WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State welcomes St. Mary's to D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Monday for a Lone Star Conference matchup. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
 

MIDWESTERN STATE (1-7, 0-3) vs. ST. MARY'S (5-3, 1-2)

Monday, Dec. 12 | 5:30 p.m.
D.L. Ligon Coliseum | Wichita Falls, Texas

Series History | Midwestern State leads, 16-5

LAST MEETING | Midwestern State extended a one-point halftime lead to a 13-point advantage in the third quarter and defeated the Rattlers last season at D.L. Ligon Coliseum, 79-73. Hannah Reynolds and Morgan Lenahan each scored 24 points in the victory for the Mustangs. Frances King set the single-game record at MSU with 16 assists in the triumph.

LAST TIME OUT | Midwestern State led St. Edward's for more than 36 minutes, but the Hilltoppers outscored the Mustangs in overtime, 12-5, to come away with a 63-56 victory at D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Saturday night. Midwestern State led 31-25 at halftime as Natalie Stice scored 16 of her 19 point in the opening 20 minutes, hitting six of her first 13 shots, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range. MSU senior forward Mandy Withey scored 10 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds for Midwestern State. Kennedi Green hit four of her season-high 10 attempts from the field and scored 12 points, going 4 of 4 at the free-throw line.

TRACKING THE MUSTANGS | Midwestern State is 0-4 at home this season…MSU has a six-game losing streak…Christopher Reay is in his third full season as the head coach at MSU and is 30-33, including the final 10 games of the 2019-20 season…Mustangs are 20-9 at home under Reay…MSU is 9-3 when hosting St. Mary's…MSU is eighth in the league, scoring 68.9 points per game — and 16th in the LSC, surrendering 78.4 points per game…-9.6 scoring margin is 14th in the LSC…Midwestern State leads the LSC and is 15th in the nation with 4.7 blocks per game…Withey is second in the league and 17th in the nation with 13 blocks…Yasmine Sifaoui is sixth in the LSC and 46th in the nation with 10 blocks…MSU is eighth in the LSC with 39.43 rebounds per game…+2.6 is eighth-best rebounding margin in the conference…Withey is second in the LSC with 63 total rebounds (74th in the nation) and 9.0 rebounds per game (54th in the nation)… MSU is fourth in the conference with 13.6 offensive rebounds per game…Sifaoui is 15th in the league with 2.3 offensive rebounds per game…Midwestern is shooting 38.7 percent from the field…Natalie Stice is 32 of 94 from floor (.325)…Stice is seventh in attempts among LSC shooters…MSU is 43 of 131 (.328) from 3-point range… MSU is seventh in the LSC with 18.7 3-point attempts per game and sixth in 3-point percentage…Mustangs are making 6.1 3-pointers per game, which is eighth in the league…Sheridan Bostic is 18 of 39 (.462) from 3-point range…Bostic is third in the conference and 32nd in the nation in 3-point shooting percentage… Bostic is sixth in the LSC with 2.57 3-pointers made per game, and she is fourth in the league with 18 shots made from beyond the arc… Stice is 13 of 40 (.325) from 3-point range and 10th in the LSC in 3-point attempts…Bostic is 11th in the LSC in attempts from beyond the arc… MSU is ninth in the conference with 12.1 assists per game…Midwestern State holds opponents to 29.2 percent shooting from beyond the arc, which the seventh-best 3-point is shooting defense in the LSC… MSU is 127 of 174 from the free-throw line (.730)…Mustangs are third in the LSC with 24.86 free-throw attempts per game and sixth in free-throw percentage…Dyamon Griggs is 20 of 29 from the free-throw line (.690)…Griggs is 18th in the LSC in free-throw attempts…MSU is ninth in the conference with 12.1 assists per game… Eternity Jackson leads the Mustangs and is 13th in the conference with 20 total assists … Withey has 13 and Stice has 12 total assists…Midwestern State is averaging 20.3 turnovers per game, which is 13th in the conference, and the Mustangs are 15th in the LSC, forcing 12.86 turnovers per game…-7.43 is 16th among conference teams in turnover margin…MSU has been called for 25.9 fouls per game, which is 16th in the LSC…

SCOUTING ST. MARY'S | Rattlers are 0-1 in road games this season…St. Mary's had a four-game winning streak snapped with a 72-65 loss to Eastern New Mexico in San Antonio (12/3) before embarking on it first road trip of the season…Cameron defeated the Rattlers in Lawton, Okla., on Saturday, 62-60… Valerie Huizar is 46-24 in three seasons as a head coach, spending two seasons at her alma mater LSU-Shreveport, where she was 41-21 before coming to St. Mary's this season… Rattlers opened the conference campaign with a 76-73 double-overtime victory against Western New Mexico….St. Mary's is 10th in the conference with 68.30 points per game…Rattlers are only allowing opponents to score 62.6 points per game and is seventh in the LSC in scoring defense…+5.4 scoring margin is ninth-best in the LSC…Opponents are shooting 160 of 434 from the field (.369), which is sixth in the conference in field goal percentage defense…Rattlers are shooting 36.9 percent from the field, which ranks ninth in the conference…Senior forward Tonia Billic is the leading scorer for St. Mary's with 11.9 points per game…St. Mary's is 76 of 127 (.598) from the foul line…Rattlers are 13th in the conference with 18.14 free-throw attempts per game…St. Mary's has the lowest free-throw percentage in the LSC and is 15th in the league with 10.86 free throws made per game…Gabby Elliott and Teanna Huggins are both 16 of 22 at the foul line (.727)…St. Mary's is 46 of 125 from 3-point range (.368)…Rattlers are No. 1 in the LSC and 31st in the nation in 3-point shooting percentage…Ariah Powell is 12 of 24 from beyond the arc (.500)…Rattlers are sixth in the conference with 12.9 assists per game… Huggins leads the Rattlers with 2.7 assists per game (19 total)….St. Mary's is fourth in the LSC and 44th in the nation with 3.7 blocks per game…Tonia Bilic and Elliott each have eight blocks and are 11th in the conference…Huggins is 18th in the LSC with six blocks…St. Mary's is second in the conference and 19th in the nation with 44.57 rebounds per game…Rattlers are second in the conference and 44th in the nation with 14.7 offensive rebounds per game…+6.7 is the third-best rebounding margin in the LSC and 48th in the nation…Natalia Ryng averages 6.1 rebounds per game…. Elliott is pulling down 5.7 rebounds per game, and Bilic is averaging 5.1 rebounds per game…St. Mary's averages 7.6 steals per game, which is eighth-most in the LSC…Huggins has 10 steals, and Reyelle Frazier has nine for the Rattlers…St. Mary's averages 17 turnovers per game, which is ninth in the league…Rattlers force 16.86 turnovers per game…-0.14 turnover margin is ninth in the conference…

UP NEXT | Midwestern State is on the road to face Cameron at Aggie Gym in Lawton on Saturday. Tip-off for the LSC matchup is at 1 p.m.