MSU Makes First Valley Road Trip to Evansville, SIU

Missouri State (5-9, 1-2) at Evansville (7-8, 2-2) \| Southern Illinois (7-8, 1-3)
Dates and Times	Jan. 13, 7 p.m. at Evansville \| Jan. 15, 2 p.m. at Southern Illinois
Locations	Evansville, Ind. \| Carbondale, Ill.
Sites	Ford Center (9,640) \| SIU Arena (8,339)
Radio	KTXR 101.3 FM (Friday) \| KWTO 98.7 FM (Sunday)
Listen Live	Evansville \| SIU
TV	KOZL/MSU TV Network (Affiliate List)
ESPN3	Evansville \| SIU
Live Stats	Evansville \| SIU
Missouri State	Notes for Evansville Game \| Notes for SIU Game (By 5 p.m. Saturday) \| Women's Basketball Home Page
Evansville	Women's Basketball Home Page
SIU	Women's Basketball Home Page

Missouri State hits the road for first time in more than a month this weekend when it travels to Evansville and Southern Illinois for a pair of early-season Missouri Valley Conference showdowns.
   The Lady Bears (5-9, 1-2 MVC) play away from JQH Arena for the first time in 37 days on Friday with a 7 p.m. game at Evansville (7-8, 2-2), and continue the road trip with a 2 p.m. contest on Sunday at Southern Illinois (7-8, 1-3).
   Both games can be seen on KOZL in Springfield and statewide on MSU TV Network affiliates, with Lady Bears Courtside! airing 30 minutes prior to tipoff.
   The Valley road has been kind to the Lady Bears over the last one-and-a-half seasons, as MSU owns an 11-2 record in its last 13 MVC road games, and a 16-7 overall mark in opposing arenas since a win at SIU on Feb. 20, 2015. MSU is also 12-2 in its last 14 games in the state of Illinois.

Series Histories
The Lady Bears lead Evansville 36-12 in the all-time series, including a 14-9 record in Evansville. MSU has won 14 of the last 17 meetings.
    MSU leads the all-time series with SIU 49-27, including a 19-16 record in Carbondale. The Lady Bears' eight-game winning streak in the series came to an end last season at SIU.

Scouting Evansville
Evansville is 7-8 overall and 2-2 in MVC play with home wins against Indiana State and Loyola and losses at UNI and Drake. Senior Sara Dickey averages 16.1 points per game and is UE's all-time leading scorer, while Camary Williams chips in 14.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and an NCAA-best 4.8 steals per contest. As a team, the Purple Aces average 65.4 points and allow 67.1 while shooting 38.8 percent overall, 30 percent from 3-point land and 71.8 percent from the foul line.

Scouting Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois is 7-8 overall and 1-3 in league games entering its Friday contest with Wichtia State. Rishonda Napier leads SIU in scoring at 12.6 points per game, recently setting a school record with 237 career 3-pointers. Kylie Giebelhausen (12.1) and Kim Nebo (10.2) also score in double figures for the Salukis, who average 65.1 points per game and surrender 65.7 while shooting 40.8 percent overall, 35.5 percent from long range and 70.9 percent from the charity stripe.

MSU Makes First Valley Road Trip to Evansville, SIU

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