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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. Indiana (Pa.)
The Rock (7-10, 4-7 PSAC)	Crimson Hawks (13-3, 8-2 PSAC)
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach Ryenn Micaletti	Coach Craig Carey
Program Records	Program Records
PSAC Standings
PSAC Leaders
PSAC Schedule
Morrow Field House
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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — The Slippery Rock University women's basketball team will host Indiana University (Pa.) in its annual White Out Night 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Morrow Field House.
 
The Rock are back home for the first time in 11 days, coming off a pair of road losses at No. 16 Gannon University and Clarion. Slippery Rock enters with a 7-10 overall record that includes a 4-7 showing within the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.
 
The Crimson Hawks are 13-3 on the year and 8-2 in the conference, but two of their three losses this season have come in the past three games.
 
TICKETS
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

WKBN-TV TO TELEVISE WHITE OUT GAMES
The Slippery Rock Athletic Communication Office and WKBN-TV will partner for a live television broadcast of Rock Basketball's White Out Night doubleheader against Indiana University (Pa.) Wednesday, Jan. 22.
 
The Rock women's basketball team will open the action against IUP with a 5:30 p.m. tip with the men's game following around 7:30 p.m. It will mark the first home games for SRU in nearly six weeks where students will be back on campus as the spring semester classes are set to begin Tuesday. The Rock Athletic Club will also welcome club members for receptions during both games. Tickets are available online and can be purchased HERE. SRU students will be admitted free.
 
Fans are encouraged to wear white to the game and can pick up an official "White Out" t-shirt at the SGA Bookstore for just $5 for sizes small through XL and $8 for 2XL. A limited supply of shirts will also be on sale in the lobby of Morrow Field House on game day.
 
Both games will air live to viewers in the Youngstown, Ohio television markets. They will also be simulcast on the Rock Athletics Digital Network, where SRU broadcasts more than 100 athletics events each year.
 
The games will air live on the following channels for viewers in the Youngstown, Ohio TV markets:

•     Streaming LIVE on WKBN.com
•     Digital over the air at 33.2 or 62.2 HD
•     Armstrong Cable Channel 13 or 108
•     Comcast Cable Channel 3
•     Direct TV Channel 15
•     Spectrum Channel 997 or 1008
•     Hulu TV
•     YouTube TV
•     Fubo TV 

The Slippery Rock Athletic Communication Office will also simulcast the WKBN-TV broadcast on the Rock Athletics Digital Network and the PSAC Sports Digital Network, allowing fans access to the game through their normal viewing outlets if they are not in the Youngstown market.
 
More information regarding the White Out and the viewing options can be found  HERE.
 
GAME 18 of 26
Opponent: Indiana (Pa.)
Date: Wednesday – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Venue: Morrow Field House
Live Video: WKBN-TV (Youngstown)   |   Rock Athletics Digital Network
Live Stats: Slippery Rock Athletic Communication
In-game Updates: X (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: 48-63
Current Streak: L2
Last Played: Feb. 24, 2024 at SRU (IUP won, 57-42)
 
TOP ACTIVE SRU CAREER STATS vs. IUP
Kaylin Venick – 23 points, 12 rebounds, 9 steals, 1 assist, 1 block (6 GP)
Regan Atkins – 19 points, 15 rebounds, 3 blocks, 1 assist, 1 steal (2 GP)
Deryn Moye – 19 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals (2 GP)
Hallie Raabe – 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals (2 GP)
Endya Robinson – 6 points, 13 rebounds, 1 block (2 GP)
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Rock and the Crimson Hawks will be playing each other for the 112^th time in series history, a matchup that IUP owns a 63-48 lead in.
 
Indiana swept Slippery Rock last year with 85-39 and 57-42 wins, while Slippery Rock won both contests in 2023, 52-48 and 70-57. Prior to that, IUP had won 29 straight games against SRU dating back to 2007.
 
Slippery Rock went toe-to-toe with the Crimson Hawks when IUP visited Morrow Field House last year Feb. 24, 2024. SRU trailed IUP by single digits through three quarters and was down just 31-27 at halftime before Indiana sealed the deal by outscoring SRU in the fourth quarter, 14-7.
 
Deryn Moye led Slippery Rock with 13 points, four rebounds, four steals and three assists. Regan Atkins double-doubled with 10 points and 10 rebounds, also adding an assist and a block.
 

