HCU Huskies (5-14, 0-8 SLC) at New Orleans Privateers (7-12, 4-4 SLC)
Thursday, Feb. 1 – 6:30 p.m.
Lakefront Arena - New Orleans, Louisiana
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NEW ORLEANS, La. – The HCU women's basketball team heads to Louisiana for its next two games, beginning this Thursday with a matchup at Lakefront Arena vs. New Orleans at 6:30 p.m.
The Huskies (5-14, 0-8 SLC) and Privateers (7-12, 4-4 SLC) played in Houston just two weeks ago with UNO pulling away in the fourth quarter for a 57-48 win. HCU junior
Enya Maguire led the Huskies with 13 points off the bench while
Yasmin Butler added 10 points and four blocked shots. UNO was led by Zoe Cooper with a game-high 16 points.
Most recently, HCU fell on the road to UIW, 49-77, with seniors
N'Denasija Collins and
Kennedy Wilson combining for 26 points. UNO, meanwhile, earned a 74-59 home win over McNeese this past Saturday. Junior center Nora Francois scored a career-high 22 off the bench, combining with three other players to account for 70 of the team's 74 points.
Maguire, averaging 7.8 points per game this season, stands at 117 career made three-pointers and needs just one more to move into the top-10 in program history in the category. Her 34 made threes this season are the third most by a player in the Southland Conference. Collins, meanwhile, is averaging 14.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game in SLC play, ranking fifth and third in the league, respectively.
Senior DeArica Pryor leads the Privateers with 11.6 ppg while junior Alexis Calderon is adding 9.1 ppg. When the Huskies and Privateers met two weeks ago, UNO out-rebounded HCU by a 45-33 margin with six different players pulling down at least five rebounds.
Following Thursday's game, HCU will head to Thibodaux, La. for a rematch with the Nicholls Colonels at Stopher Gym on Saturday, Feb. 3, at 1:00 p.m.
