SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — The Slippery Rock University women's basketball team will round out its 2024-25 campaign with a road trip to Edinboro, where tipoff is slated for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
 
The Rock take a 7-18 overall record that includes a 4-15 mark inside the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference with them. The Fighting Scots enter the week tied for first in the PSAC West at 20-5 on the season and 15-3 within PSAC play.
 
TICKETS
Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets online in advance. More information on admission to McComb Fieldhouse Wednesday night can be found HERE.
 
WATCH LIVE
Fans can watch Wednesday's game live for free via the links below provided by Edinboro Athletic Communications.
 
GAME 26 of 26
Opponent: Edinboro
Date: Wednesday – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Venue: McComb Fieldhouse
Live Video: PSAC Sports Digital Network
Live Stats: Edinboro Athletic Communications
In-game Updates: X (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: 57-59
Current Streak: L3
Last Played: Jan. 29, 2025 at SRU (Edinboro won, 74-57)
 
TOP ACTIVE SRU CAREER PER-GAME STATS vs. EDINBORO
Sophia Hook – 13.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 steal (1 GP)
Regan Atkins – 12.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 steal (3 GP)
Brooklyn Jones – 10.0 points, 1.0 rebound, 1.0 assist, 1.0 steal (1 GP)
Deryn Moye – 8.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.3 steals (3 GP)
Endya Robinson – 7.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.0 steal (3 GP)
 
SERIES HISTORY
Wednesday marks the 117^th all-time meeting between The Rock and the Fighting Scots, a series that Edinboro owns a narrow 59-57 advantage in. Slippery Rock held a 57-56 lead in the series until Edinboro won three straight games, looking for a fourth consecutive win over The Rock Wednesday.
 
Edinboro is also looking to sweep The Rock for the second straight year, having defeated SRU Jan. 29 at Morrow Field House, 74-57. The Fighting Scots jumped out to a 22-14 lead after the first inning and extended that advantage to 43-23 by halftime. The Scots shot 48.1 percent (26-of-54) while holding SRU to 34.9 percent (22-of-63).
 
Slippery Rock's last win over Edinboro came on the road Feb. 11, 2023 in a 78-63 final. Prior to that game, The Rock had not beaten Edinboro on the road since 2009. SRU dropped a 75-58 decision at McComb Fieldhouse a year ago.
 

TEAM COMPARISON
THE ROCK	STAT	EDINBORO
61.1	Points per Game	74.0
69.3	Opp. Points per Game	60.0
38.3%	Field Goal Pct.	44.9%
40.7%	Opp. Field Goal Pct.	36.3%
30.0%	3-Point Pct.	32.2%
33.5%	Opp 3-Point Pct.	27.7%
6.0	3-Pointers Made per Game	4.9
71.3%	Free Throw Pct.	78.7%
37.3	Rebounds per Game	39.7
40.2	Opp. Rebounds per Game	34.6
-2.9	Rebounding Margin	+5.1
12.7	Assists	14.9
-2.6	Turnover Margin	16.1
7.0	Steals	9.3
3.5	Blocks	4.5
Per game averages

 
THE ROCK BY THE NUMBERS   |   Roster   |   Stats
Overall Record: 7-18
PSAC Record: 4-15
Home Record: 4-9
Away Record: 2-8
Neutral Record: 1-1
Last Five: 0-5
Streak: L10
PSAC West Rank: 7^th of 8
Head Coach: Ryenn Micaletti | Second season at SRU (9-41)
 
LAST TIME OUT
A second-half rally at Indiana University (Pa.) fell short for Slippery Rock over the weekend in a 59-45 road loss. The Crimson Hawks flew out to a 27-12 halftime lead but quickly found themselves up by just seven points with 9:50 to play. IUP was able to pace The Rock just enough to fend them off through the remainder of the game, pulling away with free throws.
 
Alyssa Gillin led The Rock with 10 points as well as nine rebounds. She also recorded a block while sinking two 3-pointers. Rebecca Goetz posted seven points and eight rebounds as well as a block and a steal, while Mairan Haggerty registered eight points, five rebounds and three steals.
 
Anye Washington led The Rock in assists for a second straight game with four. Sophia Hook rounded out SRU's top scorers with seven points including a made 3-pointer.
 
The Rock shot 28.8 percent from the floor (19-of-66), 19.0 percent from the 3-point arc (4-of-21) and 75.0 percent at the foul line (3-of-4). IUP won battles in rebounding (49-41) and turnovers, 16-14).
 
