The series between the Muskies and Buccaneers dates back to both schools' early years playing women's basketball in the 1970s, though the teams have only met occasionally over the years. Last year was the teams' first meeting in 12 years, and Lakeland picked up a 67-60 win on the road exactly one year ago today in Beloit. Before that, the last meeting came Nov. 18, 2011, with the Buccaneers taking a 72-68 win at Lakeland. The schools were once opponents in the Wisconsin Independent Colleges-Women's Athletic Conference (WIC-WAC), and Beloit won their first meeting back in 1978.

Lakeland last time out: Defeated Maranatha Baptist 107-30 Tuesday
The Muskies trounced the Sabercats in their home opener, blowing the game open with 19 straight points to start the second quarter. Lakeland went on to score a program-record 38 points in the second on the way to a 63-18 halftime lead, and the Muskies finished just two points short of the school record of 109 points in a game scored in a win over Mount Mary in 2003. A.T. Bartlett scored 22 points, Halle Boldt totaled 19 and Alexis Johnson added 17 points, and Bartlett and Boldt both added seven steals each. Jenna Shea also chipped in 10 points and Peyton Madl and Brooklyn Wayer scored eight points each, and in all 12 different players scored and only one Muskie played more than 18 minutes.

Beloit last time out: Lost to Aurora 72-58 Thursday night
The Buccaneers hosted one of Lakeland's Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference foes but fell at home to the Spartans to remain winless through three games. Beloit trailed almost the entire game but kept coming back and trailed by just six early in the fourth quarter before Aurora finally pulled away for good. The Buccaneers trailed 19-18 after one quarter and 34-31 at halftime, then cut a 15-point deficit in the third quarter down to six. Hailey Johnson led Beloit with 17 points and six rebounds, Hadja Bayo scored 10 points and Kaitlin Davis added nine points and a team-high seven rebounds. The Buccaneers shot 38.3% (18 of 47) and hit seven three-pointers but also committed 28 turnovers.

Beloit is a member of the Midwest Conference and finished 11-14 overall last year with an 8-8 record in conference games to place sixth of nine teams. The 11 wins were the most since the Buccaneers won 15 games in 2008-09, their last winning season. Beloit has a new coach this year in Larry Knight, who was promoted after serving as an assistant coach with the team last year. His squad brought back two starters from last year (Bayo and Johanna McNair) and this year has already played two NACC teams, also losing to Rockford 64-48 in its season opener.

Putting up numbers: Tuesday night's game turned out to be an opportunity to break and threaten a number of records for Lakeland. The Muskies scored the most points in a quarter that they ever have since women's college basketball moved to quarters in 2015, and also topped the 100-point mark for the ninth time in school history, with the 107 points the second-most in a game ever for the program. Lakeland's 46 field goals also were one short of the school record of 47 makes in a game set against Mount Mary in 1986 and equaled against the Blue Angels in 2003. The 77-point margin of victory also is tied for the second-most in a game in school history, behind only a 94-point win (109-15) over Mount Mary in 2003. Individually, A.T. Bartlett and Halle Boldt both challenged the school's single-game steals record before both finished with seven steals, two shy of the record of nine set by Becca Tilleman Jan. 22, 2011 against Aurora.