MSSU women to entertain Southwest Baptist

(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)

The Missouri Southern women's basketball team welcomes the Southwest Baptist Bearcats into Joplin tomorrow for a 1:30 pm MIAA contest for the final time as the Bearcats transition into the GLVC for all sports next season.

Game Information
Date: Saturday January 12, 2019
Tip-Off: 1:30 pm
Location: Joplin, Mo.
Site: Leggett and Platt Athletic Center
Series Record: MSSU, leads 43-24

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
Southwest Baptist
Picked to finish 11th in MIAA preseason poll
National Rankings (301schools):
35th in scoring offense (76.4)
41st in field goal percentage (44.0)
Return ten players from last year's squad, including All-MIAA recipient senior forward Caylee Richardson (3rd) who averaged 16.3 points and 8.7 rebounds last year for the Bearcats
Has won the last three meetings against the Lions (two at home)
Still searching for its first win of 2019 with the last victory coming on December 29 at home against Missouri Baptist

Welcome to the Club
Chelsey Henry soared over the 1,000 career-point barrier against Illinois-Springfield and now stands in 13th on the MSSU All-Time scoring list with 1,093 after posting a career-high 35 points to lead the Lions over Lincoln in overtime last weekend. She is now 20 points away from catching up to Caryn Shumaker (1,113) and then 47 off Becky Fly (1,140).

It's not how high, but how you position yourself to possess the basketball
The Lions have quietly outrebounded every single opponent but four through 15 games. Southern ranks in the NCAA Division II top-20 in one category. They rank 13th in total rebounds (637) as a front court presence of 5'10 Chasidee Owens (103), 6'2 Jordan Schoenberger (90), and 6'3 Zoe Campbell (84) have fought for 277 of the team's 611 rebounds with seven double-digit stretches between the trio.

Up Next
The Lions travel to the state of Oklahoma for a two-game stretch versus Northeastern State (1/17) at 5:30 pm and Central Oklahoma (1/19) at 1:30 pm to conclude both season series.