Marshall University Athletics
@HerdWBB Travels to Southern Illinois
12/27/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Game Notes
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - The Marshall women's basketball team concludes its non-conference schedule of the season with a road matchup with the Southern Illinois Salukis in Carbondale, Ill. Game is set for Monday, Dec. 28 at 3 p.m. eastern.
Marshall (9-1) has won its past three contests all scoring at least 81 points in each win. The Salukis (7-4) are also on a three-game winning streak and have won five of its past six.
Live audio of the game will be featured from the Southern Illinois website. You can also follow along on Twitter with live, up-to-date tweets throughout the game.
Leah Scott 1,000 POINTS
Against WVU Tech Leah Scott needed 12 points to become the 19th player in Marshall History with 1,000 career points. She reached the milestone 2:23 into the 3rd quarter with a layup. It took Scott only 71 career games at Marshall to reach the 1,000 point plateau.
RECORD BOOK WATCH
The Herd has a few players who are approaching career milestones and rising up the ranks of the program record book.
Senior Leah Scott has scored 172 points this season for a career total of 1,005. She is the 19th player in team history to score 1,000. She also ranks 10th all-time with 240 free-throws made.
Senior Norrisha Victrum can be found in a few places in the record book. Victrum has 311 assists and needs 4 more to pass Kim Lewis (1984-1988) for 5th place. Victrum is currently tied for 8th in 3-point field goals made (97) and 9th in 3-point field goals attempted (308). Victrum needs 210 points to become the 20th player to reach 1,000 for her career.
Junior Chelsey Romero has 17 blocks this season to give her a career total of 101. Romero is in 5th place all-time and is the 5th player in program history with 100 in a career.
SCOUTING THE SALUKIS
Southern Illinois is on a three-game winning streak and winners of five of the past six. The Salukis are led by redshirt junior point guard Rishonda Napier with 15.7ppg. Three of the projected starting five are all averaging double figures. Along with Napier, redshirt seniors Dyana Pierre is second with 13.6ppg and Cartaesha Macklin scoring 11.5ppg. Pierre leads the team on the glass grabbing 11.4rpg and has recorded 25 blocks this season in 10 games played. Southern Illinois began its current winning streak by defeating Morehead State 102-69 at home, Dec. 12.
WINNING AT HOME
Marshall is on a 13-game home winning streak against non-conference opponents. The last loss was Dec. 29, 2013 against Navy, 72-68. Wins are:
- Davis & Elkins Dec. 31, 2013 86-72
- Maryland Eastern-Shore Nov. 22, 2014 74-57
- Salem International Dec. 10, 2014 84-41
- Brescia Dec. 22, 2014 127-56
- Robert Morris Dec. 29, 2014 62-46
- Brescia Nov. 15, 2015 92-40
- Rhode Island Nov. 18, 2015 72-62
- NJIT Nov. 22, 2015 63-50
- Cornell Nov. 27, 2015 73-47
- Alabama A&M Dec. 5, 2015 81-45
- Saint Francis Dec. 17, 2015 81-73
- Norfolk State Dec. 20, 2015 81-67
- WVU Tech Dec. 22, 2105 83-39
SCORING IN QUARTERS
Marshall was held to its lowest point output in a quarter with 10 in the first against Alabama A&M, but the Herd has yet to be held to single digits in a quarter this season. The Herd has put up 20 or more points in a quarter 16 times out of 36 total played. Defensively, the Herd has allowed 20 or more points in a quarter eight times with four against Morehead State and held opponents to single digits six times.
Marshall
Quarter Points Average High Low
1st 198 19.8 28 at Morehead State 10 vs. Alabama A&M
2nd 187 18.7 28 at Morehead State 12 twice vs. Rhode Island & NJIT
3rd 209 20.9 35 at Morehead State 14 twice vs. Rhode Island & NJIT
4th 196 19.6 26 vs. Saint Francis 13 at Morehead State
Opponent
Quarter Points Average High Low
1st 132 13.2 25 Norfolk State 3 Brescia
2nd 149 14.9 22 M. State & SFU 7 WVU Tech
3rd 143 14.3 26 Morehead State 7 Brescia
4th 166 16.6 31 Morehead State 9 NJIT
LEADING IN CONFERENCE USA
Marshall is ranked in the top 5 in Conference USA in 18 of 21 statistical categories including ranked 1st overall in 5.
1st: Scoring Margin (+20.0), Rebounding Offense (43.6), Assists per game (17.4), Assist-Turnover Ratio (1.3) and Defensive Rebounding per game (30.4).
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