SPRINGFIELD, IL --- The Prairie Stars (7-5, 1-3) are coming off their biggest GLVC win in program history and will now travel to William Jewell (5-7, 2-3) and Rockhurst (8-4, 3-2) in their first road games of the GLVC season. UIS is already one win away from tying their 2015-16 mark with 14 games remaining in the season.

SETTING THE SCENE
UIS has won four of their last six games, three of which were in the non-conference portion of their schedule. They ended 2016 with a win over Division III Blackburn before falling to Truman State and beating Quincy 82-53 for the largest GLVC win in program history.

William Jewell enters the weekend having lost their last two games to Southern Indiana and #4 Bellarmine. They have dropped five of their last six games, all of which were on the road except for one. During this stretch, senior guard Maddie Nelson eclipsed the 1,000 point mark for her career.

Rockhurst sits second in the GLVC west behind #12 Drury, as they come off back-to-back losses to #4 Bellarmine and Southern Indiana. Rockhurst won six straight games before last weekend, including wins over Truman State and Quincy.

GLVC'S BEST
As a team, UIS leads the league in defensive field goal percentage, holding opponents to a mere 34.9 mark from the field. They also rank in the top-five in: scoring offense (73.8), scoring margin ( 11.7), field goal percentage (43.0), three-point field goal percentage (35.6), total rebounds (45.3), assists (16.5), steals (9.17), assist/turnover ratio (0.98), and blocks (4.92).

Individually, Syerra Cunningham continues to be the gold standard when it comes to rebounding, grabbing 12.0 boards per game with that number increasing to 14.0 in conference games. The senior is the lone player in the GLVC to average over nine rebounds per game and with her 12.9 points per game, is the only player to average a double-double. She ranks third in the league with a 59.0 percent field goal percentage and fifth in blocks per game with 1.33.

Destiny Ramsey is one of two players in the league that is in the top-11 in blocks (1.42) and steals (1.83).

THE STARTING FIVE
Through 12 games, UIS has had the same starters for every single game: Tehya Fortune, Patterson, Kelty, Ramsey, and Cunningham.

PRAIRIE STARS IN THE RECORD BOOKS
Cunningham is now the UIS all-time leader in defensive rebounds with 381 in her career. She needs 22 offensive rebounds to hold that mark but only 19 more total rebounds to hold the all-time rebounding record for Illinois Springfield.

Shelbi Patterson and Cunningham sit 8^th and 9^th, respectively, on the all-time scoring list. Patterson with 656 career points and Cunningham with 648. Patterson also sits third with 207 career assists. She is four behind Megan Bergerud for second all-time.

WILLIAM JEWELL NOTES
The Cardinals score just 57.0 points per conference game, sitting 13^th in the league and hit just 33.5 percent of their shots, ranking 15^th. However, they defend the three extremely well, holding conference opponents to just a 26.3 percent mark, the second best in the league.

Maddie Nelson, a senior guard for William Jewell, leads the league with 4.80 assists per game in conference affairs. She also ranks second in steals per game with 3.08 and plays the most minutes of any player in the 16-team league at 38.67.

No other player for the Cardinals averages more than 8.1 points per game or more than two assists.

ROCKHURST NOTES
Rockhurst scores the third most points of any team in the league (75.2) and has the fourth best scoring margin at 12.1. With that, they are the best team in the league at defending the three, holding teams to just a 25.9 percent mark from deep.

On the flip side, they have made the second most total three's on the season but make the most per game, having only played 12 games. The Hawks knock down 8.17 three's per game, joining only Drury and Maryville as the only teams that make more than seven per game.

The Hawks are led by GLVC First-Team returner Mary Dineen, who was named the GLVC Player of the Week on December 12^th. Dineen leads the league in scoring at 19.8 points per game and ups that number to 20.2 in conference affairs. Dineen does a little of everything, shooting 44 percent from the field, 36 percent from three, brings in 3.4 boards and dishes 2.5 assists per game.

Like the Prairie Stars, the Hawks have run out the same starting lineup in each game of the season so far.

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