2023-24 WAC Women's Basketball Release - Week Twelve

LOPES ARE SLAYING WAC PLAY AND RÉSUMÉ SEEDING SYSTEM
After the fourth week of conference play, Grand Canyon maintained its undefeated league record. The Lopes earned a pair of wins over Utah Valley (78-68) and a double-overtime win against Seattle U (84-73) to improve to 8-0. Grand Canyon also leads in the WAC Résumé Seeding System rankings with 4.34 points. California Baptist (3.69) and Stephen F. Austin (1.05) are the only other teams with a positive point value in the most recent seeding system rankings.
 
YOU CAN’T MAKE LEMONADE WITHOUT A LITTLE JUICE
California Baptist guard Khloe Lemon has been one of the key pieces to the Lancers success this 2023-24 season and she’s just a freshman. Lemon led all WAC players in scoring last week as she recorded a career-high 28 points in 28 minutes of play and added five rebounds, two assists and two steals on 12-of-17 shooting from the field in California Baptist’s 93-67 win over Southern Utah. The scoring effort was tied for the third-most in a game by a CBU player this season and tied the freshman single-game scoring record against a Division I opponent, matching teammate Grace Schmidt’s effort against Utah Valley during the 2022-23 campaign.
 
WE LOVE A DOUBLE-OVERTIME THIRLLER    
Seattle U’s defensive efforts nearly secured a win over conference leader Grand Canyon. Trinity San Antonio hit a jumper for the Lopes with 1:45 left to go in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 61-61 and force overtime. Naudia Evans made two crucial free throws to tie the game again at 69-69 to take the game into double-overtime. Grand Canyon secured a 84-73 win over the Redhawks, extending the Lopes winning streak to eight. 
 
YES, YOU’VE BEEN HACKED
UTRGV went undefeated in WAC play last weekend, securing wins over UT Arlington (64-62) and Tarleton State (61-57). The Vaqueros were led by junior guard/forward Kade Hackerott as she averaged 13.5 points and 8.0 rebounds. Hackerott posted her third double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds versus UT Arlington, she then followed that with 12 points and five rebounds against Tarleton State.
 
GAMES TO WATCH THIS WEEK    
Stephen F. Austin is on the road this week to face the top two teams in the WAC. The ‘Jacks will head to Phoenix on Thursday, Jan. 25 to take on Grand Canyon at 6 p.m. MST. SFA will then compete against California Baptist to battle for sole possession of second place in the WAC standings on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. PT. Both games will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
CALIFORNIA BAPTIST IN THE NATIONAL STAT RANKINGS
California Baptist is in the top 25 of multiple categories in the latest NCAA Division I national statistics report on Jan. 23. The Lancers ranked 8th in 3-point attempts per game (28.0), 9th in defensive rebounds per game (31.1), 21st in assists per game (18.3) and win-lost percentage (85.0), 26th in scoring offense (78.5), and 29th in total rebounds per game (42.25).