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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University women's basketball team will step out of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference competition for a final time in the 2019-20 season when it travels to South Euclid, Ohio play Notre Dame College 6 p.m. Tuesday.
 
GAME 9 DETAILS
Opponent: Notre Dame College
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 16 – 6 p.m.
Location: Murphy Gymnasium | South Euclid, Ohio
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Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: Slippery Rock leads 2-0
Last Played: Dec. 28, 2011 (SRU won 62-57 at Notre Dame)
 
SERIES HISTORY
Slippery Rock holds a 2-0 lead over Notre Dame in the all-time series, but The Rock and Falcons have not played since the 2011-12 season when The Rock earned a close 62-57 win on the road.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Overall Record: 2-6
• PSAC Record: 0-3
• PSAC West Standings: Eighth
• Home Record: 0-2
• Away Record: 2-3
• Neutral Site Record: 0-1
• Streak: L4
• Last 5 Games: 1-4
• Head Coach: Bobby McGraw | Sixth season (59-88)
 
QUICK HITS
• Tuesday's game features two of the top scorers in the Atlantic Region in senior guard Brooke Hinderliter and Notre Dame's Seina Adachi. Hinderliter enters Tuesday averaging 18.6 points per game with Adachi close behind at 17.5 points per game.
 
• Slippery Rock will be looking to snap a four-game losing streak tonight. SRU is coming off of a close 89-86 PSAC crossover defeat at Shepherd University on Dec. 7.

• Five of The Rock's eight games, including both of SRU's wins, this season have been decided by 10 points or less this season.
 
• Hinderliter will be making her 92nd career start when she takes the floor Tuesday. Hinderliter, who has started 83 consecutive games, ranks eighth all-time at The Rock in total starts.
 
• The Notre Dame game will mark the halfway point of The Rock's season-long six-game road trip. Following Tuesday, Slippery Rock will close out the road swing Dec. 20 at Kutztown, Dec. 21 at West Chester and Jan. 3 at Clarion.
 
SHEPHERD GAME RECAP
Daeja Quick hit a jumper with nine seconds remaining in regulation to give Slippery Rock a one-point lead, but Shepherd made four straight free throws in the game's final seconds to earn an 89-86 win Dec. 7.
 
Slippery Rock's veteran guard trio of Quick, Hinderliter and Madison Johnson led the way for SRU by scoring 73 of team's 86 points. For the game, Slippery Rock shot a season-best 46 percent (29-of-63) from the field overall, 42.9 percent (9-of-21) from 3-point range and 82.6 percent (19-of-23) from the free throw line.
 
HISTORY MADE
Hinderliter, Johnson and Quick became the first trio at Slippery Rock to score 20 or more points in the same game over the last 20 years. Hinderliter scored 25 points while Johnson and Quick added 24 points apiece in The Rock's narrow defeat.
 
For the season, Hinderliter leads The Rock in scoring at 18.6 points per game followed by Johnson at 17.1 ppg and Quick at 13.3 ppg.
 
The last time Slippery Rock had three or more players average at least 13 points per game came in 2000-01 when Becky Siembak (15.4), Jackie Altenweg (15.2) and Shelbey Wardman (13.1) all accomplished the feat.
 
HINDERLITER CONTINUES TO CLIMB ALL-TIME POINTS LIST
Hinderliter enters the Notre Dame game ranked sixth in program history for points in a career with 1,350 following her 25-point showing at Shepherd.
 
Hinderliter, who is averaging  18.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.0 steals per game on the season, is on pace to finish her career with 1,722 points which would rank second all-time at The Rock behind only Heather Kearney (1,760 points / 1995-99).
 
She is 100 points away from surpassing Jackie Altenweg (1,449 points / 1998-02) and moving into fifth place in program history for points in a career.
 
ONE OF THE TOP ONE-TWO PUNCHES IN THE PSAC
The duo of Hinderliter and Johnson are the fifth-highest scoring combination in the PSAC and the third best in the PSAC West behind only Pitt-Johnstown and Edinboro.
 
#-Players (School / Points Per Game)
1-Alli McGrath/Gabrielle Smith (Pitt-Johnstown / 40.9)
2-Marley McLaughlin/Abby Beeman (Shepherd / 40.8)
3-Lauren Lister/Olivia Mottern (Millersville / 39.5)
4-Michaela Barnes/Bridgette Shaffer (Edinboro / 38.3)
5-Brooke Hinderliter/Madison Johnson (Slippery Rock / 35.7)
6-Ariel Jones/Destiny Jefferson (Shippensburg / 34.9)
7-Ahnera Parker/Marena Lonardi (Lock Haven / 30.1)
8-Tori Oberlander/Chelsea Rourke (Gannon / 29.4)
9-Monica Burns / Shauna Harrison (California / 29.2)
t10-Tiffany Lapotsky/Julia Kutz (East Stroudsburg / 27.7)
t10-Rylee Derr/Casey Remolde (Kutztown / 27.7)
12-Lexi Civittolo/Cheyenne Trest (Seton Hill / 27.3)
13-Emma Saxton/Taylor Montana (Bloomsburg / 26.4)
14-Lexi Griggs/Natalie Myers (Indiana / 25.9)
15-Amber Renz/Nicolete Newman (Mercyhurst / 24.8)
16-Alexis Anderson/Katherine Fisher (West Chester / 24.5)
17-Paige Whitfeld/Jasmine Hilton (Mansfield / 20.5)
18-Ke'Airah Massiah/Emily Hegedus (Clarion / 19.3)
 
