(Ann Arbor, MI) The women's basketball team will continue their season on Wednesday night as part of the NCCAA Midwest regional. The Cardinals will be part of the four team regional featuring Cedarville, Grace College, and Roberts Wesleyan College. All four teams will be competing towards the goal of advancing to the NCCAA National Championships next week. The Cardinals will face Grace College for the second time this season as the two teams squared off on December 20th as the Cardinals were victorious, 74-64 (Game Recap)
Game Information
NCCAA Midwest Regional
#3 Concordia vs. #2 Grace
Cedarville University - Cedarville, OH
Thursday, March 11th 7:45 PM
If necessary, the Cardinals will play the winner of Cedarville and Roberts Wesleyan College on Thursday and the Midwest Regional Final.
About the Lancers
The Grace College Lancers will enter their match up with Concordia with an overall record of 18-13 and were 9-9. conference play. The Lacers finished the regular season 5th in the Crossroads League and faced off against Indiana Wesleyan in the first round of the conference tournament, losing 78-58.
The Lancers are led by senior guard, Vironnica Drake with 19.6 points per game, 6.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists per game, and 2.7 steals per game. The Lancers have three averaging double figures with Kyannah Stull and Kamryn Hostetler averaging 18 and 10 points respectively. The Lancers average nearly 80 points per game and force their opponents over 22 turnovers per game.
This the second time the Cardinals and Lancers squared off in the Midwest regional as the Lancers were victorious 75-69on March 1st, 2018. Despite the loss, the Cardinals secured an at-large to the NCCAA National Championships and eventually fell in the championship game.
Team Stats
CUAA Grace
SCORING 2039 2475
Points per game 68.0 79.8
FIELD GOALS-ATT 749-1844 842-2084
Field Goals percentage .406 .404
Field Goals made per game 24.9 27.2
3 POINT FIELD GOALS-ATT 171-584 293-889
3-point Field Goals percentage .293 .330
3-point Field Goals made per game 5.7 9.5
FREE THROWS-ATT 370-530 498-645
Free throw percentage .698 .772
Free throws made per game 12.3 16.1
REBOUNDS 1145 1183
Rebounds per game 38.16 38.2
ASSISTS 396 431
Assists Per Game 13.2 13.9
TURNOVERS 579 429
Turnovers per game 19.3 13.8
STEALS 344 387
Steals per game 11.4 12.5
BLOCKS 87 48
Blocks per game 2.9 1.5
NCCAA National Tournament
The winner of the NCCAA Midwest Regional receives an automatic bid to the NCCAA National Championships March 18th - 21st at Grace College, Winona Lake, IN. For more information regarding the NCCAA and the national championship, visit here.