NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team ends the month of January with a home contest against Stephen F. Austin at 6:30 p.m. Then the Privateers hit the road to begin February against Southeastern at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Both games will be carried on ESPN+.
New Orleans suffered a heartbreaking 58-55 loss on Monday to UIW.
Alexis Calderon scored a season-high 17 points and added seven rebounds. The Privateers missed on two opportunities to tie the game in the waning seconds of a game that saw 13 lead changes.
New Orleans had their second biggest rebounding advantage of the season on Monday against UIW when they secured a 40-32 advantage on the glass. The Privateers were +12 on the boards in their game against Texas Tech (49-37).
In the last four games, the Privateers are averaging 41.5 rebounds per contest and have cracked 40 rebounds three times in that stretch. In their first 14 games of the season, the Privateers reached 40 rebounds in a game four times. Their season high in boards is 50 against South Alabama.
All four of the Privateers' wins against Stephen F. Austin in the all-time series have come at the Lakefront and have mostly been razor thin margins. The largest margin of victory by the Privateers over SFA was their second ever meeting in 2007. The other three wins were all by three points or fewer.
The Privateers played Southeastern on Jan. 11 at Lakefront Arena and lost 83-53.
Entering the week, New Orleans is a game behind McNeese for the final spot in the Southland Tournament. The Privateers still have two meetings against the Cowgirls at home (Feb. 15) and in Lake Charles (Mar. 4).
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Stephen F. Austin has won back-to-back games after dropping three of four in a stretch from Jan. 9-18. The LadyJacks soundly defeated East Texas A&M 92-65 on Monday. Faith Blackstone (15.1) and Ashlyn Traylor-Walker (13.7) are both in the top ten in the Southland in scoring. Avery VanSickle is third in the conference in three-point shooting (45.1 percent).
Southeastern is still unblemished in Southland play at 10-0. The Lions will play the only other undefeated team in the conference in Lamar (9-0) on Thursday. Southeastern is third in the conference in points per game and first in the conference in points allowed. Alexius Horne is averaging 15.2 points per game.
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