MSSU women play host to Pittsburg State for annual Senior Night game

(From MSSU Lions Athletic News)

The Missouri Southern women's basketball team (12-13, 4-11 MIAA) returns home for the second game of a home-and-home with Pittsburg State (19-5, 11-4 MIAA) tomorrow at 5:30 pm. The game will serve as Senior Day where the women's basketball team will honor their two seniors in guards Chelsey Henry and Laure Assena in the final home game of the 2018-19 season.

Game Information

Date: Tuesday February 19, 2019
Tip-Off: 5:30 pm
Location: Joplin, Mo.
Site: Leggett and Platt Athletic Center
Series Record: PSU, leads 51-41

Picking Up the Scent: Five Components on Opponents
Pittsburg State

Picked 7th with in the MIAA preseason poll
National Rankings (301 schools - Top-50):
21st in field-goal percentage (45.4)
25th in three-point field goal percentage (36.3)
28th in def. rebounds per game (29), three-point field goal defense (27.7), and turnovers per game (13.9)

38th in fewest turnovers (320)
46th in scoring offense (73.4)
50th in scoring margin (10.4)
Return seven letter winners, including three players averaging double-digits in scoring with senior guard Shelby Lopez (11.7), junior forward Athena Alvarado (10.9), and sophomore guard Maya Williams (10.7)
Registered a .500 record in the their last six games (3-3)
Head coach Amanda Davied enters her first season at the helm of the Gorillas after spending the last 14 season as an assistant coach while helping the team toward five trips to the NCAA tournament

Welcome to the Club

Chelsey Henry soared over the 1,000 career-point barrier against Illinois-Springfield and has cracked the top-ten with 1,229 points (10th) on the MSSU All-Time scoring list while being only a point off from reaching Katie (Garias) Marsh (1,230) for ninth, 19 points from Suzanne Sutton (1,248) in eighth, and 27 points from Patti (Killian) Coleman (1,256) for seventh with four games in the regular season to go before the postseason.

Among the 17% (Top-50 out of 301 teams)
37th in blocks (97)
50th in block shots per game (4.0)

Up Next
The Lions close out the regular season on a three-game road trip with stops at Emporia State (2/23), Fort Hays State (2/28), and Nebraska-Kearney (3/2) prior to finding out their postseason fate.