Matt Barker, Sports Information Director

HENDERSON, Tenn. - The No. 11 Freed-Hardeman Lady Lion basketball team will look to pick up their nineteenth conference win of the season as they travel to St. Louis College of Pharmacy for a 5:30 PM match-up in St. Louis, Mo.

SETTING THE STAGE

FHU (22-6, 18-4 AMC) enters tonight's match-up coming off a solid 73-50 victory over William Woods (Mo.) University (14-8, 19-9 AMC) on Saturday. Taleeah Cross led all scorers in the match-up with 23 points as she went 10-for-18 from the field and recorded her third straight 20-plus point game. Kim Mallory and Kenley Crowell also reached double figures in the contest as Mallory finished with 16 points and seven rebounds while Crowell went 5-for-10 from the field and a perfect 2-for-2 from behind the arc to chip in 12.

FHU started the game hot as they shot 45.5 percent in the first half and followed it up with a 46 percent shooting performance in the second half. William Woods University, on the other hand, came out cold as they shot just 31 percent from the field and a staggering 20 percent from three-point range to trail the entire game.

The Lady Lions held William Woods, a team that averages 66 points per game, to just 50 points, courtesy of a tough defensive stand that forced 16 turnovers and snagged seven steals.

FHU came out firing to start the game as they out-shot William Woods 8-2 in the first four minutes of the contest to make an early statement. Things would continue to click for the Lady Lions as they out-shot the Owls 23-12 in the quarter after going 50 percent from the field, led by Crowell who had all 12 of her points in the first quarter alone.

FHU would continue their hot shooting in the second quarter as they out-shot the Owls 14-12 to reach their largest lead of the half at the 31-17 mark with 6:28 remaining in the half. Taleeah Cross led the Lady Lions in the half with 13 points as FHU held the Owls to just 24 points to enter the break with a 37-24 advantage.

The Lady Lions would continue to have success on the offensive end in the second half as they opened the third quarter with a 6-0 run to extend their lead to 17 at the 43-26 mark with 6:55 remaining. The Lady Lions would use a 45.8 percent shooting performance in the quarter to reach their largest lead of the game at the 57-39 mark entering the final quarter of play.

FHU would leave little chance of a WWU comeback in the fourth quarter as they out-shot the Owls 16-11 to lead by as many as 24 at the 71-47 mark with 3:16 remaining in the game. The Lady Lions would finish the game up 23 as they cruised to a 73-50 victory.

SCOUTING THE EUTECTICS

St. Louis College of Pharmacy (2-21, 1-21 AMC) enters tonight's match-up coming off a 58-50 loss at Stephens (Mo.) College (6-23, 4-19 AMC) on Saturday.

The Eutectics are led by Emi Santhuff, who averages 14.26 points per game and has shot 36 percent from the field so far this season. Lauren Roethemeyer leads the team on the glass as she averages 6.77 rebounds per game while also leading the team in blocks with 0.77 per game.

As a team, St. Louis College of Pharmacy averages 49.1 points and 31 rebounds per game. Tonight's game marks the sixth meeting between FHU and the Eutectics since the Lions joined the American Midwest Conference during the 2013-14 season. FHU leads the series 5-0. The last meeting between the two schools was earlier this season on January 14, 2016, where the Lady Lions picked up a convincing 65-23 victory at the Brewer Sports Center.

The Lady Lions will look to close out their season strong as they enter a two-game road stand beginning with tonight's match-up followed by a match-up with Missouri Baptist University on Saturday.

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