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Women's Basketball Back At Home Saturday To Host UMass

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Women's Basketball | February 6, 2015

PHILADELPHIA - The La Salle women's basketball team returns home for two straight games, starting with a Saturday matinee against Massachusetts. Tipoff is set for 1 pm.  

La Salle Explorers (11-11, 2-7 Atlantic 10) vs. Massachusetts Minutewomen (8-13, 2-7 Atlantic 10)
Saturday, Feb. 7 | 1:00 PM | Tom Gola Arena
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Game Notes
La Salle | UMass

Video Stream
Saturday's contest vs. UMass will be streamed on GoExplorers.TV.

All-Time Series vs. Minutewomen
UMass leads the series, 15-9, including a win in the first meeting of this year's home-and-home series in Amherst on Jan. 15. The Minutewomen took a 71-68 decision last month, but the Explorers had won four straight prior to that including last year's 78-41 romp at Tom Gola Arena.

Scouting the Explorers
The Explorers split their last two contests, winning at VCU last Saturday before a six-point 70-64 loss at Saint Joseph's on Wednesday. Alicia Cropper exploded for 25 points, including her 1,000th career point, to lead all scorers at St. Joe's. Her 25 points also marked the most by an Explorer this season, and she chipped in a team-best eight rebounds. 

Cropper moved up the Atlantic 10 scoring list and now ranks ninth in the conference with 14.1 ppg against league foes. She is averaging 13.4 ppg overall, and remains one of the league's top free throw shooters by averaging 78.6 percent. Cropper adds 5.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.

Micahya Owens still leads the team in scoring overall, with 13.7 ppg this season to go along with 3.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists. She is second on team with 34 steals this season, and her 1.9 thefts per game against league opponents ranks her eighth among A-10 players.

Siobhan Beslow returned to the lineup on Wednesday after missing one game due to injury. Beslow adds 7.6 ppg and a team-high 6.0 rpg, while ranking fourth in the A-10 with 3.1 offensive boards per game. She also turned up her scoring in league play, hitting 50.0 percent of her field goal attempts to rank fifth among all league players.

Jasmine Alston continues to lead the league with 2.5 steals per game overall, and is fourth with 2.2 per game against A-10 opponents. Alston adds 6.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg and a team-high 3.2 apg.

The team is scoring 62.4 ppg overall while yielding 64.8 ppg to opponents. The Explorers hit 36.7 percent of their field goal attempts and 31.7 percent from three.

Scouting the Minutewomen
UMass is looking to snap a five-game skid, with the latest loss at the hands of Rhode Island on Wednesday. The Minutewomen dropped a 70-58 decision to the Rams, despite 16 points from Cierra Dillard and 15 points on five three-pointers from Emily Mital.

Kim Pierre-Louis continues to lead UMass with 16.7 ppg and is second with 7.1 rpg. She scored 24 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in the first meeting of the season of the Explorers and Minutewomen.

Dillard averages 10.5 ppg and chips in 3.0 rpg and 2.4 apg. The freshman scored 13 in the first meeting. 

Rashida Timbilla rounds out the top three scorers with 8.1 ppg and leads the team with nearly 10 rebounds (9.8 rpg). She also the team leader with 3.9 apg and 2.1 spg.

UMass hits 40.9 percent from the field and 35.2 percent from three, but average just 60.0 ppg. The Minutewomen yield 64.8 ppg to opponents.

Next Up
The Explorers remain home through the week, hosting Duquesne on Wednesday (2/11) at 7 pm.
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Players Mentioned

Jasmine Alston

#11 Jasmine Alston

G
5' 9"
Sophomore
Siobhan Beslow

#2 Siobhan Beslow

F
5' 11"
Redshirt Junior
Alicia Cropper

#14 Alicia Cropper

G
5' 7"
Redshirt Senior
Micahya Owens

#34 Micahya Owens

F
5' 11"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jasmine Alston

#11 Jasmine Alston

5' 9"
Sophomore
G
Siobhan Beslow

#2 Siobhan Beslow

5' 11"
Redshirt Junior
F
Alicia Cropper

#14 Alicia Cropper

5' 7"
Redshirt Senior
G
Micahya Owens

#34 Micahya Owens

5' 11"
Sophomore
F