Southern Illinois University
Indiana State University
Game Notes: Women's Basketball at Indiana State
02/18/2021 | 8:03:00 | Women's Basketball
Salukis have won six-straight at Indiana State.
All-Time vs. the Sycamores
• The Salukis and the Sycamores meet for the 97th time in a series that dates back to the 1968-69 season.Â
• SIU has won 10 of the last 12 meetings and lead the all-time series 50-46.
• Southern swept the season series a year ago from Indiana State, with an average margin of victory in the two wins of 20.5 points.
• The last time that the Salukis played at the Hulman Center: Southern led from start to finish in a 78-55 win.
• SIU has won six-straight at Indiana State and holds a 21-21 all-time record in Terre Haute.
Current Salukis vs. the Sycamores
• Abby Brockmeyer is averaging 10.0 points, 7.3 boards and 1.3 blocks against the Sycamores in seven previous meetings. Brockmeyer finished with seven points, three boards and two blocks in SIU's 78-55 win at Indiana State a year ago.
• Makenzie Silvey is averaging 12.2 points and 2.7 assists in seven career games against the Trees. Silvey has reached double figures in six of her seven career games against Indiana State.
Last Time Out
• The Salukis trailed by 11 at the half and were within striking distance before the Bulldogs scored the first eight points of the second half to build a 19-point advantage.
• The Bulldogs were able to exploit the mismatch to tune of a 50-to-18 advantage in points scored in the paint.
• The Salukis were led by Makenzie Silvey, who finished with 15 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals.
• Rachel Pudlowski tied her career-high with 12 points to go along with five boards and three steals while Caitlin Link added eight points and five assists.
Offense got rolling
• Southern scored 70 points at Drake on Feb. 11, which was the third-most points it has scored in the game this year.
• It was the most SIU has scored in a game since defeating Kansas City, 79-68 on Dec. 17, 2020.
• The Salukis were aided by a season-high tying nine three-pointers.
• Southern shot 48.3-percent from the floor at Drake on Feb. 11, which was the second-best it has shot in a game this season.Â
• SIU shot 37.5-percent from three-point range- which was also the second-best it has shot from downtown this season.
Searching for continuity
• The Salukis have been forced to use nine different starting lineups in 16 games due to COVID-19 related protocols as well as due to injury.
• Nine of SIU's 12 players have started at least one game this season.
• Only four Salukis have played in all 16 games this season, two of which are freshmen. Quierra Love, Adrianna Katcher, Payton McCallister and Caitlin Link have played in all of SIU's games this season, with McCallister's 14 starts the most of any one on the squad.
Comeback win
• The Salukis erased a 15-point second quarter deficit to stun the Illinois State Redbirds, 43-41 on Feb. 6, 2021 inside Banterra Center.
• It was Southern's largest deficit to overcome since it mounted a 16-point third quarter comeback to defeat the UMKC Kangaroos, 77-69 on Dec. 19, 2016 inside the Swinney Recreation Center.
Reaching Milestones
• Makenzie Silvey made five three-pointers in Southern's weekend series at Drake.Â
• In doing so, she became just the fourth player in Saluki history to make 200-plus career three-pointers.Â
• She joins Rishonda Napier, Kylie Giebelhausen and Teri Oliver as the only Salukis to accomplish the feat. She's now 20 three-pointers shy of cracking the top-25 in MVC history. The Glen Carbon, Ill. native also came away with a pair of steals over the weekend to bump her career total to 142- which ranks her 10th in school history.
Scoring Defense
• The Salukis rank fourth in the league in scoring defense, as they are giving up just 61.9 points per game.
• Southern has finished in the top-four in the league in the category in each of the last three seasons, which included finishing second at 63.3 points per game during the 2019-20 season.
Scoring Defense: PPG (rank in MVC)
2020-21: 61.9 (4th)
2019-20: 63.3 (2nd)
2018-19: 64.0 (3rd)
2017-18: 63.4 (4th)
2016-17: 64.7 (5th)
