The Raven women's basketball team returns to the floor of the Ralph Nolan Gymnasium on Thursday looking to move back to .500 in the friendly confines of their home court.

The match up between Benedictine and Culver-Stockton is 47th meeting between the two program since Benedictine joined the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) for the 1992-'93 season.

Benedictine holds a 28-18 lead in the series.

Culver-Stockton dominated the first four years of the current series, taking the first nine games before Benedictine won their first game in the series during the 1996-'97 school year.

Since that season, Benedictine has gone 28-9 which includes a 9-1 mark since the HAAC jumped to NAIA Div. I for the 2008-'09 season.

Benedictine has the advantage in scoring headed into the first game of this year's series. The Ravens are averaging 74.3 ppg to Culver's 57.5.

The Wildcats have been outscored by their opponents by an average of 13 points through their first 15 games.

GAMEDAY LINKS
Benedictine (12-7, 4-3 HAAC) vs. Culver-Stockton College (3-12, 0-7 HAAC) – 5:30 p.m. – Ralph Nolan Gymnasium
Radio: 93.7 FM or www.network1sports.com/station/kair
Video: BRSNtv – www.livestream.com/benedictineravensportsnetwork
Live Stats (click on the ((w))): Dakstats Livestats
Twitter: @RavenGameDay or @HAAC_sports

ABOUT CULVER-STOCKTON: Culver-Stockton is led by first-year head coach Janette Burgin, who took over the program on Nov. 6. She is a familiar face to the HAAC, having come from Central Methodist University where she served as an assistant coach. ... The Wildcats are looking for their first HAAC win of the year and looking to snap a eight-game losing streak as they take on Benedictine. ... Culver-Stockton's last win came on Nov. 21, 2013 when they defeated Hannibal-LaGrange University 56-53 in Canton, Mo. ... Sophomore guard Randi Lee Plunkett leads the Wildcats in scoring, averaging 10.9 ppg this season. She is currently the only Wildcat in double-figures. ... Plunkett also leads the Wildcats in assists with 43 and is the team's third-leading rebounder with an average of 4.3 rebounds per game. ... Kati Davis leads Culver-Stockton in rebounding with an average of 9.1 while she is the Wildcats third-leading scorer at 8.5 ppg. ...Two of Culver-Stockton's three wins have come on the road this season. The beat Benedictine-Springfield 66-57 on Nov. 9 and Hannibal-LaGrange 63-60 on Nov. 11.

ABOUT THE RAVENS: Benedictine enters play against the Wildcats with a 3-4 mark at home. ... Since the calendar turned to 2014, the Ravens are off to a 2-4 start with just one win in HAAC play – a 81-74 win in Lamoni, Iowa, against Graceland University on Jan. 16. ... Benedictine fell out of the NAIA Div. I Top 25 this week for the first time since Dec. 11, 2012 snapping a 15-week streak of being ranked inside the Top 25. ... At 4-3 in the HAAC, the Ravens are in the middle of the pack with two more games remaining against Culver-Stockton and Evangel before the second half of the HAAC schedule begins. ... Benedictine has nine games remaining on their conference schedule against schools currently either tied with them in the HAAC standings or ranked below them. ... Guard Rosie Youngstrom has moved up the Ravens all-time assists list from No. 10 to No. 3 with 371 assists. Angela Campbell is second all-time with 450 assists. ... Guard Justice Payne in just a season-plus 20 games with the Ravens has climbed into sixth place on the Ravens all-time 3-point field goal list with 142. She is currently 10 behind No. 5 all-time Kesley Wolfe.

UP NEXT: Evangel University – Springfield, Mo. – 2 p.m. Saturday – Live links available at www.ravenathletics.com.