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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University women's basketball team will look to start the stretch run of the 2019-20 season with a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division victory against Clarion University 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Morrow Field House.
 
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GAME 22 DETAILS
Opponent: Clarion University
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 5 – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Morrow Field House  |  Slippery Rock, Pa.
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In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: SRU leads 42-41
Last Played: Jan. 3, 2020 (Clarion won 63-60 at home)
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
Clarion has won its last two games over The Rock to narrow Slippery Rock's lead in the all-time series down to 42-41.
 
Earlier in the season, the Golden Eagles earned a 63-60 home victory over The Rock behind Yasmin's Lewis double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds. Madison Johnson and Daeja Quick combined to score 41 of The Rock's 60 points in the defeat.
 
Johnson averages 16.2 points per game in five career games against Clarion. LeeAnn Gibson has gone for 5.4 rebounds per game over seven career appearances against Clarion while Brooke Hinderliter has averaged 15.1 points per game against the Golden Eagles all-time.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Overall Record: 5-16
PSAC Record: 3-12
PSAC West Standings: Eighth
Home Record: 1-6
Away Record: 4-9
Neutral Site Record: 0-1
Streak: L3
Last Five Games: 1-4
Head Coach: Bobby McGraw l Sixth Season (62-92)
 
SCOUTING THE ROCK
Last Time Out: Slippery Rock led by as many as nine points, but couldn't close out the Vulcans in an eventual 76-59 loss at Cal U. Clarion snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 68-66 win at home against Seton Hill.
 
Records and Standings: Slippery Rock enters Wednesday's game with a 5-16 overall record and a 3-12 mark in the PSAC West While not mathematically eliminated from postseason contention, it's imperative that Slippery Rock starts to string together some victories soon as SRU is currently four games behind Pitt-Johnstown for the sixth spot in the PSAC West standings with seven games left in the season, the top six teams in the PSAC West at the end of the season qualify for the conference tournament.
 
• Hinderliter ranks sixth in the PSAC in scoring at 18.8 points per game to with 5.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game as well.
 
• Johnson supplies SRU with 14.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game.

• Quick has compiled per game averages of 11.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.3 steals.
 
• In what has been a career-year, Gibson is the PSAC's 10th-leading rebounder at 7.4 rpg to go with 8.8 points per game.
 
• Karington Ketterer has blocked six shots over SRU's last four games to push her season rejection total to 20, which ranks 13th in the PSAC.
 
• 13 of SRU's 21 games this season have been decided by 10 points or less.
 
QUICK LIMITING TURNOVERS AT A PSAC-BEST RATE
As has been the case for the last month, Quick continued to limit her miscues for The Rock as she made just two turnovers against Cal U all the while scoring a team-high 17 points as SRU's lead guard.
 
Quick, who ranks 14th in the PSAC in assists per game, has now committed just nine turnovers over The Rock's last eight games. No other player ranked in the top-20 in the PSAC in assists has committed fewer turnovers than Quick in their previous eight games.
 
BOUNCE-BACK NIGHT AT THE FOUL LINE NEEDED
A key to a Slippery Rock victory against Clarion will be returning to its normal dependable form at the foul line. SRU has been in a slump at the foul line as of late including a 9-for-21 (42.9 percent) showing at Cal U, which was SRU's worst single-game foul shooting performance since going 5-for-15 vs. Cal U on Feb. 25, 2015 (113 games).
 
Through the first 11 games of the season Slippery Rock made 76.6 percent (210-for-274) of its free throws. However, SRU has converted just 64.8 percent (127-of-196) of its foul shots over the last 10 games.
 
Of Slippery Rock's 337 made free throws this season, Hinderliter (132) and Johnson (61) have combined to hit 193 (57.3 percent) of the attempts. Johnson enters the Clarion game having made her previous 11 free throws over SRU's last six game.
 
As a team, Slippery Rock ranks 12th in the nation in free throws made. Individually, Hinderliter ranks third in Division II and fifth across the entire NCAA (I, II, III) in made free throws.
 
GIBSON SHOOTING AT AN INCREDIBLE RATE
Few players in the PSAC have been more efficient around the rim as of late than Gibson, who has made 22 of her last 34 field goal attempts (64.7 percent) over The Rock's last six games. Of the 22 successful field goals, 20 have come inside the paint.
 
