• The Red Wolves have an all-time record of 197-134 against league teams.
• The Red Wolves rank second in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage defense holding
opponents to a 23.7 percentage on the year.
• This will be the 27th meeting all-time between the Red Wolves and the Blue Raiders with
Middle Tennessee holding a 17-9 all-time series lead.
history to record 1,000 points for her career on Feb. 3.
• With its victory over South Alabama on Jan. 30, the Red Wolves equaled their win total from a
year ago.
• ASU's loss to North Texas snapped a seven game winning streak for the Red Wolves, which
was tied for the sixth longest in school history.
84.9 percent of her shots from the charity stripe.
• Junior Forward had her third career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds against
Florida Atlantic on Jan. 26.
120 career conference victories in women's basketball.
• Q McDowell has started in 97 straight games.
• A-State has knocked down a 3-pointer in 111 straight games.
• ASU has had at least three players score in double figures 11 times this season and has a
8-3 record in those games.
and tied a career high with three, 3-pointers against Middle Tennessee on Jan. 2.
of 2013.
• ASU tied a season high with seven 3-pointers against Middle Tennessee and shot a season high
.583 (7-12) from beyond the arc.
• A-State shot a season high 59.6 percent from the field against Louisiana-Lafayette on Dec. 22.
That mark missed the all-time school record by just 3.6 precentage points, which was set last
season against UT-Martin.
in both scoring and rebounding last season.
• ASU is in its 19th season of competition in the Sun Belt Conference.
He is the only coach in ASU history (men's or women's) to win 200 games and is the school's
all-time winningest basketball coach.
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ARKANSAS STATE/MIDDLE TENNESSEE HISTORY
• This will be the 27th meeting all-time between the Red Wolves and the Blue Raiders with
Middle Tennessee holding a 17-9 all-time series lead.
• ASU's last victory over MT in the regular season was a 70-68 win during the 2007-08 season.
• ASU has never won in Murfreesboro. The Blue Raiders are a perfect 10-0 at home against ASU.
• A-State lost the first matchup this season 72-70 in Jonesboro on Jan. 2.
• Head coach
Brian Boyer is 5-17 all-time against the Blue Raiders.
SCOUTING THE BLUE RAIDERS
• Middle Tennessee enters the game with a 17-5 record and 12-1 record in the Sun Belt
Conference.
• The Blue Raiders have won 11 straight games entering Wednesday's matchup.
• MT's only home loss this season wasa 58-51 setback against FIU to open SBC play.
• Ebony Rowe is the team's leading scorer and rebounder. She averages 21.1 points per night
while accounting for 11.0 rebounds per contest.
• Middle Tennessee enters the game with an RPI of 41 and has the nation's 101st toughest
schedule.
STREAK COMES TO AN END
• A-State's seven game winning streak came to an end on Sunday afternoon with a 64-62 loss to
South Alabama.
• ASU has won 10 out of its last 13 games.
• The seven game winning streak was tied for the sixth longest in school history.
•
Hanna Qedan was ASU's leading scorer during the run, averaging 13.9 points per contest.
• In fact, four A-State players have averaged in double-figures during the winning streak. Jane
Morrill averaged 12.3 points per night, while
Ashley Olvera poured in 12.0 points. Freshman
• The Red Wolves have won by an average of 10.7 points per game during the streak.
REACHING 1,000
• Junior forward
Jane Morrill reached 1,000 points for her career on Sunday, becoming the 21st
player in ASU women's basketball history to reach the mark.
• She ranks 21st on ASU's all-time career scoring list with 1,010 career points.
PROTECTING HOME COURT
• ASU lost to a conference opponent for just the second time all season on Feb. 3 against North
Texas. The Red Wolves are 5-2 against SBC opponents in The Convo this season and have a 9-4
record overall at home on the year.
QEDAN'S EMERGING PRESENCE
•
Hanna Qedan has averaged 11.2 points per game in ASU's 12 wins this season, but has been
held to just 6.0 points per game in ASU's 10 losses.
• She has scored in double-figures in six straight games.
• Qedan leads the conference in free throw precentage, knocking down 84.9 percent of free
throws on the year.
CLOSING OUT JANUARY
• A-State finished the month of January with a 7-1 record.
• The Red Wolves shot 45.9 percent from the field during the month and defeated its opponents
by an average of 9.1 points per game.
OLVERA THE PLACE
• Senior point guard
Ashley Olvera scored a career high 23 points against Florida Atlantic on Jan.
26. She went 9-of-22 from the field, with two 3-pointers and three made free throws. She also
dished out four assists and had one steal.
MORRILL DOUBLE DOWNS
• Junior forward
Jane Morrill recorded her third career double-double with 16 points and 10
rebounds against FAU on Jan. 26.
• She also posted a double-double earlier this season with 23 points and 11 rebounds against
Southeast Missouri State on Nov. 19.
