Rockford, Ill. – Dominican University Women’s Basketball travels to Rockford University on Wednesday, February 12th.
Series History vs Rockford:
All-Time Record / Streak: 16-14 / Dominican L2
During the 2023-2024 season, DU and Rockford played a home and home, with DU dropping both contests, the first 48-56 on 1/27/2024 on the road and 43-78 on 2/17/2024 at the Igini Sports Forum.
The last time Dominican defeated Rockford was on February 1st, 2023, by a final score of 66-59 at Rockford.
DU is 9-7 all-time at Rockford.
DU in Review:
-Dominican is currently on an 8-game losing streak.
-DU is averaging 55.0 points per game while allowing opponents to score 66.4 points per game.
-The Stars are currently 3-7 away from the Igini Sports Forum.
-Dominican is 4-11 coming off a loss.
Last Time Out:
-DU’s comeback attempt came up just short at Lakeland on Saturday, February 8th, by a final of 65-70.
-Graduate Student Melissa Gomez led the Stars’ scoring with 16 points.
-Sophomore Kaitlyn Milison recorded her 2nd double-double of the season, finishing with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
-Freshman Chenoa Moss and Freshman Maya Kasuboski added 10 points each in the defeat.
Star Gazing:
-The Stars offense has been led by Graduate Student Melissa Gomez. Gomez averages 10.9 points per game on the season and has been in double figures in 12 of the last 15 games.
- Sophomore Lia Saunders has been all over the court for the Stars consistently this season. Saunders has recorded a stat in points, rebounds, and assists in every single game this season aside from two where she did not pick up an assist or score a point. Saunders leads the team with 54 assists on the year.
-Freshman Danielle Washington is a player to always look out for if she catches fire from downtown. Washington is shooting 28.1% from behind the arc but has multiple games where she has knocked down 5 threes. Washington leads the team with 27 made threes.
-Junior Kamila Gajkowska has the second most rebounds on the team with 85 total rebounds and averages 4 boards per game. Gajkowska leads the team with 11 blocks on the season.
Scouting Report:
-Lakeland is 4-15 overall, with a 3-9 conference record and, is 2-7 on their home court.
-The Regents are coming off a win at Concordia Chicago which snapped their six-game losing streak.
-RU scores 58.2 points per game this season while allowing 67.1 points per game to their opponents.
