The Opponent: 
Texas Woman's (11-6; 4-5 LSC): January 21, 2017 at 2 p.m. in Denton, Texas | Live Stats | Live Video

Game Notes

First Tip:
- The Aggies will wrap up the first half of Lone Star Conference play on Saturday as they visit the Texas Woman's Pioneers, who are coming off of a loss to Midwestern State on Thursday.
- Cameron has now won two straight, after taking down rival Midwestern State 94-76 back on Tuesday night.
- For the first time this season, CU shot over 50 percent from the field, converting on 52.1 percent of their shots against the Mustangs, while also shooting a season high 88.2 percent from the free throw line.
- Charron Montgomery had a career high 24 points on 10-15 shooting, to go along with five assists and four rebounds.
- Jamie Bonnarens, who set a career high in points last week, topped that against MSU, scoring 22 points for back to back 20 point games, while grabbing four rebounds, blocking two shots, and getting four steals.
- Additionally, Savanna James had her 13th straight game with 10 or more points, scoring 12 against Midwestern, while Ava Battese chipped in 11 points and Halbleib had 10.
- The Aggies offense is now 14th in the nation with 80.2 points per game, while shooting 40.3 percent from the field, 31.9 percent from the perimeter, and 70.7 percent from the charity stripe.
- On defense, CU still leads the LSC with 10.6 steals and 20.3 turnovers forced per contest, while allowing a league worst 75.8 points per game.
- James is fourth in the conference in scoring with 16.7 points and third in rebounding with 7.9 boards per game. She is ninth in all of DII in shooting at 58.9 percent from the field and first in the conference going 80.8 percent from the free throw line.
- Bonnarens (13.0), Montgomery (12.0), and Natalie Halbleib (10.9) are all in the top-25 on the LSC in scoring, while Montgomery and Brittany Hill are fifth and sixth in the league in assists and fourth and ninth in steals.
 
About Texas Woman's:
- The Pioneers lost to MSU 66-65 on a last second shot to move to 11-6 on the season and 4-5 in LSC play, which has them in a tie for sixth in the conference standings with Cameron.
- TWU predicates most of their game on defense, holding opponents to scoring just 62.6 points per game, while shooting 39.8 percent from the field and 31.1 percent from three point range.
- Texas Woman's forces 17.1 turnovers per contest, and averages 8.5 steals and 3.1 blocks.
- On offense, TWU is averaging 65.2 points per game, while shooting 41.5 percent from the field, 32.2 percent from the perimeter, and a league worst 63 percent from the free throw line.
- They have one player averaging more than 10 points per game, and that is Kenesha Saygo, who is third in the LSC with 16.8 points per game.
- Saygo is shooting 41.4 percent from the field and 72.8 percent from the charity stripe, while averaging 4.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contests.
- Alexis Nezianya leads TWU with 5.4 rebounds per game, while averaging 8.8 points and converting on 53.3 percent of her shots from the field.
- Emily Spector is averaging 9.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game, while shooting 45.7 percent from the field, 39 percent from three point range, and 71.9 percent from the foul line.
- Head coach Beth Jilson is now in her 10th season at Texas Woman's and is 149-123 at the helm of the Pioneers. 
 
The Series vs. TWU:
- TWU leads 20-19
- The Aggies have won four out of the last five meetings.
- Texas Woman's is 20-6 all time when hosting CU in Denton, Texas.
- Last Meeting: March 3, 2016 in Allen, Texas (78-75 TWU win).
 
Last Time vs. TWU:
Last time out against the Pioneers, Cameron lost 78-75 in the first round of the LSC Tournament. The Aggies shot 40.6 percent from the field, 44.4 percent from the perimeter, and 68.8 percent from the charity stripe. The big difference in the game was that TWU went to the line 28 times, compared to CU's 16 free throw attempts. Natalie Halbleib had nine points and four rebounds, while Brittany Hill chipped in eight points. Emily Spector led the Pioneers with 16 points, while Kenesha Saygo had 14 points and four rebounds.

Next Up:
After closing out the four game road stretch on Saturday against the Pioneers, Cameron will return back to the Aggie Gym for back to back home games against Tarleton State on Thursday, Jan. 26 and Texas A&M-Commerce on Saturday, Jan. 28.