Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Women's Basketball continues road swing Friday at Bradley
01/19/2011 | 12:00:00 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 19, 2011
By Bill Ford
SIUSalukis.com
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Friday, Jan. 21
Time: 7:05 p.m. CST
Location: Peoria, Ill.
Site: Renaissance Coliseum (4,200)
Radio: 810 WDDD-AM
Play-by-play by Patrick Erickson
Color commentary by Johnny Sole
Game Notes
Game Central audio (subscription)
TEAM FACTS
Southern Illinois Salukis (2-14, 0-5 MVC)
Head Coach: Missy Tiber, Second Year (174-108 overall, 7-38 at SIU)
Bradley Braves (8-9, 1-5 MVC)
Head Coach: Paula Buscher (185-203 overall and 142-165 at Bradley)
SCOUTING BRADLEY
The Braves enter the matchup on a three-game losing streak, most recently having fallen 73-58 at Creighton Saturday despite having two players post double-doubles. Raisa Taylor had 12 points and 10 rebounds against the Bluejays while Latasha Hollingshed had 11 points and 10 rebounds. MacKenzie Westcott led Bradley with 18 points in the loss. Katie Yohn leads the Braves with an average of 13.4 points per game while Taylor averages 12.9 points and Hollingshed leads the team with an average of 8.2 rebounds per game. Bradley was picked sixth in the MVC Preseason Poll.
SERIES WITH BRADLEY
SIU leads the all-time series between the two teams 41-17.
SALUKIS FALL AT EVANSVILLE
Southern turned the ball over a program-record 39 times and Evansville took advantage, downing the Salukis 79-45 at Roberts Stadium. Renee Reed led SIU with 18 points and five assists while CiCi Shannon contributed 10 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks.
SHANNON SETS BLOCK RECORDS
SIU freshman center CiCi Shannon's seven blocks Saturday against Evansville tied the single-game school record and helped her surpass the record for blocks in a season at SIU. Having tied the old record of 42 in the Salukis' previous game against Creighton, Shannon set a new Saluki standard with her first block against the Aces. She now totals 49 for the season, which puts her three blocks shy of entering the MVC's top 25 list for blocks in a season. A native of Hazel Crest, Ill., Shannon owns three of the top 10 single-game block totals in SIU women's basketball history. Her average of 3.1 blocks per game ranks second in the MVC and 12th nationally.
SALUKIS VS. THE STATE
Southern Illinois is 226-127 all-time against other schools in the state of Illinois. The Salukis fell to Northern Illinois 46-45 Nov. 19 and have four remaining games scheduled against in-state opponents and MVC foes Illinois State and Bradley.
