UPCOMING FOR SHU: The Saints come off a eight day layoff during finals week to resume action with a road game at Washington Adventist University in Maryland.

 

HEAD COACH: Sue Syljebeck is in her 19th season as the head coach of the Saints women's basketball program. She is the program's winningest coach with a career record of 344-224. Syljebeck currently ranks tied for 22nd on the NAIA Women's basketball active coach wins list. She will be assisted this year by Deb Ray, Sara Chrenko, Niesha Lowe, Mo Rammuny, Dan Brooks and Tee Watters.

 

WASHINGTON ADVENTIST:  This will be the first match up for the Saints and the Shock.  The Shock finished last season with a record of 14-11.  The Shock are members of the NAIA and compete in the Colonial Athletic Conference (formerly known as the Association of Independent Institutions).

 

LAST TIME OUT:  The Siena Heights women's basketball team lost a showdown of first-place teams in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference when the Saints lost on the road to Cornerstone 89-80.

Sha'kyia Parker led the Saints with 18 points, while Kayla Hinton scored 16 and Olivia DeLong had a double-double with 14 points and 16 rebounds.

 

RECORD WATCH: Peyton Banks broke the SHU career scoring record on November 30th, surpassing Laura Panozzo's previous mark of 1,812.  She now sits 161 points from hitting 2,000 career points, a point that no SHU women's basketball player and only one SHU men's basketball player has reached. Her 880 career rebounds are 219 away from the lead in that category, she moved into 3rd place on the Saints' career record board and is 59 rebounds behind the second place total of 939.

 

Sha'kyia Parker is 61 points from 1,000 career points at SHU. She would be the 13th women's basketball player at Siena Heights to reach that milestone.  She has now moved into 5th place in SHU history for career 3-point field goals, currently sitting at 158.  She is six 3-point field goals away from 4th place in SHU history.