FORT SMITH, Ark. – University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Women's Basketball closes out the regular season with three home games, beginning this week against Western New Mexico and Eastern New Mexico.
The Lions are scheduled to face the Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. Thursday and the Greyhounds at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gayle Kaundart Arena at the Stubblefield Center. Both games will be streamed on the Lone Star Conference Digital Network and broadcast on Fox Sports Radio FM 103.5. Live stats will be available at uafslions.com.
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LAST WEEK: UAFS split its final road trip, bouncing back from a close loss against St. Edward's to defeat St. Mary's in a defensive battle.
DEFENSIVE BESTS: UAFS held to St. Mary's to 44 points on 23.7 percent shooting, both season lows for a UAFS opponent this season.
AROUND THE LEAGUE: Guard Aaliyah Prince ranks ninth in the LSC in scoring at 14.1 points per game. Guard Hannah Boyett is second in three-point field goal percentage at 37.7 percent, while Boyett and guard Riley Hayes rank third and fourth, respectively, in made threes per game. Forward Kayla Brundidge is seventh in blocks at 1.2 per game.
RECORD WATCH: Boyett is first in made threes with 157 while Hayes is sixth with 82. Both are in the top five for most threes made in a season. Boyett recently cracked the top 10 in scoring with 687 career points.
SCOUTING WNMU: The Mustangs are coming off a win over West Texas A&M and are 8-14, 6-12 LSC, but just 1-9 away from home. Diamond Moore leads WNMU with 11.1 and 6.9 rebounds per game. WNMU is last in the LSC in scoring at 57.6 points per game.
SCOUTING ENMU: Eastern New Mexico is last in the LSC in field goal percentage at 35.0 percent as the Greyhounds are 12-11, 9-9 LSC. They make up for it by leading the league with 14.7 offensive rebounds per contest. Guard Deja Adrian paces ENMU with 16.6 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.
THE SERIES: UAFS is 2-0 against Western New Mexico and 0-2 versus Eastern New Mexico.