Women's Basketball vs. Shawnee State Preview 1-25-19

Women's Basketball Jordan Alves

NAIA Top 10 showdown features No. 6 Campbellsville and No. 7 Shawnee State

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — To say Campbellsville University women's basketball is hungry to knock off a new rival would be an understatement. They will get that chance on Saturday afternoon as the sixth-ranked Lady Tigers travel to No. 7 Shawnee State for an NAIA Top 10 showdown. 
 
Tipoff between the Lady Tigers and Bears is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET in the Frank and Janis Waller Gymnasium in Portsmouth, Ohio. Coverage on the CU Sports Network will begin at 1:45. 
 
The Lady Tigers haven't beaten Shawnee State in the last six matchups and the Bears have won four straight Mid-South Conference Tournaments - the last for Campbellsville came in the 2013-14 season over Georgetown. 

But the Lady Tigers are the ones entering with a winning streak of eight games and the Bears fell to the hands of Georgetown College on Thursday night for the first slipup in conference play since Jan. 2017 - which ended a 26-game MSC winning streak. 

The key matchup in this one is Shawnee State's ability to hold opponents to only 34 percent from the floor and Campbellsville hitting 46 percent of its shots - both of those are leading the MSC stats.

Campbellsville (20-2, 6-0 MSC) vs. Shawnee State (17-4, 4-1 MSC)
  • Campbellsville and SSU are meeting for the 30th time in history, with the Bears leading 17-12.
  • CU won the first meeting on Dec. 1, 1990, 69-54, and that started a four-game win streak for CU under Hall of Fame Coach Donna Wise.
  • Coach Ginger High Colvin has an 9-14 record against Shawnee State
  • 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 15thstraight game with CU being ranked in the Top 11.
  • In the last nine matchups, CU has ranked in the Top 5. The Lady Tigers are No. 6 this matchup.
  • 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 LWC.
  • Last season, SSU's Hannah Miller hit a pair of free throws with one second on the clock to give the Bears their fourth-straight MSC Tourney title.
Scouting Shawnee State:
  • The Bears enter Saturday after dropping its first Mid-South Conference regular season contest since a loss to Lindsey Wilson on Jan. 21, 2017. SSU lost to Georgetown, 83-69, on Thursday. 
  • The Bears are led in scoring by sharp shooter Ashton Lovely's 17.3 points per game. She ranks No. 1 in the NAIA with a free throw percentage of 93.2% and 15th in scoring per game at 17.3.
  • The Bears are second in the MSC in scoring (84.2), third in scoring defense (61.6) and edge the Lady Tigers by 0.001 percent in 3-point shooting by leading the MSC with a 34.8% avg.
  • The Bears are also the best on the defense side by allowing opponents to hit 34.1 percent, while the Lady Tigers are the best offensive team in the conference at 46.4 percent.
Tiger Clawz:
  • Savannah Gregory has tallied 10 rebounds in each of the last three games to lead CU.
  • Jordan Doram became the 35th Lady Tiger to score 1,000+ points in her career. She reached the mark on Dec. 28 against Mobile.
  • Madison Stewart is inching closer to the 1,000-point feat as she is 40 points away.
  • Coach Ginger High Colvin coached in her 400th game against Lindsey Wilson on January 12th.
  • Coach Colvin has an overall record of 322-81.
  • CU enters its 45th season and has an overall record of 982-361.
  • Campbellsville is a perfect 13-0 when the Lady Tigers score over 90 points this season.
  • CU is also a perfect 9-0 while playing at home. The home winning streak is currently set at 13 games.
  • CU has a 4-0 record while playing on the road and 7-2 at neutral sites.
  • When CU leads at halftime, it has a 18-0 record.
  • CU is 14-0 against unranked teams this year – its lone to losses came against No. 4 Columbia and NAIA DII No. 25 St. Francis.
  • Since the St. Francis loss, the Lady Tigers loss, CU has rallied off eight straight wins to set its longest streak this season.
Up next for the Lady Tigers:
  • CU stays on the road next week and travels to Cumberland University on Thursday, Jan. 31 and at Lindsey Wilson on Saturday, Feb. 2,
  • Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET in Lebanon, Tennessee on Thursday and 3 p.m. ET in Columbia, Kentucky on Saturday.
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Players Mentioned

Jordan Doram

#14 Jordan Doram

F
5' 11"
Senior
Georgetown, Ky.
Savannah Gregory

#13 Savannah Gregory

G
5' 8"
Redshirt Sophomore
Scottsville, Ky.
Madison Stewart

#23 Madison Stewart

G
5' 9"
Senior
Leitchfield, Ky.

Players Mentioned

Jordan Doram

#14 Jordan Doram

5' 11"
Senior
Georgetown, Ky.
F
Savannah Gregory

#13 Savannah Gregory

5' 8"
Redshirt Sophomore
Scottsville, Ky.
G
Madison Stewart

#23 Madison Stewart

5' 9"
Senior
Leitchfield, Ky.
G