FLUSHING, N.Y. – Playing their lone game of the week and to end 2022, the Queens College women's basketball team will travel to North Easton, Massachusetts as they match up against newly promoted Division I member Stonehill College Skyhawks.
Skyhawks Series History
Overall: 0-1
Last Win: -
Last Meeting: March 13, 2015
(66-80 NCAA First Round Game)
Current Streak: L1
Last Home Win: -
Last Road Win: -
Scouting the Knights
- The Knights are 3-7 overall and are coming off a triple overtime loss to #10 Assumption University on Saturday (Dec. 17) afternoon.
- Queens is averaging 55.7 points per game on 38.5% shooting, 37.1 rebounds, and 12.2 assists per game.
- Freshman Cecilia Lapertosa (Whitesboro, N.Y.) leads the offense averaging 13.1 PPG, 7.3 RPG. On the season, the rookie has three double-doubles with a career-high 24 points and 13 rebounds against D'Youville.
- While sophomore Chelsea Reeves (Brooklyn, N.Y.) is averaging 12.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.
- On Monday (Dec. 19), the East Coast Conference awarded Reeves a spot on the WBB Honor Roll sheet. Link
- On Tuesday (Dec. 20) Reeves earned a honorable mention spot on the MBWA Weekly Report sheet. Link
- On Monday (Dec. 5), the East Coast Conference office awarded Lapertosa her third Rookie of the Week honors in the fourth Women's Basketball Weekly Report of the Year. Link
- Lapertosa earned ROTW honors on Nov. 14 and Nov. 28.
- The Knights are meeting the Skyhawks for the second time in program history and for the first time since their NCAA First Round matchup since the 2014-15 season.
Greyhounds Series History
Overall: 2-2
Last Win: March 10, 2017
(68-48 NCAA First Round Game)
Last Meeting: March 10, 2017
(68-48 NCAA First Round Game)
Current Streak: W1
Last Home Win: November 29, 2015
(59-48)
Last Road Win: February 16, 2016
(57-55 road game)
Scouting the Skyawhsk
- Stonehill is 3-9 overall on the year and are on a two-game losing skid having fallen to University at Albany and Northeastern University.
- The Skyhawks are in their first year of being promoted to Division I
- In 12 games on the season they are averaging 55.3 points per game on 37.3% shooting, 35.9 rebounds and 12.2 assists per game.
- Emily Bramanti leads the offense averaging 13.3 points per game and tallied a season-high 38 points in the victory over Bryant University on Sunday (Dec. 11) afternoon.
Next Jump Ball
- Head coach Bet Naumovski and the Knights open the new year in Flushing as they return to East Coast Conference play as the Lions of Molloy University come to town. Tip-off set for 5:30 p.m.
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