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WBB Game Preview: No. 9 WBU vs No. 8 Mobile (NAIA Tournament | Mar. 14 | 6:00 PM)
Posted: Mar 13, 2025

WBB Game Preview: No. 9 WBU vs No. 8 Mobile (NAIA Tournament | Mar. 14 | 6:00 PM)

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Game Leaders
Williams Baptist (AR)
Pts: Charmen Taylor - 19
Reb: Charmen Taylor - 8
Ast: 2 Players (#1, #2) - 4
Mobile
Pts: Alanna Donaldson - 19
Reb: MacKenzie White - 8
Ast: Braylee McMath - 3
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WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. (3/13/25) – The Williams Baptist University women's basketball team will take on No. 8 seed Mobile in the first round of the 2025 NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament presented by Ballogy in Campbellsville, Ky.

GAME INFORMATION

No. 9 WILLIAMS EAGLES (27-4, 21-1 AMC) vs No. 8 MOBILE RAMS (22-8, 11-5 SSAC)
Game Info: Friday, Mar. 14 - 6:00 p.m. CDT - Powell Athletic Center (Campbellsville, Ky.) - NAIA Tournament Opening Round
Live stats: https://naiastats.prestosports.com/sports/wbkb/2024-25/boxscores/20250314_nf1o.xml
($) Live video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0qm4aZcBNo 

MATCHUP FACTS

Last Meeting: First Meeting
Current Streak: N/A

WBU QUICK FACTS

2024-25 Record: 27-4 (21-1 AMC)
Current Streak: L1
2023-24 Record: 24-7 (15-3 AMC)
2023-24 Postseason: Fell to William Carey 73-56 in the NAIA Tournament Opening Round
Head Coach: John Mayberry (8th season)
HC Record: 150-82 (110-55 AMC)
HC Record at WBU: Same
Assistant Coach: Kala Tyus (6th season)

ABOUT MOBILE

2024-25 Record: 22-8 (11-5 SSAC)
Current Streak: L1
2023-24 Record: 26-7 (16-4 SSAC)
2023-24 Postseason: Fell to Bryan (Tenn.) 66-49 in the NAIA Tournament Opening Round
Head Coach: Sydney Westry (2nd season)
Assistant Coach: Whytney Singleton

MOBILE'S LAST TIME OUT

  • Mobile fell to Blue Mountain in the SSAC Tournament Championship game on Saturday, Mar. 1 by the final score of 62-53

  • Braylee McMath led the Rams with 18 points

  • Alanna Donaldson added 13 points, and Miriam Oldacre piled on 12 more

  • The Rams held a 10-point lead late in the second quarter

  • Blue Mountain stormed back, out-scoring Mobile 24-10 in the fourth quarter to take the win 

  • Mobile went 22-for-60 from the floor in the contest and scored 22 points in the paint

  • Mobile lost the rebound battle 37-32

UM NOTABLES 

  • Mobile is entering the NAIA Tournament for the second consecutive season

  • Mobile scores an average of 72.6 points per game (39th nationally), while allowing an average of 62.3 points per game (65th nationally)

  • Alanna Donaldson leads the Rams in scoring average with 18.4 points per game (35th nationally)

  • Braylee McMath follows behind with an average of 16.7 points per game (62nd nationally), but turned it up to 19.3 PPG in conference play (22nd nationally)

  • MacKenzie White leads the squad on the boards with an average of 6.6 rebounds per game (19th SSAC)

  • The Rams rank 23rd in the nation in turnovers allowed per game with an average of  13.0

  • Mobile is third in the country in opponents' steals per game, allowing only 5.4 takeaways per game

  • The Rams also rank 12th in the NAIA in opponents' total three-point attempts at 420 overall

  • The Rams ranked second in the SSAC in field goal attempts per game at 66.7

  • Movile ranked second in the league in 3PT% at a 30.1 percent clip

  • UM finished tied for second in the SSAC with an 11-5 conference record

  • Mobile secured an at-large bid to the NAIA Tournament after a strong showing during the regular season

WBU'S LAST TIME OUT

  • The Lady Eagles fell to Columbia in the AMC Tournament Final for the second straight season by the final score of 81-75 on Monday, Mar. 3

  • The loss snapped a 22-game winning streak for WBU

  • Carmen Taylor and Kaylee Isaacs tied for the team-lead with 17 points each

  • Charmen Taylor followed up with 16 points

  • Monica Horne finished with a double-double on 10 points and 10 rebounds

  • Sara Crowe added 10 points off the bench

  • As a team, the Lady Eagles went 28-for-69 (40.6 percent) from the field, and knocked down 13-of-14 free throw attempts (92.9 percent)

  • Williams lost the rebound battle 46-33

  • The contest featured three ties and 14 lead changes

  • WBU led the game 60-54 at the end of the third quarter, but Columbia out-scored the Lady Eagles 27-15 in the final period to clinch the win

WILLIAMS NOTABLES

  • The Lady Eagles have set a new program record for wins in a season at 27, topping the previous best of 25 set in 1983-84

  • Kaylee Isaacs (Clark) is now the all-time leading scorer for Williams Baptist University women's basketball with 2,048 total points.  She surpassed Angela Flippo's all-time career record on Thursday, Feb. 6 against Crowley's Ridge.

