SAN ANTONIO — UTSA will wrap up its four-game road swing this weekend when the Roadrunners travel to Southern Miss and Louisiana Tech on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. UTSA will matchup with the Lady Eagles at 6 p.m., followed by a 1 p.m. tilt with the Lady Techsters.
The Roadrunners boast an overall record of 11-10 and a 7-3 mark in Conference USA as they sit fourth in the league standings behind a three-way tie between Charlotte, WKU and Middle Tennessee.
UTSA returns to action off a dominant victory at UAB this past Saturday. It was a real team effort as the Roadrunners finished with four players in double figures, including a game-high 20 points from Tesha Smith.
Averaging 19.7 points and 8.1 boards per game, Smith stands fifth in both categories on the C-USA leaderboard. The San Antonio product also ranks second in field goal percentage (58.3).
Collectively, UTSA ranks second in scoring in C-USA games, averaging 75.9 points per game, and ranks in the top five in five categories (steals (3rd/9.75), free throw percentage (3rd/70.4), field goal percentage (5th/43.3), 3-point field goal percentage (4th/34.3), and rebounding offense (5th/39.4).
Southern Miss and Louisiana Tech are both tied for sixth in the standings with records of 6-5 in conference play. Each team will be looking for the win to gain an edge in the conference standings.
The Lady Eagles (14-9, 6-5 C-USA) return home after suffering a brutal 79-53 loss at the hands of WKU. Brittanny Dinkins led Southern Miss with 17 total points and moved into 13th on the programs all-time scoring list. Dinkins has scored at least 16 points in the past 10 games. She ranks third in the conference in scoring, putting up 20.6 points a night.
As a team, Southern Miss tops the conference in steals (11.3), ranks second in field goal percentage (45.4) and fourth in free throw percentage (72.1). In the friendly confines of Reed Green Coliseum, the Lady Eagles own a 9-2 record with the pair of losses against then-No. 5 Mississippi State and Charlotte.
LA Tech (11-11) will face UTEP Thursday, hoping to string together a second-consecutive win as they rolled past Marshall, 72-64, in last week's Saturday matchup. The win against Marshall snapped a two-game losing skid, as the Lady Techsters are 3-2 in its last five contests.
Kierra Anthony, who tops the Lady Techsters season box, averages a C-USA 14th-best 13.6 points a night and just recently tied her career-high with 23 points against Marshall.
The Lady Techsters own the best field goal percentage (.445) in the league while also holding opponents to the lowest field goal percentage of .373.
