SALT LAKE CITY - Westminster women's basketball (5-3, 4-0 RMAC), riding a four-game win streak to begin conference play, will host No. 23 CSU Pueblo (7-2, 3-0 RMAC) on Thursday night beginning at 5 p.m. in the Behnken Field House.

Game Info:
- Thursday's games will be hosted at the Behnken Field House on the campus of Westminster College. General admission into all games is $8.
-  Tickets for all home basketball games can be purchased at westminstergriffins.com/tickets.
-  All Westminster basketball games are available for FREE streaming on the RMAC Network.  Viewers can watch live or on-demand online at rmacnetwork.com/Westminster or on the RMAC Network app, available on all major app stores.
- Masks are required for all in attendance at the Behnken Field House.  Visit westminstergriffins.com for full Westminster College COVID-19 guidelines.

About the Griffins:
- Probable Starters:
    - G #1   Abby Mangum:
        - SEASON: 12.1 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 33 assists, 17 steals, 10 blocks
    - G #5   Rae Falatea:
        - SEASON: 6.8 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 10-of-33 3PT FGs
    - G #24 Ashley Greenwood:
        - SEASON: 18.4 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 31 assists, 12 steals
    - F #23 Sarah McGinley:
        - CAREER: 58 starts, 13.8 PPG, 5.7 RPG, .835 FT PCT, .478 FG PCT, .414 3PT FG PCT
    - F #42 Hunter Krebs:
        - CAREER: 105 starts, 13.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 132 blks, .831 FT PCT
- After the first month of the 2021-22 season, Ashley Greenwood is the leading scorer in the RMAC and ranks No. 47 in the nation with 18.4 points per game.
- Westminster has won four in a row to begin conference play with double-digit wins over Chadron State and Black Hills State last weekend.
- Westminster currently owns the eighth-best shooting percentage (.483) in the country and the best in the RMAC. They also rank No. 41 in the country in free throw percentage (.760) and are second in the conference.
- The Griffins have the second-fewest turnovers (110) in the RMAC and 36th-fewest in the entire nation.
- On its four-game winning streak, Westminster has held teams to 77-of-234 (.329 pct) shooting overall and just 17-of-78 (.218) from three.
- The Griffins have held teams to just 53.8 ppg during their winning streak and have outscored teams 146-103 in the second half during that stretch.

Last Week Recap:
- Sarah McGinley and Ashley Greenwood combined for 43 points and Abby Mangum finished at +20 in the plus/minus column to help Westminster beat Chadron State, 77-59, on Friday night.
- Against Chadron State, Westminster owned a 20-8 advantage in the paint and Hunter Krebs led the Griffins with 15 first-half points. Westminster built a 14-point halftime lead and led by as many as 20 in the second half of their fourth-straight home opening win.
- Westminster had four starters and five total players in double figures in scoring and the Griffins held Black Hills State to just 25 percent fg shooting for the game in an 85-49 win on Saturday night.
- Saturday's win was the Griffins' second-straight over Black Hills State and their largest win since a 36-point win back in January of 2019.
- Freshman guard Rae Falatea had her best shooting night of the season, going 4-of-7 from three to finish with 12 points against Black Hills State on Saturday.
- Lyndzi Rich came off the bench against her former team and went 7-of-9 overall to finish with 15 points to go along with 7 rebounds.

RMAC Player of the Week Nominees:
- #42 Hunter Krebs
    - Fell just one rebound shy of a double-double on Friday, finishing with 17 points and nine rebounds with three blocks and one steal.
    - Helped hold Chadron State to just 39 percent shooting and 4-of-16 in the fourth quarter to close out the win.  Westminster owned a 42-30 points in the paint advantage in Friday night's win over Chadron State.
    - Against Black Hills State, Krebs helped the Griffins hold the Yellow Jackets to just 14-of-57 (24.6 percent) shooting overall and just 16 points in the paint.  Yellow Jackets' forward Haylee Weathersby was held to just 2-of-13 shooting on Saturday as Westminster posted its largest win since January of 2019.
- #24 Sarah McGinley
  - Scored a season-high 22 points on 10-of-11 shooting against Chadron State on Friday.
  - Reached double figures for an eighth-straight game to begin the season against Black Hills State, going 5-of-6 overall and 2-of-3 from behind the arc to help Westminster beat the Yellow Jackets. Added seven assists against Black Hills State and averaged 4.5 RPG on the weekend.

About the Thunderwolves 7-2 (3-0 RMAC):
- Last Game Starters:
    - 0 Ro Dominguez - SEASON: 9.4 PPG, 3.8 RPG
    - 2 JaNaiya Davis - SEASON: 11.0 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 29 assists, 18 stls
    - 14 Jalen Long - SEASON: 3.4 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 6 stls
    - 21 Kansas Watts - SEASON: 5.1 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 8 blks, 14 stls
    - 34 Aubriana Noti - SEASON: 4.3 PPG, 3.8 RPG
- CSU Pueblo dropped one spot to No. 23 in the nation after a 72-59 win over Adams State last Tuesday.
- The Thunderwolves took on in-state Division I foes, Colorado State - Fort Collins, on Sunday, falling 64-45 to the Rams.
- CSU Pueblo currently leads the RMAC in points per game (72.6) and are third in opponents' points per game (55.6).
- The Pack are third in the conference with a 33 percent 3PT FG shooting percentage and second with 7.7 made three's per contest.
- CSU Pueblo finished 3-13 in the RMAC last season and have back-to-back losing seasons after 14-8 back in 2018-19 and back-to-back first-place RMAC finishes in 2016-17 and 2017-18.
- CSU Pueblo Series History:
    - Westminster is 5-4 all-time against CSU Pueblo but has won four-straight since joining the RMAC in 2015.
    - The Griffins won both of last year's matchups by double digits with a 74-64 win back in February at home.
    - Westminster's largest win was a 59-41 win back in December of 2019.
    - Westminster is 3-2 all-time at home in the Behnken Field House.
- The Last Time:
- Westminster never trailed after the first minute of play in a 74-64 win over CSU Pueblo this past February.
- Westminster went 10-of-14 from behind the arc as a team and went 6-of-9 overall as a team in the fourth quarter to close out the 10-point win.
- The Griffins held CSU Pueblo to just 6-of-19 from three and Hunter Krebs led Westminster with 25 points. Krebs went 4-of-5 from three in the game while Sarah McGinley went 2-of-2 from deep and finished with 14 points.

Up Next for Westminster:
Westminster will see a one-week break in action next week before traveling to take on N.M. Highlands on New Years Eve and UC-Colorado Springs on New Years Day.

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