Western women's basketball looking to make history
To win its first national championship, Western Washington University's women鈥檚 basketball team will have to stop the most prolific Division II offense in the country.
The No. 5 Vikings are set to play No. 3 Glenville State (West Virginia) Friday in the Division II women鈥檚 national championship in Birmingham, Alabama. It's the first title-game appearance for both programs.
As a team, the Pioneers average 95.9 points per game. Glenville State has scored more than 100 points in 12 of its 35 games this season.
On the flip side, Western鈥檚 defense has carried the team to the last day of the season. The Vikings have given up an average of only 57.3 points per game.
Something has got to give Friday night when the two teams clash.
In a pre-national championship game press conference, Western head coach Carmen Dolfo said defense is what the team takes pride in.
鈥淲hen things aren't rolling for us offensively, and we've honestly had a number of games where they weren't, and we certainly weren't shooting as well as we hoped last night, but we were able to count on our defense,鈥 Dolfo said.