Ladies Set For Home Opener On Tuesday
The Centenary women's basketball team will play on its home court for the first time this season as the Ladies will face the Mississippi University for Women (MUW) Owls on Tuesday evening in a non-conference contest set for 5:30 p.m. in the Gold Dome.
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Shreveport - The Centenary women's basketball team will play on its home court for the first time this season as the Ladies will face the Mississippi University for Women (MUW) Owls on Tuesday evening in a non-conference contest set for 5:30 p.m. in the Gold Dome.
Live stats and live video are available for the game at the links below:
STATS: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/boxscores/20241119_tqgc.xml
VIDEO: https://www.ktalnews.com/gocentenary/watch-live-centenary-college-sports-2024-2025/
The Ladies (1-1) defeated the LeTourneau University YellowJackets by a score of 81-74 in a non-conference contest last Thursday evening in Longview, Texas to even their record following a 69-48 loss at Hendrix College to open the season on Nov. 10. The Owls (0-2) have lost games to Millsaps College (92-43) and Huntingdon College (87-73).
Tuesday's meeting is the third all-time between the Ladies and the Owls with MUW winning both previous contests which both came during the 2019-20 season. The Owls won 62-54 at home and 61-50 a month later in Shreveport.
Centenary had an impressive offensive performance last week against LeTourneau as the Ladies finished 33-71 from the field for 46.5 % and outrebounded the YellowJackets 49-32. The Ladies scored 19 points off of LETU"s 17 turnovers and Centenary dominated in the paint, scoring 54 points to 30 for LeTourneau, finished with a 22-10 advantage in second-chance points, 14-7 in fast break points, and 14-9 in bench points.
Freshman G Nevaeh Rivera (Rosepine, La.) scored a game-high 21 points as she was 8-16 from the floor in 35 minutes and 5-8 from the FT line with 10 rebounds for an impressive double-double. The rookie added four steals and three assists. Freshman F Shyanne Phillips (Leesville, La.) was just behind her with 19 points and added a game-high 15 rebounds as she also had a double-double in 31 minutes. Phillips finished 9-13 from the floor and 1-2 at the FT line with a steal.
Junior G Amiyah Barrow (Baton Rouge, La.) scored 11 points and freshman F Anaya Yunusah (New Orleans, La.) had 10, and junior F Layla Powell (Fort Worth, Texas) scored six. Junior F Kyra Stokes (Shreveport, La.), freshman F Brooklyn Cooper (Euless, Texas), and freshman G Alexis Duhon (Westlake, La.) each scored four and freshman G Julissa Cabrera (Denham Springs, La.) scored two.
Freshman G Kaysharia Woods (Zachary, La.) did not score but she had a pair of assists and two rebounds in 12 minutes off the bench. Freshman F/C Marilynn Guillory (Sulphur, La.) and sophomore F Natalya Senat (Killeen, Texas) were also each held scoreless but each grabbed one rebound.
See the complete Ladies' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/schedule
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Team Stats
MUW
| Game Statistics | MUW | Centenary (La.) |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (33-76) | (20-73) |
| Field Goal % | 43.4% | 27.4% |
| Rebounds | 40 | 58 |
| Assists | 8 | 6 |
| Turnovers | 26 | 28 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 27 | 12 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 10 | 23 |
| Pts in the Paint | 42 | 34 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 17 | 16 |
| Bench Pts | 23 | 12 |
