Lady Wildcats Visit Life University
MARIETTA, Ga. - The Bethel Lady Wildcats, fresh off their road 70-60 win at Lindsey Wilson head south Thursday to meet the Life University Eagles in Marietta, Georgia. Tip-off is at 5 p.m. CST.
The Cats beat the Eagles 62-36 in December. A 25-7 advantage in the second quarter proved to be a huge difference in the game. Millie Bryant led Bethel with 14 points in the victory. Lenise Santiago led Life with 10 points.
Bethel leads the series 4-0. The Lady Cats are 1-0 in Marietta.
The Cats enter the MSC match-up at 12-10 and 6-8 in the league. Bethel is 1-6 on the road after their win at LWC. The Lady Cats have won three of their last four games. Life is 6-16 and 2-12. The Eagles have lost three in a row and sport a 4-6 home record on the season.
The Wildcats are averaging 67.0 points and yielding 60.2 points per outing.
Bryant leads Bethel in scoring averaging 14.0 points per game. Ryann Roberts follows at 13.8 points per outing. Keely Morrow is in double figures at 11.9.
Bryant enters the game with 1,288 career points and 584 career rebounds. She is 10th in program history in scoring and 11th in career rebounds. Earlier this season she became just the 10th Lady Cat to score 1,000 points or more and collect 500 rebounds or more
Head enters the game with 826 career rebounds and 257 career blocks. She has 1, 218 career points with 735 of those as a Lady Wildcat.
Bethel shoots 40 percent from the field while their opponents are at 38 percent from the floor. Bethel hits 32 percent of their three-point attempts. The opponents are at 32 percent. Bethel shoots 71 percent from the foul line while opponents shoot 67 percent.
Bethel has a 32-31 advantage in outrebounding their opponents per outing.
Trends & Numbers:
Bethel is 11-1 when they outshoot their opponents.
The Cats are 11-3 when they hit more three-pointers.
The Lady Cats are 9-0 when they outrebound their opponents.
Bethel is 10-0 when leading at the half.
The Cats are 8-7 when they have less turnovers.
Bethel is 8-2 when they score 70 or more points in a game.
Coach Chris Nelson is in his 16th season as head coach of the Lady Cats. He is 341-164 and 15th in wins among active coaches in the NAIA.
Anna Kowalska is in her 1st season at Life.
Live stats:
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