Nelson at UNT DALLAS
 
When: December 14, 2024
Tip-off: 2:00 PM
Location: Dallas, Texas (Ellis Davis Center)
Tickets: Sideline Tickets
Watch: SAC Sports Network
Livestats: untdathletics.com
Social Media: UNTD Athletics on X and Instagram
 
OPENING TIP
- UNT Dallas returns home after a busy stretch with three games in four days that featured back-to-back road games. The Trailblazers prevailed 67-57 at Central Christian with their second conference win of the year.
- The Trailblazers enter Saturday with a 3-7 record and are 2-6 in conference play.
- They are 0-2 at Ellis Davis Center this season.
 
PLAYERS TO WATCH
- Senior Skye Dugan (Richardson, Texas) leads the team averaging 15.7 points-per-game and ranks tied seventh in the SAC. She also ranks third in the SAC with 2.9 steals and tied fourth with 26 overall thefts.
- Senior Eryka Patton (Hutchins, Texas) is nearly averaging a double-double with 13.5 points and 9.8 rebounds. Patton ranks 10th in the league in scoring and fifth in total boards and rebounding average.
- Sophomore De'Asia Johnson (Dallas, Texas) is right below the cusp of triple-digits in scoring on the year with 95 points. She hauled down a career-high 14 rebounds last outing and is second on the team with 71.
 
A LOOK AT THE LIONS     
- Nelson enters with a 3-8 record and 2-6 conference mark.
- The Lions fell to Langston last time out at home, 66-40.
- Both teams on Saturday have identical SAC records and have won their contests against Oklahoma Panhandle State and Central Christian.
- Nelson was selected sixth in the SAC Preseason Poll with 83 points.
 
ALL-TIME HISTORY
- UNTD is 2-4 against Nelson.
- The Trailblazers have dropped the past two matchups, both from last season. The most recent game was 76-61 in Waxahachie.
- Johnson had eight points in the meeting at Waxahachie, while sophomore Sanaa Murphy-Showers had 10 points in the home matchup.