Midwestern State at Cameron
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 | 5:30 p.m.
Aggie Gym | Lawton, Okla.
Records: Midwestern State (8-16, 5-13 LSC); Cameron (10-14, 8-10 LSC)
Live Stats: CameronAggies.com
Video: CameronAggies.com
Audio: Mustangs Digital Network
Radio: ESPN 95.5 FM 
  
THE RUNDOWN
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Midwestern State takes on its final road trip of the 2016-17 season Tuesday as the Mustangs face off against Cameron in a Red River Rivalry matchup at Aggie Gym in Lawton, Okla. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m.
 
The Mustangs begin their final week of the season after failing to qualify for their sixth-straight Lone Star Conference Tournament despite a win Saturday over Western New Mexico. Texas A&M-Kingsville clinched the eighth and final berth into the league's postseason tournament last weekend with a win over UT Permian Basin.

LAST TIME ON THE COURT
- Whitney Taylor posted her fifth 20-point game of the season with 21 points while Avery Queen notched her first career double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead Midwestern State to an 86-73 win over Western New Mexico on Senior Day
- MSU scored a season-high 28 points in the first period to take control with a 28-13 lead after shooting 78.6 percent in the first 10 minutes
- Liz Cathcart also reached double figures with 13 points while Jennifer Arbuckle hit double figures with 10 points on her Senior Day

A LOOK AT THE MUSTANGS
- Midwestern State comes into the final week of the season with an 8-16 record and 5-13 mark in LSC play
- The Mustangs are averaging 63.9 points per game and shooting 40 percent from the floor 
- MSU ranks second in the league with 15.2 assists per game while coming in third with a 32.7 percentage from behind the arc
- Junior guard Whitney Taylor ranks 11th in the league with 13.5 points per game and is second in the LSC with 2.5 three-pointers per contest
- Taylor became the sixth Mustang in program history and just the second in the 21st century to knock down 60 three-pointers in a single season, shooting 37.5 percent (60-of-160) from deep this season
- For her career, Taylor ranks 11th in the school record books with 107 triples, becoming the fourth-fastest player to reach the century mark with 100 in 67 games
- Junior guard Kristin Rydell is second for the Mustangs with 9.0 points and 38 three-pointers this season, matching the school record with seven threes against Texas Wesleyan on Dec. 31, 2016
- Junior post Avery Queen ranks third in scoring for MSU with 7.7 points in all 24 starts on the year
- Senior forward Jennifer Arbuckle is adding 6.6 points in her starting role while shooting 45.3 percent from the floor
- Off the bench, junior forward Micheline Mercelita leads the Mustangs with 5.0 rebounds per game while adding 6.4 points on a team-best 51.4 shooting percentage
- Freshman guard Leanna James leads the league with a 1.6 assist-to-turnover ratio and is fourth in the LSC with 3.9 assists per game with eight games of five or more assists this season

THE JOHNSON ERA
- Noel Johnson is in her ninth season at the helm of the Midwestern State women's basketball program, leading the Mustangs to three-straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 2013-15
- Johnson has compiled a 126-122 career mark (.508) in her time at MSU, surpassing Kim Griffee (1984-92) for second on the program's all-time coaching wins list following her 121st victory on Dec. 31, 2016 against Texas Wesleyan
- Johnson now just sits behind Shannon Burks who recorded 132 wins in nine seasons at MSU from 1999-2008
- In 2013, Johnson was named the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) Small College Coach of the Year after guiding the Mustangs to their first Lone Star Conference title in 11 years while advancing to the NCAA South Central Region finals with a 26-6 record
- Johnson earned LSC Coach of the Year accolades in 2012 after leading MSU to its first trip to the league's postseason tournament since 2003 with a 19-8 record and third-place finish in the LSC
 
SCOUTING THE AGGIES
- Cameron enters the final week of the regular season with a 10-14 overall record and 8-10 mark in the LSC for seventh in the conference standings
- The Aggies are averaging 78.2 points per game for second in the LSC and 20th nationally
- Cameron leads the league with 10.2 steals per game and comes in second with 7.2 three-pointers per game
- Junior forward Savanna James paces the Aggies with 14.8 points and 8.0 rebounds while shooting 56 percent from the floor for 16th in the country
- Freshman guard Jamie Bonnarens adds 14.4 points for the Aggies while pulling down 5.5 boards per game
- Junior guard Natalie Halbleib leads CU with 2.1 steals while averaging 11.1 points and 7.5 rebounds
- Senior guard Charron Montgomery also averages double figures with 10.6 points and a team-high 3.6 assists per game
- Emma Andrews is in her first season as head coach following two years as the top assistant coach for the Aggies
 
LAST TIME AGAINST CAMERON
- Cameron put together a 20-2 run in the fourth quarter to erase a four-point deficit to record a 94-76 victory over Midwestern State back on Jan. 17 in Wichita Falls
- The Mustangs were held to just one field goal in the final 6:41 during CU's 28-6 run to close out the game
- Whitney Taylor scored a season-high 23 points with four three-pointers while Jasmine Richardson added a career-high 14 points
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
- Midwestern State and Cameron square off for the 71st time Tuesday in Lawton with the Mustangs leading the all-time series 45-25
- Cameron has won three in a row for the fifth time in the series history and just the second time since 1987
- MSU carries an 18-16 record against the Aggies in Lawton, having won four of the last five meetings on the road
 
UP NEXT
- Midwestern State concludes the season Saturday at 4 p.m. with a Pink Out Game against Texas Woman's at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. The Mustangs will be selling Pink Out T-shirts to raise money for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.