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WBB Preview: Billikens Round 2025 at Duquesne

SLU Women's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game No. 15 Saint Louis (7-7) at Duquesne (7-5)
Date // Time Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025 // Noon(CT)
Location Pittsburgh, Pa. (UMPC Cooper Fieldhouse)
Listen SLUBillikens.com (Colin Suhre)
Stream ESPN+
Live Stats StatBroadcast
SETTING THE SCENE
  • Saint Louis returns to Atlantic 10 play with a road trip to Duquesne on Wednesday afternoon
 
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
  • The game will stream on ESPN+ with live stats available.
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
  • The Billikens improved to 7-7 after a record breaking 132-53 win over UHSP on Sunday. Saint Louis is 5-1 in December
  • Alyssa Koerkenmeier had a double-double with 25 points and 12 assists, both figures the best by a Billiken this season.
  • Alexia Nelson recorded her first double-double with 23 points and 10 assists-both career bests.
  • Saint Louis swept the A-10 WBB weekly awards - Nelson was named Player of the Week and Koerkenmeier was the Rookie
  • The 132 set a program and Chaifetz Arena record. New program records were also set with 17 three pointers and 35 assists.
  • Ellie Paloucek and Marilena Triantafylli scored their first points in a Billiken uniform against the Eutectics.
  • Nugent adds 13.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.
  • Jahda Denis averaged 11.9 points and has scored in double figures for nin straight games.
  • She is also eighth nationally in free throw percentage at 92.1 percent
  • Saint Louis leads the Atlantic 10 in scoring with nearly 74 points per game.
  • The Billikens are 14th nationally with 5.7 blocks per game.
  • Koerkenmeier and Jada Tiggett are both in the top 30 nationally in blocks
  • Tillett is in her fourth season at Saint Louis and eighth as a head coach. She guided the Billikens to their first Atlantic 10 tournament title and NCAA tournament appearance in 2022-23, and previously led Longwood to the 2021-22 Big South championship.
 
ABOUT THE DUKES
  • Duquesne is 7-5 this season and is coming off an 84-69 win over Pitt.
  • Alexis Bordas had 38 points in that win and is averaging 15.6
  • Mackenzie Blackford and Gabby Grantham-Medley are each averaging 10.3 points.
  • Harriet Ford is pulling down 8.5 rebounds per game, second best in the Atlantic 10
  • The Dukes are 10th nationally in rebounds with 46 boards per game
  • They are also sixth in offensive rebounds with 18 per game.
  • Duquesne was picked to finish eighth in the A-10 Preseason Poll
 
SERIES HISTORY
  • Duquesne holds a 16-7 edge in the series and has won the last four meetings
  • Saint Louis looks to pick up its first win in Pittsburgh since 2019.
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