Women's Basketball | January 12, 2018
PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle women's basketball team welcomes St. Bonaventure to Tom Gola Arena at TruMark Financial Center on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m.
St. Bonaventure (6-11, 1-3 A-10) at La Salle Explorers (5-11, 0-3 A-10)
Saturday, January 13 | 1 PM | Tom Gola Arena
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Scouting the Explorers
-La Salle lost their final nonconference game of the season, 70-61, at Harvard on Wednesday afternoon.
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Sofilia Ngwafang matched her career-high with 18 points in 21 minutes off the bench on Wednesday, going 9-for-12 from the floor while grabbing a game-high seven rebounds. The Silver Spring, Md. native has scored in double figures in four games this season.
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Rayshel Brown recorded season-highs in rebounds (5), assists (3) and steals (2) against the Crimson. The freshman has averaged 19.0 minutes per game over her last four appearances compared to 3.3 mpg during her first four games.
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Ashanti Freeland scored a season-high eight points on Wednesday, just a week removed from grabbing a season-high 13 rebounds against George Mason.
-La Salle held a rebounding advantage of 34-24 in Wednesday's loss. Harvard's 24 rebounds were the fewest by an opponent this season.
Scouting the Bonnies
-St. Bonaventure dropped an 80-59 decision at Dayton on Wednesday night, and has lost six of their last seven games.
-SBU's Mariah Ruff was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week on Monday after averaging 27.5 points in two games last week. The senior followed up the honor with a game-high 24 points against the Flyers.
-Dayton hit 10 three-pointers on Wednesday, which is the third time this season that SBU has allowed 10 or more threes in a game.
-Jalisha Terry dished out a career-high eight assists in Saturday's win over UMass, and followed with a team-high four assists Wednesday. The sophomore is second on the team with 2.5 assists per game behind Ruff's 4.8.