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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. Edinboro
The Rock (7-11, 4-8 PSAC)	Fighting Scots (15-4, 10-2 PSAC)
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach Ryenn Micaletti	Coach Callie Wheeler
Program Records	Program Records
PSAC Standings
PSAC Leaders
PSAC Schedule
Morrow Field House
Tickets

 
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — The Slippery Rock University women's basketball team will honor the life of its late former head coach Bobby McGraw prior to tipping off against Edinboro 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Morrow Field House.
 
The Rock will be facing their fourth straight regionally ranked opponent, looking to fight back into the win column with a 7-11 overall record that includes a 4-8 showing within the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.
 
The Fighting Scots continue to jockey for position within the PSAC West, entering at 15-4 on the season and 10-2 inside league play.
 
BOBBY McGRAW MEMORIAL GAME
Slippery Rock is celebrating the life of its late former women's basketball head coach Bobby McGraw Wednesday night. McGraw passed away unexpectedly July 10, 2022. Many of his family members and friends will be in attendance at Morrow Field House.
 
McGraw took over as head coach in May of 2014 and went on to become the third-longest tenured coach in SRU women's basketball history. He led the program to 77 wins, ranking him fourth on the all-time women's basketball coaching wins list at The Rock.
 
Slippery Rock head coach Ryenn Micaletti was the first assistant coach that McGraw hired prior to the 2014-15 season. Their first win together in PSAC competition came against Edinboro Dec. 3, 2014 at Morrow Field House.
 
In addition to the several on-court accolades earned under McGraw, The Rock had 57 women's basketball players named as PSAC Scholar-Athletes.
 
McGraw played collegiate basketball at both Butler Counter Community College and Clarion before earning his degree in criminal justice from Tiffin University. He was also a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Military Police and was a retired Pennsylvania State Police Trooper.
 
TICKETS
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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
 
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.
 
GAME 19 of 26
Opponent: Edinboro
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: 57-58
Current Streak: L2
Last Played: Feb. 28, 2024 at SRU (Edinboro won, 60-47)
 
TOP ACTIVE SRU CAREER PER-GAME STATS vs. EDINBORO
Regan Atkins – 14.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.0 steal, 0.5 blocks (2 GP)
Deryn Moye – 12.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.5 steals (2 GP)
Endya Robinson – 9.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 steal, 0.5 blocks (2 GP)
Hallie Raabe – 3.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 0.5 steals (2 GP)
Kaylin Venick – 2.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.0 assist, 0.2 steals, 0.2 blocks (6 GP)
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Rock will be facing off with the Fighting Scots for the 116^th time in program history, a series that Edinboro holds a narrow lead in, 58-57. Slippery Rock entered the 2023-24 season with a 57-56 all-time series lead but was swept by Edinboro with a 75-58 road loss and more recently, a 60-47 decision at Morrow Field House.
 
Edinboro has won the majority of contests against Slippery Rock, going 25-3 versus SRU since 2010. Two of those three wins for Slippery Rock occurred at Morrow Field House with the team's most recent home win against Edinboro falling on Jan. 21, 2017. Since then, Edinboro has won six straight games against Slippery Rock on the road.
 
That said, Slippery Rock has not lost to Edinboro at home by more than 13 points in its last three games hosting the Fighting Scots. The Rock were clipped by Boro in 2022, 77-66, before putting up a fight in a 67-63 decision in 2023.
 
Last year, Slippery Rock held the Scots to just 60 points at Morrow Field House. Regan Atkins led The Rock with 17 points and five rebounds. Deryn Moye tallied 13 points, while Endya Robinson was SRU's leading rebounder with 11. Slippery Rock also held a 14-10 lead at the conclusion of the first quarter.
 

