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GAME PROGRAM INFO
Slippery Rock has moved away from printed game programs for all sports in 2024-25. This page will serve as the "Digital Game Program" for this week's game. To navigate to all gameday info for any SRU home events this year, simply visit rockathletics.com/gameday or scan the QR code on the "Gameday Info" posters hanging in each facility.
 

Slippery Rock vs. Malone
The Rock (1-1)	Pioneers (2-0)
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach Ryenn Micaletti	Coach Selana Ickes
Program Records	Program Records
PSAC Standings	GMAC Standings
PSAC Leaders	GMAC Leaders
PSAC Schedule	GMAC Schedule
Morrow Field House
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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — The Slippery Rock University women's basketball team will make its return to Morrow Field House when it welcomes Malone University for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff Wednesday.
 
The Rock will play their home opener after splitting games at last weekend's Atlantic Region Challenge in Erie, Pennsylvania, starting the season with a 1-1 record. The Pioneers have only played away games thus far, looking to stay unbeaten at 2-0 overall.
 
TICKET PRICES
Fans are encouraged to purchase advance tickets online HERE.
Adult General Admission: $10
Visiting Student with valid student ID: $5
Ages 6-High School: $5
Ages 6 and Under: FREE
SRU Students: FREE with valid student ID
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch Wednesday's game live and on-demand for free on the Rock Athletics Digital Network, created and operated by the SRU athletic communication office.
 
• Search for Rock Athletics Digital Network in the app stores on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku and Android TV devices. The streaming web player linked above will also integrate with Chrome Cast devices to allow viewers to cast the game to those devices.
 
GAME 3 of 26
Opponent: Malone
Date: Wednesday – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania  
Venue: Morrow Field House
Live Video: Rock Athletics Digital Network
Live Stats: Slippery Rock Athletic Communication
In-game Updates: X (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: 5-4
Current Streak: L1
Last Played: Nov. 28, 2023 at Malone (SRU lost, 74-57)
 
TOP ACTIVE SRU CAREER STATS vs. MALONE
Regan Atkins – 19 points, 3 rebounds (1 GP)
Emily Venick – 7 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal (2 GP)
Kaylin Venick – 4 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block (3 GP)
Endya Robinson – 4 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal (1 GP)
Alyssa Gillin – 3 points, 1 rebound (1 GP)
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Rock and the Pioneers will be meeting for the 10^th time in series history, a matchup that SRU owns a 5-4 edge in. The series dates back to 1982 when SRU first welcomed Malone to Morrow Field House and earned a 71-61 victory.
 
The Rock are 4-0 when hosting Malone with the Pioneers last visiting SRU in 2022. SRU outlasted Malone to pick up a 60-58 win, led by 17 points from Deleah Gibson. Kennedy Middleton double-doubled for The Rock, recording 12 points and a team-high 10 rebounds.
 
SRU last saw Malone on the road last year, falling in a 74-57 defeat in Canton, Ohio. Slippery Rock held a 17-14 lead after the first quarter but slowly fell behind to a Pioneers team that outscored The Rock in the second half, 38-27. Regan Atkins led SRU with 19 points and three rebounds, shooting 8-of-15 (.533) from the floor.
 

TEAM COMPARISON
THE ROCK	STAT	PIONEERS
77.0	Points per Game	76.0
65.5	Opp. Points per Game	57.0
46.7%	Field Goal Pct.	44.9%
33.3%	Opp. Field Goal Pct.	39.5%
46.4%	3-Point Pct.	33.3%
25.5%	Opp 3-Point Pct.	20.0%
6.5	3-Pointers Made per Game	9.5
62.8%	Free Throw Pct.	73.0%
47.5	Rebounds per Game	39.5
39.5	Opp. Rebounds per Game	30.5
+8.0	Rebounding Margin	+9.0
20.0	Assists	14.0
-5.0	Turnover Margin	+1.0
5.5	Steals	11.0
4.0	Blocks	0.0
Per game averages

 
THE ROCK BY THE NUMBERS
Overall Record: 1-1
2023-24 PSAC Record: 2-20
2023-24 Home Record: 2-11
2023-24 Away Record: 0-12
2023-24 PSAC West Rank: 8^th of 9
Head Coach: Ryenn Micaletti | Second season at SRU (3-24)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock split a weekend doubleheader at Gannon University Nov. 9-10, earning a season-opening win over Davis & Elkins College, 79-42, and falling to Glenville State University, 89-75.
 
