LAWTON, Okla. -- Midwestern State is on the road Saturday for its first of two meetings with Cameron this season. Tipoff at Aggie Gym is scheduled for 1 p.m.
 

MIDWESTERN STATE (2-7, 1-3) vs. CAMERON (4-5, 2-2)

Saturday, Dec. 17 | 1 p.m.
Aggie Gym | Lawton, Okla.

Series History | Midwestern State leads, 49-33

LAST MEETING | Cameron scored 27 points off 33 turnovers and set a program record with 26 steals in an 81-46 victory at D.L. Ligon Coliseum last season. The Aggies never trailed in the game and led 23-10 at the end of the first quarter. Katie King had 11 steals for the Aggies and finished with 14 points. Midwestern State was held to 28.6 percent shooting and was just 2 of 16 from 3-point range. Shawnisay Millar finished with nine points and four rebound for the Mustangs. Millar also had a steal and a block. Sheridan Bostic pitched in seven points and grabbed six rebounds for Midwestern State. Mandy Withey led MSU with eight boards, and Jordan Mathis pulled down seven rebounds for the Mustangs. Markayla Johnson had six points and three steals in the loss.

LAST TIME OUT | Midwestern State's Dyamon Griggs scored 22 points after the start of the fourth period including the game tying 3-pointer in regulation and winning shot in the closing seconds of the second overtime lifting the Mustangs to an 82-81 win Monday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Griggs and Kennedi Green combined for 29 of Midwestern State's 33 points in the fourth quarter as the Mustangs overcame a 14-point deficit to force overtime. Griggs posted her second 20-point effort of her career finishing with a game-high 26 points. The Waco native connected on 8-of-14 shots from the field and was 9-of-12 from the charity stripe. She also matched a career high with seven rebounds. Green scored a season-high 16 points powered by a 12-of-16 effort from the charity stripe. She was 8-of-10 from the free-throw line in the fourth period. Green also dished out a season-best six assists. Mandy Withey matched a career high by grabbing 13 rebounds for the third time in her last five games. Seven of the boards came on the offensive end of the floor. Midwestern State blocked a season-high 10 shots against St. Mary's on Monday led by Withey and Millar with three each.

TRACKING THE MUSTANGS | Midwestern State is 1-3 on the road this season…MSU ended a six-game losing streak with an 82-81 double-overtime win against St. Mary's…Christopher Reay is in his third full season as the head coach at MSU and is 31-33, including the final 10 games of the 2019-20 season… Mustangs are 10-24 on the road under Reay… Midwestern is 1-4 against Cameron in the Reay era…MSU is 20-22 when visiting Cameron…MSU is eighth in the league, scoring 68.9 points per game — and 16th in the LSC, surrendering 77.0 points per game…-8.1 scoring margin is 14th in the LSC…Midwestern State leads the LSC and is seventh in the nation with 5.4 blocks per game…Withey is second in the league and 13th in the nation with 18 blocks…Yasmine Sifaoui is seventh in the LSC with 11 blocks…MSU is seventh in the LSC with 40.78 rebounds per game…+1.1 is -best rebounding margin in the conference…Withey is second in the LSC with 84 total rebounds (46th in the nation) and 9.3 rebounds per game (41st in the nation)…MSU is third in the conference and 49th in the nation with 14.4 offensive rebounds per game…Midwestern is shooting 37.1 percent from the field…Natalie Stice is 43 of 127 from floor (.339)…Stice is third in attempts among LSC shooters…MSU is 49 of 169 (.290) from 3-point range…MSU is seventh in the LSC with 18.8 3-point attempts per game and 13th in 3-point percentage…Mustangs are making 5.4 3-pointers per game, which is 10th in the league…Sheridan Bostic is 18 of 44 (.409) from 3-point range…Bostic is fifth in the conference and 68th in the nation in 3-point shooting percentage… Bostic is seventh in the LSC with 2.00 3-pointers made per game, and she is fifth in the league with 18 shots made from beyond the arc…Stice is 17 of 54 (.315) from 3-point range and fifth in the LSC in 3-point attempts…Bostic is 12th in the LSC in attempts from beyond the arc… MSU is eighth in the conference with 12.4 assists per game…Midwestern State holds opponents to 29.6 percent shooting from beyond the arc, the 10th-best 3-point shooting defense in the LSC… MSU is 169 of 232 from the free-throw line (.728)…Mustangs are second in the LSC with 25.78 free-throw attempts per game and sixth in free-throw percentage…Dyamon Griggs is 30 of 43 from the free-throw line (.698)…Griggs is 14th in the LSC in made free throws and ninth in free-throw attempts…MSU is eighth in the conference with 12.4 assists per game… Eternity Jackson leads the Mustangs and is ninth in the conference with 26 total assists and 12th with 2.9 assists per game … Midwestern State is averaging 21.3 turnovers per game, which is 14th in the conference, and the Mustangs are 11th in the LSC, forcing 15.67 turnovers per game…-5.67 is 16th among conference teams in turnover margin…MSU has been called for 26.2 fouls per game, which is 16th in the LSC…

