BEAUMONT, Texas – The Lamar University women's basketball program will travel to College Station, Texas to square off against No. 12 Texas A&M in a rematch of the season opener at Reed Arena on Wednesday afternoon. The contest will be broadcasted on SEC Network+ and scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. (CT) with tip off.

The Cardinals are going into the matchup following an appearance at the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout. Junior Anyssia Gibbs leads Lamar with 9.0 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game. Junior Angel Hastings follows Gibbs with 8.0 points per game, while freshman Bebe Galloway ranks second on the team in rebounds per game with a 3.7 average.

The Aggies are led by senior N'dea Jones, who averages 21.0 points and 10.5 rebounds, and senior Ciera Johnson, who adds an average of 13.0 points and 15.0 rebounds a game. The Aggies are coming off a 93-91 victory over then-No. 19 DePaul. Texas A&M was selected to finish fourth in the SEC in the SEC Preseason Media Poll.

This will mark the 27th overall meeting of the programs with Texas A&M holding the series advantage, 16-10, over the Cardinals. LU and A&M last met on Wednesday, November 25 when the programs both tipped off their 2020-21 campaigns. The Aggies defeated the Cards, 77-61, behind 25 points and 11 rebounds from N'dea Jones from A&M.

RECAPPING OUR LAST GAME

• The Cardinals fell in their final game of the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout, 99-49, to the Fresno State Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon from the South Point Arena in Las Vegas.
• The twins of Haley and Hanna Cavinder of Fresno State combined for 29 first-half points on 11-15 shooting as the Bulldogs took a 50-18 lead into the halftime break. Freshman Sabria Dean and redshirt junior Micaela Wilson went into the break tied at four points apiece.
• Lamar's offense came out shooting efficiently in the third quarter at a 33.3 percent, while shooting 87.5 percent from the line. The Cardinals used a 12-0 run from the 5:49 mark to the 3:38 mark to loosen the lead from the Bulldogs, but that did not prove enough has Fresno State went on to extend their lead, 61-30, at the 3:30 mark on a layup from Aly Gamez. The Cardinals put together a solid effort in the third, but the Bulldogs were able to hold onto the lead going into the fourth.
• Fresno State came out and continued to pressure the Cardinal offense as well as kept their own offense going. Lamar was held scoreless over the middle three minutes of the frame before a shooting foul on Wytalla Motta sent junior Umaja Collins to the line for two. The Bulldogs went on to hold the lead for the rest of the frame and took the victory, 99-49, over the Cardinals.