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For Immediate Release: Monday, December 3, 2001 LADY BRONCS RETURN HOME,
VISIT IOWA TOURNAMENT
EDINBURG, TX-For the first time in four games, the
University of Texas-Pan American women’s basketball team will be at
home when the Lady Broncs host Texas-El Paso Tuesday night. Game time is
7:00 p.m. at the UTPA Fieldhouse. UTPA will be trying to duplicate their first win of
the season. The Lady Broncs won at UTEP November 21, 74-59. UTPA will take a 1-5 record into the game, having
dropped their game Saturday night at Lamar. The Lady Miners are 0-5
after losing at Montana State Saturday evening. “Obviously, we have to step up our intensity and
be ready for a team we’ve already beaten,” said UTPA Head Coach
Karin Nicholls. “It’s really all about our intensity both
offensively and defensively. We have to play harder than we’ve been
playing as a team.” The challenge will be a different one this weekend,
as the Lady Broncs will visit Iowa for the Gazette-Hawkeye Challenge.
UTPA will meet host Iowa Friday evening at 7:30, after Kent State and
Alabama-Birmingham meet in the opener. The third place game and
championship are set for Saturday night. “We’d like to get a win Tuesday and get some
confidence and leave on a good note for Iowa,” said Nicholls. “With
one team ranked in the top 25 (Iowa), another team that was in the NCAAs
last year (Kent State), and a very good team in Alabama-Birmingham,
these teams will be the best teams we’ve played all season. We’ll
try to do the best we can, secure the game against UTEP, and try to
steal one of these games on the road.” After their trip to Iowa, the Lady Broncs will return to play Texas A&M-Kingsville December 13th. WBB-07-01 120301 |