Women's Basketball Concludes Road Swing at SEMO
12/21/2015 | 12:00:00 | Women's Basketball
| Southern Illinois (6-4) at SEMO (6-5) | |
| Date | Saturday, Dec. 22, 2015 |
| Time | 12 p.m. CT |
| Location | Cape Girardeau Mo. / Show Me Center (6,792) |
| Game Notes | Southern Illinois  |
| Game Notes | SEMO |
| Radio | Saluki All-Access |
| Watch | OVC Digital Network |
| Live Stats | Stat Broadcast |
| Media Guide | SIU Media Guide |
| Social Media | @SIU_WBasketball |
CARBONDALE, Ill. - After playing two of its last three games away from the SIU Arena, Southern Illinois women's basketball is set to conclude its current stretch on the road at Southeast Missouri State on Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 12 p.m., inside the Show Me Center. The game will air on the Ohio Valley Digital Network and WVZA 105.1 FM. The Salukis (6-4) look to make it three in a row with a win over the Redhawks (6-5) Tuesday.
AROUND THE GYM
Tuesday's game will be $2 Tuesday at the Show Me Center. All fans can get into the game for only $2 while the concessions stands will be offering hot dogs, small sodas, and small orders of popcorn for only $2 each.
FASTBREAK FACTS
-Rishonda Napier became the first Saluki to make six 3-pointers in back-to-back games in the program's history.
-SIU has had at least two players in double figures in every single game this season.
-Four scored in double digits in last season's win over SEMO, led by Rishonda Napier's 21 points and Azia Washington's double-double. All nine returners played in that game.
-Rishonda Napier was named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week on Monday for the first time in her career.
-Three Salukis have double-figure season averages. Redshirt junior Rishonda Napier leads the team with 15.2 points per game, redshirt senior Dyana Pierre is averaging 13.8 and redshirt senior Cartaesha Macklin holds onto a 11.2 average.
-Redshirt senior Dyana Pierre leads the Valley in rebounds per game and blocks, ranking 10th and 25th in the nation in those categories, respectively.
SERIES HISTORY
The Salukis are 25-7 all-time against SEMO in a series that dates back to the 1961-62 season. SIU has won two of its last three against its border rival, including last year's matchup, 78-62 at Carbondale, Ill. on Nov. 28, 2014. The Salukis have lost four straight at SEMO though, last winning in Cape Girardeau, Mo. on Dec. 5, 1981.
LAST TIME
SIU 78, SEMO 62
The Saluki women's basketball team kept its momentum rolling with a solid 78-62 victory over Southeast Missouri on Nov. 28, 2014 at the SIU Arena. Southern had four players in double-figure scoring: Rishonda Napier (21 points, 7-of-15 FG, 6-of-7 FT), Cartaesha Macklin (14 points, seven rebounds), Kylie Giebelhausen (12 points, 3-of-4 3PT, five blocks) and Azia Washington (11 points, 11 rebounds, third-career double-double).
SIU VERSUS THE OHIO VALLEY
SIU plays its sixth OVC opponent of the season in SEMO. The Salukis are 4-1 this season against OVC foes, and in 174 lifetime meetings against OVC member schools, Southern sports a .729 winning percentage (127-47). In the Cindy Stein era, the Salukis are 9-4 against OVC opponents and have won 9 of their last 10 meetings against the Ohio Valley, including a perfect 5-0 record last season.
RPI RANKINGS
According to Warrennolan.com, SIU currently ranks 125th, an 18-spot jump after the win over Mercer. SEMO currently ranks 153rd.
NAPIER NAMED MVC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior guard Rishonda Napier scored 11 of her game-high 20 points in the first quarter to help Southern Illinois leave Mercer with a 55-52 victory over the Bears. She tied a career-best with six three-pointers on 6-for-9 shooting from beyond the arc, grabbed four rebounds and added two steals in the victory. She has scored in double figures in nine of SIU's ten games this season, and became the first player in program history to hit six from beyond the arc in back-to-back contests. She currently ranks sixth in the Valley in scoring (15.2) and second in 3-point field goal percentage (.452).
3 SQUAD #BOOM
The Salukis drained 10 3-pointers in the win over Morehead State, including a career-high tying six from Rishonda Napier. It marks the first time that Southern has made double-digits 3s since March 14, 2013 against Evansville, and Napier's six 3s were the fifth-most in a single game in program history. Napier again tied a career-high with six three-pointers in the Dec. 19 win over Mercer, marking the second consecutive game in which she hit six triples. She is the first Saluki since Teri Oliver in 2009-10 with five or more threes in back-to-back games.
