DENTON, Texas - After hosting two-straight games at Sharp Gym, the HCU women's basketball squad is set to hit the road to faceoff against the North Texas Mean Green on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 11 am.
The Huskies (1-2) opened the season against crosstown foe Rice before hosting LeTourneau and Abilene Christian at home inside Historic Sharp Gym during a stretch of three games in five days. Fifth-year
Jordan Jackson is averaging a team-best 9.5 points per game in two games played, missing HCU's game against LeTourneau. She scored a team-high 12 points on Friday against ACU. Sophomore
Dasia Hyams, meanwhile, is nearly doubling her scoring and rebounding averages from last season with 8.7 ppg and a team-best 5.3 rpg after averaging 4.4 ppg and 2.3 rpg as a freshman.
North Texas (1-1) opened the season with a 101-48 home victory over Newman before dropping a road matchup at San Diego State, 73-57. In that loss to the Aztecs, Cherie Spencer and Kamyra Barber tied for the team-lead with 11 points each while Kalysta Martin added 10. Spencer made it a double-double as she also pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds. The Mean Green finished that game shooting 29.6 percent (16-of-54) from the field and just 23.1 percent (3-of-13) from three in the loss. Spencer, just a sophomore, is leading UNT with 16.5 ppg and nine rpg after a freshman campaign that saw her average 5.3 ppg and rank second on the team with 56 assists. She also leads the team this year with 11 assists. Barber is right behind Spencer in scoring, averaging 15 ppg.
Wednesday's game is the start of a four-game road stretch for HCU with the Huskies scheduled to travel to Utah for their next two games. First up on that trip is a game at Weber State in Ogden, Utah on Saturday, Nov.14, before heading to Salt Lake City to face Utah on Monday, Nov. 16.
