WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State faces Lubbock Christian Thursday at 5:30 p.m. It's the second meeting this season as the Chaparrals visit D.L. Ligon Coliseum for the first time since Dec. 21, 2019. LCU won the initial encounter this year at Rip Griffin Center in Lubbock, 74-63, on New Year's Day.
 

MIDWESTERN STATE (5-14, 3-10) vs. LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (13-7, 8-4)

Thursday, Jan. 26 | 5:30 p.m.
D.L. Ligon Coliseum | Wichita Falls, Texas

Series History | Midwestern State leads, 23-10

LAST MEETING | Lubbock Christian extended its home court winning streak to 111 games by defeating Midwestern State, 74-63, on New Year's Day at Rip Griffin Center. Lubbock Christian scored the last nine points of the first half to take control of a tight game, and the Chaparrals led by as many as 14 points in the second half. Freshman Dyamon Griggs finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Mustangs, who scored 15 second-chance points on 17 offensive rebounds. Jordan Mathis finished with 12 points on 4 of 6 shooting from the field and grabbed six rebounds. Lubbock Christian sophomore Grace Foster poured in 27 points and pulled down 14 rebounds for the Chaparrals, who had four players score in double figures.

LAST TIME OUT | Senior Markayla Johnson's long 2-pointer with 8 seconds remaining in regulation sent the game to overtime before Midwestern State outscored Oklahoma Christian to take 71-67 win Saturday afternoon at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. The Mustangs scored the final six points of the overtime period with Natalie Stice hitting a pair of layups in transition before Johnson connected on a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left to put the game away. Stice led the Mustangs with 13 points and five rebounds. It was her fifth consecutive game scoring at least 10 points. Sheridan Bostic scored in double figures for the fourth time this season. The senior guard scored 11 points on 3-of-7 shooting going 4-for-4 from the free throw line. MSU senior Mandy Withey scored seven points and pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds. It was her seventh game this season with 10-or-more boards.

TRACKING THE MSU MUSTANGS | Midwestern State is 4-6 at home this season…MSU has won four of its last six games at home…Christopher Reay is in his third full season as the head coach at MSU and is 34-40 (.459), including the final 10 games of the 2019-20 season…Mustangs are 24-11 at home under Reay (.686)…Midwestern State is 0-3 against Lubbock Christian in the Reay era…MSU is 14-1 when hosting the Chaparrals…Midwestern State is averaging 69.2 points per game (fifth in the LSC), and the Mustangs are allowing opponents to score 75.00 points per game (16th in the LSC)…-5.8 scoring margin is 13th in the conference…Natalie Stice is 12th in the league with 13.6 points per game…Dyamon Griggs is 17th in the conference with 11.8 points per game….Jordan Mathis shoots 58.5 percent, and Griggs is hitting 52.3 percent of her shots from the field…Mustangs are 12th in the LSC, shooting 38.3 percent from the floor…MSU opponents are shooting 41.1 percent from the field, which is 14th in the league…MSU is 101 of 333 (.303) from 3-point range, which is the eighth-best percentage in the conference…Mustangs are 10th in the league with 5.3 3-pointers per game…Opponents are shooting 32.5 percent from beyond the arc, which is 16th in the conference…Stice is 37 of 111 (.333) from 3-point distance …Stice is fifth in the conference in made 3-pointers and seventh in attempts…Sheridan Bostic is 27 of 78 (.346) from 3-point range, and has the 18th-most made 3-pointers in the conference… Midwestern State is 330 of 459 (.719) in free-throw shooting — ninth-best free-throw percentage in the LSC…Mustangs lead the league and are fourth in the nation with 17.37 made free throws per game…MSU leads the conference with 24.16 free-throw attempts per game, which is seventh-most in the nation…Griggs is 67 of 96 from the foul line (.707) and has the eighth-most made free throws in the LSC, and she has the fifth-most free-throw attempts…MSU is averaging 11.9 assists per game, which is eighth in the LSC… Eternity Jackson has 42 assists to lead MSU…Midwestern State is sixth in the conference with 40.05 rebounds per game and third in the LSC with 14.2 offensive rebounds per game…+0.2 rebounding margin is 11th in the conference…Mandy Withey is fifth in the league with 7.8 rebounds per game and 12th in the LSC with 2.5 offensive rebounds per game…Griggs is seventh in the conference with 2.5 offensive rebounds per game…Withey is fourth in the LSC with 149 total rebounds, and Griggs is ninth with 136 total rebounds…Griggs is averaging 7.2 rebounds per game, which is 11th in the LSC…MSU leads the conference with 4.8 blocks per game…Withey is second in the conference and 19th in the nation with 32 blocks…Yasmine Sifaoui is 10th in the LSC with 18 blocks…MSU is 10th in the conference with 7.4 steals per game…Stice leads the Mustangs with 28 steals (1.47 per game)…MSU commits 20.9 turnovers per game — 15th-most in the LSC…Mustangs force 17.26 turnovers per game, which is 10th in the league…-3.63 turnover margin is 14th in the conference…Mustangs are called for 23.5 fouls per game —16th in the conference…

