The Matchup
Saturday:
Converse (1-6, 1-1 Conference Carolinas) vs Mount Olive (2-4, 1-1 Conference Carolinas)
Location: Weisiger Center/Spartanburg, S.C.
Time: 2:00 p.m.
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The Series:
This is the 28^th meeting all-time between Converse and Mount Olive dating back to the 2005 season. The Trojans are 27-0 all-time against the Valkyries and have won 13 straight inside the Weisiger Center. In the Trojans last trip to Spartanburg, they came away with a 60-41 win over the Valkyries.   
 
Converse Notes:

• The Valkyries are 1-6 overall this season and 1-1 in Conference Carolinas play. The Valkyries are coming off a 57-45 win over North Greenville on Wednesday night.
• Sydney Wilson scored a career high 26-points to lead the Valkyries in scoring, while Jordan Brown finished second on the team with 12-points. Brown led the team with nine rebounds, five assists and six steals.  
• Converse is averaging 48.7 points per game this season and they are shooting .304 from the field. The Valkyries are also shooting .248 from three-point range and .599 from the free throw line.
• The Valkyries are averaging 38.1 rebounds per game, 9.7 assists per game, 7.6 steals per game and 2.4 blocks per game.
• Wilson leads the team with 13.3 points per game and Zahra Cross is second on the team with 9.7 points per game.
• Brown leads the team in total rebounds (42), rebounds per game (7.0), assists (19) and steals (16). Amaia Parkins leads the team with 10 blocks through the first seven games of the season.

 
Mount Olive Notes:

• Mount Olive is 2-4 overall this season and 1-1 in Conference Carolinas action. The Trojans are coming off an 81-72 home loss to Chowan which ended a two-game winning streak.
• The Trojans are 0-2 this season when playing away from the Kornegay Arena, both losses came to South Atlantic Conference schools earlier in the season.
• Mount Olive is averaging 57.7 points per game, they are shooting .350 from the field, .216 from three-point range and .598 from the free throw line.
• The Trojans are averaging 36.5 rebounds per game this season, 10.0 assists per game, 1.5 steals per game and 3.0 blocks per game.
• Laila Harris leads the team in minutes per game (31.8), points per game (12.5), blocks (8) and is tied for the team lead with 36 total rebounds.
• Laila Anderson is second on the team in scoring averaging 9.7 points per game. Tiandria Tucker leads the team in rebounds per game (7.2), while Haleigh Crews leads the team in assists (13) and steals (12).

 
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