ALTOONA, Pa. - The La Roche women's basetball team travels this Wednesday, January 22nd to Adler Arena to take on Penn St. Altoona. Earlier this season, the Redhawks scored a season-high 90 points in route to a dominating, 90-78 victory. Tip-off is set for 8:00 p.m. LRU is currently riding a 10-game win streak, their longest streak since the 2016-17 season.
Coverage
La Roche (OVR: 11-4, AMCC: 11-0)
Last Time Out: Monday evening, the Redhawks took care of business taking down 10th place Pitt Bradford on the road, 82-48. The 34-point margin of victory is La Roche's largest this season. A season-high twelve Redhawks scored in tonight's contest led by Jenna Cole and Ayanna Mazyck who each put up 15 points a piece. Cole added 10 rebounds, three assists and a block, picking up her second straight double-double. Mazyck contributed five rebounds, three steals, two blocks and an assist. In just 14 minutes off the bench, Freshman forward Machia Hairston (Pittsburgh, PA/Obama) nearly finished with a double-double, putting up 10 points and 9 rebounds, both season-highs. The Redhawks dominated the Panthers on the boards, out-rebounding Bradford 55-39.
News and Notes
- Women's basketball remains undefeated in conference play at 11-0. La Roche owns a two-game lead over Hilbert (9-2) in the AMCC standings.
- LRU has won 16 straight regular season conference games dating back to last season.
- The Redhawks have defeated their last five opponents by an average margin of victory of 17.2 points.
- In their last two games, the Redhawks have out-rebounded their opponents 102-70.
- The Redhawks have shot 49 of 64 (77%) from the line over their last three games.
- Against the conference, LRU has averaged 73.6 points per game (2nd in AMCC) while holding their opponents to 56.8 points per game (2nd best in AMCC).
- The Redhawks offense has been efficient in AMCC action as well, shooting 45% from the field (1st in AMCC) and 35% from beyond the arc (2nd in AMCC).
- La Roche has averaged 10.0 steals per game (2nd in AMCC) led by Ayanna Mazyck who averages 2.8 steals per game (1st in AMCC).
- Over her last three games, Jenna Cole has averaged 16.7 points and 11.7 rebounds while picking up her first two double-doubles of the season. Cole has also been getting hot from beyond the arc as of late, shooting 9 of 15 (60%) from three-point range over her last four games.
- Dasja Anderson ranks fourth in the conference in total field goal percentage (50%); over her last three games, Anderson has shot 54% (21-39) from the floor.
- The Redhawks have distributed the ball well as of late, averaging 17.8 assists over their last five games
Penn St. Altoona (OVR: 9-5, AMCC: 7-3)
News and Notes
- After dropping their first conference game to La Roche, Penn St. Altoona won their next five straight games, all against the AMCC.
- More recently, the Lions have gone 2-2 in conference play, losing to Hilbert and Penn St. Behrend and defeating Alfred St. and Pitt Bradford.
- The Lions have four student-athletes who average 10+ points per game led by Alexis Cannistraci who is currently averaging 17.1 PPG (2nd in AMCC).
- At 6'0", Cannistraci also leads her team in rebounds, averaging 8.9 per contest (4th in AMCC).
- In conference play, PSA's high powered offense is averaging 78.4 points per game (1st in AMCC) while shooting 40% from the field (2nd in AMCC) and 36% from beyond the arc (1st in AMCC)
Series History:
- The Redhawks are 18-1 vs. the Lions dating back to the 2010-11 season
- Earlier this season, at the Kerr Fitness Center, La Roche took down Penn St. Altoona 90-68. Five different Redhawks finished with 10+ points led by Ayanna Mazyck who finished with a season-high 20 points and a conference single game season-high eight steals.
- The last time the Lions defeated the Redhawks was on February 10, 2017 at their home venue by a score of 79-75