GAME INFO
- WKU (17-7, 8-4 CUSA) at Sam Houston (12-11, 5-8 CUSA)
- Thursday, Feb. 20 | 6:30 PM | Huntsville, Texas | Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum
- Watch: ESPN+
- Listen: ESPN 102.7 in Bowling Green or Varsity Network
- Live stats
- Game Notes
ABOUT THE TOPS
- WKU sits in third place in the Conference USA standings with an 8-4 record in league play.
- Four different Lady Toppers are averaging double digit points this season. Alexis Mead is leading the team with a 13.4 points per game average, Destiny Salary is putting up 12.4 points per game, Acacia Hayes is scoring 12.0 points per game and Josie Gilvin is averaging 11.0 points per game.
- Josie Gilvin is leading the team on the boards, pulling down 5.3 rebounds per game. Zsofia Telegdy is right behind her, averaging 5.0 boards per game.
- WKU is averaging 11.4 steals per game this season, which is the 22nd best rate in the country. Three different Lady Toppers rank in the top 10 in CUSA in steals per game: Alexis Mead – 4th, 2.46; Josie Gilvin – 4th, 2.46; Acacia Hayes – 9th, 2.00).
- WKU leads CUSA in three statistical categories. The Lady Toppers are first in assist/turnover ratio (1.09), assists per game (15.7), and turnover margin (6.58). In CUSA play only, WKU leads the league in assists per game (15.25), turnover margin (7.00) and assist/turnover ratio (1.15).
- The Lady Toppers have had six different leading scorers through 24 games this season. Destiny Salary has led the team eight times, Alexis Mead six times, Acacia Hayes, Josie Gilvin and Zsophia Telegdy three times, and Mackenzie Chatfield twice.
- 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 231, eighth in career assists with 436, tied for eighth in career starts with 117, 10th in made 3-pointers with 148, and 26th in all-time scoring with 1,269 career points. She is just the third Lady Topper to record over 1,260 career points, 400 career assists and 200 career steals, joining Kendall Noble and Clemette Haskins on the elite list.
- WKU has held 18 of 24 opponents under 70 points this season, notching a record of 16-2 when doing so. The Lady Toppers are 97-26 under head coach Greg Collins when keeping teams below 70. WKU has held eight teams below 60 this season, going 8-0 in those games. The Lady Toppers are 48-9 under Collins when holding teams below 60.
SERIES INFORMATION
- Thursday's game will be the fourth all-time between WKU and Sam Houston all-time. The Lady Toppers own a 2-1 record against the Bearkats, winning two in Bowling Green and dropping an overtime game in Huntsville last season.
- In January, WKU notched an 82-49 win against Sam Houston in Bowling Green. It was a balanced scoring effort with four players in double digits, none more than 13 points, and eight players with at least eight points.
ABOUT THE BEARKATS
- Sam Houston is currently in seventh place in the CUSA standings with a 5-8 record in league play. The Bearkats have wins over Louisiana Tech, FIU and Kennesaw State and a season sweep of Jacksonville State. Since losing to WKU in January, the Bearkats have four of their last five.
- The Bearkats are fifth in the country in free throw attempts per game (23.26), 26th in free throws made per game (14.61), fifth in turnovers forced per game (24.57), 13th in offensive rebounds (15.6), 13th in steals (12.1), 34th in turnover margin (5.00) and 47th in defensive 3-point field goal percentage (27.8).
- Kaila Kelley is the team's leading scorer, putting up 12.5 points per game. Deborah Ogayemi is scoring 12.0 points per game and leads the team in rebounding, pulling down 7.5 boards per game.
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