GAME INFO
- WKU (5-14, 1-7 CUSA) at Middle Tennessee (11-9, 6-2 CUSA)
- Saturday, Jan. 31 | 12:00 PM | Bowling Green, Ky. | Murphy 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 19 games, Salma Khedr is the leading scorer for the Lady Toppers, averaging 9.9 points per game. Zsofia Telegdy is the team's leading rebounder, pulling down 4.8 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 4.2 blocks per game this season, leading Conference USA and ranking 54th in the nation.
- Scoring has been balanced for the Lady Toppers this season. Through 19 games, WKU has had nine different leading scorers (Salma Khedr five times; Torri James and Zsofia Telegdy three times; Tia Shelling, Tatum Boettjer and Jeniffer Silva twice; Caleigh-Rose West, Trinity Rowe and Enni Ahervuo 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 89th meeting in the all-time series between WKU and Middle Tennessee. The Blue Raiders are WKU's most frequently played opponent in terms of total games played.
- WKU is 35-53 against Middle Tennessee all-time.
ABOUT THE BLUE RAIDERS
- Middle Tennessee sits in second place in the CUSA standings with a 6-2 record. The Blue Raiders have defeated Kennesaw State, Jax State, UTEP, New Mexico State, Sam Houston and Liberty and have lost to Louisiana Tech and Delaware in conference play this season.
- The Blue Raiders were 5-7 during non-conference play with wins against Tennessee State, Saint Louis, Providence, Memphis and Wichita State and losses to Tennessee Tech, Rice, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Belmont and Southern Indiana.
- The Middle Tennessee roster is a young one with eight freshmen and three sophomores.
- Freshman Blair Baugus is the leading scorer for the Blue Raiders, averaging 12.5 points per game. She's also leading the team on the boards, pulling down 8.7 rebounds per game. Her 174 total rebounds on the season are the most in CUSA.
- Alayna Contreras is the second leading scorer, averaging 11.9 points per game.
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