TEAM COMPARISON
THE ROCK	STAT	CRIMSON HAWKS
64.2	Points per Game	70.5
66.4	Opp. Points per Game	57.6
40.6%	Field Goal Pct.	45.2%
38.8%	Opp. Field Goal Pct.	36.6%
32.6%	3-Point Pct.	30.2%
31.3%	Opp 3-Point Pct.	28.6%
6.7	3-Pointers Made per Game	4.7
71.3%	Free Throw Pct.	71.1%
37.6	Rebounds per Game	40.1
38.8	Opp. Rebounds per Game	33.4
-1.2	Rebounding Margin	+6.7
13.7	Assists	13.3
-2.6	Turnover Margin	+1.7
6.1	Steals	8.7
3.4	Blocks	2.4
Per game averages

 
THE ROCK BY THE NUMBERS   |   Roster   |   Stats
Overall Record: 7-10
PSAC Record: 4-7
Home Record: 4-4
Away Record: 2-5
Neutral Record: 1-1
Last Five: 2-3
Streak: L2
PSAC West Rank: 7^th of 8
Head Coach: Ryenn Micaletti | Second season at SRU (9-33)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock suffered a 92-72 road loss at Clarion after the Golden Eagles totaled 61 points and shot 56.1 percent through the second half to overcome a 12-point halftime deficit Jan. 18 on the road.
 
Brooklyn Jones and Sophia Hook led Slippery Rock with 14 points apiece. Jones made 2-of-3 from 3-point range while collecting five rebounds, four assists and a steal. Hook splashed three of SRU's nine triples.
 
Atkins recorded a well-rounded day with 13 points, seven rebounds, six assists, three steals and two blocks. Moye rounded out Slippery Rock's double-digit scorers with 11 points and three assists. Kayley Joseph-Bernard pulled down a team-high eight rebounds to go with six points and a game-high three blocks.
 
The Rock held a 43-31 lead at halftime after shooting 53.3 percent (16-of-30) overall while holding the Golden Eagles to 26.7 percent from the floor (8-of-30). Things turned around offensively for Clarion in the second half as the Golden Eagles piled up 61 points while shooting better than 56 percent.
 
ALUMNAE GAME ANNOUNCED FOR FEB. 8
The Slippery Rock women's basketball team invites all Rock women's basketball alumnae to Morrow Field House Feb. 8 as The Rock will host California (Pa.) on Alumnae Day.
 
All Rock women's basketball alumnae will get free admission into Slippery Rock's game against Cal, which tips off at 1 p.m. The alumnae will be recognized at halftime of the game and enjoy a meet and greet with the 2024-25 team as well as a reception in the Collaboration Room at Morrow Field House.
 
For more information and to RSVP, please email Slippery Rock head coach Ryenn Micaletti at ryenn.micaletti@sru.edu.
 
LEADING THE ROCK
Atkins continues to lead the attack for Slippery Rock with 13.1 points per game. Hook has averaged 10.6 points per game in 13 appearances, while Thorpe has produced 10.3 points per game in 14 outings.
 
Joseph-Bernard has chipped in 8.3 points per game, as Alyssa Gillin rounds out the team's top five scorers with 7.1 points per game.
 
Joseph-Bernard has made 49.2 percent of her total shots (61-of-124), leading Slippery Rock's shooters percentagewise. Atkins has shot 44.0 percent this season (77-of-175), taking more field goal attempts than anyone else on the team. 18.6 percent (175-of-942) of SRU's field goal attempts have come from Atkins.
 
Jones leads SRU from the 3-point arc with a 38.1 percent clip from distance (16-of-42). Atkins has shot 35.8 percent from the 3-point line (19-of-53), while Hook has gone 34.9 percent (29-of-83).
 
Joseph-Bernard continues to excel off the glass with a team-leading 8.1 rebounds per game. Atkins has pulled down 6.4 rebounds per game, as Gillin has collected 4.1 boards per contest.
 
In addition to her rebounding and shot percentage, Joseph-Bernard leads Slippery Rock with 3.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game.
 
3-POINT PRECISION
Slippery Rock returns home as the top 3-point shooting team in the PSAC, knocking down 32.6 percent of its attempts from beyond the arc (114-of-350). The Rock have made more than 34 percent from the 3-point arc in four of their last five games. Most recently, SRU shot the 3-ball at a 39.1 percent clip (9-of-23) at Clarion.
 
