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Bonnie Ryan

Omaha Women's Basketball Set to Honor Five Senior on Senior Night

Feb 28, 2024

The Omaha Mavericks are set for their final regular season game ahead of the Summit League Tournament. The Mavericks will host the St. Thomas Tommies on Thursday, Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. where the five seniors will be honored. 

The game can be heard on 1180 The Zone with Jon Schriner on the call. Links to live stats, audio, and video are available on OMavs.com.

Quick Hits
    • The five seniors being honored tomorrow are Aaliyah Stanley, Deanay Watson, Polina Nikulochkina, Katie Keitges, and Ana Nikulochkina
    • The Mavericks host the Tommies with a 6-22 overall record, having gone 4-10 at home and 2-13 in Summit League play. 
    • Omaha last played Kansas City where they fell 72-56. 
    • Omaha was led by Polina Nikulochkina with 11 points who went 4-of-9 from the field and 3-of-4 from the free throw line. Morgann Gardner led the Mavericks in assists with seven. 
    • Omaha was outshot on the field 32% (16-of-50) to 44.1% (30-of-68). They were also just outshot from the arc going 23.5% (4-of-17) to 30% (3-of-10). The Mavericks led on the free throw line, going 76.9% (20-of-26) to 64.3% (9-of-14). 
    • The Mavericks are averaging 17.50 free throws made per game, ranking them second in the country, sitting just behind LSU. 
    • With 73.2 average points per game, the Maverick's scoring offense ranks them 60th among all D1 teams. From the arc, Omaha is shooting a .349 percent, making them one of top 50 in the nation. 
    • Omaha's bench is ranked 26th in the nation for their 25.5 average points. 
    • Grace Cave averages .819 from the free throw line, ranking her 97th among all Division One players. Cave is the team leader in points (326), assists (91), steals (40), and blocks (11). 
    • Deanay Watson, who hit a double-double against Oral Roberts, leads the team with 118 rebounds. 
    • In the victory over South Dakota, Morgann Gardner notched her first double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. 
    • The Mavericks had taken the No. 9 seed going into the Summit League Tournament, placing them in the Friday game in Sioux Falls. 
    
Scouting the St. Thomas Tommies
    • The Tommies look to secure a top-5 seed in the conference tournament next week. 
    • St. Thomas last played South Dakota State where they lost 97-63. 
    • SDSU was aided by a .679 shooting percentage for the game, as the Jackrabbits shot 38-56 from the floor, including a 9-14 clip from three-point range. They also had three players score double-digit points, including Brooklyn Meyer (26), Paige Meyer (23) and Madison Mathiowetz (20). 
    • The Tommies also had three score 10+ points, but only Sammy Opichka scored more than that. The junior forward led the team with a 15-point effort, while Jade Hill and Jo Langbehn each added 10.  
    • Junior guard Phoebe Frentzel has been out of the line up since the Tommies January 27 game at North Dakota. Since then, St. Thomas is just 2-5 against Summit League opponents and averaging just 67.7 points per game. That percentage is aided by the Tommies wins over Omaha and Kansas City. In the last five games, St. Thomas is averaging just 62.2 points per game and has yet to score over 63 points against a Summit League opponent since defeating the Roos 75-55.
    
All-Time Against St. Thomas
Omaha has the leg up on St. Thomas in the all-time series, having gone 3-2. The Mavericks last saw the Tommies on Feb. 1 where they fell in a close 88-83 contest. 
 
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