Women’s Basketball Resumes Northwest Division Play Against Lees-McRae

The Matchup:
Converse (7-10, 3-5 Conference Carolinas) at Lees-McRae (1-12, 0-8 Conference Carolinas)
Location: Williams Gymnasium | Banner Elk, N.C.
Series: Lees-McRae leads 17-7
Last Meeting: Lees-McRae won 60-56
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Converse Notes:

Converse enters the game after a 70-60 road victory over Mount Olive on Saturday.
Redshirt senior center Sydney Wilson posted the Valkyries' season team-high in both scoring, 27 points, and rebounding, 13, last week against Johnson and Wales. She followed that up with a 24-point performance against the Trojans and earned Conference Carolinas Player of the Week.
The Valkyries hold a margin of 26 points of their last two opponents.
Converse sits atop the northwest division with a 2-0 division record. Lees-McRae will complete the Valkyries' first go-round of the northwest division.

Lees-McRae Notes:

The Bobcats enter the game 1-12 overall and winless in Conference Carolinas. They have lost their last 11 games. Most recently Lees-McRae fell to the UNC Pembroke Braves 62-45 in Pembroke.
Senior guard Emily Barr leads the team in scoring and rebounding with 12.5 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per game. She is the 11th-leading scorer in Conference Carolinas.
Lees-McRae averages the fourth-lowest scoring output in Conference Carolinas with 55.6 points per game. They also allow the fourth-most points with 69.5 points per game.
Despite only having one win this season, the Bobcats are third in the northwest division. They have not played last-place King who has also only won a single game this season.

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Players Mentioned

#42 Sydney Wilson: C; 6' 1"; Redshirt Senior

Players Mentioned

#42 Sydney Wilson
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Senior
: C

Players Mentioned

#42 Sydney Wilson

Players Mentioned

#42 Sydney Wilson