Murray State University Athletics
Guffey, Hayes Top OVC Scoring List; Racers Lead Nation At The Line
12/10/2007 6:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The Murray State women's basketball team's 1-2 scoring punch of Amber Guffey and Ashley Hayes are now 1-2 on top of the Ohio Valley Conference scoring lists, and the Racers are tops in Division I this week in free-throw shooting.
Guffey, who has led the conference in scoring since the start of the season, still leads the league with 18.5 points per game, ranking 41st in Division I. Hayes, who averaged 24 points per game last week en route to earning OVC Player of the Week honors, now ranks second in scoring with 17.1 points per game, ranking 71st nationally. Of late, they have helped the Racers win their last four games, with a 5-0 season start at home.
Hayes tops the OVC rebounds list, averaging 11.0 boards per game, which ranks 12th in DIvision I. She also leads the league's defensve rebounds list with 8.63 per game. Guffey is second in the conference in free-throw percentage (.932), ranking 17th in the nation in that category, and third in assists per game (4.38), ranking 91st nationally. She also ranks 60th nationally with a three-point shooting percentage of .415.
Shaleea Petty leads the OVC with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.38, ranking 15th in the nation, and is second in the conference with 2.38 steals per game.
At the line, no other Division I school is better at hitting the free throws than Murray State this week, as MSU went 15-for-15 in its two games last week to improve to 85.5 percent. The Racers also rank 10th in the nation in three-point shooting (.394), 22nd in three-pointers made (7.0 per game), 40th in scoring (72.8 points per game) and 42nd in assist-to-turnover ratio (0.93).
Murray State leads the OVC in free-throw shooting, three-point shooting, assists (15.0 per game), scoring margin (+10.5 points per game) and field-goal shooting (.434). The Racers are second in the league in scoring, assist-to-turnover ratio, field-goal defense (.386), three-point field-goal percentage defense (.296), rebounding margin (+1.4 per game), three-pointers made (7.0 per game) and defensive rebounds (27.75 per game).
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THIS WEEK IN RACER BASKETBALL
Murray State at Lipscomb :: Saturday, Dec. 15, 7:00 p.m.
Radio: WNBS (1340 AM, Murray, Josh Perigo)
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OVC & NCAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS (all games)
OVC - Team
Scoring Offense: 2. MSU, 72.8
Scoring Defense: 3. MSU, 62.2
Scoring Margin: 1. MSU, +10.5
Field-Goal Percentage: 1. MSU, .434
FIeld-Goal Perc. Defense: 2. MSU, .386
Three-Point FIeld-Goal Percentage: 1. MSU, .394
Three-Point Field-Goal Perc. Defense: 2. MSU, .296
Three-Pointers per Game: 2-tie. MSU, 7.0
Free-Throw Percentage: 1. MSU, .855
Rebounding Offense: 3. MSU, 39.0
Rebounding Defense: 5. MSU, 37.6
Rebounding Margin: 2-tie. MSU, +1.4
Offensive Rebounds: 9. MSU, 11.25
Defensive Rebounds: 2. MSU, 27.75
Assists: 1. MSU, 15.0
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio: 2. MSU, 0.93
Steals: 6. MSU, 9.0
Blocked Shots: 8. MSU, 2.50
Turnover Margin: 5. MSU, +1.5
NCAA Division I - Team (top 100 out of 326 teams)
Free-Throw Percentage: 1. MSU
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 10. MSU
Three-Pointers per Game: 22. MSU
Scoring Offense: 40. MSU
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio: 42. MSU
Fewest Turnovers: 51. MSU
Fewest Personal Fouls: 55. MSU
Field-Goal Percentage: 57. MSU
Assists: 62. MSU
Scoring Margin: 64. MSU
OVC - Individual
Points per Game: 1. Amber Guffey, 18.5; 2. Ashley Hayes, 17.1.
Rebounds per Game: 1. Ashley Hayes, 11.0.
Defensive Rebounds: 1. Ashley Hayes, 8.63.
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio: 1. Shaleea Petty, 2.38
Free-Throw Percentage: 2. Amber Guffey, .932.
Steals per Game: 2. Shaleea Petty, 2.38.
Assists per Game: 3. Amber Guffey, 4.38; 7. Shaleea Petty, 3.88.
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 5. Alaina Lee, .450; 8. Shaleea Petty, .433.
Three-Point Field Goals per Game: 5. Amber Guffey, 2.13.
Blocked Shots per Game: 10. Shaleea Petty, 1.13.
Field-Goal Percentage: 10. Shaleea Petty, .476.
NCAA Division I - Individual (top 100)
Rebounds per Game: 12. Ashley Hayes.
Assist-to-Turnover Ratio: 15. Shaleea Petty.
Free-Throw Percentage: 17. Amber Guffey.
Points per Game: 41. Amber Guffey; 71. Ashley Hayes.
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 60. Amber Guffey, .415.
Assists per Game: 91. Amber Guffey.
