Setting the Scene:
Western is 6-19 overall and 4-15 in MIAA play. The Griffons will look to snap a six game losing streak. Western's last victory came on January 30, 2012 by a score of 90-78 against Fort Hays State University. Western is 4-6 at home this season winning four of their last seven home games. Saturday's game is must win for the Griffons if they want any chance of making the MIAA conference tournament in Kansas City next week. Western will be honoring five seniors on Saturday afternoon. The include; Brittany Casady, Alex Noble, Jessica Koch, Abby Stone and Ashleigh Curry.

Koch Climbing the Record Books:
Jessica Koch is climbing the record books as she currently sits in second in MWSU history in scoring 1,727 points which is 23 points from tying the record set by Lisa Hughes with 1,750. Koch is 6th all-time in three pointers made with 145. She is also 2nd all-time in free throws attempted with 506 and is 1st all-time in free throws made with 380. Koch had her 33 streak with double digits snapped on Saturday when she only had eight against Truman. During those 33 games she scored 20 or more points in 18 of those games. She has scored in double figures in 51 of her last 53 games. She has also recorded three double-doubles this season which includes the against Northwest when she had 12 points and 12 rebounds. She has recorded 14 double-doubles in her career.

Griffons against SBU in the Plett era:
The Griffons are just 3-6 against the Bearcats since coach Plett took over in 2007. Plett lost his first two meetings against the Bearcats by scores of 77-60 and 82-72 in his first season. Since then Plett is 3-3 against SBU going 2-1 at home and 1-2 on the road. His first victory over the Bearcats came on January 21, 2009 at home by a score of 84-66. Five Griffons scored in double figures with Jessica Koch dumping in 21. The Griffons other victory over the Bearcats came last season on January 19 when the Griffons defeated the Bearcats 75-74 in Bolivar, Mo. Koch paced Western with 20 points while Kayla Vice and Tierra Ford dumped in 12 and 11 respectively. Western split with the Bearcats last season falling in the season finale by a score of 70-62 in Bolivar. Koch dumped in 27 points while Bell snared 13 rebounds. Western fell earlier this season by a score of 100-99 in overtime.

The Coaches vs. Each Program:
Griffon head coach Lynn Plett is 3-5 overall against the Bearcats since coming to Missouri Western. His is 2-2 at home and 1-4 on the road. SBU head coach Todd Voss is in his first season as the Bearcats head coach. Prior to coaching at SBU, Voss was an assistant coach at Division I Drake University where he helped lead his team to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances. He is 1-0 against the Griffons.

The Series vs. SBU:
This will mark the 47th meeting between the two school with the Griffons leading the all-time series 29-13. Western had to vacate four victories due to NCAA violations. The Griffons are 16-5 in St. Joseph and 10-8 in Bolivar. Western is 3-0 at a neutral site. Western had to vacated two victories at home and two victories in Bolivar.

On the Internet:
If you can't make it to the game you can watch live stats through MWSU athletics websiste: http://www.sidearmstats.com/missouri/wbball/xlive.htm. You can listen to the game at http://www.gogriffons.com/webcast.asp and you can watch the game at www.b2livetv.com/partner_members.asp?id=289 for a minimal cost.