Roos Look to Continue Winning-Streak Against Omaha at Municipal Auditorium
12/9/2016 2:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Currently on a four-game winning-streak, the UMKC women's basketball team will look to add to that on Saturday, Dec. 10. The Roos are set to face Omaha on “Kansas City Day” at Municipal Auditorium at 1 p.m. CT.
Tickets
Tickets for the game are available to purchase through UMKCKangaroos.com/Tickets or at the Municipal Auditorium box office on game day. Single-game tickets start at $7, and general admission season tickets can be purchased for $50 while courtside tickets begin at $75.
Follow
A live video stream is available through the UMKC Athletics website, and a free audio stream can also be found through UMKCKangaroos.com. Live stats will be available at UMKCStats.com.
About the Roos
UMKC (5-3) is led in scoring by junior Samantha Waldron (Omaha, Neb.), who is averaging 12.1 points per game, shooting 41.7 percent (25-for-84) from the field, including 43.5 percent (20-for-46) from behind the three-point arc. Junior Kiana Law (Pittsburgh, Pa.) is leading the team in boards, grabbing 7.5 per game.
Redshirt junior India Johnson (Overland Park, Kan.) was the star of the show in UMKC's road win over Abilene Christian on Dec. 3, scoring a game-high 19 points, including 14 in the second half and overtime. She shot 53.8 percent (7-for-13) from the floor, knocking down five three-pointers, including the game-winner in overtime with 1.7 seconds remaining.
In a big road win at Wichita State on Tuesday, Nov. 11, Law hit a shot in the lane with 1.2 seconds left in the game to give UMKC the 56-54 victory. Waldron scored a career-high 22 points in the game, knocking down 4-of-8 three points shots.
Waldron's performance against the Shockers earned her the College Sports Madness WAC Player of the Week honor on Monday, Nov. 11.
In UMKC's season opener against Tulsa, three Roos reached double figures. Law notched a double-double (16 points, 10 rebounds), Moore scored 16, and Lyndsay Leikem (Tucson, Ariz.) contributed 13 points off the bench.
UMKC returns 11 letterwinners and four starters from last season, including 2016 Media All-WAC Preseason First-Team honoree Aries Washington (Kansas City, Mo). She averaged 11.2 points per game a season ago, and with the return of Law and Waldron, the Roos return the bulk of their scoring load. Law averaged 10 points for the Roos in 2015-16, and Waldron put up 9.3 points per game and a team-high 12.3 in conference games.
About the Mavs
Omaha (4-5) is led in scoring by Mikaela Shaw, who is averaging 14.8 points per game, while also averaging a team-high 7.2 rebounds per game. Michaela Dapprich is the only other UNO player averaging double-digits in scoring, adding 10.1 per game to the Mavs' offensive attack. Remy Davenport has knocked down 40.4 percent (21-for-52) of her shots beyond the arc to serve as UNO's primary threat from deep.
Up Next
UMKC will have over a week without games before welcoming Southern Illinois, Northern Illinois and South Dakota to Swinney Recreation Center for the 2016 Roo Holiday Classic, Dec, 19-20.
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