GAME INFO
- WKU (5-11, 1-4 CUSA) at Louisiana Tech (10-5, 3-1 CUSA)
- Saturday, Jan. 17 | 1:00 PM (CT) | Ruston, La. | Thomas Assembly Center
- Watch: ESPN+
- Listen: ESPN 102.7 in Bowling Green or Varsity Network
IMPORTANT LINKS
WKU GAME NOTES | LIVE STATS | VARSITY NETWORK | WKU MEDIA CENTER
ABOUT THE TOPS
- Through 16 games, Zsofia Telegdy is the leading scorer for the Lady Toppers, averaging 9.8 points per game. She is also the team's leading rebounder, pulling down 4.6 boards per game.
- The Lady Toppers finished non-conference play with wins against Kentucky State, Wichita State, Southern Illinois and North Dakota.
- Against the Salukis, WKU had nine team blocks which is the tied for the seventh most in program history.
- The Lady Toppers are averaging 4.5 blocks per game this season, leading Conference USA and ranking 46th in the nation.
- Scoring has been balanced for the Lady Toppers this season. Through 16 games, WKU has had eight different leading scorers (Torri James, Salma Khedr and Zsofia Telegdy three times, Tia Shelling, Tatum Boettjer and Jeniffer Silva twice, and Caleigh-Rose West and Trinity Rowe once).
- WKU returns eight from the 2024-25 roster in Zsofia Telegdy, Torri James, Tia Shelling, Caleigh-Rose West, Mya Pratcher, Tatum Boettjer, Yendri Acosta and Salma Khedr. Telegdy is the only returning starter from a season ago. Boettjer made her Lady Topper debut after sitting out the 2024-25 season due to injury.
- The 2025-26 roster is a veteran one with six seniors or fifth years. While the roster is an older one, no player has been at WKU longer than two seasons.
- WKU has international flavor once again with six international players. That is the most on a Lady Topper team all time, topping last season's five international players.
- The Lady Toppers were picked fifth in the Conference USA preseason poll behind Louisiana Tech, Liberty, Middle Tennessee and Missouri State. WKU has met or exceeded their placement in the CUSA preseason poll in seven of the last nine seasons.
- Trinity Rowe is the 15th Miss Kentucky Basketball to play at WKU all time and the first since Ivy Brown (2015-18). The fifteen Miss Kentucky Basketball winners that have suited up for the Lady Toppers are the most for any team in the country.
- Greg Collins is in his eighth season as head coach at WKU, which is the third longest tenure of any Lady Topper head coach all time.
SERIES INFORMATION
- Saturday's game will be the 58th in the long-storied series between WKU and Louisiana Tech. The Lady Techsters hold a slight edge with a 29-28 record against the Lady Toppers all-time.
- The Lady Toppers have won two straight in the series and have won 15 of the last 18 games against the Lady Techsters. The most recent three wins for LA Tech against WKU have all come in Ruston (2021, 2023, 2024).
- Louisiana Tech is third on WKU's most played opponents list behind Middle Tennessee and South Alabama.
ABOUT THE LADY TECHSTERS
- LA Tech was picked as the preseason CUSA favorite by the coaches. Jordan Marshall and Paris Bradely were each named to the preseason All-CUSA team with Bradley being tabbed as the preseason Player of the Year.
- The Lady Techsters are off to a 3-1 start to CUSA play with wins against Delaware, Liberty and Middle Tennessee. Their lone loss came to Sam Houston in the conference opener.
- In non-conference, LA Tech had wins against Louisiana Christian, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Stephen F. Austin, South Alabama, Grambling, Central Arkansas and Central Baptist. Their losses came against Arkansas, Louisiana-Monroe, Baylor and LSU.
- Paris Bradley is the leading scorer for the Lady Techsters, putting up 15.4 points per game. Jordan Marshall is averaging 12.9 and Jianna Morris is scoring 11.1 points per game. Marshall is leading the team on the boards, pulling down 7.9 rebounds per game.
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