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LHU Stats SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's basketball team will look to record a pair of victories this weekend when it hosts Mansfield University and Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference crossover play at Morrow Field House. The Rock plays Mansfield 1 p.m. Saturday before concluding the weekend 1 p.m. Sunday against Lock Haven.
GAME 4 DETAILS Opponents: Mansfield University
Date: Nov. 21 | 1 p.m.
Location: Morrow Field House | Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
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All-Time Series: Slippery Rock leads 11-5
Last Played: Jan. 3, 2015 (Slippery Rock won 75-65 at Mansfield)
GAME 5 DETAILS Opponents: Lock Haven University
Date: Nov. 22 | 1 p.m.
Location: Morrow Field House | Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
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All-Time Series: Slippery Rock leads 45-31
Last Played: Jan. 4, 2015 (Lock Haven won 68-59 at Mansfield)
THE OPENING TIP• This weekend's games are two of six contests that The Rock will play against PSAC-East schools this season; SRU will also play West Chester, Cheyney, Bloomsburg and East Stroudsburg later in the season. All crossover games will count towards the league standings.
• Slippery Rock leads the all-time series against both Mansfield (11-5) and Lock Haven (45-31). SRU defeated Mansfield last season, but has not beat Lock Haven since the 2009-10 season, a span of eight games.
• Two wins would give SRU its first 4-1 start to the year since 2004-05.
LAST TIME OUTJunior guard
Lexi Carpenter had 22 points, seven assists and two rebounds while sophomore guard
Ciara Patterson added 16 points and three steals, but it wasn't quite enough as SRU dropped its PSAC-West opener at Edinboro, 83-66, Nov. 28 at McComb Fieldhouse in Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
EARLY RETURNSJunior guard
Lexi Carpenter has produced two 22-point performances in her first three games in a Rock uniform and is averaging 19.3 points per game (ppg) on the year.
Since the 2002-03 season, 14 years, the only other Slippery Rock players to have scored 20 or more points in two out of the first three games to start a season are former Rock greats
D'Asia Chambers (2012-13, 21/20) and Melissa McKavish (2002-03, 25/24).
An all-around player, Carpenter has also compiled per game averages of 4.7 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 1.3 steals. Additionally, Carpenter, the fifth leading scorer in the PSAC, also ranks fourth in the league in free throw shooting at 87.0 percent (20-for-23). Her 23 free throw attempts are the third most in the PSAC.
BREAKOUT GAMESophomore guard
Ciara Patterson had played well in Slippery Rock's first two games of the year, but the Wright State University transfer shined at Edinboro with season-highs of 16 points, three steals, two assists and 36 minutes played. Patterson was nearly automatic from long range, making four of her seven attempts while shooting 6-for-12 from the field overall.
BOMBS AWAYSlippery Rock has made a PSAC-high 21 3-pointers through three games, or 7.0 3-pointers per game. If SRU can keep up that pace it would easily break the previous Rock single-season record of 6.3 3-pointers made per game that was set in 2001-02.
Patterson has made five 3-pointers followed by senior forward
Megan Hardiman (four), sophomore forward
Mallory Heinle (four), sophomore guard
Krista Pietropola (three), junior guard
Audrey Stapleton (two), senior guard
Erica Aiello (two) and sophomore guard
Shannon Jack (one).
TOTAL TEAM EFFORTIn addition to its starting lineup's scoring abilities, Slippery Rock has also benefitted from a deep bench early. SRU, which plays between four and five reserves a game, has had more bench points than its opponents in each game this season. For the year, Slippery Rock's bench holds a 58-46 edge over its counterparts.
ROCK LEADERSCarpenter and Patterson are Slippery Rock's top two scorers at 19.3 ppg and 10.3 ppg, respectively. Carpenter is also the team-leader in assists per game (4.7) and free throw percentage (.870).
Aiello is third on the team in scoring (9.3 ppg) to go with a Rock-best 2.3 steals per game (spg) and 2.3 apg.
