Women's Basketball vs. Greenville Preview
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University women’s basketball team looks to start the second half of the season off with a key conference win at home against Greenville. Tip-off at 5:30 p.m.
December 27, 2018
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University women's basketball team looks to start the second half of the season off with a key conference win at home against Greenville. Tip-off at 5:30 p.m.
Greenville (8-3; 3-0 SLIAC) vs. Fontbonne (4-7; 1-2 SLIAC)
When: January 2nd, 2019
Where: DSAC
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Live Video: HERE
Live Stats: HERE
A Look At The Griffins
- Fontbonne went 1-1 in its trip down to Florida to close out December.
- The team picked up a 69-65 win over Olivet but fell 74-68 against Otterbein.
- On the season, the team is scoring 69.4 points per game and they're led by Rylee Stafford's 14.3 points per game average.
- In her last seven games, the sophomore is averaging 17.4 points and shooting 41.2 percent from the floor.
- Raven Venegas averages 11.0 points the last two games and is hitting 55.5 percent of her attempts.
- The Griffins have gotten it done at the charity stripe as they've drained 70.5 percent of its attempts which ranks first in the SLIAC.
- Defensively, the team averages 13.3 steals per game.
A Look At The Greenville Panthers
- After falling 71-55 against WashU back on Dec. 3rd, the Panthers won four straight but fell 77-62 in a non-conference outing against William Woods University.
- On the season, they're scoring 75.5 points, shooting 44.1 percent from the floor, and pulling down 44.9 rebounds per game.
- Defensively, the Panthers are holding its opponents to a mere 56.9 points, a 34.1 field goal percentage, and 36.8 rebounds per game.
- Senior forward Wesley Woodard leads the offense averaging 13.1 points per game, to go along with her 54.5 field goal percentage.
- Jantzen Michael (12.6 ppg) and Emily Brandland (10.4 ppg) are the final players putting up double-figures on the season.
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