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TRAILBLAZERS AT A GLANCE
Utah Tech will close out the 2023-24 regular season by playing game No. 11 of 11 against teams from the Lone Star State on Saturday vs. Stephen F. Austin. 
 
Utah Tech improved to 6-4 against Texas schools after its 81-55 home triumph over UTRGV this past Thursday night inside the Burns Arena. 
 
Utah Tech claimed its 250th NCAA era victory in its 88-69 home win over UT Arlington (2/24). Since becoming a four-year program in the 2006-07 season, the Trailblazers have played to a 251-220 overall record (.533), and are an even 47-47 (.500) in its brief Division I era. 
 
The Trailblazers (11-8) enter Saturday's game one-half game ahead of UTA (11-9) in fourth place in the WAC standings. However the Trailblazers stand in fifth in the conference tournament resume seedings (-2.190), while UTA is fourth (-1.992). A Utah Tech victory on Saturday could propel the Blazers into the top-four in the seedings, which would earn them a first round bye in next week's WAC postseason tournament. 
 
Utah Tech is the only team in the WAC with three players listed in the WAC's top-10 in both scoring (2. Breaunna Gillen 17.3 ppg; 4. Maddie Warren 16.4; 7. Macie Warren 14.3 ppg) and field goal percentage (3. Mac. Warren .492; 4. Gillen .473; 8. Mad. Warren .436). 
 
Gillen continues her push for WAC Player of the Year honors as enter her final home game as the ONLY player in the WAC who is ranked in the conference's top-10 in scoring (#2), rebounding (#11 - 7.0 rpg), assists (#1 - 5.56 apg), FG% (#4), and FT% (#7 - 769).
 
OPENING TIP: Utah Tech (17-13/11-8 WAC) will close out the 2023-24 regular season on Saturday afternoon by hosting Stephen F. Austin (20-10/14-5 WAC) inside the Burns Arena. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. (MST). 
            Saturday's game will be streamed live on ESPN+. For live streaming and live scoring information, visit UtahTechTrailblazers.com. 
 
UTAH TECH VS. SFA: Utah Tech heads into its regular season finale looking for its first-ever win vs. the Lady Jacks. 
            The Trailblazers are 0-4 lifetime vs. SFA, which includes a 76-67 road loss in Nacogdoches back on Jan. 11. 
            The loss was the closest of the four the Trailblazers have suffered vs. SFA, including two previous setbacks in the Burns Arena (Utah Tech 54, SFA 81; 2/5/22; Utah Tech 56, SFA 72; 2/16/23). 
 
LAST TIME OUT: Utah Tech drained 18 3-pointers and had four players score in double figures as the Trailblazers breezed past UTRGV by an 81-55 count this past Thursday night inside the Burns Arena.
 
HEAD COACH JD GUSTIN: JD Gustin is in his eighth season at the helm of the Utah Tech Women's Basketball program.
            Gustin has seen marked improvements in each season on the Trailblazer sideline, culminating with an 19-12 overall record last season, a nine-win turnaround from the previous season. The 2022-23 campaign also featured a 10-8 mark and a fifth-place finish in Western Athletic Conference play. In addition, the Trailblazers made their WAC Tournament debut in 2022-23, and advanced on to the quarterfinal round by defeating Utah Valley, 72-68, to win their first-ever NCAA Division-I era postseason victory. 
            Utah Tech's 19 wins last season were the most in the program's current NCAA Division-I transition, and is the highest win total during Coach Gustin's tenure on the Trailblazer bench. 
            In Utah Tech's final Division II season, the Trailblazers played to an 18-12 under Gustin. The team also capped that 2019-20 season by clinching a berth in the 2020 RMAC Tournament, marking the first time the Trailblazers had qualified for a conference tournament since the 2013-14 season. The Trailblazers entered the tournament as the No. 7 seed, and shocked second-seeded Western Colorado in Gunnison, Colo., for a 65-60 win in the RMAC Quarterfinals.
 
