CONWAY, Ark.-(Weber State SID) Monday, the Weber State women’s basketball team seeks to continue its season as they travel to Conway, Ark. to face the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears in the Women’s Basketball Invitational.
The Wildcats have previously had success in the WBI, advancing to the 2016 championship game in the event, only to fall to the Louisiana-Lafayette (now Louisiana) Ragin’ Cajuns 87-85.
Overall in the event, the Wildcats have a 4-1 all-time record.
The proficient Wildcats are Top 20 nationally (out of 349 Division I women’s basketball teams) in several key categories, such as 7th in 3-point field goals per game at 10.3.
The Wildcats are currently 21-10 on the season and are led by redshirt senior guard Larryn Brooks.
The 5’6″ star guard out of Richmond, Ky. averages 20.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game for the Wildcats. Her contributions on the season netted her Big Sky Conference first-team honors as well as Newcomer of the Year honors after transferring from Texas Tech.
The Sugar Bears, who represent the Southland Conference, are 23-9 on the season and led by 6’0″ senior forward Taylor Baudoin who averages 15.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game.
This evening also represents the first game in history between these two programs.
