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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University women's basketball team will look to bounce back from a narrow home loss against Pitt-Johnstown with a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division road victory 1 p.m. Saturday at Edinboro University.
 
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GAME 18 DETAILS
• Opponent: Edinboro University
• Date: Saturday, Jan. 26 – 1 p.m.
• Location: Edinboro, Pennsylvania – McComb Fieldhouse
• Video: LINK
• Live Stats: LINK
• All-Time Series: Edinboro leads 46-43
• Last Played: Feb. 14, 2018 (Edinboro won 94-61 at EU)
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. EDINBORO
Edinboro leads The Rock in the all-time series 46-43. The Fighting Scots have controlled the series of late, winning 16 of the last 18 games dating back to the 2010-11 season. However, The Rock's two wins during the stretch have come under coach Bobby McGraw.
 
LAST MEETING vs. EDINBORO
The Fighting Scots scored 55 of the game's final 82 points on the way to a 94-61 victory over The Rock at McComb Fieldhouse on Feb. 14, 2018. Brooke Hinderliter scored 14 and grabbed five rebounds while Madison Johnson (11) and LeeAnn Gibson (10) both finished in double figures as well for SRU.
 
A LOOK AT THE PSAC WEST STANDINGS
With each team in the PSAC West having roughly 10 conference games left to play in the regular season, eight of the division's nine teams still have a realistic shot of earning a PSAC Tournament berth (the top six teams in the PSAC West standings at the end of the regular season qualify for the conference tournament).
 
California (10-1) and Indiana (10-1) have all but locked up tournament berths already, leaving six teams competing for four spots. Entering the weekend, Edinboro is third in the league standings at 7-4 with The Rock and Pitt-Johnstown tied for fourth at 6-5.
 
Seton Hill and Mercyhurt are deadlocked in a tie for sixth place with matching 5-6 league records with Gannon close behind in eighth place at 5-7.
 
If Slippery Rock were to qualify for the PSAC Tournament it would mark the third time in head coach Bobby McGraw's tenure that SRU has made the postseason.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Overall Record: 8-9
• PSAC West Record: 6-5
• PSAC West Standings: Tied for fourth
• Home Record: 4-4
• Away Record: 2-4
• Neutral Site Record: 2-1
• Streak: L1
• Last Five Games: 2-3
• Head Coach: Bobby McGraw | Fifth season (53-75)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock's comeback bid fell just short in a 79-75 loss against Pitt-Johnstown at Morrow Field House on Jan. 23. 
 
QUICK HITS
• A win by The Rock against the Fighting Scots would mark Slippery Rock's first win at Edinboro since Feb. 14, 2009 (11 years).
 
• SRU is a respectable 4-5 in games played away from Morrow Field House this season while Edinboro is a nearly perfect 5-1 when playing in McComb Fieldhouse.
 
• Slippery Rock is 7-1 this season when heading into halftime with a lead.
 
• In two career games against Edinboro, Ciara Patterson has averaged 17.5 points per game. Other active Rock players with success vs. Edinboro include Brooke Hinderliter (12 ppg, 6.8 rpg) and LeeAnn Gibson (8.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg).
 
SCOUTING THE ROCK
• The PSAC's eighth leading scorer, Brooke Hinderliter has produced per game averages of 17.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 45.9 percent from the field overall and 83.3 at the free throw line.
 
• No Rock player has been better as of late than Ciara Patterson, who scored 21 points thanks to a 5-for-10 effort from 3-point range against Pitt-Johsntown. On the season, Patterson has scored at least 10 points in 12 of 17 games. She averages 12.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and a team-high 1.3 steals per game.
 
• One of The Rock's few true post players, Morgan Henderson averages 9.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. Henderson, who has five double-doubles on the year, has pulled down 11.9 rpg over SRU last nine games.
 
• Daeja Quick did a little bit of everything for SRU against UPJ with nine points, seven rebounds, seven assists, two steals and just one turnover. On the year, she averages 8.5 points and 2.9 assists per game.
 
• LeeAnn Gibson is shooting 54.2 percent from the floor while chipping in 6.9 points and 4.5 rebounds a game. Madison Johnson comes off the bench to round out SRU's core rotation with 6.9 ppg and 3.4 rpg.
 
