Shreveport - The Centenary women's basketball team welcomes the University of St. Thomas Celts to the Gold Dome on Friday for a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest set for 7:30 p.m.
Live stats and live video via College TV Ticket will be available via www.gocentenary.com. The Ladies (1-21, 1-14 SCAC) dropped a pair of conference games on the road last weekend at Southwestern and Texas Lutheran while St. Thomas (17-5, 12-3 SCAC) defeated those same two teams and enter Friday's game winners of nine of the last 10 games.
Twelve of Centenary's losses this season have been by 14 points or less, with eight by 11 points or less and six by single digits displaying how hard the Ladies have played and how competitive they are.
Freshman guard Destini Powell (Minden, La.) scored a season-high and game-high 26 points in 28 minutes on Saturday against TLU and reached double figures for the seventh time this season. She made 7 of 13 shots from the floor and connected on six of nine three-point attempts and made six of her seven free throws. Senior Deuyna Small (Shreveport) had a solid game with 14 points, six rebounds, and five assists in 33 minutes against the Bulldogs. Small is tied for third in the conference as she averages 7.7 rebounds per game. She is also ninth in the SCAC in assists, averaging 2.6 per game.
Junior forward Bre Frierson (Shreveport) had six points and six rebounds in 24 minutes against TLU. Frierson ranks eighth in the conference and leads the team with 12.3 points per game. She is also ninth in the SCAC in rebounding, averaging 6.8 per game. Frierson is fourth in the conference in field goal percentage (.495) and Small and Frierson each sit in the top 15 in the SCAC in blocked shots as they have combined for 28 this season. Frierson is third in the conference in offensive rebounds with 61 on the season (3.1 per game) while Small is second in defensive rebounds (130) with an average of 5.9 per contest. The Ladies, one of the top rebounding teams in the SCAC, outrebounded both opponents last weekend and rank fifth in the league in both rebounding offense and defense.
The Ladies will close the regular season next weekend at home with SCAC contests versus Austin College (Feb. 21 – 5:30 p.m.), and Dallas (Feb. 22 – 6 p.m.) on Senior Day.
Live stats and live video are available for all home games and admission is FREE to all Centenary home athletics events.
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