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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's basketball team continues Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division competition at 1 p.m. Saturday against Edinboro University at Morrow Field House.
 
GAME 19 DETAILS
Opponent: Edinboro University
Date: Jan. 21, 2016 – 1 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania – Morrow Field House
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All-Time Series: Edinboro leads 43-42
Last Played: Feb. 3, 2016 (Edinboro won 78-70 at SRU)
 
SERIES HISTORY
Edinboro has won 13 of the last 14 games in the series to take a 43-42 edge over The Rock all-time. Slippery Rock is 23-18 against Edinboro at Morrow Field House.
 
LAST MEETING (Box Score)
Slippery Rock cut a 13-point deficit to just five points in a span of 23 seconds in the final minute of regulation, but it wasn't enough as Edinboro came away with a 78-70 win on Feb. 3, 2016. Lexi Carpenter scored 15 points for SRU while Megan Hardiman recorded 11 points, seven rebounds and three steals.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Record: 8-10
PSAC West Record: 5-7
PSAC West Standings: Seventh place
Streak: Lost one
Last Five Games: 1-4
Home Record: 2-4
Away Record: 5-5
Neutral Site Record: 1-1
Head Coach: Bobby McGraw | Third season at SRU (32-41)
 
SCOUTING THE ROCK
• Last time out: Slippery Rock produced its highest scoring output of the season and shot above 50 percent from the field, but it wasn't quite enough as Pitt-Johnstown defeated SRU, 88-84, on Jan. 18. Carpenter had a double-double of 32 points and 11 assists in the loss. (Box Score)
 
• Slippery Rock enters Saturday's game with an overall record of 8-10 and a PSAC West mark of 5-7, which is good enough for seventh place in the league standings and just one game behind Seton Hill University for sixth place. The top six teams in the PSAC West and PSAC East standings at the conclusion of the regular season earn bids into the conference tournament.
 
• Slippery Rock shot 50.8 percent from the field against Pitt-Johnstown. The UPJ game marked the first time that SRU had shot over 50 percent from the floor since going 31-of-55 from the field (56.4 percent) in an 87-62 win against Mansfield last year.
 
• Carpenter has now scored at least 32 points in three consecutive games for The Rock. She is one of just two players in all of NCAA Division II, along with Jordan Wilson of Alaska Fairbanks,  to have scored 30 or more points in three straight games. Over her impeccable three-game stretch Carpenter has averaged 32.7 points, 6.0 assists and 2.0 steals per contest while shooting 48.5 percent (33-of-68) from the field.  
 
• Carpenter, the reigning PSAC West Athlete of the Week, leads the PSAC in scoring at 19.6 points per game, second in free throw shooting percentage (.882) and ranks fourth in the league in assists with 5.1 per game. Additionally, her 11 assists against UPJ tied her for the seventh most assists in a single-game in program history.
 
• Cassidy Wright is shooting 54.5 percent (12-of-22) from 3-point range over The Rock's last seven games. She was a perfect 3-for-3 from deep against Pitt-Johnstown.
 
• Brooke Hinderliter, who was recently named the PSAC West Freshman of the Week for a fifth time, averages 10.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game. Hinderliter, who also shoots 47.1 percent from the field, has 20 offensive rebounds in The Rock's four games. She leads SRU  on the year with 39 offensive rebounds.
 
• Mallory Heinle, The Rock's top rebounder (6.4 rpg) and third leading scorer (8.2 ppg), was one point away from matching a career-high with 15 points against Pitt-Johnstown. Heinle's junior year has been her best at The Rock; she is on pace to set career-highs in minutes played, 3-pointers made, rebounds, assists and points scored.
 
• C.C. Dixon, who had a season-high three steals against UPJ, is shooting an efficient 49.5 percent (50-of-101) from the field while averaging 6.6 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.
 
• Morgan Henderson is Slippery Rock's second leading rebounder (5.8 per game) and fourth leading scorer (7.3 ppg). Henderson also matched a season-high with three steals against Pitt-Johnstown.
 
• LeeAnn Gibson's five rebounds against Pitt-Johnstown was her highest rebounding total in the last seven games and her sixth game of the year with at least five rebounds.
 
• Krista Pietropola leads SRU, and ranks 16th in the PSAC, with 29 made 3-pointers.
 
EDINBORO PRIMER
Record: 16-2
WBCA Top 25: Receiving votes
PSAC West Record: 12-0
PSAC West Standings: First place
Streak: Won 16
Last Five Games: 5-0
Home Record: 9-0
Away Record: 7-0
Neutral Site Record: 0-2
Head Coach: Stan Swank | 30th season (549-294)
 
SCOUTING THE FIGHTING SCOTS
• Last time out: Edinboro outscored Clarion University by 17 points in the second half to earn a 68-51 victory against the Golden Eagles. (Box Score)
 
• Edinboro, which received votes in the latest Women's Basketball Coaches Association Top 25 poll, is 16-2 overall and in first place in the PSAC West with a 12-0 mark in league play. The Fighting Scots have won 16 straight games.
 
• The Fighting Scots rank second in the PSAC in scoring offense (73.3 ppg), points allowed per game (56.9 ppg) and opponent turnovers per game (22.8).
 
• Edinboro's offense has been evenly distributed this season between the trio of Katie Fischer (14.7 ppg), Ciara Rosten (11.3 ppg) and Michelle Jahn (10.3 ppg).
 
• Fischer also leads Edinboro in assists per game (4.8) and steals per game (2.3). Rosten is the Fighting Scots' top rebounder (6.7 per game) and leading shot blocker (1.6 per game).
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock plays at Gannon University Jan. 25 at 5:30 p.m.
 
WHITE OUT
More details will be announced next week, but The Rock's annual "White Out" night has been set for Wednesday, Feb. 1 against California University (Pa.). Official t-shirts will be on sale beginning next week at the SGA Bookstore for just $5. A limited supply of shirts will also be sold at the game Feb. 1.
 
BLACK OUT
More details will be announced next week, but SRU's home game against Mercyhurst on Wednesday, Feb. 8 will be a "Black Out." The first 500 SRU students to show their ID at the gate will receive a free t-shirt, courtesy of Adidas and the Erie Sports Store. Non-students will also have a chance to purchase a limited supply of the Adidas shirts at the game, while supplies last. Look for more details regarding both events next week when the students return to campus.
 
 

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