Albertus Magnus College
Women's Basketball GNAC Tournament Preview

#1S Albertus Magnus (21-3, 16-2 GNAC)
vs.
# 4N Colby-Sawyer (9-16, 7-10 GNAC) 
Tuesday, Feb. 21 • 5:30 p.m. • Cosgrove Marcus Messer Athletic Center

POSTSEASON BEGINS
The Albertus Magnus College women's basketball team has earned the No. 1 seed in the South Division in the upcoming Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament and will face off against No. 4 Colby-Sawyer College of the North Division in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, February 21. Tip-off is set for 5:30 PM inside the Cosgrove Marcus Messer Athletic Center.    

POSTSEASON NOTES

• This year's tournament berth marks the Falcon's eighth straight GNAC Tournament appearance.
• It is also the 21st conference tournament appearance in program history.
• Albertus holds an all-time GNAC postseason record of 13-20.     

2022-2023 RECAP

• The Falcons finished the 2022-23 regular season with an overall mark of 21-3, the third 20+ win campaign in program history, with a conference mark of 16-2. 
• Albertus opened the season with a seven-game winning streak, which included wins over Coast Guard Academy and conference powerhouse Emmanual (Mass.) College. 
• The Falcons saw their early winning streak snapped with a setback to 11th-ranked Springfield College by a final score of 79-65. 
• Following the defeat, AMC stormed back and rattled off a 12-game winning streak, which included eight conference victories. 
• The Falcons' home victory over Regis (Mass.) College on January 5 was Coach Fredette's 150th career victory, bringing their overall record to 16-1 heading into a clash of conference titans.   
• On January 28, the Monks of Saint Joseph's College of Maine rolled into town, looking to extend their undefeated streak against the Falcons. Still, the Monks could not secure the road victory as the Falcons captured the program's first-ever win against their longtime conference rivals. 
• Three days later, the blue-and-white set more firsts with a match-up against intrastate foe University of Saint Joseph's (CT) as the Falcons and Blue Jays battled ferociously in a back-and-forth brawl, going into a triple-overtime spectacle, the first such instance in program history.  
• Tied 72-72 at the end of regulation, the teams moved through the first two OT frames, matching each other point for point, before Albertus finally held the Blue Jays off long enough in the 3rd OT to create a 2-point cushion for the 106-104 victory.  
• The Falcons went 3-2 in February to close out the season, picking up wins against Johnson & Wales University, Elms College, and Lasell University while suffering a pair of defeats to Rivier University and Regis (Mass.) College.    

GNAC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

QUARTERFINALS (at high seeds) - Tuesday, February 21 
GAME 1: #4S JWU at #1N Saint Joseph's Maine - 5:30PM
GAME 2: #3N Rivier at #2S Regis - 7:30PM
GAME 3: #3S St. Joseph CT at #2N Emmanuel - 7:30PM
GAME 4: #4N Colby-Sawyer at #1S Albertus Magnus - 5:30PM

SEMIFINALS - Thursday, February 23  
GAME 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner
GAME 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner

CHAMPIONSHIP - Saturday, February 25
GAME 7: at the highest remaining seed

SCOUTING ALBERTUS MAGNUS
Points Per Game: 76.3 PPG (2nd in GNAC)
Rebounds Per Game: 42.8 RPG (T-3rd in GNAC)
Assists Per Game: 13.4 APG (5th in GNAC)
Scoring Defense: 63.1 PPG (8th in GNAC)

ALBERTUS MAGNUS PLAYER & TEAM HIGHLIGHTS

• The Falcons are led this year with a cast of talented players, including returners Jakara Murray-Leach (Norwalk, Conn.), Caitlyn Scott (White Plains, N.Y.), Natasha Rivera (Ansonia, Conn.), Amanda Zdru (Stratford, Conn.) and Diamond White (Hamden, Conn.). 
• AMC has three players - Murray-Leach, Scott, and White - ranked in the top 20 in scoring in the conference.
• Scott leads the GNAC in scoring, averaging 21.7 points per game, while Murray-Leach is cemented in third place with 18.8 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. 
• Rivera paced the blue-and-white in blocks with 56 and sat second in the GNAC, averaging 2.3 per game.     

SCOUTING COLBY-SAWYER
Points Per Game: 49.4 PPG (12th in GNAC)
Rebounds Per Game: 37.4 RPG (12th in GNAC)
Assists Per Game: 10.2 APG (12th in GNAC)
Scoring Defense: 57.6 PPG (4th in GNAC)

THIS YEAR VS. COLBY-SAWYER 

• Game 1: (01/3/2023): Albertus Magnus 63 | Colby-Sawyer 48 BOX SCORE 
• Quick Highlights: Scott led all players with 22 points, while Murray-Leach was right behind her with 19 points. In addition, Rivera paced all players with 13 rebounds and five blocks.