EDINBURG — The UTRGV women’s basketball team is set to usher in the Christmas break by hosting the UTRGV Holiday Classic on today and Friday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse in Edinburg.
The UTRGV Holiday Classic will feature four games over two days that include the Vaqueros, fellow Southland Conference member Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Eastern Michigan and Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC).
“It’s going to be warm weather down here in South Texas, so we’re bringing in two teams from the North. We get to showcase the Valley, showcase our city and our university, so it’s going to be a fun event,” UTRGV head coach Lane Lord said. “We’ve got two quality teams coming in — Eastern Michigan from the (Mid-American Conference) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City from the Summit League. Us and Corpus Christi are kind of co-hosting this, so two teams from South Texas vs. two teams from the North and we’re looking forward to the matchups.”…