The quartet of Hardiman (6.3 ppg), Stapleton (5.7 ppg), Hienle (4.7) and Pietropola (4.3 ppg) round out The Rock's top scorers.
Hardiman also leads SRU in both field goal percentage (.545 / 6-for-11) and rebounds per game (rpg) at 5.0. Pietropola's 4.3 rpg rank second for SRU.
As was the case for much of last season, senior forward
Sorriyah Ranger is The Rock's top shot blocker with four rejections through two games.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS• 3 - Number of 3-pointers made by Heinle against Edinboro, the most of her collegiate career. Heinle is 4-for-5 in 3-point attempts already this season. She made just four 3-pointers in 26 games last season.
• +6 - Slippery Rock's turnover margin through three games. Slippery Rock has forced its opponents into 19.3 turnovers per game while having committed just 13.3 miscues of its own per game.
• 8 - number of assists needed by Aiello to move into 10th place all-time in the SRU record books for assists in a career.
• 9 - number of three-pointers needed by Aiello to move into 11th place all-time in the SRU record books for three-pointers in a career.
• 4 - number of wins needed by McGraw to move into eighth place in SRU history for wins by a coach.
• 48 - consecutive games played by Hardiman, the most of any current Rock player.
LAST MEETINGSSlippery Rock defeated Mansfield, 75-65, Jan. 3, 2015. Chambers had a double-double of 25 points and 14 rebounds while
Taylor Siggers added 16 points and seven rebounds. Slippery Rock shot 49.1 percent from the field while holding the Mounties to a 30.2 percent effort from the field overall. Slippery Rock trailed Mansfield for just 2:17 during the game.
Lock Haven defeated Slippery Rock, 68-59, Jan. 4, 2015. Chambers went for 16 points and nine rebounds. Aiello was SRU's second leading scorer with 12 points to go with five assists. Four different players scored in double figures for the Bald Eagles including Marrysa Moyer (17 points), Emily Daugherty (15), Sami Lane (12) and JJ Hillard (10).
CAREER vs. MANSFIELDAiello and Hardiman are the only players on the Slippery Rock roster to have played multiple games against Mansfield. Aiello has produced per game totals of 8.5 points, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals while Hardiman has tallied per game averages of 5.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 0.5 steals.
CAREER vs. LOCK HAVENAiello and Hardiman are the only players on the Slippery Rock roster to have played multiple games against LHU. Aiello has produced per game totals of 10.5 points, 3.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds while Hardiman has per game averages of 8.5 points,9.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 steals.
HOME SUCCESSSince the start of the 2014-15 season, Slippery Rock is 10-7 at home overall and 6-0 in non-conference games played at Morrow Field House. Slippery Rock's next three games will be played at home against Lock Haven University, Mansfield University and nationally-ranked West Liberty University.
SCOUTING MANSFIELDKatie Fitzpatrick led Mansfield to its season-opening win against Millersville with a 28-point, six-rebound, four-assist performance. Becky Evans and Melanie Taylor added 18 and 10 points, respectively, in the win as well with Evans also coming away with six steals. Mansfield shot 48.1 percent (25-for-52) from the field while committing just four turnovers. Defensively, the Mountaineers forced Millersville into 20 turnovers.
SCOUTING LOCK HAVENJ.J. Hillard and Mackenzie Livingston are Lock Haven's top two scorers at 13.0 ppg and 10.7 ppg. Hillard is also dishing out 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals per contest. LHU is shooting just 32.3 percent (62-for-192) from the field and 23.3 percent (10-for-43) from 3-point range.
UP NEXTSlippery Rock concludes its three-game homestand when it hosts No. 21 West Liberty 2 p.m. Nov. 25 at Morrow Field House. Following the West Liberty game, Slippery Rock will embark on a five-game road trip that will last from Nov. 28 - Dec. 15.
