The Mustangs put a seven-game winning streak and a first place tie in the Lone Star Conference on the line as they look to avenge one of their three season losses as Incarnate Word visits Wichita Falls. 
 
Midwestern State (14-3, 9-2) is coming off a 69-49 blowout of Cameron on Saturday in the second game of the league's Rivalry Week.  Incarnate Word (12-5, 8-3) ripped Texas A&M-Kingsville 63-47 on Saturday to sweep the Javelinas.
 
Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Ligon Coliseum in Wichita Falls.

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

On Television - The game is being televised live by Time Warner Cable's Texas Channel, Digital 888 in Wichita Falls, San Antonio, Austin, Waco, Temple, Killeen, Corpus Christi, Rio Grande Valley, Laredo and most other Texas markets.  It is Digital 185 in Dallas and 24 in El Paso.  Dan Hawkins handles the play-by-play, with Skip Boyden the color analysis.

Live Stats - Live stats are available courtesy of the MSU Athletic Communications office.  LINK

ABOUT THE MUSTANGS

Midwestern State is in the middle of a three-game homestand as they hit Gerald Stockton Court at Ligon Coliseum on Thursday.

The Mustangs have won seven straight, the longest winning streak this season and tied for the sixth longest in MSU history, and are tied for first place in the Lone Star Conference.

The Mustangs are paced by the powerful duo of junior Kirsti Degelia and sophomore Andrea Carter.

Degelia, who was 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 is second in the LSC in scoring with 16.8 points a game (60th in Division II), and averages 3.4 assists a contest (fifth in the LSC) while grabbing 4.0 rebounds a game.

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 nine double-doubles in 17 games this season.  The sophomore from Angleton is second on the team and 12th in the LSC with a 11.9 scoring average.  She leads the squad, is second in the LSC and 21st nationally with 10.5 rebounds and is second in the conference with 2.5 steals a contest (69th in Division II).

Sophomore Shatoia Gober of Waco, Texas/Midway contributes 9.9 points a contest to go with her 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals an outing.  She is also shooting 49.3 percent from the floor (68-of-138).

MSU is averaging 70.1 points with 41.0 rebounds a game.  The Mustangs allow opponents 60.1 points a contest.

ABOUT THE CARDINALS

Incarnate Word is on a three-game winning streak themselves and has won five of their last six games.

The Cardinals of coach Angela Lawson are 12-5 overall, 8-3 in the LSC.

Incarnate Word is paced by senior guard Ashlyn Green of Irving, Texas who leads the squad with 12.0 points a game (10th in the LSC) to go with her 5.0 rebounds and LSC leading 3.7 steals per game .

Junior center Rose Whitehead of Grapevine, Texas adds 9.8 points a contest (20th in the LSC) to go with 3.0 rebounds and her 51.4 field goal percentage (fifth in the LSC).
 
Junior swing player Ifunanya Mora of Grand Prairie, Texas/Arlington Bowie, an honorable mention All-LSC performer last season, averages 9.0 points (22nd in the LSC) with 4.9 rebounds).

Junior forward Michelle Hale of Albuquerque, N.M./Rio Grande leads the team and is ninth in the league in rebounding with 6.5 boards to go with her 4.8 points a game, while senior guard Katy Cooke, a second-team All-LSC honoree last season, tallies 7.4 points and leads the team with 2.6 assists and 1.3 3-pointers a game.
 
The Cards average 62.0 points a game (fifth in the LSC), while allowing the LSC's best of just 57.1 ppg.

ABOUT THE SERIES Midwestern State takes on Incarnate Word for just the 20th time when the Cardinals visit Wichita Falls on Thursday.
 
Midwestern State leads the series 12-7, and holds a decisive 8-2 record against UIW at Ligon Coliseum.
 
Midwestern leads the series 2-1 on neutral floors and UIW leads the series at the McDermott Center in San Antonio 4-2.
 
This is the second meeting of the season for MSU and UIW.  The Cardinals won the Lone Star Conference opener in double overtime 82-81.
 
Incarnate Word has now won the last two meetings, as they claimed a 75-71 win in the first round of the LSC Tournament last season in Allen.
 
The Mustangs won both regular season games last season, 76-65 on Feb. 8, 2012 in Wichita Falls and 68-50 on Dec. 14, 2011 in San Antonio.