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Women's Basketball Hosts Gwynedd Mercy for Senior Day on Saturday

Women's Basketball vs Gwynedd Mercy
Senior Day | Play 4 Kay
Saturday, February 8th| 12:00 pm
*Time Change moved up from 1 p.m.*
Alumnae Hall | Immaculata, Pa.
 
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THE STORYLINE
  • The Immaculata women's basketball team (17-3, 7-0 AEC) is back in action on Saturday when they host Gwynedd Mercy University at Alumnae Hall at 1:00 p.m.
  • Saturday is Senior Day as Immaculata honors seniors: Abigail Boyer (Royersford, Pa. / Spring-Ford), Tessa Liberatoscioli (Malvern, Pa. / Great Valley), Alyssa Long (Springfield, Pa. / Springfield), and Reese Mullins (Hockessin, DE / Tower Hill).
  • Immaculata enters the game after defeating Neumann on Wednesday 63-44 as they clinched the AEC Regular Season Title and secured the first seed in the AEC Tournament.
  • Gwynedd Mercy (5-15, 1-5 AEC) enters Saturday's game after falling at Marywood 77-55 on Wednesday.
  • Saturday is also Immaculata's Annual Play4Kay doubleheader with the men's basketball team with all donations going to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
 
THE SERIES HISTORY
  • Immaculata and Gwynedd Mercy are meeting for the 63rd time in their series that began back in 1962.
  • Immaculata is 24-38 all-time vs Gwynedd Mercy, and the Mighty Macs are 8-6 vs the Griffins since the Atlantic East Conference began play in 2018.
 
LAST MEETING
  • Immaculata defeated Gwynedd Mercy 76-61 in their earlier meeting on January 11th at Gwynedd Mercy.
  • Abigail Boyer led Immaculata with 21 points, hitting six three-pointers. Reese Mullins had a double=double with 19 points and 13 rebounds, and Carly Coleman had a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.
 
MIGHTY MAC NOTES
  • Carly Coleman registered her fifth double-double of the season on Wednesday, scoring 20 points, while pulling down career-high 16 rebounds with two assists, two blocked shots, and two steals. Coleman scored 10 consecutive points for Immaculata in a 2:34 stretch in the third quarter and was a plus 12 in the game.
  • Reese Mullins scored 14 points, with eight rebounds, and three steals vs Neumann. Mullins was a plus 12 in the game.
  • Riley Cassidy scored nine points, with two rebounds, and was a plus eight in the game on Wednesday.
  • Abigail Boyer scored seven points, with five rebounds, two assists, and two steals vs Neumann.
  • Olivia Ettorre scored six points, with two rebounds, and two assists on Wednesday. Ettorre was a plus 14 in the game.
  • Tessa Liberatoscioli scored four points, with six rebounds, all defensive rebounds, three assists, one blocked shot, and five steals vs Neumann. She was a game-high plus 17.
  • Alyssa Long provided strong play and floor leadership off the bench with five rebounds, two assists, and one steal while being a plus seven for the game on Wednesday.
  • Meg Robbins scored two points, with four rebounds, and two blocked shots off the bench vs Neumann.
 
SCOUTING GWYNEDD MERCY
  • Senior forward Alexis Eagan leads Gwynedd Mercy averaging 10 PPG and 8 RPG. She scored a season-high 19 points vs DeSales on 11/9.
  • Junior guard Erin Eisenhart is averaging 8.8 PPG and 5 RPG. She scored a season-high 27 points at PSU-Harrisburg on 12/9.
  • Freshman guard Kailyn Bell is averaging 8.7 PPG and 3.2 RPG. She scored a season-high 18 points at Marymount on 1/15.
  • Sophomore guard Angelina Balcer is averaging 7.2 PPG and 3.1 RPG. She scored her season-high 21 points at Marywood on Wednesday.
  • As a team Gwynedd is shooting 33.9% from the field, 26.1% from behind the arc, and 63.5% from the stripe.
  • Gwynedd Mercy is averaging 58.6 PPG, and their opponents are averaging 67.8 PPG.
 
MULLINS MILESTONE
  • Reese Mullins reached the 500-career rebound mark in Wednesday's game vs Neumann. Mullins, who currently sits with 501 career rebounds, got her 500th rebound in the final seconds of the third quarter when she got a defensive rebound off a missed jumper by Neumann.
 
AROUND THE AEC
  • With the conference schedule moving into the final weeks of the regular season, the battle for the five playoff spots and seeding is intensifying. Immaculata has secured the first seed, and home court advantage for the AEC Tournament.
  • Neumann currently sits in second place at 4-3, just half game ahead of Marymount who is in third at 3-3. Marywood is currently fourth at 3-5, Centenary is in fifth at 2-4, and Gwynedd Mercy is in sixth at 1-5.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Immaculata women's basketball team will be back in action on Saturday, February 15th when they visit Centenary for an AEC game at 1:00 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