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Austin Peay Women’s Basketball at Southeast Missouri

APSU Women’s Basketball
December 2nd, 2010 • Show Me Center • Cape Girardeau, MO 

Austin Peay State University GovernorsClarksville, TN – Austin Peay begins its 18-game Ohio Valley Conference slate with a 5:30pm, Thursday contest against Southeast Missouri at the Show Me Center. 

The Lady Govs bring their season’s second three-game losing streak into Thursday’s contest following a 76-64 loss at Southern Illinois, Sunday. Junior Whitney Hanley scored 20 points for the second consecutive game while pulling down five rebounds. Junior forward Jasmine Rayner added 16 points and six rebounds off the bench. 

Lady Govs Basketball
Lady Govs Basketball

Austin Peay can point directly to its defense as the reason behind the team’s 1-6 start. The Lady Govs entered the week ranked 322nd nationally in field-goal percentage defense. Austin Peay has permitted opponents to make an unsightly 46.8 percent of their field goals this season. Each of the APSU’s seven opponents have made more than 44 percent of their field goals. 

Southeast Missouri owns a 2-4 overall mark this season following a 54-40 loss at Texas-Arlington, Saturday. Sophomore forward Brittany Harriel scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the loss. The Redhawks were held to 23.7 percent (14-of-59) field-goal shooting. 

The Redhawks have suffered through a shooting slump to begin the campaign, making just 32.3 percent of their field goals in the season’s first six games. Southeast Missouri is an outside-oriented offense with its 135 attempts – making just 37 or 27.4 percent – from three-point range accounting for 41.5 percent of its total field-goal attempts. Eight of the team’s 12 rostered players have attempted a three-point shot this season. 

Thursday’s contest will be the sixth game of the Lady Govs current seven-game road swing. Austin Peay returns to the friendly confines of the Dunn Center in six days for a December 8th contest against Lipscomb. 

Game Data

  • This is the sixth game of a seven-game road swing for Austin Peay. It is one of two road trips of more than five games this season.
  • Austin Peay and Southeast Missouri will meet for the 44th time. Austin Peay won both meetings last season, including a 77-60 decision in Cape Girardeau.
  • This will be the Lady Govs’ 21st visit to the Show Me Center where they are 9-11 all-time, but have won the last two meetings.
  • Austin Peay enters the week leading the OVC and ranked 75th nationally in field-goal percentage (42.3). But the Lady Govs are ranked last in the OVC and 322 out of 333 NCAA teams in field-goal percentage defense (46.8).
  • Austin Peay is 33-43 in Ohio Valley Conference play under head coach Carrie Daniels, including a 5-4 record in December OVC contests.
  • The Lady Govs are 8-18 in December under Daniels.

About Austin Peay

Whitney HanleyJunior Whitney Hanley has scored more than 10 points in five of the Lady Govs seven games this season. She has attempted 90 of APSU’s 388 field goal attempts (23.2 percent) and 48 of the team’s 95 three-point field goals (50.5 percent). Hanley also leads the team in rebounds (5.6 pg) and steals (2.1 pg) and is second in rebounds (5.7 pg). 

Junior Jasmine Rayner – a preseason All-OVC selection – has had trouble maintaining her consistency this season. She was held to a total of six points and 10 rebounds in the Lady Govs games at Chattanooga and SIU Edwardsville. Rayner was relegated to a bench role at Southern Illinois following those two outings but responded with 16 points and six rebounds. 

The Lady Govs defense continues to be one of its biggest problems. After ranking 303rd (out of 332 teams) in field-goal percentage defense among all Division I programs last season, Austin Peay is ranked 322nd (out of 333 teams) through the season’s first seven games. Opponents have made 46.8 percent of their field goals this season with none of APSU’s seven opponents shooting worse than 44 percent against it. 

Jasmine RaynerAustin Peay finished its three-game guarantee in the Preseason Women’s NIT, November 20th, defeating Utah Valley to post a 1-2 record in the tournament. The victory against Utah Valley snapped the Lady Govs 13-game non-conference losing streak that dated back to last season’s second game. 

APSU was picked to finish third in the Ohio Valley Conference’s preseason poll of head coaches and sports information directors. The Lady Govs lost two starters, both their leading scorer (Ashley Herring) and leading rebounder (Nicole Jamen), from last season’s squad that finished third in the regular-season race. 

The Lady Govs have won the last two Ohio Valley Conference women’s basketball tournament crowns, but enters 2010-11 seeking to replace the output from the loss of its leading scorer and leading rebounder from last season. 

About Southeast Missouri 

Southeast Missouri returns 10 letterwinners, including four starters, from last season’s team that finished with a 7-21 overall record and a 4-14 conference mark. The Redhawks, who do not have a senior on their roster this season, added three newcomers to their roster, including pair of junior college transfers. 

The Redhawks were picked to finish 10th in the league’s preseason poll after finishing 10th in last season’s race. 

As would be expected of a perimeter-oriented squad, the Redhawks do not appear at the free-throw line often, averaging just 14.5 attempts per game. Southeast Missouri is converting 69 percent of its attempts, averaging 10 free-throws made per game. 

Key Notables From Lady Govs At Southern Illinois 

Junior guard Whitney Hanley scored 20 points for the second consecutive game and finished last week with 59 points, averaging 19.7 points per game. 

Nicole Olszewski Freshman guard Nicole Olszewski posted her first collegiate double-digit scoring output, finishing with 10 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals. 

Junior forward Jasmine Rayner scored 16 points and grabbed six rebounds after coming off the bench for the third time this season. 

One game after surrendering a pair of double-doubles, the Lady Govs defense permitted five players to score more than 10 points at Southern Illinois. Sidney Goins scored 22
points in 24 minutes off the bench. 

Austin Peay lost the rebounding battle at Southern Illinois by a 41-29 margin, the fourth time this season APSU has not outrebounded its opponent. 

Southern Illinois made 28-of-34 from the free-throw line, setting APSU opponent highs for free throws made and attempted. 

The Lady Govs committed a season-low 14 turnovers in the contest. However, Southern Illinois converted those few miscues into 23 points (1.6 points per turnover). 

Next Up: Eastern Illinois 

Austin Peay wraps up its season’s first Ohio Valley Conference road trip with a 4:00pm, Saturday contest at Eastern Illinois. 

Lady govs Start Signing Peiord With Two Additions 

The Lady Govs have announced two additions to their 2011-12 roster during the early signing period which opened November 10th. 

  • Kristen Stainback, a 5-9 guard from Georgetown, KY, led Scott County High School to the 2010 Kentucky State Championship game and was named to the state championship’s all-tournament team after scoring a tournament-best 102 points in the competition’s four games. Stainback enters her senior campaign highly regarded, with Rick Bolus’ High Potential Scouting Service ranking her as the No. 2 prospect in Kentucky in its September rankings. She also is a Kentucky’s “Miss Basketball” candidate. 
  • Shelby Olszewski, a 5-6 guard from Pickerington, Ohio, is entering her senior season at Pickerington North High School where she has averaged 8.3 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game during her career. She was a second-team all-conference selection and an honorable mention all-district selection as a junior. The Panthers have accumulated a 66-10 record during her career. Her sister, Nicole, is currently a freshman guard on the Lady Govs roster.
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