AT THE GAME
- Senior Day – WKU will be celebrating three seniors, Alexis Mead, Destiny Salary and Mariama Sow in a postgame ceremony.
- Tickets
GAME INFO
- WKU (20-7, 11-4 CUSA) vs. New Mexico State (15-13, 8-7 CUSA)
- Saturday, March 1 | 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
- WKU sits in third place in the Conference USA standings with an 11-4 record in league play. So far this season, WKU has sweeps over Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Louisiana Tech, Sam Houston and UTEP and a series split with Middle Tennessee.
- The Lady Toppers reached 20 wins on Thursday with a victory over UTEP. It is the first 20-win season for WKU since 2019-20 and the 34th all-time for WKU.
- Four different Lady Toppers are averaging double digit points this season. Alexis Mead is leading the team with a 13.5 points per game average, Destiny Salary is putting up 12.2 points per game, Josie Gilvin is averaging 12.1 points per game and Acacia Hayes is scoring 11.9 points per game.
- Josie Gilvin is leading the team on the boards, pulling down 5.9 rebounds per game. Zsofia Telegdy is right behind her, averaging 5.0 boards per game.
- WKU is averaging 11.3 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: Josie Gilvin: 4th, 2.41; Alexis Mead: 6th, 2.26; Acacia Hayes: 8th, 2.0).
- WKU leads CUSA in three statistical categories. The Lady Toppers are first in assist/turnover ratio (1.12), assists per game (15.8), and turnover margin (6.48).
- The Lady Toppers have had six different leading scorers through 27 games this season. Destiny Salary has led the team eight times, Alexis Mead and Josie Gilvin six times, Acacia Hayes, Zsophia Telegdy three times and Mackenzie Chatfield twice.
- Senior Alexis Mead has begun etching her name in the WKU record book. Mead is currently fourth all-time at WKU in career steals with 233, sixth in career assists with 445, tied for seventh in career starts with 120, 10th in made 3-pointers with 155, and 26th in all-time scoring with 1,311 career points. She is just the third Lady Topper to record over 1,300 career points, 400 career assists and 200 career steals, joining Kendall Noble and Clemette Haskins on the elite list.
- WKU has held 20 of 27 opponents under 70 points this season, notching a record of 18-2 when doing so. The Lady Toppers are 99-26 under head coach Greg Collins when keeping teams below 70. WKU has held 10 teams below 60 this season, going 10-0 in those games. The Lady Toppers are 50-9 under Collins when holding teams below 60.
SERIES INFORMATION
- Saturday's game will be the 11th meeting all-time between WKU and New Mexico State. The Lady Toppers own an 6-4 record against the Aggies, including a 3-1 mark at home, but New Mexico State has won three straight in the series.
ABOUT THE AGGIES
- UTEP is currently in fourth place in the CUSA standings with an 8-7 record in league play. The Aggies have sweeps over FIU and UTEP, series splits with Jacksonville State and Kennesaw State, and have been swept by Liberty and Middle Tennessee.
- The Aggies are led by CUSA's leading scorer, Molly Kaiser, who is putting up 20.9 points per game this season.
- Fanta Gassama is leading New Mexico State on the boards, averaging 9.0 rebounds per game.
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