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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Following a season-long eight consecutive games away from Slippery Rock, the SRU women's basketball team will finally make its 2016-17 home debut this weekend when it hosts a pair of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference crossover games at Morrow Field House.
 
Slippery Rock will play West Chester University Saturday and Cheyney University Sunday. Both games are set to start at 1 p.m.
 
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GAME EIGHT DETAILS
Opponent: West Chester University
Date: Dec. 3, 2016 – 1 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pa. – Morrow Field House
All-Time Series: West Chester leads 10-7
Last Played: Dec. 4, 2015 (Slippery Rock won 70-63 at WCU)
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. WEST CHESTER
West Chester leads Slippery Rock in the all-time series, 10-7. However, The Rock snapped a seven-game losing streak to WCU with a 70-63 victory at West Chester a year ago. Slippery Rock made 10 3-pointers and forced 18 turnovers in the victory.
 
GAME NINE DETAILS
Opponent: Cheyney University
Date: Dec. 4, 2016 – 1 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pa. – Morrow Field House
All-Time Series: Slippery Rock leads 14-10
Last Played: Dec. 5, 2015 (Slippery Rock won 71-66 at Cheyney)
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. CHEYNEY
Slippery Rock has won 13 of the last 15 games against Cheyney to increase its lead in the all-time series over the Wolves to 14-10. Slippery Rock, which is 8-4 against Cheyney at Morrow Field House, has won five straight games in the series and has not lost to the Wolves since the 2008-09 season. 

SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Record: 3-4
PSAC West Record: 1-1
PSAC West Standings: Tied for sixth place
Streak: Lost three
Last Five Games: 1-4
Home Record: 0-0
Away Record: 2-3
Neutral Site Record: 1-1
Head Coach: Bobby McGraw | Third season at SRU (27-35)
 
SCOUTING THE ROCK
• Last time out: Slippery Rock was unable to maintain a seven-point fourth-quarter lead as Malone University rallied late for a 71-69 win over Slippery Rock on Nov. 30.
 
• Slippery Rock is 5-3 in its last eight crossover games against teams from the PSAC East. The Rock went 4-2 in crossover games last season and split two contests earlier in the year with a loss at Shippensburg and a win against Kutztown. SRU will play two more crossover games this season Dec. 10 against Millersville and Jan. 14 at East Stroudsburg.
 
• SRU comes into Saturday's game against West Chester looking to snap a three-game losing streak. The Rock's previous two losses have come by a combined total of just seven points. Slippery Rock is becoming accustomed to playing in close contests as the final margin in five of its seven regular season games this season have been by nine points or less.
 
• Slippery Rock has made 105 free throws through seven games and is shooting 75.5 percent (105-of-139) from the foul line, both figures rank second in their respective categories in the PSAC. SRU has made 39 of its last 45 free throw attempts (86.7 percent).
 
• The Rock's reserves combined to score a season-high 33 points against Malone. C.C. Dixon led the way with 14 points followed by Cassidy Wright (a season-high nine points), Krista Pietropola (six) and Sierra Fordham (four).
 
• After a slow start to the season, Dixon is beginning to find her stride for The Rock by averaging 9.0 points and 6.3 rebounds a contest over SRU's last three games. For the year Dixon is shooting 58.6 percent from the field, which ranks second on the team behind only LeeAnn Gibson's 62.5 field goal percentage.
 
• With roughly the a quarter of the season already done Lexi Carpenter is averaging 15.7 points, 4.7 assists, 4.0 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.0 blocks per game. Carpenter, who is the only player in the Atlantic Region to currently average at least 15 points, four assists, four rebounds, one steal and one block per game, is on pace to have 913 career points by the end of the season which would be the 14th most in Rock history.
 
• Morgan Henderson is second on the team in both scoring and rebounding with respective per game averages of 9.4 points and 5.9 rebounds. Despite having an off night at Malone, Mallory Heinle is still SRU's top rebounder at 6.0 boards per game to with 7.4 points a contest.
 
