LAWTON – After opening the season 2-0 against a pair of Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams, the Aggies now have a date with rival Midwestern State on Tuesday in a non-conference battle. 
 
The Cameron women's basketball team looked impressive during their 2021-22 debut last weekend beating their opponents by an average of 28 points. They now welcome MSU to the friendly confines of the Aggie Gym in a rare early-season, mid-week rivalry game to open a tough week two of the season. 

STARTING 5
1. For the first time since 2015-16, the Aggie women are 2-0 to start a new season after dominating wins over Adams State and Colorado-Colorado Springs, where they showcased their spread out scoring attack and suffocating defense. 
2. Maighan Hedge was awarded for her back-to-back 25+ point outings over the weekend by being named the Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Week; she scored 26 against the Grizzlies and 29 against UCCS and shot over 58 percent from the floor. 
3. Cameron averaged 27.5 forced turnovers during their opening weekend, including 33 against the Mountain Lions, which currently ranks first in the LSC and 13th nationally to this point in the season; they also averaged a league-best 15.5 steals per game, which ranks ninth nationally. 
4. Midwestern State also went 2-0 against Adams State and UCCS, beating the Mountain Lions by 11 on Friday night and then the Grizzlies by two on Saturday. 
5. Mustang sophomore Frances King averaged 15.5 points and 3.5 rebounds over the weekend, shooting 50 percent from the field and 86 percent from the charity stripe for third-year head coach Christopher Reay. 

ABOUT THE AGGIES
Cameron proved in their first two games of their season that last season's stretch run was not a fluke and they are not a team to sleep on. Their "controlled chaos" playing style gave both Adams State and UCCS problems as the Black and Gold had a point differential of +28, which was first in the LSC and 10th nationally through this point in the season. On offense, they averaged 85 points, made 12 three-pointers and 17 free throws per outing, and shot over 42 percent from the field and 36 percent from long range. Defensively, the Aggies held the opposition to just over 34-percent shooting from the floor, just 18 percent from three, and forced them into an average of 27.5 turnovers, 15.5 of which coming on steals. 

Hedge earned her way to weekly acclaim in the conference by leading the Aggies in scoring over the weekend while also shooting over 58 percent from the field and 66.7 percent from three. Katie King averaged 13 points, four rebounds, four assists, and 3.5 steals to start her second year on campus. Newcomer Korie Allensworth had a solid debut, averaging 11.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, two helpers, 2.5 steals, and one block over the two-game span. Additionally, Stephanie Peterson led the Black and Gold with an average of 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists against the RMAC foes. 

SCOUTING THE MUSTANGS
Like the Aggies, Midwestern State had success against the Grizzlies and Mountain Lions. They averaged 70.5 points while shooting 49 percent from the floor and making 18.5 foul shots per game of last weekend. One thing that may benefit Cameron on Tuesday, is MSU turned the ball over 26 times against the RMAC opposition, resulting in an average of 22 points for their opponents. On the other end of the floor, the Mustangs averaged 5.5 blocks and held their opponents to under 27 percent shooting from three. 

Four players averaged over 10 points during MSU's opening two games of the season, led by King, who also averaged six assists and 3.5 steals. Morgan Lenahan averaged 14 points and six rebounds, while Hannah Reynolds averaged 13.5 points, eight rebounds, and one rejection per game. 

LAST TIME AGAINST MSU
The last time these two teams met, it was for a spot in the final eight of the Lone Star Conference Championship Tournament last spring. The rivals split the regular season series to open up the 2020-21 schedule in December, so the third meeting was destined to be a good one. The Mustangs led by one after 10 minutes of action, but CU dominated the second, 30-15, to lead at the half. MSU battled back in the third quarter and a Lenahan three in the final seconds to cut the deficit to just three heading into the final frame. Cameron came our firing in the fourth, leading by 11 less than two minutes in, but the resilient Mustangs came back to within one with 5:21 left to play. The Aggies kept up their press and before long they were back up by 11 after a Karley Miller dagger three.   The Mustangs seemed to be out of gas from there, not getting closer than seven the rest of the way as CU won it 87-76. Hedge and Miller led the Aggies with 18 points each, while Lenahan was the top bucket getter for MSU, pouring in 32 with 13 rebounds and eight assists. 

WHO HAS NEXT
The Aggies faces their first road trip of the season this weekend as they play two games in Hays, Kan. First up is a date with Newman on Friday, Nov. 19, with tip-off set for 4 p.m. Then the Aggies face one of their toughest tests of the non-conference schedule when they play the WBCA preseason fourth ranked Fort Hays State Tigers on Saturday, Nov. 20, at 4 p.m.