OPENING TIP
*Lafayette defeated Loyola on Saturday 76-65. Junior Natalie Kucowski and senior Alexis Santarelli combined for 42 points, each putting up 21. Kucowski pulled down 10 boards to record her 16th double double of the season and Santarelli's 21 points was a season-high.
 
*The Leopards beat American in the first meeting earlier this season 67-52. Junior Natalie Kucowski led the Maroon and White with 18 points and senior Alexis Santarelli led with nine rebounds.
 
*American leads the all-time series 42-8.
 
SCOUTING THE EAGLES 
American comes to Kirby coming off a one-point victory over Boston University on Saturday, 55-54. Sophomore Jade Edwards led the Eagles in the game putting up 15 points and pulling down 12 rebounds to mark her second consecutive double double and fourth of the season. The win brought the Eagles Patriot League record to 7-8 and their overall record to 11-14.
 
Edwards leads the Eagles in points (4.6 per game), rebounds (7.0 per game) and blocks (0.8 per game).
 
American is second in the league, right behind Lafayette, in blocked shots averaging 4.4 per game.
 
REBOUNDING QUEEN
On Jan. 8, junior Natalie Kucowski pulled down 12 rebounds pushing her career rebounding total to 856, making her the program's all-time leading rebounder.
 
On Wednesday against Loyola, Kucowski pulled down 10 boards to put her career total at 972 - 28 away from 1,000 career rebounds.
 
When she hits 1,000 career rebounds, she will be the first in program history to have recorded 1,000 career rebounds and 1,000 career points.
 
1k REACHED
On Jan. 11 junior Natalie Kucowski eclipsed the 1,000 point mark, making her the 19th player in program history to hit the milestone.
 
Her 21 points on Saturday puts her scoring total at 1,133 and keeps her at 14th all-time in program history.
 
BLOCKING QUEEN
Junior Natalie Kucowski is now at 182 career blocks, keeping herself in third all-time in the Lafayette record books. She is 24 blocks away from moving into second all-time.
 
LAST MEETING
Lafayette defeated American,  67-53, in Bender Arena on February 1.
 
Four of the five starters for the Leopards totaled double figures. They were led by junior Natalie Kucowski with 18, senior Alexis Santarelli with 14, junior Drew Freeland with 13 and sophomore Nicole Johnson with 11.
 
BEST SINCE THE 90'S
Lafayette's win over Loyola on Saturday marked its ninth league win this season. This is the most league wins the program has seen since the 1993-94 season.
 
SAME FIVE
For the last eighteen games, the Leopards have had the same starting five - seniors Alexis Santarelli and Sarah Agnello, juniors Natalie Kucowski and Drew Freeland and sophomore Nicole Johnson. The starting five is averging a combined 45.7 points per game, 25.1 rebounds per game and 9.8 assists per game.

 
TEAM TAKEOVER
Wednesday's game marks Lafayette's annual Team Takeover event. Introduced during the 2018-19 season, Team Takeover serves to feature the personalities of the team through the use of nicknames and personalized content throughout the day.
 
In addition to each player wearing a warm-up with his nickname on the back, all content for Team Takeover, including videoboard materials, public address announcements, social media graphics, etc., will feature the nicknames throughout the contest. Bitmoji's, cartoon caricatures often used in mobile messaging, will also be incorporated, while all of the in-arena music will be hand-selected by members of the team, including timeouts with videoboard content associated with chosen songs.