Slippery Rock is also fourth in the Atlantic Region in 3-point shooting as a team:
 
Atlantic Region 3-Point Shooting
1. West Virginia Wesleyan, MEC (35.6%)
2. Frostburg State, MEC (34.0%)
3. West Liberty, MEC (32.8%)
4. Slippery Rock, PSAC (32.6%)
5. Claflin, CIAA (32.1%)
 
Hook has paved the way from the 3-point line, ranking fourth in the PSAC with a 34.9 percent rate and fifth in the PSAC with 2.2 treys per game.
 
FROM THE PORTAL TO THE GLASS
With eight rebounds at Clarion, Joseph-Bernard upped her total to 138 rebounds this season. She jumped Endya Robinson for 11^th all-time in most rebounds recorded by a transfer in their first season at SRU. Robinson came to Slippery Rock last year from John A. Logan College and posted 137 rebounds throughout the season.
 
Joseph-Bernard is now just one rebound away from tying Sherita Stanley, who rounds out SRU's top 10 in this category. Stanley also transferred from John A. Logan, tallying 139 rebounds in the 2010-11 circuit.
 
WHITE OUT NIGHT
Slippery Rock is seeking its second White Out Night win in three years, also having defeated IUP at Morrow Field House Jan. 25, 2023. The Rock defeated the Crimson Hawks 52-48 in a game that saw three lead changes in the second half.
 
IUP overcame a 28-23 halftime difference by taking the lead on a free throw with 3:50 left in the third quarter. After Slippery Rock regained the lead almost immediately, the Crimson Hawks used a 6-0 run with 7:33 left in the fourth to spring back ahead.
 
Deleah Gibson got a steal with 52 seconds left and made a layup to give Slippery Rock its final lead of the game. Her and Gillin were able to extend SRU's lead to four points with a series of late-game foul shots.
 
Isabellah Middleton led The Rock with 19 points and nine rebounds, while Gibson totaled 16 points, five rebounds and four of Slippery Rock's 13 steals.
 
SHARING THE ROCK
Slippery Rock stacks up sixth in the PSAC with 13.7 assists per game. On average, The Rock are assisting roughly 14 of their 22 made field goals per game (63.6 percent).
 
Joseph-Bernard ranks fourth in the PSAC with 3.8 assists per game. She ranks second nationally throughout Division II among forwards in assists per game behind Southern Nazarene College's Hannah Giddey (4.2 assists per game).
 
Joseph-Bernard's 1.4 assist/turnover ratio additionally lands fourth throughout the conference and ranks atop the PSAC West.
 
BLOCK PARTY AT THE ROCK
Slippery Rock recorded a season-high six blocks at Clarion, its most in 51 games. SRU last blocked that many shots in a single game with seven blocks against IUP in its 2023 White Out Game, which resulted in a 52-48 Slippery Rock victory.
 
SRU has blocked at least four shots in nine of its 17 games this season, now ranking eighth in the PSAC with 3.4 blocks per game. Joseph-Bernard leads SRU in this category, turning aside 1.2 shots per game.
 
SOPHIA IN THE STARTING FIVE
Slippery Rock rolled out its fifth different starting lineup of the season at Clarion, featuring Hook for the first time in her career. Hook, a sophomore guard from Brookfield, Ohio, became the eighth different SRU player to make a start this season.
 
In her first career start, Hook generated 14 points, three rebounds, one assist and one steal. She has now reached double figures in three of her last five games, averaging 12.2 points per game in that timeframe.
 
REGAN ON A ROLL
Atkins put together an effort at Clarion that covered all bases with 13 points, seven rebounds, six assists, three steals and two blocks. Additionally, Atkins shot 50 percent both overall (5-of-10) and from the 3-point arc (1-of-2).
 
The reigning PSAC West Freshman of the Year has now reached double digits in nine consecutive games. She has rattled off 14.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.
 
Defensively, the guard from New Castle, Pennsylvania has posted 2.0 steals per game within that nine-game window. Atkins has also blocked three shots in the last two games as well.
 
On pace to be SRU's leading scorer for a second straight year, Atkins ranks 20^th in the PSAC with 13.1 points per game.
 
