Women's Basketball Looks to Start 3-0 in PL with Game at American on Wednesday

What: Bucknell (8-5, 2-0 PL) at American (3-10, 1-1 PL)
Where: Bender Arena (2,963) – Washington, D.C.
When: Wednesday, Jan. 6 – 7 p.m.
Webcast: Patriot League Network
Radio: N/A
Internet Audio: BucknellBison.com
Live Statistics: AUEagles.com

Storylines
• Bucknell looks to open league play 3-0 for the first time since the 2006-07 season when it travels to play American on Wednesday at Bender Arena.
• American is the defending champion in the Patriot League.
• The Bison have only trailed for 1:30 of their first two Patriot League games.

With a Victory Over American, Bucknell Would...
• Start 3-0 in league play for the first time since the 2006-07 season.
• Win its third straight game.
• Improve to 58-47 in Aaron Roussell's four years as head coach.
• Improve to 13-23 in the all-time series with the Eagles.
• Improve to 179-169 in Patriot League play since joining in 1990-91.
• Improve to 3-4 on the road this season
• Snap a four-game losing streak in the series with the Eagles.

How to Get the Game
• Wednesday night's game can be seen free of charge on the Patriot League Network.
• The game can be heard online via BucknellBison.com, with Justin Antweil calling the action. The pregame show begins 15 minutes before tip-off.
• Live stats can be accessed at AUEagles.com

Last Time Out
• Claire DeBoer (22), Kaitlyn Slagus (21) and Jacquie Klotz (20) combined for 63 points as Bucknell knocked off preseason favorite Army West Point to improve to 8-5 overall and 2-0 in the Patriot League. The Bison snapped the Black Knights' seven-game winning streak.
• The Bison set a program record with 12 3-pointers on 21 attempts.
• The team effort overcame an impressive effort by Army's Kelsey Minato, who went 16-26 from the field and led all players with 35 points.

Career-Highs Set Against Army West Point
• Claire DeBoer -- 3-point field goals (3)
• Kyi English -- free throws (4), steals (2)
• Kaitlyn Slagus -- rebounds (8), field goals (9), field goal attempts (20), 3-point field goal attempts (6), blocks (2)

Streaks of Note
• Claire DeBoer - 16 straight games with a steal
• Jacquie Klotz - 21 straight games with at least five rebounds
• Megan McGurk - 73 straight starts

Where Do They Rank?
• Following a 8-5 start, including a game against national power Notre Dame, Bucknell ranks 136th out of 349 teams in the national RPI.
• American is 3-10 and ranked 197th in the latest RPI.

About the Eagles
• American is 3-10 overall and 1-1 in the Patriot League following a 49-37 win at Colgate.
• Lauren Crisler scored a career-high 20 points in the win over the Raiders, while freshman Cecily Carl added nine points and nine rebounds.
• The Eagles received one first-place vote and were predicted to finish fifth in the Patriot League.
• Michelle Holmes leads American in scoring (9.7), rebounding (7.9), blocks (1.5), steals (1.5) and field goal percentage (.454).

Series Notes
• Wednesday marks the 36th meeting in the all-time series between Bucknell and American. The Eagles lead the series 23-12, including a pair of wins last season.
• The Eagles have won 14 of the past 15 meetings in a series that dates back to 1983.
• Bucknell's last win in the series came in the quarterfinals of the 2013 Patriot League Tournament. with a 46-43 victory on the road.

Dominating the Boards
• Rebounding has been a staple of Aaron Roussell's Bucknell teams and that has continued to be the case this season. The Bison rank first in the Patriot League and 34th in the country with a +8.2 rebounding margin. The number is even more impressive when you consider that one of the team's seven games was at No. 3 Notre Dame, which Bucknell out-rebounded 44-33.
• Jacquie Klotz and Claire DeBoer rank second and fourth in the Patriot League in rebounding. Klotz averages 10.3 boards, with 117 of her 134 total rebounds coming on the defensive end. DeBoer averages 8.5 with an impressive 44 of her 111 total rebounds coming on offense.
• Klotz ranks 23rd nationally and third among guards in rebounds per game.
• Bucknell has won the rebounding battle in 39 of its past 43 games, including 12 of its 13 games this season.

Success at the Line
• After a slow start this season, Bucknell has returned to its usual success at the foul line. The Bison lead the Patriot League in free throw percentage by nearly three percent, shooting 73.1 percent with a mark of 155-for-212.

3-Point Records
• Bucknell has set the program record for single-season 3-pointers in back-to-back seasons.
• The Bison set the mark with 150 3-pointers in the 2014-15 season, and then topped that by one with 151 last year.
• This year's team has 83 3-pointers through 13 games, putting it ahead of the pace set in each of the past two seasons. The Bison had 67 treys through 13 games of the 2014-15 season and 54 during that stretch in the 2013-14 season.

Up Next
• The Bison travel to play Holy Cross on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Crusaders received two first-place votes and were picked to finish second in the Patriot League.