Salukis look to extend win streak at home against Indiana State on Sunday

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The Southern Illinois University women's basketball team will look to extend its win streak to six games when it hosts Indiana State Sunday in a Missouri Valley Conference clash. Tip-off against the Sycamores is set for 2 p.m., with the game being broadcast live on ESPN+ and can be heard locally on Magic 95.1 FM.

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All-Time vs. the Sycamores

• The Salukis and the Sycamores meet for the 94th time in a series that dates back to the 1968-69 season.
• SIU has won eight of the last nine meetings and lead the all-time series 48-45.
• Last season, Southern overcame an 18-point second half deficit to defeat Indiana State in the first round of the MVC Tournament.
• It marked the first time since the 1995-96 season that the Salukis have beat the same team three times in a single-season.
• SIU tied the school record for blocked shots, set in 1999, with 11 in a 64-45 win over the Sycamores on Dec. 31, 2017.
• The Salukis held the Sycamores to 28.1% shooting in their 54-43 win at Indiana State on March 1, 2018. • It was the lowest shooting percentage for a MVC foe since Jan. 29, 2011.

Last Time vs. the Sycamores

SIU 69, Indiana State 67 - March 9, 2018
• The Salukis erased an 18-point third quarter deficit to stun the fifth-seeded Indiana State Sycamores, 69-67, to advance to the MVC Tournament semifinals for the second time in three seasons.
• Southern outscored Indiana State, 28-10 in the fourth quarter utilizing a nine-person rotation to complete the comeback.
• It was the largest deficit that SIU has overcome in 16 years, as the Salukis also came back from being down 18 points to defeat Tennessee Tech on Nov. 30, 2002.
• Kylie Giebelhausen finished with a game-high 20 points and was a rebound shy of a double-double while Nicole Martin added 11 points, eight rebounds and a career-high five steals.

This Day in Saluki WBB History

Jan. 6, 2007
• The Salukis put four players in double-figures, shooting 65 percent from the field in the first half to overpower defending Missouri Valley Conference champion Indiana State, 86-69, inside SIU Arena.
• With the win, Southern snapped a 13-game losing streak to the Sycamores that dated back to 2000.
• The Salukis out-rebounded the Trees, 43-to-20 in the win, which included 21 offensive rebounds.
• Dana Olsen scored a game-high 21 points to go along with six boards, two assists and a steal while Jasmine Gibson added nine points and 10 rebounds.

Five-game winning streak

• With SIU's win over Evansville on Friday night, Southern has now won five-straight games for the first time since the 2015-16 season.
• With a sixth-straight win on Sunday, the Salukis would match the longest win streak of the Cindy Stein era. Southern has twice won six-straight games under Stein, doing so in back-to-back seasons in 2015 and 2016.
• Should Southern extend its streak to six-straight, Stein will join Saluki Hall of Famers Cindy Scott and Charlotte West as the only coaches in program history to lead their teams to at least three win streaks of six or more games.
• The school record for consecutive wins came during the 1985-86 season, when Southern rattled off 21-straight wins, including a perfect 18-0 slate in Gateway Conference games, en route to the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance.

Conference Openers

• With the win over Evansville, Southern improved to 6-0 in conference openers under Coach Stein.
• SIU's six-straight wins in conference openers are a school record since conference play began in 1982.
• Southern previously won five-straight Gateway Conference openers under Cindy Scott from 1982-87.
• SIU's six conference opening wins under Stein are more wins in conference openers than the Salukis had in the 15 seasons (1998-2013) prior to her arrival.

Current Salukis vs. the Sycamores

• Abby Brockmeyer is averaging 13.3 points on 73.3% (11-of-15) shooting to go along with 6.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks against the Sycamores in three previous meetings. Brockmeyer finished with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks in SIU's 64-45 win over Indiana State on Dec. 31.
• Brockmeyer reached double figures in all three games against the Sycamores last season.
• Nicole Martin is averaging 6.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game in five career meetings against Indiana State.
• Makenzie Silvey is averaging 10.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists in three career meetings versus the Sycamores.
• Silvey reached double figures in two of SIU's three games against Indiana State last season, including 13 points in SIU's 64-45 win at Indiana State on Dec. 31.
• Celina VanHyfte tied her career-best with nine rebounds in Southern's 76-64 win over Indiana State on Jan. 29, 2016. It is one of four times in her Saluki career that the Annawan, Ill. native has finished with nine boards.

Six-game home win streak to start a season

• With SIU's win over Evansville on Friday, the Salukis improved to 6-0 at home on the season.
• It marks SIU's first six game home-winning streak to open a season since the 1993-94 season.
• With a win on Sunday, Southern's seven-game home win streak to start a season will be its longest since the 1986-87 season. The Salukis went a perfect 15-0 inside Davies Gym that season.
• Southern has won at least nine home games in four-straight seasons, including 10 during the 2015-16 season.
• The Salukis are 47-30 (.605) at home under sixth-year head coach Cindy Stein.

Nearly Perfect

• Nicole Martin made her first 11 attempts from the floor in the win over Evansville and finished 11-for-12.
• Martin's 91.6% shooting was the best by a Saluki with at least 10 attempts since Dyana Pierre made 14-of-14 attempts from the floor in SIU's win over Murray State on Dec. 16, 2014.
• Martin notched her fourth career double-double in the win, finished one point shy of tying her career-high and tied her career-best with 12 boards

Taking care of the ball

• Brittney Patrick currently leads the Valley, and ranks 9th nationally, in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.30).
• Patrick's 5.5 assists per game also leads the MVC and ranks 31st nationally while she also leads the league in total assists (66).
• Earlier this season, Patrick became the first Saluki since Cartaesha Macklin in 2013 to record at least five assists in four-straight games. During that streak, Patrick had 29 assists to just four turnovers.

RPI

• The Missouri Valley Conference currently has seven teams with top-175 RPIs, according to Warrennolan.com.
• Drake leads the way at No. 10, while Northern Iowa is second at No. 91 and SIU is third at No. 109.
• Missouri State (143), Bradley (153), Illinois State (160) and Indiana State (171) round out the MVC teams with top-175 RPIs.

Career Night off the bench

• Rachel Pudlowski had a career-night off the bench for the Salukis in the win over the Purple Aces.
• Pudlowski played a season-high 19 minutes and set or tied career-bests in offensive rebounds (2), defensive rebounds (4), total rebounds (6) and assists (4).

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