WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State wraps up the regular season with a home-and-home set against No. 17-ranked Lubbock Christian. The Chaparrals visit D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., and the Mustangs travel to the Rip Griffin Center for a 3 p.m. matchup on Saturday afternoon.

Midwestern State is hitting its stride, winning 10 of its last 11 games and entering the final week of the season with a seven-game winning streak. The Mustangs are 21-5 overall with a 16-4 record in the Lone Star Conference. MSU is 12-1 at home this season.

The Mustangs would be no lower than the No. 2 seed in the LSC Postseason Tournament with a sweep of the Chaparrals this week.

Mason Gibson, who is the third-leading scorer in the LSC with 17.4 points per game, has scored double figures in 23 of his 25 appearances this season, and scored at least 20 points in 10 games. Gibson has scored a combined 72 point in the last three games and is shooting 71.4 percent from the field in that span (20-of-28), including 9-of-12 (75%) from 3-point range.

Pierre Sanders is the second-leading scorer for the Mustangs this season with 12.8 points per game, and he is shooting 52 percent from the field (127 of 244). Sanders is shooting 45.6 percent from 3-point range (36 of 79) and is an 84.6 percent free-throw shooter (44 of 52).

The fifth-year senior guard from Hutto, Texas, is second in the conference with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.86, and he is fourth in the league with four assists per game.

Will Shepherd averages 9.5 points per game and is the second-leading rebounder for the Mustangs with 5.1 boards per game.

Reggie Hill is the fourth-leading rebounder in the conference with 6.7 rebounds per game. The 6-8 senior forward from Melbourne, Florida is averaging 7.1 points per game.

Bakari LaStrap, who missed the first eight games of the season due to injury, scores 7.5 points per game for the Mustangs with 2.6 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game. LaStrap shoots 42.5 percent from the field (48 of 113) and has hit 38-of-47 free throws (80.9%).

Jonathan Jackson hits 2.2 3-pointers per game and averages eight points per game for the Mustangs. The 6-4 guard from Sachse, Texas, is 51-of-129 (39.5 %) from 3-point range.

The Mustangs are second in the LSC and ninth in the nation with a 3-point shooting percentage of 39.4, hitting 9.8 3-pointers per game, which leads the conference. MSU has hit at least 10 3-pointers in 14 games this season.

Midwestern State has an effective field goal percentage of 54.3 percent, which is fourth-best in the LSC. Effective field goal percentage accounts for the added value of three-point shots. MSU attempts the second-most 3-point shots in the LSC with 24.8 attempts per game.

Midwestern State is the sixth-highest scoring team in the LSC with 77.5 points per game while holding opponents to 65.8 points, which is the second-best scoring defense in the league. The plus-11.7 scoring margin is third-best in the LSC and 18th among NCAA Division II programs.

The Mustangs are 10th in the nation and lead the league with a field goal percentage defense of 39.7 percent, and opponents are only hitting 29.5 percent of their 3-point attempts against the LSC's best 3-point percentage defense, which is 11th best in the nation.

Sanders and Gibson lead the Mustangs with 47 and 38 steals respectively, and MSU is fourth in the league with 8.6 steals per game. Midwestern State is forcing 13 turnovers per game while only committing 10.7 turnovers, which is third-fewest in the LSC.

The Mustangs are scoring the fourth-most fast-break points in the LSC with 14 per game.

Midwestern State is committing the fewest fouls in the LSC with 14.4 per game, which is the 27th-fewest among NCAA Division II programs.

The Stang Gang is seventh in the conference with 36.1 rebounds per game, and third in the league with 26 defensive rebounds per game.

Midwestern State leads the all-time series with Lubbock Christian, 30-16, but the Chaparrals have won nine of the last 11 meetings. The teams have split their two meetings in each of the last two seasons. The home team won both games last season, and the road team won both meetings two years ago.

Lubbock Christian is 22-6 overall this season with a 17-3 conference record. The Chaparrals extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 75-63 victory at Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday. That was the fourth straight road win for LCU, which is 10-2 on the road this season.

The Chaparrals are averaging 77.1 points per game while only allowing their opponents to score 65.6 points per game. LCU has the fourth-best scoring margin in the LSC at plus-11.5.

Lubbock Christian is the second-best shooting team in the LSC, hitting 47.8 percent of its shots from the field. From 3-point range, the Chaparrals are third-best in the league, hitting 38.4 percent of their shots from beyond the arc.

Opponents are shooting 43 percent against Lubbock Christian and hitting 32.7 percent of their shots from long distance.

Najeeb Muhammad has the best assist-to-turnover ratio in the conference at 3.24, and the Chaparrals only turn the ball over 9.5 times per game, which is best in the LSC and fourth-best among NCAA Division II programs.

Ethan Duncan is the leading scorer for LCU — seventh in the LSC — with 15.5 points per game, and he boasts the second-best 3-point percentage in the league at 42.1. (77-of-183).

Sean Murphy leads Lubbock Christian with 6.1 rebounds per game, and Amondo Miller is pulling down 5.9 boards per game for the Chaparrals, who are outrebounding opponents 32.9 – 31.9 per game.

The Chaparrals are the second-best free-throw shooting team in the country at 80.6 percent, but they are 14th in the LSC with 15.9 attempts per game.

The same two schools meet in the regular season finale at Rip Griffin Center in Lubbock on Saturday afternoon at 3p.m.