SCOUTING LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN | Lubbock Christian has a three-game road losing streak after dropping its first two games on a four-game road trip, losing at UT Tyler, 69-57, and falling to No. 7-ranked Texas Woman's, 75-69, in Denton...LCU is 3-4 on the road this season and 1-3 in neutral site games…Chaparrals are 9-0 at home this season, extending their home winning streak to 113 consecutive games…Steve Gomez is 473-125 (.791) in 19 seasons as a head coach at LCU…Gomez is 6-1 against MSU, and the Chaparrals have won their last six meetings with the Mustangs…Gomez is 1-1 at D.L. Ligon Coliseum, winning his last visit in December of 2019, 67-54…LCU is the third-highest scoring team in the LSC with 70.2 points per game, just slightly behind TWU and WT, which are scoring 70.4 points per game…Chaps are sixth in the conference, holding opponents to 60.6 points per game…+9.6 is the third-best scoring margin in the LSC and 48th in the nation…LCU leads the conference and is 39th in the nation with a field-goal percentage of 43.4 percent…Chaps are third in the league and 36th in the nation in field-goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 36 percent shooting…Grace Foster is the leading scorer for LCU with 14.6 points per game, which is seventh-most in the LSC…Audrey Robertson is 19th in the league, scoring 11.9 points per game…Maci Maddox is pitching in 10.5 points per game…LCU is 124 of 359 (.345) from 3-point range and leads the conference in 3-point shooting percentage…Chaps are ninth in the conference with 18.0 3-point attempts and 6.2 3-pointers made per game…Chaps boast the second-best 3-point percentage defense in the LSC, holding their opponents to 25.5 percent shooting from beyond the arc…Foster is 31 of 76 (.408) from 3-point range and has the 12th-most made 3-pointers in the LSC…Foster is 76 of 83 (.916) at the free-throw line and has the second-best free-throw percentage in the conference…Foster has the eighth-most free-throw attempts and the third-most made free throws in the league…LCU shoots 77.1 percent from the free-throw line (310 of 402), which is the best free-throw percentage in the LSC and 20th in the nation…Chaps make 15.5 free throws per game, which is fifth-most in the conference, and they are seventh in the conference with 20.10 attempts per game…LCU is third in the conference with 13.8 assists per game… Maddox is second in the league with 97 total assists (12th in the nation) and 4.8 assists per game (25th in the nation)…Robertson is seventh in the league with 60 total assists and ninth in the conference with 3.0 assists per game...LCU is ninth in the LSC with 38.00 rebounds per game…Foster leads the conference with 185 total rebounds and her average of 9.2 rebounds per game is second in the league…LCU is 16th in the LSC with 8.4 offensive rebounds per game…LCU average 7.1 steals per game — 12th in the LSC…Maddox is fourth in the conference with 45 total steals and fifth in the league with 2.25 steals per game…Robertson has 31 total steals for the Chaps…LCU is forcing 14.95 turnovers per game, which is 14th in the conference…Chaps are fifth in the league with 15.8 turnovers per game, and the -0.80 turnover margin is 10th in the LSC…LCU is committing 16.4 fouls per game, which is fifth in the conference….

UP NEXT | Midwestern State takes on West Texas A&M at D.L. Ligon Coliseum in a Lone Star Conference matchup. The game is scheduled to begin Saturday at 1 p.m.