Benedictine Women's Basketball wraps up their three-game homestand tonight at 5:30 p.m. with Evangel University inside the Ralph Nolan Gymnasium.

Tonight's meeting with Evangel University marks the 68th meeting between the two schools since Benedictine joined the Heart for the 1992-93 season. It also marks the final regular-season conference meeting between the two programs as the Valor leave for the KCAC after the academic year concludes.

While Evangel leads the all-time series, Benedictine leads the series under head coach Chad Folsom and has posted a 12-3 record at home since the 2007-08 season. They have won the last two games at home and three of the last four overall in the series dating back to the 2020-21 season. 

Only Baker (66), Peru State (63) and Park (56) have made fewer 3-pointers this season than Evangel. In 14 games, the Valor have 68 3-pointers and are shooting 25.5 from beyond the 3-point arc – the lowest 3-point percentage behind the 25.2 percent of Park.

Evangel comes to the Ralph Nolan Gymnasium winners of 4 of their last 6, but are coming off a loss to No. 8-ranked Clarke University, 66-50, inside the Ashcroft Center this past Saturday. Over that 6-game stretch, the Valor are averaging 68.7 points – almost a full percentage point higher than their season average. 

Benedictine wraps up a three-game homestand looking for their first Heart win on Dugan Jones Court since beating Graceland 76-39 on Dec. 6. In their three home Heart losses since then, Benedictine is averaging 54.7 points – 8 points lower than their Heart scoring average of 62.7. In 8 home games this season (against NAIA opponents), the Ravens are averaging 69.3 points which is nearly right at their current overall season average. 

Jennifer Jacobs has broken into the top five in the Heart in field goal percentage. In 15 games, she is averaging 51.6 percent from the field off 63 of 122 field goals. Over the last 3 games for the Ravens, Jacobs is leading the team in scoring at 12.3 per game while shooting 52.9 percent from the floor.

Through 15 games, Josie Weishaar is No. 2 in the Heart in 3-pointers with 37. She has made 21 3-pointers in 8 home games (against NAIA opponents) while shooting 34.4 percent. She is shooting 45.6 percent from beyond the arc so far this season.

The Ravens head back out on the road for their next three Heart games. First up, a trip to Olathe to take on the MNU Pioneers on Saturday at 2 p.m. They follow that up on Jan. 16 with a trip to Marshall, Mo., and a game with Missouri Valley before starting the second half of the Heart schedule on Jan. 19 at Baker University in Baldwin City.

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