Blue Raiders men and women go for season sweep tonigh
WISE, Va. -- The nationally ranked Lindsey Wilson College men's and women's basketball teams travel to UVa.-Wise on Thursday for a Mid-South Conference doubleheader at the Convocation Center.
Tip-off for the women's game is at 5 p.m. CT with the men's game to follow at approximately 7 p.m. CT. Both games can be heard on 93.5 WAIN-FM and at http://www.ihigh.com/lindseywilson/index.htmlbeginning 4 p.m. CT with the pre-game show.
In the women's game, No. 25-ranked Lindsey Wilson looks to end its two-game losing streak and sweep the season series against the Cavaliers. The Blue Raiders won the first meeting this season 60-55 in Columbia.
The game will feature two of the better post players in the MSC in Lindsey Wilson's Ashley Rainey and UVa.-Wise's Chelsea Cluesman.
Rainey is averaging 24.7 points and 12.3 rebounds per game while Cluesman is posting 17.9 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. The two players have combined earned the last three MSC Women's Basketball Players of the Week.
Tip-off is at 5 p.m. CT.
In the men's game, No. 8-ranked Lindsey Wilson goes for its sixth straight win of the season. The Blue Raiders won the first meeting this season in Columbia 79-72 on Dec. 1.
Lindsey Wilson's Chase Spreen is the two-time reigning MSC Men's Basketball Player of the Week while UVa.-Wise's Travis Berry is second in the conference in scoring this season averaging 19.4 points per game.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT.
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