Women’s basketball kicks off A-10 conference play against St. Bonaventure on Saturday

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Last timeout
• UMass completed a non-conference schedule on Wednesday with a 77-58 win over Dartmouth at Mullins Center, their first victory over the Big Green since 28/11/00.

Sam Breen Leading the way for Minute Women with her 7th double-double of the season and 47 double-doubles^th During her career, she finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Verna Mayo When makena white They followed closely behind with 17 and 15 points respectively, Sydney Taylor Also tallied her 10^th He scored 12 points on the night in a double-digit contest for the season. Breen also recorded his career-high five steals, and Mayo recorded his game-high seven assists in total.

All Time Series vs. Cent Bonaventure
Minute Woman and Bonnies will meet for the 65th time in the show’s history. UMass holds the advantage over the entire time series 35-29, including a 20-11 record at Amherst. The two programs met for the first time on January 3, 1987, when the Massachusetts won him 63–53 that day. The final meeting was in Olean, NY, last season when the Minutewomen overwhelmed Bonnies, he 78-59.

UMass will be looking for a fourth straight win against St. Bonaventure on Saturday afternoon.

double double rounded up

Sam Breen – 47* (*total including Penn State University)

2022-23:7
2021-22:17
2020-21:15
2019-20:8

Angelique Ngalakrondi – 7

2022-23:2
2021-22:5

Destiny Philoxi – Four

2022-23: 1
2021-22:2
2020-21: 1

makena white – 3

2022-23: 1
2021-22: 1
2020-21: 1

Verna Mayo -2

2021-22:2

Lyra Fair – 1

2021-22: 1* (* St. Joseph’s Church)

home court advantage
The Minute Woman has won eight straight at home from February 5, 2022 to November 30, 2022. This was Atlantic’s third longest winning streak of his ten-year program at Amherst. His longest streak is from 18 Feb 1995 to 27 Feb 1996, with a total of 15 games, and the second longest streak is from 19 Jan 2006 to 13 Dec 2006. It was his 10-game winning streak until the end of the season.

statistically busy
The Minute Woman currently leads the Atlantic 10 Conference in offensive scoring, averaging 77.3 points per game (1,005 points), and is fifth in defensive scoring, averaging 64.1 points (883 points). The team is also tied for first place with a 13.2 points difference. The team ranks 46th in the nation in scoring offense.

UMass is second in total team rebounds (41.8 rpg) and has 14.2 offensive rebounds per game (1st, 184 total). The Minute Woman has 5.4 rebounds and he is third in the margin.

Sam Breen He is second in the conference with 18.3 ppg (238 pts) in scoring and 9.6 rebounds per game, second on a total of 125 boards, just two behind Duquesne’s Megan McConnell. Domestically, she tied for 15th in rebounding and tied for 9th in double-doubles this season with seven.

Sydney Taylor 6th in A-10 (16.8 ppg, 202 pts) and 2nd in 3.0 3FG per game. Taylor is tied for 14th in the nation in his 3-fielders made and 3-pointers made per game (36 total).

Angelique Ngalakrondi He’s averaging 3.9 offensive rebounds per game (75 total) and is tied for first in the A-10 so far this season. She ranks 19th in offensive rebounds per game in the NCAA.

Destiny Philoxi He continues to help his teammates, hitting 68 dimes and averaging 5.2 assists per game, currently sitting second in the league. Philoxy ranks her 21st in total assists and 28th in average.

walk the [Mile]stone road
Sam Breen When Destiny Philoxi Each surpassed their 1,000th career point on December 8, 2021. They became his 21st and his 22nd Minute Women to achieve the feat, and the third pair in program history to earn it in the same season, the first since 2006-07. The duo could also be the first in NCAA history to reach the milestone in the same game. Breen is currently fifth in career points (1,623), ahead of Kate Mills (1,525; 2004-08), and Philoxi is his twelfth in career points (1,396) in program history, ahead of Jasmine Watson (1,396) on the list. 1,291; 2009-13). . Sydney Taylor She became the 23rd Minute Woman to join the 1,000 Points Club after earning her 1,000th career point on November 22, 2022.

In addition to reaching a career milestone, Breen also scored 1,000 points in a Massachusetts uniform on December 22, 2021 in Hartford. In his UMass career alone, Breen ranks fifth in his career points scoring list (1,579). The grad student also tallied her career total of 934 rebounds to date, placing him third on the all-time career record and overtaking her Octavia Thomas (903; 1992-96) on the list. At Minute Woman, Breen has made a total of 881 boards, well placed for her fourth on the list. Filoxy recorded her over 400 career assists on December 11, 2021, and on February 26, 2022 she recorded her over 500 career assists. 578; 1994-98). She is her fourth Minute Woman, along with Mitchell, Christel Zurro (1985-89) and Kathy Coiner (1997-01), to achieve a quarter coin or better. Filoxy also appeared in his 100th career game at George Washington on January 22nd, while Breen reached his 100th career game in the A-10 quarterfinals against Fordham on March 4th.

Filoxy also has her name on the Career Games playlist and has participated in 127 contests to date. hayley rydell (123; 2016-20) and ranks seventh on the all-time steals list with 183, surpassing Rydell in his career so far.teammate Verna Mayo When Sam Breen Mayo is 12th with 166 and Breen is 13th with 159, both ahead of Rebecca Cooks (153; 1982-86). Breen also has 116 games played, which puts him tied for ninth alongside four former Minute Women.

head coach Tory Verdi He achieved his 100th win under the Massachusetts’ side with a 76-58 victory over St. Joseph’s in the A-10 semi-final on 5 March. His current record in Minute Women is he is 111-82.

two digit number reached
Sam Breen record 11 double-digit contests, Sydney Taylor And Taylor’s 10th 10-plus points game of the season, including four straight games with 20-plus points. Destiny Philoxi There are 9 games in double digits, Verna Mayo He also finished in double digits in eight of the season’s 13 contests. makena white There are five double-digit games, Angelique Ngalakrondi There are 4 a year.

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Massachusetts will host Rhode Island on Wednesday, January 4 as part of a doubleheader with the men’s basketball team. Tip-off is scheduled for 5pm on NESN/ESPN+.