GILLEN WAC POW X 2: Fifth-year senior guard Breaunna Gillen picked up her second WAC Player of the Week award on Feb. 26, following her career day in the Blazers' home win over UT Arlington (2/24).
            Gillen poured in a career-high 38 points on 13-of-21 shooting with a career-best four 3-pointers (4-of-6), and went 8-of-9 from the foul line to pace three Blazer players in double figures. 
            The 2023-24 WAC Preseason Player of the Year finished four assists shy of her third triple-double of the season as she tallied a game-high 10 rebounds and six assists, though she did manage to notch her 11th career double-double. She also picked off three steals and blocked one shot for good measure.
            Gillen's 38 points were not only the most scored by a player in the WAC this season, they were the most scored by a Trailblazer player in the program's brief NCAA Division I era, and the third-most in Utah Tech's four-year history.
            Gillen tied former Trailblazer Haley Holmstead, who tallied 38 points in a home win over Holy Names during the 2013-14 season (2/8/14). Holmstead posted the program's top-five all-time single game scoring marks that season on her way to a single-season record 646 points. 
 
GILLEN NOW NO. 1 ALL-TIME: Gillen (1,571 pts) added another career accolade to her ever growing list in the UT Arlington home win when she surpassed the 1,500-point plateau, becoming the first basketball player, male or female, in school history to do so.
            That achievement came on the heels of her becoming the school's all-time scoring leader for both men's and women's basketball one week earlier in the road win at Seattle U (2/17).  
            With her driving lay-in just 42 seconds into the third quarter in Seattle, Gillen moved past former Trailblazer men's basketball player Zach Robbins (1,470 pts; 2009-14) to vault to the top of the university's career points list. Earlier this season, Gillen broke the Utah Tech women's basketball scoring record at home vs. California Baptist (12/6/23). 
            The 2023-24 WAC Preseason Player of the Year also stands as Utah Tech women's basketball's career leader in assists (543 – both M/W basketball career leader), triple-doubles (3 - both M/W basketball career leader), field goals made (596), field goals attempted (1,330), games played (11-) and games started (96). Gillen is also second all-time in program history in free throws made (303) and attempted (414), and she is third all-time in both rebounding (587) and steals (131).
            In October, Gillen was voted as the WAC's Preseason Player of the Year, and was named to the 25-player preseason watch list for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year, presented by Her Hoop Stats. 
            Gillen was the lone WAC representative on the Hammon watch list, which included women's basketball student-athletes from 23 teams and 16 conferences overall. 
 
FROM WAY DOWNTOWN....BANG: Utah Tech has hit at least one 3-pointer in 260-straight games, which includes a season-high 21 treys in the Oregon win on Dec. 19, and a WAC season-high 18 3-pointers (18-of-41) vs. UTRGV on Thursday night.
            The 21 made treys vs. Oregon were the second-most in a single game in program history. In addition, the Trailblazers combined to shoot school record-breaking 67.7 percent (21-of-31) from the perimeter on the day, besting the previous record that stood for nearly 12 full seasons (.611, 11-of-18 at BYU-Hawaii; 2/4/2012). 
            Meanwhile, Utah Tech's 18 made 3-pointers vs. UTRGV on Thursday eclipsed the team's previous WAC season high of 16, which was set in the Blazers' road win at, coincidentally, UTRGV last month (W, 91-55; 2/1/24).
            In the 2021-22 season, the Trailblazers nailed a school-record 22 3-pointers in its 107-57 blowout win over LIFE Pacific (11/9/21).
            That record was one of two 3FG school records to fall that night as the Blazers also broke a team record for 3FG attempted (51). 
            Utah Tech has reached double figures in made 3-pointers 99 times during the program's NCAA era, including in 16 of 30 games this season, and in a school-record 19 games last season. 
            In fact, the Trailblazers broke single season school records for 3FGM (310), 3FGA (898), and 3FG% (.345) last year.
            In all, Utah Tech has hit at least one 3-pointer in 468 of its 471 games during its NCAA era, which began in the 2006-07 season.
            Two of the three instances when the Blazers did not hit a 3-pointer happened during the 2013-14 season (vs. Hawai'i-Hilo, 2/13/14; at California Baptist, 1/18/14), and the other came in the program's first NCAA season in 2006-07 (vs. UHH, 1/7/07). 
            Meanwhile, Utah Tech has surrendered at least one made opponent 3-pointer in 470 of 471 games during its NCAA era. 
 
RELEASE - ROTATION - SPLASH: Utah Tech enters Saturday's game vs. SFA tied for FOURTH-NATIONALLY in 3-pointers per game (10.2 3FGM/g) and FIFTH in made 3-pointers (309).
            In addition, Utah Tech is FOURTH in the country in 3FGA per game (29.4 3FGAg), and t-53rd in the NCAA Division I ranks in 3FG% (.346). 
 