Tahmala Thorpe led a group of 12 scorers against D&E with 13 points, while Kayley Joseph-Bernard reeled in 10 rebounds. The Rock shot 9-of-14 (.643) from the floor in the first quarter, pulling out to a 26-6 advantage that they would only increase as the game progressed.
 
Atkins recorded one of the best games of her career with 21 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists versus Glenville State, but The Rock came up short in the 14-point defeat. SRU kept the deficit to single digits for the majority of the game, but a 14-of-22 showing at the free throw line in the fourth quarter gave GSU the edge it needed to secure the win.
 
LEADING THE ROCK
Atkins leads Slippery Rock offensively after her double-double against Glenville State, averaging 13.5 points while shooting 50.0 percent from the floor through two games (9-of-18). Atkins also ranks second on the team with 9.0 rebounds per game.
 
Thorpe has also knocked down half of her shot attempts (7-of-14), averaging 11.0 points per game. Mairan Haggerty joins Atkins and Thorpe in the double-digit average with 11.0 points per game. The Seton Hill University transfer shot 52.9 percent (9-of-17) from the floor in her opening weekend.
 
Joseph-Bernard has brought a well-rounded presence underneath, leading Slippery Rock with 10.0 rebounds per game in addition to her 8.0 points per game.
 
Brooklyn Jones has made four three-pointers this year in six attempts to earn a team-high .667 3-point average. Jones has started both of her games for SRU, averaging 6.5 points and a team-best 4.0 assists.
 
Haggerty, Thorpe and Deryn Moye have done well in transition, all tied for tops on the team with a pair of steals. Atkins is already a quarter of the way to her 12 blocks last year with three so far this season.
 
THE ROCK WINS BIG
Slippery Rock's 79-42 win over Davis & Elkins marked its largest margin of victory in 245 games. The Rock last won by at least 37 points when they picked up a 65-24 decision against Penn State Allegheny in 2014. Head coach Ryenn Micaletti was on the sideline for that game, serving as an assistant coach under Bobby McGraw.
 
The Rock came away with convincing leads in points in the paint (40-14), points off turnovers (24-7) and second chance points (26-9) against the Senators.
 
SRU's 37-point cushion also marked the team's largest season-opening victory since an 86-43 victory against Cheyney University in 1997 (43 points).
 
JUMPING RIGHT IN
Slippery Rock's newcomers have accounted for 85 of the team's 154 points, making up 55.2 percent of SRU's scoring.
 
Haggerty and Thorpe rank behind Atkins with 22 points apiece, while Joseph-Bernard stacks up fourth on the roster with 16 points.
 
While not included in the newcomers' total, Slippery Rock is glad to have Alyssa Gillin back in the lineup after missing last season with injury. The junior from Monaca, Pennsylvania has started both games and tallied 13 points.
 
SRU's freshmen and transfers have also comprised 41.1 percent of the team's rebounds, pulling down 39-of-95. That effort has been led by Joseph-Bernard, the Hofstra transfer who has totaled 10 rebounds in each of her two starts with SRU.
 
KNOCKING DOWN SHOTS
Through a pair of contests, Slippery Rock ranks fourth in the PSAC with a 46.7 field goal percentage. That number includes six players shooting at least 50 percent and nine players averaging at least 40 percent from the floor.
 
With two points against Davis & Elkins and 10 points against Glenville State, true freshman Rebecca Goetz has yet to miss a shot. The forward from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is 6-of-6 from the paint with one rebound, one assist and one block as well.
 
GOOD FROM DEEP, TOO
SRU has shot incredibly from beyond the 3-point arc as well, converting 46.4 percent of its 3-point chances. Atkins and Thorpe have both seen three of their five attempts from distance go in for 60 percent averages, while Jones has cashed in on four of her six 3-point shots for a 66.7 percent clip.
 
SRU's 46.4 three-point percentage as a team leads the PSAC as well as the entire Atlantic Region.
 
DISHING OUT HISTORY
Slippery Rock's 23 assists against Glenville State marked the most assists in a single game since SRU's 98-90 victory over Salem University in 2019 that came with 21 helpers.
 
SRU's outing with Glenville State was just one of nine recorded games in SRU women's basketball history with at least 23 assists. That effort was led by Atkins with seven, coming just three assists shy of a triple-double.
 
