IPFW Travels to Southern Illinois for Women's Basketball Action

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The IPFW women's basketball team will play their second road contest of the week when they travel to Carbondale, Ill. to face Southern Illinois on Thursday, Nov. 29. Tip-off is schduled for 1:05 p.m. EST.

SCOUTING THE SALUKIS
The Salukis are still searching for their first win of the season as they enter Thursday night's contest with an overall record of 0-4. Southern Illinois is 0-1 at home, 0-1 on the road, and 0-2 on a neutral court. The team's leading scorer is Cartaesha Macklin who is averaging 16.0 points per game.

Southern Illinois has lost to Central Arkansas, Loyola Chicago, Radford, and Florida Atlantic already in the 2012-13 season. The team is averaging 65.5 points per game, but are allowing 77.8 per contest. Rishonda Napier and Alexus Patterson provide the team with multiple scoring options and Jordyn Courier is the floor general as she leads the team with 15 assists on the year.

The Salukis are shooting 38 percent from the floor early in the year, and are only 31 percent from 3-point range. Macklin and Courier are the most dangerous 3-point shooters on the team as each player shoots 41 percent from distance.

LAST TIME OUT
IPFW outscored Indiana 27-26 in the second half, but the Mastodons were unable to record a victory on Monday night as the Hoosiers pulled out a 64-47 win. IPFW is now 2-3 overall.

Amanda Hyde and Rachel Mauk were the leading scorers for IPFW on Monday as Hyde ended the night with a team-high 11 points to go eight rebounds. Mauk added 10 points, two assists, and two steals. Erin Murphy once again provided the 'Dons with a spark off the bench with eight points and two assists in 30 minutes of action.

Indiana shot 68 percent from the floor in the opening half compared to just 39 percent for the Mastodons. IPFW picked up their defensive intensity to limit Indiana to just 40 percent shooting in the second half of action.

A zone defense from IPFW helped force Indiana turnovers. The 'Dons scored 18 points off Indiana turnovers and they also outscored the Hoosiers 14-6 in second chance points.

It was a team effort from IPFW as eight different players scored at least two points. Sophomores Rebecca Bruner and Haley Seibert each scored four, while Hillary Moore scored a season-high five points. Moore added five rebounds in just 14 minutes of action.

3-POINT STREAK
The IPFW Mastodons have made a 3-point field goal in 410 straight contests, a stretch that ranks as the fourth longest active streak in NCAA Division I. Iowa State's streak is at the top of the list by making a 3-point field goal in 552 consecutive games. Sam Houston State and Connecticut rank ahead of IPFW with 503 and 478 respectively.

ALL-TIME SERIES
The all-time series between the Mastodons and the Salukis is tied at 0-0 as Thursday's contest marks the first meeting between IPFW and Southern Illinois in women's basketball.

BACK HOME AGAIN IN INDIANA
The Mastodons will play 13 of their first 17 games of the season in the state of Indiana. The first two road tests of the season for IPFW came at Ball State and at Indiana. IPFW will face Valparaiso on Dec. 4 and host Purdue on Dec. 6. Additionally, four of the first five Summit League games of the season will also be played at the Gates Sports Center.

HYDE WITH A HOT HAND
Amanda Hyde has reached double figure scoring in all five games this season. She dropped 14 points in the season opener against SIU Edwardsville and followed that performance with 13 points at home against Grace. Hyde scored 15 points against the Ball State Cardinals and came back to score a career-high with 22 points against Coastal Carolina on 8-of-18 shooting. Hyde most recently led the team in scoring at Indiana with 11 points at Assembly Hall.

BEST KEPT SECRET IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL
The college basketball world's best kept secret the past few seasons, The Summit League has been flying “under the radar” when it comes to achievements that place it firmly among the most-discussed “Mid-Major” conferences. The Summit League is a national pace-setter for improved performance over the past three seasons. Of the 31 Division I conferences from 2010-12, The Summit League boasts the nation's largest ranking improvement in D-I RPI (+11) and the fourth-highest in winning percentage (+6).

In addition, The Summit League ranked seventh in total tournament attendance following of the 2012 basketball championship. The league was only behind the “power six” conferences and also ranked sixth in average tournament attendance, ahead of the Pac-12.

Those staggering numbers illustrate the recent rise of The Summit League, which finished the 2011-12 campaign seventh in average tournament attendance, 19th in RPI, 21st in average attendance and 23rd winning percentage. Since 2009-10, The Summit League is the lone conference to improve its RPI by at least four spots in consecutive seasons.

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