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Southeastern Hosts ACU Monday to Close Home Schedule

Lady Lions (7-6, 6-4) looks to extend three-game win streak Monday at 7 p.m. in the UC

Southeastern Louisiana (7-6, 6-4 SLC) vs. Abilene Christian (12-5, 5-3 SLC)
Feb. 22, 2021 | 7 p.m. | University Center | Hammond, La.
Series History: ACU leads, 11-3
Last Meeting: Abilene Christian 70, Southeastern Louisiana 62 (Jan. 16, 2021 | Abilene, Texas)
Television: ESPN+
            Announcer: Kemmler Chapple
Promotions: Breonca Ducksworth Senior Day / Morgan Carrier Spotlight Player of the Game
Live Video | Live Stats | SLU Game Notes | ACU Game Notes

HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana women's basketball team will close out its 2020-21 home schedule on Monday, hosting Abilene Christian for a 7 p.m. contest in the University Center.
 
Monday's game between the Lady Lions (7-6, 6-4 Southland) and the visiting Wildcats (12-5, 5-3 Southland) will be televised on ESPN+.
 
Morgan Carrier will be Monday's Spotlight Player of the Game and the first 150 fans will receive a trading card featuring the New Iberia, Louisiana native, courtesy of PRIDE. Breonca Ducksworth will be honored prior to the final home game of her Lady Lion career.
 
Southeastern enters Monday's contest on a three-game winning streak. On Saturday, the Lady Lions shot 60.0 percent (30-for-50) from the floor – including 10-for-17 from three-point range – on the way to an 82-63 victory over Nicholls.
 
In the win over the Colonels, Hailey Giaratano, who was named Southland Conference Player of the Week on Monday, scored a career-high 22 points, while Carrier netted five of seven three-point attempts on the way to a 20-point showing. Saturday marked the first time in nearly two years that Southeastern has had multiple 20-point scorers in the same game.
 
Chrissy Brown added 11 points off the bench, while Cierria Cunningham and Ducksworth each dished out five assists. Southeastern also finished with a 36-25 rebounding advantage, as Natalie Kelly grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds – the most by a Lady Lion this season.
 
Southeastern is fourth in the Southland with 71.2 points per game. Carrier (14.5 ppg, 6th) and Giaratano (11.5 ppg, 15th) both rank among the league scoring leaders, while Ducksworth (3.4 apg, 5th) and Cunningham (2.8 apg, 10th) both are on the Southland leaderboard for assists per game.
 
SLU's attack has been fueled by three-point efficiency, as the Lady Lions leads the Southland with a 39.4 three-point field goal percentage. Carrier (47.9) and Giaratano (42.6) occupy the top two spots in the Southland in terms of three-point accuracy. Carrier, who is sixth in school history with 124 career treys, is tied for the league lead with 2.7 threes per contest.
 
The Lady Lions have continued to be more productive on the boards and have lessened their rebounding margin to minus-1.7. Kelly leads SLU with 7.6 rebounds per contest, followed by Brown (5.6 rpg).
 
Opponents are scoring 66.3 points and committing 17.7 turnovers per game versus Southeastern. Ducksworth leads the team and ranks 12th in the Southland with 1.8 steals per contest.
 
ACU has won its last two games heading into Monday's game with its most recent win a 62-56 victory over Houston Baptist on Feb. 10. The duo of Anna McLeod (16.5 ppg, 3rd) and Alyssa Adams (16.2 ppg, 4th) rank among the Southland Conference leaders in scoring.
 
McLeod and SLU's Carrier share the league lead in three-point field goals per game, while Adams has a Southland-high 9.5 rebounds per contest. Madi Miller (3.8 apg, 2nd) and Kamryn Mraz (3.4 apg, 4th) both sit in the league's top five in assists per outing.
 
Abilene Christian leads the all-time series, 11-3, and has won the last four meetings between the two schools. Back on Jan. 16 in Abilene, McLeod scored a game-high 23 points to lead four Wildcats in double figures in a 70-62 victory. Carrier led SLU with 22 points in the loss.
 
Up Next
Southeastern will return to the road for the first time since Jan. 16 on Wednesday, traveling to McNeese for a 6:30 p.m. contest in Lake Charles. The SLU-McNeese contest can be heard live in the Hammond area on KSLU-FM (90.9), online at www.LionSports.net/listenlive and via the Lions Game Day Experience and TuneIn Radio apps.  
   
TICKETS
For ticket information, please contact the Southeastern Athletics Ticket Office at (985) 549-5466 or visit www.LionSports.net/tickets. Southeastern is implementing mobile ticketing as the primary source for securing tickets for the 2020-21 season. All tickets will be available via e-mail or text message in a PDF format for fans to download on their phone or print at home. Tickets can also be downloaded to Apple Wallet.
 
SOCIAL MEDIA
For more information on Southeastern Women's Basketball, follow @LionUpWBB on Twitter, like /SoutheasternWBB on Facebook and subscribe to the SLUathletics YouTube channel.
 
CLEAR BAG POLICY
Southeastern Athletics has instituted a clear bag policy for all ticketed events, effective with the start of football season. For more information on the clear bag policy, visit www.LionSports.net/clear.
 
 
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