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McPherson, Kan. – It's Red Out Night in the Sport Center on February 21st as the Lady Bulldogs play host to the University of Saint Mary with the game tipping off at 3:00 p.m. (CT). This will be the season finale for Mac as they are cemented in ninth place of the KCAC.
The 'Dogs needed a few stars to align for them to make the postseason tournament heading into this week. The team would have needed to take down an aggressive Friends University squad on Thursday and have Bethany College, the last place team in the conference, defeat the University of Saint Mary. Unfortunately for Mac, neither of those things happened and thus the Bulldogs will finish the 2014-15 KCAC campaign in ninth, regardless of what happens on Saturday afternoon.
Mac vs. the NAIA – Sunny Smart is still 13th in the Nation in total three-point field goals made with her 76; she is 18th in three balls made a game at 2.6. Alicia Demaret ranks 24th in total blocks with 43 and Bailey Brown is 30th in total scoring with her 476 total.
All statistics are from KCAC games only.
McPherson is scoring 58.6 points this year, ninth in the league; they are making 36.7% from the floor, 27.4% from deep, and 67.6% from the charity stripe. The team is allowing 72.3 points a night, bottom of the conference, with their opponents hitting 39.7 percent from the floor and 32.8 percent from behind the arc. The 'Dogs pull down 35.9 rebounds a night and have an eighth worst rebounding margin of -7.1. They also tally 12.4 assists, 6.0 steals, and 4.0 blocks per game; they are fourth in assists and second in blocks.
Brown tops the team in scoring this season with her 16.8 average; she has made a team-high 143 free throws and also nets 5.6 boards a night. Smart is second on the team at 13.3 points per game; she has cashed in on 45 three balls and also averages a team-high 6.1 rebounds each time out. Georgia Smart is next on the list at 7.6; she also grabs 4.7 boards on average.
Mac vs. the KCAC – Brown is still in second in total scoring with her 285 KCAC points; she is eighth in free throw percentage at 75.5% and has shot and made more foul shots than any other conference athlete. S. Smart averages a league leading 2.65 threes a game. Demaret is second in KCAC blocks.
Scouting Saint Mary
The Spires are 10-17 this season and 6-11 in the KCAC, putting them in a tie for sixth. The team has turned it on as of late, winning three-straight and five of their last seven; USM holds victories over Friends and Ottawa, two teams that are above them in the conference rankings.
USM in the NAIA – Imani Dixon is currently 12th in the NAIA D-II in free throw percentage as she knocks in 83.8 percent of her foul shots.
All statistics are from KCAC games only
Saint Mary ranks eighth in scoring offense at 59.6 points and is making 39.5% of their field goals; they drop in 30.3% from range and 63.7% from the stripe. The team surrenders 66.5 points on average while allowing their opponent to hit 38.3 percent from the floor and 30% from deep. They are grabbing just 32 rebounds a night and are at the bottom of the KCAC in rebounding average at -7.8. The Spires net 11.3 assists, 6.5 steals, and 2.4 blocks each time out.
The scoring leader for USM this season is freshman Kelsey Switzer who buckets 13.2 a night; she has made 81 field goals and also leads the way in steals with 31. Dixon buckets 12.5 each time out and has dropped in a team-high 25 three balls; she also grabs a team-high 6.9 rebounds on average. Shanice Palmer, the lone returner from last season, nets 10.9 points a game with the bulk coming on the foul line where she has hit 62-of-96; she has also accumulated 46 assists to lead the Spires.
USM in the KCAC – Dixon is making 83.1 percent of her conference free throws which ties her for fourth; she is also fourth in blocks per game at 1.18.
Saint Mary will likely earn the seventh seed and play Southwestern College in the opening round of the postseason conference tournament.