NEARLY A WAC RECORD: Utah Tech's 18 made 3-pointers vs. UTRGV on Thursday night nearly tied a WAC record for the most made threes in a conference game in league history.
            Two weeks ago CBU broke the record with 20 made 3-pointers in a home win over Tarleton State (2/24/24). The previous record was 18, first set by former member Fresno State during the 2010-11 season in a game vs. Idaho, and then was tied earlier this season when Abilene Christian hit 18 threes in a game vs. UT Arlington (11/29/23). 
            However, Utah Tech's 22 made treys vs. LIFE Pacific (11/9/21) during the 2021-22 campaign is the overall record for most made 3-pointers in a game by a WAC team in conference history, while the Blazers' 21 made threes vs. Oregon in December is the most by a WAC team this season.  
 
PERFECT 11: Fifth-year guard Maggie McCord had herself a night in the win vs. Seattle U (1/4) as she set a school record by going 11-of-11 from the floor with four 3-pointers on her way to a career-high tying 26 points. She also pulled down a team-high 12 rebounds to notch her second double-double of the season.
            McCord, who was born in Kirkland, Wash., first tallied 26 points last year in a road win at, coincidentally, Seattle U (2/26/22).
            McCord's shooting night bested the previous perfection record held by former Trailblazer Megan Tidwell, who went 9-of-9 for 21 points in a road win at Chaminade (93-54; 2/4/09) during the 2008-09 season. 
 
SINGLE DIGITS: Utah Tech's defense posted its seventh single-digit point quarter of the season in its road win at UT Arlington (2/3) when the Blazers held the Lady Mavs to just six second-quarter points.
            Five of the seven instances have come inside the Burns Arena, including final three quarters vs. Bethesda (7/6/7; 12/16), and a five-point second quarter vs. Seattle U (1/4/). 
            The first road instance turned out to be historic as the Trailblazers broke a single-game record for fewest points allowed in a quarter when they held New Hampshire to only three third-quarter points in their win back on Nov. 22.
            The Trailblazer defense limited UNH to 1-of-16 shooting in the period, this after the Wildcats missed their final nine shots to close out the second quarter. 
            Utah Tech's previous school record for fewest points allowed in a quarter was four points set three times - coincidentally all on the road. In fact, the last occurrence came last season in the Blazers' road win against Weber State (3Q; 12/17/22).  
            Meanwhile, the Blazers achieved the feat two other times during their Division II era, both in the fourth quarter of road victories at UT-Tyler (W, 75-41; 11/8/2019) and at Holy Names (61-44; 2/20/16).
 
DEFENSE BLAZERS DEFENSE (CLAP CLAP): Utah Tech goes into Saturday's game ranked second in the WAC (t-53rd in NCAA D-I) in FG% defense at 37.7 percent, thanks in large part to holding both UTRGV (.300) at UT Arlington (.316) below 32 percent shooting in a road sweep last month.
            In fact, the Trailblazers limited UTA to just 3-of-16 shooting (.188) and 4-of-21 (.190) from the floor in the second and fourth quarters, respectively, in that win. 
            Utah Tech has held five of 30 opponents below 30 percent shooting (all wins) this season, with the last instance coming in its home win over Tarleton (.250) back on Jan. 27. For context, Utah Tech only held two total opponents to under 30 percent shooting all of last season.
 
