BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU girls’s basketball heads again to the state of Illinois to tackle Southern Illinois on Sunday, Nov. 30 at 2 p.m. (CT). This is the second recreation in Illinois within the final 5 days after competing on the University of Illinois on Wednesday.
GAME INFO - WKU (2-4) at Southern Illinois (1-4)
- Sunday, Nov. 30 | 2 PM (CT) | Carbondale, Ill. | Banterra Center
- Watch: ESPN+
- Listen: ESPN 102.7 in Bowling Green or Varsity Network
IMPORTANT LINKS
WKU GAME NOTES | LIVE STATS | VARSITY NETWORK | WKU MEDIA CENTER
ABOUT THE TOPS
- Through six video games, Salma Khedr is the main scorer for WKU, averaging 10.6 factors per recreation. Jeniffer Silva is second, placing up 9.3 factors per recreation. Silva can be main the Lady Toppers on the boards, flattening 5.0 rebounds per recreation. Torri James is second, averaging 4.8 rebounds per recreation.
- The Lady Toppers are 2-4 this season, opening the 2025-26 slate with an 81-33 win towards Kentucky State earlier than dropping a highway recreation to Longwood. WKU bounced again with a comeback win towards Wichita State in extra time in Diddle Arena earlier than falling to Indiana State and Vanderbilt to shut out a three-game homestand. Earlier this week, the Lady Toppers dropped a highway contest at Illinois.
- WKU returns eight from the 2024-25 roster in Zsofia Telegdy, Torri James, Tia Shelling, Caleigh-Rose West, Mya Pratcher, Tatum Boettjer, Yendri Acosta and Salma Khedr. Telegdy is the one returning starter from a season in the past. Boettjer made her Lady Topper debut after sitting out the 2024-25 season on account of damage.
- The Lady Toppers welcomed six newcomers this season, together with transfers Trinity Rowe, Jeniffer Silva and Tobi Ademuwagun and incoming freshmen Lola Bond, Elif Naz Dal and Enni Ahervuo. Rowe was the 2025 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year at Southern Miss final 12 months.
- The 2025-26 roster is a veteran one with six seniors or fifth years. While the roster is an older one, no participant has been at WKU longer than two seasons.
- WKU has worldwide taste as soon as once more with six worldwide gamers. That is probably the most on a Lady Topper crew all time, topping final season’s 5 worldwide gamers.
- The Lady Toppers have been picked fifth within the Conference USA preseason ballot behind Louisiana Tech, Liberty, Middle Tennessee and Missouri State. WKU has met or exceeded their placement within the CUSA preseason ballot in seven of the final 9 seasons.
- Trinity Rowe is the fifteenth Miss Kentucky Basketball to play at WKU all time and the primary since Ivy Brown (2015-18). The fifteen Miss Kentucky Basketball winners which have suited up for the Lady Toppers are probably the most for any crew within the nation.
- Greg Collins is in his eighth season as head coach at WKU, which is the third longest tenure of any Lady Topper head coach all time.
SERIES INFORMATION
- Sunday’s recreation would be the sixteenth within the sequence between WKU and SIU. Currently the Lady Toppers have the benefit within the sequence, 8-7.
- The two groups haven’t met since Nov. 20, 2018 in Bowling Green the place WKU gained, 83-76.
ABOUT THE SALUKIS
- SIU is 1-4 on the season with a win towards Lewis and losses to Purdue Fort Wayne, Missouri, Winthrop and Arkansas.
- The Salukis are led in scoring by Alayna Kraus who’s placing up 16.4 factors per recreation. Kayla Cooper can be averaging double digits, scoring 10.6 factors per recreation.
- Indya Green leads the crew on the boards, flattening 6.4 rebounds per recreation.
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