WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State welcomes St. Edward's to D.L. Ligon Coliseum for a Lone Star Conference matchup. Tip-off on Saturday is scheduled for 4 p.m.
 

MIDWESTERN STATE (1-6, 0-2) vs. ST. EDWARD'S (3-5, 1-1)

Saturday, Dec. 10 | 4 p.m.
D.L. Ligon Coliseum | Wichita Falls, Texas

Series History | Midwestern State leads, 15-7

LAST MEETING | Midwestern State defeated the Hilltoppers, 72-58, as Shawnisay Millar led four players in double figures with 15 points. Yasmine Sifaoui scored 12 points in 13 minutes, hitting 4 of 6 shots from the field. Hannah Reynolds scored 12 points, and Morgan Lenahan added 11 for the Mustangs, who raced out to an 18-6 lead in the first quarter and never trailed. MSU shot 52 percent from the field (27 of 52), including 5 of 12 from 3-point range. Midwestern State had 11 steals and scored 25 points off 20 turnovers. Midwestern State outscored St. Edward's in the paint, 38-24. Morgan Gary scored 18 points in the loss for the Hilltoppers.

LAST TIME OUT | Natalie Stice drilled six 3-pointers on her way to a career high of 26 points Friday night at the Louise Herrington Patriot Center. But it wasn't enough to overtake UT Tyler, which came away with an 88-76 win. Midwestern State junior guard Natalie Stice set career marks knocking in six 3-pointers to finish with 26 points. She also grabbed a season-best eight rebounds, while hitting six free throws. Stice improved to 15-for-15 from the charity stripe for the season. MSU senior guard Eternity Jackson scored a career high with 12 points banging in two 3-pointers while adding three rebounds and three assists. MSU senior guard Sheridan Bostic splashed in two of her four 3-pointers scoring in double figures for the third time this season with 10 points. She has connected on at least two triples in five games. The Mustangs combined to hit a season-high 10 3-pointers going 10-for-26 (38.5 percent) from beyond the arc. MSU won the battle on the boards for the fourth time in the last five games (39-33).

TRACKING THE MUSTANGS | Midwestern State is 0-3 at home this season…MSU has a five-game losing streak…Christopher Reay is in his third full season as the head coach at MSU and is 30-32, including the final 10 games of the 2019-20 season…Mustangs are 20-8 at home under Reay…MSU is 9-3 when hosting St. Edward'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, the seventh-best 3-point 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. EDWARD'S | Hilltoppers are 0-1 in true road games this season, and 0-3 at neutral sites…St. Edward's snapped a three-game losing streak with a 64-57 victory over Western New Mexico as Morgan Gary, Jayda Ruffus-Milner and Bella Muscoreil all scored 13 points for the Hilltoppers….J.J. Riehl is 145-135 in her 11th season as the head coach at St. Edward's…Hilltoppers are 2-4 against MSU in the Riehl era with both wins at Ligon Coliseum…SEU scored a 72-51 victory at MSU in January of 2020, and also won at Wichita Falls, 81-58, in November of 2015…St. Edward's is 16th in the LSC, averaging 55.5 points per game…Morgan Gary is the leading scorer for SEU with 10.8 points per game…Hilltoppers are allowing 64.9 points per game, which is 10th in the conference…-9.4 scoring margin is 12th in the LSC…SEU opponents are 189 of 452 from the field (.418), and the Hilltoppers are 12th in the LSC in field goal percentage defense…St. Edward's is 155 of 404 (.384) from the field, which is 14th in the LSC…Bella Muscoreil is 17 of 28 (.607) from the field…Hilltoppers are 36 of 107 from 3-point range (.336), which is fifth-best in the league…Ronnie Cantu is 10 of 21 from 3-point range (.476)…SEU is 15th in the conference, shooting 98 of 158 from the free-throw line (.620)…Lauren Catherman is 21 of 29 at the foul line (.724)…Morgan is 18 of 35 at the foul line (.514)…Morgan is 10th in free-throw attempts in the LSC…Catherman is 18th in attempts and 19th in made free throws among LSC shooters…St. Edward's averages 19.75 free throws per game, which is ninth-most in the LSC…Hilltoppers are 13th in the league with 12.25 made free throws per game…Hilltoppers are 15th in the LSC, averaging 9.8 assists per game…Cantu has 16 assists (2.0 apg)…Sammie Dufek leads the LSC and is sixth in the nation with 18 blocks (2.25 blocks per game)…St. Edward's is seventh in the conference with 3.0 blocks per game…Morgan Gary is sixth in the LSC with 56 total rebounds and first in the conferene with 3.2 offensive rebounds per game…Morgan is averaging 7.0 rebounds per game, which is 15th in the LSC…Hilltoppers are 15th in the league with 33.12 rebounds per game, and 13th in the LSC with 10.5 offensive rebounds per game…St. Edward's has a rebounding margin of +.04, which is 13th in the conference…SEU is 15th in the LSC with 22.4 turnovers per game…Hilltoppers are ninth in the league, forcing 16.75 turnovers per game…-5.62 turnover margin is 14th in the LSC…St. Edward's averages 6.5 steals per game, 11th-most in the conference…Catherman leads the Hilltoppers with 12 steals, and Morgan has 10 steals…SEU is committing 18.8 fouls per game, which is 11th-most in the LSC…

UP NEXT | Midwestern State is back under the dome at D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Monday to face St. Mary's. Tip-off for the LSC matchup is at 5:30 p.m.