Lady Cats to Face Lady Patriots Tuesday
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. –The Bethel Lady Wildcats travel to Williamsburg, Kentucky Tuesday to face the Patriots of the University of the Cumberlands. The game was originally to take place on January 8 but was postponed. The game was then rescheduled for Monday but due to weather it was moved to Tuesday. Tip-off is scheduled for 5 p.m. CST.
Live stats:
https://naiastats.prestosports.com/sports/wbkb/2021-22/boxscores/20220117_qy9m.xml
Live video:
https://cumberlandspatriots.com/watch/?Live=358&type=Live
Bethel is coming off an 80-52 win over Shawnee State. The Saturday home victory snapped a four-game losing streak and saw Bethel move to 9-8 overall and 3-6 in the MSC.
The Patriots are 10-6 and 4-4. UC is coming off a 76-67 win at Cumberland University and sport an 8-1 home record on the season. Bethel is looking for their first road win on the season. The Cats are 0-4 in action on the road.
The programs met last year in Williamsburg with the Pats winning 60-46.
The Wildcats are averaging 67.2 points and yielding 59.8 points per outing.
Millie Bryant leads Bethel in scoring at 14.2 points per game. Bryant enters the game with 1,212 career points and 561 career rebounds. She is 12th in program history in both categories. Earlier this season she became just the 10th Lady Cat to score 1,000 points or more and collect 500 rebounds or more.
Ryann Roberts averages 14.1 points per outing while Keely Morrow is good for 12.2 points per game.
Bethel shoots 39 percent from the field while their opponents are at 37 percent from the floor. Bethel hits 33 percent of their three-point attempts. The opponents are at 32 percent. Bethel shoots 70 percent from the foul line while opponents shoot 66 percent.
Bethel has a 33-31 advantage in outrebounding their opponents per outing.
Trends & Numbers:
Bethel is 8-1 when they outshoot their opponents.
The Cats are 8-3 when they hit more three-pointers.
The Lady Cats are 8-0 when they outrebound their opponents.
Bethel is 9-0 when leading at the half.
The Cats are 5-6 when they have less turnovers.
Coach Chris Nelson is in his 16th season as head coach of the Lady Cats. He is 338-163 and 15th in wins among active coaches in the NAIA.
UC is led in scoring by Destiny Haworth and Kassie Monday who average 14.4 points each per game. Abbi Douglas follows at 14.4 per outing.
The Patriots average 79.4 points and yield 74.8 per game.
Coach Rick Reeves is in his first year as head coach at UC and is 43-25 at the school. He has a career mark of 526-491.
The Cats return home Thursday to face MSC rival Campbellsville.