ABILENE, Texas - The LC men's and women's basketball teams will wrap their brief, American Southwest Conference road trip Saturday afternoon with a visit to McMurry. Live video for both games will be available at:
mcmurrysports.com/showcase/#liveevents.
Women's Preview
The Lady Wildcats will look to continue their winning ways, both in this season and versus McMurry, at 1 p.m. Saturday.
LC (11-0, 7-0 ASC) remains undefeated on the season and is ranked in the top 25 of both national NCAA Division III polls (No. 19 in the D3Hoops.com poll and No. 22 in the USA Today ESPN poll).
The Lady Cats have also experienced success against McMurry of late, having defeated that team twice last season: 70-40 in the regular season and 73-69 in an overtime thriller in the 2010 ASC Championship game.
McMurry enters the game with a record of 6-5 overall and 3-3 in conference play and is coming off a 51-43 win over Mississippi, the No. 19 team in the most recent USA Today ESPN poll.
McMurry has not been known for offense, scoring just 52.7 points per game this season, but has been great on the defensive end, allowing just 51.1 points per contest.
LC enter the game scoring an average of 84 points per game while allowing 59.5 points per game on defense.
The Lady Wildcats continue to be led offensively by five double-figure scorers: Tillisha Givens (17.2 points, 9.8 rebounds per game), Natosha Gottlieb (14.5), Roslyn Wilmer (13.6), Kayla Guidry (11.4) and Janet Butler (10.5).
McMurry has just one player avering double-figure points, Anna Berthel with 11.7 points per game, but has two players, Keshia Collins (9.8) and Rikeita Thomas (9.7), who are flirting with that achievement.
Men's Preview
The LC Men enter their 3 p.m. meeting with McMurry desperately needing a win and hoping to turn around recent bad fortunes.
The Wildcats (4-7, 3-4 ASC) have lost three straight and have given up 100 points in back-to-back contests.
On the season, LC is allowing opponents to score an average of 85.2 points per game.
McMurry (7-4, 5-2) has shown an ability to net offense from a variety of sources and is averaging 72.5 points per game thanks to five players scoring in double figures: Steven Jones (12.2 points, 6.5 rebounds per game), Teddy Chamber (11.3 points, 9.3 rebounds), Jaden Isler (10.5 points, 4.9 assists), Steven Johunkin (10.2 points) and Derick Sumpter (12.5 points).
The Wildcats have been solid on offense, averaging 71.8 per game, and have four players of their own averaging 10 or more points per contest:
Jarrod Jackson (15.7), JeLani Mitchell (12.5),
Chukwuma Ekeh (11.4) and
Korey Salmon (10.7 points, 7.9 rebounds).