LEADING THE ROCK
Behind Regan Atkins (11.4) and Tahmala Thorpe (10.3), Hook leads Slippery Rock offensively with 9.3 points per game. Gillin has increased her season average to 7.0 points per game with Joseph-Bernard and Brooklyn Jones tied for fifth on the team with 6.7 points per contest.
 
Joseph-Bernard has upped her team-leading field goal percentage to .457 (74-of-162), while Goetz continues to shoot well at 53.1 percent on the year (34-of-64). Joseph-Bernard has also averaged 3.1 made field goals per game.
 
Jones continues to be SRU's leader from 3-point range. Her 1-of-1 effort at IUP from the 3-point arc increased her clip to .390 (23-of-59). Hook has shot 27 percent on the season from 3-point distance, leading The Rock with 1.6 triples per game.
 
Joseph-Bernard continues to lead Slippery Rock off the glass with 7.0 rebounds per game, a rate good enough to rank 10^th in the PSAC. Joseph-Bernard has also collected 5.4 defensive rebounds per game, which stacks up seventh in the conference. After Atkins (5.9), Hook is third on the squad with 4.0 rebounds per game.
 
In addition to her excellent rebounding, Joseph-Bernard still leads Slippery Rock with 3.1 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.1 blocks per game.
 
THE ROCK IN THE SEASON FINALE
Slippery Rock is looking to end the season with a win for the first time in three years, last having finished the year in the win column with a 67-65 victory at Mercyhurst University Feb. 26, 2022.
 
SRU has not faced Edinboro in its last game of the season since the 2010-11 year, which concluded with a loss to a No. 23-ranked Fighting Scots team at Morrow Field House.
 
MAKING STRIDES
Regardless of Wednesday's outcome, Slippery Rock has taken an impressive step between the first and second years under head coach Ryenn Micaletti.
 
Year-over-year improvements (2023/24-2024/25 seasons)
• 250.0% increase in wins (+5)
• 19.8% increase in points per game (+10.1)
• 26.9% increase in rebounds per game (+7.9)
• 30.9% increase in assists per game (+3.0)
• 4.5% increase in steals per game (+0.3)
• 218.2% increase in blocks per game (+2.2)
 
A FULL-TEAM EFFORT
Gillin led The Rock in scoring for the second time this season and served as SRU's leading rebounder for a third different occasion this year. Slippery Rock enters the final game of the season having utilized 10 different leading scorers and nine separate leading rebounders in 25 games.
 
Scoring leaders (# of times as lead scorer)
Regan Atkins (7)
Sophia Hook (5)
Brooklyn Jones (3)
Tahmala Thorpe (3)
Alyssa Gillin (2)
Rebecca Goetz (2)
Mairan Haggerty (2)
Kayley Joseph-Bernard (1)
Endya Robinson (1)
Anye Washington (1)
 
Rebounding leaders (# of times as lead rebounder)
Kayley Joseph-Bernard (13)
Regan Atkins (8)
Alyssa Gillin (3)
Rebecca Goetz (2)
Mairan Haggerty (2)
Sophia Hook (1)
Brooklyn Jones (1)
Hannah Pugliese (1)
Endya Robinson (1)
 
SUPPORT FROM THE SIDELINES
Slippery Rock has now averaged 29.3 points off the bench through its last six games, 53.1 percent of the team's total scoring in that span.
 
The Rock amassed 11 points off the bench at IUP, led by Hook's seven. Joseph-Bernard and Hannah Pugliese each chipped in two bench points as well.
 
SRU has averaged 21.1 bench points throughout the season, good enough to rank fifth in the PSAC.
 
FROM THE PORTAL TO THE GLASS
Joseph-Bernard, a junior transfer from Hofstra University, has reeled in a team-leading 174 rebounds on the season. As a result, she has been steadily climbing through the SRU record books for most rebounds by a transfer in their first year at The Rock.
 
With three rebounds at Indiana, Joseph-Bernard tied Danielle Smith for sixth all-time on that list. Smith, a transfer from Brown Mackie College, also grabbed 174 rebounds in her first year with The Rock in the 2010-11 season.
 
Joseph-Bernard can take sole possession of fifth with seven rebounds at Edinboro Wednesday. She would jump Jasmine Cooper, a University of Vermont transfer who posted 180 rebounds in the 2011-12 season.
 
