Women's Basketball | January 22, 2016
ST. LOUIS – The La Salle women's basketball teams heads west to take on the Saint Louis Billikens on Saturday night at Chaifetz Arena.
La Salle Explorers (3-15, 0-5 A-10) at Saint Louis Billikens (15-4, 5-1 A-10)
Saturday, January 23 | 8 PM | Chaifetz Arena
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All-Time SeriesLa Salle has won four of the last six meetings against Saint Louis to improve their record to 6-5 all-time versus the Billikens.
Scouting the Explorers-
Jasmine Alston recorded La Salle's first triple-double since the turn of the century on Monday night against Penn, tallying 10 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists. Alston hit a layup with 1:34 left in the game to record her 10th point and seal the triple-double after reaching double figures in rebounds and assists earlier in the 2nd half.
-Alston is playing 36.0 minutes per game this season (2nd in the A-10) and is on the A-10 leaderboard with 6.1 assists per game (3rd), 2.2 steals per game (2nd) and 6.9 rebounds per game (15th).
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Amy Griffin continues to lead the Atlantic 10 in scoring, averaging 17.5 points per game this season. The sophomore has scored in double figures in all but one of her appearances this season, when an ankle injury sidelined her in the first half against Milwaukee (11/28).
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Micahya Owens has scored 10 or more points in her last four games, and is averaging 15.3 points per game during that span. The junior has 1,071 career points, leaving her just 26 points shy of tying Suzanne Keilty ('02) for 20th on the all-time scoring list.
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Adreana Miller is averaging 12.3 points per game over her last three games, and is fifth in the A-10 with a 42.9 three-point field goal percentage in conference games.
Scouting the Billikens -SLU's Jackie Kemph scored a career-high 24 points as the Billikens extended their winning streak to five with a 77-66 win victory over Saint Joseph's Wednesday night at Hagan Arena.
-The Billikens improved to 15-4 for just the second time in program history, matching the 1979-80 team. SLU is 5-1 in conference play, and their five-game conference winning streak is a program record.
-Three other Billikens reached double figures in the win over the Hawks on Wednesday, including a combined 24 points and eight rebounds off the bench from Aaliyah Covington (13 pts, 4 rebs) and Maddison Gits (11 points, 4 rebs). Sadie Stipanovich was 3-of-5 from the floor and 4-of-4 from the line to finish with 10 points.
-Jamesia Price who is 10th in the league with 3.2 assists per game, tied her season high with seven dimes against Saint Joseph's.