Women's Basketball Gameday: Lady Bears at Old Westbury

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- After opening HVIAC play with a 65-33 victory over The King's College, St. Joseph's looks to win their third game in a row and move a season-high three games over .500 as they travel to Skyline member SUNY Old Westbury for a non-conference tilt at 12 p.m.

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Series History / Last Meeting

The two schools have 18 previous meetings under their belts with Old Westbury owning a 10-8 lead in the series. St. Joseph's earned an 87-75 victory over the Panthers on February 5, 2013 as all five starters scored in double figures led by Teresa Mangan who poured in a team-high 19 points and dished out a game-high six assists.

The Bear Facts

Last Time Out: Led by field goals from all 11 Lady Bears and a 58.5 percent shooting night, St. Joseph's opened up HVIAC play with a convincing 65-33 triumph over King's on Tuesday, December 3rd in their home opener. Kristen Candelaria led the way with a career-high eight points and 11 rebounds.

St. Joseph's is led by a pair of seniors in Kelly McNamee and Megan Moran who rank one and two on the team in scoring averaging 12.6 and 10.6 points respectively. Also providing contributions to the Lady Bears cause are juniors Samantha Retas and Taylor Raccuglia. Retas averages a near double-double putting up 9.8 points and 9.9 boards per game. Raccuglia has come back strong following a brief absence due to injury pouring in 10.6 points per game and 6.4 caroms per game.

The Lady Bears have made their living on the defensive end of the floor holding all opponents this season to 40 percent shooting or below. St. Joseph's has used the block shot to their advantage swatting away 5.3 shots per game led by Retas who rejects 1.9 shots per game.

Inside the Panther Prowl

Last Time Out: All five starters scored in double figures led by 22 points from DeAndra Scott as Old Westbury defeated SUNY Cobleskill 92-61 on Sunday, December 1st to open their five-game homestand.

Earlier in the season the Panthers lost to HVIAC member New Rochelle 90-85 for the first time since the 1999-2000 season.

The Panthers are paced by DeAndra Scott who ranks among the NCAA leaders in several categories. The senior averages a double-double on the year pouring in 22.4 points per game (No. 21 in Division III) and leads the Skyline Conference in rebounding securing 10.4 board per contest. Scott has four double-doubles on the year (No. 7 in Division III) including one her last time out against SUNY Cobleskill finishing with 22 points and 10 rebounds.

Did You Know?

The Lady Bears are 5-12 against Skyline Conference opponents over the last six years including a 55-43 win over NYU-Poly earlier this season.

Team Comparison

Lady Bears	Nickname	Panthers
5-3 (1-0)	Record	2-3 (0-0)
HVIAC	Conference	Skyline
Roster | Schedule | Statistics	Team Info	Roster | Schedule | Statistics
Kelly McNamee (12.6)	Top Pts.	DeAndra Scott (22.4)
Samantha Retas (9.9)	Top Reb.	DeAndra Scott (10.4)
Kristin D'Chiutiis (4.0)	Top Ast.	R. Dorner & R. Pentz (3.7)
62.6 (+2.5)	Scoring	76.6 (+4.0)
40.9%	FG %	42.1%
66.9%	FT %	54.2%
25.6%	3FG %	32.0%
46.6 (+1.5)	Rebounds	47.2 (-3.2)
16.4	Assists	17.8
22.1 (-7.4)	Turnovers	21.6 (+0.2)
6.0	Steals	10.2
5.3	Blocks	3.4