SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Angelo State has a seven-game winning streak and hosts the Mustangs at Junell Center/Stephens Arena on Thursday. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
 

MIDWESTERN STATE (4-11, 2-7) vs. ANGELO STATE (13-2, 8-1)

Thursday, Jan. 12 | 5:30 p.m.
Junell Center/Stephens Arena | San Angelo, Texas

Series History | Angelo State leads, 39-32

LAST MEETING | Angelo State shot 54.2 percent from the field and had seven players score in double figures during a 98-72 victory last season at Stephens Arena / Junell Center. The Rambelles scored 30 points off 25 turnovers and had 19 steals in the victory. Angelo State recorded 28 assists on 39 field goals. Blakely Gerber scored 17 points and finished with five assists and three steals. Sawyer Lloyd added 16 points, eight assists and six steals for Angelo State. Madeline Stephens had a double-double with 16 point and 11 rebounds. Tayjanna McGhee-Pleasant was 7 of 8 from the field and scored 14 points for the Rambelles. Payton Brown, Ashlynn Sharp and Samantha Rocha had 10 points apiece. Midwestern State led at the end of the first quarter, 23-18, but trailed at halftime, 48-37. The Mustangs were outrebounded, 41-28. Angelo State outscored MSU in the paint, 62-28.

LAST TIME OUT | Freshmen Dyamon Griggs and Maya Kendall combined for 40 points to lead Midwestern State to an 83-77 win over Eastern New Mexico Saturday afternoon at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Midwestern State used a six-point possession at the beginning of the second half to construct a double-digit lead. Eastern New Mexico was whistled for a technical foul for having six players on the floor following a substitution allowing for MSU's Natalie Stice to hit four consecutive free throws, then Jordan Mathis hit a runner down the left side of the paint give the Mustangs a 45-33 lead with 8:16 remaining in the period. The Greyhounds answered with a layup before Kennedi Green and Dyamon Griggs hit consecutive layups before Stice drilled a triple from the left wing to give MSU its largest lead of the game at 52-35. But Eastern New Mexico charged back to within two twice in the fourth period before Griggs spurred a 7-0 run for the Mustangs with a layup and two free throws then Eternity Jackson banked a 3-pointer off of the corner of the backboard to restore a 77-68 advantage with 1:43 to play. Griggs matched a career high with 26 points and polished off her fourth collegiate double-double with 12 points. She also scored 26 points earlier this season against St. Mary's and West Texas A&M. doubled her career high by scoring 14 points -- all in the first half -- including a trio of 3-pointers. MSU junior Natalie Stice finished with 14 points, five rebounds, and four assists against her former team. It was ninth double-digit scoring performance of the season. Midwestern State guard Kennedi Green added 10 points, six assists, and four rebounds.

TRACKING THE MUSTANGS | Midwestern State is 1-6 on the road this season…Mustangs have a five-game road losing streak…MSU is 7-26 all-time at Angelo State…Mustangs have lost their last three visits to Junell Center/Stephens Arena…Midwestern State last won in San Angelo, 73-64, in December of 2017… MSU snapped a three-game losing streak with an 83-77 win over Eastern New Mexico… Christopher Reay is in his third full season as the head coach at MSU and is 33-37 (.471), including the final 10 games of the 2019-20 season…Mustangs are 10-27 on the road under Reay…MSU is sixth in the conference, scoring 69.6 points per game… Midwestern State is shooting 38.1 percent from the field, which is 12th in the LSC…Opponents are scoring 75.0 points per game (16th in the LSC) and shooting 41.4 percent from the field (15th in the conference)…-5.4 scoring margin is 13th in the league…Freshman forward Dyamon Griggs is averaging 12.7 points per game to lead the Mustangs…Griggs has scored a season-high 26 points three times this season (vs. ENMU, WTAMU and St. Mary's), and she had a 24-point performance against Oklahoma Baptist…Griggs is the first freshman at Midwestern State to have four 20-plus scoring performances…Griggs has recorded four double-doubles this season…Griggs is 67 of 119 from the field (.563)…MSU is 77 of 261 from 3-point range (.295), which is ninth-best 3-point shooting percentage in the LSC…Mustangs are 12th in the league with 17.4 3-point attempts per game and 10th in the league with 5.1 3-pointers made per game…Natalie Stice is 24 of 78 from beyond the arc (.308)…Stice in ninth among LSC 3-point shooters in attempts and 12th in the league with 24 made 3-pointers…Opponents are shooting 29.2 percent from 3-point range, second-best 3-point percentage defense in the conference…MSU is 263 of 364 from the free-throw line (.723)…MSU leads the LSC and is fifth in the nation in free-throw attempts per game with 24.27…17.53 made free throws per game is second best in the conference and sixth in the nation…Mustangs have ninth-best free-throw percentage in the LSC…Griggs is 55 of 77 from the free-throw line (.714) —fourth in the conference for attempts and seventh for free throws made…Kennedi Green is 40 of 68 at the foul line (.588) and ranks ninth in attempts and 17th for made free throws in the LSC… Midwestern State is sixth in the LSC with 12.4 assists per game…Eternity Jackson leads MSU with 33 total assists and 2.2 assists per game…Green has 32 total assists and 2.46 assists per game…Midwestern State is sixth in the league with 40.60 rebounds per game and second in the LSC with 14.7 offensive rebounds per game…Mandy Withey is fourth in the conference with 126 total rebounds and 8.4 rebounds per game…Griggs is 12th with 99 total rebounds and 14th with 6.6 rebounds per game in the LSC… MSU leads the conference and is seventh in the nation with 5.1 blocks per game… Withey is third in the LSC with 21 total blocks (33rd in the nation) and 1.40 blocks per game (40th in the nation)… MSU is committing 23.5 fouls per game — 16th in the LSC…Midwestern State is 10th in the league with 7.7 steals per game…Stice leads the Mustangs with 24 total steals…MSU is averaging 20.6 turnovers per game, which is 13th in the conference, but the Mustangs are forcing 17.20 turnovers, which 10th in the LSC…-3.40 turnover margin is 14th in the conference…

