GAME 32 - Sunday, March 11, 2012
Monmouth University Hawks (19-12, 12-6 NEC) at Sacred Heart University Pioneers
(24-7, 15-3 NEC)
Location: William
H. Pitt Center - Fairfield, Conn.
Tip: 3:00 p.m.
TV - ESPNU
Hawks' Radio Broadcast - WMCX, 88.9 FM
Internet - www.wmcx.com
Live Video - www.espn3.com
Live
Stats - www.SacredHeartPioneers.com
Twitter
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www.twitter.com/MUHawks
The Monmouth University women's basketball team travels to Fairfield, Conn., to
take on top-seeded Sacred Heart in Sunday's NEC Tournament Championship at 3
p.m. on ESPNU. The No. 3 Hawks are coming off a 69-66 victory at No. 2
Quinnipiac on Tuesday, while the Pioneers held off No. 4 Robert Morris for a
61-56 win. Monmouth returns to the NEC Championship Game after falling to Saint
Francis (Pa.) in the title game last season. The Hawks make their seventh NEC
Championship Game appearance, while Sacred Heart looks for its third NEC title,
reaching the championship game four times in the last seven years. The Hawks
and Pioneers have split four prior meetings in the NEC Tournament.
LAST
TIME OUT
Alysha Womack
scored a game-high 21 points as the Hawks built a 16-point first-half lead and
held off No. 2 Quinnipiac, 69-66, on the road Tuesday night. Abby Martin added
15 points, while Chevannah Paalvast contributed 14 points, four rebounds, four
assists, three steals and two blocks.
SCOUTING
THE SACRED HEART PIONEERS
Sacred Heart (24-7,
15-3 NEC) is led by NEC Player of the Year Callan Taylor, who's averaged nearly
a double-double of 16.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. NEC Rookie of the
Year Gabrielle Washington has also chipped in 12.5 points per game, while
Ericka Norman has contributed an NEC-leading 6.1 assists to go along with 8.5
points and 3.1 steals per game.
ALL-TIME
SERIES VS. SACRED HEART
Sacred Heart owns a
16-11 lead in the all-time series, but Monmouth has won the last four meetings,
including a 70-50 decision Feb. 6 in West Long Branch. After the Hawks
established a 6-5 lead in the series, the Pioneers ran off seven-straight wins
and 11 of the next 12 to take a 16-7 edge.
