals this season.
• Last season, the Bobcats earned an invitation to the WBI Tournament which marked the first postseason appearance for Texas State since the 2008 season.
• As a team, the Mountaineers are shooting 41.5 percent from the floor, a mark that equals that of their opponents. They are scoring 69.0 points per game and as a team, are shooting 72.0 percent from the charity stripe. Appalachian State ranks second in the conference in free throw percentage behind Georgia State.
• Last year’s Bobcats finished with a 16-16 overall record and 12-6 conference mark.
• The Mountaineers currently sit one game ahead of Georgia State and UL Monroe for seventh place in the league. • The Mountaineers were picked to finish eighth in the SBC. Appalachian State is under the direction of Angel Elderkin, a longtime assistant coach in the Southeastern Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, and Big East, who is currently in her first year at the helm of the Mountaineers. LAST TIME OUT • Texas State defeated the Mountaineers at Strahan Coliseum by a score of 67-58 on January 24, 2015.
• 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. • This preseason, juniors Erin Peoples and Ayriel Anderson were both chosen to All-SBC Preseason Teams. • Peoples, a 6-0 guard from Little Rock, Ark., was named to the First-Team while Anderson, a 5-3 guard from Irving, Texas, was named to the Third-Team. • Texas State was picked to finish third in the Sun Belt Conference by the league coaches. • Head coach Zenarae Antoine enters her fourth season at the helm of the Texas State program.