Matchup History
- The Greyhounds travel to face Lafayette on Saturday for the first round of the Patriot League Championships.
- This will be the third matchup of the season between the two teams, with both teams winning on the road.
A Look Back
- The Greyhounds have already surpassed their win total from last season (5 wins), as they continue conference play.
- To begin conference play, the Greyhounds defeated Colgate 61-56 in overtime, to begin conference play 1-0 for the first time since the 2015-16 season.
- In the Greyhounds win over Army, the Greyhounds shot 60.9% from the field, which is the second best percentage in program history.
- The Greyhounds snapped a 10-game losing streak with a road win over Lafayette 66-55 on Wednesday.
- The Greyhounds have now won two games in a row, as they beat Navy 74-50 on February 19..
Scouting Lafayette
- The Leopards come into the matchup with an 10-18 (7-11) record during the regular season.
- The Leopards won their last two games of the regular season, having beat Bucknell and Navy.
- The Leopards are coming off of an 74-point performance against Navy, which was a season high in points.
- Makayla Andrews scored a game-high 27 points while also grabbing 17 rebounds in the win.
- In their last matchup, Andrews had a team-high 16 points and 8 rebounds. Abby Antognoli added 11 points and 4 rebounds in the Greyhounds win.
- Antognoli and Andrews were both named to the All-Patriot League Third team.
- This will be the second straight season in which the Greyhounds and Leopards face off in the first round of the Patriot League Championships, with the Leopards winning last year 58-49.
By The Numbers
- The Greyhounds have been dominant on the boards this season, as they have out-rebounded opponents in 19 of 30 games this season.
- A reason for the Greyhounds early success had been scoring and turnovers. The Greyhounds are now 7-3 on the season when winning the turnover margin, and also 9-3 when scoring over 60 points, however, they are 0-17 when scoring 59 points or less. They are also 7-6 when allowing 59 points or less.
- The Greyhounds are also 2-15 when losing the turnover margin battle, while also being 3-12 in games decided between 4 and 9 points.
- January has been a month to forget. After starting the month 1-1, the Greyhounds have lost ten straight games in January.
- February has turned things around for the Greyhounds, now that the Greyhounds have won two of their last four games.
Worth Noting
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Lex Therien currently ranks 13th in the country in rebounds per game as she is currently averaging 10.8 rebounds. She also ranks fourth in the Patriot League in points per game and second in rebounds per game.
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Taleah Dixon ranks fifth in the Patriot League in scoring and is ninth in steals per game. She also ranks sixth in minutes per game.
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Koi Sims ranked 26th in the country in offensive rebounds with 3.6 per game prior to her season ending injury. She was also fifth in the conference in rebounds and second in offensive rebounds per game.
