The Lone Star Conference Champion Mustangs begin postseason play as the top seed in the quarterfinals of the Lone Star Conference Tournament against Eastern New Mexico on Wednesday. 
 
Midwestern State (21-5, 16-4) are coming off a 73-63 win over Texas Woman's last Wednesday.  Eastern New Mexico (7-21, 6-14) is the eighth seed who dropped a 66-64 decision to Texas A&M-Commerce at home on Saturday.
 
Tipoff is set for 6:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas.

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 5:45 pm.

On the Web - BOB-FM's audio broadcast simulcasts on bobradio.fm.  LINK

Streaming Video Webcast - A free video webcast will be provided by the Lone Star Conference on FoxSportsSouthwest.com with Chris Needham handling play-by-play.  LINK

Live Stats - Live stats are available courtesy of the Lone Star Conference.  LINK

ABOUT THE MUSTANGS

The Mustangs open play in the LSC Tournament as the No. 1 seed for just the second time in program history when they meet Eastern New Mexico in Allen.

MSU, co-champion of the league with Abilene Christian with identical 21-5, 16-4 records.  Since the teams split the games between them, the Mustangs earned the top seed by sweeping Tarleton State, while ACU split with the TexAnns.

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 on Jan. 14 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 third in the Lone Star Conference with 15.7 points a game (89th in Division II) to go with 4.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists (fourth in the LSC).

Carter has picked up the LSC Defensive Player of the Week award five times this season to go with the LSC Offensive Player of the Week award she collected earlier in the year.  She has posted 15 double-doubles in 26 games this season (ninth in Division II).  The sophomore from Angleton is second on the team and eighth in the LSC with a 12.9 scoring average, while standing seventh in the LSC with a 48.4 field goal percentage (120-of-248).  She leads the squad, is second in the LSC and is 14th nationally with 10.6 rebounds and is second in the conference with 2.6 steals a contest (54th in Division II).

Sophomore Shatoia Gober of Waco, Texas/Midway contributes 9.2 points a contest to go with her 5.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals an outing.  She is also shooting 47.0 percent from the floor (95-of-202).

MSU is averaging 68.5 points with 39.6 rebounds a game.  The Mustangs allow opponents 59.7 points a contest.

ABOUT THE ZIAS

Eastern New Mexico is making its second consecutive LSC Tournament appearance, and its first back-to-back appearance since 1999-2000.

The Zias of coach Lindsay Wilson are 7-21 overall, 6-14 in the LSC, but have lost three straight and four of their last six.  However, among their wins are LSC champs MSU and ACU, while Tarleton State and Incarnate Word escaped Portales with wins of three or less (and overtime for UIW).

Senior guard Tara Johnson of Portales, N.M., leads the squad with 7.9 points to go with 4.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game .
 
Senior guard Hannah Altheide of El Paso, Texas/Chapin, is second on the team with 7.3 points a contest to go with her 1.0 3-pointers per game, 3.0 rebounds and 1.4 steals (15th in the LSC).
 
Sophomore guard Ashlee Pierson of Clovis, N.M., adds 7.2 points, while freshman forward Nelsha Peterson adds 7.0 points with 3.9 boards, while sophomore center Jasmine Johnson of DeSoto, Texas, leads ENMU with 4.8 rebounds a game.

The Zias average 54.7 points a game (10th in the LSC), while allowing 65.8 ppg (ninth in the LSC).

ABOUT THE SERIES

Midwestern State faces Eastern New Mexico for the 37th time and the second time in postseason play when they meet on Wednesday evening in the Lone Star Conference Tournament in Allen.
 
Midwestern State holds a 20-16 lead in the series that dates back to the 1985-86 season.
 
It's the first meeting between the teams on a neutral floor.  MSU leads the series 12-7 at Ligon Coliseum in Wichita Falls, while ENMU holds a 10-8 advantage in Portales.
 
This is the third meeting of the season for MSU and ENMU.  The Zias upset the then No. 25 Mustangs 70-62 in Portales on Dec. 31, while the Mustangs came back with a 67-52 win at Ligon Coliseum.
 
The loss in December is the only blemish in the last six games for MSU who also holds a 7-3 record over the Zias in the last 10 meetings.
 
The previous postseason meeting was on Feb. 24, 1998 in the quarterfinals of the LSC Tournament.  MSU downed ENMU 62-51 at Ligon Coliseum.


    ABOUT THE LSC TOURNAMENT

The Lone Star Conference Tournament features the top eight of the 11 teams in the league.  The winner is the tournament champion and receives the LSC's automatic bid into the NCAA Division II Championships.
 
The quarterfinals are Wednesday and Thursday, with a women's-men's doubleheader in each session.
 
As the top-seed, MSU takes on #8 seed ENMU at 6 p.m., preceding the #1 MSU men's contest with #8 Texas A&M-Commerce.
 
Starting the tourney is #2 Abilene Christian against #7 Texas A&M-Commerce on Wednesday at noon.
 
On Thursday, #3 seed West Texas A&M faces #6 seed Angelo State at noon, while #4 seed Tarleton State meets #5 seed Incarnate Word at 6 p.m.
 
The semifinals are on Friday, with the winner of the ACU-A&M-C game meeting the winner of the WT-ASU contest at noon.  The MSU-ENMU winner faces the TSU-UIW winner at 6 p.m..
 
The tournament championship game is Saturday at 6 p.m. featuring the semifinal winners.