ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T's women's basketball team will open a four-game homestand – which will include three Great Lakes Valley Conference games along the way – with a pair of conference contests this weekend as it hosts Quincy and Illinois Springfield at Gibson Arena.

The Miners will take on Quincy Thursday at 5:30 p.m., then return to their home floor Saturday afternoon for a 1 p.m. matinee against UIS as they seek their first victory in GLVC action.

S&T, who comes into Thursday's game at 1-5 on the season, held second half leads in both of its contests to open its GLVC action but wound up on the short end of the score each time, falling 66-57 to Missouri-St. Louis on Saturday and 72-61 Monday at Indianapolis.

Katelynne Roberts (Edwardsville, IL/Edwardsville) continued her strong play in the low post in both games, recording a double-double in the loss to UMSL with 21 points and 11 rebounds and following it up with an 18-point, eight-rebound effort Monday at UIndy.  Roberts leads the Miners in both categories on the season with averages of 17.2 points and nine rebounds per game and also has a team-leading nine blocked shots; she is third in the GLVC in rebounding and tied for the conference lead in blocks heading into play this weekend.

Eryn Puett (Columbia, MO/Rock Bridge) had a career-high 20 points in Monday's contest and is also in double figures on the season with an average of 10.7 points per game, while also shooting 45 percent from three-point range.  Addyson Kent (North Vernon, IN/Jennings County), meanwhile, has connected a team-high 10 times from beyond the arc and leads S&T with 16 assists and 12 steals.

ABOUT QUINCY: The Hawks also come into Thursday's game at 1-5 and lost their conference opener Monday at home to Drury 81-56.  Quincy was outscored in all four quarters of the contest as it shot just 28.4 percent from the field and made only two-of-20 from three-point range.

Cymirah Williams led the Hawks with 12 points in the loss and is averaging 9.2 points, a team-leading 7.5 rebounds per game and 14 steals on the year; her scoring average trails that of Janiece Dawson, who is scoring 12.8 per game and Acheampomaa Danso's average of 10.2 per contest.  Dawson is the top three-point shooter for the Hawks with nine treys and a 36 percent shooting mark from beyond the arc, while Mikayla Huffine leads Quincy with 13 assists.  Danso's nine blocks are tied for the league lead with S&T's Roberts.

ABOUT ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD: The Prairie Stars got out of the gate strong with three straight victories and an exhibition win at Division I Indiana State, but have lost their last two games by double figure margins to bring a 3-2 overall and 1-1 GLVC record into play this weekend.  UIS will play at Maryville Thursday before traveling to Rolla for the Saturday contest.

UIS has four players averaging in double figures, paced by Jessenia Lawson with an average of 17.4 points per game, while Liz Uhl is scoring 13 per contest and Michaela Gibbons is at 12 per game.  Lawson, who is also the top rebounder for the Prairie Stars with 5.8 per game, is shooting 51.7 percent from the field and has a team-leading 22 assists and 18 steals, while Uhl and Gibbons have made a combined 25 three-pointers and are shooting 45.5 percent between them from outside the arc.