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Uju Ezeudu

Women's Basketball

DU Hosts Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday

SCOUTING PURDUE FORT WAYNE
•    Purdue Fort Wayne is on a three game losing streak, including an 83-74 loss to Western Illinois in its last contest on Feb. 4.
•    The Mastodons dropped their first six league games, before earning their lone Summit League win of the season on Jan. 26, 58-57, over Omaha.
•    Purdue Fort Wayne is last in the Summit League in scoring offense (57.9), field-goal percentage (36.7), assists per game (9.3), and rebounds per game (30.3).
•    Hannah Albrecht is scoring a team-best 13.5 points per game and Sh'Toya Sanders leads the team with a rebounding average of 9.3.

BATTLE AT THE LINE
•    Denver and Purdue Fort Wayne are ranked first and second in the Summit League, while also ranking nationally in free throw percentage.
•    The Pioneers lead the Summit League and rank 16th in the entire NCAA at 76.6 percent.
•    The Mastodons are shooting 75.7 percent from the line for the second best in the Summit League and 30th highest in the entire nation.

SENIOR DUO
•    Madison Nelson and Lauren Loven are the highest scoring tandem in the Summit League.
•    Nelson is averaging 17.6 points per game for the second most in the league, while Loven is sixth at 13.9.

HEATING UP
•    Freshman Meghan Boyd and Loven have each scored in double figures in four straight games, while combining for 32 of Denver's 40 3s over the last five games.
•    Loven is averaging 15.6 points per contest and shooting 52.8 percent from behind the arc over the Pioneers' last five contests.
•    In the last five games, Boyd is pouring in 14.4 points per game and averaging 2.6 made 3s per game over that span.

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Players Mentioned

Lauren Loven

#3 Lauren Loven

Guard
5' 7"
Junior
Madison Nelson

#23 Madison Nelson

Forward
6' 1"
Junior
Meghan Boyd

#0 Meghan Boyd

Guard
5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Lauren Loven

#3 Lauren Loven

5' 7"
Junior
Guard
Madison Nelson

#23 Madison Nelson

6' 1"
Junior
Forward
Meghan Boyd

#0 Meghan Boyd

5' 11"
Freshman
Guard