Lady Toppers face Kennesaw State on the road
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU women’s basketball will take on Kennesaw State on Saturday to close out a two-game road swing for the Lady Toppers.
GAME INFO
WKU (10-5, 1-2 CUSA) at Kennesaw State (5-8, 0-2 CUSA)
Saturday, Jan. 11 | 1 PM (CT) | Kennesaw, Ga. | KSU Convocation Center
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: ESPN 102.7 in Bowling Green or Varsity Network
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Game Notes
ABOUT THE TOPS
Four different WKU players are averaging double-digit points this season: Alexis Mead – 13.9 PPG, Destiny Salary – 12.6 PPG, Acacia Hayes – 11.9 PPG, Josie Gilvin – 10.1 PPG. WKU has had six different leading scorers through 15 games this season. Destiny Salary has led the team five times and Alexis Mead has led four times. Acacia Hayes and Zsofia Telegdy have led the team twice and Josie Gilvin and Mackenzie Chatfield have each led the team once.
The Lady Toppers are averaging 12.4 steals per game this season, which is the 19th best rate in the country. Three different Lady Toppers are top 10 in steals per game in CUSA (Alexis Mead: 2.87, 1st; Josie Gilvin: 2.73, 5th,, Acacia Hayes: 2.36, 7th).
Those three have each etched their names in the WKU record book this season, recording top 10 single games steals. Gilvin broke the WKU record, notching 11 steals against FIU on Jan. 4. She also had eight steals Miami (Ohio), which is now tied for the sixth most in program history. Hayes tied the then school record with 10 steals at Indiana State. That now ranks as the second most. Mead had nine steals against FIU on Jan. 4, which is tied for the fourth most in WKU history.
Mead became just the fifth WKU player to reach 400-plus career assists and 200-plus career steals. She joins Dawn Warner, Renee Westmoreland, Kendall Noble and Clemette Haskins in achieving the feat.
The Lady Toppers rank first in CUSA in assist-turnover ratio (1.08), assists per game (16.3), scoring offense (74.5 points per game), steals per game (12.4), and turnover margin (7.07).
SERIES INFORMATION
WKU and Kennesaw State have not previously played.
ABOUT THE OWLS
Kennesaw State is coming off a 59-47 loss to Middle Tennessee on Thursday night. The Owls also lost to Jacksonville State, 68-56, to open CUSA play last week.
The Owls went 5-6 in non-conference play, picking up wins against Life, Erskine, Chattanooga, Seattle and Georgia State. They had losses to Utah Valley, Belmont, San Jose State, Clemson, Florida Atlantic and Mercer.
Kennesaw State is led by Prencis Harden who picked up her third CUSA Player of the Week earlier this week. She is averaging 16.9 points per game and 10.6 rebounds per game. She’s 12th in the nation in rebounds per game and double doubles (8). She had 21 points and 16 rebounds against Middle Tennessee on Thursday night.
