INDIANA, Pa. — The Indiana University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team hosts its second top-25 opponent of the season Monday when No. 11 Fairmont State visits the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. The Crimson Hawks enter the matchup unbeaten at home.
GAMEDAY CENTRAL
IUP vs. No. 11 Fairmont State
6 p.m., Monday
KCAC, Indiana, Pa.
Coverage: PSAC Digital Network (live video), StatBroadcast (live stats)
COMING UP
IUP at Kutztown
Saturday, Dec. 6, Kutztown, Pa.
Tip-off notes
— Head coach Craig Carey enters his fourth season at IUP. Hired just before the 2022-23 campaign, Carey led the Crimson Hawks to a strong postseason run last spring, including an upset of the No. 1 seed in the Atlantic Region before falling to Gannon in the third round.
— Carey and his staff added seven players through the transfer portal: Ali Hardwell (South Carolina State), Bella Bosch (Pitt-Johnstown), Bella Peterson (Northeastern Junior College), Teresa Maggio (Mount Vernon Nazarene), Kamiya Dambreville (Monroe College), Alexis Buie (Shippensburg) and Naomi Zulueta (Delaware State). They join four returning players from last season.
— IUP has controlled its first three games, posting a scoring margin of 32.7 points.
— Nyshae' Weaver leads the team with 17.0 points per game.
Series history
IUP leads the all-time series with Fairmont State 6–4. The teams last met in the 2015 Atlantic Regional, where IUP earned a 76–61 win.
In that game, Weaver scored a team-high 18 points with eight rebounds. The Crimson Hawks have averaged just over 68 points across the nine matchups dating to 1991.
Fairmont State at a glance
Fairmont State enters Monday at 4–0 after defeating four straight PSAC opponents. The Falcons will face their fifth PSAC opponent in IUP before closing their nonconference slate against Shepherd on Nov. 30.
FSU averages 76.8 points per game with a plus-7.5 scoring margin. Despite the undefeated start, the Falcons are shooting 38 percent from the field, 32 percent from 3-point range and 69 percent from the free-throw line.
