Women's Basketball | January 16, 2018
PITTSBURGH – Fresh off a thrilling win over St. Bonaventure on Saturday, the La Salle women's basketball visits Duquesne on Wednesday night.
La Salle (6-11, 1-3) at Duquesne (14-3, 4-0 A-10)
Wednesday, January 17 | 7 PM | A.J. Palumbo Center
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Scouting the Explorers
-The Explorers pulled off a furious comeback to defeat St. Bonaventure 66-63 on Saturday, erasing a nine-point deficit over the final 3:17 to pick up the A-10 win.
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Shaquana Edwards paced La Salle in scoring with 17 points in the win, including the game-winning three with 57 seconds left in the 4th quarter. The freshman has now scored in double figures in six games.
-The Explorers had four scorers in double figures for the third time this season in Saturday's win. In addition to 17 points from Edwards,
Adreana Miller finished with 15 points while
Amy Griffin and
Shalina Miller scored 13 points apiece.
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Adreana Miller went to the foul line with 10.4 seconds left on Saturday and hit two clutch free throws to extend La Salle's lead to three points before SBU's final possession. The junior is shooting 82.1 percent from the line on the year, which is 8
th in the A-10.
-La Salle was an efficient 26-for-58 (44.8%) from the field on Saturday, which improved their record to 6-3 when they shoot over 40 percent from the field.
Scouting the Dukes
-Duquesne has won 12 of their last 13 games, with the only loss coming to No. 1 Connecticut in Toronto on December 22.
-The Dukes are looking to start 5-0 in A-10 play for only the second time in 34 seasons. The Dukes began the 2012-13 season 6-0 in league play.
-Chassidy Omogrosso (16.4 ppg) and Julijana Vojinovic (16.1 ppg) are the top two scorers for Duquesne this season, who is second in the Atlantic 10 with 71.2 points per game.
- Kadri-Ann Lass needs 10 more blocks to become Duquesne's all-time leader and 23 to become the single-season leader. Lass currently has 54 blocks this year and 168 for her career. Duquesne leads the A-10 with 5.8 blocks per game.
