ALEXANDRIA, LA – The Louisiana State University of Alexandria women's basketball team as the three-seed and takes on six-seed Louisiana Christian University in the quarterfinal of the Red River Athletic Conference Tournament.
"It's a big week for LSUA Women's Basketball," LSUA Head Coach Billy Perkins said. "We have been waiting to get back to the tournament. We open up with LCU and they are a good team that has size and length. LCU plays good complimentary basketball between guards and forwards. It should be a good game."
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Tip-off: 6:30 PM
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GENERALS DIG IN
LSUA dropped the regular season finale to LSU Shreveport, 62-61. The Generals had an eight-game winning streak from January 7 to February 15.
The Generals average 70.0 points per game and are shooting 40.8% from the field. They are allowing 64.4 points per game. LSUA has a +5.8 rebounding margin on the season, out rebounding their opposition 41.3 to 35.5.
Leading the Generals' offense are a quartet of seniors.
Dannah Martin-Hartwick leads the group, averaging 13.3 points per game.
Jewel Jones (12.6),
Benedetta Peracchi (12.3) and
Amani Gray (10.1) are all putting up double-digit points. Peracchi leads LSUA in shooting, knocking down 50.8% of her shots on the season. Jones leads the Generals in assists with 73 and is just seven points away from hitting 1,000 for her career.
Gray hit 1,000 points earlier this season in a game at Louisiana Christian. She also set the LSUA single game record for blocks with five against Paul Quinn College. In the rebounding department, Peracchi has the lead with an average of 8.1 boards per game. She also leads the Generals with 17 blocks, while Martin-Hartwick holds the team lead in steals with 35.
SCOUTING LOUISIANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
The Wildcats enter the tournament with a record of 10-16 and a 10-14 mark in Red River Athletic Conference play. They lost their last two games, both in overtime, to Texas College by scores of 83-78 and 72-69. Prior to that, the Wildcats had won four straight.
Louisiana Christian averages 67.6 points per game and is shooting 38.3% from the floor. They have a scoring margin of -4.7, allowing 72.3 points per game.
Princis Goff leads the Wildcats' offense, averaging 19.7 points per game. She is shooting 43.3% from the field and 81% at the free throw line.
McKayla Price is averaging 10.2 points per game and shooting 40.8% from the floor. Just under 10 points per game is
Kylei Leblanc (9.0) who is converting 50.8% of her chances this season. Goff also leads the Wildcats in assists (61) and steals (46).
Leblanc holds the team lead in rebounding, hauling down 7.9 rebounds per game. Goff is right behind her with 7.6. Leblanc also leads LCU with 40 blocks on the season. Leblanc and Goff have combined for 69 of the Wildcats' 114 blocks during the campaign.
The Generals and Wildcats met twice during the regular season in the Red River Rivalry. LSUA took both ends of the season series. The Generals captured an 80-68 win over the Wildcats at The Fort, before recording an 87-81 victory in Pineville.
Benedetta Peracchi set an LSUA single-game record for highest free throw percentage (minimum 10 attempts), going 10-for-10 at the free throw line in Pineville. She led the Generals with 24 points on the evening.
Jewel Jones led LSUA at home, scoring 22 points.
LSUA RRAC HISTORY
The Generals are in search of their first RRAC Tournament title. Last season, the Purple and Gold took down Our Lady of the Lake University, 61-45, before falling to Xavier (La.), 64-41, in the semifinal.
Friday's matchup against LCU harkens back to the 2022-23 season, when the Generals and Wildcats met in the quarterfinal. The Wildcats came away with a 56-58 victory.
RRAC TOURNAMENT FAN INFORMATION
Tickets are available online and at the box office of the Laborde Earles Coliseum. Live stats will be provided for each RRAC Tournament game.
Live streams are provided by Antler Sports Network, the official and exclusive live stream provider of the 2025 RRAC Basketball Tournament. Live streams for each game can be found
HERE.
Tournament programs are available at the Laborde Earles Coliseum.
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