New Orleans, Louisiana- Fresh off a resounding 38-point win over Blue Mountain College, the University of New Orleans women's basketball team will try to make it two in a row Saturday, Nov.19, at Lakefront Arena against the University of South Alabama Jaguars. Tipoff is set for 4 p. m.
The Privateers (1-2) picked their first victory of the season Tuesday night at the hands of Blue Mountain College, 75-37, as they scored 38 points off 36 turnovers including 21 steals. New Orleans turned in a sterling defensive performance holding the Toppers to 26 percent from the floor on 11-of-41 shooting.
The main offensive threat for New Orleans continues to be junior guard
Randi Brown (Human Performance), the Southland Conference's third leading scorer at 18.7 a game. Brown was named College Sport Madness Southland Conference Player of the Week after a 26-point outing against Alabama and 18 points versus Southern Mississippi.
Shania Woods (Accounting), a sophomore center, comes into the game averaging 9 points and 6 rebounds. Woods was a perfect 6-for-6 from the field in a 12-point 7- rebound outing in the win over Blue Mountain College and she is 5
th in field goal percentage in the Southland hitting 60 percent of her shots.
The play of
Danielle Wright (Biological Sciences) continues to be a pleasant surprise. The sophomore netted a career-high 15 point in the loss to Southern Mississippi. She followed that up with 9 points, 3 assists and 4 steals against Blue Mountain College.
The Privateers rank second in the conference in blocked shots at 4.3 a game with freshman center
Whitley Larry (Pre Secondary Education) leading the way with 1.7 blocks a contest.
South Alabama (1-2) arrives fresh off its first win of the season, 38-33, over Spring Hill. Their two losses came at the hands of nationally ranked Florida (85-33) and Central Florida (70-58).
"They rely heavily on guard play and their guards are experienced," said UNO head coach
Keeshawn Davenport. "We've got to protect the three-point line and hopefully they'll have a tough shooting night like they did against Spring Hill."
The Jaguars shot a frigid 27.6 percent from the floor including 1-of-16 on three-pointers.
This will be the 48
th meeting between the Privateers and the Jaguars in a series that dates back to 1978. UNO leads the series 29-18. The last meeting was a 68-47 win for New Orleans on Feb. 3, 2010 in New Orleans when both schools were members of the Sun Belt Conference.
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