Salukis visit No. 17/24 Missouri State on Saturday

CARBONDALE, Ill. — The Southern Illinois University women's basketball team travels to No. 17/24 Missouri State for a 3 p.m. game on Saturday, February 15. The Salukis are looking for their first season sweep of the Lady Bears since 2007.

All-Time vs. Missouri State

The Salukis and the Lady Bears meet for the 85th time in a series that dates back to the 1970-71 season.
Southern trails the all-time series, 30-54.
SIU defeated No. 17/19 Missouri State, 70-68 on Jan. 17, 2020 to break a three-game losing streak to the Lady Bears.
SIU's last six wins over the Lady Bears have come at home, as Southern is seeking its first-ever win at the JQH Arena, which opened in 2008.
The Salukis last win in Springfield came during the 2006-07 season when Missouri State played at the Hammons Student Center. The '06-07 season also marks the last time that the Salukis swept the season series from the Lady Bears.

Ranked opponent

Southern defeated No. 17/19 Missouri State on Jan. 17 for the program's first victory over a ranked opponent since 1991.
The Lady Bears come into Saturday's contest once again ranked in the Top-25 (No. 17/24).
Last time that SIU posted two wins over Top-25 opponents in the same season: 1986.
During the 1986-87 season, Southern defeated No. 11 Western Kentucky, 64-43, and a week later, pulled off a 60-49 victory over No. 15 Illinois.

15-plus assists

Southern dished out 18 assists against Drake and 16 versus Northern Iowa.
The Salukis have finished with 15 or more assists in five-straight games and have now done so in 13 games this season.
SIU ranks second in the Valley, and 38th nationally, with a 15.8 assists per game average.

Turning the Bulldogs over

In SIU's first meeting with Drake, Southern turned the Bulldogs over 27 times and came away with 16 steals.
In the second meeting at Drake, the Salukis forced 24 turnovers and finished with a season-high 19 steals.
Seven different Salukis recorded a steal, six of which tallied multiple takeaways.
Southern's 19 steals were its most in a game since Nov. 12, 2007 in a 71-55 win over Christian Brothers.
SIU's 19 steals are the third-most by a MVC team this season.

Disrupting Passing Lanes

Southern has notched 10-plus steals in eight games this season, including three-straight games.
SIU's three-game streak of 10-plus steals is the longest since last season, when Southern posted five-straight games with 10-plus steals.
The Salukis have a winning record (4-3) this season when recording 10-plus steals and are 24-15 (.615) under head coach Cindy Stein when doing so.
Kristen Nelson has recorded at least one steal in 17-straight games, including five-straight games with multiple steals.
Brittney Patrick has tallied at least one steal in her last seven games and is averaging 4.5 steals per game over her last four games.
Patrick, who recorded six steals against Bradley (Feb. 2) and five versus Drake (Feb. 7) became the first Saluki with back-to-back five-plus steal games since Mercedes Griffin did so in 2014.

Two with 5-plus steals

Brittney Patrick and Makenzie Silvey each recorded five steals against the Drake Bulldogs on Feb. 7.
In doing so, they became the first Saluki teammates to nab five steals in the same game in over 10 years - Stephany Neptune (6) and Teri Oliver (5) last accomplished the feat on Jan. 1, 2010 in a 79-68 win over Evansville.

Big Lift off the bench

Payton McCallister scored all 10 of her points in the second quarter against Northern Iowa on Sunday.
It marked the first time since in over a year (Feb. 3, 2019) that McCallister has scored in double figures and the sixth time she has done so in her career.

Climbing up the charts

Nicole Martin scored a team-high 22 points against Drake to pass her former teammate, Kylie Giebelhausen, for ninth on SIU's all-time scoring list.
Martin is the fifth Saluki during the Stein era to crack the Top-10 in scoring in program history. Martin joins Cartaesha Macklin (1st; 1,779), Rishonda Napier (2nd; 1,728), Dyana Pierre (7th; 1,425) and Kylie Giebelhausen (10th; 1,298) in that club.
Martin is also just the sixth player in program history, and first since Amy Rakers in 1991, to tally 1200 points/600 rebounds/100 steals/50 blocks in a career. In addition to Rakers, Martin joins Mary Berghuis, Sue Faber, Char Warring and Bridgett Bonds as the only Salukis to accomplish the feat.

SIU's All-Time Scoring List
1. Cartaesha Macklin - 1,779
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8. D.D. Plab - 1,380
9. Nicole Martin - 1,313

1,000 points and counting

Makenzie Silvey scored her 1,000th career point against Drake on Jan. 12.
The junior guard is the 27th player in program history to reach the milestone, and the 10th to do so as a junior.
It took the Glen Carbon, Ill. native 76 career games to accomplish the feat- the sixth-fastest to reach 1,000 career points in terms of games played in school history.
Silvey made her 170th career three-pointer against UNI and ranks fourth in school history for career threes.

Current Valley Players w/ 1000 pts
Sara Rhine (Drake) - 2,063
Becca Hittner (Drake) - 1,991
Alexa Willard (Missouri State) - 1,421
Nicole Martin (SIU) - 1,313
Makenzie Silvey (SIU) - 1,116
Gabi Haack (Bradley) - 1,064
Abby O'Connor (Loyola) - 1,060
Grace Hales (Valparaiso) - 1,049
Chelsea Brackmann (Bradley) - 1,006

Dishing out helpers

Brittney Patrick dished out a pair of assists against UNI and ranks ninth on SIU's all-time assists list with 349.
Patrick ranks fourth in the conference in both total assists (90) and assists per game (4.1).
Patrick is just the 13th player in program history with 300 assists/100 steals in a career.

SIU's All-Time Assists List
1. D.D. Plab - 508
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8. Molly McDowell - 355
9. Brittney Patrick - 349

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