Salve Regina welcomes Curry

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

Match-up: Salve Regina Seahawks (12-12; 10-7 CCC) versus Curry Colonels (13-11; 9-8 CCC)

Game date, time and site: Sat., Feb. 22, 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, 42-15

Last Seahawk win in series: Salve Regina won, 71-61, on January 18, 2014, in Milton, Mass.

Last Colonel win in series: Curry won, 77-64, on February 11, 2003, in Milton, Mass.

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Tale of the Tape - Salve Regina v. Curry

SEAHAWK SENIORS WHITE OUT

Salve Regina women's basketball honors its three seniors playing in their final regular season home game today - Lisa Bucci, Marissa Pendergast, and Taylor Windwer.
Seahawk fans are encouraged to wear a plain white t-shirt for the doubleheader.

SALVE REGINA VS. CURRY

Salve Regina leads, 42-15, in a series that began in 1983.
Salve Regina has won 19 consecutive meetings.
In their most recent meeting (Jan. 18, 2014), the Seahawks rallied for a 71-61 victory against the Colonels in Milton, Mass. Salve Regina made 25-of-37 free throws (67.6%), 18 more makes from the charity stripe than Curry.
Curry opened the first period on a 13-6 run that began after junior Kylie Beltz made a layup and was later capped off with a Beltz 3-pointer with 14:44 on the clock. Throughout the remainder of the first half, the teams traded the lead four times with the Colonels claiming 34-30 edge at halftime.
Marissa Pendergast led all scorers with 20 points, while also pulling down 12 rebounds. Brianna Del Valle had a game-high and career-high 22 rebounds and chipped in 17 points. Meaghan Harden scored 18 points, while Laura Anne Dinan added 10.

LAST TIME OUT - WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 59, SALVE REGINA 54 - FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The Golden Bears' bench outscored the Seahawks bench, 20-0.
Three Seahawk starters scored in double figures: Meaghan Harden (15), Marissa Pendergast (14), and Brianna Del Valle (13).

LAST TIME OUT - UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 60, CURRY 47 - FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Kylie Beltz led Curry with 16 points, while swiping a game-high five steals. Samantha Corcoran chipped in with 10 points and six rebounds. Ashley Assarian, the Colonels' lone senior, recorded five points and two steals.
With 16:12 remaining in the second frame, the Nor'easters claimed their biggest lead of the game (42-21) after Alicia Brown converted a layup. The Colonels chipped away, pulling within nine points (54-45) after Shannon Griffith made a layup with 4:10 remaining in regulation.

SCOUTING THE COLONELS

Ashley Assarian ranks second in the conference in 3-point field goal percentage (41.0%).
Kylie Betz is the Colonels' leading scorer (15.6 ppg), the only one on the roster htting double figures in points. Jeannette Fallon (9.3 ppg) and Ashley Assarian (8.7 ppg) are next on the scoring chart.
Shannon Griffith leads Curry in rebounds, grabbing 6.7 per game.
Curry has lost three straight - all against the top three in the conference. Earlier this season the Colonels had a four-game losing streak - all against the top four in the conference including their loss to the Seahawks.

TODAY'S SALVE REGINA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FACT(S) YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

Salve Regina women's basketball is 8-2 all-time on February 22.
The Seahawks have won seven straight on this date (1994-2011), all of them at home. Today is the fourth time Curry College has been the opponent on this date.

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 leads the CCC in scoring, with her current average at a season-best 19.0 points per game. The reigning player of the week also ranks fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (35.3%)
Marissa Pendergast is the only player in the conference averaging a double-double with 13.1 points per game and a league-best 10.1 rebounds per game
Brianna Del Valle ranks fifth in field goal percentage (44.8%).
Ashley Assarian ranks second in the conference in 3-point field goal percentage (41.0%).

WHAT'S UP NEXT

Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) playoffs begin on Tuesday; Salve Regina has clinched the fourth seed and will host fifth-seed Curry at 5:30 or 7 p.m. (pending a home playoff for the Seahawk men?s basketball team).
A Colonel win today would leave the teams tied in the final regular season standings. They would have split the season series, but Salve Regina would have the tiebreaker with its win against Roger Williams.

DOUBLE VISION

Marissa Pendergast recorded her 10th double-double last Wednesday, and is the only player in the league averaging a double-double overall.
Brianna Del Valle has eight double-doubles on the season, recording her most-recent one at Western New England.
Meaghan Harden added her second double-double in a six-point win at Eastern Nazarene four 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 123-68 (.644).

RECORD BOOK CHECK

Marissa Pendergast now has 1,166 career points, ranking seventh on the school's all-time scoring list.
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 15 for the school's all-time scoring list in just two seasons (921 points). Through 53 career games, she owns the highest career scoring average (17.4 ppg).
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.