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Women's basketball hits the road for WAC play
1/6/2016 4:02:00 PM | Women's Basketball
PHOENIX – The Lopes put a bow on their non-conference with a convincing win over Arizona Christian on Monday. Grand Canyon now shifts to WAC play, starting on the road for the first three games at UTRGV on Thursday, New Mexico State on Saturday and Utah Valley next week.
GCU finished its 2015-16 non-conference slate with an 8-8 record, a one-game improvement from a year ago. This was an especially impressive feat for Trent May's team considering the Lopes lost two of their top three scorers from last season (August Touchard, Casey Rarrick) due to injury.
GCU's conference schedule doesn't wait to get challenging, as they face the top two teams in the WAC this week.
Scouting UTRGV
UT Rio Grande Valley is the result of University of Texas at Brownsville and University of Texas–Pan American merging. The Vaqueros take the Texas-Pan American's place in the WAC beginning this year. The transition from Broncs to Vaqueros results in 11 new players on this year's roster and seven returners.
UTRGV brings an 8-7 overall record into WAC play including an unscathed 4-0 home mark. Texas-Rio Grande Valley featured a fairly grueling non-conference schedule including games against Syracuse, Kansas State, Oklahoma City and TCU.
Shawnte' Goff and Mary Savoy lead UTRGV in scoring with 14.7 and 11.7 points per game, respectively. Goff's 14.7 points per game leads the WAC. Goff is also in the top five in assists (3.3), steals (1.9) and 3-point FG (2.1). The Vaqueros feature the WAC's top defense, allowing just 60.0 points per game and limiting opponents to 36.7 percent.
Scouting New Mexico State
The Aggies enter the week as the leader in the clubhouse in the WAC with an impressive 11-3 record. New Mexico State has the highest-scoring offense in the WAC (69.9 points per game) and the second-best defense in the WAC (60.4 points per game). Â The Aggies do allow the highest 3-point shooting percentage at 32.8 percent.Â
Sasha Weber (12.4 points per game) and Brianna Freeman (11.4 points per game) lead NMSU in scoring, ranking 6th and 9th in the WAC, respectively. Weber is a 3-point specialist, knocking down 2.5 threes per game at a 40.2 percent clip.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES
vs. Texas-Rio Grande Valley - First meeting. (3-1 all-time vs. Texas-Pan American)
vs. New Mexico State - The Aggies lead the all-time series 3-1.
GCU finished its 2015-16 non-conference slate with an 8-8 record, a one-game improvement from a year ago. This was an especially impressive feat for Trent May's team considering the Lopes lost two of their top three scorers from last season (August Touchard, Casey Rarrick) due to injury.
GCU's conference schedule doesn't wait to get challenging, as they face the top two teams in the WAC this week.
Scouting UTRGV
UT Rio Grande Valley is the result of University of Texas at Brownsville and University of Texas–Pan American merging. The Vaqueros take the Texas-Pan American's place in the WAC beginning this year. The transition from Broncs to Vaqueros results in 11 new players on this year's roster and seven returners.
UTRGV brings an 8-7 overall record into WAC play including an unscathed 4-0 home mark. Texas-Rio Grande Valley featured a fairly grueling non-conference schedule including games against Syracuse, Kansas State, Oklahoma City and TCU.
Shawnte' Goff and Mary Savoy lead UTRGV in scoring with 14.7 and 11.7 points per game, respectively. Goff's 14.7 points per game leads the WAC. Goff is also in the top five in assists (3.3), steals (1.9) and 3-point FG (2.1). The Vaqueros feature the WAC's top defense, allowing just 60.0 points per game and limiting opponents to 36.7 percent.
Scouting New Mexico State
The Aggies enter the week as the leader in the clubhouse in the WAC with an impressive 11-3 record. New Mexico State has the highest-scoring offense in the WAC (69.9 points per game) and the second-best defense in the WAC (60.4 points per game). Â The Aggies do allow the highest 3-point shooting percentage at 32.8 percent.Â
Sasha Weber (12.4 points per game) and Brianna Freeman (11.4 points per game) lead NMSU in scoring, ranking 6th and 9th in the WAC, respectively. Weber is a 3-point specialist, knocking down 2.5 threes per game at a 40.2 percent clip.
THE ALL-TIME SERIES
vs. Texas-Rio Grande Valley - First meeting. (3-1 all-time vs. Texas-Pan American)
vs. New Mexico State - The Aggies lead the all-time series 3-1.
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