GAME NOTES: Saint Louis | Rhode Island | Atlantic 10
• Saint Louis (6-11, 2-3 A-10) visits Rhode Island Wednesday night for the first of two straight contests on the road for the Billikens.
• SLU was tabbed for a fourth-place finish in the Atlantic 10 Conference preseason poll, while Rhode Island was picked runner-up.Â
• The Billikens lead the all-time series 12-5 over the Rams, but URI has won the last two outings. SLU and Rhode Island have only met one time across the past three seasons.
• The game will mark the 100th of Ciaja Harbison's career. She's started every game for the Billikens since her arrival in the 2018-19 season.Â
• Harbison enters the weekend ranked second in the league with 17.8 points per game. In A-10 games only, Harbison's average of 21.6 points paces the conference.
• With 1,570 points in her career, Harbison is 16 points shy of passing Sadie Stipanovich for second all-time at SLU.Â
• Brooke Flowers' 3.3 blocks per game are fourth best nationally, while her average of 11.3 boards this season is first in the league and 16th in the country.Â
• With averages of 10.4 points and 11.6 rebounds, Flowers is one of just two players in the A-10 who are averaging a double-double on the season (Sam Breen, UMass).
• Over the last four games, Natalie McNeal has averaged 13.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 3.0 assists, while shooting 42.9 percent from the field.
• Rhode Island is tied with Dayton (16-3, 7-0 A-10) for the top spot in the league standings.
• The Rams have four players averaging double digits in the scoring column, led by Emmanuelle Tahane (14.1 ppg).