SCOUTING CAMERON | Cameron is 3-0 at home this season…Aggies have a three-game winning streak on the heels of a four-game losing streak… Aggies won at Southwestern Oklahoma in a non-conference affair on Thursday, 71-65…Cameron edged St. Mary's, 62-60, and defeated St. Edward's, 74-66, in its last two conference games… Jeff Mahoney is in his first year as the head coach after three season as an assistant…Mahoney replaced Emma Andrews… Mahoney also took the reins of the men's team halfway through the 2021-22 season…Mahoney was the head girls' basketball coach at Harrah High School in Oklahoma and led his squad to the 2017 4A State Championship with a 28-1 record…Cameron is averaging 66.9 points per game, 11th in the LSC…Opponents are scoring 71.9 points per game, 13th in the league… -5.0 scoring margin is 13th in the conference…Alena Wilson is the leading scorer for the Aggies with 13.7 points per game…Korie Allensworth is scoring 12.7 points per game…Karley Miller is adding 9.8 points per game, and Katie King averages 9.2 points per game…Cameron is 232 of 592 from the field overall (.392), 11th in the conference… Opponents are shooting 43.8 percent against the Aggies, 16th in the LSC…Cameron is 131 of 173 (.757) from the free-throw line…Aggies lead the conference and are 48th in the nation in free-throw percentage, but they are 10th in made free throws per game (13.1), and 13th in attempts per game (17.3)…Cameron is 74 of 229 from 3-point range (.332) and is ninth in the LSC in 3-point shooting percentage…Cameron is fourth in the conference with 7.4 made 3-pointers per game and 22.9 attempts per game…Miller is 17 of 54 from 3-point range (.315) and fifth in the league with 54 attempts…Miller is 10th in the LSC with 17 made 3-pointers…Opponents are shooting 34.2 percent from beyond the arc, 16th in the conference…Cameron is sixth in the conference with 13.0 assists per game…Katie King is fifth in the league with 4.4 assists per game and third with 44 total assists…Kaitlyn Lay is eighth in the league with 32 total assists…Cameron is 14th in the conference with 35.8 rebounds per game and 9.8 offensive rebounds per game…-3.2 rebounding margin is 14th in the league…Wilson is fifth in the LSC with 72 total rebounds and sixth with 8.0 rebounds per game…Wilson is second in the conference with 3.1 offensive rebounds per game… Aggies average 8.5 steals per game, which is sixth-most in the LSC…King is third in the conference with 23 total steals and fifth with 2.3 steals per game…Wilson is 18th in the LSC with 16 total steals and 19th with 1.78 steals per game…Cameron is eighth in the conference with 17.4 turnovers per game and 10th in forcing turnovers with 16.4 per game…-1.0 turnover margin is 10th in the LSC…Cameron commits 17.4 fouls per game, sixth-most in the conference…

UP NEXT | Midwestern State returns home for its final game before the Christmas holiday and faces Dallas Christian at D. L. Ligon Coliseum on Monday. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.