GAME 19	Saint Louis (14-4) vs. Northern Iowa (16-12) | WNIT Quarterfinals
WHEN	Monday, March 22, 2021 • 7 p.m. CDT
WHERE	UW Health Sports Factory (Rockford, Ill.)
WATCH	FloHoops
LIVE STATS	Live Stats
GAME NOTES	Saint Louis

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THE BASICS
• A berth in the WNIT semifinals is on the line Monday night when Saint Louis meets Northern Iowa in the Rockford Regional championship game.
• Tip is at 7 p.m. CDT on FloHoops.
• The winner advances to a semifinal matchup against the Memphis Regional champion (Colorado or Mississippi). The semifinals and championship game are scheduled for March 26 and 28, respectively, in the Memphis suburb of Collierville, Tenn.
 
QUICK HITTERS
• The Billikens advanced to the quarterfinals by routing Milwaukee 61-44 in the second round behind Rachel Kent's career-high 24 points (6-of-7 from 3-point range). That followed a 74-72 win over DePaul in Friday's first round.
• Northern Iowa, a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, defeated Dayton 70-56 in the first round and Creighton 64-63 in the second round.
• The WNIT appearance is the fifth in SLU women's basketball history and fourth under head coach Lisa Stone. The quarterfinals appearance marks the Billikens' deepest advance in a WNIT.
• The Billikens and Panthers are meeting for a seventh time. They last faced each other during the 2013-14 season.
• Saint Louis has won 10 of its last 11 games.
• The Billikens are second in the Atlantic 10 Conference in field goal percentage defense (.361), assist-turnover ratio (1.04:1) and fewest turnovers (13.5 tpg).
• SLU shot 40 percent from 3-point distance in each of its first two WNIT games. The Billikens were 10-of-25 vs. DePaul and 6-of-15 vs. Milwaukee.
• Saint Louis also has shot well from the foul line recently, connecting on 86 percent (30-of-35) over the last three games.
• Rachel Kent leads the A-10 and ranks 23rd in the nation in 3-point field goals per game (2.8). Kent is second in the league and 22nd nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (.425). She is seventh in minutes (34.7 mpg) in the A-10.
• Kent has connected from the arc at least three times in nine of the last 11 games (37-of-77, .481).
• Ciaja Harbison ranks third in scoring (16.8 ppg), free throw percentage (.811) and minutes (37.1 mpg) and sixth in assists (4.1 apg) in the A-10. Harbison has scored fewer than 14 points just twice this season.
• Myriama Smith Traore is among the league's top 10 in four categories. Smith Traore ranks second in field goal percentage (.540), third in offensive rebounding (3.5 orpg), fifth in rebounding (9.3 rpg) and sixth in blocks (1.2 bpg). She has a double-digit rebound total in six of the last 10 games and has averaged 4.3 offensive rebounds during that stretch. Smith Traore is shooting 69 percent (11-of-16) from the field over the last three games.
• Brooke Flowers also owns four top-10 rankings -- third in blocks (2.1 bpg), fourth in rebounding (9.8 rpg), sixth in offensive rebounding (2.9 orpg) and seventh in field goal percentage (.497). Flowers has produced a double-double in five of the last eight games, averaging 12.5 points and 10.8 rebounds. She is shooting 59 percent (13-of-22) from the floor over the last three games.
• Julia Martinez is fourth in assist-turnover ratio (2.23:1) and seventh in assists (3.7 apg) in the A-10. Martinez sank a career-high three 3-pointers (3-of-3) against DePaul in the WNIT first round, and she averaged 5.5 rebounds in the first two rounds.