Complete Notes
Upcoming in Gray Wolves Basketball:  Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference play opens for Lourdes basketball this week with a pair of league games.  The Gray Wolves host Siena Heights on Wednesday evening before taking to the road on Saturday afternoon to battle Michigan-Dearborn.

Head Coach Tandy Bradford: In her third season on the Lourdes bench, Tandy Bradford sports a 20-41 (.328) record at the helm of the Gray Wolves.  In her fifth season overall as a collegiate head coach, Bradford has a 41-100 (.291) career mark.  She is the fifth head coach in Lourdes program's history.

Series Notes: Siena Heights has won all 24 previous meetings against the Gray Wolves in a series that dates back to Dec. 3, 2011.  Last year the Saints recorded an 81-75 win in Adrian, Mich. and a 70-67 victory inside the Ebeid Rec Center.  Siena Heights is 7-0 against Lourdes all-time in the Ebeid Rec Center.  Michigan-Dearborn holds a 13-9 all-time advantage against the Gray Wolves in a series that began Jan. 14, 2012.  The two schools split a pair of contests last season with Lourdes winning 91-86 in the Ebeid Rec Center and the Wolverines posting a 67-59 win in Dearborn, Mich.  Michigan-Dearborn is 6-3 against Lourdes in Dearborn, Mich. but the two schools have not met on the Wolverines' campus since Dec. 4, 2019.

Wrapping Up Last Week: The Gray Wolves took to the road for the first time this season on Friday (Nov. 10), suffering their first setback of the year 79-68 at Mount Vernon Nazarene.  Mercedes Wagner scored a team-high 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting while Macie Stringfellow notched a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds.  Shae Pedroza also scored 10 points.

Scouting Siena Heights: The Saints are still looking for their first win of the season after falling 48-41 at home against Indiana Tech in their WHAC opener on Saturday.  Kayla Hinton leads Siena Heights averaging 13.0 points per game.  Jakarri Alven adds 11.5 points while Madison Vice chips in 10.0 points per contest for the Saints.  Olivia DeLong leads the team on the glass, grabbing 7.0 rebounds per contest.

Facing the Michigan-Dearborn: The Wolverines have dropped two straight games following a 98-50 loss at home to Indiana-South Bend on Saturday afternoon.  Maya Barakat leads Michigan-Dearborn averaging 10.3 points and 7.8 rebounds per game thus far this season.  Jordan Banks has added 10.0 points per outing.  

WHAC Openers: Lourdes is 2-10 all-time in Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference openers entering Wednesday's game against Siena Heights.  Lourdes has dropped four consecutive league openers after the Gray Wolves fell in their first WHAC game of the 2022-2023 season on the road at Concordia (Mich.) 64-50.  Lourdes last won a league opener on the road at Madonna 74-52 on Nov. 17, 2018.  The Gray Wolves and Saints have never met in Lourdes' WHAC opener prior to this year.

Stringfellow Notches First Career Double-Double: Macie Stringfellow recorded her first double-double of her career, and the first for a Gray Wolf this season, last Saturday with her 12-point, 12-rebound performance at Mount Vernon Nazarene.  The 12 boards tie Stringfellow's career high which she set last season at home against Cornerstone.

Scoring Inside: The Gray Wolves have tallied at least 30 points in the paint in each of their first two games this season.  Lourdes has tallied 68 points in the lane over the two games, accounting for more than half of the team's 135 total points on the year.

Making Shots: Shae Pedroza, Mercedes Wagner, and Macie Stringfellow, the Gray Wolves' top three scorers thus far this season, are all shooting better than 50% from the floor.  Pedroza paces Lourdes with 11.5 points per game and is connecting at a 58.8% (10-of-17) clip while Wagner has added 10.0 points per outing and is shooting 58.3%.  Stringfellow has averaged 9.0 points per contest while shooting 53.3% from the field.

Active Scoring Leaders: Shae Pedroza leads all Gray Wolf players with 813 points over the last four years in a Gray Wolf uniform.  Mercedes Wagner just surpassed 600 career points at Lourdes and enters the week with 601 over her three seasons wearing the terra cotta and black.

Reaching 100: The victory over Adrian on Nov. 4 was the Gray Wolves 100th in the women's basketball program's history.  Lourdes began playing women's basketball in the 2011-2012 season and is now 100-246 all-time.

Lourdes Tabbed Sixth in WHAC Preseason Poll: The Gray Wolves were selected to finish in sixth place in the WHAC this season in the preseason poll conducted of the league's head coaches.  Lourdes was picked just behind Rochester (Mich.) and just ahead of Lawrence Tech in the balloting.  Indiana Tech was tabbed as the unanimous preseason favorite.

This and That: The Gray Wolves are 4-3 all-time in overtime contests but have not played one since Feb. 27, 2021, a 91-84 setback at Concordia (Mich.) in the WHAC tournament semifinals ... Lourdes is outscoring opponents 68-55 in the first half but being outscored 74-67 in the second half this season.