Friday, February 15, 2019

MSSU women to play at Pittsburg State

The Missouri Southern women's basketball team (12-12, 4-10 MIAA) heads to cross-state rival Pittsburg State (18-5, 10-4 MIAA) for the first meeting of a home-and-home between the two programs tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 pm inside John Lance Arena.

Game Information
Date: Saturday February 16, 2019
Tip-Off: 1:30 pm
Location: Pittsburg, Kan.


Picking Up the Scent: Five Components on Opponents 
Pittsburg State

Picked 7th with in the MIAA preseason poll
National Rankings (301 schools - Top-50):
20th in field-goal percentage (45.4)
23rd in three-point field goal (36.3)
28th in def. rebounds per game and three-point field goal defense (29/27.7)
29th in turnovers per game (13.9)






48th in scoring offense (73.4)
49th 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
Guard Chelsey Henry soared over the 1,000 career-point barrier against Illinois-Springfield and now stands in 11th on the MSSU All-Time scoring list with 1,213, trailing Erin Rice (1,220) by 7 points for a spot in the top ten.

Among the 17% (Top-50 out of 301 teams)

30th in blocks (97)
34th in rebounds (951)
50th in block shots per game (4.0)

Up Next

The Lions face Pittsburg State in the second game of the home-and-home series on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 5:30 pm as part of Senior Day where the women's basketball team will honor their two seniors in guard Chelsey Henry and Laure Assena.

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