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CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Cowgirls will face their third NCAA Division I opponent in less than a month - this time in a regular season game - when New Mexico Highlands women's basketball (0-2) travels to the Beehive State to take on Southern Utah (1-0) Saturday (Nov. 29) at 1 p.m.
The Cowgirls faced a pair of NCAA Division I non-conference foes in the preseason, losing to Northern Arizona 84-53 Nov. 3 and Air Force Academy 66-58 Nov. 11. The Thunderbirds play both teams this season.
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It Takes a Team Effort
When you start five guards as the Cowgirls have needed to do in the first two games, getting outrebounded is not quite unusual. However, Highlands has been holding their own, having only been outrebounded by 12. Four different Cowgirls average three or more rebounds per game: Junior
Brittany Brown leads the team with 4.5 rebounds per game while sophomore
Jacinda Woodruff and senior
Anngelina Sanchez both have 3.5 rebounds per game. Senior
Jenny Johnson chips in three rebounds per game.
Jenny Jenny, Who Can I Turn To?
Senior
Jenny Johnson is off to a solid start to begin the 2014-2015 campaign. She leads the team with 13 points per game. She also leads the team with 3.5 assists per game while is fourth on the team with 3.0 rebounds per game.
She has led the team in scoring both games this season, including 18 against #1 West Texas A&M. Johnson was second on the team overall last season (and the leading returner in 2014-15) with 11.3 points per game.
Next Up
The Cowgirls will finish it home-and-home Tuesday (Dec. 2) against Texas-Permian Basin at the Wilson Complex at 6 p.m. Admission is free.