TEAM COMPARISON
THE ROCK	STAT	FIGHTING SCOTS
63.3	Points per Game	74.3
66.3	Opp. Points per Game	60.3
40.2%	Field Goal Pct.	44.5%
38.8%	Opp. Field Goal Pct.	37.0%
32.1%	3-Point Pct.	30.0%
31.3%	Opp 3-Point Pct.	28.0%
6.6	3-Pointers Made per Game	4.7
71.1%	Free Throw Pct.	79.7%
37.6	Rebounds per Game	39.8
39.2	Opp. Rebounds per Game	33.5
-1.7	Rebounding Margin	+6.3
13.6	Assists	14.5
-2.7	Turnover Margin	+3.2
6.0	Steals	9.3
3.3	Blocks	3.8
Per game averages

 
THE ROCK BY THE NUMBERS   |   Roster   |   Stats
Overall Record: 7-11
PSAC Record: 4-8
Home Record: 4-5
Away Record: 2-5
Neutral Record: 1-1
Last Five: 1-4
Streak: L3
PSAC West Rank: 7^th of 8
Head Coach: Ryenn Micaletti | Second season at SRU (9-34)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock dropped a 64-48 PSAC West decision to Indiana University (Pa.) Jan. 22 at Morrow Field House. The Rock lost a 10-5 lead after the Crimson Hawks held The Rock scoreless for 7:44 while going on a 20-0 run. SRU was able to keep pace with IUP after that but could not shrink the deficit to fewer than nine points before the final buzzer sounded.
 
Robinson led The Rock with 11 points on 4-of-5 overall shooting. Mairan Haggerty racked up nine points, while Sophia Hook recorded eight points, five rebounds and two steals. Brooklyn Jones tallied seven points, six rebounds and six assists.
 
Kayley Joseph-Bernard was SRU's top rebounder with seven boards to go along with two points, two blocks, two steals and two assists.
 
Slippery Rock shot 35.1 percent from the floor (20-of-57) and 23.8 percent from the 3-point arc (5-of-21). IUP won the rebounding battle 46-36 and claimed a +4 turnover margin, 12-8.
 
LEADING THE ROCK
Atkins has driven Slippery Rock's offense this season, entering Wednesday with a team-high average of 12.7 points per game. Hook is right behind her with 10.4 points per game, while Tahmala Thorpe has contributed 10.3 points per game in the 14 contests she has appeared in.
 
Joseph-Bernard (7.9 points per game) and Alyssa Gillin (6.9) round out SRU's top five scorers. Joseph-Bernard also leads The Rock in field goal percentage, having made 47.3 percent of her total attempts (62-of-131). Atkins joins her above .400 shooting 43.5 percent this season (80-of-184).
 
Jones leads Slippery Rock's shooting accuracy from the 3-point arc with a .395 clip (17-of-43). Hook has taken 23.9 percent of Slippery Rock's 3-point attempts and has made 2.2 triples per game, leading the team. Hook ranks second on the team percentagewise with a .348 3-point percentage (31-of-89).
 
Joseph-Bernard is up to 145 rebounds on the season, leading the roster with 8.1 boards per game. Atkins has reeled in 6.2 rebounds per game. Rebecca Goetz has spearheaded SRU's offensive rebounding efforts with 1.7 per contest.
 
In addition to rebounding, Joseph-Bernard leads Slippery Rock with 3.7 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game.
 
3-POINT PRECISION
Slippery Rock continues to lead the entire PSAC by shooting 32.1 percent from the 3-point arc.
 
On top of leading the group of 17 teams in the conference, SRU's 3-point percentage is good enough to stack up fifth in the Atlantic Region, which also includes the Mountain East Conference and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
 
Atlantic Region 3-Point Shooting:
1. Frostburg State (MEC) – 34.0%
2. West Virginia Wesleyan (MEC) – 33.7%
3. West Liberty (MEC) – 32.4%
4. Fairmont State (MEC) – 32.3%
5. THE ROCK (PSAC) – 32.1%
 
Hook has led the way for Slippery Rock from 3-point territory, ranking third in the PSAC West by making 34.8 percent of her 3-point field goal attempts (31-of-89).
 
