Southern Illinois University
Murray State University
Salukis travel to Murray State on Tuesday
12/17/2018 | 12:55:00 | Women's Basketball
The Southern Illinois women's basketball team visits Murray State (4-4) for its final road non-conference game of the 2018-19 season on Tuesday, Dec. 18. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. CST. Southern has won three-straight over Murray State, and has won 22 of the last 23 meetings between the two programs dating back to 1989.
Southern Illinois (5-4) at Murray State (4-4) | Tuesday, Dec. 18 | 5 p.m. | Murray, Ky. (CFSB Center)
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All-Time vs. Murray State
• Tuesday's meeting will mark the 46th time that the two schools have met since 1968.
• SIU controls the all-time series, 40-5, and has won 22 of the last 23 meetings including all three meetings under head coach Cindy Stein.
• Stein is a perfect 6-0 in her career all-time against Murray State, with three of those wins coming during her 12-year tenure at Mizzou.
• Southern is 14-3 all-time at Murray State. SIU's last win at the CFSB Center, a 70-57 victory, came on Dec. 2, 2015.
• It is just the ninth time that the two programs have tangled since 2005.
Welcome Back
• This will mark the first meeting between the Racers and the Salukis since Rechelle Turner took over as Racer head coach in 2017.
• Turner played at Murray State from 1991-94 and ran up against some of the best teams in Saluki women's basketball history.
• Turner was 0-6 versus the Salukis during her playing career.
• Turner (maiden name: Caldwell) shot 44% (11-of-25) from the field in her six career games against SIU and averaged 6.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game.
A Familiar Face
• SIU assistant coach Jody Adams makes her return to Murray State, where she was the head coach during the 2007-08 season and went 24-8.
• Murray State's 24 wins under Adams remains a program record for wins in a single-season and are tied for the seventh-most in a single-season in Ohio Valley Conference history dating back to 1977.
• The Racers also won the program's first Ohio Valley Conference Tournament title under Adams which culminated in the program's first, and only, NCAA Tournament appearance.
SIU vs. the OVC
• The Salukis are 2-1 this year against OVC schools after the win over Eastern Illinois.
• In 184 lifetime meetings against OVC schools, the Salukis sport a .717 winning percentage (132-52).
Stein vs. the OVC
• Cindy Stein is 26-12 all-time against OVC schools during her 21 seasons as a head coach.
• Stein sports a .500 or better career record against five OVC schools, including Murray State, who she is 6-0 all-time against.
Last time they met
• The Salukis rallied from a nine-point third quarter deficit to defeat the Racers inside SIU Arena, 70-63.
• SIU was aided by 22 points from Kylie Giebelhausen and 17 points-11 rebounds from Kim Nebo.
• Southern also won the battle of the boards, 50-to-41, and collected 21 offensive rebounds in the win.
• Five current Salukis played in the contest- Lauren Hartman got the start and scored five points to go along with 12 boards in 27 minutes of work. Nicole Martin added two points and five rebounds while Brittney Patrick, Kristen Nelson and Caitlyn Claussen all entered the game but did not score.
Compass Challenge Champs
• The Salukis defeated Eastern and Northern Illinois en route to being crowned the inaugural Compass Challenge champions.
• SIU shot a season-best 46.7% (14-of-30) from three-point range in the win over Northern- which were the most treys in a game in the Cindy Stein era and SIU's most since a January 5, 2013 win over Drake.
• Southern followed with a wire-to-wire win over Eastern to improve to 4-0 at home this season.
• Makenzie Silvey, who averaged 19.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in SIU's two wins, was named Tournament MVP while Abby Brockmeyer and Kristen Nelson earned spots on the Compass Challenge All-Tournament Team.
• It marked the first mid-season tournament title for the Salukis since the 1986-87 team won the Dial Classic in San Diego, Calif.
