TYLER, Texas -- Midwestern State is on the road to face No. 18-ranked UT Tyler at at Louise Herrington Patriot Center on Friday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m.

The Mustangs are coming off a 63-45 loss to No. 2-ranked Texas Woman's at Kitty Magee Arena on Wednesday night. Midwestern State fell to 2-6 overall with an 0-2 record in the Lone Star Conference.

The Mustangs are 0-4 on the road to start the season and are 14th in the Lone Star Conference with 56.5 points scored per game. MSU is holding teams to 63.6 points per game.

Zarria Carter notched her sixth double-double of the season in the loss at TWU. Carter finished with 20 points and 15 rebounds. Carter leads the nation among NCAA Division II players with six double-doubles.

Carter also leads the nation with 6.4 offensive rebounds per game. She is the third-leading rebounder in the country with 12.4 boards per game. The 6-1 forward is 20th in the nation and second in the conference with 19.4 points per game.

The senior from Mansfield, Texas, is second in the conference with a field goal percentage of 52.8 (65 of 123). She also leads the league in field goals made and has the second-most attempts.

Carter leads the LSC with 18 steals and is fourrth in the league with 10 blocks.

Midwestern State is second in the LSC and 43rd in the nation with 42.5 rebounds per game, and the Mustangs are second in the nation with 16.3 offensive rebounds per game.

Freshman swingman Kerbie Cash is the second-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder for the Mustangs. Cash is scoring 9.8 points per game and pulling down 5.6 rebounds per game.

Sophomore forward Emillia Steele is scoring 6.5 points per game while grabbing 3.9 rebounds per contest. Freshman Calyssa Sevier is pitching in 6.3 points per game, and fellow frosh Trinidi King is pulling down 3.8 rebounds per contest.

Sevier is third in the LSC with 13 steal, and the Mustangs are fourth in the LSC with 10.1 steals per game.

Junior Catalina Cortez and freshman Carisa Cortez, sisters from Lubbock, Texas, have combined for 33 assists through the first eight games. Carisa has 20 assists and is playing 28 minutes per game, while Catalina has 13 assists and is playing 13.3 minutes per game.

Midwestern State is shooting 33.5 percent from the field overall and 19.3 percent from 3-point range.

The Mustangs are shooting 65.2 percent from the free-throw line (101 of 155) and are attempting the eighth-most free throws in the LSC with 19.3 attempts per game. MSU is hitting 12.6 free throws per game, which is eighth most in the conference.

The all-time series with UT Tyler is tied, 5-5, but the Patriots have won the last five meetings, including a 77-58 victory at D.L. Ligon Coliseum last season.

UT Tyler had a five-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday night, as Lubbock Christian went on a 9-0 run at the end of the game and defeated the Patriots, 53-50.

The Patriots fell to 5-1 overall and is 0-1 in the LSC.

UT Tyler is outscoring opponents 63.7 -46.0. The Patriots lead the conference and have the fifth best scoring defense in the nation.

UT Tyler leads the conference and is fifth among NCAA Division II programs in field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 30.5 percent shooting from the field.

The Patriots are second in the league with 11.7 steals per game and forcing 20 turnovers per game, which is third most in the conference.

Lovisa Hevinder is second in the conference with 3.7 assists per game and has the third-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the LSC at 2.2.

Meagan Mendazona is the fourth-leading scorer in the conference with 17.4 points per game, and she leads the team with six rebounds per game.

Midwestern State returns home to face St. Mary's on Dec. 15. Tipoff at D.L. Ligon Coliseum is scheduled for 2 p.m.