SLIPPERY ROCK ON THE GLASS
Since the first two games of the season, when Slippery Rock was missing its top rebounder in LeeAnn Gibson, SRU has recorded an overall rebounding margin of +3 over its last six games.
 
Gibson has been great on the glass for The Rock with a team-best average of 7.2 rebounds per game; the ninth highest mark in the PSAC. Gibson has recorded at least seven rebounds in a game in four of her six games played this year including eight against Shepherd.
 
In addition to her work on the boards, Gibson has also enjoyed what has been the highest offensive production of her career at 8.8 points per game.
 
Behind Gibson, The Rock has four players who also average at least four rebounds per game in Hinderliter (5.3), Karington Ketterer (5.1), Johnson (5.0) and Anyah Curd (4.8).
 
Overall, Slippery Rock ranks seventh in the PSAC in rebounds per game with 37.8 rpg.
 
ROCK SOLID FOUL SHOOTING
A staple for The Rock under fifth-year head coach Bobby McGraw has been its exemplary free throw shooting. Four of the top-10 single-season team free throw shooting percentages have happened on McGraw's watch. This year has been no different as Slippery Rock ranks second in the PSAC in foul shooting at 77.7 percent. Most recently, SRU made 82.6 percent (19-of-23) of its foul shots against Shepherd.
 
Hinderliter leads The Rock in foul shooting at 88.1 percent (52-for-59) followed by Gibson (78.6 percent / 22-for-28), Johnson (78.6 percent / 33-for-42) and Quick (73.3 percent / 22-for-30).
 
SUPPLEMENTAL OFFENSE
In addition to The Rock's lead scoring trio, SRU's offense has been supplemented by Gibson, Curd,  Ketterer and Olivia Fusaro. Gibson and Curd come in at 8.8 points and 4.8 points per game, respectively, with Ketterer (3.6 ppg) and Fusaro (3.3 ppg) rounding out Slippery Rock's top scorers.
 
AN UPTICK IN STEALS
Slippery Rock made just 17 steals in its first four games this season, but has nearly doubled that total with 32 steals in its last four games.
 
Quick, Gibson and Hinderliter both average one steal per game with Ketterer (0.9 spg) and Fusaro (0.8 spg) also nearly making a full steal per contest.
 
DEFENDING THE 3-BALL
Slippery Rock has done a stellar job at limiting opponents from distance this year as The Rock's opposition has shot over 30 percent from 3-point territory just three times this season.
 
For the year, opponents are shooting 32.2 percent (56-of-174) from deep against The Rock and just 28.6 percent (26-of-91) over the last four games.
 
RECORDS WATCH
With two-thirds of her senior season still in front of her, Hinderliter's name is littered throughout The Rock's career record book. She comes into the weekend ranked second in program history in free throws made (374), third in offensive rebounds (206), sixth in points scored (1,350), eighth in minutes played (2,640), 16th in total rebounds (504), 17th in steals (106), 22nd in blocks (25) and 21st in assists (175).
 
Gibson ranks seventh in program history in offensive rebounds (160), 17th in career foul shots made (169), 22nd in defensive rebounds (212) and 21st in minutes played (1,839).
 
Johnson is 20th in offensive rebounds (104) and 21st in FTs (162).
 
NOTRE DAME PRIMER
• Overall Record: 9-1
• MEC Record: 5-1
• MEC Standings: First
• Home Record: 1-1
• Away Record: 6-0
• Neutral Site Record: 2-0
• Streak: W3
• Last 5 Games: 4-1
• Head Coach: Lauren Macer | Third season (47-24)
 
SCOUTING NOTRE DAME
• Notre Dame enters the week ranked third in the MEC in points allowed per game (71.8) and sixth in scoring (78.2). The Falcons also hold a +4.67 turnover margin, the third-best margin in the MEC.
 
• Adachi leads two NDC players in scoring at 17.5 ppg along with Jada Marone (13.6). Adachi and Marone also combine to produce 4.8 steals per game.
 
• The Mountain East Conference leading Falcons also feature Jessie Stout (9.9 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 1.1 spg) and Jen Oduho (9.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg).
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock returns to PSAC competition with back-to-back road crossover games Dec. 20 at Kutztown University and Dec. 21 at West Chester University. Both games are set for 5:30 p.m. tipoffs.
 

 
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