By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn University women's basketball travels east for a mid-week MIAA matchup against Northwest Missouri State on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in Bearcat Arena.
Sophomore Yibari Nwidadah is averaging a double-double for Washburn, which is off to a 6-2 start on the season. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn is coming off a 56-44 home win over Rogers State last Saturday and is now 6-2 overall and 1-1 in the MIAA.
The Bearcats are off to an 8-1 start and are 3-1 in the MIAA, with the only loss coming to No. 18 Fort Hays State.
Sophomore Yibari Nwidadah is averaging a double-double for the Ichabods, averaging 13.1 points while also pulling down a team and MIAA-best 11.1 rebounds per game. Nwidadah is shooting 60.3 percent from the floor.
Senior Aubree Dewey is averaging 13.0 points on 47.1 percent shooting while playing a team high 31.9 minutes per game.
Dewey is also averaging an MIAA-best 6.5 assists and is second on the team with 5.5 rebounds per game from the point guard position and has come away with 2.0 steals per contest as well.
Sophomore Gabi Giovannetti is averaging 11.0 points in just 19.8 minutes per game off the bench. She is shoot 52.6 percent from the floor and is shooting a team-high 48.1 percent from behind the 3-point arc.
Aniah Wayne is averaging double figures, scoring 11.0 points per game this season in 26.1 minutes per game with seven starts. She also pulls down 3.5 rebounds per game and is shooting 41.3 percent from behind the 3-point arc, leading the Ichabods with 19 triples.
WU is ninth in the nation in scoring margin as the Ichabods have outscored teams by an average of 22.5 points per game.
On the defensive end the Ichabods are fifth in the nation in field goal percentage defense with opponents shooting a 32.2 percent. That ranks first in the MIAA.
Molly Hartnett leads the Bearcats scoring attack at 12.3 this season. She also leads the squad in assists at 3.4 per game and swipes 1.8 steals per contest.
The Ichabods stay in Missouri to take on Missouri Western State at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
