Newburgh, N.Y. - The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Basketball team continues its Skyline Conference slate as they play host to Old Westbury on Wednesday evening before heading south to take on St. Joseph's-Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon. Tip-off with the Panthers is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. while the tilt with the Bears is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. with Live Stats and Video available for both contests.
At A Glance: The Knights enter the week winners of its last two games against non-conference foe Sage and conference rival Farmingdale State. The Mount sits at 8-3 overall and 6-0 in Skyline Conference play.
Junior
Morina Bojka (Prospect, Conn.) leads Mount Saint Mary's scoring attack, averaging 17.6 points per game to go along with five rebounds per contest. Sophomore
Annie Keenan (Nesconset, N.Y.) is scoring 12.5 points per outing and grabbing 8.9 rebounds per contest. Keenan leads the team in blocks with 11.
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Sophomore
Lauren Desrats (Warwick, N.Y.) adds just over 11 points per game and senior
Lyndsay Pace (Cranford, N.J.) chips in 10.5 points per game while pacing the squad in assists with 38 and steals with 26. Sophomore
Toriana Tabasco (Hillsdale, N.J.) leads the team in offensive rebounds with 32 on the season while adding 7.7 points per game and 26 assists.
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The Mount is averaging 70.7 points per game this season on 40.4-percent shooting from the field and 30.2-percent from the three-point line. The Knights are limiting teams to 55.2 points per game on 34.2-percent from the field and 27.6-percent from three.
Last Time Out: The Mount cruised to a 79-47 conference victory over Farmingdale State at the Kaplan Center on Saturday afternoon. Bojka and Keenan each tallied 20 points apiece for the Knights.
Keenan finished the day 6-for-11 from the field and 4-for-4 from three-point range and adding six rebounds and three steals. Bojka finished 9-for-15 and tallied her 20 points in just 18 minutes of play while Tabasco finished with a career-high 14 points and chipped in a team-high seven rebounds and three assists.
Mount Saint Mary finished the day shooting 47.5-percent from teh field and 47.8-percent from the three-point line. The Knights were also 12-for-15 on the day from the free-throw line as the Rams were held to 30-percent from the field and just 29.7-percent from the three-point line.
The Knights outscored the Rams 23-9 in points off turnovers as well as 32-18 in points in the paint. Mount Saint Mary tallied 18 assists on 28 made field goals on the day and forced 23 turnovers.
Scouting Old Westbury: The Panthers enter Wednesday's contest at 5-6 overall and 5-1 in Skyline Conference play. Old Westbury defeated Sarah Lawrence 69-20 in its last contest on Saturday.
Davida Warren is averaging a double-double on the season as she is leading the team in scoring with 17.5 points per game and 14.6 rebounds. She also leads the squad in blocks with 18 while Ashley Cattle is adding 11 points per outing.
Ja'nya Flash is averaging just over 10 rebounds per game while La'Naya Clark is the leader in three-pointers made with 18. Micah Browne leads the team in assists with 55 while Clark has added 44 assists.
The Panthers are averaging 61.1 points per game on 36.3-percent from the field and 19.7-percent from the three-point line. Old Westbury is also 54.1-percent from the free-throw line. Defensively, the Panthers are giving up 60.3 points per contest on 36.1-percent shooting and 25.3-percent from the three-point line.
Analyzing St. Joseph's-Brooklyn: The Bears are 7-4 overall and 5-1 in Skyline Conference play after defeating Purchase 85-46 on Saturday afternoon.
Kelly O'Donnell leads St. Joseph's-Brooklyn in points per game with 20.5 and adds 7.5 rebounds per contest. Emma Kiley is second in points with 13.3 and rebounds with 8.6 while Lauren Quesada chips in 11.9 points per contest and leads in rebounds with 8.8 per outing.
Deserae Sequiera leads in assists with 71 while O'Donnell and Quesada each have 22 steals on the year. Kiley is the leader in blocked shots with 28 this season.
The Bears are averaging 75.6 points per game on 40.8-percent from the field and 33.2-percent from the three-point stripe. On defense, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn has allowed 76.2 points per contest on 38.9-percent from the field and 34.2-percent from three-point range.
What's Next: The Knights continue their mini road trip when they take on the College of Mount Saint Vincent on Tuesday, January 14. Tip-off with the Dolphins in Riverdale is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.