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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – After splitting its first two games in the season-opening GAC/MIAA Conference Challenge, the Henderson State women's basketball team will play its first game in front of its home crowd Wednesday, Nov. 17 against the Christian Brothers Lady Bucs. Tip-off inside the Duke Wells Center is set for 5:30 p.m.
 
REDDIES REPORT
Henderson State opened the 2021-22 season with a 81-74 victory over Missouri Southern in Joplin, Missouri. Ashley Farrar led all Reddie scorers with 20 points and added eight rebounds. Game number two of the conference battle had HSU fall to Emporia State, 84-66. This time around, Snowden paced Henderson with 15 points while Farrar contributed 13.
 
The Reddies have gotten great production from its bench through two games, outscoring the opponent's bench by a combined 45-29. The biggest contributing rotation players have been Karrington Whaley and Jadah Pickens, who have each registered 15 points this season. Whaley also has accumulated nine blocks in the two contests.
 
In Henderson's win over MSSU, HSU shot 42.5% from the field and 36.8% from three compared to shooting 34.2% and 33.3% from the field and beyond the arc, respectively, in the loss against Emporia St. Though the Reddies have shot decently well from deep in its openers, overall efficiency when shooting the rock will be key for Jill Thomas' squad as the season progresses.
 
Since 2006 when the first game between Henderson and the Lady Bucs was recorded, HSU has won all but two meetings, including the most recent one in 2019, 71-60. On that night, Snowden and Farrar each tallied eight points while Whaley delivered 11 points and seven rebounds. The Reddies have never lost to Christian Brothers in Arkadelphia.   
 
SCOUTING CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
Like Henderson, Christian Brothers comes into Wednesday's matchup at 1-1, having just lost to Embry-Riddle, 79-65, after defeating Rollins, 65-63. In the victory, sophomore guard Emily Jones put up a game-high 26 points.
 
Junior guard Yaya Coleman has done a little bit of everything for the Lady Bucs this season. Shooting 42.9% from three-point range, Coleman is averaging a double-double through two games, seeing 18 points per game – second on the team behind Jones' 25.5 average – and 11 rebounds per game. Coleman also has been getting it done on the defensive side of things, gathering a team-high five steals.
 
What To Watch For…
-A win on Wednesday will give Henderson State its sixth consecutive victory in home openers, with its last home-opening loss coming against Arkansas-Fort Smith in 2015. In Thomas' nine years as head coach at HSU, she has only lost one home opener.
 
-Snowden came into the 2021-22 season tied for fourth all-time in three-pointers made. In two games, the Van Buren, Arkansas, native now has 156 career-made triples as she is squarely in fourth on the all-time list. Linda Lyle sits in third with 173 as Snowden needs 18 more to pass her.