MSSU women to battle Emporia State Saturday

(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)

The Missouri Southern women's basketball (11-8, 3-6 MIAA) team takes on Emporia State (13-5, 4-4 MIAA) tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 pm for the first game of two that the two teams will play this season.

Game Information

Date: Saturday January 26, 2019
Tip-Off: 1:30 pm
Location: Joplin, Mo.
Site: Leggett and Platt Athletic Center
Series Record: ESU, leads 54-25

Picking Up the Scent: Five Components on Opponents 

Emporia State
Picked Third in the MIAA preseason poll
National Rankings (301 schools - Top-50):
16th in three-point field goals made (154)
19th in blocked shots (82)
21st in three-point field goal defense (.268)
22nd in three-point field goals per game (8.6)
24th in three-point field goal percentage (.368)
25th in block shots per game (4.6)
34th in steals (182)
37th in three-point field goals attempted (418)
39th in personal fouls per game (15.6)
49th in steals per game (10.1)
Return ten total players, including both All-MIAA recipients in senior forward Tyra Jones (3rd) and junior guard Jessica Wayne (Defensive). Wayne currently ranks sixth in the nation in steals (58) and ninth in steals per game (3.22)
Head coach Toby Wynn spent 13 seasons at the helm of Seward Community College in Liberal, Kansas where he led the Lady Saints to four Jayhawk Conference regular season championships and two Region VI Tournament titles, checking out with a 349-84 record (four 30-win seasons)
Are 3-1 against the WBCA Top 25 with wins over Southwestern Oklahoma State (20), Fort Hays State (9), and Pittsburg State (23)

Up Next

Lions hit the road to face Missouri Western on Jan. 31 at 5:30 pm before stopping in Maryville, Missouri for a 1:30 pm contest against Northwest Missouri on Feb. 2.