Dons Looking to Take Down the Bears

THE RUNDOWN
SAN FRANCISCO – The University of San Francisco's women's basketball team is headed to Greeley, Colo. to match up against the University of Northern Colorado (3-0, 0-0) on Sunday afternoon.

The Dons (1-1, 0-0) are coming off a heartbreaker loss against Washington State that came down to the final seconds. Although it counted as a loss, the showing was a huge improvement from last year's outing against the Cougars in which the Dons were held to 35 points against WSU's 73.

The Dons have not seen UNC since the 2011-12 season when the Colorado visitors defeated USF 85-81. Second-year head coach Molly Goodenbour will look for her team to carry their confidence and momentum into tomorrow's match-up against the Bears.

WHAT'S GOODenbour
On the matchup with the Bears:
"We are looking forward to a competitive game. I've been impressed with UNC's poise, experience and efficiency. They shoot well, don't make a lot of mistakes and they play with a lot of confidence. This should be a good game and a great win for us given how UNC has been competing."

On where USF's mentality is:
"We are ready to bounce back from the WSU game. We are a tougher group than last year. I like our scrappiness so far. One thing is that we need better rebounding from our forward positions and we need to knock down shots more consistently. I think we are excited to get going."

SCOUTING THE BEARS

Voted to win the Big Sky
Redshirt junior Savannah Smith was named to the preseason All-Big Sky team
Returning all five of last season's starters and 78.5 percent of all its minutes played
Off at a 3-0 start
Most recently defeated power-five school LSU, 58-50
Junior center Courtney Smith led the team in the win with 26 points and five rebounds
Savannah Scott leads the Bears in scoring averaging 22.0 per game
The Smiths (Courtney and Savannah) also average in double-digits for scoring per game with 17.3 and 15.7, respectively
C. Smith is tied with Krystal Leger-Walker in pulling in rebounds, each with 17 so far
Leger-Walker is tops with 5.7 assists per game

DONS QUICK HITS

Shannon Powell is leading the team in both scoring and rebounding, averaging 16.5 ppg and 8.5 boards per game
Powell is shooting 40.6 percent
Anna Seilund registered scored 19 points to lead the Dons to their first season win against Cal Poly
Seilund leads the team (with more than five field goals made) in shooting percentage, registering 55.6 percent
Kalyn Simon is tops on the roster with five made three's, contributing to the Dons 15 total trey balls compared to the opponent's nine

GAME DETAILS
The Dons and Bears will tip-off at 1 p.m. PT/2 p.m. MT on Sunday afternoon. You can listen in or keep up with stats to keep up with USF. Follow along with live Twitter updates.

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