Southern Illinois Salukis
Missouri Valley (17-13, 10-8)
Big Wins: 11/14 Tennessee-Martin (87-78), 2/6 Drake (81-76), 2/8 Northern Iowa (79-75)
Bad Losses: 1/18 Evansville (58-63), 1/23 at Missouri State (57-61), 2/20 Missouri State (57-73)
Coach: Cindy Stein
Probable Starters:
Rishonda Napier, Sophomore, Guard, 16.2 ppg, 3.3 apg
Cartaesha Macklin, Junior, Guard, 9.8 ppg, 3.6 apg, 4.4 rpg
Kylie Giebelhausen, Freshman, Guard, 6.9 ppg, 2.2 apg
Azia Washington, Junior, Forward, 10.3 ppg, 7.2 rpg
Dyana Pierre, Junior, Forward/Center, 14.6 ppg, 11.8 rpg, 1.3 bpg
Key Roleplayers:
Mercedes Griffin, Senior, Guard, 3.7 ppg
Carlie Corrigan, Sophomore, Guard/Forward, 1.8 ppg
Blair Stephenson, Junior, Guard, 1.4 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 67.2 (114th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 67.2 (251, 6)
Field-Goal Percentage: 42.1 (83, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 43.1 (316, 10)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.0 (112, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.7 (63, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 69.0 (163, 5)
Rebound Margin: 4.4 (60, 1)
Assists Per Game: 13.4 (136, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.1 (107, 4)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2007 NIT First Round win over Stephen F. Austin
2007 NIT Second Round loss to Kansas State
1992 NCAA First Round win over Colorado
1992 NCAA Second Round loss to Mississippi
1990 NCAA First Round loss to Ohio State
1987 NCAA Second Round win over LSU
1987 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to Louisiana Tech
1986 NCAA Second Round loss to Auburn
*all team stats through 3/5
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