PSAC West 3-Point Shooting:
1. Hallie Cowan (Seton Hill) – 36.1%
2. Carissa Dunham (Gannon) – 35.0%
3. Sophia Hook (The Rock) – 34.8%
4. Helene Cowan (Seton Hill) – 32.0%
5. Autumn Taylor (Clarion) – 30.1%
 
GUARDING THE GLASS
The Rock now stack up fifth in the PSAC with 27.2 defensive rebounds per game:
 
PSAC Team Defensive Rebounds per Game:
1. Indiana (Pa.) – 28.7
2. Gannon – 28.6
3. Mansfield – 28.4
4. Edinboro – 28.2
5. THE ROCK – 27.2
 
29 of Slippery Rock's 36 rebounds against IUP came on the defensive end, led by Joseph-Bernard, who brought down six of her seven boards defensively. Individually, Joseph-Bernard also ranks second in the PSAC West with 6.6 defensive rebounds per game. Atkins is right behind her with 5.0 defensive boards per contest, ranking fourth in the PSAC West.
 
PSAC West Individual Defensive Rebounds per Game:
1. Nyshae' Weaver (IUP) – 7.4
T2. Kayley Joseph-Bernard (The Rock) – 6.6
T2. Mia Kalich (Seton Hill) – 6.6
4. Regan Atkins (The Rock) – 5.0
5. Belle Bosch (Pitt-Johnstown) – 4.9
 
ENDYA HAS A HUGE DAY
Robinson became the eighth different leading scorer for Slippery Rock this season by recording a season-high 11 points against IUP last week. The senior from Chicago, Illinois shot 80 percent (4-of-5) from the field and added three free throws as well as four rebounds.
 
Robinson, who transferred to Slippery Rock and appeared in all 25 games for SRU last year, has now shot 43.5 percent on the season (10-of-23). She enters a new week of action having averaged 7.0 points and 5.5 rebounds in her last two games for The Rock.
 
DEFENSE STANDING TALL
Slippery Rock's defense held IUP to just 64 points last week, the fourth time in five games The Rock have allowed fewer than 65 points to be scored by their opponent.
 
Joseph-Bernard conducted SRU's defense against the Crimson Hawks as she had in several games this season, registering two blocks and two steals. Hook also grabbed two steals for The Rock, while Atkins had one. Gillin additionally got in on the defensive action with one block.
 
BLOCK PARTY AT THE ROCK
Slippery Rock has now averaged 3.3 blocks per game this season, which ranks ninth in the PSAC but in the top 90 nationally throughout Division II basketball. On the season, SRU has accumulated a 60-41 advantage in blocks over its opponents.
 
The Rock accounted for three of the total five blocks in their game against IUP. That marks the 13^th time in 18 games this season that SRU has racked up more blocks than its opponent.
 
SRU has now blocked 12 shots in its last three games and has averaged 3.6 blocks per game in the last five contests. 22 of Slippery Rock's 60 total blocks on the year have come from Joseph-Bernard, who ranks sixth in the PSAC with 1.2 blocks per game.
 
SHARING THE ROCK
Slippery Rock has averaged 13.6 assists per game, landing seventh in the PSAC and within the top 100 schools nationwide throughout Division II. Joseph-Bernard is fourth in the conference with 3.7 assists per game herself, which additionally ranks fourth among all D-II forwards.
 
Joseph-Bernard also boasts the best assist/turnover ratio in the PSAC West at 1.3. The junior from Milton, Ontario has tallied 67 total assists this year while turning the ball over just 51 times. Thorpe has likewise showed off clean passing this season, sitting directly behind Joseph-Bernard in the PSAC West assist/turnover rankings.
 
PSAC West Assist/Turnover Leaders
1. Kayley Joseph-Bernard (The Rock) – 1.3
T2. Tahmala Thorpe (The Rock) – 1.2
T2. Christiane Frye (Seton Hill) – 1.2
T2. Nina Shaw (California (Pa.)) – 1.2
 
A NEW FIVE
With Robinson getting her first start of the year, Slippery Rock utilized its sixth different starting lineup of the season against IUP. Atkins, Gillin and Joseph-Bernard have started all 18 contests for SRU.
 
Jones also started against the Crimson Hawks, her 11^th career start at SRU in 18 appearances. Robinson became the ninth different player on the team to earn a spot in the starting lineup. She was one of 10 different starters last year for The Rock.
 
