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SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs women's basketball team (4-10) faces the University of Texas at San Antonio Roadrunners (3-7) for the 22nd time, but the first time since 1999, tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Convocation Center in the closing game of the UTSA Holiday Classic.

What You Need to Know

UTPA vs. UTSA: This is the 22^nd meeting between the Broncs and Roadrunners in a series that dates back to the 1985-86 season, the Broncs' third of existence and first as an NCAA Division I program … The Broncs have picked up six wins against the Roadrunners in that time, tied for the eighth most wins the Broncs have against any of the 162 opponents they have faced … The Broncs have only faced seven opponents more than the Roadrunners (Southwestern Louisiana (30), Lamar (27), New Orleans (26), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (26), Texas State (26), Arkansas State (25), Louisiana Tech (25)) ... The Broncs and Roadrunners haven't met since the 1999-2000 season, when they split a two-game season-series … This is the Broncs' first game against the Roadrunners under head coach Denny Downing.

Colorado 67, UTPA 49 (12/20/11):

• Bianca Torre scored nine points to move into a tie for fourth place on the program's all-time scoring list with 1,060 points. She is now tied with Cheveron Terry (1997-01). Torre also passed Dawn Bleacher (1,057, 1992-94) for fifth place during the game.
• Donna Jackson scored a game-high and season-high 16 points to go with five rebounds and a career-high six steals.
• Keandra Goodson made her first start of the season, scoring four points with four rebounds, one assist, one block and one steal in a career-high 30 minutes.

Team Notes

Oklahoma State 74, UTPA 35 (12/18/11):

• Bianca Torre scored a season-high 20 points, tied her career-high with six three-pointers made, and set new season-highs in three-pointers attempted (10) and field goals made (7).
• Torre took over sixth place on the program's all-time field goals made list with 332, breaking a tie with former-teammate Aleeya Grigsby (2006-10).
• Cassandra Moody scored six points, tied her career-high in field goals made (3), set a new career-high in field goals attempted (8).

 
UTPA 94, Huston-Tillotson 51 (12/14/11):

• The 94 points are tied for the fourth-highest scoring total in program history and the most the Broncs have scored since scoring 97 against Texas Lutheran on November 20, 2008.
• It is the 12^th time the Broncs have ever broken the 90-point plateau and the second time against Huston-Tillotson.
• The Broncs scored more points during the second half (55) than the Rams did in the entire game (51).
• The Broncs had a season-high five players in double-figures scoring: LaQuita Garner (16), Keandra Goodson (16), Adanna Opara (15), Donna Jackson (15) and Franchesca Simon (10).
• Keandra Goodson set new career-highs in points (16), rebounds (9), field goals made (5), field goals attempted (8), free throws made (6), free throws attempted (6) and assists (1). She also tied her career-high with 29 minutes played.
• Edinburg-native and freshman guard Laura Torres scored her first-career points on a basket with less than five minutes left.
• Harlingen-native and junior guard Bianca Torre hit two tie former-teammate Aleeya Grigsby (2006-10) for sixth place on the all-time UTPA list with 325 made field goals.
• Freshman guard TaQuiyyah Boyles collected a career-high three rebounds.

 
Historic Scoring Binge: When the Broncs scored 94 points against Huston-Tillotson on December 14, they tied the fourth-highest scoring total in program history. Here's where that game ranks among the Broncs' top scoring games:
 
1. 110 vs. Schreiner (11/21/06)
2. 108 vs. Southwestern Louisiana (1992-93)
3. 97 vs. Texas Lutheran (11/20/08)
T-4. 94 vs. Huston-Tillotson (12/14/11) and vs. Incarnate Word (1986-87)
6. 93 Schreiner (2001-02)
T-7. 92 vs. Schreiner (12/20/05) and vs. UT-Permian Basin (12/16/04)
T-9. 91 vs. Schreiner (12/1/07) and Huston-Tillotson (1984-85)
T-11. 90 vs. Troy State (1999-2000) and Mary Hardin-Baylor (1984-85)
 
Stephen F. Austin 69, UTPA 58 (12/10/11):

• Junior guard Bianca Torre scored a season-high 14 points on 4-of-6 shooting, including 3-of-4 from behind the arc, to go with a game-high four assists.
• LaQuita Garner scored a team-high tying 15 points.
• The Broncs trailed 33-12 after 15 minutes, but closed to within 35-31 after an 18-2 run over a span of less than four minutes.

 
UTPA 69, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 52 (12/7/11):

• The Broncs swept the season series for the first time in the 13-season history of the rivalry.
• The Broncs are now 4-2 against the Islanders in the three seasons since Denny Downing became head coach.
• Donna Jackson scored a season-high and tied for the game-high with 14 points to go with a game-high eight rebounds.
• Bianca Torre tied her season-highs with 13 points and seven assists to go with five rebounds and a game-high tying three steals.
• LaQuita Garner scored a game-high tying 14 points with a game-high tying three steals.
• Erin Lewis dished out a season-high eight assists.
• Senior Ashley Watson saw her first action of the season, grabbing one rebound in two minutes off the bench.

