Second-Place Kansas City Looks to Move Up WAC Standings at CBU

KANSAS CITY – The Kansas City Women's Basketball team (16-10, 9-3) travels to Riverside, Calif., on Wednesday for a mid-week meeting with California Baptist (12-13, 3-7). The Roos will be looking for their third season sweep of the year, having defeated the Lancers 75-65 in January.

With 16 victories on the season already, the Roos have matched their win total from 2018-19 (16-15). A win on Wednesday would match the fourth-highest win total in the program's Division I history.
The Roos are looking to depart the Western Athletic Conference with their best regular-season finish in their seven years of WAC competition. Last year's 9-7, fourth-place finish currently stands as the best, but the Roos are in command of second-place and hold a 9-3 record with just four games remaining. Kansas City is in prime positioning to make a run for first-place, currently one-half game behind Grand Canyon.
Kansas City is among the elite in protecting the paint, ranking first in the WAC and 38^th nationally with 4.6 blocks per game. The team is led by Cristina Soriano and Tajah Foster-Walker in that category, both of whom average more than one block per contest.
Emily Ivory knocks down an average of 2.8 three-pointers per game, best in the WAC and 23^rd nation-wide. Seventy-three of her 92 field goals on the season have come from long range, good for 79%.
Ericka Mattingly led the Roos in scoring in each of last week's games. She dropped 19 against Grand Canyon en route to becoming the 16^th Roo of all-time to score 1,000 career points. She followed that effort up with an 18-point showing in the win over Bakersfield.

Last Time Out: KC def. Bakersfield, 58-43

Fourty-three points marks the fewest allowed by Kansas City against a Division I opponent in over four years, since a 64-43 win over Seattle U on Feb. 6, 2016.
The Roos held the 'Runners to just four field goals in the second half, shooting 23.5% from the field. This includes a five-point fourth quarter, in which the Roos extended their lead from seven points to a game-high 15 points.
Jonaie Johnson ended with 14 points on six field goals. The Roos are now 9-0 on the season when Johnson breaks the double-digit mark.
Kansas City dominated the glass, out-rebounding the Roadrunners by 16. Ericka Mattingly led the charge with a team-high eight rebounds, but every Roo that entered the game pulled down at least one board.

Last Time Against California Baptist: KC won, 75-65 (1/25/20)

The Roos scored their first bucket 15 seconds into the game and never looked back, leading wire-to-wire.
Kansas City owned the offensive glass, pulling down 23 offensive rebounds, including eight from Cristina Soriano. The Roos outscored the Lancers 28-9 in second chance points.
Soriano (17 pts/13 reb) and Ericka Mattingly (15 pts/11 reb) both posted double-doubles. It is one of only two games this year where the Roos have posted multiple double-doubles.
The Lancers' Lexy Ram went for 17 points and 12 rebounds. Other than her, no Lancer pulled down more than four boards.

All-Time Series vs. California Baptist

With the Lancers just reclassifying last season, the series between KC and CBU is still young, with the Roos owning a 2-1 advantage.
This will be just the second time that the Roos play in Riverside. They won a 78-74 decision at the CBU Events Center last January.

Second-Place Kansas City Looks to Move Up WAC Standings at CBU

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Players Mentioned

Tajah Foster-Walker

Emily Ivory

Jonaie Johnson

Ericka Mattingly

Cristina Soriano

Second-Place Kansas City Looks to Move Up WAC Standings at CBU

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Tajah Foster-Walker

Emily Ivory

Jonaie Johnson

Ericka Mattingly

Cristina Soriano

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