VALDOSTA, Ga. – The Valdosta State women's basketball team returns home to host Auburn Montgomery Saturday at 2 p.m. at The Complex for Hall of Fame Weekend.  
 
The Lady Blazers are 13-5 and 5-5 in Gulf South Conference play after a 97-74 victory at Shorter on Saturday.  Fans can access links to live stats and audio/video streaming of Saturday's game at vstateblazers.com on the women's basketball schedule page.  Mike Chason will have the call of the game on 92.1 WDDQ FM.  Check back with vstateblazers.com for a complete recap and stats of the game Saturday evening.  
 
At halftime of the men's game against AUM following the women's game, the 2020 VSU Athletic Hall of Fame class will be introduced.  Click on the link to the right of this story for information on the 2020 Hall of Fame class and to purchase tickets for Saturday's Hall of Fame Brunch, prior to the basketball games.
 
Lee is the lone team ranked in the WBCA Top 25 this week at No. 7 as the Flames' only loss is to VSU earlier this season in Valdosta.  Delta State is receiving votes in the poll.  In the D2SIDA Top 25, Lee is fifth, while Delta State is 15^thand Union is receiving votes.  Lee leads the D2SIDA South Region poll, followed by Delta State and Tampa is third. Union sits fourth, followed by Montevallo and Benedict who are tied for fifth.  VSU sits ninth in the D2SIDA region ranking this week. 
 
VSU ended a three-game skid with the win at Shorter on Saturday as junior Delaney Bernard had a team-high 17 points leading four Lady Blazers in double figures as the team shot 57.3 percent for the game.  Junior Kayla Bonilla added 14 points and a team-high nine rebounds, while junior Germani Abram added 16 points on 6 of 7 from the field and 4 of 4 from the line for season-highs in both points and field goals made.  Sophomore Abby Rouse added a season-high 14 points off the bench.  VSU raced out to a 14-3 lead and never looked back.  
 
Auburn Montgomery enters the week with a 9-8 record overall and a 2-7 mark in the GSC.  The Warhawks play at West Florida on Thursday, before coming to Valdosta for Saturday's matchup.  AUM lost 64-59 last time out against Montevallo at home, and has gone 3-2 in its last five games.  The Warhawks are led by Jordan Brewster who leads the team averaging 12.5 points per game.  She is 70 of 182 from the field and 60 of 158 from beyond the arc.  Victoria Morales is second in scoring at 12.4 points per game and she leads the team in rebounding at 9.0 per game.  Morales is 84 of 183 from the field (.459) and 21 of 55 from beyond the arc.  Morales has a team-high 25 blocks and 38 assists, while she is second in steals with 20.  Caitlin Carter leads the team from the free throw line at 45 of 61 (.738) as she is third in scoring at 11.8 points per game.
 
As a team, the Warhawks are shooting .379 from the field on 364 of 961, while going 126 of 318 from beyond the arc (.331) and 172 of 237 from the line (.726).  The Warhawks are averaging 60.3 points per game and 38.1 rebounds per game, while allowing 61.6 points per game and 38.9 rebounds per contest.  Teams are shooting .368 against AUM (374-1017) and are just 88 of 304 from beyond the arc (.289), while going 211 of 309 from the line (.683).
 
Nationally speaking, AUM is third in the GSC in blocked shots with 59 rejections, while it is third in the league in free throw percentage (.726) and first in the league in personal fouls per game (15.1) for 37^th nationally.  The Warhawks are 69^th nationally and second in the GSC in 3-point field goals made per game at 7.4.  Individually, Morales is third in the league in blocked shots (25), while she is seventh in defensive rebounds per game (6.5).  Morales is fifth in the league in rebounding at 9.0 per game and 153 total rebounds for 49^th nationally.  Brewster is sixth nationally in 3-point field goals attempted (158), fifth in 3-point field goals made (60) and sixth in 3-point field goals per game at a 3.5 clip.  Her .380 average is good for third in the league from beyond the arc. 
 
VSU leads the series with AUM at 4-0 since the Warhawks joined the GSC in 2017-18.  The Lady Blazers have won three of four of the meetings by double-digits with the lone single-digit victory coming in a 55-49 win last season in Montgomery, Ala. 
 
The Lady Blazers are second in the league in field goal percentage at a .435 clip for 63^rd nationally, while they are second in the league and 42^nd nationally in 3-point field goals made (133) and third in 3-point field goals made per game at 7.4.  The Blazers are second in the league and 37^th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage at a .356 clip on 133 of 374. VSU is third in the league in both free throw attempts (340) and free throws made (235).  
 
Individually, Bonilla is fourth in the league in made field goals with 107 to lead the team, while she is ninth in the league in field goal percentage at a .473 clip on 107 of 226.  She is third in the league in points per game at 19.0 for 36^th nationally.  Senior Cheray Saunders leads the team in field goal percentage at a .482 clip for eighth in the league, while she is second in the team in scoring at 15.6 points per game for seventh in the league.  Saunders is fourth in the league in both free throws attempted (93) and free throws made (62).  She is third in the league in steals with 44 for 33^rd nationally, while Bernard leads the team from deep with 32 made triples for fifth in the league.  Bonilla leads the team in 3-point made field goals per game at 1.9 for sixth in the conference.  
 
Following Saturday's matchup, the Lady Blazers will have a week between games as they will open the month of February at Montevallo on Feb. 1 at 3 p.m. ET.  The Lady Blazers will finish the regular season with four of the final eight games at home.