HAMMOND, Ind. - - The Purdue Northwest Women's Basketball team is returning home on Saturday to host the Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars to begin PNW Kids Day, sponsored by Nipsco. Tipoff at the Hammond Fitness and Recreational Center is set for 1 p.m. (CT).
 
The Pride are currently 1-4, last seen falling 56-52 in a tough loss at Governors State on November 20. Shae Rhonehouse (Fremont, Ind./Fremont) played 19 minutes and scored a team-high 12 points on 5-7 shooting for her first game this season scoring in double figures. Other statistical leaders included Danielle Nennig (Wrightstown, Wis./Wrightstown), who grabbed a team-high six rebounds and scored nine points on 4-6 shooting. Kennedy Jackson (Carson, Cal./Redondo Union) had a balanced game herself, as she recorded a team-high four assists, scored four points on 1-1 shooting from the field and 2-2 from the free-throw line, and collected four rebounds in her 28 minutes of action.   

As a team, PNW is averaging 58.8 points per game so far this season and is led by two individuals averaging double-figures in scoring per game. Molly Devalkenaere (Milwaukee, Wis./Brookfield) leads the Pride with 10.7 points per game. Savaya Brockington (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central) is averaging 10.4 points, 4.6 assists and 4.2 rebounds a game. Brockington and Anjel Galbraith (Vallejo, Cal./Salesian College Prep) lead the team with 165 minutes logged while Galbraith is recording 9.4 points, 2.4 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game. 
 
Nennig, who is leading the Pride with 6.4 rebounds and two steals per game, is averaging 9.6 points per game as well. Brittany Barnard (Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo) has a team-high four blocks so far this season.
 
PNW Kids Day will include free admission for kids, free t-shirts, giveaways, a balloon artist and more.