McCANDLESS, Pa. - La Roche women's basketball competes in their conference-high fifth AMCC Game of the Week this season at Pitt Greensburg on Wednesday, February 19th. The Redhawks defeated the Bobcats at home earlier this season on December 21st in the AMCC GOTW in overtime, 73-63. Dasja Anderson scored a layup as time expired at the end of regulation before LRU would outscore UPG 12-2 in overtime. Tip-off for tomorrow night's game is set for 8:00 p.m.

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La Roche (OVR: 16-6, AMCC: 16-2)

Last Time Out: The Redhawks were defeated for just the second time in conference play this season last Saturday at Hilbert, 70-63. The conference juggernauts played an extremely close game which saw 13 ties and 12 lead changes. The Hawks went off for an 11-2 run in the final five minutes of the contest to pull away. Dasja Anderson finished with team-high's in points (18) and rebounds (11), picking up her second double-double of the season. As a unit, the Redhawks shot 35.5% (22-62) from the field, their worst shooting percentage in nine games. La Roche especially struggled from three-point range, where they knocked down just 4 of 21 (19%) attempts, their third worst percentage from deep in a game this season.

News and Notes

• Despite falling to 16-2 in conference play at Hilbert last Saturday, La Roche still holds the number one spot in the league standings, a full game ahead of the Hawks (15-3).
• The Redhawks can lock in the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament and the regular season conference title by winning out their last two games against current No. 3 seed Pitt Greensburg and Alfred State.
• Head Coach Kamela Gissendanner has won the regular season conference title in each of her previous six seasons at La Roche (2013-2017, 2019­).
• Senior F Jenna Cole leads the Redhawks, and ranks seventh in the league, with 14.8 points per game, while also pulling in 6.5 rebounds per game. Cole has drained 65 of 71 (91.5%) of her free throw attempts, the second highest percentage in among all D-III women's basketball players.
• Junior G Ayanna Mazyck has scored at least 12 points in each of her last nine games. In AMCC action, Mazyck is averaging 14.5 PPG (8th in AMCC), 1.9 3-PT/G (6th in AMCC) and 2.3 SPG (4th in AMCC).
• Junior G Shaundrea Butler has dished out four or more assists in 14 straight contests. Butler ranks 2^nd in the league and 32nd in D-III with 4.9 assists per game.
• Dasja Anderson has been dominant on the glass recently, averaging 9.9 rebounds over her last seven games.
• An impressive four Redhawks rank top ten in the conference in field goal percentage (Anderson: 52.3% | 3rd, Cole: 50.2%| 6th, Mazyck: 45.7% | 7th, Butler: 42.7% | 10th).
• The Redhawks have won 12 straight regular season conference games at home dating back to last season.
• Against the conference, LRU has averaged 74.6 points per game (2^nd in AMCC).
• The Redhawks offense has been efficient in AMCC action as well, shooting 45.1% from the field (1^st in AMCC) and 33.6% from beyond the arc (1^st in AMCC).

Pitt Greensburg (OVR: 16-8, AMCC: 14-5)

• The Bobcats enter the game of the week having won six straight games, including a 21-point victory over Alfred State on Saturday.
• UPG currently owns the no. 3 seed in league standings, currently 1.5 games behind Hilbert and 0.5 game up on D'Youville.
• Junior G/F Nadege Durand leads her team, while ranking fifth in the conference, with 15.0 points per game.
• Fellow junior G/F Shaquoia McCray brings in a team-best 9.9 rebounds per game, while Durand is right behind her with 9.6.
• Sophomore F Maddie Sitler is the only other Bobcat who averages double figures with 11.7 points per game.
• Pitt-Greensburg ranks fourth in the conference with 67.4 points per game, while giving up just 54.8 points.
• The Bobcats sit at the top of the league in rebounds per game (46.7), while they also lead the AMCC in rebounding margin, holding a +13 advantage on the glass.

Series History

• The Redhawks are 17-3 against the Bobcats dating back to the 2010-11 season, but UPG has won three of the last five matchups
• La Roche defeated Pitt Greensburg 73-63 in OT when the teams last met on December 21st, 2019 at the Kerr
• Junior's Ayanna Mazyck and Shaundrea Butler combined for 40 points (Mazyck: 20, Butler: 20) in the win, knocking down 17 of 27 (63%) shot attempts.