UPCOMING FOR SHU: Siena Heights will play their final two regular season home games of the 2022-23 season when they host Cornerstone on Wednesday, and host a rescheduled Michigan-Dearborn game on Friday.

 

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 355-225. Syljebeck currently ranks 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.

 

CORNERSTONE:  The Saints lost at Cornerstone in December.  Over the past eleven seasons, the Saints hold a 20-5 advantage.  Cornerstone holds a 38-33 advantage in the series history.

 

MICHIGAN-DEARBORN:  Siena Heights and Michigan-Dearborn have competed 85 times in the rivalry's history with the Saints holding a 58-27 edge.  The first matchup dates back to the Saints inaugural season.  In January, the Saints won by a score of 96-63.  This game is being played at Siena Heights after a postponment of their scheduled matchup at Michigan-Dearborn on January 28th. 

 

LAST TIME OUT: Peyton Banks totaled 19 points and seven rebounds as the Siena Heights women's basketball team celebrated Senior Day and its Pink Game with a 66-52 win over WHAC opponent Lawrence Tech on Saturday at the SHU Fieldhouse.  Sha'kyia Parker added 15 points and Kayla Hinton contributed 15 points for the Saints (20-4, 13-3). Allye Minor had 10 points and five rebounds off the bench. E'Anna Won finished with seven rebounds and five assists.

 

RECORD WATCH: Peyton Banks broke the SHU career scoring record on November 30th, surpassing Laura Panozzo's previous mark of 1,812.  She reached the 2,000 point plateau on January 25th.  Her 972 career rebounds are 127 away from the lead in that category, she surpassed the 900 rebound mark December 30th, and has now moved into 2nd place in the SHU record books.  Her 660 field goals are 2nd best in SHU history.   Banks has moved into 5th place in 3-pt FG and is one behind the 4th place total. 

 

Sha'kyia Parker surpassed the 1,000 point plateau on January 4th.  She has now moved into 10th place in the SHU record book with 1,151 points.  She sits 93 points back of the 9th place total in SHU history.  She was the 13th women's basketball player at Siena Heights to reach 1,000 points..  She has now moved into 3rd place in SHU history for career 3-point field goals, currently sitting at 186.  Her 497 3-pt field goal attempts place her in 5th place, 11 attempts behind the 4th place mark.

 

Allye Minor has 252 career assists, moving her into 10th best in SHU history, only 3 assists back of the 9th place total.