Women's Basketball | 12/18/2025 4:18:00 PM
GAME 11
Emporia State (7-3, 1-1 MIAA) at Angelo State (2-6, 1-2 LSC)
Saturday, December 20, 2025 • 1:00 p.m. • San Angelo, Texas • Junell Center
Series Record: First Meeting
Last Meeting: First Meeting
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Up Next: at Central Missouri • January 1 • 5:30 p.m. • Warrensburg, Mo • Hughes Athletics Center
DEEP IN THE HEART
The Lady Hornets take on Angelo State in San Angelo, Texas in the final non-conference game.
ABOUT THE LADY HORNETS
Emporia State is 7-3 on the season, 1-1 in the MIAA.
Kaitlyn Sanders is the leading scorer for the Lady Hornets at 16.7 points per game and is joined in dobule figures by
Gracie Gilpin at 12.4 points and
Macey Gandee at 10.8 points per game.
ABOUT THE RAMBELLES
Angelo State is 2-6, 1-2 in the Lone Star Conference. They have not scored over 62 points in a game this season. Majik Esquivel is their leading scorer at 12.6 points per game.
ABOUT THE COACHES
MJ Baker is 7-3 in her first season with the Lady Hornets and is 58-49 in her fourth year as a head coach at a four year institution. She has won 338 games as a collegiate coach and comes to Emporia State after an eight year run at Eastern Florida State College. She went 183-58 with three conference championships and three trips to the NJCAA Division I National Tournament during her time. This is her first meeting with Angelo State.
Alesha Ellis is 81-50 in her fifth season at Angelo State and 270-102 in her 13th season overall. This is her first meeting with Emporia State.
SERIES HISTORY WITH THE RAMBELLES
This is the first meeting between Emporia State and San Angelo State in women's basketball. The Lady Hornets and Rambelles were both in the same regional tournament from 2003-08, but never met. They both fell to Drury in 2003 and Washburn in 2005 and 2008. The two schools have met a limited number of times in other sports, most notably in baseball and softball. The baseball Hornets won two games from the Rams in the 2009 NCAA Regional on the way to a national runner-up finish. Emporia State won the first game 23-0 and then won 5-3 in an elimination game in Warrensburg, Mo. however Angelo State leads the all-time series 3-2. The two have met 18 times in softball, including four in NCAA Tournament play with the most recent post season meeting a 1-0 Hornet win in 2011 in Wichita Falls, Texas, as Angelo State holds a 12-6 overall advantage. In other sports Emporia State leads 5-4 in volleyball while trailing 1-2-1 in soccer and the Rams have won the only meeting in men's basketball. They just split a home and home series in football with Emporia State winning 17-12 in Welch Stadium in 2024 and Angelo State picking up a 41-20 win in LeGrand Stadium this fall.
LAST TIME AGAINST ANGELO STATE
This is the first meeting between the two in women's basketball.
LAST TIME OUT
Bellevue scored the first seven points of the game and led 13-7 with 2:26 left in the first quarter but it was all Emporia State after that as the Lady Hornets posted a 73-65 victory over the Bruins on Wednesday night in White Auditorium.
The Lady Hornets closed the first half on a 6-0 run to tie the game at 13 after ten minutes. Zakiyyah Muhammad scored inside with 6:11 left in the second to give Bellevue a 23-21 lead. It would be their last score of the first half as Emporia State took a 33-25 lead into the locker room. The Bruins scoreless streak would go over eight minutes as the Lady Hornets took a 40-25 lead before a Muhammad scored with 8:05 remaining in the third quarter. Bellevue would not get closer than six points the rest of the game.
Vanessa Coleman scored a career high 16 points with four made three-pointers. She was joined in double figures by
Gracie Gilpin with 12 points and
Macey Gandee with 11 points.
Kaitlyn Sanders had seven assists while
Kaylin Noonan pulled nine rebounds for ESU.
UP NEXT
The Lady Hornets will ring in the New Year at Central Missouri on January 1. Tip-off from the Hughes Athletics Center in Warrensburg, Mo. is set for 5:30 p.m.
