Women's Basketball | March 2, 2017
RICHMOND, Va. – The La Salle women's basketball team faces Saint Joseph's in the Quarterfinals of the 2017 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championship on Friday at 7:00 PM at the Richmond Coliseum.
Friday's Quarterfinal matchup will be televised on The Comcast Network in Philadelphia. The contest will be televised by the American Sports Network and its affiliates in Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio and Virginia and streamed online on www.americansportsnet.com/live.
#6 La Salle Explorers (17-12, 9-7 A-10) vs #3 Saint Joseph's (16-13, 12-4 A-10)
Richmond Coliseum | Richmond, Va. | March 3, 2017
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Scouting the Explorers
-The Explorers had strong representation on the Atlantic 10 Postseason Awards that were released on Tuesday, with head coach
Jeff Williams earning Coach of the Year,
Amy Griffin earning All-Conference First Team and
Jasmine Alston grabbing a spot on the All-Defensive Team.
-Williams became the first A-10 Coach of the Year for La Salle (the Explorers joined the A-10 in 1995).
-Griffin, who also earned the final A-10 Player of the Week Award on Monday, improved to All-Conference First Team after earning a spot on the Third Team last season. The junior led the conference in scoring for the second straight year, and is averaging 19.7 ppg heading into Friday's game.
-Jas Alston earned her second All-Defensive Team nod after leading the league with 72 steals. The senior led the league in steals per game her sophomore and junior seasons, and garnered All-Defensive honors as a sophomore in 2014-15.
-The Explorers trailed at halftime to St. Bonaventure in their opening round tilt at Tom Gola Arena but used a big 3rd quarter to secure a lead going into the final quarter. La Salle withstood a furious SBU rally in the 4th, and improved to 14-0 when leading with five minutes left in a game.
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Adreana Miller had a team-high 20 points against the Bonnies, and helped close the game by going 5-for-6 from the foul line over the final 23.4 seconds. Alston had 11 points and matched her season-high with 13 assists to tally her fifth double-double
-Senior
Lisa Mintzer tallied a career-high 16 points in the win over St. Bonaventure, going 5-for-6 from the field and 6-for-6 from the foul line. The Explorers are 3-0 this season when Mintzer scores in double figures.
-Griffin needs just three blocks to tie Linda French's program record of 55 blocks, set during the 1985-86 season.
Scouting the Hawks
-The Hawks are coming off a 77-51 victory over 14th seed Rhode Island on February 25 in the First Round of the A-10 Championship at Hagan Arena.
-Friday will mark the fifth time the Hawks have faced Explorers in the Atlantic 10 Championship.
-The Hawks are making their 35th A-10 Championship appearance and are 44-31 all-time in A-10 Championship play.
-Saint Joseph's has won the A-10 Championship three times (1997, 1999, 2013).
-The Hawks finished the season tied for third with Saint Louis at 12-4, but won the head-to-head tie-breaker with the Billikens based on SJU's 66-63 win on February 5.
