By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn University women's basketball will hit the floor Friday and Saturday in San Antonio, Texas, competing in the St. Mary's Thanksgiving Classic.
Senior Gabi Giovannetti notched her first collegiate double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds in last Saturday's 66-44 Washburn win over MSU Denver. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]The 3-1 Ichabods will face St. Mary's at 6 p.m. on Friday and Texas A&M-Kingsville at 2 p.m. on Saturday in Bill Greehey Arena.
St. Mary's enters the week with a 3-0 record while Texas A&M University-Kingsville enters the tournament 0-2 on the year.
Senior Yibari Nwidadah is averaging a team-high 13.8 points and 7.0 rebounds for Washburn in just 21.0 minutes per game on the season. Nwidadah has started every game and is shooting 63.9 percent from the floor.
Senior Payton Sterk is also scoring in double figures for the Ichabods at 11.8 points per game and has hit seven 3-pointers.
Junior Britany Kogbara has provided a spark off the bench for the Ichabods, averaging 10.8 points and 4.3 points a game while shooting 64.5 percent from the field.
Senior Gabi Giovannetti is averaging 10.0 points and 5.3 rebounds with a team-high eight triples after recording her first career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds in last Saturday's 66-44 win over Metropolitan State of Denver.
Sterk finished with 14 points while Kogbara had 12 points and five rebounds in Saturday's win.
Allie Garcia leads St. Mary's with an 11.7 scoring average while Christin Callens averages 10.3 points and Raynne averages a team-high 10 rebounds.
Justine Aguilar leads Texas A&M-Kingsville with a 9.5 scoring average.
Washburn will begin MIAA play next Thursday, hosting Nebraska-Kearney in a 5:30 p.m. contest in Lee Arena.
