SLU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES & INFORMATION
GAME 19	vs. Rhode Island
WHEN	Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023 • 7 p.m. CT
WHERE	Chaifetz Arena (St. Louis, Mo.)
WATCH	ESPN+
LISTEN	SLUBillikens.com
LIVE STATS	StatBroadcast

GAME NOTES: Saint Louis | Rhode Island

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Saint Louis (5-13, 1-2 A-10) takes on Atlantic 10 Conference co-leader Rhode Island (12-3, 3-0 A-10) Thursday, Jan. 12, in the first of two consecutive home games for the Billikens.

Tipoff at Chaifetz Arena is slated for 7 p.m. CT on ESPN+ with Colin Suhre on the call. KMOX (1120 AM, 98.7 FM) also will carry the game, with Tom Ackerman handling the play-by-play. The KMOX broadcast also is available on SLUBillikens.com.

The Billikens lead the series 12-6. The Rams have captured the last three meetings, including a 60-52 decision in Kingston, R.I., a year ago in a game that saw Brooke Flowers tally 16 points and 10 rebounds and Marisa Warren match her career high of six rebounds. SLU is 5-2 vs. Rhody in St. Louis.

Saint Louis will try to get back on track after falling at Saint Joseph's Jan. 7. Rhode Island, which was predicted to finish third in the A-10, already has defeated the top two teams in the league's preseason poll -- unanimous favorite Massachusetts on the road and No. 2 La Salle at home.

KEY STORYLINES
•Kyla McMakin is among the top 12 NCAA Division I active career leaders in free throw percentage (seventh, .862), scoring average (eighth, 18.2 ppg), points (11th, 1,952) and field goals made (12th, 707). McMakin ranks third in the A-10 this season with 17.8 points per game.
•Since re-entering the starting lineup in the Billikens' final non-conference game, freshman Mia Nicastro is averaging 8.8 points and 6.8 rebounds.
•In conference games only, guard Julia Martinez leads Saint Louis in total rebounding (11.0 rpg) and offensive rebounding (5.3 orpg). Martinez's all-games average of 7.5 boards leads SLU and ranks eighth in the Atlantic 10.
•Brooke Flowers leads all active NCAA Division I players with a school-record 333 blocked shots, 116 more than SLU's second-place total. Her league-leading 3.78 rejections per game have led the Bills to the top of the A-10 and 27th in the nation (4.8 bpg). Flowers also finds herself third among active career leaders in rebounds (school-record 1,062).
•Julia Martinez ranks 13th nationally with 3.17 steals per game. That leads the A-10 and has lifted the Billikens to the top of the league with 9.8 thefts per contest.
•Saint Louis has sizzled at the foul line recently, shooting 83.1 percent (64-of-77) over its last four games. The Bills are one of six A-10 teams among the nation's top 50 in free throw accuracy at 76.9 percent (fourth A-10, 34th nationally).