Jan. 18, 2012
SIU Game Notes
Evansville Game Notes (Available by 5 p.m. Friday)
Missouri State Lady Bears (10-5/3-2 MVC) at
Southern Illinois Salukis (3-13/0-6 MVC), 7:05 p.m. Thursday
Evansville Purple Aces (4-13/1-5 MVC), 2 p.m. Saturday
Location: Carbondale, Ill./Evansville, Ind.
Site: SIU Arena (8,339)/Ford Center (10,316)
Radio: KTXR 101.3 FM
Live Audio: RadioSpringfield.com
Live Video: SIU -- Evansville
Live Stats: -- Evansville
The Missouri State Lady Bears (10-5, 3-2 Missouri Valley Conference) continue their road trip this week with games at Southern Illinois (3-13, 0-6 MVC) at 7 p.m. Thursday and Evansville (4-13, 1-5) at 2 p.m. Saturday.
After this week, the Lady Bears will conclude the conference season with seven of 11 games at home.
Several Lady Bears have reached scoring milestones of late, and another is in the sights of Casey Garrison, who enters the week 32 points shy of Kari Koch for No. 2 on Missouri State's all-time scoring list. Koch scored 2,073 points in her MSU career.
Series History
Missouri State is 40-25 all-time against Southern Illinois with a 16-14 record in Carbondale. Missouri State has won five straight in the series, with an average victory margin of 18.3 points in the last three games.
The Lady Bears are 28-9 all-time against Evansville with an 11-7 record in Evansville. MSU has won the last six in the series by an average margin of 19.7 points with no game closer than 13 points.
Scouting Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois is 3-13 overall, 0-6 in MVC play and has lost its last nine games. Teri Oliver (17.1) and Cartaesha Macklin (15.8) combine for over half of SIU's scoring, and no other Saluki averages more than 5.3 points per game.
As a team, SIU averages 63.9 points and allows 70.2 with a -3.2 rebounding margin. The Salukis shoot 36.5 percent overall, 31.8 percent from three-point range and 66.5 percent on free throws.
Scouting Evansville
Evansville is 4-13 overall and 1-5 in MVC play entering its Thursday game against Wichita State. The Purple Aces own wins against Troy, Eastern Kentucky, Murray State and Bradley under first-year head coach Oties Epps. Samantha Heck (13.8) and Briyana Blair (10.5) are the only Aces that average double figures in scoring, and Blair's 9.9 rebounds per game rank her third in the MVC.
UE scores 54.4 points per outing and allows 63.1 while shooting 36.1 percent overall, 26.7 percent on threes and 65.9 percent from the foul line.
