The Teams: Tarleton Texans (7-15, 1-10 WAC) at Seattle U Redhawks (3-17, 3-7 WAC)
Where: Seattle, Washington
Arena: Redhawk Center
Day and Time: Thursday at 1 p.m. CT
Streaming Platform: ESPN+
Radio: Tarleton Sports Network (Jimmy Christopher)
 
ABOUT THE MATCHUP

• This is the fourth all-time meeting. Seattle U hosted the previous three, winning the first two in 2020-21. Tarleton won last season 57-56 in OT. Malaya Kendrick made the game-winning shot with eight seconds left. Jenna Dick had 12 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals.
• Seattle U is 10th in the WAC standings at 3-7, 12th in the WAC WBB Resume Seeding System.
• Seattle U is 0-9 at home. They just had a season-long two-game winning streak overall snapped.
• SU is 12th in the WAC in both scoring offense (59.2 PPG) and scoring defense (71.6 PPG).

 
QUICK HITS

• Thursday will be Tarleton's second time this year playing on "Kids Day" (Nov. 15 at Vanderbilt).
• The Texans just gave the No. 1 team in the WAC WBB Resume Seeding System, SFA, a run for their money, leading at halftime and staying close throughout, with nine lead changes and seven ties. They lost 68-54 -- SFA had 31 free throw attempts to Tarleton's 10. It marked the first time Tarleton's opponent had 20+ more FTA in a game since Dec. 16, 2014, at Concord (31 to 11).
• Tarleton is currently on a season-long-tying skid of six games. They've lost 12 of their last 13.
• The Texans haven't lost the turnover battle in four straight games. They have the fourth best average turnover margin in the WAC at +1.8 and force the fifth most turnovers per game at 18.7.
• The Texans allow the sixth fewest points (66.1 PPG) in the WAC and the fifth lowest 3PT% (.292). They allow the third fewest 3PT makes per game this season in the WAC (5.1).
• Tarleton had an eight-woman rotation in the last game, the fewest they've played in a game all season. They've recently been limited to 10 available personnel due to injuries.
• The Texans have had six players play in every game this season (Da Silva, Jackson, Mitchels, Dick, Ivanova, Jones). Da Silva has started every game. Caicedo has started every game she's played.
• This is Tarleton's just third road game in a month. They've played five of the last seven at home.
• Tarleton has led at halftime in each of the last three games.

 
WHO'S HOT

• Teresa Da Silva – Da Silva just scored her 16th 10+ point game of the season with 13 points (3-7 3PT) and six rebounds on Monday. She's eighth in the WAC in scoring at 14.0 PPG, plus has the seventh best 3PT% in conference at .380 (min. 30 3PA).
• Viktoria Ivanova – Ivanova just had her fourth double-digit scoring game of the season and her first since Dec. 19 with 13 points and three rebounds against the Ladyjacks. She is now the Texans' second leading bench scorer at 5.2 PPG, only behind Elise Turrubiates (7.4 PPG).
• Mayra Caicedo – Over her past seven games, Caicedo has had 3+ assists in each, averaging 5.4 assists during the stretch. Over her past six games, she's averaged 2.2 steals. She leads the team in both assists and steals on the year, and Caicedo just dished out her 400th career assist in the last game.

 
NUMBERS TO KNOW
3: Tarleton has three games in a six-day stretch this week, playing this past Monday vs. SFA, Thursday at Seattle U and Saturday vs. CBU. This is THEIR MOST GAMES IN A SIX-DAY STRETCH since Jan. 17-22, 2022. Seattle U and CBU were also part of that stretch in which Tarleton went 2-1.
 
17: The Texans have MADE 17 THREE-POINT SHOTS over their last two games, their most in a two-game stretch since Nov. 30-Dec. 6. Teresa Da Silva and Jenna Dick have combined for 10 of them, shooting 10-of-22 (.455).
 
5: Sitting at 49, Teresa Da Silva is five three-point makes short of matching the MOST MADE IN A SEASON IN TARLETON'S D1 HISTORY (Iyana Dorsey, 54, 2020-21). She is on pace to make 64 this season, which would be the most by a Texan in 10 years (Peyton Adamson, 72, 2012-13).
 
88: With 88 assists, Mayra Caicedo already has the MOST ASSISTS BY A TEXAN SINCE 2018-19 with seven games to go. She's averaging 4.2 APG, fifth most in the WAC. No Texan has finished with such a high assist average since 2011-12 (Shelby Adamson, 4.7 APG).
 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
The Texans will Play4Kay on Saturday at Wisdom Gym against California Baptist at 2 p.m. CT. Fans are encouraged to wear pink in honor of Coach Yow and show support for all those around the world fighting the battle against cancer. Tarleton Athletics will be giving out free pink wristbands while supplies last, and there will be a silent auction to raise money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.