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Upcoming in Gray Wolves Basketball: For the second straight Wednesday evening Lourdes heads to Grand Rapids, Mich. as the Gray Wolves face Aquinas this week.  Lourdes returns home on Saturday afternoon to entertain Indiana Tech for the opening contest of a three-game homestand to close out the month of January.

Head Coach Karen McConnell: In her second season on the Lourdes bench Karen McConnell has an 12-37 (.245) record.  Overall as a women's collegiate head coach, McConnell has a 292-284 (.507) record in her 22nd season.  She is only the second head coach in Lourdes program's history.

Series Notes: Aquinas holds a 7-0 mark all-time against the Gray Wolves dating back to Nov. 30, 2011.  The Saints were 69-67 victors at Tam-o-Shanter in the first meeting of the season between the two schools.  Aquinas holds a 3-0 series edge in games played in Grand Rapids, Mich.  Indiana Tech is 6-1 all-time against Lourdes in a series that dates back to Jan. 7, 2012.  The Warriors won the first meeting between the two teams 67-59 in Fort Wayne.  Indiana Tech has won both previous meetings between the two schools at Tam-o-Shanter.

Wrapping Up Last Week: Lourdes shot just 29.2% from the floor and committed 27 turnovers on Wednesday evening as the Gray Wolves fell 96-34 to #2 Davenport on the road.  Lauren Tilden led Lourdes in scoring with eight points.  On Saturday afternoon, #24 Madonna shot 55.8% from the floor for the day in a 79-60 victory over the Gray Wolves.  Jesse Fidler led Lourdes with 13 points while Jessica Durr added 11 more.

Scouting Aquinas: The Saints have dropped two straight games following a 73-67 setback at Indiana Tech on Saturday afternoon.  Allison Heberlein leads Aquinas scoring 15.4 points per game while grabbing 7.0 rebounds per contest.  Chelsea Matley adds 12.6 points per game for the Saints.  Matley ranks 16th in NAIA Division II averaging 3.1 steals per contest as well.  Aquinas is shooting just 36.7% from the floor and 23.9% from three-point range as a team on the season.

Scouting Indiana Tech: The Warriors have won back-to-back games after downing Aquinas 73-67 at home on Saturday afternoon.  Indiana Tech hosts Marygrove on Wednesday before visiting Lourdes on Saturday.  Taylor Carver, who played for the first time for the Warriors on Dec. 30, leads the team averaging 14.5 points per game.  Taylor Seiss adds 14.2 points per contest while Linsey Masnari chips in 13.7 points per night.  Baylee Rinehart is the fourth Warrior averaging double figures, tallying 13.0 points per game.

Freshman Paced the Offense: In Saturday's loss to Madonna, Jesse Fidler led the Gray Wolves in scoring for the first time in her career.  The rookie tallied 13 points on 6-of-13 shooting for her seventh double figure scoring night of her young career.  The 13 points were two shy of her season high of 15 which she has accomplished on three occasions this season.  On the season Fidler is averaging 8.8 points per game, second most on the team.

Filling Up the Stat Sheet: Lauren Tilden did a little of everything on Saturday afternoon versus Madonna.  The senior guard scored eight points, grabbed eight rebounds, and registered six steals defensively for the Gray Wolves.  Tilden also handed out a pair of assists while playing 38 minutes.  Her six rebounds led the team for the first time this season.

Longest Homestand of the Year: The three-game homestand for the Gray Wolves that begins on Saturday will match Lourdes longest of the season.  Lourdes was also home three straight games from Jan. 3-10, a stretch in which the Gray Wolves posted a 1-2 mark.  

Postseason Implications: Wednesday's game at Aquinas is a big one for the Gray Wolves if they have aspirations of making the WHAC tournament.  The top eight teams make the postseason event and Lourdes is currently in ninth place.  Aquinas, which is in eighth place, has a three-game lead in the standings over the Gray Wolves with 10 games remaining on the schedule.

A Second Half Scoring Team: Lourdes has scored 84 more points in the second half this season than during the opening 20 minutes.  The Gray Wolves are tallying 28.9 points during the first half of games compared with 33.1 points over the final stanza.  Lourdes opponents are scoring 34.3 points per game in the first half and 36.3 points over the final 20 minutes.

Free Throw Woes: Lourdes has struggled from the free throw line all season, shooting just 59.8% from the charity stripe.  Only three times have the Gray Wolves shot better than 67% from the line in a game.  Lauren Tilden is the lone Gray Wolf (with more than four attempts) shooting better than 70% from the line individually, connecting at a 72.3% clip.

Captains Named: Lourdes has two captains on the roster this season.  Serving in the leadership role for 2014-2015 are Lauren Tilden and Emily Orsini.  Tilden is a two-time team captain, having also served in that role in 2012-2013, while Orsini is in her first season as a team captain.

This and That: Lauren Tilden ranks seventh in NAIA Division II making 3.10 three-pointers per game ... Tilden, Jesse Fidler, and Emily Orsini have started all 20 games this season ... 17 different players have seen the floor for the Gray Wolves this season ... Jessica Durr has seven double figure rebounding games this season compared with six double figure scoring efforts ... Lourdes opponents have outrebounded the Gray Wolves by seven boards total this season.