• Pietropola is tied with Carpenter for the team lead in made 3-pointers with nine. On the year, she is averaging 5.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. Pietropola has pulled in at least four rebounds in six of The Rock's seven games this season; only Henderson has had four or more rebounds in all seven games for SRU.
 
• Gibson has started two of her seven games played as a freshman and is averaging 7.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. Reigning PSAC West Freshman of the Week Brooke Hinderliter is shooting 46.8 percent from the field and scoring 8.6 points per game over the first seven games of her career. 
 
• Hinderliter and Gibson have already combined to start nine games this season. Over the last nine years the only two true freshmen to have combined for more starts in their first season at SRU were Bethany Caudill and Amanda Mikatavage who combined to start 30 games as true freshmen in 2009-10.
 
• Slippery Rock currently ranks eighth in the PSAC in scoring (68.0 ppg), but is 16th in points allowed per game (76.3).
 
• Carpenter and Pietropola combined for 17 points and four assists against West Chester last season with Pietropola also blocking a pair of shots in the win.
 
• Heinlie had one of the top statistical games of her Rock career last year against Cheyney, scoring a career-high 16 points and grabbing nine rebounds over 22 minutes. Pietropola also added eight points and six rebounds in the win over the Wolves.
 
WEST CHESTER PRIMER
Record: 1-3
PSAC East Record: 1-1
PSAC East Standings: Tied for second place
Streak: Lost one
Home Record: 1-3
Away Record: 0-0
Neutral Site Record: 0-0
Head Coach: Kiera Wooden | Third season at West Chester (46-17)
 
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN RAMS
• Last time out: Clarion defeated West Chester, 67-58, on Nov. 20.
 
• West Chester is ranked ninth in the PSAC in points per game (67.0), but has allowed a league-high 80.3 points per game. Opponents have also shot a PSAC-high 41.0 percent from 3-point range against the Golden Rams. WCU also ranks second in the league in rebounds per game at 44.8.
 
• Madison Torresin nearly averages a double-double of 17.5 points and 9.8 rebounds per game to go with 2.3 steals and 1.8 assists a contest. She ranks fourth in the PSAC in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage (55.3).
 
• Alexis Anderson (11.5 ppg) and Porscha Speller (10.8 ppg) are WCU's second and third leading scorers.
 
• The only player back for West Chester this season to have scored points in last year's game against SRU is Torresin, who made a pair of free throws in five minutes of playing time.
 
CHEYNEY PRIMER
Record: 0-2
PSAC East Record: 0-2
PSAC East Standings: Tied for fourth place
Streak: Lost two
Home Record: 0-2
Away Record: 0-0
Neutral Site Record: 0-0
Head Coach: Tammy A. Bagby | First season at Cheyney (0-2)
 
SCOUTING THE WOLVES
• Last time out: Cheyney gave up 23 points in the fourth quarter en route to a 67-57 loss against Gannon on Nov. 20.
 
• Cheyney will play California (Pa.) on Saturday prior to its game against The Rock. Its matchup against the Vulcans will be Cheyney's first game since Nov. 20.  
 
• The Wolves enter the weekend with the lowest scoring offense in the PSAC at 51.0 points per game, but with a defense that gives up just 65.0 points per game, the sixth best average in the conference.
 
• Cheyney has also limited opponents to a 36.6 field goal percentage and a 23.4 3-point field goal percentage.
 
• Marlon Herring has been one of the top post players in the Eastern Division this season with per game averages of 14.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game.
 
• TaKayla Ellis, who made five 3-pointers on the way to a 20-point game against The Rock last season, is back for Cheyney. Through two games this season, she is averaging 11 points, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game.  
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock continues PSAC crossover play when it hosts Millersville University Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. Following the Millersville game Slippery Rock will play road games at West Liberty University (Dec. 16) and North Carolina A&T (Dec. 17).