PORTALES, N.M. – Eastern New Mexico women's basketball will travel to Silver City, N.M. to take on Western New Mexico University on Thursday, Dec. 9, with first tip set for 5:30 p.m.

ON THE AIR

Thursday's game will be broadcast on 105.9 KSEL-FM and KSELCountry.com with Donald "Doc" Elder calling the action. Games will also be broadcast on 106.5 KEND in Roswell and Artesia.

LAST TIME OUT

The Hounds faced tough competition in its last game versus West Texas A&M University, falling 68-51. Natalie Stice led Eastern with 15 points, while Kamirah Decker pulled down a career high 12 rebounds and added nine points.

SCOUTING THE HOUNDS

ENMU currently stand at 3-2 on the season after faltering in its last two games. The Hounds are averaging 60.8 points per game (ppg), while holding teams to 63.8 ppg. Eastern are posting a shooting percentage of 38.1%, draining 33.8% of its three-pointers, and 63.9% from the stripe. The Greyhounds pull down 38.8 rebounds per game (rpg), while providing 9.0 assists per game (apg), finding 8.4 steals per game (spg), and suppling 2.2 blocks per game (bpg).
 
The Eastern offense is led by Stice with 14.8 ppg, while Decker adds 7.6 ppg, and Iyanna McCurdy is finding 6.8 ppg. On the boards, Decker and Stice lead the Greyhounds with 6.2 rpg, with Asha Ross posting 4.6 rpg. Bella Stone and Anasha Hurst pace the team in assists with 2.6 apg and 1.8 apg, respectively.
 
Around the conference, ENMU are holding to just 35.0% shooting from the field, which sits in fourth for the LSC. The Hounds also hold the third best shooting percentage from behind-the-arc, 33.8%.

SCOUTING THE COMPETITION 

Western New Mexico University
 
The Mustangs enter the midweek contest with a 3-2 record, following a 47-74 defeat to West Texas A&M on Saturday, Dec. 4.

WNMU is averaging 59.0 ppg, with opponents are scoring 61.4 ppg against the Mustangs. Western are suppling a 36.6% shooting percentage from the field, finding 32.5% from range, and hold a 55.9% from the free-throw line. Additionally, the Mustangs collect 42.4 rpg, which stands in the top-50 in Division II, 12.8 apg, 7.4 spg, and 5.8 bpg, landing them in 7^th in all of Division II.

Western New Mexico have a balanced offense, with five different players averaging seven or more points. Kyanne Kowatch leads the group with 11.0 ppg, with Destiny Johnson and Abigail Walter each adding 8.6 ppg. Johnson is the leading rebounder in the LSC with 11.2 rpg, while also adding 2.2 bpg (4^th in LSC). The next best rebounder is for WNMU is Zyan Smith, with 5.4 rpg.