SALT LAKE CITY – The eighth-ranked Westminster women's basketball team plays at home for the final time of the regular season with two games this week. Westminster welcomes Rocky Mountain College to town for a 5:30 p.m. game on Thursday, February 10. Carroll College makes the trip to Salt Lake for a game on Saturday, February 12 at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday's game is camper reunion night with all Westminster campers receiving free admission by wearing their camp shirt. Saturday is Senior Night with five Griffin seniors being honored following the game. Fans are encouraged to wear white as part of the “White Out” along with Tom Steinke being honored as the first Westminster Athletics Hall of Fame inductee at halftime of the men's game.

Westminster will bring a 21-4 record into the week and sit atop the Frontier Conference with an 8-1 mark in league games. The Griffins have won eight straight games and are 11-1 at home this season. They lead the conference in scoring at 77.56 points per game and shoot a conference-best 36.4% from 3-point range.

About the Battlin' Bears
Rocky Mountain comes to SLC with an 11-12 overall record and tied for third in the Frontier with a 4-4 record. Last week they defeated Carroll 72-68 and they have now split the last eight games played. Dani Hosking leads the team in scoring at 12.9 points per game and shoots 43.2% from the field. Callie Kautzmann is the top rebounder at 6.4 per game with Kalli McCloskey leading the way with 78 assists and 40 steals.

About the Saints
Carroll enters the week at 17-7 overall and 4-4 in the Frontier. Last week's loss to Rocky snapped a three-game winning streak by the Saints. They average 72.9 points per game while shooting 41.7% from the floor. Alysha Green leads the team and is third in the conference in scoring at 17.2 points per game. She has scored in double figures in six straight games and gone for 23-plus in three games during that stretch.

Griffins TV
Both of this week's games will air live on Griffins TV. The broadcast will go live approximately 15 minutes prior to tipoff with Mike Lageschulte handling the play-by-play. Coach Gustin will join the broadcast during the postgame show.

Live Stats
Live Stats will be available for both games this week. Fans can access the Live Stats at WestminsterGriffins.com with the feed going live about 10 minutes prior to tipoff.

Chasing a Championship
With an 8-1 record in Frontier Conference games, Westminster holds a one-game lead over Lewis-Clark State in their quest for a third straight conference title. The Griffins had never finished higher than third prior to this current run. With five games remaining, Westminster holds a magic number of five to clinch the title.

Chasing 1,000
Senior Dani Evans is on a quest to become the fifth player in school history to score 1,000 career points. Evans enters the week with 956 career points and needs to average 7.3 points per game over the remaining scheduled games to reach 1,000. Evans has never missed a game in her Griffin career and if that continues she will finish her career having played in more games than any other Griffin.

Open for Three
The Griffins are once again among the top 3-point shooting team in the nation. The team averages 8.6 makes from beyond the arc per game to rank first in the Frontier and fourth in the NAIA. Westminster also shoots 36% from long range to lead the conference and rank 11th nationally. Dani Evans makes a conference-best 41.7% of her attempts from beyond the arc while making 1.8 per game. Nicole Yazzie averages 2.48 treys per night while shooting 38.8% from distance.

From the Charity Stripe
Westminster is shooting 77.3% from the foul line this season to lead the Frontier Conference. The team is second in the NAIA with that percentage. They have shot above 70% at the stripe in 20 times this season and 10 times have gone above 80%. Westminster has gone 144-of-178 (80.9%) at the line in during conference games. Jenteal Jackson is shooting 80.4% at the stripe which ranks 25th nationally and fourth in the conference. Angela Fales is shooting 93.5% at the line and has made six straight.

Playoff Picture
If the playoffs started today, Westminster would be the top seed in the Frontier Conference Tournament and host Montana Western in the Behnken Field House on March 1. The Griffins have a magic number of two for clinching an opening round home game. The semi-final will be played on March 4 at the homes of the two highest remaining seeds with the championship game on March 7.

Home Cooking
Over the past three seasons, Westminster has gone 37-6 at home including a 18-1 mark in Frontier Conference action. They started the year with seven straight home wins before suffering an 88-76 loss to Montana Tech on January 6. The Griffins have won 23 of the last 25 games played in the Behnken Field House.

Streaking in the Poll
With a No. 8 ranking in the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll that was released on February 7, Westminster has now been ranked inside the top 25 for 18 consecutive polls. The No. 8 ranking is the highest ranking in school history. They have also been ranked in the top 25 in 43 of the last 44 polls and received votes in the poll they weren't ranked. The Griffins started this season at No. 10 and have been as low as No. 15.

Massey Ratings
Westminster has moved up three spots to No. 11 in the Massey Ratings that were released on February 6. The Griffins hold a rating of 0.846 with the 11th-ranked strength of schedule. Lewis-Clark State is the top rated team from the Frontier Conference in the eighth position. The conference is rated as the second-best behind the Golden State Athletic Conference.

Next Week
Westminster starts the season-ending three-game road trip at nationally ranked Lewis-Clark State in Lewiston, Idaho. The first-place battle is slated for 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 19.