The Missouri Southern women's basketball team (13-14, 5-12 MIAA) hits the road to face off with No. 3 Fort Hays State (25-1, 16-1) tomorrow night at 5:30 pm.
Game Information
Date: Thursday February 28, 2019
Tip-Off: 5:30 pm
Location: Hays, Kan.
Site: Gross Memorial Coliseum
Series Record: FHSU, leads 31-18
Picking Up the Scent: Five Components on Opponents
Fort Hays State
Picked Second with one first-place vote in the MIAA preseason poll
(MIAA 2018-19 Regular Season Champs)
National Rankings (301 schools - Top-20):
1st in turnovers per game (10.6)
2nd in fewest turnovers (274)
4th in scoring margin (23.3)
8th in assist turnover ratio, blocked shots per game, and turnover margin (1.33/5.2/8.31)
9th in block shots (136)
11th in free throws made (425)
12th in scoring defense (54.7)
15th in scoring (78.1)
22nd in free throw percentage (.759)
28th in rebound margin (7.3)
39th in steals per game (9.9)
40th in steals (257)
Return 11 players, including All-MIAA recipients senior forward Tatyana Legette (2nd), senior guard Carly Heim (HM), junior guard Kacey Kennett (HM), and junior forward Lanie Page (HM) with three of them currently averaging double figures in scoring (Legette, Page, & Kennett)
Only loss this season came back on January 16 in a three-point loss to Emporia State on the road and where the team shot 30-percent from the field while Heim went scoreless in 29 minutes of play
The Tigers haven't had a losing season since the beginning of the decade (2010-11) and from that point on have registered eight seasons of 20-plus wins, including 30 games in 2014-15
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 1,268 points (7th) and now is trailing Melissa Grider (1,353) by 85 points for sixth on the MSSU All-Time scoring list with two games to go in the regular season to go before postseason play.
Among the 17% (Top-50 out of 301 teams)
42nd in blocks (109)
Up Next
The Lions wrap up the 2018-19 regular season on the road versus at Nebraska-Kearney for a 2:00 pm contest on Saturday.
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