SLIAC Weekly Release - Jan. 8
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
Winter Storm Leads to
Postponed Games (January 7, 2014)
The winter storm that moved through the Midwest early this week
lead to the postponement of Tuesday's scheduled basketball games.
The games will be made up at a later date and process of
determining the new scheduled dates are currently under way.
Game of the Week:
MacMurray at Spalding - Men's Basketball (January 7,
2014)
The SLIAC Game of the Week is a weekly feature that highlights a
key match-up in conference play. This week's feature game is a
meeting between two of the three remaining undefeated teams in
conference play; MacMurray and Spalding......MORE
Fontbonne Names New
Associate Head Soccer Coach (January 8, 2014)
The Fontbonne University athletic department is pleased to
announce the hiring of Ricky Andrews as its new Associate Head
Men's and Women's Soccer Coach.....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- William Barber, Spalding University
Women's Basketball- Whitney Godden, Iowa Wesleyan College
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SLIAC STANDINGS
| Men's Basketball | Women's Basketball |
| School | SLIAC | Overall | School | SLIAC | Overall |
| Westminster | 3-0 | 6-4 | Iowa Wesleyan | 3-0 | 7-2 |
| Spalding | 3-0 | 5-5 | Eureka | 3-0 | 7-3 |
| MacMurray | 2-0 | 6-3 | Webster | 2-1 | 5-5 |
| Webster | 2-1 | 5-5 | Greenville | 1-1 | 4-5 |
| Greenville | 1-1 | 5-4 | Fontbonne | 1-2 | 3-7 |
| Iowa Wesleyan |
1-2 | 3-6 | Westminster | 1-2 | 3-6 |
| Eureka | 1-2 | 2-8 | Spalding | 2-1 | 2-7 |
| Fontbonne | 1-2 | 1-9 | Principia | 1-2 | 2-6 |
| Principia | 0-3 | 1-8 | MacMurray | 0-2 | 0-8 |
| Blackburn | 0-3 | 0-10 | Blackburn | 0-3 | 1-9 |
AROUND THE SLIAC
The Blackburn men's basketball team returned from break with a
game against Illinois College. Despite falling 91-64, Blackburn did
not take long to get their shots going as they knocked down 10
three-pointers in the game. Combined the two teams hit 26
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Greenville's Alex Mumphard quickly got back into the game form in
the Panthers return from break against Loras. Mumphard led all
scorers in the game with 24 points, going 10-of-17 from the field
and 4-of-8 from three-point range. |
Junior guard Whitney Godden was the SLIAC Women's Basketball
Player of the Week this week after helping her team to a 86-81 win
over Buena Vista. Godden scored a team high 23 points while adding
three rebounds and two assists. |
The MacMurray men's basketball team puts their undefeated
conference record on the line with two SLIAC games this week. The
Highlanders, 6-3 overall and 3-0 in the SLIAC, will first take on
Blackburn on Thursday and then head out on the road to face
Spalding on Saturday. Blackburn is 0-10 overall and 0-3 in the
SLIAC while Spalding is 5-5 overall and 3-0 in the conference. |
Principia guard Kenny Sydness currently leads the SLIAC in scoring
at 21.2 points per game. In addition Syndess is second in the
conference in total assists and is just one of three players to
rank in the top five of the conference in both scoring and
assists. |
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Webster women's basketball forward Courtney Pursley is just one of
two players in the SLIAC to rank in the top five of both scoring
and rebounding. Pursley is currently averaging 15.8 points and 11.3
rebounds per game ranking her 4th and 1st respectively. |
The Westminster men's and women's basketball teams are on the road
this week for a pair of SLIAC games. Westminster will head out and
face Webster on Thursday and then travel to Greenville for another
conference double header on Saturday. |
The Eureka Women's Basketball team will put their undefeated
conference record on the line this week when they hit the road
against Spalding on Thursday, Jan. 9. Eureka is currently 7-3
overall and 3-0 in the SLIAC while Spalding is 2-7 overall and 2-1
in the SLIAC.
The Fontbonne University men's basketball team placed four players
in double figures in scoring in their contest against Spalding.
Leading the way was Darius Rucker with 15 points while Richard
Dorhauer and Bryan DeGeare each added 13 points and Jared Greenlee
chipped in with 11 points.
Spalding senior forward William Barber was named the SLIAC Men's
Basketball Player of the Week after helping led the Golden Eagles
to a 68-66 win over Fontbonne. Down 15 points with under
five-minutes remaining Barber sparked his team to a 16-0 run by
converting a three-point play. He then knocked down the game
winning shot with 5.4 seconds left, finishing the game with 12
points.THIS WEEK'S SLIAC SCHEDULE
To see a complete schedule of this week's SLIAC action click HERE
KEEP UP WITH THE SLIAC ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Be sure to keep up with the SLIAC using various social media tools. You can follow us on Twitter (@sliac) HERE or Facebook (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) HERE
Be sure to participate in our Social Media fun each week with Trivia Tuesday, Throwback Thursday and Feature Friday.
Each Tuesday on Twitter we will ask a SLIAC trivia question where the first person to respond with correct answer wins SLIAC gear!
On Thursday's you can reminisce by looking at old photographs when we remember prior SLIAC Student-Athletes.
Friday's are Feature Friday's where we will get to know our current SLIAC Student-Athletes through a series of video interviews.