WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State is hosting the annual Ashbrook Classic. This year, Texas Woman's, East Central and Southeastern Oklahoma are competing in the event. The Mustangs face East Central in the final game on Saturday. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. The opening game on Saturday features TWU and Southeastern Oklahoma. The action begins at 1:30 p.m.
 

MIDWESTERN STATE (1-2) vs. EAST CENTRAL (0-1)

Saturday, Nov. 19 | 4:00 p.m.
D.L. Ligon Coliseum | Wichita Falls, Texas

Series History | Midwestern State leads, 16-9

LAST MEETING | Midwestern State rolled to a 73-60 victory over East Central (Okla.) at D.L. Ligon Coliseum in December of 2013. Junior forward Andrea Carter notched her third double-double of the season pouring in a team-high 15 points while pulling down 10 rebounds, connecting on 6-of-7 shots. The Mustangs utilized an 18-2 run midway through the opening half to seize control of the game.

LAST TIME OUT | Senior guard Briley Moon played a full 40 minutes and scored 30 points as Southeastern Oklahoma defeated Midwestern State in the Ashbrook Classic at D.L. Ligon Colisuem on Friday night, 71-65. Midwestern State took an early 12-6 lead in the first quarter after Sheridan Bostic hit a 3-pointer for the Mustangs, but the Savage Storm scored the final five points first quarter and trailed by only one entering the second period, 12-11. Southeastern held Midwestern State without a field goal for the final 6:07 of the second quarter and led 29-22 at halftime. MSU was 2-of-12 from the field in the second quarter. Moon scored 17 of her 30 points in the second half, and Grace Alverson was 3 of 5 from 3-point range in the second half, when she scored all nine of her points. Southeastern outscored Midwestern State in the paint, 32-22, and hit 17 of 22 free throws in the victory. Midwestern State was 15 of 26 from the foul line.

TRACKING THE MUSTANGS | Midwestern State was 9-4 at home last season…Christopher Reay is in his third full season as the head coach at MSU and is 30-28, including the final 10 games of the 2019-20 season…Mustangs are 20-6 at home under Reay…MSU is 13-8 all-time in the 11-year history of the Ashbrook Classic…MSU has won both games of the Ashbrook Classic on four occasions and has split the two games five times…MSU is averaging 72.3 ppg and allowing 80.0 ppg after its first three games of the season…Sheridan Bostic is 9 of 14 from 3-point range (55.6%)…Bostic is the second-leading scorer for MSU with 10.3 ppg…Natalie Stice is the leading scorer for MSU with 16.3 ppg …Mandy Withey is the leading rebounder with 7.0 rpg…Withey is averaging 3.7 ppg and is 5 of 11 from the field (45.5%)…Kennedi Green is averaging 9.0 ppg and 3.7 rpg…Eternity Jackson leads the Mustangs with nine assists …Jackson is 12 of 14 from the free-throw line…Yasmine Sifaoui is averaging 7.3 ppg and 3.3 rpg…Sifaoui is 9 of 16 from the field (56.3%)…Jordan Mathis is averaging 9.0 ppg and 5.7 rpg…Midwestern State is shooting 41.2% from the field…MSU is shooting 38.9% from 3-point range…Midwestern is 56 of 80 at the free-throw line (70%) …Mustangs have 13 blocks through three games…Withey has four steals for MSU, which has 14 steals as a team…

SCOUTING EAST CENTRAL | East Central was 15-12 last season…ECU was 0-2 in neutral site game last season and has lost four-straight neutral site games…ECU won its final two road games last season to finish with a 7-6 road record…East Central opened last season 3-0, beating three LSC opponents (TWU, UAFS and St. Mary's)…ECU also had a five-game and a four-game winning streak during the season…ECU's longest losing streak last season was four games…East Central lost to Henderson State in the first round of the GAC Tournament as the No. 5 seed…ECU was third in the GAC allowing just 64.5 points per game…East Central held opponents to 39.5% shooting from the field, including 32.6% from 3-point range…Tigers return eight athletes from the 2021-22 roster, including four players that received either All-GAC or GAC Academic Accolades – Kate Ogle, Mackenzie Crusoe, Gabby Cummins, and Izzy Cummins… Ogle shot 37.4 percent from the 3-point arc and reached double figures eight times last season to help her claim GAC Newcomer of the Year. She also led the team in blocked shots with 18…Crusoe earned All-GAC Second Team honors for the first time in her career. She led the team in scoring, rebounding, and steals and ranked 10th in the GAC in minutes played with a total of 897 minutes… The Cummins sisters were two of five players named GAC Elite Scholar-Athletes, representing those participating in the tournament with a high GPA and 72 credit hours completed. They both had perfect 4.0 GPA's. Izzy finished second on the team in steals and third in assists per game while Gabby finished with a .385 field goal percentage and .778 free throw percentage… Matt Cole, the fourth head coach in the 66-year history of the program, is beginning his ninth season as the head coach of the Tigers, who have finished above .500 in five of the previous eight campaigns, including three of the last four seasons…Cole is 106-108 as the head coach at ECU… East Central was second in the GAC and 27th in the nation last season with just 13.1 turnovers per game…ECU had the fewest total turnovers in the GAC and 15th in the nation with 355 in 27 games…ECU led the conference and was 16th in the nation with a free-throw percentage of 78.3…Tigers were 193 of 581 (33.2%) from 3-point range last season…ECU had the fourth-most attempts and makes from long distance in the GAC last season and were fifth in 3-point percentage...Crusoe was third in the conference with 5.9 defensive rebounds per game, and she was seventh in the league with 7.5 rebounds per game overall…Crusoe was 10th in the conference with 203 total rebounds…Crusoe was fourth in the GAC with 2.00 steals per game and had 54 total steals, which was seventh-most in the conference…

UP NEXT | Midwestern State hosts Oklahoma Baptist Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in its final home game before beginning conference play.