The Hope College women's basketball team meets Wisconsin-Whitewater for the second time in the NCAA Division III Tournament on Friday in first-round action at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.
Tipoff is 5 p.m. The winner advances to Saturday's 6 p.m. second-round game against either Thomas More or Eureka, Illinois.
Scouting Report
Records: Hope - 22-4, Whitewater - 22-5
Rankings: Hope - 15th WBCA, 18th D3hoops.com; Whitewater - unranked
Points Per Game: Hope - 79.9; Whitewater - 67.1
Points Allowed: Hope - 58.6; Whitewater - 57.9
Leading scorers: Hope - C Francesca Buchanan 15.7; Whitewater - Brooke Trewyn 15.0
Against Whitewater, the Flying Dutch are 2-1 all-time and 0-1 in NCAA Tournament play. They last met in 2013, with Hope winning 63-52 during the regular season and Whitewater winning 65-60 in the sectional finals.
The Flying Dutch own a 31-15 record in NCAA Tournament action. They are 10-7 in first-round games.
The Flying Dutch's seven-game win streak in first-round NCAA Tournament games was snapped last season with a 73-72 loss to Carnegie-Mellon, Pennsylvania at DeVos Fieldhouse.
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