SAN ANTONIO – After a three week break, the University of the Incarnate Word women's basketball team will complete its non-conference slate with an afternoon contest against Rice at the McDermott Center on Saturday, tip-off at 1 p.m. CT. It will be the Cardinals' first game since Dec. 7, when they made a season-high 12 three pointers in a loss, on the road, against UMASS.

 
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GELLING FROM DEEP

• Junior guard Angelica Wiggins leads the team with 22 three pointers made.
• She is shooting 36.7 percent from long range, the fourth highest percentage in the conference.
• She made a season-high seven threes in the team's last outing at UMASS (Dec. 7), the most triples made by a Cardinal since 2016 and the most by a Cardinal against a Division I opponent since UIW joined Divison I in the 2013-14 season.
• Wiggins has scored in double figures in four of her last five games, averaging 13.8 points, 3.4 made threes, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists over that span.
• Her 21 points against UMASS stand as her current season high, becoming the first Cardinal to eclipse the 20 point mark this season.
• The Toronto native has made multiple three-pointers in six games this season, including doing so in four of her last five contests.
• Wiggins also leads the team with five blocks this season.

 
THE TOWER OF LUNDEN

• Junior forward Lunden Henry transferred to UIW from Moberly Area Community College, along with Wiggins and Lunden's twin sister Alexis Henry. Their team last year 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 Cardinal's leading presence in the paint. She averages 8 points per game on a team-leading .393 shooting, while pulling in an average of 5.2 rebounds per contest.
• Lunden has proven to be a hard worker on the offensive glass, leading the team with 26 offensive rebounds this season, including a season-high six in her last outing against UTA (Dec. 2).

 
NONCONFERENCE GUANTLET

• The non-conference schedule was loaded with notable opposition.
• Nine of the 11 non-conference opponents are coming off winning seasons.
• The season opener was at Arizona State, a team that reached the second round of the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.
• That was one of two games against 2018 NCAA Tournament teams, as UIW visited 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.
• UIW is the only team in the Southland Conference not to schedule a non-Division I opponent this season.

 
SCOUTING RICE

• The Owls enter play with an 8-3 record.
• They are coming off a 56-52 victory over Coastal Carolina on the road.
• This will be their third contest against a Southland team after defeating McNeese and New Orleans earlier this season.
• They are led by junior guard Erica Ogwumike. She averages 17.9 points per game, including a season-high 28 points against New Orleans.
• The Owls lead the all-time series with UIW 2-1, having won the last meeting, 60-43, in Houston, last season (Dec. 9).

 
UP NEXT
UIW begin Southland Conference play with a road trip through Louisiana. UIW faces McNeese on Jan. 2 in Lake Charles, tip-off set for 6:30 p.m., before jumping over to Thibodaux to face Nichols on Jan. 5 for a 1 p.m. tip.

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