The East Central University women's basketball team will continue their five-game home stand to start the 2013-14 season Saturday, Nov. 14 when they host Rogers State at 2 p.m. in the Kerr Activities Center.  The game is the first double-header with the men's team, who will host Dallas Baptist at 4 p.m.

Game Notes

The Broadcast
ECU's radio home for Lady Tigers basketball in 2013-14 is Ada's KXFC, 105.5, FM 'The X-Factor'. Kenny Morrison returns to broadcast the games for his 17th season. Morrison, a 1987 ECU graduate, spent two seasons doing color prior to taking over the play-by-play duties during the 1997-98 season.

The Coverage
Fans who can't be at the game can find links to live stats, live video (if available) and the KXFC radio broadcast on ECUTigers.com.  Go to the women's basketball schedule page.

Scouting Rogers State
The Hillcats are 1-1 overall after earning a 90-52 win over Ecclesia College to open the season and falling to Southern Arkansas (72-86) Wednesday.

RSU is averaging 81 points per game and allowing 69, while also hosting a 45.5 to 36.5 rebounding advantage.  While the Hillcats have a .426 to .393 lead in overall shooting percentage, they have a strong .333 to .130 advantage in three-point shooting.

Rogers State has four players who are averaging double-digits in the points column so far this season, with one adding double-digits in rebounds.  Clarissa Cannon leads the team with 15 points and 12 rebounds per game, while shooting .526 (10-of-19) from the field.  Katy Harsen is the point's leader with 15.5, while Mikaila Newton contributes 14.5 points per game and has five steals and four assists.

The Series
This will be the first meeting between the Lady Tigers and the Hillcats.

Sharing The Rock
Like a year ago, the Lady Tigers are not afraid to share the spotlight.  All 10 players have scored this season, with four averaging double-digit point totals.  Nine-of-10 have also recorded at least one rebound and one assist.

Alex Assisting
Senior Alex Tucker had a strong all-around game against St. Gregory's (Nov. 12).  The McAlester, Okla., native tallied 11 points and then dished out eight passes and added four steals against the Cavaliers.  Combined with her career-high 10 assists against Southwestern Christian, Tucker has 18 assists so far in 2013-14.

Home Sweet Home
The Kerr Activities Center will be very busy in November, with the Lady Tigers hosting the first five games of the season at home.  This marks the first time since 1984-85 that ECU has played five-straight home games to start a season.  That season, the Lady Tigers went 7-0 to start, while ECU is already 2-0 in 2013-14.

Lady Tigers Picked Fourth in the GAC
After finishing fifth in the Great American Conference standings in 2012-13, ECU has been picked to finish fourth in the 2013-14 GAC Preseason Poll, as voted on by the league's head coaches.

The Lady Tigers earned 69 points in the poll.  ECU improved by 11 wins in 2012-13 in going 19-9. Second-Team All-GAC forward Dilan Webster averaged 14.0 points and 7.3 rebounds in league games last season. Ashley Robison and Alycea Price also averaged at least 7.0 rebounds per game in GAC games.

Up Next
The Lady Tigers will continue their home stand with the first weekend of Great American Conference action, Nov. 21 and 23.  ECU will host Ouachita Baptist, Thursday, Nov. 21 at 5:30 p.m. and then Henderson State at 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23.