Angelina College’s basketball teams spent November fine tuning their lineups for this very same portion of the season: Conference play.
And while the Roadrunner men got their first taste of league play on Wednesday, the Lady Roadrunners begin their trek on Saturday as part of a women’s/men’s doubleheader at Shands Gymnasium.
In addition, the teams will recognize students and staff members from Central ISD and Pineywoods Community Academy. Tall Timbers Gymnastics will perform at half time of the Lady Roadrunners’ game.
The red-hot Lady ‘Runners, winners of their first nine games of the season, will face Kilgore College at 2 p.m. in the conference opener for both teams. The Lady Rangers built a 7-2 record to begin the year and boast a team AC head coach Byron Coleman called “one of the more athletic teams we’ll face all season.”
“I think we match up really well, but we want them to have to match up with us,” Coleman said. “We’re shooting the ball extremely well, and we just have to keep doing what we’re doing.”
The Roadrunners, who face Paris College at 4 p.m. on Saturday, got their first taste of conference play Wednesday night in Kilgore, where AC dropped a heartbreaking 70-63 decision in overtime. The ‘Runners look to bounce back against a Paris team coming off a 71-62 loss to Blinn College on Wednesday.
“They’re a well-coached ball club, and they’ve got some great guards on the floor,” AC head coach Nick Wade said. “But like always, we’ll focus on what we can do well and take it one game at a time. As long as our guys keep working toward getting better, I like our chances.”
Both games will be available for viewing via live stream. Fans can log onto angelinaathletics.com for all the action.
The e-mail address for AC’s Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.