NUMBERS NEVER LIE
• ASU ranks at or near the top in six statistical categories in the Sun Belt Conference in league
games.
• A-State leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage defense, holding teams to just 22.7
percent from beyond the arc on the year.
• The team also leads the league in field goal percentage, knocking 46.0 percent of its shots in
conference games.
• ASU ranks first in 3-point field percentage (34.4) third in scoring margin (+6.5), fourth in free
throw percentage (71.9) and third in field goal percentage defense (38.0).
QEDAN'S QUEST
• Sophomore
Hanna Qedan continued her stellar play this season by posting her first career
double-double on Jan. 24 at Troy. She scored 19 points and pulled down 14 rebounds to help
lead A-State to victory.
• Her 14 rebounds were a career high.
• She has also knocked down three, 3-pointers in a game five times the is season.
• Against Middle Tennessee she set a new career mark with 22 points, shattering her previous
career high of 12 earlier this season against Austin Peay.
• She also set a career high with nine made free throws against the Blue Raiders on 10 attempts.
• She has made three, 3-pointers three in her career. The first time came against Austin Peay and
the second time came against Middle Tennessee and the third against Western Kentucky.
• Earlier this season against Austin Peay Qedan also set career highs in blocks (3) and steals (3).
DEFENDING THE '3'
• ASU has been superb at defending the 3-point shot this season. A-State owns the nation's
second best 3-point defensive percentage at 23.5 percent.
• ASU has not allowed an opponent to make a '3' in three games this year. ASU held FIU to an 0-
21 mark from beyond the arc in both matchups this season. The Red Wolves also did not allow
Wichita State to make a 3-pointer on Nov. 29.
• Wichita State went 0-7 from 3-point land in its game on Nov. 29.
O'BANNON SHINES
• Freshman
Jalen O'Bannon enjoyed one of the best games of her young career on Jan. 24.
• She scored a career high 23 points and a career high nine rebounds to just barely miss recording
her first career double-double.
• Her previous career high in points was 13, which she had scored in two previous games this
season.
• On Dec. 22 she went 6-for-6 from the field against Louisiana-Lafayette which is tied for the
highest field goal percentage by an ASU player in the Convocation Center in school history. Only
four other players, with a minimum of five attempts, have gone perfect from the field.
STEALING THE SHOW......ONCE AGAIN
• ASU set a new season high with 12 steals against Troy on Jan. 24.
• It marked the fifth time this season that ASU had recorded at least 11 steals in a game. The
previous occurances were against WKU (1/6) Austin Peay (12/17), Missouri State (12/15) and
USC (11/21).
GETTING BENCH PRODUCTION
• The ASU bench has scored in double-digits in each of the Red Wolves 20 of ASU's 22
games this season.
• The bench scored a season high 31 points against Troy on Jan. 24
• The bench has scored 29 points twice this season (vs. ULL and UT-Martin) and also scored 28 against USC.
COACH BOYER MOVES UP WINS LIST
•
Brian Boyer is in third place on the all-time career wins list in the Sun Belt Conference with
121 career conference victories in women's basketball.
• Leon Barmore (1991-2001) is first on the list with 135 wins, while current FIU coach Cindy Russo
is second.
• Among active coaches (men's or women's) ranks second. Only Cindy Russo has more SBC wins.
MIXING AND MATCHING
• ASU has used four different starting lineups this season, but has started the same lineup in its
last five games.
Olvera has gone 7-2 in ASU's last nine games, including a seven-game winning streak.
THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER
• A-State has had three or more players score in double figures 11 times this season.
• The Red Wolves are 9-3 in those games, with the most recent coming over USA on Jan. 30.
KEEPING THE OPPONENT UNDER 59
• The Red Wolves have held opponents to under 59 points in 10 of their 12 victories this
season. In three victories ASU has held the opponent to under 50 points.
COACH TATE A HALL OF FAMER
• Current A-State assistant assistant coach and former player
Sonja Tate has been selected as a
part of the Arkansas Hall of Fame Class of 2013.
• She remains the leader in six statistical categories at ASU and scored 2,312 points in her career,
the most of any men's or women's basketball player in school history.
KEEPING THE OPPONENT OFF THE LINE
• ASU held Middle Tennessee to a season low six free throw attempts and the Blue Raiders made
just four of those attempts.
NATIONALLY SPEAKING
• A-State's
Jane Morrill ranks 34th in the nation with a 50.8 field percentage on the year.
• As a team, A-State ranks 36th with a 43.1 field goal percentage.
• Morrill also ranks 48th in the nation in free throw percentage, hitting 84.0 percent for the year.
SHOOTING LIGHTS OUT
• ASU shot a season high 59.6 percent from the field against Louisiana-Lafayette on Dec. 22.
• That mark missed the all-time record by just 3.6 precentage points, which was set last season
against UT-Martin.