 
Nebraska 65, UTPA 27 (12/4/11):

• The Broncs led 2-0 and were within 5-4 in the opening minutes.
• Donna Jackson recorded a season and game-high five steals.
• Erin Lewis tied her season-high and tied for the game-high with seven rebounds.
• Johnondra Patterson returned to the starting lineup after coming off the bench in the previous three games. Patterson started the first five games of the season.

On Any Given Day: Although the Broncs fell to the Nebraska Cornhuskers 65-27 on December 4, the Broncs do have a win in Lincoln in program history. Alex Gravel hit six three-pointers and the Broncs hit all 14 of their free throw attempts to beat the Cornhuskers 61-58 on January 5, 2003. The 2002-03 Broncs finished with a record of 7-21 and were 0-11 entering the contest in Lincoln. The Broncs' head coach that season was Tracy Anderson, who only coached the team that year. The Huskers were coached by Connie Yori, then her first season, who is still the head coach today. The Broncs are now 1-2 all-time against the Huskers.

Homecoming: When the Broncs played Nebraska on December 4, it was a homecoming for assistant coach LaToya Howell, who played for Nebraska during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons after transferring from Air Force Academy. As a senior, she dished out the eighth most assists in a single-season ever by a Husker and the third most by a senior with 159. She also helped the Huskers to the Quarterfinals of the WNIT for the first time in school history. Howell averaged 7.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 3.3 steals in three WNIT games. She hit a pair of free throws with 26 seconds left to seal a first round win over Drake and hit two free throws with 1:33 left to put the Huskers up 67-65 over Wyoming in the second round.
 
Sam Houston State University 64, UTPA 56 (11/29/11):

• Adanna Opara recorded her fist double-double of the season and the second of her career with a season-high 16 points and a season-high 12 rebounds (nine offensive). Opara hit 4-of-7 shots from the field and 8-of-9 from the line.
• LaQuita Garner became the first Bronc to score 20 points this season, hitting 5-of-12 shots, including 4-of-8 from behind the arc to go with a 6-for-6 performance from the line.
• The Broncs led 30-29 at halftime.

 
UTPA 58, TAMUCC 56 (11/29/11):

• Adanna Opara scored with two seconds left to give the Broncs the victory.
• The win broke a four-game losing streak.
• It was the Broncs' first road win of the season.
• The Broncs had four players in double-figures scoring for the first time this season
• Adanna Opara led the team in scoring for the first time this season with a season-high 15 points and a season-high nine rebounds and two blocked shots.
• Bianca Torre tied her season-highs with 13 points and four rebounds to go with four assists and a game-high five steals.
• Donna Jackson recorded her first double-double of the season with 11 points and a season-high 12 rebounds.
• LaQuita Garner scored 10 points with a season-high five assists, three steals and one block.
• Broncs head coach Denny Downing took over second place on the all-time program wins list with 27, breaking a tie with John McDowell (1983-86). DeAnn Craft (2003-09) is the all-time leader with 70.

 
Yale 59, UTPA 57 (11/26/11):

• The Broncs had leads of 48-47 and 50-49 late in the game after trailing for most of the second half.
• The Broncs outscored the Bulldogs 32-28 in the second half.
• The Broncs outshot the Bulldogs 41.9% (13-for-31) to 29.2% (7-for-24) in the second half.
• Donna Jackson led the Broncs in scoring for the second-straight game with a season-high 13 points on 4-of-8 shooting, plus 5-of-9 from the line, to go with seven rebounds.
• Bianca Torre scored 11 points with a season-high and game-high seven assists.
• Cassandra Moody hit her only basket of the game at the halftime buzzer to bring the Broncs within 31-25.

 
McNeese State 67, UTPA 46 (11/25/11):

• The Broncs led 2-0 and were within 12-11 nearly mid-way through the first half, but the Cowgirls outscored the Broncs 17-5 over the rest of the half to take a 29-16 lead.
• Donna Jackson became the first Bronc other than LaQuita Garner to lead the team in scoring this season, finishing with 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Garner scored seven points while hitting 2-of-3 shots.
• After hitting 6-of-21 shots (28.6%) in the first half, the Broncs hit 11-of-24 (45.8%) in the second half.
• The Broncs recorded five blocked shots for the second time this season (three by Adanna Opara and two by Cassandra Moody). The Broncs are averaging 5.2 blocks per game.

 
UTEP 62, UTPA 51 (11/22/11):

• After being down by as many as 18, the Broncs went on an 11-2 run towards the end of the game to pull within 10 in the final minute.
• LaQuita Garner led the Broncs in scoring for the fourth-straight game, finishing with 13 points on 4-of-7 shooting. She also hit the Broncs' lone three-pointer of the night.
• Adanna Opara became the fourth different Bronc to reach double-figures in scoring during a game this season by scoring 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting. Garner has done it in all four games while Bianca Torre and Donna Jackson have done it twice each.

 
That's Classic: The Broncs played in their first of two Classics this season when they faced McNeese State and Yale in the Houston Classic on the campus of the University of Houston on November 25 and 26. The Broncs will play Colorado and UT-San Antonio at the UTSA Classic on December 20 and 21.
 
