GAME DAY CENTRAL:Opponent:Â at Indiana (Pa.)
When:Â Saturday, January 29, 2016
Where: Indiana (Pa.) – Kovalchick Complex
Tip-off:Â 5:30 p.m.
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Doors:Â Open at 4:30p.m. The contest will be part of a PSAC doubleheader followed by the men's team at 7:30 p.m.
Parking:Â Free
Directions:Â Kovalchick Complex | GPS: 711 Pratt Drive, Indiana, Pa. 15705
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ALL-TIME SERIES BREAKDOWN
All-Time Series:Â Indiana (Pa.) leads the overall series 17-16
First Meeting: December 8, 1979 – at IUP 77, Gannon 56
Last Meeting: December 1, 2015 – at Gannon 81, IUP 66
Series Notes:Â The Lady Knights defeated IUP, 81-66, earlier this to start a seven-game winning streak, that ended January 13, 2016.
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LAST PLAY:The Gannon women's basketball team completed a season sweep of rival Edinboro, 60-48, in a PSAC Western Division game at the Hammermill Center Wednesday evening. The Lady Knights hadn't swept Edinboro since the 2009-10 NCAA DII Final Four squad. Senior
Jennie Thies recorded her 10th double-double of the season with a season/career-high 21 rebounds and added 17 points.
EXTRA EXTRA- Gannon's offense ranks sixth averaging 69.9 points per game among PSAC teams. On the glass the Lady Knights are second in defensive rebounding (35.5) and fourth in offensive rebounding (40.7).
- The Lady Knights are fourth among PSAC teams in field goal percentage (42.1), three-point field goal percentage (35.5) and are third in three-pointers made averaging 6.6 per game.
- Senior Morgan Neighbors ranks sixth among PSAC players in scoring averaging 16.5 points per game and leads in three-point field goal percentage (44.2).
- Neighbors ranks 29th all-time at Gannon with 895 points and eighth in three-pointers made with 157.
- The Lady Knights defense is led by senior Jennie Thies, who ranks second in the PSAC averaging 12.6 rebounds per game. A Thies rank 13th all-time at Gannon with 580 total rebounds and is 16th with 239 rebounds this season.
- Gannon recently fell in the D2SIDA Atlantic Region Media Poll to eighth out of 10 teams.
- Gannon is listed among all NCAA Division II programs in all-time winning percentage, beginning with a 672-419 record in 41 seasons. More recently Gannon was ranked 16th among Division II programs with a .757 winning percentage (115-37) in the last five years.
- Gannon was also tabbed to finish tied for second place in the PSAC Western Division according to the league's preseason coaches' poll.
- Head coach Jim Brunelli enters his third season; he has guided the Lady Knights to a 49-12 record and two NCAA Tournament appearances in his first two years at the helm. Â
INDIANA (PA.) HEADLINES- Indiana (Pa.) fell on Wednesday evening to PSAC and NCAA DII reigning National Champion California (Pa.), 57-44.
- The Crimson Hawks look to avenge an 81-66 loss from earlier this season against Gannon.
- Senior Leslie Stapleton played the entire 40 minutes against the Vulcans, as she picked up her seventh 20-point performance this season, including her fourth in the last five games.
UP NEXT- Gannon return to the Hammermill Center on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 when they host Clarion in a PSAC Western Division matchup.
- Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m. and is part of a conference double-header with the men's basketball team.Â