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Cal Baptist Lancers and Abilene Christian Wildcats play for WAC Championship

By The Associated Press

Abilene Christian Wildcats (23-9, 14-5 WAC) vs. Cal Baptist Lancers (22-10, 16-3 WAC)

Paradise, Nevada; Saturday, 3:30 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Cal Baptist faces Abilene Christian in the WAC Championship.

The Lancers are 16-3 against WAC opponents and 6-7 in non-conference play. Cal Baptist ranks fourth in the WAC with 9.4 offensive rebounds per game led by Filipa Barros averaging 2.7.

The Wildcats are 14-5 against WAC teams. Abilene Christian is the top team in the WAC giving up just 59.9 points per game while holding opponents to 42.5% shooting.

Cal Baptist is shooting 41.4% from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points lower than the 42.5% Abilene Christian allows to opponents. Abilene Christian has shot at a 42.7% clip from the field this season, 5.3 percentage points higher than the 37.4% shooting opponents of Cal Baptist have averaged.

The teams meet for the fourth time this season. Cal Baptist won 76-69 in the last matchup on March 6. Barros led Cal Baptist with 26 points, and Payton Hull led Abilene Christian with 18 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lauren Olsen is scoring 15.1 points per game and averaging 2.8 rebounds for the Lancers. Barros is averaging 2.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Hull is shooting 31.1% from beyond the arc with 2.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, while averaging 18.6 points and 2.8 steals. Erin Woodson is shooting 38.4% and averaging 13.6 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Lancers: 8-2, averaging 74.9 points, 36.6 rebounds, 15.3 assists, 7.3 steals and 4.6 blocks per game while shooting 43.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.5 points per game.

Wildcats: 7-3, averaging 70.0 points, 28.1 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 10.0 steals and 1.8 blocks per game while shooting 41.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.8 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Cheryl Reeve steps away from the WNBA grind for a Hall of Fame induction

By The Associated Press
Cheryl Reeve is taking a break from her busy WNBA season to head to Knoxville this weekend and be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She's only the second WNBA coach to enter the Hall of Fame, joining former Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor, who was inducted in 2001. “(I appreciate) the magnitude of this recognition of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the great work that has gone into this institution,” Reeve said. “To walk around and see the history of how much has been done years before I could ever have this opportunity to coach. Grateful to the WNBA because I think there was some consideration given schedule wise.” Reeve will be joined by WNBA greats Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne in this year's class. Parker and Delle Donne also will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame later this year. Other inductees include ESPN broadcaster Doris Burke, Kirkwood Community College coach Kim Muhl, Spanish star Amaya Valdemoro, French great Isabelle Fijalkowski and Clemson's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, Barbara Kennedy-Dixon.
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