LEBANON, Ill. – The women’s basketball team is back on their home floor this week, as they will start off by facing Lincoln University (Mo.) on Thursday, January 23rd and followed by hosting Missouri S&T on Saturday, January 25th.
Against Lincoln, this will be the ninth all-time meeting between the two programs, and the first since November of 2018. Both teams so far have snagged four wins each with the Blue Tigers coming out victorious in three of the last four outings, including the most recent with a two-point, 72-70 home win. For McKendree, they are 2-2 when playing in Jefferson City.
A couple of days later, against Missouri S&T, it will be the 17th meeting between the two. It has been the tale of two halves in the last 10 meetings as the Miners have won four of the previous five matchups while the Bearcats won all five of the games prior. The series that dates back to 2012 has Missouri S&T with the 9-7 overall advantage and has not won by less than 15 points in three of their last four wins.
BEARCATS CURRENTLY
After starting the year 10-3 and winning three of their last four games, McKendree suffered their first back-to-back losses in conference play since late January (25th & 27th) of last season. They lost by 11 at Drury University, whom they have yet to beat in their history, and fell by 10 to Southwest Baptist University a couple of days later. They now sit at 10-5 overall and are posting a 6-3 record in the GLVC.
In the first game against Drury University, both teams started out by trading buckets, but the Panthers went on a 9-0 run in the final moments of the first quarter to lead 22-14. Drury kept the foot on the pedal in the second period of play by shooting 66% from the field go ahead against McKendree 42-26 at the half. Sophomore forward Baylie Parks (Lake Zurich, Ill.) notched in 10 of her team’s 16 points in the third quarter to still be down by a handful of 25 points. With a comeback seeming slim for the Bearcats, freshman guard Tessa Crawford (Jerseyville, Ill.) went in a dropped five straight points as junior guard Chloe White (Brussels, Ill.) went off for 11 points in the final quarter which included a trio of made three-pointers but would lose the matchup, 66-77. Parks led McKendree on the evening with 22 points on 8-14 shooting while going 6-6 from the line and grabbing nine…
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