Southern Illinois Salukis
Missouri Valley (20-12, 12-6)
Big Wins: 1/1 at Drake (77-67), 1/3 at Northern Iowa (65-60), 2/19 Missouri State (69-61)
Bad Losses: 12/28 Marshall (55-61), 1/10 Loyola IL (68-69), 1/22 at Wichita State (48-57)
Coach: Cindy Stein
Probable Starters:
Rishonda Napier, Junior, Guard, 14.9 ppg, 3.6 apg
Cartaesha Macklin, Senior, Guard, 13.3 ppg, 3.4 apg, 5.2 rpg
Kylie Giebelhausen, Sophomore, Guard, 9.1 ppg, 2.4 apg, 4.4 rpg, 1.4 bpg
Kim Nebo, Junior, Forward, 4.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg
Dyana Pierre, Senior, Center, 12.3 ppg, 11.3 rpg, 1.6 bpg
Key Roleplayers:
Carlie Corrigan, Junior, Forward, 4.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg
Blair Stephenson, Senior, Guard, 1.0 ppg
Celina VanHyfte, Sophomore, Center, 4.7 ppg, 4.4 rpg
Azia Washington, Senior, Forward, 3.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 69.2 (82nd in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 65.2 (215, 6)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.2 (104, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.1 (202, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.7 (69, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.5 (69, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 67.7 (223, 6)
Rebound Margin: 5.1 (55, 2)
Assists Per Game: 13.7 (125, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.1 (53, 2)
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 3/3