THE STEIN EFFECT
Since Cindy Stein's arrival in Carbondale, the Salukis have taken better care of the basketball than previous SIU squads. In 2013-14, Stein's first season at the helm, the Salukis finished with more assists than turnovers in three games- which was as many times as SIU had accomplished that feat in the previous three seasons combined. The following season, the Salukis finished with a positive assist-to-turnover ratio 14 times, the most since the 2007-08 team that accomplished the task 12 times en route to a WNIT berth. This season, the Salukis have finished with a positive assist-to-turnover ratio five times in ten contests, and did so in four-straight games for the first time since the 2007-08 season. The Salukis are 17-5 under Stein when recording more assists than turnovers.
PIERRE NAMED PRESEASON ALL-MVC
Senior center Dyana Pierre was again one of six honorees on the MVC's Preseason All-Conference team. Pierre is coming off a superb junior campaign in which she became only the third Saluki to earn First-Team All-MVC honors in back-to-back seasons since Valley play began in 1992-93. Pierre has led the conference in rebounds in each of her three seasons, and her 10.2 career rebounds per game currently ranks her third in MVC history.
MACKLIN CLIMBING UP THE RANKS
Cartaesha Macklin currently ranks fifth all-time in SIU history with 1,436 career points. She needs 103 points to pass Amy Rakers (1987-1991) for most all-time. Over a 20-game stretch she would need to average 5.1 points per game this season to pass Rakers. Macklin passed Molly McDowell (1999-03) for most free throws made in a career with her 368th make in the win over Murray State on Dec. 2.
With eight rebounds in the win over Morehead State, Cartaesha Macklin became the 16th Saluki to score over 1000 points and grab 500 or more rebounds. Macklin is just the fourth to join the club since the 2001 season, with Dyana Pierre being the most recent member and also became the first Saluki to ever amass 1,400 points, 400 assists, and 500 rebounds in a career.
1,000 POINTS-1,000 REBOUNDS CLUB
Sue Faber has company. The 1983 SIU graduate, who scored 1,507 points and snagged 1,014 career rebounds has sat alone atop the all-time list as the top rebounder in Southern's history, as well as the lone member of the 1,000-point, 1,000-rebound club. Senior Dyana Pierre became the second Saluki to score 1,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds with her 14 boards in the win over Morehead State, and just the sixth in the Valley-era to accomplish the feat. Pierre now needs two rebounds to pass Faber to become Southern's all-time leading rebounder. The redshirt senior forward is currently second all-time on the school rebounding list and needs just two rebounds to move into fifth all-time in Valley history.
Pierre became the sixth in Valley history, and the first since 2008, to amass 1,000 pts/1,000 rebounds, joining:
Jennifer Kackza (Wichita State)
Alex Cook (UNI)
Angela Buckner (Wichita State)
Jill Martin (Drake)
Wanda Ford (Drake)
HAWKINS TO REDSHIRT
Head coach Cindy Stein announced that freshman Tiajaney Hawkins will require surgery on her injured shoulder, an injury she suffered against Memphis on Nov. 29, and will medically redshirt for the remainder of this season. Hawkins appeared in five games this season, averaging three points and one rebound.
TWO GOOD HALVES MAKE A WHOLE
Southern scored 50 points in the first half during its win over Morehead State on Dec. 12- its most in an opening half since tallying 52 points in the first half of a 95-76 victory over Indiana State on Jan. 3, 2008. The Salukis scored 52 points in the second half, the most in any half since putting up 52 in the second half against Saint Louis University on Nov. 14, 2008.
BENCH COMES ALIVE
The Saluki reserves scored 43 of SIU's school-record 102 points in the win over Morehead State- the most by a Saluki bench since in the 2007-08 season when the Saluki bench accounted for 46 of SIU's 71 points in a 71-55 win over Christian Brothers University on Nov. 12, 2007. All 11 who dressed in the win over Morehead State tallied at least one point- the first time 11 Salukis scored in one game since the Nov. 30, 2014 win over Mercer University.
ACTIVE AROUND THE RIM
The Salukis out-rebounded Morehead State, 63-to-45 in the win on Dec. 12. SIU finished one off the school-record, and it marks the eighth-most rebounds in a single game in Valley history. The +18 rebounding margin was the largest for SIU since the Salukis posted a +20 in a 76-71 overtime win over Murray State on Dec. 19, 2009. The Salukis out-rebounded the Mercer Bears, 43-to-30 in the win on Dec. 19. All six of SIU's wins this season have come in games in which Southern wins the rebounding battle, with the Salukis out-rebounding their opponent in a total of eight of their 10 contests this season. The Dawgs are averaging 43.9 boards per contest and have three players averaging five rebounds or more per game: Dyana Pierre (11.9), Kylie Giebelhausen (5.7) and Cartaesha Macklin (5.5). This week's opponent, Southeast Missouri State comes into Tuesday's showdown averaging 44.09 rebounds per tilt.
