Pittsburgh, PA - Today the Lady Redhawks head to Berea, Ohio to take on the Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets. 

Overview

To start the Redhawks have an overall record of 3-1, their only loss to Marietta, at Marietta (63-54). Most recently La Roche just took home the SpringHill Suites Tip-Off Tournament Championship. 

Their Head Coach is Kam Gissendanner who is in her ninth season as Head Coach at La Roche. 

Gissendanner has an overall record of 152-39 (.796) and a conference record of 118-10 (.922). Pre-Pandemic the Redhawks had just won the AMCC Conference Championship. La Roche was selected to finish first in the 2021-22 Coach's PreSeason Poll. 

Baldwin Wallace is walking into this game 2-1, their only loss to Hope (Michigan) in the Hope Tournament (83-55). 

Head Coach for the Yellow Jackets is Cheri Harrer and she is entering her 30th year of coaching. Harrer has an overall record of 611-223 (.733), and a conference record of 398-140 (.740). Throughout her 30 years of coaching the Yellow Jackets have made 15 NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances. 

Team Statistics 

Baldwin Wallace averages about 74 points per game, and has a field goal percentage of 47.7%. Their three point shot percentage is 30.9%. The team had about 46 rebounds per game, and 14 assists per game. The team also has an average of 9.7 steals per game.  

The Redhawks average 76.5 points per game. Their field goal percentage is 44.8%, and a three point shot percentage of 30.0%. The team averages about 39 rebounds per game, 15.5 assists per game, and 18.8 steals per game. 

Players to Watch

Danajah Sanders (senior), was named MVP of the tournament. Sanders had 25 points in one game, and 18 in another, giving her a combined total of 43 points on the weekend.

Also named to the All-Tournament team for the Redhawks was Shaundrea Butler (senior). Butler had seven assists on the weekend, five steals and 23 points throughout the weekend. 

Makayla Abram is also another player to keep a close eye on. Abram is a freshman guard/forward. 

So far this season Abram has averaged 13 points per game. She also averages about 6.3 rebounds per game. 

For the Yellow Jackets the two players to keep an eye out for are Lily Edwards (senior), and Megan Hensel (senior). 

Edwards in three games has scored a total of 50 points, with an average of 16.7 points per game. She also had a total of 34 rebounds in three games, giving her an average of 11.3 rebounds per game. Edwards has a 55.6% field goal percentage, and a 66.7% percentage from the free throw line. 

Hensel in three games has contributed a total of 27 points. She averages about 9.7 points per game. Hensel has a total of 16 rebounds across three games, two assists and two steals. Her field goal percentage is 40.7%, and her three point shot percentage is 40.0%. 

Common Foe

The Redhawks and the Yellow Jackets have both taken on the Case Western Reserve Spartans. La Roche defeated the Spartans with a score of 72-63. 

During this game LRU had a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and a three point shot percentage of 26.7%. The team also had 29 rebounds in total, and had 10 second chance points. There were three ties and four lead changes throughout the course of the game. 

Baldwin Wallace also took away a victory from Case Western Reserve. The Yellow Jackets won with a score of 72-59. 

For BWU the team had a field goal percentage of 38.1%, and a three point shot percentage of 25.0%. The team had a total of 48 rebounds throughout the course of the game, and 16 second chance points. There were five ties, and nine lead changes. 

The Redhawks and the Yellow Jackets face-off on November 23, at 5:00 PM at Baldwin Wallace.