Western Illinois Women's Basketball 2018 NIT Tournament Capsule

Western Illinois Leathernecks

Summit (22-9, 10-4)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/1 at Wichita State (78-65), 12/18 at Stanford (71-64), 2/24 at Denver (77-61)
Bad Losses: 11/18 at Northern Illinois (94-96), 11/26 Milwaukee (67-77), 12/28 at Bradley (80-87)
Coach: J. D. Gravina
 
Probable Starters:
Emily Clemons, Senior, Guard, 18.2 ppg, 7.5 apg, 4.0 rpg, 3.3 spg
Taylor Higginbotham, Junior, Guard, 16.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 2.3 spg
Morgan Blumer, Senior, Guard, 14.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg
Michelle Farrow, Senior, Guard, 7.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg
Olivia Braun, Senior, Forward, 6.7 ppg, 2.5 apg, 6.4 rpg, 2.3 bpg
 
Key Role Players:
Olivia Kaufmann, Sophomore, Guard, 6.3 ppg, 2.3 apg
Sam Pryor, Sophomore, Guard, 3.7 ppg, 2.1 rpg
Krishna Merriman, Senior, Forward, 2.4 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 82.2 (11th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 66.5 (207, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.0 (69, 4)  
Field-Goal Defense: 39.0 (106, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 10.9 (3, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.4 (38, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 75.5 (36, 4)
Rebound Margin: -4.6 (291, 8)
Assists Per Game: 18.3 (12, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.6 (28, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2017    NCAA Round of 64 loss to Florida State
 
*all team stats through 3/1