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Last Meeting: Cabrini 70, Immaculata 41 (2/14/18, Immaculata, PA)
Sabrina Hackendorn picked up her fifth double-double of the year as she paired 16 points and 11 rebounds, seven of which came on the offensive glass, in just 22 minutes of action. Senior
Nomi Washington also tallied 16 points as she added four boards, four assists and six steals. Sophomore
Kate Lannon capped the Cavs in double figures as she finished with 10 points in 19 minutes off the bench.
The Blue and White jumped out to an early 14-3 lead after a quarter thanks to stifling defense as they held the host Mighty Macs to 0-for-15 from the field. Immaculata's lone three points all came from the charity stripe courtesy of Theresa Kearney.
Kearney eventually ended the Mighty Mac's drought as she drained a three early in the second quarter. After swapping baskets, Lannon would respond with a three of her own to put the Blue and White up by 12 with 2:56 left until the half. A layup from senior
Gaby Jones followed by a free throw from junior
Cassidy Gallagher gave the Cavs a 14 point lead heading into the intermission.
Cabrini extended their lead to 20 points heading into the fourth quarter thanks to an 18 point effort in the third. A 12-to-2 run to open the fourth quarter ended any hopes of a comeback from Immaculata as the Cavs ballooned their lead to 32, holding a 67-35 advantage with just 2:31 remaining. The Blue and White rode out the final two minutes en route to their 22nd win of the season.
Cabrini Last Time Out: Cabrini 84, Wesley 50 (1/12/19, Radnor, PA)
The Blue and White outscored Wesley 26-8 in the opening stanza, highlighted by a 13-to-2 run to open the game and a buzzer beater jumper from sophomore
Brianna Blair to end the quarter.
Offensively, the Cavaliers were led by senior
Nomi Washington who tallied her third double-double of the year following her team leading 16 point, 12 rebound performance. The guard highlighted her effort on the glass by pulling in a game high six offensive rebounds.
Sophomore
Ashley Tutzauer added 14 points and four steals, while junior
Meghan Matthews and sophomore
Lexi Edwards rounded out the Cavaliers in double figures with 13 points and 10 points, respectively.
Similar to their last game, the Blue and White trailed for less than a minute in total as they found their offensive rhythm early.
Cabrini would balloon their lead to an eventual 25 points with 3:49 left in the first half following a jumper in the paint from Matthews to give the Cavs a 38-13 lead. Both teams would trade baskets for the remainder of the quarter until Tutzauer drilled a triple with five seconds left to give the Cavs a 44-21 advantage heading into the intermission.
The Blue and White outscored the Wolverines 40-29 in the second half as they were able to coast to their third Atlantic East Conference victory behind a strong effort on both sides of the ball.
Immaculata Last Time Out: Immaculata 54, Gwynedd Mercy 52 (1/12/19, Gwynedd Valley, PA)
Trailing by as many as 14 points at Gwynedd Mercy on Saturday afternoon, the Immaculata women's basketball team stormed all the way back and with the game tied in the closing seconds, sophomore Brielle Rigo took an inbounds pass from junior Annie Kohutka and laid it in with 1.9 seconds left to give the Macs a 54-52 road victory.
Senior Amber Ballinger led the way with 19 points, her final three coming on a game-tying triple in the final minute, and sophomore Theresa Kearney added 18 points and eight rebounds. Rigo was effective on the defensive end with seven boards and four blocked shots.
5 Factors for Cabrini
- Over their last two games, Cabrini has outscored their opponents by an average of 32 points.
- The Blue and White are aiming for their second three game win streak this season.
- Led by Washington's 12 rebounds, the Cavs posted a season high 58 rebounds in last game's dominating win over Wesley
- The Cavaliers own the Atlantic East's highest scoring average against conference opponents at 75 points per game.
- Three Cavaliers are knocking down at least 80 percent of their free throws in Caitlin King (86 percent), Lexi Edwards (84 percent) and Kate Lannon (80 percent).
5 Factors for Immaculata
- The Mighty Macs have played to a solid 5-3 on the road this season, but are 0-7 on their home court.
- Immaculata's 54-52 win over Gwynedd Mercy snapped an eight game losing streak that dated back to December 8th.
- The Macs allow an average of just 57.7 points per game, the second best mark in the Atlantic East.
- Rigo, who averages 1.1 blocks per game, is the only player in the conference averaging more than one block per game.
- The Mighty Macs are averaging north of 20 turnovers per game, the highest mark in the conference.
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Tale of the Tape |
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| Cabrini |
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Immaculata |
| 8-8 (3-0 AEC) |
Record |
5-12 (2-2 AEC) |
| 63.6 |
Points per Game |
53.3 |
| .338 |
FG Percentage |
.351 |
| .265 |
3-Point FG Percentage |
.245 |
| 38.7 |
Rebounds per Game |
32.7 |
| 12.4 |
Assists per Game |
11.2 |
| 2.9 |
Blocked Shots per game |
3.0 |
| 12.1 |
Steals per Game |
9.6 |
| 17.8 |
Turnovers per Game |
20.2 |