  • Isaacs passed Jessica Shepard to become the all-time leader in career three-pointers at WBU with her 193rd make from deep against Central Baptist on Feb. 13

  • Carmen Taylor became the seventh member of the 1,000 point club at WBU with 11 points against Mission on Feb. 11.  She is the first Eagle to join the club after only two seasons.

  • Taylor has passed Kaylee Isaacs for the school record for field goals in a season at 233

  • Carmen Taylor leads the American Midwest Conference in scoring average at 20.4 PPG (9th Nationally), with a season high of 37 against Hannibal-LaGrange (Feb. 21)

  • Kaylee Isaacs follows with an average of 16.9 points per game (33rd nationally)

  • Isaacs also leads the Lady Eagles on the glass with an average of 6.8 rebounds per game (51st nationally), highlighted by a 15 rebound performance against Harris-Stowe (Jan. 23)

  • Williams ranks second in the nation in scoring with an average of 90.8 points per game

  • The Lady Eagles are 2-0 in neutral site games this season

  • WBU finished in first place in the AMC regular season standings with a conference record of 21-1

  • The Lady Eagles 21 conference wins is a new school record for the most conference wins in a season

  • WBU received top 25 votes in the Final NAIA Women's Basketball Coaches Poll released on Feb. 26

  • 2023-24 and 2024-25 are the first consecutive 20+ win seasons for WBU women's basketball since the 1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons

  • Williams is making its second consecutive and second overall appearance in the NAIA National Tournament

  • The Lady Eagles are searching for their first NAIA Tournament win in program history

  • WBU earned an automatic bid into the NAIA National Tournament after winning the AMC regular season championship

  • The Eagles were picked to finish third in the AMC Preseason Coaches Poll

EAGLES EARNED HONORS

WBU earned 10 different individual awards at the AMC Women's Basketball Awards Banquet on Thursday, Feb. 27.

NAIA TOURNAMENT MATCHUPS
Campbellsville Regional (Campbellsville, Ky.) - Hosted by Campbellsville University

Friday, Mar. 14

Game 1 - No. 1 Campbellsville vs No. 16 Lourdes - 5:00 p.m. EDT
Game 2 - No. 8 Mobile vs No. 9 Williams Baptist - 7:00 p.m. EDT

Saturday, Mar. 15

Game 3 - Winner of game 1 vs Winner of game 2 - 3:00 p.m. EDT

Winner of game three moves on to the Round of 16 in Sioux City, Iowa

AMC TOURNAMENT MATCHUPS
All games held inside the Southerland-Mabee Center on the campus of Williams Baptist University

Friday, Feb. 28

Game 1 - No. 2 COLUMBIA 76-62 No. 7 MISSOURI BAPTIST
Game 2 - No. 3 MISSION 94-67 No. 6 WILLIAM WOODS - 2:15 p.m.
Game 3 - No. 1 WILLIAMS BAPTIST 117-58 No. 8 CENTRAL BAPTIST - 5:15 p.m.
Game 4 - No. 4 STEPHENS 63-51 No. 5 COTTEY - 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 1

Game 5 - No. 2 COLUMBIA 81-71 No. 3 MISSION - 1:00 p.m.
Game 6 - No. 1 WILLIAMS BAPTIST 106-92 No. 4 STEPHENS - 3:30 p.m.

Monday, Mar. 3

Game 7 - No. 1 WILLIAMS BAPTIST 75-81 No. 2 COLUMBIA - 5:30 p.m.

AMERICAN MIDWEST CONFERENCE FINAL STANDINGS

1 Williams Baptist (21-1)
2 Columbia (19-3)
3 Mission (18-4)
4 Stephens (17-5)
5 Cottey (15-7)
6 William Woods (9-13)
7 Missouri Baptist (9-13)
8 Central Baptist (8-14)
9 Harris-Stowe (6-16)
10 UHSP (6-16)
11 Crowley's Ridge (4-18)
12 Hannibal-LaGrange (0-22)

The top eight teams in the AMC standings will participate in the AMC Tournament at the end of the season, hosted by the number one seed.

SCHEDULE NOTES

  • The winner of this matchup will move on to face the winner of No. 1 Campbellsville and No. 16 Lourdes in the Round of 32 on Saturday, Mar. 15 in Campbellsville, Ky.

  • Williams' 2024-25 schedule features 14 home games inside the Southerland-Mabee Center on the campus of Williams Baptist University