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Women's Basketball To Face Dominican, STAC

Southern Connecticut State University (8-4, 3-3 NE10)

vs. Dominican (N.Y) (4-6, 2-1 CACC)
Sun., Dec. 30 • 1:30 p.m. • New Haven, Conn.
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at Saint Thomas Aquinas (9-2, 2-0 CACC)
Sat., Jan. 5 • 1 p.m. • Sparkill, N.Y.
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The Southern Connecticut women's basketball team is set to play two non-conference games this week. First, they'll host Dominican College for their last game of 2018 tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Moore Field House. On Saturday, they will travel to Sparkill, N.Y. to face Saint Thomas Aquinas for a 1 p.m. matchup with the Spartans.

ALL-TIME WITH DOMINICAN
The Owls lead the all-time series with the Chargers, 6-1.
 
THE LAST MEETING DOMINICAN
The dynamic duo of Africa Williams '18 and Kiana Steinauer helped push the Owls past Dominican, 65-43 for their fourth straight win back on Nov. 26, 2017. 

ALL-TIME WITH SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
The Owls lead the all-time series with the Spartans, 4-2.
 
THE LAST MEETING WITH SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
Abby Hurlbert '18 hit a career-high in points for the second game straight as the Owls defeated then No. 8 nationally ranked Saint Thomas Aquinas, 73-52 on Dec. 19, 2017.

THE OWLS' LAST TIME OUT 
• Southern defeated Concordia, 96-48 at Moore Field House.
• The Owls 30-point first quarter was their highest scoring quarter this season.
• This is the first time this season that the Owls have accumulated over 90 points in a single game.
• Steinauer notched her 10th double-double of the season, grabbing 31 of the Owls' 55 rebounds (56.3%). She also hit on 12-of-15 from the field including 4-of-6 from three-point range after entering the game with three three-pointers in her previous 11 games this year. Her 31 rebounds puts her sixth all-time in SCSU history.
• Erin Ryder broke a career-high in points with 14, while Amanda Pfohl capped a career-high with 20 points.
• For the fourth-straight game, the Owls had three-or-more players score in double-digits: Steinauer (33), Pfohl (20), Ryder (14), Walker (10) and Smith (10).

KEEP'EM COMIN' STEINAUER
Kiana Steinauer's jaw-dropping performance of 33 points and 31 rebounds against Concordia resulted in the first 30-point, 30-rebound performance in Northeast 10 and SCSU women's basketball history. She also broke her own SCSU single-game record, a 23-rebound performance against Adelphi on Dec. 2, 2017. In addition to breaking a school and conference record, it is:
            • the second 30-30 game in NCAA Division II women's basketball history, and the first since Benedict College's Destiny Betts did it in 2016, second 30-rebound game in NE10 history, joining Assumption's Lisa McCarthy who had a 31-rebound performance against Saint Michaels on Feb. 12, 1983 and second 30-rebound game in NCAA Division II women's basketball since 1996 and the 13th all-time in NCAA Division II history.
 
STEINAUER TABBED USBWA DII NATIONAL AND NORTHEAST 10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
A stellar 33-point, 31-rebound performance against Concordia, Kiana Steinauer was tabbed as the Northeast 10 conference and the U.S Basketball Writers Association National DII Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 17.

THE OWLS IN THE NE10
 • The Owls currently have two players in the conference in the top 20 in scoring, highlighted by Kiana Steinauer (17.6, 5th) and Amanda Pfohl (13.2, 16th). 
• Pfohl's 37 three-pointers lead the conference.
• Steinauer's 16.0 rebounds per game puts her first in the NE10, while her 2.3 steals rank fourth.
• Imani Wheeler ranks fifth in the NE10 with 4.7 assists per game and eighth with 2.1 steals per game.

THE OWLS IN THE NCAA
 • As of Dec. 29, Kiana Steinauer leads NCAA DII in four categories. She ranks first in rebounds per game with 16.0; total rebounds with 192; total defensive rebounds with 133 and double-doubles with 10.
 • Amanda Pfohl ranks sixth in NCAA DII in three-point field goal attempts with 100 and sixth in 3-pointers made with 37.
 
