Wilkes Basketball to Face Goucher For Final Game of the Regular Season
WILKES-BARRE - The Wilkes men's and women's basketball teams will be on the road this Saturday as they face Goucher in their final game of the regular season. The women tip off at 2 p.m. and the men follow at 4 p.m.
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Men's Preview
The Colonels have improved to 18-6 on the season and are 12-5 in conference play, most recently defeating Moravian 85-63 on Wednesday night. Following their matchup with Goucher, the men will be hosting the first round of the Landmark Conference Tournament on Tuesday, February 25 at 7 p.m.
Taking the top spot in the conference in scoring is Lucas Lesko (Northampton, PA/Northampton), who is averaging 21.2 points per game. Cayden Merrifield (Scranton, PA/West Scranton), who is 10th in the conference in scoring, follows behind Lesko, and is averaging 14.9 points per game. Lesko is second in the conference in rebounds with an average of 7.5 per game and Eli Becker (Palmyra, PA/Palmyra) sits in ninth with an average of 5.8 rebounds per game. Merrifield leads the team in assists and is second in the Landmark with an average of 4.5 assists per game. Colin Ackerman (Manasquan, NJ/Wall Township) follows, averaging 2.5 assists per game and is ranked 14th in the conference. Lesko is second in the conference in blocked shots with an average of 1.3 per game and Becker leads the team in steals and is ninth in the conference, averaging 1.6 per game.
The team averages 79.4 points per game offensively, leaving them ranked third in the conference in scoring. The Colonels are shooting .481 from the field, .337 on three point shot attempts and .686 from the free throw line. They are second in the conference in combined team rebounds, with an average of 38.4 per game.
Goucher will be entering Saturday's game with a 4-20 overall record and are 3-14 in conference play, most recently falling to Catholic 78-61 on Wednesday night.
Darnell Morris leads the Gophers in scoring, averaging 12.5 points per game. Chima Egeonu leads in blocked shots with an average of 0.8 per game along with Alex Miller who is averaging 0.7 blocked shots per game.
Offensively, the Gophers are averaging 65.9 points per game and are shooting .426 from the field. On three point shot attempts, they are shooting .320 and from the free throw line they are shooting .676. In combined team rebounds, they are averaging 33.7 rebounds per game.
Women's Preview
The Colonels are currently 0-24 overall and 0-17 in conference play, most recently falling to Moravian on Wednesday night.
In scoring, Yamirelis Matos (Springfield, MA/Chicopee) leads the team and is ranked fifth in the conference with an average of 15.1 points per game. Nadia Evanosky (Dallas, PA/Dallas) follows with an average of 7.7 points per game. Evanosky and Matos also lead in rebounds, with Evanosky at a 7.1 rebound average per game and Matos at 6.6, leaving them at sixth and 10th in the conference. Evanosky leads the team in blocked shots, averaging 0.6 per game, and Maliyah Warren (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville) follows, also with an average of 0.6 blocks per game. Evanosky is also third in the conference in steals with an average of 2.8 per game.
The Colonels are currently averaging 48.4 points per game, and are shooting .289 from the field. On three point shot attempts, they are shooting .208 and from the free throw line they are shooting .652. In combined team rebounds, Wilkes is averaging 35.4 rebounds per game.
The Gophers are currently sitting 13-11 overall so far this season and are 6-11 in conference play, most recently falling to Catholic on Wednesday night.
Meona Boykin leads the conference in scoring with an average of 17.6 points per game while Amira Whitaker follows with an average of 14.4 points per game. Boykin also leads the team in rebounds, averaging 6.4 per game as well as in steals with an average of 4.1 per game. Nia Edens leads in blocked shots with an average of 0.6 blocks per game and is fourth in the conference in steals, averaging 2.7 per game.
The Gophers are averaging 90.6 points per game and are shooting .347 from the field. On three point shot attempts, they are shooting .259 and are shooting .607 from the free throw line. In combined team rebounds, Goucher is averaging 50.9 rebounds per game.
