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SETTING THE SCENE
The University of Missouri-St. Louis women's basketball team looks to continue its three-game win streak when it hosts Maryville on Saturday in the Great Lakes Valley Conference opener.

UMSL IN GLVC OPENERS
UMSL is 1-15 in GLVC openers. The Tritons are hosting Maryville for the second straight season. The Saints were 73-64 winners in last year's league lid-lifter.

SERIES HISTORY
UMSL is 7-6 all-time against Maryville, although the Saints have won five straight meetings. In addition to last year's GLVC opening win, Maryville also posted a 69-61 on its home court in the GLVC finale.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Maryville is 4-2 and coming off a 113-66 win over Oakland City in which they set a school record for points in a game. The Saints also played at UMKC on Wednesday night in an exhibition game, falling 83-79 after nearly overcoming a 21-point deficit. Samantha Robison leads three players in double figure scoring with 13.0 points per game, while Alex Hillyer averages 12.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Maryville was picked to finish second in the GLVC West Division in the preseason coaches poll.  

SIZING UP THE TRITONS
UMSL improved to 4-1 overall with a pair of victories in its own Hilton Holiday Classic last weekend. The Tritons defeated Harris-Stowe, 76-36, on Friday before an 86-47 win over Missouri Baptist on Saturday. UMSL was picked to finish seventh in the GLVC West Division Preseason Coaches Poll.

AN UMSL WIN AGAINST MARYVILLE WOULD...
... snap a five-game losing skid to the Saints.
... give the Tritons a GLVC opening win for the first time since the 2005-06 season (UMSL defeated Kentucky Wesleyan, 64-56).
... move the Tritons to 4-0 at home.
... be the fourth straight win.
... improve the Tritons to 5-1 - their best start since the 2005-06 team began the year 5-0.

ON THE DEFENSE
UMSL is holding opponents to just 53.8 points per game, which is second in the GLVC and is tied for 14th nationally in NCAA Division II. Additionally, opponents are shooting just 18.1 percent from three-point range against UMSL, which is seventh-best in NCAA Division II.

SAME FIVE EVERY TIME
UMSL has used the same five starters in each of its five games this season - Alyssa Like, Jessica Zavoral, Alexis Lawrence, Hazaria Washington and Devonna Smith.

SENIOR CORE
UMSL has four seniors on its roster and all are atop the statistics, each averaging double figures. Jessica Zavoral and Hazaria Washington average 13.6 points and 13.2 points per game, respectively, while Devonna Smith and Alyssa Like follow with 12.2 and 10.2 points per game. Smith also leads the team with 8.8 rebounds per game, while Like is the co-leader in assists at 3.6 per game. Washington tops the squad with 1.8 steals per game.

SNOW SHOWER
Junior Tierra Snow has come off the bench in all three games this year, averaging 7.0 points per game in 17.4 minutes per game. She is also averaging 4.0 rebounds, while shooting 50.0 percent from the field. Snow averaged 4.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game last season.

FREE THROW ACCURACY
UMSL is taking advantage of its trip to the free throw line, connecting on 79.6 percent of its attempts, which ranks second in the GLVC and 10th in NCAA Division II. Individually, senior Hazaria Washington has made 17-of-19 attempts (89.5 percent), while senior Alyssa Like is 10-for-11 (90.9 percent).

FRESHMAN ORIENTATION
Freshman Sydney Bloch has appeared in all five games off the bench, averaging 3.8 points and 2.0 rebounds per game in an average of 16.2 minutes per game. Bloch was a two-year starter at Edwardsville (Ill.), where she averaged 6.8 points per game as a senior and earned special mention Illinois Girls Basketball All-State honors.

LAWRENCE FOR THREE
Junior Alexis Lawrence leads the team with eight three-pointers and has made at least one in every game this season. She drained a team-high 38 three-pointers last year.

REBOUND THAT BASKETBALL
Senior Devonna Smith ranks 10th all-time in career rebounds. Her 8.8 rebounds per game this season is third in the GLVC. Smith pulled down 253 boards last season, which is fifth on the single season charts, while her 226 during the 2011-12 season is ninth. Additionally, Smith pulled down a career-best 20 caroms at Indianapolis during the 2011-12 season, the third best single game effort in program history.

TEAM REBOUND
The Tritons rank 14th nationally with a rebounding margin of 13.0