MONROE, La. – The ULM women's basketball team (3-0) look to maintain early season momentum at home as they take on Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-2). Tip-off at Fant-Ewing Coliseum is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. CT on Sunday (Nov. 16). The Warhawks are coming off of a dominant 74-55 win vs. Grambling State.
 
FOLLOW THE WARHAWKS –
 
Sunday's game will be available on KMLB 105.7 FM with Josh McGehee on the call. Streaming will be available for games on ESPN+. Links to live stats for all games, when available, can be found at ULMWarhawks.com. Navigate to the women's basketball schedule page and select that day's opponent.
 
SCOUTING THE LIONS –
 
UAPB enter Sunday's game with a 1-2 record having lost their last two games vs. Arkansas and Sam Houston State after a 69-64 opening win at Memphis. The Lions are led by the 1-2 punch of Jailah Pelly (15.7 PPG) and Indiya Brown (14.7 PPG). Pelly also leads the team in rebounding at nine per game and has already posted two double-doubles on the season. Brown opened the season with a 29-point performance in the win at Memphis and also averages five rebounds per game. Head coach Erica Leak is in her second season in charge of the Lions.
 
LIFTING UP LEGENDS –
 
This weekend is set to feature two ceremonies honoring prominent people within the history of ULM women's basketball. On Saturday, the 1984-85 women's basketball team will be inducted into the ULM Athletics Hall of Fame. The 1984-85 Warhawks posted a 30-2 record at the conclusion of their season, reaching the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament, the farthest any ULM basketball (men's or women's) team has advanced. The 1984-85 team still holds the team record for points (2,708) and field goals made (1,101) in a single season.
 
On Sunday, one of the starters on that 1984-85 team will get her jersey retired. Lisa Ingram was named Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year in 1983 and received all-conference honors in 1984, 1985 and 1986. She was named to the All-Louisiana team three times, earning Player of the Year accolades in 1986 and was also a finalist for the Naismith Award that same year. The All-American remains as the all-time career scorer and rebounder in Warhawk history with 2,601 points and 1,173 rebounds. Ingram still claims the top four spots in season scoring average and field goals and has some of the highest single game totals, including breaking the 50-point mark in 1984. She also still owns the record for most field goals in a game at 21.
 
LEADING THE WAY –
 
ULM feature four players who average double figures in points through two games this season. J'Mani Ingram leads the team averaging 13 points per game followed by Keshunti Nichols (11.7), Asjah Inniss (11.3) and Nakiyah Mays-Prince (11.0). Nichols and Inniss each average five rebounds per game to lead the team while Mays-Prince has posted a team best average of 5.3 assists per game. After her career high five steal performance vs. Grambling State, Kamille Brown now leads the team in steals with eight while Nichols and Abby Leahy are tied for the team lead in blocks with two.
 
BENCH BOOST –
 
The Warhawk reserves have been the offensive catalysts for the team this season. ULM are ranked 43rd in the nation averaging 34 bench points per game. ULM's bench was responsible for exactly half of the team's 80 points vs. Eastern Michigan, the most points scored in a game by the reserves since last season's 117-60 season opening win vs. Central Baptist. The Warhawk bench scored 47 points in that game which was the only time they surpassed the 30-point threshold that season.
 
FLETCHER'S FAST START –
 
Head coach Scotty Fletcher became the second coach in program history to win their first three games in charge of ULM on Tuesday vs. Grambling State. Fletcher is also one of four coaches to have won their first game leading ULM and their first game inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum. A win vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Sunday would tie the record for most consecutive wins by a ULM coach to begin their career which was set by Linda Harper to begin the 1978-79 season. The last time the Warhawks started a season 4-0 was the historic 1984-85 season that concluded with a berth to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.
 
STACKING UP STEALS –
 
ULM have seen two different players establish career highs for steals in a game in the past two contests. Graduate student Keshunti Nichols recorded four steals in the win vs. Louisiana Tech before junior Kamille Brown posted a career high of five steals on Tuesday vs. Grambling State. As a team, the Warhawks are averaging 10 steals per game and have seen four players record at least one game of three steals or more so far. 
 
500 CAREER POINTS FOR INNISS –
 
Graduate student Asjah Inniss achieved a pair of impressive career milestones vs. Grambling State. On a three-point shot late in the second quarter, Inniss would record her 500th career point in what was her 100th career game. Inniss became the fourth player on the Warhawks to reach 500 career points as she joined the likes of J'Mani Ingram (774), Nakiyah Mays-Prince (587) and Marissa Gasaway (544). After her 11-point performance on Tuesday, Keshunti Nichols is on the verge of joining this group as she stands at 490 points for her career.
 
WARHAWKS AT A GLANCE –
 
ULM welcome 14 newcomers to the bayou for the 2025-26 season under first year head coach Scotty Fletcher. The roster features eight guards, four forwards, and two centers. The Warhawks join Indiana State as the only DI programs with zero returners this season.
 
The Warhawks will look to lean on past experience this year as every member of the roster enters this season as an upperclassman. The team is comprised of four juniors, two seniors, and eight graduate students. ULM are among a select few of DI programs that are 100% made up of upperclassmen and are one of six programs with no true freshmen on their roster. Familiarity is also a key theme of this roster, as five players at one point or time played for Coach Fletcher at Pear River Community College.
 
ALL OVER THE MAP –
 
In addition to making up an entirely new roster, ULM's 14 players also represent a multitude of different states and places of origin. The Warhawks claim players from 11 different states, including a team high three players from the neighboring state of Mississippi. Graduate forward Nailea Nicholas grew up in Fresno, California, which would be the 12th different state represented, but is originally from the U.S. Virgin Islands. ULM are tied with Brown University for the most states represented on their roster.
 
EXCELLENT EXPERIENCE –
 
ULM will have the luxury of calling on the services of several players with substantial Division I experience. Of the 11 players on the roster who have played at the DI level, eight of them have featured in 50 or more games over the course of their career. J'Mani Ingram leads the group having played in 107 career games at the DI level entering this season, followed by Asjah Inniss at 97 and Nakiyah Mays-Prince at 89.
 
SUN BELT SAVANTS –
 
Three members of this year's ULM roster are already familiar with the trials and tribulations of Sun Belt Conference play.J'Mani Ingram and Asjah Inniss both played for Appalachian State last year and helped lead the Mountaineers to the sixth seed in the conference tournament. Nakiyah Mays-Prince heavily featured for Georgia Southern as she led the team in assists (82) and steals (56) while averaging 7.4 points per game.
 
FANTASTIC AT FANT-EWING –
 
The Warhawks will look to take advantage of their schedule out of the gate as five of their first six games are at home. ULM are 103 games over .500 all-time inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum (373-270), including 7-6 last season. The last time the Warhawks began the season with four straight home games was in 2022.