ALEXANDRIA, LA – The Louisiana State University of Alexandria women's basketball team travels to the Xavier University of Louisiana for the Red River Athletic Conference Championship Quarterfinal.
GAME INFORMATION
Wednesday, February 25
5:30 PM
at #4 Xavier (La.)
New Orleans, La.
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#5 GENERALS
LSUA enters the RRAC Championship as the number five seed. The Generals posted a 14-13 record in the regular season and a 13-9 mark in Red River Athletic Conference play.
Sydney Person leads a Generals' offense which averages 68.70 points per game. She is one of two LSUA players averaging 10 or more points per game at 14.2. Person is shooting 47.8-percent from the field and 90-percent at the free throw line. She as recorded seven games of 20 or more points this season.
Justice Young is recording 10.3 points per game and shooting 45-percent. Young is the Generals' leading rebounder, hauling in 7.6 boards per game. She has recorded seven double-doubles.
LSUA split the season series against Xavier (La.) with both the Generals and Gold Nuggets winning in their respective home venues.
In New Orleans, XULA recorded a 69-58 win in January. Person led the Generals with 19 points, while
McKayla Price recorded 13.
Blair Smith added a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds. During the second meeting in Alexandria, LSUA notched a 65-60 victory. Person again led the Purple and gold with 16 points, while
Addison Walker recorded 14.
Kelly Norris dished out a team-high seven assists.
The game came down to the final seconds. Young recorded a layup in the lane with under two minutes to play, putting LSUA ahead 59-58. Person then added a layup to make it a three-point differential. After a bucket from Xavier (La.) cut it to 61-60,
Reese Stephens recorded a steal on XULA's final possession to seal the win.
LSUA eliminated XULA in last year's RRAC semifinal before both teams made an appearance in the NAIA postseason.
SCOUTING #4 XAVIER (LA.)
The Gold Nuggets enter the tournament with an overall record of 18-10 and a 14-8 mark in RRAC play.
XULA is averaging 62.9 points per game and allowing just 56.4, a margin of +6.4. As a team, they are shooting 36.2-percent from the field.
Alicia Blanton has recorded a team-high 11.2 points per game for Xavier (La.). Tiara Tillison finished the regular season second in the RRAC in assists, recording 115. She leads the RRAC with a 2.6 assist to turnover ratio.
The Gold Nuggets boast a conference-high 16.9 offensive rebounds per game and finished second in overall rebounding, hauling in 42.8 board per game and a rebounding margin of +5.6.
FAN INFORMATION
Tickets for Wednesday's game in New Orleans are available through
XULATix. Tickets are $10.00 for the general public and $5.00 for non-Xavier students and youth 6-12.
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