KI TO SUCCESS
With 14 boards in the Owls win over Post on Nov. 10, Kiana Steinauer has successfully surpassed 500 career-rebounds. With her 25-point performance on Nov. 11 in the Owls win at Bridgeport, she also topped her career best in points (previously 23 points).

TRIO TABBED AS 2018-19 CAPTAINS
Senior trio Amanda Pfohl, Erin Ryder and Allie Smith will serve as the captains for the women's basketball squad during the 2018-19 season, as announced by head coach Kate Lynch.

OWLS TABBED TO FINISH THIRD IN THE SOUTHWEST
 The Owls were picked to finish third in the Southwest Division in the 2018-19 Northeast 10 Conference Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll. SCSU had an impressive 2017-2018 season as they went 21-10 overall and 14-6 in the conference leading them to capture the Southwest Division title and to clinch a berth in the NCAA tournament for the seventh time in program history.

WELCOME TO THE SHOW
The Owls are welcoming three newcomers to the 2018-19 squad - senior DeAnna McCarvell (Transfer from Salve Regina), junior Aaliyah Walker (Transfer from Odessa College) and freshman Najae White.
  
BACK FOR MORE
Southern is returning six players from the 2017-18 squad - seniors Amanda Pfohl, Allie Smith, Erin Ryder, juniors Bridget Sharnick, Kiana Steinauer, Jessica Fressle and Imani Wheeler.
 • Of those seven, two were the Owls top five scorers last year:
 • Steinauer leads the group as she averaged 10.6 rebounds per game (led the team) and 10.1 points per game (second on the team) and 1.5 steals per game.
 • Wheeler was fifth on the team in scoring averaging 5.5 points per game, 1.6 steals per game (led the team) and 1.8 assists per game (third on the team).
 
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Players Mentioned

Abby Hurlbert

#25 Abby Hurlbert

F
5' 10"
Senior
Kiana Steinauer

#2 Kiana Steinauer

F
6' 0"
Sophomore
Africa Williams

#31 Africa Williams

G
5' 9"
Senior
Jessica Fressle

#15 Jessica Fressle

F
5' 11"
Junior
Amanda Pfohl

#24 Amanda Pfohl

G
5' 8"
Senior
Erin Ryder

#44 Erin Ryder

F
6' 0"
Senior
Bridget Sharnick

#25 Bridget Sharnick

F
5' 9"
Redshirt Junior
Allie Smith

#40 Allie Smith

F
5' 10"
Senior
Kiana Steinauer

#2 Kiana Steinauer

F
6' 0"
Junior
Imani Wheeler

#1 Imani Wheeler

G
5' 5"
Junior
Aaliyah Walker

#4 Aaliyah Walker

G
5' 7"
Junior
Najae White

#13 Najae White

G
5' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Abby Hurlbert

#25 Abby Hurlbert

5' 10"
Senior
F
Kiana Steinauer

#2 Kiana Steinauer

6' 0"
Sophomore
F
Africa Williams

#31 Africa Williams

5' 9"
Senior
G
Jessica Fressle

#15 Jessica Fressle

5' 11"
Junior
F
Amanda Pfohl

#24 Amanda Pfohl

5' 8"
Senior
G
Erin Ryder

#44 Erin Ryder

6' 0"
Senior
F
Bridget Sharnick

#25 Bridget Sharnick

5' 9"
Redshirt Junior
F
Allie Smith

#40 Allie Smith

5' 10"
Senior
F
Kiana Steinauer

#2 Kiana Steinauer

6' 0"
Junior
F
Imani Wheeler

#1 Imani Wheeler

5' 5"
Junior
G
Aaliyah Walker

#4 Aaliyah Walker

5' 7"
Junior
G
Najae White

#13 Najae White

5' 7"
Freshman
G