Southern Illinois University
4-11, 0-6MVC
Indiana State
9-8, 5-1MVC
Women's Basketball falls on the road at Indiana State
01/22/2009 | 12:00:00 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 22, 2009
By Shalae Patrick
www.siusalukis.com
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Southern Illinois (4-11, 0-6) women's basketball team was held to its lowest point total of the season, falling on the road at Indiana State (9-8, 5-1), 63-37. The Salukis dropped their seventh-straight contest, falling to 0-6 in the Missouri Valley Conference Thursday night at the Hulman Center.
The Salukis held the Sycamores scoreless the first four and half minutes of the game forcing the home team to turnover the ball in five of its first six possessions.
Southern struck first with a 3-pointer by Alex Hart at the 17:43 mark. Indiana State's Bianca Jarrett hit a jumper at the 15:22 mark for the Sycamores first points of the game.
The teams traded baskets, the Salukis holding their final lead of the game, 12-11, on an Adrianne Griffith 3-pointer with just under 11 minutes left in the first half.
A Deja Mattox jumper at the 10:28 mark put the Sycamores back on top, the start of a 16-to-6 run to close out the half and take a nine-point lead into the locker room at the break.
Both teams started the second half slow offensively combining for seven points in the first five minutes of the period.
The Sycamores turned up the heat shooting 11-of-16 from the field in the final fifteen minutes of the game out-scoring the Salukis 32-to-16.
The Salukis shot just 25.5 percent (14-of-55) from the field in the contest for the team's lowest point total since February 2004. For the first time this season, every Saluki player was held to single-digit scoring.
Erica Smith led the Salukis with eight points. Hart, Olivia Lett, Karlee Myers and Katrina Swingler added six points each.
Jarrett came off the bench to lead the Sycamores with a game-high 18 points, while Brittany Schoen added 11 points.
Southern Illinois returns to action Saturday when the team wraps up a two-game road trip at Illinois State. The Salukis and Redbirds tip-off at 12 p.m.
