BOSTON, MA (February 11, 2025) – The Beacons' women's basketball team (8-14, 5-8 Little East Conference) will head to North Dartmouth, MA, with three games remaining in the 2024-25 LEC Regular Season against the nation's 23
rd ranked squad (
d3hoops.com), the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs (19-2, 12-0 LEC).
The Beacons have won eight games this season, most recently against the Western Connecticut State Wolves (60-44) on January 29
th. Their most significant wins of the season came against the Wolves, the Eastern Connecticut State Warriors (69-51), at Fitchburg State (95-54), and in the Hunter Tip-Off Tournament against the Saint Elizabeth University Eagles (84-55). On the road in 2024-25, the Beacons are 4-6, with their most recent road win against the Warriors. As a unit, the Beacons score 58 points per game, led by sophomore forward
Sabanna Berrios (Providence, R.I.) with 267 points in 20 games (13.4 PPG). Berrios has shined in her inaugural season with the Beacons, recording nine double-doubles, including an eight-of-nine-game stretch where she tallied more than 14+ points and 11+ rebounds. In 21 games, she leads the team on the glass with 171 total rebounds(52 offensive, 119 defensive, 8.6 RPG). Sophomore
Vanessa Bucha (Aschnuet, Mass.) is the team's leading sharpshooter, with a team-high 24 makes from downtown this season. Junior captain
Sibayla Jensen (Portland, Ore.) leads the team in total assists with 61. Junior guard
Tatiannah Fevry (Dracut, Mass.) is one of the conference's leading perimeter defenders with a third-best 49 total steals in 22 games (fourth-best 2.2 SPG) to support an 8.2 PPG average. Sophomore
Hialeah Turner-Foster (Mashpee, Mass.) owns the second highest PPG average for the Beacons, scoring 8.8 PPG in her first season of collegiate hoops.
The Corsairs have taken the LEC by storm this season with a flawless 12-0 conference record. Offensively, they are scoring 78.5 PPG on a LEC-high 15.48 assists per game, led by graduate forward Carly Whiteside with 14.1 PPG and a team-high 8.3 rebounds per game. UMass Dartmouth average 42.1 rebounds, 9.7 steals and 3.5 blocks per game.
Tune In:
Wednesday's game at the Tripp Athletic Center in North Dartmouth, MA, will be ticketed online, costing children (13-17) 3$, and adults 5$, with the Corsairs' online ticketing platform found here:
Athletic Event Ticketing - UMass Dartmouth.
Cash will not be accepted. Per UMass Dartmouth Athletics: "UMass Dartmouth has partnered with HomeTown Ticketing to serve as the digital ticketing platform for basketball games. The HomeTown ticketing platform supports cashless, paperless, and contactless options to provide convenience for all spectators. We encourage all fans to purchase their tickets in advance to streamline the admission process.".
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