Salve Regina welcomes Eastern Nazarene

• Meaghan Harden poured in 26 points to lead all scorers; it was her seventh time this season with 25 or more points in a game. Harden, who added eight boards and three assists, tallied 21 points in the second frame, which Salve Regina won, 36-35.
• Marissa Pendergast and Brianna Del Valle each scored 11 points while combining for 17 boards.

• The Lions outscored the Leopards, 13-8, in the second overtime. Nine of the points came from the free throw line.
• The Lions snapped a five-game skid and improved to 6-15 on the year with a 2-12 mark in the Commonwealth Coast Conference.
• Abbie Tonello paced the hosts with a career-best 21 points while adding nine rebounds and four steals.
• Christina Saint-Pierre registered a double-double with 11 points and 13 boards. Ruby Leon finished with 14 points and five assists

• Ruby Leon leads the Lions in scoring overall with 12.1 points per game; in CCC play she averages one point better (13.1) than overall.
• The Lions are outrebounding their opponents by two boards per game (46.8-44.7), with Abbie Tonello and Nicole Greer pacing the team, 5.6 and 5.1 rebounds per game, respectively.

• This is the 14th time Salve Regina women?s basketball has played on February 12.
• The program has a 12-1 record all-time on this date, winning 10 straight times since a 62-47 loss at Curry on February 12, 1992.
• Salve Regina won at Nichols, 63-47, on this date last year.
• Seahawks and Lions met on this date in Quincy, in 2004, with Salve Regina winning by eight points, 76-68.

• 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

• Salve Regina has a two-game road trip - at Gordon (2/15) and at Western New England (2/18) - before returning to Rodgers Recreation Center for final regular-season home game on Saturday, February 22, against Curry.
• The Lions return to Quincy to host Western New England University on Saturday.

• Marissa Pendergast recorded her ninth double-double last Wednesday, and is the only player 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.

• Under Cori Hughes' direction, Salve Regina has won three Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) championships in six years while compiling a won-loss record of 121-67 (.644).

• Marissa Pendergast now has 1,117 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).