THIS WEEK IN GRIFFON WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, Jan. 18, 1:30 p.m. at Northwest
 
ST. JOSEPH – Missouri Western looks to bounce back after a hard-fought loss at Emporia State this week against a conference rival. The Griffons (12-3, 4-2 MIAA) will head to Maryville on Saturday to take on the Northwest Bearcats (8-7, 3-3 MIAA).
 
Prior to the Griffons' loss to the Hornets last Saturday, the Griffon women were rolling on a seven-game winning streak. The Griffs averaged 76 points per game through that time span while holding opponents to 56. The Griffons will look to keep pushing the ball offensively and make it three conference victories in a row against the Bearcats come Saturday afternoon. The Griffs have also won nine of their last 10 matchups with Northwest coming into Saturday's contest.
 
PREVIEWING THE GRIFFONS
 

• Missouri Western ranks third in the MIAA in field goal percentage averaging 45% per game.
• The Griffons also average 10.27 steals per game, placing them fourth in the conference for that stat category.
• MWSU also ranks in the top-five of the league in assists per contest averaging 15.33 passes per contest.
• Corbyn Cunningham averages 55% from the field for the Griffons. This mean places her third in the MIAA in field goal percentage.
• Cunningham also ranks in the top-10 of the league in rebounding averaging 7.7 boards for the Griffons.
• Chris Wilson averages 8.4 boards off the glass for Missouri Western. This ranks her fourth in the MIAA for that stat.
• Wilson is also the leading scorer for the Griffons averaging 15.1 points per game, placing her in the top-10 in scoring of the MIAA.
• Katrina Roenfeldt ranks second in the conference in steals per game averaging 2.5 takeaways.
• KT also ranks in the top-10 of the league in assists per game averaging 3.3 dimes for the Griffons.
• Kylee Williams averages 2.2 made three-point field goals per game. This places her in the top-10 of the MIAA in that stat category. Katrina Roenfeldt also ranks in the top-10 of this category with 2.1 makes.

 
SCOUTING NORTHWEST
 

• The Bearcats rank third in the MIAA in blocked shots averaging 4 rejections per game.
• Northwest also leads the league in free throw percentage averaging 82% from the line.
• NWSMU averages 9.1 made three-point field goals per game. This average places them third in the conference in that category.
• Their last two conference matchups featured the Bearcats playing at Emporia State and Washburn. Northwest lost both games 79-66 to ESU and 59-43 against the Ichabods.
• Erika Schlosser averages 3.8 assists per contest for the Bearcats. This average ranks her in the top-five of the MIAA in that category.
• Kendey Eaton is the leading scorer for Northwest averaging 14.6 points per game. Eaton also ranks third in the conference in free-throw percentage averaging 85% from the line.
• Jaelyn Haggard averages 2.3 made three-point field goals per game which ranks Haggard in the top-10 of the MIAA in that category.