Women's Basketball continues road swing at Illinois State

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- The Southern Illinois women's basketball team continues its MVC road swing at Illinois State on Sunday, Jan. 14. The Salukis and the Redbirds will tip-off for the 109th time Sunday at 2 p.m., and the contest can be viewed on ESPN3 and can be heard locally on WVZA 105.1 FM. SIU has won six-straight road conference games dating back to last season, its longest streak since joining the MVC before the 1992-93 season.

Series History

The Salukis and the Redbirds will meet for the 109th time in a rivalry that dates back to 1962. Illinois State leads the all-time series, 59-49. The Salukis have won four-straight against the Redbirds, including three-straight wins at Redbird Arena. Illinois State won 13-straight against SIU from March 14, 2008 to March 17, 2014, which was the longest winning streak in the 109-game series. SIU has since won five of its six meetings with ISU.

Scouting the Redbirds

The Redbirds have lost four-straight MVC games heading into their matchup with the Salukis, and are 6-9 overall. Illinois State holds opponents to a conference-leading 55.2 points per game, which is the 12th-best scoring defense in the nation, but are ninth in the league in scoring offense at 53.1 points per game. The Redbirds also rank last in the league in three-point percentage (25.0%). Illinois State's defense sets the tone though, as Hannah Green leads the league in blocks per game (1.93) while Paige Saylor leads the MVC in steals per game at 2.8/game. The Redbirds play 6-7 players with three players averaging over 36 minutes per game and 91% of ISU's total minutes coming from six players.

Current Salukis vs. the Redbirds

Kylie Giebelhausen is averaging 10.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 blocks per game in six career meetings against the Redbirds including 18 points in back-to-back wins over Illinois State a year ago. She has reached double figures in three of her six career games against ISU. Nicole Martin nearly had a double-double a year ago against the Redbirds at home last season, as she had eight points and nine rebounds in a 57-48 win.

Looking to improve to 5-1

The Salukis are looking for their first 5-1 Valley start since the 2006-07 squad opened conference play by winning eight of its first nine MVC games en route to winning the program's first MVC regular season title. Southern's 4-1 MVC start equals the best start to conference play during head coach Cindy Stein's tenure, as the 2015-16 team also won four of its first five conference games.

Road Dawgs

The Salukis improved to 4-1 in the MVC with a 63-62 win at Bradley. Southern is now 3-0 in Valley road games this season and has won six-straight MVC road games dating back to last season. The six game road conference win streak is Southern's longest in the Valley era (since 1992-93 season).

8:1 Assist-to-turnover ratio

Brittney Patrick recorded a career-high eight assists and had just one turnover in the 63-62 win at Bradley on Jan. 12, which marked the best assist-to-turnover ratio by a Saluki in more than a year. Cartaesha Macklin dished out nine assists without recording a turnover in SIU's first round WBI overtime loss to Western Illinois on March 17, 2016. Macklin nearly had a triple-double in what was her final game as a Saluki, as she had 28 points, nine assists and seven rebounds against the Leathernecks.

Approaching a milestone

Head coach Cindy Stein won her 349th career game at Bradley, as she improved to 8-1 at SIU against her hometown Braves and 14-1 overall in her coaching career against Bradley, which includes a 6-0 while at Mizzou. Stein's next win will mark the 350th of her coaching career.

8 Shy of 400 points

Nicole Martin is eight points shy of 400 for her career. She will become the 52nd Saluki in program history with at least 400 points and 250 rebounds.

Double-Doubles

Abby Brockmeyer recorded her fourth career double-double in the win at Bradley on Jan. 12 with 12 points and 13 rebounds. It is tied for the third-most double-doubles by a freshman in program history, as Alexus Patterson and Bridgett Bonds each tallied four during their respective freshman seasons.

School record for double-doubles by a freshman
Name | Year | Double-Doubles
Dyana Pierre | 2012-13 | 9
Mary Berghuis | 1984-85 | 5
Abby Brockmeyer | 2017-18 | 4
Alexus Patterson | 2011-12 | 4
Bridgett Bonds | 1984-85 | 4

Silvey in double figures
Makenzie Silvey reached double figures in her fourth-straight game at Bradley. It's the ninth time this season the Glen Carbon, Ill. native has reached double digits and she is tied Alexus Patterson for the 12th-most double-digit scoring outputs by a freshman in program history.

