This Week for SHU Women's Basketball
Saturday, December 10th
at Cornerstone
1:00 PM | Grand Rapids, Mich.
UPCOMING FOR SHU: After a stretch of four games in eight days, the Saints have will have a single game week with one road conference matchup with Cornerstone on Saturday, December 10th.
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 344-223. Syljebeck currently ranks tied for 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.
LAST TIME OUT: Sha'Kyia Parker set a new career high in points with 31, leading the Saints to a come from behind 79-74 win against Rochester. The game was a tale of two strong quarters for each team. The first quarter saw Rochester jump out to a 17-13 lead while the Saints battled back in the second quarter to close the gap to a one point, 37-36 deficit at the half. In the second quarter, Peyton Banks and Parker scored 21 of the Saints' 23 points with Banks going 5-6 from the floor and Parker going 4-7. The third quarter saw a 24-15 advantage for Rochester who forced seven Saints' turnovers in the quarter. The fourth quarter saw Parker outscore the entire Rochester team with 15 points to only 13 points for the Warriors. The Saints come back turned a ten point deficit into a five point victory. Parker led all scorers with 31 points on the night, surpassing her previous career high of 30 points. Banks added 12 points in limited action with E'Anna Won adding 11 points and Eva Alcock adding 10. Kayla Hinton led the team in rebounds with 9, Won led the team with six assists. Won had a team high four blocks with Parker adding three blocks, Won also led the way with two steals.
RECORD WATCH: Peyton Banks broke the SHU career scoring record on November 30th, surpassing Laura Panozzo's previous mark of 1,812. She now sits 161 points from hitting 2,000 career points, a point that no SHU women's basketball player and only one SHU men's basketball player has reached. Her 880 career rebounds are 219 away from the lead in that category, she moved into 3rd place on the Saints' career record board and is 59 rebounds behind the second place total of 939. Sha'kyia Parker is 79 points from 1,000 career points at SHU. She would be the 13th women's basketball player at Siena Heights to reach that milestone. She is two 3-point field goals away from 5th place in SHU history.