Four-Straight Home Wins to open a season
• With SIU's wins over Northern and Eastern Illinois on Dec. 7-8, Southern improved to 4-0 at home this season.
• It marked SIU's first four game home-winning streak to open a season since the 1996-97 season.
Dishing out helpers
• Brittney Patrick set a career-high with 11 assists and did not record a turnover in 33 minutes of work in SIU's win over Northern Illinois on Dec. 7.
• Patrick became the first Saluki in nearly 33 years to record 10-plus assists without recording a turnover. Marialice Jenkins last accomplished the feat with 12 assists and zero turnovers in a 72-51 win over Indiana State on March 6, 1985.
• Patrick leads the Valley in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.19), assists (51) and assists per game (5.7) while her 3.19 assist-to-turnover ratio ranks 16th nationally.
More on Patrick
• SIU has only once had a player lead the league in assists per game (Cartaesha Macklin, 2013) and Patrick's 3.19 assist-to-turnover ratio would be a school record.
• Southern has only once had a player finish a season with a 2.0 or higher assist-to-turnover ratio- Rishonda Napier set a program record with 145 assists to just 67 turnovers (2.16) during the 2017 season.
Active Streaks
• Brittney Patrick has recorded at least one steal in eight-straight games. It's the longest such streak since Kylie Giebelhausen recorded at least one takeaway in nine-straight games from Dec. 19, 2017- Jan. 19, 2018.
• Patrick has also dished out at least five assists in three-straight games- the longest streak for a Saluki since Rishonda Napier recorded at least five in three-straight in 2016.
• Cartaesha Macklin in 2013 was the last Saluki to dish out five-plus assists in four-straight games.
First Time for Everything
• Makenzie Silvey tied her career-high with seven rebounds in SIU's win over Eastern Illinois.
• It marked the first time in her 40 career games as a Saluki that she has led the team in rebounds.
Sharp Shooting
• Kristen Nelson shot 57.1% from three-point range in SIU's wins over NIU/EIU, including 6-of-8 (75%) from downtown in Southern's victory over Northern Illinois.
• Of the 35 times in which a Saluki has made at least six three-pointers in a single game, Nelson's eight attempts to net that many are tied for the fewest needed in program history.
• Her 75% shooting percentage was tied for the third-best in school history for a player that made at least six threes.
This Day in Saluki WBB History
Dec. 18, 1985
• The Salukis defeated the Racers, 74-63 at Racer Arena.
• Southern led 33-30 at the half and shot 54.5% from the floor in the second half to seal the win.
• Bridgett Bonds scored 21 points on 9-of-12 shooting and added 10 rebounds while Petra Jackson tallied 21 points, six assists and six rebounds.
Dec. 18, 1999
• The Salukis defeated the Racers, 73-56 at Racer Arena. The score was tied 31-all at the half, but SIU outscored Murray, 42-25 in the second half to secure the win.
• Southern shot 50% (31-of-62) from the floor and out-rebounded Murray, 45-to-31 in the victory.
• Terica Hathaway led all scorers with 20 points while Molly McDowell chipped in 13 points and seven assists.
Finding the open shooter
• The Salukis dished out a season-high 22 assists vs. Northern Illinois.
• It marked the 10th time that SIU has finished with 20-plus assists under Coach Stein and SIU improved to 8-2 when doing so.
• SIU has recorded an assist on 65.5% of its shots this season- which ranks 28th nationally and second to Drake (76.6%) in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Double-Double Machine
• Abby Brockmeyer recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 26 points and 11 rebounds in SIU's 82-73 win over Northern Illinois on Dec. 7.
• She became the fastest sophomore to reach five double-doubles in a single-season in program history, needing only eight games to accomplish the feat.
• Her five double-doubles this season are already the fourth-most in a sophomore season in school history and are the most in the Valley thus far this season.
• Nationally, she ranks 23rd with five double-doubles. Amongst underclassmen, she ranks 7th nationally in the category.
