Women's Basketball 2/14/2018 4:57:00 PM Jordan Alves

NAIA Top 3 Showdown hits the road for Portsmouth, Ohio; #3 Lady Tigers travel to #1 Shawnee State

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — For the second time this season, No. 3 Lady Tiger basketball is facing the top-ranked team in the NAIA Coaches' Poll. Campbellsville has its most important - and final - road trip of the regular season seeking to match No. 1 Shawnee State at the top of the Mid-South Conference standings.

The Lady Tigers and Bears battle it out on Thursday, Feb. 15. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET in the Frank and Janis Waller Gym in Portsmouth, Ohio.

The Lady Tigers are looking to win just their third game over the Bears in the Ginger Colvin era at the Frank and Janis Waller Gym but to do so they have to knock off the newly top-ranked Bears. Shawnee State earned all first-place votes in this week's edition of the Coaches' Poll with 219 voting points. Campbellsville remained at No. 3 for the fourth-straight week with 205 points.

Campbellsville is playing arguably its best basketball of the season after Madison Faulkner has lit a spark under the team. Faulkner, a sophomore forward from Horse Cave, Ky., was inserted into the starting lineup five games ago and has averaged 17 points in that span, including a career-high 23 vs. University of the Cumberlands last Saturday afternoon.

The Lady Tigers do expect to get leading scorer Madison Clements back to full health on Thursday night. She did play last week in limited action and scored 12 points in the combined two contests vs. Life University and University of the Cumberlands.

Lady Tigers @ Shawnee State
Thursday, Feb. 15 - 6 p.m. ET Frank & Janis Waller Gym Portsmouth, Ohio Game Notes: CU \| SSU
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CU	2017-18 Team Stats	SSU
23-3 Record 23-3
9-1 Conference Record 10-0
79.6 PPG 81.1
57.4 Opp PPG 54.8
.455 FG% .477
.399 Opp FG% 33.0
35.5 RPG 39.3
.335 3PT FG% .356
.305 Opp 3PT FG% 23.5
.730 FT% .721
18.5 APG 15.7
17.1 SPG 8.4
2.0 BPG 3.3

Shawnee State, which is looking to seal its third Mid-South Conference regular season title, has matched Campbellsville with the second-most wins in the NAIA at 23-3. The Bears boast a 10-0 record in the Mid-South, while the Lady Tigers are 9-1 – their lone loss came to Shawnee State on Jan. 20, 73-63, in the Powell Athletic Center.

The Bears are led in scoring by Hannah Miller and Madison Ridout's 14.5 points per game. SSU also has guards Ashton Lovely and Bailey Cummins scoring in double-figures at 14.4 and 13.5, respectively.

SERIES FACTS VS. SHAWNEE STATE

Campbellsville and SSU are meeting for the 28th time in history, with the Bears leading 15-12.
The Lady Tigers won the first meeting on Dec. 1, 1990, 69-54, and that started a four-game win streak for CU under Hall of Fame Head Coach Donna Wise.
Coach Ginger Colvin has an 9-12 record against SSU.
Campbellsville has only won two games in Portsmouth - back-to-back wins in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
The Lady Tigers and Bears are meeting for the 13^th straight game with CU being ranked in the Top 11.
In the last nine matchups, CU has ranked in the Top 5.
Thursday marks the first day either CU or SSU has been ranked No. 1 in the NAIA Poll.
On Feb. 26, 2015, CU dominated the Bears 77-45 to win its 19th regular season title.
Three years ago, Shawnee State knocked off CU in OT, 74-67, to win its first MSC tournament title.
The Bears did so again in 2015-16, winning 75-62 in the title game to win back-to-back MSC Tournaments.
And won their third straight MSC Tournament last year with a 71-65 win over Lindsey Wilson.

COLVIN & NICKLE LEAD TOP PROGRAMS

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).
Shawnee State has won three MSC regular season titles (2011-12, 2015-16, 2016-17).
The two teams have also won a combined five tournament championships - three for Shawnee State and two for Campbellsville.
The Lady Tigers have a total of five tournament championships since the MSC started in 1997.

TIGER CLAWZ

With the 82-63 win over Cumberland on Saturday, Jan. 27, the Lady Tigers have reached the 20-win milestone for the 10th time in Ginger Colvin's 11 years as head coach.
The 23 wins is also tied for the second-most in the NAIA. Shawnee State also has 23 wins, while LSU- Shreveport has 26.
Leading scorer Madison Clements missed three- straight games with an ankle sprain but returned last week to score 12 combined points.
In true road games this season, CU is 7-0.
While playing at home, CU is 9-1. Its lone loss came to Shawnee State.
The Lady Tigers have won five-straight MSC games.
The Lady Tigers' loss to Shawnee State in January continued the streak of only having one loss in that month for the last seven years.
Madison Clements scored her 1,000th-point vs. Georgetown College on Jan. 6 - marking her the 34^th Lady Tiger to join the 1,000-point Club.
When CU leads at halftime, the Lady Tigers are a perfect 2s-0 on the year.
When the Lady Tigers convert on more free throws than the opponent, CU is 18-0.
The Lady Tigers are also 15-0 when winning the rebounding battle.
CU's lone two losses of the year have come on neutral courts - vs. Freed-Hardeman (56-49) in Jackson, TN. & Menlo College (82-74) in Hawaii.

LAST GAME VS. SHAWNEE STATE

Shawnee State won its fourth straight over the Lady Tigers, 73-63, on Jan. 20.
The difference maker was an ice cold ending to the final five minutes for CU. Trailing 61-56, Madison Kaiser delivered her second 3-pointer of the day cutting the Shawnee State lead to two. But from there on out, Campbellsville missed its next six shots and the Bears finished the day on a 14-4 run. CU hit 2-of-8 in the final five minutes.
It was a paint battle, as Jordan Doram and Alexus Calhoun battled with Shawnee State's Madison Ridout. Along with teammate Bailey Cummins, Ridout led all scorers with 18 points, while Doram scored 16 for CU and Calhoun had 10.
The Lady Tigers struggled from the floor, hitting 37 percent (25-of-67), while the Bears hit 51 percent (27-of-53). SSU also out-shot the Lady Tigers form 3-point land, hitting 6-of-17 compared to 2-of-8 for CU.

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Players Mentioned

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

#14 Jordan Doram: F; 5' 11"; Junior; Georgetown, Ky.

#40 Madison Faulkner: F; 5' 8"; Sophomore; Horse Cave, Ky.

#30 Madison Kaiser: G/F; 5' 9"; Junior; Greenville, Ind.

#12 Alexus Calhoun: F; 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior; Lebanon, Ky.

Players Mentioned

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

#14 Jordan Doram
: 5' 11"; Junior; Georgetown, Ky.
: F

#40 Madison Faulkner
: 5' 8"; Sophomore; Horse Cave, Ky.
: F

#30 Madison Kaiser
: 5' 9"; Junior; Greenville, Ind.
: G/F

#12 Alexus Calhoun
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior; Lebanon, Ky.
: F