Season-best assist-to-turnover ratio
The Salukis recorded 17 assists to just eight turnovers, which is its best assist-to-turnover ratio this season and their best since posting a 2.16 assist-to-turnover ratio, 26 assists to 12 turnovers, in a 71-46 win over Loyola on March 4, 2017. Their eight turnovers were a season low.

Battle for Illinois
The Southern Illinois men's and women's basketball teams will compete with three in-state schools for a trophy and bragging rights in a new rivalry series called the Battle for Illinois. The men's and women's basketball teams for the four universities will accrue points through head-to-head competition. One point will be awarded for each win, and each school can earn up to 12 points. In the event of a tie, the following will determine the Battle for Illinois winner: 1) Head-to-head record of the two or more teams that are tied; 2) overall regular-season record (conference and non-conference); 3) combined tournament wins; 4) average margin of victory (rivalry series games).

Kylie Giebelhausen continues to climb the school's all-time rankings in several notable categories:

Giebelhausen made her 400th career field goal against Drake on Jan. 7 and became the 23rd Saluki to make at least 400 career field goals in a career. She moved past Molly McDowell for 22nd on SIU's all-time list in the win over Bradley.
The East Peoria, Ill. native is six rebounds shy of 500 for her career. Should she reach 500 career rebounds, she will become the 23rd Saluki to do so, and the first since Azia Washington and Cartaesha Macklin each joined the club during the 2015-16 season.
Giebelhausen had two steals against Bradley and now has 119 for her career, which is the 16th-most in program history. She can pass Kelly Firth (1989-93) for 15th all-time with her next steal.
- Giebelhausen's 1127 career points are the 22nd-most in school history and with her next point she will pass Jeri Hoffman (1975-79) for 21st all-time. With two points Giebelhausen will pass Nikki Gilmore (1992-96) for 20th and she is eight points shy of moving past Theia Hudson for 19th on SIU's all-time list. Her 1127 career points are the the third-most in the MVC and rank her 141st among active NCAA DI student-athletes.
- Giebelhausen is one of only four players in program history to play 3500-plus career minutes and passed Angie Rougeau (1989-93) for third on SIU's all-time minutes played list at Bradley. Rougeau played 3,572 career minutes in 120 career games while Giebelhausen has played 3,596 minutes in 110 career games. Giebelhausen's career average of 32.7 minutes per game sit just below Rishonda Napier's school record of 32.8 minutes per game.
- 54.4% of Giebelhausen's 404 career field goals have been three-pointers, which is the highest average amongst Salukis who have made at least 400 career field goals. Of players who have made at least 100 career three-pointers, Karrie Redeker's (1988-92) 62.6% career field goals being three-pointers is the highest. Jordyn Courier (2011-14) is second at 62.2%.

5-0 in Conference Home Openers under Stein

The Salukis improved to 5-0 in conference home openers under head coach Cindy Stein with their 60-53 OT win over UNI on Jan. 5. Southern also made it 5-0 in conference openers under Coach Stein with its 74-62 win at Evansville on Dec. 29.

Tied a School Record

SIU recorded a season-high 11 blocks in the 64-45 win over Indiana State on Dec. 31, with six different Salukis tallying at least one block. SIU's 11 blocked shots tied the school record for most blocks in a game, set just over 18 years ago on Dec. 29, 1999 at Indiana State when Southern also recorded 11 blocks. It's the most blocked shots by a Valley team this season, and marks just the fourth time in program history that SIU has turned aside 10-plus shots, all of which have come during league play.

10-5-5

Makenzie Silvey finished with 13 points, five assists and five steals against Drake on Jan. 5, becoming the first Saluki in in nearly three years to accomplish the feat. Rishonda Napier tallied 23 points, eight assists, seven rebounds and six steals in SIU's 76-58 win over Indiana State on Feb. 15, 2015.

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Abby Brockmeyer

Kylie Giebelhausen

Cartaesha Macklin

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Rishonda Napier

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