SLIAC Weekly Release - Jan. 29
This week in the SLIAC is a weekly review of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. It recaps the prior weeks results and highlights upcoming events. You can also find the latest standings, statistics, schedules and awards.
HEADLINES
Endicott and Edwards
Make Mark in Webster Record Book (January 24, 2014)
Webster basketball players Cassie Endicott and Hollis Edwards are
making their marks in the Webster record books this season.....MORE
SLIAC Game of the
Week: MacMurray vs. Webster (January 28, 2014)
This week's SLIAC game of the week was a women's basketball
contest between Fontbonne University and Principia College .....MORE
SLIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
The SLIAC Players of the Week are honored for their performances during the week. Click on the sport link below to see the full list of 2013-14 Players of the Week. For this week's Player of the Week release - HERE
Men's Basketball- Verdis Lee Jr., Westminster College
Women's Basketball- Kelsey Shoemake, Eureka College
Men's Basketball l Women's Basketball
SLIAC STANDINGS
| Men's Basketball | Women's Basketball |
| School | SLIAC | Overall | School | SLIAC | Overall |
| Spalding | 9-1 | 11-6 | Eureka | 9-1 |
13-4 |
| MacMurray | 8-1 |
12-4 |
Spalding | 9-1 |
9-7 |
| Webster | 7-2 | 10-6 |
Iowa Wesleyan |
7-1 | 12-3 |
| Greenville | 6-3 |
10-6 |
Webster | 6-3 | 9-7 |
| Westminster | 7-4 | 10-8 |
Westminster | 6-5 | 8-9 |
| Fontbonne | 4-6 | 4-13 |
Fontbonne | 4-6 | 6-11 |
| Principia |
3-8 | 4-13 |
Greenville | 2-7 | 5-11 |
| Iowa Wesleyan |
2-6 | 5-10 |
Blackburn | 2-7 |
3-13 |
| Blackburn | 1-8 | 1-15 | MacMurray | 2-7 | 3-13 |
| Eureka | 1-9 | 2-15 | Principia | 1-10 | 2-14 |
AROUND THE SLIAC
Chris Davis helped his Beaver basketball team notch their first
conference win of the season this year with 19 points, six rebounds
and two steals against Eureka. Davis was 4-of-6 from the field and
knocked down 9-of-11 free-throws. He followed with another 19 point
effort against Spalding three days later. |
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The Panthers Nick Trisko helped his team to a pair of conference
wins last week, topping Iowa Wesleyan and Principia. In two outings
Trisko, a freshman, averaged 16.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.
He shot 78-percent from the field on the week, going 14-of 18. |
After suffering their first conference loss of the season on Jan.
14 the Tigers women's basketball team has responded with three
consecutive victories. The Tigers responded with wins over Webster,
Greenville and Fontbonne. |
The MacMurray men's basketball team is still chasing down Spalding
for the top spot in the SLIAC standings. The Highlanders have won
five straight games and put their streak on the line this weekend
with games against Iowa Wesleyan and Greenville. |
Kenny Sydness continues his battle for the SLIAC scoring title.
Sydness tallied back to back 20 point games including a 27 point
outburst against Greenville. On the season Sydness is leading the
SLIAC in scoring at 19.5 points per game. |
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Kevin Miller notched his fourth double-double of the season last
week in a game against MacMurray. Miller recorded 16 points and 10
rebounds in the game. He was 5-of-7 from the field and a perfect
6-of-6 from the free-throw line. On the week Miller averaged 18.0
points and 9.5 rebounds per game. |
Verdis Lee Jr. hot a hot hand for the Blue Jays last week with
three 20+ point games. Lee tallied 24 points against Spalding and
25 points against Eureka while exploding for 32 points, on 13-of-16
shooting, in a win over Principia. On the week Lee averaged 27.0
points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game while earning SLIAC
Player of the Week honors. |
The Red Devils' Nick Finney had an impressive first conference
start of his career with a career-high 22 point game against
Westminster. Finney was 10-of-15 from the field and added four
rebounds and two assists.
Fontbonne got back into the win column on Tuesday night with a
65-56 win over Principia. The Griffins have now won two of their
last three games and closed to within one game of Westminster for
the final SLIAC tournament spot.
The Golden Eagles Brandon Goeing tallied at least 20 points in two
of his three games last week. Goeing scored 24 points, with four
three pointers, in a win over Westminster to start the week. He
closed out the week with 28 points, including seven three's, in a
win over Blackburn.THIS WEEK'S SLIAC SCHEDULE
To see a complete schedule of this week's SLIAC action click HERE
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