SAN MARCOS, Texas — Despite a hard-fought loss against first-place Troy on Thursday, Texas State women's basketball will look to bounce back with the final game of its three-game homestand on Saturday when it hosts ULM at 2 pm in Strahan Arena.
 
Texas State remains in the top-four of the Sun Belt Conference standings as it is tied with Southern Miss and Old Dominion for the last spot among the teams with a double-bye in the Sun Belt Conference Championship in early March. The Bobcats currently own the tiebreaker over the Lady Eagles and Monarchs for the No. 4 seed with seven games remaining in the regular season.
 
The Bobcats (15-7, 7-4 Sun Belt) have won three of their last four at home and hold an 11-3 overall record in Strahan Arena. Texas State is aiming for its most home victories in a season since 2007-08 (14-2).
 
Texas State and ULM met two-and-a-half weeks ago in Monroe, a game in which the Bobcats climbed back and won 65-57. Kennedy Taylor led the team with 13 points.
 
Texas State will wear special pink uniforms once again in honor of Play4Kay. Also, the first 100 fans will receive a free pink Texas State shirt, presented by UFCU.
 
Saturday's game can be watched on ESPN+, with Brant Freeman and Suzanne Fox on the call.

FROM DOWNTOWN

• Two of the most prolific scorers in Texas State history enter Saturday on the cusp of moving up the program's career three-pointers made.
• Da'Nasia Hood, who had a three-pointer against Troy on Thursday, needs 3 more makes beyond the arc to Chris Ferrell (1988-92) for the fifth-most in school history.
• Kennedy Taylor, who has 3 three-pointers made in each of the last 2 games, needs 2 more threes to tie Joyce Ekworomadu (2004-08) for 7th in program history.
• Taylor leads the Bobcats this year with 43 three-pointers made while Hood is third on the team with 15.
• Taylor's 42.2 percent shooting from beyond the arc this season (43-of-102) is best in the Sun Belt.

 
CLOSING IN

• Fifth-year senior Kennedy Taylor is inching closer to becoming the Sun Belt's all-time leader in career assists.
• Taylor, who is already Texas State's career leader in assists, is 23 assists away from matching Clemette Haskins (Western Kentucky) for the conference record for career assists. Haskins had 731 from 1983-87.
• Taylor is the only Sun Belt player with 500+ career assists in the last 11 years. She is only the second Sun Belt payer in conference history to have 700+ career assists.
• Taylor enters the weekend 11th in the country in total assists and 12th in assists per game.

 
Sun Belt Conference
Career Assists, All-Time
1. Clemette Haskins, WKU           731                1983-87
2. Kennedy Taylor, TXST             708                2018-Present
3. Amy McNear, WKU                 677                2008-11
4. Ivelina Vrancheva, FIU             631                1999-04
5. Stephanie Richardson, USA      605                1987-91
 
HOOD ON THE BOARDS

• Da'Nasia Hood had a double-double on Thursday against Troy, totaling 17 points and 11 rebounds. The boards helped her move up the Texas State career chart for rebounds.
• Hood has 748 career rebounds, which is 8th in program history.
• She needs 4 more rebounds to tie Melinda Hieber (1988-92) for 7th on the program's all-time list.
• If she qualified with enough games, Hood's 7.4 rebounds per game this year would be 8th-best in the Sun Belt.

 
ON FIRE

• Ja'Kayla Bowie had a team-high 20 points on Thursday against Troy, which were also a season-high and her most points in a game since March 6, 2021 vs. Troy in the Sun Belt Conference tournament when she had a career-high 23.
• Bowie has double-digit in 3 straight games entering Saturday and is averaging 15.0 points over the stretch on 60 percent shooting (15-of-25).
• Bowie is also averaging 4.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists in the last 3 games to go with her 15.0 points.
• This season, Bowie is averaging a career-high 8.5 points while her 48 percent shooting is slightly below her career-best of 48.6 percent set last year.
• Bowie needs 8 more points to match her career-best for a season. She had 186 points last year in 27 games and 730 total minutes.

 
15 AND COUNTING

• Texas State's next win would give it its most victories in a season since 2017-18.
• The Bobcats went 23-10 in 2017-18, including 14-4 in conference play.
• Texas State has already matched its win total from a year ago (15) with at least 8 games left on the schedule (7 regular season and guaranteed one game at the Sun Belt Conference Championship in Pensacola).

 
AGAINST ULM

• Texas State enters Saturday on an 8-game winning streak against ULM.
• The Bobcats have also won 3 straight against the Warhawks at home.
• Texas State has won 11 of the last 12 against ULM, with the only loss being on Jan. 16, 2020 in San Marcos.