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IU Women's Basketball celabrate Reese Mullins 1000th point in Thursday's game

Women's Basketball

Women's Basketball Hosts Marymount at Alumnae Hall for AEC Opener on Saturday

Women's Basketball at Marymount
Atlantic East Conference Opener
Saturday, January 4th| 1:00 pm
Alumnae Hall | Immaculata, Pa.
 
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THE STORYLINE
  • The Immaculata women's basketball team (10-3, 0-0 AEC) opens Atlantic East Conference play on Saturday when they host two-time defending AEC Champion Marymount University at Alumnae Hall.
  • Immaculata enters Saturday's game after defeating Misericordia on Thursday, 73-59 in their final non-conference tune up.
  • Marymount (3-8, 0-0 AEC) enters Saturday's game after defeating Washington College 46-42 in their last game on December 14th.
THE SERIES HISTORY
  • Immaculata and Marymount are meeting for the 14th time in their series that began in 1985.
  • Immaculata is 3-10 all-time vs Marymount.
THE SERIES HISTORY
  • Immaculata fell to Marymount 82-62 in their last meeting on February 3, 2024, at Alumnae Hall.
  • Tessa Liberatoscioli led Immaculata with 15 points, four rebounds, four assists, one blocked shot, and four steals. Morgan Falcone scored 14 points for the Mighty Macs.
MIGHTY MAC NOTES
  • Reese Mullins led all scorers on Thursday, with 24 points. Mullins added five rebounds, three assists, one blocked shot, and had two steals. For the season Mullins is averaging 16.4 PPG.
  • Tessa Liberatoscioli scored a career-high 23 points, with six rebounds, tied a career-high four blocked shots, and tied her career-high with eight steals on Thursday. This was the third time she had eight steals in a game. Liberatoscioli is averaging 3.1 steals per game.
  • Meg Robbins provided strong play off the bench for Immaculata on Thursday scoring eight points and adding seven rebounds.
  • Riley Cassidy also provided strong play off the bench on Thursday scoring six points, had a season-high six rebounds, two assists, and one steal.
  • Olivia Ettorre scored five points, with three rebounds, one assist, one blocked shot, and one steal on Thursday.
  • Alyssa Long continues to provide leadership and energy off the bench scoring four points, had one rebound, one assist, and had a career high four steals vs Misericordia.
  • Carly Coleman had four rebounds, three assists, one steal, and a career-high four blocked shots on Thursday.
SCOUTING MARYMOUNT
  • With their win over, Washington College, Marymount snapped a four-game losing streak. While the Saints might only be 3-8 overall, they have played a challenging schedule of non-conference games including #6 Washington and Lee, # 15 Gettysburg College, Lynchburg, and Salisbury.
  • Senior guard Samantha Bulik leads Marymount averaging 9.2 PPG, and 4.2 RPG. She scored a season-high 23 points vs Randolph-Macon on 11/26.
  • First-year guard Kaylah Barr is averaging 8.1 PPG, and 2.6 RPG. She scored a season-high 17 points at Salisbury on 12/7.
  • Senior forward Ava Achtyl is averaging 7.2 PPG and 4.5 RPG. She scored a season-high 14 points at Dickinson on 11/14.
  • As a team Marymount is shooting 35.6% from the field, 25.9% from behind the arc, and 65.3% from the stripe.
  • The Saints are 1-5 on the road this season.
MULLINS 1000 CAREER POINTS
  • Reese Mullins became the 26th player in program history to reach the 1000-point plateau. Mullins scored her 1000th point on Thursday, when she hit a free throw with 0:28 remaining in the first quarter. Congratulations Reese!
NUMBERS TO KNOW
  • Immaculata is 4-1 in Atlantic East Conference openers since the AEC formed in 2018. There was no season in 2020-21 due to the pandemic.
  • Immaculata is 17-7 in conference openers going back to 2000. Immaculata was 6-4 in Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC), and 7-2 Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) openers.
  • Immaculata had season-highs in steals with 18, and blocked shots with 10 on Thursday.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Immaculata women's basketball team will be back in action on Wednesday, January 8th when they travel to Neumann for an Atlantic East Conference game at 6 p.m.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Morgan Falcone

#20 Morgan Falcone

G
5' 6"
Senior
Olivia Ettorre

#33 Olivia Ettorre

F
5' 9"
Junior
Tessa Liberatoscioli

#3 Tessa Liberatoscioli

G/F
5' 8"
Fifth Year
Reese Mullins

#25 Reese Mullins

G/F
5' 10"
Senior
Meg Robbins

#44 Meg Robbins

F
6' 2"
Sophomore
Carly Coleman

#22 Carly Coleman

F
5' 10"
Freshman
Alyssa Long

#13 Alyssa Long

G
5' 4"
Graduate Student
Riley Cassidy

#5 Riley Cassidy

G/F
5' 10"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Morgan Falcone

#20 Morgan Falcone

5' 6"
Senior
G
Olivia Ettorre

#33 Olivia Ettorre

5' 9"
Junior
F
Tessa Liberatoscioli

#3 Tessa Liberatoscioli

5' 8"
Fifth Year
G/F
Reese Mullins

#25 Reese Mullins

5' 10"
Senior
G/F
Meg Robbins

#44 Meg Robbins

6' 2"
Sophomore
F
Carly Coleman

#22 Carly Coleman

5' 10"
Freshman
F
Alyssa Long

#13 Alyssa Long

5' 4"
Graduate Student
G
Riley Cassidy

#5 Riley Cassidy

5' 10"
Junior
G/F