McDowell scores 16 for 16th place

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With her 16 points against Evansville Monday night, senior guard Molly McDowell moved into the 16th on the SIU career scoring list.

She has 1,106 points, 434 behind all-time leader Amy Rakers who starred at SIU from 1987-1991.

McDowell can easily move into the top ten, as she's only 77 points out of tenth place with eight regular season games remaining.

She is also the conference's active leader in assists and steals with 323 and 183, respectively.

McDowell makes the free ones

McDowell has been nearly automatic from the free throw line. She was two-for-two at the free throw line and she's now third nationally in free throw shooting, knocking in 66-of-72 free throws for a 91.7 percent clip.

Morehead State's Kandi Brown is the nation≠s best active free throw shooter, making 83 of her 89 attempts for a 93.3 percent average.

Pinkston movin≠ on up

With her team-high 22 points Monday, junior point guard Dana Pinkston is on the verge of a double figure scoring average. She is averaging 9.4 points per game, nearly three points better than her average 11 games ago.

Berwanger doubles up

Junior forward Katie Berwanger's 19 points Monday was one-point shy of a career high. She also grabbed 13 rebounds for her third double-double of the season and the first since before Christmas.

Evansville lets the Salukis back in

After nearly coming back from a 22-point deficit in their last game against Evansville Jan. 11, SIU came back from 17 down to defeat the Aces this time.

With the loss, Evansville fell to 3-6 on even-numbered dates. The Aces have a 6-4 record on odd-numbered days.

Campbell celebrates against Salukis

Evansville freshman guard Cammie Campbell celebrated her birthday Feb. 9, one day before her game against the Salukis.

She scored 17 points Monday, four shy of a career high and grabbed a career-high eight rebounds.

Making the cut

In order to make the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, the Salukis must move into eighth place. They are currently two games behind Evansville, and both teams face identical schedules in their last eight games.

Both teams welcome Creighton and Drake this weekend, then both head for the two ISU road trip. The Salukis and Purple Aces also host Bradley and Northern Iowa before traveling west to face Wichita State and Southwest Missouri State, a trip that hasn't been kind to league opponents.

Since 1989, only four teams have swept that two-game road trip, but it has happened twice this year. Creighton and Drake both pulled off the sweep in the past two weeks.

Drake is d-fensive

SIU's next opponent, Drake, will bring a stifling defense to town. In their last game, the Bulldogs held SMS to a season-low 40 points.

In the Jan. 17 meeting between the two schools, SIU shot 20.3 percent, the lowest ever total by a Drake opponent.

Reporter Ethan Erickson can be reached at eerickson@dailyegyptian.com