Saint Louis at Western Michigan, 2:00 p.m.
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Western Michigan will try to put the halt on a three-game losing skid this weekend, hosting Saint Louis Saturday, Dec. 19 at University Arena... Junior Taylor Manley led the Broncos with 18 points at Eastern Illinois (12/9) and freshman Aurielle Anderson posted a personal best nine points to lead Western Michigan scorers against UIC (12/13) in play last week... Headed into its game with Oakland Thursday evening, Saint Louis was averaging 65.2 ppg and had yet to win a road game (0-4)... The Billikens were allowing 68.9 ppg and were shooting a lower percentage than opponents from the floor, behind the three-point line and at the free-throw line.
Bowling Green at Canisius, 2:00 p.m.
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The Falcons are 6-3 on the season, but BGSU saw a five-game winning streak snapped with a 70-54 loss at St. Bonaventure last weekend... Through nine games, junior Lauren Prochaska leads the Falcons in both scoring and rebounding... Prochaska, the reigning Mid-American Conference Player of the Year, is averaging 17.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game... Junior Tracy Pontius and senior Tamika Nurse have 12.6 and 11.0 ppg, respectively... Canisius played the fourth double overtime game in program history on Wednesday, falling 72-70 at Duquesne... Senior Ellie Radke led Canisius in scoring in each of the first four games on the season... Radke scored at least 16 points in each of the first four games and ranks second on the team in scoring (12.9 points) and ninth in the MAAC in field goal percentage (44.0).
Clemson at Ohio, 2:00 p.m.
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Thia Gholson recorded the first double-double of her career with career highs of 12 points and 14 rebounds to lead three Ohio players in double figures, but it was UNC Wilmington that snuck away with a 58-51 win Thursday night in the Convo... As has been their trademark to this point in the season, the 'Cats' (3-7) defense held the Seahawks to just 35 percent shooting and gave up just 58 points, the eighth time in 10 games Ohio has held the opposition under 60 points... It was at the free throw line where the Green and White were bitten as it hit just 3-of-12 from the charity stripe... The Bobcats also faced unkind rims on the night as they managed just 31 percent shooting from the field... The Tigers are second in the ACC in assists per game... Clemson has used six different starting lineups and has ten players averaging 10.0 or more minutes per game... Freshman Keyrra Gillespie leads the ACC with 5.7 assists per game and leads the ACC with 57 assists.
Howard at Central Michigan, 2:00 p.m.
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Central Michigan is 2-7 with wins over then #23 Louisville and Valparaiso... Shonda Long is averaging a team-high 15.0 points per game while Britni Houghton adds 14.7 points per game... Kaihla Szunko is tops on the team with 9.2 rebounds per game... Howard enters Saturday's contest with a 3-5 mark. The Lady Bison fell to George Mason 62-55 on Dec. 12 while Central Michigan (2-7) dropped a 74-61 decision to Alabama A&M in its last time out on Dec. 15.
Ball State at Duquesne, 2:00 p.m.
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The Cardinals enter today's game on a high note after capturing an 86-80 defeat over Illinois State Sunday in Worthen Arena... The win over the Redbirds marks the first time a Mid-American Conference school has defeated Illinois State since 2006-07... It was a career day for Muncie native and junior guard Ty'Ronda Benning who led the Cardinals in scoring with 22 points... Duquense is coming off a 72-70 double overtime victory over Canisius ... Kelly Britcher scored a team-high 18 points off the bench ... second straight year starting the season off 8-3 ... sophomore Alex Gensler (12.7 ppg) and senior Keri Pryor (12.5 ppg) are DU's leading scorers.