Basketball: 10 teams start divisional play with perfect conference records
After one week of divisional play, six men's and four women's
teams have jumped to the top of the standings with perfect
conference records.
Teams are competing for one of 16 spots, eight on both the men's
and women's side, in the Lone Star Conference Championship to be
held in Bartlesville, Okla., March 3-7.
The LSC men have a 134-94 overall record so far this season,
including a 71-43 mark in the South Division and 63-51 in the
North. In league crossover play the South has the advantage,
26-22. In the NCAA South Central Region, the men's teams are
currently 24-11 combined versus Heartland Conference teams and 3-2
against the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
(MIAA).
The LSC women are 134-102 overall, with a 75-41 mark in the South
and 59-61 in the North this season. In league crossover
action, the South Division holds a 38-18 record over its North
opponents. In the NCAA South Central Region, the women's
teams are currently 25-11 combined versus Heartland Conference
squads and 5-4 against the MIAA.
In men's games played last week, the LSC had one player score
more than 30 points, eight over the 20-point mark and eight
double-digit rebounders, while six recorded double-doubles.
Points, Men: 32, Dominique Gaines, NSU at CU
Rebounds, Men: 14, Jamaar Burke, CU vs NSU
Assists, Men: 10, Eric Cazenave, UCO at ECU
Steals, Men: 7, Eric Cazenave, UCO vs SE
On the women's side, the league had one player score over 30
points, 16 score more than 20 points and 18 double-digit
rebounders, while 14 posted double-doubles in action last week. Top
performances included:
Points, Women: 30, Mattilyn McIntyre, A&M-C
vs CU
Rebounds, Women: 16, Destiny Brown, SE vs
TWU
Assists, Women: 9, Kat Kundmueller, ACU vs
ENMU
Steals, Women: 7, Two players
Players of the Week
NORTH MEN'S OFFENSIVE
Dominique Gaines, Northeastern State, Jr., Guard, Muskogee,
Okla./Muskogee HS
Gaines helped lead Northeastern State to a 3-0 week by
scoring 71 points, 54 of those coming in a pair of LSC North
Division contests. For the week, the 6-3 junior guard connected on
18-of-36 shots from the field (.500), was 5-of-12 from the arc
(.417) and 30-of-40 from the charity stripe (.750). After a
17-point output against Rhema (68-33 win) where he played 28
minutes, Gaines came back to score a career-high 32 points in a
70-62 decision at Cameron, which snapped the Aggies' eight-game
home winning streak. Gaines was 6-of-9 from the floor, 3-of-4 from
the arc and made 17-of-21 free throws. He narrowly missed a rare
triple-double with 22 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in
the RiverHawks' 70-66 win at home against Southwestern Oklahoma on
Saturday. NSU is 11-5 overall, 2-0 in LSC North action, and has won
its last five outings.
NORTH MEN'S DEFENSIVE
Dauntae Williams, Central Oklahoma, Jr., Guard, Missouri City,
Texas/Elkins HS
Williams had another dominating week, especially on the
defensive end, as UCO opened LSC North Division play with a pair of
easy wins. The junior guard averaged 8.5 defensive rebounds
(9.0 overall), 4.0 steals and 1.5 blocked shots in routs of East
Central and Southeastern Oklahoma while adding 21.0 points and 6.0
assists a contest. Williams had 26 points, a season-high 12
rebounds (11 defensive), five steals and a block in a 106-88 road
win over ECU, then had 15 points, six rebounds (all defensive),
three steals and two blocks in a 94-62 home victory over SOSU.
SOUTH MEN'S OFFENSIVE
Victor Reid, Eastern New Mexico, Jr., Forward, El Paso,
Texas/Cochise CC
Reid shot .542 from the field and averaged 16.5 points per game,
enabling Eastern New Mexico to snap a 24-game LSC South Division
skid, including 12 straight road games. He scored 20 points and
grabbed seven boards against Abilene Christian and followed with 13
points and eight boards at Texas A&M-Kingsville. Reid's
performance allowed the Hounds to snap the Javelinas' 13-game home
winning streak.
