Ladies Open Conference Play At Home On Wednesday

Shreveport - The Centenary women's basketball team opens Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play on Wednesday evening as the Ladies welcome to the University of the Ozarks Eagles to the Gold Dome in a contest set for 5:30 p.m.

Live stats and live video are available for the game at the links below:

STATS: https://gocentenary.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/boxscores/20241204_icqy.xml

VIDEO: https://www.ktalnews.com/gocentenary/watch-live-centenary-college-sports-2024-2025/

The Ladies (1-5) aim to snap a four-game losing streak and win for the first time since defeating the LeTourneau University YellowJackets by a score of 81-74 in a non-conference contest on Nov. 14 in Longview, Texas. The Eagles (4-1) enter Wednesday's action riding a four-game winning streak and are 1-1 on the road this season. Ozarks leads the all-time series with Centenary 6-1. The Ladies were picked to finish 12^th in the preseason conference poll this season and the Eagles were predicted to finish seventh.

Ladies' Season Individual Statistical Leaders:

Scoring: Freshman G Nevaeh Rivera (Rosepine, La.) – 12.0 PPG

Rebounding: Freshman F Shyanne Phillips (Leesville, La.) – 11.8 RPG

Assists: Rivera – 2.8/game

Blocks: Junior F Kyra Stokes (Shreveport, La.) – 0.8/game

Steals: Rivera – 3.5/game

Junior G Amiyah Barrow (Baton Rouge, La.) is third on the team in scoring, averaging 8.8 PPG, behind Rivera and Phillips (11.3 PPG). Freshman F Anaya Yunusah (New Orleans, La.) averages 7.0 PPG, junior F Layla Powell (Fort Worth, Texas) 6.2 PPG, and Stokes is averaging 3.2. Freshman G Alexis Duhon (Westlake, La.) is averaging 4.0 PPG and freshman G Kaysharia Woods (Zachary, La.) is right behind her at 3.8 PPG.

Phillips is the conference's third-leading rebounder and she and Rivera are two of the league's top-20 scorers.

The Ladies are averaging 59.8 PPG, shooting 31.9 % from the floor, 18.5 % from beyond the arc, 67.4 % from the free-throw line, and average 41.5 rebounds/game.

The Eagles boast a strong offensive duo in Namoi Smith and Abby Beene as Smith is fifth in the league in scoring (19.4 PPG) and is the SCAC's leading rebounder (14.4/game) while Beene is tied for third in the conference averaging 20.0 PPG and her 6.3 RPG are ranked in the top 20.

See the complete Ladies' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/schedule 

Admission is FREE to all Centenary women's basketball home games. Live stats and live video stream are available for all Centenary home contests.

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