SAN ANTONIO -- The University of the Incarnate Word women's basketball team opens its home schedule with an 11:30 a.m. CT tip-off with Houston Friday morning at the McDermott Center.
 
This will be the first home game of the season for UIW, after ending the 2017-18 season with a 58-46 home victory against Abilene Christian.
 
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A STARR IS BORN

• Freshman forward Starr Omozee has enjoyed a statistically magnificent beginning to her collegiate career.
• The Pflugerville HS product leads the team in minutes, 27.3 per game, due to her consistently strong efforts on both ends of the court.
• She is averaging 7.7 points and 7.3 rebounds a game. Her 22 total rebounds are the most on the team.
• Against GCU (11/9/18), she posted 11 points and 15 rebounds, becoming the first freshman not named Imani Robinson to record a double-double in UIW DI history.

 
I-MONEY ROBINSON

• UIW return seven players from last year's squad, including junior all-conference guard Imani Robinson.
• Robinson became the first preseason first team All-SLC selection in program history for UIW this fall.
• The Round Rock native leads the team in scoring just three games into the season, with 9.7 per game.
• She also leads the team with four assists early in the new season.
• The junior is coming off a season in which she scored 368 total points, the most of any Cardinal in a single season since joining DI, and the most since 2009/10 (Nia Torru).
• She has done a significant amount of damage at the line, where she is shooting 81.8 percent. Her prowess as a slasher regularly forces defenses into difficult situations, allowing for her to draw fouls, dish assists or score for herself.

 
LUNDEN CALLING

• Junior forward Lunden Henry transferred to UIW from Moberly Area Community College, a team that went 32-1 last season and earned a 3rd overall seed in the NJCAA Division 1 national tournament.
• Since arriving in the Alamo City, Henry has established herself as the Cardinals leading presence down low. She averages 9.3 points per game, while leading the team in shooting percentage (.478).
• She also averages 5.3 rebounds per game, including a team-best eight off the offensive glass.

 
NONCONFERENCE GUANTLET

• The non-conference schedule is loaded with notable opposition.
• Nine of the 11 non-conference opponents are coming off winning seasons.
• The season opener is at Arizona State, a team that reached the second round of the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.
• That will be one of two games against 2018 NCAA Tournament teams, as UIW visits Minnesota on Dec. 5.
• South Dakota, Houston, and Rice each took part in the WNIT.
• Weber State (WBI) also saw postseason play in 2017-18.

 
SCOUTING HOUSTON

• The Cougars make the journey across I-10 after an 88-100 overtime loss at Louisiana Tech.
• The loss drops Houston's record to 1-2 on the season, with its lone win coming against Georgia Tech, in double-overtime.
• Houston leads the all-time series with UIW, 2-1. The Cougars won the last meeting, 67-98 on Dec. 18, 2017.

 
 
UP NEXT
The Cardinals go back out onto the road for a Sunday afternoon game against San Diego State (3:00 p.m.). They follow that with a home game against Weber State the night before Thanksgiving (5:00 p.m. on Nov. 21).

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