The Missouri Southern women's basketball team hosts the Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars of the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) tomorrow at 2:00 pm in the second of three non-conference contests before the end of the year.
Game Information
Date: Wednesday December 19, 2018
Tip-Off: 2:00 pm
Location: Joplin, Mo.
Site: Leggett and Platt Athletic Center
Series Record: Deadlock at, 1-1
Media Coverage
MSSU Radio: Fox Sports Joplin 101.3, AM 1560; 88.7 FM KXMS
Audio: http://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WMBH
Webcast: http://themiaanetwork.com/mssulions/
Live Stats: https://mssulions.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
Picking Up the Scent: Five Components on Opponents
Illinois-Springfield
Picked 11th in the GLVC preseason poll
NCAA Rankings (301 schools):
27th in steals per game (11.5)
35th in free-throw percentage (.715)
50th offensive rebounds per game (15)
Return 11 total players (three starters) not including the two second-team All-GLVC players that graduated last year
Bring in a 5'11 junior forward named Myka Roth who averaged 10.0 and 4.7 rebounds while shooting 54.1 percent (230-for-425) from the field in her two seasons at Vincennes University
The Prairie Stars haven't posted a winning season since doing it back-to-back during the 1997-98 (24-7) and 1998-99 (20-4) seasons prior to joining the AMC and GLVC
Quick Notes
Stop the Polls
The Lions enter this year chosen to finish to 10th in the conference after going 11-17 and 8-11 in MIAA play during the 2017-18 campaign. Defending NCAA Champions Central Missouri was chosen to win the MIAA with 13 first-place votes while Fort Hays received the remaining vote in second as Emporia State (3), Washburn (4), and Central Oklahoma (5) rounded out the top-5. FHSU and UCM remain in sixth and 15th positions while UCO and ESU each moved up a spot to 22nd and 23rd respectively to round out the MIAA.
Leader of the Pride
Guard Chelsey Henry returns as the only senior from last year's squad and will be looked upon to make sure that all nine newcomers understand what it means to compete in what is the MIAA. She closed out last year's schedule fifth in the MIAA in scoring (17.5 ppg), fourth in free-throw percentage (86.6%), and seventh in field-goal percentage (43.0%) to earn All-MIAA honorable mention while being just 20 points shy of breaking the 1,000 career-point barrier in the green and gold after registering double-digit scoring in six of seven games.
It's not how high, but how you position yourself to possess the basketball
The Lions have quietly outrebounded every single opponent through nine games. Their willingness to find and go after a loose ball on a miss shot launching them into the NCAA Division II top-20 in three categories. They rank second in rebound margin (13.2), 13th for rebounds per game (46.2), and 18th defensive rebounds per game (31). A front court presence of 5'10 Chasidee Owens (80), 6'2 Jordan Schoenberger (62), and 6'3 Zoe Campbell (62) have thought for 204 of the team's 462 rebounds with five double-digit stretches between the trio.
Up Next
The Lions break until the 29th of December where they play Tabor College (Kan.) at 1:30 pm to conclude non-conference play and a six-game home stand heading into 2019.
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