Women's Basketball | 1/28/2020 10:00:00 AM

STORM LAKE, Iowa (January 28, 2020) - The Buena Vista women's basketball team returns to action following a week off and will be hosting Nebraska Wesleyan on Wednesday night as the Beavers begin the second half of their conference schedule.

GAME DETAILS
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 | Storm Lake, Iowa | P.H. Siebens Fieldhouse | 5:30 p.m.
Nebraska Wesleyan (5-11, 2-7 A-R-C) at Buena Vista (1-16, 0-8 A-R-C) | WATCH | STATS

LAST TIME OUT
The Beavers closed out the first half of their A-R-C schedule last Wednesday night at Central College.  BVU cut a 17-point halftime deficit down to nine points midway through the third quarter but that was as close as they could get en route to a 71-56 loss to the Dutch.  Senior Destiny Einerwold scored a team-high 17 points and grabbed nine boards.  Erin Gerke made three long range buckets and followed with 14 points. 

SERIES OUTLOOK
It'll be the 43rd all-time meeting when the two teams take the floor on Wednesday night.  The Prairie Wolves have won the last three contests, including a 99-74 victory in what was the conference opener for BVU.  The Beavers won 11 straight from 2001-2009 and are 6-2 against NWU inside Siebens Fieldhouse since the start of the 2000 campaign.  The first-ever meeting was back in 1982-83 and was an 80-72 victory for BVU.

SCOUTING NEBRASKA WESLEYAN
The Prairie Wolves are looking to snap a current seven-game losing streak after starting conference play at 2-0.  During the current skid the team has allowed over 100 points four times and reached 70 points just once over the last five.  The team's last win came back on December 7 against the University of Dubuque (95-85).  Caitlin Navratil continues to shine and lead the way, sitting atop the conference in scoring at 23.3ppg and is the only player in the league turning in at least 20.0ppg.  She's fourth in the league in both field goal and free-throw percentage and is fifth in three-point makes per contest.  McKenzie Teten has provided a boost of the bench as she is second on the team in scoring at 9.9 and in steals with 36.  As a team, NWU is shooting just under 40 percent from the field and averaging 72.0ppg for the year.  It is grabbing 32 rebounds per game and is being out-rebounded by nearly 17 per night.

ABOUT BUENA VISTA
The Beavers are going after their first conference win of the year as they begin the second half of their league schedule.  The team is averaging 59.0ppg, shooting 36 percent for the field and 29 percent from downtown.  Senior Destiny has scored in double figures in all but one game for the year and leads the team and ranks third in the conference at 16.8ppg.  She's also eighth in field goal percentage and seventh in free-throw percentage.  Her 42 made free-throws and 51 attempts during conference play both are tops among any player in the league.  The team sits eighth, just ahead of the Prairie Wolves, in scoring defense at 84.6ppg.  They also sit eighth in rebounding margin at -9.7rpg.  Aside from Einerwold, junior Erin Gerke sits second on the team in scoring at 11.5ppg.  She leads the way in  assists with 52, steals with 37 and three-point baskets (26).  Jennifer Schneider leads the team in rebounding at 5.4rpg.  

ON DECK
The Beavers are back on the road this Saturday, February 1, as they make the trip to Decorah, Iowa, to face Luther College at 2 p.m.