WICHITA, Kan. —The Newman women's basketball team opens up Heartland Conference play with a matchup against St. Edward's Thursday and Oklahoma Christian Saturday on the road. The Jets finish up a tough part of their early nonconference schedule now the team will be looking to make a run in the Heartland.

SCOUTING NEWMAN

The Jets (6-4, 0-0 Heartland) finished up its early nonconference with a matchup with Washburn Tuesday, the Jets were able to come out with a 52-45 victory after a second-half push that led to a comeback. The Jets finish two games above .500 going into conference play Thursday. 

    Leaders

    Hannah Alexander-14.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 0.6 apg, 42.3 FG%

    Bria DeGrate-11.2 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.6 apg, 42.3 FG%

    Abbey George-9.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.3 apg, 55.6 FG%

    Haley Albers-7.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 0.6 apg, 42.0 FG%

 

SCOUTING The Hilltoppers

The Hilltoppers (4-4, 0-0 Heartland) finished up its early nonconference schedule with a matchup against Houston-Tilloston Tuesday in which the Hilltoppers were able to top the Rams 62-56, putting the Hilltoppers at .500 going into conference play.   

    Leaders

    Isabel Hernandez-10.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.1 apg, 54.8 FG%

    Brooke Panfili-8.8 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.5 apg, 34.3 FG%

    Lexi Cunningham-7.4 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.3 apg, 31.6 FG%

    Saundra Guillory-6.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.6 apg, 40.4 FG%

 

SCOUTING THE EAGLES

The Eagles (1-5, 0-0) Heartland are coming off a 1-1 record Friday and Saturday, traveling to San Angelo, Texas to take on Texas A&M-Kingsville and Angelo State. Friday the Eagles beat the Javelinas 86-66, Saturday the team took on Angelo State looking to ride that momentum but fell short losing to the Rams 85-70. The Eagles enter conference play with a record of 1-5.

Leaders

Addy Clift-20.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 0.5 apg, 36.7 FG%

Megan Shelton-9.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.3 apg, 44.2 FG%

Delyssa Miller-7.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 0.3 apg, 53.1 FG%

Maddison Collyer-6.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 5.8 apg, 37.1 FG%  

 

NOTES

-Alexander enters Thursday's game fourth in Conference for scoring.

-The Jets are currently third in the conference in offensive rebounds and fourth in defensive rebounds.

-The Jets defense is currently third in blocked shots (32) and fourth in steals (7.90)