BELTON — UMHB’s seniors knew they had just one game left inside the Mayborn Campus Center when they took the court for Saturday’s regular season finale against Howard Payne, and they were intent on making it count.
Women’s Sports
Hardin-Simmons defeats UMHB women’s basketball in tight ASC showdown
ABILENE — The UMHB women’s basketball team gave first-place Hardin-Simmons all it could handle inside the Mabee Complex on Tuesday night, cutting the deficit to three with 2:03 to go in a tight American Southwest showdown.
ASC announces media rights partnership with FloSports
The American Southwest Conference has signed an “exclusive media rights partnership” with FloSports, per an announcement Tuesday afternoon, effectively moving all of its athletic broadcasts starting in 2026-27 to the subscription-based platform.
Rebounding, defensive intensity lift UMHB women’s basketball to momentum-building win over ETBU
BELTON — Facing the tallest frontcourt in the ASC for the second time this season on Saturday afternoon, UMHB walked into the Mayborn Campus Center knowing it would need both a collective edge and an individual catalyst to get the job done against ETBU.
With several new faces ready to step up, UMHB Softball heads into Friday’s season-opener at No. 8 TLU
BELTON — When Melissa Mojica fills out her lineup card ahead of Friday’s season-opener at Texas Lutheran, it will look fairly different from the way it did last season.
Howard Payne’s late 3-pointer deals UMHB women’s basketball last-second road loss
BROWNWOOD, Texas — Howard Payne’s Amaris Ambriz swished her third 3-pointer of the afternoon with 5.9 seconds left, lifting the Lady Jackets to a dramatic 60-59 victory over UMHB women’s basketball inside Brownwood Coliseum Saturday afternoon.
Hardin-Simmons pulls away from UMHB Women’s Basketball in second half of ASC home opener
Photo by Luke Zayas/Backwards Hat Media BELTON — Effectively translating good defense into good offense requires equal contribution from two parts. On the defensive end, the team must stay locked in for the entirety of the possession, coming up with a turnover or forcing a difficult shot and securing the rebound. Then on the ensuing […]
Turnovers, ETBU’s 3-point shooting, challenge UMHB women’s basketball in ASC opener
MARSHALL, Texas — Challenged by ETBU’s 2-3 zone defense on the same afternoon they surrendered 12 3-pointers, UMHB women’s basketball struggled out of the gate in its ASC opener and never gained the momentum back on Saturday inside Ornelas Gym.
Novak-Lenoir earns 100th career win as UMHB women’s basketball overpowers St. Joseph (CT), 74-42
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Behind an offense that shot over 47 percent and a defense that allowed its fewest points in a game this season, UMHB women’s basketball closed its Connecticut trip on a high note Monday afternoon, giving head coach Katie Novak-Lenoir her 100th career victory.
Gonzalez, Johns-McGarity make debuts as UMHB Women’s Basketball defeats Coast Guard
NEW LONDON, Conn. — Katie Novak-Lenoir’s Crusaders made the 1,800-mile trek to New England with the intent of building momentum before ASC play, getting a pair of newcomers inserted into the mix, and snapping their eight-game losing skid.