McKendree Bearcats (2-13, 1-6 GLVC) vs. UIndy Greyhounds (7-8, 4-3 GLVC)
Thursday, Jan. 22 • 5:30 PM • Nicoson Hall • Indianapolis
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Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars (5-10, 1-6)* vs. UIndy Greyhounds (7-8, 4-3 GLVC)*
Saturday, Jan. 24 • 1 PM • Nicoson Hall • Indianapolis
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* record as of Jan. 21

ON TAP
The Greyhounds finish their four-game homestand hosting McKendree Thursday at 5:30 p.m. ET and Illinois Springfield Saturday at 1 p.m.

ABOUT THE BEARCATS
McKendree is off to a slow start this season, entering Thursday's game with a 2-13 overall record (1-6 GLVC). The Bearcats are coming off of a win, however, defeating Illinois Springfield 70-61 Monday night for their first conference win of the season.

Caty Ponce (11.9 points), Gabrielle Williams (11.5) and Jameeka Bouie (10.6) each average double figures for the Bearcats, and Williams paces the squad with 6.1 boards per game. Williams' .587 shooting mark also leads the conference.

The Bearcats rank 15th in the GLVC scoring just 61.2 points per game, right behind UIndy's 61.4. McKendree's team defense is last in the league, allowing over 70 points per game to the opposition.

Melissa Ringhausen is entering her 17th season as the head coach of the McKendree University women's basketball program. Under Ringhausen's leadership in the NAIA, McKendree qualified for the NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship nine times in 14 years and finished in the NAIA Division I top 25 in four of the last eight seasons.

The two squads have met just three times, but UIndy has won all three by an average margin of 27 points. The Hounds won 102-72 last season in Lebanon, Ill.

ABOUT THE PRAIRIE STARS
A recent loss to McKendree set Illinois Springfield back to 5-10 (1-6 GLVC) for the season, and is part of a larger 1-7 stretch over the last eight games for the Prairie Stars.

UIS does not have any individual averaging double figures, but does have seven different players scoring seven-plus points per game. Syerra Cunningham leads the squad with 7.4 rebounds per game, and is shooting an even 50 percent (52-104) from the floor this season.

The Prairie Stars are giving up just 62.9 points per game, sixth-best in the GLVC. UIS is also fifth in rebounding margin at +5.3 per game.

Chad Oletzke enters his third season at the helm of the Illinois Springfield women's basketball program. Prior to joining the Prairie Stars, Oletzke spent three seasons as an assistant at South Dakota State University.

UIndy has dominated Illinois Springfield in four all-time meetings, winning by an average of 32.3 points. Last season the Greyhounds won 73-51 on the road.

LAST WEEK
UIndy split a pair of contests versus GLVC East rivals Bellarmine and Southern Indiana. The Hounds began the week with a blowout 89-72 victory over the Knights Thursday, good for their largest margin of victory this season. UIndy had three 20-point scorers, led by Princess German's career-high 28.

Southern Indiana capped off Saturday's game with a 24-9 run to seal a 67-57 win over the Greyhounds.

Complete recaps and box scores from the games are on pgs. 12-13 of the notes.

GOOD KNIGHT
The Greyhounds' 89-72 win over Bellarmine was by far the most prolific offensive performance of the campaign. UIndy's 89 points is 12 points more than its previous season high, and is the first 80-point output since an 85-70 victory over the Knights near the end of the 2013-14 season.

Individually, UIndy had three 20-point scorers in Princess German (28 points), Nicole Anderson (25) and Kelly Walter (20). It was the first time in at least 15 years the Hounds pulled that off (since game-by-game statistics became available in 2000-2001).

FILL IT UP
Junior Princess German went on an absolute tear against the Knights and Screaming Eagles last week, averaging 26.5 points on a stellar 17-for-25 (.680) shooting clip. She went 4-for-7 from long range and added 15 of 19 free throws.

Against the Knights, German scored 20 of her 28 in the second period to help UIndy cruise to the victory. Two days later she nearly matched a UIndy single-game record, going 9-for-10 from the floor against the Screaming Eagles. The best perfect shooting performance in program history was a 10-for-10 day from Samantha Meissel in 2009.

"THE NIC"
UIndy is in the midst of a four-game home stretch, hosting McKendree and Illinois Springfield after facing Bellarmine and Southern Indiana last week. The Greyhounds are 4-3 in Nicoson Hall this season.

CONFERENCE RECOGNITION
Several Greyhounds appear in the top 25 of the GLVC's individual statistical ranks. Below is a table of the UIndy players and where they rank in the conference:
 

PLAYER	CATEGORY	VALUE	GLVC RK.
Nicole Anderson	FG%	.536	9th
	FT%	.864	6th
	Rbs/gm	6.1	T-17th
	Pts/gm	11.0	25th
Princess German	Pts/gm	15.8	5th
Carly Lythjohan	Min/gm	33.5	7th
	Rbs/gm	6.5	12th
Ashley Montanez	Blks/gm	0.9	T-14th
Kelly Walter	Min/gm	36.3	3rd
	FT%	.905	T-4th
	3FG/gm	2.6	T-3rd
	Pts/gm	15.9	4th

FOR THE RECORD
Kelly Walter has drained 39 three-pointers this season, moving her career total to 167. She's fourth all-time in program history, and is within striking distance of Jessica Canary. Averaging 2.6 three-pointers per game this season (fourth-best in the GLVC), Walter is on pace to finish in the top three all-time.
 

UIndy Career Three-Point Field Goals
RK.	PLAYER	YEARS	GP	3FG
1	Erin Moran	2001-05	121	226
2	Melissa Graham	1991-95	111	224
3	Jessica Canary	2006-10	119	171
4	Kelly Walter	2011-	104	167
5	Amanda Davidson	2001-05	121	155
	Kristin Turner	2010-13	89	154

Walter is also on track to post the best free throw percentage in single-season history, should her .905 (57-for-63) mark hold.
 

UIndy Single-Season Free Throw Percentage*
RK.	PLAYER	YEAR	FT-FTA	PCT.
1	Kelly Walter	2014-15	57-63	.905
2	Jessica Canary	2007-08	60-67	.896
3	Amanda Norris	2005-06	69-78	.885
4	Melissa Graham	1994-95	115-132	.871
5	Mandy Geryak	2006-07	68-79	.861
	* min. 2 FT made per team game