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Opponent: Fort Hays State
Time: Monday, January 5; 5:30 PM
Location: Gross Memorial Colliseum; Hays, Kansas

Bolivar, Mo. - Southwest Baptist opens up the new year with a road MIAA contest against Fort Hays on Monday. The Bearcats will return home later this week for a pair of home MIAA contests before hitting the road against next week.

The Coaches and the All-Time Series
SBU head coach Kelsey Keizer in her first season on the Bearcat bench. Coach Keizer has spent the past three years as the assistant at Southwest Baptist after playing collegiately for Division I Drake.

Tony Hobson begins his 7th season as the head coach at Fort Hays State. In his 22 years as a head coach, Hobson holds a coaching record of 515-173, including 102-67 while at Fort Hays.

Fort Hays leads the all-time series against Southwest Baptist 8-6. Fort Hays won 93-66 over SBU last season in Bolivar.

Scouting the Tigers
Fort Hays State comes into the game against Southwest Baptist with a 11-1 (4-0 MIAA) record and is coming off of a 89-70 victory over #22 Missouri Southern. FHSU is led in scoring and rebounding by Kate Lehman who averages 22.3 ppg and 10.1 rpg. Chelsea Mason averages 13.7 ppg, while Jill Faxon is also in double-figures at 10.0 ppg. Beth Bohuslavsky averages a team high 4.3 apg to go along with 8.9 ppg.

Scouting the Bearcats
Southwest Baptist has dropped two in a row, falling most recently to Eckerd College 84-61, and now drop to 5-5 (1-2 MIAA) on the season. The Bearcats are led in scoring by Brook Duncan who is averaging 13.2 points per game and 4.7 rebounds per game. Dilonna Johnson is also in double figures averaging 10.3 points per game and 2.9 assists per game, while Megan Rosenbohm averages 10.1 points per game and Morgan Lucy averages 6.5 points per game.