HARROGATE, Tenn. – The LMU women's basketball team are seeking to send out their three seniors in Royal fashion as Queens visits the Tex Turner Arena for a Saturday afternoon tip-off. The game will be streamed world-wide on ESPN3 as part of their NCAA DII Basketball Showcase. Admission is free as fans are being encouraged pack the house.

LMU comes into the contest with a 16-10 overall record and an 11-8 record in SAC play. Their 16th win came against third-ranked Carson-Newman 89-87 Wednesday evening in the Tex Turner Arena.

The win over third-ranked C-N was the second-highest ranked team that LMU has ever beaten. They defeated then second-ranked and defending national champions Delta State 76-66 on Dec. 4, 1993. Both those wins came in the Turner Arena.

LMU grabbed the lead late in the first quarter and held off several runs by the Lady Eagles to tie the game. Eventually the Lady Railsplitters would lead by 19 with a little under eight minutes left. The 19 point deficit was the largest that C-N has had in any game this season. A combination of C-N heating up and LMU turnovers off the Lady Eagle press allowed C-N to cut the lead to one with 14 seconds remaining. Kayla Stubblefield missed a short jumper that was rebounded by LMU's Cameryn DuBose, who was then fouled. She hit one of two free throws to make the lead 89-87. C-N's Haris Price was driving for a potential game-tying or game-winning shot when Emily Griffith stole the ball as time was expiring, giving LMU the upset win.

LMU had six players in double figures for the game, led by Qua Hines with 20 points, including a 6-6 night from the free throw line. Shea Coker and Jordan Brightwell each had 14 points, while Dasia Maxwell chipped in 10 points. Cameryn DuBose had her second double-double of the year with 11 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. Emily Griffith had nine assists and five steals.

Haris Price led C-N with 27 points. Kayla Marosites had 19 points and eight rebounds while the SAC scoring leader, Mika Wester, had 18 points. Briana Smith chipped in 14 points.

Links to live stats and video of the game are above or on www.lmurailsplitters.com. You can also hear the game on 91.3 WLMU locally or at www.913thegap.com. The video stream can also be found on www.watchespn.com as well as the WatchESPN app for Android, IPhone, Amazon FireTV, Apple TV, and other phones/tablets/media devices.
 
SCOUTING QUEENS
· Queens comes into Saturday's game with a 4-21 overall record and 1-18 record in SAC play. Their lone SAC victory was a 65-62 win at Mars Hill on Jan. 6. They lost at Lenoir-Rhyne 61-45 Wednesday evening.
 
· Sarah Jansen is in her second season at Queens. She took over the position from Susan Yow, who retired to focus her efforts on running the Kay Yow Foundation (They were sisters.) Jansen, who is known for turning around struggling programs, came to Queens after four seasons at Mars Hill. She led Queens to their first-ever SAC Tournament appearance last year (against LMU) and currently has a 9-44 record at Queens and a 50-111 overall record. She played her college ball at USC-Upstate from 2000-04 and in her lone meeting against LMU she had six points and five assists in LMU's 76-52 win over the Spartans on Jan. 5, 2004 in Spartanburg.
 
· Lade Adepoju leads the team in scoring and rebounding with 17.6 points and 6.9 rebounds a game. She currently leads the SAC in points per game, ranks fifth in the SAC in scoring and ninth in rebounds per game. Mendy McNeese is second on the team in scoring with a 10.9 points per game average while Kristian Eanes is averaging 9.9 points a game and leads the team in steals with 1.6 steals a game. Caitlyn Moore leads the team in assists (2.3 per game) while Herning Wang is the Royals' blocks leader (0.5 blocks per game).
 
· As a team, Queens is averaging 58.8 points a game while giving up 71.7 points per game. They are also giving up a 6.0 rebounds a game by margin and are being out-shot by their competition 45.5 percent to 40.9 percent.
 
SERIES HISTORY
· LMU leads the all-time series 13-3. The two teams met in the 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons but didn't play again until Queens joined the SAC in 2011.

· LMU is a perfect 8-0 vs. Queens in the Tex Turner Arena and 7-1 against the Royals in the Krystal Evans era.

· The last meeting between the two in Harrogate was in the opening round of the SAC Tournament on March 1, 2017. LMU forced 23 Queens turnovers and converted them to 22 points as the Lady Railsplitters led wire-to-wire in the 84-57 victory.

Emily Griffith led the way with 18 points, while Megan Pittman and Shea Coker each chipped in 12 points. Ross Mathis added in 11 points.

Maggie Stewart led the Royals with 22 points while McKell Oliverio had 11 points.
 
· That post-season meeting last year was the second time in two weeks that Queens visited Harrogate. In their regular-season meeting on Feb. 18 it was total domination as LMU had their second-largest scoring margin of the school's NCAA era with the 97-45 win. LMU began the game on an 11-2 run and had a 19-0 run in the second quarter to put the game away.

In that meeting Ross Mathis led LMU with a career-high 23 points, including going 7-9 (77.8%) from three-point range. That set a new LMU single-game record for a three-point percentage by a player. Sydney Duggins had 13 points while her cousin Emily Griffith also had 11 points in the contest.

Maggie Stewart led Queens with 13 points.
 
· In their previous meeting this season, LMU seized the lead mid-way through the first quarter and never looked back in the 78-55 win on Jan. 13.

