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PREVIEW: Women's basketball concludes regular season at Bentley

2/22/2022 10:30:00 AM

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College women's basketball team wraps up its regular season on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at Bentley University.

SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE HAWKS (14-11, 10-8 NE10)
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BENTLEY UNIVERSITY FALCONS (14-8, 12-6 NE10)
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The Hawks cruised to a 71-38 victory over Saint Michael's College on Feb. 19, improving to 14-11 on the season with a 10-8 mark in conference play. The Hawks are winners in four of their last five contests. Saint Anselm secured the fourth-seed in the Northeast Division entering the conference playoffs, which start on Friday, Feb. 25. Game time and opponent are to be determined for the Hawks, with the contest coming from Stoutenburgh Gymnasium.

The Falcons fell to Franklin Pierce University by a 60-48 score on Feb. 19. Bentley is now 14-8 overall and 12-6 against NE10 opponents. Bentley has suffered losses in its last two contests. The Falcons will end up as the second or third seed heading into the NE10 playoffs as a win locks them into second but a loss drops them to third. Either seed will give the Falcons a home contest in Friday's NE10 First Round games.

Fans attending the contest at the Dana Center are expected to familiarize themselves with the Bentley University spectator policy.

SCOUTING SAINT ANSELM
  • Senior Peyton Steinman (Pittsfield, Mass.) scored a game-high 29 points on 11-of-17 shooting against the Purple Knights, pushing her career total to 1,717 points. Steinman trails Shannon Ryan '20 on the all-time scoring leader board by 52 points.
  • Steinman is averaging 20.5 points per game which is the top spot in the NE10 and is eighth most in Division II. She has attempted 162 free throws, making 143 of them which leads the conference. Her free throw success rate of 88.3% ranks second in the league. Steinman's free throw attempts is sixth most in Division II while her makes is second. The senior is averaging 7.8 rebounds per game which is eighth most in the conference.
  • The senior was named the NE10 Player of the Week for the fourth time this season after averaging 20 points and 15.5 rebounds per game in the 2-0 week for the Hawks.
  • Sophomore Alexa Quirolo (New Rochelle, N.Y.) netted 14 points in the win over the Purple Knights while classmate Gabby Turco (Wildwood, N.J.) added 11 points for the Hawks offense, who was 25-58 from the floor, good for a 43.1 shooting percentage.
  • Against the Purple Knights, the Hawks allowed a season-low 38 points and grabbed 48 boards compared to 28 for Saint Michael's.
  • Saint Anselm leads the conference in free throw percentage (79.6). The team is second in total points (1,651), three-point percentage (33.8), free throws made per game (14.0), and turnovers per game (13.9).
SCOUTING BENTLEY
  • Autumn Ceppi posted a double-double in the loss to Franklin Pierce, canning 17 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. She added five assists and five steals to boost her stat line.
  • Ceppi leads the Falcons with 13.6 points per game but is followed closely by Ella Thompson, who averages 13.0 points per game. Kari Brekke adds 10.9 points per game to the Falcons offense.
  • Ceppi is pulling down 7.0 boards per game which is 10th most in the NE10. Maggie Whitmore is second on the squad with 6.0 rebounds per game.
  • Thompson and Ceppi are tied for the team lead with 2.4 assists per game. Bentley is averaging 14.0 assists per contest.
  • The Falcons have the conference's best shooting percentage (43.1) while ranking second in points per game (68.5), field goals made per made (25.7), and three-pointers made per game (6.5). Bentley commits the third fewest turnovers in the conference at 15.3.
ALL-TIME vs. BENTLEY
  • This will be the 95th meeting in the all-time series between the Hawks and Falcons. Bentley is 78-15 against Saint Anselm all-time.
  • Earlier this season, the Falcons posted a 67-60 win over the Hawks on Nov. 17 in the opening game of each program's conference schedule. Steinman canned a game-high 25 points for the Hawks while Brekke (18), Thompson (15), and Ceppi (12) combined for 45 Falcons points.
  • Bentley posted a nine-game win streak over the Hawks from Mar. 11, 2016 to Mar. 15, 2019. Since then, the teams have split the four matchups with two wins going to each side.
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