PREVIEW: Women's Basketball Set To Defend NECC Tourney Title
The top-seeded Regis (Mass.) women's basketball team (19-6, 18-0 NECC) will play in its final New England Collegiate Conference Tournament, hosting eighth-seeded Lesley University (7-18, 5-13 NECC) on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at Higgins Court
WESTON, Mass. - The top-seeded Regis (Mass.) women's basketball team (19-6, 18-0 NECC) will play in its final New England Collegiate Conference Tournament, hosting eighth-seeded Lesley University (7-18, 5-13 NECC) on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at Higgins Court. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m.
The Pride enter the tournament on a historic run having run the league table for the sixth straight season. Regis closed the regular season with an 81-30 win over Southern Vermont, putting the finishing touches on an undefeated 108-game run as a member of the NECC. The win also gave Regis its NCAA Division III women's basketball record 112th straight consecutive league victory, a streak which began in 2011 as a member of the Commonwealth Coast Conference.
The Pride are 8-1 in the NECC Tournament, its only loss coming to Daniel Webster in the program's first tournament appearance 2012. Regis is 16-1 all-time versus the Lynx but Tuesday marks the first postseason meeting between the two schools.
Regis is led by a pair of 1,000-point scorers in Brittany Stone and Amanda Hawkesworth. Stone, a three-time NECC Player of the Week selection this season, leads the league in field goal percentage (63.8%) and is among the leaders with 18.3 points per game. She has posted double figures in points in all but one game this season and corralled a season-high 17 rebounds against Lesley last month.
What: NECC Women's Basketball Tournament
Who: No. 1 Regis (19-6, 18-0 NECC) vs. No. 8 Lesley (7-18, 5-13 NECC)
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where: Weston, Mass. (Higgins Court)
Tournament Schedule
First Round – Tuesday, February 21st
Game 1: #5 Wheelock @ #4 Mitchell 7:00 p.m.
Game 2: #6 Newbury @ #3 Becker 7:00 p.m.
Game 3: #7 Daniel Webster @ #2 Elms 7:00 p.m.
Game 4: #8 Lesley @ #1 Regis 7:00 p.m.
Semifinals – Thursday, February 23rd
Game 5: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 4 - TBA
Game 6: Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3 – TBA
Championship – Saturday, February 25th
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner – TBA
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