Monmouth Hawks (1-0) at St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (0-1)
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 | 7:00 PM
Pope PE Center, Brooklyn Heights, NY
Following its first season-opening win since 2010-2011, Monmouth University's women's basketball team heads to St. Francis Brooklyn, a team they have beaten 52 times in 57 games. The Hawks displayed depth in their win at Robert Morris on Sunday, using 11 players in the first quarter alone. After losing four of its five top scorers from last year, Monmouth added eight new players, including six freshmen. One of those freshmen is Alaina Jarnot, who earned a start in her first career collegiate contest and added nine points, five assists, and four rebounds. Fellow freshman Rosa Graham scored 14 points, hitting on all six of her free throws. It wasn't just the freshmen that impressed in Moon Township. Senior guard Tyese Purvis led all scorers with 15 points, while Helena Kurt notched in 11 points and five assists in her first game returning from injury.
SCOUTING THE ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN TERRIERS
The Terriers return three players that scored at least eight points per game last season. Maria Palarino contributed 8.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg, and 50.5% FG. Alex Delaney added 8.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, and 2.5 apg. Olivia Levey put up 8.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, and a 83.3% FT. The Terriers lost Leah Fechko to graduation, who is the only player in program history to score over 1,200 points, record over 850 rebounds, dish out over 250 assists, and register over 200 steals in a career. St. Francis Brooklyn fell to James Madison in its season opener on Sunday, 83-57.
ALL-TIME SERIES VS. ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN
The Hawks lead the all-time series with the Terriers, 52-5. The teams last met on December 29 last year when Monmouth hosted St. Francis Brooklyn in the Hawk Holiday Classic.
LAST TIME AGAINST ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN
Monmouth bested the Terriers during the Hawk Holiday Classic last season by a score of 63-54. Tyese Purvis scored 13 points and Christina Mitchell had 14 rebounds in the win. Prior to that, the teams met twice during Monmouth's last season in the NEC (2012-13), and the Hawks won both matchups.
