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Women's Basketball hosts Loyola on Friday
01/18/2018 | 12:27:00 | Women's Basketball
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The Southern Illinois women's basketball team hosts the Loyola Ramblers for a Missouri Valley Conference tilt on Friday, Jan. 19. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPN3 and can be heard locally on WVZA 105.1 FM.
Series History
The Salukis and the Ramblers will meet for the 14th time in a series that dates back to 1982. SIU took a 7-6 lead in the all-time series with its season sweep of Loyola a year ago. The Salukis have won three-straight against the Ramblers, including last season's tilt at the SIU Arena, a 73-57 win. SIU won the first-ever meeting of the two schools, a 75-60 win at Loyola on Dec. 18, 1982.
Scouting the Ramblers
The Ramblers have lost four of their last five games to start Valley play, as they lost three-straight before picking up a 62-59 win over Illinois State. Loyola ranks last in the league in rebounds per game (32.69), scoring offense (50.9) and turnovers per game (17.9). The Ramblers rank 17th in the nation in fewest fouls (239) and average just 14.9 fouls per game, the lowest per game in the MVC. Abby O'Connor leads Loyola in scoring at 10.6 points per game to go along with 5.5 rebounds and 1.19 blocks per game. Her 1.19 blocks per game are the fifth-most in the MVC.
Current Salukis vs. the Ramblers
Kylie Giebelhausen is averaging 10.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 0.85 blocks per game in seven career meetings against the Ramblers. She has reached double figures in scoring in three-straight games against Loyola, and has done so in five of her seven career games. Kristen Nelson had eight points and four assists at Loyola on March 4, 2017.
Getting it done against her hometown team
With SIU's 63-62 win over Bradley on Jan. 12, the Salukis improved to 8-1 against the Braves under the direction of fifth-year head coach Cindy Stein. Stein, a Peoria, Ill. native, moved to 14-1 all-time in her coaching career against the Braves. Stein's next win will mark the 350th of her coaching career.
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 school 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
Back-to-back games with single-digit turnovers
The Salukis recorded eight turnovers in the win over Bradley and tallied just nine turnovers against Illinois State on Sunday. In doing so, it marked the first time since the 1992-93 season that SIU has recorded less than 10 turnovers in back-to-back games. Southern last accomplished the feat against Bradley and Illinois State ironically, as SIU recorded just nine turnovers against Bradley on Jan. 14, 1993 and only nine turnovers two days later in a 73-64 win over Illinois State on Jan. 16, 1993.
Season-best assist-to-turnover ratio
The Salukis recorded 17 assists to just eight turnovers in the win over Bradley on Jan. 12, which is their 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.
Scoring in double figures
Nicole Martin finished with 11 points in 16 minutes off the bench at Illinois State, which marked the 11th time this season she has scored in double figures. She leads the Salukis with 11 games in which she has scored in double figures.
Player | Games in double figures this season
Nicole Martin | 11 games
Kylie Giebelhausen | 9 games
Makenzie Silvey | 9 games
Abby Brockmeyer | 8 games
Kristen Nelson | 3 games
Rachel Pudlowski | 1 game
4-1 MVC start
Southern's 4-1 MVC start equaled 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 won six-straight MVC road games dating back to last season. The six game road conference win streak was 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.
400 points/250 rebounds
Nicole Martin scored 11 points against Illinois State and now has 403 points for her career. She became the 52nd Saluki in program history with at least 400 points and 250 rebounds.
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 snagged seven rebounds at Illinois State to become the 23rd Saluki with 500-plus career rebounds. She's the first Saluki since Azia Washington and Cartaesha Macklin each joined the club during the 2015-16 season.
• Giebelhausen had four steals at Illinois State and now has 123 for her career, which is the 14th-most in program history. She can pass Jayme Sweere for 13th on SIU's all-time list with 15 steals.
• Giebelhausen's 1134 career points are tied with Theia Hudson for 19th-most in school history. With five points Giebelhausen will pass Angie Rougeau (1989-93) for 18th on SIU's all-time list. Her 1134 career points are the the third-most in the MVC and rank her 149th 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 now played 3,634 minutes in 111 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 407 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%.
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