Joe Mattis

Women's Basketball 1/10/2020 1:37:00 PM Kayla Peterson, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations

PREVIEW: Gannon Hosts No. 8/15 Indiana Saturday for SERVE Game (Game Notes)

GAMEDAY CENTRAL – No. 8/15 Indiana at Gannon
Game Details	January 11, 2020 \| 5:30 pm \| Hammermill Center
Records	Gannon (11-3, 7-1 PSAC West) \| Indiana (13-1, 8-0 PSAC West)
Game Coverage	Live Video – PSAC Digital Network Live Stats – Click Here Live Audio – Click Here
Tickets	Adults ($5) Students & Seniors ($3)
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PROMOTIONS

Chick Fil A promotional night: First 100 season ticket holders to the doubleheader will receive a voucher for a free sandwich.
SERVE Game: The SERVE Game is in conjunction with the Erie Catholic School Systems. The mission is to help address youth poverty by raising awareness, donations, and funds. This year's partners are the Kids Cafe and the Inner City Neighborhood Art House. Each school had a list of unique items to collect and are in competition with each other. Whichever school has the highest participation, wins a day spent with the Gannon women's basketball team. Full release, click here.

AROUND THE LEAGUE

SERIES HISTORY

All-Time Series: IUP leads 23-18.
Last Meeting: Feb. 9, 2019 at Gannon – Gannon 52, Indiana 66 – Box Score
How It Happened: The Knights fell short to a nationally ranked IUP in their second meeting of last season. Sydney Mitchell (Baltimore, Md./Seton Keough) was the team's leading scorer with 14 points. Gannon hung with the Crimson Hawks until the fourth quarter when IUP pulled away outscoring the Knights 19-6.
Saturday is a meeting of the best in the west as Indiana and Gannon sit in the top two spots in the PSAC West. Gannon looks to defend their 6-0 home record against IUP who is off to a 6-0 road record to start the year. The Knights are coming off a dominating home win over Seton Hill. Four players scored in double-figures to help the Knights to their sixth straight win. The Crimson Hawks are ranked eighth in the WBCA national poll and 15th in the D2SIDA national poll. IUP has won 11 straight games since falling to No. 22 Glenville State in early November.

SCOUTING GANNON

Wednesday's win vs. Seton Hill marks the first time this season that two players scored double-figures. Haley Tewes (Waterford, Mich./Waterford Kettering) scored a game-high 22 points. Her 22 points is a new career-high. She just scored a new high of 16 points at Pitt-Johnstown, which she quickly surpassed vs. the Griffins. Chelsea Rourke (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) added 21 points on 5-of-6 from the arc. She hit three straight in the third quarter alone.
For the first time since January 2018, the Knights were perfect from the free throw line vs. Seton Hill. Gannon went 9-for-9 from the foul line. Tori Obenrader (Fryburg, Pa./North Clarion), Tewes, Mitchell, and Ali Benim (/Harbor Creek) were all 2-for-2, while Sam Pirosko (Eastlake, Ohio/Eastlake North) was 1-for-1.
For the third straight game, four players scored double-figures leading to a Gannon win. The Knights are now 9-0 when four players score 10+ points in a game. Tewes, Obenrader, and Pirosko were three of the four players in all three games. Tewes scored 22 vs. SHU, 16 vs. UPJ, and 12 vs. Edinboro. Obenrader scored 14 vs. SHU, 20 vs. UPJ, and 17 vs. Edinboro. Pirosko scored 13 vs. SHU, 13 vs. UPJ, and 10 vs. Edinboro. Tewes 22 points is a career-high, while Pirosko's 13 is also a career-high.
Rourke went 5-of-6 from three point range vs. Seton Hill Wednesday night. She hit three straight in the third quarter. Rourke's five three pointers are the most a Gannon player has made in a game since February 2017.

SCOUTING IUP

IUP is ranked No. 8 and No. 15 in the two national polls. The Crimson Hawks are undefeated in conference play and post a 6-0 road record. The only loss the Hawks have faced is to No. 22/12 Glenville State.
Justina Mascaro leads IUP scoring 15.1 points per game. She scored a career-high 32 points at Shippensburg and completed a double-double with 11 boards. She has scored double-figures in nine games this season including five games with at least 20 points.
Natalie Meyers averages 13.0 points per game and she averages a team-high 7.3 rebounds. Meyers has four double-doubles this season. Her first of the season was vs. West Virginia Wesleyan (16p/10r). A few weeks later she did it again at Salem (26p/11r). Her final two came in back-to-back games at Mansfield (11p/10r) and at Shepherd (21p/11r). Meyers has scored double-figures in the last three games.

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