Pendergast near milestone when Seahawks host Scots

Summary: Salve Regina University women's basketball hosts Gordon College in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) meeting at the Rodgers Recreation Center (1 p.m. tip-off)

Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (4-7; 2-3 CCC) versus Gordon College (5-7; 1-4 CCC)

Game date, time and site: Sat., Jan. 11, 2014; 1 p.m. @ Newport, R.I. (Rodgers Recreation Center)

Live stats: http://livestats.prestosports.com/salveregina

Video/Audio: http://bit.ly/VnaNCV (Salve Regina women's basketball channel on ustream.tv; Bobb Angel provides the call in simulcast with WADK-AM)

Directions: http://bit.ly/1c4fubM

Tickets: Free admission

Series edge: Salve Regina leads, 20-13

Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina won 60-39 on February 14, 2013, in Wenham.

Last Scots win in series: Gordon won 55-39 on January 17, 2004, in Wenham.

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• Salve Regina leads, 20-13, in a series that began in 1983.
• The Seahawks have won 12 straight against the Scots including twice last year, holding Gordon to 39 points in both games.
• Meaghan Harden scored a team-high 16 points in 19 minutes on 7-of-8 shooting from the field as Salve Regina defeated visiting Gordon, 62-39, on January 12, 2013, at the Rodgers Recreation Center.
• In a 60-39 victory at Gordon on February 14, 2013, Harden guided Salve Regina's win with 15 points and seven rebounds, while fellow guard Kaitlyn Birrell had 10 points, seven assists, and an impressive seven steals. Birrell surpassed the all-time assist mark at Salve Regina previously held by Allegra Lovoy. Alison Pigoga scored her career-high (10 points) in the victory.

• After tying things up with 1.2 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, the University of New England did just enough in the extra session to escape Salve Regina University with a 79-78 victory in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) women's basketball action Thursday evening (Jan. 9) at the Rodgers Recreation Center.
• Meaghan Harden, who banked-in a running three-pointer at the buzzer to provide the final margin, finished with a game-high 26 points and nine rebounds for SRU.
• Marissa Pendergast added 21 points and nine boards before an injury put her on the sideline at 10:13 in second half; the senior forward needs just five points to reach the 1,000-point milestone.
• Brianna Del Valle tossed in 17 points to go with 15 rebounds for the hosts, who ended with a 51-41 edge on the glass.

• Brooke Kratche led all scorers with 24 points in a Gordon home loss to the Colonels.
• The Scots only trailed by one (30-29) at the half.
• Lauren Kranyak added 19 points in her reserve role while Skylar Bareford started and scored 14 points for Gordon.

• Gordon averages the third-most 3-point attempts in the league (15.4 per game).
• Kratche ranks fourth in the league in scoring (17.0 ppg).
• The Scots turn the ball over more than any other CCC school (21.1 per game) while scoring the fewest points in the league (53.9 ppg).

• Salve Regina is 5-1 all-time in games on January 11.
• The Seahawks never played on this date until 2000.

• Please click here for an individual career history report (pdf) for the entire 2013-14 Salve Regina women's basketball roster. 

• Seniors Lisa Bucci, Marissa Pendergast, and Taylor Windwer share the captains' duties for the 2013-14 Salve Regina women's basketball team.
• Seventh-year head coach Cori Hughes remarks: "All three of our senior captains are really positive, unselfish, and lead by example," says Hughes, in her seventh year. "But they are also really different personalities, and each fulfill an important role as a leader on this team."
• The Seahawks have reached the CCC Championship Game in all three seasons with their current senior class.