Southern Illinois University
Valparaiso University
Women's Basketball hosts Valpo on Sunday
01/20/2018 | 12:41:00 | Women's Basketball
Sunday's showdown marks the first-ever meeting between the Salukis and the MVC's newest member
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The Southern Illinois women's basketball team continues its three-game homestand Sunday when its hosts the Valparaiso Crusaders for the first-ever meeting between the Salukis and the Missouri Valley Conference's newest member. Tip-off is set for 11:30 a.m. and is the first game of a two-game Sunday doubleheader at SIU Arena.
Promotion
Fans can get BOGO tickets for Sunday's women's and men's basketball doubleheader.
Series History
The Salukis and the Crusaders will meet for the first time on the hardwood on Sunday. Valparaiso joined the MVC from the Horizon League this summer after the departure of Wichita State.
Scouting the Crusaders
The Valparaiso Crusaders are 9-8 overall and 2-4 in MVC play. Valpo is 0-3 this season on the road in conference games and are just 2-7 away from ARC Arena. Dani Franklin is averaging 16.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game to lead the Crusaders, and is one of two averaging double figures. Opponents have shot 40.7% from the field against Valpo this season, and the Crusaders are eighth in league in scoring defense, giving up 70.2 points per game. The Crusaders are shooting 35.4% from three-point range, the second-best percentage in the MVC this season.
Milestone win
Cindy Stein won the 350th game of her career with the win over Loyola on Jan. 19.
Knocking down shots
The Salukis shot 42.9% (24-of-56) from the field, which marked the ninth time in 18 games this season that SIU has connected on more than 40% of its attempts from the floor. Southern improved to 7-2 this season when shooting 40% or better with Friday's win over Loyola. Southern also made 43.8% (7-of-16) of attempts from three-point range to improve to 4-1 this season when shooting 40% or better from long distance.
Active Hands
Welcome Back
Nicole Martin made her first start in conference play this season and played a career-high 34 minutes in the win over Loyola on Jan. 19. She finished with 11 points, which marked the fourth-straight game, and her team-leading 12th time this season, that she has scored in double figures.
Dialed in from long distance
Makenzie Silvey tied a career-best by draining four three-pointers in the win over Loyola.
Off to a fast start
SIU allowed Loyola to score just six points in the first quarter of its 62-46 win on Jan. 19. It marks the second-straight game in which Southern has held an opponent to six points in the opening period, and tied for the fewest points it has allowed in an opening quarter since the NCAA went to the four-quarter system prior to the 2015-16 season.
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.
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.
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 a career-high 34 minutes in the win over Loyola, which marked the 12th time this season she has scored in double figures. She leads the Salukis with 12 games in which she has scored in double figures.
Player | Games in double figures this season
Nicole Martin | 12 games
Makenzie Silvey | 10 games
Kylie Giebelhausen | 9 games
Abby Brockmeyer | 9 games
Kristen Nelson | 3 games
Rachel Pudlowski | 1 game
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 three steals against Loyola and now has 126 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 12 steals.
• Giebelhausen's 1143 career points are the 18th-most in program history. She passed Angie Rougeau (1989-93) with five points against Loyola. Her 1143 career points are the the third-most in the MVC and ranks 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 3,670 minutes in 112 career games. Giebelhausen's career average of 32.76 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%.
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
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.
