SAN ANTONIO. – The University of the Incarnate Word women's basketball team looks to secure its first home conference win of the year when they host Stephen F. Austin Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. CT at the McDermott Center.
 
The Cardinals will be playing in their second home SLC game after falling to Sam Houston State last Saturday. For the Lady Jacks, this will be just their second conference road game and first game against an SLC team from Texas.

 
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ROBINSON LEADS THE WAY

• Junior guard Imani Robinson continues to log major minutes for the Cardinals. Cementing herself as an all-around leader of the group.
• In her last six games, Robinson has scored a total of 81 points (13.5 per game), including a season-best 17 against UMASS (12/7).
• She has been getting to the line with great success in conference action, hitting 11 of 15 free throws (73.3 percent).
• Through her offensive resurgence over the last five outings, Robinson has remained a constant all-around threat for the Cardinals. She leads or is among the leaders, in all major statistical categories including first in points (150) assists (36), steals (25) free throws made (32) and attempted (47). She is second on the team in 3pt made (14) and blocks (7) and third on the team in total rebounds (59).

 
A STARR IS BORN

• Since the start of conference play, freshman forward Starr Omozee has re-established herself as a key contributor.
• Through four SLC contests, Omozee is averaging 10 points, 6.25 rebounds and 1.75 assists in an average of 26.25 minutes on the floor.
• The Pflugerville HS product produced three double-doubles in her first six games, a UIW freshman record.
• Against GCU (11/9/18), she posted 11 points and 15 rebounds, becoming the first freshman besides Robinson (2016) to record a double-double in UIW DI history.
• She set multiple season-highs in her first game at the McDermott Center (vs. Houston, 11/16/18), scoring her second double-double (19 pts, 10 rebs) and making multiple threes in a game for the first time.
• She set the UIW DI record for most double-doubles by a freshman in a single season in just six games played when she hung 10 points and 11 rebounds on Weber State (11/21).
• Omozee nearly notched her record-breaking fourth double-double of her freshman season in her last game, when she registered 13 points and nine rebounds against Central Arkansas. It was her first start since Dec. 7, 2018 at Massachusetts.

TOWER OF LUNDEN

• Since arriving in the Alamo City, junior forward Lunden Henry has established herself as the Cardinal's leading presence in the paint. She averages 7.3 points per game on a team-leading .407 shooting (48-118), while pulling in an average of 5.1 rebounds per contest.
• She enjoyed her most productive game of the season in UIW's last outing at McNeese, where she recorded 14 points and 11 rebounds for her first career Division I double-double.
• Lunden has proven to be a hard worker on the offensive glass, leading the team with 35 offensive rebounds this season, including a season-high six, which she has achieved twice this year – vs UTA (Dec. 2) and at McNeese (Jan. 2).
• She has now recorded at least five points and five rebounds in seven games this season and has achieved at least one of those statistics 13 out of her 15 games played this year.
   

 
SCOUTING STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

• The Lady Jacks are a perfect 4-0 in SLC play (13-3 overall).
• They have one common opponent with UIW. SFA defeated Nicholls, 70-62, in Nacogdoches on Jan. 9, just four days after the Colonels bested UIW in Thibodaux.
• They are led by a preseason all-conference selection of their own, senior guard Chanell Hayes. Hayes leads the team with 15.6 points per game, shooting .491 from the field and .412 from three.
• This will be the first of two meetings between UIW and SFA, the Cardinals visit William R. Johnson Coliseum later next month (Feb. 23).
• UIW has not yet defeated SFA in women's basketball. The Lady Jacks lead the all-time series, 8-0.

 
UP NEXT
The Cardinals will continue their first home stretch of the conference schedule for one more week. They face defending regular season conference champs, Lamar on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. followed by a 12:15 p.m. tip against New Orleans on Saturday, Jan. 26.

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