PREVIEW: Women's Basketball at Colorado College (2/5) | Centenary College (2/7)
MULTIMEDIA COVERAGE
(Colorado College on 2.5)
(Centenary College 2.7)
OPENING TIP
The University of Dallas women's basketball team will wrap up a season-long, five-game road trip with a pair of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) matchups on February 5 and 7. The Lady Crusaders will travel to Colorado College first with an 8 p.m. (MTD) start. They finish things on Sunday at Centenary College with a 2 p.m. tip-off.
Dallas moves into these league games with an 8-11 record and 3-6 SCAC mark. The Lady Crusaders are in sixth place of the conference standings. They dropped the previous two contests a weekend ago, with the latest at Schreiner University. That was a 55-49 final.
CRUSADER NOTES
- The team ranks second in the SCAC in scoring defense with 59.6 points-per-game (ppg) allowed. Since top 25 nationally ranked Trinity University netted 82 a few weeks ago, UD has limited the opposition to under 55 points over a five-game span. This included at No. 22 (at the time) Trinity last Friday.
- Dallas is also second in the league for three-point field goal percentage defense with a 24.5-clip, and slot third in three-point field goal percentage with a 32.2-clip.
- Junior Seana Stoia (Tulsa, Okla.) has matched a personal best 223 points to lead the Lady Crusaders at this juncture of the campaign. Stoia is averaging 11.7 ppg and has grabbed 122 rebounds for team-bests in both categories. Three of her past four outings have resulted in all her double-doubles this season.
- Sophomore Michelle DeCoud (Monument, Colo.) is averaging 12.5 points and has racked up double-digit scoring performances in her last four outings. She has three double-doubles on the season, with her latest coming the previous game. DeCoud claimed it by tying a season-high 12 boards at Schreiner and tossed in 11 points.
- Junior Holly Tonry (Seattle, Wash.) paces the team with 65 assists and is averaging 3.4 a contest. That latter category places her second in the conference, and she also became just the 6th player in the women's basketball program to break 200 in her career.
UD WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SEASON STATS (PDF)
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
Colorado College is 3-18 overall and 2-8 in the conference for eighth place. The Tigers did prevail in the latest game, 68-65, versus Southwestern University. That was the second victory for CC at home this year.
Danielle Davis is leading the Black and Gold offensively with 14.6 ppg and 262 altogether. Korbyn Ukasick is nearly over double-digits for points a game with a 9.8-clip. The duo lead the rebounding category with 88 and 82, respectively. Katie Wirth has dished 65 assists.
SCOUTING THE LADIES
Centenary is 7-13 overall and 2-8 in the SCAC with its most recent setback a 73-61 final to Texas Lutheran University. The Maroon and White did triumph the previous Friday at home against Southwestern in a 65-48 decision. Centenary is 4-6 at the Gold Dome.
The Ladies are led in scoring by Jasmine Morris with 311 points and 15.6 a contest. She is averaging a team-high 13.3 against SCAC opponents. Also above double figures for scoring average on the season is DeiAnna Hall with a 10.2 ppg mark. Briana Edwards is averaging 9.6 points, and paces the squad in reboundings with 168 and blocks with 55.
CENTENARY COLLEGE SEASON STATS
PREVIOUS MATCHUP
Dallas is 13-8 in the all-time series against Colorado College. The Navy and White prevailed earlier this year in a 69-46 result at the Maher Center. Last season at Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Lady Crusaders won 92-86 in overtime. DeCoud managed a career-high 27 points and grabbed 11 boards. Uksick had 20 points for CC.
The Lady Crusaders are 7-2 against Centenary and have won the past seven straight head-to-head matchups. Earlier in the year at UD, the final favored the home venue squad 87-67. Stoia poured a career-high 27 points with a 10-for-16 effort on the floor. DeCoud and Tonry added 19 and 15 points, respectively. Centenary's Samantha Lyons had 19 points, while Edwards and Hall followed with 18 and 17. Dallas prevailed last season 77-60 at the site of this year's SCAC Championship.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Dallas will be at the Maher Center one final time this season on Feb. 12-13. The Lady Crusaders host Texas Lutheran on that Friday at 8 p.m. The next day will be with Southwestern University visiting. Tip-off is at 6 p.m.
A non-conference contest across town at Arlington Baptist College on Feb. 16 is also on the docket.
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