SAN ANTONIO – The UTSA women's basketball team is set to host UNLV on Wednesday, with a 6:30 p.m. start time at the Convocation Center. Fans are encouraged to wear Orange for an “Orange Out” and students will receive limited edition orange “Welcome to the Birdcage” shirts as a part of the festivities.
The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with Jordy Fee-Platt (play-by-play), Carlie Heineman (analyst) and Katie Goodman (reporter) on the call. Neal Raphael will deliver all the action on the radio in the greater San Antonio area on The Bull 93.3 FM and worldwide on the iHeartRadio app.
The Roadrunners (3-3, 0-0 American) split at last week's Hoopfest Women's Basketball Challenge, first falling to Auburn, 59-42, before besting Grand Canyon, 65-64, at the Comerica Center in Frisco.
Senior Cheyenne Rowe was stellar at the event, averaging 16.5 points per game and 7.0 rebounds per game to go with two assists, two blocks and a steal. She scored 13 with seven boards against the Tigers, before a 20-point, seven-rebound performance against the Lopes. Ten of her 20 points against GCU came in the fourth quarter, as she sparked a comeback that erased a 10-point deficit with under four minutes remaining.
The Lady Rebels (4-3, 0-0 Mountain West), meanwhile, won both of their games at the UNLV Thanksgiving Turkey Tipoff, taking down Creighton, 76-67, and Northern Iowa, 62-56. Two of the Lady Rebels' three losses have come at the hands of Big 12 opponents, including a three-point defeat at the hands of Arizona State and a 62-54 loss to then-No. 7 Baylor.
One of the most disciplined teams in the country, UNLV commits the ninth fewest fouls in the NCAA with 13.0 per game, and they excel at the charity stripe with a 77.7 free throw percentage ranking 34th.
Jasmyn Lott has played a significant role in their success at the free-throw line, ranking among four players who remain perfect on the year, going 19-for-19. She's second on the team with 13.3 points per game, sitting just behind Meadow Roland. Roland averages a double-double with 16.3 points and 10.1 rebounds each time out, and Aaliyah Alexander rounds out the double-digit scoring club with 12.0 points per game. Roland is also eighth nationally with four double-doubles, and is 27th with 14 blocks on the season.
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