SCOUTING ANGELO STATE | Angelo State is 6-0 at home this season and has a seven-game home winning streak…Rambelles have a seven-game winning streak overall…ASU defeated Lubbock Christian, 53-51 after Tayjanna McGhee-Pleasant drained a step back jumper with under a second remaining… ASU's last loss was at UAFS, 65-63, on Dec. 8…Alesha Ellis is 217-67 (.764) in 10 seasons as a head coach…Ellis is 28-15 (.651) in her second season at Angelo State…Ellis was 189-52 (.784) in eight seasons at Wayland Baptist…Angelo State is 26-7 when hosting MSU and has won 10 of the last 13 meetings overall…McGhee-Pleasant had 16 points and 11 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season…Madeline Stephens scored 18 points and had nine rebounds for the Rambelles…Angelo State is scoring 70.3 point per game, fifth-most in the conference…Rambelles shoot 41.1 percent from the field, which ranks seventh in the LSC…Angelo State boasts three of the top-nine scorers in the LSC…McGhee-Pleasant is third in the league with 16.3 points per game…Stephens is sixth in the conference with 14.5 points per game…Sawyer Lloyd is ninth in the conference with 14.2 points per game…Stephens shoots 55.9 percent (second in LSC)…McGhee-Pleasant shoots 45 percent (third in LSC)…Lloyd shoots 37.9 percent (sixth in LSC)…ASU is 70 of 262 from 3-point range (.267)…Angelo State is 14th in the LSC in 3-point percentage and with 4.7 3-pointers made per game…ASU is 10th in the conference with 17.5 3-point attempts per game…Sawyer is 21 of 67 (.313) from beyond the arc… Angelo State is 163 of 234 from the free-throw line (.697)…Rambelles are 11th in the conference in free-throw percentage and 14th with 10.87 free throws made per game…ASU is 13th in the conference with 13.6 attempts per game…Lloyd is seventh in the conference in free-throw percentage, 38 of 46 (.826)…Angelo State is second in the conference with 15.7 assists per game…Lloyd leads the LSC with 77 total assists and is second with 5.1 assists per game…Angelo State averages the most rebounds per game in the LSC, 44.6…ASU average 13.6 offensive rebounds per game, which is fifth in the conference…+4.8 rebound margin is fifth in the LSC…Angelo State has three of the top-seven rebounders in the LSC…McGhee-Pleasant averages 8.5 rebounds per game (third in LSC)…Stephens averages 8.0 rebounds per game (sixth in LSC)…Lloyd averages 7.9 rebounds per game (seventh in LSC)…ASU is fifth in the league with 13.6 offensive rebounds per game…Stephens is ninth in the LSC with 2.4 offensive rebounds per game…Rambelles are third in the league with 3.9 blocks per game…McGhee-Pleasant is sixth in the LSC with 18 blocks and seventh in the conference with 1.2 blocks per game… Angelo State averages 9.4 steals per game, sixth-most in the LSC…Lloyd leads the conference with 46 total steals and 3.07 steals per game…Rambelles force 17.5 turnovers per game, which is fourth in the league…ASU commits 17.5 turnovers per game —seventh-most in the LSC…+2.20 turnover margin is fifth-best in the league…Angelo State is sixth in the conference with 17.2 fouls committed per game…

UP NEXT | Midwestern State visits UT Permian Basin at the UTPB Gym Complex in Odessa. Tipoff is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m.