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SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY SEAHAWKS
Posted: Jan 24, 2014

Battle of the birds when Hawks visit Seahawks

Both Salve Regina and Roger Williams visit the free-throw line often - the Seahawks have a league-best 23 attempts per game and 16 made free throws per game; the Hawks rank fourth in both categories.
Both Salve Regina and Roger Williams visit the free-throw line often - the Seahawks have a league-best 23 attempts per game and 16 made free throws per game; the Hawks rank fourth in both categories.
Photos Recap Box Score
Game Leaders
Roger Williams
Pts: Ari Renwick - 24
Reb: Kaitlyn Bovee - 9
Ast: Ari Renwick - 5
Salve Regina
Pts: Meaghan Harden - 25
Reb: Marissa Pendergast - 11
Ast: Marissa Pendergast - 3
Team Stats
Full stats

Salve Regina vs. Roger Williams

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

Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (8-8; 6-3 CCC) versus Roger Williams Hawks (13-3; 8-1 CCC)

Game date, time and site: Sat., Jan. 25, 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, 46-12

Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina won 69-48 on February 21, 2013, in Bristol

Last Hawk win in series: Roger Williams won 71-54 on December 7, 2013, in Bristol

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Tale of the Tape - Salve Regina v. Roger Williams

SALVE REGINA VS. ROGER WILLIAMS
  • Salve Regina leads, 46-12, in a series that began in 1984.
  • Roger Williams swept last year's regular-season meetings, and won an earlier meeting this season with the Seahawks in December. But Salve Regina's only win in the last five meetings came in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) semifinal at Bristol last February (69-48). Meaghan Harden scored a career-high 30 points as Salve Regina advanced to its third-straight conference championship game. Brianna Del Valle posted a double-double (21 points, 12 rebounds).
  • After Del Valle's layup gave Salve Regina a 28-27 halftime lead in Bristol on December 7, 2013, Ari Renwick's layup at 13:46 in the second half put Roger Williams ahead, 39-38, and the Hawks expanded their lead to 17 points on back-to-back 3-pointers from Kaitlyn Bovee (at 4:17 and 3:43).
  • Salve Regina has held an opponent to 30 points or less 17 times; three times the opponent was Roger Williams including the last Seahawks' win over the Hawks at the Rodgers Recreation Center, 61-30, on January 21, 2012.
LAST TIME OUT - SALVE REGINA 49, WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 34 - JANUARY 23, 2014
  • Marissa Pendergast posted her team-leading seventh double-double (10 points, 15 rebounds) to lead the Seahawks to a 49-34 win over visiting Western New England University.
  • Meaghan Harden led all scorers with 13 points.
LAST TIME OUT -  ROGER WILLIAMS 66, GORDON 53 - JANUARY 22, 2014
  • Kaitlyn Bovee scored 14 second-half points and 21 for the game to lead all scorers. Her triple with 6:39 left in regulation spurred the Hawks on an 11-0 run to break open the game and Gordon was not able to get the game back within 10 points.
  • Roger Williams received points from 11 different sources, but only Bovee and Ari Renwick managed to get over the 10-point hurdle. Renwick, a senior, added 11 points and four assists at guard in 34 minutes of playing time.
SCOUTING THE HAWKS
  • Bovee set a new school record for career points (1,377) as the Hawks defeated the University of New England 80-59 (last Saturday) and snapped an eight-game win streak for the Nor'easters. The 21-point victory also ended UNE's 32-game regular-season win streak versus CCC competition. Bovee recorded a double-double against UNE as she netted a game-high 22 points and 13 rebounds.
  • Roger Williams ranks first among CCC schools in scoring offense (68.0 ppg) and field goal percentage (41.4%).
  • The Hawks are also the best at taking care of the ball, committing only 15.6 turnovers per game.
TODAY'S SALVE REGINA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FACT(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT
  • Salve Regina is 8-3 all-time in games on January 25. 
  • The Seahawks have never lost at home on this date.
  • Salve Regina beat Roger Williams, 60-40, on this date seven years ago.
INDIVIDUAL CAREER HISTORY
CAPTAINS
  • 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.
CCC PRESEASON COACHES' POLL
  • Salve Regina ranks third in the conference's pre-season coaches' poll, released on Thursday, November 14, 2013.
  • University of New England received first-place votes from all 10 head coaches.
  • Roger Williams (85) edged out Salve Regina (83) in points for second-place in the poll.
  • The Seahawks lost two regular-season meetings to the Hawks last season before upsetting them in the CCC semifinals.

CCC TEAM - POINTS (FIRST-PLACE VOTES)
1. U. of New England - 100 (10)
2. Roger Williams - 85
3. Salve Regina - 83
4. Endicott - 68
5. Western New Eng. - 64
6. Curry - 44
7. Eastern Nazarene - 37
8. Nichols - 28
8. Wentworth - 28
10. Gordon - 13

CCC LEADERS
  • Three of the top four rebounders in the league are in tonight's game - SRU's Marissa Pendergast (9.9 rpg) and Brianna Del Valle (8.5 rpg) sandwich Kaitlyn Bovee (8.7 rpg).
  • Kaitlyn Bovee and Meaghan Harden top the league in scoring average (18.0 ppg and 17.6 ppg, respectively).
WHAT'S UP NEXT
  • Salve Regina hosts Wentworth Institute of Technology and its third-year assistant coach, former Seahawk Erin Phillips, the 2010-11 CCC Player of the Year, on Wednesday.
  • Roger Williams hosts Nichols College on Wednesday.
DOUBLE VISION 
  • Marissa Pendergast recorded her seventh double-double on Thursday. Brianna Del Valle has five double-doubles on the season.
  • Meaghan Harden added her second double-double in a six-point win at Eastern Nazarene 10 days ago.
COACHES' CORNER
  • Under Cori Hughes' direction, Salve Regina has won three Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) championships in six years while compiling a won-loss record of 119-64 (.650).
RECORD BOOK CHECK
  • Marissa Pendergast now has 1,057 career points, ranking 10th on the school's all-time scoring list. The team will recognize her 1,000-point milestone in a pre-game ceremony.
  • Thanks for the charity - Salve Regina has posted record free throws in recent games. Top three single-game marks for free throws made have come against University of New England (32 on 1/9/14), Curry (25 on 1/18/14), and Eastern Nazarene (24 on 1/15/14).
  • Meaghan Harden's 12 free throws made against the Nor'easters are the third-most in a single game for a Seahawk women's basketball player. Michaela Barbato set the mark with 14 against Anna Maria on February 21, 1983.
  • Harden cracked the Top 25 for the school's all-time scoring list in just two seasons (747 points).
  • Brianna Del Valle's career-high 22 rebounds in a win at Curry trail only Kerry Ceurvels' FOUR individual game marks (26 at Wentworth on January 27, 1993; and three times with 24 rebounds).