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Colleen Murphy

Women's Basketball SCSU Athletic Communications

Women's Basketball To Face Saint Anselm, Stonehill This Week

Southern Connecticut State University (10-6, 4-4 NE10)
 
vs. Saint Anselm (11-3, 6-3 NE10)
Tues., Jan. 9 • 5:30 p.m. • New Haven, Conn. 
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at Stonehill  (11-3, 6-2 NE10)
Sat., Jan. 15 • 1:30 p.m. • North Easton, Mass.
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2018-19 Schedule | 2018-19 Roster | 2018-19 Season Stats

The Southern Connecticut women's basketball team is set to play two conference games this week. First, they'll host Shannon Ryan and the Saint Anselm Hawks on Tues., Jan. 15 before traveling to North Easton, Mass. to face Stonehill College on Sat., Jan. 19. Tuesday evening will feature two conference leaders as Saint Anselm's Ryan is averaging 19.1 points per game (3rd) and 12.2 rebounds per game (2nd), while the Owls' Kiana Steinauer is averaging 17.6 points per game (4th) and 16.6 rebounds per game (1st).

ALL-TIME WITH SAINT ANSELM
• The Owls lead the all-time series with the Hawks, 16-8.
 
THE LAST MEETING WITH ANSELM
• The Hawks took a 67-53 victory over the Owls in Manchester, N.H. Abby Hurlbert '18 collected a team-high 17 points in the loss.
 
ALL-TIME WITH STONEHILL
• The Skyhawks lead the all-time series with the Owls, 14-12.
 
THE LAST MEETING WITH STONEHILL
• The Owls last met the Skyhawks in the first round of the NCAA Regional Tournament, where Stonehill took a 70-45 victory. Kiana Steinauer collected her 13th double-double of the season and with her 11 rebounds, she posted the third-highest single-season total in school history with 325 rebounds in just two seasons.

THE OWLS' LAST TIME OUT 
• Southern fell to SNHU, 79-59 on Jan. 12.
• Kiana Steinauer collected her conference-leading 13th double-double of the year with 20 points and 18 rebounds. She has collected double-digit boards in all 16 of the Owls games this season and at least 15 rebounds in 9-of-16 games. Steinauer had a total of 13 double-doubles by the end of the 2017-18 season and she now has 13 midway through the 2018-19 season.
• With her 12 points, Amanda Pfohl has recorded double-digit points in 14 of the Owls 16 games this season.
• For the seventh-straight game, the Owls had three-or-more players score in double-digits: Steinauer (18), Wheeler (18) and Pfohl (12).

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, 4th) and Amanda Pfohl (13.3, 17th). 
• Pfohl's 50 three-pointers lead the conference.
• Steinauer's 16.6 rebounds per game puts her first in the NE10, while her 2.3 steals rank third.
• Imani Wheeler ranks fifth in the NE10 with 4.5 assists per game and eighth with 1.9 steals per game.

THE OWLS IN THE NCAA
 • As of Jan. 14, Kiana Steinauer leads NCAA DII in four categories. She ranks first in rebounds per game with 16.6; total rebounds with 265; total defensive rebounds with 195 and double-doubles with 13.
 • Amanda Pfohl ranks third in NCAA DII in three-point field goal attempts with 143 and sixth in 3-pointers made with 50.

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.
 
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
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
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