Utica, NY (1/2/2013) – The Utica College women's basketball team returns to action on Wednesday afternoon when it hosts SUNYIT in a clash of cross-town rivals at the Harold T. Clark Athletic Center Gymnasium. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m.
Back to the Grind: The Pioneers (5-5, 1-1 Empire 8) have played just once in the last three weeks, a 67-64 win over host Drew University on Saturday … Utica will now play four consecutive home games over the course of the next seven days … Wednesday's game against SUNYIT marks the final non-conference contest of the year for UC.
Last Time Out: The Utica College women's basketball team got back on track with a 67-64 come-from-behind win at Drew University on Saturday … Freshman
Mary Miceli (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle) led the way for UC with 15 points and was a perfect two-for-two from behind the arc while senior
Brittany Baudanza (Staten Island, NY/Staten Island Tech) brought down a game-high ten rebounds … Three Pioneers finished with ten or more points on the day including Miceli, Raquel Baudanza, and
Bridget Greenwald (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills).
Fiore Leads the Way: Senior forward
Meghan Fiore (Epping, NH/Epping) is currently tied for fifth in the Empire 8 with an average of 15.1 points per contest … She leads the team and ranks fourth in the Empire 8 with a shooting percentage of 50.8% … She also averages 7.5 rebounds per contest.
Greenwald is a Ball Hawk: Junior forward
Bridget Greenwald (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills) leads the Empire 8 Conference and ranks 27th in the country with an average of 10.2 rebounds per contest … Greenwald is also averaging 9.2 points per game … She is the only player in the conference with over 100 rebounds so far this season.
Miceli's Career is Off to a Quick Start: Freshman shooting guard
Mary Miceli (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle) has proven to be a quick study and she currently ranks third on the team with an average of 8.7 points per contest … She also averages 5.1 rebounds per game … She leads the team with 12 3-pointers made through ten games.
Last Time Against SUNYIT: The Utica College women's basketball team snapped a 16 game winning streak against local rival SUNYIT after a 71-55 loss to the Wildcats on Jan. 3, 2012 at the Wildcat Gymnasium … Senior point guard
Katie McGee (Philadelphia, PA/Nazareth) netted 21 points and added seven rebounds, while
Meghan Fiore (Epping, NH/Epping) added 13 points and a game-high nine rebounds for the Pioneers … SUNYIT's Lyndsey Brognano led the way for the 'Cats … The junior shooting guard connected on 11-of-20 from the field for a game-high of 27 points.
Down the Road: The Pioneers return to conference play on Friday night when they host St. John Fisher College at 6 p.m. at the Clark Athletic Center … UC will then take on Alfred at home on Saturday at 2 p.m.
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