• A-State shot 64.3 percent from the field against the Ragin' Cajuns in the second half, which was
its high field goal percentage in a half this year.
• The game also marked the third time the Red Wolves had shot over 50 percent in a game this
season. ASU is 2-1 in games it shoots over 50 percent, with its only loss coming at FAU.
• The Red Wolves finished with season highs in points, field goal percentage and field goals
made against ULL.
RIGHT ON Q
• Q McDowell has started in 97 straight games.
• Her last non-start was on Dec. 30, 2009 against Denver.
DISHING IT OUT
•
Ashley Olvera dished out a season high 9 assists against ULL on Dec 22., missing her career high
by just one.
•
Ashley Olvera has a 39 game active assist streak dating back to the 2011-12 season.
• She ranks 16th on ASU's all-time career assists list with 181 for her career. Danielle Featherston
is 15th on the list with 204 for her career.
• As a team, A-State had a season high 19 assists against ULL on Dec. 22.
WATSON LIGHTS IT UP FROM OUTSIDE
• Senior
Andi Watson had a career day from beyond the 3-point line against the Ragin' Cajuns on
Dec. 22. She hit three straight 3-pointers and finished the game 3-for-5 from beyond the arc.
• Her previous career high in 3-pointers made in a game had been two, and before the Dec. 22
game she had made just eight 3-pointers in her career.
LEADER OF THE PACK
• Junior
Jane Morrill has lead ASU in scoring 12 times this season. She has been the leading
scorer in five of A-State's 10 wins and has scored in double-digits in all but one game this year.
• She has also been the team's leading rebounder 10 times this season.
• Against Austin Peay, Morrill set a career high with 11 free throws made. She also sent a career
high with 15 free throw attempts.
• Morrill has posted back-to-back 20 point games. She scored 21 points against Nicholls State
and then added 22 against Louisiana-Lafayette. She has crossed the 20-point mark three times
this season.
WINNING AND WINNING BIG
• ASU's 31-point victory over Austin Peay was its largest margin of victory over an opponent since
the 2008-09 season when it defeated Northern Arizona 71-40.
• The last time ASU defeated an opponent by a larger margin was the 2006-07 when it defeated
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 87-55 for a 32 point victory.
KNOCKING DOWN THE FREE ONES
• ASU went 24-of-28 from the free throw line against FIU on Nov. 20 and finished with highest
free throw percentage of the year at 85 percent.
DOWNTOWN FLANERY
• Freshman forward
Jessica Flanery has made the most of her limited opportunities this season.
She is averaging just 3.3 minutes in for games this season, but has drained four 3-pointers on
the year.
• She drained three, 3-pointers against Austin Peay on 3-of-4 shooting for a career-high 9 points.
A STATISTICAL NIGHT TO REMEMBER
• A-State set several season highs against Austin Peay. The Red Wolves set season highs in points
(75), field goals made (29), 3-pointers made (5), 3-point field goal percentage (.417) and tied
season highs in steals (11) and blocked shots (4).
• The ASU defense held Austin Peay to an opponent season low 44 points and also held the Lady
Governors to just 17 made field goals, also an opponent season low for A-State.
MCDOWELL MOVING UP ALL-TIME STEALS LIST
• Senior Q McDowell has collected 165 steals in her career, the 12th most in school history.
• Keeshia Evans and Casie Lowman are 10th on the list with 168 each.
• Current A-State assistant coach Sonja State (1990-93) holds the career record for steals with 402.
FREQUENT FLYER MILES
• The Red Wolves have made frequent visits to the airport this season, having flown over 5,000-
miles already.
• ASU began the year by flying from Memphis to Detroit and then bussing to Toledo to take on
the Rockets.
• The Red Wolves then flew from Little Rock to Los Angeles to take on USC in a non-conference
game on the day before Thanksgiving which was a 2,980 mile round trip via the air.
• ASU departed Memphis International Airport on Nov. 28 for Ft. Lauderdale International
Airport in a flight that was just over 850 miles.
• In all, the Red Wolves traveled over 5,700 miles including flying miles and bus trips in its
first four road games this season.
BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
• Junior
Carlisha Wyatt had a breakout performance against UT-Martin on Nov. 12. The junior
college transfer from Angelina Community College scored 19 points and went 9-of-11 from the
field against the Skyhawks. She hit her first nine shots and had 10 points at halftime.
STREAKING BEYOND THE ARC
• ASU has knocked down a 3-pointer in 111 straight games.
• The streak has came to close to ending in ASU's first two regular season games.
Jessica Flanery kept the streak alive with a '3' against Toledo with just six seconds left in the game and Jane
Morrill knocked down ASU's first '3' of the game against UT-Martin with just 28 seconds left in
the game.
• Flanery's '3' against Toledo was the first field goal of her career.
• The last time A-State did not make a '3' was on Nov. 20, 2009 against Virginia Commonwealth
when the Red Wolves went 0-11 from behind the 3-point line.
