DENVER — The University of Denver women’s basketball team closes out its regular season on Saturday at 12 p.m. against the Mavericks in Omaha.
The Pioneers are 12-14 all time against Omaha but dropped the matchup earlier this season on February 11, 58-65, in Hamilton Gymnasium.
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
•The Pioneers fell to the SDSU Jackrabbits, 55-71, in their home finale on Saturday afternoon in Hamilton Gymnasium.
•Denver travels to Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday for its regular season finale.
•DU travels to Sioux Falls for the Summit League Women’s Basketball tournament in Sounth Dakota on March 4-8.
WORKIN’ WITH WATTS
•Sophomore Guard Coryn Watts scored a career-high 32 points in the Dec. 19 win over California Baptist, good for ninth-most by a Pioneer in a single game in program history.
•Watts currently ranks fourth in single-season threes with her 80th of the season coming on 2/21 against South Dakota State,
•The Colorado native leads the team and the league and ranks 10th in the nation with 36.23 minutes per game.
•The sophomore guard is one of four players in the Summit League with ten or more 20-point performances, alongside Avery Koenen, Angelina Robles and Brooklyn Meyer.
•Watts is one of two players in the League with three 30-point games and one of 26 players nationally.
•From behind the arc, Watts is the only player in the Summit League with three games with five or more 3FGs. She leads the conference and is 18th nationally with 80 treys and 12th with 2.96 threes per game.
DROPPING A THIRTY PIECE
•The Pioneers are one of nine teams to have two different players score 30+ points in a game this season, the other teams being Northwestern, Fairield, Murray State, NAU, Temple, Iowa State and Drexel
•Coryn Watts has recorded three thirty point performances this season – 30 points on 12/9 vs. Metro State, 32 points on 12/19 vs. Cal Baptist and 31 points vs. Oral Roberts on 1/24.
•Laia Monclova scored 30 points on 12/17 vs. Colorado Christian
PICKING POCKETS
•Laia Monclova ranks second in the Summit League and 71st in the nation with 63 steals through 28 contests.
•Monclova’s 2.25 steals/game is second the league and 94th in the nation.
•The junior has recorded three or more steals on nine different occasions.
•Tori Baker tied for the third-most steals in a single game in program history with seven takeaways in the victory over North Dakota.
•The Pioneers average 8.6 steals per game, ranking third in the Summit League.
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