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Women's Basketball Visits Centenary on Saturday for AEC Match Up

Women's Basketball at Centenary
Saturday, February 15th| 1:00 pm
John M. Reeves Student Rec Center | Hackettstown, N.J.
 
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THE STORYLINE
  • The Immaculata women's basketball team (18-3, 8-0 AEC) will be back in action on Saturday when they visit Centenary University on Saturday.
  • Immaculata enters Saturday's game after defeating Gwynedd Mercy last Saturday, 81-52 at Alumnae Hall.
  • Centenary (14-9, 3-5 AEC) enters Saturday's game after winning at Neumann on Wednesday 73-69.
THE SERIES HISTORY
  • Immaculata and Centenary are meeting for the 23rd time in their series that began in 2007.
  • Immaculata is 15-7 all-time vs Centenary.
LAST MEETING
  • Immaculata defeated Centenary 89-74 in their meeting at Alumnae Hall on January 18th.
  • Reese Mullins registered a double-double scoring 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Abigail Boyer scored 15 points and Tessa Liberatoscioli scored 14 points.
MIGHTY MAC NOTES
  • Reese Mullins scored 18 points, with nine rebounds, five assists, one blocked shot and three steals vs Gwynedd on Saturday.
  • Tessa Liberatoscioli scored 18 points, with seven rebounds, three assists, three blocked shots, and six steals vs Gwynedd. Tessa had 11 steals in two games last week.
  • Carly Coleman scored 12 points, with four rebounds, two assists, one blocked shot, and one steal vs Gwynedd Mercy.
  • Abigail Boyer scored 10 points, with four assists, and four steals on Saturday. Boyer hit a pair of three pointers to move into sixth place all-time in program history for career three pointers with 108.
  • Riley Cassidy scored 10 points, with three rebounds, two assists, and one steal vs Gwynedd Mercy.
  • Meg Robbins scored seven points, and seven rebounds vs Gwynedd Mercy,
  • Olivia Ettorre scored four points, with six rebounds and one blocked shot vs Gwynedd Mercy.
  • Alyssa Long scored two points, with six rebounds, eight assists, two blocked shots, and two steals vs Gwynedd Mercy.
SCOUTING CENTENARY
  • Sophomore forward Vatijah Davis leads the Cyclones offense averaging 17.4 PPG, and 9.2 RPG. She scored a season-high 31 points vs Bryn Athyn on 12/14.
  • Senior guard Brie Opdyke is averaging 14.4 PPT and 5.2 RPG and has 45 steals. She scored a team-high 22 points at Immaculata on 1/18.
  • Junior guard Kayla Sampong is averaging 7.1 PPG and 3.3 RPG. She scored a season-high 14 points in their win at Neumann on Wednesday.
  • Junior guard Jasmine Sampong is averaging 5.9 PPG and 3.7 RPG. She scored a season-high 13 points vs Marywood on 1/29.
  • Centenary as a team is shooting 41.2% from the field, 22.4% from behind the arc, and 80.4% from the stripe.
WEEKLY HONORS
  • Tessa Liberatoscioli was named Atlantic East Conference Defensive Player of the Week for a third time this season.
  • Carly Coleman was named to the Atlantic East Conference Women's Basketball Weekly Honor Roll for a fourth time this season.
REGIONAL RANKINGS
  • For a second straight week Immaculata earned the number seven ranking in Region Five of the NCAA.com Regional Rankings with an NPI rating of 55.994.
NCAA.com Division III Women's Basketball Regional Rankings
 
AROUND THE AEC
  • As the Atlantic East Conference is approaching the final week of the regular season, the team's will be battling for playoff seeding and home court in the first round and semifinals.
  • Immaculata has clinched the top seed and will host their semifinal. Marymount currently sits in second place at 5-3, Neumann is in third place at 4-4, Centenary is in fourth place at 3-5, Marywood is sixth at 3-5, and Gwynedd Mercy sits seventh at 1-7.
UP NEXT
  • Immaculata will return home on Tuesday, February 18th when they host Marywood for their final regular season game at 6:00 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

Abigail Boyer

#4 Abigail Boyer

G
5' 3"
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

Abigail Boyer

#4 Abigail Boyer

5' 3"
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