GAME INFO
- WKU (22-7, 13-4 CUSA) at Liberty (22-6, 15-2 CUSA)
- Saturday, March 8 | 1 PM (CT) | Lynchburg, Va. | Liberty 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 13-4 record in league play. So far this season, WKU has sweeps over Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Louisiana Tech, Sam Houston and UTEP and series splits with Middle Tennessee, New Mexico State and FIU.
- The Lady Toppers are locked into a three seed in the CUSA Championship in Huntsville, Alabama. WKU will play at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 13. The Lady Toppers will find out their opponent following Saturday's results around the league.
- The Lady Toppers reached 22 wins on Saturday with a victory over New Mexico State. It is the 28th time WKU has won at least 22 games in a season.
- Four different Lady Toppers are averaging double digit points this season. Alexis Mead is leading the team with a 13.6 points per game average, Destiny Salary is putting up 12.8 points per game, Josie Gilvin is averaging 12.4 points per game and Acacia Hayes is scoring 11.5 points per game.
- Josie Gilvin is leading the team on the boards, pulling down 5.9 rebounds per game. Zsofia Telegdy is second behind her, averaging 4.8 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: 2nd, 2.48; Alexis Mead: 7th, 2.28; Acacia Hayes: 8th, 1.96).
- WKU leads CUSA in four statistical categories. The Lady Toppers are first in assist/turnover ratio (1.15), assists per game (16.4), scoring offense (73.1) and turnover margin (6.28).
- The Lady Toppers have had six different leading scorers through 29 games this season. Destiny Salary has led the team nine times, Alexis Mead seven times, Josie Gilvin six times, Acacia Hayes 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 fourth all-time at WKU in career steals with 238, sixth in career assists with 460, fifth in career starts with 122, 10th in made 3-pointers with 159, and 26th in all-time scoring with 1,342 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 22 of 29 opponents under 70 points this season, notching a record of 19-2 when doing so. The Lady Toppers are 101-26 under head coach Greg Collins when keeping teams below 70. WKU has held 11 teams below 60 this season, going 11-0 in those games. The Lady Toppers are 51-9 under Collins when holding teams below 60.
SERIES INFORMATION
- Saturday's game between WKU and Liberty will be the seventh in the series. The Lady Toppers are 1-5 against the Flames all-time.
ABOUT THE FLAMES
- Liberty is coming off a 61-42 win against Middle Tennessee on Thursday night. The win gave the Flames a chance at a regular season CUSA championship and the No. 1 seed in the CUSA tournament. Liberty would need to win on Saturday or would need Middle Tennessee to lose at FIU for the No. 1 seed in the tournament.
- The Flames balance scoring between three who are averaging double digit points this season. Bella Smuda is putting up 12.2 points per game, Asia Boone is scoring 10.3 points per game and Emma Hess is averaging 10.0 points. Smuda leads the team on the boards, pulling down 6.7 rebounds per game.
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