LIGHTING UP THE SCOREBOARD
The Salukis broke a 31-year old school record with 102 points in the win over Morehead State on Dec. 12. The previous record was 101, set on March 5, 1984. It's just the fourth time that Southern has cracked the century mark, and the second time during the Cindy Stein era. The +33 point margin of victory was the largest for SIU since a +33 win over Wichita State on March 3, 2007. The Salukis also had seven score in double figures- the first time that has happened dating back to the 1978-79 season.
JOINING THE CLUB
Senior forward/center Azia Washington became the 32nd Saluki to score 800 career points on Dec. 2, and only the 18th member of the 800-point/500-rebound club while Rishonda Napier scored her 900th career point in the win over SIUE on Dec. 4 to become the 26th Saluki to score 900-plus career points.
CANT CHECK ME
Rishonda Napier has only been held scoreless once in her career- in a 77-64 loss to Indiana State her freshman year.
GIEBELHAUSEN THE DISTRIBUTOR
Kylie Giebelhausen tied a season-high with four assists in the win over SIUE on Dec 4. It marks the 11th time in her career, and fifth time in ten games this season, that she's totaled four assists or more in a single contest. She currently is three assists away from 100 for her career- which would make her the 49th Saluki to pass the 100 assists plateau. In addition to those three assists, if the sophomore from East Peoria, Ill. scores 13 points she will become the 42nd Saluki, and fifth on the active roster, to total 300 points/150 boards/100 assists.
CORRIGAN PROVIDES BENCH DEPTH
Carlie Corrigan sits just two rebounds from 100, and 26 points from 200 for her career. She would become the 92nd Saluki to amass 200 points/100 rebounds. Corrigan, who has been the Salukis' sixth-man this season and is a team captain, has played 20 or more minutes in six of SIU's ten games. Mack-Attack After coming off the bench for the first time in 100 games in the loss to Memphis, Macklin started both contests last week and averaged 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 1.0 steals to lead SIU to back-to-back wins. The redshirt senior from Mayo, Fla. shot 11-for-22 (50%) from the field, 7-of-12 (58%) from three, and 5-of-6 (83%) from the charity stripe. She opened the week with a game-high 24 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the field, including 5-of-6 from three, and added seven assists, four rebounds, one block and one steal in the 70-57 win over Murray State on Dec. 2. She followed that up with 10 points, eight rebounds, six assists, and a steal in the 71-57 victory over SIUE on Dec. 4.
NAPIER CHASING HISTORY
The redshirt junior from Bolingbrook, Calif. can join an exclusive club this season. She sits just 35 points shy of 1,000 and 19 steals from 100. If and when she does that, she will become the 10th Saluki, joining teammate Cartaesha Macklin, to score 1,000 points, snag 200 rebounds, dish out 200 assists and tally 100 steals. Dyana Pierre has an outside chance of joining Napier and Macklin in that club, needing 10 assists and 24 steals to do so.
MACKLIN CLEANING THE GLASS
56 times in her storied career, including seven times this season, Cartaesha Macklin has grabbed five or more rebounds in a single game, including eight boards in the win over Morehead St. on Dec. 12. The Salukis are 4-2 this season when Macklin grabs 5+ rebounds.
BOWLING SHINES
Bowling came off the bench in both games for the Salukis this past week, averaging 5.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steals. The freshman from Elizabethtown, Ky. had a career night in the win over Morehead State on Saturday- establishing new career-highs in minutes (21), field goals (4), rebounds (5), assists (3), steals (2) and points (11) and was one of seven Salukis to score in double-figures.
PUTTING IN THE TIME
Three Salukis rank in the top-10 in the Valley in minutes played. Kylie Giebelhausen leads the way in fifth in the MVC with an average of 33.9 minutes per contest, while Rishonda Napier is sixth (33.7) and Cartaesha Macklin is ninth (30.9).
THREADING THE NEEDLE
Celina VanHyfte established a new career-high with four assists in the win over Mercer on Dec. 19. Her four assists were as many as she had in the previous nine games this season combined.
SALUKI RADIO NETWORK
The flagship station for Saluki women's basketball is WVZA 105.1 FM. Bryce Williams is in his fourth season as the full-time radio broadcaster for Saluki women's basketball. All audio from Saluki basketball games are available on SIUSalukis.com.
FOLLOW US
The official Twitter and Instagram of Saluki women's basketball is @SIU_WBasketball. This account features team news as well as live in-game updates. Fans can also follow Saluki Athletics @SIUSalukis for news on all SIU sports.
SALUKI NEWS ONLINE
SIUSalukis.com is the official website for SIU Athletics. It is the best source for up-to-date information on the Saluki women's basketball team. Rosters, box scores, cumulative statistics, pre-game notes and other materials are available on the site. You will need Adobe Acrobat to read PDF files.
