NOTES
NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team will spend the week at home as they face a pair of opponents. The Privateers will play HCU on Thursday at 6:30 and follow up with a contest against UIW on Saturday at 2 p.m. Both games will be broadcast on ESPN Plus.
PROMOTIONS
Saturday, we will celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day. All of our women's student-athletes will be honored.
The Privateers (7-12, 4-4) are coming off a 1-1 week. After a narrow loss by three against a tough opponent at Lamar, the Privateers turned around and handled McNeese 74-59 in their last outing on Saturday.
Nora Francois scored a career-high 22 points in the victory and the Privateers held the Cowgirls to under 30 percent from the field.
DeArica Pryor is on the brink of 1,000 career points. Including her Creighton totals, Pryor stands at 997 points coming into the week. 894 of those points have come on the Lakefront. The 20-point performance against McNeese was her 16
th game of 20 or more points at New Orleans.
Also, Pryor is close to reaching the top ten in career steals in program history. She has 162 steals, which is 11 away from tying Shanna Cook for 10
th on the all-time list.
Alexis Calderon had double-digit scoring outputs in each of the Privateers' two games last week. Calderon scored 31 points for the week and is second on the team in points at 9.1 per game.
New Orleans defeated HCU 57-48 at Sharp Gym back on Jan. 18.
Zoe Cooper went for 16 points and the Privateers outrebounded the Huskies 45-33. The Privateers also held HCU leading scorer, N'Denasija Collins to six points on the night.
New Orleans is second in the Southland in blocked shots since conference play started. The Privateers are averaging 3.2 blocks per game in Southland play only trailing HCU (4.5).
Justice Ross is second in the league in blocks per game at 1.4.
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
HCU (5-14, 0-8) is still looking to get on the mark in conference play. The Huskies lost in the final seconds against Southeastern and were beaten by 28 points against UIW. Yasmin Butler has missed nine games this year but has recently made her impact known defensively to the tune of 17 blocks in eight appearances.
UIW (11-7, 4-3) currently holds the fourth spot in the conference standings with a game in hand over New Orleans, A&M-Commerce and Northwestern State. The Cardinals are allowing the third fewest points per game in the league (55.8). Destiny Terrell and Nina De Leon Negron are both in the top five in the conference in rebounding. As a team, UIW has the second-best rebounding margin in the conference (+4.6).
WE ARE YOUR KREWE
For 54 seasons, Privateer student-athletes have had the unique experience of wearing New Orleans across their chests. Like the city itself, our sports teams have been fueled by resiliency, grit, and the unquenchable desire to win. Our city also houses the nation's biggest celebration each year. And much like a Mardi Gras parade krewe, we are tethered to our community through pride, tradition, a culture of acceptance, and finally our commitment to show that New Orleans is a world-class city to live, learn, play and work. We invite you to become more involved with the only University that truly represents New Orleans all day, every day. Join #NOLAsTeam, We Are Your Krewe!
Visit UNOPrivateers.com/signup to stay connected and follow us @UNOPrivateers on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Fans are encouraged to follow
@PrivateersWBB on Twitter/X,
@PrivateersWBB on Instagram, and like
/PrivateersWBB on Facebook.
