PREVIEW: Women’s Basketball wraps up road trip at LMU

Harrogate, Tenn. —- The Catawba College women's basketball team looks to bounce back on Saturday, as it wraps up its three-game South Atlantic Conference road trip with their longest trek of the season, traveling to Lincoln Memorial for the finale of the season series with the Railsplitters at 2 p.m.

THE MATCHUP

- Who: Catawba (9-7, 7-5 SAC) at Lincoln Memorial (7-8, 6-6 SAC)

- Where: B. Frank "Tex" Turner Arena, Harrogate, Tenn.

- When: Saturday, Jan. 18, 2 p.m.

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THE HISTORY

- Catawba leads the all-time series 21-15

- The Railsplitters are 11-8 in Harrogate against the Catawba Indians

- Catawba has won the last eight matchups in the series dating back to February 2019 and the last four in Tex Turner Arena

- The Catawba Indians are 7-0 versus LMU under Terence McCutcheon

THE FIRST MEETING

- Catawba came out victorious in the teams' first meeting in Goodman Arena back on Nov. 30, 66-59

- Brooklin Ingram poured in a career-best 21 points with seven rebounds to earn the win

- The Catawba Indian defense held LMU to 33 percent shooting from the field, but the Railsplitters grabbed 19 offensive rebounds, turning them into 15 second-chance points

DOUBLE-DOUBLE TROUBLE

- Janiya Foskey posted her fourth double-double of the season in the loss at Coker on Wednesday with a game-high 17 points and 10 rebounds 

- Foskey also recorded a double-double in the win over LMU earlier this season; Foskey has scored 10 or more points in each game she has grabbed 10 rebounds

- Wednesday was the first time Catawba has lost this season when Foskey has recorded 10 or more rebounds (at Anderson, vs. LMU, at Tusculum)

HEALING UP

- Wednesday saw the return to action of Jada Porter, who missed 12 games due to injury

- Porter, who has recorded 57 starts in the last three seasons for the Catawba Indians, came off the bench for six minutes

- With Mary Spry also back into the fold for Catawba after missing 13 games to start the season, McCutcheon utilized a 13-person rotation on Wednesday 

SCOUTING THE RAILSPLITTERS

- LMU has experienced a homecourt disadvantage so far this season, losing its last four home games (1-4 overall at home this season), while winning its last three road games (5-3 on road this season)

- The highlight of the stretch came when the 'Splitters knocked off 22nd-ranked Carson-Newman on the road on Jan. 8

- In their most recent win at Tusculum, Matty Tanner led the way with a career-high 28 points with seven three-pointers after a two-point outing in the loss vs. Coker on Jan. 11

UP NEXT

- The Catawba Indians return home for the first time since Jan. 4 on Wednesday of next week, hosting Wingate for a 5:30 p.m. tip