EVANSVILLE – After a difficult road swing in Iowa last weekend, the University of Evansville women's basketball team will be looking to get back on track this weekend at the Ford Center as the Aces are set to play host to Missouri State and Wichita State on Friday and Sunday.
 
The Aces, who enter the weekend with a 7-8 record and a 2-2 mark in Missouri Valley Conference play, will be looking to extend their five-game home winning streak. It's also a matter of early conference positioning as well as UE will be looking to create some breathing room with the Missouri State, which sits just a half game back of the Aces at 1-2 in the league and 5-9 overall. Wichita State, meanwhile, is also 5-9, but 0-3 in the MVC.
 
All three teams fell to league leaders Drake and Northern Iowa earlier this season.
 
UE, the second-best scoring team in the Valley at 65.4 points per game, will be looking to bounce back offensively after scoring just 40 points last time out at UNI. Sara Dickey and Camary Williams, who represent the only two teammates in the top five in the MVC in scoring, were held to a combined nine points against the Panthers, due in part to some early foul trouble. The 1-2 punch has been hard to handle for much of the year, and the duo enters the weekend averaging over 30 points per game.
 
Williams, who leads the Aces in rebounds at nearly eight per game, also leads the nation in steals, claiming 4.80 takeaways each time out.
 
Brooke Dossett, who averages over 10 points on her own, is the only other Ace in double figures on the season. Kerri Gasper, who has started at forward for much of the last two seasons, will be looking to replicate her success against MSU from a year ago. The sophomore out of Olmsted Township, Ohio, dropped 22 points on 9-of-10 shooting at JQH Arena last January as a late UE comeback attempt fell short 77-70.
 
Tipoff at the Ford Center on Friday is slated for 7 p.m., and Sunday's game is slated to get under way at 1 p.m.
 
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