Midwestern State vs. West Texas A&M
Saturday, March 7, 2015 | 3 p.m.
Allen Event Center | Allen, Texas
Records: Midwestern State (23-5); West Texas A&M (26-2)
Video: None
Radio: ESPN 95.5
Audio: MSUMustangs.com 
Live Stats: LoneStarConference.org  

ON THE COURT
Midwestern State and West Texas A&M meet for the third consecutive season in the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament and for the second time in three years in the championship final. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m.

SCOUTING THE LADY BUFFS
- West Texas A&M rides a 17-game winning streak into Saturday LSC Postseason Tournament final against Midwestern State.
- The Lady Buffs started each semester with a loss. WT fell 77-73 to Texas-Permian Basin before reeling off nine straight wins before the Christmas break. West Texas A&M then took a 77-64 loss to MSU the first game out of the break and have not lost since.
- West Texas A&M leads NCAA Division II in team field goal percentage (49.3), is seventh in assists per game (17.9) and ninth in margin of victory (+17.2).
- LSC Player of the Year Chontiquah White leads the Lady Buffs' attack scoring 17.7 points per game while pulling down 8.8 rebounds a contest.
- White has scored 20-or-more points in five of her last seven games and is coming off of a 23-point, 14-rebound effort in Friday's semifinal win over Texas Woman's. It was White's ninth double-double of the season.
- Sophomore guard Sasha Watson pitches in 13.1 points a game while dishing out 4.0 assists.
- Watson scored 10-or-more points 20 times this season including a campaign-best 29 points against Texas A&M-Commerce (2/21).
- Senior guard Ariel Robertson raised her season average to 10.0 points per game with a season-best 23 points Friday against Texas Woman's.
- Mark Kellogg boasts a 58-5 record in his second season at West Texas A&M and is 246-64 in 11 seasons as a collegiate head coach including a 173-46 in seven seasons at Fort Lewis and was 15-13 in his only year at Northwest Missouri.

ABOUT THE SERIES
- Midwestern State and West Texas A&M meet for the 62nd time on the hardwood Saturday afternoon at the Allen Event Center.
- West Texas A&M holds a 44-17 advantage in the overall series which dates back to the 1976-77 season.
- The teams have split the 12 meetings since the start of the 2010-11 season.
- The Mustangs are 3-2 all time on neutral floors against West Texas A&M with wins during the 1977-78 and 1981-82 seasons before claiming an 85-83 overtime win in the 2013 LSC Postseason Tournament championship game at the Allen Event Center.
- Midwestern State is 0-28 against nationally ranked teams away from D.L. Ligon Coliseum since joining NCAA Division II prior to the 1996-97 season.
- Midwestern State and West Texas A&M meet for the third time and for the third consecutive season in the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament. Both of the previous games have gone to overtime. The Mustangs claimed an 85-83 win in the 2013 title game before WT claimed an 86-85 victory in the 2014 semifinals.

THIS SEASON VS. WEST TEXAS A&M
- Midwestern State split the regular season with the Mustangs claiming 77-64 win at D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Jan. 7 then dropped a 59-55 decision to WT on Feb. 11.
- MSU's 77-64 win over then-No.3 West Texas A&M was its first win over a Top 10 ranked NCAA Division II team in program history.
- All five Midwestern State starters scored in double figures in the Mustangs' win on Jan. 7 led by senior forward Andrea Carter with 17 points and nine rebounds.
- Midwestern rallied from a 19-point first-half deficit to pull within a single point on a Lisa Hampton 3-pointer (42-41) with 7:46 to play on Feb. 11 in Canyon. WT extended its advantage back to eight before the Mustangs rallied to within two again in the final minute of play.
- The Mustangs were held to a season-low 13 points in the first half in the loss shooting 18.5 percent (5-for-27) from the field in the contest. MSU recovered to shoot 53.6 percent from the floor in the second half.
- Senior guard Shatoia Gober led MSU with 12 points while Carter narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds.

MUSTANGS NOTEBOOK
- Midwestern State claimed its fourth consecutive win by beating Texas A&M-Commerce 65-60 in the LSC Postseason Tournament semifinals Friday at the Allen Event Center.
- The Mustangs improved to 23-0 in games in which it scored at least 60 points this season.
- Seventeen of MSU's 23 wins this season have been by at least 10 points.
- Senior forward Andrea Carter (Angleton, Texas / Angleton HS) notched her 12th double-double of the season going for 14 points and 11 rebounds Friday against Texas A&M-Commerce.
- Carter became MSU's all time leading rebounder in the opening round win over Eastern New Mexico surpassing Alice Edwards, who had 1,014 rebounds from 1981-85. Carter now has 1,031 career rebounds.
- Carter moved past Lindy Lombard (1,452 points from 1998-02) and Denise Pittman (1,460 points from 1994-98) into fourth place on MSU's all-time scoring list Friday and now has 1,466 points. She needs 32 points to pass Alice Edwards (1,497 from 1981-85) to move into third.
- Senior guard Janae McJunkins (Wagoner, Okla. / Wagoner HS (Murray State)) knocked down four 3-pointers on her way to a career-high 14 points Friday against Texas A&M-Commerce. It was her third double-digit performance of the season.
- Senior forward Shambreka Jones (Mesquite, Texas / Poteet HS (Charleston Southern)) blocked three more shots Friday against Texas A&M-Commerce and needs one more to match Rulinda Vogtsberger's single season record total of 56 set during the 1979-80 season.
- Senior guard Dianna Jones (Hewitt, Texas / Midway HS) has scored in double figures in each of her last two games including an 18-point effort last time out against Texas A&M-Commerce. Jones has knocked down five 3-pointers in the last two games.
- Jones stands third on Midwestern's all-time assist chart with 367.
- Senior guard Lisa Hampton (Kennedale, Texas / Nolan Catholic HS) is second on MSU's all-time single season made 3-pointers list with 66 and needs eight more to match Lynn Buckmaster, who made 74 triples in 1993-94.
- Hampton tops MSU's all-time made 3-pointers list with 149.

THE JOHNSON ERA
- Noel Johnson is in her seventh season at the helm of the Midwestern State basketball program.
- Johnson boasts a 113-82 record (.579) 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.
- Johnson reached milestone victory No. 100 with a 61-47 win over Texas Woman's University on Jan. 1, 2015 in Denton.
- Midwestern claimed its first NCAA postseason tournament 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.

MUSTANGS IN THE LSC POSTSEASON TOURNAMENT
- Midwestern State is making its fourth consecutive appearance in the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament.
- The Mustangs are 13-5 all time in tournament play claiming titles in 2001 and 2013.
- MSU is now 6-1 all time in LSC Postseason Tournament quarterfinal games.
- MSU is 4-2 in LSC semifinal appearances reaching the LSC finals in 2001, 2002 and 2013.