MINUTES INCREASE
    Freshman guard Talia Zurinskas is averaging 19.1 minutes per game over her last 11 games, as she's emerged as a key player off the bench for the Leopards. On Feb. 8 vs. Colgate, the Allentown, Pa. native tallied a career-high 13 points on 6-9 shooting from the floor.

SCOUTING ARMY
    The Black Knights finished their non-conference slate at 8-2 and won their fourth-consecutive league game 69-54 vs. Bucknell (2/22) on Saturday.  Army sits in second place in the conference (12-3) with head coach Missy Traversi in her fourth season at the helm.
    Saturday marks the 74th meeting, between the Leopards and Black Knights after Army captured a 74-65 victory in the first meeting of the season in Easton on Jan. 15.
    Sam Tillson (17) and Fiona Hastick (13) combined for 30 points vs. Bucknell. Trinity Hardy leads Army in scoring (13.2 ppg) and Reese Ericson is second on the team in points (10.6). Hastick is an additional scoring threat for the Black Knights, averaging 10.4 ppg.  Hardy ranks third in the conference in scoring and eighth in assists (3.2 apg). The senior guard is also one-of-two players in the conference that averages two or more steals per game (2.2).
    Army shot 40.4 percent from the floor, 34.6 percent from beyond the arc and 82.4 percent from the charity stripe in its win over the Bison. The Black Knights rank fourth in the conference in scoring (63.6 ppg) and second in defensive rating, holding their opponents to 56.6 points per game.  As a team on the season,  Army is shooting 40.2 percent from the field and ranks third in rebounding (34.9 rpg).

LAST TIME OUT
    Sophomore guard Teresa Kiewiet netted a game-high 26 points on Feb. 22 at Kirby Sports Center, but the Leopards fell short in the end, 75-61 to Lehigh. Lehigh had four players finish in double figures and senior Ella Stemmer led the visitors in scoring with 21 points.

KEEP 'EM COMING
    The Leopards are shooting 78.5 percent from the foul line this season, which ranks third amongst their Patriot League competitors. Sophomore guard Teresa Kiewiet leads the Maroon and White through 26 games, shooting 87.8 percent.

MAKING HISTORY
    The Leopards' home contest vs. No. 6 Notre Dame (Nov. 17) was the first time Lafayette women's basketball hosted a nationally-ranked opponent within the 
Patriot League era.

CLUTCH AT THE WIRE
    Lafayette is 3-1 this season in games that have been decided by three points or fewer.

PINK OUT/NGWSD
    Lafayette kicked off February with its annual Pink Out/National Girls and Women in Sports Day Game on Feb.1. Members of the Kay Yow Foundation were in attendance as the Leopards showed their annual support for cancer research.

 SCHOOL DAY GAME
    On Jan. 15 Lafayette women's basketball hosted its fifth-annual School Day Game. More than 1,100 fifth and sixth grade students from the Easton Area School District came to Kirby Sports Center for a day of fun and to support the Leopards take on Army.

ANTOGNOLI AVERAGES
    On her way to her second consecutive All-Patriot League Third-Team selection, senior guard Abby Antognoli was a focal point of the Leopards' offense last season. The Economics major averages 12.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 3.7 apg and is ranked second in the conference in assists and ninth in scoring.
      
JUNIOR DUO
    Junior guards Kay Donahue and Sauda Ntaconayigize have been constant threats from all over the floor this season, shooting 39.1 and 38.0 percent respectively. Donahue was a main option on offense through Lafayette's first 21 games, but Ntaconayigize can also score the ball, averaging 7.3 points per outing. Both Leopards average 25 minutes or better per contest.

1,000-POINT SCORER
    Program history was made on Dec. 1 in the team's game at Monmouth, as 
senior guard Abby Antognoli became the Leopards' 21st 1,000 career-points scorer with her fifth field goal (in the fourth quarter).

STARTING FIVE
    Lafayette used the same starting lineup for 10-straight games before sophomore guard Teresa Kiewiet broke into the lineup at home versus Army (1/15). Guards Abby Antognoli, Halee Smith, Kay Donahue, Sauda Ntaconayigize and forward Tasha Chudy have been the mainstays in the lineup for the majority of the season. Chudy got her first career starting nod versus St. Francis and has started every game since. Donahue broke into Damon-Olson's lineup against Notre Dame (11/17) and finished the day with a career-high 18 points versus the nationally-ranked foe. The Leopards have used the same lineup in their last 11 games.

UPCOMING PROMOTIONS
    Senior Day will take place on Mar. 1 against Boston U. 

EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMICS
    Lafayette's athletic programs stood out among the nation's best last fall in the NCAA's Division I annual Graduation Success Rate (GSR) release. College Hill claimed a 97 percent GSR overall for the second straight year based on the 19 sports measured while 16 Leopard teams, including women's basketball, achieved a graduation success rate of 100 percent.