The Coyotes are back on the road for two Kansas Conference games this week.
 
WEDNESDAY'S GAME
Opponent: Bethany Swedes
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Hahn Gymnasium, Lindsborg
 
SATURDAY'S GAME
Opponent: Friends Falcons
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Garvey Center, Wichita
 

LIVE COVERAGE 
The video stream of the game will be available online on the Urban Edge Network. The streams will also be available on KCAC Network.
Wednesday at Bethany: https://urbanedgenetwork.net/watch/2708
Saturday at (22) Friends: https://urbanedgenetwork.net/watch/5325

Live Stats will be available at https://kwucoyotes.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
 
Radio coverage will be on KINA-FM with Tyler Henry and Brooks Garretson on the call. Pregame begins at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. The online stream is available at https://radio.securenetsystems.net/ce/kina2.


RECORDS 

• Kansas Wesleyan 9-9, 6-6 KCAC
• Bethany 10-7, 8-4 KCAC
• Friends 16-2, 10-2 KCAC (at Bethel Wednesday)

 
 THE SERIES

• The Coyotes and Bethany split their two games last season and are 5-5 in the last 10. KWU won 57-47 in Mabee Arena then lost 75-68 in Lindsborg last year. Wesleyan has a 28-15 edge in the series since 2006.
• Friends has won the last two games – both by scores of 64-62 – but they are 5-5 in the last 10. The Falcons have a 24-20 series lead since 2005.

 
KANSAS WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE

• The Coyotes gave a valiant effort against No. 22 Evangel but fell 96-89 Saturday in Mabee Arena. They trailed by 15 three times in the fourth quarter but got within five (92-87) with 1:19 left. Odessa Ozuna led the scoring with 21 points and had five assists and four rebounds. Izzy McCool scored 19 and Anna Jueneman 17.
• Jueneman, a freshman guard, scored 19 in the first game against Friends this season but was the only Coyote in double figures. The Falcons scored the game-winning basket with 3.1 seconds left.
• Ozuna, a junior point guard, continues her breakout season averaging a team-high 13.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists. McCool averages 11.8 points and 5.5 rebounds and Jueneman 9.1 points but is averaging 11.6 in conference play.

  
BETHANY AT A GLANCE

• The Swedes are on a roll having won four of their last five, including a 76-67 victory over 23rd-ranked Friends on Saturday in Wichita. They outscored the Falcons 22-15 in the fourth quarter. Bethany defeated Sterling 83-68 last Wednesday in Sterling and downed Tabor 57-56 Jan. 7 in Hillsboro. The lone loss in their current streak was to Evangel 87-60 Jan. 10 in Lindsborg. The Swedes are 4-3 in Hahn Gymnasium this season.
• Colbi Rignell is the leading scorer (14.0) followed by Janae Black-Harmon (13.1) and Becca Unruh (11.5). Black-Harmon is the top rebounder (9.9).
• Bethany scores and allows an average of 70 points. The Swedes commit 16 turnovers and force 14 per game. They're shooting 29 percent from 3-point land.

 
FRIENDS AT A GLANCE

• The loss to Bethany ended the Falcons' 12-game winning streak. Both of their setbacks this season were in the Garvey Center, the first to Evangel on Nov. 15.
• Rayland Garner averages 20.1 points. She had a team-high 18 against Bethany and scored 20 against KWU in the first game. Garner, a senior guard, also leads the team in rebounding at 8.0 per game. Lauryn McIver averages 14.4 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.4 assists and Abigail Barr 14.2 points and 5.6 rebounds.
• The Falcons average 78 points and allow 68. They have a plus-4.7 rebounding advantage and force 18 turnovers but commit 14 themselves. Collectively they're shooting 34 percent from deep (115 of 341).

 
COMING UP
The Coyotes play Sterling a week from Wednesday in Mabee Arena, then take on Saint Mary on Saturday, Jan. 31 in Leavenworth.