Women's Basketball 1/9/2019 6:05:00 PM Jordan Alves

Lady Tigers seek 11th-straight win over Cumberland University on Thursday

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Mid-South Conference play started with a double-figure win over rival Georgetown College and it continues on Thursday night at Cumberland University travels to Tiger Town.

The seventh-ranked Lady Tigers are hosting the Phoenix at 6 p.m. ET in the Powell Athletic Center. Fans can tune into the CU Sports Network starting at 5:45 for coverage at the links above.

Campbellsville enters the week with a 15-2 record and 1-0 inside Mid-South Conference play after beating Georgetown College, 78-64, to open conference play. Cumberland University dropped its conference opener to Lindsey Wilson, 78-56, and fell to 4-9 overall.

Series Facts:

Campbellsville and Cumberland are meeting for the 36th time. The Lady Tigers lead the overall series 31-4.
LTB has won the previous 10 games - with three of those victories by four points or less.
Ginger High Colvin and Coach Scott Blum are meeting for the first time.
Thursday marks the first game since the 2010 season 2009-10 season the Phoenix haven't had Jeremy Lewis on the sideline as the head coach. He's now coaching the men's team.
Both teams have met only once in the postseason, with Cumberland winning its first MSC championship, 59-46, in the 2012-13 year - its first year as a conference member since moving to the Trans South Conference after the 2001-02 season.
That win for Cumberland in 2013 is also the last win for the Phoenix in the series.
Since the Phoenix re-entered the conference, the Lady Tigers lead the series 10-3.
LTB won the first-ever matchup in the 1992-93 season, 103-82.
Campbellsville won its last MSC Tournament at Cumberland's Dallas Floyd Recreation Center in 2013-14.

Scouting Cumberland:

The Phoenix have struggled this season under first-year head coach Scott Blum with a 4-9 record.
Cumberland won its first game of the year against Oakwood but then lost six-straight games - all but two were by double-figures.
Cumberland has won two of its last three games - the loss came to Lindsey Wilson on Saturday, 78-56.
Led in scoring by Carli Codner-Pinto's 13 points per game, she does it all for CU.
She also leads the team in steals per game (1.1), 3-point percentage (33%) and played the most minutes on the team (27).
The key stat for Codner-Pinto is the turnovers. She's dished out only 19 assists and turned the ball over 36.
The Phoenix turn the ball over a lot -- 252 to be exact - with only 139 assists.
That's the opposite for Campbellsville, 363 assists compared to 271 turnovers.

Lady Tigers in the rankings:

Caitlin Hall - #1 in Total Assists (122), in Assists per Game (7.1) and #10 in Assist/Turnover Ratio (2.8).
Savannah Gregory - #3 in Steals per Game (4.1) and Total Steals (70), and #17 in Free Throw Pct (0.857)

Campbellsville as a team in the rankings:

# 1 in Total Assists (363)
# 1 in Assists per Game (21.353)
# 1 in Scoring Offense per Game (92.412)
# 1 in Total Scoring Offense (1571)
# 2 in Turnover Margin (10.412)
# 2 in Total Steals (283)
# 3 in Total Rebound Offense (743)
# 3 in Steals per Game (16.647)
# 4 in Assist/Turnover Ratio (1.339)
# 4 in Scoring Margin (29.824)
# 5 in Offensive Rebounds per Game (17.529)
# 6 in Field Goal Pct (0.467)
# 7 in Total Rebound Margin (11.118)
# 9 in Total Rebound Defense (32.588)
# 13 in Free Throw Pct (0.741)
# 14 in Total Rebounds per Game (43.706)
# 16 in Total 3-Pt FG Made (116)
# 17 in 3-Pt Fg Pct (0.346)

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Players Mentioned

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

#20 Caitlin Hall: G; 5' 5"; Junior; Stanford, Ky.

Players Mentioned

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

#20 Caitlin Hall
: 5' 5"; Junior; Stanford, Ky.
: G

Players Mentioned

#13 Savannah Gregory

#20 Caitlin Hall

Players Mentioned

#13 Savannah Gregory

#20 Caitlin Hall