The Kentucky State women's basketball team plays the final game of their five-game road trip with a 6:30 p.m. EST meeting Monday with LeMoyne-Owen College. (Game Notes)

THE TEAMS: Kentucky State (3-5) has dropped five straight games since opening the season with three victories. The Thorobreds are coming off a 69-53 SIAC loss to Lane College Saturday. KSU is 0-4 away from the Willam Exum Center this season.

LeMoyne-Owen has won three of the last four games after opening the season with four consecutive losses. The Magicians were picked to finish fourth in the West Division.

THE COACHES: Terrance Slater is in his third season as the head coach, and fifth season with the program. The Thorobreds are 23-38 in his tenure as a head coach. He led Kentucky State to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference semifinals a season ago. He was an assistant the last time KSU advanced to the SIAC title game.

Antony Partee is the head coach at LeMoyne-Owen. A Chicago, IL, native, Partee is a former athlete who brings more than 10 years of coaching experience to LOC.  Prior to joining the LOC family, he served as the assistant women's basketball coach for eight years at Robert Morris University. He also served as the coordinator of basketball operations at the University of Illinois at Chicago for three years, while working at Robert Morris

THE PLAYERS: Senior Brooke Wallace is one of three players in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference averaging a double-double, leading the Thorobreds with 13.3 points and 11.6 rebounds. She 10th in the SIAC in scoring and second in rebounds. She has been the 'Breds leading scorer in six of the team's nine games.

Junior Jessie Kee is second on the team in scoring with 10.6 points in a reserve role. Sophomore Erica Jones is second on the team with 7.1 rebounds to go along with 9.0 points. Sophomore Khaliah Herbert are distributing a team-high 23 assists.

Dana Gettis, a preseason All-SIAC selection, is second in the SIAC in scoring with 19.2 points per game, while shooting 45.6 percent from the floor – good for seventh in the conference. Averyale Joy is second on the team with 9.7 points. Glenda Garner leads the team 6.0 rebounds.

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WHAT'S NEXT: Kentucky State steps away from SIAC action, and returns home, to play McKendree in non-conference action 2 p.m. Saturday.