SOUTH MEN'S DEFENSIVE
Bijan Dotson, West Texas A&M, Sr., Forward, Oakland,
Calif./Hamilton HS
Dotson grabbed four defensive rebounds while blocking two shots a
recording a steal in WT's 79-68 win at ACU. He also grabbed eight
rebounds and played a role in the Buffs holding TAMUK to just 38
percent from the floor in the win over the Javelinas. For the
week, he had 14 rebounds (nine defensive) while blocking three
shots and recording two steals to help WT to a pair of wins to open
LSC South play.
NORTH WOMEN'S OFFENSIVE
Mattilyn McIntyre, Texas A&M-Commerce, Jr., Guard, Texarkana,
Texas/Arkansas-Little Rock
McIntyre scored a season-best 30 points and grabbed a season-best
eight rebounds as the Lions' snapped a six-game losing streak in an
84-78 win over Cameron. Four of her rebounds came on the offensive
side to match a season-high. Prior to that, she had 18 points and
five rebounds against Southwestern Oklahoma State. She went
10-for-11 from the free-throw line against Cameron and a perfect
4-for-4 against SWOSU. Five times in 2009-10, she has made all of
her free throw attempts.
NORTH WOMEN'S DEFENSIVE
Kayla Weaver, Texas Woman's, Jr., Guard/Forward, Aquilla,
Texas/Aquilla HS
Weaver averaged a double-double with 14.3 points and 10.3 rebounds
in three games including 15.5 points and 12.0 rebounds in two LSC
North Division games. She scored 13 points and
then-career-high 10 rebounds (9 defensive) in an overtime victory
at Southeastern Oklahoma in the LSC North Division opener.
Weaver then recorded career-high 18 points and 14 rebounds (10
defensive) in an 18-point victory over East Central. She also
added two key blocks in the first half to help the Pioneers build a
12-point halftime lead and added two steals in the second half as
TWU built a 24-point lead. Weaver also had a team-high 12
points and 7 rebounds (5 defensive) in LSC Crossover game against
Tarleton State. TWU started 2-0 in the conference for the
first time since 2006-07 season.
SOUTH WOMEN'S OFFENSIVE
Jody Meyer, Abilene Christian, Sr., Center, Round Rock, Texas/Round
Rock HS
Meyer helped push ACU's winning streak to five straight games last
week with wins over Eastern New Mexico (71-55 in Portales, N.M.)
and No. 9 West Texas A&M (69-67 in Abilene). ... Meyer --
ranked eighth in the nation in rebounding and No. 1 in the LSC in
offensive rebounding -- averaged 17.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per
game, including her 11th double-double of the season (19 points, 13
rebounds) in the win over the Lady Buffs. ... Meyer filled up the
stat sheet in ACU's third straight home victory against West Texas
A&M, hitting 7 of 12 shots from the field for 19 points,
converting all five of her free throw attempts, collecting 13
rebounds (seven offensive boards), two assists and two blocked
shots.
SOUTH WOMEN'S DEFENSIVE
Sonya Sundberg, Tarleton State, Jr., Guard, Keller, Texas/Central
HS
Tarleton had allowed Angelo State to pull within four points
(18-14) with 7:32 left in the first-half on Saturday until Sundberg
forced a turnover and a steal that led to a 6-0 run by the TexAnns.
The run helped propel the TexAnns to a 14-point halftime lead and
an eventual LSC South Divison-opening win (61-35). Sundberg was
mostly responsible for guarding ASU's leading scorer, and held her
to just nine points on 3-of-13 shooting, with three of her nine
points coming from the foul line. Sundberg and the TexAnns held ASU
to just .220 shooting on the night and their lowest point total in
over 33 years when Stephen F. Austin held ASU to 32 points back in
1976-77. Sundberg then went on to hold a TWU guard to just seven
points, which was almost half her average, in Tarleton's 71-50 win
over the Pioneers on Monday. She had 10 steals for the week
with three against UTPB, three versus ASU and four at TWU.















