WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State seeks a third-straight victory in its series with Oklahoma Christian as the Eagles visit D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.
 

MIDWESTERN STATE (4-14, 2-10) vs. OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN (3-13, 3-9)

Saturday, Jan. 21 | 1 p.m.
D.L. Ligon Coliseum | Wichita Falls, Texas

Series History | Series is tied, 9-9

LAST MEETING | Midwestern State had four players score in double figures and won the regular-season finale last season, defeating Oklahoma Christian at D.L. Ligon Coliseum, 71-56. Hannah Reynolds scored 24 points on 10-of-19 shooting from the field and grabbed nine rebounds for the Mustangs. Morgan Lenahan had 14 points and eight boards in the victory. Sheridan Bostic hit 3 of 5 shots from 3-point range and finished with 11 points for Midwestern State. The Eagles were held to 29.6 percent shooting from the field, hitting just 16 of 54 shots. Mandy Withey grabbed seven rebounds and had two of the five blocks for the Mustangs.

LAST TIME OUT | Senior Aaliyah Prince poured in a game-high 28 points to lead Arkansas-Fort Smith to a 68-65 win over Midwestern State Thursday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Arkansas-Fort Smith converted four of its five traditional three-point play opportunities to control a 34-28 edge in points in the paint. The Lions extended their lead to 11 points in the second period and never trailed. Midwestern State edged to as close as two points on three occasions in the fourth period, and had a shot to tie the game in the closing seconds. But Natalie Stice's long 3-pointer from between the circles was off the mark. Midwestern State freshman Dyamon Griggs logged her fifth double-double of the season finishing with 13 points and a season-high 14 rebounds with 12 coming in the first half. MSU junior Natalie Stice delivered her fourth consecutive double-figure performance and 12th of the season finishing with a team-high 16 points. MSU junior Kennedi Green scored 10 points for her fifth double-digit scoring performance of the season. The Mustangs fell to 2-8 in games they fail to win the rebounding battle. UAFS controlled the boards, 45-37.

TRACKING THE MSU MUSTANGS | Midwestern State is 3-6 at home this season…MSU has won three of its last five games at home…Christopher Reay is in his third full season as the head coach at MSU and is 33-40 (.452), including the final 10 games of the 2019-20 season…Mustangs are 23-11 at home under Reay (.676)…Midwestern State is 4-1 against Oklahoma Christian in the Reay era, including two victories in Wichita Falls…MSU is 7-3 when hosting the Eagles…Midwestern State is averaging 69.1 points per game (sixth in the LSC), and the Mustangs are allowing opponents to score 75.49 points per game (16th in the LSC)…-6.3 scoring margin is 13th in the conference…Natalie Stice is 11th in the league with 13.7 points per game…Dyamon Griggs is 15th in the conference with 12.2 points per game….Jordan Mathis shoots 58.5 percent, and Griggs is hitting 53.5 percent of her shots from the field…Mustangs are 12th in the LSC, shooting 38.2 percent from the floor…MSU opponents are shooting 41.4 percent from the field, which is 14th in the league…MSU is 98 of 323 (.303) from 3-point range, which is the ninth-best percentage in the conference…Mustangs are 10th in the league with 5.4 3-pointers per game…Opponents are shooting 32.8 percent from beyond the arc, which is 16th in the conference…Stice is 36 of 108 (.333) from 3-point distance — fourth-best 3-point percentage in the LSC…Stice is fifth in the conference in made 3-pointers and third in attempts…Sheridan Bostic is 26 of 76 (.342) from 3-point range, and has the 19th-most made 3-pointers in the conference… Midwestern State is 310 of 428 (.724) in free-throw shooting — ninth-best free-throw percentage in the LSC…Mustangs lead the league and are fourth in the nation with 17.22 made free throws per game…MSU leads the conference with 23.78 free-throw attempts per game, which is seventh-most in the nation…Griggs is 65 of 92 from the foul line (.707) and has the eighth-most made free throws in the LSC, and she has the fourth-most free-throw attempts…Kennedi Green is 15th in the league with 73 attempts and is shooting 60.3 percent (44 of 73) from the free-throw line…MSU is averaging 12.0 assists per game, which is seventh in the LSC…Green has 40 assists and Eternity Jackson has 38 assists to lead MSU…Midwestern State is sixth in the conference with 39.78 rebounds per game and second in the LSC with 14.3 offensive rebounds per game…+0.4 rebounding margin is 11th in the conference…Mandy Withey is eighth in the league with 7.6 rebounds per game and seventh in the LSC with 2.5 offensive rebounds per game…Griggs is ninth in the conference with 2.4 offensive rebounds per game…Withey is sixth in the LSC with 136 total rebounds, and Griggs is eighth with 128 total rebounds…Griggs is averaging 7.1 rebounds per game, which is 11th in the LSC…MSU leads the conference with 4.8 blocks per game…Withey is third in the conference and 28th in the nation with 28 blocks…Yasmine Sifaoui is 10th in the LSC with 18 blocks…MSU is 10th in the conference with 7.6 steals per game…Stice leads the Mustangs with 27 steals (1.50 per game)…MSU commits 20.6 turnovers per game — 14th-most in the LSC…Mustangs force 17.06 turnovers per game, which is 10th in the league…-3.56 turnover margin is 14th in the conference…Mustangs are called for 23.4 fouls per game —16th in the conference…

