Preview: Women's Basketball Hosts Pair of Opponents

Season Highlights

The Roos have started the season 2-2 behind offensive outbursts against Denver and Portland State.
Kansas City has been led so far this season by Emily Ivory, averaging 17 points per game.
Ericka Mattingly has headed the point to begin the year, dishing out 3.75 assists per game and leading the team in assists in three of four games.
The Roos have shown offensive parity to begin the season, scoring over 80 points in each of their wins and less than 70 points in their losses.
Mattingly has the Roos' single-game scoring high this season, dropping 23 points in the season opening win vs. Denver. After dropping 21 against Davidson, Mattingly has eclipsed the 20-point mark in 19 of her 35 career games.
No Roo has reached the double-digit mark in rebounds in a single game to this point. Cristina Soriano came the closest with nine in the win over Portland State.

Rockhurst Scouting Report

Rockhurst has opened the season 0-2 after a 10-16 showing last season.
This game will count as an exhibition for the NCAA DII Hawks, who last matched up with the Roos in the 2014-15 season, a 65-60 victory for Rockhurst.
The Hawks opened their season at the Pops Duncan Classic in Nashville, Tenn. They fell to Kentucky Wesleyan College, 97-49 before dropping a matchup with Trevecca Nazarene University, 84-75.
The Hawks are unafraid to launch the three, but have connected on just 24% of their attempts so far this season (11-45).
Rockhurst has three scorers averaging double digits, Meghan Urbanski (15.5), Madeline Ronshausen (12.5) and Daly Sullivan (10.5).
Urbanski, a sophomore, seems poised for a breakout season after averaging just 4.9 points per game her freshman year.
Ronshausen is coming off of a First-Team GLVC season, averaging 19.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. She led the team in all three categories.

Loyola-Chicago Scouting Report

The Ramblers are on a Western Athletic Conference road trip this week, playing Chicago State on Tuesday night before coming to the Swinney Center to take on the Roos.
Loyola has started the season 3-0 by defeating Detroit Mercy, Vermont and Eastern Illinois.
The Ramblers survived a scare against Vermont, using an Allison Day lay-in as time expired to defeat the Catamounts, 78-76.
Friday's game marks the second of a home-and-home against the Ramblers. The Roos traveled to Chicago last year, defeating Loyola 88-74 behind 23 points and six steals from Ericka Mattingly.
Loyola finished last season 13-18 after finishing the regular season on a five game losing streak before defeating Evansville and losing to Missouri State in the Missouri Valley Tournament.
The Ramblers have five players scoring in double digits through three games: Janae Gonzales, Abby O'Connor, Allison Day, Jala Johnson and Kat Nolan.
Gonzales is averaging 18.3 points per game on 16-26 three point shooting. Her average of 5.33 threes per game leads Division I, and her three point percentage of 61.5% is good for 12th in the nation
O'Connor is nearly averaging a double-double through three games this season, putting up 15.3 points and a team-leading 9.7 rebounds.
Day currently sits with the fifth-best field goal percentage in DI, connecting on 75% of her attempts from the field.