The Henderson State women's basketball team plays its final non-conference game of the season on Saturday when Texas A&M-Commerce comes to the Duke Wells Center at 2 p.m.
Series:
Henderson is 8-2 all-time against the Lions, but fell in last year's meeting 73-61 in Commerce, Texas.
Henderson State Notes:
The Reddies played just one game last week and fell to Rogers State 61-58 in Claremore, Oklahoma. The loss dropped Henderson to 4-5 on the year with all five defeats coming in non-conference action. The Reddies are 4-0 in Great American Conference play and are tied for first place in the league with Harding.
Henderson is led by freshmen guards
Pink Jones and
Hailey Estes, both of whom have had stellar starts to their college careers. Jones is the fifth-leading scorer in the GAC, averaging 14.7 points per game, while Estes is the leading rebounder on the team, averaging 7.2 boards per game, and also averages 11.7 points per game.
Junior guard
Haleigh Henson has also been a standout for the Reddies so far in 2016-17, averaging 13.2 points per game while also hitting the second-most 3-pointers in the GAC this season with 26 in nine games. Sophomore
Torrie Thompson remains the GAC leader in 3-point shooting percentage, hitting on nearly 48 percent of her shots from behind the arc.
The Reddies are the highest-scoring team in the league, averaging 77.9 points per contest and also lead the GAC in 3-pointers made, with 84 in just nine games.
Texas A&M-Commerce Notes:
The Lions are 7-3 on the year, 3-1 in Lone Star Conference action and are winners of four of their last five games. They are 1-1 on the season against teams from the GAC, having beaten Southeastern Oklahoma State 78-73 in overtime and having lost to Ouachita Baptist 81-75.
They feature four players who average double figures in points and are spearheaded by junior forward Artaejah Gay, who averages 12.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game while shooting 89 percent at the free throw line.
As a team, the Lions average 72.7 points per game and hold their opponents to just under 38 percent shooting from the field.
