STEUBENVILLE, OH- The Barons open up the 2019-2020 season against a future PAC rival in Bethany College. Franciscan is coming off a 2-22 (2-16 AMCC) season. The Lady Barons were selected preseason #10 in the AMCC for this coming season. Bethany is coming off a 13-13 season last year under Coach Brian Sansom. They were selected preseason #5 in the PAC for this coming season.
The Basics
Date: Saturday November 9th @ 6 p.m.
Records: Franciscan (0-0) vs. Bethany (0-0)
Location: Nutting Gymnasium - Bethany, WV
Live Video Link: Not Available
Live Stats Link: https://bethanybison.com/sports/wbkb/2019-20/boxscores/20191109_mndi.xml
View our GameDay Notes here
All-Time Series Against Bethany
- Bethany holds the series edge by winning eight of their nine all-time matchups, including wins in the last five meetings.
- Last season Bethany won the matchup 59-44. Kelsie Meintel led the way for the Bison with 14 points and Allison Kuhn added 13 as well.
- Franciscan's last victory against Bethany came on 1/2/14, in a game where Assistant Coach Iliana Gonzales dropped 23 points while going 9-11 from the charity stripe.
Scouting Franciscan
- Franciscan enters the first game of the year coming off a 2-22 season last year, but do return their top two scorers in Angela Starre (11.7 ppg) and Abby Baierl (10.6 ppg)
- The Lady Barons under a new coaching staff will have many different looks on the floor this non-conference.
- The 2018-19 team ended the year with a negative rebounding and turnover margin look for that to change this season with more success.
Scouting Bethany
- Bethany enters this game coming off a 13-13 year last season, and they have hopes of making a run in the PAC tournament this season.
- They graduated their top 2 scorers from last season, Sammie Weiss (13.3 ppg) and Ashley Duthie (10.9 ppg), but return a young core with tons of experience
- Returner Allison Kuhn averages two made threes a game while playing 30 min/g last season
