LADY BRONCS HOST ORAL ROBERTS SUNDAY NIGHT
Contact: Dave Geringer, UTPA Sports Information Director, (956) 381-2240

EDINBURG, TX-The University of Texas-Pan American's women's basketball team will begin a four-game stretch that will mark the end of the first semester when they host Oral Roberts Sunday evening. Game time is 7:00 p.m. at the UTPA Fieldhouse.

Texas-Pan American brings a 5-1 record into Sunday night's game. The Lady Broncs have also broken into the national statistics. Junior guard Ashley Roberts (Hernando, MS/Hernando HS/Butler County CC) is tied for second in steals, averaging 4.5 steals per game. As a team, UTPA is second in steals, averaging 16.3 steals per game, and is 15th in assists, averaging 19.8.

The Golden Eagles are 2-3. They defeated the Lady Broncs, 72-68, last year in Tulsa.

"We have four games coming up in a four-game stretch, and we're calling that basketball 101," said UTPA Head Coach DeAnn Craft. "The teams we'll play are teams that will challenge us in every capacity, and I hope that we'll be able to apply some of the lessons we learned by playing in a big time tournament last weekend at Kansas State. We had some players who really stepped up, and it was a good effort."

The Lady Broncs will visit Texas Wednesday evening. Texas was 7-0 and was ranked second in the nation until they lost to Penn State last Sunday. Texas-Pan American will return home when they host Marshall and Central Michigan next weekend.

WBB-16-04121203