No. 4 WVU women’s hoops fulfills No. 13 Lehigh in opening round of NCAA Match
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The No. 4-seeded West Virginia University women’s basketball staff begins its NCAA Match journey on Sunday, March 21, as the No. 4-seeded Mountaineers open event play in opposition to No. 13-seed Lehigh at Invoice Greehey Arena in San Antonio.
Opening idea for tomorrow’s round-of-64 contest towards the Mountain Hawks is established for 8 p.m. ET. Dan Zangrilli will contact the video game for the Mountaineer Sports Community from Learfield IMG College. The video game can be identified on 98.3 FM/1490 AM (WBKE), as very well as affiliates across the state, the TuneIn Radio App and WVUSports.com. Sunday’s contest also will be broadcast on ESPNU, with Roy Philpott and Brooke Weisbrod on the connect with.
West Virginia (21-6, 13-5 Major 12) and Lehigh (10-5, 7-5 Patriot League) meet up with for the next time in the all-time series on Sunday and for the to start with time given that the 1999-00 year. The Mountain Hawks keep the edge in the series, 1-, with the only meeting amongst the two teams coming at a neutral website on Dec. 27, 1999. LU took the contest, 89-73, in the Tulane/Doubletree Traditional at Fogleman Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lehigh is building its 1st NCAA Tournament overall look considering that 2010 and its fourth in system history. The Mountain Hawks finished in fifth location in the Patriot League at the stop of the standard season but received their conference tournament to punch their ticket as an computerized qualifier for this year’s tournament.
LU is led by sophomore guard/ahead Frannie Hottinger, who is averaging a workforce-ideal 14.3 points for every sport. Hottinger also sales opportunities Lehigh in rebounding this year, with 101 boards and an typical of 6.7 for every sport. Senior guard Mary Clougherty and junior forward Emma Grothaus also are averaging double figures in scoring this calendar year, at 12.1 and 11.1 details for every sport respectively. Junior guard Megan Walker is Lehigh’s leader in helps this yr, with 65, although fellow junior Claire Steals paces the group in steals, with 22.
West Virginia completed the normal season tied for next in the Large 12 Conference and earned the No. 2 seed in this year’s Massive 12 Championship at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri. WVU advanced all the way to the Significant 21 Championship title recreation for the very first time given that 2017 and for the 3rd time considering the fact that becoming a member of the league in 2012-13. West Virginia enters the NCAA Event ranked No. 17 in the Connected Push poll and No. 20 in the United states Now Coaches poll.
Redshirt senior guard Kysre Gondrezick now leads the Mountaineers in scoring at 19.9 details for each video game and is just one of a few college student-athletes averaging in double figures this season. Sophomores Kirsten Deans and Esmery Martinez every are scoring 13.6 factors for each sport this yr. Gondrezick also qualified prospects the crew in helps, with 117, even though Martinez paces the workforce on the glass, with 315 rebounds. Junior forward Kari Niblack retains the group direct in blocks, with 42. Earlier this 7 days, Gondrezick gained Honorable Mention status on this year’s Connected Push All-America group.
