The Mustangs are out to establish their longest streak of the season as they visit Texas Woman's before getting a week off.
Midwestern State (11-3, 6-2) is coming off their first win over Tarleton State since 2005 as they downed the TexAnns 78-71 in overtime on Saturday to pick up their second four-game win streak. Texas Woman's (5-9, 3-5) thumped Angelo State 61-39 in San Angelo on Saturday to go 2-2 since the start of 2013.
Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at Magee Arena in Denton.
WHERE TO FIND THE GAME
100.9 BOB-FM - The broadcast features the play-by-play voice of two-time Lone Star Conference Broadcaster of the Year Bill Powers. The Taco Casa Pregame Show begins at 2:45 pm.
On the Web - BOB-FM's audio broadcast simulcasts on bobradio.fm. LINK
Streaming Video - A live video webstream is available courtesy of Texas Woman's University. LINK
Live Stats - Live stats are available courtesy of the Texas Woman's Sports Information office. LINK
ABOUT THE MUSTANGS
Midwestern State returns to the road for the first of two games, but with a week off between contests when the Mustangs face Texas Woman's.
The Mustangs have won four straight, but by suffering consecutive losses after attaining a No. 25 ranking in the Dec. 18 WBCA's USA Today Sports Division II Coaches Poll, MSU has dropped out of receiving votes in the poll.
The Mustangs are paced by the powerful duo of junior Kirsti Degelia and sophomore Andrea Carter.
Degelia, the Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Week after chalking up a career-high 27 points against Tarleton State, leads the Mustangs offensively. The honorable mention All-Lone Star Conference performer a season ago is a junior from Denton, Texas/Krum who leads the LSC in scoring with 16.6 points a game (69th in Division II), and averages 3.1 assists a contest (sixth in the LSC) while grabbing 5.1 rebounds a game (20th in the LSC).
Carter has won the LSC Defensive Player of the Week award three times to go with the LSC Offensive Player of the Week award she has also collected earlier this season. She has posted seven double-doubles in 14 games this season. The sophomore from Angleton is second on the team and ninth in the LSC with a 12.1 scoring average. She leads the squad, is second in the LSC and 16th nationally with 10.5 rebounds and is second in the conference with 2.5 steals a contest (76th in Division II).
Sophomore Shatoia Gober of Waco, Texas/Midway contributes 9.6 points a contest to go with her 5.4 rebounds and 1.1 steals an outing. She is also shooting 48.2 percent from the floor (55-of-114).
Sophomore Diana Jones of Hewitt, Texas/Midway is averaging 8.1 points a game, adds 3.6 assists an outing, second in the LSC. She has nailed 15-of-41 3-point attempts (.366) to go with her 1.8 steals a contest (sixth in the LSC).
MSU is averaging 70.7 points with 42.1 rebounds a game. The Mustangs allow opponents 61.9 points a contest.
ABOUT THE PIONEERS
Texas Woman's has split the four games it's played since the start of 2013, including last Saturday's 61-39 romp at Angelo State.
The Pioneers of coach Beth Jillson are 5-9 overall, 3-5 in the LSC.
TWU is paced by sophomore guard Toree Mason of Shreveport, La./Byrd leads the squad with 9.9 points a game (20th in the LSC) to go with her 3.7 rebounds a game as she is connecting on 1.2 3-point field goals a game .
Sophomore forward Ria Pateraki of Athens, Greece via Lamar University adds 9.5 points (24th in the LSC) and leads the team with 7.0 rebounds (eighth in the LSC).
Junior forward Tabbatha Thurmond of The Colony, Texas averages 8.4 points with 6.0 rebounds.
The Pioneers average 55.1 points a game (9th in the LSC), while allowing 61.1.
ABOUT THE SERIES
Midwestern State meets Texas Woman's for the 50th time when the Mustangs visit Denton on Wednesday.
Midwestern State leads the series 30-19, and holds the lead in the series in Denton 14-7.
Midwestern is 13-8 against the Pioneers at Ligon Coliseum, and trails 3-4 in games where the site is unknown.
Texas Woman's broke a three-game win streak that Midwestern had on the Pioneers with a 59-54 win in Denton on Feb. 18, 2012.
MSU won the first game of the pair last season with a 74-67 decision at Ligon Coliseum.
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