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PRINCETON, W.Va.)---The unsettled WVIAC women's basketball race figures to take more twists and turns with four key showdowns on Thursday night's schedule.

Shepherd (9-6, 8-2) takes their newly-minted first place status in the league standings to Seton Hill (9-6, 5-5).  Second place Fairmont State (11-4, 8-2) will be tested by visiting Pitt Johnstown (9-6, 6-4).  Charleston (11-5, 8-3) travels to slumping Concord (10-6, 7-4) and West Virginia Wesleyan (8-7, 6-4) heads to Davis & Elkins (9-6, 5-5) in a neighborhood rivalry.

Shepherd has taken six straight after racing past Glenville State 116-94 on Saturday.  The balanced Ram attack is paced by Camille Wilmer's 14.2 points per game.  Carrie Saunders chips in 12.8 points per outing.  SU is outrebounding opponents by over ten boards per game.

Seton Hill has dropped five of six contests since an 8-1 start.  Katie Lintner tops the Griffin stat chart with 14.9 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.  Jordan Burkes adds 10.7 points per game.  The Griffins are only 3-4 on their home court in 2009-10.

Charleston and Concord represent teams that are heading in different directions.  Visiting Charleston has taken nine of ten, while injury-riddled Concord is 4-6 in the second semester.

UC, which is ranked ninth in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region, sees all five starters average double figures in points.  Lindsey Kentner racks up 17.2 points per game, while Kaitlyn Arick adds 14.1.  Center Tarenna Dixon contributes a double-double of 13.0 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.  The Golden Eagles are 9-1 at Eddie King Gymnasium, but only 1-4 in true road contests.

Concord has ranked among the nation's top defensive field goal units all season, allowing foes to only make 34.1 percent of their shots from the field.  However, turnovers have been an achilles heel for the Lady Lions.  CU is averaging over 18 miscues per night and opponents have attempted 92 more field goal attempts than the Lady Lions in 2009-10.  Sisters Sierra (14.1 ppg, 7.9 rpg) and Jolysa (13.4 ppg, 9.3 rpg) Brown lead Concord in scoring.

Fairmont State, winners of three straight after edging Davis & Elkins 75-69 in overtime on Saturday, has another tough contest on tap when Pitt Johnstown comes to Joe Retton Arena.  FSU's sticky defense is forcing nearly 25 turnovers per contest and is limiting foes to 58.6 points per game.  Senior guard Ashley Vavrek paces the Falcon attack with 19.4 points per game.

Pitt Johnstown also ranks among the WVIAC's best on defense, holding opponents to 61.7 points per contest.  The Lady Cats get 14.6 points and 5.2 rebounds from guard Sheena Aden.  Andrea Dalton adds 13.6 points and a team-high 6.0 rebounds per game.

Davis & Elkins looks to make some noise in a rivalry dominated in recent years by West Virginia Wesleyan.  WVWC has won the last eight in the series since D&E claimed a 78-71 home victory on January 16, 2006.

This season's D&E squad is led by the guard trio of Shalisa Hill (14.6 ppg), Lindsay Holliday (11.3 ppg), and Teonna Jewell (10.1 ppg).  Hill also leads the Senators in rebounding (5.6 rpg), assists (3.7 apg), and steals (3.6 spg).

Wesleyan has fashioned an 8-7 mark against one of the toughest schedules in Division II.  13 of the Bobcats' 15 opponents own winning records to date.  Lydia Bridenbaugh pours in 18.5 points per game to top WVWC.  Danae Hill adds 13.1 points per night.

West Liberty (10-5, 6-4), the fourth-ranked team in the Atlantic Region, treks down I-77 to Ohio Valley (4-10, 2-8).  Run-and-gun Glenville State (9-5, 7-3) is ranked sixth in the initial regional rankings.  The Lady Pioneers put that spot on the line at Alderson-Broaddus (5-10, 3-7).

The night's schedule is rounded out by Wheeling Jesuit (6-9, 5-5) at Salem International (0-15, 0-10) and Bluefield State (1-16, 1-11) at West Virginia State (10-7, 6-6).