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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. California
The Rock (7-13, 4-10 PSAC)	Vulcans (12-10, 8-7 PSAC)
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach Ryenn Micaletti	Coach Jess Strom
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 continues its Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) schedule when it welcomes California (Pa.) to Morrow Field House 1 p.m. on Saturday. 

The Rock are looking to down the Vulcans as they bring a 7-13 overall record and a 4-10 mark within PSAC competition. California looks to right the ship as it tries to avoid the program's highest loss total (12) since the 1998-99 season. The Vulcans hold a 12-10 record overall and 8-7 in the PSAC. 

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 

WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch Saturday'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.

ALUMNAE GAME 
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. 

GAME 21 of 26  
Opponent: California (Pa.) 
Date: Saturday – 1 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: 40-67-1 
Current Streak: L9 
Last Played: Jan. 8, 2025 at Cal (California won, 62-59) 

TOP ACTIVE SRU CAREER PER-GAME STATS vs. CALIFORNIA 
Tahmala Thorpe – 18.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 2.0 steals (1 GP) 
Regan Atkins – 15.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.7 steals (3 GP) 
Kayley Joseph-Bernard – 14.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 blocks, 3.0 steals (1 GP) 
Endya Robinson – 7.7 points, 6.3 rebounds (3 GP) 
Deryn Moye - 5.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.0 steals (3 GP) 

SERIES HISTORY  
The Rock will see the Vulcans on the court for the 109th time in program history Saturday, looking to improve on an 40-67-1 series record. California enters the weekend with nine straight wins over Slippery Rock, not having lost to SRU since Feb. 2, 2019. 

The two sides are also playing for the second time this season. California claimed a nail-biting 62-59 decision at home Jan. 8. Tahmala Thorpe led SRU with 18 points, five assists, three rebounds and two steals.  

TEAM COMPARISON
THE ROCK	STAT	Vulcans
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: 7-13 
PSAC Record: 4-10 
Home Record: 4-6 
Away Record: 2-6 
Neutral Record: 1-1 
Last Five: 0-5 
Streak: L5 
PSAC West Rank: 7th of 8 
Head Coach: Ryenn Micaletti | Second season at SRU (9-36, .200) 

LAST TIME OUT  
Slippery Rock fell 101-65 to Seton Hill on Feb. 1 at the McKenna Center. Rebecca Goetz was The Rock's top scorer for the first time in her career with 12 points, three blocks and three rebounds in 15 minutes. Anye Washington joined her in double digits with 10 points.  

Hannah Pugliese recorded a well-rounded performance that included seven points and team-bests of nine rebounds, along with three assists, and two steals, all of which are career highs. SRU won the fourth quarter 28-24. 

Slippery Rock shot 35.5 percent overall (22-of-62) and 31.6 percent from the 3-point arc (6-of-19). Seton Hill outrebounded SRU, 49-43, but had less bench points than SRU, 44-38. 

LEADING THE ROCK  
Regan Atkins has spearheaded Slippery Rock's offense this season, now averaging 12.0 points per game. Tahmala Thorpe (10.3) joins her with double-digit outputs with Sophia Hook (9.9), Kayley Joseph-Bernard (7.6), Alyssa Gillin (7.0), and Brooklyn Jones (7.0) rounding out SRU's top six scorers. 

Joseph-Bernard has a team-leading shooting percentage of .462 on the season (66-of-143), ahead of Atkins at 42.0 percent (84-of-200).  

Jones is Slippery Rock's most efficient 3-point shooter at 36.8 percent thus far (19-of-51). Hook leads the team with 2.0 3-pointers made per game, converting 31.7 percent (32-of-101) from the perimeter. 

Joseph-Bernard continues to be the top rebounder for The Rock with 7.9 rebounds per game, good enough to rank seventh in the conference. Atkins is second on the roster with 6.1 rebounds per game, while Hook ranks third at SRU with 4.1 boards per contest. 

On top of her rebounding, Joseph-Bernard ranks fourth in the PSAC with 3.8 assists and seventh in the conference with 1.2 blocks per game. She also leads Slippery Rock with 1.6 steals per game.  

USING THE BENCH  
Slippery Rock received scoring contributions from 12 different players against Seton Hill. This tied the most different scorers The Rock has had this season and was the fourth time SRU had a double-digit number of scorers in a game this year. Rebecca Goetz (12), Anye Washington (10), Alyssa Gillin (9), Hannah Pugilese (7) and Brooklyn Jones (7) led The Rock on offense.  

Gillin (3-of-6), Washington (2-of-2) and Endya Robinson (1-of-1) all made three-pointers against the Griffins. 

SRU also enjoyed seven different players that created at least one turnover.  

GOETZ LEADS THE WAY   
With 12 points against Seton Hill including shooting 5-of-6 from the field, Rebecca Goetz reached double figures for the third time in her career. The freshman from Pittsburgh totaled 32 points, 12 rebounds, four blocks and one steal in those three games for The Rock.  

CAREER DAY FOR PUGLIESE  
Hannah Pugliese scored a career-high seven points against Seton Hill. That wasn't the only career high the freshman guard registered. Pugilese also recorded nine rebounds, three assists and two steals. 

Pugilese is now averaging 4.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.6 assists and 0.6 steals per contest in five games played.  

GETTING TO THE LINE  
With 15 made free throws on 21 attempts (.714), SRU reached the charity stripe 20 times for the eighth time this season. That marks the most free throws attempted by Slippery Rock in seven games and the most free throws made by SRU in the last eight games. The last time The Rock made 15 free throws was on Jan. 3 against Seton Hill when they made 17-of-21.  