LMU had three players in double digits in scoring, led by Shea Coker's 16 points. Ross Mathis had 15 points, all on three-pointers, while Rachel Griffith chipped in 13 points. LMU, which out-rebounded Queens 32-25 for the game, was led on the boards by Elizabeth Jones' career high of six rebounds while Addi Kirkpatrick pulled down five rebounds. Jones also led LMU with four assists.

Queens was led by Lade Adepoju's 16 points and four rebounds. Caitlyn Moore added in 14 points and Herning Wang chipped in 11 points for the Royals.
 
SCOUTING LMU
· Head Coach Krystal Evans is in her fourth season at LMU. She has a 75-42 overall record.
 
· Shea Coker leads the team in scoring and steals as she has a 13.4 point and 1.8 steals a game average. She is tied with Mathis for the lead in made three-pointers. Coker is second on the team in rebounding with 4.4 a game and is second in three-point percentage, behind Rachel Griffith. She currently is second in the SAC in three-point percentage (behind Rachel Griffith) and ninth in made field goals and made three-pointers; tenth in offensive rebounds; eleventh in steals and points per game; and 13th in total points.
 
· Rachel Griffith is second on the team in scoring, averaging 10.6 points per game. She also second on the team in assists (2.6 per game) and now leads the SAC in three-point percentage, just ahead of Coker.
 
· Emily Griffith closely trails her sister in scoring, averaging 9.9 points a game, and ranks fifth in the SAC in free throw percentage and steals, and ninth in made free throws. She is also averaging 3.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.8 steals a game and leads the team in free throws and steals.
 
· Qua Hines is averaging 9.1 points (fourth on the team), 3.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game
 
· Cameryn DuBose is averaging 4.3 rebounds a game and is amongst the team leaders in field goal percentage with 54.3 percent.
 
· Ross Mathis is the team leader in assists (3.0 per game) and three-point attempts (5.3 a game) and also tied with Coker for the lead in made three-pointers. She also ranks sixth in the SAC in assist to turnover ratio.
 
· As a team, LMU is averaging 73.9 points a game while holding opponents to 67.6. They are out-rebounding opponents by a +5.9 margin. They lead the SAC in offensive rebounds per game and attendance; are second in total points and made field goals per game; third in points per game, assists per game, made three-pointers per game, three-point percentage, total rebounds per game, steals per game and rebound margin per game.
 
· LMU also ranks 12th in the NCAA in offensive rebounds per game, 28th in three-point percentage, 32nd in assists per game, 35th in total assists, 38th in rebound margin, 54th in scoring offense, 59th in turnovers forced, 63rd in rebounds per game, 69th in total rebounds, 74th in steals per game, and 77th in total steals. Ross Mathis is listed in six categories, including 69th in assist to turnover ratio. Shea Coker is ranked in four national categories, while Emily Griffith is listed in three categories, including 62nd in free throw percentage.
 
· Shea Coker on Thursday was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District II team. She is the second LMU women's basketball player ever to make the team and the second in two years. Megan Pittman earned All-District and eventually Academic All-America Third Team honors last season. Pittman was one of only two SAC WBB players to make the Academic All-America squads. The other? McKell Oliverio from Queens. Coker is now eligible for the Academic All-America team and the chance to join LMU women's volleyball's Erica Whiteaker in earning Academic All-American of the Year honors.

RECORD WATCH
· POINTS –Shea Coker currently has 1,150 points and is in 14th place in the all-time scoring list. She trails #13 Marcie Stout (1981-85) by 54 points. There are several other players hovering around the 450-to-500-point mark; Emily Griffith is in 57th with 508 points and trails Ruth Simpson (1992-94) by two points, while Ross Mathis has 500 and ranks 60th. Rachel Griffith has moved to 63rd with 484 career points. Karsen Sims has 416 and is 72nd.
 
· FIELD GOALS – Coker is currently 12th on the made field goals list with 448 field goals. She trails Robin Cox (1992-96) by ten. Emily Griffith is 57th, Rachel Griffith is 66th and Ross Mathis is 69th. Coker also ranks 15th in career field goal percentage, hitting 47.6 percent of her field goals.
 
· THREE-POINTERS - Coker is ranked fifth in made treys with 137. Ross Mathis is in sixth place with 127. Coker trails fourth place Karra Jackson (1998-02) by 26 while Mathis trails Coker by ten. In attempts, Mathis is fifth on the list with 369, while Coker is eighth with 316. Mathis trails fifth-place Karra Jackson (1998-02) by 50. Coker is first on the 3-pt percentage list with a .434 percentage, while Mathis is eleventh with 34.4%. Also ranked in the top 50 on the made three-pointer list are Rachel Griffith (19th), Karsen Sims (24th) and Sydney Duggins (38th).
 
· REBOUNDS – Shea Coker is in 43rd place with 303. She needs two to tie Jamie Jackson (2003-05).
 
· ASSISTS – Ross Mathis is 20th in career assists with 207 and now trails Liz McQueen (1980-84) by 10. Shea Coker is ranked 37th on the list with 138 assists with Kara Harris (2007-09) and trails Kate Fane (2005-08) by three.
 
· STEALS –Emily Griffith recently leapfrogged her sister with her single-game record-tying eight steals vs. TWU and is now in 38th place with 91 career steals. Rachel Griffith is in 45th place with 82. Teammate Ross Mathis is in 49th place with 75. Emily needs four steals to tie #37 Whitney Holmes (2009-11).