Women's Basketball Preview 2-22-19

Women's Basketball Jordan Alves

No. 3 Lady Tigers meet Pikeville on Saturday to close regular season

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — The 2018-19 regular season is coming to a close for No. 3 Campbellsville women's basketball and the only opponent standing in the way of a perfect Mid-South Conference record is University of Pikeville.
 
The third-ranked Lady Tigers and Bears, who are receiving votes in the Top 25, tipoff on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET in the East Kentucky Expo Center. Coverage begins on the CU Sports Network starting at 1:45. 
 
The Lady Tigers are looking for an unblemished Mid-South Conference record for the first time since 2009-10 and just the second time in program history. 
 
Campbellsville is returning to the East Kentucky Expo Center this weekend – which is a familiar place for the Lady Tigers. CU played a pair of games against NAIA DII Top 25 programs in on Dec. 18-19 and one of the two losses on the year came to the University of Saint Francis in the UPIKE Classic.
 
 The Lady Tigers will be back down in Pikeville next weekend as well for the Mid-South Conference Championship starting on March 1 and the championship game on March 4. 
 
Series Facts:
  • Campbellsville and Pikeville are meeting today for the 80th time in history. CU dominates, 71-8.
  • The very first meeting came back in the 1979-80 season with the Lady Tigers winning, 75-58.
  • Coach Ginger High Colvin is 21-1 overall and 11-0 while playing in the Powell Athletic Center.
  • While playing in the Expo Center, the Lady Tigers are 9-1. The lone loss in the Expo Center came on Feb. 12, 2015. 
  • In the Colvin era, CU is averaging 89.5 ppg in the 22 matchups. Pikeville is averaging 65.2 ppg. Saturday marks the sixth matchup between Coach Colvin and Coach Clifton Williams.
  • Coach Williams was named the Interim Head Coach for UPIKE in the 2015-16 season before that tag was removed after he led the Bears to the national tournament.
 
 
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