RUNNING THROUGH A GAUNTLET
For a fourth straight game, Slippery Rock will be playing a team listed in the D2CSC Atlantic Region Women's Basketball Poll. SRU traveled to Gannon University Jan. 15, which was ranked 16^th nationally and second regionally before heading to Clarion Jan. 18 – a team ranked eighth in the region.
 
The Crimson Hawks were ranked fourth in the Atlantic Region when IUP came to Morrow Field House last week. Edinboro heads to Morrow Field House ranked sixth in the most recent edition of the D2CSC Atlantic Region poll.
 
These four consecutive opponents have a cumulative overall record of 60-18 (.769). Gannon, IUP and Edinboro are among the top four teams in the PSAC West standings, a quartet of opponents who are all above .800 in PSAC competition.
 
ROCK STARS OF RECENT
• Robinson's season-high 11 points bested her previous season-record five points against Davis & Elkins College. She now joins Atkins, Goetz, Joseph-Bernard and Hallie Raabe in players who have shot better than 43 percent on the year.
 
• Jones matched a season-high six rebounds against IUP. The graduate student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has now hit a season-high in rebounds in each of the last three games. In that span, she has averaged 5.0 rebounds per game.
 
• Jones also tied a season-best six assists against Indiana, a number she achieved against Glenville State University Nov. 10.
 
• Joseph-Bernard's team-leading seven rebounds against the Crimson Hawks brought her season total to 145. She now ranks 10^th all-time for most rebounds by transfers in their first season at SRU. Robin Jordan is one rebound ahead of her in ninth with 146. Jordan transferred to SRU from Penn State-Shenango Valley in 1984.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
• Gillin and Moye are nearing their 200^th career point. Gillin needs nine to reach 200, while Moye requires seven. Atkins (609) and Kaylin Venick (219) are the only two players on the active roster to have scored more than 200 career points while donning the Green and White.
 
• Goetz's first of two rebounds against Indiana marked her 50^th career rebound. As a freshman, Goetz is one of just eight players on Slippery Rock's active roster with at least 50 rebounds in a Slippery Rock uniform. She now ranks fifth on the team with 3.2 rebounds per game.
 
THE FIGHTING SCOTS BY THE NUMBERS   |   Roster   |   Stats
Overall Record: 15-4
PSAC Record: 10-2
Home Record: 9-2
Away Record: 6-2
Neutral Record: 0-0
Last Five: 4-1
Streak: W1
PSAC West Rank: T-2^nd of 8
Head Coach: Callie Wheeler | Sixth season at Edinboro (100-60, .625)
HC Career Record: Same
 
EDINBORO SCOUTING REPORT
Fighting Scots head coach Callie Wheeler became the third Edinboro head coach to reach 100 career wins Jan. 25 when California (Pa.) missed a jumper at the buzzer in an 80-79 decision at McComb Fieldhouse. That result marked the fourth win in five games for Edinboro, its most recent loss coming by way of a 73-67 defeat at Seton Hill.
 
Edinboro has defeated opponents by an average of 13.9 points per game this year, a scoring margin that ranks 26^th nationally. The Fighting Scots are shooting 44.5 percent from the floor, third in the PSAC, while allowing opponents just 37.0 percent of their chances – good enough defense for fourth in the conference.
 
Three of Edinboro's starters average double figure scoring totals – Morgan Gentile (15.2), Hayley Sims (13.6) and Ashten Boggs (10.3). Gabby McDuffie, who averages 8.2 points and a team-leading 6.1 rebounds per game, was named this week's PSAC West Defensive Athlete of the Week.
 
The Fighting Scots play a crisp style of basketball that limits turnovers while taking advantage of opponents' mistakes. Edinboro ranks second in the conference with a +3.2 turnover margin. Edinboro has also had success all year off the glass, heading into the week with a +6.3 rebound margin that ranks third in the PSAC and 42^nd in Division II.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
Slippery Rock will begin the second wave of PSAC West round-robin play with a trip to Seton Hill 1 p.m. Saturday. The Griffins were ranked fifth nationally in last week's WBCA poll.





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