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MAAC Championships – Round One
No. 6 Niagara (12-17, 9-9 MAAC) vs. No. 11 Saint Peter's (4-25, 1-17 MAAC)
Thursday, March 1 – 1:30 p.m.
Times Union Center – Albany, N.Y.
TV Coverage: ESPN3
Purple Points
- The No. 6 seed is Niagara's highest seed since the 2014-15 season, when the Purple Eagles were also the sixth seed.
- NU's 12 wins are the most regular season wins since 2014-15 (14 wins) and the Purple Eagles' nine MAAC wins are the also the most since 2014-15 when they also had nine. They finished the regular season winning three of their last four games.
All-MAAC Honors
- Forwards Victoria Rampado and Kaylee Stroemple earned All-MAAC honors, announced on Monday, Feb. 26.
- Rampado was a unanimous selection to the All-MAAC First Team and Stroemple was selected to the All-MAAC Third Team.
Last Time Out
- The Purple Eagles closed out the regular season with a 68-61 win at second place Marist.
- Victoria Rampado led the Purple Eagles with 19 rebounds and 11 rebounds to record her 14th double-double of the season.
- Kharysma Bryant added 15 points, tying her career-high, and had a team-high three steals.
Niagara In The MAAC
- Niagara leads the MAAC in free throw percentage (76.7%), is second in field goal percentage (40.5%) and is the third-highest scoring offense (66.0 points per game). The Purple Eagles are third in the MAAC in steals with 8.7 steals per game and in assists (14.2 assists per game) and are fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (31.6%).
- Victoria Rampado leads the league in scoring with 20.8 points per game and is second in rebounding with 9.8 rebounds per game. She is third in free throw percentage (82.5%).
- Jamie Sherburne is third in the MAAC in assists, averaging 4.2 assists per game.
- Maggie McIntyre is fourth in the MAAC in 3-point field goal percentage (40.0%).
- Kaylee Stroemple is seventh in field goal percentage (45.5%) and is tied for fourth in offensive rebounds with 2.6 per game.
On The Court
Saint Peter's Peacocks (4-25, 1-17 MAAC)
- Guard Talah Hughes leads the Peacocks in scoring, averaging 9.4 points per game. She is 25th in the MAAC in scoring. Hughes is second in the MAAC in offensive rebounds, averaging 2.9 per game, and 10th in blocked shots with 0.8 blocks per game.
- Forward Zoe Pero leads Saint Peter's in rebounding, averaging 5.7 rebounds per game.
- Guard Alyssa Velles is tied for sixth in the MAAC in 3-point field goals made (1.8 per game) and is 10th in 3-point field goal percentage (34.4%).
- The Peacocks lead the MAAC in offensive rebounds, averaging 12.7 offensive rebounds per game.
- Saint Peter's is fourth in blocked shots (3.6 blocks per game), seventh in steals (6.7 steals per game) and ninth in 3-point field goal percentage (27.7%).
