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Eastern Kentucky visits Harvard following Vaz’s 24-point game

By The Associated Press

Eastern Kentucky Colonels (25-8, 15-4 ASUN) at Harvard Crimson (19-11, 11-5 Ivy League)

Boston; Sunday, 2 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Kentucky plays Harvard after Joseana Vaz scored 24 points in Eastern Kentucky’s 72-58 victory against the Utah Utes.

Harvard is 2-4 in one-possession games.

Eastern Kentucky is eighth in the ASUN with 8.8 offensive rebounds per game led by Vaz averaging 2.0.

Harvard makes 40.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.7 percentage points higher than Eastern Kentucky has allowed to its opponents (37.3%). Eastern Kentucky averages 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.1 more made shots on average than the 4.9 per game Harvard allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Karlee White is shooting 45.5% from beyond the arc with 1.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Crimson, while averaging 15.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.3 steals. Abigail Wright is shooting 48.6% and averaging 11.7 points over the past 10 games.

Vaz is scoring 14.2 points per game and averaging 6.8 rebounds for the Colonels. Liz Freihofer is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Crimson: 7-3, averaging 65.1 points, 30.7 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 10.0 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 41.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 55.4 points per game.

Colonels: 6-4, averaging 64.6 points, 31.9 rebounds, 13.5 assists, 11.0 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 38.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 56.9 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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