PENSACOLA, Fla. – The App State women's basketball team opened play at the Sun Belt Tournament with a second round victory over No. 7 seed Louisiana, 51-38, on Wednesday. The No. 10 seeded Mountaineers will advance to Friday's quarterfinal, where they will face No. 2 seed Texas State at 7:30 p.m. CT (8:30 p.m. ET).
"Obviously proud is just an understatement of how I feel right now of our group," said head coach Angel Elderkin. "Especially to hold a team to 38 points defensively and just kind of grind it out. We talked last year that tough teams win in March and our play every day moving forward was that we develop that mentality.