Brooklyn Jones and Anye Washington led Slippery Rock's efforts against the Griffins with five and four made free throws respectively, while Rebecca Goetz and Deryn Moye each added two. Regan Atkins and Hannah Pugilese each added one free throw to the scoresheet. 

The Rock are now averaging 11.9 free throws made per game on 71.3 percent (238-of-334). 

SEASON HIGH IN BLOCKS  
Seven blocks against Seton Hill marked the most blocks by The Rock this season. 

Rebecca Goetz and Endya Robinson led The Rock with three blocks each versus the Griffins, the third time this year that a pair of SRU player's recorded multiple blocks in a game. Goetz and Kayley Joesph-Bernard both blocked two shots against Seton Hill on Jan. 3. Joesph-Bernard and Regan Atkins posted three and two blocks respectively on Jan. 18 at Clarion.  

This was the second time this season that Goetz SRU in blocks and the first for Robinson.  

CREATING TURNOVERS  
Slippery Rock forced 17 turnovers against the Griffins on Saturday, the most it have caused this year. The Rock converted 18 points off the 17 takeaways, the fourth most for SRU this season. Slippery Rock scored more points off turnovers in non-conference matchups against Salem (31) and Davis & Elkins (24) as well as in PSAC action against Mansfield (19). 

LIGHTING IT UP FROM DEEP  
The Rock drained at least six 3-pointers for the ninth time in PSAC play with a 31.6 percent showing (6-of-19) against Seton Hill, the team's highest percentage in their last three games. Alyssa Gillin (3-of-6), Anye Washington (2-of-2) and Endya Robinson (1-of-1) all converted 3-point field goal attempts.  

Despite Slippery Rock's solid 3-point performance, The Rock slipped from third to fourth in the conference in 3-point percentage. 

PSAC TEAM 3-POINT LEADERS  
1. Millersville (32.1%) 
2. Gannon (32.0%) 
T-3. Bloomsburg (31.9%) 
T-3. THE ROCK (31.9%) 
T-3. Edinboro (31.9%) 

Individually, Sophia Hook ranks sixth in the conference and fourth in the PSAC West by shooting 31.7 percent on the year from the arc.

PSAC WEST INDIVIDUAL 3-POINT LEADERS  
1. Carissa Dunham, Gannon (36.9%) 
2. Hallie Cowan, Seton Hill (35.1%) 
3. Helene Cowan, Seton Hill (34.1%) 
4. Sophia Hook, THE ROCK (31.7%) 
5. Autumn Taylor, Clarion (29.4%) 

ESCAPING THE GAUNTLET  
Slippery Rock will not be playing a team listed in the D2CSC Atlantic Region Women's Basketball Poll for the first time in six games on Saturday. SRU traveled to Gannon University Jan. 15, which was ranked 16th nationally and second regionally before heading to Clarion Jan. 18, a team ranked eighth in the region. 

The Rock then had to face Indiana University (Pa.) when the Crimson Hawks were ranked fourth in the Atlantic Region and host an Edinboro team that polled sixth regionally. 

Last Saturday's game featured a Seton Hill squad that was ranked 10th nationally and second in the Atlantic Region.  

The stretch run against Gannon, Clarion, IUP, Edinboro and Seton Hill featured five teams whose combined overall record was 86-25 (.775). 

DARNEY GETS ON THE BOARD 
Ava Darney scored her first career points (4) and grabbed her first two rebounds (2) in a career high seven minutes against Seton Hill. Darney made both of her field goal attempts against the Griffins. 

THE VULCANS BY THE NUMBERS   |   Roster   |   Stats 
Overall Record: 12-10 
PSAC Record: 8-7 
Home Record: 8-4 
Away Record: 2-6 
Neutral Record: 2-0 
Last Five: 3-2 
Streak: W1 
PSAC West Rank: 5th of 8 
Head Coach: Jess Strom | 14th season at CU (293-97, .751) 
HC Career Record: Same 

CALIFORNIA SCOUTING REPORT  
The Vulcans avenged a 19-point loss earlier in the season to the Griffins after an 88-78 victory against No. 9 Seton Hill Wednesday. California dropped a heartbreaking 61-56 matchup to No. 13 Gannon Feb. 1 after entering the fourth quarter with a one-point advantage.   

All five California starters scored in double-figures in the win against Seton Hill. Talia Gillard led the way with an excellent all-around effort of 22 points, eight rebounds, three blocks and three steals on 7-of-10 shooting from the field and 5-of-5 shooting from beyond the arc. Allycia Harris recorded a double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds with 10 of those coming on the offensive glass.   

California racks up 70.0 points per game, the fourth-ranked scoring offense in the PSAC. The Vulcans rank 21st in the country with a turnover margin of +4.91 per game and 24th in D-II with 11.8 steals per game. Two statistics that Cal does not rank highly in are field goal percentage (.393), 13th in the PSAC, and free throw percentage (.623), 16th in the PSAC. 

Junior Alicia Young (14.0 ppg) and Gillard (12.1) are the team's leading scorers ahead of Harris (10.6) and Iyahnna Williams (8.7). California has six players averaging more than one steal per game, Gillard and Harris eclipse two steals a contest.   

In their first matchup against The Rock, Williams and Gillard combined for 32 points, six rebounds, and eight steals while each player was on the court for the full 40 minutes in Cal's 62-59 win Jan. 8. As a team, the Vulcans shot 33.3 percent (23-of-69) from the floor and 33.3 percent (5-of-15) from the perimeter. 

California sits fifth in the PSAC West standings thanks to an 8-7 conference record. The Vulcans finished third in the PSAC West last year after going 16-6 in conference competition. 

LOOKING AHEAD  
The Rock will host Gannon University 1 p.m. Feb. 12 at Morrow Field House in conjunction with their annual Black History Month Game. 



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