Texas State 66, UTPA 61 (11/18/11):

• The Broncs led 46-38 with 12:03 remaining, tied for their largest lead of the game.
• LaQuita Garner hit 4-of-8 shots from behind the arc while scoring a team-high 19 points. She also had a game-high two blocked shots.
• Donna Jackson and Erin Lewis each recorded a team-high seven rebounds and a game-high two steals. Jackson added 12 points while Lewis dished out seven assists.
• The Broncs made one more field goal that the Bobcats (24-to-23) and the same number of three-pointers (seven).

 
Local Flavor: Longtime Rio Grande Valley standout Bianca Torre is now in her third season with the Broncs. Torre played her high school career at Harlingen South. She was named the Rio Grande Valley's MVP and averaged 25 points per game in her high school career. Torre was an impact player last season. She started 31 games and averaged a team-high 16.9 points. Torre is on her way to break the school record in ten different categories such as field goals made, field goal percentage, three-point field goals made, assists and steals.  
 
Next Up: The Broncs host the University of Texas at Arlington on Wednesday, December 28 at 7:00 p.m. at the UTPA Fieldhouse.

Torrid Torre and Friends

Points
1. 1,227 – Alex Gravel (1998-03)
2. 1,173 – Naima Williams (1993-03)
3. 1,156 – Becky Dube (1984-86)
T-4. 1,060 – Bianca Torre (2009-Present), Cheveron Terry (1997-01)
6. 1,057 – Dawn Beachler (1992-94)
 
Field Goals Made
1. 514 – Becky Dube (1984-86)
2. 455 – Naima Williams (1993-03)
3. 409 – Dawn Beachler (1992-94)
4. 396 – Alex Gravel (1998-03)
5. 392 – Cheveron Terry (1997-01)
6. 333 – Bianca Torre (2009-Present)
7. 325 – Aleeya Grigsby (2006-10)
8. 323 – Bobbie Cole (1993-97)
 
Field Goals Attempted
1. 1,192 – Cheveron Terry (1997-01)
2. 1,041 – Dawn Beachler (1992-94)
3. 1,036 – Alex Gravel (1998-03)
4. 1,017 – Naima Williams (1993-03)
5. 924 – Becky Dube (1984-86)
6. 898 – Bianca Torre (2009-Present)
7. 864 – Bobbie Cole (1993-97)
8. 839 – Kelley Crouch (1986-90)
9. 793 – Iris Garza (1988-92)
 
Three-Pointers Made
1. 258 – Alex Gravel (1998-03)
2. 169 – Cheveron Terry (1997-01)
3. 155 – Bianca Torre (2009-Present)
4. 111 – Dominique Montague (2004-06)
5. 108 – Ce'Monay Newell (2010-Present)
 
Three-Pointers Attempted
1. 705 – Alex Gravel (1998-03)
2. 602 – Cheveron Terry (1997-01)
3. 449 – Bianca Torre (2009-Present)
4. 344 – Teshay Winfrey (2005-09)
5. 335 – LeKeisha Gray (2006-08)
6. 307 – Dominique Montague (2004-06)
7. 305 – Dawn Beachler (1992-94)
8. 284 – Ce'Monay Newell (2010-Present)
Three-Point Field Goal Percentage (Minimum 200 Attempts)
1. .380 (108-284) – Ce'Monay Newell (2010-Present)
2. .366 (258-705) – Alex Gravel (1998-03)
3. .363 (111-307) – Dominique Montague (2004-06)
4. .351 (98-279) – Bobbie Cole (3993-97)
5. .345 (155-449) – Bianca Torre (2009-Present)

Free Throws Made
1. 262 – Naima Williams (1993-03)
2. 255 – Alexis Williams (1997-01)
3. 239 – Bianca Torre (2009-Present)

Free Throws Attempted
T-1 419 – Alexis Williams (1997-01), Naima Williams (1993-03)
3. 301 – Bianca Torre (2009-Present)
4. 277 – Robin Garrett (2005-09)
5. 273 – MaHogany Daniel (2003-07)
 
Free Throw Percentage (Minimum 200 Attempts)
1. .827 (177-214) – Alex Gravel (1998-03)
2. .794 (239-301) – Bianca Torre (2009-Present)
 
Assists
1. 328 – Alexis Williams (1997-01)
2. 292 – Kelly Garrett (1993-97)
3. 286 – Bianca Torre (2009-Present)
4. 241 – Cheveron Terry (1997-01)
5. 231 – Erin Lewis (2010-Present)
6. 225 – Iris Garza (1987-92)
7. 213 – Kim Stewart (1991-94)
8. 200 – Jennifer Piwonka (2002-05)

Steals
1. 212 – Cheveron Terry (1997-01)
2. 185 – Naima Williams (1993-03)
3. 124 – Rose Esther Jean (2005-10)
4. 161 – Iris Garza (1988-92)
5. 152 – MaHogany Daniel (2003-07)
6. 149 – Bianca Torre (2009-Present)
T-7. 145 – Alex Gravel (1998-03), Alexis Williams (1997-01)