Lea Valdez's 21 Points Leads UTPA Past Centenary in Women's Basketball
SHREVEPORT, LA. -- Freshman Lea Valdez scored a season high 21 points, leading the University of Texas-Pan American women's basketball team to a hard-fought 48-40 win over the Centenary College Ladies at the Gold Dome Thursday night.
Valdez, a freshman from San Antonio, hit on 7-of-20 shots from the field and 6-of-11 free throws. She also had seven steals, a team high, and five rebounds, tied for the team lead. Her seven steals is also tied for the fourth highest single-game total in UTPA history. Her 21 points also represented nearly half the total that UTPA scored in the game. She was also the only player to score in double figures in the game.
Erin Buttery and Alexandra Gravel each scored eight points for the Lady Broncs. Prudence Garrison led the way for the Ladies with nine points.
The game was marred by a total of 70 turnovers and field goal percentages of 23.6% for the Lady Broncs and 26.1% for the Ladies. As a team the Broncs had 22 steals, a UTPA single game record.
The Lady Broncs will return to action on Thursday, Feb. 3rd, when they travel to Nashville, Tenn., to take on Division I Independent Belmont University at 6 p.m.
UT-Pan American Lady Broncs at Centenary
College Ladies
Gold Dome, Shreveport, La.
January 27, 2000
UT-Pan American (4-16)
No. Name FG FGA 3FG 3FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 23 Valdez, Lea, f 7 20 1 2 6 11 2 3 5 5 21 1 6 0 7 32 42 Erin Buttery, f 2 5 0 0 4 6 2 3 5 2 8 0 4 0 6 31 33 Naima Williams, c 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 16 05 Alexandra Gravel, g 2 11 0 5 4 4 0 2 2 2 8 0 3 0 1 40 11 Ashere' Thigpen, g 0 10 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 5 1 2 3 0 4 31 14 Radiajah Sinnette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 20 Michelle Smith 1 3 0 1 2 4 3 1 4 3 4 0 2 0 1 17 21 Rachel Friedeck 1 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 4 4 3 1 3 0 3 18 44 Senella Baldwin 0 2 0 0 3 4 2 2 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 7 Team 4 5 9 6 Totals 13 55 1 9 21 33 16 24 40 22 48 5 31 1 22 200
Total FG% 1st Half: 6-23 .261 2nd Half: 7-32 .219 Game: .236 Deadball 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-5 .200 2nd Half: 0-4 .000 Game: .111 Rebounds F Throw% 1st Half: 7-12 .583 2nd Half: 14-21 .667 Game: .636 7
Centenary (0-18)
No. Name FG FGA 3FG 3FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 12 Prudence Garrison, f 4 10 0 0 1 2 1 7 8 4 9 0 1 4 2 27 52 Kayla Forster, f 2 10 0 0 1 4 3 5 8 5 5 0 4 1 5 32 10 Allison Cash, g 1 3 1 2 2 4 0 1 1 3 5 0 13 0 1 35 11 Valerie Ashby, g 2 5 1 1 1 2 1 4 5 5 6 1 3 0 1 30 32 Sandy Burris, g 1 12 0 5 5 8 2 5 7 2 7 2 7 0 5 40 05 Sherri Savage 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 5 31 Stacy Cox 1 4 0 0 2 4 2 1 3 4 4 1 6 0 3 20 44 Celeste Nash 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 11 Team 1 6 7 Totals 12 46 2 8 14 26 10 31 41 25 40 4 39 5 18 200
Total FG% 1st Half: 6-28 .214 2nd Half: 6-18 .333 Game: .261 Deadball 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-5 .200 2nd Half: 1-3 .333 Game: .250 Rebounds F Throw% 1st Half: 1-4 .250 2nd Half: 13-22 .591 Game: .538 12
Officials: Darcy Schlabach, Charles Carroll, Kevin Malthane
Technical Fouls: None Attendance: 187
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Final UTPA 20 28 48 Centenary 14 26 40