Lone Star Conference Tournament • Argyle, Texas • March 23, 2024
#8 St. Mary's (5-4, 2-1 Lone Star) vs #9 Texas Woman's (8-5, 1-2 Lone Star) • 11:30 a.m.
#3 DBU (8-2, 3-0 Lone Star) vs #14 UT Tyler (1-7, 0-3 Lone Star) • 1 p.m.
Third-Place Game • 2:30 p.m.
Championship Game • 4 p.m.
Before the Coin Flip
• St. Mary's heads to the inaugural Lone Star Conference Championship, hosted by DBU at Liberty Christian School in Argyle, Texas. The Rattlers earned the two-seed in the tournament and will face Texas Woman's in the semifinals. The winner advances to the championship to face either DBU or UT Tyler, while the loser faces the loser of the 1 p.m. game for third-place.
• St. Mary's is 2-0 against Texas Woman's this season and 4-0 in school history. The Rattlers are also 3-0 against UT Tyler all-time and 0-2 against DBU.
• The Rattlers will have one more regular season tournament on tap after the Lone Star Championship as they head to Drury to face a quartet of schools on April 6-7.
• In seven of the nine games this season, the Rattlers have either had the lead or been tied after the first quarter. StMU is outscoring opponents 19-13 in the first quarter.
• St. Mary's swept the Lone Star Conference Players of the Week after defeating Texas Woman's on Feb. 23. Alecka Brown was named Stunter of the Week, while M'Lynn Griego earned Tumbler of the Week. Brown scored 42 points, competing in both the partner stunts and jumps #7, the highest routines competed during the game against TWU. For the second-straight week, Griego was named the Tumbler of the Game after competing in seven of the eight jumps and tumbling routines during the game. The Rattlers have now won three weekly awards as Isabel Soto was tabbed the first-ever Stunter of the Week after racking up 58 points at the DBU Patriots Classic.
• The trio of All-Americans back from 2023 were all named Players to Watch by the Lone Star Conference in 2024. Sophomore Yanelle Nicholson (First-Team), Sanaa Johnson (Second-Team) and Alecka Brown (Honorable Mention) were all honored a season ago during the team's initial season of competition.
• A total of 23 STUNT student-athletes were named to the inaugural Lone Star Commissioner's Honor Roll after the conclusion of the fall semester. Both Sanaa Johnson and Courtney McClellan posted perfect 4.00 GPAs during the semester.