WELL-DISCIPLINED
Slippery Rock has consistently played clean basketball all year, averaging just 16.1 fouls per game – third fewest in the conference.
 
No other team in the PSAC West has committed less than 16.1 fouls per game. Only Mansfield (15.6) and Lock Haven University (15.9) foul less within the PSAC than Slippery Rock.
 
As a result, Slippery Rock's opponents are averaging just 11.3 made free throws per game, a rate that would average in the bottom half of the PSAC.
 
ROCK STARS OF RECENT
• Moye contributed a season-best 11 points at Clarion thanks in part to a season-high two 3-pointers.
 
• Hook had a career-high day at the free throw line, going 5-for-5 for the first time in her career. Hook made 5-of-6 in SRU's double-overtime loss to Millersville University earlier in the season.
 
• Jones recorded a season-high five rebounds against the Golden Eagles, her most in a Slippery Rock uniform. She has collected four rebounds in three other games this year as well.
 
• Robinson reeled in a season-high seven rebounds at Clarion, one shy from tying Joseph-Bernard's team-leading eight. Robinson's previous season-high came in SRU's opening game of the year. The senior from Chicago, Illinois posted six rebounds against Davis & Elkins College Nov. 9.
 
• Atkins blocked two shots in a game for the sixth time in her career and the second time this season. She now ranks second on the team behind Joseph-Bernard (20) with 10 total blocks this year.
 
• Anye Washington registered the first assist of the season and the eighth of her career at Clarion.
 
• Hannah Pugliese made the first 2-point field goal of her career at Clarion. The first nine points of her collegiate career have come in the last two games.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
• With 13 points at Clarion, Atkins surpassed 600 career points by reaching 603. 222 of those 603 points (33.5 percent) have come this season.
 
• Hook's three rebounds against the Golden Eagles were enough to get her to 50 career rebounds. She reached that total in her first 13 career games and is now the fourth player for SRU this season with at least 50 rebounds.
 
• Moye's 11-point performance at Clarion brought her career total to 193, seven shy of 200. Atkins (603) and Kaylin Venick (219) are the only players on the active roster to have made it to 200 career points thus far.
 
• That said, Gillin's seven points at Clarion increased her career tally to 186. Hitting 200 is well within reach for the junior from Monaca, Pennsylvania, as her career-high came earlier this year with a 15-point effort against Kutztown University.
 
THE CRIMSON HAWKS BY THE NUMBERS   |   Roster   |   Stats
Overall Record: 13-3
PSAC Record: 8-2
Home Record: 8-2
Away Record: 5-1
Neutral Record: 0-0
Last Five: 3-2
Streak: L1
PSAC West Rank: T-3^rd of 8
Head Coach: Craig Carey | Third season at IUP (52-21, .712)
HC Career Record: Same
 
IUP SCOUTING REPORT
The Crimson Hawks are looking to position themselves well within the PSAC West despite two of their last three games resulting in seven-point losses to Gannon and Seton Hill University. In between those tilts, IUP most recently claimed an 84-62 home win over Pitt-Johnstown. IUP's only other loss this season was a 68-54 defeat at Ashland University.
 
One of the frontrunners for PSAC West Athlete of the Year, Nysahe' Weaver, averages 15.5 points and 10.8 rebounds per game but has missed the last three games for the Crimson Hawks. Senior guard Shamia Strayhorn is next up on the team in the scoring column. The Cincinnati, Ohio product has scored 13.9 points per game while starting all 16 games.
 
IUP brings a rigid defense to the court that ranks third in the PSAC by allowing just 57.6 points per game. The Crimson Hawks also rank 33^rd in Division II with a PSAC-best 28.8 defensive rebounds per game. Fifth-year forward Grace Centrulla ranks ninth in the conference with 1.1 blocks per game.
 
Indiana also does a good job taking care of the ball, committing the fewest turnovers in the PSAC and ranking 42^nd in Division II with just 14.4 per game. That considered, IUP is only forcing 16.1 turnovers per game, landing seventh in the PSAC with a +1.7 turnover margin.
 
IUP's wise decision-making extends to its shooting, where it ranks 20^th in the country and second in the PSAC by knocking down 45.2 percent from the floor.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
Slippery Rock will get a week off and return to the court 5:30 p.m. Jan. 29 to host Edinboro in its annual Bobby McGraw Memorial Game.





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