New Orleans, Louisiana- The University of New Orleans women's basketball team will head to Natchitoches, Louisiana to take on the Northwestern State Lady Demons, Saturday, Feb.25 at Prather Coliseum.
It will be a showdown of the two leading scorers in the Southland Conference (SLC),
Randi Brown (Human Performance) of New Orleans and Beatrice Attura of Northwestern State. Both have scored 524 points this season with Brown averaging 21.0 and Attura 20.2.
The Privateers will try to rebound from a defeat at home to Stephen F. Austin, Thursday, 71-67. Northwestern State (12-14,6-9) dropped their last outing to Sam Houston State 92-73 on the road.
"We just ran out of time. If we had two more minutes in that game I believe we would have won," said head coach
Keeshawn Davenport. "We dug ourselves a hole early but they fought back and I was proud of them."
New Orleans (13-12,8-7) has been able to boast of the conference's leading scorer throughout the season in
Randi Brown, however Brown leads the Privateers in more than scoring. The Houma, Louisiana native leads in minutes played (774), steals (46) and assists (65). The junior guard is tops in made 3-pointers (70).
Sophomore center
Shania Woods averages 9.2 points a game and 10.1 in conference games only. She leads the team in rebounding with 7 a contest, good enough for 8
th in the SLC and she's 8
th in field goal percentage hitting 94-of-180--- that's 52 percent.
UNO continues to get tremendous production for non-starters. Junior
Halie Matthews (Biological Sciences) contributes 7.0 points and 4.5 rebounds.
Jewel Angelo (Interdisciplinary Studies), a senior, hits 6.6 points a contest and grabs 2.1 rebounds.
Kayla Mundy (Human Performance) averages 6.3 points an outing and 2.6 rebounds.
As a team, New Orleans is tops in the Southland Conference in 3 point shooting percentage hitting 132-of-374 for .353 percent.
This is the most successful season for
Keeshawn Davenport as head coach at her alma mater. However, with 13 wins thus far, Davenport and her players are looking for much more.
"I'm really excited about the opportunity to get to Katy, but we don't have it in our mind to get there and play one game. We want to get there, compete and play more than one game. We want to win a championship."
Northwestern State also has aspirations of reaching post season. The Lady Demons, who are right behind the Privateers in the Southland Conference, have more than Beatrice Attura. Cheyenne Brown, a 6-2 forward averages 13.5 points and 7.0 rebounds. However, Attura, one of the best players in the Southland Conference, is their leader.
"She has done well in their system. She's very versatile, she can shoot, she can get to the rim and she can play anywhere from point guard to small forward," said Davenport.
As a team Northwestern State is the conference leader in free throw shooting hitting .787. The Lady Demons are third in the SLC in field goal percentage hitting 42 percent of their shots.
The Lady Demons lead the season series 10-5 after sweeping the home-and-home series with the Privateers last season.
After Saturday's game, the Privateers will return for their final home game of the season versus Southeastern Louisiana, Thursday, March 4, at 5:30 p.m. It will be the final home game for seniors
Jewel Angelo,
Raven Coleman and
Ariele Davis. The game will be the opener of a doubleheader as the UNO men will take on Southeastern Louisiana at 7:45.
For tickets to those games and other Privateer Athletics events, contact the UNO Athletics Ticket Office at (504) 280-GAME (4263) or via the Internet by clicking
HERE.
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