MSSU women on the road Saturday against Emporia State

(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)

The Missouri Southern women's basketball team (13-13, 5-11 MIAA) closes out the regular season on a three-game road trip that begins tomorrow at 5:00 pm against the Emporia State Lady Hornets (20-6, 11-5 MIAA).

Game Information

Date: Saturday February 23, 2019
Tip-Off: 5:00 pm
Location: Emporia, Kan.
Site: White Auditorium
Series Record: ESU, leads 55-25

Picking Up the Scent: Five Components on Opponents
Emporia State
Picked Third in the MIAA preseason poll
National Rankings (301 schools - Top-50):
12th in blocked shots (122)
15th in block shots per game (4.9)
18th in steals (265)
20th in three-point field goals per game (8.5)
21st in three-point field goals made (213)
23rd in steals per game (10.6)
33rd in three-point field goal percentage (.357)
34th in three-point field goals attempted (597)
42nd in personal fouls per game (15.6)
45th in scoring margin (11.3)
47th in scoring offense (73.6)

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 4-1 against the WBCA Top 25 with wins over Southwestern Oklahoma State (20), Fort Hays State (9), Pittsburg State (23), and Central Missouri (24)

Welcome to the Club

Chelsey Henry soared over the 1,000 career-point barrier against Illinois-Springfield and has pushed her way safely into the top-10 with 1,249 points (8th) on the MSSU All-Time scoring list while being seven points from Patti (Killian) Coleman (1,256) for seventh with three games in the regular season to go before postseason play.

Up Next

The Lions travel for a MIAA tilt with nationally ranked Fort Hayes State on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 5:30 pm before playing the final game of the regular season at Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday. Mar. 2 at 2:00 pm.