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Women's Basketball Ryan Rebholz, Sports Information Director

Women's Basketball Starts Second Half of Divisional Play at Pitt-Johnstown



GameDay Central
IUP Crimson Hawks (12-6, 3-5 PSAC West)
at Pitt-Johnstown Bobcats (7-11, 4-4 PSAC West)
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 | 5:30 p.m.
Sports Center | Johnstown, PA

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AT A GLANCE
The Crimson Hawks start the second half of their PSAC West schedule on Wednesday evening as they travel to face Pitt-Johnstown. IUP is coming off of a 66-50 win over rival Slippery Rock on Saturday, a victory that ended a five-game losing streak. The Bobcats defeated Mercyhurst last weekend, but have dropped five of their last seven games after starting the year 5-6. UPJ is tied for 4th in the West with a 4-4 record while the Crimson Hawks are 6th with a 3-5 record after the first half of the conference season.

THE SERIES
Pitt-Johnstown has a sizeable lead in the all-time series with a 34-9 all-time record. IUP has gotten the best of the Bobcats in each of the last four meetings, including the 96-72 win in the KCAC back on Nov. 20. In that game, Jr. G Lindsay Stamp (Erie, Pa. /Mercyhurst Prep) scored a career-high 35 points and the Crimson Hawks made went 11-16 from 3-point range.

BREAKING OUT
The 50 points the Crimson Hawks allowed to SRU were 22 below the average given up during their five-game skid (72.0). They also forced SRU to shoot 34.5 pct. from the floor and just 2-14 from 3-point range. IUP also committed a season-low 13 fouls as SRU went 8-12 from the foul line.

FILLING IN
Jr. G Leslie Stapleton (Indiana, Pa. /Indiana) has taken over the top scorer duties for the Crimson Hawks since Stamp went down in the 2nd half of the Cal game. In those 2 1/2 games, Stapleton has scored a total of 48 points, which averages out to 19.2 ppg. Prior to the Cal game, Stamp was averaging 19.6 ppg.

STRAIGHT SHOOTER
Despite starting the season slow, Stapleton is one of the top 3-point shooters in the PSAC, ranking 6th in the conference with a 40.4 3FG%. She's drained 5 in a game twice (12/21 at Kutztown & 1/25 vs. SRU), and over her last four games has gone 15-31 from beyond the arc. Stapleton's 40.8 career 3FG% (75-184) is 1st all-time in IUP history.

BENCH PLAY
Even with Stapleton moving into the starting lineup, the IUP bench continues to provide scoring as the Crimson Hawks totaled 19 points against SRU on Saturday. The bench is averaging 18.5 ppg this season, which is 26.8 pct. of the team's overall scoring. 10 times the bench has scored at least 20 points, including 28 in the first meeting with UPJ.

PROTECTING THE BALL
Sr. G Talen Watson (Odenton, MD/Arundel) has improved her assist-turnover ratio each year on campus and is currently 2nd on the team with a 1.8 ratio this season. Also 2nd on the team with 45 assists, she's turned the ball over 25 times and averages 1.38 turnovers per game. She averaged 2.36 as a sophomore and 1.96 as a junior. 

SCOUTING PITT-JOHNSTOWN
The Bobcats were one of the PSAC's top scoring teams early on, scoring 80-plus points in seven of their first 11 games, including 90 or more four times. In the last seven games, however, UPJ has a record of 2-5 and is averaging just 62.9 ppg and giving up 77.3 ppg. The Bobcats get 33 pct. of their scoring from the 3-pointer, with four players making at least 27 this season. So. G Kayla DeCriscio is 5th in the PSAC with 44 3-pointers made and So. F Jasmine Harper has 6 double-doubles and is averaging 13.8 ppg and 8.4 rpg). 
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