CARBONDALE – It’s official: No one will at any time defeat Cindy Stein in a Missouri Valley Conference season opener.
The SIU women’s basketball workforce dominated Valparaiso inside of Friday for a 62-52 gain at Banterra Center, earning its ninth straight victory in an MVC lidlifter. It will be the last 1 Stein receives, way too, considering that she’s retiring at season’s conclude.
“I observed that in the paper this morning and imagined for a moment that we were being heading to jinx it,” Stein explained, “but it’s constantly great to get off to a excellent start out in the convention.”
Abby Brockmeyer and Gabby Walker every single produced double-doubles for the Salukis (6-5, 1-). Brockmeyer finished with 19 points and 12 rebounds for the fifth double-double of her time and the 27th of her career, most among lively MVC players.
Walker added 17 and 10, drawing nearly as a lot of fouls (6) as were being called on SIU (8). She compiled her 2nd occupation double-double, a little something Stein invested a chunk of follow time this 7 days exhorting her to accomplish.
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