Women's Basketball | January 9, 2018

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The La Salle women's basketball team heads north for their final out-of-conference matchup of the season as they visit Harvard on Wednesday afternoon. 
 
La Salle Explorers (5-10) at Harvard Crimson (7-6)
Wednesday, January 10 | 12 PM | Lavietes Pavilion
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Scouting the Explorers
-La Salle fell to Richmond, 77-51, in their first A-10 road game on Saturday evening.
 
-Adreana Miller poured in a season-high 24 points for the Explorers, shooting 7-for-15 from the field and 6-for-6 from the foul line. Coincidentally, Miller's career-high of 27 came last season against Harvard at Tom Gola Arena on Jan. 11.
 
-La Salle held a 50-42 advantage in rebounding against the Spiders, and have out-rebounded opponents in six games this season.
 
-Shalina Miller matched her career-high with 10 boards on Saturday. The sophomore also pulled down 10 rebounds against Rider on December 6. 
 
-Amy Griffin (125 career blocks) needs just 11 blocks to tie Suzi McCaffrey (136) for second all-time in blocks at La Salle. Linda French (1982-87) is the program's all-time leader with 147.
 
Scouting the Crimson
-Harvard won their final two games of 2017 before dropping a 63-56 decision at Dartmouth on Saturday in the Ivy League opener.
 
-Senior Taylor Rooks dropped in a career-high 23 points against Dartmouth, though Sydney Skinner was the only other Harvard player in double figures with 10 points.
 
-Rooks leads the team in scoring with 12.4 points per game while sophomores Katie Benzan (12.2 ppg) and Jeannie Boehm (10.1 ppg) are Harvard's other scorers in double figures.
 
-Harvard is 4-0 in their first four games at the renovated Lavietes Pavilion this season.
 
-Wednesday's matchup against La Salle begins a six-game homestand for Harvard. The Crimson will host Dartmouth, Yale, Brown, Columbia and Cornell over the next few weeks.