WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Midwestern State looks to snap a three-game losing streak as it hosts Eastern New Mexico at D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Thursday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
Midwestern State (4-8, 1-5) is coming off a 73-62 loss to Lubbock Christian last week and fell to 2-4 at home this season.
Kerbie Cash finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds against the No. 12-ranked Lady Chapparals.
Calyssa Sevier scored 13 points, and
Macie Upshaw was 5-for-5 from the floor and finished with 10 points for the Mustangs.
Cash is the leading scorer for Midwestern State with 14.7 points per game, and she is pulling down a team-leading 7.3 rebounds per game.
Ta'Leeyah Glynn is the second-leading scorer for the Mustangs with 9.3 points per game, and she leads the team from 3-point range, hitting 14-of-37 shots (.378) from beyond the arc.
Macie Upshaw is shooting .538 from the field and scoring 5.5 points per game. Upshaw is the second-leading rebounder for MSU with 7.2 boards per game.
The Mustangs are the second-leading rebounding team in the Lone Star Conference with 39.9 rebounds per contest, and they are 13
th among NCAA Division II programs with 16.8 offensive rebounds per game, which leads the league.
Midwestern State is second in the conference with 13.2 steals per game, led by Cash, Glynn, Upshaw and Sevier. Cash leads the team with 2.1 steals per game, while Glynn takes the ball away twice per game. Both Upshaw and Sevier are averaging 1.8 steals per game.
The Stangs are going to the free-throw line 23.3 times per game, which is third most in the LSC and 17
th most in NCAA Division II. MSU is shooting 70 percent from the foul line, which is the seventh best free-throw percentage in the LSC. Cash is shooting 74.6 percent from the free-throw line (50 of 67), and Glynn is hitting 70.5 percent of her free throws (31 of 44).
Midwestern State is shooting 33.1 percent from the field and scoring 64 points per game. Opponents are shooting 42.5 percent against the Mustangs and scoring 62 points per outing.
Midwestern State leads the all-time series with Eastern New Mexico, 31-28, but has lost the last five meetings, including a 70-69 loss at home last season as Abbi Holder stole an inbounds pass and scored the game-winning layup in the waning moments of the fourth quarter.
Cash had 29 points and 11 rebounds in the loss to ENMU at D. L. Ligon Coliseum last season. Cash had 17 points and 10 rebounds in a 56-54 loss at Eastern New Mexico last season.
Eastern New Mexico (11-4, 7-0) is 10-18 all-time when visiting Midwestern State but has won its last two visits. The Mustangs' last win in the series was an 83-77 victory at home in January of 2023.
The Greyhounds have a five-game winning streak and won 10 of their last 11 games after defeating St. Edward's in their last outing, 88-60.
Eastern New Mexico leads the LSC and is second in the nation with 39.1 bench points per game, and the Greyhounds lead the conference with 15.2 assists per game.
Chloe Dallas is scoring 12 points per game for the Greyhounds, who are second in the conference with 74.9 points per game, and Dallas is the reigning LSC Defensive Player of the Week in the LSC.
Julieta Ceja is the second-leading scorer for ENMU with 11 points per game, while Nataya Lockett is scoring 10.6 points per game for the Greyhounds, who are shooting 41.7 percent from the field.
Opponents are scoring just 59 points per game against Eastern New Mexico, which boasts the seventh-best scoring defense in the conference, holding opponents to 39.5 percent shooting from the field.
Davis is the leading rebounder for ENMU with seven boards per game, and Ceja is pulling down 6.2 rebounds per contest.
The Greyhounds are second in the LSC and 16
th in the nation with 23.6 turnovers forced per game, and they are third in the league with 13.1 steals per game.
Aaliyah Smith and Ashala Moseberry are both averaging more than two steals per game for the Greyhounds.
Midwestern State closes out its three-game homestand on Saturday afternoon as No. 7-ranked West Texas A&M visits the Mustangs. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.