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SIUE Women's Basketball - Allie Troeckler
SIUE Women's Basketball - Allie Troeckler

Women's Basketball Eric Hess, SIUE Athletics Communications

PREVIEW: SIUE Welcomes Purdue Fort Wayne for Home Opener

GAME 5
SIUE Cougars (2-2, 0-0 OVC)
vs. Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (3-1, 0-0 Horizon)
Sun., Nov. 28, 2 p.m. CT, Edwardsville, Ill. (First Community Arena)

Video: ESPN+
Radio: WSIE FM 88.7 the Sound (Randy Moehlman)
Audio: SIUECougarNetwork.com
Live Stats: SIUEStats.com

All-Time Series: SIUE leads 13-9
First Meeting: Nov. 25, 1988
Result: L, 91-75
Last Meeting: Nov. 25, 2020
Result: W, 66-50
Current Series Streak: SIUE W3

OPENING TIP
• Sunday's game is a battle of first-year head coaches. SIUE Head Coach Samantha Quigley Smith was the Great Lakes Valley Conference Coach of the Year last season at Lewis. Purdue Fort Wayne Head Coach Maria Marchesano was the Northeast Conference Coach of the Year at Mt. St. Mary's.
• SIUE is 30-12 all-time in home openers. The Cougars have won seven of their last eight home openers.
• The home opener for the Cougars is Nov. 28 against Purdue Fort Wayne.
• Mikia Keith tied her career best with four three-pointers in the win at Butler.
• Jaida Hampton recorded the best offensive performance off the bench at Butler, scoring all of her points in the first half.
• SIUE is coming off two of the biggest regular-season wins in program history, a 71-62 road win at Illinois. It is the first time SIUE has defeated a Big Ten team (0-8 previously). The Cougars also defeated Butler, of the Big East, at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
• The Cougars' only previous win over a Power 5 school was in 2012 (Clemson).
• SIUE leads the Ohio Valley Conference in free throw attempts (100).
• Allie Troeckler is 11th nationally and second in the OVC in steals per game (3.75). She had five steals in both the Illinois and Butler games.
• The Cougars are third in the OVC and 47th nationally in turnovers forced (21.75 per game).
• SIUE is second in the OVC in three-point field goals made per game (6.0) and second in three-point field goal percentage (32.9).
• SIUE returns 13 players from last season's roster and has five newcomers for the 2021-22 season.
 
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Players Mentioned

Mikia Keith

#11 Mikia Keith

G
5' 4"
Junior
Allie Troeckler

#23 Allie Troeckler

G/F
5' 10"
Senior
Jaida Hampton

#1 Jaida Hampton

G
5' 10"
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Mikia Keith

#11 Mikia Keith

5' 4"
Junior
G
Allie Troeckler

#23 Allie Troeckler

5' 10"
Senior
G/F
Jaida Hampton

#1 Jaida Hampton

5' 10"
Redshirt Junior
G