HARROGATE, Tenn. – The LMU women's basketball team closes out the non-conference portion of their schedule as they host Lees-McRae Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. in the Tex Turner Arena.

LMU comes into the game with a 5-0 record after the 102-99 overtime win at Carson-Newman Tuesday evening. The win moves LMU to 5-0 for the first time since the 1991-92 season.

LMU rushed out to an early 16 point lead at C-N, only to have a couple of second quarter scoring droughts enable the Lady Eagles to come back and take a late first half lead. The Lady Railsplitters would tie the game four times in the third quarter but never take the lead. The fourth quarter saw four ties and three lead changes with LMU grabbing the late lead before a C-N layup with 28 seconds left tied the game. A Shea Coker (Knoxville, Tenn.) shot with two seconds left caromed off the rim and the game went to overtime. In OT the Lady Railsplitters grabbed the lead and held on for the 102-99 win.

It was the highest scoring game in the series' long history, and several career highs resulted from that. Coker had 25 points to lead LMU while Karsen Sims (Gatlinburg, Tenn.) had 17 points, both career highs. Megan Pittman (Liberty, Ky.) chipped in 18 points while Josey Harding (Middletown, Ohio) had 16.

C-N's Mika Wester led the Lady Eagles with 28 points, which was a career high.

The biggest career high of the night was Harding's 27 rebounds, which set a new LMU and SAC record and are the most by any player to this point this season, male or female, amongst all NCAA Divisions.

Saturday's game will be video streamed live on the LMU Sports Network and LMU will also be providing live stats.
 
LINCOLN MEMORIAL VS. LEES-McRAE
· This will be the only meeting between the two schools this season.
· Both schools come into this contest having already won a conference game. LMU opened SAC play with the 102-99 win over Carson-Newman Tuesday while at the same time LMC was defeating Converse 76-68 in their first Conference Carolinas game of the season.
· Lees-McRae coach Michele Williams is no stranger to LMU as she faces the Lady Railsplitters for the ninth time as a head coach. She is 0-2 against LMU as the head coach at Lees-McRae and 2-4 vs. LMU while the head coach at King.
· Lees-McRae comes into the game with a 1-3 record, having picked up their first win of the season Tuesday vs. Converse.
· After this game the team will have three South Atlantic Conference games in nine days as they host Lenoir-Rhyne on Nov. 30, Coker on Dec. 3 and Brevard on Dec. 5. They will not be on the road again until after Finals when they travel to Wingate on Dec. 14.
 
SCOUTING LMU
· The Lady Railsplitters come into Saturday with a 5-0 record, their first 5-0 start since the 1991-92 season. The 1991-92 squad started off 7-0.
· Should they win, LMU would improve to 6-0 for the first time since the 1991-92 season and only the second time since the 1940-41 season (and 7th time overall). The 1991-92 team's sixth win of that season? 86-71 over North Georgia in Harrogate.
· LMU enters the game with a program record of 825-480-1 in 75 seasons of competition.
· The win over #21 Lander was LMU's first win over a ranked opponent since they upset #20 Carson-Newman 56-54 last season.
· Following her 25 point performance Tuesday, junior Shea Coker now leads the team in scoring with a 13.0 points per game average. Megan Pittman is second with 12.8 ppg and Karsen Sims is third with 1.8 ppg.
· Senior Josey Harding currently leads the team and the SAC in rebounding with 14.4 rebounds a game. In the past two games she has pulled down 48 rebounds and is the first LMU player, men or women, in school history to have back to back 20+ rebound performances.
· Freshman Sydney Duggins, who has quickly become a crowd favorite, is making her presence known as she is averaging 8.4 points and 4.0 rebounds a game, which places her fourth on the team in scoring and third in rebounding.
· LMU is outshooting their opponents 42.1 percent to 35.0 percent this season.
· The Lady Railsplitters under Krystal Evans have become nationally known for their rebounding, and this year's team currently is out-rebounding opponents by 10.2 rebounds a game. In the Krystal Evans era, LMU has outrebounded their opponents in 53 of the 63 games played.
 
RECORD WATCH
· Megan Pittman has the most career points on the team with 699. Harding has 532, Coker 450, Anderson 238 and Mathis 197.
· Pittman has 571 career rebounds, placing her at 10th all-time, she is 9 away from tying Terry Whitehead (1984-86). She also ranks fifth in offensive rebounds and tenth in defensive rebounds.
· Harding's 27 rebounds at Carson-Newman set a new single game LMU record, surpassing Robin Cox' 25 vs. North Greenville on Feb. 26, 1996. That is also a new SAC record.
· Harding jumped two spots on the career rebounding list to 11^th and now trails Pittman by 21 rebounds.
· Harding is 24th all-time in made free throws (188). 22nd place is a tie between Brandy Brown (1994-98) and Heather Brown (1993-97) with 190 each (No relation).  Harding is also 22^nd on the free throw attempts list.
· Josey Harding is currently in fifth place on the all-time blocks list with 93. She has a tall order to get out of fifth as there is a tie for third with 140 blocks between Tracey Faison (1988-92) and Bridget Long (1990-94).
 
LAST TIME VS. LMC
· LMU led from wire-to-wire, most of the game by double figures, as they cruised past Lees-McRae 75-54 in Banner Elk on Nov. 18, 2015.
· Kiara Rawls led LMU with 12 points, while Megan Pittman and Josey Harding chipped in 11 points each.
· Pittman and Harding both had double-doubles as Pittman had 11 rebounds and Harding 10. LMU dominated the boards by a 57-26 margin.
· Markia Stacey was the only Bobcat in double figures with her game-high 20 points.
· LMU dominated the paint by a 44-22 margin and had 21 second-chance points to LMC's 5. The LMU bench also outscored the Bobcats 42-9.
 
SERIES VS. LMC
· LMU leads the series 9-3 overall, dating back to the first meeting in 1993.
· LMU is 6-0 vs. the Bobcats in Harrogate. All of LMC's wins have come in Banner Elk.
 
SCOUTING LMC
· The Lady Eagles return eleven letterwinners off of last year's team, including four starters. They have four newcomers, all freshman.
· Markia Stacey is the top returning scorer from last season and Caitlyn Brown is the top rebounder returning.
· Stacey leads the team in scoring with 13.0 points a game, Jordan Soares has 12.3 ppg and Brea Forbes 10.8 ppg.
· Forbes is the leading rebounder and is averaging 7.3 rebounds a game.
· 23 of LMC's 94 field goals this season have been three-pointers.
· LMC Coach Michele Williams enters the contest with a 102-140 career record. She is in her 5th season at LMC, where she has a 36-79 record.
· Lees-McRae compiled an 8-21 record last season.
· LMC lost to Mars Hill 71-70 in their season opener and 63-57 to Tusculum the next day. Both games were in the SAC/Conference Carolinas Challenge in Bristol. Their other loss was a 76-52 decision at Young Harris.