Women's Basketball

MAAC Women’s Basketball League Play Begins This Weekend

EDISON, NJ (December 17, 2021) – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) women’s basketball league slate begins tonight, December 17, with Saint Peter’s University traveling to Lewiston, NY to take on Niagara University.
 
Through non-conference play, the Niagara University Purple Eagles are 3-5 and rank first in scoring offense in the league. The Saint Peter’s University Peacocks are 2-6 and bring the fifth best scoring mark in the MAAC.
 
Niagara has gathered wins over Colgate, Cornell and Loyola (MD.). Their most recent victory came on December 4 against Cornell University (4-6), 76-71. Senior Maddy Yelle and junior Angel Parker combine to score 30 points for the Purple Eagles to help propel them to victory. Parker currently ranks second in the MAAC with 16.6 PPG.
 
Saint Peter’s has registered wins against Wagner and Delaware State this season. Their win over Delaware State, 77-50, was the largest margin of victory since their 27-point victory over LIU on November 17, 2018. Graduate Kendrea Williams and junior Kassondra Brown combined to score 31 in the contest. So far this season, Brown is averaging 15.3 PPG (6th in MAAC) and 9.9 RPG (2nd in MAAC).
 
Conference action continues through the weekend into Monday for the other nine MAAC teams. The full weekend slate of conference games can be found below:
 
Friday, December 17
  • Saint Peter’s at Niagara – 6 p.m. - ESPN3
Saturday, December 18
  • Monmouth at Iona – 1 p.m. – ESPN3
  • Marist at Fairfield – 2 p.m. – ESPN+
  • Quinnipiac at Rider – 2 p.m. – ESPN+
Sunday, December 19
  • Saint Peter’s at Canisius – 1 p.m. – ESPN3
  • Manhattan at Niagara – 2 p.m. – ESPN3
Monday, December 20
  • Fairfield at Quinnipiac – 6 p.m. – ESPN3
  • Rider at Siena – 7 p.m. – ESPN+
  • Iona at Marist – 7 p.m. – ESPN+
 
The full 2021-22 MAAC women’s basketball schedule can be found on maacsports.com.
 
Steady Scoring:
 
Through 89 non-conference games, five schools averaged over 60 points as a team this season with Niagara (70.5) and Quinnipiac (69.7) leading the way. Individually, there are 21 scorers in the conference averaging double digits led by MAAC Preseason Player of the Year and Fairfield’s Lou Lopez-Senechal who is averaging 18.3 PPG.
 
Double-Double Domination:
 
MAAC players have recorded 24 total double-doubles this season with four each from Manhattan’s Courtney Warley and Marist’s Zaria Shazer. Quinnipiac’s Mikala Morris, Rider’s Raphaela Touissant and Saint Peter’s Brown have each recorded three, respectively. 
 
The 2021-22 campaign culminates with the 2022 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships from March 8-12 at Atlantic City's Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. Stay up to date with all MAAC basketball by visiting MAACSports.com/basketball and by following @MAACHoops and #MAACHoops on Twitter. The road to AC! 
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 41st year of competition during the 2021-22 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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