This Week: The Notre Dame College women's basketball team heads to Davis & Elkins College on Wednesday Dec. 6 at 5:30 p.m., before returning home to host West Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday Dec. 9 at 2 p.m.
 
Records: NDC begins the week at 2-6, including 1-3 inside the Mountain East Conference. D&E sits at 0-5 (0-4 MEC), while WVWC is 2-5 (0-4 MEC).
 
Coaches Corner: Lauren Macer is back at the helm of the Notre Dame College women's basketball team in her second stint and fifth season as head coach. Macer, the 2019-20 MEC Coach of the Year, maintains a 80-38 career record. Donna Carr is the head coach of Davis & Elkins, as Brett Vincent leads West Virginia Wesleyan in his third season.
 
Rankings: None of these teams are ranked nationally according to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) poll.
 
Series History: Notre Dame maintains a 6-1 all-time mark against Davis & Elkins, dating back to their first meeting in 2019-20 and including the series split last season. Both games came down to the wire, with D&E winning at home 69-67, and NDC winning in South Euclid 76-73. The Falcons hold an 18-2 all-time record against WV Wesleyan, dating back to their first meeting in 2013-14 and including the series split last season. Each team won their respective home games, as NDC defeated WVWC 75-65 in overtime, while the Bobcats took out the Falcons 75-68.
 
Noting the Falcons: Last week, Notre Dame battled No. 19 Glenville State on Wednesday in an up-tempo frantically paced match. Despite an 86-75 defeat, Karli Anker and Lilee Carlson stuffed the stat sheet on career days with 15 points, nine rebounds and six assists, alongside 12 points, four rebounds, six assists, five steals and three blocks, respectively. On Saturday, NDC stormed into Concord and took out the Mountain Lions 80-65, as Cencere McDaniel notched a career-high 23 points and six rebounds.
 
Notre Dame deploys a balnced scoring attack, feature four players in double figures, and six players above 8.0 ppg. Noel Weathers (12.3 ppg) and Carlson (11.6 ppg) tout top-20 provisions in the MEC, checking in at 14^th and 18^th respectively. Kennadi Harris (10.4), Rachel Richardson (10.0 ppg), McDaniel (8.4 ppg) and Anker (8.3 ppg) offer additional scoring support.
 
Carlson and Weathers both boast top six marks in the conference for field goal percentage, as Carlson paces the MEC with an efficient 56.7-percent shooting (34-60). Weathers checks in sixth, shooting 48.3-percent (43-89) from the floor. Harris is seated second in the MEC, posting a 45.5-percent clip from beyond the three-point line, while raking ninth at 1.9 three-pointers made per game. Three Falcons rank inside the top 12 in the MEC in free throw percentage, led by McDaniel's 88.0-percent (22-25), second in the league. Anker (78.6%) and Carlson (66.7%) rank eighth and 12^th, respectively.
 
Carlson is the main facilitator on the squad, ranking 20^th in the MEC at 2.4 assists, totaling 19 on the season.
 
On the glass, Weathers corrals a team-best 8.0 rebounds per game, ranking fourth in the MEC.
 
Defensively, Weathers is fourth and Carlson is seventh in the league at 1.1 and 0.7 blocks per game, respectively. Mallory Hullinger leads the team with 13 steals, ranking 19^th in the MEC at 1.6 steals per game.
 
As a team, Notre Dame averages 72.6 points per game on 44.3-percent shooting from the floor, 34.3-percent shooting from three and 67.9-percent shooting from the free throw line. The Falcons add 34.6 rebounds per game (-4.6 margin), 12.5 assists per game, 8.9 steals per game and 3.8 blocks per game. NDC ranks first in the MEC in blocks per game (3.8) and second in field goal percentage.
 
Noting the Senators: Last week, Davis & Elkins dropped a pair of contests to extend their winless streak to seven straight games, dating back to their last victory on Feb. 25 over WV Wesleyan. D&E lost at Wheeling on Wednesday, 82-66 as Kaylee Milburn totaled a team-high 19 points. On Saturday, the Senators were upended by West Liberty 96-67 as Jackie Wright owned a team-high 18.
 
Milburn and Taylor Smith provide the one-two scoring combo for Davis & Elkins, at 10.8 and 10.7 ppg, as Milburn checks in 25^th in the MEC. Milburn is the team leader in field goals made (29) and field goal percentage (46.8%), as T. Smith touts the most shots taken (73) and is the team's main three-point threat, going 9-32 (28.1%) from beyond the arc.
 
Alexis Smith and T. Smith flash team-highs in assists at 2.7 and 2.5 per game, ranking tied 14^th and 19^th in the MEC.
 
On the glass, Marissa Berlin secures a team-high 7.0 rpg, ranking eighth in the conference. Milburn offers additional support at 5.5 rpg, 19^th in the MEC. Milburn also boasts 1.0 blocks per game, a top-five mark in the league.
 
As a unit, Davis & Elkins averages 59.5 points per game on 35.7-percent shooting from the floor, 22.6-percent shooting from three and 63.0-percent shooting from the free throw line. The Senators add 39.7 rebounds per game (+1.5 margin), 11.5 assists per game, 9.5 steals per game and 2.7 blocks per game.
 
Noting the Bobcats: Last week, West Virginia Wesleyan dropped both contests beginning with a 78-72 loss at West Liberty, despite a team-best 21 points from Emma Witt. On Saturday, Witt owned a game-high 18 points, but WVWC dropped 58-51 to Wheeling for the Senators fifth straight loss.
 
Witt is the heart and soul to the Bobcats offense as the lone player in double figures at 15.0 ppg, ranking sixth in the MEC. Witt flashes team-highs in field goals made (38) and attempted (78) and free throws made (27) and attempted (35). She ranks fifth in the MEC in field goal percentage (48.7%) and ninth in free throw percentage (77.1%).
 
Sydney Baird (9.3 ppg) and Shelby Genes (9.1 ppg) provide additional offensive support, while Courtney Wilfong is the team's leading assister at 3.4 apg, with a 1.3 assist to turnover ratio, ranking tied sixth in the MEC.
 
On the glass, Desiree Roy claims 6.4 rpg, 10^th in the MEC, alongside Malie Hunt's 5.1 rpg, tied 22^nd in the conference. Roy is also tied fifth in the MEC at 1.0 blocks per game.
 
As a whole, West Virginia Wesleyan averages 73.0 points per game on 41.6-percent shooting from the floor, 36.0-percent shooting from three and 75.2-percent shooting from the charity stripe. The Bobcats add 39.3 rebounds per game (+9.9 margin), 18.3 assists per game, 8.4 steals per game and 2.7 blocks per game.