Covering UMHB Athletics and the stories behind the score
Heading into Wednesday’s de-facto championship game at the Cru Classic, there was no question that a lack of depth would challenge UMHB. Faced with going to a rotation of just seven players for the second-straight day, and already feeling the fatigue of storming back from a 19-point deficit to upset Wartburg just 24 hours prior, The Cru dug deep for four quarters against McMurry.
BELTON — Rebounding has always been an emphasis point for Katie Novak-Lenoir’s teams. There is a reason why her teams in each of the last three years—2021-22 at Sul Ross State, 2022-23 at Hawaii Pacific, and 2023-24 at UMHB—ranked in the top half of their respective leagues in rebounding margin.
ABILENE, Texas–With less than five minutes left in the third quarter of Friday’s first round NCAA Tournament matchup against Trinity, everything seemed to be going right for the UMHB women’s basketball team.
ABILENE, Texas–In each of the season’s first two meetings against Ozarks, most notably the 58-53 loss on Feb. 10, the UMHB women’s basketball team had come away with a sense of disappointment in the performance. But the Crusaders made sure that was not the case the third time around.
BELTON-A year ago, Alexis Carmosino did not know where her final collegiate season would be spent. But she knew who she would be playing for.
In what will surely be remembered as one of the most thrilling comebacks in program history, the No. 19/20 UMHB women’s basketball team stunned No. 10/14 Hardin-Simmons on the road Thursday night, emerging with a 93-89 overtime victory in dramatic fashion.
The biggest road trip of the season is on tap for UMHB women’s basketball team. Abilene promises to offer a pair of difficult tests in American Southwest Conference play for The Cru, who have not yet lost in league action.
Arieona Rosborough came within a point of scoring the 1,000th point of her collegiate career on Thursday night, as she tallied 31 in a 72-61 Crusader victory. UMHB women’s basketball is now 12-1.
Back inside the Gallego Center, where she elevated the success of Sul Ross State women’s basketball as head coach from 2017-2022, UMHB head coach Katie Novak-Lenoir earned yet another victory in Alpine on Saturday afternoon.
In the midst of challenges with resources and remoteness at Sul Ross State, Clif Carroll and Katie Novak-Lenoir improved greatly as coaches during their time in Alpine. That has now carried over to their careers guiding the UMHB men’s and women’s basketball programs.