Valkyries Prepare For Midweek Showdown with Red-Hot Crusaders

The Matchup:
Converse (3-9, 1-4 Conference Carolinas) vs Belmont Abbey (11-2, 5-0 Conference Carolinas)
Location: Tom and Tracy Hannah Gym at the Weisiger Center | Converse University | Spartanburg, S.C.
Series: Belmont Abbey leads 34-5
Last Meeting: Belmont Abbey won 63-43, Jan. 31, 2024
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Converse Notes:

Converse enters the game after most recently dropping their first-ever matchup with Shorter 56-47.
Graduate guard Jordan Brown leads the team in scoring with 8.5 points per game this season. She has played and started in all 12 of the team's games.
Brown also leads the team in rebounding with 6.2 rebounds per game. Senior guard Zariyah Washington is second with 4.7 rebounds per game.
Converse and Belmont Abbey were co-champions of the northwest division last season.

Belmont Abbey Notes:

Belmont Abbey enters the game on a nine-game win streak, most recently dominating Barton in a 60-34 road game.
The Crusaders also have back-to-back wins over nationally ranked teams this season, defeating then-No. 25 Augusta on Nov. 23 and then-No.-17 UNC Pembroke on Nov. 26.
Belmont Abbey was ranked first in the Conference Carolina Preseason Poll and received eight first-place votes.
Senior forward Peyton Nation leads the Crusaders in scoring with 14.8 points per game. She has started all 13 of the team's games.

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Players Mentioned

#21 Jordan Brown: G/F; 5' 10"; Graduate Student

#23 Zariyah Washington: G; 5' 5"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#21 Jordan Brown
: 5' 10"; Graduate Student
: G/F

#23 Zariyah Washington
: 5' 5"; Senior
: G

Players Mentioned

#21 Jordan Brown

#23 Zariyah Washington

Players Mentioned

#21 Jordan Brown

#23 Zariyah Washington