FULTON, Mo. – The William Woods University women's basketball team opens up the American Midwest Conference Tournament at Lindenwood University-Belleville in the quarterfinals. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
AMC Tournament
- The Championship will run on Wednesday, March 1; Friday, March 3; and Monday March 6. The higher seed will host each match-up, and the bracket will not be re-seeded prior to the semifinal round. All games in the AMC Championship will be streamed live and on demand on the AMC Sports Network, with the host schools handling the production of the broadcasts.
- For all the up-to-date information on the AMC Women's Basketball Championship, please follow the progress of the tournament on the Championship page of the AMC website by
clicking here.
About the Owls
- WWU enters the AMC Tournament after finishing fifth in the AMC. WWU finished the season with a 19-10 record and 16-8 in the AMC
- On the season, the Owls are averaging 72.1 points per game. They scored a season-high 92 points on December 29th against St. Louis College of Pharmacy
- Jasmine Brown leads the Owls in scoring on the season. Brown is averaging 14.3 points per game. She scored a season-high 31 points on November 19th, 2016 against Central Baptist
- Freshman, Peyton Greenlee is the only other Owl averaging double-figures on the season. She is averaging 10.8 points per game on the season, including a career-high 23 points on December 31st against Park
- On the season, the Owls have 474 assists, which is the ninth most in the NAIA this season. April Gebke and Kaycee Gerald led the Owls in assists on the season. Gebke has 98 assists, while Gerald has 92 assists
- The Owls are shooting 43.3 from the floor on the season, 15th best in the NAIA, and Brown leads the Owls as she is shooting 53.1 percent on the season. - Brown's shooting percentage of 53.1 percent is the 14th best in the nation
- The Owls are shooting 33.4 percent from behind the arc this season, which ranks 18th best in the NAIA
About the Lynx
- Lindenwood-Belleville comes into the AMC Tournament with a 22-8 record and are the fourth seed in the AMC Tournament
- The Lynx have won two of its last three games on the season including it's a 94-56 victory over Central Baptist to close out the regular season
- Lindenwood-Belleville is outrebounding teams by 8.2 rebounds per game. That mark is the 11
th best in the NAIA
- The Lynx are averaging 72.7 points per game on the season and are led by Brianna Mueller, who is averaging 15.7 points per game. Alison Webb follows scoring 13.9 points per game to round out the double-figure scorers
- LU-B finds itself ranked 16
th in the nation in block shots. They have blocked 110 shots on the season
- Besides blocking shots, the Lynx are holding teams to shoot 37.5 percent from the floor, which is the 36
th best mark in the nation
Previous Meetings This Season
- This will be the third meeting between these two schools this season. The Lynx have two victories over the Owls, both three point victories
Winner Moves On
- The winner of the Owls and Lynx contest will advance to the AMC Semifinals and face the winner of the No. 1 Freed-Hardeman University and No. 8 Williams Baptist College contest