KAYLEY MAKING A NAME FOR HERSELF
Joseph-Bernard's debut year with Slippery Rock has seen her stack up very highly throughout several different statistical categories in the PSAC:
 
Kayley Joseph-Bernard stat (PSAC rank)
• 1.2 assist/turnover ratio (6^th)
• 5.4 defensive rebounds per game (7^th)
• 78 total assists (9^th)
• 1.1 blocks per game (9^th)
• 27 total blocks (10^th)
• 174 total rebounds (10^th)
• 7.0 rebounds per game (10^th)
• 3.1 assists per game (11^th)
 
SINKING THREES
The Rock head into their last game of the year ranking fifth in the PSAC with 6.0 made 3-pointers per game.
 
Hook has spearheaded this effort for Slippery Rock offensively, leading the team with 1.6 triples per contest. Hook ranks 12^th throughout the PSAC in made 3-pointers per game, also 12^th in the conference in total 3-point attempts.
 
Slippery Rock heads into Wednesday with an even 30.0 percent clip from 3-point range (149-of-496). SRU's 3-point efficiency is up over 25.5 percent from last year's 23.9 percent rate (112-469). The Rock are also making 33.3 percent more 3-pointers per game this year from last season's 4.5.
 
STAYING IN THE FIGHT
While The Rock have not won any of their last three games, they have taken some tough opponents right down to the wire. After falling in double overtime at Pitt-Johnstown in a 69-67 nailbiter, Slippery Rock trailed Clarion by four points with 13 minutes left and trailed IUP by seven with nine minutes left in the last two games.
 
ROCK STARS OF RECENT
• Washington recorded a career-high four assists for the second game in a row. She has now logged at least one assist in each of the last seven games.
 
• Hook blocked her second shot of the season. She nabbed her first career block at No. 16 Gannon University Jan. 15.
 
• Pugliese snatched the first block of her career at IUP, becoming the 11^th different SRU player with at least one block this year. The last time Slippery Rock had 11 unique players with a block was in the 2018-19 season.
 
• Haggerty left IUP with a career-high three steals. Her previous record in an SRU uniform came in the second game of the season with two steals against Glenville State University.
 
• Deryn Moye played in her 50^th career game. She ranks third on the active roster in games played for SRU behind Kaylin Venick (84) and Emily Venick (72).
 
THE FIGHTING SCOTS BY THE NUMBERS   |   Roster   |   Stats
Overall Record: 20-5
PSAC Record: 15-3
Home Record: 12-2
Away Record: 8-3
Neutral Record: 0-0
Last Five: 4-1
Streak: W1
PSAC West Rank: T-1^st of 8
Head Coach: Callie Wheeler | Sixth season at Edinboro (105-61, .633)
HC Career Record: Same
 
EDINBORO SCOUTING REPORT
Wednesday's matchup proves critical for Edinboro, entering at 15-3 in league play and tied with Seton Hill University for first in the PSAC West. With two games left to their schedule, the Fighting Scots could earn anywhere from the first to the fourth seed in the PSAC West. No matter how this game shakes out, Boro has secured its first 20-win season in six years.
 
The Scots head into Wednesday's game as winners in six of their last seven games. Their last regulation loss came on the road in a 73-67 defeat to Seton Hill Jan. 22. Most recently, Edinboro lost to IUP in overtime, 76-72, before splitting with the Griffins via an 82-66 home win.
 
Edinboro leads the PSAC and ranks 17^th nationally with a .449 field goal percentage. The Fighting Scots are second in the conference and 27^th in Division II with 74.0 points per game. Defense is no test for Edinboro either, holding opponents to 60.0 points per game while recording 4.5 blocks per outing – also good enough for 17^th in Division II.
 
Morgan Gentile, a graduate student from Athens, Pennsylvania, leads Edinboro with 15.1 points per game. Gentile leads the PSAC and ranks 23^rd nationally with 4.8 assists per game. She also nets 2.2 steals per game, seventh best in the conference. Gabby McDuffie is Edinboro's leading rebounder with 6.6 boards per game.
 
While Gentile was held to just five points on 2-of-7 shooting against The Rock Jan. 29, Ashten Boggs had a monstrous day offensively with 23 points and seven rebounds, making 8-of-11 field goal attempts. McDuffie recorded a double-double in that game on 13 points and 11 rebounds.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
With Slippery Rock mathematically eliminated from PSAC Tournament qualification, Wednesday marks the team's final game of the 2024-25 season. Head coach Micaletti will look next to her second full offseason at the helm of the program with many key contributors expected to return next year.





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