MCCURDY AND STICE PICK UP LSC ALL-CONFERENCE ACCOLADES

FRISCO, TEXAS – Iyanna McCurdy and Natalie Stice of Eastern New Mexico women’s basketball both received all-conference honors, as announced at the 2022 LSC Women’s Basketball Awards Banquet at Main Event Frisco in Frisco, Texas on Wednesday evening. McCurdy landed on the all-conference second team and Stice earned an all-conference honorable mention.

McCurdy had a fantastic season in Portales, leading the Hounds in points (14.0 ppg) and rebounds (7.6 rpg). The Philadelphia, Pa. native recorded eight double-doubles this season, including registering a career high 28 points against Oklahoma Christian (2/7/22) and in rebounds with 16 against Angelo State (1/29/22). McCurdy also led the team in points (336), rebounds (128), field goals (129), and free throws (76). In the conference, McCurdy is 9^th in scoring, 8^th in rebounding, 9^th in field goal percentage (42.3%).

In the ENMU program record books, McCurdy landed in the top ten in single season highs for multiple categories. McCurdy pulled down 88 offensive rebounds during the season, the second most in a single season, and recorded the highest offensive rebounds per game, with 3.7 rpg, in a single season. McCurdy ends her ENMU career in 8^th position for all-time scoring average, 10^th all-time in rebounding average, 1^st in offensive rebounding average, and seventh for minutes per game.

Stice earned an honorable mention, picking up their first career conference honors. Overall, Stice led the team with made three pointers during the season (44), assists (44), and steals (39). The Tahoka, Texas native finished second for the Hounds in points (318), points per game (13.3), field goals (112), rebounds (130), rebound per game (5.4), and blocks (11). Among Lone Star Conference competitors, Stice finished 12^th in scoring, 26^th in rebounding, 8^th made three pointers per game (1.8), and 19^th in steals per game (1.6 spg).

Eastern completed the 2021-22 season with a 10-14 record, after missing the whole 2020-21 season due to COVID-19 restrictions. The Hounds qualified for the 2022 LSC postseason tournament with a 6-10 conference record, falling to Cameron University, 88-85, under first year head coach Meghan De los Reyes.