Midwestern State vs. Arkansas-Fort Smith
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 | 7 p.m.
D.L. Ligon Coliseum |  Wichita Falls, Texas
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ON THE COURT
Midwestern State goes for its sixth straight win Wednesday night against Arkansas-Fort Smith at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
 
SCOUTING THE LADY LIONS
- Arkansas-Fort Smith has dropped its last four games heading into Wednesday's contest at Midwestern State.
- The Lady Lions opened the season with a 78-51 win over Cameron before dropping games against Ouachita Baptist (79-78), Southwestern Oklahoma State (83-73), Northeastern State (72-67) and Central Oklahoma (92-65).
- UAFS' average margin of defeat away from its home floor at Stubblefield Center is 13.5 points per game.
- Junior forward Jasmine Brainard leads a trio of Lady Lions averaging in double figures with 14.4 points and five rebounds per game.
- Senior post Angi Rami averages a double-double with 10.2 points and 10.8 rebounds per game while swatting 2.6 shots per game.
- Junior guard Candice Followwell knocked six 3-pointers on her way to a team-high 19 points Monday against Central Oklahoma. The Sachse native is shooting 75 percent from the arc (12-of-16).
- Louis Whorton is in his 29th season as head coach at Arkansas-Fort Smith. He boasts a 607-263 record (.698) including a 69-68 run (.504) in the Lady Lions' now sixth season competing in NCAA Division II.
 
ABOUT THE SERIES
- Midwestern State meets Arkansas-Fort Smith for the first time on the hardwood Wednesday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
 
MUSTANGS NOTEBOOK
- Midwestern State rolled to its fifth straight win taking an 82-59 decision over Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) Sunday afternoon at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
- The five-game winning streak is the longest for MSU since the Mustangs won six straight from Nov. 26, 2013 to Jan. 2, 2014 last season.
- Four of MSU's five wins during its current winning streak have been by 10-or-more points.
- The Mustangs' average margin over victory during the winning streak is 14.6 points per game.
- Senior guard Lisa Hampton (Kennedale, Texas / Nolan Catholic HS) poured in a career-high 20 points going 8-for-14 from the field including four 3-pointers in Sunday's win over Ouachita Baptist.
- Hampton ranks second in the LSC in 3-point field goals made per game (3.1) and is fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (.468).
- Hampton has knocked down 17 triples in her last four games in 33 attempts for a .515 percentage.
- Hampton is averaging 16.3 pointers per game over her last four games — scoring in double figures in each of the contests.
- Hampton hit four 3s Sunday against Ouachita Baptist to move past Savannah Carver (101 3s from 2008-12) and Brittni Morrison (102 3s from 2005-08) into 10th place on MSU's all-time 3-pointers made list.
- Hampton needs four more to pass Lynn Buckmaster (108 3s from 1992-94) and J.J. Anderson (108 3s from 1997-01).
- Senior guard Shatoia Gober (Waco, Texas / Midway HS) matched a season high with 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting in Sunday's win over Ouachita Baptist. She added two blocks and four steals.
- Senior forward Andrea Carter (Angleton, Texas / Angleton HS) notched her fifth straight game with 10-or-more points finishing with 14 points and six rebounds in just 21 minutes in Sunday afternoon's win over Ouachita Baptist.
- Carter continues to lead the LSC in rebounding at 11.7 per game.
- With six rebounds Sunday against Ouachita Baptist, Carter moved past Lounette Adkins (839 rebounds from 1978-79, 80-81, 93-95) and into third place on MSU's all-time rebounds list with 841.
- Senior guard Dianna Jones (Hewitt, Texas / Midway HS) fought off foul trouble to notch her sixth straight game in double figures finishing with 12 points in 17 minutes Sunday against Ouachita Baptist.
 
THE JOHNSON ERA
- Noel Johnson is in her seventh season at the helm of the Midwestern State basketball program.
- Johnson boasts a 96-78 record (.552) while leading the Mustangs to the NCAA Division II postseason in each of the last two seasons including a trip to the South Central Region finals in 2013.
- Midwestern claimed its first NCAA wins taking down Tarleton State and Metro State (Colo.) in 2013 before falling to No. 4 Colorado Mesa in the regional final.
- Johnson led the Mustangs to its first Lone Star Conference championship in 12 seasons claiming the 2012-13 title.
- Johnson garnered Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2012 before earning Texas Association of Basketball Coaches' Small College Coach of the Year accolades in 2013.
 
UP NEXT
- Midwestern State takes a week off for finals before concluding its four-game home stand on Saturday, Dec. 13 against Lubbock Christian. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m.