The Lady Toppers' games against Middle Tennessee will be featured on The Hill at Home, presented by Kentucky Fish and Wildlife, which is a live video feed of Brett Williams on the radio call. The broadcast will be live 30 minutes prior to tipoff.
Game Info
WKU (3-7, 2-2 C-USA) vs. Middle Tennessee (7-4, 5-1 C-USA)
Game 1: Friday, Jan. 22 | 6 p.m.
Game 2: Saturday, Jan. 23 | 6 p.m.
Bowling Green, Ky. | E.A. Diddle Arena
Links
WKU Game Notes
Middle Tennessee Game Notes
Game 1: Watch (ESPN+)/WKU PBS
Game 2: Watch (ESPN+)
Listen (ESPN 102.7) – Brett Williams (play-by-play)
Live Stats
Game Program
Tickets
WKU Notes
- The Lady Toppers will be looking to carry the momentum from last week's win against Marshall into the two-game series against Middle Tennessee this week. WKU earned a 69-60 victory against the Thundering Herd in Diddle Arena on Sunday. The young Lady Toppers showed the poise of a veteran team, bouncing back from a 27-point loss in Huntington and using a 12-0 run late in the fourth quarter to secure the win.
- Through 10 games, Fatou Pouye is WKU's leading scorer, averaging 12.6 points per game. Raneem is averaging 18.5 points per game, but has played in only two contests this season. Ally Collett is putting up 9.5 points a game and Hope Sivori is scoring 9.2 points per game.
- Meral Abdelgawad leads WKU on the boards, averaging 8.4 rebounds per game. Sivori leads the team in assists, averaging 3.8 helpers per game.
- Raneem Elgedawy returned to the Lady Topper last week against Marshall. She missed the first eight games of the season. In the two games against the Thundering Herd she averaged 18.5 points and 7.5 rebounds. In her first game back, Elgedawy picked up her 29th career double-double. In the second game she scored 20 points.
- It will be a clash of strong offense versus strong defense on Friday and Saturday. WKU's 65.5 points per game allowed is fourth lowest in the conference while Middle Tennessee's 77.5 points per game scoring average is the top mark in the league.
Series Notes
- WKU and Middle Tennessee have played each other 76 times in series history, making Middle Tennessee the most played opponent for WKU.
- The Blue Raiders lead the series, 43-33, but the Lady Toppers have won eight of the last 11 meetings.
- In Bowling Green, WKU leads the series 23-13 and have won six straight at home against the Blue Raiders.
- Last season, the two teams split a pair of games. The Lady Toppers claimed the first win in Bowling Green, 71-63. The second game was played in Murfreesboro and was a game for the ages. The contest went into double overtime and the Blue Raiders came out on top, 108-103.
Middle Tennessee Notes
- Middle Tennessee opened conference play with five straight wins, but dropped its most recent outing to Southern Miss last week.
- Anastasia Hayes is averaging 27.9 points per game through 11 games this season. She is the second leading scorer in the country, behind Chelsey Perry (UT Martin) who is putting up 29.2 points per game.
- Aislynn Hayes, Anastasia'a sister, is the team's second leading scorer, averaging 16.1 points per game. Deja Cage is the team's other player averaging double digits, scoring 11.9 points per game. Courtney Whitson is leading the team on the boards, pulling 9.0 boards per game.
How to Follow the Lady Toppers: For complete information on WKU Lady Topper Basketball, visit WKUSports.com or follow the program via social media @LadyTopperHoops on Twitter, @LadyTopperHoops on Instagram and on Facebook at facebook.com/WKUWomensBasketball.
"middle" - Google News
January 22, 2021 at 03:49AM
https://ift.tt/39RLJj0
WKU and Middle Tennessee Square Off in Rivalry Series - WKU Athletics
"middle" - Google News
https://ift.tt/2MY042F
Shoes Man Tutorial
Pos News Update
Meme Update
Korean Entertainment News
Japan News Update
No comments:
Post a Comment