WICHITA, Kan. – The Newman women's basketball team is eager to get back out on the court after almost a two week layoff between games by traveling to Texas A&M International Thursday evening and St. Mary's Saturday afternoon to complete the first of two weekend adventures.

SCOUTING NEWMAN

Gymnasium, but mother nature had other ideas which led to a postponement date on Jan. 30 to take on the Lady Chaps. The previous game for Newman came against Oklahoma Panhandle State way back on Jan. 7 at home. The Jets cruised to an easy 97-59 victory over the Aggies. FugateThe Jets (12-5, 2-3 Heartland) hoped to get in their game against Lubbock Christian Saturday afternoon inside

  Leaders               

Tjaden-5.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.4 apg, 11 stl, 62.5 FG%Cierra
Natalia Hausmann-6.6 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.2 apg, 14 blk, 45.8 FG%, 82.9 FT%
Mali Wright-11.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 16 stl, 8 blk, 44.3 FG%
Hannah Alexander-14.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.4 apg, 21 stl, 47.2 FG%
DeGrate-14.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.1 apg, 45 stl, 43.2 FG%Bria

(Thursday, 5:30 p.m.) DUSTDEVILSSCOUTING THE

dropped 69-33. Dustdevils 45-39. The previous game for Texas A&M International was at St. Mary's on Saturday, which the Hillcats (1-15, 1-5 Heartland) come into the game with only one win for the season and that came against Rogers State on Dec. 9, when they took down the TAMIU

Leaders                

Aslanian-4.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2 blk, 27.8 FG%Nayiri
Jessica Alvarez-4.9 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.8 apg, 23.8 FG%
Hunt-7.7 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 1.4 apg, 24 stl, 34.9 FG%Rosebrooke
Joanna Perez-11.8 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 2.8 apg, 7 stl, 35.6 FG%
Hannah Beede-14.0 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.3 apg, 12 stl, 37.3 FG%

SCOUTING THE RATTLERS (Saturday, 1 p.m.)

St. Mary's (13-3, 5-1 Heartland) are on a current two-game winning streak. Before taking on the Jets, St. Mary's hosts Oklahoma Panhandle State Thursday evening. The last game for the Rattlers came against Texas A&M International at home, which they won in dominating fashion by a score of 69-33.

Leaders                

Marquez-7.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 16 stl, 43.5 FG%, 41.0 3PT%Kealani
Tyra Cormier-7.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 7 stl, 45.8 FG%
Porter-10.8 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 2.1 apg, 22 stl, 40.7 FG%Arysia
Fields-11.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.6 apg, 49 stl, 40.4 FG%LaBraile
Etheridge-14.3 ppg, 9.9 rpg, 2.3 apg, 26 stl, 44.2 FG%Kiara

HISTORY LESSON

on the road 73-70. Dustdevils hold an 11-7 all-time record over the Jets. Newman will be looking for its first victory against Texas A&M International since February 7, 2013 when the Jets beat the DustdevilsThe

The Rattlers hold a 14-7 all-time series record over Newman that dates back to the 2007-08 season. The Jets will be looking for their first win against St. Mary's since January 31, 2015 when Newman took down the Rattlers 61-45 at home.

NOTES

-The Jets are on a two game winning streak with back-to-back conference wins against Oklahoma Panhandle State on Jan. 7 and Rogers State on Jan. 2.

-Newman is still first in the conference in scoring defense, only allowing 55.5 points per game.

-The Jets also have the best turnover margin in the conference at 6.2.

COVERAGE

Both games this weekend will have live video and statistics, available at www.newmanjets.com.