Jones aided in the efforts against the Pioneers with six assists, while Thorpe and Sophia Hook each brought four. Joseph-Bernard and Moye recorded one assist each.
 
STRONG OFF THE BOARDS
Slippery Rock leads the conference with 47.5 rebounds per game, also good enough for 12^th nationally in Division II. That number has come with a well-balanced mix of 32.5 defensive rebounds per game (second in the PSAC, 10^th in Division II) and 15.0 offensive rebounds per game (third in the PSAC, 37^th in Division II).
 
Slippery Rock recorded a +26 rebounding margin against Davis & Elkins, a game that ranked sixth all-time in school history with 55 rebounds as a whole. SRU held the Senators to 29 rebounds in the victory.
 
Joseph-Bernard led the team with 10 boards, while Atkins, Haggerty and Endya Robinson each pulled down six. Hook and Tori Johnson both had five, while Moye brought in four. Thorpe tallied three rebounds, as Gillin, Jones and Kaylin Venick rounded out SRU's season opener with one defensive rebound each.
 
The Rock came away with 40 rebounds against Glenville State, while the Pioneers had a nice day off the boards themselves with 50. Atkins (12) and Joseph-Bernard (10) led the way for Slippery Rock, with 33 of The Rock's 40 bounds coming defensively.
 
THE ROCK vs. THE GMAC
Slippery Rock has won four of its last six games against Great Midwest Athletic Conference opponents, defeating Malone and Ursuline College in both 2021 and 2022.
 
A win over Malone would mark SRU's 21^st all-time win against an opponent currently playing in the GMAC.
 
THE ROCK IN HOME OPENERS
Slippery Rock is 7-5 in its last 12 home openers dating back to 2011. The Rock last posted a win in their home opener in 2022, coincidentally when it defeated Malone, 60-58.
 
ROCK STARS OF RECENT
• Atkins recorded career highs against Glenville State with 12 rebounds and seven assists. She tied a career-high two blocks against the Pioneers as well. With 21 points, Atkins also earned her 400^th career point, entering Wednesday with 408.
 
• Johnson set a personal best three free throws against Davis & Elkins. She also tied a career-high five rebounds, a total she produced against Salem last year.
 
• Thorpe's 13 points against Davis & Elkins signaled a true career high for the grad transfer. Thorpe's best game at the University of Akron featured an eight-point showing against Southern Miss.
 
• Haggerty also saw a true career high in the scoring column against Glenville State. Her 12 points against the Pioneers topped a previous personal record of five points against Clarion when she played for Seton Hill.
 
• Robinson posted a block for the fifth time in her career against Davis & Elkins.
 
• Hallie Raabe registered a steal for the 10^th time in her career versus D&E, with all 10 steals coming in as many games.
 
THE PIONEERS BY THE NUMBERS
Overall Record: 2-0
2023-24 GMAC Record: 12-8
2023-24 Home Record: 10-6
Away Record: 2-0
2023-24 GMAC Rank: 7^th of 14
Head Coach: Selana Ickes | Seventh season at Malone (98-72, .576)
 
MALONE SCOUTING REPORT
The Pioneers are looking to stay unbeaten after rounding out a season-opening road trip with a 67-60 win at Wayne State University and an 85-54 victory against the University of Indianapolis.
 
The Pioneers lead the GMAC with 76.0 points per game, 9.5 3-pointers per game and a +9.0 rebounding margin. Malone ranks second in its 14-team conference with 22.5 bench points per game and 11.0 steals per game, as well.
 
Erin Kaufman is Malone's leader offensively with 18.5 points per game. The center from Glandorf, Ohio scored 17 against Wayne State with eight rebounds in just 21 minutes. She recorded 20 points against UIndy, now 16-of-19 (.842) from the floor to start her season.
 
Brooklyn Troyer has led Malone's three-point shooting front, hitting 7-of-14 (.500) to begin the year. Aila Miller is MU's leading rebounder with 7.0 boards per game.
 
Malone went 17-13 overall last year with a 12-8 mark in the GMAC. The Pioneers upset second-seeded Kentucky Wesleyan College in the GMAC Quarterfinals before falling to Trevecca Nazarene University in the semifinal round.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
Slippery Rock will play its last road game of November at 2 p.m. Saturday when it heads to Salem University in West Virginia.





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