SETTING THE SCENE
The University of Missouri-St. Louis women's basketball team will play at home for the first time this season when the Tritons host the UMSL Classic this weekend with Maryville, Lincoln and Minnesota State completing the field. The schedule is as follows:
Friday, Nov. 21
5 p.m. - Maryville vs. Minnesota State
7 p.m. - Lincoln at UMSL

Saturday, Nov. 22
1 p.m. - Maryville vs. Lincoln
3 p.m. - Minnesota State at UMSL

TRITONS AT HOME
UMSL went 12-2 at home last season and under third-year head coach Katie Vaughn is 20-6 in the Mark Twain Building.

SIZING UP THE TRITONS
UMSL opened the season last weekend in Puerto Rico, where it posted a 1-1 mark. The Tritons lost their opener to UPR-Bayamon, 76-68, before bouncing back to defeat UPR-Rio Piedras, 67-30. Senior Alexis Lawrence averaged 14.5 points, including a 21-point effort in the loss to Bayamon, where she drained five three-pointers. Junior Kelly Kunkel added 13.0 points per game and scored a career-best 18 in the win over Rio Piedras, while shooting 73.3 percent (11-of-15) from the field. The Tritons shot 36.9 percent as a team and averaged 46.0 rebounds, snagging 54 in the win over Rio Piedras, including 26 on the offensive end.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Lincoln improved to 2-0 on Tuesday night with a 66-62 win at McKendree. Kate Frazier leads the Blue Tigers offense, having scored 19 points in each of Lincoln's games, and added 6.0 rebounds per game, while Dorian Briggs follows with 15.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game. The Blue Tigers were 5-21 last season.

Minnesota State enters Friday's game against Maryville with a 2-0 record. The Mavericks shot a combined 43.5 percent in defeating Central Missouri and Metro State last weekend and were led by Aubrey Davis, who averaged 15.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.0 steals per game. Minnesota State posted a 23-6 record last season.

SERIES HISTORIES
UMSL is 29-18 all-time against Lincoln, but the last two contests have gone to the Blue Tigers, including a 73-68 decision in Jefferson City during the 2012-13 season in the last meeting.

UMSL and Minnesota State have never met on the hardwood in women's basketball.

CAREER-CHARTING
- Kelly McGovern ranks eighth all-time in assists (224)
- Alexis Lawrence ranks sixth all-time in career three-pointers made (139), seventh in career three-pointers attempted (398) and 10th in career three-point percentage (.349).

A LOOK AT OUR SCHEDULE
UMSL will play a 26-game schedule this season, including 18 in the GLVC. Of their eight non-conference games, the Tritons will play just three of those at home and will not be at home during the month of December. However, UMSL will travel across town on December 6 to face NCAA Division I Saint Louis University in an exhibition contest and to Lindenwood on December 13. The GLVC schedule begins at home on January 2 against Illinois Springfield.

UP NEXT
UMSL close out the home portion of its non-conference schedule next Saturday,hosting Trevecca Nazarene at 1 p.m.