Women's Basketball | 12/5/2016 1:25:00 PM
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State University women's basketball concludes its current three-game road swing Tuesday evening at No. 3 Baylor. The opening tip at the Bears' Ferrell Center is slated for 7 p.m.
Scene Setter
• Texas State plays its seventh game of the season and third of three straight road games when the Bobcats make the trip north on I-35 to face Baylor.
• The Bobcats are 3-3 on the season and average 56.8 points, while forcing 19.3 turnovers per contest.
• Each of the Bobcats' 11 2016-17 nonconference foes are located in Texas. The Bobcats are 15-8 against Texas-based universities since the 2014-15 season, including 3-3 this year.
• Texas State enters the game coming off a 72-47 defeat at UTSA last Thursday (Dec. 1). Baylor, ranked No. 3 by both the AP and Coaches polls, improved its record to 9-1 with a 88-66 win at No. 22 Tennessee on Sunday.
TXST vs. BU
• Texas State and Baylor have met 25 times on the hardwood with the Bears holding a 20-5 series advantage.
• The programs first played in 1970 with Texas State claiming a 65-30 victory. The Bobcats won the second meeting in 1973 before Baylor rolled off 14 straight wins.
• Texas State's last win in the series came in 1990 as Baylor has won the last five games, including a 99-18 win in January 2010.
Last Time Out For the Bobcats
• Early shooting woes coupled with UTSA shooting north of 50 percent for three quarters proved too much for Texas State to overcome as the Bobcats fell 72-47 to the Roadrunners in the 2016 edition of the I-35 rivalry.
• UTSA was led by Loryn Goodwin's 20 points, while Kasia Kiejdrowska also registered double-figures in the scoring column with 12. The Roadrunners shot 48.9 percent (23 of 47) for the game, including 50 percent or better in each of the first three quarters.
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Taeler Deer paced Texas State with 12 points and seven rebounds. The Bobcats closed the game making 27.7 percent (18 of 65) from the field. The Bobcats did force 27 UTSA turnovers and outscored the Roadrunners 32-23 off the bench.
Quick Hands
• Texas State forced a season-best 27 turnovers at UTSA (Dec. 1). The Bobcats, which average 19.33 forced turnovers per game, where led in the contest by
Taeler Deer's career-best five steals.
Getting Defensive
• Texas State ranks as the second-best defensive team in the Sun Belt Conference through games played Dec. 4. The Bobcats are holding their opponents to a 59.7 points per game, ranking behind only Little Rock's 52.6 for tops in the league.
• The Bobcat defense has been particularly good in the first and second quarter as they are limiting opponents to only 13.5 and 12.8 points, respectively, in the opening two stanzas.
50 Percent Post Shooting
• Post players
Ti'Aira Pitts and
Amber Jones are each making the most of their touches in the paint. Both are shooting better than 50.0 percent from the floor with Pitts making 15 of her 28 attempts (53.6 percent) and Jones 13 of her 23 (56.5 percent).
Bobcats In The Sun Belt Rankings
• Texas State ranks in the top half of the Sun Belt Conference in eight of the league's 21 key statistical categories. The Bobcats' top two statistical categories are scoring defense (59.7 ppg) and turnover margin (+3.5) as both rank second in the league.
