SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State women's basketball team (4-7) closes out non-conference play with a home tilt against the Texas A&M International Dustdevils (0-12) on Dec. 31. Tip is slated for 5 p.m. at Strahan Arena.

The Bobcats enter the contest riding a season-worst three-game losing skid. All three games came away from Strahan Arena with two true road games and one non-conference clash. TXST opened the streak with a 69-50 loss at No. 24 Missouri before traveling to New Orleans for the 2018 Tulane Classic. The Bobcats fell in the opening round of the tournament to St. Mary's, 89-62. In the consolation round, Texas State lost an overtime thriller at Tulane by a score of 67-61. All three teams rank inside the top-75 of the Ratings Power Index (RPI). St. Mary's is rated No. 40, the second-toughest team the Bobcats have faced this season. Mizzou sits in the 54th spot in the RPI poll, while Tulane checks in at No. 73.

GAME INFORMATION
5 p.m. CST | Strahan Arena
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ABOUT TEXAS STATE
Junior guard Brooke Holle has been the offensive catalyst for the Bobcats during the last three contests. She claimed all-tournament accolades at the Tulane Classic after posting 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per outing in the two-game tournament. In the final game of the tournament, Holle notched Texas State's first double-double of the season with 24 points and 10 boards.

Senior guard Toshua Leavitt continues to lead the Bobcats offensively, scoring 17.2 points per ballgame. She ranks third in the Sun Belt Conference in scoring and trails only D.J. Williams (18.4 ppg) from Coastal Carolina and Alexis Brown (17.7 ppg) of Georgia Southern. She is currently one of only five active NCAA Division I women's basketball players to have made 275 or more career 3-point field goals while shooting 39.0 percent or better from beyond the 3-point line.

Junior guard Bailey Holle has enjoyed a career-year in her third season in the Maroon and Gold. Holle, who has started all 11 games at the point, is scoring 6.0 points a night and handing out 2.5 helpers per contest. She has also drastically improved her shooting numbers as she ranks second on the team in 3-point shooting percentage. Holle has made 12-of-32 (37.5 percent) attempts from behind the arc. In her first two seasons, she made just 6-of-63 (9.5 percent) shots from deep.

SCOUTING TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL
The Dustdevils have lost all 12 games this season and have lost by an average of 22.7 points per game. TAMIU allows 78.5 points per night and have yielded 80-plus points in six of the last eight outings. TAMIU and TXST share one common opponent in Texas A&M – Corpus Christi. The Bobcats toppled the Islanders by a score of 60-53 on Nov. 26, while the Islanders defeated the Dustdevils by a count of 84-36 on Dec. 8.

Senior guard Tantashea Giger is the lone Texas A&M International player averaging double-figure scoring numbers. She scores 12.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. Giger has scored 10-plus points in six of seven games in which she has played this season but has been inefficient in her scoring numbers. She has made 31-of-86 (36.0 percent) shots from the floor this season and has not made a 3-point shot in five attempts.

UP NEXT FOR THE BOBCATS
Texas State will enter Sun Belt Conference play following the turn of the new year. The Bobcats open Sun Belt action at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 3 at Georgia Southern before squaring off with Georgia State at 1 p.m. on Jan. 5 in Atlanta.

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