Women's Basketball | December 8, 2017
PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle women's basketball team travels to the Lone Star State this weekend as they visit North Texas on Saturday afternoon.
La Salle Explorers (4-5) at North Texas Mean Green (6-2)
Saturday, December 9 | 3 PM CST | The Super Pit
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Scouting the Explorers
-La Salle fell behind early to Rider on Wednesday night, and couldn't claw back in a 76-55 loss to the Broncs at home.
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Shalina Miller registered her first career double-double in Wednesday's loss to Rider. The sophomore scored 10 points and pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds.
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Amy Griffin registered her fourth game with at least 20 points on Wednesday, leading all scorers with 26. With the performance, Griffin surpassed Jill Crandley (1982-86) for 8
th on the all-time scoring list. With 1,464 points, the senior now needs just seven points to pass former teammate
Micahya Owens (2013-17).
-Griffin was a perfect 9-for-9 from the foul line against the Broncs, the most free throws made by an Explorer this season.
-La Salle is fourth in the Atlantic 10 in blocks per game this season with 3.4. Griffin leads the team with 1.7 blocks per game, which is 5
th in the league.
Scouting the Mean Green
-North Texas is coming off a 68-63 loss at Indiana on Wednesday night, which snapped a four-game winning streak for the Mean Green.
-The 68 points scored by the Hoosiers was the most UNT has allowed this season. Opponents are averaging just 48.4 points per game.
-Terriell Bradley led North Texas with 22 points and 10 rebounds, registering her second double-double of the season and third of her career.
-The Mean Green shot a season-high 43.6 percent from the field on Wednesday, connecting on 24-of-55 attempts.
