Tag: Polly Thomason
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Comets finish season strong
With the regular season finishing up, the women’s basketball team now looks to defend its championship title as the American Southwest Conference tournament draws near. The women’s basketball team enters the ASC tournament starting Feb. 22, this time as defending champions. The Comets wrapped up their season with an eighth consecutive win, a 78-68 victory…
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Women’s basketball takes down Louisiana College in late season game
In a crucial late-season contest, the women’s basketball team took down Louisiana College 64-49 on Feb. 11. Coming out of the gate, the Lady Wildcats hit the Comets with a full-court press, leading to some sloppy play as UTD struggled to keep the ball in its hands. Despite finishing the first half with 11 turnovers,…
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Senior guard’s near triple-double spurs women’s basketball team to takedown of ETBU
Correction: Head coach Polly Thomason’s name was spelled incorrectly. The Mercury regrets this error. Bouncing back from their loss against Trinity, the women’s basketball team (10-2, 6-1 ASC) took down East Texas Baptist (5-6, 1-5 ASC) 74-54 in a game that almost featured the program’s first ever triple double. The Comets got off to a…
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Women’s basketball squeezes by Austin College
In its last game before conference play, the women’s basketball team (3-0) outlasted the Austin College Kangaroos (1-2) 67-64 for their third straight win of the season. The Comets looked sharp in the first half, with the team hitting 14 of 30 shots for 35 points. Defensively, UTD gave up only 28 points, with the…
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Women’s basketball survives season opener with close win
In a close game in front of a Homecoming day crowd, the women’s basketball team got out with a win against Texas Lutheran 58-55 in its season opener. The first half saw the Comets control the flow of the game, outscoring the Bulldogs 35 to 25. UTD was 12 of 34 and shot 35.3 percent from the…
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Comets win eight straight
Players working hard to continue string of success It was a perfect December for the Comets as they won all six December games plus two January games to claim eight straight wins. The women’s basketball team (12-2, 8-1 ASC) remains second in the East, just behind Louisiana College, who holds a perfect conference record with…
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Coach’s life-long passion for basketball
Former three-time ASC champion desires to build relationships through coaching UTD women Many people spend a considerable amount of their lives searching for the perfect career, or finding out their path was the wrong one. For Polly Thomason, head coach of UTD women’s basketball team, this was never the case. Growing up with a father…