Women's Basketball 1/5/2018 9:41:00 AM Jordan Alves

Mid-South Conference play starts Saturday as Lady Tigers seek 13th regular season title

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — The rivalry is like no other in the Mid-South Conference and it goes back to 1974 when Hall of Famer Donna Wise started the Lady Tiger basketball program at Campbellsville University.

This weekend, No. 3 Campbellsville is facing its oldest rival as Georgetown College comes to Tiger Town. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon in the Powell Athletic Center.

Fans can tune into the CU Sports Network -- WLCU-TV and 88.7 The Tiger for coverage of the first MSC doubleheader of the year with the men's team. Matt Payton and for Tiger great Benji Kelly will team up for the call.

Lady Tigers vs. Georgetown
Sat., Jan. 6 - 2 p.m. ET Powell Athletic Center Campbellsville, Ky Game Notes: CU \| GC
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CU	2017-18 Team Stats	GC
14-2 Record 6-9
0-0 Conference Record 0-0
80.1 PPG 71.6
56.4 Opp PPG 64.9
.464 FG% .391
.393 Opp FG% .373
35.1 RPG 40.0
.332 3PT FG% .313
.311 Opp 3PT FG% .300
.749 FT% .664
18.1 APG 13.4
18.5 SPG 9.2
1.8 BPG 2.5

The Lady Tigers enter the weekend with a 14-2 record and is coming off a 68-44 win over Stillman College on Tuesday night. It wasn't pretty for CU, as the Lady Tigers were held to hitting 6-of-33 from the floor in the second half with four of those baskets coming from 3-point land.

Georgetown College enters Saturday with a 6-9 record under first-year head coach James Jackson. Jackson replaced Andrea McCloskey who led Georgetown for six seasons before resigning last spring. The meeting between Jackson, a former assistant on the men's team, and CU head coach Ginger Colvin will be the first in their tenures.

Georgetown has won four of its last five games but fell victim to a six-game losing streak throughout late-November and early-December.

Series Facts:
• CU and GC are meeting for the 127th time in history, with the CU leading the series 74-25.
• CU is 15-7 in Ginger Colvin's tenure overall and 5-5 against Georgetown while playing at home. Colvin also rallies her troops when it matters most in postseason, as CU is a perfect 2-0 in MSC tournaments against GC.

Tiger Clawz:
• CU enters MSC play with a 3-game win streak.
• CU's lone two losses of the year have come on neutral courts - vs. Freed-Hardeman (56-49) in Jackson, TN. and Menlo College (82-74) in Hawaii.
• In Ginger Colvin's tenure, the Lady Tigers are 7-3 in MSC openers. The lone losses are to Shawnee State and Georgetown College.
• From 2004-2008, CU lost four straight MSC openers -- all to Georgetown College.
• CU ranks No. 1 in total assists (291), No. 1 in steals (296) and No. 1 in steals/game (18.5).
• Savannah Gregory ranks No. 2 in steals (52) & Madison Clements ranks No. 7 in steals (42).
• Clements is 11 points away from becoming the 34^th Lady Tiger to reach 1,000 career points.
• Head Coach Ginger Colvin is 13 wins away from surpassing 300 in her 11 seasons leading CU.
• When CU leads at halftime, the Lady Tigers are a perfect 14-0 on the year.
• CU is a perfect 5-0 at home this year.
• In the last five years, CU has lost in January only five times - one in each year.

Mid-South Conference:
• In Ginger Colvin's 10 previous seasons leading CU, the Lady Tigers have won the MSC regular season title five times (2008-09, 2009- 10, 2010-11, 2013-14, 2014-15).
• CU has also never finished lower than fourth in the regular season standings.
• Through her career, Ginger Colvin boasts a 116-34 MSC record.
• Colvin is a four-time MSC Coach of the Year (2008-09, 2009-10, 2013-14, 2014-15)
• CU has won the MSC Tournament twice (2010-11 and 2014-15)

Lady Tigers picked to finish second in MSC
• Campbellsville earned 41 total points in the conference rating and picked up one of the eight first-place votes.
• Last season, the Lady Tigers finished third in the conference with a 10-4 mark and went 28-7 overall en route to an appearance in the NAIA Fab Four.
• Campbellsville was the only team from the Mid-South Conference to appear in the national semifinals.
• Shawnee State University sits atop the poll with four of the eight first-place votes and 46 total points. The Bears won a share of the MSC regular season title last season and won their third-straight MSC Tournament title.
• Lindsey Wilson College joins Campbellsville at No. 2 in the ranking with the final three first- place votes and 41 points. The Blue Raiders shared the regular season title with Shawnee State after going 13-1.
• Cumberland University is fourth in rating with 29 points, followed by University of Pikeville with 26 voting points from the conference coaches.
• University of the Cumberlands – who edged the Lady Tigers in the conference tournament last season – is sixth overall after earning 20 total points.
• Rounding out the preseason poll is Georgetown College with 14 points and Life University with seven total points.

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Players Mentioned

#5 Madison Clements: G; 5' 8"; Redshirt Senior; Clementsville, Tenn.

#13 Savannah Gregory: G; 5' 8"; Redshirt Freshman; Scottsville, Ky.

Players Mentioned

#5 Madison Clements
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Senior; Clementsville, Tenn.
: G

#13 Savannah Gregory
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Freshman; Scottsville, Ky.
: G

Players Mentioned

#5 Madison Clements

#13 Savannah Gregory

Players Mentioned

#5 Madison Clements

#13 Savannah Gregory