ELMIRA COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES
Games 11 & 12: Elmira College vs. St. John Fisher & Nazareth
WEDNESDAY’S OPPONENT St. John Fisher CARDINALS (7-2, 0-0 Empire 8)
Last Time Out
Elmira will be looking to bounce back from its most recent setback, a 15-point loss at home to the Ducks of Stevens Institute of Technology. Stevens took control of Monday’s game fairly early, as the Ducks took a 20-5 lead after the game’s first 10 minutes of action. The Ducks would eventually turn their 15-point first quarter lead into a 25-point halftime lead. Elmira cleaned things up a bit in the second half and eventually outscored Stevens 35-25 in the final 20 minutes, but it proved to be too little too late, as the Ducks marched away with a 70-55 win.
Loya Closes In Friday, Januray 8th, 2016 Speidel Gymnasium -- Elmira, NY -- 8:00 p.m.
Nazareth GOLDEN FLYERS (7-3, 0-1 Empire 8)
Meghan Loya ’16 has had a great year thus far on the boards, something that is not out of the ordinary for the fourth-year forward. She has pulled down a teamleading 87 rebounds this season for a per game average of 8.7. Loya’s 87 boards puts her career total at 484, just 18 rebounds shy of moving into a two-way tie for 10th place in the EC record books. Additionally, if Loya grabs 12 more rebounds, she will become just the sixth Elmira player to register 500 or more boards since 2000.
Limiting Turnovers
Saturday, January 9th, 2016 Speidel Gymnasium -- Elmira, NY -- 7:00 p.m.
Elmira faced a tough defense in Stevens this past Monday, a team that is averaging 19.1 turnovers per contest this year. Elmira committed 24 turnovers in the contest, marking the seventh time this season the Purple and Gold have made 20 or more. Elmira is 1-6 this season in such contests.
All-Time Series: St. John Fisher
St. John Fisher has gotten the better of Elmira over the years with a 50-13 record in the all-time series. However, recent history has been a bit more even between Time-Result the two squads, with the Cardinals winning three of the last five meetings. EC’s L, 64-77 last win against the Cardinals dates back to the 2013-14 season, when the Purple L, 71-85 and Gold eked out a two-point win at Speidel Gymnasium. L, 65-81 W, 68-57 Scouting the Cardinals L, 55-67 St. John Fisher College enters tonight’s matchup with a 7-2 overall record, as the W, 82-47 L, 37-76 Cardinals open conference play against the Soaring Eagles. Fisher opened the seaW, 61-53 son with five straight wins, before suffering a pair of losses at the Wendy’s ColL, 53-87 lege Classic. However, the Cardinals have bounced back nicely since then with a L, 55-70 pair of double-digit wins in their last two contests, including a 101-65 drubbing 8:00 p.m. of Medaille College last Saturday. Fisher leads the Empire 8 in scoring with 74.3 7:00 p.m. points per game and sit atop the conference leaderboard in rebounding defense, 8:00 p.m. limiting opposing teams to 33.7 rebounds per game. Offensively, all eyes will be 8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. on Mary Kate Cusak, who leads the Cardinals with a 14.9 point per game average. 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. All-Time Series: Nazareth 8:00 p.m. Elmira and Nazareth College have faced each other 60 times dating back to their 4:00 p.m. first meeting in 1974-75. The Golden Flyers have enjoyed their fair share of suc8:00 p.m. cess in those matchups with a 40-20 record. Nazareth has won two straight 4:00 p.m. against Elmira, but the last four meetings have been even with each team earning 8:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. a pair of victories. 8:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Scouting the Golden Flyers TBA Nazareth opened the 2015-16 campaign with four straight double-digit wins, beTBA fore suffering its first two losses of the season at the Wendy’s College Classic. The Golden Flyers bounced back with three consecutive wins, but fell in their most recent contest to Ithaca College, bringing Nazareth’s record to 7-3 on the year. Much of Nazareth’s success this season can be attributed to its ability to shoot the three-ball. The Golden Flyers have knocked-down a conference-leading 85 three-pointers this season, averaging 8.5 per contest, which ranks seventh in NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball. Although Nazareth shoots the ball well from distance, it is also just as good inside. Six-foot center Lindsey Kelly leads the ECSoaringEagles Golden Flyers with 18.6 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.
2015-16 SCHEDULE (3-7, 0-1 EMPIRE 8)
Day NOV. DEC. JAN. FEB.
Date 13 20 21 24 1 3 9 12 30 4 8 9 12 15 16 19 21 27 30 5 6 9 12 13 20 26 27
Opponent Pitt-Bradford Mount Union^ Case Western^ Hilbert Clarkson Penn College of Technology SUNY Cortland SUNY Potsdam RIT Stevens* St. John Fisher* Nazareth* Ithaca* Utica* Hartwick* Houghton* Alfred* Ithaca* Stevens* Utica* Hartwick* Houghton* St. John Fisher* Nazareth* Alfred* Empire 8 Semifinals Empire 8 Final
Bold Indicates Home Contest *Denotes Empire 8 Contest ^M-Club Classic Tournament
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