Ladies To Face Wiley On Thursday In Home Opener
The Centenary women's basketball team is set for its home opener on Thursday evening as the Ladies welcome the Wiley College Lady Wildcats to town for a non-conference contest set for 5:30 p.m. at the Gold Dome.
Shreveport– The Centenary women's basketball team is set for its home opener on Thursday evening as the Ladies welcome the Wiley College Lady Wildcats to town for a non-conference contest set for 5:30 p.m. at the Gold Dome.
Live stats and live video are available for the game at the links below:
Stats: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wbkb/2022-23/boxscores/20221117_53yg.xml
Video: https://collegetvticket.com/event/centenary-college-vs-wiley-college-2/
The Ladies (0-3) took a break from regular-season play on Tuesday and challenged themselves against division 1 ULM in an exhibition game in Monroe and fell 103-28 to the Warhawks at Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
Wiley (4-1) is coming off of a 74-57 victory over Talladega on Saturday in the HBCU Invitational hosted by Paul Quinn College in Dallas. Centenary leads the all-time series against Wiley 6-1.
Freshman G Brailey Major (Opelousas, La.) led the Ladies against ULM with eight points while senior F Jazzmyn Jones (Normangee, Texas) added six with a team-high seven rebounds. Centenary dropped a 68-53 decision to the host East Texas Baptist University Tigers last Saturday in its most recent regular-season contest and in its final game of the ETBU Classic in Marshall, Texas. The Ladies trailed 28-20 at halftime and 47-31 after three quarters, but did not go away without a fight as they outscored the Tigers 22-21 in the fourth quarter. Centenary shot 29 % (20-69) overall from the field, 63.2 % (12-19) from the free throw line, but struggled from beyond the arc, going just 1-14.
Freshman G Amiyah Barrow (Baton Rouge, La.) led the Ladies with a season-high 11 points in the loss against ETBU on Saturday. Three Ladies scored eight or more points as freshman G TaNyjah Plumber (Kinder, La.) started and scored nine and Jazzmyn Jones and senior F Amelia Bagwell (West Monroe, La.) each scored eight.
Freshman F Kyra Stokes (Shreveport, La.) and freshman G Olivia Sepulvado (Zwolle, La.) each chipped in five points. Freshman G Madison Davis (Shreveport, La.) scored three and the Ladies got two points from freshman G Lauren Castillo (Keller, Texas) and Major. Jazzmyn Jones pulled down nine rebounds to lead the Ladies and added a game-high six steals while Bagwell finished with six boards. Plumber had five and Barrow was next with four and had two assists and two steals.
The Ladies totaled 10 steals, five assists, and blocked one shot. The Ladies turned the ball over 12 times while the Tigers gave it away 15 times. ETBU received 35 points from its bench while Centenary got 23. The Tigers finished with a slight advantage (20-16) in points in the paint, scored 19 points off turnovers compared to 13 for the Ladies, had a 7-0 advantage in fast break points, and had 11 second-chance points while the Ladies had nine.
Alana Jones currently leads the Ladies in scoring this season at 13.0 PPG while Jazzmyn Jones is second at 10.7 PPG. Drumgo and Peacock are each averaging 8.0 PPG, Barrow (6.3), Plumber (5.0), Bagwell (4.7), and Davis (4.3) are all averaging between 4.0-6.0 PPG. Sepulvado (3.3), Stokes (3.0), Castillo (2.7), and Major (1.3) are each averaging between 1.0-3.3 PPG. Jazzmyn Jones (6.3) and Alana Jones (6.0) are the Ladies' top two rebounders through two games.
The Ladies fell in overtime to the LeTourneau University YellowJackets, 67-60, on Nov. 11 and came up short in their season opener on Nov. 8 at Louisiana Christian by a score of 63-50. Centenary has been very aggressive and active through three regular-season games as the Maroon and White have recorded 40+ rebounds twice – 44 against LeTourneau and 42 versus ETBU and have tallied 10 or more steals in very game and 15 versus both Louisiana Christian and LeTourneau.
The Ladies remain at home on Friday to play Hendrix College at 6 p.m.
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wbkb/2022-23/schedule
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