• Kasch Harris (12.9) and Karrington Ketterer (12.2) both average over 10 minutes per game off the bench as well.
 
995 DOWN, 5 MORE TO GO FOR HINDERLITER
Brooke Hinderliter will enter the Edinboro game just five points away from becoming the 13th player in Slippery Rock history to score 1,000 career points.
 
When she does so she will become only the second player over the last 14 years to score 1,000 points at The Rock; D'Asia Chambers also scored 1,313 points over 96 games from 2011-15.
 
In addition to her already impressive career point total, Hinderliter also currently ranks third in program history in offensive rebounds (170), fifth in free throws made (273) and 22nd in steals (87).
 
LEADING REBOUNDER IN THE PSAC
With 13 rebounds against Pitt-Johnstown, Morgan Henderson increased her rebound per game average up to 9.0 for the season and in doing so broke a three-way tie atop the league's rebounding ledger.
 
If Henderson were to finish the season as the conference's top rebounder it would mark the first time in over 15 years that a Rock player had won a league rebounding title. Additionally, if Henderson were to end the year with at least 9.0 rebounds per game she would become just the second Rock in the last 17 yeas to average at least 9.0 ppg; D'Asia Chambers produced 9.6 rebounds per game in 2014-15.
 
TRUE LONG RANGE THREAT
Few players in the PSAC possess the game-changing ability from 3-point range that Ciara Patterson does. The senior guard knocked down 42 triples this year at a 33.9 percent clip. Entering Saturday, she ranks fifth in the PSAC in 3-pointers made and eighth in 3-point field goal percentage.
 
Over The Rock's last seven games, Patterson has made nearly 40 percent of her 3-point attempts (19-of-48). Patterson, who already ranks seventh in Rock history with 123 career 3-pointers made, is on pace to finish the season with 70 3-pointers, which would be third highest single-season total in program history.
 
JOHNSON BREAKING OUT
Madison Johnson is coming off of what have been arguably her top two performances of the season. Johnson went for 14 points and three offensive rebounds against Mansfield followed by another solid 15-point, three-block, one-steal effort against Pitt-Johnstown. She has made 11 of her last 18 shots.
 
WINNING THE TURNOVER BATTLE
Slippery Rock has done a great job winning the turnover battle this year as it ranks fourth in the PSAC in turnover margin (+2.3), fourth in turnovers per game (14.2) and seventh in turnovers forced per game (16.5). If the season ended today, The Rock's 14.2 turnovers per game would rank second in program single-season history.
 
KEEP IT UNDER 70
70 has become a magic number for The Rock this season, as they are 8-0 when allowing under 70 points and 0-9 when allowing at least 70 points. 
 
In eight wins this season, Slippery Rock is allowing 61.9 points per game, with opponents shooting 36.2 percent from the floor and 29.8 percent from 3-point range. However, in nine losses this season, SRU is allowing 84.7 points per game, with opponents shooting 45.1 percent from the floor and 34.7 percent from 3-point range.
 
EDINBORO PRIMER
• Overall Record: 11-5
• PSAC West Record: 7-4
• PSAC West Standings: Third place
• Home Record: 5-1
• Away Record: 5-4
• Neutral Site Record: 1-0
• Streak: W1
• Last Five Games: 2-3
• Head Coach: Callie Wheeler | First season (11-5)

• Edinboro enters today's contest scoring the second-most points in the PSAC averaging 78.6 ppg. EU is one of the top three-point shooting teams in the conference as well ranking second shooting .35 percent from beyond the arc.
 
• The Fighting Scots are led by Jontay Walton and Michaela Barnes. The pair are averaging over 18 points per game with Walton scoring 18.4 ppg and Barnes averaging 18.1 ppg.
 
• Michelle Jahn has aided on offense scoring 12.6 points per game and shooting .35 percent from three-point range.
 
• Ciara Rosten has been the team's top rebounder pulling in 8.1 boards per game while also helping on offense scoring 12.3 ppg.

 
UP NEXT
The Rock will conclude the first half of its round-robin PSAC West schedule on the road when it travels to Erie, Pennsylvania 5:30 p.m. Jan. 30 to play Gannon. GU swept the season series against SRU last year



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