Posted: Feb 03, 2014
Seahawks back home to host Gulls
Endicott
(15-5; 10-3 CCC)
65
Salve Regina
(10-10; 8-5 CCC)
48
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Endicott (15-5; 10-3 CCC) | 31 | 34 | 65 |
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Salve Regina (10-10; 8-5 CCC) | 27 | 21 | 48 |
Summary: Salve Regina University women's basketball hosts Endicott College in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) meeting at the Rodgers Recreation Center (5:30 p.m. tip-off)
Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (10-9; 8-4 CCC) versus Endicott Gulls (14-5; 9-3 CCC)
Game date, time and site: Tue., Feb. 4, 2014; 5:30 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; Andrew Pezzelli provides the call)
Directions: http://bit.ly/1c4fubM
Tickets: Free admission
Series edge: Salve Regina leads, 14-8
Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina won, 71-49, on January 23, 2013, in Newport
Last Gull win in series: Endicott won, 79-50, on January 7, 2014, in Beverly
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SALVE REGINA VS. ENDICOTT
- Salve Regina leads, 14-8, in a series that began in 2000.
- The teams split the season series in 2011-12 and 2012-13, while Salve Regina took a 77-61 victory in the 2012 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) championship game. Endicott won this season's earlier meeting on January 7, 2014 [Box Score].
- Kelsey Cuddy scored 12 first-half points as Endicott led 46-21 at the break; she and fellow starter Samantha Crough finished with 14 points apiece. Julie Manning added 10 points in her starting role while the Gulls' bench provided 37 points including a game-high 15 from reserve Kayleen Whall.
- Marissa Pendergast led Salve Regina with a double-double (13 points and 14 rebounds).
LAST TIME OUT - SALVE REGINA 82, NICHOLS 68 - FEBRUARY 1, 2014
- Brianna Del Valle and Meaghan Harden each scored a game-high 24 points as Salve Regina University defeated Nichols College, 82-68.
- Salve Regina shot 46 percent for the game and 23-of-28 from the charity stripe (82 percent).
- Del Valle also snared 13 rebounds – 10 of which came in the first half – while senior Marissa Pendergast filled the stat sheet with eight points, 14 rebounds, seven assists, four steals and two blocks.
LAST TIME OUT - UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 74, ENDICOTT 68 - FEBRUARY 1, 2014
- A recent Endicott women's basketball four-game conference winning streak came to an end on Saturday as the Gulls dropped a road CCC contest at University of New England, 74-68.
- Endicott suffered their second regular season loss to UNE despite a double-double effort from Kelsey Cuddy who poured in 16 points with 10 rebounds in the losing effort.
SCOUTING THE GULLS
- Samantha Crough (15.4 ppg), Kayleen Whall (11.1 ppg), and Kelsey Cuddy (10.9 ppg) each average double-figure scoring for the Gulls.
- Crough and Whall are the leading rebounders for Endicott with 7.2 and 6.9 boards per game, respectively.
- Endicott has had two four-game win streaks this season; the first started with its 79-50 home victory over Salve Regina on January 7.
- These two teams have the top two free throw percentages in the league this season - Endicott (73.7%), Salve Regina (71.7%).
TODAY'S SALVE REGINA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FACT(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT
- This is the 11th time Salve Regina women's basketball has played on February 4.
- Salve Regina won its first game on this date in 1989, a 32-point victory over Emerson College (68-36).
- A five-game losing skid on February 4 ensued (1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, and 1999) before a 79-41 victory over Rhode Island College on this date in 2003. Since then the Seahawks have won three more times on February 4 (2006, 2009, 2012),
INDIVIDUAL CAREER HISTORY
- Please click here for an up-to-date individual career history report (pdf) for the entire 2013-14 Salve Regina women's basketball roster.
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 ranked 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.
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
- Meaghan Harden continues to lead the CCC in scoring (18.1 ppg).
- Marissa Pendergast leads all CCC players in rebounding (10.4 rpg); she and Chelsea Vujs of Western New England are the only two players in the league averaging double-doubles on the season.
- Brianna Del Valle is third in the CCC in field goal efficiency, shooting at 46.3%.
- Katelyn Wright has the league's second-best 3-point shooting percentage (42.9%).
WHAT'S UP NEXT
- Salve Regina hits the road this weekend to play at University of New England; the Seahawks beat the Nor'easters at Rodgers Recreation Center last month. Salve Regina returns home on Wednesday, February 12, when it hosts Eastern Nazarene.
- The Gulls return to Beverly to host Roger Williams University on Saturday.
DOUBLE VISION
- Marissa Pendergast recorded her ninth double-double last Wednesday, and is now one of two players in the league averaging a double-double overall.
- Brianna Del Valle has six double-doubles on the season.
- Meaghan Harden added her second double-double in a six-point win at Eastern Nazarene three weeks 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 121-65 (.651).
RECORD BOOK CHECK
- Marissa Pendergast now has 1,098 career points, ranking seventh on the school's all-time scoring list, recently passing Kerry Cuervels (1,080) and Lauren Beverly (1,096).
- 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).
27 DRESSED FOR SUCCESS
- 27 Salve Regina basketball alumni, with graduation years ranging from 1989 to 2013, attended HoopsFest 2014 on Saturday, January 25, 2014.
- 12 former women's players and current assistant coach, Ashley Cerniglia, participated in the 40-minute alumni game (four 10-minute periods with running time).
- 11 former men's players saw game action (12th-year head coach Sean Foster, and his former player from the Class of 2004, Greg Kawula, did not suit up).
- From the Class of 1989, Sean Flanagan wore uniform No. 50, even though he's a few years shy of that age.
- The class best-represented was 2011 with six players, which included the former Commonwealth Coast Conference Player of Year and current Wentworth assistant coach, Erin Phillips.
