The Missouri Southern women's basketball team (12-11, 4-9 MIAA) hosts the No. 5 Fort Hays State Tigers (20-1, 11-1 MIAA) tomorrow afternoon for a 1:30 pm tilt as part of the official Pink Game.
Game Information
Date: Saturday February 9, 2019
Tip-Off: 1:30 pm
Location: Joplin, Mo.
Site: Leggett and Platt Athletic Center
Series Record: FHSU, leads 30-18
Picking Up the Scent: Five Components on Opponents
Fort Hays State
Picked 2nd with one first-place vote in the MIAA preseason poll
National Rankings (301 schools - Top-20):
1st in turnovers per game (10.7)
4th in fewest turnovers and scoring margin (225/24.1)
6th in fewest fouls and free throws made (265/365)
7th in personal fouls per game (12.6)
8th in blocked shots (113)
9th in scoring defense (54.3)
11th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.28)
16th in scoring offense (78.5)
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
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 1,203, trailing Erin Rice (1,220) by 17 points for a spot in the top ten.
Among the 17% (Top-50 out of 301 teams)
25th in rebounds (925)
32nd in blocks (92)
Up Next
The Lions travel up the road to take on its cross-state rival Pittsburg State on Feb. 16 at 1:30 pm before battling them three days later for home contest on Feb. 19 at 5:30 pm.
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