Thursday, Feb. 27 | 5:30 p.m.
UMSL (14-13, 9-9 GLVC) vs. Lewis (17-9, 14-4 GLVC)
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Saturday, Feb. 29 | 1 p.m.
UMSL vs. Illinois Springfield
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SETTING THE SCENE
UMSL concludes the regular season at home this week, hosting Lewis on Thursday before welcoming Illinois Springfield on Saturday. Following its finale against UIS, the Tritons will  honor their three seniors - Laura Szorenyi, Grace Morrow and Amaria Allen.

The Tritons are 14-13 overall, including 9-9 in the GLVC and have won seven of their last nine, including two at home last weekend, extending their homecourt win streak to six games.

UMSL will be looking to move back into the top eight in the GLVC Point Rating System (PRS), used to determine the field and seeding for the GLVC Tournament. Despite two wins, the Tritons dropped to ninth place and now trails Bellarmine by .20 points.

ABOUT LEWIS
Lewis is 18-7 overall, including 14-4 in the GLVC and sit in second place in the GLVC PRS.  The Flyers have won three straight and own a 9-5 record in road games.

UMSL-LEWIS SERIES
Lewis leads the all-time series, 26-9, although UMSL earned a 71-60 victory earlier this season in the first meeting in Romeoville, Ill., handing the Flyers their first GLVC loss. The Tritons held Lewis, which entered the game shooting a league-best 50 percent from the field in GLVC-only games, to a 39.3 percent clip.

Lewis is traveling to UMSL for the first time since 2015-16 and won that game, 59-45.

ABOUT ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD
UIS enters a Thursday road game at Lindenwood with an overall record of 9-17, which includes a 4-14 GLVC mark. The Prairie Stars have lost two straight and are 1-8 in road games.  

UMSL-UIS SERIES
UMSL is 11-4 all-time against Illinois Springfield, although the Prairie Stars took the first meeting this season, 60-48, in Springfield. The Tritons were hampered by dismal shooting, connecting at just 27 percent. UMSL has won four straight at home over UIS, including last season's 82-54 victory.

SIZING UP THE TRITONS

• Junior Alex LaPorta averages team-bests of 13.2 points, 9.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. She has recorded a double-double in five of the last eight games, and has hit the 30-point mark each of the last two Thursdays. She has nine double-doubles this season and 28 in her career.
• Redshirt senior Laura Szorenyi follows with 12.2 points per game.
• Junior Danielle Berry ranks fifth in the league in steals with 2.37 per game and has 64 steals on the season, which ranks fourth on the program's single season charts.
• Sophomore Kiara Stewart leads the league in offensive rebounds with 4.07 per game. She has 110 offensive rebounds, which is 38 more than the next best player.  

REBOUND THAT BASKETBALL
Junior Alex LaPorta is tied for second in program history with 742 rebounds. Tammy Putnam (88-92) owns the career record with 1,028. LaPorta ranks in the single season top 10 for the third straight season. Her 245 rebounds this season are eighth most, while she pulled down the fourth most last year with 263.

UP NEXT
The Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament will be held March 5-8 on the campus of SIUE in Edwardsville, Ill.