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Sunday, December 15
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Women’s Basketball Set to Take On Santa Clara Sunday
12/12/2024 1:42:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DENTON, Texas – The UNT women's basketball team will look to extend its winning streak to three games on its final road trip of the nonconference slate against Santa Clara Sunday at 4 p.m. CT.
The Mean Green rebounded from their loss at New Mexico on Dec. 4 with a pair of blowout wins in The Super Pit. Ereauna Hardaway set a new career high for points scored in both games, leading UNT to an 83-65 victory over Tennessee State and an 87-54 rout of Southern Illinois. Hardaway's career performances earned her a spot on the AAC's weekly honor roll, marking the fourth conference honor of the season for North Texas.
Sitting at 7-2 on the season, a win over Santa Clara would tie the program's second-best start through 10 games in program history. Six teams have accomplished the feat, while last season's 9-1 start will remain the singular best record through 10 games.
Santa Clara (5-4) is led by Olivia Pollerd who averages 17.8 points per game this season and was a First Team All-WCC selection a year ago. Pollerd is one of a few Broncos who were a part of last season's team that posted the program's second winningest season ever in the 2023-24 campaign, which included 25 wins and a trip to the second round of the WBIT.
Sunday's contest will be the first meeting between the schools and will be streamed on ESPN+. The game can also be heard on the Varsity Network with Zac Babb on the call.
WHAT 2 WATCH 4
• The Mean Green will take to the road for the final time in the nonconference slate to face Santa Clara.
• The Mean Green will wrap up the nonconference portion of their schedule next week with SMU and Chicago State visiting The Super Pit.
• Ereauna Hardaway was named to the AAC Honor Roll on Dec. 9 following a pair of career scoring days, including 21 points her last time out vs. SIU.
• UNT's roster features seven returners from last season and six newcomers, including two true freshmen.
ANYBODY ON ANY NIGHT
• UNT women's basketball had never had three players score 20+ points in a game until Nov. 4, 2024 against Alcorn State.
• Kyla Deck (27), Tommisha Lampkin (23) and Desiree Wooten (20) became the first trio to accomplish the feat in program history
• UNT is one of two teams (Oral Roberts) to have three players score 20+ points in a game so far this season, and it was only done a total of 19 times in the 2023-24 campaign.
• Following Ereauna Hardaway's 21-point performance against Southern Illinois, UNT is one of just 10 teams in the country with five different 20-point scorers this season, as of Dec. 9.
• To put the versatility of UNT's scoring into perspective, the Mean Green had a 20-point performance 18 times in the 2023-24 season with only three of them not coming from Tommisha Lampkin or DesiRay Kernal.
A WIN WOULD...
• Improve UNT to 8-2 on the season, tying UNT's second-best start through 10 games in program history
• Make UNT's record 3-2 in road games this season
• Give UNT a 1-0 series lead over Santa Clara
• Match the Mean Green's longest win streak of the year
The Mean Green rebounded from their loss at New Mexico on Dec. 4 with a pair of blowout wins in The Super Pit. Ereauna Hardaway set a new career high for points scored in both games, leading UNT to an 83-65 victory over Tennessee State and an 87-54 rout of Southern Illinois. Hardaway's career performances earned her a spot on the AAC's weekly honor roll, marking the fourth conference honor of the season for North Texas.
Sitting at 7-2 on the season, a win over Santa Clara would tie the program's second-best start through 10 games in program history. Six teams have accomplished the feat, while last season's 9-1 start will remain the singular best record through 10 games.
Santa Clara (5-4) is led by Olivia Pollerd who averages 17.8 points per game this season and was a First Team All-WCC selection a year ago. Pollerd is one of a few Broncos who were a part of last season's team that posted the program's second winningest season ever in the 2023-24 campaign, which included 25 wins and a trip to the second round of the WBIT.
Sunday's contest will be the first meeting between the schools and will be streamed on ESPN+. The game can also be heard on the Varsity Network with Zac Babb on the call.
WHAT 2 WATCH 4
• The Mean Green will take to the road for the final time in the nonconference slate to face Santa Clara.
• The Mean Green will wrap up the nonconference portion of their schedule next week with SMU and Chicago State visiting The Super Pit.
• Ereauna Hardaway was named to the AAC Honor Roll on Dec. 9 following a pair of career scoring days, including 21 points her last time out vs. SIU.
• UNT's roster features seven returners from last season and six newcomers, including two true freshmen.
ANYBODY ON ANY NIGHT
• UNT women's basketball had never had three players score 20+ points in a game until Nov. 4, 2024 against Alcorn State.
• Kyla Deck (27), Tommisha Lampkin (23) and Desiree Wooten (20) became the first trio to accomplish the feat in program history
• UNT is one of two teams (Oral Roberts) to have three players score 20+ points in a game so far this season, and it was only done a total of 19 times in the 2023-24 campaign.
• Following Ereauna Hardaway's 21-point performance against Southern Illinois, UNT is one of just 10 teams in the country with five different 20-point scorers this season, as of Dec. 9.
• To put the versatility of UNT's scoring into perspective, the Mean Green had a 20-point performance 18 times in the 2023-24 season with only three of them not coming from Tommisha Lampkin or DesiRay Kernal.
A WIN WOULD...
• Improve UNT to 8-2 on the season, tying UNT's second-best start through 10 games in program history
• Make UNT's record 3-2 in road games this season
• Give UNT a 1-0 series lead over Santa Clara
• Match the Mean Green's longest win streak of the year
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