COVERAGE
Joe Stuart will be on the road in Tacoma to cover play-by-play duties for the Linfield Sports Network. Live audio coverage for Linfield's doubleheader with Puget Sound will be available along with links to the Loggers' live video and stats feeds.
The LSN will cover Saturday's action from Ted Wilson Gymnasium with live video and stats as the Wildcats take on Lewis & Clark in their final home game of the regular season. The live stream will feature the Senior Night program.
THE RECORDS
Linfield enters the week at 9-12 overall and 5-7 in Northwest Conference play. Puget Sound sits alone atop the NWC standings with an 11-1 league record (18-3 overall). Lewis & Clark is 2-19 overall with a 1-11 NWC mark.
LINFIELD AT A GLANCE
The Wildcats got back in the win column last week with a 56-35 rout of Pacific Lutheran on the road. Sophomore
Elyse Waldal scored a career-high 19 points off the bench against the Lutes, going 8 for 13 from the field while picking up five rebounds, an assist and five steals. Her 47.8 field goal percentage ranks sixth among qualified NWC players while
Jordan Worthington's 49.1 percentage is fifth. Sophomore
Gillyan Landis is fourth in the NWC with 7.4 rebounds per game. The 'Cats will honor
Alexis Heald,
Paige LaFountain, Worthington and
Janessa Yniguez on Senior Night.
PUGET SOUND AT A GLANCE
The Loggers were ranked No. 20 in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25, released Jan. 31. They were also ranked No. 16 in last week's Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) poll. Kennedy Brown is the team's leading scorer with 13.6 points per game, ranking fifth in the NWC. She leads the league with an 89.1 free throw percentage. Sophie Nilsson is second to Brown with 11 points per game. Katie Minnehan's 3.9 steals per game lead the NWC while her 3.3 assists per game are third.
LEWIS & CLARK AT A GLANCE
The Pioneers are looking to snap a nine-game losing streak. Their lone win in NWC play came in a 93-90 road win over Whitworth on Jan. 6. Karli Mukai's 14.7 points per game rank third in the NWC while her three assists per game are fourth. Charlotte Carroll ranks in the league's top 10 with 12 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. Natalie Elstone has dished out 51 assists so far this season while also coming up with a team-leading 31 steals.
HISTORY
Linfield won 11 of its 51 meetings with Puget Sound. The Wildcats are looking for their fourth road win against the Loggers and the first win in the all-time series since 2019-20. The Loggers took the first meeting of the year, winning 76-44 on Jan. 14 in McMinnville.
Linfield is 42-36 in the all-time series with Lewis & Clark. The Wildcats are 19-18 against the Pioneers both at home and on the road. The 'Cats and Pios split the last six meetings. The 'Cats took the first meeting of the 2022-23 season, winning 65-57 on Jan. 13 in Portland.