The East Central University women's basketball team will wrap up its five-game home stand with a Saturday, Nov. 23 match up with Henderson State at the Kerr Activities Center at 2 p.m.  The Lady Tigers will then hit the road for the first time in 2013-14 when they make the short trip to Shawnee, Okla., to face St. Gregory's, Monday, Nov. 25 at 7 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 Henderson State
The Lady Reddies are 2-2 overall and 0-1 in the Great American Conference after dropping their last two games.  HSU fell at Southeastern Oklahoma State (Nov. 21), 62-78.

The Lady Reddies have three players in double figures in the scoring column.  The trio accounts for 59 percent of the scoring and 56 percent of the shots taken this season.  Aungelique Sledge leads the group with 13.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.  Krystal Beachum has 13.5 points and 5.3 boards per game, while shooting .468 (22-of-47) from the field.  Tiara Davis is the final member of the trio, with 10.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.  Davis also had a .519 (14-of-27) shooting percentage.

Against the Lady Reddies
Last year the Lady Tigers claimed two wins over HSU by an average of 5.5 points.

Junior Dilan Webster led the ECU returners with 15 points and eight rebounds per game, while shooting .545 (12-of-22) from the field.  Senior Alycea Price added 8.5 points and 7.0 rebounds.

Krystal Beachum is the top returner for the Lady Reddies, with 14.5 points and 3.0 boards per game.  Vanessa Pieper added 6.0 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.

The Series
While the all-time series with HSU dates back to Nov. 11, 1983 the teams have meet on just seven previous occasions.  The Lady Tigers hold a 6-1 lead in the series.

Scouting St. Gregory's
After playing ECU (Nov. 12), the Cavaliers have played just one other game, falling to Langston, 76-94 Nov. 21.  That moved them to a 0-4 mark for the season.  SGU is averaging 62.0 points and 32.5 rebounds per game, while allowing 84.3 points and 37.8 rebounds.

The Cavaliers have two players in double-digits in the scoring column, but they account for just 37 percent of the scoring and 32 percent of the shots taken.  Stacy Lee leads SGU with 11.8 points, while adding 18 assists and steals.  Danielle Patillo adds 1.3 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, while shooting .625 (20-of-32) from the floor.

Against the Cavaliers
Earlier this month ECU earned a 79-49 win over SGU (Nov. 12) at the Kerr Activities Center.

The Lady Tigers were led by senior Alycea Price, with 13 points and 10 rebounds.  Three other players had over 10 points, with senior Alex Tucker tallying 11 points and eight assists.

Danielle Patillo led the Cavaliers with 16 points and seven boards.  Tori Huff added 12 points.

The Series
The Lady Tigers currently hold a 7-2 advantage in the all-time series with the Cavaliers, including a 3-1 mark when playing in Shawnee.

Winning Start
The Lady Tigers are 4-0 so far to start the 2013-14 season marking the third time ECU has started 4-0.  The last time was 1989-90.  The Lady Tigers have started a season 4-0 twice (1989-90/1987-88), 5-0 in 2001-02 and 7-0 twice (1995-96/1984-85).

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 all 10 have at least 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.  Tuckers also added 10 assists against Southwestern Christian.

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 3-0 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 four-game road swing with GAC games at Harding (Dec. 5) and Arkansas Tech (Dec. 7).