The 14th-ranked West Virginia women’s basketball team will try to pad another win to their record this afternoon as they face the St. John’s Red Storm at the Lou Carnasecca Arena. The tipoff will be at 2:00 pm.  The Mountaineers have a stellar RPI rating of 20 and figures to be at that steady pace since all their remaining opponents have a winning overall record. St. John’s carry a record of 10-6 with a 1-2 Big East Record.

St. John’s is led by senior guard Kia Wright who certainly knows how to handle the ball. She averages 4.7 assists a game with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.65.  The top scorer on the team is junior Monique McLean.  She averages almost 15 points a game.  What may decide this game is the field goal percentage.  Defensively, WVU and St. John’s are ranked in Top 50 nationally in Field Goal Defense with the Lady John’s giving up 28 percent from the three-point line.

Some interesting stats to counter their defense is the fact that Meg Bulger is shooting 45.5% from three, leading the Big East, while LaQuita Owens is second with 43.4%. Yinka Sanni, who came off a very strong performance against Marquette, comes into the game with almost 60 percent shooting from the field averaging 17.3 points a game.  She is no doubt having an all-Big East type of year which needs to continue to keep up with UConn and Rutgers.

Good luck women and let’s get that W!