Women's Basketball returns home for GCAC Pod

Game Notes

After 12-straight games away from Alumni Gymnasium, the Wiley College women's basketball team returns home for a three-game Gulf Coast Athletic Conference pod Friday through Sunday.

The Lady Wildcats are 4-0 at home and have beaten opponents by an average of 19.5 points per game. They will host Southern University at New Orleans at 5 p.m. Friday, followed by Oakwood University at 6:30 p.m. Saturday and Tougaloo College at 5 p.m. Sunday. The seniors will be honored before Saturday's game against Oakwood.

All the games will be broadcast on the Wiley College Athletics YouTube Channel. Live statistics will also be available. Admission is $10 per day.

Wiley College (13-8, 4-6 GCAC) is coming off the Tougaloo College GCAC pod where its only victory was against the host Bulldogs. In its losses against Dillard University and Fisk University, it struggled hitting shots, shooting 30 and 29.7 percent, respectively.

Kaitlyn Davis led the Lady Wildcats with 12.7 points per game. She hit five 3-pointers which moves her into fourth all-time in career 3-pointers. Davis also led the team with three assists against Fisk. Diamond Hawthorne recorded her second double-double of the season with 13 points and 13 rebounds against Dillard on February 3. She posted 12.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game last week.

The Lady Wildcats forced 24 turnovers in the 70-63 victory at Southern-New Orleans on January 22, which led to 19 points. All 10 Lady Wildcats scored. The 89-69 victory over Oakwood on January 13, was Wiley College's largest margin of victory in conference play. It held the Ambassadors to a 31.9 shooting percentage. The Lady Wildcats only allowed Tougaloo to hit one 3-pointer in a 78-67 victory last week.

Southern New Orleans (2-15, 0-10 GCAC) is searching for its first conference victory since the 2018-19 season. Its losing streak hit 15 after falling in all three games at Rust College. Two of the three losses were by 20 or more points.

With leading scorer Quiana Vasquez being out of the lineup since January 13, Ananya Donaldson leads the Lady Knights with 10.3 points per game. Jordan Harris led the team with 17 points in the January 22 game against Wiley College. McKenna Harris recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Oakwood (5-17, 3-7 GCAC) snapped a six-game losing streak with an 81-69 victory over SUNO. NeKaya Williams leads the Ambassadors with 13.2 points per game, she averaged 10.7 in the three games last week. Hannah Cohn put up 21 points, six rebounds and three steals in the January 13 game against Wiley College.

Tougaloo College (4-14, 3-7 GCAC) fell into a tie for sixth after dropping all three games at its home pod. Berniya Hardin leads the Lady Bulldogs with 10.4 points per game. She put up 13 points and seven rebounds in the February 4 game against Wiley College. Morgan Hunter scored 14 points and grabbed five rebounds in that game.

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