SCOUTING OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN | Oklahoma Christian is 1-7 on the road this season…Eagles are coming off a 61-52 loss at Cameron…OC is 3-7 all-time at D.L. Ligon Coliseum and has lost its last six visits…Eagles have not won at Wichita Falls since a 68-53 victory on Dec. 8, 1983…Eagles have lost four of the last five meetings overall…OC is 16th in the LSC with 58.5 points per game and a field-goal percentage of 34.2 percent…Opponents are shooting 39.7 percent from the field (11th field-goal percentage defense in the LSC) and scoring 65.1 points per game (13th scoring defense in the LSC)…-6.6 scoring margin is 14th in the LSC…Brooklin Bain is scoring 13.9 points per game, which 10th in the LSC scoring race…Bain is 83 of 211 from the field (.393), which is the seventh-best shooting percentage in the conference, and she has taken the seventh-most attempts among LSC shooters…Bain is 48 of 63 from the free-throw line (.762), which is the 10th-best free-throw percentage in the conference…OC shoots 67 percent from the free-throw line as a team, which is 13th in the LSC…Eagles are sixth in the conference (24th in the nation) with 15.12 made free throws per game and fourth in the league (17th in the nation) with 22.56 attempts per game…OC is 68 of 285 (.239) from 3-point range…Eagles have the lowest 3-point percentage in the LSC and are 16th in the league with 4.2 3-pointers per game… Kate Bradley is 26 of 87 from 3-point range (.299) and has the 12th-most attempts in the conference…OC holds its opponents to 26.1 percent shooting from beyond the arc, which is the third-best 3-point percentage defense and 27th-best in the nation…OC averages 11.6 assists per game — 10th in the conference…Bradley is 10th in the LSC with 2.9 assists per game, and her 47 total assists are 12th-most in the LSC…Bain is fourth in the conference with 6.0 rebounds per game, and eighth in the LSC with 128 total rebounds…Olivia Travis averages 2.7 offensive rebounds per game —fourth-most in the LSC…OC is fourth in the conference and 49th in the nation with 40.81 rebounds per game…Eagles lead the LSC with 14.5 offensive rebounds per game, which is 37th in the nation…+5.4 rebounding margin is third in the LSC and 45th in the nation…Eagles are blocking two shots per game, which is 13th in the conference…OC averages 8.9 steals per game, which is eighth in the league…Daijah Torns leads the Eagles with 24 steals…OC is 16th in the LSC with 21.2 turnovers per game…Eagles force 18.0 turnovers per game…3.19 turnover margin is 13th in the conference…OC commits 20.6 fouls per game, which is 14th in the LSC…

UP NEXT | Midwestern State takes on Lubbock Christian at D.L. Ligon Coliseum in a Lone Star Conference matchup. The game is scheduled to begin Thursday at 5:30 p.m.