GAME DAY LINKS --
McKENDREE vs. MARYVILLE -- Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, 5:30 p.m.
Harry M. Statham Sports Center -- Lebanon, Ill.
WATCH LIVE (Bearcat Sports Network)
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McKENDREE SEASON STATISTICS
MARYVILLE SEASON STATISTICS

McKENDREE at MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS -- Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, 1 p.m.
Mark Twain Building -- St. Louis, Mo.
LISTEN LIVE (Bearcat Sports Network)
WATCH LIVE (UMSL Broadcast)
LIVE STATS
McKENDREE SEASON STATISTICS
UMSL SEASON STATISTICS

(LEBANON, Ill., Jan. 10)--The McKendree University women's basketball team returns to action this week with two games against Central Division opponents in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Bearcats will host Maryville University Thursday evening before making the short trip across the Mississippi River to visit the University of Missouri-St. Louis Saturday afternoon. 

Both games will air live on the Bearcat Sports Network at www.glvcsn.com/mckendree. Thursday's contest will have a live video stream from the Harry M. Statham Sports Center, while Saturday's game at UMSL will be an audio-only broadcast. Both games will begin with a 10-minute pre-game show. 

Last weekend, McKendree jumped back into GLVC play by splitting one of two games. After an 83-77 loss last Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, the Bearcats bounced back with a 79-72 win at home last Saturday against the University of Illinois Springfield. McKendree built a 20-point lead in the third quarter but held off a late charge from the Prairie Stars to earn their first GLVC triumph of the year. The Bearcats enter this week's play with an overall record of 5-6 to go along with a 1-3 mark in conference action. 

McKendree continues to utilize a balanced scoring attack in 2017-18 as seven players are averaging between 11.9 and 6.8 points per game. Jordan Heberg leads the way at 11.9 PPG, while Madison Hart is next at 9.3 PPG. Jordan Morton (pictured), who is posting 6.8 PPG, leads the Bearcats in rebounding at seven per contest. Morton is currently eighth in the GLVC in rebounding. She also tops the team in field goal percentage, hitting 51.8 percent of her tries from the floor. 

Beginning with Thursday's game against Maryville, McKendree will play four of its next six games within the friendly confines of the Statham Center. After Saturday's match-up at UMSL, the Bearcats will visit UIS on Monday evening before returning home to host Quincy University (Jan. 18) William Jewell College (Jan. 25) and the University of Southern Indiana (Jan. 27).

ABOUT MARYVILLE
The Saints are currently 4-7 overall and 1-4 in the GLVC. Maryville has dropped its last four contests, and its lone league victory came back on Dec. 7 with a 76-68 triumph at home against Missouri S&T. Ali Ringering, who recently joined the team's 1,000-point club, is the Saints' leading scorer at 15.8 PPG. She is also shooting 52.8 percent from the field. Ringering ranks sixth in the GLVC in field goal percentage and eighth in scoring. Stephanie Sherwood is next for Maryville at 13.1 PPG, while she leads the team on the glass with 5.4 rebounds per outing. Kayla Steward also scores in double figures for Maryville at 12.3 PPG. 

In the only meeting last season between the two squads, Maryville registered a 57-40 victory on Feb. 2, 2017 at the Statham Center. Megan Jensen came off the bench to lead the Bearcats with 12 points. The teams will meet twice in 2017-18, with the second contest coming Feb. 17 at Moloney Arena in St. Louis.

ABOUT UMSL
The Tritons will bring a 7-4 overall record and 1-3 GLVC ledger into their Thursday game against Illinois Springfield. UMSL had a four-game win streak snapped last Thursday with a 70-65 setback against Southern Indiana. Shawnta Johnson heads a list of four Tritons who average in double figures at 12.8 PPG. Johnson has also dished out 46 assists and ranks third among all GLVC players at 4.2 APG. Arielle Jackson is next in the scoring column at 12.5 PPG. Alex LaPorta is the top rebounder in the GLVC entering this week's play at 10.1 RPG. LaPorta is the only player in the conference averaging more than 10 rebounds per game. Sammie Sproul is second in the league in three-point field goal percentage, hitting at a 44.1 percent clip. 

McKendree and UMSL battled to the finish in their 2016-17 meeting on Feb. 4, 2017 at the Statham Center, but the Tritons held on for a 63-58 win. Emily Pusheck (South Milwaukee, Wis./South Milwaukee) led McKendree with 12 points in the Senior Day contest.