Women's Basketball | February 23, 2018
FAIRFAX, Va. – The La Salle women's basketball team wraps up regular season on play on Saturday afternoon at George Mason. Tip against the Patriots at EagleBank Arena is set for 2 p.m.
La Salle (8-20, 3-12) at George Mason (21-8, 10-5)
Saturday, February 24 | 2 PM | EagleBank Arena
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Scouting the Explorers
-La Salle fell to Davidson at home Wednesday on Senior Night. The Explorers trailed by double digits in the first half but rallied to within a point in the 4th quarter before Davidson used a late run to seal the game.
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Amy Griffin registered her second double-double of the season on Wednesday with 18 points and 10 rebounds. The senior also recorded a triple-double against Delaware State in December.
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Ashanti Freeland narrowly missed her first career double-double with eight points and 10 rebound on Wednesday. The senior has pulled down 10+ rebounds three times this season but has yet to score in double figures.
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Shalina Miller each finished with 10 points against the Wildcats.
Adreana Miller is La Salle's top scorer in league play with an average of 15.5 points per game.
-Griffin has 146 blocks for her career, and needs just two rejections to pass Linda French (1982-87) as La Salle's all-time leading shot-blocker.
Scouting the Patriots
-George Mason's win over St. Bonnies last Sunday tied the school record for wins in a season with 21, which has been reached five times. The Patriots then had a three-game win streak snapped at Dayton on Wednesday.
-Natalie Butler scored 16 points and grabbed 24 rebounds on Wednesday to secure her NCAA-leading 28th consecutive double-double, which is the fourth-longest streak in Division I women's basketball history. The graduate transfer from UConn leads the country in rebounding (16.3 rpg) and double-doubles (28).
-Butler, who also leads the A-10 in scoring with 18.4 points per game, has broken the school and Atlantic 10 records for single-season rebounds (473). She also set the single-game school record and tied the A-10 mark earlier this season with 28 rebounds against Davidson.
-Mason's lone true senior, Tayler Dodson, has played in 119 games – the most in program history – and started 107. She leads the team in assists this season with 90 and ranks second in rebounding with 5.4 a game.
