CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — A lot is on the line Saturday afternoon as No. 10 Lindsey Wilson College enters the Powell Athletic Center for the regular season finale and Senior Day 2018 for No. 3 Lady Tiger Basketball.
Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET with the Voice of Tiger Basketball,
Matt Payton, and color analyst Benji Kelly, starting their broadcast at 1:45 on 88.7 The Tiger and WLCU-TV (Comcast 10).
The Top 10 matchup features No. 3 and No. 10 both seeking to clinch a No. 2-seed in the upcoming Mid-South Conference Tournament. A win for Campbellsville would improve the Lady Tigers to 12-2 overall inside MSC play and Lindsey Wilson would fall to 10-4. A win for the Blue Raiders would force a tiebreaker between the two.
For the tiebreaker, the highest tie will be broken first using the following format:
- Head to head competition between teams involved in the tie.
- Record against MSC teams beginning with the No. 1 seed, and if still tied proceeding in descending order.
- Best win-loss percentage involving common opponents outside the MSC.
- Point/Run/Goal etc. differential against each other.
- Coin toss.
Scenarios:
- If CU wins, the Lady Tigers clinch the No. 2 seed.
- If LWC wins by more than five points, the Blue Raiders clinch the No. 2 seed
- If LWC wins by less than five points, Campbellsville clinches the No. 2 seed
- If LWC wins by exactly five points, the coin flip will come into play
Series Facts vs. Lindsey Wilson
- Campbellsville and Lindsey Wilson are meeting for the 74th time in program history. The Lady Tigers lead the series, 53-20.
- Since the 2009-10 season, Campbellsville has won 15 of the 19 games in the series.
- The Lady Tigers had won 11-straight games in the series from 2009-10 to the 2014-15 season.
- In the 2014-15 matchup at Biggers, LeeAnn Grider dished out a career-high 16 assists to tie the program record with coach Ginger Colvin.
- In the previous matchup on Jan. 25, CU won 68-63.
- In that game, Caitlin Hall dished out a career-high nine assists.
- Lindsey Wilson upset CU on Dec. 3, 2016 with an 88-65 win in the Powell Athletic Center. It was the first win for the Blue Raiders at the Powell in nine previous games.
- Savannah Gregory learned the passing of her sister, Chasity Davis, the day before the previous matchup but rallied around her LTB family to score 11 points in a team-high 32 minutes of play.
- Madison Faulkner scored 16 points - which was the rst of seven straight games of scoring in double figures.
Turner vs. Turner
- Lauren and Reagan Turner are squaring off against each other for the second time.
- Lauren, a senior elementary education major, runs the point for CU and has turned into one of the most reliable Lady Tigers Coach Colvin can turn to.
- Reagan is a freshman Psychophysiology major for the Blue Raiders.
- In the first matchup, Lauren scored four points and dished out four assists.
- Reagan scored 14 points on 4-of-11 shooting and was second on the team with six rebounds.
Senior Day 2018
- Lauren Turner has been a true success story for the Lady Tigers. As a junior, she was thrown into the starting lineup as a point guard after LeeAnn Grider's season-ending injury. Lauren had never consistently played the point spot before, but we put the ball in her hands and gave her the reins. She did not disappoint. Lauren led our team into the Final Four last season and proved her determination, toughness, and grit to the entire nation. This season, Lauren is 31st in the nation in assist/turnover ratio and 34th in total steals. Lauren has been a huge key to our success over the last two seasons and will always be remembered for her toughness and fearlessness out on the floor.
- Madison Clements has been in the Lady Tiger program for five seasons after red-shirting her junior year. No one, other than Madison, knows the physical pain she has gone through to play the game that she loves. Her career at Campbellsville has been littered with injuries, surgeries, and lots of time in the training room. In spite of it all, Madison has found a way to succeed on the court. Last season, she was named 2nd team All-Conference in the MSC. Madison joined the 1000 point club at Campbellsville earlier this season. She received the Mid-south Conference Academic all-conference award two times, and has also been an NAIA Academic All-American twice. Madison will be remembered as a gamer and someone who always rose to the challenge.
- Lexxus has been a natural leader in our program from day one. Her outspoken personality and her knowledge of the game have made her an invaluable part of our team. Lexxus had to overcome some major health issues this summer in order to get back on the floor for her senior season. While most players were working out and getting stronger, Lexx was learning to walk and talk again. Her recovery and her ability to overcome were truly incredible. Lexxus will always be remembered for her ability to shoot the ball from long-range. In her career, she has netted almost 170 three point baskets. None of those 3 point baskets were any bigger than the ones she nailed in the Elite Eight game last season against No. 1 Freed-Hardeman to help send the Lady Tigers to the Final Four.