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Women's Basketball Travels to UT Martin on Tuesday
11/28/2016 | 5:18:00 | Women's Basketball
The Southern Illinois women's basketball team is set to travel to Martin, Tenn. to take on the UT Martin Skyhawks on Tuesday, Nov. 29. TIpoff is at 5:30 p.m. inside the Elam Center. The Salukis will be looking to avenge their seven-point loss from a year ago, with the game airing on the OVC Digital Network and WHET 97.7 FM.
Series History
UT Martin (formerly Tennessee Martin) leads the all-time series, 9-8 in a matchup that dates back to 1973. The Salukis last defeated the Skyhawks in 2015, handing UT Martin one of their 11 losses that season with an 87-78 win at Martin, Tenn.
Last Time
SIU 63, UT Martin 70 The Salukis trailed by six after the first quarter, and cut the deficit down to four after three quarters but the Skyhawks wouldn't relent, closing the contest on a 6-0 run to seal the road win. Both teams had three score in double figures, with Rishonda Napier's 14 points leading the way for the Salukis. Kylie Giebelhausen had 10 rebounds in the contest- one of two times last season the junior guard grabbed 10 or more boards.
Scouting the Skyhawks
The Skyhawks, who have made six-straight postseason appearances including a trip to the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) following the 2015-16 season. UT Martin has opened the 2016-17 season 1-5, most recently having lost to Vanderbilt, 79-77. Emanye Robertson has led the Skyhawks in scoring three times this season, including 23 in the loss to Vanderbilt.
SIU vs. the OVC
The Salukis will play their third of four OVC opponents on Tuesday, and in 175 lifetime meetings against OVC schools, the Salukis sport a .728 winning percentage (127-48).
Defending the Perimeter
The Salukis are currently ranked 1st in the conference, and 1st in the nation, in opponent's three-point field goal percentage. SIU, which held Brescia University to just 2-of-21 shooting from beyond the arc on Saturday, is holding opponents to just 15.4% (12-of-78) shooting from beyond the arc.
Power 5 Conference win
The Salukis went 2-0 this past week, beginning with a 70-63 win over Murray State. Southern followed with a 64-61 win at Purdue, a win that snapped several long streaks. The win at Purdue marked SIU's first win in West Lafayette, Ind. since 1980, and the Salukis first win over a Big Ten school since 1993. 1993 also marked the last time SIU beat a school from a Power 5 conference, as Southern defeated Arizona State, 73-57 on Dec. 20, 1993.
Helping Hand
The Salukis dished out 29 assists on 37 field goals in the win over Brescia, the second-most assists in a single game in program history. The school record is 30, set on Dec. 8, 1990 against Western Illinois. Eight different Salukis recorded an assist in the win, and Southern turned the ball over just six times. SIU ranks first in the conference, and 21st in the nation, in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.33).
Cleaning Glass
Lauren Hartman is currently averaging 9 defensive rebounds per game, the most of any player in the Valley thus far, and the fifth-most in the nation. She also leads the conference, and is 14th in NCAA D1, with an 11.8 rebounds per game average. The Tremont, Ill. native has grabbed double-digit rebounds in three-straight games.
Napier making the freebies
Rishonda Napier is a perfect 12-for-12 from the charity stripe this season, and is one of 24 players in NCAA DI who have yet to miss a free throw.
Giebelhausen leads MVCÂ from three
Kylie Giebelhausen currently leads the Missouri Valley Conference in a plethora of three-point statistics. She's first in three-pointers made (15), three-pointers made per game (3.0) and third in three-point field goal percentage (45.5%), with her 3.0 threes per game the 44th best average in the nation.
Nebo with the soft touch
Kim Nebo currently leads the Valley in field-goal percentage, as she's shooting 57.8% from the field. She has scored in double-figures in three games this season, including a career-high 19 points against the SIUE Cougars on Nov. 23.
