HBU Huskiess (2-12, 1-5 SLC) at UIW Cardinals (6-6, 3-2 SLC)
Wednesday, Jan. 27 – 7 p.m.
McDermott Convocation Center – San Antonio, Texas
Video
Audio (Husky Sports Network/Lonnie King)
Live Stats
Game Notes
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – A four-game road stretch that will keep HBU away from its home floor for nearly three weeks starts this Wednesday evening when the Huskies take on UIW at the McDermott Convocation Center. Husky fans can listen to the live Husky Sports Network audio broadcast with Lonnie King providing play-by-play available at HBUHuskies.com.
The Huskies (2-12, 1-5 SLC) have won the last two meetings with the Cardinals (6-6, 3-2 SLC) in San Antonio and have won five of the last seven meetings overall. Last season, the two teams split their games with UIW winning in Houston, 84-82, and HBU taking the return game, 88-76.
HBU dropped a heartbreaker this past Saturday at home to McNeese, coming up just short in the 74-71 final. The Huskies trailed by nine at the half and then opened the second period with a 24-4 run to lead by 11 but were unable to hang on as McNeese eked out the win. Sophomore
Zach Iyeyemi and freshman
Brycen Long each set new career-highs of 17 and 16 points, respectively.
Junior
Pedro Castro continues to shoot the lights out, leading the nation in three-point shooting among players averaging at least two made threes per game. Castro is connecting on 58.5 percent (31-of-53) from behind the arc for the season and 66.7 percent (18-of-27) in Southland play. Iyeyemi, meanwhile, is shooting 58.2 percent (32-of-55) from the floor this season and 65.2 percent (15-of-23) in conference games. In the last four games, he has missed just three shots to go 14-of-17 (82.4 percent) while averaging 8.8 points per game.
UIW is led by sophomore guard Keaston Willis who is third in the conference in season scoring at 19.4 ppg and is averaging 17.2 ppg in SLC play. Willis has attempted nearly three times as many shots as any other player on the Cardinals' roster, shooting 42.1 percent (75-of-178) from the field and 31.3 percent (21-of-67) from three. He also leads the team with 18 steals and is adding 4.6 rebounds per game. As a team in conference play, UIW is shooting 41.9 percent (49-of-117) from three while holding opponents to just 27.5 percent (25-of-91).
The Cardinals have alternated wins and losses so far against Southland opponents, most recently defeating Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at home, 72-53. Freshman Logan Bracamonte enjoyed a big game against the Islanders, posting career-highs of 15 points and eight rebounds while Willis added 13 points.
HBU will head down the coast to Corpus Christi this weekend for a Saturday, Jan. 30, matinee matchup against the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders at 3:30 p.m.