ANOTHER GAME, ANOTHER RECORD FOR HINDERLITER
A game after setting the SRU program record for career starts, Hinderliter will have a chance to set another SRU record on Wednesday.
 
Hinderliter enters the Clarion game with 454 made free throws in her career, seven away from breaking Heather Kearney's record of 460. Hinderliter has made seven or more free throws in a game 26 times over her career.
 
BIG GAME OFF THE BENCH FOR CURD
Freshman forward Anyah Curd matched her season-high with nine rebounds while blocking two shots against Cal U. Her two blocks against the Vulcans marked her fifth multi-block game this season.
 
Through 21 games this season, Curd has averaged 3.0 points and 3.7 rebounds per game while making 16 blocks. Curd leads the PSAC West, and ranks second across all of the PSAC, in blocks by a freshman. Additionally, her 16 rejections rank fifth among freshmen in Slippery Rock history. 
 
ANDREWS SEEING EXTENDED MINUTES
For the first time in her career, Brittany Andrews has played at least 12 minutes in three consecutive games. She has responded to the increased playing time by averaging 4.3 points and 2.0 rebounds per game while shooting 62.5 percent (5-for-8) in 14.3 minutes of playing time per game over The Rock's last three contests.
 
HINDERLITER CONTINUES TO CLIMB ALL-TIME POINTS LIST
Hinderliter enters the Clarion game ranked third in program history for points in a career with 1,596.
 
Hinderliter, who ranks 17th among all active NCAA Division II players in career scoring, is on pace to finish her career with 1,728 points which would rank second in program history for points in a career behind only Heather Kearney (1,760 points / 1995-99).
 
Currently, Hinderliter trails Kory Fielitz (1,694 points / 1990-94) for second place in program history. For Hinderliter to pass Kearney for the program record she would need to average 23.4 points per game over SRU's final seven contests.
 
GIBSON APPROACHING THE 500/500 CLUB
Gibson is currently on pace to become just the 17th player in program history to record 500 points and 500 rebounds in career. Entering the Gannon game, Gibson has scored 613 points and grabbed 469 rebounds. With seven games remaining in the regular season Gibson needs to average 4.4 rebounds per contest the rest of the year to achieve the feat.
 
Gibson is enjoying a career-year as a senior with per game averages of 8.9 points and 7.7 rebounds while shooting a Rock-best 48.4 percent.
 
Gibson is enjoying a career-year as a senior with per game averages of 9.0 points and 7.4 rebounds per game over 18 starts all while leading The Rock in field goal percentage at 47.9 percent.
 
JOHNSON ONE OF THE TOP TRANSFER SCORERS AT THE ROCK
Following a 15-point performance against Cal U, Johnson has now scored 794 points in her 76-game career for SRU. The 794 points rank 27th in program history in addition to being the seventh-highest total of any player that has transferred to The Rock.
 
Name (Prior School) - Points           
D'Asia Chambers (St. Bonaventure)-1,313
Diane Walker (Allegheny CC)  -1,163
Ciara Patterson (Wright State)-902
Lexi Carpenter (Dayton)-855
Julie Molloy (St. Bonaventure)-827
Amy Neuhouser (Indiana-Fort Wayne)-822
Judy Guess (Indiana-Fort Wayne)-796         
Madison Johnson (St. Francis)-794
 
CLARION PRIMER
Overall Record: 4-17
PSAC Record: 2-13
PSAC West Standings: Ninth
Home Record: 3-7
Away Record: 1-9
Neutral Site Record: 0-1
Streak: W1
Last Five Games: 1-4
Head Coach: Jana Ashley l Sixth Season (46-116)
 
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
• The Golden Eagles come to Morrow Field House ranked fifth in the PSAC in turnovers per game (15.5) and sixth in turnovers forced per game (18.0). However, Clarion also ranks last in all Division II in free throw shooting percentage (.528) and 17th in the PSAC in offensive production (57.6 ppg).
 
• Ke'Airah Massiah paces the Clarion attack with 10.0 points per game. Jada Smith serves as the Golden Eagles' top interior presence with 7.8 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game in addition to scoring 7.1 points a contest.
 
• The quartet of Celeste Ryman, Yasmin Lewis, Yndiah Bobo and Emily Hegedus all average between 8.0 and 8.9 points per game to round out Clarion's top offensive threats.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock will look to pull off a nationally ranked road win when it travels to No. 5 Indiana University (Pa.) 5:30 p.m. Saturday for a PSAC West contest.
 
 
 

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