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03/14 03:42 CDT Cal Baptist Lancers and Abilene Christian Wildcats play for WAC
Championship
Cal Baptist Lancers and Abilene Christian Wildcats play for WAC Championship
By The Associated Press
Abilene Christian Wildcats (23-9, 14-5 WAC) vs. Cal Baptist Lancers (22-10,
16-3 WAC)
Paradise, Nevada; Saturday, 3:30 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Cal Baptist faces Abilene Christian in the WAC Championship.
The Lancers are 16-3 against WAC opponents and 6-7 in non-conference play. Cal
Baptist ranks fourth in the WAC with 9.4 offensive rebounds per game led by
Filipa Barros averaging 2.7.
The Wildcats are 14-5 against WAC teams. Abilene Christian is the top team in
the WAC giving up just 59.9 points per game while holding opponents to 42.5%
shooting.
Cal Baptist is shooting 41.4% from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points
lower than the 42.5% Abilene Christian allows to opponents. Abilene Christian
has shot at a 42.7% clip from the field this season, 5.3 percentage points
higher than the 37.4% shooting opponents of Cal Baptist have averaged.
The teams meet for the fourth time this season. Cal Baptist won 76-69 in the
last matchup on March 6. Barros led Cal Baptist with 26 points, and Payton Hull
led Abilene Christian with 18 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Lauren Olsen is scoring 15.1 points per game and averaging 2.8
rebounds for the Lancers. Barros is averaging 2.8 made 3-pointers over the last
10 games.
Hull is shooting 31.1% from beyond the arc with 2.3 made 3-pointers per game
for the Wildcats, while averaging 18.6 points and 2.8 steals. Erin Woodson is
shooting 38.4% and averaging 13.6 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Lancers: 8-2, averaging 74.9 points, 36.6 rebounds, 15.3
assists, 7.3 steals and 4.6 blocks per game while shooting 43.8% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 68.5 points per game.
Wildcats: 7-3, averaging 70.0 points, 28.1 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 10.0 steals
and 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 41.2% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 63.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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