Women's Basketball Battles Bluefield In Final Non-Conference Matchup
December 30, 2015 | Women's Basketball
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.- Gardner-Webb welcomes NAIA opponent Bluefield College to Paul Porter Arena, for its final non-conference matchup of the season as well as the final game of 2015, Thursday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. This will be the first game of a doubleheader with the GWU men's squad, as they host Coastal Carolina at 6:00 p.m. Thursday's matchup can be seen on the Big South Network and you can listen to all of the action on WGWG.org, with Jared Pankhurst calling all the action.
Last Time Out
The Runnin' Bulldogs are coming off a five day trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico where they faced three first-time opponents in Western Michigan, Southern Methodist, and Arizona. All three opponents outshot and outrebounded the Runnin' Bulldogs, but Gardner-Webb attempted more free-throws and blocked more shots than its opponents in all three games.
Daily Double
Olivia Parker is off to a fantastic start to her senior season, as she has recorded a double-double in six of the 11 games so far this season which ranks tied fifth in the country and has scored 12 or more points in eight games. For her career, Parker has recorded 26 double-doubles.
Jump Shots
2 Gardner-Webb's victory over Liberty was the first regular-season victory over the Flames, since GWU recorded a 70-65 win on Jan 2, 2010.
2 Gardner-Webbis second in the Big South with 16.5 offensive rebounds per game, trailing only Coastal Carolina, who averages 17.3 offensive boards.
2 Seniors Olivia Parker and Candace Brown are nearing the 1,000 point mark, and can become the third pair of teammates to go over the 1,000 point mark in the same season.
2 Olivia Parker has put together her best season so far for the Runnin' Bulldogs as she leads the Big South Conference with 9.1 rebounds per game and is fourth in scoring (14.7). She also leads the Big South and ranks 17th nationally with 6 double-doubles on the season.
2 Gardner-Webb welcomes three first-time assistant to the women's basketball staff in 2015-16, as Ctera DeGgraffenreid and Cierra Harris begin their first season as assistant coaches and Letoya Twitty starts his first year as the Director of Basketball Operations
2 Dating back to last season, Gardner-Webb ended the season winning 7 of its last 11 games and has won six of its first 11 games to start the 2015-16 season.