In Good Hands with Corrigan
Carlie Corrigan dished out a career-high five assists in the win over Brescia on Nov. 26, upping her assists-to-turnover ratio to 3.75. Not only does that lead the Valley, but it is also the 14th-best ratio in the nation.
Underclassmen lead Salukis to win
SIU's underclassmen scored 69 of SIU's school record 104 points in the win over Brescia, with six underclassmen recording new career-bests in points. Nicole Martin was one of those six, as she notched her first career double-double with 17 points and 12 boards.
Block Party
Kylie Giebelhausen recorded the 84th block of her career in the win over Brescia- moving her past Mary Berghuis for 4th on SIU's all-time blocks list.
Preseason Poll
SIU was picked to finish fourth in the MVC, marking the first time in 18 years (1996-97, 1997-98) that SIU has been picked in the top-half of the annual poll in back-to-back seasons.
Giebelhausen earns MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week honors
Kylie Giebelhausen was selected as the Missouri Valley Conference's Scholar-Athlete of the Week after averaging 18.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 1.5 steals per game while leading SIU to a pair of non-conference wins.
An exercise science major who holds a 3.74 cumulative grade point average, Giebelhausen poured in a career-high 22 points in SIU's 70-63 home-opening win over Murray State. The East Peoria, Ill. native made 8-of-15 shots, including 4-of-7 from beyond the arc in 37 minutes of play. She followed with 15 points, three rebounds, two steals and two blocks in SIU's 64-61 win over Purdue, helping SIU to its first win over a Power 5 conference school since 1993.
Salukis Sweep Valley Weekly Honors
Last week, Kylie Giebelhausen was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week while freshman forward Lauren Hartman earned MVC Newcomer of the Week honors.
It marks the third time SIU has swept the MVC weekly awards since the Valley began honoring a Newcomer of the Week prior to the 2003-04 season, and the first time the Salukis have done so since the 2011-12 season.
Hartman is the first Saluki to earn Newcomer of the Week honors since her teammate, Rishonda Napier, won it for the week of January 28, 2013. The Tremont, Ill. native averaged 14 rebounds per game in SIU's 2-0 week, as she snagged 12 boards to go along with five points and a pair of steals in 27 minutes during SIU's win over Murray State on Thursday. She added 16 rebounds, including 10 in the first half to go along with four points, three blocks and a steal in SIU's win at Purdue.
Career Scoring Record
SIU's career scoring record may once again be in jeopardy. Cartaesha Macklin broke the school record last season, and Rishonda Napier may pass her during the 2016-17 season. Napier is in eighth on SIU's career scoring list, needing 412 points in her final season wearing the maroon and white to pass her former teammate for tops on the all-time list.
Shoot the Jay!
Head coach Cindy Stein has shown a willingness to give her open shooters the green light to try from the outside, with the Salukis taking 21 first-half three-pointers in the season opener at Oklahoma. That's the most in a first half since at least 2000. SIU, which set school records in three-pointers made and three-pointers attempted in a single season last year, attempted 30 three-pointers in the loss at No. 16 Oklahoma. That marked the most three-pointers attempted in a game since Dec. 12, 2015.
Dyana Pierre Update
Pierre is currently playing in the highest tier of professional women's basketball in Finland, as her Äänekosken Huima (pronounced A-no-co-skin Who-eh-ma) are 5-5. She's averaging the 22nd -most points (12.3 points/game) in the league through ten games, and is currently seventh in the league in rebounding (9.9 rebounds/game).
"Inside Saluki Women's Basketball" Show debuts Dec. 6
The "Inside Saluki Women's Basketball" weekly radio show, hosted by Kelly Burke and featuring Southern Illinois University women's head basketball coach Cindy Stein, will debut on Tuesday, Dec. 6 with a luncheon in the Cook Club inside SIU Arena. Beginning with the debut show on Dec. 6 and continuing on the first Tuesday of every month, the show will be taped during a luncheon in the Cook Club from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Taping of the show starts at 12:15 p.m., with fans encouraged to attend and an optional $6 lunch is available.Â
