AT THE GAME
GAME INFO
- WKU (13-5, 4-2 CUSA) vs. Sam Houston (8-9, 1-6 CUSA)
- Saturday, Jan. 25 | 2 PM | Bowling Green, Ky. | E.A. Diddle Arena
- Watch: ESPN+ | Listen: ESPN 102.7 in Bowling Green or Varsity Network
- Live stats
- Game Notes
ABOUT THE TOPS
- Four different Lady Toppers are averaging double digit points this season. Alexis Mead is leading the team with a 13.9 points per game average, Destiny Salary is putting up 12.8 points per game, Acacia Hayes is scoring 11.4 points per game and Josie Gilvin is averaging 10.4 points per game.
- Josie Gilvin and Zsophia Telegdy are leading the team on the boards, both pulling down 5.2 rebounds per game.
- WKU is averaging 12.1 steals per game this season, which is the 20th best rate in the country. Three different Lady Toppers rank in the top 10 in CUSA in steals per game: Josie Gilvin – 2nd, 2.83; Alexis Mead – 4th, 2.72; Acacia Hayes – 8th, 2.12).
- WKU leads CUSA in three statistical categories. The Lady Toppers are first in assist/turnover ratio (1.16), assists per game (16.4), and turnover margin (7.39).
- The Lady Toppers have had six different leading scorers through 18 games this season. Destiny Salary has led the team seven times, Alexis Mead four times, Acacia Hayes, Zsofia Telegdy and Josie Gilvin twice, and Mackenzie Chatfield once.
- Senior Alexis Mead has begun etching her name in the WKU record book. Mead is currently fifth all-time at WKU in career steals with 221, ninth in career assists with 412 and 30th in all-time scoring with 1,190 career points. She is just the fourth Lady Topper to record over 1,150 career points, 400 career assists and 200 career steals, joining Renee Westmoreland, Kendall Noble and Clemette Haskins on the elite list.
- WKU has held 13 of 18 opponents under 70 points this season, notching a record of 12-1 when doing so. The Lady Toppers are 93-25 under head coach Greg Collins when keeping teams below 70. WKU has held five teams below 60 this season, going 5-0 in those games. The Lady Toppers are 45-9 under Collins when holding teams below 60.
SERIES INFORMATION
- Saturday's game will be the third meeting between WKU and Sam Houston all-time.
- The two teams split games last season with the Lady Toppers winning 76-60 in Bowling Green and losing to the Bearkats in Texas, 87-81, in overtime.
ABOUT THE BEARKATS
- Sam Houston notched its first CUSA win this season last week against Jacksonville State in Huntsville with a 53-48 win.
- The Bearkats are led in scoring by Kaila Kelley who is scoring 14.1 points per game. Deborah Ogayemi is second on the team with an 11.3 points per game average.
- Ogayemi is also leading the team on the boards, pulling down 7.7 rebounds per game.
- Sam Houston leads the conference and is fourth in the country in free throw attempts per game, averaging 24.00. The Bearkats also lead the league and are seventh in the country in offensive rebounds, pulling down 16.6 a game. On the defensive end, Sam Houston leads CUSA in steals per game (12.2) and turnovers forced (25.24).
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