By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn University women's basketball will finish its road swing through the Show Me State at 1:30 p.m. Saturday against the Missouri Western State Griffons in the Civic Arena.
Senior Aubrey Dewey scored 18 points to lead the way as Washburn rallied for a 66-64 road win at Northwest Missouri State on Wednesday. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn will play its final road game of 2023 on Saturday against the Griffons before turning to Lee Arena next Tuesday to host Northeastern State in a 2 p.m. contest.
Saturday's game is being played in the St. Joseph Civic Arena, with the game moved due to graduation ceremonies in the Missouri Western Arena.
Washburn is coming off a 66-64 road win at No. 23 Northwest Missouri State on Wednesday. WU is now 7-2 overall on the year and has gone 2-1 in the MIAA.
The Griffons are off to a 7-3 start on the year and are 3-2 in the MIAA after an 80-60 win over Emporia State on Thursday.
Sophomore Yibari Nwidadah is averaging a double-double for the Ichabods and has registered six double-doubles this season. She is is tied for the team scoring lead with a 13.6 average while also pulling down a team-best 10.8 rebounds per game.
Nwidadah is shooting a team-best 58.6 percent from the floor.
Senior Aubrey Dewey is also averaging 13.6 points for the Ichabods while playing a team high 32.4 minutes per game. She also averages 6.3 assists and from the point guard position, Dewey is second on the team with 5.7 rebounds per game and has come away with 1.8 steals per contest.
Aniah Wayne is scoring 10.2 points per game this season and leads the Ichabods with 19 3-pointers.
WU is 14th in the nation in scoring margin as the Ichabods have outscored teams by an average of 20.2 points per game.
On the defensive end the Ichabods are sixth in the nation in field goal percentage defense with opponents shooting a combined 33.0 percent. That ranks first in the conference.
Connie Clarke paces the Griffons with a 13.2 scoring average. She also pulls down a team high 7.8 rebounds per game while coming away with 2.5 steals per game.
