Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
The Lady Raiders Travel to Face Rival WKU
1/10/2020 11:19:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Bowling Green, Ky. - The Middle Tennessee women's basketball team looks to stay hot after rolling Marshall in Huntington 75-55. The Lady Raiders will make a pit stop on their way back to Murfreesboro to take on rival WKU in Bowling Green on Saturday at 2:00 PM.
Game 16: Middle Tennessee (10-5, 2-1 C-USA) vs. WKU (9-5, 1-2 C-USA)
Game 16: Middle Tennessee (10-5, 2-1 C-USA) vs. WKU (9-5, 1-2 C-USA)
- Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 - 2:00 PM CST
- E.A. Diddle Arena (7,326) - Bowling Green, Ky.
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- Anastasia Hayes ranks near the top of Conference USA in scoring with 17.3 points per game. Hayes averages 18.7 points per game against C-USA opponents.
- Senior Charity Savage is a top of Conference USA and seventh nationally in rebounds per game. Savage has a total of 174 rebounds this season and averages 11.6 per game.
- Freshman standout Aislynn Hayes is averaging 12.7 points per game and is 15th in Conference USA in scoring.
- WKU is 9-5 overall, 1-2 in C-USA after its 69-65 win against UAB Thursday.
- WKU has three players averaging double figures, led by Raneem Elgedawy with 16.6 points per game. Whitney Creech averages 15.8 and Dee Givens 15.5. In all, five Lady Toppers average seven points or more.
- WKU is averaging 72.7 points per game and is 5-0 inside Diddle Arena this season.
- This is the 65th meeting between the Lady Raiders and the Hilltoppers dating back to Feb. 26, 1977. MT leads the series, 34-30.
- HC Rick Insell is 19-10 against WKU. Insell-coached Lady Raider teams had a series-best 12-game win streak against the Hilltoppeers from Jan. 14, 2009 to Mar. 2, 2012.
- The Lady Raiders fell 56-67 to the Hilltoppers in their last meeting on Mar. 7, 2019.
- In their last match up the Lady Raiders defeated Marshall 75-55 in Huntington, WV.
- The Lady Raiders were led by Anastasia Hayes who recorded the second triple-double in program history. Hayes went for 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists against the Thundering Herd. The only other player to record a triple-double was Cheyenne Parker on Jan. 17, 2015.
- Senior Charity Savage notched her sixth double-double of the season and scored a career high 20 points in the victory.
- The Lady Raiders will return home to match up against both C-USA schools from the sunshine state beginning with FAU on Thursday Jan. 16 at 6:30.
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