TRAILBLAZER PLAYER NOTES
* - Since returning to the line-up 11 games ago, Gillen has been on an absolute tear, averaging 18.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6.8 assists over this current stretch, which has helped propel her into the WAC's top-11 in all three stat categories (see pg 1). 
* - Gillen averaged 23.0 points on 53.3 percent shooting (16-of-30), 5.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists on the Trailblazers final road trip last weekend, highlighted by a game-high 25 points in Saturday's loss at ACU.
* - It was Gillen's eighth 20-plus point outing of the season, and the 26th of her career ... In addition, she has now scored in double figures 83 times in 119 career games overall, including 10 points on Thursday night vs. UTRGV.
* - In addition to her just missing her third triple-double of the year at Seattle U (2/17), she also came within a pair of dimes of a triple-double at CBU (2/10) four weeks ago, finishing with 17 points, a career-high tying 11 rebounds and eight assists.  
* - That effort came after Gillen tallied scored 15 of her team-high 23 points in the second half of the Trailblazers' road win at SUU (2/8). 
* - Gillen got that stretch going in last month's home win over Tarleton State back on Jan. 27, against which she racked up 22 points and game-highs of 10 rebounds and seven assists.
* - Then on the team's penultimate trip to Texas, Gillen netted 19 points on a sizzling 8-of-12 shooting with three 3-pointers at UTRGV (2/1), and followed that up with her second triple-double of the season, and third of her career, with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists at UT Arlington (2/3).
* - Gillen is one of only six players in the NCAA Division I ranks (second player in the WAC) with multiple triple-doubles this season.
* - Gillen's 150 dimes this season has vaulted her into third place on Utah Tech's single-season assists list ... the guard now owns the top-three single season assist totals in the program's NCAA era, including her school record of 200 helpers set last season. 
* - Gillen became the first Trailblazer to mess around and record a second career triple-double with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the Oregon win (12/19).
* - Gillen notched her first triple-double just over two years earlier in the 2021-22 season opener vs. LIFE Pacific (14p/10r/11a – 11/9/21).
* - Gillen (1,571 pts/587 rbs/543 assts) joined former Blazer forward Johnna Brown (1,212 pts/726 rbs/232 assts; 2009-11, 12-13) as the only two players in program history with at least 1,000 career points, 500 career rebounds and 200 career assists.
* - Speaking of dominant, sophomore guard Maddie Warren is averaging 18.5 points on 46.0 percent (76-of-165) shooting over her last 11 games with four 20-plus point outings.
* - Warren (492 pts) moved into fourth place on Utah Tech's single-season points list after pouring in 16 points at ACU last Saturday ... she followed that up with 17 points with five 3-pointers along with a career-high five steals vs. UTRGV on Thursday night. 
* - Warren notched her team-high ninth 20-point game of the season after she tallied 24 points at Seattle U (2/17), where she got off to a torrid start, hitting six of her first eight shots with four 3-pointers as she outscored the Redhawks 17-16 by herself in the first quarter.
* - Warren also poured in 22 points on a sizzling 9-of-12 shooting with a pair of 3-pointers in the road win at SUU back on Feb. 8. 
* - Warren began this current stretch with a career-high 27 points in the Tarleton State home win (1/27), including outscoring the Texans 15-7 by herself in the decisive third quarter ... the sophomore knocked down 11 of her 16 shots, which included a 5-of-9 clip from the perimeter, and tallied seven rebounds, three assists, one steal and a career-high two blocks in just over 32 minutes of game action.
* - Warren carried that momentum into Utah Tech's Texas sweep last month, starting with 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting with four 3-pointers, along with six boards and four dimes in the UTRGV (2/1).
* - Warren then chased that with a game-high 25 points in the Trailblazers' victory at UT Arlington (2/3), against which she scored 19 of those 25 points in the second half, including eight points on 4-of-4 shooting in the Blazers' decisive fourth quarter. 
* - Warren's 27-point day vs. Tarleton State tied for the most points scored by a Trailblazer player this season ... twin sister Macie Warren also tallied 27 points in a home win over Seattle U (W, 81-65; 1/4/24). 
* - Warren recorded her first career double-double with 17 points and a career-high 10 boards in the home win vs. SUU (1/18), against which she hit on 7-of-11 from the floor and just missed a triple-double with a career-high five assists. 
* - The redshirt-sophomore guard enjoyed a three-game stretch in November that saw her score at least 20 points in each of those starts, including a pair of 20-point outings against Jax State (11/9) and at UNLV (11/14), as well as the 21 at TAMU-Commerce (11/20).
* - Speaking of her twin sister, Macie Warren will miss the remainder of the 2023-24 campaign after suffering a season-ending injury late in the second quarter of the Blazers' road win at SUU (2/8).
* - Warren was in the midst of a brilliant sophomore year as she was ranked in the WAC's top-10 in scoring (8th, 14.3), FG percentage (3rd, .492) and 3FG made (t-5th, 47), and was 17th in rebounding (5.4 rpg).
* - Warren scored in double figures in 16 of her 23 starts this season, and had eight first half points at SUU before the injury ... she poured in a game-high 21 points on 6-of-14 shooting with four 3-pointers in the win at UTRGV (2/1), which was followed by a 14-point effort on 6-of-11 shooting at UT Arlington (2/3). 
* - Warren started the new year off on the right foot with that 27-point night in the win over Seattle U (1/4) ... Warren finished two points off of her career high of 29 points she tallied last season in a road win at Air Force (12/10/22).
