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Upcoming in Gray Wolves Basketball: The 2014-2015 women's basketball season comes to a close this week for Lourdes University with a pair of challenging games.  The Gray Wolves host second-ranked Davenport on Wednesday evening for Senior Night before taking to the road on Saturday afternoon to face Northwestern Ohio in the season finale.

Head Coach Karen McConnell: In her second season on the Lourdes bench Karen McConnell has a 14-43 (.246) record.  Overall as a women's collegiate head coach, McConnell has a 294-290 (.503) record in her 22nd season.  She is only the second head coach in Lourdes program's history.

Series Notes: Davenport leads the all-time series with Lourdes 7-0 dating back to Jan. 4, 2012 after downing the Gray Wolves earlier this season 96-34 in Grand Rapids, Mich.  The Panthers have been ranked in the top-10 in the nation in all seven prior meetings against Lourdes.  Davenport holds a 3-0 edge in the series in games played at Tam-o-Shanter.  Northwestern Ohio has won all seven previous meetings against the Gray Wolves in a series that dates back to Jan. 18, 2012.  The Racers scored a 70-59 win at Tam-o-Shanter back on Jan. 3.  Siena Heights holds a 3-0 series edge in Lima, Ohio.    

Wrapping Up Last Week: Lourdes overcame just 20% shooting from the floor in the second half and 3-of-22 shooting from three-point range on Wednesday evening to score a 65-62 victory over Marygrove in overtime.  The Gray Wolves led by six points early in the second half before going nearly 10 minutes without a field goal before Lourdes pulled out the victory in the extra session.  Jesse Fidler and Lauren Tilden led the Gray Wolves with 16 points each in the victory.  On Saturday, 22nd-ranked Siena Heights went on a 25-0 run over a nine-minute span midway through the first half on the way to defeating Lourdes 73-45 in Adrian, Mich.  Fidler led the Gray Wolves with 10 points while Emily Orsini added nine.  Lourdes shot just 30.8% from the floor for the game while the Saints connected at a 54.7% clip.

Scouting Davenport: The Panthers enter the final week of the regular season as one of two unbeaten teams (Morningside) remaining in NAIA Division II.  Davenport is coming off of a 78-34 victory at home against Concordia (Mich.) on Saturday afternoon.  Daina Grazulis leads the way for the Panthers averaging 15.3 points and 7.8 rebounds per game while Tiesha Stokes adds 10.6 points per night.  As a team Davenport leads all of NAIA Division II allowing just 48.6 points per game while outscoring the opposition by 32.4 points per night.  The Panthers are shooting 47.3% from the floor, third best in the country, while holding opponents to just a 32.4% clip, second in the nation.

Scouting Northwestern Ohio: The Racers have won two straight games and six of their last eight overall following a 70-68 victory at Indiana Tech on Saturday afternoon.  Northwestern Ohio hosts Madonna on Wednesday before closing the regular season against Lourdes on Saturday.  Madison Coldren leads the way for the Racers averaging 15.6 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.  Sammi Dervisevic adds 11.4 points per contest, having made 59 three-pointers on the season.  As a team Northwestern Ohio ranks 13th in the country shooting 44.3% from the floor and 14th nationally scoring 77.6 points per game.

Thanks Seniors: Lourdes six seniors will be honored prior to tip-off of Wednesday evening's game with Davenport.  Kaitlyn Cramer, Jessica Durr, Emily Orsini, and Lauren Tilden are the first four-year players in program history while Hailey Schroeder and Tara Yurek both transferred to Lourdes for their final two seasons.

Working Overtime: Lourdes victory over Marygrove on Wednesday night was the Gray Wolves second overtime triumph this season.  All-time the Gray Wolves are 4-0 when playing an extra five minutes.

A Freshman Leading the Way: Jesse Fidler led Lourdes in scoring in both games last week.  The freshman scored 16 points against Marygrove to share the team's top honor before tallying 10 points on Saturday at Siena Heights as the only player to finish in double figures.  Fidler, who is second on the squad averaging 9.1 points per game this season, has led the team in scoring five times overall.

Closing in on 300: Lauren Tilden ranks 11th nationally in three-point shooting, averaging 2.86 triples per contest.  She is closing in on 300 for her career.  Tilden enters the week having made 80 treys on the season and 296 in her four-year career.

Facing Ranked Foes: Lourdes will play its sixth ranked opponent of the season on Wednesday night when the Gray Wolves take on Davenport.  In program history Lourdes has played 24 ranked teams, with the lone win coming back on Nov. 5, 2011 at 18th-ranked Indiana-Northwest.

Defending the Arc: Lourdes is holding teams to just 29.8% shooting from three-point range this season, a mark that ranks 50th best among all NAIA Division II programs.  

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 (14.0 ppg), Jesse Fidler (9.1 ppg), and Emily Orsini (8.1 ppg) have started all 26 games this season and are the team's top three leading scorers ... Charee Jones made her collegiate varsity debut Saturday against Siena Heights.