Texas-Rio Grande Valley Women’s Basketball 2016 NIT Tournament Capsule
March 12, 2016 · CSM Staff
Texas-Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
WAC (19-13, 9-5)
Big Wins: 11/14 vs Cal Poly (66-58), 1/21 CSU Bakersfield (60-46), 3/5 at New Mexico State (66-55)
Bad Losses: 12/1 at Texas A&M-CC (46-49), 1/23 Seattle (71-74), 2/13 Kansas City (57-59)
Coach: Larry Tidwell
Probable Starters:
Shawnte’ Goff, Junior, Guard, 15.6 ppg, 3.3 apg, 4.2 rpg
Bernesha Peters, Freshman, Guard, 7.2 ppg, 1.6 apg
Rickell Preston, Senior, Guard, 8.5 ppg, 2.5 apg, 6.5 rpg
Anushka Maldonado, Junior, Forward, 9.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.3 bpg
Hildur Kjartansdottir, Sophomore, Forward, 8.7 ppg, 7.6 rpg
Key Roleplayers:
Nichele Hyman, Freshman, Guard, 3.1 ppg
Tristan Murphy, Freshman, Forward, 2.1 ppg, 2.2 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 62.2 (209th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 59.9 (96, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 35.1 (323, 7)
Field-Goal Defense: 35.4 (37, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.3 (96, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 26.7 (310, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.0 (68, 1)
Rebound Margin: 0.2 (154, 2)
Assists Per Game: 11.2 (276, 6)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.4 (65, 1)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2015 WBI First Round loss to Louisiana-Lafayette
*all team stats through 3/3