* - Warren is currently ranked seventh in program history in career FG% (247-of-531; .465), and third in career 3FG% (96-of-255; .376) through her first 58 games as a Trailblazer.
* - McCord reached double figures in points for the 17th time this season when she went for a game-high 18 points to go along with eight rebounds in the UTRGV win on Thursday night, during which she became the sixth player in program history to reach the 900-point plateau (915 pts). 
* - McCord scored all 19 of her points in the second half in the UT Arlington win (2/24) on 6-of-12 from the floor with a pair of 3-pointers and a 5-of-5 clip at the foul line ... she also came within one carom of her fourth double-double as she grabbed nine boards and dished out one assist. 
* - McCord's 24 points at Seattle U (2/17) also came up two points shy of her career high of 26 points, which she tied in Utah Tech's home win over Seattle U last month (W, 81-65; 1/4/24).
* - In fact, McCord first scored 26 points nearly two years to the day at, coincidentally, Seattle U (2/26/22). 
* - McCord shot 8-of-13 on the day with five 3-pointers in the Seattle U road win, which marked the fourth time this season and the 19th time in her storied career that she had hit at least five 3-pointers in a game. 
* - McCord, who played in her 100th-career game at CBU on Feb. 10, posted her third double-double of the year with 14 points and 11 boards that afternoon vs. the Lancers.
* - McCord she tied her own school record with eight made 3-pointers on her way to a then-season high 24 points in the Oregon win back on Dec. 19.
* - McCord's eight treys were the most made by a Trailblazer inside the Burns Arena, and matched her previous record-tying performance (8-of-10) during the 2021-22 season in a road loss at Seattle U (2/26/22). 
* - Meanwhile, McCord's 24 points vs. Oregon eclipsed her previous season high of 20 in the win at Stonehill (11/25) ... McCord went 7-of-10 from the floor with six 3-pointers (6-of-9) and Stonehill, against which she finished with a co-game high eight rebounds, two assists and one steal.
* - McCord is currently second on Utah Tech's career 3FG% (.395; 194-of-491), career 3FGM (196) and 3FGA (499) lists.
* - In addition, McCord became the fourth player in program history to reach 500 career rebound plateau (511) at ACU last Saturday.
*- All five Trailblazer starters accounted for all 88 points Utah Tech scored in the UT Arlington win back on Feb. 24 ... Calyn Dallas tallied eight points along with a game-high four steals, and Catelyn Deaver chipped seven points with four rebounds. 
* - That UTA home game marked just the second time in the program's NCAA era (468 games) that a Utah Tech reserve did not score at least one point ... the other instance came earlier this season on the road at Stephen F. Austin (1/11/24). 
* - Dallas poured in a WAC career-high 15 points at CBU (2/10), with all 15 points coming from beyond the arc (5-of-16), to go with six rebounds and three steals. 
* - That effort came after Dallas went for 14 points on 3-of-4 shooting a pair of 3-pointers at SUU (2/8) ... that was impressive, but not as impressive as going a PERFECT 6-of-6 at the foul line with the game on the line in the final 30-plus seconds remaining to salt away the big road victory. 
* - Dallas notched her first collegiate double-double in the Bethesda win (12/16) with career-highs of 22 points and 15 rebounds ... the freshman went 10-of-19 from the floor with a pair of 3-pointers and flirted with a triple-double as she finished with a career-best six assists along with two blocks and one steal in just her second start of the season.
* - Dallas carried that shooting touch into the Oregon win (12/19) as she went 5-of-6 from the floor with a career-high tying four 3-pointers on her way to 14 points off the bench ... the freshman also knocked down four treys as part of a 16-point afternoon off the bench in the Stonehill win (11/25). 
* - Dallas made the most of her Trailblazer debut as she poured in 15 points in 24 minutes in 25 reserve minutes in the La Verne win (11/6) on 5-for-5 shooting with three 3-pointers.
* - Freshman forward Nicole Willardson enjoyed a breakout performance in the Oregon win (12/19), pouring in a career-high 12 points off the bench on 5-of-7 shooting with a pair of 3-pointers.
* - Sophomore forward Alyson Deaver played in a career-high 35 minutes at Tarleton last Thursday night, against which she scored seven points on 3-of-6 shooting with a 3-pointer, and had four rebounds and one steal.  
* - Deaver enjoyed a great "homecoming" at Seattle U (2/17) ... the Sumner, Wash., native poured in a WAC career-high 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting, 10 of which came in the second quarter when she went 3-for-3 from downtown in scoring 10 of the Trailblazers' 23 points in the period.
* - Deaver made her first collegiate start in the loss to UVU (1/20), and responded with eight points, six rebounds and one block in 28-plus minutes. 
* - Deaver put together her overall best game as a Trailblazer in Bethesda win (12/16) with a career-high 14 points in 22 minutes ... Deaver went 7-of-8 at the foul line and tallied eight rebounds, two assists, one steal and one block in 22 reserve minutes. 
* - Twin sister Catelyn Deaver also had a great trip back to her home state as she picked off a career-high five steals and tallied six points, three boards and a block in the Seattle U road win (2/17) ... Deaver's five steals were the most by a Trailblazer player since McCord collected five steals exactly 14 months to the day in a Utah Tech road victory at Weber State (12/17/22). 
* - Deaver enjoyed her best game as a Trailblazer vs. UVU (1/20), against which she poured in a career-high 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting with a career-high tying three 3-pointers in 23 reserve minutes.
* - That effort came three weeks after Deaver tallied a then-career high 13 points with three 3-pointers at Florida International (12/30) ... Deaver also had six points, six boards and three assists in a start at CBU (2/10).
 
