ROADRUNNERS STAND ALONE
Five games into conference play and the UTSA Roadrunners stand alone in first place as the final undefeated team in conference action at 5-0. UTSA will play a pair of road games this week, traveling to Memphis on Wednesday and UAB on Saturday. Both games will be aired on ESPN+.
LAMPKIN POWERS MEAN GREEN PAST BULLS
North Texas senior forward Tommisha Lampkin put on a show on Saturday to help the Mean Green deliver the first conference loss to South Florida. Lampkin finished with season-high 29 points on 11-fo-12 shooting, while adding 8 rebounds. The win kept the Mean Green a game back of first place in The American.
FROM BEHIND THE ARC
Three players in The American rank in the top 27 in the NCAA in made three-pointers per game. South Florida’s Sammie Puisis is 5th in the nation with 3.2, Tulane’s Victoria Keenan is 15th in the nation with 2.9, and Tulsa’s Delanie Crawford is 27th in the nation with 2.7 made three pointers per game.
ROADRUNNERS OFF TO HISTORIC START
The UTSA Roadrunners are off to their best start in program history with a 14-2 record. Now sitting at 5-0 in conference play, it is their best start to conference play since 1983-84. They have also won 10 straight home games, including a perfect 7-0 record this year. The 10 home games is the second longest home winning streak in program history.
AMERICAN IN THE NET
Two teams rank in the Top 100 of the current NET rankings with UTSA leading the pack at 58. South Florida is just behind at 63, while Temple sits just outside the Top 100 at 103.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11
UTSA 69, Wichita State 51
Temple 73, Tulsa 71
UAB 73, Florida Atlantic 61
East Carolina 75, Tulane 64
North Texas 72, South Florida 65
Sunday, January 12
Rice 70, Memphis 59
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14
UAB at South Florida (ESPN+)______________________ 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15
East Carolina at Charlotte (ESPN+)_________________ 6:30 p.m.
Tulane at Wichita State (ESPN+)____________________ 7 p.m.
Rice at North Texas (ESPN+)_______________________ 7:30 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Tulsa (ESPN+)___________________ 7:30 p.m.
UTSA at Memphis (ESPN+)_________________________ 8 p.m.
Saturday, January 18
UTSA at UAB (ESPN+)_____________________________ 2 p.m.
Charlotte at Temple (ESPN+)_______________________ 2 p.m.
East Carolina at Rice (ESPN+)______________________ 3 p.m.
Memphis at Tulane (ESPN+)_______________________ 3 p.m.
Wichita State at North Texas (ESPN+)_______________ p.m.
Florida Atlantic at South Florida (ESPN+)____________ 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22
Temple at East Carolina (ESPN+)___________________ 6 p.m.
Rice at UAB (ESPN+)______________________________ 7 p.m.
Charlotte at Florida Atlantic (ESPN+)________________ 7 p.m.
South Florida at Tulane (ESPN+)____________________ 7:30 p.m.
Tulsa at UTSA (ESPN+)____________________________ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 25
North Texas at Florida Atlantic (ESPN+)_____________ 2 p.m.
Tulane at Temple (ESPN+)_________________________ 2 p.m.
Memphis at Tulsa (ESPN+)_________________________ 3 p.m.
UAB at Wichita State (ESPN+)______________________ 3 p.m.
Rice at Charlotte (ESPN+)_________________________ 4 p.m.
South Florida at East Carolina (ESPN+)______________ 4 p.m.
All times Eastern and subject to change
