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The Missouri S&T women’s and men’s basketball teams return to the road tonight, playing at Springfield, Ill. to take on Illinois-Springfield in Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) play.
The women’s game is to begin at 5:30 p.m. with the men’s game following at 7:45 p.m.
It’s the first to a pair of road double-headers for the S&T squads this week. On Saturday the Rolla teams will be in Quincy, Ill. to take on Quincy in league play (women’s game at 1 p.m., men’s game at 3:15 p.m.).
Men’s Game
The Miner men are probably breathing a sigh of relief heading to Springfield, even though they will be playing one of the hottest current teams in the league. But at least the Prairie Stars are not among the best nationally. It will be S&T’s first opponent not nationally-ranked since the start of the new year.
The Miners stunned then No. 2-ranked Southern Indiana 62-55 on the road Jan. 5 then lost at No. 4 Kentucky Wesleyan 91-58 on Jan. 7 and at home last week lost to No. 8 Northern Kentucky 62-36 and to No. 3 Bellarmine 80-50 last Saturday.
S&T comes into tonight’s game with a 2-13 overall record and a 1-6 GLVC mark.
The Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars, one of the newcomers to the GLVC, have been a squad on the move. The Prairie Stars are just 7-9 overall but sport a 4-3 conference record after winning five of their last seven outings, including a 62-59 win over Quincy on Monday.
Illinois-Springfield is currently in sole possession of second place in the GLVC West Division behind Missouri-St. Louis.
Michael Fakuade, a 6-7 senior post, leads the GLVC and is ranked among the national leaders in rebounding at 11.5. He also leads UIS in scoring at 15.1.
Also for the Prairie Stars 6-2 senior Jermaine Love-Roberts averages 14.8 points; 6-1 senior Lester Hart 12.0 points, and off the bench Kyle Gupton 9.4.
Bryce Foster, a 6-4 junior guard, leads S&T in scoring with a 10.3 average while 6-5 senior forward Tommy Pelczynski averages 9.9 points, 6-6 junior center Michael Jackson 9.5 points and 5.5 rebounds and 5-10 senior guard Carlton Westbrook 8.2 points.
Women’s Game
The Lady Miners will be trying to stay atop the GLVC West Division standings along with Drury. Both S&T and Drury are 6-1 in league play to pace the West Division. S&T is 11-3 overall after splitting a pair of home games last week.
The Missouri S&T women’s and men’s basketball teams return to the road tonight, playing at Springfield, Ill. to take on Illinois-Springfield in Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) play.
The women’s game is to begin at 5:30 p.m. with the men’s game following at 7:45 p.m.
It’s the first to a pair of road double-headers for the S&T squads this week. On Saturday the Rolla teams will be in Quincy, Ill. to take on Quincy in league play (women’s game at 1 p.m., men’s game at 3:15 p.m.).
Men’s Game
The Miner men are probably breathing a sigh of relief heading to Springfield, even though they will be playing one of the hottest current teams in the league. But at least the Prairie Stars are not among the best nationally. It will be S&T’s first opponent not nationally-ranked since the start of the new year.
The Miners stunned then No. 2-ranked Southern Indiana 62-55 on the road Jan. 5 then lost at No. 4 Kentucky Wesleyan 91-58 on Jan. 7 and at home last week lost to No. 8 Northern Kentucky 62-36 and to No. 3 Bellarmine 80-50 last Saturday.
S&T comes into tonight’s game with a 2-13 overall record and a 1-6 GLVC mark.
The Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars, one of the newcomers to the GLVC, have been a squad on the move. The Prairie Stars are just 7-9 overall but sport a 4-3 conference record after winning five of their last seven outings, including a 62-59 win over Quincy on Monday.
Illinois-Springfield is currently in sole possession of second place in the GLVC West Division behind Missouri-St. Louis.
Michael Fakuade, a 6-7 senior post, leads the GLVC and is ranked among the national leaders in rebounding at 11.5. He also leads UIS in scoring at 15.1.
Also for the Prairie Stars 6-2 senior Jermaine Love-Roberts averages 14.8 points; 6-1 senior Lester Hart 12.0 points, and off the bench Kyle Gupton 9.4.
Bryce Foster, a 6-4 junior guard, leads S&T in scoring with a 10.3 average while 6-5 senior forward Tommy Pelczynski averages 9.9 points, 6-6 junior center Michael Jackson 9.5 points and 5.5 rebounds and 5-10 senior guard Carlton Westbrook 8.2 points.
Women’s Game
The Lady Miners will be trying to stay atop the GLVC West Division standings along with Drury. Both S&T and Drury are 6-1 in league play to pace the West Division. S&T is 11-3 overall after splitting a pair of home games last week.
S&T was ranked No. 24 in the NCAA Division II national poll last week but fell out of the top-25 this week. In GLVC games last week the Lady Miners were ripped by Northern Kentucky 52-34 on Jan. 12 before rebounding to beat Bellarmine 74-62 last Saturday.
UIS comes into tonight’s game 7-8 overall and 2-5 in the conference. The Prairie Stars snapped a four-game losing streak on Monday by clipping Quincy 67-63. Illinois-Springfield is averaging 66.1 points per game but are allowing an average of 68.7.
Alyssa Palmer, a 5-6 sophomore, leads a trio of UIS players who average in double figures at 13.6 points. Also, 5-11 sophomore Megan Bergerud averages 12.1 points and 5-8 senior Bailey Beale 11.4 points. Elizabeth Kelly, a NCAA Division I transfer from Wright State, leads the team in rebounding with 9.3 off the bench.
Hailee Parks, a 5-11 junior forward, continues to lead the balanced Lady Miner attack with 13.9 points and 7.7 rebounds while 5-10 senior guard Julie Meyer averages 9.2 points and 5.9 rebounds, 5-9 senior Courtney Kemp 8.0 points and 5-11 sophomore Karli Sample 6.9 points and 4.6 rebounds.