TRAILBLAZER TEAM NOTES
* - For the first time in program history, Utah Tech had five players score in double figures in consecutive games in the home wins over both Bethesda and Oregon ... the Trailblazers have now done it three times overall this season as Utah Tech also had five players score in double figures in the season opener vs. La Verne (11/6). 
* - Utah Tech also recorded a program first in the loss at SFA (1/11), during which the Trailblazer bench did not record a single point as all five starters combined to score the team's 67 points. 
* - Utah Tech's 75-point margin of victory over Bethesda (110-35) broke a school record that stood for nearly 15 years ... during the 2008-09 season, the Trailblazers rang in the New Year with a 95-36 (+59) home win over Chaminade (1/3/09).
* - The Trailblazers also set another school record by holding Bethesda to just 16.5 percent (13-of-79) from the floor ... the new shooting percentage standard broke the previous record set during the 2021-22 campaign when Utah Tech limited Antelope Valley to a 19.0 percent shooting effort (11/20/21). 
* - Utah Tech's 110 points vs. Bethesda were the second-most in a game this season and the third-most in the program's four-year era. 
* - Meanwhile, the 35 points allowed vs. Bethesda were the third-fewest surrendered during the Trailblazers' NCAA era.
* - Utah Tech shot 54.4 percent from the floor (43-of-79) in the Bethesda win, which included a 10-of-35 (.286) clip from the perimeter ... the 43 made field goals were the third-most in a single game in the program's NCAA era.
* - The Blazers pulled down a season-high 64 rebounds vs. Bethesda (t-third all-time at UT) and recorded a season-high plus-27 rebounding margin (64-37). 
* - Utah Tech also posted season highs in both steals (13) and blocks (10) in the Bethesda win ... in fact, the last time the Trailblazer defense recorded 10 blocks in a game was during the 2010-11 season (10 vs. Academy of Art; 2/12/11). 
 
ABOUT THE SFA "LADY JACKS": SFA enters Saturday's games on the heels of an 81-74 come-from-behind victory at Southern Utah this past Thursday night. The Lady Jacks rallied from a 26-point, second quarter deficit on their way to their 20-win of the season. 
            Junior point guard Kurstyn Harden (5-10) leads three Lady Jacks averaging double figures at 17.0 ppg (T-#2 with Gillen in the WAC) on a WAC-best 56.1 percent shooting. Harden, who has scored 20-plus points in four-straight starts, is also SFA's leading rebounder (7.4 rpg - #7 in the WAC) and is connecting on a team-high 80.7 percent (#3 in the WAC; 167-of-207) of her attempts at the foul line. 
            
NEXT UP FOR THE TRAILBLAZERS: The 2024 Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament will be played next week, March 13-16, at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Official tournament seeds and pairings will be announced on Sunday.