Women’s Basketball @ Boston U Preview (Season Finale)

First: I would like to apologize for not having a previews for the men’s and women’s basketball games on Wednesday while the site was online, but with the site being offline for three days I had a lot of things to take care of first.

Probable Starters:

UMBC (13-15, 7-8):
C- Tope Obajolu (7.9 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 44.8 FG%)
G- Michelle Kurowski (12.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.8 apg)
G- Carlee Cassidy (13.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.4 three’s per game)
G- Katie Brooks (8.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.5 apg)
G- Michele Brokans (1.1 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 2.2 apg)

Key Reserves:
C- Chrissy Robinson (0.8 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 75.0 FG%)
F- Meghan Colabella (6.5 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.5 apg)
G- Erin Brown (6.2 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 37.6 FG%)
G- Chelsea Barker (3.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 29.2 FG%)

Stony Brook (8-19, 6-9):
C- Destiny Jacobs (6.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 35.2 FG%)
F- Kirsten Jeter (13.9 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 2.0 spg)
G- Tamiel Murray *2.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.2 apg)
G- Joia Daniels (7.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 48.1 FG%)
G- Misha Horsey (7.4 ppg, 3.3 apg, 2.4 rpg)

Key Reserves:
C- Taylor Burner (1.0 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 30.4 FG%)
F- Crystal Rushin (7.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 40.0 FG%)
F- Gerda Gatling (2.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 25.3 FG%)
G- Sam Landers (4.5 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 35.9 FG%)
G- Dani Klupenger (3.4 ppg, 29.9 FG%, 21.6 3-pt%)
G- Cassie Klockgether (2.9 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 25.9 FG%)
G- Amanda Corona (1.8 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 28.0 FG%)

By the numbers:

Points Per Game:
UMBC- 59.4
Stony Brook- 56.8

Points Allowed Per Game:
UMBC- 51.1
Stony Brook- 51.1

Field Goal Percentage:
UMBC- 38.7%
Stony Brook- 35.1 FG%

Three Point Percentage:
UMBC- 31.5%
Stony Brook- 23.2%

Rebounding Margin:
Stony Brook- -1.9
UMBC- -6.3

Turnover Margin:
Stony Brook- +0.93
UMBC- -2.04

Assist-to-Turnover Ratio:
UMBC- 0.7
Stony Brook- 0.6

This is a huge swing game for UMBC. They are currently in fourth place in the conference but if they lose, they will fall to sixth place after having been swept by both Binghamton and Stony Brook.

Right now UMBC is playing hot basketball since switching back to the Princeton Offense. They have lost to Binghamton and Vermont, but they just don’t match up well against them. But they are still 4-2 in that span. If they manage to win against Stony Brook is will not only keep them in fourth place, but it will allow them to keep their momentum going into the tournament.

The last time these two teams played UMBC came out flat and lost by 16 points. If they want to win this time they have to contain Kirsten Jeter. She scored 24 points and had 12 rebounds last time, and is without a doubt Stony Brook’s go-to-player.

The Princeton may neutralize her rebounding ability but Tope Obajoly has to come out ready to play against her inside.