It's officially the second half of the River States Conference schedule as SMWC visits Brescia tonight, and the Pomeroys have an opportunity to match their 2022 RSC win total of eight.
SMWC (12-8, 7-3) can improve to 4-3 in road games. If the conference tournament began today, coach Terry Bowe's squad would be hosting a first-round match up as a No. 4 seed.
But with eight games to go, plenty of work remains to earn a top four seed.
The Pomeroys remaining eight games are all against RSC West Division teams, all of which have sub-.500 records other than first-place Oakland City. SMWC plays the rival Mighty Oaks on Saturday at home and then on the road in the regular-season finale.
What has put the Pomeroys in this strong position?

OFFENSE
At the offensive end of the court, aggressive play has been instrumental. SMWC, fifth in the league in scoring during RSC games at 78.9 ppg, gets to the freee-throw line among the RSC leaders and is third in free-throw percentage at 75.9 percent.
Brooklynn Jones leads the Pomeroys in RSC action with 17.8 points-per-game, shooting 51 percent from the field. 
The Pomeroys are also aggressive on the offensive glass, ranking third in the league in offensive rebounds per game at 16. Madison Fueger (4^th, 3.6 per game), Destiny Thomas (7^th, 2.7 per game) and Brooklynn Jones (10^th, 2.4 per game) are all among the top 10 in the league in offensive rebounding.

DEFENSE
Defensively, the Pomeroys' aggressiveness is another key. They rank third in the league with 10.7 steals per game. An area of improvement is forcing more missed shots SMWC ranks ninth in the league in opponent field-goal percentage, allowing teams to shoot 42.2 percent overall. Opponents are making 35.4 percent of their 3-point shots, which ranks 12^th of 13 teams.
 
TODAY'S GAME
Brescia enters today's game at 5-14 overall and 0-10 in the RSC. The Bearcats average just 49.7 points-per-game and shoot a league-worst 34.2 percent overall and 17.9 percent from 3-point range.
Lindsey Peyton leads Brescia in scoring (12.6 ppg) and rebounding (6.3 rpg).