BROOKLYN, N.Y. --- The LIU Brooklyn women's basketball team will play its final game before Christmas, last game of the non-conference slate, and penultimate game of 2017 on Wednesday evening against Navy, .
QUICK HITS
- The Blackbirds are looking to bounce back after a 72-38 setback against Manhattan at home on December 16. Against the Jaspers, graduate transfer Denisha Petty-Evans led LIU with 11 points, continuing her season-long streak of double-digit scoring performances (10 in a row).
- LIU also set a new season-high as a team by knocking down 17 free throws. The last time a Blackbird team hit 17 or more free throws was in the 2016-17 season finale at Wagner (21) on February 27.
- Petty-Evans and freshman Jeydah Johnson still pace the team on the offensive end at 16.1 and 13.2 points per game, respectively. Senior DeAngelique Waithe continues to snare rebounds at a 7.5 per game clip and redshirt junior Drew Winter is dishing out assists at a rate of 4.8 per game.
- No matter the outcome, LIU will go into Northeast Conference play with a sign of program progress - its most non-league wins (four or five) since 2011-12, when the Blackbirds went 11-2 in non-conference action.
- Navy enters Wednesday's matchup after having its season-opening nine-game winning streak snapped in an 94-87 overtime loss to a New Mexico team received votes in the latest national polls.
- LIU trails the five-game all-time series with Navy, 2-3, but have won the last two meetings, including a 68-66 win in their last contest on December 2, 2016.
- The Mids are led by senior Taylor Dunham (15.4 ppg), sophomore Kaila Clark (8.6 rpg), and senior Hannah Fenske (3.7 apg).
NEXT UP
LIU will close 2017 and open NEC play with a Battle of Brooklyn matchup against St. Francis Brooklyn on Friday, December 29 at 2 p.m. at the Steinberg Wellness Center.