Leathernecks Set for Final Road Trip

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | By: WIU Athletic Communications

Who: Western Illinois vs Tennessee Tech | Tennessee State
Where: Cookeville, TN (Hooper Eblen Center), Nashville, TN (Gentry Center)
When: Thursday (Feb. 15) | Saturday (Feb. 17)
Social Media: @WIUWBB (Twitter + Instagram + Facebook)

The Sweet 70's
Western Illinois currently sits 15-0 when scoring above the 70-point mark. The Leathernecks are 7-0 when they score more than 80 points.

Setting a New Bar
Head Coach JD Gravina became the winningest basketball coach in Western Illinois program history with a 65-59 victory. The win gives coach Gravina 193 career wins at WIU.

Weekly Awards
Raegan McCowan has been on a tear this year, grabbing 14 weekly awards. McCowan has won a weekly award every week the WIU has played two or more games since Nov. 28th.

22nd Member
Senior Anna Deets has been a dominant scorer her entire career. On Saturday against SEMO, Anna became the 22nd Leatherneck to eclipse the 1,000-point mark.

Freshman Rising
Raegan McCowan has been leading the Leathernecks all season long. Named the OVC Freshmen of the Week 11 times this season, McCowan is averaging 18.3 and 8.3 rebounds for WIU.

Crashing the Glass
The Western Illinois squad has outrebounded its opponents by 952-793. The Leathernecks hold a 6.9 rebound differential. Western Illinois is cleaning up the offensive glass, outrebounding opponents 269-237 on that side of the ball.

Double Figure Machine
Raegan McCowan has been a double-figure scoring machine. The freshman has scored double figures in 22 of the 23 games she has played this season.

Bench Production
Mallory McDermott has been a spark off of the Western Illinois bench. The Leathernecks are 7-1 when she knocks down three or more three-pointers in a game. McDermott had four three-pointers against Morehead State and Lindenwood.

Bench Production
With seven double-double-double-doubles on the season, McCowan has earned four in the last five games. Starting at Morehead State, McCowan put together a 24-point and 14-rebound performance. McCowan followed it up with 26pt/14reb and 14pt/10reb at Linendwood and SEMO. She ended her four-game run with a 14pt/11reb performance.

OVC Rankings
Western Illinois ranks number one in the OVC in points scored at 74.0 and points margin at 10.4. The Leathernecks are also the number Team 3-point Field Goal Percentage (34.9), Opponent 3-point Field Goal Percentage (27.2), Rebounds (41.4), Team defensive rebounds (29.7), and Rebound Margin (6.9)

On the player side, Raegan McCowan ranks second in points (18.3), fourth in rebounds (8.3), and third in field goal percentage (47.3%). Anna Deets sits second in free throws at 86.3%

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