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Slippery RockSTORYLINEThe No. 11 Edinboro women's basketball looks to curb a two-game losing streak at Slippery Rock on Wednesday evening in a PSAC West battle. The Fighting Scots have not lost three straight games since the 2009-10 season. Edinboro enters the game with a 3-2 overall record and 1-1 in the PSAC West while The Rock is 4-2 overall and 0-2 in the division.
DATE: Wednesday, December 3, 2014
TIP-OFF: 6:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Slippery Rock, Pa.
ARENA: Morrow Fieldhouse
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Slippery RockSERIES HISTORYSlippery Rock leads 51-42• The Fighting Scots have won 10 consecutive games in this series to close the all-time deficit to just nine games. This marks the 94th meeting between the two, the most-played series for Edinboro.
EDINBORO STARTING FIVE EDINBORO QUICK THREE•
Laurel Lindsay's stellar career in an Edinboro uniform continues to show in the record books. The graduate student is looking to become the 29th member of the 1,000-point club as she is currently at 880 points. Lindsay is also currently 11th in career assists (360), 9th in 3-point field goals made (96), 11th in 3-point field goals attempted (278), and sixth in 3-point field goal percentage (34.5 percent). This season she has dished out 27 assists, tied for sixth-most in the PSAC. The South Park, Pa. native has also been historic from the free throw line, where she is currently fifth in free throw percentage (76.6 percent) and six made free throws away from tying Robin Boyd for 15th in school history. With 23 games remaining on the regular season schedule, she could become the first player in school history to play in 120 career games (currently at 97 games played).
• Edinboro has had a difficult time limiting turnovers this season. The Fighting Scots have had 19 or more turnovers in four out of five games in five games this season, an occurrence that only happened five times in 33 games last year. Edinboro is 2-2 this season when committing more turnovers than the other team and ranks 15th in the PSAC in turnover margin (-4.0) and 15th in assist/turnover ratio (0.69).
• Edinboro head coach
Stan Swank is closing in on a historic mark. The PSAC all-time leader in coaching victories is only four wins away from becoming the first coach in conference history to reach 500 career wins. Swank is in his 28th season at the helm of the Fighting Scots. Edinboro has been particularly successful as of late, winning 108 of their last 129 games, good for an 83.7 win percentage. In that time the Fighting Scots have captured three PSAC titles, an Atlantic Region title, and an Elite Eight appearance.
SCOUTING SLIPPERY ROCK• Slippery Rock has rattled off three straight wins, all against Penn State branch schools, with an average margin of victory being 33 points. The Rock is now the top scoring defense in the PSAC allowing 54.8 points per game and also ranks first in the conference in field goal percentage defense at 32.1 percent.
• D'Asia Chambers leads The Rock in scoring (14.7 ppg.) and rebounding (11.7 rpg.). The 2014 first team All-PSAC West selection is third in the conference in rebounding. Chambers also leads The Rock in assists with 4.5 assists per game, 10th best in the PSAC. A former transfer from St. Bonaventure poured in 29 points and pulled down 15 rebounds in Slippery Rock's last game versus Penn State-Beaver. Chambers averaged 26.5 ppg. vs. Edinboro last year.
• Erica Aiello has been stout defensively for Slippery Rock. The junior guard has 18 steals this season, third-most in the PSAC. Aiello is averaging a career-best 9.7 ppg. and 3.5 rpg. She had 21 points in 32 minutes in her last conference game.
