Who’s Playing
Lady of Lakes Saints @ Incarnate Word Cardinals
Current Records: Lady of Lakes 0-2, Incarnate Word 5-5
How To Watch
What to Know
The Incarnate Word Cardinals will take on the Lady of Lakes Saints in a holiday battle at 4:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at at Alice P. McDermott Convocation Center. Both of these teams will be looking for a pick-me-up after considerable defeats in their previous games.
Incarnate Word is headed into this one after the oddsmakers set last week’s over/under low at 143, but even that wound up being too high. They took a serious blow against Duke on Tuesday, falling 72-46. The match marked the Cardinals’ lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Incarnate Word’s loss came about despite a quality game from Jayden Williams, who had seven points along with seven rebounds and three blocks.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Incarnate Word struggled to work together and finished the game with only seven assists. They were smoked by their opponents in that department as Duke racked up 16.
Meanwhile, Lady of Lakes had to hit the road for their first game and unfortunately the road hit them back. They were dealt a punishing 88-54 defeat at the hands of Lamar two weeks ago. The Saints haven’t had much luck with the Cardinals recently, as the team’s come up short the last two times they’ve met.
Incarnate Word dropped their record down to 5-5 with the loss, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Lady of Lakes, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Incarnate Word beat Lady of Lakes 83-74 in their previous meeting back in January. Does Incarnate Word have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lady of Lakes turn the tables on them? We’ll have the answer soon enough.
Series History
Incarnate Word has won 4 out of their last 5 games against Lady of Lakes.
- Jan 02, 2024 – Incarnate Word 83 vs. Lady of Lakes 74
- Nov 22, 2022 – Incarnate Word 85 vs. Lady of Lakes 76
- Dec 01, 2021 – Incarnate Word 93 vs. Lady of Lakes 66
- Nov 29, 2020 – Incarnate Word 84 vs. Lady of Lakes 71
- Dec 15, 2015 – Lady of Lakes 99 vs. Incarnate Word 97
