FRANKFORT, Ky. — Lady Tiger basketball will play the night cap of the first round in Mid-South Conference Tournament tonight at the Frankfort Convention Center against University of the Cumberlands. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.
 
Campbellsville enters as the three-seed with a 25-5 overall record and finished 10-4 inside MSC play, while Cumberlands boasts a 14-14 record and finished 4-10 inside conference play.
 
Live video and stats will be provided by the Mid-South Conference at the links above and fans can tune into the Campbellsville University Sports Network, 88.7 The Tiger, starting at 7:45.
 
The MSC Tournament gets underway on Thursday afternoon, as No. 1 seed Shawnee State and No. 8 seed tipoff the tournament at 2 p.m. Five-seed Georgetown College and four-seed University of Pikeville will play at 4:00, while two-seed Lindsey Wilson and seven-seed Cumberland University tip at 6:00.
 
Entrance into the arena is $12 for adults and $7 for students with valid college IDs. Also, credit card machines are down at the Frankfort Convention Center and they are only accepting cash this week.
 
Lady Tigers in the MSC Tournament
• The Lady Tigers boast an overall record of 29-16 in the Mid-South Conference Tournament.
• In the first round games, the Lady Tigers are 11-2. CU has won eight-consecutive first round contests since losing to Georgetown, 71-65, in 2007.
• CU has gone 13-5 in the semifinals, winning the semifinal game in each of the past four seasons.
• Campbellsville has a losing record, 5-9, in the tournament championship games, winning five MSC titles in 1997, 1998, 2004, 2011 and 2014.
• Georgetown is CU's most common opponent, playing nine separate times.
• CU has never played University of Pikeville in the tournament.
• Georgetown is the only MSC opponent to win more MSC titles than CU, collecting six.
• Shawnee State has won consecutive MSC titles - upsetting the Lady Tigers each year.
• The Bears are the favorite again this year as the No. 1 seed.
 
Series Facts vs. Cumberlands
• CU and Cumberlands have met 102 times in program history. CU leads the series 68-35.
• The two teams have met seven times in the MSC Tournament with the Patriots leading the series, 5-2.
• Cumberlands won the 2010 title over CU, 73-68; 2009 title over CU, 69-57; and the 2004 title over CU, 66-47.
• CU won the first-ever meeting between the two in the 1976-77 season, 56-47.
• The Last Tigers had won six-straight games dating back to the 2012-13 season before Cumberlands ended that streak last season in the O. Wayne Rollins Center with a 60-56 upset over CU.
• Coach Ginger Colvin has a 14-10 record versus coach Melissa Irvin.
• Last season was the seventh time these two programs met in the postseason, with the Lady Tigers winning, 61-50, to end Cumberlands' season in the MSC Tournament. That win was the second win for CU over UC in postseason play.
 
Tiger Clawz:
• Campbellsville is entering the MSC Tournament as the three seed.
• The Lady Tigers are playing for their sixth MSC Tournament title and first since 2014.
• In the last two seasons, Shawnee State has defeated the Lady Tigers in the MSC Finals.
• Senior Emily Fox was named First-Team All-MSC, while sophomore Madison Stewart was named to the second-team.
• With the 90-67 win over Wilberforce, CU has had nine-straight seasons with 20-plus wins.
• CU ended its non-conference schedule with a 15-1 record and a perfect 5-0 at home.
• CU has led at halftime in 21 games and has won 20 of 21 - loss to Lindsey Wilson on Feb. 2.
• The Lady Tigers are also a perfect 23-0 when shooting at a higher percentage than opponents.
• CU has gone 10-5 against ranked opponents this season (NAIA DI and DII).
• Emily Fox scored her 1,000th point vs. Wilberforce on Saturday, Jan. 28. She is 33rd Lady Tiger
to reach that milestone.
• Fox has hit multiple 3s in 11 of the last 13 games and drilled a career-high six 3s in consecutive games vs. Martin Methodist and Bethel earlier in the year.
• Fox currently ranks third on the all-time list for most 3s in a career (234). She is eight away from breaking Melly Heaton's record of 242 set from 2007-2011.
• Fox ranks No. 8 in the NAIA by making 2.8 triples per game and No. 7 with 82 made 3s.
• Jordan Doram scored a career-high 21 points vs. Johnson & Wales on Dec. 30. Since the Christmas break trip to Miami, she has scored in double- figures in 13 of the last 17 games.
• As a team, CU ranks No. 11 by hitting 35 percent from 3-point land. In addition, CU is holding
opponents to only hitting 28 percent from deep - also ranking No. 24
• The Lady Tigers also rank No. 5 in total assists (510), No. 3 in steals (389), No. 5 in assists per
game (17.5) and No. 12 in assist/turnover ratio (1.1).
• In addition, the Lady Tigers rank No. 2 in turnover margin at 7.6.
• Before going down with a season-ending ACL injury, LeeAnn Grider ranked No. 6 with an assist/turnover ratio of 3.0, No. 10 by averaging 5.3 assists per game and No. 11 with 70 assists. She went down with another knee injury vs. PNW - the opposite knee she injured last season.