ROLLA, Mo. – The Missouri S&T Lady Miners will tip-off its 2014-15 season for real on Saturday night hosting Henderson State at 6 p.m. at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building. S&T has 10 new faces on this year's roster and looks to get the season off on the right foot.
The Lady Miners went 0-2 in the exhibition portion of their schedule falling to Lindenwood Belleville 74-55 and at Missouri-Kansas City 62-41. S&T has struggled to score averaging just 48 points and shot just 29.7 percent (35-for-118) from the floor and was just 4-of-21 from beyond the arc (19.0 percent).
The Lady Miners held their own on the glass with a 38.5-to-37.5 advantage on the boards, but have committed 32 turnovers against just 19 assists.
Sandra Douvier (Sedgwick, Kan./Sunrise Christian Academy) led the team in scoring and rebounding with 12.0 and 9.5 per game respectively.
Jamy Douvier (Sedgwick, Kan./Sunrise Christian Academy) averaged 8.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per contest while
Leigh-Ann Kesper (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville) dropped in 6.0 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.
Kimberly Runge (Freedom, Wis./Freedom) has also done a good job on the boards with 12 rebounds in the two games.
After giving up 74 points in the exhibition opener S&T did a better job defensively at UMKC holding the Kangaroos to just 62 points and just 35.3 percent shooting in the contest. Defending the three-point line was a problem in those two contests as they allowed the opposition to make 20-of-48 attempts (41.7 percent).
Saturday's night contest begins the 41
st season of Lady Miner basketball. S&T is 26-14 in season opening contests and have won 12 straight overall and eight straight at home. Last year, the Lady Miners defeated Westminster 85-52 in Rolla.
Henderson State finished 13-14 last season and went 8-12 in the Great American Conference. It returns five players from last year's squad including four of its top six scorers led by Aungelique Sledge who averaged 19.6 per game. Also returning for HSU are Jasmine Settles, Ariana Caffey, Dulincia Keener and Vanessa Pieper. The Lady Reddies have nine newcomers including seven freshmen to their roster this year.
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