Coming off a three-game winning streak, the women's basketball (13-17, 6-12, A-10) will look for some revenge on the season against St. Louis (15-17, 9-9, A-10) in their first game on Thursday. aim. Atlantic 10 Championship finals in Henrico, Virginia.
The team, made up of upperclassmen, will be looking for revenge against St. Louis. They previously lost 56-66 in a home game on January 20th. The team will also enter the second round of tournament play as the higher seed.After Davidson abruptly canceled the season due to injury.
Thursday's game could also be the last for GW basketball stalwarts graduate student guard Nya Roku and graduate student forward Mayowa Taiwo. I have Roku accumulated 1,000 or more career points and Taiwo Beyond He has over 1,000 career rebounds.
“This could be my last game, so I'll try to remember everything,” Roque said. “We have to play every game like it's our last.”
Taiwo started against Duquesne on February 21st. marked This was Taiwo's 131st game with the Revs, making him the program's most played game. He struggled with his shot early in the season and did not reach double digits in scoring until November 23, when he scored 11 points in the Puerto Rico Shootout against West Virginia. He averaged just four points per game in his first six games, but fewer than 11 points in his last six games.
In a showdown with St. Louis in January, Taiwo went 46.2 percent from the field; accumulate 11 rebounds.
“It's always nice when the team has a second crack and we can fix what we didn't do in the first game,” Taiwo said. “And even though we lost our last game, we felt like it was ours to lose.”
Roku guided In the last game against the Billikens, the Revs scored 19 points and went 3-for-6 from beyond the arc. Last season, the Revs lost 64-76 on the road to St. Louis, but the Locks advanced. His nine rebounds and 17 points were second on the team behind then-freshman guard Nye Robertson's team-high 18 points.
Revs is currently ranked They finished 11th in the A-10 Conference, a few spots lower than No. 8 St. Louis.Billikens graduate guard Kyla McMaking named Junior guard Kennedy Calhoun and graduate guard Julia Martinez were named to the A-10 All-Conference Second Team and All-Defensive Team.
This season has been difficult for the Revolutions when it comes to offensive shooting. photograph His field goal percentage was 36.9 percent, ranking 40th worst in the nation. The current three-game winning streak shows that the team has improved throughout the season.Pastors too Accumulated Six times in a row from mid-January to early February.
Senior guard Aja Inniss said the team's cohesiveness fosters connections beyond the court and will allow them to be successful on the road.
“Having relationships off the court,” Inniss said. “We're a very close team. And I think that's going to get us to the finish line.”
The Revolutions will play the St. Louis Billikens on Thursday at 5 p.m. in Henrico, Virginia.
