WU women cap hectic day with 63-51 win over fill-in foe Haskell
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- Created: Wednesday, 23 November 2022 16:39
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Wednesday was a hectic day for first-year Washburn University women's basketball coach Lora Westling, but it ended with a 63-51 non-conference victory over Haskell Indian Nations University at Lee Arena.
Washburn freshman Natalia Figueroa (23) scored a team-high 13 points with three three-pointers in the Ichabods' 63-51 win over Haskell Wednesday night at Lee Arena. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Junior Lauren Cassaday scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds in Washburn's 63-51 win over Haskell Wednesday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Westling found out at about 10:30 a.m. that Washburn's scheduled opponent, Central Christian College, would be unable to play Wednesday due to COVID protocols.
The Ichabods' two options were either to not play on Wednesday or find a fill-in opponent and Haskell answered the call to come to Topeka with seven available players.
"Our A.D., Loren (Ferre') told me at 10:30 and I said, 'Can I have 15 minutes just to see if we can find somebody?' '' Westling said. "There's a reason we really wanted to play it here. We had a lot of kids with family in town and it's a great last tuneup before we start conference play.
"It was just a really ideal time for us to play and fortunately Haskell was able to make the trip. We knew they were going to be pretty challenging but it's a lot of respect and we're really grateful that they made the trip.''
Coming off a 52-47 loss to Rockhurst last Saturday, junior Lauren Cassaday said it was important to be able to play and get a win on Wednesday.
"It was good to have a win, especially going into conference play,'' Cassaday. "It's good to be able to take some confidence in, but we still have a high ceiling that we've still got to fill. I think we have a lot of potential on this team and we've just got to find it.''
