(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)
The Missouri Southern Women's Basketball team returns home tonight to face the third ranked Emporia State Lady Hornets tonight on Robert Corn Court inside The Leggett & Platt Athletic Center at 5:30 p.m.
Last Time Out
Missouri Southern
The Lions (8-2, 2-2 MIAA) are coming off a two point loss to then 17th ranked Missouri Western, 63-61, on Saturday in St. Joseph. Southern was led in scoring by the double-double effort from senior Sharese Jones as she scored 24 and pulled down ten rebounds. She went 8-12 from the field and 3-3 from long range, while shooting 5-5 from the free throw line. Freshman Desirea Buerge scored 11 points on 3-5 from long range, while senior Kenya Wilson-Brown and freshmanChelsey Henry scored eight points each. Southern shot 36 percent from the field and 73 percent from the free throw line in the game.
Emporia State
?The #3 Lady Hornets improved to 8-1 on the season with a 71-55 victory over Central Missouri on Saturday at White Auditorium, improving to 2-1 in MIAA play.
Kelsey Barnwell and Sandra Ngoie led all scorers with 18 points each. Ngoie earned a double-double on the night with ten rebounds and 18 points. Barnwell shot four for eight from the arc, four for four from the free throw line, and five for ten from the field. Addie Lackey had 16 points and four assists for the Lady Hornets, shooting seven for eight from the stripe. Kathryn Flott led all players with 13 rebounds.
The Coaches
ESU - Jory Collins, 135-37 (6th Season)
MSSU - Ronda Hubbard, 47-17 (3rd Season)
The Series
Emporia State holds a 52-23 advantage over the Lions in the series between the two schools. However, the Lady Hornets are 19-16 in Joplin and are 10-5 on Robert Corn Court inside The Legett & Platt Athletic Center.
ESU has won the previous six games with Southern and holds a 9-1 advantage over the Lions since the start of the current decade. The longest winning streak for the Lady Hornets came back at the begining of the series as they rattled off 10 straight wins from Jan. 22, 1977 thru Jan. 17, 1981. The Lions longest winning streak came in the early to mid 90s as they strung together eight wins between Jan. 11, 1992 and Feb. 24, 1996. Joplin is a dangerous place for ESU when they are ranked. The Lady Hornets are 5-4 in Joplin since 2001 when they are ranked in the Top 25. Emporia State is currently ranked at No. 3 in the USA Today/ WBCA D2 Coaches Poll.
Last Time Against The Lady Hornets
Joplin, Mo. - The 22nd ranked Missouri Southern Lions Women's Basketball team (8-2, 2-1 MIAA) dropped their MIAA home opener 75-53 to the number one ranked Emporia State Lady Hornets (10-0, 3-0 MIAA) Saturday afternoon on Robert Corn Court inside The Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
The first half saw one tie and three lead changes before a layup from Kathryn Flott would give the Lady Hornets the lead for good at the 7:06 mark. ESU pushed their lead up to seven on a jumper from Kelsey Barnwell before a free throw from Jensen Maydew would cut the lead to six to end the first half scoring at 28-22.
Emporia State came out in the second half and raced to a 17 point lead, 46-29, on a 17-7 run in the first seven minutes of play. The Lions would claw back as a three point play from Nic Hartzogwould pull Southern within 12 at 50-38 with 8:33 to play.
The Lady Hornets would close the game on a 9-6 run for the 22 point win, all six of the Lions final points came Tami Morice as she connected on an old fashioned three point play and less than one minute later on a shot from the corner in front of Southern's bench.
Southern was led by Morice who finished with 12 points, while Hartzog finished with 10. Leading the way on the boards for the Lions was Sharese Jones with six and Shawnee Phillips pulled down four.
Emporia State shot 51 percent (26-51) from the field for the game, whie the Lions shot 38 percent (17-45). ESU also out rebounded Southern 33-24.
Projected Starters
#3 Emporia State (8-1, 2-1 MIAA)
2 Kelly Moten G 5-9 R-Jr (Gary, Ind.)
5 Sandra Ngoie F 6-2 Sr. (Stockholm, Sweden)
14 Megan Holloway G 5-9 Jr. (Salina, Kan.)
24 Addie Lackey G 5-9 So. (Hillsboro, Kan.)
30 Kathryn Flott F 6-1 R-Jr. (Olpe, Kan.)
Missouri Southern (8-2, 2-2 MIAA)
11 Kenya Wilson-Brown G 5-5 Sr. (Arlington, Texas)
14 Tami Morice G 5-11 Sr. (Naperville, Ill.)
24 Deb Holcomb G 5-7 Jr. (Dallas, Texas)
30 Bri Shavers F 6-0 So. (Carrollton, Texas)
44 Sharese Jones G 5-8 Sr. (St. Charles, Mo.)
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