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Owls Set To Host No. 20 Bentley

Southern Connecticut State University (12-7, 6-5 NE10)
 
vs. No. 20 Bentley  (17-2, 11-1 NE10)
Sat., Jan. 26 • 1:30 p.m. • New Haven, Conn.
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The Southern Connecticut women's basketball team will host No. 20 nationally-ranked Bentley tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at Moore Field House.
 
ALL-TIME WITH BENTLEY
Bentley holds the all-time series with Southern, 26-11.
 
THE LAST MEETING WITH BENTLEY
The last time these two teams squared off was on March 1, 2018 in the Northeast 10 Conference Semifinals, where Bentley took a 64-51 victory to head to the conference championship. Bentley went on to defeat Stonehill in the NE10 Championship, 73-72.
 
LAST TIME OUT
• Southern defeated Franklin Pierce, 72-62 at Moore Field House on Jan. 24.
• Kiana Steinauer collected her NCAA DII leading 15th double-double of the season with 27 points and 18 rebounds.
• With her 18 rebounds, Steinauer hit 300 boards on the year, which she is now 29 rebounds shy of breaking her single-season record.  
• Amanda Pfohl notched 12 points, which has her collecting double-digit points in 17 of the Owls 19 games this season.
• Imani Wheeler tallied 22 points for the Owls, while shooting 56% from the field and 50% from beyond the arc.
• The Owls shot over 35% from the field in each quarter, while finishing the game shooting 44.1% from the field as a whole.    
• For the tenth-straight game, the Owls had three-or-more players score in double-digit figures: Steinauer (27), Wheeler (22) 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 (18.0, 4th) and Amanda Pfohl (14.3, 11th).
• Pfohl's 63 three-pointers lead the conference.
• Steinauer's 15.8 rebounds per game puts her first in the NE10, while her 2.7 steals rank third.
• Imani Wheeler ranks fifth in the NE10 with 4.4 assists per game and sixth with 2.1 steals per game. 
 
  THE OWLS IN THE NCAA
 • As of Jan. 25, Kiana Steinauer leads NCAA DII in four categories. She ranks first in rebounds per game with 15.8; total rebounds with 300; total defensive rebounds with 218 and double-doubles with 15.
 • Amanda Pfohl ranks second in NCAA DII in three-point field goal attempts with 176 and first in 3-pointers made with 63.
 
BACK IN THE RANKINGS
After falling out of the regional rankings for five weeks, the Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball squad re-entered the D2SIDA Regional Poll this week, Jan. 21 at No. 10 after defeating Stonehill College, 73-69 on Jan. 19.

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

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

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