Cameron women's basketball heads into the 2022-23 season picked to finish eighth, according to the Lone Star Conference preseason poll released Monday.
The Aggies are coming off a trip to the LSC Quarterfinals after posting a 17-11 record a season ago, which included an 11-5 mark in LSC play.
CU tallied 347 points in the poll, finishing eighth behind Texas A&M International, who was picked to finish seventh.
West Texas A&M was the top pick in the poll with 612 points and 31 first-place votes, while Lubbock Christian and Texas Woman's picked up the remaining first-place votes with four points each. LCU was selected second with 557, and TWU came in third with 538 points.
Angelo State comes in at fourth with 519, UT Tyler rounds out the top five with 479, and Texas A&M-Kingsville is slated sixth with 408 points.
Midwestern State comes in at ninth with 314, Eastern New Mexico received 233 points for 10th, St. Edward's had 219 points in 11th place, and UAFS was picked 12th with 216.
Rounding out the poll is UT Permian Basin in 13th with 172 points, Oklahoma Christian in 14th with 154, St. Mary's had 94 points in 15th, and Western New Mexico was picked for 16th with 71 points.
The Black-and-Gold will be led by a new head coach and return five players from last year's team. Jeff Mahoney will take over after spending the previous three seasons as the assistant. Katie King leads the group with 10.8 ppg, team-leading 43.8 from beyond the arc, and Korie Allensworth with 8.8 ppg, the third and fourth leading scorers from a year ago.
They are joined by Alannah Gillespie, LaKya Leslie, and Karley Miller.
Cameron will replace two players who picked up LSC honors last season, including LSC Defensive Player of the Year Stephanie Peterson and Maighan Hedge.
The Aggies will be looking to replace its losses with nine new additions, including transfers Taliyah Johnson, Kailyn Lay, and Mikayla Peterson.
CU will also be working into action five players transferring in from junior colleges; Claire Dodds, Hallie Horton, Kiara Lovings, Lindsey Waits, and Alena Wilson.
Cameron opens the 2022-23 season on Nov. 11 versus UC Colorado Springs at the RMAC/LSC Challenge in Colorado Springs, Colo., with the home opener set for Nov. 15 at 5:30 pm versus Harding.
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