After one month of the women’s basketball season, most of the teams in the OVC are playing well. Nine of the conference’s 12 teams are .500 or above. 

Still leading the way is Morehead State, its record now sitting at 7-2. Their second loss of the season came against a Kentucky team on Nov. 28. The Wildcats are ranked 25th in the nation, and they beat the Golden Eagles 87-57.

But Morehead responded in their next game on Dec. 2, beating Evansville 85-63.

In the four games preceding the Kentucky matchup, Morehead State flexed their offensive muscle. 

They went 3-1 in the games spanning from Nov. 17 to Nov. 26, averaging 109.5 points per game and allowing 63.25.

The highlight was a 119-28 win against Kentucky Christian, setting school records for biggest margin of victory and fewest points allowed. 

Trailing Morehead State in the standings at 5-2 are Tennessee Tech and Tennessee-Martin, both with records of 5-2.

The rest of the conference is hovering around .500, excluding only Southeast Missouri (2-5), Eastern Kentucky (0-7) and Tennessee State (0-9).

Eastern is at 3-3 following consecutive road losses to Bradley and Valparaiso. Murray State has also dropped their last two games to fall to 3-3.

Notably, the OVC as a whole has a home record of 26-7, with much of the struggles of OVC teams coming on the road or at neutral sights.

Away from home, OVC teams are 14-29, with 14 of those losses belonging to Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee State.

Leading the conference in points per game is still Morehead State with 89.9 points per game. They also lead the OVC with a margin of victory of 22.6 points per game.

Defensively, three OVC teams are averaging fewer than 60 points per game allowed.

They are Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Jacksonville State and Eastern.

Morehead State’s Miranda Crockett and Aliyah Jeune, but Crockett is now the only player in the conference averaging over 20 points per game. Her average is currently 20.2.

Jeune is still second, as well. She is now averaging 19.6 points per game. 

For Eastern, sophomore Taylor Steele is still in the top-10 in scoring at 14.4 points per game. 

Three players in the OVC are averaging double digit rebounds per game this year. 

Southern Illinois Edwardsville senior center Sydney Bauman is leading the conference with 10.8 rebounds per game. 

Tied for second with 10 rebounds is a pair of juniors, Evelyn Adebayo from Murray State and Arielle Gonzalez-Varner from Austin Peay. 

Gonzalez-Varner also leads to conference with 70 total rebounds and 37 offensive rebounds. 

Murray State freshman guard Macey Turley is leading the OVC with six assists per game. 

There is now less than a month until conference play begins, and the standings will begin to solidify. 

Adam Tumino can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].