Gwen Williams
Dave Preston

Women's Basketball Niel DeVasto Sports Information Director

#5 Ranked Bears Come Calling Saturday

The Webster University women's basketball team faces the Washington University Bears, 5th ranked nationally in the NCAA Division III, at home on December 29.  Washington University is riding a six-game win streak and is off to an 8-1 record.

The Gorloks are 4-5 and coming off a 57-51 win over Rust College (MS), on December 15.  The Bears will have a significant height advantage with a starting front line that runs 6'1, 6'0, and 6'0.  The Gorloks counter with a front line of 5'10, 5'9, and 5'6. 

Game time for the contest is set for 1:00 p.m. on the 29th.  The probable starting lineups for the matchup are as follows:

Washington University Probable Starters
No.    Name                   Pos.     Ht.      Yr.     PPG     RPG     FG%     APG    
21     Melissa Gilkey        F       6-1     So.    15.0     7.2      .545         1.0     
23     Maddy Scheppers G       5-10   So.    11.8     6.2      .427         1.1    
15     Alyssa Johanson  G       6-0     So.     8.9      3.8       .470         1.3    
34     Jordan Rettig          F       6-0     Jr.       8.2      6.6       .400        1.9    
10     Alexandra Keane  G        5-7     So.     2.1      1.4       .313        2.0    

Webster Probable Starters
No.  Name                    Pos.     Ht.     Yr.     PPG     RPG     FG%     APG   STL
23    Maggie Zehner       G        5-7    Sr       11.7     4.2       .317       3.0     1.7
11    Kaliann Rikard        G       5-6     Jr         4.7     3.4       .250       2.8     2.9
  5    Gwen Williams       G        5-6    Sr       11.1     3.6       .412       1.6     3.4
33    Courtney Pursley    F        5-9    Jr         9.3      7.9       .338       
31    B. Harris -Conway  C       5-10  Fr         1.7      1.3       .294   
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