On Sunday, December 18th at 12PM, the (8-2) Washington Huskies will resume their nonconference schedule by hosting the (1-9) SIUE Cougars at Hec Ed.
The game will be streamed on the Washington Live Stream (GoHuskies.com/Live).
Despite having only one win, SIUE challenged Liberty tougher than the Huskies, losing 78 – 80.
For more context, SIUE lost 43-93 to Iowa State on November 29th, 2022; as well as, losing to Louisville 32-105 on December 6th.
Of course, none of this is relevant to how the Huskies will fare after losing to Liberty at home, 54 – 66.
OFFENSE
SIUE averages 56.4 points per game versus 66.6 points per game by the Huskies.
The Cougars are lead by 5’3″ guard #11 Niya Danfort, their only double figures scorer at 11.3 points per game.
Chart courtesy of CBBAnalytics.
5’8″ guard #24 Sofie Lowis averages 9.8 points per game.
Chart courtesy of CBBAnalytics.
The next highest scoring averages for SIUE are as follows.
5’8″ guard #14 Molly Sheehan averages 8.5 points per game.
Chart courtesy of CBBAnalytics.
6’2″ forward #5 Ajulu Thatha averages 7.8 points per game.
Chart courtesy of CBBAnalytics.
5’6″ guard #33 KK Rodriguez leads the team in assists with 2.8 per game, while averaging 6.5 points per game.
Chart courtesy of CBBAnalytics.
Besides being a low scoring team, the SIUE Cougars do not have a highly efficient offense, shooting 32% overall from the field — 36.0% on two-pointers (mostly in the lane) and only 26.9% from three-point range.
Chart courtesy of CBBAnalytics. Chart courtesy of CBBAnalytics.
