CU Women’s Basketball Preview – vs. Vassar/Bard (1/6-7)

With Tuesday’s win over SUNY Poly, the Clarkson University women’s basketball team is looking to carry that momentum into conference play this weekend by hosting Vassar College and Bard College at their alumni reunion.

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series: The Golden Knights held the series lead against Vassar until five years ago, but since then the Brewers have won eight straight and are now leading 24-18. Against the Birds, Clarkson holds his 19-1 lead in the series, and against the Raptors he has won 17 straight.

Clarkson’s key stats (3-5, 0-3 Liberty League): Sophomores thanks to their stable performance Cassidy Dumont They lead both the Golden Knights and the conference, averaging 15.5 points per game. His 2011-12 season was the last time a Liberty player in his league led the conference with his points-per-game average under 16, and it happened to be Vassar’s player. Dumont has been averaging up recently, and in the last three games he has scored 18.7 points per game. Bella Doyle When Elaina Porter Doyle is averaging 8.4 rebounds per game and Porter is averaging 7.6 rebounds per contest, both of which rank in the top eight in the conference.

Vassar Key Stats (5-5, 2-1 Liberty League): Vassar players aren’t averaging double figures as the team uses a balanced group of scorers. Eliza Srinivasan regularly finds teammates and leads the conference with 5.4 assists per game. Julia Harvey is averaging her 9.9 points per game and Alex Lee is averaging her 9.1 points per game, but over the last three games she’s getting her 13.7 ppg. Sierra McDahmed is runner-up on the team with her 8.8 points-per-game average, accomplishing that in a non-starting role for the Brewers.

Bard Key Stats (1-8, 0-3 Liberty League): The Raptors are still adjusting to the absence of Christina Kaiser, the conference’s leading scorer a year ago, but the shots are split among multiple players. Talia Grandinetti and May Redmond doubled after averaging 7.4 points per game in the 2021-22 season, with Grandinetti averaging 14.4 points per game, fifth in the league, and Redmond doubling with 10.4 points per game. I have scored above. Her score per game a year ago was her 4.9. Redmond is the team’s biggest outside threat, making his 3-pointers on 19 while the rest of the team has scored just 13 from her 3-point arc. . Shirley Don is producing solid numbers overall, with him posting 7.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. The Raptors have struggled to control the ball, averaging 25.1 turnovers per game.