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LAFAYETTE, La. – A short turnaround sees the Alcorn State University women's basketball team back in action this Wednesday as the Lady Braves are at UL-Lafayette for an 11 a.m. tipoff at the Cajundome.
The Lady Braves are coming off a tough weekend in Wichita, Kan. as the squad fell to Oral Roberts on Friday and Wichita State Saturday at the Shocker Winter Classic. Senior guard
Alexus Freeman tallied 32 points with seven rebounds, five assists, and eight steals through the two games. Senior guard
Tia Sanders netted 14 points against the Golden Eagles while junior guard
Kristian Dewitt reached double figures Saturday with 10 points.
Alcorn enters Wednesday shooting 231-616 (37.5 percent) from the floor, including 56-184 (30.4 percent) beyond the arc, and 95-148 (64.2 percent) at the charity stripe. The Lady Braves are averaging 68.1 points (-1.6 margin), 39.8 rebounds (-1.3 margin), 13.4 assists, 11.6 steals, and 2.2 blocks per outing.
"Size-wise we match up well with ULL as we are pretty even in height," said head coach
Courtney G. Pruitt. "They do a great job of getting post touches and finishing around the rim, which means we must be disciplined in our post defense and not give them second-chance opportunities."
UL-Lafayatte (4-7) fell 60-45 at LSU on Sunday as the Lady Tigers pulled away late. Simone Fields led the Ragin' Cajuns in scoring with 12 points and seven rebounds. Ty'Reonne Doucet contributed 10 points with seven boards.
Skyler Goodwin leads ULL in scoring with 11.7 points per game. Following her are Fields with 9.5 points, Nekia Jones with 8.7, and Kendra Howard with 8.2. Jones has 13 three-pointers on the season, while Goodwin and Howard are also deep threats with 11 each. Fields leads the team on the glass with 5.2 rebounds per game. On defense, Goodwin has 19 steals and Doucet has three blocks.
The team is shooting 238-615 (38.7 percent) from the field, 48-170 (28.2 percent) from long-range, and 133-196 (67.9 percent) at the line. ULL is averaging 59.7 points (-8.5 margin), 36.7 rebounds (-0.6 margin), 9.1 assists, 5.9 steals, and 0.7 blocks per contest.
With respect to wrapping up the non-conference portion of the schedule, Pruitt added "We need to play with consistency. We have the potential to be a great ball club, but we must be consistent and put a complete game together."
NOTES
- Wednesday marks the fifth meeting in the all-time series. Alcorn took the first game 71-63 on Dec. 1, 1995 when ULL was still the University of Southwestern Louisiana. The Cajuns have since won three in a row, the most recent a 73-61 decision on Dec. 29, 2015 at the Cajundome.
- This is the first game against a Sun Belt Conference opponent since the 2015-16 season. The Lady Braves fell at Arkansas State 82-50 on Dec. 12 as well as the Dec. 29 loss in Lafayette.
- With the win over Tougaloo, Alcorn posted a 3-0 home record in non-conference play.
- Entering last weekend, Alcorn opponents scored roughly 30 percent of their points at the free-throw line. ORU shot 6-11 (54.5 percent) at the line, marking season lows for free-throws made and free-throw percentage.
- The 41-point deficit against the Shockers was the largest this season. WSU's 48 second-half points also marked a season-high.
- It was the third time Dewitt has scored in double figures this season and her second in three games. The Mansfield, Texas product also made her first three-pointer as a Lady Brave.
- Freeman tied her season mark for three-pointers made in a game with four versus the Shockers.
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