Opponents
St. Mary's: Nov. 11 @ 12 p.m. in Stephenville, Texas |
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Missouri S&T: Nov. 12 @ 12 p.m. in Stephenville, Texas |
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About the Aggies
After going 15-11 with a 9-7 Lone Star Conference mark last season, the Aggie women come into the season with high hopes after being selected sixth in the LSC Preseason Poll. Cameron returns seven players from last season's team, including three players who started in 10 or more games. The Aggies will be under a new coach this season for the first time in almost 10 years as first year head coach
Emma Andrews and new assistant coach
Josh May take the reins of the 2016-17 Aggie women's basketball team.
St. Mary's
Coming off of an 18-10 season last year, the Rattlers where picked fourth in the Heartland Conference Preseason poll, while senior guard Kiara Etheridge was named to the Heartland Preseason Team. STMU fell 72-54 in their lone exhibition game, with Tyra Cormier leading the team with 14 points, while LaBraile Fields had 13 points and eight rebounds and Etheridge had 10 points and seven rebounds.
All-Time vs. St. Mary's
- Overall: 5-4 CU
- After starting the series 4-0, the Aggies have only beat STMU one time in a 27 year span.
- Last meeting: Nov. 10, 2012 in San Antonio, Texas (78-49 STMU win)
Missouri S&T
The Lady Miners went 8-17 last season and have a team comprised of eight returners, four freshman and a juco transfer. In their exhibition win over 68-66 win over Webster, Maddie Raley had 16 points, while Janie Arand added 15 and Raetchel Gray had 10. MST shot an amazing 63 percent from the field and hit 8-11 from three point range. Their main problem was their 29 turnovers in the contest, 15 coming off of Webster steals.
All-Time vs. Missouri S&T
- Overall: 4-0 MST
- It has been 10 years since the two teams player each other, and over 20 years since the first time they played each other.
- Last meeting: Nov. 25, 2006 in Topeka, Kan. (67-62 MST win)
Looking Back
In the Aggies first test this season, they played Division I Wichita State in an exhibition. It took a last second shot by the Shockers to beat CU 67-65.
Brittany Hill came off the bench and led Cameron with 14 points, including key buckets in the final minutes of the game. Additionally, senior guard
Charron Montgomery chipped in 12 points, while
Savanna James had 11 points and nine rounds. The Aggies shot 37 percent from the field, 36 percent from long range and 53 percent from the charity stripe. They also forced 17 turnovers and had nine steals.
Looking ahead
Cameron will play Central Oklahoma for their home opener and only home non-conference contest of the season on Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m.
