Southern Illinois University
Drake
Women's Basketball Concludes Road Swing at Drake
01/07/2017 | 2:13:00 | Women's Basketball
Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN3.
| SIU Salukis (7-7, 1-2 MVC) vs. the Drake Bulldogs (10-4, 3-0 MVC) | |
| Dates | Jan. 8, 2017 |
| Times | 6 p.m. CST |
| Location | Des Moines, Iowa | Knapp Center |
| Game Notes | Southern Illinois |
| Game Notes | Drake |
| Video | ESPN3 |
| Radio | Salukis All-Access |
| Live Stats | Statbroadcast |
| Media Guide | SIU Media Guide |
| Social Media | @SIU_WBasketball |
DES MOINES, Iowa --- The Southern Illinois women's basketball team continues its conference road swing Sunday night against the Drake Bulldogs. SIU won at the Knapp Center for the first time since 2007 a year ago, and will look to win back-to-back games at Drake for the first time since 1987. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
Series History
The Salukis and the Bulldogs will meet for the 83rd time on Sunday, with Drake leading the all-time series 54-28. Last season, Southern won at Drake for the first time since Feb. 16, 2007, as they defeated the Bulldogs, 77-67 on Jan. 1, 2016. SIU will try to win back-to-back games in Des Moines, Iowa for the first time since 1986-87. Southern defeated the Bulldogs, 70-68 at Drake , when the then 16th-ranked Salukis defeated the Bulldogs, 72-45 at Drake on Jan. 31, 1987 after beating Drake, 70-68 in Des Moines the year before.
Current Salukis vs. the Bulldogs
Rishonda Napier comes into Sunday's contest averaging 17.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game in six career meetings against the Bulldogs. In SIU's 81-76 win over Drake on Feb. 6, 2015, the Burbank, Calif. native scored 30 points to help Southern break a four-game losing streak to the Bulldogs. The Preseason All-MVC selection has scored 30-plus points three times in her career, including a career-high 33 points in SIU's postseason appearance against Western Illinois a year ago. Kylie Giebelhausen has scored in double-figures in three of her four career appearances against Drake, including 10 points and five boards in last season's win in the Knapp Center. Kim Nebo also snagged 15 rebounds in that win.
Scouting the Bulldogs
The Bulldogs are tied atop the MVC standings with a 10-4 record, and are off to a 3-0 start in conference play. Drake has won four-straight, and seven of its last eight games, and are a perfect 5-0 at the Knapp Center this season. MVC Preseason Player of the Year Lizzy Wendell has led the Bulldogs in scoring in 11 of 14 games this season, including three-straight, and leads the conference, and is seventh in the nation, in scoring at 22.2 points per game. Wendall leads a potent Drake offense that is averaging 82.9 points per game, the most in the MVC and the ninth-most in the nation. Point guard Caitlin Ingle is averaging 8.5 assists per game, the second-most in the nation.
One of just five in school history
Rishonda Napier became the fifth Saluki all-time to amass 1,500 career points against the UNI Panthers on Friday. She joins Cartaesha Macklin (2011-16), Amy Rakers (1987-91), Char Warring (1980-84), and Sue Faber (1979-93) in that exclusive club. She has 1,500 points exactly, and is one of 26 active D1 players with 1,500-plus career points.
Eight points from Fourth
Napier can pass Sue Faber for fourth on SIU's all-time scoring list with eight points against the Bulldogs. The redshirt senior guard needs 31 points to pass Char Warring (1980-84) for third, and 39 points to pass Amy Rakers (1987-91) for second all-time.
Moving into Seventh
Napier dished out her 356th career assist against the Panthers on Friday, breaking her tie with Molly McDowell for seventh-most in school history. The Preseason All-MVC selection needs five assists to pass current Carbondale Community High School women's basketball coach Marialice Jenkins (360) for sixth on SIU's all-time list. Napier has notched 5-plus assists in seven games this season, including a career-high 11 in SIU's win over Memphis on Dec. 11.
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Kasia McClendon 1993-97 365
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Nikki Gilmore 1992-96 361
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Marialice Jenkins 1983-87 360
Rishonda Napier 2012-pres. 356
Milestone Watch
Rishonda Napier tied Teri Oliver's school record of 235 career three-pointers in last night's loss to Northern Iowa, and her next 3-ball will give her the school record. Napier is tied for the 15th-most three-pointers made in MVC history and the most of any active player in the Valley. The Burbank, Calif. native can move as high as 14th on the all-time list Sunday, needing just two to pass Julie Rittgers.
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236- Julie Rittgers, Drake 1991-95
235- Teri Oliver, SIU 2009-12
235- Kiersten Miller, Drake 1994-98
235- Rishonda Napier, SIU 2012-Pres.
Splash Sisters
Kylie Giebelhausen and Rishonda Napier are both 35% three-point shooters for their career, and are currently first and fifth, respectively, in the league in three-point field goals made per game. Giebelhausen has made a league-best 32 three-pointers, and is averaging 2.3 per game on 39% shooting. Napier, on the other hand, has made 29 threes and averages 2.1 three-pointers per contest.
Giebelhausen Swats in Multiples
Kylie Giebelhausen notched a pair of blocks against the Panthers last night, marking the fifth time this season, and the 25th time in her career, that she has recorded two or more blocks in a game. The East Peoria, Ill. native is fourth on SIU's career blocks list with 93, needing 12 to pass Cathy Kampwerth (1985-89) for third all-time.
Martin in Double Figures
Nicole Martin scored in double figures for the second time in her collegiate career Friday against the Panthers, as she scored a team-high 16 points. It was one point off of her career-best, while she set career-highs in free throws made (6) and free throws attempted (8). It also ties her for the most free throws made in a game by a Saluki this season, and her eight attempts from the charity stripe are the most by a Saluki this season. The freshman from Jefferson City, Mo. has played 20-plus minutes in four-straight games and has converted on 53.5% of her attempts from the field this season.
